satyam placement paper

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INDEX
SLNO TITLE PAGE-NO
1 COMPANY PROFILE 3
2 RECRUITMENT PROCESS 6
3 SATYAM-PAPER1 8
4 SATYAM PAPER-2 9
5 SATYAM PAPER-3 10
6 GROUP DISCUSSION TOPICS-1. 11
7 SATYAM PAPER-4 12
8 SATYAM PAPER-5 13
9 SATYAM PAPER-6 15
10 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-1 16
11 SATYAM PAPER-7 16
12 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-2 18
13 SATYAM PAPER-8 19
14 SATYAM PAPER-9 20
15 SATYAM PAPER-10 20
16 SATYAM PAPER-11 22
17 GROUP DISCUSSION TIPS-2 22
18 SATYAM PAPER-12 23
19 SATYAM PAPER-13 24
20 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-3 25
21 SATYAM PAPER-14 26
22 SATYAM PAPER-15 26
23 SATYAM PAPER-16 28
24 GROUP DISCUSSION-1 28
25 SATYAM PAPER-17 29
26 SATYAM PAPER-18 31
27 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-4 32
28 SATYAM PAPER-19 32
29 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-5 35
30 SATYAM PAPER-20 36
31 SATYAM PAPER-21 38
32 SATYAM PAPER-23 42
33 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-6 40
34 GD TOPICS 41
35 SATYAM PAPER-24 43
36 GD AND INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-7 45
37 SATYAM PAPER-25 47
38 INTERVIEW EXPERIENCES-8 49
SATYAM PROFILE
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Type Public (NYSE: SAY)
Founded (1987)
Headquarters Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,
India
Key people Ramalinga Raju [1] , Chairman
Rama Raju, MD
Industry Information Technology
Revenue Over 1 billion (1096.30
million) USD (2006) (Google
Finance Quote)
Employees 38,908
Slogan What Business Demands
Website
www.satyam.com
Chinese Version
French Version
German Version
Japanese Version
Portuguese Version
Korean Version
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is a consulting and information technology (IT)
Services Company based in India.
About
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. It was
founded by B.Ramalinga Raju in 1987, Satyam meaning "truth" in Sanskrit. [2] It
offers a variety of IT services spanning across different industry verticals.
Satyam's network spans 55 countries, across six continents.
The company employs over 34,908 IT professionals across development centers
in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates,
Canada, Hungary, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan and Australia. It serves over
489 global companies, 156 of which are Fortune 500 corporations. Satyam has
strategic technology and marketing alliances with over 50 companies.
Apart from Hyderabad, it has development centers in India at Chennai, Bangalore,
Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bhubaneswar.
• October 19, 2006 - Satyam Q2 Results Declared-- Profit Increased by 34.7%
YoY, with total 34,908 Leaders.(Every Satyamite is a Leader)
• Satyam has been accorded the prestigious recognition by Most Admired
Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) as a top Asian Knowledge Organization.
The MAKE Awards are given to leading Asian organizations that leverage
enterprise knowledge to create value through innovation, product or
service excellence, and operational effectiveness.
• Satyam’s best-of-breed training programs and learning interventions for
Associates were accorded the prestigious [[American Society for Training
& Development’s (ASTD)\\ BEST Awards-recognition. Satyam was ranked
15th in the ASTD’s Fourth Annual BEST Awards program, and is among
the 39 organizations from India, South Africa, and the United States to
receive this high-status award.
Major computing companies
Hardware companies: Acer - Alcatel-Lucent - AMD - ASUS - Cisco - Dell -
Freescale - Fujitsu Siemens Computers - Infineon - Intel - Juniper - Lenovo - LG -
Matsushita - Motorola - NEC - Nokia - NVIDIA - NXP - Philips - Qimonda -
Qualcomm - Samsung - Sony - STMicroelectronics - Texas Instruments -
Toshiba -VIA
Software companies: Adobe - CA - Oracle - SAP
Hardware/software companies: Apple - EMC - Fujitsu - Hitachi - HP - IBM -
Microsoft - NetApp - Siemens - Sun - Thomson
Dot-com Companies: Amazon.com - AOL - eBay - Google - Yahoo!
Technology Consulting companies: Accenture - Atos Origin - Capgemini -
Cognizant - CSC - EDS - Infosys - LogicaCMG - Satyam - TCS - Wipro
SUBSIDIARIES AND JOINT VENTURES
Satyam has several subsidiaries and Joint Venture companies that provide
solutions in niche areas.
Subsidiaries
• Nipuna Services Limited
• Satyam Technologies Inc.
• Satyam Computer Services ( Shanghai) Co Ltd
• Citisoft Plc.
• Knowledge Dynamics Pte. Ltd
Joint Ventures
• Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.
• CA Satyam ASP Pvt. Ltd.
THE SATYAM EDGE
Satyam: The preferred IT services provider
with nearly a decade-and-a-half of experience in servicing global MNCs and
Fortune 500 clients with end-to-end IT services, solutions and products, Satyam
has come a long way, emerging as the preferred IT services provider for major
global business corporations.
An innovative organization, Satyam has been a pioneer-of-sorts in the Indian IT
industry.
Landmarks
• Pioneered the IT Offshore Development concept in India
• First established a satellite link for communicating with client sites
• Developed the unique RightSourcing delivery model
• Established India Development Centers for clients
• First to have acquired BVQI’s ISO 9001:2000 certificate
• Developed eSCM model for ITES/BPO space with Carnegie Mellon
University and Accenture
Advantage Satyam
• World class processes (SEI CMM® Level 5, ISO 9001: 2000, eSCM)
• Global presence (Operations in 55* countries across 6 continents)
• Long lasting customer relationships (Nearly 80 % of repeat business)
• Flexible engagement models (RightSourcing delivery model, IDCs, GDCs,
JVs)
• Evolved competency and solution-based services
• Technology-led innovator
• Experience in serving top-notch customers that include four of Top 10
Fortune 500 corporations
• Strong Domain knowledge
• Highly qualified IT professionals
• State-of-the-art infrastructure
• Offshore advantage
®CMM is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon
University.
SATYAM RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Satyam Recruitment Process consists of three phases.
They are:
1. Written Test (Aptitude, Reasoning)
2. Technical + HR Interview Round.
Written Test: In General the question paper consists of 15 Questions. Among
those 15, 10 questions are from APTITUDE and 5 are from reasoning Topics.
The Main Topics one has to concentrate are
• TIME, SPEED, DISTANCE.
• PROFIT & LOSS.
• PERCENTAGE.
• SIMPLE INTEREST/COMPOUND INTEREST.
• PERMUTATION & COMBINATION.
• PROBABILITY.
• TIME & WORK.
• ODD MAN OUT & SERIES.
• HEIGHT & DISTANCE.
• AVERAGE.
• BLOOD RELATION.
• PROBLEMS ON AGES.
• RATIO & PROPORTION.
• DATA INTERPRETATION.
• PROBLEMS ON CLOCKS/CALENDARS.
• ALLIGATION & MIXTURES.
Points to Remember:
• Maintain Dress Code.
• Facial Expressions should be good.
• Maintain Eye contact.
• Smile on your face is very important.
• Don’t put cross legs and cross hands.
• The Good Listener can also be selected in GD.
