Test Paper :11

Paper Type : Aptitude - General

Test Date : 5 August 2006
Test Location : ST.THOMAS COLLEGE, KOLKATA
Posted By : ARIJIT DATTA
SATYAM PAPER ON 5th AUGUST AT KOLKATA

hii friends..

I would like to share my xperience at satyam off-campus held at 5th august 2006.The
aptitude test was conducted first.all total 15 qs were there.+1 and -0.25 for those.so plzz
avoid guessing.

Aptitude Questions:

I can't remember all those,but trying.

1.A question on boat(upstream and downstream)..given the boat stream as 10kmph and it
travels 91 km downstream and return back.what's the speed of stream if total time is
20hrs? ans. 3kmph

2.a question on pyramid shape nos. very easy.. just u have to add four to numbers to get
the new one ans:607

3. some cities are there connected by some transports.easy one..just b patient to read the
whole one

4.ques on probability...i can't solve that...tough to me

5.two voters were there....option given...which one is giving more proper ans to the given
question.eng aptitude easy
6.100 teachers.10 knows nothing.85 knows physics and 73 chemistry.how many knows
both physics and chem?
ans:68
7.a question on chart...easy one
other questions i don remember xactly but all are easy one...solve r.s. agarwal for those

i cleared the written test.there was cutoff of 7 i think.so don guess friends..

GD:
GD was the most interesting section.it was also the section where they cutoff most of the
people.my topic was "was the incident took place at world cup final by Zidane justified?"
other topic were "should media be given so much priority", cricket:should be our national
game
should we ban softdrinks in our country etc..
Be confident in GD..it is the place where tou can show ur leadership abilities..don't
argue..be straight and let others speak.we were 7 in a group...the person taking our gd
was very frank...he also co operated with us.time was 8 mins total.he selected 3 persons
from our group.I was there also.

PI AND HR:
I went to PI for first time in life.there were 6 panels and my panel no was 4.the person
was frank and very well spoken.asked me abt my engineering.my fav sub(power system)
asked me from electrical engg.some basic questions on resistance,heat and temp
all other were from HR..where r u from,ur fav sports,family background etc etc

BUT i was not selected finally.i was cut out at PI.but it's a great xperience to be a part of
such recruitment.Satyam took 108 candidates finally out of 3000+ students.But it's a
easiest campus i ever attended.
So friends be prepare and confident...u will surely crack all the rounds...best of luck
FRIENDS!!!

Test Paper :12

Paper Type : Candidate Experiences
Test Date : 6 August 2006
Test Location : St.Thomas ,Kolkata
Posted By : Sagar
SATYAM INTERVIEW ON 6th AUGUST 2006 AT KOLKATA

frendz i have an intervw of satyam last week, i want to share my experience with u all.
apti and gd were very easy.
so i am directly coming to the intervw part,

(the person who took my interview, has really some problem or he was expecting alot
form me.)

well, i am a fresher in ECE, my interview was like...

1.tell me abt urself
2.thn told me 2 sell a half empty cup of tea.
3.wht r the qualities a manager sud hv
4.to be a good manager is it necessary to hv a mba.....wht do u think?
5.two things u want to improve in urself
6.my family background
7.diff types of network
8.wht is ring topology,wht is star topology?
9.in both cases a link is damaged....wht will happen?
10.no of pins in 8085,
11.no of input pins in 8085
12.addressing mode
13.p4 is how many bit processor,no. of input pin in P4
14.input voltage of mother board
15.wht is the most basic component in filter design..and explain
16.find probabilty of getting a diamond king
17.ques from rectifier ckt
18.my hobbies
19.wht type of painting i like to do
20.asked me to show my certificate of paintings

.........bla bla bla

Test Paper :13
Paper Type : Aptitude - Numerical
Test Date : 5 August 2006
Test Location : St. Thomas College of Engg, Kolkata
Posted By : Haimanti Mukherjee
SATYAM PATTERN ON 5th AUGUST 2006 AT ST. THOMAS COLLEGE OF
ENGG, KOLKATA

Hi friends,
I always used to read all your experiences and got benifited a lot.
Same new pattern no change. 60% in all standards, Written, GD,
Tech+HR interview.

Written: there will be 4 easy questions which can be answered in

5min, then try to do another 4 in 25 min, that’s all. This is for those
who are fully confident of getting those 8 right, because cutoff will be
< 7 at max 8. Others try to answer maximum and for some question
we can eliminate 3 options easily. Be careful negative marking is there.
One thing written test is easy.

