HCL Noida Interview PATTERN

Date	Wed, 24 Aug 2005 7:01 AM ( 1 day 3 hours ago )
From	"Deepak Rastogi"
Subject	HCL Noida Interview PATTERN + (QUERY)

hi All!!
In interview also they ask you to write a program..
mine was WAP To check whether two binary tress are structurally
equivalent or not?
Time for this was 25 min.
after this they take interview:
My qs are:
1.tell me abt urself?
2.Discusses the above program..
3.WAP to find a duplicate element in 1-d array of 101 elements?
4.One puzzle..
a circle was given and some parametera of it ..and i have to find the coordinates of some points on the circle(it was easy) (Hint: Use Pythagoras Theorem)
5.To allocate memory(dynamically) to a 2-d char array of size 10*100.and then assign all its elements the value 'D'.
Ans: char *p=malloc(1000);
for(i=0;i<10;i++) j="0;i<100;j++)">

They said that they will declare results within two weeks time ..

ie HR will contact ..

BYE Deepak Thanks & Regards Deepak Rastogi

CTS CAMPUS INTERVIEW- 12 august 2005

QUESTIONS OF CTS CAMPUS INTERVIEW- 2005 august

Date : AUGUST 12
Venue : GCT Campus

CONDUCTED BY ANNA UNIVERSITY (Tamil Nadu State Level Placement Program)

Totally there are 40 questions and i had attended 25 in which 23 was correct. Each right answer has 1 mark and wrong answer has 0.25 marks less (-ve marks). Of these 40, 8 questions are comprehension and 16 questions are aptitude (general and quantitative) and 5 questions are conclusions and determinations and 3 from logical reasoning and 2 others are critical reasoning.(i am not sure about the exact numbers)

1. If meena’s age was twice of her present age, when subtracted from four times three years from hence, with three times the three years before her present age. What will be her age after one year?

Ans: 22 years
Given: 21+3=24 x 4 =96
21-3=18 x 3 =54
so now difference is 96-54=42.
Twice of her is 42. so her present age is 21.so, her age after 1 year is 22.

2. What is the maximum no. of 4 digit numbers formed from the digits 0,1,2,3 without the repetitions of numbers in the digits?

Ans: 42,684 (i think so i am not sure) a permutation and combination problem i couldn’t arrive at the exact answer. Guys’ plz try r.s.agarwal book pbms.

3. A perfect Square number whose first 2 digits are also a perfect Squares and the last 2 digits are also a square.

Ans: 1681(412)

4. A person was doing a 4 semester course in which his average was 75. He was doing another 5 semester course. What should be his average in this course so that the average of the entire study is 80%?

Ans: 84% (because it is said that the average of entire course is 80 i.e. 80 x 9 =720.
So 75 x 4=300 his previous course average. Now to make an average of 84
720-300
=420/5
=84% should be his average in 5 semester course.

5. If X and Y are positive integers and if X-Y is always even , then which of the following is always true?

Ans: X+Y is even.
e.g. X=10 Y=8 since X-Y= even, 10-8=2(even)
so always X+Y is always even 10+8=18 .
other options are wrong and not close to the answer.

6. A man was given certain number of machines, through which he was able to complete a job in 3 days. If three more machines were given to the man, then he could complete the job in 2 days. If all the machines work on the same rate, then 1 machine will take how many days to complete a work?

Ans: 12 days ( i am not sure. Try r.s.agarwal pbms)

7. If 5 tomatoes costs 3 oranges and 5 oranges costs 6 potatoes and 2potatoes costs 4 apples and 7 apples costs Rs.203 then what is the cost of a tomato?(this is not the exact data, but a question is based on this model. Sorry i couldn’t remember)

Ans: Rs.35.
Take tomato as X, oranges as Y, Potatoes as Z, apples as A.
Given 7A=203, followed by 5X=3Y, 5Y=6Z, 2Z=4A
So, 1A=29.so, now 1Z=58. 1Y= 69.60. 1X=34.8

Determination and conclusion
In these questions tick A if statement is concluded from I, else tick B if statement is concluded from II or tick C if statements is concluded from I and II or tick D statement can’t be concluded form neither I or II. Please refer R.S.agarwal book on “ textbook on verbal and non-verbal reasoning” for very good analysis.

8. (a-1)(b-2)(c-3) =0
I. a=b=c
II. a is positive number

Ans: C

9. The height of the tower is to be determined given that.
I. A man is standing on the tower over some 500/600 feets (not sure) with an angle of 30 degrees.
II. Some data given.