Technical / HR Round:-
The Compulsory Questions you will face are:
• Tell Me about Your self. (You have to tell your personal details, family
background, Educational Details).
• If you are not an IT Student, HR, mainly concentrates on C and Operating
Systems.
• If you are an IT student they will ask questions on C, C++, Operating
Systems, and DBMS/SQL. Based on Specialization they will ask Questions
on Java or .Net also.
• Always they will concentrate on Basics only, be thorough in the Basic
Concepts
• The HR wants the Spontaneous responses, If you don’t know the answers
just say SORRY Sir/Madam.
• Remember one important thing; communication skills are very very
important, without that, you are unable to get into IT Sector.
SATYAM PAPER -1
All Questions Carry Equal Marks:
1. To calculate the cost of painting 4 walls (10* 5* 12 m) of a room with only one
door of (2*3) we should:
a. data 1 is sufficient
b. data 2 sufficient
c. both 1 ,2 sufficient
d. insufficient data
2. A series was given:
20,25,30,28,35,42,36,?,54,66,77,88,__.
3. A can do a work with probability 1/2, b with 3/9 and c with 6/11.. find probability
that working together they will not do it.
4. 2 Liters of mixture has 1/3 water and rest spirit. it is mixed with 5 lt of sample
with 1/5 water and rest spirit. Find the ratio of water and spirit.
5. A pyramid is given
?
956 956
123 111 123
20 16 16 20
3 2 1 2 3
7.The Area of circle inscribed in a square of area 147 sq m
SATYAM PAPER -2
Tips To Be Selected for SATYAM.
1. Friends, never attempt all the aptitude questions, as there is “Upper Cut-off”.
There is also .25 negative marking for every wrong answer.
2. Only attempt those questions which you are 100% sure. Never get tensed.
3. In HR round, you must have a good communication skill and never get tensed.
HR may cross you a lot, but you must be very cool. They only check your nerve
during that moment. My HR round Questions were like,
1. “Why Satyam should hire you?”
2. “Why do you want to join Satyam?”
3. “Where do you want to see 5 years from now?” etc.
4. Before you go for HR, you will be given resume form, which you have to fill it
up that moment. You must be prepared with what you have written there because
the HR may ask you questions from there."
SATYAM PAPER-3
Test Pattern
WRITTEN (15 questions -30 min)—(1/4 negative marking) Cut off 7-8 marks min
and 11-12 max
Please don’t attempt questions, in which you are not 100 % sure.
1. Complete the series
7, 14, 21, 9, 18, _, 11, 22, 33
Ans: - 27
2. Pyramid series
127
65 56
33 ? 24
15 16 10 12
Ans: - 28
3. There is a field inside that there is a rectangular grass field with
dimension 12X8 meter. One horse is tied at one corner of the grass field with a
rope of 10 Mtrs. Horse is not allowed to enter the grass field .How much area it
will graze?
a.76
b.75
c.100
d.87
e. none of these
Ans (e)
4. A man is having some money deposited in bank. In the 1st yr he gets 8%
interest, 2nd yr -11 %, 3rd yr- 13%.If he gets Rs 12,400 at the end of three yr. How
much he deposited.
5.12 man can complete a work on 12 days .For a work 12 men work for 6 days and
then 4 more men joins them .How much more time will be required?
6. A man took Rs 1000 as loan on simple interest of 5%.But he pays Rs 200
annually as interest and amount. How much he will have to return after three
years?
7. Find the angle b/w the hands at 14:42 hours?
a.171 b.172 c.176 d.181
Ans: 171
8. What are the no. of words that can be formed from 'COOLER' such that both
the Os are not together.
TECH + HR:- Basic questions from C/C++, Your Project(if any),OOP .Be prepared
with general HR questions. Again check body language, expressing style & all.
Look into HR eyes as much as u can.
SATYAM PAPER-4
QUESTIONS:
1. The circle is inscribed in a square of area 112 sq mts. What will be the area of
circle
Ans: - the answer will be 88 sq mts.
2. One question was that a code for a word POCKET was given as CDTDZR and
another word DOG was given to form its code than its code will be ______ Ans :
WJE
Note :
the last letter T in pocket and the last letter R of the code cdtdzr are having
difference of two the next letter has a difference of 4….and so on.
SATYAM PAPER-5
1. X runs at 4 kmph, Y runs at 4.5 kmph. at what time they wil get separated
by 8.5 kms Ans : 17hrs
5. In a pond there was 2 Lilly on 31 Jan 2000, 4 Lilly on 1 Feb 2000, 8 Lilly
on 3 Feb 2000, and on 28 Feb 2000 the pond was full of Lilies, to find on
which day there was 8-digit number of lilies. -------
6. In a party there was 10 members, each one should shake hands with
others..... find how many hands were shacked.
Note : Use Permutation & combination.
7. Hari has 75 Rs. he went to market to buy greeting cards he found two
varieties of cards 2Rs and 5Rs. he need to buy both type, and should
spent entire 74rs. How many possible ways he can buy those greetings
1. friends skip the tough questions and first complete 1 marks ,then 2
marks, then go ahead to 3 marks, I left two 3marks,
and one 2 marks. the results were announced I got my name
announced..
HR they will provide one satyam form like a complete resume, no need of
resumes, they asked to mention current arrears, one of my college mate
mentioned his arrear and his hr told that him that he wont select him
because of his current arrear -- even he had 1.
also the application has questions to fill like ---- why satyam should hire u,
after 5 years where can i see you, what makes u to aspire to satyam.
Interview Experience:
I am a non-IT student (E & I) so they didn’t asked about C, computer based
questions but its my case don’t always rely on this.....
Have some knowledge on C.
1st he asked tell me about yourself ?
About my special interests hobbies
why software why not core?
IMPORTANT: As a Core Student what is the Need to turn your career Into IT
Sector. My interested topic in syllabus, and some questions on it finally
any questions - I asked about training and the domain..
totally my HR was around 5 minutes, but those who went earlier faced 10 -
15 mins.
SATYAM PAPER-6
TEST:
1) If a boy goes at 15kmph and returns back at 20kmph what is his avg.
Speed easy one just 2x15x20/(20+15).
2) Reasoning Q similar to PUZZLE TEST OF R.S.AGGARWALS NON VERBAL
REASONONG just by drawing table u can find the answer.
3) if 0 replaced by 1 and vice versa then what is sum of two numbers 0101010
? Ans : 85.
INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:
ME: MAY I COME IN SIR.
HR: PLEASE COME IN TAKE UR SEAT
ME: THANK YOU SIR.
HR: WELL RAGHAVENDRA UR FRM EEE
ME: YES SIR
HR: SO WHY DID U CHOOSE SOFT WARE?
ME: I GAVE A SPLENDID ANSWER AND IS RECEIVED WELL BY HIM.
HR: WHAT ABOUT UR PROJECT?
ME: I GAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT MY PROJECT I AM THE TEAM
LEADER OF MY BATCH SO I HAD A PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OVER IT AND DID
NOT STOP FOR ALMOST 5 min.
