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I am Vijay Sharma pursuing my B.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering form Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT) Waknaghat Distt. Solan H.P. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) team of around 40 people visited our campus on 18-19 Feb for campus placement. It was a combined placement for our university and Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT) [...]

Technical Interview (they’ve got HR mixed with it)
They asked me, “ok. tell us abt urself. ur strengths and weaknesses. i strtd off tellin abt the basics and then my strengths and weaknesses, told them.
be prepared with ur strengths and weaknesses. and u shud have suficient proof for them too. then one guy strtd lukin at [...]

My name is Ravindra Kumar pursuing MCA 2nd year from MMM Engineering College, Gorakhpur. Recently TCS visited our college n selected 91 students out of 208 including B.Tech and MCA.
I would like to share my experiences on behalf of the MMM Engineering College, Gorakhpur wid the students who r really preparing hard to come under [...]

I am Soumya Dutta frm Netaji Subhash Engg Colg, 3rd yr ECE. I am goin to share my experience with all of u.. hope it will help u. APTI was on 14th Feb[V day].. it was normal online test.
VERBAL: I hv studied GRE Baron high freq words but only 3 was common..others were tough.. so [...]

I am Shubhojit Bhattacharya of TECHNO INDIA (SALTLAKE). TCS came to recruit as the first company in the year 2008.we were informed that our 1st round of campus,i.e the aptitude test will be held at TECHNO INDIA(RAJARHAT) on 14th of February & we were told that the students who will be selected will be having [...]

The recent TCS selection process consists of 2 procedures:-
1> Online aptitude test
2> Technical+HRA
1> Online apti:- this part consisted of 3 sections…
Verbal (25 q/s,20 mins),
Quantative (38 q/s,40 mins) and
Critical reasoning (12 q/s,30 mins)
u hav to start wid the Verbal section first. Its compulsory and aftr every time limit the current section automatixcally vanishes and the next [...]

TCS came to my college in Feb and I m glad that now I m a part of TCS. I m giving here some important tips to prepare for TCS.
As u might know that there are three rounds
1.Written
2.Technical
3.HR
Again Written contains following sections:-
1. Verbal:
10 Antonyms
10 Synonyms
For Antonyms refer barron’s 12th edition Antonyms chapter pg no.126 and [...]

I am Kartik Bhandari, 3rd year student of Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering of Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Tangori. We took part in joint campus drive by TCS at MMEC Mullana on 6,7,8 Feb ‘08.
Written
As said by everyone here.. the question paper consisted of simillar questions like the ones available [...]

TCS conducted campus drive in MSIT Janak-puri New Delhi, me n my college visited MSIT. I must say dat all dat u need is to believe in urself n almighty n everything will b fine (it’s all in ur stars).
I would like to share my experience with u all who r preparing for TCS.
1st Round [...]

I am Soumitra Bhattacharyya from Dr B.C.Roy Engg College, Durgapur. We faced TCS selection process on 31st Jan and 1st feb. It was the first campusing on TCS in W.B. I am going to describe a brief discussion about it.
APTITUDE:
a) VERVAL:synonyms, antonyms, passage, verbal reasoning.
b) Quantitive aptitude
c) Critical Resoning.
There are many sets of Questions in [...]

I am Vishal persuing my engineering (3rd yr) CSE from JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NOIDA (U.P.) TCS conducted a campus recruitment drive in our college campus on 27 th of January 2008.. About 510 students appeared for the online written test, about 190 students ables to clear the written test and finally [...]

I am Priyanka, I have got selected in TCS. I have prepared for TCS through papers only thats why i am very much excited to share my interview with all u people who really wants to go in TCS. I have my written test on 24th january 2008. In written there were 250 students and [...]

This is Amit from Agra. I want to share my experience of TCS. TCS came to my college H.C.S.T Mathura on 24th of January 2008. Around 390 student appeared for the online apptitude test, out of which around 240 student cleared the apptitude test and finally 66 students were selected and thank god i was [...]

