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IBMGeneralInterview | 14597
IBMPAPERON30thOCTOBER2008
Hifriends,Itssumit(mca)frmKalyaniGovt.Engg.College(WB)On30092008IBMvisitedourcampus
MCAstudent
totalno.ofstud:8526
Aptiqualified:2614
GDqualified:2213
Finalselection:95(rest2eachfrmB.tech&M.tech)
Yesusawitright.theaccenttestwasnotthere.(wealsocametoknowonlyonthatday).
Butbprepared,itwasthereinsomeofthecolleges.
Onemoresurprisingthingallthe9studentsselectedwereboys.
1.ppt
itstartedatabt10:00am.itwasnothingnew,justoldthingsonly,butconcentrateitmayhelpuduringurinterview.
2.Aptitudetest
SECTION1:matrixtest(15ques,13min.novemarks)
3matricesweregiven5quesoneachmatrix.(total15ques).

Itwasallofsimilartype,umusthavgotitfrmotherpapers.Theimportantthingisbfastdontwastetimeonanyonequestion
SECTION2:seriestest(20ques.4mins.1/4vemarking)

SECTION3:thissectionistough.Umustpracticetodothissection.(12ques15min.vemarking).

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Queswerev.veasy.BUTuhavetobfast,ifatthefirstorthesecondlookusolveit.itsgoodelseleaveit.Noneofuscouldat
that)

Mostofthequeswerefromtimeandwork,onewasfromratioproportion.ucangetthequesfromotherpapers,Iexactlydon
urmindsetwillbtosolvethequesinahurry,butbcool,readthequestionscompletelythenstartsolving)

(Istoodthirdintheaptitudetest,firstwasalsoamcastudent,hewasalsoselelcted,but4th(mca)&5th(mca)werenotselect
3.GDround

Mytopicwasprimaryeducationismoreimportantthanhighereducation.itwascool.notension.Everybodyfrommygroup

Thetopicsofothergroupswere:cricketVSOlympic&Engineersshouldnotgooutsidetowork(itwasnothingbutanewv
4.INTERVIEW(tech+hr)

Therewere3members.oneofthemwastheheadoftheselectionteam(H).onewasamadam(M).andthethirdwasasir(S)
Firstlytheyaskedmeformycv.

Ithoughttheywanttoseeit,soIjustopenedmyfileandgaveittothemadam(M).buttheytoldmetotakeitout.ihad2more
justtookoutoneofthemandgaveittothemadam.
Forsometimemadamwentthroughmyfile,andtheHwasgoingthroughthecvIhadjustgiven
*sofriends,alwayskeep23copiesofurcv.*
Thefirstandtheobviousquestionwastellmesomethingabtyourself.
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Me>startedtellingwhateverIhadprepared.
Madam>interruptingme,tellmesomethingwhichisnotinurcv.
Me>startedtellingabtmyfamily,friends,myhobbies,mystrengths,weaknessesetc.

SomewhereinbetweenIhadtoldthatIneverpanic.
H>ifnowonlyIsayutogooutofthisroom,wontupanic?
Me>(hardly5minshadpassed,andthissortofquestion,itwasexcitingaswellasnerveshaking)Theyweresmiling,Iwasal
wontpanic,butitwillbsadthatudidntjudgemeandeventhisreactionwillboutsidethisroom.(theyweresatisfied).
H>oktellmewhatisdbms?
Me>answeredit.
H>whatisRdbms?
Me>answeredit.
H>examplesofdbmsandrdbms
Me>gavetheexamples.
H>oksupposewedontknowanythingabtRDBMS,teachusRdbms.
Me>(nowtheballwasinmycourt).istartedtellingabttherelation,primary&foreignkeys,Cartesianproduct,alltypesofjoins
RDBMS.
H>whatwereursubjectsof4thsem?
Me>thiswasthequestionIhadprepared,butIdontknowhowdidIforgetthat.icouldtellonlythreeofthem.(tricktellanythin
exactly)
H>ok,Douknow,whatisDDL,DML?
Me>answereditconfidently.
H>areucomfortablewithGROUPBYandHAVING.
Me>yessir.
H>hegavemearelation(emp_id,dept_no)andanotherrelation(dept_no,no_of_emp)asoutput(umusthavunderstoodthep
employeeswerethereineachdept)
Me>wortetheSQL.
H>nowdosomeamendmentinthecommandsothattheoutputdoesnotcontaintheno.ofemployeesofdept1.
Me>wroteit.
H>areusureitwilldo?
Me>Ifeelso.