(HR IS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE WAY I ANSWERED THE QUESTION)
HR: WHAT ABOUT UR EXRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
ME: I GAVE INFORMATION ABT MY POSTER, PARTICIPATION IN SHAASTRA-06
IIT MADRAS, NSS VOLUNTEER,ALSO MY EXPERIENCE IN ORGANISING
CONCOURS (AN EVENT CONDUCTED BY MY COLLEGE)
HR: WHY SHOULD I HIRE U?
ME: I SAID ALL MY STRENGHTS INCLUDING TIME BOUNDEDNESS IN
COMPLETING THE TASKS AND MY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN ORGANISING
CONCOURS
HR: DO U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ME: CAN I HAVE MY FEEDBACK
HR: UR ENGLISH SPEAKING FLUENTZY IS GOOD, SUGGESTED TO LEARN CPP
AND TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILS (SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE
GRAMMATICALLY PERFECT SENTENCES AT HIGH LEVEL)
HR: PLEASE WAIT FOR THE RESULT AND CONGRATULATED ME.
SATYAM PAPER-8
Aptitude test:-
There are simple questions, R.S.Agarwal is sufficient.
10 question of simple maths, 4 English language questions. 1 data interpretation.
The upper cut of is 11 and lower cut of is 6. There is 8 question are very simple
easily attended, there negative marking also so be careful.
In maths triangle, series, work, compound interest, percentage and profit loss
question. In English logical questions.
Interview:
My interview based on my projects only I wrote four projects in my resume so he
said me to explain each one. I confidently explain each one. 2 more question on
my interview then asked me why u join satyam. Be confident in interview and
proper eye contact.
SATYAM PAPER-9
Interview
1) Tell about your self
2) Weakness
3) I think its not a weakness (pleas try to tell your weakness as an weakness only.
Give an example of your weakness u faced in life)
4) About my project
5) About my project with an example.
6) Why should satyam hire you?
7) Why do you want to join satyam?
8) Do you have any questions (I ask question about training period and what u
will teach us in training period?)
SATYAM PAPER-10
1. 3 lawyers, a teacher, 2 doctors, 4 Advocates making a committee of 4 members
what is the probability to choose a person that he is teacher.
a) 1/2
b) 3/4
c) 1/3
d) None of These
4) A person purchases two items at same price. He sell one at 20% loss, Then
how much price he have to sold the second item so for no profit no loss.
a) 22%
b) 24%
c) 28%
d) None of these
5) Find Number?
45, 50, 60,__ , 66, 78, 42, 56, 70 Ans 54
6) ?
66, 66
28 28 28
10 10 10 10
2 2 2 2 2
Ans 144
SATYAM PAPER-11
There were negative markings too for each wrong question. The negative marks
were as follows:
If the question carried 3 marks and u attempted wrong answer, then 25% ie 1/4th
of 3 marks would be cut from your total score and this was followed for all the
questions.
1. A person invests Rs2000/- on SI of 1 paisa and a rupee for a month. How much
he'd get at the end of 4 months.
(a) Rs. 2080 (b) Rs. 2070 (c) Rs. 2060 (d) Rs. 2000 (e) None of these.
2. A's Height is less than 100m tall. B is taller than A
(I) B is 3 times taller than A
(II)A is 30m shorter than B
(a) Statement (I) alone is enough
(b) Statement (II) alone is enough
(c) Both the statements are required to conclude
(d) (I) and (II) are independently sufficient
(e) Relationship cannot be determined.
3. Two trains A & B of some length (both different) lengths are traveling (sorry
forgot the data). Find the time when the two trains will completely cross each
other in opposite direction when the speed of the trains are 42kmph and
48kmph(not sure of the data) and find the time when the two trains will
completely cross each other when the trains in the same speed are moving in the
same direction. Similar sum in RS AGARWAL
4. A triangle has its height 5m less than its base. If the area of the triangle is 24sq
m, what is the value of height? Formula Area if triangle = 1/2 x base x height
Hint: height = base - 5
5. There are 9 cities 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. In how many ways can the city 8 be
connected from other cities, directly or indirectly?
INTERVIEW
My HR was just for 5mins and to my surprise, I was asked two very basic
question in technical
I knocked the door and the HR asked me to come in.
I greeted him with a smile.
He asked to sit.
HR: Say something about yourself
ME: Said confidently and fluently
HR: What is your father's business?
ME: Said
HR: What the difference between WINDOWS OS & UNIX OS?
ME: thought for a while (coz I belong to ECE dept) and said Sir, WIN is GUI based
OS & UNIX is CUI (Command User Interface) based OS
HR: What is the difference between C++ and C?
ME: Sir, C++ is OOP oriented whereas C is not
HR: What do you know about Software industry?
ME: Explained for approx 3 mins
HR: Ok thank u Rajesh
ME: Thanked him with a smile.
SATYAM PAPER-15
Questions:
1. Average weight of p, q, r is given (cannot remember 48 i think) the ratio of
students in class p & q is 3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p. Find the
average of all the 3 classes.
2. Odd man out. 1307, 8627, 6792, 7297.
Numbers were not exact but in this model
4. Pie chart problem. One chart was given on the expenditures of a person. His
total income is 6000/- .Now his income is 1500/- we have to find the ratio of radii
of two pie charts.
a) 2:1 b) sqrt (2):1 c) 1:sqrt(2) etc.
5. A, B, C, D, E are 5 in family. A& D are unmarried women & don’t work. In family
there are
businessman, professor, and artist. B is the brother of a & is not artist or
businessman. E is husband.
Who is professor?
a) A b) B c) D d) E e) NONE OF THESE.
8. Stamp combination problem. There are 5, 10, 15 paisa stamps with a boys
grandmother
and the boy has to paste an equivalent of 45 paisa stamps to post a letter. The
total combinations are?
a. 11 b. 12 etc.
9. Some long series of sentences were there I haven’t read them. Some reasoning
type.
11. Algorithm problem
Let R=2;
Let R=R+2;
Let K=K+1;
Let K=K*R;
Printf K
Let J= J+K;
If R <= 8
Goto step 2;
End.
Which of the fallowing output is not true?
a. 4 b. 36 etc
12. Simple problem on Simple Interest.
If the person gets one fifth of the sum after lending it for 8 years find the rate of
interest
a. 2 ½ etc
13.Pets problem analytical one easy one.
Three Persons sarada, sravani and suchitra have pets. The pets are pet1, pet2,
pet3 they buy them in the months March, August, and December. Sarada is busy
in the month august and sravani bought pet3 in December and Suchitra will buy
in the month august but won’t buy pet1.
What pet and which one will Sarada buy. Question is not exact, its only model
14. Related to R.S Aggarwal Line-Graphs problems
15.Boats and streams
Given stream velocity x, boat goes down stream by 30 KM and comes back. Total
time is 4:30 Hours. Find the speed of the boat.
SATYAM PAPER -16
Written: There will be 4 easy questions which can be answered in 5min, then try
to do another 4 in 25 min, that’s all. This is for those who are fully confident of
getting those 8 rights, because cutoff will be < 7 at max 8. Others try to answer
maximum and for some question we can eliminate 3 options easily. Be careful
negative marking is there. One thing written test is easy.
some questions of aptitude are-
1) Average weight of p, q, r is given (cannot remember) the ratio of students in
class p&q is 3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p. Find the average of all the
3 classes.
