1. Three bells rings at the intervals of 36 seconds, 40 seconds and 48 seconds respectively. They start ringing together at a particular time. When they will start ringing together again?
   (1)After 6 minutes
   (2) After 12 minutes
   (3)After 18 minutes
   (4) After 24 minutes
   2. The sum of one-half, one-third and one-fourth of a number exceeds the number by 12. The number is
   (1)144
   (2) 154
   (3) 90
   (4) 174
   3. A farmer divides his herd of x cows among his 4 sons so that one son gets one half of the herd, the second gets one-fourth, the third gets one-fifth and the fourth gets 7 cows. Then x is equal to
   (1) 100
   (2) 140
   (3)180
   (4) 160
   4. If the list price of a book is reduced by Rs. 5, then a person can buy 5 more books for Rs. 300. The original cost of the book is
   (1) Rs. 15
   (2) Rs. 20
   (3) Rs. 25
   (4) Rs. 30
   5. A man has only 20-paise and 25-paise coins in a bag. If he has 50 coins in all totaling to Rs.11.25, then the number of 20-paise coins is
   (1) 28
   (2) 27 1
   (3)26
   (4) 25
   6. Jayant gets 3 marks for each right sum and loses 2 marks for each wrong sum. He attempts 30 sums and obtains 40 marks. The number of sums attempted correctly is
   (1) 25
   (2) 20
   (3) 26
   (4) 27
   7.
   1. The chances of electoral success
   P. for liberals would certainly improve
   Q. under the banner of
   R. a liberal party with its
   S. if they could fight
   6. own electoral symbol.
   1) SQRP
   2) RPSQ
   3) PSQR
   4) RQPS
   5) QRSP

Dell Interview questions

Dell TECHNICAL  INTERVIEW questions

1. If all 3’s in digits from 1-100 are replaced by 6 then what will be the sum?
2. Prime number algorithm?
3. Fibonicci series?

Dell SR  MANAGEMENT  ROUND

1. Why JAVA and not  .Net?
2. Features of JAVA?
3. Explain your project?
4. Why created this project only?
5. Difference between c++ and JAVA?
6. Questions on your favourite subject?
7. Why should we select  you?

Dell HR questions

HR  MANAGEMENT  ROUND

1. Tell me something about yourself?
2. Hobbies?
3. Questions based on your hobbies?
4. Tell me something about your city?

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Firstly we had pre-placement talk , who told us about their company , vision and perspective.

Than we had out Written Aptitude Test.

It consisted of 50 Questions (time I forgot but I completed ahead of time so for me it was good plus No-Negative marking).

• First 10 were of veryyyyy simple arithmetic ( you don’t even need any sort of preparation even)
• Than next 5 were of C Language, like:

1. Where one must be known to the ASCII codes of A to Z and a to z to solve
2. One must be aware of loops .
3. Removal of bugs.
4. Find Output

• Next 10 were of Operating System, Computer Architecture and Microprocessor.
• Then there was a comprehension, very basic!! I was wondering how it could be so basic.
  • It was quiet scoring consists 10 parts in it.
  • There was another question of Jumble words, have three parts in it, like what will be the 1^st sentence, 4^th and 5^th.
  • There was synonym and anonym  too( 5-5 question each)
  • Few were tricky question , but not more than 2-3

Had the test just now, I JUST HOPE I clear this aptitude test but the thing is CMC is core technical, they have separate technical written test too, than technical interview and HR Interview of course.

Hope this can help u a bit in getting prepared, the format was different than previous years, when I was preparing I decided I will definitely write about my experience so that 2012 Batch mates will b little more clear.

Priya ~

Thanks from winnerscience: We are thankful to our reader Ms. Priya for sharing her CMC limited placement experience. All the best to her. We have also provided in our earlier articles about the overview of CMC limited company and probable interview questions.

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I am going to write about an interview I faced and I think it would be helpful to you also for clearing an interview. Coming to the point……

1. First of all your resume because resume is the first thing for an interviewer to judge you….Do not write lie in the resume. Just write what you are…..and always be positive….Resume should not be of more than 2 pages….and should be impressive in the first sight….

2. Interviewer always starts with your introduction.In an introduction do not tell a lie because they are very skilled people to judge you from your words even.Always say positive, think before you speak and stick to your words.

3.From resume only they will ask questions.A usually asked question is Why do you want to join our company? Whatever answer you give, they will make you confuse.But stick to your answer. They just want to check your confidence.

