Interview Tips and experience .

Hi Friends ,

Here , I have listed some of the points which can be followed before attending interviews. These are the basic practices which i wrote from my own experience .

The best way to prepare for an interview has three phase.

* Preparation

* Practice

* Execution

-> Initially, before attending interview one need to be very well strong in a particular domain/area .
-> In case of preparation , one need to prepare them self for written test .

General Interview rounds conducted in companies :

* Written test ---- General, Technical
* Group Discussion ---- General , JAM(Just A Minute talk)
* Technical Interview ---- Technical HR(one to one)
* Personal Interview ---- HR round .

HCL apptitude questions sample

Here I have listed some of the sample questions with answers .

1. a=2, b=3, c=6 Find the value of c/(a+b)-(a+b)/c
Ans. 11/30
2. What does the hexa number E78 in radix 7.
(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112
Ans. (d)

3. 10 : 4 seconds :: ? : 6 minutes
Ans. 90

4. Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2.What is n?
(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q
(e) (k + s)/Q

5. From the following statements determing the order of ranking
M has double the amount as D Y has 3 rupess more than half the amount of D
Ans. Data insuffiecient

Questions 6 - 10 are to be answered on the following data
A causes B or C, but not both
F occurs only if B occurs
D occurs if B or C occurs
E occurs only if C occurs
J occurs only if E or F occurs
D causes G,H or both

G occurs if F occurs

6. If A occurs which of the following must occurs
I. F and G
II. E and H
III. D
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I,II, & III
(e) I & II (or) II & III but not both
Ans. (e)

7. If B occurs which must occur
(a) D
(b) D and G
(c) G and H
(d) F and G
(e) J
Ans. (a)

8. If J occurs which must have occured
(a) E
(b) either B or C
(c) both E & F
(d) B
(e) both B & C
Ans. (b)

9. Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned
I. D
II. A
III. F
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I & II
(d) II & III
(e) I,II & III
Ans. (c)

10. E occurs which one cannot occurs
(a) A
(b) F
(c) D
(d) C
(e) J
Ans. (b)

11. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution
spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water,approximately what percent of the
resulting solution in the jug is salt?
(A)7.5% (B)9.5% (C) 10.5% (D)12% (E)15%

12. Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can do
the same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann works
independently, how many hours will it take Ann to complete the remainder of the jobs?
(A)2/3 (B)3/4 (C)1 (D)2 (E)3
Answer :E)3

13. In a murder case there are four suspects P,Q,R,S. Each of them makes a statement. They are p:
"I had gone to the theatre with S at the time of the murder".q: "I was playing cards with P at the time
of the murder".r: "Q didn't commit the murder".s: "R is not the murderer".Assuming the only one of the
above statement is false and that one of them is the murderer, who is the murderer?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) Cann't be concluded e) S
Ans: E

14. Mohan earned twice as much as Deep. Yogesh earned rs.3/- more than half as much as deep.
If the amounts earned by Mohan,Deep,Yogesh are M,D,Y respectively, Which of the following is
the correct ordering of these amounts?
a) M <>

15. Statistics indicate that men drivers are involved in more accidents than women drivers. Hence
it may be concluded that
a) sufficiently information is not there to conclude anything
b) Men are actually better drivers but drive more frequently
c) Women Certainly drive more cautiously than Men
d) Men chauvinists are wrong about women's abilties.
e) Statistics sometimes present a wrong picture of things

16. Given that A,B,C,D,E each represent one of the digits between 1 and 9 and that the following
multiplication holds:
A B C D E
X 4
--------------
E D C B A
-------------- what digit does E represent ?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 7
Ans: c

17. HCL prototyping machine can make 10 copies every 4 seconds. At this rate, How many copies
can the machine make in 6 min.?
a) 900
b) 600
c) 360
d) 240
e) 150
Ans: a

18. If a=2,b=4,c=5 then
a+b c
- ---- =
c a+b
a) 1
b) 11/30
c) 0
d) -11/30
e) -1
Ans: b

19. 10^2(10^8+10^8) =-------------- 10^4
a) 2(10)^4
b) 2(10)^6
c) 10^8
d) 2(10)^8
e) 10^10
Ans: b

