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Infosys Ltd Interview Experience - Bhubaneswar, October 13, 2015
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Nihar Samantaray
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Hello everyone!
I am here to share my experience of Infosys\'s campus recruitment process that took place in our college.
Infosys selection process is divided into 2 rounds :
1. Online Test
2. Interview
Round 1:
On october 13, we had an online test having 3 sections
1. Test Section I - Reasoning Section - Arithmetic Reasoning and Analytical Thinking - 25 minutes - 15 questions.
1.1. Data Interpretation - 5 questions
1.2. Data Sufficiency - 5 questions
1.3. Sentence Sequencing - 5 questions
2. Test Section II - Aptitude Section - Mathematical Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning - 35 minutes - 10 questions.
2.1. Arrangement Puzzle - 5 questions
2.2. Probability - 1 question
2.3. Time and Distance - 1 question
2.4. Permutation and Combination - 1 question
2.5. Crypt Arithematic - 1 question
2.6. Number series - 1 question
3. Test Section III - Verbal Section - Test of Communicative English - 35 minutes - 40 questions.
3.1. Theme detection/Critical Reasoning - 6 questions
3.2. Sentence Correction - 8 questions
3.3. Fill in blanks - 8 questions
3.4. Insert correct phrase - 6 questions
3.5. Paragraph I - 6 questions
3.6. Paragraph II - 6 questions
Tips for Online test :
1. Section I is easy. Practice these problems. Solving these questions will boost your self confidence.
2. Section I - Sentence Sequencing is little different from Syllogism problems. 5 Option will be given. We have to make a logical pair of 3 options.
3. Section I - Data Interpretation is all about calculation. Bar chart/ Graph/ Pie chart will be given. Increase your calculation speed.
4. Section I - Data Suffieciency is easiest sub section of this online test. Even if you are not prepared, you can score good marks here.
5. Section II is moderately hard. It requires a good amount of practice.
6. Section II Aptitude questions like Time and Distance, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Mixture ratio and proportion, number series, crypt arithematic etc are always expected.
7. Section II Puzzles are tricky but not so hard. Keep 20+ minutes to solve these questions. To deduct the logic you can take 10 minutes and to solve 10 minutes.
8. Section III is moderate but lengthy.
9. Section III, increase your reading speed and vocabulary if you have more than 1 month in your hand.
10. Section III, if less than a week is remaining, revise any grammar book and try to solve as many questions as possible from Indiabix.
11. Section III, TIME matters a lot, so keep paragraphs in end. Even if you skip reading a paragraph, you can guess answer by word matching.
12. Overall, you need not top the exam. You must clear it.
13. Indiabix helps a lot. Even you can crack test by preparing 2 days, if have tried to solve all required section from indiabix.
14. No negative marks. But don\'t try "akkad bakkad bambe bo". Give a logical guess instead.
15. RS Agarwal solvers, don\'t worry, you have already cleared aptitude section, focus on English Section.
Round 2 :
On october 14, we had an Interview round.
Out of around 500 students, 158 were selected for interview round.
They called names by branch and alphabetically.
It began at 10:00.
My name is Nihar and I am from CSE branch.
I got my chance at 12:00.
*Note : Non CS students interview is little different of this one. You can skip, don\'t waste time!
Door knock knock !
Interviewer : Come in !
Me : Good Noon, Sir !
Handshake !!
Interviewer : Nihar, hows you ?
Me : Fine, Sir ! (I was nervous, room was cold)
Interviewer : Hows your day today ?
Me : So far so good !
Interviewer looking at CV and all documents (in 2-3 seconds)
Interviewer : So your area of Interest is OS..
Me : Yes sir ! (Confused! Where are HR questions?)
Interviewer : What is semaphore ?
Me : ... (1 second after) .. Sir, I don\'t know ... ! (Such a bad start, I knew what semaphore is but can\'t remember at that point)
Interviewer : What is thrashing ?
Me : Told ... (I know I gave a wrong defination)
Interviewer : Are you sure ?
Me : No sir .. (I thought Game Over)
Interviewer : You are wrong.
But the magic happened after that..
Interviewer : what is starvation ?
Me : *told
Interviewer : what is belady\'s anamoly ?
Me : *told
Interviewer : what is paging ? what is demand paging ?
Me : *told
likewise he asked me about context switching, scheduler.
Ratio of my right answers was like 5/7.
Interviewer : write a program to print 0 2 6 12 20... n
Me : *done (I am good at C. Explained it with a proper example. Now I was little relaxed)
Interviewer : Nihar, do you want to ask any questions ?
Me : yes, sir, I exactly can\'t remember what is semaphore and thrashing. Sir, can you help me to remember?
Interviewer : *told
Interviewer : Okay! All the best for your future. Now you can leave.
Me : Thank you sir.
Handshake !!
Closed door properly.
I thought I was rejected due to bad start but a little hope kept me wondering.
Chances of clearing interview was 50:50.
Result time! They called names alphaetically. A, B , C .... Nihar Samantaray ! (Bam! I was selected) (105 out of 158 selected)
Something I like to advice.
1. Be confident. But don\'t give wrong answer over confidently. *cough*
2. For CS/IT branch students, ratio of HR questions will be very less.
3. For Non CS/IT branch students, focus on project and your branch subject. But don\'t forget C !
4. Make a proper CV suitable to you ! (I regret to keep OS as my area of Interest, I could have kept C programming)
5. While interview, keep your smile and body posture on !
Don\'t procrastinate. Start your preparation. All the best for your preparation. Best of luck for campus recruitment.
