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Mantra of interview: Stay cool, confident, maintain eye-contact, be positive and be polite.
The interview experiences are different depending upon panels. Some are easy, taken by sensitive persons who will make you feel as if you are with your uncle chatting about a recent released Hollywood movie. You are lucky! Some are formal and will [...]

TCS: Experience Certainty
A few points: TCS is best as far as 3-month training is considered among Asia’s top IT companies! Pays most salary among Indian IT companies as promised for a post, others promise more, pays little.
If you get an offer neglect it only for Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Cap Gemini and alike.
Don’t [...]

Company Name : TCS
Hi friends this is chaitu from srkr engineering ollege,bhimavaram…recently TCS came to our college on may 9th and 10th of this month .Around 430 members have appeared for the written test and nearly 230 members got cleared their written test and 91 members finally selected for TCS …
Friends just follow my suggesitions [...]

Aptitude Questions

1.Find the number of zeroes in the following multiplication.
5 X 10 X 15 X 20 X 25 X 30 X 35 X 40 X 45 X 50
A.5 zeroes B.10 zeroes
C.7 zeroes [...]

Q:Which methods of Serializable interface should I implement?
A:The serializable interface is an empty interface, it does not contain any methods. So we do not implement any methods. (asked in TCS 2006 tech interview)

Q:How can I customize the seralization process? i.e. how can one have a control over the serialization process?
A:Yes it is possible to have [...]

PSYCHOMETRY GROUPING
At the outset we would like to clearly state that this version has no guarantee to be the correct version. Actually some 30/150 questions fall in to many groups and the line differentiating them is very thin. We have tried our best to group them.Talking about [...]

Aptitude
1. A family, planning a weekend trip, decides to spend not more than a total of 8 hours driving. By leaving early in the morning, they can average 40 miles per hour on the way to their destination. Due to the heavy Sunday traffic, [...]

Aptitude section
1)In a well of 20feet depth, a frog jumps 5feet up in the morning and comes
4feet down in the
evening, on which day the frog gets out of the well.
2)Next number in the series:
77,49,36,18,?
answer 8
(7*7=49)(4*9=36)(3*6=18) (1*8=8)
3)A & B are playing a game .There are 8 oranges in a row on the table.one
Player can take 1-4
oranges [...]

Aptitude test :
1.if the word ‘ddosszm’ is changed to ‘central’ then what will be the change for ‘rtjbl’ ?
ans:quick
2.what is the largest prime number in 8 digit number?
3.the word unimpressive was given.they asked us to do change 1st & 2nd,3rd & 4th,so on.then they asked what will be 10th letter from right?
ans:m
4.the plane question [...]

Subject: C and COBOL (fwd)
1.The C language terminator is
a.semicolon
b.colon
c.period
d.exclamation mark
2.What is false about the following
[...]

1.There are 45 questions, which include Unix, c & aptitude, in 35 mts.
2.People say that cut of will be around 38-40 questions. All questions are objective type only. There won’t be any technical (about software) questions in software.
Here are some of the questions,
1. |x-a| = a-x solve. [...]

QUANTITATIVE AND LOGICAL REASONING
1. In a two-dimensional array, X (9, 7), with each element occupying 4 bytes of memory, with the address of the first element X (1, 1) is 3000; find the address of X (8, 5).
2. In the word ORGANISATIONAL, if the first and second, third and forth, forth and fifth, [...]

Papers From Campus Recruitment at NIT BHOPAL 2003
1.If g (0)=g (1)=1
And g (n)= g (n-1) + g (n –2) find g (6);
2.A plane moves from 9°N40°E to 9°N40°W. If the plane starts at 10 am and takes 8 hours to reach the destination, find the local arrival time.
3. If log 0.317=……… and log 0.318=………. Then [...]

Quanta Section: -(time 32 mins)
1.If g (0)=g (1)=1
And g (n)= g (n-1) + g (n –2) find g (6);
2.A plane moves from 9˚N40˚E to 9˚N40˚W. If the plane starts at 10 am and takes 8 hours to reach the destination, find the local arrival time.
3. If log 0.317=……… and log 0.318=………. Then [...]

This is vocabulary section in tcs paper!
with solutions
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1 admonish : usurp
2 meager : scanty
3 alineate: estrange
4 merry :gay
5 brim: boarder
6 obstinate:stubborn
7 adhesive:tenacious
8 tranquil :serene
9 solicit: urge
furtive : stealthy
misery:distress
volume:quantity
hamper :obstruct
verr :diverge
belief:conviction
incentive:merit
inert:passive
concur:acquire
cargo:freight
dispel:scatter
caprice:whim
heap:to pile
covet:crave
emancipate:liberate
instigate:incite
latitude:scope
lethargy:stupor
divulge:discretion
hover:linger
embrace:effigy
baffle:frustrate
lament:wail
stiffle:snithy
subside:wane
confiscate:appropriate
discretion:prudence
efface:deliberate
latent:potential
The technical comprises of 50 questions on C,Unix and windows.
The interview for us is on a later date.If the questions come for you
also,then [...]

Quantitative Ability
1) Bhanu spends 30% of his income on petrol on scooter. ¼ of the remaining on house rent and the balance on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol then what is the expenditure on house rent?
a) Rs.525
b) Rs.1000
c) Rs.675
d) Rs.175
2) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 25% and denominator decreased [...]

