Placement Papers - TCS

TCS PATTERN & INTERVIEW - 24 JUN 2007

Hi Friends

I am Anup I got selected in TCS..

1.VERBAL:
It consists of 32 questions and time given is 20 min verbal section consists of 10 synonms,10antynonms,6 questions on a comprehension and 6 questions on sentence completion. Synonms and antynonms are mostly from TCS WORDLIST which is available in Friends . They are easy it just takes 5 mins to complete. the real tough ones are comprehension and sentence completion.

DONT worry friends whatever u lose in this section u can cover from remaining 2 sections. EVEN if u make many mistakes u can cover them all in following two sections. NO sectional CUTOFF in this section

2.APTITUDE:
Its really easy u can crack 35 out of 38 questions just by REFERING PREVIOUS APT. PAPERS. the time u are given is 40 min. there are some tricky questions better leave them

3.CRITICAL REASONING:
12 questions from 3 passages in 30 min these are REPEATED FROM 5 MODEL TEST PAPERS 0F BARREN'S 12th EDITION. HERE u can crack 12 out of 12.

SPECIALLY THERE IS NO UPPER CUT OFF which i got confused very much. Attempt as many questions as u can. this is about written test which I obviously cleared.

TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
as i was from ECE background i was asked to talk something about COMMUNICATIONS. I stated of with modulation and completed with all concepts of analog and digital. i was also asked about the technical paper i have presented. i was very good at my communication skills through which i impresed him alot

He asked me some silly questions like
1.What structures are
2.What pointer is
3.Difference btwen while and do while
4.difference btwen c and c++. I talked about security in c++ over c.
5.difference btwen c++ and java. I told that all complex things from c++ are removed such as pointers, templates, multiple, hybrid, multipath inheritence to fom JAVA and java was basically for CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.
Then he asked me why I want to change my career from communication to IT.

I SAID THAT FROM MY CHILDHOOD I WAS INTERESTED TOWARDS PHYSICS SO I TOK ECE BUT WHEN I ENTERED B-TECH I GOT FASCINATED TOWARDS IT AND I WANT TO BUILD A CHALLENGING CARRER IN IT. HE was totally impresed and stood up and said good Anup

MR ROUND
i was asked my life ambition and i said playing cricket was my hobbie. HE gave me a situation that SHANE WARNE WAS Bowling a flipper how would u face that given some fielding restrictions
THis just to test ur communication skills and ur handling situation capabilities

HR ROUND
he asked me to tell about URSELF for which i had spent nearly 10 mins spend as much u can answer most of ur questions LOOKING INTO HIS EYES why i am saying it becaue when u look at him he forgets almost half of his questions. then he asked me
WHY TCS
WILL U WORK IN AFGANISTHAN (say yes and i will enhance the reputation of company there also)
DO U ABOUT SERVICE AGREEMENT OF 2 YEARS i said YES
are u redy to go through a medical examination when u are selected I said confidently yes sir HE SMILED and SAID MEET U IN THE OFFICE GENTLEMEN

I was very happy at that moment and he asked me any doubts I asked 2 to 3 questions which he explained me clearly and cooly;

NEXT DAY MY NAME WAS IN THE SELECTED LIST