GD: for me it is the easiest, because we have attended a lot of GD’s

before and we are fully aware of GD’s. It is cake walk if you have some
practice before and able to speak for some time grabbing the chance.
Leadership qualities are seen more. Try to give a chance for people
who are sitting idle, that’s all it’s a part of leadership quality. One great
thing is the Satyam moderator who is rating our GD, finally gave us a
compliment that our GD was a very good GD, we achieved this
because we planned that all of us must speak and not to make the GD
a fish market. And we covered a lot of points. Our GD topic was “role of
media in bringing awareness in the society” all of us were for the topic
and before the end we also covered some negative aspects regarding
that and some preliminary measures for those.

some questions of apti are-

1)Avarage weight of p,q,r is given (cannot remember) the ratio of students in class p&q
is 3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p.Find the avarage of all the 3 classes.

2)Odd man out(5 options where given)

3)A,B,C,D,E are 5 in family.A& D are unmarried women & dont work.in family there
are businessman,professor,artist.B is the brother of a & is not artist or businessman.E is
husband.Who is professor?a)Ab)Bc)Dd)Ee)NONE OF THIS

4)pie chat is given for a salary 6000 what will be the ratio of radius with a salary of
1500.a)2:1b)1:2c)3:2d)none of these.
5)Sum in S.I. becomes 5 times its pincipal in 8 years what is the rate?a)5/2b)6/3c)d)none
of these.

Test Paper :14

Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 28 July 2006
Test Location : ITER , BHUBANESWAR
Posted By : ANURAG SAURABH
SATYAM PAPER ON 28th JULY 2006 AT ITER , BHUBANESWAR

HI GUYS I M ANURAG SAURABH FROM A SMALL COLLEGE PIET ROURKELA,

BUT I GOT SELECTED IN SATYAM'S OFF CAMPUS IN ITER , BHUBANESWAR
HELD ON 28 AND 29 JULY 2006.

THE WRITTEN WAS OF 30 MINUTES OF 15 EASY QUESTIONS FROM ENGLISH,

APTI AND REASONING , ANY ONE HAVING SIMPLE PRESENCE OF MIND CAN
DO IT.

1.ABOUT FACE VALUE OF FIVE IN 47590

2.FIVE FREINDS A,B,C,D,E., MEET EVERY DAY IN EACH OTHERS HOUSE,
3BOYS A,B,C 2 GIRLS D,E, MEET ALTERNATEVELY IN A BOYS AND GIRLS
HOUSE.. THEY MEET AT B'S HOUSE ON TUESDAY,THEY MEET AT E'S HOUSE
BEFORE THAT OF C, AT WHOM'S HOUSE DID THEY MEET ON FRIDAY.
( SOMETHING LIKE THAT).

3.RATIO BETWEEN COMPOUND INTEREST AND SIMPLE INTEREST.

4. TO CHOOSE ODD FIGURE OUT THAT(VERY EASY)
5. A SMALL PASSAGE AND U VE TO INFERE SOMETHING FROM THAT.
6. A BOOK OF LAW WITH BLUE COVER, SOCIAL OLD BOOK NOT KEPT WITH
ENGLISH NEW BOOK WHOSE COVER IS RED, THEN WHICH ISNEW BOOK
WITH ORANGE COVER(SOMTHING LIKE THAT).
7.A LONG QUESTION ON REASONING.
8.BEFORE SIX YEARS FATHER WAS THREE TIMES OF SONS 5TIMES AGE
AFTER 2 YEARS (START CALCULATING FROM THE ANSWERS)
9.IF 1 IS @ 0 IS $ FIND LCM OF @@$$@ AND $$@@@ AND $
$@$@( SOMTHING LIKE THAT)
10.ENGLISH USAGE
11. THREE PIPES TWO FILL AT 2 AND 4 AND ONE EMPTY AT 8, WHEN WILL
BE TANK HALF FULL(EASY ONE)
.
I HAVE DONE 11 AND I GOT THROUGH , 5-7 WAS CUTOFF.

GD AND INTERVIEW WAS ON 29 NEXT DAY IN SATYAM'S OWN CAMPUS.

