|
Test Paper :20 |
| Paper
Type : Whole Testpaper |
| Test
Date :
4 November 2006 |
| Test
Location : TM Campus, Kolkata |
| Posted
By :
Amitava Dasgupta |
TECH
MAHINDRA PAPER ON 4th NOVEMBER KOLKATA
HI,
friendz.I'm Amitava from Kolkata.It was an Off Campus drive
for 2006 freshers batch. The aptitude was not so tough, but
the buzzword was 'TIME'...they will give u very little time to
do these.u will be given one hour, and u need to answer 70
questions. There was no negative marking and sectional cutoff.
They announced it prior to the test.So when ur time is almost
exhausted, guessworks will come handy. There were five
sections.
Section 1: It was fill in the blanks
without any options.it was simple.Just fill in with
prepositions,tenses etc.
Section 2: There were
'choose the most appropriate word'.some small 3-4 line
paragraphs will be given and u will be asked some easy
questions on them. SEC 1 & 2 should be attempted first.It
is scoring and one can do these 20 ques in maximum 15
mins.Score definite 20 here and keep much time for other
sections.
Section 3: Comprehension.A paragraph
in easy english is given.This should be attempted last. Sec 3
& 4 consists ( 20 + 20 =40 )ques.So these section is the
decider.Try to solve quickly so u can attempt as much as
possible before guesswork.
Section 4: Logical
& Analytical Reasoning!! Solve R.S.Agarwal thoroughly.All
those series completion, odd man out, figures, missing no,venn
diagram,small puzzles etc etc given.
Section 5:
Quantitative and Data Sufficiency.Solve R.S.Agarwal
quantitative.Knowledge of solving Time & work,profit &
Loss,average, age problems,percentage,Train ,Speed,
Volume,Area etc will come handy.
They set a high
cutoff.Only 29 cleared apti including myself from about
100.
Then in the same day we faced 3
interviews.
They call for technical interview
first.It was a panel of two.One was an young man in his 20s,
another was a middleaged man about 40+. They were
friendly.They started with .."Tell about yourself".then as I'm
a CS guy, started asking from C,C++,Java.They asked to rate
myself in all those three.I rated.Then they asked to write the
code of swapping two numbers using pointer and witout using
temporary variable.I started well,but got a bit confused in
the middle.They helped me.Then command line arguments in C
& Java. Polymorphism,abstract class,multiple
inheritance,interface, exceptions, operator/method
overloading,overriding,java thread and two ways of
implementation, arrays, stack related basic questions were
asked.then they started with DBMS.At first they started with a
unfamiliar question bout DBase.I told i didnt used or ever saw
DBase.then Normalization,3NF,BCNF, referential integrity.They
smiled and asked "Lets get into Oracle." They asked if i know
PL/SQL.I said no.They asked wat is subquery and asked to fetch
the salary of the top 3 highest paid employees.It lasted for
about 45 minutes.Then they asked me to wait in a
room.
Then after half an hour of anxiety, one person
came and called me for HR.This time it wasnt a panel.Only one
middle aged gentleman.He asked me typical HR related questions
such as why TM,why should we hire
u,
strength,weaknesses,hobbies,semester marks,future
plans.He seemed to be very intersted about philately i.e stamp
collecting which i told as one of my hobbies.Asked about how
many stamps I have,of which nations, catalogues,rare stamps,
& blah blah.Then asked to wait in the same room
again.
Then in 10 minutes they called again.now it was
a luxuriously decorated room and I was greeted by an elderly
lady.She asked me about how was the day, about my family,work
culture at tech mahindra,pay package etc.Then asked me "If I
select u, will u be able to cope up with immense pressure tat
TM training will impart upon u??" Then asked "r u ready to
sign a bond of 2 years??" I replied positively.Then
surprisingly asked "O.K.Tell me what actually a bond is??" I
replied "Its an agreement that I wont leave TM for a certain
period of time otherwise...".She interrupted me in the middle
and asked "AGREEMENT!!!U r just a kid in the block and using
such business jargons.Its a COMMITMENT .." & blah
blah!!Then asked to wait and HR will get back to u. It was 6
in the evening.I was exhausted and was thinking they will ask
"U may leave for the day" as they were asking few other
candidates.
After 5 mins they called me agin and smiled
and said"Amitava.now u are one of us.U r selected and u will
have to join Tm by DEC,06." I was so happy.A long 1.5 yr job
hunt ended atlast.I am thankful to God and all my well
wishers.When I was getting so depressed tat no one will ever
take me, God gifted me one of the best opportunity.I got thru
a company tat many of my friends who cracked campus earlier
would envy.
Best of Luck to ALL.
By,
Amitava.
Enter
Your Comments 