2) Odd man out (5 options where given)
3) A,B,C,D,E are 5 in family. A& D are unmarried women & don’t work. In family
there are businessman, professor, and artist. B is the brother of a & is not artist
or businessman. E is husband. Who is professor?
a) A b) B c) D d) E e) NONE OF THESE.
4) PIE chart is given for a salary 6000 what will be the ratio of radius with a salary
of 1500. a) 2:1 b) 1:2 c)3:2 d)none of these.
5) Sum in S.I. becomes 5 times its principal in 8 years what is the rate? a) 5/2 b)
6/3 c) d) none of these.
SATYAM PAPER -17
1. Find the area of the quadrilateral if the length of the diagonal is 30cms and the
length of the lines intersecting the diagonal at right angles are 20cms and25cms?
2. Some series question
3.some reasoning question which was based on the population and the habitat of
the people and it was easy.
4. Question on vocabulary.
Jumbled words were given and we need to find the correct order
this was also a bit easy.
5. A question on compound interest. Something like
A man borrowed Rs X from 2 money lenders for 6 months with an interest of Rs Y
and Rs Z. Finally he had to clear a debt which was double the amount that he
borrowed. So finally what was the compound interest that has been gained by the
lender?
6. An empty fuel tank of a car was filled with type petrol. When the tank was half
empty, it was filled with B type petrol. Again when the tank was half-empty , it was
filled with A type petrol. When the tank was half empty again, it was filled with B
type petrol. What is the percentage of type petrol at present in the tank?
7. A question on time and work. (Numbers were different but the model was
exact)
Something like A, B and C can complete a work in 10 days. A worked for 2 days
with B and C who can complete the work in 7days .while the remaining work was
completed by B and C in 5 days. How many days does B take to complete the
work alone?
8. A question on the number pyramid.
It was a bit tough.
9. Some reasoning question related to women and children.
It was quite easy and can be completed in time.
10. A question on clocks.
The minutes hand gains 45% at 11.20am and looses 30% at 11.20 pm. so finally
what is the percentage of the time gained by the minute’s hand.
11. A question on figures.
It requires a bit of logical thinking. It was also easy one.
12. A problem on time and distance.
13. A problem on partnership.
14, 15.These were also the reasoning questions.
Prepare the reasoning questions using the GRE textbook (BARRON) and also the
R.S.AGARWAL VERBAL &NON-VERBAL.
Also prepare the R.S AGARWAL QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Book and also the
BARRON.
It is better if you refer the CAT books also for the reasoning questions.
->Can we reduce the day by day increase of the oil price.(This was my topic,4
members have been selected from our team)
H.R.INTERVIEW:
The interview was more a stress interview.
If you are confident and technically sound then definitely you will get through.
CONFIDENCE is the main key to success.
Prepare all the concepts that r mentioned in the resume well.
All the questions will be from those subjects only.
TIPS:
DRESS CODE plays a very major role in the interview.
CONFIDENCE is also a major asset for success.
SHAKE HAND should be stiff and behave as a professional.
SATYAM PAPER -18
There were 3 rounds of selection:
1. Written test
2. Group Discussion
3. Technical interview & HR
Written test:
Well first coming to the written test--this contains aptitude, logical thinking,
reasoning, complete the series & so.
There are around one or two Q's of each type.
Coming to the aptitude part—it is from R.S Aggarwal. Some Q's are
1. One calendar problem like-- If 13th Feb 2004 is Sunday then what day is
13th Feb 1884. This problem is solved in Aggarwal book.
2. The sum of compound interest and simple interest is (some value- sorry
forgot).Find the sum. This problem is solved in Aggarwal book.(as seen
from many previous papers of Satyam, calendar and
compound interest problem has appeared many times)
3.Problem on complete the series.(this was difficult. sorry do not
remember the values)
4.One reasoning problem- 4 figures are given, find the next one.(this was
simple)
5.One small phrase and questions on that.
6. There are 3 boys A, B, C and 3 girls P, Q, R. they all plan to study
together by meeting at each's place each day. Always they meet at B's
place before R's place in the week. They meet at boys and girls place on
alternate day basis. If they meet A's place on Monday then which of the
following not true. This was a simple problem but time consuming.
The main Point in this test is attending those with the ones which you are
sure of as there is negative marking (-0.25).
Usually cutoff is around 6 to 7 for 15 questions. So first be sure of 7 to 8
answers then go
for remaining ones (time consuming ones).
GROUP DISCUSSION:-
Here comes the main elimination round of Satyam.
Around 960 people were short listed for this round.
Each group is of 10 people. My topic was "Youth in politics".
Few other topics were "is Violence shown in movies affecting the young
mind", "IT industries -advantages & disadvantages",
"educational institutions", well some panel also gave the choice for us to
select a topic.
Interview:
Technical & Hr round are together. Around 350 people were short listed for this
round.
For few two people take the interview (one technical & one HR).
Well interview for me was around 20 to 25 min but for others it was from 10 to 20
min. So usually its
from 10 min to 25 min for both tech and HR.
i am from Electronics & communication branch. The tech round was on my
subjects like
VHDL- difference b/w FPGA and CPLD, explain about the software used (Xilinx).
Favourite field & subject- questions on that
difference b/w micro pro and micro cont.
Explain project.
In Hr round --Tell me about yourself and family, why Satyam, why should I select
you, what do you know about satyam.
Well actually for me even HR was asking technical questions, Basically HR just
checks your communication skills and your approach
and confidence.
201 students were selected.
Test is easy if Ur r good in aptitude (Aggarwal book) and logical thinking. But
main elimination is in GD.
Go through their website before attending HR.
SATYAM PAPER -19
1. APTITUDE TEST
1) If length of a rectangle is more than its breadth by 10cm. Perimeter of a
rectangle is 84. Find the Length of rectangle.
a) 16cm
b) 26cm
c) 32cm
d) 25cm
e) None of above
Ans: b.
Let breadth= x, then length=10+x
Now perimeter is 84
Therefore 2(10+x+x)=84. You will get the answer
2) Simple Interest and Compound Interest were given and sum was asked to
find out.
3) A brief passage was given and a statement which will support the paragraph
was asked (from given option)
4) Workman work on a particular jog place. They take lunch outside on
workdays when canteen doesn’t serve them fish. They take lunch on workdays
when canteen serves them fish. Which of the following statement is true?
a) It is a workday and canteen serves no fish
b) It is not a workday and canteen serves a fish
c) It is not a workday and canteen serves no fish
d) It is a workday and canteen serves a fish
e) None of above
Ans: d.
5) If person has a loss of 10% on a particular product and a profit of 20% on
another product. What is the total amount of profit/loss he got?
a) 260%
b) 60%
c) 150%
d) 0%
e) 250%
Ans: a.
6) Find the area question.
7) Permeability question (quite difficult)
8) ?
126 161
63 71 79
25 29 33 37
8 10 12 14 16
1 2 3 4 5 6
a) 220
b) 226
c) 227
d) 300
e) None of above
Ans: d.
