Placement Papers - Mahindra Satyam

Hi Friends

I am Swetha, 3rd Telecom from Vemana Institute Of Technology, Bangalore. Tis s my 7th cmpany in al those companies which i attended earlier i cudnt even clr my written test but i worked hard n ws able 2 clr my written test in Satyam. So never lose heart, God knows wher u wil shine better n he places u ther. but make sure u constantly work hard n success wil b urs. It ws a pool campus ther wer around 600+ students taking part.. 240 clrd written test n 103 clrd gd n finally 62 got selected in HR round....

Now let me come 2 the selection procedure. It has 3 rounds
1) Written test (15 qns, 30 min wit negative marking)
2) GD
3) Tech cum HR

Written Test
1) A starts a bussiness inv Rs.4000 n B joins by inv Rs.6000 after 3 months. A leaves wen it ws 4 months 21 yr. wat s the ratio of their profit?

2) a circular disc hs 6 diff fruits n nams of thos frts wer mentiond in wat fashion they shud b arranged so tat i)mango &pineappl r 2gthr ii)mango n grapes r nt 2gthr.....

3)a monkey tries 2 climb a pole 21m long it climbs 6m in 1sec n cms dwn by 3m in th nxt sec.in hw mny sec wil it reach the top of th pole?

4)SI is gn as Rs.6000 rate of int s 10% anually for 4 yrs .find CI?

5)AC,BG,CE,DI,_,EG fil th series

6)sm thing rltd 2 north ,west n all tat. lk man walks in a part drn n taks turn sm thing lk tat and finally v wer asked 2 find the displacement between 2 pts.

7)a bag A has 6 white, 4black balls. bag B has 5 white n 4 blk balls. wen a card s drawn frm a pack if it s red spade a white ball s picked frm bag A n few conds wer gn finally v had 2 find the probb of picking blk bal frm bagB.

8)if \'x\' books cost Rs.15 n \'y\' cost Rs. 8 wat s the avg cost of each book.

9)a paragraph ws gn n based on tat few qns wer asked.

10)teaching comp s made compulsory in schools 4 effective learning. and few stmnts wer gn v had 2 pick th sent tat weakens the stmnt

11)there r 7 tapes in which one of thm s news tape n rest r A,B,C,D,E,F are music tapes.few condns wer gn lk c must b played jst bfr F etc n v had 2 pick th right time slot 2 play news tape.

12)3 horses n their names wer gn n their owners nams wer also gn n there ws sm problem wit every horse n v had 2 find which of th 3 horses runs fast.

Sorry i dont rem th other 3. But make sure watever u answer s right. Dont go 4 guess works.....

The next day ie 13 v had GD, the topics r al thos which r mentiond in other papers n nothing more than tat.. Fortunatetly v wer gn th chance 2 pick th topic n so I picked Are Women Better Managers....

Al of us wer very eager 2 speak n none of them were ready 2 hear so within 2 min v wer asked 2 stop n he gave each one of us 2 min 2 talk abt th topic.. n i ws quite tensed n i made good points but i ws nt able 2 speak fluently.. So he gave me anothr chance 2 speak after every one spoke but tis time i was able 2 speak fluently. probably coz of my pts he gave another chance 2 speak... but as he had gn me an extra chance 2 speak i thot i might not get selected..... the res wer announced at 5 n luckily i ws selected... I felt so happy coz i thot i wud never clr gd... I had a misconception tat i wud never b abl 2 get into a company which has gd..but fortunately i made it up. n tat made me much more happier. So friends dont underestimate urself u dnt knw the talent in u, u jst do ur job sincerly n th success wil automatically follow u.....

N since it ws already late n there wer 103 students 4 th intv, 48 of them had their int on th same day n th rest had it on 24... n i ws among the rest. As I had a lot of time 2 prepare i prepard myself wit C lang, n sub related 2 my stream.. the intv started at 11 n ther wer 3 panels n my turn ws at 4 n i went 2 panel 1...

Interview
Before i cud enter i asked him th permission n i wished him. he asked me sit.. As it ws late th HR ws alredy tired n he told me tat he didnt know anything abt telecom n he cant ask u any qns.... I ws so scared coz th 1st stmt he told ws tis n stoped 4 abt 1min witout asking anything.. So i told him tat he can ask me anything frm C. but he said he ws an electronics guy.. So i asked him 2 ask qns frm ele. n finally he askd me "wat s an opamp?" i answered him n i ws stil goin on wit my expltn coz tis ws th only opurtunity 4 me 2 speak but he ws satisfied wit tat n asked me 2 stop... as he ws nt askng anything i startted telling him y i joined eng n y i am switching 2 comps... n he ws damn impressed n he complemented me... n i told him tat im relocatable.......n finally he asked me if i had any qns.... I asked a couple of them.... n he asked me 2 leave...... panel1 & 2 wer cool dut panel 3 ws damn screwing. the HR person ws asking deep abt th company n all th terms like "HR practices", "ERP Solutions" etc n wat ever u ans he used 2 find a qsn frm tat so ther r people who r really screwing so prepare well... bt dont worry th only thing s u got 2 b confident...

Finally the results wer announced n 62 out of 103 got selected n i ws one among them. I ws so happy tat tis ws my 1st company 2 clr written test n i made it 2 the final round...