Ans: try it. (Trigonometry problems)

10. x=2 and y=3then
I. XY is positive
II. X is negative

Ans: A
11. A diagram was given in which a straight line was passing through -2 in X axis and -2 in Y-axis and asked what is the equation?
Ans: X+Y=2
Some comprehension questions was given

12. A paragraph was given on heart attack and asked a question
Ans: most of us think that after undergoing bypass surgery the chance of coming heart attack in the next 2 years is very less.

13. A paragraph on wedding invitations and reader’s choice was given and 2/3 questions based on that.

17. Some paragraph was given and after that some blank spaces were given and asked us to choose the appropriate answer about the paragraph.some 3 questions are based on this.


21-25 based on the following paragraph

A committee of three members has to be formed. A group of A,B,C three are from primary school. Another group X,Y,Z are three members from secondary schools. The committee should at least have one member from each group. The other conditions include:

i) If A is included then B should not be included.
ii) If C is not there, then Y should not be there.
iii) If X is there, then Z should be there.

Some 5 questions based on this. It’s very easy only.

CTS My interview experience

From: "karti" arumugamkarti@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:48:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CTS - My interview experience

My interview experience

Hi guys! I am very happy to say u that i got selected for the CTS in TNSLPP in GCT, Coimbatore on 12th august. Along with me 5 members from our college have been selected. I congratulate them and i wish them all a very good and bright future. I would like to thank all of my friends for this success and my sincere thanks to hidayath, raihan, rashed, kousik and priya, lavanya and my vverry sppecial thanks to my best friends rashed and logeshwari.

I was very happy to say u guys that “ i am the first person to get selected from our class and even from college (in this year)” b’coz my interview was at 9.10 AM and ended at 9.30 PM ( i am saying w.r.t to time)and at that time i was 90% sure that i will be selected. Don’t think that i am taking over pride, but i feel this as gratitude and honour.

Here i am sharing with u my interview experience which was nice and superb, which i won’t forget in ever life time. The interview was very formal and HR was a very nice person and was very friendly. Moreover he was asking very basic and simple questions in computer science. I was having a very good eye-contact with him. U guys also be sure to do so, because it will make a good impression about u.

Thank god! for 80% of his questions i had answered nice and my answers seemed to be satisfied him. For the rest 20%, some questions were very deep and i managed to tell my ideas about that and for some questions i told very frankly that “i don’t know sir” and for some i said “i can’t recollect it sir”.

But i was sure that the man was expecting three things from me (and all also generally):

1. My communication Skill
2. My confidence level (i.e. if i know means how well i am expressing it and if i do not know means how i was free and frank to tell him that i don’t know. it will also test ur basic knowledge in ur subject)
3. My attitude and Personality (i.e. how i was answering, my actions, my body language, my expressions and my approach to him etc)

why i am telling this to u guys is that while i was answering i noticed him that he was not listening to my answers very keen and he was very much prepared to put forth the next question and he was constantly noticing me only.


TIPS: while u was answering if ur eyes goes leftwards then, u r making up for the answers(lying). If it was goes rightwards then u r thinking abt the answers (truly thinking). It is a psychological analysis and so plz guys avoid doing so and better have a eye-contact with him which will boosts ur personality before him.



It was 12th august. Time was 9.10A.M. I was very nervous and was and very anxiously waiting outside. One man was standing outside my panel and he was speaking with someone in the mobile wearing the CTS ID tag. He suddenly asked me “r u Mr.R.karthick?” i replied “yes sir”. Then he had called me to come inside. I was very much excited as didn’t know that he is the HR Manager for me. My nervousness gone and i had prepared myself for a very successful interview. Now i am giving u the interview in the dialogue form:


