Round: Test Experience: In quantitative aptitude i dont remember the questing exactly but alsomost all questings are similer to the questions in RS Agarwaal.. In reasoning and analytical section they will ask puzzles and if u read shakuntala devi and jimmers puzzle book it is more than sufficient.. In verbal section they have given around 2 passages and 5 questions for each passage dont waste more time in this section because it is time consuming.. they have given some fill in the blanks questions where we have to search for synonyms and antonyms No technical section was there Total Questions: 75
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Basically i am from Mechanical back ground they dint asked any questions related to software.... They asked questions like how do you update your self regarding your technical knowledge... have you thought of any innovative ideas recent past..
Round: HR Interview Experience: In HR they asked 2 situation reaction tests. 1)she asked my hobbies and replied playing cricket... she posed a question to me that if i was appointed as cricket team captain for M-Tech mech team how i select my team.... i answered purely by performance no partiality like that.. but she asked to think more then she answered for the questions as... I alone cannot select the team because in M-Tech there may be more that 500 students so i have to take help from some of my friends and this shows attitude towards team work.... 2) She asked one more question like if i am a boss and there are 5 peoples working under me.. my boss given me one work that has to be completed in with in a month... now it is the last day of month and still 25% of work is remaining how i handle that situation... I answered that I will answer to the boss that from next time i will finish 1 months work in 20 days itself so that we will not be facing this kind of problems next time.. then she told ok....
General Tips: Infosys recruitment wont concentrate too much on technical side... they concentrate on logical and analytical thinking and situation reactions etc... so go through puzzles from shankuntala devi and jimmers... and some analytical and logical sections from RS agarwaal Dont concentrate on technical questions because they wont ask any technical questions... you must prepare well for the written test and Interview will depend on your logical and analytical thinking and situation reactions.. all the best.. hope i will see you in Infosys next year.... College Name: NIT WARANGAL
Round: Test Experience: In email writing one question was given describing the situation and maximum word limit. It has the keywords given to be used. 1 question, 10 minutes.This section is generally used to check your verbal ability. Make sure to use all the keywords given and complete it within time, with no spelling mistakes of course. Missing a keyword or a spelling mistake could be your goodbye to qualified list.The second section had 30 questions of quantitative aptitude. Duration 70 mins. There are questions from various sections, such as Time and speed, Time and distance, Data interpretation,etc.There are 2-3 star marked questions which have more weight-age. There my also be a dummy question who doesn't have any matching answer. Make sure uh don't attempt these questions.26-27 questions is the cut-off for qualified list.But you have to do the email writing part correctly. Tips: Practice email writing online from various websites such as technicalbaba.com, indiageeks.comPractice quantitative aptitude as it is a must in any interview you will face. you can use R.S.Agarwal or CAT material. Duration: 90 minutes Total Questions: 30 + 1
Round: Interview Experience: Greeting the interviewer is a must. Be confident and enthusiastic. Have your resume properly ready. Technical questions from your subject will be asked. Not a must that you should know any programming language like C, C++, JAVA. Tips: Prepare 3-4 subjects of your core branch. Never try to flatter the interviewer. Be confident and answer the questions appropriately. Dont say directly " I DON'T KNOW". Atleast try even if you dont know the answer.
Round: Interview Experience: There are certain questions which doesnt have direct answers. You have to be diplomatic about them. You should be able to see all the possible situation when a question like that is asked.
Round: Interview Experience: The HR head may manipulate you, try to stress you, etc. Be calm and confident.Think before you speak. Prepare your answers before hand for general questions. Write your introduction on a paper and prepare it well so that you speak it confidently... Tips: Be yourself. Be confident. Never argue with the interviewer.All the best
General Tips: Be presentable in the interview. Wear a watch. Show respect to the interviewer. Prepare 3-4 technical subjects well. Read last 15 days newspaper. Be confident when you speak. Improve your English if you are weak in it. Skill Tips: "" Skills: Verbal ability, Attitude, Technical knowledge, General knowledge College Name: IMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD Motivation: TCS is a semi government company with a decent package and high job security.
Round: Test Experience: Very basic(class 7 level) english, quant and DI from CAT preparation will do. I was asked to estimate the number of newspapers I would buy if I am a supplier for the campus. Then slightly complicated the problem four or five times. Tips: Try to answer as many questions as possible--the test is the one major criterion for selection. Total Questions: 65
Round: Guesstimate Interview Experience: One-on-one interview.Basic guess estimation and details about your projects. Try to show you have some knowledge in mathematics.
Round: HR Interview Experience: HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I). Tips: Be confident and try not to tell something which you can’t defend.
General Tips: As is the case for most companies, CAT preparation will definitely help. I don’t think much focus was was given on the essay but the other sections of the test are really important. Skill Tips: A decent CGPA(mine was exactly 8) will help. HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I). Should be able to speak about your own projects and internships. College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
General Tips: KGPians have to be a little more in the know-how of latest trends in IT and programming language landscape. KGPians don’t do group projects much, specially group programming/software project. Be affirmative about your abilities and be more clear in your intent, in interviews. Skill Tips: Must: minimum CGPA of 8. they reduced the gpa requirement to 7.9 but they maintain final gpa must be 8. Good to have: Some knowledge of programming languages,databases,Algorithms. Any extra-academic involvement helps ,but is not a requirement. Be in touch with discrete math(not requirement). C++,Java programming(may be a little bit of Python). Projects and internships with computer programming as major /critical part. Having lead a bunch of juniors or equals in a project. Decent communication skills is essential. College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
Q1. They asked me how would you determine toll for the Jamuna Expressway
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Round: Interview Experience: 2 round of interview First round- technical (basic infra stuff)Second round- HR skills- just a brush up of civil infra courses like Infrastructure Planning and Management(IPM), ECM.HR preparation – slight basic First round- they took people with CG>=7.5 They asked me how would you determine toll for the Jamuna Expressway. Tips: I started in September. Obviously early bird catches the fish.