4. Coming to the technical point. From your resume only they will ask you questions. Like if you mentioned C and C++, they will ask you the basic concept of the topic. I am again saying to stick to your answer and never cut ant point of an interviewer.

5. Dont hesitate to ask any relevant question to them. And one thing more never talk in ego.

6. At the end I would sussest you to ask a question like “When can I expect my joining?” This will show your eagerness towords work and joining that company.

7. At last would like to say you that Dont think that an interviewer is there to reject you but he is the only ine who is there to take you in…….All the very best……You can do…..

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I have many stories to tell, like how I never got down to studying, how we never gave the CCNA exams, how I couldn’t clear DE Shaw’s written test, etc. But one story overshadows them all. And that’s the one I’m gonna tell.

Goldman Sachs visited the Thapar Technology Campus on 8th and 9th October (Friday and Saturday), 2010. The written test was conducted on Friday morning, by the same company who had conducted the TI preliminary test. There were 35 objective questions (25 aptitude and 10 technical), followed by 2 algorithm writing questions and a short essay. After a minor fiasco (which cannot be detailed here), I managed pretty well with the written test and expected to clear it. The topic for the essay was “A venture capitalist has `4000 crores, propose a business plan”. I proposed that he start a chain of gaming arcades :D.

The PPT was held in the evening. Before the presentation started, each student was handed a booklet about the company. The look and feel of the booklets was amazing, enough to get us keyed up. The team finally walked in at around 5. One of the members of the group was a white man called George, and that was enough to get the audience excited.

After saying what he had to say, George started asking questions.
George: How many of you know how to program in C?
[No hand goes up. The audience probably didn’t catch what he said]
George: Okay, I guess C is obsolete now. How about C++?
[A few hands go up. There’s still doubt among the audience]
George: Java? SQL?
[Finally we catch on, and a lot of hands go up]
George: There you go.

At the end, a 3rd year girl asked a question.
Girl: Sir, what exactly will be our work?
George: [Propping up his fingers as if he’s typing] You’ll code!

—

I’ll be honest. When the notice for Goldman Sachs got put up outside the placement cell, I was unsure of even appearing for the company. I wanted to go into proper technical work, so a financial firm seemed like a bad option. I’m glad I gave my name anyway. The PPT erased all my doubts. If I got selected, I would be creating new things and working with technology, just like I wanted to.

The written test results were announced late in the evening. 24 people had been shortlisted. I got through. The remainder of the process for NAPA (New Associate Programmer Analyst) candidates was to be conducted on the next day, while the interviews for internship applicants started straight away. Like Juniper, I had some time to prepare myself. I chose to start spending that time by watching an episode of Criminal Minds (Do check out the series. Pretty awesome :D). Once again, I made a list of things I wanted to study. And once again, I ended up sleeping even before starting.

I woke up early on Saturday morning. Like 5 AM. That’s really early. I started reading through interview questions from a website (which didn’t help much in the end). My list had impossible things like “Revise Java” and “Review projects”. Before I knew it, it was 8 AM – time to get ready. I put on the same shirt I had for my Juniper interview.
I’ll tell you a secret: I had bought the shirt over a year ago. Ever since I’d set eyes on it, I knew it would be my “placement shirt”. I wore it for my project presentation last year, and that went awesome. I let the “placement shirt” idea slip to Harry once, and he had a good time making fun of me, saying that you can wear only plain shirts for placements. Turns out he was wrong. You can wear any shirt you like :-).

So, the day’s process started with a “group exercise” at 9 AM. There were 2 groups of 12 people each. Just like Juniper, the process started almost on time. But that was to be expected from a company like Goldman Sachs.
Scenario: Seven people are stranded on a lifeboat. You’re given the profiles of 6 of them. You’re the 7th, and you have to nominate a captain and a vice-captain out of the 6. Discuss, and determine who should be nominated.
We were given 15 minutes to read and make notes, and then 30 minutes to discuss. The discussion gave rise to quite a few funny moments. Most of the guys kept referring to a certain Sue as a “he” and one of the guys got stuck on “a process of elimination”. Some of the participants (like Harry) hardly spoke at all. But in the end, we were able to reach a conclusion, and the evaluators seemed happy with that. Later, we learnt that the other group hadn’t been able to reach a consensus. Only two people were eliminated after the group exercise. The interviews started shortly afterwards. I’m usually pretty nervous before an interview, but once I enter the room a sense of calm sweeps over me and I somehow manage to think straight.