20. Worker W produces n units in 5 hours. Workers V and W, workers independently but at the
same time, produce n units in 2 hours.how long would it take V alone to produce n units?
a) 1 hr 26 min
b) 1 hr 53 min
c) 2 hr 30 min
d) 3 hr 30 min
e) 3 hr 20 min
Ans: d

HP questions

COMPANY NAME : HP (Hewlett-Packard)

Sample Format : (This is a Old one, but mainly they will use this kind of pattern)

The test consists of 4 sections
Total 48 questions
12Q - general computer knowledge
12Q - computer science(dbms,networks,os) concepts like questions on paging, ...
12Q - c/c++ questions
12Q - java questions


The question paper will have 48 questions to be answered in 1hr. Time will be quite sufficient. They have different sets(3) of question papers.

I would like to request everyone who have attended the HP test to contribute the questions that they remember.


First Round :

Some questions are

1>General section : computer science general knowledge

2> Computer science general: simple questions

1) HP acquired this company in 2002. Which is the company

a)Compaq b)Dell c)option 3 d) Option4

Ans: a

2) what does 3G denote

a) 3rd generation mobile communication b) 3rd generation computer languages c) option 3 d) option4

Ans: a

3) An application program that is used by the users to get the inofrmation from the backend of
some application like databases:

a) application server b)proxy server c)database server d)option 4

Ans: database server

4) which of the following is not true about the e-mail

a) it can be accessed by a client program using POP

b) it can be accessed by a client program using imap protocol

c) option 3

d) option 4

Ans: I don't remember the answer but first 2 are true.

5) Some quesion regarding the company and who developed it ( the thing to remember is that Apple produce Macintosh computers).

5) What is X.25?

a)option 1 b)option 2 c)option 3 d)option 4

Ans: find out??:-)

>>> napster app is used for : downloading music

3> c/c++ section: questions on c/c++, programs o/p etc.

1) main( )

{

unsigned int i=3;

while( i >=0)

printf( "%d", i--);

}

how many times will the printf stmt be executed?

a)0 b)3 c)4 d)infinite

Ans: I think the answer is infinite, b'cos 'i' is an unsigned integer and it will not decrement below '0' and hence end up in an infinite loop.(yes, i checked and it is getting stuck in an infinite loop)

2) main( )

{

int x,y, z;

x=2;

y=5;

z= x+++y;

printf("%d %d %d", x, y z);

}

a)3 5 7 b)option 2 c)option 3 d)option 4

Ans: a

3) # define swap(a,b) temp=a; a=b; b=temp;

main( )

{

int i, j, temp;

i=5;

j=10;

temp=0;

if( i > j)

swap( i, j );

printf( "%d %d %d", i, j, temp);

}

Ans: On compiling i got ans 10, 0, 0. I did not understand the concept. Please expalin this to me.

4>Java section: questions on java related stuff.

1) Java was initially code named as:

a)Oak b)green c)miller d)option4

Ans: Oak

2) what is not true about the following statements about java.

a) it is compiled using javac compiler

b) the compiled files have .class extension.

c) such files cannot be transfered from one comp to another.

d) they use the java interpreter

Ans: c

3) Why is the synchronize used?

a) to initialize multiple objects b)to lock an object c)option3 d)option 4

Ans: b (probably)

Second round : Interview In the 2nd round,Hp employees( 2 or 3) will be interviewing us.The Q asked will vary form person to person. They might ask about your latest projects first.They will less on academic project.

So plz prepare well abt the latest project u did. And then they might ask fully in C,C++ like what is the diff b/w const char * and char const *.What is friend fns,virtual destructors,virtual constructors,How will the compiler intrepret when a virtual class is declared and other basic stuff like calloc,malloc.

In java what is the default exception,Is there any priority for the exceptions,finally,heap concepts etc. They might not ask any Q in N/wing and OS. This is the stuff which many people in interview .


I am again intimating this point...This varies from person to person. If u don't know the answer for any Q they asked,be frank.Dont try to bluff it becoz the next Q will depend upon the Q u answer previously.

