Placement Papers - CTS

CTS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 19 DEC 2009 - HYDERABAD

Hi Friends

I 'm Sahitya from CBIT. I' m in my final year in ECE stream.. We had CTS placement on 18th (Apti) nd 19th (Interview).. very happy to be placed... just wanted to share my experience

HAD 2 ROUNDS: WRITTEN TEST and HR+TECH INTERVIEW
Before the written test.. you ll have to answer few questions in the answer sheet.. be prepared

1. Software orientation
2. Hobbies, extra ciricular activities
3. Strengths and weakness
4. Expectations from CTS
5. Long term and short term goals in CTS
6. Qualities required for a software professional to be successful
7. And all your % marks from 10th

Aptitude was the same pattern previously mentioned in other papers..
70 ques.. 70min.. time management is important...

3 Sections:: VERBAL (25Q), ANALYTICAL (25Q), LOGICAL REASONING (20 Q)

It was an easy paper... 332 cleared (not sure how many attended.. approximately 700 I guess)
finally 197 got selected in the interview...

On 19th I had my interview at 9.45AM.. 1st slot... I was the 1st member in my panel... My HR was very cool and a lovely person..:-)
HR: Good morning Sahitya.. I m miss xxx... nice to meet you
Me: Very gdmrng maam...
Hr : Be seated
Me: Thnk u maam
Hr: So, tell me about your self (expected question)
Me: Started.. i m so n so.. aftr smetime I started feelin very nervous cudnt continue..  so i told maam i m gettin tensed
Hr: (she was vry gud...) told me nothing to get tensed... be cool,, offered me water...
Me: Had some water.. thnk u maam...   (I was feelin much better...) do u want me to repeat it again?
Hr: No no.. I got your point... tell me your fav subject
Me: Microprocessors, C, C++
Hr: Diff between call by value nd call by reference
Me: Told..
Hr: Gud
Hr: Bubble sort code
Me: Wrote and xplained
Hr: Great..nice
Me; Smiled
Hr: Wat is optical fibre?
Me: Told
Hr: Wat is coaxial cable?
Me: Wold
Hr: Gud.. wat are microwaves and its applications?
Me: Told
Hr: Can you tell anythng about telemetry (coz i mentioned it as an app of microwaves)
Me: Sorry maam.. no idea.smiling
Hr:  Tats ok.. not a problem..
Hr:  Hw does a cell phone work?
Me: Told..
Hr: Impressed
Hr:  Wat is CDMA?
Me: Told
Hr:  Gud
Hr: What is your 4-2 project?
Me: Told the title
Hr: Can you xplain me.. i dont know wat it is
Me: Explained the basic concept as we still didnt start our project
Hr: What is the duration of your prject?
Me: told..45 days
Hr:  are you flexible to work in any part of india
Me: Smiling.. yes maam.. i m flexible, i can manage...
Hr: Wats ur native?
Me:  Told
Hr: Your folks stay der?
Me: Told
Hr: ok.. nice talking to u
Me: Thnk u maam (smiling.)

I was not confident about getting selected becoz I got tensed in the beginning... but later I answred all ques confidently
tat really helped me to get through
final results were announced at 5.30pm...
I was selected.... :)
some of my frnds had nearly hr, some had hr+tech. so wat ever it is you should be prepared.. be confident and be clear in wat you speak. dont be seroius.. keep smiling... luck also mattrs...!!! be cool.. prepare well...