What are Your Strength and Weaknesses

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What are Your Strength and Weaknesses?A to Z about YOU. Describe yourself by giving 1-5 points to each statement listed below.

5 points always > Excellent

4 points usually > Good

3 points sometimes > Satisfactory

2 points rarely > Fair1 point never > Poor

I am intelligent. I grasp instructions accurately and comprehend directions instantly.I possess initiative. I attempt work beyond that required and work independently.

I am punctual. I complete assignments on time and keep appointments on time.I am tactful. I say pleasant things and do the right things when dealing with others.

I obey rules. I observe the rules of my organization and obey them at all time.I possess good judgment. I distinguish the important from the unimportant tasks.

I speak well. The way I speak often creates a favorable impression.I am considerate. I am mindful of the effect of my conducts on others.

I am healthy. I am practically energetic at all time and never get ill.

I am accurate. I am good at details and keep records properly in order.I am honest. I do not possess money, time, supplies or ideas without permission.

I am industrious. I am happy when I am busy and find work to do at all times.

I am loyal. I feel strongly about the ties that bind me to people and organization.

I am persistent. I complete assignments and do follow-ups with persistence.

I am confident. I know my goals in life and believe that they can be achieved.

I am capable of solving problems. I remain calm under pressure and in crisis.

I am cheerful. I am humorous, flexible and generous. I smile to everybody.

I am enthusiastic. I am eager to learn new tasks and to be trained on-the-job.

I am career-minded. I do not mind spending more time at work.

I am creative. I like to contribute ideas but dislike instruction and routines.

I am adaptable. I adjust myself easily to people, place, things and changes.

I am open-mined. I accept criticism with gratitude and not hostility.I am helpful. I offer help to others even before they ask for it.I am efficient. I get my work done on time and with minimum resources.

I am polite. Im well-mannered and never offend persons whom I dislike.I am dependable. I volunteer contributions and do routine duties without being told.This article is probably what most of you out there are waiting for. So, wait no more! TheInterviewers Top 10 Hits Best Compilation record is out! Here, youll find a list of the 10 mostpopular questions used by those faithful interviewers world wide. I do want to caution everyonethough, that this is only to provide you with a overall guide to what they want to know, and itshould not be treated as text book answers, because there are none. If everyone started answeringthe same questions with the same answers, there would be (a) very bored interviewers, and (b)absolutely no selection process. But let me not digress.

And the Top 10 are1. Tell Me Something About Yourself

Now, this is a golden classic used at the start of interviews to break the ice and to get you to givethem a good initial run down of who you are and your hidden characteristics, demonstrated inthe way you present this self-story.

You should prepare a 2 to 3 minute presentation that briefly introduces your self (where yourefrom), your personal interests (hobbies, community involvement etc), your work history, and recentcareer experience. The most time should be spent on the accomplishments in the last two areas.


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Interviewers look out for three things:

If you are able to give a brief, sequential summary of your life and career that relates to the job forwhich youre interviewing. Dont ramble on aimlessly on irrelevant nitty gritty details though. Ifyou find yourself at the 5 minute mark talking about your high school days, you are WAY off themark!

Your conversational style, your confidence level, your ability to organize and present information.An idea of the person your are behind the suit.

2. Why Do You Want To Join This Company?

OK, now they want to know your motivations for joining the company. And this is usually wherethey can read between the lines in your answer, so think carefully when answering.

First, do your research on the company, its culture and market. Not enough job seekers do enoughor ANY of this which is a real no-no! Make sure you understand who you are being interviewed by.

Second, DONT give answers such as Oh, because its such a cool place to work!, I like yoursalary and benefits package, or My friends are already there and it makes it easier for us to hang

out together. OK, so maybe I exaggerate a little bit, but you should get the picture.These answers seem give-me oriented and do not show the interviewer how your skills andexperience deliver what the company needs.

Third, DO demonstrate to them how you can contribute to the companys goals and how your skillsand experience match their requirements. Use concrete examples as if you were already workingthere. For instance, when I interviewed with JobStreet.com for the role of Editor, I drew up a listof things that would add value to the job seeker. Similarly, if research shows that the company istrying to be market leader, tell them how your experience/skills will be able to let you contributeto adding market share for the company.

3. Why Are You Looking For A New Job?

This may seem like a straightforward question to answer, but look again. It is very easy to slip uphere if you are unprepared. Most people seek another job because they are unhappy/unsatisfiedwith their current employment. But relating ANYTHING in a negative light at an interview is badform. Most interviewers dont look so much for the reason you left, but they way you deliver yourresponse. So, always be honest and positive.

Even if you got fired from your last job, try to keep it brief yet honest. If you start ranting on abouthow your ex boss/company was a terrible employer, they may be thinking Is he still dealing withbitter or sad feelings, or has he been able to focus his energy on the future and the next position?Does she place total blame on others for her situation or does she accept at least someresponsibility for it? Further, most terminations happen because of an ill-fit between company andemployee, not so much performance. So, try to take this angle.

If you left voluntarily, dont dwell on the negative reasons for leaving, and focus on how you cancontribute better to your new company/role.

Some examples of answers that would work are below. But again, dont just memorize theseanswers and throw them out again without being really honest. Interviews never work if youapproach them like textbook exams.

I wanted to move my career in a new direction. (Make sure you mention what this new direction is.)

My company was restructuring and I chose to seek better opportunities elsewhere.


