INSTRUCTIONS TO PREPARE FOR INTERVIEW
Hi friends,
I want to share my interviews experience with you. I have attended so many interviews at last I
got the job in one of the MNC Company. To achieve anything you need to work hard that’s the rule I follow
so please work hard. I don’t want you people to face the problems which I faced while searching
the job or attending the interviews. I want my friends should be placed in MNCs in the first
attempt of interview itself so that I prepared this document which will be helpful to you to get the
job as a fresher so follow my Interview Process and Interview Tips and more instructions.
There are different rounds for different companies. The rounds like
Written test
Group discussion
Technical round
HR round(PDM round)
JAM(optional in some cases)
The sites you need to follow for
www.placementpapers.net (for downloading previous placement papers)
www.indiabix.com (this is the best site to prepare for any interview)
www.entrance-exam.net
www.freshersworld.com
www.gpl4you.com (this site very useful if you want write online mock tests)
To prepare for written test we need to prepare pattern of the company which you are going to
attend, like what type of topics they are going to ask. If you attend for company first write what
are the rounds are there for that company and practice the previous papers of that company
compulsory then write the topics from that papers.
Written Test:
To get out of written test we need to follow many books for improving aptitude skills and logical
reasoning skills, some companies have only aptitude questions some have English as well.
To get of written test you need to practice aptitude books many times. I practiced that books
more than 20 times, please concentrate mostly on aptitude and reasoning.
The Aptitude and reasoning books are
Quantitative Aptitude by Dr. R.S. AGGARWAL
Logical Reasoning by Dr. R.S. AGGARWAL
Puzzles book by Shakunthala Devi
Some of the topics you need to prepare in aptitude book
1. HCF and LCF of Numbers (mainly examples)
2. Simplifications
3. Average
4. Problems on Ages
5. Percentages ( Most Important one)
6. Profit and Loss( Most Important one)
7. Time and work (Important)
8. Pipes and cistern
9. Time and distance (Important)
10. Problems on trains (Important)
11. Alligation or Mixture (Important)
12. Simple Interest (Important)
13. Compound Interest
14. Area (Most Important)
15. Calendar (Most Important)
16. Clock (Most Important)
17. Probability
18. Odd man out & series
Some of the topics you need to prepare in Logical Reasoning book
1. Analogy
2. Classification
3. Series completion
4. Coding and Decoding
5. Blood Relations (Most Important)
6. Puzzles (This is most tough for me, Most important topic)
7. Syllogism
8. Figure Series
9. Cubes and Dices (The most important Topic of any interview)
For English you need to follow GRE Barron’s book and Petersons’ Master the GRE book,
follow intermediate English grammar books
The type of questions they asked in this English
1. Reading comprehensions
2. Sentence correction
3. Sentence formation
4. Jumbled sentences
5. One word answers
6. Synonyms
7. Antonyms
Note: some companies include technical questions in the written test, they will mainly give the
programs from C and JAVA so you should be good at in that subjects. The books you have to
follow for the C written test C skills by yashwanth kaneskar, C Pearls book, Treasures of C.
For java read the Core java Integrated Approach black book by R. Nageshwar Rao.
Group discussion:
To prepare for this round you need to update with latest topics in the society so prepare those
topics. Be cool while expressing your thoughts in this round, don’t be aggressive, the HR mainly
check your communication skills, way of expressing. They will concentrate on best points.
Please don’t talk more in this round less talk with best points that will be important. If don’t
know about the topic don’t talk initially, after that speak something by catching the other points.
To prepare for this round you need to search for latest topics. Follow the indiabix.com for these
rounds follow the best comments which are given in that site for each topic.
Technical round:
In this round they mainly concentrate on the technologies which you kept in your resume.
They may ask theoretical and programmatic question they may ask questions from your course
subjects. They mainly ask the questions about C and JAVA or .Net, data base, UNIX, network
programming, etc subjects.
For C theoretical you should be good at the subject for programs you need for C skills book.
