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Hi!! Friends
I am TANUMOY pursuing MCA from NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Techno India Group),Kolkata.
TCS conducted a campus recruitment drive on 8th October, 2012 till 10th October.
TCS recruitment normally comprises of 3rounds
(Aptitude, Tech & HR),but it varies from college to college.
But, due to economic instability this year, some of the ‘2013 passing candidates might have to face 5-6 rounds of interview.
So be prepared for anything.
The candidates are sorted into two parts –
1) Direct PI {candidates having 75% actual throughout OR Top– 5 from each dept (having 60% actual throughout)}
OR
2) Aptitude {candidates having 60% actual throughout}
Since, I was in the Top-5 list from my department, so I was called for Direct PI on 8th October.
After verification of all documents my interview call came at 11:30am.
My panel consisted of 2-HRs & 1-TECH and mine was a combined interview so I had to face only one round.
ME- Good Morning!! Sir.
HR1 - Good Morning. Please take your seat.
HR1 - (While going through my CV) Market yourself.
ME - Told.
HR1 - Tell me something about yourself which is not there in your CV.
ME - Told.
HR1 - Ok TANUMOY, can you write a program to swap two numbers?
ME - Yes Sir, I can. How would you like it sir? Without using third variable or using any function?
HR1 - He smiled...) How about without using third variable.
ME - Wrote the program with ease.
HR1 - Can you write a program to calculate the length of the string using function?
ME - Again wrote the program with ease.
HR1 - Can you print the value of a global variable inside main(),if I initialize the same variable in local space?
ME - Explained him the logic.
Now the second HR (HR2) started asking....
HR2 - Feeling nervous?
ME - Sir, if I say that I’m not feeling nervous, then that would be a complete lie. Yes sir, I’m a little bit nervous.
HR2 - (Smiled..) Relax TANUMOY. Tell me something about ur hobbies.
ME - Sir! Painting and Sketching.
HR2 - So which artist you admire the most and why?
ME - The works of Jamini Roy attracts me the most.
(Here, whatever u answer, make sure u have done research about the subject properly)
HR2 - What’s your goal in life?
ME - Told.
Finally it was the turn of the Tech-HR...
TECH - Which computer subjects have you fallen in love with till date?
ME - Sir, C and Data Structure.
TECH - So if I ask you anything of DS will you be able to answer?
ME - Yes Sir.
TECH - What is a list in DS?
ME - Explained him the concept of list. Ex- Array, Linked List and Tree (explained all three)
TECH - What are the types of Operation, we can perform on a list?
ME - Insertion, Deletion, Sorting, Searching.
TECH - Explain Bubble & Selection Sort
ME - Explained.
TECH - What is Radix Sort?
ME - Explained.
TECH - What is a node in a Linked List?
ME - Explained.
TECH - What is Stack & Queue?
ME - Again explained.
TECH - Give me some real life example of Stack n Queue.
ME - Stack – - Dinner-Plates Queue - - during Ticket Booking
TECH - And implementation of Stack n Queue in computer world.
ME - Stack - - Recursive Function Calls
Queue - - Process Queue
TECH - Ok TANUMOY, so what other programming languages you have learned till date other C & C++?
ME - SIR, apart from those I know VB6, JAVA, PHP and recently I have started learning DOT NET.
TECH - Ok so u know JAVA. How far do u have the knowledge of JAVA?
ME - Told him that I have the concepts of Core JAVA till threading.
TECH - So if I ask u anything on JAVA will u be able to answer?
ME - Yes Sir.
TECH - How is JAVA different from C++?
ME - Explained him the concept of platform independence.
TECH - What is JVM?
ME - Explained.
TECH - What is JDK n JRE?
ME - Explained.
TECH - What can we get a .class file from a JAVA file?
ME - Explained him the process.
TECH - Suppose u have been given a PC which doesn’t have JAVA installed in the system. Then how will you generate a class file in it. Will u be able to?
ME - At first I got a little bit confused with the question. Then, I realized he wants to know the entire process of installing JDK and executing the process of compilation. Afterwards, I explained him the entire process with ease.
TECH - Ok TANUMOY so do u know any RDBMS packages?
ME - Yes Sir. I know Oracle 9i, MS ACCESS, MYSQL.
(Gave me 2 SQLs to write which was very easy.)
Finally my tech round was over....
HR1 - Are u willing to relocate TANUMOY?
ME - Yes Sir. You can throw me in any part of the world.
HR2 - Do you have anything to ask us?
ME - Sir, as a fresher I would like to know. How the project work will be in reality at TCS?
HR2 - He explained me everything with details.
HR1 - Ok TANUMOY that will be all. You may take ur leave.
Finally they shook hands with me.
I said THANK YOU SIR and HAVE A GOOD DAY SIR and took my leave.
After 3days of non-stop action, finally on 12th October, 2012 they selected 183 from NSEC comprising of MCA & B.Tech. and I was one of them.
Some tips regarding facing an Interview-
1) Always be confident. Never say NO to any question
2) Maintain Eye-contact (most important)
3) Always come prepared at least with minimum knowledge. Don't mug up answers from book all they want to do is test ur logic.
BEST OF LUCK.... See you at TCS