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I want to keep developing new skills but was unable to pursue this in my previous company. Idecided to make a change to allow this to happen.

4. What Kind Of Position Are You Looking For?

Avoid vague answers such as I want an exciting job or I want to grow my skills in this area. Itshows lack of focus and motivation for your career objective. Instead, focus on your desired

position and how your skills and experience can help you be an asset within that position. Forexample, I have a strong ability to communicate and market a product as proven in my 2 yearsexperience as marketing officer at University/company A. I believe that I understand the consumerindustry and can add value to your companys marketing efforts.

5. What Do You Consider Your Strengths and Weaknesses?

This is a time to be honest, but dont go to extremes either way. You dont want to start tellingthem that you are really terrible at organizing and can never be on time. Neither do you makeyourself out to be the next best thing since sliced bread. Instead, be clear and concise aboutqualities that demonstrate you take responsibility for your work ethic, actions, and experienceslearned (or failures) on the job, problem-solving ability, and values.

6. What Do You Know About Our Company?

This is where your research has come in handy. It is a way to demonstrate that you are seriousabout joining the company and was motivated enough to learn about it before the interview. Dontrespond by repeating each and every fact you learnt about the company, because it can seemarrogant and memorized. Do mention its major product, markets and latest development. Keepthings positive. Also try to show your eagerness to learn more about the company by asking somequestions to the interviewer him/herself.

7. What Do You Consider Your Greatest Achievements?

Try to mention about 2-3 achievements. This is a way for interviewers to gauge how you managedpeople/projects/yourself in a successful manner which can translate into how you may be able tosucceed in the company if they hire you. Try to choose a set of achievements that allow you todisplay a variety of strengths. Ie.A successful event that you set up showing your organizationalskills, successfully resolving a situation at work which demonstrates your problem solving skills anddelivering an important report under difficult circumstances which shows your ability to handlepressure.

8. Where Do You See Yourself One / Five Years From Now?

Respond to reflect your confidence and drive to reach a level of work that will be rewarded foryour success. State realistic expectations and propose a real plan of where you intend to go withinthe company. Never sound overly confident, fearful or confused.

9. What Type Of Job Assignments Did You Perform In Your Last Job?

Be honest and to the point answering this, even if the assignments performed dont exactly matchthose required in the new position. However, also take the opportunity to mention any projectsyour volunteered for, special projects you took on outside your work scope or elected positions heldin committees in other past jobs/university. The key point here is to try to tell them aboutexperience gained in areas that might be relevant to your new position.

10. When You Start A New Job, How Do You Establish Good Relationships With Your New Colleaguesand Supervisors?

It is important here to be enthusiastic and positive. Tell them how you worked well with your pastcolleagues or peers in projects etc. Networking skills is important so show how you used yours inyour past to good stead.


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So that wraps out the countdown! The bottomline is, be prepared, do your research, andunderstand the job you are being interviewed for and how your skills / personality / experiencematch the jobs requirements. Close the interview with any last questions, pass on your namecardif you have one, thank them for their time and give a firm handshake before smiling and sayinggood bye.

The first interview is just a lead into the second interview or offer to a job. Not everyone is suited

for the job or the company. So dont be discouraged if you were not offered a position right away.Keep your chin up and your cool, and dont give up on yourself!

Besides, things could be a lot worse at interviews and you could be asked a question like the oneused by Goldman Sachs in the USA, There are eight balls, one of which is slightly heavier than theothers. You have a two-armed scale, which you are allowed to use only twice. Which ball isheavier? Now where is my physics textbook again

What The Interviewer Is Looking For

In most interviews, knowing what the interviewer is looking for means you have won half of thebattle. The other half of the battle: be prepared to show your knowledge about the organisation,ask tactful questions about the job, and give a good impression that you can do betterthan others,if you are offered the job.

The interviewer has two methods of judging your suitability for the job. First, by questioning youand evaluating the things about you and your experience, based on what you tell him. Second, byobserving person-to-person how you handle the interview.

If you have obviously planned your interview well, for example by showing that you areknowledgeable about the organisation, the interviewer will assume that you are also capable ofplanning and making a good job of your tasks. The converse is also true a bad performance atinterview could mean an unsatisfactory performance at the job.

If you have the experience and ability to do the job, make sure that you do not let your interviewperformance let you down. Since in most cases, the interviewer has no prior knowledge of thecandidates except their letter of application, the first impression you give is extremely important.If you are of average intelligence or have few qualifications, do not despair. The most important

factor is your actual achievements and the positive way in which you put these over to theinterviewer.

Here are five areas that help the interviewer select the right person for the right job: intelligence,qualification, adjustment, impact on others, motivation and achievements.

Intelligence means your cognitive powers to take in and interpret information. You should be quickin understanding all questions posed by the interviewer, and providing simple and concise answersto them. Nevertheless, a person who is too intelligent, by giving complicated answers to simplequestions, may give an impression that he is a thinker not a doer.

Qualifications is necessary for certain professional jobs. So make sure you possess the formalqualifications required or the experience needed when applying for that particular position. It isimportant to show your knowledge and interest of the relevant professional institution in your fieldof work, as this will also reflect your enthusiasm towards the profession.