—

My first interview was with George.
Excerpts –

G = George [Interviewer]
P = Pulkit
[G is British, imagine the accent yourself]
[P follows G into an interview chamber. They shake hands]
G: Sit down.
P: Thanks, sir! [Puts his certificate folder on the desk]
G: [Pointing to the side of the desk] Not needed!
[P, smiling, puts his folder away]
[G is looking at P’s resume. P is waiting nervously]
G: So, you gave the National Cyber Olympiad. What is that, exactly?
P: Sir, it’s an exam to test a candidate’s awareness about computers. [P has a silver merit certificate in the Cyber Olympiad]
G: Okay, very nice. What about the Maths Olympiad?
P: I did give it, sir, but I didn’t have a very good rank.
G: What was your rank?
P: I don’t remember sir.. maybe around 2000.
G: Okay. That’s not too good. [P smiles sheepishly]
[G is making detailed notes of P’s answers]
G: You had a rank in the IIT-JEE. Why did you choose to come to Thapar?
P: Sir, I had made up my mind that I wanted to study Computer Science. I simply chose the best institute which was offering CS.
G: Very good.
G: Okay, Pulkit. Have you implemented a recursive function to generate a Fibonacci series before?
P: No sir.
G: Okay, then, do it for me.
[P thinks for a while, then starts writing the function. He starts with int fibonacci(int n) ]
G: Very good! You’ve made the right start. Most people don’t even get the prototype right.
[It takes a while and G’s help, but P is eventually able to answer the question]
[G asks P a few other standard questions, which P knows already]
G: Why Goldman Sachs?
P: Sir, I’ve thought about this. My primary concern was being able to do creative work. Initially, I had doubts over working in a financial company, but in your PPT I got to know that you make software for yourself, create synchronization solutions and databases, etc. Goldman will give me a perfect blend of good work and a good work life.
G: Okay. Do you know about Object Oriented Programming?
P: Yes, sir.
G: Assume that there are a number of shapes, and you have to find the total area of all the shapes. How will you proceed?
P: We will take a general class called “Shape”, and specific classes implementing various shapes can inherit from this class.
G: All right. Now how will you calculate area?
P: We will have an area function that can be overridden in the inheriting classes.
G: Write me the prototype to that function.
P: [Starts writing] “float area(___________)” – Now that’s the tricky part, sir. What will the parameters be?
G: You tell me!
P: [Thinks about it] Each of the shapes will have different parameters. Umm.. maybe the perimeter of the figure?
G: Come on! [Unsaid: “You can do better than that”]
P: [Thinks some more. Suddenly it strikes him] Sir, the area function will have no arguments. The specifics required to calculate the area of each shape will be available in the inheriting classes.
G: You got it!
G: All right, Pulkit. I’m impressed! Wait outside, and we’ll call you in again.
First round cracked. Bawa sir had said that we could face up to seven interviews, so I wasn’t too hopeful of getting through, but clearing an interview certainly gave me some confidence. The interview lasted around 40 minutes. When I got out of the room, the crowd had thinned considerably.
“Where’re the others?” I asked Harry. “They’ve been sent back,” he said.

—

My second interview was with Umesh. He seemed pretty impressive during the PPT, and I was looking forward to interacting with him. He lead me to one of the rooms in the Alumni Cell. The interview turned out not to be too pleasant after all. I don’t remember much of this interview.

Excerpts –

U = Umesh [Interviewer]
P = Pulkit

U: Tell me about yourself.
P: [Stupidly] Sir, what would you like to know?
U: Tell me generally.
P: Sir, I’ve been coding since Class 11th, and I really love to create new things. My hobbies are football, quizzing, and I love reading and writing.
[U is expressionless]

[U asks P a few technical questions, which he is able to answer satisfactorily, but not too well]

U: Write a piece of code to print odd numbers.
P: [Confused. The questions seems too easy] That’s it, sir? Simple odd numbers? [Maybe he thinks I’m stupid]
U: Yeah.
[P writes the code correctly]