Some of the programs which will be asked in technical round
1. Addition of 2 numbers
2. Factorial of a number( with and without recursion)
3. Program for finding min and max element from array
4. Swapping of numbers (without and with using third variable)
5. Program for 1+x+x^2+x^3+…+x^n
6. Program for 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+1/5…+1/n
7. Program for
1
2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
8. Program for
1
1 2
1 2 3
1 2 3 4
9. Reverse of a number
10. Palindrome of number
11. Armstrong of a number
12. Fibonacci series
13. Sort array of integers
14. Sum of digit( Ex: 1561+5+6=12)
15. Multiplication table
16. Sorting (selection sort, insertion sort, quick sort, heap sort, bubble sort, etc)
17. Questions on pointer, structures.
18. Linked lists, stack ,etc
In JAVA they mainly ask the question like
1. OOPs concepts
2. JVM Architecture
3. Differences between JVM,JRE,JDK
4. Inheritance concepts
5. Multithreading
6. Collection Framework(Most important)
7. Exception handling
Prepare all topics from java and advanced java topics (servlets, JSP,etc)
HR round (PDM round):
In this round they mainly check your behavior, the analytical skills, reasoning skills and your
spontaneous response for the questions. In this round they will give puzzles to check your
analytical skills and planning skills. They will ask questions like
Now I will tell some of the interview Tips questions which I faced in interview and best answers that I
have given in the Interview Process are given below
1. Tell me about yourself?
Ans: Well sir, it’s my pleasure to introduce myself to you. I am .... completed
MCA with the percentage of 78.2 in the stream of Computer Science and Engineering. I have
good experience in doing and developing applications in C and Java so that I want to enter
into my first foot step into corporate field where I can apply all of the theoretical knowledge
which I learned during my MCA curriculum and my training classes. I always been energetic
and good team leader either presentation in my institute or it is in the project work. I have
gained addition skills of web design like Corel draw, Photoshop. I am some hardworking
dedicated, punctual; always try to learn new things try to interact with people. Well, my
personality is easy going, liable, always optimistic. I have good communication skills,
straight forward, I can understand complex information very easily I think all of that
combined I would have a lots of your company.
2. Why should I hire you?
I am hardworking and good technical person and I believe hard work in smart way. I can
adjust in all situation and I am quick learner so that. I can work with your company more
efficiently with the upcoming technology so can hire me.
3. Describe your ideal company, location, and job?
Where I can enjoy my work that’s my ideal job and where I can learn more things and gain
working experience that’s my ideal company. Every place is ideal of me if its suits for my
body.
4. What are your strengths and weakness?
Strengths:
Positive attitude
My confidence
One of greatest strength I have acquired during my education is good analytical
planning skills. This has benefited me to set goals and try to achieve them.
I am quick learner, punctual.
Weakness:
I can’t sleep happily without completing my work.
Previously I am not good at aptitude after that I realized my mistakes and improved
my aptitude skills and planning skills by practicing aptitude so many skills.
5. Why do you want to work at our company?
Being a fresher getting into big company like yours is a big challenge and attaining a
remarkable experience would be a greatest asset to me. I want to work in your company
because it provides a good environment to boost up my knowledge and give the best for
uplift of company as well as country it’s also a great privilege to work in a reputed company
like this.
6. What motivated you to do good job?
Myself appreciation motivated me to do good job because no one can know me more than
myself.
7. Can you work under pressure?
Yes, I will do always and in any critical situation because working under pressure is
challenging work to prove our talent in critical situation and also which will indicate our
strength and mentality.
8. How much salary do you expect?
As you know I am fresher I have nothing to say on that but I know company will definitely
pay to his employee according to its standards.
9. Where you will see yourself after five years from now?
I see myself progressing in my field as well as company learning new skills to the benefit of
the company. I find this job very challenging and motivating. I can see many challenges
ahead and therefore willing to invest my five years of time in learning all aspects of the job
towards professional advancement.
For more HR questions please follow above site which mentioned.
JAM:
It is one minute session in this they will give one topic you need to speak on that within a minute
for this you need to update with latest technology.