Adjustment means adaptation to life in general and work in particular. The interviewer would liketo know whether you have a good capacity to withstand stress, whether you are always in controleven in the most unfavourable situations, whether you are emotionally stable, and whether you cando things on your own initiative. Most important of all, your friendly or hostile relationship with thepeople around you. Impact on others means anything from the use of simple language, the way youspeak, the way you dress, to your physical appearance throughout the interview. If you can talkfrom your own personal experience using real life situations, make sense of things happen aroundyou, think in terms of things and not people, you are more likely to give an impression of a matureperson and a problem-solver much in demand by any employer.


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Motivation and achievement are two important indicators of your general attitudes toward workand career. Assessment will be based on the following:

Can you motivate yourself and work on your own initiative?

Do you set yourself goals and achievements?

Can you get things done even when faced with difficulties?Are you a dreamer or an action-driven person?

Have you long term career objectives?

Have you reached the level one would expect for your age or qualifications?

Which kind of work or activity has given you the most satisfaction?

Are you a person who can deliver on time and meet deadlines?

Do you present your boss with problems or solutions?

Do you have initiative to finish work?

Do you pay attention to detail?

Do you perform well when the going get tough?

Are you good at problem solving?

The interviewer will not ask the above questions directly as the answers should come from whatyou have accomplished, not what you plan to do in future. The interviewer will skillfully find outthe answers by asking what you have been involved in, your interests, your strengths, yourweaknesses, the challenges in your pursuit of knowledge or previous work, your perception ofyourself, your dreams and objectives in life.

If you are honest with yourself in the interview, you can avoid being worried about inconsistency inyour answers. Never mind if the first impression you give is imperfect to the interviewer. The worstthing that could happen is when you lie about yourself, and have the interviewer sense it beforethe end of the interview session.

O.R.P SYSTEMS( Legato systems )

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1. Why do you like UNIX most as an O.S.?

2. How does UNIX provide security ?

3. How A file is accessed in UNIX ?

4. Where in the memory the inode table, in-core inode, file table and user

file descriptor tables are stored ?

5. What are the various mechanisms of IPC in UNIX ?

6. How each of them is implemented ?

7. Distinguish between a pipe and a socket ?


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8. How a socket is created ?

9. Compare between file descripter and socket descripter ?

10.Discuss the concept of shared memory.

11.Why normalisation is done ?

12.Discuss Bacus normal form.

13.What is functional dependency ?

14.COCOMO model of software cost estimation.

15.What is cohesion and coupling, in a program which should be less and which

should be high ?

16.What is null modem ?

17.What is the functioning of codec ?

18.What is FDDI protocol ? How it is different from token ring ?

19.What is a base band and a broad band system ?

20.What do you mean by ports, are they nessary for communication ?

21.Describe ethernet communication technique ?

Rest of the questions on networking were indepth, some of the term or device

names were unheard of.

Only two personal questions were asked

1. Tell about yourself.

2. Another on my biodata.

GD topic: 1. Internet Technology, 2. Desktop O.S.

IBM GS

1. Distinguish between DOS, WINDOWS and UNIX O.S.

2. What are various kernel parameters that can be changed by an user or super

user ?

3. What are the differences between C and FORTRAN ?

4. Describe diagramatically the internal structure of UNIX kernel.

5. Write a C program which would recursively sum the numbers from parameter

n to 2n.

Personal:


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1. About yourself.

2. Family background.

3. Strong points, weak points.

4. Expectations from career.

5. About hobbies.( about 10 questions )(main emphasis)

6. The story behind your success.

7. location preference ?

P.S : In all the three interviews I was asked to put a question at the end.

Tata Infotech (fwd)

1. after selling two dolls at Rs, 12 a sells man gets 25% profit in pne

and 20% loss in other. what is the net profit or loss?

Ans- Rs.0.60

2. 4 men has been caught as thives. one of them is thief and only one is

true teller. some statements of them are given. find the thief.

Ans-GUY

3. Conversion between two software engineer has been given about their

service time. (two simple eq. solv them)

Ans.-4 ys,& 8 ys.

4. One five degit no consists of two prime no. 3 rd degit is largest and

2nd is lowest. 1st degit =3rd-2nd. 4th+5th


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given about the language known. each know only two language. who speaks

what?

9. three women (names are given) having three diff precious jewellers.

( names are given). three thives(names are given) stole them . some

condition are given. Who stole what and from whom?

i can not remember another one,

there were two topics on which you have to write some thing on 150

words. time for the logical test was 60 min. and for the paragraph was 15

min.

one of the topic was likely about the

supercomputer and man is being replaced by machine,

another was some thing related to industry and effect on man.

for logical test and puzzle read from

1.puzzles to puzzles you and more puzzles- by sakuntala devi

2. puzzles and teasures- George J. Summer

3.Brain teasures- by Narula

4. GRE (Barrons Guide)(logical part )

Subject: Infosys paper 99

>Hi everybody,

> Here Infosys people had bought two colour papers (white and

>blue) but questions in both were same. Any how its better to try solving

>Summers and Sakuntala Devis puzzle book than trying for previous question

>papers . As some boys were able to collect recent paper of infosys from

>JNU. But they say that hardly two questions were same rest were different.

>So its better to have practice of solving puzzles especilly logical one

>(but dont neglect numerical one too)

> Be sure to have done rough work in rough sheet as at the time of

>interview they were looking at answer sheet as well as rough work( I had

>two member panel in which one was looking at biodata form that I had

>submitted going throughly through it and use to ask question where ever he

>felt neccessary .so be careful while filling bio data form of company.