TCS talent test….
synonyms
1.paralance: * glance, discussion,equality, terminology.
2.cajole: *symp[athise,disagree,coax,insist
3.liaison: * pot ential,possible,link,desirable.
4.obliterate: * eradicate,inappropriate,illiterate,elaborate.
5.exasperate: *tire,narrate,provoke,depress.
6.ramification: * collision,confusion,correction,consequence.
7.altercation: *substitute,option,controversy,change,
8.impase: *route,deadlock,unlikely,insignificant.
9.recapitulate: *summerise,remind,captivate,jumble
10.semblance: * mixture,association,quietness,appearance.
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antonyms
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11.exonerate: testify,engender,accuse,inundate
12.sagacity: foolishness,secure,broad,illegal
13.commensurate: start,disproportionate,end,economic
14.nonchalant: anxious,courtious,honest,irrelevant
15.cryptic: hidden,essential,explicit,smooth,
16:rupture: break,continue,enthusiasm,happiness.
17.revocable: alterable,awakened,final,called upon.
18.slump: calm,safe,prosperous,waste,
19.translucent: clear,opaque,movement,efficient
20.dangle : sound,ornament,small,secure.
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part:2 quantitative
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21.series: 2, 7, 24,77, —– ans: 248
22.code: oenir: brave cyrnfr :———-
ans:please
23.1st and 2nd letters of a”parliamentarian” were interchanged.similarly 3rd and 4th, then [...]

TCS - C & COBOL TEST PAPER.
1) Which of these is an invalid dataname?
a) wd-count b) wd_count
c) w4count d) wdcountabcd
2) What is the output of [...]

Tata Consultancy Services Pattern 2003-2004
Question pattern
1.Verbal-à 32 20min
10 syn,10 ant ,5 sentence completion(with multiple blanks) ,7 reading comp
2.Quantz à 38 40 min
3.Critical reasoning similar to Anals à 12 to 15 Ques 30 min
(3 puzzles each 4 Questions)
4.Psychometry à 150 30 min
The questions have been changed completely.
The paper was very similar to GRE.
Prepare well………Best [...]

This paper is for practice before final:
Verbal ACUMEN
a. exactness
b. potential
c. shrewdness
d. bluntness
e. None of these
BEHEST
a. behavior
b. hold down
c. hold up
d. relieve
e. condemn
DISCRETION
a. prudence
b. consistency
c. precipice
d. disturbance
e. distemper
ORDAIN
a. arrange
b. command
c. contribute
d. establish
e. control
FLORID
a. ornate
b. thriving
c. artistic
d. elegant
e. None of these
PENITENCE
a. liking
b. insightful
c. attractive
d. penetrable
e. compunction
WHET
a. stimulate
b. humorous
c. inculate
d. dampen
e. None of these
INCENTIVE
a. reflex
b. amplitude
c. inflection
d. provocation
e. [...]

CRITICAL SECTION
1>six floor is given .there are 7 or 8 people .each floor contain two apartments.each apart there would be 2 or persons.We have to determine the person what floors they are staying 2>5 PERSONS ARE IN A COMITTEE .
THERE A,B,C,D,E,F ,G,H.A&C and C&E,D&F &D&G cant go together
From this there are easy questions
# barron’ [...]

Arithmetic questions:
1.Last year pandit was thrice his sister’s age.Next year he is only twice her age.After 5 years what is pandit’s age.
a)2 b)12 c)11 d)14
ans:b
2.A box of 150 packets consists of 1kg [...]

PART II QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE ,TIME 20 Min. MARKS :30.
1. Two pencils costs 8 cents, then 5 pencils cost how much (Ans:20 cents).
2. A work is done by the people in 24 min. one of them can do this work a lonely in 40 min. how much time required to do the same work for the [...]

Aptitude test
20 questions;2 marks each time-20minutes:
1) one rectangular plate with length 8inches,breadth 11 inches and
2 inches thickness is there.what is the length of the circular rod
with diameter 8 inches and equal to volume of rectangular plate?
ans: 3.5inches
2) what is the number of zeros at the end of the product of the numbers
from 1 to 100
3) [...]

PART 1_B : GENERAL REASONING
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1.) If 2 articles cost 8 cents, how much would five articles cost
d) 20 cents.
2.) A man was arrested for exceeding the speed limit of 10 miles an hour.
A second man was charged with exceding the same limit by twice as much.The second man was driving with 35 miles per [...]

Aptitude questions:
1.My neighbour has seven children.Every brother has equal no. of
brothers and siters ,but each sister has twice as many brothers
as sisters?
Ans: 4,3
2.There are 11 more animals than birds in a pet shop.If there are
as many birds as animals and if there are as many animals as birds
the no. of legs is 4/5 of the [...]

CRITICAL REASONING SECTION:
CRITICAL REASONING : THERE WILL BE 13 PASSAGES WITH 50 QUESTIONS TIME 30 MIN.
1. My father has no brothers. he has three sisters who has two Childs each.
1> my grandfather has two sons (f)
2> three of my aunts have two sons [...]

This is vocabulary section in tcs paper!
with solutions

Aptitude
1. 3 angles or 3 sides r given.Which will form a triangle?
2. units of basic quantities :
1. (energy * time * time )/(mass * dist) = distance
2. (momentum * velocity)/(force * time) = velocity
[...]

Some HR interview Questions
He started with component object model which is my paper presentation it starts like this.
1. what is com?
2. how is it different from class in c++.
3. how does com satisfies encapsulation.
4. how is com called? how it is different from c++
5. what are synchornization techniques in os?( I KEPT SILENT THEN [...]