Candidate-Experiences

Hi Friends,

     I am kiruthiga from S.A. Engineering College, Chennai. I am an ECE student. I have attended TCS interview held at Vel Tech Engineering College on 21st August. There are only two rounds in the selection process. First round is the aptitude round and the second round is the Technical & HR round. I give you some tips from my experience.

Aptitude round:

        In the aptitude round, it was an online test for 60 minutes and there will be thirty five questions. The questions were from probability, Area, Ages, Distance, time, Speed, permutations and Fibonacci series. The questions were prepared by touch tone group.

When you started the touch stone test, the time will be started automatically. On the right side questions numbers are displayed, you should click on the questions no to see that questions. There is also a tool clues which will show a set of formulas, we have to find which formula is for which question.

Keep in mind that there will be unnecessary data’s in the questions to waste our time, all the relevant data’s will be mostly available at the last two or three lines. There is an option for you to get clues but you have to find which formula suits that particular question. Better don’t go for clues initially, it will waste your time. 

First, read the questions one by one, save immediately when you know the answer for that question. If you don’t know exactly, move to the next question. After you finish the first reading, now again read from the first and work out the questions for which you know the formula already and save the answer.  Now again have a third reading, this time you go for clues and work out. Don't answer questions with guess, just leave it if you don't know because a negative marking of -0.33 was there for every wrong answer.

I have answered 15 questions in my first reading and I know those are surely correct. Then i answered 16 questions in my second reading. I didn’t go for third reading because my time is over so I left 4 questions. If you answered 15 questions with full confidence, then surely you will clear the aptitude round.

Prepare for aptitude from the previous questions and our friends also explained some of the questions, go through that, it is more than enough. Once you clear the aptitude round you will get confidence to face the HR round. I received the hall ticket on 19^th August, i prepared for the interview on 20^th only. I just spent 1 hour for aps,  the remaining time i prepared for the HR.

Technical & HR round:

(To prepare for the HR round, study your favourite subject well and also prepare any one programming language too)

          After my online test i waited in the announcement area for the results. They announced both the selected and deselected candidates. They announced my name at 1.30 pm. They gave a form to fill and took us to the HR room. I waited outside the HR room. One of the HR came out and called me to get inside. There were two male HRs interviewed me. Both of them asked questions. Both are very cool persons

HR: Good afternoon.

Me: Good afternoon.