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>Another had my written test papers along with rough sheet . He too going

>throughly through it. And kept on asking question regarding written test

>like how well u have done in it , how much do u expect.)

> the other questions

> - tell us about your academic

> - how you have done so good in academics?

> - why you want to switch over to software?

> - do you think you are good chemical Engg.?

> - How do u know basic and C++ ( as I had mention in my biodata)

> - Do u think that u might have got highest mark in written test?

> - How can you say u will do well in softwere field?

>

TCS

Dated : 31/07/97

1. VOCABULARY.(SYNONYMS) 40 BITS. 20 MARKS.20MIN.

2. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 15 BITS 30 MARKS 15 MIN.

3. CRITICAL REASIONING.(COMPREHENSION) 50 BITS 50 MARKS 25 MIN.

4. PSYHOMETRIC TEST. 150 BITS 150 MARKS 30 MIN

250 MARKS 90 MIN

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THE PSYCHOMETRIC TEST IS SIMPLE AND THERE IS NO NEED OF OF

PREPARATION. IT SIMPLY TEST YOUR PSYCHOLOGY. GIVE MOST POSITIVE

ANSWERS TO THIS SECTION. I AM SEN

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NG ANSWERS.BUT SOME OF THESE ANSWERS MAY CHANGE. SO YOU PLEASE CHECK IN EXAMINATION. THE

ANSWERS IS SIMPLY (TRUE) OR (FALSE) OR (CANT SAY) TYPE. FOR THIS

SECTION YOU HAVE READ AS FAST AS YOU CAN. IT SIMPLY TEST YOUR COMPRE

HENSION ABILITY.

4. EVENTHOUGH WE ARE SENDING ANSWERS TO MATHEMATICAL ABILITY.

SECTION. YOU DO ROUGH WORK BACK OF YOUR PAGE. IT IS ALSO ONE OF

IMPORTNANT CAUTION.

5. IN PSYCHOLOGY SECTION THE QWES MAY REPEATE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES.

BY SIMPLY CHANGING SENTENCE FORMATION. SO BECAREFUL GIVE SAME ANSWERS

TO THOSE QWES.

THERE WILL BE NO NEGATIVE MARKING. TIME 90 Min.,

APPEARED FOR EXAM =255 STUDENTS

SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW =122, FINALLY SHORT LISTED = 55 STUDENTS.

overall the main thing is time managment and

presence of mind.be cool and do the paper,each section

have limited time after the alloted time we cannot

switch back neither we can move ahead to next section

if we complete a section earlier. there is no negative

marking but dont try to color all the questions

,dont spent too much time for any question ,for each

section just turn the page scan the page for the

questions u think that u can do without making much

calculation, after completing the scanning of one page

immediately switch to next page of same section,

complete the entire section like this now if u have

time switch back to previous pages do not spent more

than a minute in any question .try to perform average

in each section, dont leave any part almost


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untouched,here very few people were able to do much in

number section.also there may be some upper cutoff.so

take care of it too.

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the next section is interveiw section, technical and

personal interveiw both were combined in one.from some

of them they were asking there favourite subjects and

then were asking question from it from some of us they

asked from the project we have done .be honest and

just represent what u are, dont pretend to be this

and that take care while describing ur positive and

negative points.

In the paper I am sending,there r about 40 vocabulary questions.But

this years paper has only 20 of them.Time 5 min.Marks 10.Do only

15 or 16 bits correctly.

Quantitative aptitude:I am sending 15 questions.In the latest paper we got,

there r only 10 of them r present.Time 10 min.Marks 20.Do all the

problems correctly.

Reasoning:All answers r given.Remember them.In the exam, u willnot be

having time to read the passages.So remember the answers.

I dont remember twohe passages (R and Q).U can read these passages

in the exam and answer them.Remember: dont answer all questions.Write

7 or 8 incorrect answers.Time 45 min.Total 70 questions and Marks 70.

Your ultimate aim is to get 75 to 85 marks.Because if u get high marks,

they may assune that u know the paper beforehand and u may be disqualified.

So dont get morethan 90 marks

PlacementPapers.com papers of campus placement and recruitment

Your guide to campus recruitments

Interview Section

After clearing the written test, companies usually interview the

candidates to gauge his/her capabilities and personality. Basically


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there are two kinds of interviews, the techincal one, where stress

is laid on checking your fundamentals in your core subjects and the

HR one , where your communication skills and personality is put to

the test.

Check out the following sections for more details

Technical Section

Human Resources (HR) Section

General Tips for the Interview

Group Discussion (GD)

Technical Section

As we are from computers and electronics branches, so for the moment

we have information regarding core subjects of these fields only. As

most of the companies coming to the campuses are from the IT

industry hence you may expect them to probe your computer skills

regardless of your stream. Knowledge of C is always an added

advantage.

For Computer Students

For a computer student knowledge of C is essential. Other important

topics include

Data Structures

Operating Systems

Some students have also been grilled on Object Oriented Programming,

C++ ,Microprocessor Architecture, Networking, Database Management,

Automata, Compiler Design and Computer Graphics depending upon

subjects covered till the most recent semester.

Some Commonly Asked Questions

Usage of pointers and their fundamentals in C?

What is the difference between structures and unions in C?

Basic concepts about data structures like trees, linked lists,

circular lists, queues, arrays

Sorting Methodology ( you may be asked to make an


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algorithm/program to implement a sort method).

