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user image Anonymous

posted on 23 May 2017

I was interviewed before May 2016.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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Round: Aptitude Round
Experience: MCQ Examination to check you logical, quantitative, and reasoning abilities
Tips: Pratice solving problems

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was from a mechanical background. They asked me to tell why i choose TCS?
they asked me to suggest a car to buy?
what do i know about TCS?
what is the recent trend in Mechanical Engineering at that time?
and a few basic questions in mechanical from Strength of Materials, Manufacturing,Thermodynamics?
and none of the questions were in the above sequence. I had 3 persons sitting in the interview panel. and the questions were asked by 2 HR personnel. They were checking out how dynamics i could be handling multiple questions
Tips: Just don't get freaked out. Be calm
never answer in a single line even if you don't know the answer


Skills: Logical Thinking, Logical Reasoning, Dynamic Personality, Basic Concepts, Strength Of Materials, Manufacturing Technology, Thermodynamics
College Name: Anna University Chennai
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4 Interview Rounds

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I have sent my resume through one of my senior who was working in OYO rooms. It may take a bit longer when you directly apply on OYO's careers website.
Since I am into startup field for more than an year I had good experiences in working in leading startups. This gave me an advantage. They looked for people with entrepreneurial and startup drive.
Tips: 1)Have a good entrepreneurial drive
2)Make sure you have good resume with startup experience.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview went quite well.Since OYO is a fast growing startup they looked for some startup enthusiast.Since I am being startup enthusiast the interview went very well.We had a discussion about the Venture capitalists of OYO. That discussion impressed them.
Tips: 1)Make sure you are a startup guy
2)Learn more about OYO(Like achievements,Share holders,Previous year sales etcetra)
3)Dont prepare for this as you are going for an MNC interview.
4)Be casual and cool.Present yourself in a confident manner

General Tips: 1)Be confident and Cool
2)Dont prepare yourself as you are preparing for an MNC interview.This will be completely different from that.
Skills: Ability To Work In A Team, Leadership Skills, Clear Communication, Operations, Entrepreneurial Skills, Startu
College Name: Anna University Chennai
Motivation: Excellent and fast growing startup.
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posted on 24 Dec 2015

3 Interview Rounds

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Round: Test
Experience: Over all aptitude and reasoning were easy but verbal was little confusing because mostly all the choices seemed to be correct.
Tips: Start doing the passage comprehension lastly as they are time consuming. In case of passages, first read the questions once and remember the key words, then move to the passage and find for answers.
Duration: 105 minutes
Total Questions: 80

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked me to tell him about myself. While I was describing, he stopped in between and asked how I’m managing with my long distance travel. Explained and continued telling about myself. I explained about my Mini projects. He was impressed with that and asked some questions in it.

Then I explained about my final year project and again he asked some details about my project. I was asked to draw the flow chart of my project. Asked about some software life cycle models and difference among each and then asked to explain the life cycle I used in my project. Explained. I was asked to write a SQL query. Then asked about JAVA, C and C++. He asked how I managed doing all my mini projects in spite of long distance travel. Explained and he was impressed. At last he asked whether I have any questions. I asked him whether Infosys is working on mobile development and if not what are the other technologies. Interviewer explained. He also explained about his work. Since I know little bit about it I managed responding him with some questions related to his explanation. I was not much nervous because the Interview was more like a conversation you can have with a knowledgeable person than like an interview. So I was comfortable enough to manage.
Overall , I had a very nice experience and gained some knowledge.


Tips: Key to clear Infosys HR round is communication and confidence.
Focus and dedication towards your work is the key to success.

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College Name: Anna University Chennai
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user image Sharath

posted on 22 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume has been shortlisted based on the criteria related to the concerned job profile.I forwarded resume through one of my friend who is working in Fresh Desk.
Tips: 1)Build your management section well on your resume.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was not saying correct answer to all the questions.I tried managing well.They mainly checked for attitude,passion towards working in a startup.
Tips: 1)Have a good attitude
2)Show case your leadership skills.
3)Show your passion.
4)Manage well.
5)Impress HR.

