My TCS Interview experience

Hello everyone...my name is Satish and I am from St.Jospehs College of Enggineering,Chennai!!

TCS was the first company to come for recruitment to my campus...and by Gods grace i got placed in the same Company!!I was just as nervous as every fresher is...but still,apt preparation and luck(more of the former though) helped me through!!

I will give a detailed explanation of the Three Phases used in the Selection Process at my Campus.....the entire interview process happened in the MBA/MCA block of my college.




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PHASE ONE: APTITUDE TEST

We had an Online Aptitude Test...NO NEGATIVE MARKING & NO SECTIONWISE CUT-OFF(so everyone attend every single question,provided you have the same conditions).

We had three sections in the Aptitude Test:
VERBAL was difficult....in the sense that it did'nt have words from previous papers!!!

QUANTZ(Quantitative Aptitude) was the easiest,i had already seen 90% of the questions from this section,in the previous TCS papers!!

LOGICAL REASONING or whatever one calls it,was Latin and Greek for me...I think one can get a good idea about it from BARRONS 12th EDITON.


When the time eventually ran out,I thought I would get the message "Sorry better luck next time”, but by God's grace the message "Congratulations,you can move to the next level".

I was on cloud nine...I was then given a TCS application form which I duly filled. The form was given to my placement in-charge.I started for my house at around 7.45pm and I reached home at 9 pm.My Technical Interview was scheduled at around 9am the very next day,which meant i had minimum time to prepare for the Interview.

NOTE: The TCS application form is your key from here on.




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PHASE TWO:TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Once you clear the aptitude test(level one)..ur 75% done!We then move on to the Technical interview.The interviewers were really friendly...especially mine.There was a lady and a gentleman.

I opened the door and asked their permission to enter,with a 1000W smile on my face.They asked me take my seat...I thanked them and sat down.My resume was on my lap..they never asked for it.All they reffered to was the application form that I had filled the previous day.

The gentleman(sadly i do not remember his name) asked me as to,why i had scored low in my 10th and semester(70% cbse and 71.25% aggr respectively).Maybe he wanted to break the ice by asking an imformal questions...anyway my reply was confident.He then asked me about my favourite subject,which was as i said,Physics(surprised??so was i,when he asked about school subjects!!).

He asked me what SONAR meant...i really did'nt remember..so i managed by telling him,it was related with sound and had DOPPLER EFFECT as a basis.He said,"Thats good.But can you explain?"Now where was I to go for an explanantion??I told him i did'nt remember.

Then he asked me about Concave & Convex Lens and Keplers Law Of Gravitation.I did not answer those questions correctly,so we moved on to the core subjects(at last!!!!).

My areas of interest are DBMS and s/w engg..and the madam started this time around.She asked me about the Various Phases of S/w Enggineering (a very genreal question)..I was able to answer it.

Then i was asked to write a c-program to reverse a string(a success) and later on,the question was about Singularly Linked-List from Data-Structures.And finally,DBMS concepts were touched upon....i spoke confidentally for two minutes,when they asked me to stop!!I had the feeling things were going to turn out well...!

In between I had actually stammered once,but I was not reprimanded.They reassured me by letting me know that they knew exactly how I was feeling.I was asked to relax,ask a cup of water if needed and then to continue…from hereon I spoke confidently till the end of the HR,making sure i made no lapse in speech.

At the end,they asked me wether I had any questions..I enquired about the prospect of higher education through TCS.After giving me satisfactory answers,they asked to wait outside.

And there I was,waiting nervously outside my TECHNICAL interview room...and when finally,I was asked to go down for the MR(same as HR) interview.....RELIEF ebbed through my entire body.I knew for sure that once I had reached this level,i was not going to return home disappointed.




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THE FINAL PHASE:

I could see happy faces outside the HR room..evidently fuelled by the fact that they will get selected.I had to wait a long time to meet my HR interviewer(he was a bit busy) which I did not mind at all.Meanwhile I asked my other friends as to what they were asked…some unlucky guys were drilled a lot on tech..most of the ppl had had just a casual chat.

PEOPLE...the important thing is not what u say..it is...how u say it!!!
COMMUNICATION is what people expect from u here...you communicate effectively,
your through.Finally i went in to meet my interviewer.I was beaming at him and when I reached the table,I shook hands and sat down.He was really sweet.He actually apologised for the delay(3hours actually)..i said it was no problem.

He intially asked me why i wanted to join TCS..i answered it from my heart(i had selected my college during counselling to get placed in a dream company like urs sir.and here I am,watching my dream come through).

Next,"ok these are the reasons u want to join TCS. Why should we hire you??".
My answer was "I do all the work tht i undertake with utmost sincerity and dedication"....(I finished it with an example of how I handle my exams.)


Moving on,he asked meabout the books i read(my hobby is reading)..i told him that I had started reading in my 3rd class with Enid Blyton then moved on to Nancy Drew-Sherlock Holmes-Sydney Sheldon-Michael Crichton-Dan Bbrown ...at this juncture,we started conversing about THE DA VINCI CODE!!

Finally he asked me as to wether i have any questions....i asked him not one,but THREE!!



#1.sir,the prospects of higher education in TCS.
#2.What does TCS actually expect from its newly-joining freshers??
#3.What actually happens during the training?and after the training??

When we were finished ...i shook hands and left with the words,"it was a pleasure meeting u Sir."
I had a feeling of jubiliation when i came out.


It was a long wait for ther results starting at 5pm..which eventually ended at 730pm.
When my name was read out it was like,” oh my god, I really made it through”.I was delighted!!!I thanked GOD and congragulated all my friends.

And the results were announced to a voracious crowd!!!

Total students appeared: 400 odd
Students cleard for tech: 191
Filtered no. for HR : 145

No. selected for placement: 122


The only thing to be remembered after the aptitude level is…CONFIDENCE.
Believe in your-self…you can do it.

Edit:
The above interview happened way back in 2006, nearly 5 years before now. And I don't think I can be of much help with the interview/selection process. For the latest info on TCS interviews and more, try searching on Facebook and Google Plus.

I have removed my email addresses. I am really sorry for not having replied properly to the many queries that I received. I would NOT be replying to any further queries. All the best to everyone who has read my blog and to you who are currently reading this line!!

Thanks,
Satish