Hope we will meet at Infosys Mysore\'s awesome campus :)
I am here to share my experience of Infosys\'s campus recruitment process that took place in our college.
Infosys selection process is divided into 2 rounds :
1. Online Test
2. Interview
Round 1:
On october 13, we had an online test having 3 sections
1. Test Section I - Reasoning Section - Arithmetic Reasoning and Analytical Thinking - 25 minutes - 15 questions.
1.1. Data Interpretation - 5 questions
1.2. Data Sufficiency - 5 questions
1.3. Sentence Sequencing - 5 questions
2. Test Section II - Aptitude Section - Mathematical Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning - 35 minutes - 10 questions.
2.1. Arrangement Puzzle - 5 questions
2.2. Probability - 1 question
2.3. Time and Distance - 1 question
2.4. Permutation and Combination - 1 question
2.5. Crypt Arithematic - 1 question
2.6. Number series - 1 question
3. Test Section III - Verbal Section - Test of Communicative English - 35 minutes - 40 questions.
3.1. Theme detection/Critical Reasoning - 6 questions
3.2. Sentence Correction - 8 questions
3.3. Fill in blanks - 8 questions
3.4. Insert correct phrase - 6 questions
3.5. Paragraph I - 6 questions
3.6. Paragraph II - 6 questions
Tips for Online test :
1. Section I is easy. Practice these problems. Solving these questions will boost your self confidence.
2. Section I - Sentence Sequencing is little different from Syllogism problems. 5 Option will be given. We have to make a logical pair of 3 options.
3. Section I - Data Interpretation is all about calculation. Bar chart/ Graph/ Pie chart will be given. Increase your calculation speed.
4. Section I - Data Suffieciency is easiest sub section of this online test. Even if you are not prepared, you can score good marks here.
5. Section II is moderately hard. It requires a good amount of practice.
6. Section II Aptitude questions like Time and Distance, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Mixture ratio and proportion, number series, crypt arithematic etc are always expected.
7. Section II Puzzles are tricky but not so hard. Keep 20+ minutes to solve these questions. To deduct the logic you can take 10 minutes and to solve 10 minutes.
8. Section III is moderate but lengthy.
9. Section III, increase your reading speed and vocabulary if you have more than 1 month in your hand.
10. Section III, if less than a week is remaining, revise any grammar book and try to solve as many questions as possible from Indiabix.
11. Section III, TIME matters a lot, so keep paragraphs in end. Even if you skip reading a paragraph, you can guess answer by word matching.
12. Overall, you need not top the exam. You must clear it.
13. Indiabix helps a lot. Even you can crack test by preparing 2 days, if have tried to solve all required section from indiabix.
14. No negative marks. But don\'t try "akkad bakkad bambe bo". Give a logical guess instead.
15. RS Agarwal solvers, don\'t worry, you have already cleared aptitude section, focus on English Section.
Round 2 :
On october 14, we had an Interview round.
Out of around 500 students, 158 were selected for interview round.
They called names by branch and alphabetically.
It began at 10:00.
My name is Nihar and I am from CSE branch.
I got my chance at 12:00.
*Note : Non CS students interview is little different of this one. You can skip, don\'t waste time!
Door knock knock !
Interviewer : Come in !
Me : Good Noon, Sir !
Handshake !!
Interviewer : Nihar, hows you ?
Me : Fine, Sir ! (I was nervous, room was cold)
Interviewer : Hows your day today ?
Me : So far so good !
Interviewer looking at CV and all documents (in 2-3 seconds)
Interviewer : So your area of Interest is OS..
Me : Yes sir ! (Confused! Where are HR questions?)
Interviewer : What is semaphore ?
Me : ... (1 second after) .. Sir, I don\'t know ... ! (Such a bad start, I knew what semaphore is but can\'t remember at that point)
Interviewer : What is thrashing ?
Me : Told ... (I know I gave a wrong defination)
Interviewer : Are you sure ?
Me : No sir .. (I thought Game Over)
Interviewer : You are wrong.
But the magic happened after that..
Interviewer : what is starvation ?
Me : *told
Interviewer : what is belady\'s anamoly ?
Me : *told
Interviewer : what is paging ? what is demand paging ?
Me : *told
likewise he asked me about context switching, scheduler.
Ratio of my right answers was like 5/7.
Interviewer : write a program to print 0 2 6 12 20... n
Me : *done (I am good at C. Explained it with a proper example. Now I was little relaxed)
Interviewer : Nihar, do you want to ask any questions ?
Me : yes, sir, I exactly can\'t remember what is semaphore and thrashing. Sir, can you help me to remember?
Interviewer : *told
Interviewer : Okay! All the best for your future. Now you can leave.
Me : Thank you sir.
Handshake !!
Closed door properly.
I thought I was rejected due to bad start but a little hope kept me wondering.
Chances of clearing interview was 50:50.
Result time! They called names alphaetically. A, B , C .... Nihar Samantaray ! (Bam! I was selected) (105 out of 158 selected)
Something I like to advice.
1. Be confident. But don\'t give wrong answer over confidently. *cough*
2. For CS/IT branch students, ratio of HR questions will be very less.
3. For Non CS/IT branch students, focus on project and your branch subject. But don\'t forget C !
4. Make a proper CV suitable to you ! (I regret to keep OS as my area of Interest, I could have kept C programming)
5. While interview, keep your smile and body posture on !
Don\'t procrastinate. Start your preparation. All the best for your preparation. Best of luck for campus recruitment.
Hope we will meet at Infosys Mysore\'s awesome campus :)
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