L & T INFOTECH PAPER - 09 AUG 2005

L & T INFOTECH PAPER - 09 AUG 2005 - RAJASTHAN

ROUND FIRST: WRITTEN
DURATION : 60 MIN
PHASE I : VISUAL APTI. (30 MIN)
PHASE II : GENERAL ENGLISH (30 MIN)

MARKING SCHEME: NO -VE MARKING BUT THEY CLEARLY SAID THAT THEIR WILL BE -VE MARKING IF SOME ONE IS JUST MAKING BLIND GUESS FOR EG. OPTING 3RD OPTIONS FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS.THERE WILL BE NO -VE MARKING IN ANY OTHER CASE.

Phase I:-
It was a visual aptitude round in which we hav to do 36 questions in 30 min.
type:-
X X X
X X X
X X ?

U HAV TO FIND THE APPROPIATE? IN THE GIVEN 8 OPTIONS. Normally the question hav a pattern and a seq. in a vertical format that is (1st, 4th and 7th) & (2nd, 5th and 8th) which will lead u to get the right ans.

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(TIP:-SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE REALLY REALLY TOUGH ARD 5 OR 6 IN THE WHOLE PAPER. I TOOK 5 MIN. TO SOLVE Q.NO.26 BUT EVEN THOUGH NOT ABLE TO SOLVE IT .MAKE SURE NOT TO MAKE MISTAKE AS I DID. FIND THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS AND TRY 2 FINISH THEM IN THE END.)
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ABT ANY BOOK:-
The book named as "J.C.RAVEN" is a must for this exam it contains all sort of these questions.definately it will provide u a upper hand over the others.

Phase II: GENERAL ENGLISH

QUESTIONS: 52Q IN JUST 30 MIN.
(REALLY TIME CHECKING, BE REALLY REALLY FAST)
this was a really simple paper any one from English medium can do its questions

e.g.
Right now, i was going to the market.
_________ ______ ________ __________

Which part is wrong?
Options 1, 2, 3, 4, none

Some questions were based on a given paragraph
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TIP:-I SUGGEST U TO SOLVE THIS PAPER FROM BACK AS THE LAST 5-6 QU.R REQ. TIME WHICH WILL NOT BE THR IN THE END.SO U CAN EASILY DO EASY QS IN THE END.
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They checked all the papers with really carefulness and finally short listed 95 students

ROUND II
TYPE: FORM FILLING

Though this is not a round but i consider it as such because" ITS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT OF SELECTION"
REMEMBER THEY DONT PAIED ANY ATTENTION TO THE RESUME THAT WE HAD .THIS FORM WAS HAVING ALL THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED BASED ON THE RESUME DETAILS. CH ETA NAS
BE VERY VERY SURE WHAT U R ANSWERING.U MUST REMEMBER ALL THE INFORMATION THAT U HAV ENTERED IN THE FORM AS THAY WILL DEFINATELY ASK U WHAT U HAV WRITTEN.PLEASE BE VERY VERY CAREFUL TO THIS.FILL ALL UR STRENGTHS , HOBBIES, WEAKNESS,XTRA ACTIVITIES, SPECIALITIES ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY PROFILE

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TIP:-
FILL THE FORM ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY PROFILE.EVEN THIS ROUND IS A ELIMINATION ROUND THEY SEEK TO CHOOSE ONLY THOSE WHO FULFILL ALL THR REQ. REMEMBER THEY HAV A LOT OF OPTIONS THEY STRAIGHT AWAY ELIMINATED 3 STUDENTS BY SIMPLY SAYING THAT"I AM SORRY THAT UR PROFILE DOSENT MATCHES WITH OURS SO BEST OF LUCK FOR FUTURE"
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ROUND III
Next day time 9:00am

We were having both tech and hr going side by side any one can have any round first. since they were having less time so they all got separated and only a single person was taking the respective interview.
I had my hr round first. this was my best scoring round i suppose as I had all sort of qs prepared which I had memorized and even answered them while filling the form in some of the hr questions in the form
I had HR with a young madam(YM)she was Christian and surely very very fluent & sound in English. I had had a 40 min hr round.

