IBM PAPER & INTERVIEW - 21 NOV 2008 - CHENNAI

Hi Friends  

  This is S. Sathappan (B.E-ECE 04-08) from A.M.A.C.E  (Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College Of  Engineering-Tamil Nadu).
 

 
I  attended IBM off campus in VEL MULTIMEDIA   College, Avadi, Chennai on 21st Nov  2008.
 

 
Actually  u all know it’s a 2 days process of recruitment but for us it got over on 21st  itself since IBM expected nearly 1000 but only around 400 came so these are the  rounds:
 

 
1) WRITTEN TEST:
 

 
a) 3  Matrices will be given each has 5 qns totally 15 qns and time limt:13 mins for  tis section (no –ve marking for tis section-so attend all must k)
 

 
b) Number  series completion total 20 qns time limit:4 mins for tis section (-ve marking  of 0.25 is present) as the time is limited on cing the qns answer it else skip  and forward BUT TIS IS DAMN EASY I attended 16/20 in tis section very easy
 


 
c) Aptitude  totally 12 qns and time limit is:15 mins (-ve marking of .25 is there) (qns  were from profit and loss, area, percentage, time and distance, age problems  and etc but no qns similar to R.S.Aggarwal but similar to tat k so prepare  well)
 

 
ONE  ADVANTAGE NO SECTIONAL CUT OFF HERE. IN TOTAL ONLY THEY CHECK THE RESULT.. GALS  NEVER MIND SINCE IF THEY R THRO IN WRITTEN THEY R INTO IBM BUT BOYS MAN OPEN UR MOUTH ELSE PROBLEM ONLY  FOR MALE CANDIDATES GUYS..
 

 
MATRICES:
 
1)                   CLMN1 CLMN 2 CLMN3 CLMN4 CLMN5
 
    ROW 1         J           J             U         V         X
 
    ROW 2         U          V            J         5         6
 
    ROW 3        V           U            J         X          5
 
    ROW 4        5           6            V          J         U
 
    ROW 5        6           5            X          U        V
 

 
a) which has many maximum number of J s present in  the following pairs:
 
i) row1 and column 1 ii)row2 and column 2 iii)row3  and column3 iv)row4 and column4 v)row5 column5
 

 
b) if all j’s are replaced by 3 and u’s replaced by  4 which row or column has d maximum value of 18
 

 
c)if all rows and columns are reversed and the  diagonal from left bottom to right top corner has been reversed so wats the  value in row4 column2
 

 
etc many guys cant remember to correct figures since  I was in a hurry for answers so cant recollect the questions
 

 
NUMBER SERIES COMPLETION: (easiest  of all)
 
1) 22, 34, 35, 23, 36, 37,__
 
2) 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 10, 7, 6, 5,__
 
3) 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 7,__
 
And etc many it goes on totally 20 qns its damn easy  just get the answer on first sight else forward to next qns…
 

 
APTITUDE: (a bit  tougher tan other sections)
 
1) if a printer A prints 60 words per minute and  printer b prints 80 words in one minute printer A starts at 7.47 and printer b  at 8.07 wen ll printer b catch up wit printer A….?
 

 
2) a fountain is of length 144cms ten width of 288  cms and depth of 91 cms so how much litres of water ll be there in 46 cms of  depth in the same fountain….?
 

 
3) there is a printer consisting of color and balck white  printer the rate of color toner increases from $33 to $35 and black white toner  from $28 to $29 if the total rate is $1600 there is 3/5 color toners wats d  hike in price…..?
 

 
tats it I can remember friends….
 
FIRST ROUND STARTED AT 10.30 AND RESULTS WERE  ANNOUNCED AT 1.30 AND GD STARTED BY 2PM
 

 
2) GROUP DISCUSSION:
 
Totally out of 500 attended only 30 were short  listed for GD and 10 in each batch so from GD 28 of them advanced to next  round.
 
In GD for each and every batch there were 3 to 4  panels for us 3 panels were there.. they r helping and friendly
 
I was in the 3rd batch and our GD topic  was “ENGINEERS SHOULD ACCEPT JOBS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES OR NOT”
 
          To  every ones surprise all 10 from my 3rd batch got thro to the next  round AND 28 from tis advanced to TECH+HR single round since members were  minimum and they had to finish their recruitment process in a single day so  only like tis.. GD results came out by 3.30..
 

