Placement Papers - Infosys

INFOSYS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 12 MAR 2008 - NOIDA

Hi Friends

This is Ankit Gupta from JIITU, Noida. Had Infosys in our campus on 12-13th March for recruitments. The whole procedure was divided into the following heads:

1) PPT
2) written paper
3) innerviews

The ppt is basically an intoduction bout infy, its facilities and package n stuff..But u gt to listen to it carefully k.. coz u mite need smthing frm it in ur innerviews..

Then the major part -the written test
Its a cat like test...2 papers 1) reasoning 2) verbal

In reasoning test there were 30 quest in 40 min ..basically all those critical reasoning type 2 questions were like that
3 questions on data sufficiency a different one i remember

Q: what is the two digit no?
a) the difference between the digits is 9
b) the sum of the digits is 9

series of figures type questions which were actually tough and data intrepretation questions
Syllogisms r infy's guranteed questions n one must prepare them well..al the rules of syllogisms they make ur work simpler

In verbal thr were 3 reading comprehensions.. 1 on architecture..n eupoean renaissance and othr on works of great scientists ..
sentence correction - this is the scoring part basically
phrase formation (alternate grammaticaly correct form) of sentences n its parts...
Always attempt all these questions first b4 goin for RC..
few synonyms r also asked indirectly so vocab do helps..
data sufficiency ws also thr based on a passage
After a few hours in evening the results were declared and thr were as usual 3 ankit guptas in the list..so i had to further enquire bout my name..evry body ws enjoyin the result but i ws busy lookin 4 my name. 1 copy of the sheets ws put up 4 bout 500 people :)

oh my name ws thr... n i ws so happy as if i hv cleared the written.. The next day the inter views were thr..mine went on like below...

ME: May i come in sir
HE: Yes plzz
HE: plz sign on the paper n give me ur resume
ME: I gave it to him with a smile
HE: So Tell me something bout yourself
ME: told my personal background, academics etc
HE: Why did u take engineering?
ME: i replied i ws interested in it since schooldays..my fathrs n engineer too from IIT, grandfathr too ws an engineer n im following the tradition
HE: he laughs n replies thn why only CSE ..coz thr r jobs??

ME: told..i love computers ..hv even operated a 486..blah...
HE: UR HOBBIE IS gk?
ME: i love it sir
HE: Whos the president of BJP?
ME:  Rajnath singh
HE: who is governer of UP?
ME:  T.V Rajeshar
HE: Capital of NAGALAND?
ME: kohima
HE: u like formula one also?
ME: yes sir i enjoy watching the sport
HE: whos the current champion?
ME: kimi raikkonen
HE: how many cars compete in it?
ME: told him all the teams with drivers...
HE:(quite impressed) do u think micheal schumacher hs lost the sheen?
ME: no sir. he s still thr in the control rooms supervising the teams processes its his dynamic persona n his vast experience that has helped him to do all this even aftr retirment frm f1
HE: very true indeed..cn u solve me a puzzle?
ME: ill try my best sir
HE: (gave me a set of 4 equations in which i hd to reduce them to integral form na then solve two at a time)
ME: (solved it) here sir
HE: good, correct ..ohh ur smart at puzzles too?
ME: thank u sir
HE: u like history & geography also?
ME: yes sir i hv inherited this frm my father
HE: cn u tell me the battle fought between britishers n indians which has considered to paved the way for britishers in india?
ME: battle of plassey 1757
HE: very good
HE: then he started with his own experiences of history... he told me of some battle of patpargan in delhi..
ws quite a friendly interaction then
HE: okay ankit nice meeting u ..ne questions?
ME: sir there r so many versions so as to whthr reccession hs set in to us or not..whats ur stand?
HE: told me dat its into recession and wud affect infosys n othr comapnies too..told bout the fedral reserve cut n all also, mortgage crisis in us
HE: i hope ur doubt is cleared
ME: yes sir thank you
HE: okay u may leave

N aftr few hours the results were declared and BY GODS GRACE I WAS SELECTED.. I WS GLAD TO BECOME AN INFOSCIAN..