Placement Papers - TCS

TCS PATTERN - 09 JUL 2005 - KOLKATTA

I gave TCS Off-Campus on 9th-10th July in Kolkata(Techno India Campus).I cleared the written test &           Tech interview and waiting for the HR interview results which will be           announced after 10 days.I am giving the pattern of the ques as I don't           remember the exact ques.
         
          REGARDING THE REGISTRATION :
         
          1.There is no spot registration.U have to register at www.recruitment.tcs.com
After filling up the form they will send a DTD number.If u don't receive the HALL-TICKET u will be allowed to give the test if u can produce the print out of that mail.
         
2.Plz take all the markssheets(classX,classXII,all semesters). For WBUT frz,if u have not received ur 8thsem marks sheet plz take the printout of the result from the Internet.U can also take Xerox of the marks sheets but they should be attested .
         
          If u don't satisfy any of the above conditions u will not be allowed to enter the Campus.
         
         
          REGARDING THE TEST:
         
          There where 2 batches of students.One 09:00 am and other 02:00 PM.
          The 09:00 AM had MANUAL TEST whereas 02:00 PM had ONLINE TEST .
          I gave manual test.The duration of the test was 01 h,30mins .
         
          1.Regarding English:
          I don't remember the words but some of them were from HIGH FREQUENCY
          LIST of BARRON'S . After this there was fill-in-the-blanks passage.
          Then there was a paragraph .I will advice u to do the pragraph at the end.
         
          2.Regarding Aptitude:
          All the ques were common from previous years ques papers.Only the data was
          changed.PLz do the previous years ques throughly.
         
          3.Regarding Reasoning:
          They were from 12th edition Barron's.
         
          4.No Psychommetry.
         
          5.Regarding TECH interview.
          There were around 20 panels each with 2 interviewers.
          They asked me basic UNIX commands as I had written that I know unix in
          there form.
          They asked some SQL queries
          Use of Distinct.
          Use of Count,Max
          Use of Union,Intersection,Join.
         
          1 C program: 1^2 + 3^2 + 5^2 + .....
         
          I cleared the interview .
         
          6.Regarding HR interview :
          They asked some common ques;
          1.Tell me someting about urself.
          2.why TCS?
          3.Why TCS should Hire U?
          4.R u mobile?
          5.Will u sign a bond for 2 years?
         
          That's all .The HR interview was for 5 mins.
         
          The final list of selected candidates will be announced after 10 days.