(1+2)+5=8, (2+3)+5=10
(8+10)+7=25, (10+12)+7=29
(25+29)+9=63, (29+33)+9=71
(63+71)+11=126
(126+161)+13=300
9) T=T+2;
T1=T+2;
T2=T2+10;
T3=T2*4;
T5=T3+6;
T6=T5*5;
T7=T5/T6;
If T7<6
Then go to T1
T=T+2 What is the final output?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 7
d) 32
e) none of above
Ans: e
T2 is not defined
10) One side of triangle is 4cm. What is the area? Which of the following is true
1. Triangle is equatorial
2. Triangle is selegant
a) only (1) is sufficient
b) only (2) is sufficient
c) (1) and (2) both are sufficient
d) (1) and (2) both are not sufficient
e) none of the above
Ans a
11) Problem on clock
12) What is the day on 15 Aug 1947.
a) Tuesday
b) Monday
c) Friday
d) Sunday
e) Saturday
Ans: c.
13) Problem on ages (simple one)
Sorry I don’t remember remaining 2 questions.
3. GROUP DISCUSSION (GD)
In GD there was a group of 10 students and out of them 2 are selected from
my group. U should either start or end GD to get plus point over others. In GD
they mainly look for LEADERSHIP QUALITY, CLARITY OF THOUGHTS,
CONFIDENCE, and VOICE QUALITY. My topic was Power crises in
Maharashtra out of 540 candidates 198 were short listed after GD
3. INTERVIEW
There are total 8 panels (2 modest panels, 2 tough, 2 averages, 1 panel
having very high knowledge, 1 panel where these and HR round are separate).My
no is for average panel.
In GD they not only look for your answer but main thing is your confidence.
Speak with confidence; don’t show any nervous sign through your body
language. Here are some of the questions that are asking to me
[Interviewer]: Define yourself in 6 sentences.
[Interviewer]: What are your strengths?
[Interviewer]: What are your weaknesses?
[Me]: Well, I won’t call it a weakness but I can not sat no quickly to any person or
work.
[Interviewer]: What is your family background?
[Interviewer]: Why should we select u?
[Me]: My first response was I am fresh (the guy started laughing after listening
this).then I said I am fresh so u can mould me according to ur requirements, I
have basic qualifications and a strong desire to perform the work given to me,
and the most imp I think is I am ready to work anywhere in this world.
[Interviewer]: so you are ready to go bhubaneshwar also?
[Me]: U can throw me anywhere u want.
[Interviewer]: How much do you rate yourself in c?
[Me]: Actually since I am from diploma I haven’t have c in my syllabus yet , but I
am studying it myself, but before my study is completed satyam has arrived(after
this guy again start laughing)
[Interviewer]:ok how do u rate yourself in c from 1 to 5?
[Me]: 3(I said so confidently that he doesn’t ask me any more on c)
[Interviewer]: explain your diploma project.
[Interviewer]: Why u want to join satyam only?
[Me]: Because I think satyam is the only company where I can secure challenging
position where I can effectively contribute my skills as Software Professional,
possessing competent Technical Skills.(this was most deadly answer that I have
given)
[Interviewer]: What are u regret of in your life?
[Me]: (This was a Yorker for me) after taking a pause I said, well, it’s been a good
life. Rich in learning and experience and a best of it is still to come I think. Each
experience in my life is a lesson to me in its own way. I won’t change anything. (I
hit a sixer to Yorker I came to know this by Interviewer expression).
[Interviewer]: Who is your ideal?
[Me]: Narayana Murthy
Remember the most imp thing u need for interview is confidence, patience,
attitude. They will make u wait for a long time outside the interview room . In my
case I was waited for 4 hours outside, so be patient. Go with nothing to lose
attitude u will crack the interview.
Out of 198 candidates 119 was selected and I am glad to see my name in the list
and finally I was no more unemployed. BEST OF LUCK to all who is appearing for
satyam selection process. Go with confidence.....
SATYAM PAPER -20
Round-1 : APTITUDE TEST –15 questions, 30 minutes.
The paper consisted of only problems. You need to solve R.S.Agarwal
quantitative book to be familiar with the test. Most of the problems were easy but
u needs to know the techniques to solve them quickly, because 30 minutes time
is the main factor. There was +1 mark for every right answer and –0.25 mark for
every wrong answer. So do not do any guess work. Answer only those problems
that u can solve confidently.
Go through the following topics for this section:
1. TIME, SPEED, DISTANCE. 2. PROFIT & LOSS. 3. PERCENTAGE. 4.
SIMPLE INTEREST/COMPOUND INTEREST. 5. PERMUTATION &
COMBINATION. 6. PROBABILITY. 7. TIME & WORK. 8. ODD MAN OUT &
SERIES. 9. HEIGHT & DISTANCE. 10. AVERAGE. 11. BLOOD RELATION.
12. PROBLEMS ON AGES. 13. RATIO & PROPORTION. 14. DATA
INTERPRETATION. 15. PROBLEMS ON CLOCKS/CALENDARS. 16.
ALLIGATION & MIXTURES.
DO NOT’S IN A GD:-
• Never take a stance in a GD.
• Completely ignore the coordinator.
• Do not play with your pen/pencil.
• Do not move your hands/legs too much to indicate your presence.
• Never refer to anyone by name even if you know him. 6. Do not try to
create a lobby within the group. Just be fair.
Round-3 : TECHNICAL & HR.
This again depends on the panel u r in. In our case some panel took technical
& hr in the same round while some took it in 2rounds.
Knowledge in core subjects (for non CSE/IT students), C, C++, DBMS, Data
Structures, & operating systems is needed. Apart from these they give a lot of
importance in your HR skills. They are very friendly. The atmosphere inside
the hall is also very good. But the HR round is a bit tough.
SATYAM PAPER -21
Totally 15 aptitude questions. 30 minutes given.
1. Time and distance (2 bullets fired in 38 minutes gap. It was traveling in 330
m/s. A man traveling in a car heard the sound in 36 minutes delay. What is the
speed of the car?
2. Letter encoding (ex: XYZ -> ABC then PQR ->? , like this (but easy))
3. Given some number as input and they given 5 set of output strings. For a new
set of input strings we have to find the output.
4. Clock problem
5. Reasoning (relation between statements)
6. Reasoning (relation between statements)
7. Compound interest.
8. Pyramid problem.
9. Finding the average salary
10. Encoding binary system.
11. Figure problem. Three figures given. Find the fourth one.
SATYAM PAPER -21
WRITTEN TEST:
REMEMBER!!! Don’t try to solve every question. Do 9 or 10 perfectly or atleast 7
correct to ensure yourself , clear the test
1.complete the series
3,10,29,__,127,218
{Hint:(1^3)+2,(2^3)+2,(3^3)+2,(4^3)+2,(5^3)+2,....}
***(every time 1Q on calendars)
2.Problem on dates(calendar problem)
what is the day on 25th September 1936(not exactly same)
3.Four diagrams were given as sequence and we have to find the fifth from given
options
4.An equilateral triangular base prism of base ___units and length ____units is
melt into a cube
Find the Lateral surface area of cube
5.Given compound interest on certain amount for 2years as Rs.___ and its simple
interest as Rs.___
Find the Compound interest for 3years.
6.One problem on algorithm
10 Let R=3;
20 Let R=R+2;
30 Let R=R*2;
40 Let k=R^2;
50 print k-R;
60 check R<32 goto 20
what is the final o/p
7. A passage was given and summary of it was asked in options select the correct
one
8.There was a work when done by 6 men and 7 women is completed in 6 days.