Nowitwastheturnofsir(S).
S>areucomfortablewithc,c++
Me>muchmorethandbms(theysmiled).
S>whatisvoidpointer?
Me>inmyanswerIalsoaddedthatitcannotbdereferenced.
S>isitthatunderanycondition,itcannotbdereferenced?orwecandoitundersomecondition.
Me>(thoughtforafewseconds)asfarasIknow,itcannotb.
S>okwhatarethedifferencebetweenarrayandlinklist?
Me>Iexplinedthembydrawingfigures,expliningtheadv.anddisadv.(IwassatisfiedwithmyansandIfeeltheywerealsosati
H>whatisfopen()?
Me>answeredit.
H>whatarethedifferentmodesofopeningafile.
Me>answered.
H>AreufamiliarwithUNIXorLINUX?
Me>yessir,UNIXwasoneofthesubjectsinmy2ndsem.butforthisinterviewIhavenotpreparedthis.
H>oksumit,noproblem,whateveruknowusay.whatisrwx?
Me>Iansweredit.thenheaskedabtgroup.(withoutthinking,Isaid)SorrysirIdontremember(latoronIrealized,heasked
preparedunixforthisinterview,mymindgotstucksoonesimpleaddiceisthinkforsometimethenans)
H>oknoproblem.
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Me>(suddenly,itcametomymind)Iansweredit.
M>MayIaskuoperatingsystem?
Me>yesmadam.
M>whatisbusywaiting?
Me>Iexplaineditelaboratelywiththehelpofpenandpaper.
M>next,sheaskedmeaterm,whichIhadneverheardof.
Me>sorrymamIhaveneverhearditbefore.
M>oknoproblem.whatisbinarysemaphore?
Me>Iexplained,Ialsostartingwritingthecodesofcriticalsectionproblem,butshetoldokunderstood.
M>whatisBeladysanomaly?
Me>Ijustexplainedit.
H>didusitforTCS?
Me>nosir,mymarkswasnotthere.(through60%,actuallyIlackinmygraduation)
H>askedmethereasonoflessmarks.
Me>explainedit.
H>supposeuareselectedforanycompany,IBMoranyothercompany,thenuwillgateabt1year.what3thingsuwilldobefo
Me>Isaid,1stofallIwillcollectinfoabtthecompany,onwhichsoftwaresthecompanyworksforthatIwillalsoconsultmys
things(whichIhadnoideaof)madaminterrupted,Ireallythankherforinterrupting]
M>nowadaysmostofthecompaniesworkonalotofsoftwarejava,SAP,J2SE,C#etc.sohowmanyofthemareugoingto
anduaregivenworkonsomeothersoftware,thenwhatwillhappen?
Me>IwillstartlearningtheonewhichIfeelwillbemostinterestingforme.andifatallIdontgetachancetoworkonthatsoft
wastagethatisgoingtobenefitmeinsomeortheotherway.Moreover,lifeisalwaysachallenge,ifImtoldtoworkonasoftw
learnit.
H>oksumitdouhaveanyquestion?
Me>(Ihadprepared23questions)whatwillbemydaytodayresponsibilities?(Ihadneverexpectedtheanswerhetoldme
H>work.
Me>whatsir?
H>work.tellmeanythinguwilldoexceptwork(madamstartedlaughing,Iwasalsosmiling)
Me>sir,whateverIwilldo,thatcomesunderwork.
H>thatswhyItoldwork.
Me>workyesImgoingtodothat,itismydutybutisitmyresponsibility?
H>ok,justImaddingsomethingdoingwork.nowthisbecomesaresponsibility.(madamstartinglaughing,Itoowassmiling
urconfidence,justbcalmandenjoytalkingtothem*
H>whyrunotwearingtie?
Me>sir,Idonthave,thatswhy.
H>thatisnotthereason,IhavemanytiesthenalsoImnotwearingit.
Me>sirIbelivethatuallhavecomeheretoseemyqualitesnotthe(heinterruptedbysayingnotthequalityofurtie)andeve
H>yesthatistheanswer.
H>okucanleavenow.(theygavemethecv)
Me>thankusir.

Thatsall.Iwasverynervous,IfeltIcouldhavedonebetterinHRsection.Lastly,theresultsweredeclaredatabt7:20pmand
Bestoflucktoallofu.bbye.seeuinIBM.

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