 My life is really changed....I got placed in TCS; 
Thousands of Thanx to Chetana mam  + (INFO) interview Experience...

Thousands of Thanx to Chetana mam and all the members of our wonderful 
group
I wouldnt have acheived this without your help.....Thanx again..

Hi all,
       28th august 2004....One of the most memorable day in my life.
I gave my TCS interview and I cleared all the rounds.
Today (2-sep-2004) I called them and they said I got selected.
I will get my offer letter within 20th this month

OK guys..Let me come to the point..Here are my interview experience..

I went to anna university by 7.45..Thangavelu college friends were 
there so
I entered the line got the time for 10.30 batch.
My Exam started by 12 noon.
It has three parts
part I - 10 synonyms
           10 antonyms
           fill up the blanks with approp sentences
           A paragraph was given and questions were asked
part II - aptitude 32 questions
part III - critical reasoning 12 questions

No psychometry test for us

As I was not sure abt english part,I finished the aptitude and critical 
reasoning first
and then I moved to English part..As I expected I couldnt answer any of 
the antonyms
and synonyms.
(I couldnt remember the questions..So plz excuse)
visit www.chetana-jobs.com for papers

The results were announced by 4 PM. and we should go to Vadapalani TCS 
by
5.30 PM. We should fill a blue form before the technical interview.
I wrote only C,C++,SQL,VB and Java.I left all other fields blank.I 
didnt even mention the
areas of interest.


A lady and a man were there in my panel.Both of them were very 
friendly.

Tell us abt urself...

Tell me abt ur project..

What made u to do this project? Is this ur own project.

Difference between server and client? say only one important difference
  Client requests the service.The server serves the request.

What is ur role in this project.
  Most of the coding part and designing..

Who is the project leader
  As we are friends,we didnt have any such leader..We worked 
together,planning
  coding and we enjoyed doing this project blah blah...

You did only one project?
  I did another proj in my 6th sem HMIS

Is this being used in any hospital

Why it is not used..you developed this package for this purpose only 
na?
  Even that is fully functional,we need to add some data report 
generation etc..
 
You had ample amount of time between ur project.Then why you didnt 
finish it

Your areas of interest?
 Programming in C and Networks..(He didnt ask anything from networks..)

Did you heard about smart pointers?

Write any one prog in C
  I said shall I write Hello world prog..( He laughed..)
  No a program for any specific problem.
  Shall I write a prog for factorial using recursion..

Why dont you write a prog for fibonacci series using recursion..
  Thats very simple..we dont need recursion,we can implement it
  using simple for loop..
  ( Even before he ask any ques,I explained what I did and what I didnt 
do in that
    i.e. like checking for negative no.,checking for integer limit 
etc..)

What are datastructures..Explain stacks and queues..

About linked-list and linear DS

Applications of DS

She asked can u explain ++i and i++?

she gave me a prog , I have to predict the answer..

void main()
{
 int i == 5;
 printf("%d%d%d%d%d%d",++i,--i,i,i++,i,i--);
             /* I am not sure abt the arguments,but this is the kind of 
question*/
}

I wrote the answer 

He asked me about the searching and sorting algorithms

He asked me to write a full program on any of the sorting algorithm
  I wrote and explained as before


He gave me 2 aptitude questions
1.A number has to be divided by (3/4) but aciidentally someone 
multiplied it by
  (2/3).What is the error percentage.
     I took my pen.He said you can calculate in ur mind.I said I used 
to do like this.
     He said OK.But i couldnt arrive at the answer.I donno what 
happend.He said OK.
2.In a pond a lotus is there in the first day.Everday it doubles.It 
fills the pond on tenth
  day,when it will be quarter filled.
     I said 8th day

From here starts the real headache....

Given three nodes..how many possible binary trees can be formed
   I said only one.

Understand the ques first.How many diff possible combinations are 
there..
   I said 2^3 == 8 combinations are possible

Draw all the combinations
   I could draw only 5.
   I said I am not very confident at DS.

I wrote exposure to VB and Java. He asked about that?

Tell me about OOP concepts?
    I said only four properties of OOP

What is the difference between files and tables?.

Which is the best option?
   I said tables can be linked and files cannot be..( I am not sure abt 
this...)    

He asked who said so?Do u know that r not?
   I donno much abt these files and tables

what is primary key,foreign key?