 
3) TECH+HR:
 
In tech+hr there were five rooms each consisted of  two panels I got the room 1 where a gent and a lady were there as a panel, here  s d interview wit tem:
 

 
Panel 1: good afternoon and am..      
 
Me: a very good afternoon sir and am Sathappan (wit  a warm handshake to                                                                                                                from them)                      
 

 
Panel 1: give me a brief intro about urself..?
 
Me: said
 

 
Panel 1: so wat was ur final sem project brief us..?
 
Me: explained in detail wit examples and wit some  few diagrams..
 

 
Panel 1: so u know C?
 
Me: yes
 

 
Panel 1: so how do u find the greatest of N numbers  can u write a program wit the pseudocode..?
 
Me: yes, done wit examples and briefed it with array..
 

 
Panel1: can I have ur consolidated marksheet?
 
Me: yes, sure..
 

 
Panel1: he framed questions from the subjects we  learnt like am from ECE so he asked from data structures, computer architecture,  wats random process etc…..?
 
Me: answered all of his questions in general not in  depth as these subjects were from initial sem’s so only…..
 

 
Panel 2 (lady): so Sathappan wy IBM……?
 
Me                  :gave reasons wit examples…..
 

 
Panel2(lady):wat do u know about IBM…..?
 
Me                :hmmm I prepared from IBM website  wit some figures tat was helpful really
 

 
Panel2(lady):wy IBM should hire you……?
 
Me                :just suit urself to their vacancy…..
 

 
Panel2(lady):tis is d joinin date r u ready to  join….?
 
Me                 :who wont join IBM hmmm everyone aspires to join IBM…..said a confident  YES
 

 
Panel2(lady):r u ready to get relocated……?
 
Me                 :yes, surely and gave reasons tat career is d first for a male ten only  rest….
 

 
Panel1&2: together they asked do u have any  questions for us…..?
 
Me            :yes and asked one question to tem……
 

 
Panel1&2:any more…..?
 
Me            :tats it sir done
 

 
Panel1&2:very fine meeting u Sathappan so wait  for the results and gave me a warm handshake
 
Me            :just thanked them and came out …..
 

 
I WAITED ALONG WIT OTHERS FROM 4.15 AFTER FINAL  ROUND AND RESULTS WERE FINALLY OUT BY 6.30 OUT OF 28 IN TECH+HR “17” REALLY WIT  GOD’S GRACE MY NAME WAS IN TAT LIST AT 12TH POSITION REALLY was  really happy no word to describe it one must feel and experience it guys THEN  FROM 7-8.30 WE WERE FILLING OUT THE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORM AND PROVIDED  THE PHOTO COPIES OF MARKSHEETS FROM 10TH-B.E………..
 

 
I WISH ALL THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO JOIN “IBM” A VERY  GOOD LUCK MEET U ALL SOON AT “IBM”……
 

 
JUST BELIEVE IN URSELF SURELY U LL DO D BEST FOR  SURE………..
 

 
THANKING U ALL READING MY PAPER,
 

 
C YA ALL IN IBM TO ALL ASPIRING “IBMers” RECRUITED  BY IBM

HONEYWELL PAPER & INTERVIEW - 13 SEP 2008 - BANGALORE

Hi Friends

I have attended Honeywell interview on 13th of September 2008 at HTS, Bannergatta,, Bangalore.

It has total of Four Rounds,
1. Written Test (Completely technical) 30 mins
2. Technical Interview around 45 mins
3. Technical Interview around 45 mins
4. Technical Interview around 15 mins
5. HR interview around 15 mins

Written Test questions were from Entirely C.

I got Question Paper 2
It had questions on File operations, Basic functions, Pointer to functions, pointer declarations, functioncall in a for loop...

I have recalled what ever I could and provided here....

Written test had total of 31 questions and no negative marks....