Time:-11:20am

My name was called and i entered the room. she was sitting on the chair

ME: GOOD MORNING MADAM
YM: GOOD MORNING HAV A SEAT.
ME: THANKYOU MADAM.
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TIP:-BE CONFIDENT AND LOOK STRAIGHT IN TO THE EYES OF HR INTERV.EVEN WHEN SITTING ON THE CHAIR THIS SHOWS UR CONFIDENCE
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I SAW SHE WAS HAVING ALL THE DOCUMENTS EVEN THE TEST PAPERS THAT WE HAV GIVEN + THE FORM WHICH WE HAV FILLED
YM: SO BHARAT, TELL ME SOMTHING ABT UR FAMILY?
YM: HOW LONG R U AWAY 4M HOME?
ME: 3 YEARS
YM: DONT U FEEL HOME SICKNESS OR U MISS SOMBODY IN UR FAMILY?
ME: YES I MISS MY MOM &EVEN CALL HER ALMOST DAILY.
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TIP: - "NEGITIVE, NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE I HAV DONE DUE TO TENSION I HAV SHOWED MY WEAKNESS BE CAREFUL
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YM: THEN UR MOTHER MAY NOT ALOW U TO GO THAT FAR 4M HOME?
ME:NOP MADAM IT'S NOT A PROBLEM BECOZ "JOB IS MY PRIMITIVE PRIORITY"
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TIP: - BE PREAPARED WITH SUCH SENTENCES WHICH CAN SAVE UR HR FROM THE MISTAKES U HAV DONE.
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YM: TELL ME ABT UR STRENGTHS?
ME: TIME MANAGMENT, HARDWORKING, LEADERSHIP SKILLS
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TIP:-ALL THESE STRENGTHS WERE COLLECTED FROM THE PPT AND I TOLD THEM IN SAME ORDER AS I HAD WRITTEN IN THE PAPER I WAS ALSO PREAPERED WITH THE EXAMPLES OF ALL OF THEM BUT TOLD ONLY ABT FIRST SKILL AS IT TOOK TIME.ONE SHOULD NOT SPEAK FOR MORE THAN 2 MIN. CONTINIOUSLY IN HR.
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YM: TELL ME UR WEAKNESS?
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TIP:-NEVER SHOW UR WEAKNESS, INSTEAD SHOW ONE OF UR STRENGTH AS UR WEAKNESS BUT NOT THE ONE U HAV MENTIONED
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ME: I SOMETIMES FORCE MY GRP. MEMBERS TO WORK FAST TO SAVE TIME BUT I KNOW ALL ARE NOT ALAWAYS ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH
YM: WHAT ABT UR XTRA CUR.ACTS?
ME: WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER OF WINNING BASCKET BALL TEAM.
REPRESENTED COLLEGE IN SWIMING AT STATE LEVEL
WON AWARDS IN T.T
YM: U HAV WRITTEN ABT UR DEBATE AND TECH PAPER PRESENTATION? HAV U WON ANY
ME: I GOT FIRST PLACE IN TECH PAPER PRESENTATION & THIRD PLACE IN DEBATE
YM: WHAT WAS UR TOPIC IN DEBATE
ME: INDIA'S ATITUDE AGAINST PAKISTAN.
YM: FOR/AGAINST...?
ME: I WAS SPEAKING FOR THE TOPIC.
YM: WHAT ABT TECH. PAPER PRESENTATION?
ME: E-COMMERCE
YM: XPLAIN IT IN BREIF?
YM: IN UR HOBBIES U HAVE WRITTEN SOFTWARE COLLECTION?
ME: XPLAINED ABT THE A INCIDENT OF HARD DISK CRASH &LOST IMP. DATA SO DECIDED TO SEARCH SOFTWARES FOR DATA RETRIVAL FROM ANY STORAGE DEVICES.
YM: AND?
ME: HARD ROCK MUSIC
YM :(SHOCKED) WHAT? BY LOOKING AT U I THOUGHT U LIKE SOFT MUSIC.
ME: I FEAL ENERGETIC LISTINING HARD ROCK MUSIC
YM: WHICH BAND U LIKE THE MOST?
ME: LINKIN PARK
YM: WHICH SONG OF LINKING PARK U LISTEN MOST?
ME: CRAWLING
YM: DO U WANT TO ASK US ANY THING?
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TIP: - THIS IS THE BEST QN WHICH CAN MAKE UR HR "THE BEST"EVEN If THE HR PERSON DONT ASK U, DO ASK HIM HER IN THE END. SHOW UR SELF AS SUCH U R DYING TO JOIN THE COMPANY.AGAIN COMPANY PROFILE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE HERE.
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ME: MY CARRIER PATH AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES?
L&T INFOTECH WAS RATED 5TH IN 2004 & 3RD IN 2005. DID U THINK THAT YOUNG & HARDWORKING PERSONS PLAYED KEY ROLE?
L&T INFOTECH IS 9001:2000 CERTIFIED.DOES COMPANY HAV ANY OTHER CERTIFICATION
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I ASKED THE ABOVE QN BECOZ I WANTED TO SHOW THAT I KNOW THAT L&T INFOTECH IS ISO CERTIFIED. SHE WAS REALLY SURPRISED WITH MY L&T KNOWLEDGE.ALSO STRESS A LOT ON YOUR APPEARENCE
PERSONALITY PLAYS A IMPORTANT ROLE IN L&T. THE GIRLS HAV A UPPER HAND IN IT OUT OF 37 SHORTLISTED ARD 26-28 WERE GIRLS SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR THE BOYS.
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YM: OK BHARAT I AM PUTTING U IN THE TECH. DEPARTMENT U CAN WAIT OUT SIDE FOR SOME TIME.
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TIP:-I WISHED HER THANKYOU AND SLOWLY PLACED THE CHAIR BACK AT ITS POSITION. DONT EVEN DARE TO COMMIT THE MISTAKE OF NOT PUTTING BACK THE CHAIR AT ITS ORIGINAL PLACE.BE SURE TO DO THIS
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FINAL ROUND
TYPE: TECHNICAL

