Hello friends,
I was so excited to write about Tata Consultancy Services and its interview process, because it is like my first love, the first company which I attended after my engineering life and got my first offer.
And this week, TCS is going to recruit people in the off campus interview arranged by Anna University, Chennai.
I faced only two rounds 1. Aptitude test, 2. HR interview.
The aptitude test will be a Computer Based Test (CBT). You have to fill your DT number and personal details and then login using the username, password given by the instructor in the room. Then you can start your test. As the test is a CBT, there are a lot of questions in the database that comes in random for you. So it is difficult to predict the questions or the pattern..
Anyhow like others you have to prepare aptitude questions that include numerical aptitude, reasoning and verbal.. R. S. Agarwal is sufficient. But don't forget to go through the old questions since I heard that many questions are repetitive as they have a common database full of questions.
Beware of TCS as they filter most of the students in the first round only. During my off campus, the no. of ppl attended may be 2500 to 3000 or more.. Out of them only 350-400 were selected for the second round and only 250-300 received offers. So be well prepared with the aptitude.
I dint prepare anything or take a look over old questions. But after getting my offer, I searched net to get questions for my friends attending in the following week and I found nearly 40% questions which I got in my interview. So better go through the old questions in the following link.
An important tip to clear the aptitude test is time management. The question contains a lot of unnecessary information. For (eg) I got a question, like this.
Ferrari SPA is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari SPA in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success. A model of Ferari car was introduced in the year 1999, Mike brought the car in the year 2000. The Ferari car can get a max speed of 105km/hr. He loved his car so much and he used to go out for a long drive every evening. His brought his car in red color and painted his car black later. Like Ferrari, Porsche is also a leading racing car manufacturer. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE, a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury high performance automobiles, owned by the Piëch-Porsche family. Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. And Ben brought a Porsche car which can go 125km/hr speed. He is fond of road racing and used to participate in race every Sunday. He is a car lover and ususlly changes his car every month. One fine day Mike and Ben decided to race. Mike started one hour before Ben. Ben started at 12PM. The race distance 788kms. Calculate the time at which Ben crosses Mike.
So how did you read this question? If you read it completely, how much time did you lose in reading the unnecessary data? Most of the questions contain a lot of unnecessary data. So initially read the last 2 or 3 lines and therby you can understand what is asked. Then search the numerical data in the paragraph and then solve it.
Go with 2 pens or pencils, they provide with rough papers. Moreover a few questions require calculators. But they won't allow you bring a calculator or use your mobile phone in the exam hall. But you can use the calculator application in your computer. So before starting your exam open the calculator. The exam screen will be of full screen and so use Alt + Tab to switch over the test application and the calculator.
Use of calculators, pen or pencil and paper, reading the full questions will eat up your time. So be aware of it. The questions will be easily and if you are fast you will be able to attend the maximum no. of questions.
The computer only evaluates your answers. They mention that there are no negative markings for wrong answers but I think (not sure) the evaluation will be based on the hit ratio (No. of correct answers to the total no. of questions attended). So try to attend the questions only you know. At the end try to answer the other questions though you don't know.
And there is a good way to practice before you write the test. You can take up a mock test from TCS directly. As TCS conducts an online based test, it also provide a mock test for the people who are eager to join TCS family. You have to register yourself and create your own profile here and book a test in your convenient timings and take the test. Note that you can take the test twice only. Before attending your off campus take up the test as you might get a good experience. (It was introduced late after September, 2010 and so I haven't took that mock test.)
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All the Best !
Feel free to post comment or write to me, if you have any queries…
You can chat with me online if you have any queries. I will be available online in kprawinmail@gmail.com from 9.00PM to 1.00AM every day..
Now, Signing Off,
With regards,
KP
(Why Be Ordinary When You Can Be Extra – Ordinary ?)
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