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BIRLASOFT PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 13 MAR 2007 - RAJPURA
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P.Ram charan teja
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Hi Friends  
This is Neha Narula, pre-final year (CSE) student.
  
Finally I got thru BIRLASOFT
    
TYPE    : JOINT CAMPUS
 VENUE   : Chitkara Instiute,Rajpura
  
DATE    : 13March, 2007
 
 
  
Whole procedure consisted of 3 rounds
  
1) Written test
  
2) Group Discussion
  
3) Technical cum HR Interview
  

  

  
WRITTEN TEST
  
Consisted of 50 questions to be completed in an hour……I took 50 mins really surprised….thought I wont clear the paper
  
There was negative marking of.25
  

  
1)20-technical
  
        Mainly java and DBMS theoretical questions
  
        2 questions from Software engineering
  
2)20-Quantitative aptitude
  
        2-3 quests decimal to hexadecimal and octal
  
        Mixture and allegation
  
        Percentage
  
            Q gain 50%, loss 50%.find total loss percent
  
         Average
  
   Very simple, basic level quest in this section RS Aggarwal is sufficient for this section
  
3)10-English
  
        3-4 Vocabulary
  
             Q synonym for Amenities
  
                 Ans Facilities
  
              Q antonym to autonomous   
  
                 Ans dependent  
  
         2-3 wrong Sentence questions        
  
        2-3 idioms and phrases
  
            Q “if winters come, can spring be far behind”….what does it mean?
  
              Q chicken hearted stands for kind hearted or weak hearted or…….
  
 
  
        
  
GROUP DISCUSSION
  
On the same day at about 8-8.30 p.m
  
Our topic of motion was ‘’If RAKHI SAVANT WOULD BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA  
  
Other topics were”MALIKA SHERAWAT in kajrare song”
  
           “Should international Men’s day be celebrated?”
  

  
He was judging not only our communication skills but also
  
Our body language
  
And if we were listening to other group members or not
  
Don’t speak only for speaking............u must have logical point
  

  
In our panel there was cool guy ………he asked every one to conclude the GD which showed whether we were listening or not
  
Our GD was not mass elimination round …..…7 out of 10 were selected……he said…..that was the best GD he ever had.
  

  
And Finally INTERVIEW
  
On the next day
  
Firstly we had a PPT……must for HR
  
PPT at 9 a.m
  
Then I was called for interview at about 1  p.m
  

  
In My panel ……two guys……one for HR and other for TECHNICAL
  

  
Me: May I come in sir.
  
Sir1: come in
  

  
Me: A very gud after noon sir.
  
Sir2: Gud after noon
  

  
Tip:-don’t dare to sit till ask to do so.
  

  
Sir2: Have a seat
  
Me: Thank u sir
  

  
Sir2: Can I have ur CV.
  
Me: I Was told earlier to paste a photo on CV and took it separately in hand, out of file.
  
    So just gave him.
  

  
Sir1: hmmm…NEHA NARULA.Are u some what related to nirula’s?
  
Me:  no Sir
  

  
Sir2: He asked me about my training at CONVERGYS.
  
Me: I explained him all……blahblah. And added this training was beyond my curriculum.
  

  
Sir2: beyond curriculum? But this training program was in ur curriculum
  
Me: Sir,this one month training was not in my curriculum…..i had undergone one more  training at……..as mentioned in my CV
  

  
Sir2: So what u did there?
  
Me: Again explained him all….blahblah
  

  
Sir1: k, what languages u knw?
  
Me: c/c++,core java
  
Sir1: He asked me about java…its features? 
  
Me: I said polymorphism, inheritance,encapsulation..blahblah…..he asked me to explain all.
  
    I explained polymorphism, inheritance.
  

  
Sir1: He interrupted me and asked what u said about encapsulation?
  
Me: I think he was checking my presence of my mind .coz I hadn’t explained encapsulation   
  
    then. I said I havn’t….blahblah.
  

  
Sir1: oh! Dat polymorphism 
  
Me: then I explain all again with function overloading and operator overloading…then I said oh sory….java doesn’t support operator overloading. he was really impressed
  

  
Sir2: k,what is overriding?
  
Me: I forgot…..so I said,,,,,,,,,not being able to recollect
  

  
Sir2: It is related to inheritance.
  
Me: sorry sir
  

  
Sir1: Difference between DBMS and RDBMS,,,,Ms access is RDBMS and DBMS?
  
Me: Explained all…….though I was not sure about ms access, but I sad Ms Access is DBMS.
  

  
Sir1: Have u done any language beyond ur curriculum?
  
Me: Yes Sir, Core java and SQL 
  

  
Sir1: SQL….k what is SQL?
  
Me: sequential query language
  

  
Sir1: Sequential or structured?
  
Me: Sir I read 3-4 full forms of SQL…..i don’t knw wich one is true yet.
  
   Again a smile
  
  I was soooooooo confident that he was really really impreseed
  

  
Sir1: Which buk u followed?
  
Me: Again I forgot……then I said Navathe….though I followed Korth.
  

  
Sir2: siblings?
  
Me:blabla
  

  
Sir1: Why Birlasoft?
  
Me: with a pause,,,,,I said there is an ample scope for an individual to grow coz the company provides extensive training in technical and soft skills,,,,,,,,,,SEI CMMI level 5 company,,,,,,,ISO certified ………..all from PPT
  

  
Tip: must prepare for
  
Questions like …why this company?
  
         Why I hire u? (Don’t b arrogant here)
  

  

  
Sir1: ok! U have any prob if I send u to Chennai?
  
Me: NO SIR
  

  
Sir1: night Shift?
  
Me : NO SIR
  

  
Sir1: ur parents will allow…blahblah
  
Me: yes sir,,,,,my and my sis’s career is the primitive priority of my family
  

  
Sir1: in which sec u wan go development or maintainence
  
Me: development sir
  

  
Sir2: but we will send u in maintainence
  
Me: k Sir
  

  
Sir1: u don’t hav a job then don’t say its ok…;)
  
Me: no sir it’s not like that
  

  
Sir2: I think she might not knowing about development or maintenance…..
  
Me: J not exactly sir
  

  
Sir1: k, would u like to ask something?
  

  
Me: What are the ongoing projects?
  
Sir1: Lots of project……..
  

  
Me: what challenges I will be facing at birlasoft?
  
Sir1:…………………………………… don’t remember what he said.
  

  
Sir2: ok Neha u can go now
  
Me: Thank u SIR.