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7/29/2019 TCS Pattern Expecting
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Hi, This year TCS totally changed their recruitment process. New pattern consists of
following section:
1. Eligibility criteria2. Analytical ability test
3. Verbal ability test
4.Interview
5 Selection
1. Eligibility criteria
For previous year batches the eligibility criteria is 60% throughout 10th,12th and
college, and above 7.5 cgpa can attend direct interview round
This year the eligibility criteria will be set by tcs and intimated three to four days
their visit to the campus.
( We guess that the eligibility cgpa will be set based on the average of 25 percentile
of toppers that is among all the applicants. )
If you satisfy the eligibility criteria , you can skip the analytical ability section alone.
2. Analytical ability test:
Questions : 30
Duration : 80 mins
Negative marking: Yes ( 1 for correct answer and negative marking of 0.33 for
wrong answer)
Some of the useful links for cracking analytical ability test
http://www.clatgyan.com/clat-logical-reasoning/cracking-analytical-reasoning/
http://www.indiabix.com/non-verbal-reasoning/analytical-reasoning/
http://cat.learnhub.com/lesson/4779-analytical-reasoning
http://www.tcyonline.com/tests/analytical-reasoning
3. Verbal ability test:This is a simple test for about 10 mins. They will be given you a set of 10 keywords
and you should frame a passage( within 100 words)
In this test applicants will be assessed based on the proper usage of the given
keywords and grammar.
http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/proper-grammar.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Your-Grammar
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/
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http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/article.htm
4. Interview sections:
Pure HR Panel:
Easy to clear for the most part, IT IS REALLY CRUCIAL THAT YOU SPEAK GOODENGLISH OR ATLEAST TRY . As far as i have seen most people with good English
speaking skills were selected
Asked to give a self introduction about themselves(refer to the post which i
made,should give a good idea)
Are you ready to go anyway we send you are is there a particular place you like
most?
Do you have a Girl Friend how long have you been together?(for boys ofc)
They will ask you about your hobbies, if you say painting for example they will ask
what you have done to improve your skills in it.
What is your fathers job? or How many brothers and sisters do you have?. For
most of the HR interviews there was always a family type question, shouldnt be a
problem.
The biggest challenge you have faced so far in college
Why you choose your department and your favorite subjects (basically questions
related to why you choose the department and your interests).
THEN THE STRESS TEST:
Here you can expect questions like you have a low score in your aptitude why?,
your marks are consistently low why ?, You dont sound confident is that why you
are speaking so softly , you are an emotional person is it not , you look verytense.Remember these statements may or may not be true about you try reply
with a smile and positive comment like I will try hard next time or I will do
correct these mistakes etc. Just dont burst into tears like some of the girls in my
college did NOT GOOD!!!
How badly do you want this job?
And of course the most common questions what did you eat in the morning?
,maybe a slight variation like you look tired have you had your lunch.
Then there was some questions on details about the company like who is the
CEO, What do you know about TCS, Do you know what sector in IT TCS
working. For these make sure you visit the campus commune website and read allthe details.
What are you expecting from TCS?. For this just prepare a well rehearsed answer
like To improve my skill and abilities in such a way that it is mutually beneficial to
company and me(What 2 of my friends said , both selected of course)
Some questions from the resume, your co-curricular achievements , extra-curricular
achievements. In some cases the programming languages you know about.
Then some of the HRs asked questions logical questions like Two people start from
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Delhi and Pune one traveling at 20km/hr and the other 160km/hr in opposite
directions both meet at a point who is closer to Pune? The answer is easy both as
same distance since it is mentioned that they meet, THE KEY HERE IS TO LISTEN
CAREFULLY TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, some of my friends from other colleges did
not answer and thought the one going at 160km/hr was closer.Be prepared for
questions of this type testing your concentration.Are you going to do higher studies some time?
what is the hardest data structure for you My friend said Trees, the HR are was
like Trees really what about graphs, the LOLed real loud
about the various certification programs you have completed and why you took
them
Tech Panel:
To be honest this isnt hard really, all questions are simple nothing deep and tough.
