Placement Papers - Infosys

INFOSYS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 17 MAR 2008

Hi Friends

I am Bikash from EAST CSE 3rd year. INFOSYS came to our college pooled campus:

The written exam is divided into 2 parts:
1. Reasoning & Aptitude:
puzzle type question(5)
series diagram(5)
data sufficiency (5)
data interpretation(5)
syllogism(5)

2. English:
2 big very difficult paragraphs
theme detection very difficult
correct sentences also difficult n very lengthy
vocabs also etc.

The resonin section is of 30 marks n 40 mins n the english section is of 40 marks n 35 mins since very lengthy actually there r no negative marks for wrong answers

First i ve gn to the hall n we were asked to fill in a form (remember to take a photograph with u).
den question given xam was very fair no illegal things done.

in the resonin section i ve done 25 n no guesses

in english section i ve done 17 to 18 +guesses(10) since time very short n 8 pages to read after 2 hrs result published. i was one of the selected candidate in written xams. actually 288 eligible candidates have appeared the written test n only 38 got selected out of which 21 from our colz(EAST), 12 frm JITM, 5 from semanta den d HR round started

HR ROUND
IN the HR round the HR made me to wait for nearly half an hour then he walk out of the room n asked me
HR:U r Bikash right
ME:yes sir
HR:OK come in
ME:A VERY GOOD AFTERNOON SIR.
HR:GOOD AFTERNOON.

NOTE: actualy nw a days HR r not really goin by traditional method of knockin d door n say comin dey r usually puttin u in some akward situation

Bt the hr was very nice i cannot forget through out my life. Den i went in with a smilin face

stood beside the chair he offered me a sit.

HR: plz have a sit
ME: thank u sir
HR: So u r from Ravenshaw Collegiate School right
ME: yes sir
HR: It is in Cuttack I think since u belong to Cuttack
ME: yes sir
HR: OK Bikash tell me onething u learnt from ur school n still not forgotten
ME: answered in a very nice n convincing manner

but meanwhile i said fighted instead of fought the HR immediately asked me "u hav told me fighted den why u hav changed"

i ve told because i was wrong n we should learn from our mistakes n rectify it.

he appreciated me.
den asked
HR: ne group activity u wer associated in?
ME: tree plantation in school.
HR: do u think tree plantation is necessary to control polution
ME: ansd
HR: ne other innovative idea
ME: ansd
HR :i think population growth a cause of pollution
ME: SAID NO N JUSTIFIED

den after listenin to my answer he seemed to be convinced n shake his hands with me very firmly, givin me compliments, in this posture of we perhaps talked for 2-3 mins den he told me 2 leave congratulatin me.

I m really greatful to him fr all his soberness n afectionate words towards me. den d final result came n 34 out of total 38 written qualified got selected n 20 from our college