GD- WE WERE 9 GUYS, JUST SPEAK THERE DONT SIT IDEAL, BUT DONT
SHOUT , MAKE UR POINT, THEY WILL TELL U TO SUMMARIZE AT LAST.
OUR TOPIC WAS:EFFECT OF MAHESH BHATT'S MOVIE ON THE SOCIETY
OTHER TOPICS WERE
INTERNET AND TV
TERRORISM
QUOTA, WESTERN CULTRE

INTERVIEW:
MINE WAS OF 10 MIN, JUST SHOW UR CONFIDENCE IF U DONT KNOW DONT
BLUFF.
ASKED TO TELL ABOUT UR SELF, WHY SATYAM( GO THROUGH NET), C, C+
+, OS, WHAT IS CLASS AND OBJECT( NOT DEFINITIONS), DIFF BETWEEN
DBMS AND RDBMS.
ANY QUESTION :I ASKED IF U CAN TELL ME MY MISTAKES LATER, SO
THAT I CAN RECTIFY IT, HE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.
NEXT DAY RESULTS WERE OUT AND I WAS SELECTED AFTER TRYING MY
LUCK AT IFLEX AND SASKEN COMM.

SO GUYS BE CONFIDENT AND BEST OF LUCK.

ANURAG SAURABH
Test Paper :15
Paper Type : Candidate Experiences
Test Date : 24 July 2006
Test Location : RVR&JC college, GUNTUR, A.P.
Posted By : Prasad Kondragunta
SATYAM PAPER AND INTERVIEW PATTERN ON 24th JULY 2006 AT RVR&JC
COLLEGE, GUNTUR, A.P.

Hi friends,
I always used to read all your experiences and got benifited a lot. Now
its my turn i got placed in Satyam

Briefly: I am doing my 4th year, 1st sem, specialization IT, in RVR&JC

college, GUNTUR, A.P.
July 24th, 25th, totally 3000 students from 26 Engg colleges, 231 finally
selected, and 72 from our college.

Same new pattern no change. 60% in all standards, Written, GD,

Tech+HR interview.

Written: there will be 4 easy questions which can be answered in

5min, then try to do another 4 in 25 min, that’s all. This is for those
who are fully confident of getting those 8 right, because cutoff will be
< 7 at max 8. Others try to answer maximum and for some question
we can eliminate 3 options easily. Be careful negative marking is there.
One thing written test is easy.

GD: for me it is the easiest, because we have attended a lot of GD’s

before and we are fully aware of GD’s. It is cake walk if you have some
practice before and able to speak for some time grabbing the chance.
Leadership qualities are seen more. Try to give a chance for people
who are sitting idle, that’s all it’s a part of leadership quality. One great
thing is the Satyam moderator who is rating our GD, finally gave us a
compliment that our GD was a very good GD, we achieved this
because we planned that all of us must speak and not to make the GD
a fish market. And we covered a lot of points. Our GD topic was “role of
media in bringing awareness in the society” all of us were for the topic
and before the end we also covered some negative aspects regarding
that and some preliminary measures for those.

Tech+HR interview: hear I am going to give the whole interview

experience with some suggestions embedded in that, on the day of
interview.

I WILL TELL YOU THE WHOLE INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

We were there in the our college by 8:10 AM, and we were made to fill
a form by Satyam people [that was the main thing you will not be
asked for the resume, every thing will be there in the form, no problem if
you go with empty hands to the interviewer, they were asking
northing] there were nearly 8 panels I think, we were the first batch to
be called for the interview for one panel and my friend was called he
went in [mean while I was preparing mentally to go with a smile like
that….]and in short time he came out, and called my name. I entered
the seminar hall and I walked a lot distance in the seminar hall to his
table (only one person is there) with erect posture and head always at
90 degrees [be careful he is observing every thing]. Then I stood like
that, he did not give me hand and asked me to sit [you never propose
a hand to him for shake hand unless he gives].
INT: how are you?

ME: (full smiles) Fine sir

SUGG: Speak loud looking into his eyes, never get tense, So that your
confidence will be revealed from your words.

INT: ok Prasad tell about yourself

ME: [I an lucky I prepared only that] I started “I am a reliable team

member and a efficient leader, I used to participate in all the events
conducted by the college form my engineering fist year, I got selected
for endeavor club, a literary club organized by students, there we
conducted many GDs, debates …..In second year, cultural committee
member..… In third year I was team leader for informal events and
awarded as best organizer… I love working in teams [in this way I
boasted all my achievements regarding reliable team member and
efficient leader]”

INT: ok [he is very good, listening all the way without interrupting and
encouraging me to tell more]

ME: I continued “I am a native of Guntur, my father is a farmer he is

hardworking, friendly…. [and I praised my father and mother and said I
am thankful to them]

INT: So what about you?

ME: I am also hardworking sir.