U: What is your favourite subject?
P: Networks.
U: You’re giving conflicting answers. You say that you wanted to study Computer Science, and you say your favourite subject is networks.
P: [Confused] Yes, sir?
U: Maybe that’s because you have a very good teacher for networks.
P: [Smiling. P actually smiles a lot] Yes, sir.
U: Well, Networks is not Computer Science. Some other subject you like?
[P is at a loss. He hasn’t thought about an alternate answer to this question, and under pressure he is not even able to remember all the subjects he’s studied. LOL]
P: [Finally] Sir, Operating Systems.
U: Okay. What have you studied in operating systems?
P: Scheduling, caching, paging, etc.
U: Okay. What all operating systems have you used?
P: Sir, Windows obviously, and Linux to an extent.
U: What differences did you find between Windows and Linux?
P: [Stupidly] Sir the Windows is much more user friendly. The GUI is much more easy to use..
U: [Cuts him short] Even a kid can tell me that. I’m asking for a technical perspective.
[P is embarrassed. Luckily, U’s phone rings and he steps out for a minute. When he returns, P is able to give a better answer, though it is still not very good]

U: What is your strength?
P: Sir, I like to code. I like to create things.
U: Anyone can take a 2 months course at NIIT and learn how to code. What’s so special about that?
[P stays silent]
U: Okay, what languages do you know?
P: Sir, I know C and C++. Plus I made my project in Java.
[U asks P a few questions, which he’s not able to answer straight away, but he manages to answer them after hints from U]

U: You’ve not been able to give me very good answers.
P: Sir, it’s just that it has been a long time since I’ve studied these things.
U: What long time? It’s been 15 years since I passed out of college.
P: [Bravely] Sir, I assure you. I know my stuff, it just needs some brushing up.

U: Okay, it was nice talking to you.
[P shakes hands with U and leaves]

I took a gamble when I said “I know stuff, just needs brushing up”. My interview wasn’t good by any standards, it was mostly bad. I was certain I would be kicked out. It lasted 40 odd minutes, and by the time I came out, the crowd had thinned further. At the end of the second round, only 7 people remained.

I made it.

—

Almost every one of the remaining candidates were called for their third interview before me. I was clearly among the least probable of the remaining candidates.
The third interview was being conducted by a panel of two people. When mine started, only one person was in the room. My fears were confirmed. I was on the verge of being eliminated.

Excerpts –

N = Nataraj [Interviewer]
P = Pulkit
N: Tell me about yourself.
[P gives the same answer he gave to U]
N: So, you like reading and writing, huh.
P: Yes, sir, quite a lot. [P tells N that he is the Editor-in-Chief of the college newsletter, and also about a writing project he has taken up with some friends. N seems impressed]

[N asks P a few puzzle questions, which P answers. It’s obvious that P already knows the answers to these puzzles]

N: How will you make a random number generator?
P: [Harry had been asked the same question, but he had not been able to answer it correctly. He did give P some ideas though] Sir, we could use addresses as they’re pretty random.
[N shakes his head. P himself gives an argument as to why that’s the wrong approach]
N: Okay, I’ll give you a hint. Use the environment.
P: [Thinking] Sir, maybe we could manipulate the CPU utilization at any given instant.
[Once again, N shakes his head, and P gives an argument refuting his own idea]
[Suddenly, something strikes P]
P: Sir, we could use the system clock, as it keeps changing continuously.
[N says nothing, simply moves on to the next question]

N: How will you represent a dictionary in memory?
[P proposes a couple of ideas and discusses them with N. N leaves P with a question to think over. P tries to think, but he’s feeling cold. He wishes he could switch the AC off. N comes back after 5 minutes with another guy, who’s name P couldn’t catch. P is confident again]

A = Second Interviewer
[They discuss the dictionary representation for a while. P proposes a database, the “trie” data structure. The interviewers propose a binary search tree]

[After a while, they discuss complexities. P is not very comfortable with complexities, the interviewers can see that. To check his basics, they ask him to arrange some complexities in descending order, which P manages. Then they discuss the complexities of the various representations of the dictionary, and with their help P is able to answer the questions]

[They ask P about virtual functions. U had asked the same question, P had not been able to answer satisfactorily. Luckily, U had given P the answer, so he managed to answer it here]

A: [Draws a linked list] How will you reverse a linked list?
P: Sir, I once read a recursive function to reverse a linked list. [He tells them about the function]
A: We want you to think afresh. How could you do it in a different way?
[P thinks for a while, and is able to develop an iterative way of solving the problem. The discussion turns to complexities again, P manages somehow]

