Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They have selected those who have no standing arrears
Tips: Clear  arrears before 5 sem

Round: Test
Experience: Quantitative is little tough but i am lucky that i am able to solve the problems
Tips: Use formulas
Duration: 65 minutes
Total Questions: 90 min

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No group discussion
Tips: Prepare well for GD

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I have spoke for 2 min and hr was impressed for it. Wrote some programs. Explained my project
Tips: For any hr interview prepare about your self. Learn some basic c programs, learn your project diagram. If u have any questions ask to hr to impress him

General Tips: Start doing some apptitude questions
Skill Tips: Whatever you talk,  speak it clearly. Dont get tension
Skills: communication skill
College Name: SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Motivation: Our seniors

Round: Test
Experience: It was a challenging but exciting experience for me..!! I felt a lil bit shortage of time to complete the test.
Tips: Keep last 5 mins for guessing the answer and marking it.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 74

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It gave me a wonderful platform to speak about my project..!!
I cudn't answer many of the questions..!!
Tips: Tell ur answer watever u know confidently..!!
Answer the questions upto the point.
Don't let ur answers puzzle u.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I spoke very confidently..!!
Tips: Improve ur communication skills.
Tell ur answers after feeling it from ur heart.
Watever u say, say it confidently.
Don't boast urself..don't bluff dere.
Always smile in between.

Skill Tips: learn new words daily and put a habbit of public speaking.
Skills: Communication Skills
College Name: KIIT UNIVERSITY

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume is the most important part of your whole placement process. Your resume reflects your whole profile, what you are. So, we had to do that properly. Main thing is the format of the resume. For getting the proper format itself we had to go through a lot, but our staffs do guide us so that's not a problem.
Tips: Stick to the proper and latest format and make sure your resume shouldn't be more than 2 pages, that's ideal for a fresher. Write only those points that are valid and if any question asked related to that, you can answer.

Round: Test
Experience: We had gone through a lot of practice tests during the placement classes and if your English is good, you will easily get through it. They just give basic grammer which we have already learnt in our school days. The Quant's part is also easy and basic maths that we have done in our primary school (7-10). Reasoning part completely based on your IQ level.
Tips: Focus on your vocabulary. Read books, articles and whatever you can. Just keep yourself up to date. Practice the basic quants. There are various books for both Quant's and reasoning. Just keep practising.
Duration: 30 mins minutes
Total Questions: depends (20-30)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I had a very tough experience. Since I'm from Biotechnology department, I was asked questions like why do I want to work in an IT company. They were actually testing my patience and I got through it. Your HR interview depends on your HR itself, even the time limit. My interview went for almost half an hour, but for few it got over even in 10-15 mins, so it depends.
Tips: Just be confident. Presentation is very important. Present yourself in a confident manner and be calm and patience. You should have good communication skill.

General Tips: Be confident and patient. Make sure you choose the proper job for yourself and have interest in that field. You will get through it. Placement is not that tough as you think. Just have confidence in yourself and you will get it. All the best.
Skills: Quants, verbal, reasoning, Soft skills, Communication skill
College Name: SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Motivation: I have always wanted to go in this and Infosys is considered as one the top IT companies in India and more over they offer you the best training. An infocician is highly recognised outside. Last but not the least, you have the biggest and the best campus for Infosys.
Funny Moments: Nothing as such, but I had really a funny HR round. For half an hour he kept Me asking the same question just to check my patience level. We had a great time during the placement classes. All the staffs were very friendly and interactive.

Round: Test
Experience: The verbal section was easy.  Analytical was very easy and I personally did not prepare much for it.
Tips: There is no need to learn any words just have to be grammatically strong.You will find it easy if you can understand english movies.
Duration: 80 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interviewer was pretty informal and friendly and though i was a bit tensed before entering the room, once i went inside my nerves calmed down and the interview went well. It was pretty simple. There were about 6 different interviewers, all of them were very experienced. They asked standard questions like tell me about yourself, strengths and weakness,  asked a few puzzles.
Tips: Just prepare for standard HR questions and do not get tensed. Be fluent during the interview

College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: Test
Experience: In verbal, paragraphs, grammatical questions etc were asked. Reasoning was quite simple when compared to verbal.Normal and easy Quantitative questions were asked.
Tips: Keep your cool all through the interview. Be precise and don't give the the impression that you are missing the emphasis on what you are speaking.
Duration: 80 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview was pretty cool. I was interviewed by an experienced person and he made me feel comfortable all through.Type of questions asked are like: Tell me about your extra curricular activities from your childhood, Tell me something about your leadership qualities. Situational questions were also asked which were simple.

College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: Test
Experience: In the verbal section, Reading Comprehensions and correction of sentences were given.Quant was easy.Reasoning was a little hard but it can be done easily and pretty fast if you have practice.
Tips: For the written test try to practice some reasoning questions which are available in some cat books..they wont be that tough in the written test but you will feel confident if you solve them.
Duration: 70 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview was very simple. It was only for some 5 to 10 mins.They just asked me to tell about my family background & my siblings.Then i was asked about my future plans. The interviewer asked me if i wanted to knowanything about the company from him..And one question was asked about what will i do if the project i am working onsuddenly crashes.Then he checked my resume and asked about my CGPA.
Tips: Be confident when you face a HR interview. And do answer all the questions they ask, do not hesitate.Be fluent in speaking

College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: Test
Experience: Section 1 had 30 mins quantitative aptitude and 20 mins reasoning questions.Questions based on pie charts,ratio and proportion,percentage problems etc were asked. They were pretty easy only.Section 2 had 20 mins english. Here, synonyms and antonyms and comprehension passages were asked.
Tips: You can practice puzzles from shakuntala devi and quantitative aptitude from RS Agarwal.As for the Verbal part, GRE wordlists from Barrons will be of great use.Time management is very important.
Duration: 70 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Very basic questions were asked from Software engineering , like what is SDLC and PERT and all and more questions were from final year project only.A Situational question was asked and he asked me to give an algorithm to solve it logically.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was for about 20 mins, and it was ultra lite. The person who took my interview was extremely friendly and we had a little talk about ourselves initially and he repeated the same question thrice when i told him I did not understand.
Here, he asked about my background and from which school i had done my 10th and 12th and asked me to talk about national integrity. I just had to talk about that topic for 2 mins. Some puzzles and particular semester's SGPA and CGPA also were asked. And usual questions about hobbies and why do you want to join Infosys. All that he expected during the interview was straight forward answers.
Tips: Just be confident(not over confident) when you answer the questions. Look into the eyes of the Interviewer when you answer.

College Name: NIT WARANGAL