My IBM interview process
Written test:
Initially they will give one paper which consists of IBM coupon No, user name and password
link. This is the online test which consists of number series problems (2:40 sec for each question
total 18 questions) aptitude (2:40 sec for each question total 18 questions). This was tough for
me at last I qualified in this round.
English communication written test:
In this round they have given big paragraph news about IBM Company we have to write an
email to the client by solving the problems and actions taken for that. We need to write 6
headlines lines from that paragraph. This is 15min session
This is also tough for me I wrote only 3 head lines. I thought that I might not qualify the round
but initially writing the email I wrote “Hello sir” then 3 headlines then “thanking you” that was
things I done in the paper. The quoted words made me to get out of this round instead of seeing
all 6 headlines.
Group Discussion:
This is also tough for me they have given topic “Why can’t India world class player in
manufacturing “. Initially I don’t know about the topic but caught the points from others than I
spoke other points related to that topic. In this round they have checked my communication,
clarity of thoughts, behavior. In this round out of 15 members group they have selected 10
members. Thank god one of the member in that 10.
Technical Round:
This is the easiest round for me. Initially hr asked me
HR: Tell me about yourself?
Me: I told tell me about yourself answer which I mentioned in the hr questions
HR: What are your hobbies?
Me: Collecting software’s, Reading books.
HR: what type of software’s?
Me: Technical software, audio, video software’s, etc
HR: what is the latest book you read?
Me: The Corporate Chanakya, I told about that, it tells how a person to be in this corporate field.
He was impressed with answers he asked me the author of that book because he wants to read
that book. He suggested me to read bhagavat geeta so that I can you know about this world. He
suggested me to read it so many times.
HR: Tell me about your project?
Me: I told about my project.
HR: Tell me OOPs concepts.
Me: told
HR: If I give you one project how will you assign it to your team members?
Me: I said. The person who is good at programming I’ll assign application development.
Whoever good at planning I’ll assign designing ….etc. he was very much impressed with this
answer. He said I am selected for next round
PDM round:
This is the toughest round. In this round he asked me “Tell me about you?”
HR: write a program for factorial?
Me: I wrote this program in 3 different ways?
HR: he asked me one question about dice and probability this is tough question for it has taken
half hour time to me to understand.
What is the maximum count how many times appear if throws the pair of dice?
(1, 1)(1, 2)(1, 3)(1, 4)(1, 5)(1, 6)
(2, 1)(2, 2)(2, 3)(2, 4)(2, 5)(2, 6)
(3, 1)(3, 2)(3, 3)(3, 4)(3, 5)(3, 6)
(4, 1)(4, 2)(4, 3)(4, 4)(4, 5)(4, 6)
(5, 1)(5, 2)(5, 3)(5, 4)(5, 5)(5, 6)
(6, 1)(6, 2)(6, 3)(6, 4)(6, 5)(6, 6)
Min count of 1 pair is (1, 1) =1+1=2
Max count of 1 pair is (6, 6) =6+6=12
The count should be in between 2 and 12
In the above pairs (1, 6) =1+6=7
See in the diagonal you can get count=7 , 6times i.e. (1, 6)(2, 5)(3, 4)(4, 3)(5, 2)(6, 1)
So probability =6/36=1/6
This is one of tough question I solved in the interview
And one last question….
HR: (x+a) (x+b) (x+c) =kx3+mx2+nx+p. Here he asked me to find the value of ‘n’.
Here one twist I should not use the pen and paper. Here he said if I say the correct answer he will
give the job. He wants give 30min time. Initially was tensed, I remembered the question in my
mind after calculating within 5min I solved.
At last I cleared my PDM round. I got selected for IBM.
This is my experience with IBM. Please friends follow the instruction which I have given this
document so that you can get the job in first attempt itself. Do hard work. Be patient, be
confident, don’t get disappoint if you fail. Try many times. This is my 25th interview. Initially I
am poor at aptitude I practiced aptitude books for 3 months. For IBM I work hard for 30days at
last I reached my dream company.
Thank you,
Yours Sincerely
Srikar Reddy..
foryooth.blogspot.com
………..ALL THE BEST MY DEAR FRIENDS………..
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