Placement Papers - Mahindra Satyam
SATYAM PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 28 SEP 2006 - BHIMAVARAM
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17 AUG 2006, KARTHIK COPY
Hello Friends
I am G.Murthy. I got selected into SATYAM through CPM (Campus Placement Mission) of IEG. I have attached my experience in the interview to this mail. I would like to thank u for providing such a great site for freshers. Thank u ma\'am.
My Written exam was on 28 sep 06 at s.r.k.r.engg college, Bhimavaram. I think till now everybody knows the pattern of written exam. Ours consisted of 15 questions to be answered in 30 min. There were nearly 8 questions of reasoning type and remaining were of aptitude. It is enough to get 9 or 10 question correct. Since most of the times the cutoff is between 7 to 10. Sometimes it is as low as 4, but these are rare cases.
My suggestion for u is to go for aptitude part first since the reasoning type questions eats a lot of time. Generally the reasoning questions are in the starting and aptitude r at the last of the paper. There is a negative marking also so be cautious to tick only the answer u know correctly.
Coming to preparation R.S Aggrawal\'s books r more then enough.
In our center nearly 340 people wrote the exam and out of them 112 were short listed for GD.
We have our GD and interview on the same day. They .
Group Discussion
we had to attend Gd at 2 o\'clock. totaly there were 112 member from our center. We were asked to get into the seminar hall at 2 pm and they started calling people from 2pm. I was called for GD at 2.45 We were 10 members in a group. Before entering into the room we decided that if the HR asks us to choose a topic then we will go for "is polititians need education". Every one agreed to it. As soon as we entered into the room the hr asked us to sit down. I was the next person sitting to hr.
He asked us to choose a topic. I did a mistake here. I immediately said that we will go for the above topic. We all agreed to it. he gave us time to write down the points and asked us to start. Now this was the real action time.
some one started the discussion and spoke for a minute. But I was surprised there was many persons trying to interrupt . So I gave my points and politely said that I would like to have points from the others. ( point for me). A few of the group members spoke then I again introduce a new point. Then again a little discussion went on. Then I said that now we should discuss the methods to be taken to prevent pollution and gave a few points (pt). Few other people also added a few points to mine. After this the hr said that it is the time to conclude. but nobody was listening to him and there was a war like situation so I immediately spoke again that it\'s the time to conclude and let us give a chance to the people who have not spoken to add a few points if they have any (pt). We had a few points then one of us concluded in the given time. But the hr asked a few of us to conclude individually. And I got another chance to speak. I included all the good points discussed by each member since I was writing them on the paper. ( pt).
The hr then asked us to leave and wait for the results.
The results were announced at 4:30 and the short listed people were asked to get into the seminar hall
They gave us a resume and said to fill it .It was the standard resume of satyam consisting of all the details .
Nearly 53 members were selected for interview.
Interview
The interview started at 5 pm. There were nearly 3 panels There was no particular panel for technical or hr.The questions asked were random they asked a few tech questions and then hr or as they liked. I was called at 11:30 pm . though I was called earlier people who were called after me were also interviewed before me. I think I was the in the first 10 people called and in the last 10 to be interviewed. So u must have great patience for it. At 11.30pm the interviewer called me into his room. as soon as I entered his room he asked me "how r u?" Though I was in not a good position (Since I was hungry and tired and in tension), I managed to put a smile on my face and said that I am fine. He offered me a chair and I thanked him and sat down.
He than asked me the following questions
1) So what u know abt databases
sir we had dbms in our btech 2 year. But I remember the basics only.
2) what
I mean that I remember the basic definitions.
3) what is a primary key?
defined
4) what is normalization?
defined
5) ok fine .What is ur favorite subject
Operating systems
6) ur favorite OS
Window XP sir
7) (with smile) What about commands
I know Unix and Dos .But i am good in dos.
8) so tell me how to copy contents of two files into a third one
using the copy command. (explained how)
9) So if I use ur logic for copying more then two files will it work?
I don\'t know exactly sir but I think no.
10) so what r ur hobbies
traveling and installing software and hardware sir
11) installing s/w and h/w so what problems u have seen
sir recently a new virus has been found which restarts the system frequently. I have seen this problem in recent days, Besides the h/w failure is an evergreen problem.
12) ok fine. so thank u kartik.u can leave now and wait for the results.
Tips for interview
Be patient since u may have to wait for long time as I was waiting for.
Be confident in ur answers .If u try to bluff them do it with confidence. Else they will find it out
maintain eye contact.Infact this become more important when u r bluffing. since if u r staring into his eyes while telling a lie he may think that it is true (though most of the times they don\'t)
Answer should be given in a way that it must be appropriate. That is not too short or too lengthy.
Prepare the things u has mentioned in ur resume perfectly. Most of the questions asked r from the resume itself.
The last thing is prepare ur subjects well and have faith in god.
The interview was over by 12:00.They asked us to get into seminar hall at 12:15am and the results were announced by 12:45am.
Total 39 members were selected at last.
My name was called 11th and at the moment I felt very happy and thanked the god.