Some of the Interviewers did not even look at the code my friends wrote they just
took the paper and used it as paper fans ,
Programming, Data Structures and project related
Write a java code using try catch statements
Explain about your project, implementations, front-end, back-end, technical details
etc BE extra through about the details of all your projects
code to implement a link list in C. write it using pointers
Some will ask you to write code from your projects(For some mechanical students
theory behind functionality of the project)
swap function without using temp variable
Explain linked list concept /stack/queue/trees
Explain different types of sorting
What is a null pointer, void point and a wild pointer
Explain the object oriented concepts injava(polymorphism,inheritance,encapsulation )
Then the sizes for various data types in C and Java
Program using thread/overriding/overloading in java.
Infix/postfix/prefix convertions
Java database connectivity.
what is a constructor?
other programs like prime numbers, odd/even easy stuff basic programming
Networks and OS
OSI layers in network model and functions of each layer
difference between TCP and UDPthere are 2 systems in 2 different networks will you use a switch or a router to
connect them
What is the difference between switch, router , bridge
In OS questions related to the fork() command
Scheduling algorithms in OS
What is a semaphore
How many bits in an IP address
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Draw a rough sketch of an IP packet
Layers of TCP/IP
A few questions related to the linux file system
Questions related to network address and host address
How is windows 7 different from XP
what is paging and questions related to that.process life cycle
What is the ping command used for?
Database and Testing
This was all really easy MySQL queries which included select statements using
where condition etc, very easy queries.
Also some questions about normal forms, 1NF ,2NF, CNF.
Black box and white Box testing differences
Types of testing?
What is a test case?
Software life cycle models(waterfall models etc)
what is meta data?
Why is testing important?
This section had the most easiest of all questions, just study all the basics.
Other Department Students Tech Panel
Yes there is programming but it is not that deep here are a few samples
explain about your project (most frequent question asked to 80% students i got
this information from)
Then the interviewer asks what programming languages you know (most replied C),
then he asks you to write a simple programming like prime numbers ,swap without
temp etc. In some cases write any C program
To some EEE students the interviewer has ask how the ceiling fan/generator etcworks
4 Mech students and 1 ECE student told me that the HR asked them their favorite
subject and to explain about it
what is CAD(he had CAD in his resume)
Some questions related to data structures basics what is stack
Overall Programming and OS concepts are not going to be asked much unless you
say you know them.For example if you say you know java obviously he is going to
ask a lot from it. Mostly others departments had HR questions only or
HR/tech.Everyone i asked said it was nothing tough .Make sure you know C
programming , at least the basics.Tech/HR panel
This is a mix and smash of both types of questions . Basically one HR will ask a tech
questions and the second HR will ask a HR questions. My friends kept on talking for
all the HR questions he says it help reduced the number of tech questions asked to
him (I do not know the degree of effectiveness of this idea ). By far these type of
panels are easy to clear too.
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After a few interviews it should be clear which panel is of which type. In my college
the placement representatives were responsible of putting you in a panel, just talk
to them depending on which panel you feel comfortable with.
Some important things:
Speak clearly, most of the students who were selected could speak good English
Try not to sweat a lot.
Keep a separate copy of your resume in a stick file.
There was an incident in our college relating to under-performance. Basically some
of the students who were already placed went in and said they were placed in such
and such company and they dont want to come to TCS etc or that they dont like
going for a job and want to do higher studies. DO NOT DO THIS IT PISSED OFF THE
INTERVIEWERS AND RESULTED IN LESS PLACEMENT COUNT AND IS REALLY RUDE.
The head of HR mentioned it during the closing ceremony. IF you want to under
perform then do it without it being too obvious. This incident happened in 3 colleges
so far as I know, remember do not let your actions effect other .(tell your friends
who are planning on under performing this)
try wear a tie for boys and girls no high heels(one of the girls in my college tripped
and fell in those ).
Selection:
Once you get selected, your offer letter will be provided based on your performance
in the online assignments which they give.