The same work when done by 3 men and
4 women is completed in 15days.Find the no. of days the work is finished in when
done by 5men and 8 women (Not the same numbers).
{Hint: let capacity of men=x and women=y; Then 6x+7y =(1/6) and 3x+4y=(1/
15).Find x and y and substitute in
5x+8y=?}
9. A NEWS article on AIR services was given and 4 statements as 4 options were
given and we have two choose the most appropriate option.
10. ASSERTION and REASONING type question
two statements A and B were given
a problem is given
To describe it
a>both A and B are needed
b>A is sufficient
c>B is sufficient
d>A and B are not sufficient
II.GROUP DISCUSSION:
As we know this is the main ELIMINATION round
The whole lot of 800 were made into no. of batches of 10 people in each
The main qualities they were looking in were your
REASONING,AWARENESS,COMMUNICATION SKILLS,LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Always try to make your GD constructive! Most of the times the group getz
benefited when a conclusion is reached
TRY to initiate the topic or end the topic. BUT!, It is also the most risky effort if u
don't do it properly
any way u will find important tips fur GD on internet.
WESTERN CULTURE Vs EASTERN CULTURE
1. The topic was decided by a 3ppl in the group without taking other's opinions
2. The initiation of topic was also chaotic.3 people wanted those extra points of
starting GD .They did not stop.
3. The discussion was worthless. Everyone wanted to dominate, but, had no extra
points and repeated same points
Fed up with all these the observer asked us to conclude in the 4th minute
itself(scheduled time is 10min)
4.The observer wanted 1 person of his choice to conclude. But, still people tried
themselves to conclude
+ ve points------->
1.when people were lingering around the same point, i Interfered in between and
countered their points for
a minute and welcomed their responses. But, they again continued on their own
old point
2.When the group was in chaotic discussion i did not go and mix up but kept
cool(But, later i gave my points)
**3.I was getting familiar with my group members before the GD started and was
cool while others were appearing
tensed. He noticed all these things
He short listed 220 members here
III.TECH+HR INTERVIEWS
The process started at 2:30pm
There were 6 to 7 panels simultaneously in the process
I was the first person in one of the panels
As soon as I went in I wished him and he asked me to sit. He was appearing cool.
This eased me out of tension
****PLEASE go in GOOD attire .This makes a definite impact on recruiters mind
which will decide the further process
The Qs r not in same order
1. TELL me about yourself
2. Why should I select u
3. Why do you prefer SATYAM
4. After u joined SATYAM if u r given a Dress code & restricted to use mobiles.
How will be ur response
5.What is communication
6.Where do u use communication
7.What is a DECADE COUNTER
8.How many Flip Flops are in DECADE COUNTER
9.Hoe do u rate yourself in 'C'
10.How do u declare an array
11.How do u declare an array of different data types
12.How do u define 'Electronics'?
13. What is a diode
14.What is an Oscillator
15 What is the feed back in an oscillator
16.What is FM
17.What is range of FM
18.How do u differentiate Science and Application
19.Why do u want to join SATYAM
20.Why should i select u
21.U are trained in Java and we asked you to work in other field. How do you
react
22.U are selected in a company, does your college recommend you to attend for
interviews of other companies
23. What is your father
24. How many siblings u have
SATYAM GD TOPICS
1 Are Indian cities ready for any disaster
2 was the incident that took place at world cup final by Zidane justified?
3 Role of media in bringing awareness in the society
4 Role of media in bringing awareness in the society
5. Pepsi and coke should be banned in India or Not?
6. Agni
7. Strike of Doctors
8. Can we reduce the day by day increase of the oil price
9. Discuss on the nuclear agreement between INDIA and US
10. Is the war on Iraq by US justifiable
11. Arranged marriages Vs Love marriages
12. Impact of movies on youth
13. Role of women towards the development of the country
14. OBC reservations
15. Youth in politics".
16. Is Violence shown in movies affecting the young mind"
17. IT industries -advantages & disadvantages
18. Role of UN in peacekeeping
19. Position of Women in India compared to other nations
20. Environment Management.
21. Is China better than India in software
22. Should SONIA Gandhi be made the PM
23. BPO s in INDIA
24. Govt contribution to IT
25. Will punch lines rule the Advertisements
26. Premarital sex
27. Is china a threat to Indian industry
28. India or west, which is the land of opportunities
29. Water resources should be nationalized
30. BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY
31. Effect of cinema on Youth (Is it good or bad)
32. Education in India compared to Foreign nations
33. Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India
34. How to deal with international terrorism
35. Cricket should be banned or not.
36. Present state of Indian Cricket team
37. .Love marriage/Arranged marriage
38. Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
39. Power crises in Maharashtra
40. Banning of mobile phones in educational institutions
41. If I was a MLA.
42. Return of Saurav Ganguly in Indian cricket team
43. Reverse brain-drain
44. Are women better managers than men?
45. Reservation in education?
46. Physical education must include in the curriculum?
47. Is there logical to give voting rights to illiterate people
48. WESTERN CULTURE Vs EASTERN CULTURE
49. Women Managers
50. Youth Icon of India
SATYAM PAPER-23.
Pattern followed was: Written, GD, Technical & HR interviews
Written - 15 questions, time duration is 30 mints
1) What is the angle diff between hr's mint's hands when clock is showing 19:55?
a)92 b) 92.5 c)93.5 4)93 5) none
2) If sum has doubled with compound interest in 3 yrs, how many years it will
take to sum to become times
a)10 b)9 c)15 d)8 e) none
3) If u drive certain dist with 3kmph less speed then it takes 30 mints late . Where
as.. You will be 30mints prior if ur speed is 4kmph more. Then whats the usual
speed?
a)24kmph b)28kmph c) 12kmph d)14kmph e) none
4) Pyramid problem ans is 68
5) Figures problem- asks u to identify the next(4th) figure
6) data-interpretation question - Very easy question, anybody can put the right
answer
7) Series problem - 12,32,72,152,?,632 -- Ans is 312
8) U purchased 2 articles for a total of 2500/- . And u sold one of them for 50%
loss and other for 25% profit. How much is ur actual profit or loss %?
9) Ten years ago average of a family of 4 members is 24. Now 3 Childs have born
in that family out of them is twins and other is 2 yrs younger than these twins. In
such case also. The average haven't changed. Now guess the child's ages?
a)10,10,12 b)12,12,10 c) 9,9,11 ..... Like wise
10) If $ represents '0', % represents '1', %$ represents '2', %% represents '3' and
so on. Then how do u represent the LCM of 20,36, 60. - Only thing is we have to
represent the LCM value in BCD form (observe clearly the data - 3 was
represented by '11' that is '%%')
Coming to GD - Our topic is:
Which will u vote for - Hardworking or Smart working?
In GD, Do remember that, shouting/arguing wont brings u something. Don't do
such. Other topics were - Do Women’s are best managers or not?
Western vs. Indian Culture? Can life exist without IT?
SATYAM PAPER-24
Questions:
1. The ratio of the ages of two persons three yrs ago were 3:4, and the ratio of
their ages three yrs hence will be 5:4, what is the sum of their present ages.(
numbers not exactly)
2. A boat travels downstream of 60 kms in 6hrs. If the speed of the stream is 3 km/
hr in how many hrs can he travel 16 kms upstream (Ans 4 hrs).
