Placement Papers - Infosys

INFOSYS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 19 FEB 2008 - NOIDA

Hi Friends

This is Mohit Agarwal from IEC-CET, Greater NOIDA m from department of electronics n communication 3rd year. Infosys campus recruitment test was held in my College on 19th of feb 2008n hr i would like to share my experience with u ppl, hoping dat it may help u in anyways!

The Selection consists of 2 Phases :-
a) Written Test    
b) HR Interview

written test consists of two papers:-
1)  Aptitude:
30 questns in 40 minutes..

5 questns about arithmetical reasoning
5 questns on series completion (figure)
5 questns on puzzle test
5 questns on data interpretation (graphs)
5 questns on data sufficiency......

2) Verbal Reasoning (English) :-
40 questns in 35 mints..
2 big paragraphs followed by 5 questns each, although paragraphs were bit lengthy bt they were damn easy..
8 questns on identifying correct sentences....
8 questns on sentence correction..
fill in d blanks- 8 qustns..
6 questns on small paragraphs..

Result wr declared after 2hrs frm d completion of written test.

INTERVIEW:
   * Basically they r not interested in ur answer of puzzles, they r checking ur approach
     So solve them nicely on the paper as u can or explain them verbally how r u solving ur problem.
     usually very old people r HRs of Infosys. They want us 2 be very POLITE and confident.
     So be POLITE and DON'T SHOW UR ATTITUDE. DON'T ARGUE with them.
     Prepare some common things e.g. which newspaper u read, name of its editor, which sections of paper u read, hw u gather information, wht u surf on internet, do u hv any girlfriend etc
                           
   * My HR was a very old person.

My experience is as follows:

ME: may i come in sir (loudly n confidently)
HR: oh plz, take ur seat.
ME: thankyou very much sir'
HR: it was a long wait for you!
ME: yes sir, buuh i dont mind waitin wen my lyf is on edge of a turn to Infosys.
HR: ok dats very fyn.

HR: So mr Mohit temme one quality of urs which appreciate n one which u dont.
ME: well sir .. m a good leader n d thing which i dont like in me is dat m very bad at kitchen.
HR: so wen u hav to cook?
ME: wen my mom is not thr at home.
HR: u said u r a good leader.!can u prove me ur words givin ny example?
ME: blah blah ... convinced him ..
HR: very good (drawn 3 beakers on a paper n labelled 1 as solid othr as liquid n d last as gas) mr mohit wat u observe in this?
ME: said sir in solid d particles r closely packed so it hav more strenght n blah blah .. many things
HR: mohit do u drive car?
ME: yes sir, infact m very passionate bout driving n riding bikes.
HR: suppose u r standing at a fuel station, n u r havin cold, u hav two beakers one containin petrol n othr diesel. how will u judge which beaker hav which fuel ?
ME: answerd five ways to indentify d fuels
HR: mr mohit temme d similarity between diamond n graphite.
ME: told
HR: which has more carbon content ?
HR: any question do u want to ask?
ME: sir i think i shd knw d name of d person whom m talkin 2
HR: sorry friend v r not allowed to share this kinda information.. well all d best for ur future...

Around 900 students attended the test and out of them 82 were finally selected, nd with d Gods grace I was one among them.