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TCS
recruitment conducted on 29th Aug 04
Chennai
Discretion abt
written Selection Process
Written Test: Prepare from
previous papers. It’s of the same pattern.Prepare
wordlist from Barrons. There was no psychometric test.We
had only 1 and a half hr to complete the paper. For
quants, we had to write the answers and were not of
multiple choices. Logical questions were bit tough.Main
problem is the time shortage to complete it fully.
Interview
There were around 8 - 10 panels for tech
intrw held at TCS, Karapakkam, Chennai.Environment was
excellent. People from TCS were very soft and had a
cheerful face.
In my panel, two persons of age
around 35 – 40 yrs interviewed me.Tech intrw was held
for around 55 min. Slightly drilling but easy.After
clearing tech, I attended HR where one young man
interviewed me.It went for half an hour exactly.Most of
them were only personal questn and some tech Qs.On my
time slot, 5 ppl attended in that same panel and only 2
cud get thro.
For another friend, the tech held
for just 10min.They asked 2 gen. Qs like where he is
from (Ambattur) and how he reached that office.Then 2
tech Qs 1) Shannons theory ? Ans: “I don’t know”2) Diff
betn up85 & 86. He told correctly.He got
selected.
So, it depends on ur luck to get a good
panel.
Technical Interview
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Introduce ur self.
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First person started….. He
asked my mark sheets from which Qs were poured from
various subj I’d studied in my BE (ECE)
syllabus………
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Favourite subj.? Digital
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How abt mp? Draw the architecture of
8085?Explain each block?Interrupts and its types?
Flags?
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Write a program to multiply 2 nos?Diff
betn MOV & MVI?Diff betn 85 & 86And some
more………?Latest mp used?
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Next person started…..Whats inside
a CPU of PC? Inside processor? Whats a MODEM?
working? If 2 PCs connected to a server using
2 MODEMs, what is the fn of each modem?
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Back from first person……meanwhile
the 2nd person was going through my marksheets and
certificates.
Lets move 2 ur fav subj…Digital
-Draw the diag of OR and NOR? OR internal ckt diag
? I managed to draw a diag which is logically
correct ( with 2 transistors …..)
Universal
gates? Why? Draw OR using NOR gates? What is
multiplexed?
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Slowly deviated to analog-Describe abt
transistor? Types? Types of BJT? Diag for NPN and
PNP? Differentiate where they r used? Uses of
transistor according to mode of opn.? Uses of
diode? How it is used as rectifier? Zener
diode? What is bias? What is thyristor? SCR?
Where used? Diff betn thyristor &
transistor? And some more………………
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Then programming…… How good u r with
programming? I know only C. Asked me to write a
pgm. I’m not well versed with programming. I know
only conceptually. Why pointers?
Answered Luckly, they skipped the topic.
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Then……Network Topologies? Bus,
ring… What u know in networking? I know only the
basics as this was not choosen as our
elective.
Then whats ur
elective? Biomedical…….. (I think the person was
good in that subj.)
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I was caught …………He fired several
questions like… How ECG working? Stethoscope
working? BP ? and more………………… How pressure
converted to signal? Transducers?
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Then came to the project…Explain ur
proj. I explained clearly with proj report. Some
Qs on project. I myself added that I did with 3
other students from different states and could manage
to complete the project successfully.
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Finally general Qs…You did a proj in
digital design and why do u want to come to
software? Why not hardware? What guarentee u
give that u won’t shift to hardware after 2 yrs saying
u don’t like S/w? Another person asked what u
studied in Engineering economics & mgmt? R u
interested in this subj? I frankly said it’s a bit
boring subj. ‘coz there is nothing to learn and this
is the subj where we write stories.They smiled. If
we put u in proj dealing with mgmt,…..difft from what
u’ve studied in BE, r u ready to do that?
U
said it’s a boring subj. & now ready to switch
over to that ? First of all, working at TCS itself
is a great pleasure and it would be my duty to develop
interest in that subject and shine well in that
area. Finally they asked ‘any Qs 2 us’? Yes
sir! On what electronics related proj r u working
currently? Then I smiled and said ‘then there is a
chance for me to get into electronics based s/w
projects’.
HR
Interview
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Introduce urself other than in
application. I told abt my positives and
ideologies.While I was saying the 2nd point of my
ideology, my throat got chocked ‘coz of fear. Are u
alright? Yes sir. I’m slightly nervous.Its OK.
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Whats ur hobbies? Playing Tennis and
chess. In chess, how its scored? I said we’ve
checkmate the opponent king. He poured more Qs on
chess. I said, I used to play chess only with
computer just as a time pass and not serious with
that. How many squares r there in a chess
board? 1st I said ‘100’ and then said ‘sorry
64’.
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How abt tennis? How many sets are played
in a match?How it is scored? said 0, 15, 30,
45, game.I made a damn mistake of saying 45 instead of
40. He again asked to check and I was still
stubborn with my ans. What is game point? match pt?
Deuce? Who is ur fav. tennis player?Why? But,
Pete Sampras everytime defeats Agassi? Whats
ESPIRIT (Dept. assocn)?
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What u’ve done? Arranged VLSI
conference. Whats VLSI? More than 1 million
transistors per chip. Explain sth abt VLSI.
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No. of zeros in a million?6 No. of
zeros in a lakh? Got struck (due to tension) and
started counting from units digit in mind.Then said 5.
I frankly told him, ‘I need to count by fingers He
laughed..
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Whats ur fav. subj? Digital Describe
OR & NOR gate in a sentence form What is the IC
no. for AND gate? which co. produces such
chips?
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Where do u see urself after 3 yrs
? Whats ur ambition? Why TCS?(He really got
stunned with my knowledge abt TCS) What way u can
provide a s/w that is useful to the community as well
as TCS? I gave some ideas like cognition tech for
blind ppl and web-based applns,…… Why
s/w? Stressed the importance of software with
egs. What efforts u made to get into
Software? Any thing u did for the community
welfare? I gave a finishing touch. As of now, I cud
help only physically. I think, if I’m being selected
and once if I join TCS, I can help ppl even
monitorily.
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Finally, Any Qs to me? Yes
sir! Whats the training period? 45 days Whether
I can avail transportation facilities from TCS?
yes Whether u do any electronics related proj @
Chennai? No. Its done at Hyd only. Thanked him and
smiled my way back home with great
confidence.
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