HR: Please come in.
Me: Good Morning sir.(after greeting i gave him a tight hand shake)
HR: take u a seat
Me: Thank u sir
HR: give me Ur PIQ (Personnel Information Questionnaire. At that time he was having my attitude answer paper and i noted my score was 23 and my hit ratio was in 80s. i couldn’t see clearly.)
Then I gave PIQ to him and after giving a glance over it again)
HR: give me Ur resume
(I gave it to him)
HR: nice, u look very Brisk
Me: yes sir. Thank u.
HR: tell me abt urself.
Me: i said abt me, my family, my aim, my ideals and my schoolings, and at last abt my attitudes. (At that time he was seeing my PIQ and he continued)
HR: ok Mr.karthick u might have studied abt the data structures.
Me: yes sir.
HR: tell me what a linked list is
Me: i answered
HR: what is single linked list, double linked list (DLL) and circular linked list. Then he gave me a paper and asked me to explain the concept.
For all those i answered well. Now he is entering deep into the subject. Then he asked how to search an element in double linked list. I explained to him. Then he asked how to go back and forth in DLL and whether it is possible to do so?
I said it is possible to do back and forth search in DLL but i don’t know the real concept.
Then he said, “Leave it”.
HR: tell me what Ur area of interest is
Me: operating systems and software engineering
HR: tell me some of the CPU scheduling algorithms and explain it.
Me: i had explained about the FCFS, Priority and round-robin algorithms in the paper.
HR: what is deadlock and tell me a practical example.
Me: i told deadlock is non-availability of resources and prac. Eg is banking systems in a main server. He was keenly noticing me and my body language.
HR: how to avoid the deadlock situation
Me: i said about the banker’s algorithm.
HR: tell me other ways of avoiding it.
Me: sorry sir, i can’t recollect it.
HR: which OS do u like most? And why?
Me: Linux. Reasons: open source, security and file systems.
HR: what linux version do u have in ur system?
Me: Red hat Linux 9.0
HR: well. i am having 512 KB ram and i am having a process of size 1024 KB .How Linux will make it run. Explain me.
Me: with the help of Virtual Memory sir (and i said to him about the paging concept and clearly conceptualised him in the paper)
HR: what is swap space in Linux and how u will do the paging in linux.
Me: i answered what is swap space and explained the concept. And i said that i don’t how practically we can do the paging in linux.

HR: u had put ur web related technical knowledge is on JSP, HTML etc.
Me: yes, sir. I am learning J2EE on my own (it’s a lie. I had actually gone to J2EE course but i lied to make a good impression abt me) with the help of a book. In that i am learning JSP now, sir.
HR: ok write me a program in JSP to display “hello world”.
Then i wrote the program and displayed to him.
HR: in this program u had used this getname () why doesn’t u use some other tags.
Me: we can use sir, but i don’t know the syntax of all the tags.
Then he saw my PIQ and had asked what Ur favourite programming languages are? I said java and C. then it continues...
HR: tell me what the difference between unions and structures is.
Me: replied that the size if the major difference b/w them and both are used for user defined structures and used for storing various data types in a single one.
HR: then write a program to perform single linked lists in C
Me: sorry sir, it will take more time and i can’t exactly recollect the programming concepts too.
HR: if i am typing a website name in browser, explain me the operations behind the screen.
Me: the browser will contact the DNS server and it will resolute the IP address and it will contact the web server and it will display the required pages and details.
HR: ok tell me what is the difference between my self typing an address in the browser and knowing an IP address and directly contacting the remote computer?
Me: in the first case URL is used and in the second IP address is used.
HR: i want the specific answer.
Me: i can’t get u sir.
HR: what ur computer will do for both the type of networks.
Me: the system will first try to resolute the router in the first case and in the second it is not needed.(i think so it’s wrong b’coz he face seems to be unsatisfied with this answer) plz refer some other network books for the exact answer.
HR: tell me the operation of network in case of OSI layers.
Me: i draw the OSI structure and explained the entire concepts which take around 1.5 minutes.
HR: Ok nice meeting you Mr.R.Karthick. U can leave
Me: thank u sir.

Satyam - at Krishna Institute of Engg and Technology (KIET),Ghaziabad on 10 June 2005

*There were 15 aptitude questions to be answered in 30 minutes.
*All together there were 3 rounds-aptitude followed by GD followed by Interview

APTITUDE QUESTIONS PATTERN
1.There are 16 people-A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P.All these people are to be grouped into a group of two each.From each group a winner is to be selected.Find the probability that either A or B is the winner.

2.Another tricky question on probability.

3.Logical reasoning questions like A,B,C,D,E,F are to be seated in a row.A can’t be adjacent to D, E always sits next to C and other similar conditions are specified.Questions based on these conditions are asked.

4.Another question on logical reasoning based on similar guidelines.

5.Simple question on average.

6.2 people A,B are heading towards a common destination.A goes by train at x kmph and B goes on foot at y kmph.They meet together at place p.Find……………

7.As technology is advancing
a)Japan is technically strong but small so it is not fit for technical
advancements.
b)India is a proper land for technical advancements.
c)
d)

8. One question on shares and debentures.

9.One problem on missing numbers.

10.Another problem on missing numbers.