What is an finite algorithm?

Basic concepts of Operating Systems such as multitasking,

multithreading, real time systems, CPU scheduling algorithms,

deadlocks, memory management etc.

Difference between one pass and multipass compilers, compilers and

interpreters, parsing etc.

For Electronics and Communication Stream

For electronic students the important subjects are

Digital Circuits and Logic Design

Microprocessor Architecture of 8085

Electronic Design and Circuits

Communication and Networking


Difference between a latch and a flip flop

What is sampling theorem and why is it needed

Internal architecture of 8085

Comparison between OpAmps and transistors

Modulation techniques (AM ,FM , PAM etc.)

Transistor biasing methods ( fixed bias , emitter bias etc. )

HR Section

In your HR interview ie human resources interview the main effort on

the part of the interviewer will be to bring forth your true

personality.They may ask you some routine questions , few of which

have been mentioned below, but be expecting questions of varied type

regarding sexuality ,music , authors etc. ; anything to get to know

what you really are.


Describe yourself

Why are you better than the next person

Your strengths and weakness and what you are doing to rectify your


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weaknesses

Information regarding what kind of work your parents do

The magazines and newspapers you read , their cost and at times

their editors ; and that days headlines

You prefer a team sport to an individual sport

Why you want to join this particular company and not some other

one.

What are your career objectives ( long term and short term )

Why you plan to switch over to software field ( for those who are

from streams besides computers )

At the end of the interview they ask whether you have any questions

to ask them. It is better to stick to one or two questions

regarding the company and not dwelve into how you performed or the

pay package or any personal questions to the interviewer.

General Tips for the Interview

The Essentials

a) Fundamental principles pertaining to his academics ( most

important )

b) Essentials of past life and clear cut career objectives

c) General awareness of world around him

d) In depth knowledge of your extra curricular activities

Apart from these in general keep the following in mind

Always remember its a sort of formal occassion and never get too

informal , like accepting interviewers offer for a smoke or drink

Smart and clean turnout. Neat clothes and polished shoes with tidy

hair.

Be cool and dont get nervous.Try to be pleasant , alert and

mantain eye contact. If u cant hold your own in technical

questions try to remain composed ;your confidence may do the

trick.

Try to maintain a good rapport with the interviewer and get him to


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ask questions regarding the subjects you are strong in.

Maintain eye contact from the begining and dont act in a manner so

that the interviewer is distracted which for example can be caused

by flashy dresses ,exaggerated arm movements or you shifting in

your chair.

Give them the impression that you are going to stay with the

company for atleast 3 to 5 years. Never mention anything

concerning GRE or CAT .

Never try to bluff your way through an interview. The interviewers

would be able catch on to it fast.

References

For Computer Students

C

Let Us C

(Y. Kanetkar)

Kernighan & Ritchie

Gottfried (Schaum Series)

Exploring C

(Y. Kanetkar)

C++

Waite Groups Turbo C++

Data Structures

Data Structures

(Tannenbaum)

Horowitz & Sahni

Sorenson & Tremelay

Operating Systems

Galvin & Silberschatz

DBMS

Silberschatz

Ullman


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Date

Microprocessors

Gaonkar

Barry B Brey

Douglas V Hall

Mathur

Automata & Compiler Design

Aho & Ullman

Hopcroft & Ullman

Computer Organisation & Hardware

Hayes

Hamascher

Peter Nortons computer guides

For Electronics Students

Communication

Kennedy

Simon Haykins

Electronic Devices & Circuits

Boylestead

Millman & Halkias

Mitchell et al.

Digital Circuits & Logic Designs

Malvino & Leach

Floyd

Taub & Schilling

Computer Networks

Tanenbaum

Antennas & Propogation

K D Prasad

Control Systems

Ogata


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Kuo

Aptitude Section

Aptitude Series by

R S Aggarwal

Barrons GRE and GMAT preparation books

Shakuntla Devis Puzzle books

MBA entrance prep material

Norman Lewis for Word Power

George W Summers Brain Teasers

Search the Web.

For feedback send mail to [email protected]

the Web.

They wanted a bio-data at the time of inteview. I gave the placement

office bio-data and in that one there was column Major subjects

studied. Many of the questions came from those.

Company name: Wipro Infotech Ltd., Bangalore.

Year: 1995

Wipinfo has 2 rounds of interviews. The first round is fully technical.

The second round, depending on the members of the board, may be

technical,

semi-technical or personal. Last year the second round was more

technical than the first(!) and the board was headed by Mr. P.V.Sanjeeva

Reddy, one of the no-nonsense, hardcore-technical, project leaders

in Infotech. This year it was headed by Mr. Victor Jayakiran, G.M.

(Technical, Global R&D) who was a much sober man and therefore spent

most of the time in the second round dealing with personal questions.

I detail here the technical questions asked in the first round

[1] Tell us about your work in brief.

My Ans. Mention first the title, followed by a brief overview of the

work, what we plan to achieve, what has been achieved so far, finally


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the relevance/scope of the work to the related area (i.e. how is it

going to be useful). [ 5-10 mins. depending on interest of the

listener.]

Personal Questions in the second round

1. Tell us about yourself, your background.

2. What does your father do currently.

3. Your performance in schooling, B.E.

4. Your +/- points.

5. Why do you think Wipro should take you.

6. What qualities do you have that make you a person suitable for going

into the IT industry (a corollary to the previous question).

