Placement Papers - TCS

TCS INTERVIEW - 26 MAR 2008 - DURGAPUR

HI Friends

I am Debanjan from NIT Durgapur. I am from Chemical Engineering department. TCS came to campus on 26th March and picked up 202/352 students. But mind you, guys... the whole process which we had to undergo during the 3 days was such we never expected. TCS probably took the toughest selection procedure in recent times. Some of the students had technical interview as long as 1 and half hours.. HR was also quite gruelling... and it was totally unpredictable.. for some of them hr was taken along with technical.. mine was 45 min hr+ tech interview... I am giving an excerpt

Me : Good evening sir,
I : good evening.......plz sit down
Me: Thanks a lot sir
I : you seem to be a cool dude
Me: (didnt expect) sir, its the same Debanjan you r seeing who is with his friends
i: tell me abt urself
me : told
i: do you believe in god?
me :yes
i : define god
me : gave...was quite satisfied
i: state the zeroth, first, second law of thernodyanamics
me :explained in a flash
i : ok..tell me the capital of Estonia and Peru
me : gave the ans
i : v good...what do you think of obama?
me : gave sume fundas abt obama and US presidential elections
i : you seem to have good general knowledge
me: thank you sir
i : draw a distillation column
me  : drawn efficiently
i: who is dalailama... asked abt tibet vs china
me : fumbled.. but gave the ans
i : I am very impressed....but u ahve got low CGPA..
me : i was prepared for this.... I gave an instant reply
i: satisfied....u r bengali right?
me : yes sir..
i : what is the percentage of bengali speaking peiople in the world
me : there was no way i cud have answered that...just said....i cannot reacll the number sir
i : he gave the ans and then suddenly....why tcs
me : i thought it was a technical... but still gave the ans..
i : and then from no where..what is faradys law of electrolysis
me : somehow I managed... but not completely correct...
i : why should I take you as u dont know C and u r from core branch
me : gave a satisfactory ans
i: are you feeling bored
me : i didnt say "not at all"... I just said i am tensed
i: why are u tensed.... u have answered the ques
me: sir,,, this is a very important day of my life
i : why is it important?
me : sir it will be my first step towards being  a professional..
i : he in a flash gave me a piece of paper...write 10 points now which a professional should have and list out which u have and dont have at this point
me : I took time intentionally. wrote the points...
i : r u mobile
me : sure sir.. I can adjust in any part of the world
i : that means u can adjust in alaska also
me : why not.. if TCS opens a branch there?
i: very clever
me: no sir, very honest
i : laughed....ok do hv any ques?
me : sir what is this six sigma thing
i : explained very well
me: thank u very much sir.. it was nice meeting yoy
i: u welcome

So this was the total thing and it was also very hot... but still I got selected..