SUGG: It is very good if you praise and be thankful to your parents
(mainly) and to college etc. It creates a positive impact on you.

ME: I continued “….. my brother is doing masters in GMU in verginia

state”

INT: do you want to go to USA?

ME: No sir

ME: I will go if satyam sends me [first time I got a little bit tense as I
told two contradicting statements]

INT: ok [he took it light I think, I was lucky]

ME: I continued “my hobbies are playing chess and volley ball….my
achievements….my awards…..my interests…. My goals” (that’s all I
completed my self) I think it took 3 min.

SUGG: First enquire or search and explore about Satyam, I recognized

they are want of dynamic people and want of leaders, that’s why I
started my myself in that way. So you to explore Satyam and find the
qualities which they want and which you have and I suggest start my
self showing those qualities. [I think you all know a word document
know as 64 toughest interview questions, follow the first question
answer (tell about yourself) it helps a lot.]

INT: very good, ok what do you know about Satyam?

ME: Sir it is ranking 2nd in outsourcing, and has a place in top 10

companies in India and I it has CMM level 5.
INT: What is CMM level?

ME: CMM means capability maturity model, Our company Is having

level 5 which is the highest.

INT: what does it suggest?

ME: it tells how the projects are going on and it suggest how innovative
the company is

INT: innovative?

ME: yes sir.

ME: and I heard that working environment is very good

ME: As I was a member of forerunners club a literary club in guntur,

where the ex-president Priyanka is a Satyam employee, she explained
the working environment and other things I was fascinated.[I only took
the initiation and told this with out the interviewer asking how do you
know]

INT: ok [he is patently hearing all the time]

SUGG: Always try to boost your self, if you are doing this it clearly
resembles that you are enthusiastic to join in the company, and even
interviewers are looking for those people.

INT: what are the subjects you are interested?

ME: I started with my first year subject engineering graphics

INT: he asked me what a pixel is [he asked me that as he thought I told

computer graphics]

ME: I explained a smallest part of an image and which is a point on

coordinate axis.

INT: Is it the correct definition

ME: No sir

SUGG: I also read many interview experiences, and I am repeating the

same thing. Be confident, if you don’t know say greatly I don’t know.
Or you can explain some words clearly and say I can’t recollect sir, if
you don’t know. One thing they are going to teach all the required
subjects in the training. So be confident.

INT: you told you are good at it

ME: Sir I got 100 in it, internals 30 and externals 70 and got very good
compliments from my professors and I explained we have scales as our
first chapter and straight lines….....

SUG: when ever you get a chance boast your achievements because
you must sell your self to the interviewer.

INT: good, so you have isometric projections and auxiliary planes

ME: yes sir

INT: So you can answer any question on that

ME: Yes sir

INT: definite?

ME: Yes sir

SUGG: ever after asking if you say wrong no problem but be very
confident, even I didn’t had time to prepare for that, but was confident
because I mentioned I got 100.

INT: draw the isometric view of the chair [the chair was at some
distance and cross to me]

ME: [with smile] sir it is at nearly 45 degrees to me and we had only 3

views top, left, and right. I will draw from any of these three views.

INT: You try and gave me a paper.

ME: Ok sir, [I was smiling all the time and tried to draw, upper part was
ok but down part was abnormal]

INT: [smiled] looking at the figure

ME: I again explained we had only three views

INT: ok! What is the purpose of engineering graphics in your

curriculum?
ME: I explained we must do every sum by imagining…….

INT: yes, we must imagine and draw from any view, in the same way
once we cut a figure..........

ME: yes Sir we must take it reference and we can get the figures in all
views.

INT: what other subjects you are interested?

ME: C, C++

INT: Explain about C?

ME: [I did not get any idea as I did not prepare any thing for technical] I
uttered it contains variables as the basic entities………, It has 32
keywords [I was uncomfortable]

INT: tell those keywords

ME: int, float, for , while………..I told nearly 20 he is noting down on the
paper which I told, if I repeat he is telling me to check whether I told it
before or not. [he is very good ]

INT: any questions?

ME: sir you want me to learn any languages like java and is .net
necessary, So that I will be productive in our company
INT: No need, we will train our in every platform …………

ME: Sir In which platform we generally do our projects?

SUGG: it is good if we always use the words we, our rather than I and
my.

INT: no separate platform it changes………….explained a lot

INT: any more questions?

ME: [with smile] Sir how did I perform? I heard that Satyam people

will tell about the performance if we ask.

INT: you will know that.