1. how to allocate memory for 10 integers and make the contents zeo?
ans : ptr= calloc(10, int value);

2. what will  be the output?
void increment()
{
   return x++;
}

for(x=0;x<10;increment())
{
   some operation;
}

Ans : I have not tried... may be error

3. How to free the allocated memory?
Ans : free();

4. How to initialize constant pointer?

5. what is the ouput?
int modifycalue()
{
   x=x+10;
}

int changevalue(x)
{
   x=x+1;
}

void main()
{
   int x=10;
   changevalue(x);
   x++;
   printf("%d", x);
   x++;
   printf("%d", x);
   modifyvalue();
   printf("%d", x);
}

Ans : 11, 12, 12

The above question is 90% reproduced here

6.a question on hoe to free the node in linked list in a for loop....
we have to say whether it is correct or not....

8. x=0;
  while(x<10)  
   {
       stmt;
       x++;
   }  

Represent in for loop. options given

Nothing much I remember about the written test....

In technical interview they asked only the basics, and about the project and what I have mentioned in the resume and about the embedded protocols.


In HR, they asked....
1. Tell me about ur self
2. what do you consider as your strength and give an example?
3. Have you ever faced a situation so that you are required to convince your boss and show you did it?
4. Have you ever had a situation, that you could not complete your task in time and how you managed that?
5. Have you ever interacted with the customer directly?
6. What are your achievements?
7. What is your role in your project?
8. Did you ever faced a situation that you have to argue on the other side and how you convinced?
9. what made you to choose honeywell?
and some more questions....

I have went till HR and result on Hold... Good luck to all.....

MICROSOFT PATTERN - 24 MAY 2008 - MUMBAI

Hi Friends

I m Kirti. K. Badkundri.

For all who r trying for Microsoft or any other company, My one suggestion is that be perfect in basics. If u r perfect in basics u can crack any interview. So Don't loose ur hopes if u have not got recruited still.

"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS WORLD, BECAUSE IMPOSSIBLE ALSO SAYS THAT I M POSSIBLE"

Ok coming to the Microsoft Test conducted on 24th May 2008 in Thakur Polytechnic College in Mumbai.

It had
1] Written test
2] Group Discussion
3] Followed by Multiple Technical Rounds.

Written test was for 2 hours.
I remember only few question
1.Aptitude
2.C
3.C++
4.Datastructure
5.OS
6.Algorithms
7.RDBMS
8..Net

I don't remember questions, as I had written test a month before. How much I remember I m writing here.
1.There was question on Analytical Reasoning, which had 5 questions

2.They gave a square (5*5 square table). And told to find total number of squares.
Ans is 55=Sq(5)+Sq(4)+Sq(3)+Sq(2)+Sq(1)

3.Some Questions on Probability.

4.C paper was some what easy. Many Question were on pointers, Strings.

5.In C++ questions were on Inheritance. Some ops

6.In Data Structure they asked to write o/p of very big programs. Which was time consuming.

7.In RDBMS, some questions were on normal forms. And all Basics

8.In Os one question was on LRU Algorithms. Many Basic questions were asked. But it was some what difficult.

9..Net Questions they asked was all basics

I think around 450-500 students appeared for test, and only 50 students were short listed for GD round.

Package was 8.9 Lacks Only. So Work hard, Be perfect in Basics

TECH MAHINDRA PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 25 SEP 2008 - MUMBAI

Hi Friends

I am a student of B.E. (I.T.) from Atharva college of Engineering - Mumbai. Tech mahindra came to our college on 25th of September 2008.

Candidates appeared for the aptitude: 81
Candidates Cleared aptitude: 17
Finally selected after Interviews: 17

The 1st screening was done by keeping the eligibility criteria as 58%. Those below 58% were allowed to sit for the exams but even if they cleared the aptitude they were not called for interviews!

The Aptitude test was ONLINE!!. The test was reallly simple but the main constraint was TIME!!... we had to solve 100 questions in 60 mins. The procedure to be followed during the test and various details such as login_id and password were clearly explained when the panel gave their presentation. There is no Negative marking. So attempt all questions.

For clearing the aptitude R.S aggarwal Quantitative & Verbal -Nonverbal Reasoning should be solved...