7. What do your friends opine about you.

8. When do you think you will complete and be able to join.

9. How can you assure that you will join by that time.

10. Anything you want to know about us.

Company name: Wipro Infotech

FIRST INTERVIEW:(First the interviewer asked me to name two

favorite subjects OS and Networks)

a) Describe the memory management policies in Unix. How is paging

implemented? How page faults are handled?

Seems to be a favorite question for these chaps - Maurice Bach.

b) Write a macro in C for swapping two nibbles in a byte.

-Use the shift operators and be careful while defining temporary

variables( if you do so) as you have to write a macro. Otherwise

it is pretty simple.

c) What is the CPU-scheduling policy in Unix? Round robin scheduling

with multilevel queues.

d) Diffrence between short term, long term and medium term scheduler.

-First two should be peaceful. The last one is also known as

swapper. (See Taenenbaum and/or Peterson)


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e) Name various page-replacement policies. Which can be implemented

both with and without pre-emption? see Peterson.

f) Describe the Sliding window protocol. What is its advantage

over stop-and-wait? Saves bandwidth. (Taenenbaum please)

2ND INTERVIEW (Both personal and technical interleaved)

a) Tell us something about yourself.

b) Arent you going for higher studies abroad? Why?

c) Rank and CGPA. MSites do not have ranks but still they wanted to

know my approx position in my batch.

- Shady question. It is your job to convince them that for

MS, grades do not hold any meaning.

d) What is re-entrant code? Non-self modifying code. Can be

shared by many processes simultaneously. Gave e.g. of text-editors

like vi.

Counter Q: But then no code modifies itself. What does non-self

modifying mean? - I dont know for sure.

e) Diff between compilers and interpreters. Some fundaes about

how to link code in different files.

f) What would your friends tell us about you if we ask them?

Standard question for everyone.

The first thing any IIT-ian should realize while attending Campus

Interviews is that the Companies have come to take you, and that

*you* are not looking for a job. I refer to the attitude of the mind.

Therefore, theres no need to treat it as a life and death issue. In

my opinion, several students take this matter as a very serious career

issue, and think that if they dont get a job in the campus

interviews, they are sunk. This is not true. A good case in point

will be Sudhakars, who didnt get any job that he wanted in the

Campus Interviews, but when he came to Bangalore and applied to the

different companies, he landed a job in *every* company he applied

for. And these companies were by no means insignificant ones: Tata


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Elxsi, Wipro Infotech, Novell, C-DAC all those which are

considered to be respectable employers. So, the catch phrase during

Campus Interviews is, dont panic, be cool, relax, you have *nothing*

to lose, and everything to gain. This is the attitude you should

have in mind when you go for the interviews.

About the companies, now. There are mainly two kinds of companies in

Bangalore. Those that are small, like Tata Elxsi and Novell, with a

more or less flat organizational structure, and those that are very

huge, like Wipro and TISL, where theres a veritable population

explosion. There are merits and demerits of both. In the small

organizations, there are fewer people, so it is easy to make your

presence felt and to make yourself noticed, and to get proper credit

for what you are doing. The flip side of the coin for these

organizations is that you have to be very careful in what you say and

do, for everything you do/say is audible at the highest levels, and,

as the American Police say when they are arresting a criminal

anything you say may be used against you. Smaller organizations

also have a flatter structure, so the amount of responsibility on your

shoulders may be quite heavy. In one sense it is good you can

contribute well to the organization and get credit for it, but in

another sense it is bad, for you may have to work late and quite hard

too. The advantages of being in a large organization like Wipro is

that you will never be *overloaded* with work, unless you choose to do

so yourself. You can be in the company as you are in the CS

Department right now, light-headed and carefree, even a bit careless.

The obverse side of the coin here is that in such huge organizations,

you will never be anything but small fry in a big pond and getting

credit where it is due may be a little difficult (specific reference

to TISL here).

Another issue that should be considered when seriously aiming at a

company is the nature of the job that you will be put in. In my


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honest opinion, since the pay structures of most companies are

verisimilar now, and the salary differential between employees of

different companies is very minimal, the nature of work is the most

important criterion that one should pay attention to. If you are

specifically interested in some kinds of jobs, such as, say UNIX

Internals/Device Drivers, Networking (Unix/DOS), or graphics,

multimedia, etc, you should aim at companies that are primarily

working in those areas. Also, you should try to find out, through

other channels, as to whether openings exist in those companies for

the kind of job that you are aiming at. For example, Wipro Infotechs

communication group has no openings right now. Most people who join

Wipinfo are taken into the Testing/Debugging groups, or put in the

Tandem Group. These are pretty low down in the job priority order of

the average computer professional in Bangalore. Novell is working in

DOS based networking (Netware) and is by far one of the best companies

in Bangalore good salary, flat structure, nice working environment.

Tata Elxsi is also working in Networking, but that is mainly UNIX

based. Other companies that work in Unix are TISL and Wipro Systems.