ME: ok sir, thank you sir [he is writing some thing and did not extend
his hand for shake and not even all the best or any word like meet you
I the evening. I left the room]

[I think the whole interview took only 8 min]

I was very happy but after meeting my friends they were telling all
their experience. My friend who went before to the same panel
explained me that, he(int) gave shake hand at the starting and at the
end he wished all the best and he only gave the hand, and one more
person who went to the same panel told that he(int) wished him all the
best and told meet in the evening. I was shell shocked

Our interview was over in the first hour only on that day(26/7/06) and I
was waiting for the result, with my mind filled with confusion and I
nearly analyzed my whole interview nearly 5 times. And at 6:00 clock
in the evening, they were calling all the names who got selected in the
order. My friend who went before me was selected. AND THE NEXT
NUMBER WAS MINE …. You can understand. We had a photo with our
friends who got selected taken by the college authorities, and out side
we had a great number of hugs with our friends.

THAT’S THE WHOLE INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE ON THAT DAY.

I feel, 80% + English + Confidence. Got me the success

Satyam is a very good company; working in these types of companies

gives us a great work experience. And good thing is there is a hike of
2.7 lacks per annum.

One important thing is I am always ready to help you as I got help from
you. I added many id’s of people who were selected in Satyam, chatted
with them and got many suggestions. My id is
“prasadkondragunta”[messenger] @yahoo.co.in. If you want to add me
please type “Satyam aspirant” in brief information, I will add you.

ALL THE BEST see u in Satyam.

Test Paper :16

Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 24 July 2006
Test Location : RVR & JC CE
Posted By : N.SAIPRIYA

SATYAM PAPER ON 24th JULY 2006 AT RVR & JC CE

hai friends.........

this is N.SaiPriya.i am doing my final year in CSE from LITAM,guntur. recently i got
selected for SATYAM.i would like to share my experience with all the Aspirants.

first of alll let me tell u the rounds

1.writen test
2.group discussion..
3.HR + TR INTERVIEWS

WRITTEN TEST

u must be knowing that there will be 15 questions.U will be given a time of 30 mins...
Questions will be mainly from RS AGGARWAL.be thorough with that and u will find
the paper very easy....

i dont remember the questions exactly but will try to give u a basic idea

1.a man thought that he would drop by some money everyday into temple's donation box
for a year and everyday he will double the amount.if he starts with re.1 then how much
money will he drop at the end of the seventh day?
(1+2+4+8+16+32+64)

2.u will have a pyramid problem..where u will b given a pyramid of numbers with either
an error or a missing number.u have to solve as per the question.(just try to find the logic
of the pyramid..he wudnt give u any big logic..check for simple ones)

3.if 0 is@
and if 1 is represented as $

then what is the value for $$@$

3,4 problems on reasoning..if u think u are really good at it then go for it other wise keep
it for last.

5.there will be a pattern given to u..

like

a) a b
dc
b)e f
hg
c)i j
kl
d)m n
p o

pick the odd one out

(the answer is simple third one-just see the format).

6.there was a problem on ratio and proportion.(some percentages were given.question

was regarding water and alcohol.it is in the text book.

7.there was a problem on trains.(very easy)know the concept its enough..

8.problem on profit and loss.(i didnt solve it)

well that is what i remember.sorrrrryyyyyy!!!!!!!

i would sugest u to solve atleast 8-9 questions.no guesswork plz as there is negative
marking with satyam.first go through the paper.dont think that solving the paper from 1 st
question will help u.i started from last page as the problems at the last page are damn
easy..so have a look and solve questions that appear easy....
cut off is generally 6-7 so make sure u get atleast 9 correct.

clearing the written is easy.

then comes the main elimination round

GROUP DISCUSSION

see a lot of ppl get scared of this round..its not that tough as it is said to be.. but u have to
know that this is not a contest...u r just askd to dicuss not to prove anything.basic topics
will be given..if they ask u to selct topic then make sure that u go with ur groups opinion
as they will be looking for team qualities.
be as polite as possible in ur approach.its good if u take intiative but if u wont dont think
u will lose.just make sure that whatever point u make its a strong one..i didnt atke the
initiative but i made a strong point.then my group actually started figthing which sends
out a very wrong signal to the refree.so i asked them to calm down and told them that we
are deviating from the actual point.try to bring ur group together and make sure that u
dont appear dominating but still u have good hold on them..try to know all of thier names
b4 u start.this would help.
sit properly ,behave professionally.onevery important thing is they are not looking for ur
english or speaking skills all they look for is ur confidence and how well u r able to
present urself.they look for the clarity of thought so plzz stop thinking that this is for
those who r fluent in english...

my topic was ROLE OF IT IN GLOBAL ECONOMY..

i made it through (i didnt initiate or conclude).

once u get through GD u are finally there.if u carry urself well u r into the company.last
round is very formal...

