Placement Papers - Infosys

INFOSYS INTERVIEW - 23 MAY 2005 - HYDERABAD

                         Hi Friends

I have attended my interview at Hyderabad Infosys. My experience is             as follows:
            interviewer: welcome Naveen
             
                         me: good morning sir
             
                         interviewer: take your seat
             
                         me: thank u sir
             
                         interviewer: tell me something about u which is not written in the             application like hobbies and interests
             
                         me: my hobbies are playing cricket, reading computer magazines and             surfing the net and my extra curricular interests are organizing             events.
             
                         interviewer: what is ur role in cricket
             
                         me: I am wicket keeper and opener non-striker batsman
             
                         interviewer: whether the skills of wicket keeping r useful for a             batsman or bowler (similar to this but in a different way)
             
                         me: ( I didn't get the meaning) there should be good conversation             between the wicket keeper and bowler
             
                         interviewer: (repeated the above one what i have written exactly,             then i understood)
             
                         me: all the three skills are different, one cannot be useful to             improve the other
             
                         interviewer: if u r given to talk about one minute then what topic             will u choose
             
                         me: I want to speak about me
             
                         interviewer: I am not interested about u, (gave me some topic             regarding Indian market)
             
                         me: i don't have any idea
             
                         interviewer: "Does a student who has completed the B.Tech should do             MBA"
             
                         me: (bla bla for 30 seconds)
             
                         interviewer: u have spoken not even 30 seconds
             
                         me: sorry sir
             
                         interviewer: u r given a choice of team member and team leader which             one will u choose
             
                         me: i will choose team member
             
                         interviewer: why so, u said u organized events
             
                         me: but i did as a team member, there is nothing like that one is             leader and others have to follow his commands, we a group of friends             shared our views and implemented them to organize the events
             
                         interviewer: u r in a situation where ur team leader gives             importance to ur friend in the same team, how would u handle the             situation or how would u convince the team to ur ideas
             
                         me: i would convey my ideas and the advantages we get through it and             if my ideas are really good then everybody will convince
             
                         interviewer: how good r u at puzzles?
             
                         me: fine
             
                         interviewer: do u know car driving
             
                         me: yes
             
                         interviewer: u r going on a ride for 150 km and after covering 20%             then one tyre got punctured and u r changing the tyre, suddenly ur             screws fell down into a pound from where u cannot retrieve, u don't             cell phone and u won't get lift, then how will handle the situation
             
                         me: i will remove one screw from the remaining three wheels and keep             for the new one
             
                         interviewer: will there be any problem then            
             
                         me: i don't know
             
                         interviewer:( he handed over two nails which are bended and inserted             into one another) can u separate them
             
                         me: (tried) no sir
             
                         interviewer: ok atleast they can be separated or not?
             
                         me: (tried again) no sir
             
                         interviewer: u r alone in a room which doesn't have anything, one             bulb hangs down at the middle which touches ur head when u stand             below it, then how can u measure the height or atleast tell ur             approach to solve
             
                         me: i would to wall and mark my height and then do some thing from             there            
             
                         interviewer: u r given two identical iron bars, how would u             identify which one is magnet
             
                         me: with the help of a thread
             
                         interviewer: no thread
             
                         me: first i would take one bar near to other then it gets attracted             and then i will turn and try again
             
                         interviewer: in both the ways the other bar gets attracted, any             questions
             
                         me: will there be any bond
             
                         interviewer: it is not like bond, u have to sign for a contract of             one yr, any more
             
                         me: no sir
                                       interviewer: thank u