Placement Papers - Mahindra Satyam

SATYAM PAPER & INTERVIEW - 18 MAY 2007 - NANDYAL

Hi Friends

I am Raja Sekhar Of 3rd Computer Science from Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College Of Engineering and technology Nandyal. This is my 2nd cmpany. In The First Company I have done well in The Written Test dut Unfortunately I was not cleared. I never lost my Confidence and prepared well for this company and successfully cleared all the rounds. So never lose heart, It is the Fate n u r Hard work which decides where u wil shine better n where u should be placed but make sure u constantly work hard n success wil b urs.It ws a pool campus ther wer around 600+ students taking part.. 120 clrd written test n 70 clrd gd n finally 51 got selected in HR round.

The Selection Procedure has THREE rounds
1) Written test (15 qns, 30 min with negative marking)
2) GD
3) Tech n HR

Coming To Written Test It was a bit tough paper. Among the 15 Ques given they had given some 4 with a ques of about 5 lines so that the student will be tense.dont get tense on seeing the paper. do as much as u  can. preapare R.s Agarwal that will be sufficient. The questions were

1)some code like
R=4;
i=R*R
j=i
k=j+R-4
if R=some value
continue step 2
else
return j
that was easy but cool

2)A sequence was given & to find the next char some logic but easy

3)problem on compound interst easy but time taking

4)compulsory problem on calenders prepare well

5)problem on allegations like a mix contains milk n water in ratio x:y some qty of milk is aded n ratio became w:q wat is the qty of milk added

6)time n dist easy

7)data sufficiency
Remaining were some wat lengthy & time taking Sorry i dont rem them. But make sure watever u answer is right. Dont go 4 guess works... put wat ever u know as confirm ans. since the paper was tough cut off was 4.5 n i got thro the exam.

The next day v had GD, the topics r al thos which r mentiond in other papers n some general topics. we were given to discuss about Intermediate marks should be added to Eamcet or not. The most IMP thing is DONT TALK MUCH IN THE GD. better if u initiate. if others doesnt give a chance to u then try to conclude n listen to them n write somepoints on the paper wich help in concluding.nothing wrong n nothing happens but when u r given a chance speak confidently.

The next was both Technical n HR. First i was a bit Nervous but i set my mind n confidently entered the room. wish the HR with a smile on u r face.  he wished me n asked to tell me about my self Bla BlaBla...
he didnt stress much on technical but asked basics like
diff bn structure n union
wat is a ptr
about ds
linked lists
if u r confident of wat u r saying that adds much n some more conversation was done.
Finally the results wer announced n 51 out of  70 got selected n i ws one among them.... I ws so happy n i would like to thank my Parents n Brother for giving me moral support..so dont lose hopes be optimistic....