3. Cost of basmati rice per kg is Rs 24. Another rice of 25kgs costs 36rs/kg. How
many kgs of basmati rice should he mix with that of rice so that after selling the
mixture at 40rs/kg he gets a profit of 25%.
4. 1 pyramid problem
C
B 122
A 35 27
2 7 10 3
I hope u can do this...bottom row.. Its add two elements double them add1 u will
get A, but for second row it is add them, double them sub 2 from them u get B, no
need to calculate C..U will have unique options so u can tick.
5. 1 problem on probability I think....like a boy has so coins in his pocket. He has
5penies, etc... Then when he draws two coins...the sum will be.. Something like
this....I did not attempt it so I don't remember.
6. There r family members A, B, C, D and E. there occupations r farmer, trader,
doctor, teacher. Lawyer. Something like this......and statements i.e. conditions
were given.
That A is doctor, daughter in law of B is teacher....there is only 1 married couple
etc. finally who is the trader. (It is ok...you can solve).
7. It was an argument, some 4 to 5 sentences of an argument was given. and a
conclusion is made in it. so he gave 4 options and asked to tick the option which
would best support the conclusion made in argument....that was the sentence
which was missing in that argument. .based on it he made a conclusion. So u can
make it out.
8. Even this was same like above an argument.... but now he asked to mark the
option which strongly weakens the argument....that which does not support the
conclusion or argument made in it.
9. It was a puzzle like above. Similar.....that there were books of chemistry,
physics, maths,, bio, social. so on...and they were kept in E and F something like
this...i don't remember.
10. Even this was a puzzle.....about room....like 75th door,., 80th door,,,,, 100th
door..Something like this It was very big. I did not solve.
11. (Quant) The maximum length of rod that can fit into cuboids is 6*square root
of (77). The length breadth and ht r in a ratio..6:5:4. find the total surface area of
cuboid. (Ans 5328).
12. One was on compound interest....a man deposits his bonus of 2000 when he
receives on Jan 1st into his account. Which is compounded annually..@8%.
Having put the amount that y..What will the amt be in his account on Jan 1st 1982
after depositing his bonus of that yr.
GROUP DISCUSSION:
10 people in a batch. I was good at GD so I could clear....but imp is u have to
speak out ...contribute atleast 1 imp point to the group or atleast..if u don't have
any....listen to everyone. And finally summarize it ok.
Our topic was
BEAUTY AND BRAINS GOTOGETHER.
Other topics were. Current ones
About Sachin-His injury
About Saurav Ganguly inclusion in match
Media and its effects on youth
Ban on cell phones. ....and so on
After that there is no need of ur resumes...but just have a copy with u .your
photograph etc...They give us a form to fill which will have all the details, fill
honestly and don't make it complicated by writing too much in it..Just write basic
things in few words.
Then I had my technical +hr interview. First 20 to 30 they mostly concentrated on
/hr then as time went on they also asked many technical questions......as I was
from computer science background, I got questions from my core subjects.
Interview:
Me: excuse me sir-----he said come in.......I went with a pleasant smile.
To my surprise he was the same person who conducted GD for me.....and as I did
GD well he remember me....and asked me that....I think Iam the one who
conducted GD for u......I said with a smile "yes sir".(I think that was a +pt for me)
Ti: tell me about ur self , ur family background and ur achievements
Me: gave the answer.(mostly u can lead interviewer...so decide what u should say
and be prepared with some examples so that u can convince him make him
believe things.)
Ti: what is ur commitment towards Satyam....(like he asked for how many yrs u
will stay here)
Me: as there was a bond of 2 yrs....i did not speak anything about how many yrs
but answered that......as long as both u and I feel that Iam really contributing to
the firm. And there is a consistent growth in my career I would be with u. And
that's for sure..( I think he was convinced.)
Ti: what if Wipro comes and offers u 8laks......(I hope u all know answer for this).
I have written that I participated in many technical and cultural activities in
college..
Ti: What r the cultural activities which took part in
me: answered.
Ti: why is the graph of ur percentage like this ....(10th less..INTER more. again
engg less-------so he asked like that)
Me: sir I think u need not consider my inter marks because if u see my 10th
percent and engg percent....they r almost same...and as Iam from CBSE
background it helped me a lot...coz we have more of a practical thinking than
SSC people...they r mostly bookish....so for me inter is not at all a count sir....(I
don't know what he thought but friends I don't mean it seriously...its only to
convince that interviewer I spoke like that......not to underestimate state syllabus
people mind u).
Ti: do you prefer to work on any platform specifically like JAVA....etc???
Me: no sir....Iam not rigid in my ideas ...iam very flexible...i will work in some area
then when I feel I attained some perfection I would shift to the other...that is how I
want to learn many things.....Iam not fixed to any one subject sir.
Then he went to technical..
Ti: tell me what are the subjects you are good at???
Me: Iam comfortable with c and c++ sir.
But he did not jump into that......he asked me questions from operating systems.,
data structures, c, c++( he did not ask me DBMS.....Thank God I was not that
through with it...but for my friends they also got questions in it...like write some
queries etc)
And he asked the basic concepts of this subjects....for ex-he asked me in OS
about CPU scheduling algorithms, dining philosopher problem, semaphore,
round robin algorithm, binary search, Linked lists, stacks , queues...examples for
them, and structure in c. Concepts of c++. That's it.
So friends....be prepared with the DBMS, OS, Data structures, and of course c and
c++ (this is only for CSE and IT people).
I answered everything.....then he said
Ti: Iam done with my interview do you have any questions for me??
Me: sir first of all I was very impressed with the PPT of satyam sir, so what do you
feel is the most challenging thing for an young graduate like me who enters into
satyam....
Ti: I think commitment....and contribution
Me: so do we need to learn anything more by the time we enter the firm I mean
courses like .Net, advanced java etc
Ti: all that is ok......but don't waste money (I got his point here...what he means in
saying don't waste money is they will train us in what ever they require...they will
cover everything in their training....but u should be in a position to receive them).
Me: sir after three months of training will we really be able to handle the projects
sir???
Ti: yes...
Me: that's it sir......Thank You.....Thank You very much sir.( I left the room).
SATYAM PAPER-25
Questions:
1. Average weight of p, q, r is given (cannot remember 48 I think) the ratio of
students In class p &q is 3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p. Find the
average of all the 3 classes.
2. Odd man out. 1307, 8627, 6792, 7297.
Numbers were not exact but in this model
4. Pie chart problem. One chart was given on the expenditures of a person. His
total income
Is 6000/- .Now his income is 1500/- we have to find the ratio of radii of two pie
charts.
a. 2:1 b. sqrt(2):1 c.1:sqrt(2) etc.
5. A, B, C, D, E are 5 in family. A& D are unmarried women & don’t work in family
there are
Businessman, Professor, artist B is the brother of a & is not artist
or businessman. E is husband.
Who is professor?
a) A b) B c)D d)E e)NONE OF THIS
6.
8. Stamp combination problem. There are 5,10, 15 paisa stamps with a boys
grandmother and the boy has to paste an equivalent of 45 paisa stamps to post a
letter. The total combinations are ?
a. 11 b. 12 etc.