Device drivers and Unix Internals are a big word in WipSys, Wipinfo

and Elxsi. There are other companies like Siemens Information Systems

Ltd., Siemens Computing Services Ltd., which I am not sure of. Texas

Instruments is working VLSI CAD and chip design stuff. Motorola,

cant say. Other companies working in Unix Internals and Networking

are Hughes and HCL HP. Also, some companies in Delhi are there

Thats about companies. Now about the interview. A typical interview

panel will have one to two people from the technical cadres and a

couple (or more) of chaps from the Human Resources division. The

technical guys are usually interested in grilling you on an area that

you choose typically they ask you what areas are your favourites

and then ask you questions in that. This happens in companies like

C-DAC, Wipro, Elxsi etc. In addition, they might ask you, if you say


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you like working in Unix, to select one particular area of the OS and

ask you fundaes in that. Therefore, prepare for all this kind of

thing. Read up the C-FAQ and the UNIX FAQ. Be prepared for dumb

questions in recursion in C and, if you know C++, some questions on

Inheritance etc. About UNIX, try to concentrate on some topic like

IPC etc. Otherwise, device drivers etc would be fine. Also, if you

are planning to suggest networking as an area of interest, be clear

about what the various layers of the TCP/IP stack do, where they fit

in with respect to the OSI protocol layers, and also internals of the

TCP or IP processes in the kernel. If you are preparing for the

Novell interview, there is no harm in saying that you dont know

anything about Netware, but you have only heard about it. However,

say that you have good basics in TCP/IP networking, and be prepared to

prove your statement.

Another thing you should be prepared with is how to give an overview

of your project/thesis topic in two-three minutes. This is the

typical attention span of the people who interview you, and it is

better to try and fit in as much info as you can into the first two

minutes of your talk about your project/thesis topic. Also, try to

make it as interesting as possible, and leave a few loose ends if you

want them to ask you some questions on that, so that you can

demonstrate your mastery over the subject.

I really cant think of many more things to write. Perhaps I would

have said more if I were giving you people a talk or something like

that. It is more interactive that way, and more issues crop up. Tell

me if I can be of any more help. Do mail back.

Regards,

Ravindra.

B) Personal

i) Tell us something about yourself. (This has to be there)


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ii) Strengths and weaknesses (This question also disguised in various

forms is always asked).

iii) Why should we hire you?

iv) Can you describe your project in short?

v) Why did you take 2-1/2 years to complete (My case!)

vi) If given the job when can you join. (Caution: Dont think that if

you give some unreal early deadlines they will offer you the job.

Always play safe and give a deadline by which time you are sure to

complete and join. Asking for extensions is the worst scenario).

Tips: Be confident, frank (But need not give away information which may weigh

against your case), free (use first names while addresing them, so be

alert when they introduce themselves) and cheerful (attend an interview

with a positive frame of mind). Remember you are IITians and you always

have an edge. That may sound arrogant, but its true.

Personal Questions in the second round

1. Tell us about yourself, your background.

2. What does your father do currently.

3. Your performance in schooling, B.E.

4. Your +/- points.

5. Why do you think Wipro should take you.

6. What qualities do you have that make you a person suitable for going

into the IT industry (a corollary to the previous question).

7. What do your friends opine about you.

8. When do you think you will complete and be able to join.

9. How can you assure that you will join by that time.

10. Anything you want to know about us.

} /* End of for() */

Name: G.Kartik

Year: 1995

Company name: Wipro Infotech


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FIRST INTERVIEW:(First the interviewer asked me to name two

favorite subjects OS and Networks)

a) Describe the memory management policies in Unix. How is paging

implemented? How page faults are handled?

Seems to be a favorite question for these chaps - Maurice Bach.

b) Write a macro in C for swapping two nibbles in a byte.

-Use the shift operators and be careful while defining temporary

variables( if you do so) as you have to write a macro. Otherwise

it is pretty simple.

c) What is the CPU-scheduling policy in Unix? Round robin scheduling

with multilevel queues.

d) Diffrence between short term, long term and medium term scheduler.

-First two should be peaceful. The last one is also known as

swapper. (See Taenenbaum and/or Peterson)

e) Name various page-replacement policies. Which can be implemented

both with and without pre-emption? see Peterson.

f) Describe the Sliding window protocol. What is its advantage

over stop-and-wait? Saves bandwidth. (Taenenbaum please)

2ND INTERVIEW (Both personal and technical interleaved)

a) Tell us something about yourself.

b) Arent you going for higher studies abroad? Why?

c) Rank and CGPA. MSites do not have ranks but still they wanted to

know my approx position in my batch.

- Shady question. It is your job to convince them that for

MS, grades do not hold any meaning.

d) What is re-entrant code? Non-self modifying code. Can be

shared by many processes simultaneously. Gave e.g. of text-editors

like vi.

Counter Q: But then no code modifies itself. What does non-self

modifying mean? - I dont know for sure.

e) Diff between compilers and interpreters. Some fundaes about


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how to link code in different files.

f) What would your friends tell us about you if we ask them?

Standard question for everyone.

Second interview: (fully personal) This was more interesting;-)

a) What did you feel about the ppt? wasnt very impressive

so gave some shady answer.

b) Have you heard of creativity? Ya.

Have you heard of Bernard Shaw? Ya.

(Then he rattled off some quote of BS regarding creativity)

What do you say? I put some shadiest fundaes regarding

visionaries and Leonardo da Vinci conceptualising Helicopters

in his time!

************************************************************************

NOTE: If you have been offered a job previously by any other company

after your BTech/BE or if you have even slightest of work experience

then make it a point to mention about it. It is a major plus point.

The interviewers will be definitely interested in knowing that some

other company also found you good enough to be selected.

