Step 1 (PPT):

They begin with a PPT of about +/- 45 minutes. In that PPT they highlited about
their company, Test procedue, Criteria etc. Please listen it carefully because
they may ask you about their company profile at later stage(HR).

Step 2 (written test):

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes.

Conducted by: Merit Trac

1. Analytical Ability (30 Questions/20 min)

Very Simple question's. Don't need any Mathmetic's Champ. When I, whose
mathmetics Phobic (Because last time i had studied Maths was in My 10th class)
can do then Why not you?

2. Reasoning (20 Questions/15 min).

This section was also not so difficult Coz most of the question's can be solved
using common logic. Just refer to some book to polish your self so as to improve
ur solving speed(Time constraint is there).

3. Data Structure (20 Questions/30 min).

Very basic questions on Linked lists, Trees, Heap etc. Also go through the
efficiencies of all sorting algorithms you seen expect more that 5 questions from
that.

4. C or C++ or Java (30 Ques/40 min). It's the candidates choice to select
anyone from above three sections. I selected C part, Here i felt questions some
what difficult. Most of the Question's were from Exploring C by
Yeswant Kanetkar. After some time (+/- 2hours) they shotlisted 96 students from
600 students and luckily my name was also there.

Remember written is the only Elimination round, then you have to stay with
them upto last round and ofcourse they may also Eliminate you after all
procedure is over because in each step you will be awarded points. According to
their Requirements and policies they Select the number and if your agrregate fall
into that, definitely you will be in.

Step 3.

You will be given two forms. In one form you have to fill your personal details
where as the second one is a CI(Critical Incidence) form. some questions abt(+/-
6) and u are supposed to answer them. Questions like:

1. Describe a incidence where you have worked in group.

2. Tell about any event where you didn't have prior knowledge about it and then
you learned and solved it.

3. Any incidence where your original idea was forced to be rejected or changed.

Remember whatz ur inside should b outside othrwz writng some movie script is
not going to work all the time.
Step 4(GI):

It is almost similar to GD except that they will provide u document about the
topic and also they divide your group into two sub groups. One has to speak in
favorite of the topic where as another has to speak against the topic given to my
Sub group was: Common Wealth Games Should not be held in Delhi.

Remember it does not matter what or how much you speak, what it matters is
how you speak.

One day over,Next day ( 7/9/10).

Step 5(Technical CUM HR).

This round starts at morning 9am and my turn came at 6.30 PM. I was the 95th
student to be interviewed.

The process went like this:

I: Good evening sir.

He: Gook evening, please have a seat.

I: Thank you sir.

He: Introduce urself..

I: Did

He: You might have studied OS, DS, Networks.

I: Yes sir.

He: Which is your favorite subject?

I: C programming language.

He: Lets start with OS.

Q: Tell me whats an operatng system.?

Q: Different functions of an OS?

Q: Whats the process management? and draw the fig. of process life cycle?

Q: Whats IPC?

Q:Whats critical section and its various solutions?

Q: Whats semaphore?

Also he asks many more basic questions.

Then he switch to Networks.

Q: Draw fig of OSI model?

Q: Which model is used in Internet?(Ans. TCP/IP).

Q: Draw figure of it?

Also he asks various protocols that are used in various layers of OSI model
like(IP, UDP, HTTP, IGP, TCP etc).

Then he switched to Data structures.

Q: Whats an Data Structure?

Q: What are differnt types of Data Structure?

Q: Whats a Heap, Queue?

Q: Write a program to implement Queue?

Also questions like that (pseudocode or program).

Reverse of doubly, singly linked list.

Deletion of node(some where in middle with your pointer pointing to it) from
singly linked list with constraint, you do not know the starting address of list.

Then he switchs to CI(critical section) part, which i already had wrote down. I
gave him explanations and answers to his Queries related to CI?

Atlast he statd asking questions like that:

whats the most difficult situation you ever faced?

Q: Do you want to know about our company?(I asked him some questions)

thats it, my PI went for about 50 minutes.

