Candidate-Experiences

INFOSYS PAPER ON 19th FEBRUARY 2008

Hey ppl this is Mohit Agarwal from IEC-CET,Greater NOIDA m from department of electronics n communication 3rd year.
Infosys campus recruitment test was held in mah college on 19th of feb 2008n hr i would like to share mah experience with u ppl ,hoping dat it may help u in anyways!

The Selection consists of 2 Phases :-
a) Written Test    
b) HR Interview

written test consists of two papers:-
1)  APTITUDE:
30 questns in 40 minutes..

5 questns about arithmetical reasoning
5 questns on series completion (figure)
5 questns on puzzle test
5 questns on data interpretation (graphs)
5 questns on data sufficiency……..

2) Verbal Reasoning (English) :-
40 questns in 35 mints..
2 big paragraphs followed by 5 questns each, although paragraphs were bit lengthy bt they were damn easy…
8 questns on identifying correct sentences…..
8 questns on sentence correction…
fill in d blanks- 8 qustns..
6 questns on small paragraphs…

Result wr declared after 2hrs frm d completion of written test. 

INTERVIEW:

• Basically they r not interested ur answer of puzzles, they r checking ur approach
  So solve them nicely on the paper as u can or explain them verbally how r u solving ur problem.
  usually very old people r HRs of Infosys. They want us 2 be very POLITE and confident.
  So be POLITE and DON’T SHOW UR ATTITUDE. DON’T ARGUE with them.
  Prepare some common things e.g. which newspaper u read, name of its editor, which sections of paper u read, hw u gather information, wht u surf on internet, do u hv any girlfriend etc
                                                    
• My HR was a very old person.

My experience is as follows:

ME: may i come in sir(loudly n confidently)
HR: oh plz ,take ur seat.
ME: thankyou very much sir'
HR:it was a long wait for you!
ME:yes sir,buuh i dont mind waitin wen mah lyf is on edge of a turn to infosys.
HR:ok dats very fyn.
HR:so mr mohit temme one quality of urs which appreciate n one which u dont.
ME:well sir .. m a good leader n d thing which i dont like in me is dat m very bad at kitchen.
HR: so wen u hav to cook?
ME:wen mah mom is not thr at home.
HR:. u said u r a good leader.!can u prove me ur words givin ny example?
ME:blah blah ... convinced him ..
HR:very good(drawn 3 beakers on a paper n labelled 1 as solid othr as liquid n d last as gas)   mr mohit wat u observe in this?
ME:said sir in solid d particles r closely packed so it hav more strenght n blah blah .. many things
HR:mohit do u drive car?
ME:yes sir,infact m very passionate bout driving n riding bikes.
HR:suppose u r standing at a fuel station ,n u r havin cold ,u hav two beakers one  containin petrol n othr diesel .how will u judge which beaker hav which fuel ?
ME:answerd five ways two indentify d fuels\
HR:mr mohit temme d similarity between diamond n graphite.
ME:told
HR:which has more carbon content ?
HR:any question do u want to ask?
ME:sir i think i shd knw d name of d person whom m talkin 2
HR:sorry friend v r not allowed to share this kinda information .. well all d best for    ur future...

Around 900 students attended the test and out of them 82 were finally selected, nd with d  Gods grace I was one among them.And at last I wud like to thank Freshersworld.com for providing such a wonderful platform to the students 4 sharing their experiences… 

See u frnds at infy ….

BEST OF LUCK!!!