3 sections
1. Verbal
Antonyms (5 exercises given), synonyms, high frequency words……all from GRE BARRONS 12 EDITION
2. Quants
Solve last yr. papers n will b more than enough……more over solve R.S. Agrawal
Some of the ques which I remember….
1. A bus started from bustand at 8.00am, and after staying for 30 minutes at a destination, it returned back to [...]

I am Anuj Gupta EC (3rd year). There has been written test on 19th Jan 2008 in Galgotia campus for TCS. Those who cleared it appear in interview on next day.
IMPORTANT:
- prepare ur resume with utmost care
- dress well (IF POSSIBLE BE IN COMPLETE FORMAL)
- be VERY HONEST while writing resume (dont BOAST)
- be HONEST [...]

There was TCS written test (ONLINE) on 19th January 2008 in Galgotia, Greater Noida.
WRITTEN TEST: (online)
- no sectional cutoff
- no negative marking
- no upper cut off(IN OUR CASE < ask them about upper cut off>)
- DO NOT CLICK on EXIT button
- listen to the information given to u prior to the test CAREFULLY
I. VERBAL SECTION
10 [...]

Dis is Priyal, pursuing Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics stream from Technocrats Institute of Technology, situated at Bhopal (M.P). Tata Consultancy Services, specifically “TCS” was d first company dat visited my college campus 4r recruitment drive 4r 2009 batch on 15th Jan 2008 and thanks 2 God dat I was declared as a [...]

I had day1 company as TCS on January 15 th, 2008 in our college. Nearly 283 students attended for online test, out of which 121 were short listed for interview.
Complete TCS selection procedure consists of :
1) Online test
2) Technical interview
3) H.R. or M.R. round
Online test consisted of 3 sections verbal, quantitative and critical reasoning.
Total time [...]

TCS was on campus in our college SGGSIE&T, Nanded on 12-13th Jan-08. I got selected & now i m very happy. First let m thank to ChetanaS.com for provoding such a nice platform for freshers
Here i m giving all my experience right from scratch, so plz read it very carefully, if u dont hav enough [...]

41. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance?
Ans: 315 feet.
42. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. How many revolutions will the [...]

Aptitude Questions
1.One of the following is my secret word:AIM  DUE  MOD  OAT  TIE.With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret word?
Ans.TIE

2.In the following figure:A  B  [...]

Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family reduce its consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
Can you find [...]

Aptitude Questions and Answers
If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)

If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)

Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins. If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) [...]

46. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race. The outcome is as follows.
i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth [...]

31. Can you find out what day of the week was January 12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.

32. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days, when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a reinforcement arrives and it was found that now the provisions will last 8 [...]

Aptitude Questions
1.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
2.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work [...]

Calenders

Important Facts and Formulae:

a) Odd Days : The number of days more than the complete number of weeks in a given period is number of odd days during that period.
b) Leap year : Every year which is divisible by 4 is called a leap year. Thus each one of he year 1992,1996,2004,2008,..etc, is a [...]

Important Facts and Formulae:
Principal or Sum:- The money borrowed or lent out for a certain period is called Principal or the Sum.
Interest:- Extra money paid for using others money is called Interest.
Simple Interest:- If the interest on a sum borrowed for a certain period is reckoned uniformly,then it is called Simple [...]

General Concept:
(1) Time taken by a train x mt long in passing a signal post
or a pole or a standing man = time taken by the train to cover x mt
(2) Time taken by a train x mt long in passing a stationary
object of length y mt = time taken by the train to [...]

Formulae:
I)Speed = Distance/Time
II)Time = Distance/speed
III) Distance = speed*time
IV) 1km/hr = 5/18 m/s
V)1 m/s = 18/5 Km/hr
VI)If the ratio of the speed of A and B is a:b,then the ratio of
the time taken by them to cover the same distance is 1/a : 1/b
or b:a
VII) suppose a man covers a distance at x kmph and [...]