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Round: Test Experience: It was an online exam. Aptitude section was for 20 marks. Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Test Experience: Technical had 2 parts: 1. basic computer subjects like operating systems, DBMS, SQL queries, c, computer organizations, algorithms. It was for 30 minutes. 2. Data structures with 15 questions of 40 minutes time limit.This was the difficult part. They shortlisted 85 out of 270 members after the online test. Tips: Concentrate on aptitude and computer Sc. subjects. Here assessments are done for each question that you answer, that means if you answers question that needs 2 minutes in 10 seconds, the online analyzer analyzes that it was guesswork or you would have asked someone. The answer would thus not be considered even if it is right. So be careful. Duration: 70 minutes
Round: FORM Experience: They were recruiting for two streams- Applications and Consultancy. We were given a form to opt. I chose applications and had to give another written exam. For consultancy profile, you could directly attend the interview.
Round: Test Experience: Two questions were asked. First was a puzzle- We have 12 marbles and one weight balancer. In those 12 marbles, 1 is heavier or lighter than other 11 marbles. In how many minimum iterations can you find the odd one. (Answer-2) The second was a program- write a program for search string and replace the string with given string in entire given BIG string (in any language, but don't use predefined methods...substr() in java like that etc....you can use strlen() method for knowing string length ). 65 of the 85 had applied for applications and about 35 cracked the written exam. Duration: 30 minutes Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview Experience: They asked basic technical questions like DBMS. They mainly concentrated on puzzles in this. This interview lasted for 45 mins.
Round: Technical Interview Experience: This interview was for 2 and a half hours. In both rounds they asked me nearly 20 puzzles and programs. Puzzles included: 1. There are 25 horses. You have to find 1st, 2nd,3rd place horses after conducting race and you can conduct race for 5 horses at a time. How many times will you conduct races for finding positions of horses? 2. There are two glasses, one containing water and the other with milk. Suppose you take some water from the water glass with one cup and pour it into milk, and then you again take milk from the milk glass with same cup and pour it in water, then what is their purity? 3. There are 4 persons A, B, C and D. The time taken to cross bridge from one end to another end for each of them is 1,2,5,10 respectively. The bridge is very old so two people at a time can cross the bridge. and there is no light on the bridge. The 4 people have only one torch. There is no light on the bridge. So torch is compulsory for every one. How many times will it take for those people to cross the bridge? Programs included: 1. Write a program for Sudoku puzzle 2. Write program to find reverse of number 3. Separate string and its length. i.e input string contains string and it's length at end. String may have digits and alphabets. For xample: I/P: praveenkumar14 here total string length is:14 i Its length is appended ,so you have to separate praveenkumar and 14 Tips: Don't tell the answers immediately if you know them. Take time to answer and meanwhile pretend to think. Mainly concentrate on puzzles and aptitude. Do not be nervous in the interview. Be patient as the interview may last up to 4 hours.
Round: HR Interview Experience: In this round they asked me about myself and they confirmed the details i gave. They also asked about project and my family. It was for some 10 minutes.
Round: Test Experience: In aptitude section questions were simple but time consuming. In technical questions were a little difficult. Duration: 80 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Initially i was very tensed but the interviewer, who was very friendly asked me not to be tensed and offered me water. Then I was asked some questions on operating system,networks and I was asked to write programs on finding prime number, binary searching technique and a simple sql query. I was tested to do multiple tasks at a time i.e. while writing program he diverted me and asked some questions to diverse my concentration. Tips: Be cool and don't assume that interviewer is new, think of him as your lecturer or a friend. Also brush up your basics.
Round: HR Interview Experience: In HR interview he asked about my personal details. He asked every thing that i mentioned in the resume. He tested me on each and every concept (os,netwoks,ds,sql,plsql,c++). He asked about my achivements,extra-curricular activities.
Round: Test Experience: It was an online exam with 3 sections. Section 1 was for 20 minutes and it had 30 questions. Section 2 consisted of java & data structures questions. There were 15 questions & 40 min time was provided. They defined a new data structure & asked questions on operations of that data structure. Section 3 consists of 20 technical questions . It included all topics- C, C++, Java, OS, SQL. The time limit was 20 minutes. Tips: Practice on speed while out work out these problems. Duration: 80 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Oracle had 2 departments- consulting and applications. As I had chosen consulting dept, there were two rounds of interviews. They concentrated more on java , dbms and some of the concepts of operating systems. The tech round was for about 1hr 25 min. Basic DBMS questions like transaction management, normalisation etc were asked. Also some questions related to java(basics), OOP concepts. They also asked to explain the projects.