The interview pattern will be as:
1. Tell abt your self. 2. They will ask for the subjects in which we are strong ( Here they will consider the ranking that we written during written examination & marks we got in written exam) 3. Mostly the interview time will be 45 minutes around (for only people there is about 1.5 hr) 4. HR questions may include here 5. Good thing is They r friendly and cooperative so confidence place role.


If u don't know the answer better not to answer than to tell some bad stuff. During personal introduction try to excell your capabilities by giving examples like as fast learner, hard worker like..!

The interviewers will be very co-operative and highly friendly (so confidence plays vital role) Make a note that Technical round is the main one.I think there wont be any elimination at HR level unless luck unfavours us. Added Experience is Definite Added Advantage.


WISHING U ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR SUCCESS



Raghav

Infosys Placement questions

Infosys

1. At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times.
The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds.
How long does it tick at 12'o clock.

Ans: 66 sec. (2 marks)

2. Three friends divided some bullets equally.
After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division.
Find the original number divided.

Ans: 18 (2 marks)

Initially . x x x
Now x-4 x-4 x- 4
Equation is 3x-12 = x

3. A ship went on a voyage.

After it had travelled 180 miles a plane statrted with 10 times the speed of the ship.
Find the distance when they meet from starting point.

Ans: 200miles. (2 marks)
Distance travelled by plane = 1/10 distance travelled by ship + 180

4. Complete the Table given below:

Three football teams are there. Given below is the group table. Fill in the x's

	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Goals For	Goals Against
A	2	2	x	x	x	1
B	2	x	x	1	2	4
C	2	x	x	x	3	7

Ans: The filled table is given below (4 marks)

	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Goals For	Goals Against
A	2	2	0	0	7	1
B	2	0	1	1	2	4
C	2	0	1	1	3	7

5. There are 3 societies A, B, C.
A lent cars to B and C as many as they had already.
After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C
as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24.
Find the cars each orginally had.

Ans: A had 39 cars, B had 21 cars & C had 12 cars (4 marks)

6. There N stations on a railroad.
After adding X stations on the rail route 46 additional tickets have to be printed.
Find N and X.

Ans. x=2 and N=11

Let initially, N(N-1) = t
After adding, (N+X)(N+X-1) = t+46
By trail and error method (4 marks)

7. Given that April 1 is tuesday.
A, B, C are 3 persons told that their farewell party was on

• A - May 8, thursday
• B - May 10,tuesday
• C - June 5, friday

Out of A, B, C only one made a completetly true statement concerning date,day and month
The other told two one told the day right and the other the date right..
What is correct date, month, day.

Ans: B - (May 10) SUNDAY
C - June 6 (Friday). (5 marks)

8. The Bulls, Pacers, Lakers and Jazz ran for a contest.
Anup, Sujit, John made the following statements regarding results.

• Anup said either Bulls or Jazz will definitely win
• Sujit said he is confident that Bulls will not win
• John said he is confident that neither Jazz nor Lakers will win

When the result cameit was found that only one of the above three had made a correct statement.
Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest.

Ans: Sujith; Lakers (5marks )

9. Five people A ,B ,C ,D ,E are related to each other.
Four of them make one true statement each as follows.

(i) B is my father's brother.
(ii) E is my mother-in-law.
(iii)C is my son-in-law's brother
(iv)A is my brother's wife.

Ans: (i) D
(ii) B
(iii) E
(iv) C (10 marks)

10. Some statements are given below:

• L says all of my other four friends have money
• M says that P said that exactly one among them has money
• N says that L said that precisely two among them have money
• O says that M said that three of the others have money
• P, L and N said that they have money

All the above statement are false..
Who has money & who doesn't have any money?

(5 marks)

Introduction

Hi friends,

To all final year , prefinal year students and people who are aspiring to get a job , here i have grouped some of the interview question. I have mainly focused on software job here. As many have been marching towards IT companies. I collected various placement papers, articles, "How to" procedures ,etc. from many resources. I am happy to post them all for your use. Make use of them and post your comments. If u have any FAQ on any topic , feel free to express it here, we can discuss. Its an Open forum for all . All the best