TCS recruitment-Karan

karan shah

I am Karan and i got into TCS, which you can say was the first and the last core company we had in our year.Zeus Learning came but it selected people at random and it's purely luck!The preliminary process i.e. the written paper was not a tough nut to crack as i had also done my CAT prep,and also for all those who did a bit of practice,the paper wasn't tough.There were no sectional cut-offs so try to concentrate on the quant (arithmetic part) as it carried a higher weight-age of marks!The rest was all verbal ability and logical reasoning,u can sharpen them by solving some practice exercise from the net,no need to go to any coaching institute.
do not forget to solve all previous papers as many questions are repeated and it will also boost your confidence
Be specific about your projects and your resume,make sure you make an impression!As for the interview process,there are two-three interviews:
Technical interview
HRThe technical interview was very nerving and to crack it, you must have a basic and through understanding of all and I mean subjects of your curriculum.I am a IT student and so i was asked questions on each and almost every subject that is of importance,some of the questions are:
De Morgan's Law: I know it's dum but try thinking of it after 2 years of reading it
Then from there he went to Digital Logic
All languages that i knew:
C/C++
C# and .NET(e.g. can we have two web.config files?)
JAVA(e.g. comparison of the different types of inheritance and what is difference between JAVA and C++'s hierarchical structure of inheritance)
DATA STRUCTURES - this is a crucial part of everyone's interview, learn all the complexities and type of searches and sorts. Learn all the special cases for worst and best case for important sorts and searches.My friend had to write the whole program of link-list in the interview itself.
Computer Networks
Database - only Oracle 9i for us,u should be able to write any query given
etc.....expect any linkup e.g. i was asked weather link-lists helped in doing Garbage Collection!The interviewer may not show signs of confirmation but you must never show signs of nervousness.Be particular about your resume as they may scan it in the technical interview itself and make absolutely no spelling mistakes.In the HR round (may be taken in two parts), try to impress the interviewer and never show nervousnessSome questions are to be definitely asked like
Describe yourself Do not get too personal by telling about your family too much, answer only if asked. Tell them your hobbies and be ready to answer a few questions about them. Keep reading the magazines like CHIP,DIGIT,LINUX mag,etc....i said i like to keep updates with new technologies and was asked about cloud computing and all.
Can you adapt yourself anywhere geographically I have traveled all over India and also attended many of the camps ( no need to keep all the certificates,they will trust you).Convince them that you can and will adapt yourself anywhere anywhere in India.Then they will give you a situation and will ask you your reaction e.g.:
will you follow every order of your boss?
what will you do if you are the boss and the employee is very irregular but he is vital to your company?
will you bribe a person in the rival company to get sensitive information from him to get any tender.( I said YES!!!)That will be guys, pray your stars and best of luck to one and all....