Placement Papers - Persistent Systems

Persistent Systems - A product based company which only tests your technical skills and they judge you on that. My college had campus drive of Persistent and we had less than 3 weeks to prepare. The situation was a bit hectic and personally was a battle, which we were supposed to conquer.

Now I'll gonna put some light on selection procedure. Description of different rounds that I have faced.

1. Written test - Comprises of 3 sections.

First section consists of 60 questions. Only 5 were from aptitude and reasoning, while other 55 comprises of different subjects of computer science. Most were from Computer Networking, Software Engineering and Data Structures. Level of questions were from moderate to tough.

Second section was coding. A problem statement can be a Oops concept or something related to data structure. We were only supposed to write the code and submit it. No necessity to compile or run it.

Third section was essay writing.
Preparation Tip for written - Try to go through the basics of core CS subjects and understand the concept and use geek for geeks for coding practice.

2. Technical Round - Persistent conduct 2 technical rounds T1 and T2.

T1 to check your technical knowledge. A problem statement is being given and you need to write a program on paper. And some moderate database queries are also given. You need explain your project very well. The project matters a lot.

T2 to check your problem solving and logical skills. You can be asked to explain database of your project. And you can be tested on your problem solving approach. That is, can you create a efficient solution or not?
Sometimes a puzzle is also given.

3. HR Round - It was easiest of all rounds. General questions were asked related to life, family, college etc.

Overall experience was quite good. Interview panel was friendly.