Round: Interview Experience: HR preparation – slight basic. My HR was very good. Moreover, my intern was in Mumbai Metro Rail, which helped me push in for infra. Also my PORs gave me an edge over others. Tips: CFA played a crucial role for my friends.
General Tips: Basically puzzles, as they are helpful in almost every company. It provides you a direction for thinking. www.brainden.com was a good site. 300,400 puzzles book was very good. (Available in DC++) Have your resume ready early in the semester.Have mock GDs in your group.Have basic fundamentals about what’s going in the country and world. Don’t RG and prepare in groups. College Name: IIT MADRAS
General Tips: Have a good number of projects and know each and every aspect of the projects mentioned Have the ability to relate course content to the project development Skill Tips: They were looking for Product Designers. College Name: IIT-Madras
Round: Test Experience: Be confident but dont be over confident Tips: solve as many papers u can to crack dis test Duration: 60 minutes Total Questions: 50
Round: Group Discussion Experience: Be clear about ur thots. Tips: Try to speak more & relevant to the topic. Duration: 15 minutes
Round: Technical Interview Experience: being honest will help u clear this round Tips: Be UP to DATE..
General Tips: Develop coding skills& logics also understand the basic math formulaes College Name: TERNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE Motivation: If u can Dream IT , U can Definetly Achieve IT.. :) Funny Moments: :D
Round: Test Experience: This was a simpler round, concentrating on basic questions like- 1. Deleting last 'n' nodes of a linked list 2. Check out the given tree is a BST or not. 3. If an array a[i] is a then a[i+1] would be either a+1, a-1 or a so in this array how do you search an element 4. write a ship quality code Total Questions: Online
Round: Test Experience: The questions were of this type-
1. Given a tree and all the leaf nodes form a double linked list ( complete tree is given ). How do you find the height of the tree? 2. an array of negative and positive numbers are given. find all contiguous subsets whose sum is equal to zero.
Round: Test Experience: The difficulty level went up, with questions like-
1. Find Longest Increasing sequence subject to some constraints. 2. An array is given of size n and the elements are in the range 1 to n. Some elements are missing and some are repeated. Find the missing elements and find frequency of all the repeated elements. 3. Three arrays A, B, C. find subset a in A, b in B, c in C such that a + b + c = 0
Round: Test Experience: Really tough test, with questions like-
1. A tree is given, make a linked list of leaves. 2. for amazon online store what data-structure is used. That is hierarchical structure 3. Asked about make file. How do you club into a single object file.
General Tips: Before making the shortlist, you'll have to sit for an Online written test. The test consists of two parts. One part will concentrate on aptitude and output of C programs. 1. aptitude, 2. C aptitude, 3. Operating Systems and Time complexities etc., Second part will be coding Questions 1. One Question on Trees - definitely 2. One more simple questions on string manipulation Skills: Algorithms, Puzzles, Data Structures College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Q6. They asked me some questions on my CV like Why less marks in academics
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Q7. Also, about my summers project- what did I do, what was the project and how did I went about doing it
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Round: Group Discussion Experience: 1) BBG shipping has experience of turning around two companies and is one of the largest companies in this segement
2) City shipping is largest private company into ship repair and ship breaking but not in similar segment.
3) Sonyo shipping is one of the oldest shipping company and has various businesses related this. It is looking forward to expand in china and India and looking forward to expand and acquire some ship breaking company to create a low cost base.
Bids are:
BBG: 100% of debt for seven years 9% interest pa
City: 90% of debt for seven years 10% interest pa
Sonyo: 85% of debt for five years 13% interest pa
As a manager you have to take decision. Your senior has called up to look for bid of City and this will help to build relationship with city. The bank already has relationship with BBG. What will you recommend?
Round: HR Interview Experience: I can’t say I was 100% right in all my answers but I tried to simplify every answer. I knew my CV very well and was able to anticipate questions like why less marks.
General Tips: Through knowledge of sectors and other fin subjects. Was confident as I had prepared well for the interview. In GD one has to contribute 2-3 good points that was sufficient. There were people who remained silent but contributed even 1 good point were selected for interview atleast. In interview they gauge your fitment wrt role and their core values. Skills: Economics, Finance College Name: NA
Round: Resume Shortlist Experience: CGPA > 8 is necessary
Round: Test Experience: Online Test + Written Test Online Test - Duration 90 minutes + Written Test 30 minutes for Hardware profile Online Test -Quants, Number Series ; Calculators were not allowed Written Test - Semiconductor Basics
Round: Interview Experience: Interview is held in either 1 round for non-core profile or several rounds of technical interviews for Hardware. Technical round consisted of questions form topics like VLSI, Semiconductors (BJT, MOS), ASIC Design Flow, CMOS Process Flow.
Round: Group Discussion Experience: Group Discussion is held for non-core profilesDuration varies from 20-30 minutes with 11 members.
General Tips: Never ever mention GRE or MS or any higher studies, for that matter, in any placement interview if you want to get placed in that company Practicing quant, puzzle solving and GD from early in the semester would definitely help Core placement: be thorough with the core fundaes Practice general quant questions without a calculator Skills: Quants, Puzzle Solving College Name: IIT MADRAS