General Tips: 1)Make sure you design your CV according to the job profile.
2)Show case your attitude,passion,entrepreneurial skills and leadership skills to
Skills: LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES, Entrepreneur, Startups, Marketing, Attitude, Passsion, Leadershi
College Name: Anna University Chennai
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I applied via Campus Placement

5 Interview Rounds

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: First round was Resume short list round.There were no GPA criterias.According to the interview experience of me and my seniors they were looking for people who have good knowledge in Management. They also looked for candidates who has done internships in Management domain. I had done many management internships and it help me a lot.The internship I did in the filed of Marketing and Operations at IIMA helped me alot.






Tips: 1.Do as many internships as possible.
2.Organize more symposiums
3.Enhance your leadership qualities
4.Dont worry about GPA.Many people who got placed had many backlogs/arrears.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group Discussion went on very well. I was talking in terms of India is MODIfied.The panelists looked for some valid and good points.Starting the discussion and concluding the discussion earns you special points.Overall decorum was well maintained and it should be
Tips: 1.Be clear and Valid in your points
2.Be confident
3.Give chance to others as well.
4.Dont take too much time
Duration: 3330 Minutes minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview was not so different and all.Usual questions that is asked in other HR interviews.I was very confident and I drived HR towards my side.I impressed the HR's very well.They asked many questions as listed in the questions section.
Tips: 1.Be confident
2.Attitude Matters
3.Impress HR by saying truth
4.Have good leadership qualities


General Tips: 1.Be confident
2.Have good leadership qualities
3.Impress HR by your attitude
4.
Skills: Personality, Interpersonal Skills, Attitude, Marketing, Leadership
College Name: Anna University Chennai
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What is the need for load flow study.?
  • Q2. Name two advantages of digital data as compare d to analog data
  • Q3. Given two switches A and B, design a configur ation which gives a TRUE output only when A and B are both closed. Include any necessary connectio ns to a 5 Volt ...read more
  • Q4. The hydraulic steering device of a dish antenna for satellite tracking works by adjusting the elevation using a hydraulic ram. Oil can be pumped into the ram to...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It is a very simple round. They looked for Good Projects, Good Managerial Skills like organizing symposiums etc.It seemed like they dint really care about the GPA.
Tips: 1.Have a strong resume
2.Organize Many Symposiums



Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It is a very formal technical interview.They started asking me a series of questions from many topics like Digital Electronics,Electronics Circuits,Power systems etc. I was not so good in the areas(Electronic Circuits,Power Systems) which they questioned me and I was trying to take them to my areas of expertise(Digital Electronics etc). It dint turned around to be well. They expected the person to be technically sound in all areas. They cared very much for the attitude of the person.
Tips: 1.Be strong in Basics of Electronics/Electrical
2.Try to take the panel towards your area

General Tips: 1.Learn Basic Electronics well
2.Organize Events/Symposiums
3.Be
Skill Tips: 1.Be strong in your basic electronics.
Skills: Electronic Circuits, Power Systems, Digital Ele, Att, Basics Of Digital, Our Role As A Manager
College Name: Anna University Chennai
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posted on 15 Nov 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Remove duplicates in an array
  • Q2. Removing the characters in Fibonacci position in a string and compacting it
  • Q3. Finding closest parent in a binary tree
  • Q4. Given a list of methods in java, some are unsafe. U r provided wit a method ‘is Unverifiable’ tat takes a method and returns true or false based on whether the ...read more
  • Q5. Placing Rooks in a chess board
  • Q6. How malloc and free are implemented , how os deals wit them, etc
  • Q7. Some basic ques in OS
  • Q8. When u compile and run a high level lang prog, what happens in the computer.( Explain everything from lexical analysis, syntactic, ICG,code optimization, code g...read more
  • Q9. What will happen to d level of water when u drop a suitcase from a boat
  • Q10. Check for duplicates in an unsorted array in O(n) without using any extra space

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College Name: Anna University Chennai
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posted on 15 Nov 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Write a function that returns the result of merging two sorted linked lists . And find the time  complexity of your proposed solution 
  • Q2.  Given a preorder traversal build a valid binary search tree. Write code covering all possible  cases
  • Q3.  Let “E:dir1dir2....dir3page.html” be the file required. Here “.. “ tells us that we should move one directory to the back.So the final output should be “E:dir3...read more
  • Q4.  Find the closest ancestor any two nodes in a binary search tree. Write code for this.( Don't  forget to check the end conditions or base cases )
  • Q5. Give a string with spaces how will u compact it. Give various possible inputs for this. Optimise the code
  • Q6. Given two arrays with one array containing m elements sorted and another array of size m+n containing n elements sorted at beginning where the last m positions ...read more
  • Q7.  Why java is platform independent? (They expected something other than byte code and  portability)

