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TCS SELECTION PROCEDURE
COMPANY : TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
DATE OF SELECTION PROCEDURE : 8-9 FEB , 2010
WRITTEN TEST : 8 FEB , 2010
INTERVIEW : 9 FEB , 2010
COLLEGE : SHRI RAM SWAROOP MEMORIAL
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
MANAGEMENT ,LUCKNOW
WRITTEN TEST HELD ON 8 FEB , 2010
Hi there..This is to give you all a complete overview of the TCS SELECTION PROCESS
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THREE SECTIONS IN THE WRITTEN TEST
SECTION 1 : VERBAL
Consists of 10 antonyms , 10 synonyms , one passage having filling up the blank and one passage to read and related 5-6 questions . Supposed to do the entire section in 20 mins
SECTION 2: QUANTITATIVE
Supposed to do in 40 mins
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Consists of simple maths questions on linear equations , fractions , ratio and proportion , and tuff questions on DATA SUFFICIENCY
Example of data sufficiency like
Mark option (a) if question can be answered using option 1 alone..
Mark option (b) if question can be answered using option 2 alone..
Mark option (c) if question can be answered using both the options..
Mark option (d) if question can be answered using none of the options
A bar graph and pie chart question was there
25 people speak Hindi only
30 people speak English only
40 people speak Tamil only
25 people speak Hindi and English
25 people speak Tamil and English
25 people speak Hindi and Tamil
How many people speak atleast one language ??
How many people speak no language at all??
Such type of question
SECTION 3 : CRITICAL REASONING
Came from Barron
I got 3 CRs to be done in 20 mins
1st one was Model Test Paper 1 University Profs
Section 5
.J,K,L,M,N and so on
2nd one was Model Test Paper 5 SCURVY Ques
Last one in Section 7
3rd one was not from Barrons but was easy so could do it..
Other CRs were
1) Splenkeures CR which includes Cave questions
.Abbott, Explorers
etc..
2) Varsity players who have to be seated such that 2 of them are best friends , so must be seated together , one is allergic to smoking so must be seated at extreme end near the exit point
..etc
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INTERVIEW ON 9th FEB , 2010
TECHNICAL ROUND :
I entered the room
There was only one single person
Wish him / her and dont sit unless he / she asks you to do so
Then he asked me if I had done my breakfast
I said yes
Then he asked me how well can u make programs..To which I replied that I can make simple programs in C and JAVA which I used to do in labs
Then he asked me if I knew sorting to which I replied
. I said Yes
.Then he asked me to write a program that finds out out a minimum of three numbers
I did so
I didnt know whether I was correct..I was nervous
He asked me what error the program will give if we run it..
I hadnt include the header files
so I said that I didnt include header files
To which he asked me what are header files
I said these are preprocessor directives that tell the compiler to do some initial work prior to compilation process
.and since in the program we have included the printf()
and scanf() functions so if we dont include the files such as
Then he asked me what did I know about normalization
.To which I said I had studied only 1 NF and 2 NF Forms and explained the same with examples
Thats it
these were the questions he asked me in the technical round
MR ROUND
There were 2 people who took my MR
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Initially they asked me the difference between Computer Science and Information Technology
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Since I am a rank holder , so the other person asked me what rank do I hold
.and I said I m one of the rank holders, I was trying to be modest
and he said u r the topper and I agreed
Then he asked me what would I do if my husband was posted in Jabalpur and me in Chennai
Then he asked me about my technical paper that I had published..
Then he asked me whether I wanted to do higher studies to which I said a simple , straight no
Dont ever show them that you have an inclination of studying further otherwise they will simply chuck you out
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My MR was 30 mins long
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HR ROUND
In HR , he asked me how I pronounce my name
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Then he asked me my city name and for what is it famous
..
then he asked me about the technical paper
My HR was 10 mins long
In the end they ask you whether you have any questions
.So better is if you ask them what knowledge and skills we need to possess if we are selected so that we are able to do well in the training
I am one of the 54 students who got selected
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