HR+ TR INTERVIEWS

In SATYAM technical and hr is combined so u shud cash on this oppurtunity so if u dont

do well in tech but u do good in HR there is chance that u will be selected.so its abt ur
confidence.
dont be nervous when u walk in.girls dont keep those handkerchiefs with u coz u will rub
them out of tension.walk in with a sweet gentle smile.wish the panel..take ur seat when
they say.place evarything that u have on the table.sit straight and wear a swet smile.dont
look too eager for questions.be calm and composed

my questions were
tech:
1)write a program to print first ten even numbers(simple format)
2)what are ur sem subjects?explain each of them(just basic concepts)
3)what is software engineering?
4)what is the difference b/w c and c++(very basic nah?)
5)what is compiler and interpretor?
the technical round may not be this simple.prepare well.work hard.luck is the main
factor...

HR
1)tell me abt urself(dont stop until they give any sign to stop)
2)tell me abt DAV(its the shool frm where i completed my 10th and 12th-was really
intrested in this asked me around 4 questions on this topic)
3)what is ur father?
4)are u willing to be relocated?(default answer -yes)
5)where did u do ur inter from?(as i did my schooling frm north so he was impressed).

thats it . after 4 hrs of tirious wait results were announced and i made it through....was
really happy.
dont atke any company lightly...and if u dont make it dont get upset coz thousands of
oppurtunities are out there.
my whole experience was very gr8 and i thought this is the easiest recruoitment process
that one can have but plzz dont go by this my friends were asked questions on C
,DS,DBMS,OS.(IT DEPENDS ON UR LUCK-FOR ME GOD WAS WITH ME THE
WHOLE TME...)
be thorough with the concepts of C an DS(data structures).

that was my experience....NO COMPANY IS BIG OR SMALL..EXPERIENCE IS THE

MAIN THING..prepare well

WORK HARD.THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR HARDWORK.U HAVE TO HELP

URSELF TO SHAPE YOUR FUTURE
dare to dream and strive to achieve it.ur percieverance and hard work will definetly pay
off.
all the best to all of u and i hope this paper wud in some way give u small hint abt the
pattern.ok everyone
see u in SATYAM then
bye..

Test Paper :17

Paper Type : Candidates Experiences
Test Date : 15 July 2006
Test Location : DELHI
Posted By : Ram Narayan
SATYAM PATTERN & ITNERVIEW ON 15 JULY 2006 AT DELHI

Hi frnds,

Totally 15 aptitude questions. 30 minutes given.

I dont Remember questions but i can tell u wht kinda questions came so that u can
practise it from R.S Aggarwal.

There was questions on clock, calender, series, cards, age, 5 LR questions, and other are
easy ones

The cut off was 4.5 marks there is a +1 for correct answer and -1/4for wrong answer. If u
know answer then only u shd mark else not...

After that they took a GD

The GD group is chosen by random.. So u'll find ur self among strangers as they divided
students of same branch in different grps. Actually there are groups of 8 people each.
And most of them were not speaking much. they gave 1 min to think on the topic.

My topic was Pepsi and coke should be banned in India or Not? Be Confident and try
to make some valid pts in the GD so that u come in Notice of the moderator. Dont speak
much as one of my freind was not selected as he was speakin too much

Other topics :
1. Agni
2. Strike of Doctors

They Selected only 21 students from GD

Then ther was a Tech + HR Interview both Combined...

It was quite easy for me...They asked abt family background, ur weaknesses.. They may
ask u to prove ur weakness so be prepared for it.
Then they asked C++ and DS as i was from IT Field
interview was quite easy.. so dont take tension of that
try to give answer for every question.. if u want to say NO then say it properly that u dont
know the answer. Just be confident and make proper eye contact with the interviewer and
also Smile in the interview so that they think u dont have any problem.

Best of Luck Everyone....

Test Paper :18

Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 5 July 2006
Posted By : HIMA BINDU.

Company:SATYAM
Date of the exam:05-07-2006
Pattern of the Exam:15 Questions in 30 minutes
G.D round( this is the most eleminating round)
Interview(both technical and HR Simultaneously)
750 ppl have attended the written test out of which 300 ppl were shortlisted in the
exam.
then out of 300 only 120 ppl have been selected for the interview after the GD round.
then finally 58ppl have been selected for the company.