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posted on 15 Nov 2015

2 Interview Rounds

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Round: Test
Experience: (1)  Give the output of the following program
         int main
     {
              char ch[]={‘1’,’2’,’3’,’4’,’5’};
              char *p = (char *)(&ch+1);
             char *q = &ch+1;
            printf(“%d     %c    %c”,sizeof(ch),*(p­1),*q);
        }
(2)
 int main
{
double i=2.0,j=1.0,sum=0.0;
   while(i/j>0.001)
   {
       j=j+j;
       sum=sum+(i/j);
       printf("%f\n",sum);
   }
}
The question here is : For how many steps this while loop will run and what would be the best 
approximate value of the sum after the loop ends .
(3)    TOC question 
Given a grammar 
s­>AB
A­> a | BaB
B­>bbA
Which of the following statement is false ?
a. Every string  will be of even length .
b. Every string  will not have three consecutive a’s .
c. Every string will not have four consecutive b’s . 
d.   Every string will have at least as many a’s as there are b’s 
(4)   You are given a disk  where ‘1’ represents a occupancy of a sector and ‘0’ represents 
vacancy of a sector  ....given a hexadecimal string DFE00454AB which represents the various 
sectors ... find the nearest percentage of occupied sectors ?
(5)  Find the output 
int arr[2][3]={{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};
int (*ptr)[3]=&a[0];
printf("(%d,%d)",(*ptr)[1],(*ptr)[2]);
ptr+=1;
printf("(%d,%d)",(*ptr)[1],(*ptr)[2]);
Will this program compile properly or will end in segmentation fault ??
(6) 
double full(double a)
{
    return (int)(a+0.5);
}
does this always work??
(7) int x=123,y=231;
    int t=0;
    int l;
    l=x^y;
    while(l)
    {
        t++;
        l&=l­1;
    }
    printf("%d",t);
(8) char str[80];
      strcpy(str,"junk");
      scanf("%[^india]",str);
      printf("%s",str);
          What will be the output of this code snippet if the given input is “Gujarat”?
  (9) Given a inorder traversal eg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 , Check which of the following pre order 
traversal will it return .
a. 1 6 3 2 7 8 4 9
b. 6 7 3 8 1 9 2 7
c, 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 
d. 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 
(10)     main()
{
int j=12,i=15;
i*=j­2 ;
j&=j­1;
printf(“%d %d”,i,j);

          Write the output.

Round: ALGORITHM AND DATA STRUCTURE DESIGN
Experience: 1- Find gcd of 2 numbers U & V in O(log UV)^2 .
2.   Test cases for finger print reader say in a laptop to login . Here you can swipe your finger to 
have a secured login . 
     eg . I will swipe my finger and the system will allow me to login  .
3. Design question......for billing , u have barcode, barcode number,item price, taxes, discounts 
for items (some criteria were given and u have to  design an also for calculating discount) and 
then finally compute Net price .
State advantages and disadvantages of any alternative solutions..... 
Calculating discount :
a.) If you buy X quantity of the item P , then you can buy other item Q for free (X,P,Q are 
specified).
b.)If you buy any item P for price X , then you can buy other item Q for free (X,P,Q are 
specified).
c) If there are multiple discounts available then apply all those.

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College Name: Anna University Chennai
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posted on 15 Nov 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Reversing of linked list and tell the logic first and then write the code
  • Q2. Find the median of a linked list ,for this  create logic and then code
  • Q3.  Find the missing number in an array.(Both logic and code)
  • Q4. One sorting algorithm
  • Q5.  General questions from OS like­ what are threads, semaphore, deadlock and all
  • Q6.  Given 8 iron rods of one kg(with one defective rod) find the defective rod with minimum  number of weighs
  • Q7.  Given a bowl of curry which can serve 4 people, a bowl of sambhar which can serve 5 people and a bowl of rice which can serve 6 people (with all these bowls su...read more
  • Q8.  Given 5 litre and 2 litre jar of water return back 3 litres of water

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College Name: Anna University Chennai
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