A: Okay, that’s all from us Pulkit. Do you have any questions for us?
P: Sir, I was wondering about your working hours?
A: [Sarcastically]: We won’t let you sleep.
[P grins]
A: Seriously, we work 9 hours a day including lunch. During project submission deadlines, etc, it may be longer.
P: Of course, sir. And do you have a dress code?
A: Yes. Jeans are not allowed, but we don’t insist on ties and blazers. Our dress code is what we call “business casuals”.
P: Okay. Your setup is in Bangalore, right?
N: Yes. Any issues with relocation to Bangalore?
P: No, sir. In fact, I grew up in Hyderabad, so..
A: Okay, that’s it Pulkit. It was nice talking to you.
[P shakes hands with A and N, and leaves the room]

As soon as I left the room I had a feeling that I’d done well. I was sort of all smiles. But of course, I couldn’t be sure.

—

The team conferred among themselves for a while. George came out at some point, asking for the chaiwala.

We were waiting outside the placement cell for around half an hour before the results were announced. Mohit(he got through DE Shaw) was waiting with us. He made a deal with us. He said, “You’ll get through. Just promise me that you’ll give me half of whatever gifts they give you”. I made the deal. So did Aseem. We were the only ones who got through.

When I heard my name I felt jubilation, a sense of pure joy, and a certain pride. This had to be the biggest achievement of my life so far. I felt like pointing and the world and saying, “Look! I did it!”.

They called us in for a few minutes. “Guys, don’t look so tense, this is not a practical joke! You really got through,” said Anuj (He was the HR person). We smiled a little. Everyone congratulated us, gave us some feedback, and wished us luck. Umesh said, “This is the only time in your lives you can study basics. Don’t miss this chance.” Anuj said we would receive email communication very soon, and goodie bags would be sent to us. He gave us his card, which is awesome btw. They decided that they wanted to take us, the placement coordinators, and the interns out to dinner! Awesome guys, nay?

As I called home to give them the good news, George and Anuj requested those who weren’t selected not to be disheartened, saying that they all had amazing careers in front of them.

After many congratulations, endless kicks to the behind, and everyone insisting on calling me “Goldman”, we made it to dinner. It was an awesome experience, interacting informally with my future employers. They insisted that we ordered for everyone. I had a mug of beer with George and Umesh. They told us many stories (which I’m not going to discuss here). We got to know more about them, and they about us. We had a fun time guessing their ages :D. Umesh raised a toast to us new recruits. The evening was capped off with a group photograph.

When I finally returned to my room, I was really tired. It had been a LONG day, but also probably the happiest day of my life. I felt.. satisfied. I slept like a log that night.

And that, friends, is the story of how I got a job.

Note from winnerscience: Kindly also read TCS, Accenture and Aon Hewitt interview experiences.

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I will be posting the names of books & links useful for preparation of Aptitude Test & HR interview.

To begin with, today’s post comprises just about the Technical Part.

For C & C++:

• Let us C(Objective)
• Let us C++(Objective)

*Both the above by Yashwant Kanitkar

• www.indiabix.com (Difficulty level-easy)
• www.interview–c–questions.blogspot.com (Difficulty level-tough)
  • http://fw.freshersworld.com/placementweek/papers.asp

For Aptitude:

• R.S Aggarwal-Logical Reasoning & Quantitative
• Barron’s GRE-For English Comprehensions

*Above all , regular reading of  English newspaper helps in every way.

Stay Connected & Committed!!

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First of all, an APTITUDE test was conducted. This test comprised of ENGLISH section, QUANTITATIVE section and LOGICAL & ANALYTICAL REASONING section. In all, there were about 20 questions in each section, hence 60 questions in all. We were supposed to attempt all these questions within an hour (60mins). This, of course, doesn’t mean 1 minute/ question, rather I devoted more time to the questions in the MATHS section because that demanded lengthy calculations. Next, I shifted to the LOGICAL section. Within half an hour, I had completed my MATHS section and LOGICAL section. I was just left with the ENGLISH section and 30 more minutes at my disposal. I finished the English section in the next 15 minutes. Still I was left with 15 last minutes. In this time duration, I revised all the questions for once, and tried to solve those questions, from various sections which I was unable to solve earlier. Some of them I could manage to solve but some were still left unsolved. However, out of 60 questions, I could manage to attempt 49 questions and had no clue about the solutions to the remaining 11 questions. The results were declared the same day and I was amongst the selected few. I used the word ‘FEW’ because out of hundreds of students, just 73 students were selected for further proceedings. The rest of the students were told to leave.