Marks:1 mark for correct answer and ¼ negative mark for every wrong answer.
The exam was not easy but can be attempted if we work hard and be confident.
Be cautious as there is negative marking and hence don’t take risk with bad gueses.

The questions that I am giving here r just the models.

The numbers are not the same but models r same.
So take care of the questions.
Prepare taking these models as examples but don’t depend on the numbers given here.

PAPER:

1.Find the area of the quadrilateral if the length of the diagonal is 30cms and the length of
the lines intersecting the diagonal at right angles are 20cms and25cms?

2.some series question

3.some reasoning question which was based on the population and the habitat of the
people and it was easy.

4.question on vocabulary.
Jumbled words were given and we need to find the correct order
This was also a bit easy.

5.A question on compound interest.Something like

A man borrowed Rs X from 2 money lenders for 6 months with an interest of Rs Y .
and Rs Z.Finally he had to clear a debt which was double the amount that he borrowed.so
finally what was the compound interest that has been gained by the lender?
6.An empty fuel tank of a car was filled with A type petrol.when the tank was half
empty,it wass filled with B type petrol.again when the tank was half-empty,it was filled
with A type petrol.when the tank was half empty again,it was filled with B type
petrol.what is the percentage of A type petrol at present in the tank?

7.A question on time and work.(Numbers were different but the model was exact)
Something like A,B and C can complete a work in 10 days.A worked for 2 days with B
andC who can complete the work in 7days .while the remaining work was completed by
B and C in 5 days.how many days does B take to complete the work alone?

8.A question on the number pyramid.

It was a bit tough.

9.some reasoning question related to women and children.

It was quite easy and can be completed in time.
10.A question on clocks.
The minutes hand gains 45% at 11.20am and looses 30% at 11.20pm.so finally what is
the percentage of the time gained by the minutes hand.

11.A question on figures.

It requires a bit of logical thinking.it was also a easy one.

12.A problem on time and distance.

13.A problem on partnership.

14,15.These were also the reasoning questions.

prepare the reasoning questions using the GRE textbook(BARRON) and also the
R.S.AGARWAL VERBAL &NON-VERBAL.
Also prepare the R.S AGARWAL QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Book and also the
barron.
it is better if u refer the CAT books also for the reasoning questions.

G.D:
It was also easy if u have a little bit of communication skills.
Each team consisted of 10 members and a maximum of 4 members have been selected.
If the team does extremely well then they would also select all the ppl.
they have shortlisted the ppl who did not follow the basic rules of GD.
So be cautious.
some of the topics that were given for us in the selection process are

->Can we reduce the day by day increase of the oil price.(This was my topic,4
members have been selected from our team)
->discuss on the Nuclear agreement between INDIA and US.
->Is the war on Iraq by US justifiable.
->Arranged marraiges Vs Love marriages.
->Impact of movies on youth.
->role of women towards the development of the country.
->OBC resrvations.

H.R.INTERVIEW:

The interview was more a strees interview.

if u r confident and technically sound then definetely u will get through.
CONFIDENCE is the main key to success.
Prepare all the concepts that r mentioned in the resume well.
All the questions will be from those subjects only.

TIPS:

DRESS CODE plays a very major role in the interview.

CONFIDENCE is also a major asset for success.
SHAKE HAND should be stiff and behave as a proffessional.

That’s all what I remember. I think this paper would help u ppl.
I have got selected in Satyam and hope to see u ppl there in the training.
ALL THE BEST
Have a succesful job search.
HIMA BINDU.
Test Paper :19
Paper Type : Candidates Experiences
Test Date : 10 July 2006
Test Location : CHENNAI
Posted By : Nijil

SATYAM PAPER ON JULY 10th 2006 AT CHENNAI

Haii frnds

I attended SATYAM whose procedure is asusual which contained 15 questions

(NOTHING REPEATED) but pretty EASY which u have to slove within 30 min.The
topics on S.I,C.I,Critical reasoning 3/4 ques,Analytical 2 ques,4 figs given n find the next
like that a ques,a ques on Basics,clocl,calendar,speed n time,AVERAGES etc which all
contained 5 options.