The important topics that should be covered from these books are:
==Quantitative: H.C.F.and L.C.M of nos., Average, Problems on Ages, Percentage, Time and Work, Alligation or Mixture, Simple Interest, Compound  Interest, Clocks, Simplification
==Verbal and Nonverbal: series  completion, Analogy, coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Puzzle test, Data sufficiency, Logic, Statement-Conclusions, Figure matrix, Odd man Out from Image Series, series of images.

There are 6 sections
section 1=Nonverbal,
section 2=verbal reasoning,
section 3=Quantitative,
section 4,5,6 is English

There is sectional cutoff but no Upper cutoff. GUI is user friendly. Every section, after attempting should be saved otherwise the page gets refreshed and all the answers will be lost. we can change the section as and when we want but the section should be saved.

If u get a good score in ur aptitude or if u are among the Top-3 or 4 students ur technical interview will be easy.

I was asked general questions such as Tell me about urself, Why should I hire u?, What do u know about Tech Mahindra?, What are ur strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about the Projects that u did and the role played by u and other team members. Then I was told to move to the H.R. Round

In the H.R. round the interviewer asked us about our views regarding a general situation. The situation given to me was that... if i am made the college principal what are the 3 things that i would like to change?... Others were asked about MNS, and issue of north indians coming into Mumbai.

Just be confident and if u dont know something say u are not sure or say I dont know! Dont  bluff. Be thorough with ur projects and everything that u have mentioned in ur resume! If u have a gap in any of ur academic years or between the Engineering semesters... u should have a strong reason to support the gap.

Before Tech Mahindra... I had appeared for 6 other companies but somehow I couldnt even clear the aptitude.

So dont lose hope if u are still struggling with the aptitude.... its just that.. it was not ur day or something better is awaiting u!!

INFOSYS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 13 JAN 2010 - DEHRADUN

Hi Friends

This is Devesh from Graphic Era University, Dehradun, recently Infosys came to our college on Jan 13th 2010. Around 385 students have appeared for the written test and 200  students got cleared their written test and 161 students finally selected for Infosys.
   
 Friends just follow my suggestions you can easily crack the Infosys interview.  Luckily I also got selected in Infosys.
 


   First of all they will go for PPT (Pre  Placement Talk), in which they will tell you about Infosys and your career  growth. After that they will make you sit in the classrooms and distribute HR  forms, it’s very easy and even self explanatory so fill it very carefully using  BLUE or BLACK BALL POINT PEN in BLOCK LETTERS. Don’t bother about this there  will be people available from Infosys who will tell you how to fill the form.  ($TIP$ try fill this form quickly as they will start the test in 10mins).
 

    There are 2 rounds in all.

 
1)    Written Test
 
a)     Reasoning part (30 ques in 40 min) VERY EASY.
 
i)         Puzzle (5 ques).  (Tough, attempt it at the last).
 
ii)      Data sufficiency (5 ques)
 
iii)     Picture puzzle (5 ques). VERY EASY, start from this only.
 
iv)    Data Interpretation (5 ques)
 
v)     Syllogism (5 ques)
 
vi)    Puzzle (5 ques). (Easy, generally on blood relation).
 
b)     Verbal part (40 ques in 35 min) TOUGH, TIME MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED.
 
i)         2 long reading  comprehension (10 ques)
 
ii)      Sentence Completion (8 ques)
 
iii)     Underlined part (i.e. sentence correction 8 ques)
 
iv)    Re-phrasing part (i.e. sentence correction again 8 ques)
 
v)     Critical reasoning (6 ques)
     
First they will start with reasoning  test, try to solve it in this order, first picture puzzle or DS or syllogism  then DI then go for last puzzle, and at last solve 1st puzzle. After  40 min they start collecting reasoning question paper and will ask you start  with verbal test.
 

 
In Verbal test NEVER start with RC,  first try to solve underlined part, re-phrasing part and sentence completion  then critical reasoning then RC. In this part time management is very  important.
 

 
There is no negative marking so attempt  all the questions but don’t mark same options if you are going for fluke,  because my friend lost due to this only. They don’t check your copy if they  feel that you have marked fluke a lot.
 
 
Then after 3 hrs the names of those  students who have cleared written test was started to be called out. Then form  385 students, 200 got selected for the HR Interview.
 