4 parts (Logical Reasoning, mental ability, Data structure, C)

1) Logical Reasoning Test:

30 questions, 20 minutes round. To clear this round simply

Don't waste time in any single question because it might be possible

that later questions are easy. Start with the 1st question and try to
mark the answer as you solve it, as many of my friends were
forgotten to mark answer in the answer sheet or had no time to
mark it (they take away your paper after 20 mins and will give you
other subject paper). There was no negative marking so don't left
any question, simply mark all.
To solve questions you need to know the set theory. Questions were
like

1) If some things are horse

2) No horse is cat

Then some cat are things, no cat are things blah blah. You will get
around 2 to 3 questions based on this. Next comes you have to find
out whether there is any impicit assumption in a statement.
Then some easy coding questions like ads = bct then bkl = ? Just
check the pattern in the given statement like be comes after a and c
comes before the so a pattern like this. Next puzzles, just try to
solve puzzle at last only as out of 4 puzzle 2-3 were easy, R.S.
Aggarwal book will be sufficent for this section. A score of 19+ / 30
will be ok to clear this.

Section cut-off(Just a guess:)

2) Mental ability 20 questions 10 mins. Very easy. You have to find

similarity in numbers. like 22334, 22334, 22335 then here 2 are
similar. Questions on selection, rejection and refer 50% is the
passing %, should be 20 years in age then case on the statement
given like Rahul has got 49% and is 21 years old. Rejected,
selected?
Ans: Rejected because he is having less % than that mentioned in
criteria, try to score 20/20 in this section as this will add to your
overall score. You may also expect questions like 2/3+4 if /
replaced by - , + replaced by * then answer ??. 17+ score will be
ok

3) Data structure: 20 questions 20 mins try to cover sorting,

searching complexities(best, worst, average) and other general
question this part is tough for non IT guys \ girls so try to score as
much as you can, a score of 12+ \ 20 will enough to clear this
section. You may refer online wikipedia for complexities.

4) C programming: 30 questions, 30 mins. Try to go through test

your C skills book although you won't get as it is questions but
you'll get good idea of basics. functions pointer, outputs, arrays,
strings are generally asked. But this section is pretty tough for non
IT guys. So a score of 19+ / 30 will be ok to clear the cutoff

Elimination rate in this written round is more than 50%. If you clear
written test you will get mail within for days max. and one thing
more the cutoff mentioned are not actual cutoffs, this may vary
paper to paper and number of applicants.
Interview:

Interview:(It was my second round after written followed by GD).

To clear this round just go through the following subjects.

Data structure, C(must see ), Networking (routers, osi, TCP IP,

switch, bridge, hubs, subnetting) Luckily i have done CCNA course
so had lil upper edge here, projects you did, C++ and OS. Try to go
through all these subjects.

My experience

Int: Please have a seat

Me: Good morning sir, thanks

Int: Your intro please

Me: I have done btech in ece from xyz college blah blah for 30
seconds !!

Int: Ok, do you know C++ (mentioned in my resume as i did

certification in that)
Me: Yes sir i know, but i am more comfortable in c as the company
where i am doing job currently demands C programming skills.

Int: Good, ok tell me what is a string

Me: Explained

Int: Ok, tell me what will happen in these two conditions char arr [ ]
= " xyz" and char * arr = "xyz" and are they similar?
Me: I answered but got little confused.

Int: What is a small endian and a big endian?

Me: Explained

Int: Make program to implement big and small endian?

Me: Made and explained.

Int: (He asked) what is macro?

Me: Answerd all questions based on macros

Int: What is the difference b/w a union and a string

Me: Answered

Int: You know networking(as i also mentioned it in my resume)

Me: Yes sir.
Int: (asked what is osi, tcp, relate tese 2 models, subnetting,
difference b/w routers and switch)
Me: Answered all questions.

Int: Good, (asked 1 question based on critical incidence form )

Me: Sir, I do not remember what i have written, may i just go
through what i have written.

Int: Ok (with a smile on his face)

Me: (Checked, i had written answer based on my project)

Me: So i explained why i have written this.

Int: Ok, i am done with you, any questions?

Me: Yes sir, asked 2 questions and he replied, then we had a 2 mins
of nice conversation on the questions I asked.

Me: thanks sir

Int: Ok

It was around 45 mins interview.

Tip 1: Try to answer questions with the help of examples like to

explain difference between a router and a switch I made a diagram
and then explained (but dont make diagrams every time like if he
asks tell me about yourself? and you start drawing diagram to
explain yourself ).

Tip 2: This is the main round in deciding what profile you going to
get (Testing or Devlopment). So try to score well here if you want
to get development.

Tip 3: Be confident.

Group Discussion:

Next was a GD round as there is no elimination once you clear

written test.

GD is a "kind" of formality, here you'll get a paper with a topic and

2 teams will be formed.

Tip: Just write down 2-3 points from a topic and speak when ever
you get a chance, thats it. It doesn't requires much effort. You'll get
the marks in this round.