11.A machine generates a 5 digit number _ _ _ _ _.It again generates a 5 digit number _ _ _ _ _, latter bearing some relationship with the former.The machine then again generates a 5 digit number _ _ _ _ _, latter bearing some relationship with the former.You were given a 5 digit number.What will be the sequence generated next by the machine so that the latter bears the same relation to the former.
Hint: You were suppose to find the relation between the given 5 digit numbers.

12.The length of a rectangle is increased by 5%.By what % should the breadth be decreased so that the area remains constant.

13.One tricky question on ratio and proportion.

Infosys off campus ( 7-August-2005 )

Infosys off campus ( 7-August-2005 )
1>The age of the grandlady is between 50-70 where each of her son has as many sons as many brothers he has. The grand lady's age is equal to the number of sons and grand sons.What is the age of the grand lady.
Ans: 64 years
2>Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side. There are 2 red, 2green and 2 blue.The colours visible on the table are Red, Green, Red and Blue. They see the color on the reverse side and give the following comment.
A: Yellow or GreenB: Neither Blue nor GreenC: Blue or YellowD: Blue or Yellow
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.

3>what is the 5 digit number which has only 2 prime numbers in it and satisfies the following condition. a>3rd digit is the largest b>2nd digit is the smallest c>1st digit is one less than the 3rd digit and greater than the addition of 4th and 5th digit. d>5th digit is between the 1st and 2nd digit and half of the 4th digit. 1 is not considered as the prime number.
Ans: 71842
4> What is the value of X,Y and Z? X X X X Y Y Y Y Z Z Z Z ----------- Y X X X Z -------------
Ans: X=9, Y=1, Z=8
5>40 cows graze a pasture in 40 days,30 cows graze the same pasture in 60 days. how many days does 20 cows take to graze it.
Ans:80 days (check it)
6>A person from washington came to india. One evening at 6.00 p m he started walking at the speed of 40 km/hr and climbed the slope at speed of 30 km/hr. From there he walked back to the source at the same speed at 9.00 p m. what is the distance he covered in one way.
Ans: 12 kms
7>A c-pole of 200 ft is 250 ft from the d-pole which is 150 ft high.. Two pigeons are sitting at the top of each poles(one in one pole) Both pigeon fly towards a grain which is present between the 2 poles at the same speed. what is the distance between the c-pole and the grain?
8>A 1 Km wire is connected between N poles. if 1 pole is removed the distance between the pole increases by 2/3 of the original distance. How many poles are there ?
9>A question on languages. something like.Four people are there among them they know languages like french,italian,german,English.Each of them know two languages exactly.no body knows French and german together. -- --- --- --
10>a question on racing. asking who is the first in the race.

My Infosys Experience

----- Original message -----
From: "Balamurugan"
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:22:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Infosys Experience

Hi friends
i am doing my final year eee in
chennai.infy visited our campus on the 11th of august
and recruited 43 of our students.i would like to share
my experience with u all.
the puzzles given in the first round were
not so difficult(Shakuntala Devi and Ravi Narula type)
and it was a breeze going thro that section.the
english section was also easy.out of some 90 students
who wrote the test in our college 53 got
shortlisted.but a couple of my friends who wrote the
same answers as myself(we compared answers later) were
not selected for the interview.the thing is that they
lost out in the english section.so it is not a very
good idea to take the english section very lightly.
it is always a good idea to show the
complete solution in the rough sheet in a neat
manner.i think they also look at the rough sheet
before shortlisting.
the questions asked in he interview are
as follows.
1)tell me about urself
this is a regular question.so be prepared
for it in advance.
2)do u like to work as a group or as an individual
it is better to answer both.i was asked to
give an example for both circumstances.
3)a stapler was placed before me and i was asked what
i would do with it
the thing is that it could have been any
object.the only way to tackle this type of question is
to use or presence of mind
4)Puzzle
two buckets containing water at 20 deg C
and at 20 deg F.a coin is dropped simultaneously into
the buckets.which will reach the bottom first?
the best way is to use the logical
approach.some people may use the unit conversion
formula.but it is better to answer this question
without the aid of paper and pen.only if the puzzle
requires a numerical answer,use the pen.
5)do u have any questions
i asked questions like 'how do u feel
working with infy?' and 'what are the responsibilities
u expect from a fresher?'.
some 6 students were rejected during the
interview process.the main reason is lack of good
communication and their approach.it is not right to
say that if u solve the interview puzzle u will get
selected.equal weightage is also given to
communication.also if u have heard of the puzzle
somewhere else do not rush at the answer.think for a
moment before answering.
all the best
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