Final statistics:
People attended written t : 340People attended
People short listed for GD : 112
total short listed for interview: 53
Finally selected: 39
SO FRIENDS THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE AT THE SELECTION PROCESS OF SATYAM. IF U HAV ANY DOUBTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAIL ME AT
murthy201185@gmail.com or dev_cse_srkr@yahoo.com
Hello Friends
I am G.Murthy. I got selected into SATYAM through CPM (Campus Placement Mission) of IEG. I have attached my experience in the interview to this mail. I would like to thank u for providing such a great site for freshers. Thank u ma\'am.
My Written exam was on 28 sep 06 at s.r.k.r.engg college, Bhimavaram. I think till now everybody knows the pattern of written exam. Ours consisted of 15 questions to be answered in 30 min. There were nearly 8 questions of reasoning type and remaining were of aptitude. It is enough to get 9 or 10 question correct. Since most of the times the cutoff is between 7 to 10. Sometimes it is as low as 4, but these are rare cases.
My suggestion for u is to go for aptitude part first since the reasoning type questions eats a lot of time. Generally the reasoning questions are in the starting and aptitude r at the last of the paper. There is a negative marking also so be cautious to tick only the answer u know correctly.
Coming to preparation R.S Aggrawal\'s books r more then enough.
In our center nearly 340 people wrote the exam and out of them 112 were short listed for GD.
We have our GD and interview on the same day. They .
Group Discussion
we had to attend Gd at 2 o\'clock. totaly there were 112 member from our center. We were asked to get into the seminar hall at 2 pm and they started calling people from 2pm. I was called for GD at 2.45 We were 10 members in a group. Before entering into the room we decided that if the HR asks us to choose a topic then we will go for "is polititians need education". Every one agreed to it. As soon as we entered into the room the hr asked us to sit down. I was the next person sitting to hr.
He asked us to choose a topic. I did a mistake here. I immediately said that we will go for the above topic. We all agreed to it. he gave us time to write down the points and asked us to start. Now this was the real action time.
some one started the discussion and spoke for a minute. But I was surprised there was many persons trying to interrupt . So I gave my points and politely said that I would like to have points from the others. ( point for me). A few of the group members spoke then I again introduce a new point. Then again a little discussion went on. Then I said that now we should discuss the methods to be taken to prevent pollution and gave a few points (pt). Few other people also added a few points to mine. After this the hr said that it is the time to conclude. but nobody was listening to him and there was a war like situation so I immediately spoke again that it\'s the time to conclude and let us give a chance to the people who have not spoken to add a few points if they have any (pt). We had a few points then one of us concluded in the given time. But the hr asked a few of us to conclude individually. And I got another chance to speak. I included all the good points discussed by each member since I was writing them on the paper. ( pt).
The hr then asked us to leave and wait for the results.
The results were announced at 4:30 and the short listed people were asked to get into the seminar hall
They gave us a resume and said to fill it .It was the standard resume of satyam consisting of all the details .
Nearly 53 members were selected for interview.
Interview
The interview started at 5 pm. There were nearly 3 panels There was no particular panel for technical or hr.The questions asked were random they asked a few tech questions and then hr or as they liked. I was called at 11:30 pm . though I was called earlier people who were called after me were also interviewed before me. I think I was the in the first 10 people called and in the last 10 to be interviewed. So u must have great patience for it. At 11.30pm the interviewer called me into his room. as soon as I entered his room he asked me "how r u?" Though I was in not a good position (Since I was hungry and tired and in tension), I managed to put a smile on my face and said that I am fine. He offered me a chair and I thanked him and sat down.
He than asked me the following questions
1) So what u know abt databases
sir we had dbms in our btech 2 year. But I remember the basics only.
2) what
I mean that I remember the basic definitions.
3) what is a primary key?
defined
4) what is normalization?
defined
5) ok fine .What is ur favorite subject
Operating systems
6) ur favorite OS
Window XP sir
7) (with smile) What about commands
I know Unix and Dos .But i am good in dos.
8) so tell me how to copy contents of two files into a third one
using the copy command. (explained how)
9) So if I use ur logic for copying more then two files will it work?
I don\'t know exactly sir but I think no.
10) so what r ur hobbies
traveling and installing software and hardware sir
11) installing s/w and h/w so what problems u have seen
sir recently a new virus has been found which restarts the system frequently. I have seen this problem in recent days, Besides the h/w failure is an evergreen problem.
12) ok fine. so thank u kartik.u can leave now and wait for the results.
Tips for interview
Be patient since u may have to wait for long time as I was waiting for.
Be confident in ur answers .If u try to bluff them do it with confidence. Else they will find it out
maintain eye contact.Infact this become more important when u r bluffing. since if u r staring into his eyes while telling a lie he may think that it is true (though most of the times they don\'t)
Answer should be given in a way that it must be appropriate. That is not too short or too lengthy.
Prepare the things u has mentioned in ur resume perfectly. Most of the questions asked r from the resume itself.
The last thing is prepare ur subjects well and have faith in god.
The interview was over by 12:00.They asked us to get into seminar hall at 12:15am and the results were announced by 12:45am.
Total 39 members were selected at last.
My name was called 11th and at the moment I felt very happy and thanked the god.
Final statistics:
People attended written t : 340People attended
People short listed for GD : 112
total short listed for interview: 53
Finally selected: 39
SO FRIENDS THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE AT THE SELECTION PROCESS OF SATYAM. IF U HAV ANY DOUBTS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAIL ME AT
murthy201185@gmail.com or dev_cse_srkr@yahoo.com
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