Placement Papers - Infosys

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Infosys Ltd Interview Experience - Kolkata, 1st April, 2014
Posted by :
Tanmoy Nandy
(27)
Me: May I come in?
Interviewer: Yeah sure! Please come in.

Interviewer: Please have a sit.

After reading my CV very carefully for about 2-3 minutes, he said, "So Why don\'t you start speaking about yourself?".
Me: Told.

Interviewer: Why did you take up computer science?

Me: I had computer science from class 9. It was since then that I started a liking for the subject and after +2 I decided that If I take up any subject, that has to be Computer science.

Interviewer: okay. So what is your favorite programming language?
Me: C.

Interviewer: Why?
Me: Told.

Interviewer: What are pointers and why do we need them?
Me: Told.

Interviewer: ok. You have mentioned core Java in your CV. What do you know about Core Java.
Me: Inheritance, Exceptions, Thread.

Interviewer: What are exceptions?
Me: Told.

He then asked some other questions from Java like What is NullPointerException, What is Polymorphism, etc.

Interviewer: Tell me about some major hurdles that you have faced in your academics.
Me: Told about a problem that we encountered in our project.

Interviewer: How do you plan to overcome it?
Me: Sir, we already overcame it. (Then told him, how we solved it. ).

He then asked some other technical questions from my projects and also about my role in the project. I answered them all.

Interviewer: Did your guide help you in anyway?
Me: Yes sir, he helped us by giving us some very valuable tips and innovative ideas.

Interviewer: Like?
Me: Gave some examples.

Interviewer: So Tanmoy, Why do you want to join Infosys?
Me: I was prepared for this question and was able to impress him by my answer.

Interviewer: Do you have any relocation problem?
Me: Absolutely not.

Interviewer: If I place you in a remote location where there is no proper accommodation available, will that be any problem for you?
Me: Sir, I do not have any such location constraint. You can place me anywhere you like.

Interviewer: Are you ready to work in shifts?
Me: Sir, I have spent many sleepless nights preparing lab files and writing project reports. I don\'t think that would be a problem.

Interviewer: That\'s different. Here you need to work for 2-3 consecutive years! Will you be able to cope up with such situations?
Me: Sir I am confident that I would be able to work in night shifts. I assure you that it would not be any problem.

Interviewer: Suppose I assign a project where you do not have any scope of working with technologies that you love. Are you ready to accept such projects?
Me: Sir, I am sure that every project will have something new for me to learn. I am ready to accept any project that you assign me.

Interviewer: Do you have any questions?
Me: If somebody is working in a particular domain and tomorrow if he wants to shift to some other domain, is that possible?

Interviewer: gave a really loooooong answer.

Interviewer: Does that answer your question?
Me: Yes Sir, Absolutely.

Interviewer: That was all from my part. My good Wishes to you.
Me: Thank You Sir.

Interviewer: Thank You.

Result was announced the next day and I was one of the 55 students from my college to have cleared the Interview. :).