Placement Papers - TCS

TCS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 02 FEB 2008 - NEW DELHI

Hi Friends

TCS conducted campus drive in MSIT Janak-puri New Delhi, me n my college visited MSIT. I must say dat all dat u need is to believe in urself n almighty n everything will b fine (it's all in ur stars).

I would like to share my experience with u all who r preparing for TCS.

1st Round : Written (Online test)
It's an online test consisting of 3 sections

1st section : Verbal
10 synonms, 10 antonyms, n paragraphs
i would suggest don't prepare for dis section as it's really hard to remember synonms n antonyms
i really not prepared for dis section

2nd section : Aptitude
Prepare dis section very well dis section consist of 32 questions. For dis section prepare d old TCS questions bcoz dey r always same (questions r given in dis portal by a Galgotia's student). And try to attempt most of d questions as dere is no negative marking. I attented about 28 questions n dey are correct as i knew.

3rd section : Reasoning
12 questions will b dere. I have 3 paragraphs with 4 questions each. Prepare all 5 model test paper from
GRE Barrons(12th edition). They put exact paragraphs from Barron's n atleast prepare all those paragraphs
which have 4-5 questions. If u are not able to solve dem dan just mug up all of dem.

Technical Interview
For technical interview prepare ur previous semester main subjects. Please try to do a project. In my case my technical interview goes for 30-35 min they were taking the technical interview for an average of 40 minutes. So b prepared TCS really takes the Techincal Interview.
Both of my interviewer's were very cool n supportive.

Int : Atul please come in
Me  : i get in.
Int : Have ur seat Mr Atul
Me  : Thankyou sir. (Don't sit untill dey ask u to do so)
Int : Tell me sumthing about urself (this is d obvious one so prepare it very well)
Me  : Told.
Int : Tell me sumthing more ?
Me  : I again started.
Int : What project have you worked on ?
Me  : I told (I created a Pin-Ball game in Computer Graphics using C)
Int : Asked me the thorough working of the code n asked to explain
Me  : I expalined (dey try to make you confuse but have confidence in urself)
Int : Tell me sumthing about enum ?
Me  : I told him with some examples.
Int : He asked me to access arrays through pointers ?
Me  : I done dat n dan explained d procedure behind dis.
Int : He asked me about heap n binary search trees (as i mentioned DS as my area of interest)
Me  : I explained him d properties n uses
Int : He asked about DBMS ?
Me  : I said i m not dat much efficient in DBMS.
Int : He said u hav DBMS in ur 3rd semester n you is not efficient in dat?
Me  : Sir i know d basics only
Int : Okay tell me some DBMS's
Me  : I answered about 5
Int : Tell me d basic parts of CPU ?
Me  : I answered
Int : Ok imagine u hav all these parts now assemble the CPU ?
Me  : I told him the process step by step

During d interview dey try to c ur confidence about wat u r saying. Try to explain with practical examples. They r not checking ur communication skills here bcoz in my case i speak a word in HINDI n one of the interviewer said ya go on afterall HINDI is our mother tongue. so just try to b correct.

HR Interview
For HR interview i would suggest u to be confident. bcoz this d only thing dat dey r looking for in dis
round. Try to maintain smiling face whatsoever b d condition bcoz dis is d main reason due to which i was able to clear this round.

My Hr was 45-50 yr old very tall n very serious (i prayed lot dat i go in some other panel but....)

Hr  : Atul  come in
Me  : i get in.
HR  : Have ur seat Mr Atul
Me  : Thankyou sir (he looked at me very pointingly)
HR  : Tell me sumthing about urself(this is d obvious one so prepare it very well)
Me  : Told (dis time i goes on n at last i said dats it from my side anything more u want to know Sir)
HR  : What is Data-structures ?
Me  : I explained.
HR  : What r pointers ?
Me  : I expalined (try to make a little bit hand movements to show ur confidence but very little)
HR  : What is structures ?
Me  : I told him with some examples.
HR  : He asked me who is the Prime MInister of India ?
Me  : I said.
HR  : Dan who is the Education Minister of India ?(Now my tough time starts)
Me  : I said i don't know Sir.
HR  : He said u don't know the Edu.Minister of ur country ?
Me  : I said sorry Sir
HR  : U r professional but not a complete professional
Me  : Sorry sir but i will surely work on dat.
HR  : Dan he asked a lot of questions on poltics n i was not able to answer dem
HR  : He said wat is the future of IT in India speak on dat.
Me  : I speak n told some good points to him
HR  : He asked some more questions n finally he stare at me for 2 minutes n said ok thankyou Mr.Atul
Me  : I said thankyou sir n leave

During d interview dey try to c ur confidence n body language. They put u in odd conditions 2 c ur reaction Try to be confident n please don't boast. They check ur communication skills here.

She is really very beautiful n co-operative actually i really not felt as i was in my final interview. It was ver cool finally she asked me to wait for some time.

My final interview completes at 4'o clock n our result was announced at about 8:30pm. My NAME was dere in d finally selected list, i m d happiest person on earth. Through GOD's grace n my family's n friends support n help i made my way to TCS....