Then was the time to appear for a TECHNICAL interview. I was ready for the interview with all the required documents of mine, neatly tucked up in a professional file. On being called for the interview as per my turn, I entered into the room. I wished the interviewer to which, he gently replied. I, then, occupied the seat on being offered the same. The interviewer started the interview by asking questions related to the programming language C. After a brief questioning on C, he shifted towards C++. I was being asked questions regarding syntax, commands and features of C++ language. I, however, answered almost all the queries with great confidence. Later the interviewer started asking questions regarding JAVA. I handled his queries with utmost confidence because I had gained proficiency in JAVA during my Industrial Training period. In the last phase of this interview I was asked a wide variety of questions regarding the project which I had worked upon, as my Major Project. Following is the list of questions being asked to me during this interview.

1. Commands used to accept and print a string in C. How is C different from C++?
2. What are objects, classes, methods?
3. Which is fully object oriented language………….JAVA or C++…………….Justify.
4. What is Object oriented Programming?
5. What is Data Abstraction, Data Encapsulation and Data Hiding?
6. How would you rate yourself in JAVA on the scale of 1 to 10? (Be careful while rating yourself. Be genuine because ultimately, you are expected to justify the same. Avoid too high or too low ratings.)
7. What all problems did you face while working on your Major Training Project? How did you manage to solve all those problems? (I explained all the problems I faced and all the strategies I had used to solve those problems. I could easily manage to explain because it was all real. Never try to bluff or bake stories because the interviewers are seasoned professionals and can easily make out the difference between the reality and the fiction.)
8. How did the people of the Organization, for whom you were making the project, projected their requirements in front of you?
9. State an incident when you had suggested incorporating a feature in your Major Project, much to the liking of the organization, for which you made the Major Project. Elaborate.
10. State SDLC in detail.

I answered all the above stated questions in a manner so that I could make the interviewer feel that I have a sound technical background. Needless to say, that I used English as a medium to answer all his queries and hence my communication skills came to my rescue in addition to the domain expertise that I had developed since the time I had entered the Engineering College. The interviewer was really courteous throughout the process. Overall, it was a pleasant experience for me to be a part of this interview and a great learning experience, indeed. The results were announced and I was again selected for the next interview round.

The next interview was specifically HR interview. On being called for the same, as per my turn, I entered the room. I gently wished the interviewer, to which he replied. He offered me the seat and I occupied the same. He initiated by asking me to introduce myself. Later the conversation between me and the interviewer took various turns and gave various opportunities to the interviewer to explore my mindset. Following are the questions that I was asked during the HR interview.

• Introduce yourself.

(Always start with “I am………..”   or   “My name is……………..”. Avoid talking about your family background until and unless being specifically asked about the same.)

• What is your biggest achievement in life? Justify.

(I said that I don’t believe in big achievements, rather I believe in small term goals. To this he raised an eyebrow, signaling that he did not agree to what I said. But with proper examples from my real life, I justified my opinion to the interviewer in a gentle manner. I managed to convince him…..!!!)

• Name any 3 cities of India where you would wish to work. Why?
• State an incident from your life where you emerged as a good leader. Justify.
• State an incident from your life when you had acted as a good team player. Justify.
• How did you manage to work on your Major project……the difficulties that youI faced………the strategies that you used to sort those problems out…?
• What do you know about ACCENTURE.

(Be true at this step. I confessed that I did not know much about the organization but shared all that I had learnt during the pre-placement talk. It was absolutely okay with him because, I guess, what mattered more to him was the truth rather than fake and ornamental answers.)

• Are you a slow/average/quick learner? Justify with an incident from your life.

(Again be very careful while answering such a query as it needs a proper justification. I stated that I am a quick learner and justified the same much to the satisfaction of the interviewer.)

• Would you like to ask anything?

(Be prepared with a genuine and an impressive question beforehand. Your question would indicate the extent of interest you vest in that organization.)

The HR interview revolved around the experiences that I had gained throughout in my life, as a student. I draw the following conclusions from all the above statements.

