Placement Papers - Mahindra Satyam

Hi Friends

My name is Shamshera....I ve got placed in Satyam by attending the off campus that took place at Veltech Engg College [Avadi], Chennai

First of all i would like to thank this site for helping me to get through GD & HR.`They are really doing wonderful job in asisting the freshers to crack the interviews..

There were three rounds
1. Aptitude (16th march 2007)
2. Group discussion (17th march 2007)
3. Tech & personal HR

1. Aptitude test (online)
To clear this round it is enough to go through the quantitative aps by R.S Agarval. Sorry friends i dont remember what all were asked but i can tell the topic covered by those questions. There were actually 15 questions for which u will be given 30 mins

NOTE: THERE IS -VE MARKINGS IN SATYAM

Ther were 3 divisions of questions.
1 mark questions for which 0.25 -ve marking
2 mark questions for which 0.5 -ve marking
3 mark questions for which 0.25 -ve marking

So please dont take risk by guessing ur answers. Attend only those questions that u r very confident.

topic covered by those questions
1.Train
2.Ages
3.probability
4.time & distance
5.time & work
6.Compound interest
7.profit & loss
8.calendar
9.clock

it is enough if u go through the quantitative aps by R.S Agarval. About 3000 attended this round and 350 got selected for the 2nd rond

2. Group discussion
In Satyam this round is very very important. My topic was Mobile phone in engineering college... there were 9 students in my gd group

other topics were
1.love marriage & arranged marriage
2.Is USA a friend to india
3.Is china a threat to india
4.Braindrain is good or bad
5.Education system in india
just follow the etiquett of this round and it is very simple to clear this round.

Out of 350 students 152 were selected for the Hr round.

3.HR
ur test for communication is over in GD itself now this round is to check ur attitude. u need to just stay cool to get through this round... The interview took place for about 15 min for me

the questions were
1.tell about ur project
i said it confidently
2.asked some questions in it
i explained
3.toughest event in ur life
i answered
4.Gave me a stress situation and asked me how i will react to it

Finally the results were anounced on 17th evening at 8.30 p.m and i was very very happy to hear that i ve got selected.

Friend it is very simple to get throgh the interview if u r cool headed... just be confident and believe in your abilities and u will surely be successful....