Dont guess the answer here bcoz -ve marking is there.Only tick the answer in which u r
confident .I have attended 10 answers correctly n 3 guessed.I got selected 4 the 1
round.Then in GD they gave the current topics ( like FIFA CUP,Doctor's strike,Failure of
AGNI n INSAT 4C etc).Be cool n BE INTERACTIVE ,else u wont b selected.Dont think
that u give only a or 2 sentence n then sit quietly.BE INTERACTIVE .They r checking 4
that only ,but be polite n dont ARGUE n try to have Interpersonal skills in GD n use nice
slangs .They check ur COMMUNICATION also.be PROACTIVE.In my GD i was the
initiator .But be careful if u r initiating.It may also drop out if u r not good enough ( UR
STUFFS).

They selected 3 / 4 from each grp of 10 members.Finally i cleared this also

I proceeded 4 Technical n HR within half an hour n the 2 ladies were really cool .Since
iam a non IT stdnt they didn't touched much in C,C++.(but basics n some programs) n
from my Subjects .My technical n HR ladies were really cool n good n friendly with me
throught the interview.I was interviewed around 20 minutes n I answered 99% of the
technical questions n HR also very well with confidence.

At last they announced the result in the night ( 10 PM ).Finally I was selected .Now Iam a
SATYAMITE.Iam really happy n now I reached my I goal/step in my life.

Its really cool n u dont need to worry.Just go thro RS AGGARWAL the above said topics
,technical n in HR be prepared to express/sell urself so that u will b purchased in this
competitive market.

This grp helped me a lot n so I would like to thank the members who shared their
xperiences 4 to help others .Please 4 me u all ,if u got selected share ur xperience which
will b helpful to others.I pray for u all those who r yet to be placed.my saying "Be
Confident in U" u will win !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Never loose determination even if u fail....

GOOD LUCK.....................

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Test Paper :20
Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 1 July 2006
Posted By : Adithya.K.B

SATYAM PAPER 1st JULY 2006 RNSIT, BANGALORE

Satyam Paper:: held on july 1st and 2nd in rnsit.

Around 3000 to 3500 students attended the test from 63 colleges from various part of
karnataka.
201 students were short listed.
There were 3 rounds of selection:

1. Written test
2. Group discussion
3. Technical intertview & HR
Written test:

Well first coming to the written test--this contains aptitude, logical thinking, reasoning,
complete the series &so .
There are around one or two Q's of each type.
Coming to the aptitude part-- its from R.S Aggarwal.Some Q's are
1. one calender problem like-- If 13th feb 2004 is sunday then wat day is 13th feb 1884.
This problem is solved in Aggarwal book.
2.The sum of compound interest and simple interest is (some value- sorry forgot).Find
the sum.
This prolem is solved in Aggarwal book.(as seen from many previous papers of
Satyam,calender and
compound interest problem has appeared many times)
3.Problem on complete the series.(this was difficult. sorry do not remember the values)
4.One reasoning problem- 4 figures are given,find the next one.(this was simple)
5.One small phrase and questions on that.
6.There are 3 boys A,B,C and 3 girls P,Q,R.they all plan to study together by meeting at
each's place each day.
always they meet at B's place before R's place in the week. They meet at boys and girls
place on alternate day basis.
if they meet A's place on Monday then which of the following not true.
this was a simple problem but time consuming.

The main Point in this test is attend those with the ones which u are sure of
as there is negative marking (-0.25).
Usually cutoff is around 6 to 7 for 15 questions.so first be sure of 7 to 8 answers then go
for remaining ones (time consuming ones).

Group Discussion:

Here comes the main elimination round of Satyam.

Around 960 people were short listed for this round.
Each group is of 10 people.My topic was "Youth in politics".
few other topics were "is Violence shown in movies affecting the young mind","IT
industries -advantages & disadv",
"educational institutions", well some panel also gave the choice for us to select a topic.

Interview:

Technical & Hr round are together.Around 350 people were short listed for this round.
For few two people take the inetrview(one technical & one HR).
Well interview for me was around 20 to 25 min but for others it was from 10 to 20 min.
So usually its
from 10 min to 25 min for both tech and HR.
i am from Electronics & communication branch. The tech round was on my subjects like
Vhdl- difference b/w fpga and cpld, explain about the software used(Xilinx).
Fav field & subject- q's on that
difference b/w micro pro and micro cont.
Explain project.
In Hr round --tell about urself and family, why satyam,why should i select you,wat du u
know about satyam.
well actually for me even Hr was asking technical q's,Basically Hr just checks ur
communication skills and ur approach
and confidence.
201 students were selected.

Test is easy if ur r good in aptitude (aggarwal book) and logical thinking.but main
elimination is in GD.
Go through their website before attending HR.
All the best. Be confident.

by Adithya.K.B