************************************************************************

***************************************************************** **********

Personal Questions asked:

a)question

1. Tell me about urself, family background ..

2. Btech projects and M.S. projects

( spend more time here, even if u have not done much

workl; create a good impression)

3. Significant achievements in life.

( may be paper publications etc. )

4. Why did u leave ur previous company ( If u were working)

5. What do u expect from a company ?

( like how shd be the work environment etc. etc. )


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Technical Questions asked:

1. Explain your project

2. What are your areas of interest in Appli Prog


1. Introduce yourself

2. Why do you want to join INFOSYS

3. Do you have a passport


a)Which other companies are you applying to?

in interview

a)question

my weakness, kinds of friendship, family details

b) response

They are impressed if one presents papers.

I have presented conference papers

in the national level.

Generally most of the companies asks about the project.

Regarding other technical questions, they put questions

on the courses I did.

B) Personal

i) Tell us something about yourself. (This has to be there)

ii) Strengths and weaknesses (This question also disguised in various

forms is always asked).

iii) Why should we hire you?








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NOTE:::::

Im sendin the questions, somany have no answers. U do check the

answers for all the given questions also.

All questions are MULTIPLE CHOICES ONLY.

U do try to cover the related topics to get some understanding.

In interview They are asking C C++ Operating system concepts

and Networks.

They will ask about Ur interesting subjects, U try to have good

grip on those intresting subjects.

They selected 11 out of 55 students.

They asked about c c++ project work and OS,NETWORKS.

But they selected only 2 , one from CS and another is BTech ECE.

SECTION 1 is main factor selection to the interview

In the interveiw you should be very active .And should be frank to say

no also.One CS student said that he dont know NETWORK and he hasnt

taken NETWORKS subject.But he has selected.

I am out of placement after getting selection in Honeywell,

which was my dream job.

Honeywell conducted a test in IIT and Interview was in their

office at Blore.

Test contained 100 multiple choice questions divided into

a) Verbal ability (15 ques)

b) Numerical aptitude (15 )

c) Logical and analytical ability (15)

d) Elementary computer science (10)


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d) Programming langauages (20)

e) Operatins systems and Data structures (25)

Not sure about the number of questions.

Verbal ability questions contained 3 parts.

a) One passage is given and U have to answer 5 questions

b) Some words are given and their synonyms have to be written

c)

Numerical aptitude and Logical questions were the usual stuff.

I had 4 rounds of interview.

First round (around 45 minutes) contained, questions from Real-time

Systems (my research area), operating systems and Software Engineering

Explain Ur research work.

What is a Real-Time System ?

What is the difference between Hard and Soft real-time systems ?

What is a mission critical system ?

What is the important aspect of a real-time system ?

Explain the difference between microkernel and macro kernel.

Give an example of microkernel.

Why paging is used ?

Which is the best page replacement algo and Why ?

WHat is software life cycle ?

How much time is spent usually in each phases and why ?

Which one do U want to work if selected in Honeywell ?

( I said I dont like testing )

They asked why ?

I said it is a boring job. Then they tried to analyse

the knowledge in testing.

What is testing ?

Which are the different types of testing ?


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Then they explained the way they do testing. They said that they are

doing testing in requirement phase and design phase so that if any

problem comes in those phases it is not ncecessary to go back and change

the requirement or design. All the test processing is automated.

Why do U want to join Honeywell ?

Ans : To get a practical feeling of Real-time systems.

Do U know C++ ?

How good are U in C and C++ ?

Rate Urslef in both C and C++.( 1 10 marks)

Second round (around 45 minutes )

They wanted a bio-data at the time of inteview. I gave the placement

office bio-data and in that one there was column Major subjects

studied. Many of the questions came from those.

Explain Ur research work.

Lot of questions from it.

What is a distributed system ?

Some questions about CSP. ( I kept quiet)

Which languages do U know ?

What are the differences between Pascal and C.

I said Pascal is a strongly typed language.

Then what is typing and its advantages ?

Then he asked some questions from Compiler construction and Lisp.

WHich are the different computer architectures ?

What is the requirement in MIMD ?

What is the difference between RISC and CISC processors ?

Difference between loosely coupled and tightly coupled systems ?

What is an open system ?

Still a lot of questions from software engineering .

Which are the different phases in Software life cycle (asked again)

Why is analysis and testing phases very important ?


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Which methodologies are U familiar with ?

Have U worked in windows ? (Yes)

What is the difference U have seen from a Dos environment ?

I said it event driven .

So what do U mean by event driven ?

How do WinMain look like ?

How the messages are processed in Windows ?

(Queue of events)

What are parameters needed to distinguish an event ?

Have U done any network programming ?

Why networks are layered ?

What is the advantage of that ?

How many layers are there in OSI ?

WHy is it called OSI model ?

Are U familiar with network topologies ?

Which are the different network toplogies ?

Tell an example of bus type network.

I said ethernet.

What is the Bandwidth of ethernet ?

Explain the advantage and disadvantage of ethernet ?

Which is the protocol used in ethernet. (CSMA/CD)

Why is it called so ?

If all stations tries to communicate at same time, what will happen.

What is binary exponential backoff algo ?

What is the advantage of Ring network ?

Compare it with ethernet.

In a real-time system which one do U prefer and why ?

What is the basic requirement of a real-time network ?

Which one is costly ethernet of ring networks ?

Some questions form OOSD and Digital signal processing.

What is inheritance, encapsulation etc.


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