Round: HR Interview Experience: In this round, they tried to understand my standard of thinking in certain situations. They asked everything that i wrote in my resume. It was an exciting experience to get selected for Oracle company which is one of the leading company in IT industry
General Tips: Prepare well. Concentrate more on technical subjects from the beginning of the semester only. Pay special attention to build your self confidence and communication skills. But take care that you do not turn out to be overconfident. Do not prepare generally for all the companies, decide the company & prepare according to that company requirements (subjects languages/skills) College Name: NIT WARANGAL
Round: Test Experience: Aptitude section had 30 questions of General Aptitude/ Mathematical questions of intermediate difficulty level with more time pressure with 30 minutes time. Technical had 15 questions in Data Structures in Java with 40 minutes time and 20 questions in General Computer Science with 20 minutes time. Duration: 180 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: I had 4 rounds of Technical Interviews that lasted for nearly 6 hours. The main focus was on puzzle solving abilities. I had more puzzles in all the 4 technical rounds. First round was technical where general C concepts and questions on pointers was asked. The remaining 3 rounds comprised of mainly puzzles with at least 75% puzzle type questions in each round. The remaining 25% was programming type with focus on Data Structures and Problem solving ability. Tips: CSE students be thorough with Data Structures and Operating System Concepts
Round: HR Interview Experience: This was the most easiest part of the whole interview process. The panel members had decided to recruit me in this phase. General questions were asked based on the resume. The strengths and weakness of the student was asked. And we had to answer carefully regarding the companies that had already visited the campus. And proper replies are expected for idea about higher studies, etc. Tips: It was not necessary to answer all the questions accurately. I answered only about 60% of the questions correctly. We should eliminate our fear completely.
Round: Test Experience: Quant: Questions were asked from topics- Probability, ratios, jumbling order, number theory Reasoning: Diagrams, analogies, replacing arithmetic symbols and solving questions. Verbal: Questions were asked from topics-Normal grammar, tenses, jumbling order Technical: Questions were asked from topics-DS, C++, OS, C, Tips: Complete written test, after that it would be a cake walk. Duration: 135 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: It was mostly based on DS... Trees and sorting, linked lists, enums, unions, extern, stacks, Networking layers, IP addresses, Project details, C++ basics and OS, Unix commands, SQL queries and PL/SQL code format. Technical was a bit tough
Round: HR Interview Experience: They asked about relocation, higher education, why this company? Situation managing questions, About extra Curricular activities. It went well.
Round: Test Experience: The aptitude test was conducted online.The first section had quantitative questions which required a very good speed to complete them in time. The second section had questions on coding where we were asked to answer multiple choice questions involving the design of a data structure in java. The third section involved questions from general subjects like DBMS,compilers,C,C++. Duration: 220 minutes
Round: Test Experience: Two questions were given.One riddle and one Program based on strings in C language.
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Had three rounds of interviews. Key topics were: 1.Virtual functions in c++ 2.process management in OS 3.SQL queries in DBMS 4.String functions in C,C++ 5.Questions based on my third yr project.
Codes asked were 1.Print permutations of a string 2.write graphs using sql 3.Print an alphanumeric string which has its length printed at the end. 4.design an encryption algo of your own. Tips: One thing i learnt was that you need to be very good at basics, and you should be clear about what you exactly want to convey. You have to show them that your goal has been only to get into the company and how good u can prove to be for them.
Round: HR Interview Tips: Do homework for the HR interview.
General Tips: Learn the basics of c,c++,java ,OS,DBMS. Get involved in extra-curricular activities. Improve communication skills. College Name: NIT WARANGAL
Round: Test Experience: Questions in Aptitude included Profit/loss, percentages, linear equations, algebra, work/time, speed/distance. Technical questions were based on C, C++, Java, SQL, Algorithms and Data Structures Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: It went for around 45 minutes. The interview was more focused on Analytical and Communication skills. The Technical interviewer asked asked lots of questions about projects and also about the latest technology Microprocessors (As I said Microprocessors was my favourite subject)
Round: HR Interview Experience: The interviewer also gave some situations and asked how would I respond and solve those . Many general technical questions were asked while he read my resume eg. What is VHDL, VLSI, why do we go for Radio communication, Microwave communication, What is a cell phone technically,etc., The interview went for around 35 minutes, and the interviewer wanted me to add many details to my answers. Tips: Be prepared with solid diplomatic answers for HR questions like What are your positive/negative aspects, Why should I hire you, Situation based questions, etc., Speak English fluently and it really mattered in my interview . When asked about your further studies, reply in a sort of answer like you were not thinking of further studies right then and you wanted challenging work.
Round: Test Experience: It was an online test. Quant and analytical section was easy and a bit of practice would suffice. General computer knowledge section included Questions on C and data structures and algorithms. Computer skills section had questions based on JAVA. The test was based on how fast u finish it rather than how good u r at computer skills Duration: 180 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Shotlisted candidates were asked to opt any of the two profiles viz., Applications and Consulting. As I opted for consulting I was asked to sit for Tech interview directly. The interviewer was good and encouraging. He asked me mainly about my areas of interest and my dept subjects. He asked me about Microprocessors and a little about Integrated Circuits.Then he asked the basic differences between C and C++. Then finally he asked why I wanted to join ORACLE being an ECE student. The interview lasted for about 25-30 minutes.
Round: HR Interview Experience: It lasted for around 15 minutes. The interviewer started with the typical Question "Tell me about yourself". Then he asked me how good are my Programming skills and whether I know SQL. Then he asked me how I could add value to their company being an ECE student and whether it was okay for me to work in Bangalore.
General Tips: Keep your fundas of C,C++ and DS well if you wanna try for software jobs. And try to be good at basics of your branch subjects well whether you try for core or software jobs because sometimes software people will try to test how good you are at your subjects. College Name: NIT WARANGAL
Round: Test Experience: In the Aptitude section, general math questions were asked. The general computer science section had general questions on basics of computers and a little math coding, questions on java, etc. Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Questions related to basics of C and C++ are asked. They tested the thinking ability by asking many puzzles and simple math and physics problems.
General Tips: Focus on aptitude, C programs, DS and OS. College Name: NIT WARANGAL