 
HR round: the basic questions like tell me about yourself, why Infosys, your  family background n questions based on your strengths, weakness n hobbies n  final year projects. No technical questions were being asked. Just prepare for your  hobbies n strengths properly, and you should have examples to quote at that  time.
 
  
They can also ask you about your final  year project, you should have a good knowledge of it. They also gave me puzzle  which I was not able to solve... but not to worry... Even if you give a wrong  answer, just explain them your logic.
 
 
And during whole interview try to smile  n be confident n just say “AAL IS WELL” when you start feeling nervous... ok.  And at the end they will ask you that if you want to ask any thing to them do  prepare 2 or 3 questions to ask them like what are the chances of my growth... or  any such other questions...
   
 
Friends I have taken pain to write all  these for you because I want you all to know... by doing silly mistakes how we  can lose a lot. Friends if any of You got selected because of my suggestions  please just give me a mail to: devesh_gupta06@yahoo.com
 
 
Friends while answering any question  think for 5 seconds don’t reply without thinking. Remember that 5 seconds will  change your life. Don’t reply that my aim is CAT, MBA, GRE all that sort of  nonsense... 5 seconds have decided my life. Don’t allow those 5 seconds to  dictate you... bye my dear friends... ALL THE BEST. JUST BELIEVE IN GOD... KEEP  SMILING. IT’S MUST FOR ANY INTERVIEW.

TCS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 29 AUG 2010 - CHENNAI

TCS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 29 AUG 2010 - CHENNAI
Hi Friends

TCS conducted a recruitement drive on 29th Aug at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College-Tambaram-Chennai

The Selection process is as follows :
1. WrittenTest
2. Technical & HR interview

Written Test :
The written test pattern of TCS is not as the old one... it had been changed. It is an online test with 35 Questions and 1 hour time.

The questions are from Aptitude and Critical reasoning..

The Aptitude questions are easy & the Critical Reasoning are some what tricky... but no problem you can solve....

One more thing is.. the questions are not straight farward.. they will give 10 lines for each question with unnecessary data... You have to find out the necessary statements and solve.

Solution is easy... just read the last 3 or 4 lines definitely you will get an idea about the question........

Dont waste your time by reading all the question.. be carefull..

Interview :
me: excuse me sir may I come in
hr: come in...take your seat
me: Thank you sir
hr: well, Hemadri tell me about your self
me: told abt my studies, hobies, about family....etc

hr: ok, Hemadri.. what do you think the main reason for the software up and downs

me: I think the crises in the economy of the world

hr: ok... I agree that one but how can you manage your company at top position even in the crises also

me: no word to say.. I think its the final.. we didnt get select... silence for 2 minutes

hr: what happend Hemadri.. ok tell me what is the major thing we have to do in the software field

me: customer satisfaction sir

hr: you are right.. that is the solution for the previous question... that means if you satisfy your customer to maximum extent then definitely he will be with you even in crises also... what do you say

me: yes sir you are right....

hr: ok..then..whose responsibility is that to take care of the customers satisfaction
me: its not a single persons responsibility sir... from lower level to higher level each and everybody wants to take the responsibility to achieve that...

hr: thats what I am expecting...
me: simple smile (thank god I impressed him there)....

hr: ok Hemadri what are your future plans? where you think your self after 5 years
me: sir I have an ambition to educate the poor background people who around me.. So I have to achieve a maximum position and serve them..

hr: good.. what comes besides the maximum position in general
me: money....

hr: no...
me: reputation....

hr: no..no..no..think well ( here I got the fear again)
me: responsibility

hr: well said..
you are correct... responsibility is the first one which comes besides the maximum position

hr: ok in which area you are interested.. I mean which subject do you like most and interested.....
me: Java sir (I put Java as area of interest in my resume)

hr: ok, rate your self from 1-5 in the Java proficiency...
me: I said....no doubt its 4 sir

hr: Sure..
me: Sure sir.....

hr: ok, if company people put you on Java projects directly can you handle
me: I will try my level best sir....

hr: ok Hemadri...thank you and ALL THE BEST (with a warm shakehand)

After an hour they announced the results and I am the one who got selected... I am very happy... I am going to step into indias NO:1 MNC TCS...

Friends dont fear in the intervies... always be confident.. keep smiles on your faces.. krack the job

meet you at TCS...