I WENT OUTSIDE AND JUST AFTER 5 MIN. I WAS CALLED FOR TECH. INTERVIEW.A YOUNG SIR (YS) WAS SITTING IN THE CABBIN SOME OF MY FRIENDS TOLD THAT HE REALLY CHECKED HARD TECH. SKILLS
TIME: 12:05PM

ME: MAY I COM IN SIR?
YS: YES
ME: GOOD AFTERNOON SIR
YS: (LOOKING AT WATCH) OH! IT'S AFTERNOON NOW, GOOD AFTERNOON
YS: HAV A SEAT.
ME: THANK YOU SIR.
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AGAIN ALL MY DOCUMENST WERE WITH HIM.
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YS: SO LETS SEE WHAT STRONG SUB. /SKILLS U HAV WRITTEN?(SEARCHED IN FORM)
ME: SOFT. ENGG
COMP. ARCHITECT.
C
YS: AND WHAT ELSE HAV U LEARNED IN ENGG.
ME: C++
YS: AND
ME: LOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING.
YS: AND
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THIS TIME I WAS REALLY SHOCKED I HAD PREPARED ONLY 3 SUBJ. IN ONE NIGHT AND I HAD ALREADY TOLD HIM 5 AND EVEN THAN HE WAS ASKING ME ANOTHER SUBJECT
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ME: (AFTER A PAUSE I SAID) DATABASE
YS: (SMILED) OK ILL ASK U DATABASE
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TOTALLY LOST HAVENT READ ANY THING ABT DATABASE FROM 1 YEAR
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YS: DIFF BETN FILE SYSTEM AND DATA BASE? (TOLD)
YS: TYPES OF DATABASE
ME: MS ACCESS, SQL
YS: HOW U FEELS IN SQL?
ME: STRAIGHT AWAY I TOLD ONLY KNOWS FULL FORM.
YS: I THINK U HAV READ IT?
ME: YES SIR BUT 1 YEAR BACK.
YS: WRITE A QUERY TO ADD IN DATABASE?
ME: (AFTER A LONG STRESS ON MIND I WAS SOME HOW ABLE TO WRITE THE QUERY)
YS: TRIGGERS? (TOLD)
YS: ROLEBACK?(TOLD)
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THEN HE ASKED ME IN THE OPPOSITE SEQUANCE IN WHICH I TOLD HIM MY SKILLS. LUCKLY HE DIDNT ASKED ANY THING FROM LFP
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YS: VIRTUAL FUNCTIONS AND FRIEND FUNCTIONS
YS: GIVE REAL LIFE XAMPLE OF INHERITANCE (TOLD PARENT-CHILD XAMPLE)
YS: POLYMORPHISM?
(THEN MY PREPARED SKILLS)
YS: HOW DO U FEEL IN C, COMFORTABLE?
ME: (WITH THAT MUCH TECH. I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY COMFORTABLE SO I SAID) A LITTLE BIT
YS: (AGAIN SMILED) OK, WRITE A PROGRAM IN C FOR BINARY SEARCH USING RECURSION?
ME: (SOME HOW TOLD HIM THE LOGIC OF BINARY SEARCH)
YS: ALRIGHT BHARAT U TOLD ME THE LOGIC, BUT I ASKED U ABT THE RECURSION SO WRITE ANY PROG OF RECURSION
ME: (WHAT ELSE THAN FACTORIAL) XPLAINED
YS: A QN BASED ON i++, ++i
YS: WHATS BLUE TOOTH & USB
YS: SOFTWARE ENGG.HMM WRITE ALL STAGES OF SWDLC?
YS: DO U THINK REQ. ANALYSIS IS REQ. AFTER EVERY PHASE?
YS: SUPPOSE UR CLIENT COMES UP WITH A FEATURE THAT HE HAS NOT MENTIONED AND U HAV ALREADY DONE THE CODING THEN?
YS: TELL ME ABT LOC AND FP? (TOLD)
YS: WHAT FORMULA IS USED IN THIS? (NOT ANSWERED)
YS: Y R THESE METHODS USED? (TOLD)
YS: ALRIGHT THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE.

I THANKED HIM PLACED THE CHAIR BACK AND WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM.THEY FINALLY SHORTLISTED 37. I CAME TO KNOW THAT THEY CALCULATE A PERCENTILE SCORE AND THE CUT OFF FOR THE OVER ALL SELECTION WAS 99%.I HOPE THAT THIS MAIL WOULD BE A GOOD SOURCE FOR THE PREPARATION FOR L&T.


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