• Be whatever you actually are. Never pretend or try to bluff because it would go futile sooner or later when you would be caught.
• Communication skills play a very important role in making our ideas presentable during the interview. So due importance has to be given to those skills.
• Dare to give challenging answers only if you are confident enough to justify them. At times one has to present one’s viewpoint blended in the manner expected by the interviewer. This art is at times misinterpreted as DIPLOMACY. But I am actually talking about WISDOM.
• Skills required to crack an interview cannot be mastered overnight. So grab all the opportunities and try to extract the maximum experience out of each. Your each small achievement will add up to a big achievement.
• The only instrument in this world to measure your sincerity level is your MIND. Keep measuring the level of sincerity by using your mind.

I hope that this mammoth experience of mine would of great assistance to you. Anyhow, even if you still have any query, feel free to ask the same.

Best wishes….!!

Poojanpreet Singh

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Written Test-60 questions in 60 minutes
*English was lengthy-took almost half hour
*Logical Reasoning-Hardly could attempt 10 questions
*Arithmetic-am not very good at it. So , barely managed to do 5 of it. As there was no time left
Due to no negative marking, I just tick marked remaining questions randomly.
I was keeping my fingers crossed as the attempt was just mediocre .

But I was happy to find out that I had cleared the paper, perhaps because of low cut off. It was 24 out of 60.
The written test was followed by Group Discussion.
An extremely humble lady , Hear HR of the company gathered half of the selected lot in a room. She explained us that she is here just to find h out
Who all amongst the present candidates have their English Speaking Skills sufficiently well to put across their point. She gave us a Simple topic “MY COLLEGE LIFE”. Each one of us was suppose to speak on this topic one by one. So it was actually not a GD.
Major mistakes students made:
• AT EVENING 5.30, STUDENTS INITIATED BY SAYING…..”GOOD MORNING MAM”
• THEY TALKED ABOUT COLLEGE LIFE IN GENERAL BUT NOT ABOUT THEIR OWN COLLEGE LIFE.
• Each person was required to speak for about 30 secs to 1min only.

Criteria for shortlisting for GD was whether the candidate is able to communicate in simple english or not.
So be careful, be alert…as such small mistakes can lead to huge disasters.
Next was the Interview Session. There were two rounds of Interviews
• Technical Interview
• HR Interview
The person taking my technical interview was a polite and friendly fellow
He started off , asked me to introduce myself . Then asked me to narrate an experience of life where my thought process has not matched with that of my father.
I narrated.
Sir-Tell about your training project
Me-told
Sir-Is it ok to leave one technology on which u worked for 6 months and jump to another ?
Me-I think it’s a great idea to discover and learn, implement new things
Sir-But u’ll obviously leave the job after two months if you get bored with the new technology that we teach.
Me-The agenda of my life is hard work & commitment, so even if it appears boring…I have to do means I have to do.
Sir-Various questions regarding OS, SQL,OSI model, C, C++, SDLC, Testing Types etc.
Me-I knew most of them
Then he asked me to write a program in C++ to generate random numbers, non consecutive numbers without sequence.
Me- Sir as far as computer is concerned, we will have to give some sequence but it has to be such that a common man can’t identify it.
Sir-Right, I GIVE U 2 MINUTES, WRITE THE LOGIC
Me-I wrote something and said ”All that we can conclude is that we will use recursion in it”
He was happy as this is what he was looking for, He asked me few puzzles. Some of them I could answer. Simple puzzles like…
*I have put three equidistant dots, can u put 4?
*Can u draw 5 circles with a line passing through their centers without lifting your pen.
*Gave an arithmetic statement saying, put brackets on it such that answer=18

Then he recommended me for the next round. I was really happy to know this.
HR Interview:
This was completely a stress interview. At 12.00 o clock at night. Snowy cold weather, fifteen hourse since we were in the campus (from morning 9 am)
He asked me all possible questions like:
• Why should I be going away from my home town, will my parents allow
• How will I go home at this time
• How far is my house from college
• Three things I learnt in that day since morning
• Where would I rate myself in C++ and JAVA on a scale of 1 to 10, Why more in JAVA and less in C++
• What do I know about Hewitt?
The crux is that whatever u answer
• Justify it, if needed….It should not appear contradictory to your own statements told in some other answers
• Keep smiling, however rude he may get, however fast he may bombard questions one after the other
• Do not bluff
• Do not use very strong statements
I Think it was because of these reasons that he shortlisted my name in list of selected candidates.
All the Best
Shruti Mehra

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