She asked me Suppose we have a table "A" which has a primary key and it 
is linked to another table "B" thro foreign key relation.If I delete 
table "A" what will happen to the relation? Can I delete jus like that?..
   I said I think we can..I am not sure abt this

Do you know ANYTHING abt parent child relationship? 
  I said no

What is DDL and DML
   Data definition language,Data Manipulation Language

Tell me some commands of DML?
   I said create view etc.
   (He starred at me.He found that I donno much in this)
   I immediately said I know all the commands in SQL,I worked these in 
our 
   Lab.But I couldnt recall those groupings ..

She asked how do you add a column after creating the table?
   I said using alter command,I explained.

Where do we use update command?
   Suppose we want to modify the content of a particular row,we can use 
that command

What do u think as the qualities of a good Leadership?
   blah blah blah ....

Consider the case...You and ur colleague r working on a project.Both of 
you are equally
Qualified.But you r the project leader and he is working under your 
leadership
and he refuses to work...But you have to finish it within the deadline.
What you will do??
   blah blah blah ...

(I think he is satisfied..)
He started explaining about DML.

He asked me if I have any problem in relocating?
   I said I will relocate anywhere in India

Why in India only..If we ask you to go abroad what you will do?
    The problem is I dont have the passport rt now..

Passport will not be a problem yaar..
    Then no problem for me sir..

Tell me about your strength and weakness..

All the best

I said thank you sir,thank you mam..
The interview lasted for 25 minutes..
(I remembered only a few...I typed only those..)

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I was asked to sit in a discussion room.

Finally I was called for the MR interview.I was given another form.

Two middle aged men were there..They were friendly..

Started with project and explanations..

Tell me abt yourself

Difference between C and C++

What is pointers,linked list and double linked list..

Why you want to join TCS

ur strength and weakness

Hobbies..I wrote chatting in the Form

How many how u will spend daily in internet
  Almost an hour daily

why u didnt use telephone
  I feel internet is the cheapest way..At the same time you can chat 
with several friends
who were online

Are they in chennai.
  Most of them were in chennai.some of them r in south side

Did they come here with you
  No sir,Most of them got placed..

Why u didnt get placed.Dont you have campus interviews
   I was prevented from attending the interview becos I had an arrear 
in my 6th sem

Why u had arrear in that subject
   blah blah blah 

How many of you had arrear in that particular subject
  only around 30 guys cleared out of 95

Whats ur rank in ur college
   Prob around 20

Why u dont know exactly
    We dont have any ranking procedure in our college...blah blah blah 

Is this your first interview r did u attend any other off-campus 
interviews
   This is the first interview and I cleared iSOFT written test..

If iSOFT is paying 50% more than TCS,Will you go to that company
  blah blah blah blah 

Do you use internet for other than mailing and chatting
  Sometimes I read articles about any of the topic which comes to my 
mind
 
Which website u visit regularly
   Usually I search in google and go thru the link

Tell me something about what u read yesterday
   Yesterday I read about Patriotism etc..(I gave a brief lecture on 
that -- Thanks to kiran's article..)

TCS is on news recently..why?
   TCS went public.It released its shares....It has a tieup with UNICEF 
for
supporting girls education in South Asia..blah blah blah blah 

What do you mean by "TCS went public" ?
   Sir I dont know much abt the Share market.I heard these in NEWS
blah blah blah blah 

Anything do u want to ask us?

I want to know abt the training procedure?

Is the training procedure for CS and non-CS the same?

I heard abt the hign retention rate here..Didnt you have any layoff in 
recent times?

How about the abroad opportunities?

Is there any possibility that I can switch over to R&D?

Thats all Sir,Thank you

This interview lasted for 20 minutes...After this they said "You will 
get a letter this
week"

Thats all about the interview...



I would like to thank Mr.S.Ramesh (Cognizant trainee engg.)  and 
Mr.R.Sivakumar (Cognizant trainee engg.) for their moral support and constant 
motivation.
Last week while I was chatting with Siva, I was desperate and told him 
abt my plans for joining call-centers..He said,"dont worry,Next week, 
your life will change ".
I dont know if he said this consciously,but the sentence was really 
catchy.

It started echoing in my mind...round the clock...Now I look back!!!
My life is really changed!...

So friends for those who didnt get job yet!...Think your life will 
change one day...

When everything goes wrong,If you feel everything is against you...
Think about Aeroplane...It flies high and high only against the wind,
against the pressure...
Think!!! who you are...Are you an aeroplane or just a housefly..
Because, sometimes

Life gives answers in three ways

It says YES and gives whatever you want

It says NO and gives you something better

It says WAIT and gives you the best...


Especially I would like to thank you for reading this big mail..

Bye 
.....Peralagan.....

All queries are welcomed