Placement Papers - Wipro

Hello aspirants,

This year Wipro visited our campus as a Day-1 Company, along with Infosys and Cognizant. First, it was Infosys, then Cognizant followed by Wipro, within a period of about 9 days or so. The results, as expected, were not displayed for any of the companies until Wipro finished with the interviews.

A total of 1400 odd students sat for these 3 companies and got 1700+ placements offers. 428 of the 1100 odd students (including Toppers) who sat for the Wipro interview got selected.

Wipro follows a procedure, more or less similar to any other mass recruiter, except for the Topper-Shop thing. People with GPA>7.8 or percentage above 80% were shortlisted for the direct interviews, while others (536 students) had to pass a test called AMCAT, to make it through to the interviews. The test pattern was, what we call quite conventional and very easy, much like any other AMCAT that you might have ever given. For the first timers, the pattern was as follows:

1. English (25 questions, 25 minutes): An easy section to crack for those who are regular readers, a bit difficult (not impossible) for State Boards\' students, especially who don\'t enjoy reading much, but the cut-off is quite low for this section and is not generally that difficult as much as it is apprehended to be.

Questions are fill in the blanks, error correction, synonyms, antonyms, and passages. Since AMCAT is an adaptive test, the level of questions go up, each time you answer a question correctly and vice versa. Generally, there are 2 passages but in some cases (if you answer almost all the questions before the passage correctly, as presumably was in my case :) , you might get 3 passages, so be ready to not only answer the questions correctly but also be fast for the sake of facing any contingency with ample time left for the same.

2. Logical Reasoning (14 questions, 14 minutes): Very easy section, very easy questions on coding-decoding, directions, conclusions, blood relations etc. Very simple section indeed.

3. Quantitative Aptitude (16 questions, 16 minutes): Initially, you\'ll get very easy questions in this part, but as you proceed with correct answers, the questions from 7th to about 10th consume a lot of time. So be aware of that. It\'s better to move forward by guessing a few and answering other questions correctly than to get entangled in questions that consume more time. TIME MANAGEMENT is the biggest issue of this section. 10 out of 16 questions are very very easy and are enough to pass through the cut off.

Questions include, numbers, time and work, mixtures, probability and permutation, profit-loss, decimals, ratio-proportion, percentage etc.

4. Technical questions on programming basics (15 questions, 25 minutes): The questions on programming were not syntax specific, i.e. they just wanted to check the concepts of OOPS and basic programming etc. , and used algorithms and GENERIC Terms to ask questions rather than a particular language like JAVA or C. Quite an easy section and elementary knowledge of programming, even for an ECE student is enough.

Results were declared on the same day as the test and 321 (myself included :) ) out of 536 got selected for the interview. Those 321 were called upon in the Auditorium and were asked to write an essay and fill in a registration form, wherein we were also asked certain questions like our strengths, weaknesses, interests etc. Do pay a great deal of attention to this round (although it\'s not an elimination round) , since the interviewers tend to ask questions from what you have written about yourself in that round. The next day was the interview day.

Interviews consisted of two rounds (Technical+HR) for some, while just a single round for the others. Those who faced a single round, either did exceptionally well in their first round or very badly in the same. They were either selected or rejected.

Some (most of those who got placed) were referred to the second round (HR). Being referred to the second round meant that the interviewer was satisfied with their technical skills but was still not quite sure of their communication skills. I just had to go through the first round, more so, because my chance came very late in the evening and the Wipro management team was more keen on finishing the interviews as soon as possible. So, my HR and Technical was taken in just one round and it went like this.

I\'ll use "I" for the interviewer.

Me: May I come in Sir.

I: Yes, please.
Me: A very Good Evening Sir.

I: Hi, you must be really tired. It\'s been a long day.
Me: Not quite sir (with a smile). The excitement of the interview was such that I really didn\'t feel like tired.

I: Great (with a smile). Please sit down.

I: So please describe a bit of yourself.
Me: Described, with more focus on my strengths and strong points than on my family background etc. , since I knew that the interviewer was in a hurry and exhausted.

I: That\'s good. So, what are the extra curricular activities and achievements you posses?
Me: Told. (This question was based on the form that they asked us to fill after the AMCAT, I forgot to fill that field but luckily was able to gather enough to tell him during the interview. ).

I: I want to know about the projects that you have undertaken as an ECE student and also about your internship?

Me: Told and explained clearly with the use of pen and paper. He was finding it a bit hard to catch as to what I wanted to explain him regarding my ECE minor project, so I used paper and pen. In the end he got what I wanted to say and looked contended.

I: OK. So what do you know about Java Compiler and also tell me the role of JVM.
Me: Told clearly, (pretty easy one).

I: Could you tell me a bit about your JAVA project, since it\'s mentioned in the interview?

Me: Since I\'m better at SQL than at coding in JAVA, I explained to him the project in a way that he got an impression that SQL was the major part of my contribution to the project. Also I told him how well we worked as a team.

I: Right. So, then I\'ll give you a situation, wherein students are related with the courses offered by the University, how will you manage the data regarding this?

Me: Wrote an SQL query using Joins and he seemed very impressed.

I: (He asked me about basics of transistors, diodes, AC-DC etc. ).
Me: Answered.

I: (A puzzle was given, not a very tough one. ).

Me: Partially answered, but I gave him an impression as if I\'m a really hard trier, even when I didn\'t really have much of a clue.

I: Tell me about your interests.

Me: This was my favorite part. At-least took 3 minutes to explain, and he seemed very interested (Interested in my interests. :) ).

I: If I ask you as to what are your academic strengths (the subjects or topics) you could help our industry with, what would those be?

Me: Answered. I said DBMS and Telecom networking (Routing and IP addressing).

I: Any questions from me?
Me: Yes Sir, infact 2 of them, if you don\'t mind (with a smile and a bit of curiosity).

I: Please, sure sure (with a smile and a sign of eagerness).
Me: Asked 2 questions that struck my mind during the pre-placement talk.

I: OK, it was great meeting to you (with a hand shake).
Me: Pleasure is all mine Sir (with a smile and firm hand shake).

Results came the same day, by the midnight. 428 out of 1100 (students from 4 colleges that come under JIIT sat for the interview, 900 odd from 3 colleges which sat for the test together, while other 200 had given a separate test in their own college) eligible got placed.

I got placed in the company too. It really felt good. :).

Wishing you all the best. Rock the Show. Be calm, confident (even if you are not sure) and maintain EYE CONTACT with the interviewer. Thanks.