Placement Papers - Mahindra Satyam

Mahindra Satyam
SATYAM PAPER & INTERVIEW - 21 MAR 2008
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Praveen
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Hi Friends

Hi this is Santosh of 3rd CSC. Satyam conducted campus interviews on 21 Mar and I was selected in that, and I feel very happy.

Total students attended:900
After written test:140
Final selected students:15

Written test
1. problem on clocks
2. problem on simple and compound intrest
3. reasoning
4. reasoning i.e data sufficiency
5. diagrmatic reasoning
6. reasoning
7. reasoning
8. reasoning
9. problem on ages
10. if abcd:zyxw then delhi: this type of question
11. algorithm
12. problem on time and distance

I forgot the remaining questions, but our paper contains all most all reasoning and 5 to 6 on aptitude so, if u prepare r.s. agarwal aptitude and reasoning u can complete ur written test.

They announced the results and selected 140 after written test, and they shown a ppt on the environment and goals of Satyam and they gave an essay and that is not an elimination round. my essay is politics and politicians

My interview is going like this
Santosh:may i come in sir
Interviewer: yes get in
San:good morning sir
Int:take ur seat
San:thank u sir
Int; what r the subjects u studied till now
San:I told the programming languages I studied and 3-2 subjects
Int:what is the need for information security
San:I told confidently
Int:what is recursion
San:function calling it self sir
Int:example of recursion
San: I told confidently
Int:what is compiler and loader
San: I told confidently
Int:what are the data structures you studied
San:stack, queues, and linked lists sir
Int:what is structure dereferencing
San: I told confidently
Int:ok you can leave

After 3 hours they call some people for 2nd interview and I am one among them
The interview is completely on HR
1.are u hostler by seeing my percentage
2.why u are in hostel
3.what are your hobbies
4.how many questions did you answere in written test
5.do you have any queries

  for all these questions I told confidently with smile.

They announced the results after 2 days and finally I became a Satyamite. My suggestion is to be cool and confident