9. Some long series of sentences were there I haven’t read them. Some reasoning
type.
10. 3 work completion times were given regarding project preparation in hours by
3 teams and if each team person is equicapable then find the time or days in
which the complete some 18 hours or days work or project something like that
not sure.
11. Algorithm problem
Let R=2;
Let R=R+2;
Let K=K+1;
Let K=K*R;
Printf K
Let J= J+K;
If R <= 8
Goto step 2;
End.
Which of the following output is not true.
a. 4 b. 36 etc
12. Simple problem on Simple Interest.
If the person gets one fifth of the sum after lending it for 8 years find the rate of
interest
a. 2 ½ etc
13. Pets problem analytical one easy one.
Three Persons sarada, sravani and suchitra have Pets. The pets are pet1, pet2,
pet3 they buy them in the months March, August, and December. Sarada is busy
in the month august and sravani bought pet3 in December and Suchitra will buy
in the month august but won’t buy pet1.
What pet and which one will Sarada buy. Question is not exact, its only model
14. Related to R.S Aggarwal Line-Graphs problems
15. Boats and streams
Given stream velocity x, boat goes down stream by 30 KM and comes back. Total
time is 4:30 Hours. Find the speed of the boat.
SATYAM PAPER-26
There were 4 rounds of the entire test:
1) Aptitude Test.
2) Group Discussion.
3) Technical interview.
4) HR interview.
(However in our case there was a single round for technical & HR interview)
Technical & HR interview:
There was a single interview for both technical and HR. That interviewer was also
very friendly. I entered in the room after taking a long breath and told him “Hello
sir, I am Suman Debnath” after offering a handshake (this indicates the
confidence of the candidate), he also introduced me. Then he started:
Interviewer: So Suman, tell about yourself.
Me: sir, I live with my parents. There are three members in my house. My father is
a governmental employee, my mother is a housewife. I started my career in a
Bengali medium school. I scored 80.625% in secondary & 64.5% in higher
secondary exam. Now I am reading in Academy of Technology in computer
science and engineering……..
Interviewer: you completed higher secondary in 2002 & started your engineering
career in 2003, what about the one year gap?
Me: sir, after completing HS I was admitted in a B.Sc college to complete a hon.
course in zoological science, then I sat for the joint entrance and got admission
in my college.
Interviewer: what was your rank?
(I told him I can’t remember exactly but I guessed it)
Interviewer: ok, who is your father?
Me: my father is Sudhir Kumar Debnath; he is an employee of West Bengal
StateElectricityBoard.
Interviewer: and your mother is a housewife, right? Fine. Suman, can you explain
different parts of a computer?
Me: sir the major parts of a computer are input device, processing device and
output device. Input devices are keyboard, mouse, microphone, light pen etc,
output devices are visual display unit (monitor), speaker etc. every computer
should have at least one CPU that is the heart of entire system and for storage
purpose there should be primary memory, secondary memory etc.
Interviewer: when we use a computer we have to use an operating system, do you
know what an OS does and what are differences between an OS and simple
software?
Me: operating system is the base system on which other programs can be
executed. It has many services like memory management, maintaining file
systems, user accounts, controlling attached hardware etc.
The software which we use run on the OS platform.
Interviewer: ok let us come to C. Do you know what is the main difference
between C, C++ & Java?
Me: yes sir, C is procedural (function) oriented programming language, means we
have to code using functions but we cannot use the concept of object.
Java is a fully object oriented programming language. We cannot access the
methods or variables without using object.
And C++ is in between them. We can use object oriented concept or without
using that also we can carry on. So C++ is not fully object oriented language &
not fully procedural oriented language.
(The answer was ok, but friends I am not sure that whether structure variables
can be treated as objects or not)
Interviewer: what do you understand by method overriding & method
overloading?
Me: (I started with method overloading) sir we know there is a term called
function signature which includes 1) no of arguments, 2) arrangement of
arguments, 3) data type of arguments & 4) name of function. Suppose there are
two or more functions having same name but different signatures, now the right
function will be called depending upon the signature.
(I gave an example & then he said ‘ok I got it’, I did not need to explain method
overriding. I used a printf statement to explain overloading, he then asked………)
Interviewer: how can you express printf statement in C++ & in Java?
Me: sir we use ‘cout’ & ‘system.out.println’ in C++ & Java respectively instead of
printf statement.
Interviewer: Do you know about multiple inheritance?
Me: (I explained it after drawing figures; I explained base classes, derived classes
& their relationships)
Interviewer: can you give an example of that in your life?
(This question was asked just to check the common sense of the student)
Me: yes sir my parents and me.
(He smiled & was satisfied)
Interviewer: in java we declare ‘public static void main ()’, can you explain each
terms?
Me: (I made it clear why we use public & void, but I forgot why static is used, so
frankly I said ‘but I am sorry sir I can not remember the reason of using static
keyword’)
Interviewer: ok it is fine. Do you know how we can pass command line argument
in Java?
Me: yes we have to declare a string array in between the parenthesis of main
method. (I gave an example)
Interviewer: ok now come to DBMS. What do you know about RDBMS, what does
it mean?
Me: RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. It deals with
concept of storing data into tables instead of files …….
(I understood that my answer was not going in right direction, so I concluded
as…)
Sir I think my answer is not to the point, I am sorry, I have forgotten it.
Interviewer: ok its fine. You know actually RDBMS concept is……..
(Then he started & took 2-3 minutes to explain it, he was so friendly but friends
frankly saying I was not in the state of learning something, so I was just nodding
my head & thinking whether I’ll get the job or not)
Me: sir, one thing I want to tell you that whatever I have learnt from my college, I
always try to implement it. Because it is true that without implementation there no
value of theory in the technological field.
(I tried to show a software ‘Phoenix’ developed by me; he wanted to get some
information like about the language in which it is written, what it does etc.)
Interviewer: you have learnt about data structure, do you know what is hashing?
Me: in division method we have to set a key value by which we have to divide the
input value & depending on the result we have to store it in defined locations. If
two same results occur then we have to maintain a linked list……..
Interviewer: ok Suman nice to meet you.
Me: nice to meet you sir.
(We ended the interview with a firm handshake)
Thus my interview was completed. I was confident that if anything was not going
wrong, then I’ll be selected. The next day I was in my college attending a class, I
got the good news that I am selected & total intake was 108 (for 2006-2007
batches).
At last I want to give some suggestions to my juniors & friends.
1) In aptitude test at first try to eyewash the entire question set, because there are
some blocking questions at the beginning, just skip them & answer the easier
one otherwise you may fall into the trap.
2) If negative marking is there, do not guess any answer. Maintain rough working,
examiners may check it.
3) Always try to do some homework before sitting in a GD. In GD always keep a
pen & paper to write what others are talking about. Try to analyze or criticize
those. It is much trickier & it works nicely.
4) Be frank at the time of interview. If they ask any theoretical question you do not
know, please do not try to establish new theory, simply surrender yourself --- it is
ok. If any tough problem is given to you at least try to solve it.
5) If you pretend anything, they will understand it easily. They are smarter than
you.
ALL THE BEST
Campus Placement Mission 2008