This is DHIVYA recently i attended the cts aptitude test on 30 jan '11. At the beginning they give a paper called "DATA SHEET" in which u have to fill all details like   NAME ; PERSONAL INFORMATION ; ACADEMIC DETAILS ; STRENGTH WEAKNESS ; SOFTWARE PROFESIONAL ;  SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN ; EXPECTATIONS FROM CTS .  They just give only 10-15 min to fill all these details suddenly without telling the time duration they ask us to start writing the exm so be careful we have to write as fast as we can... after completing the exm we can write these fill up form... as i got 10 min time after completing my exm so i used my time by writing fill up form.

Paper was easy it contains the following pattern. * Analytical Section (30 questions, 30 minutes)

Q(1)  : Choose the different figure Q(2-3)  : Logic Q(4-5)  : Logic Q(6-7)  : Logic Q(8-9)  : Logic Q(10-13) : Puzzle Q(14-17) : Encoding & Decoding Q(18-21)  : Figure Sequence Q(22-24)  : Choose the similar figure Q(25-28)  : Data IntrepretationQ(29-30)  : Logic                                                                                                 * Verbal Section (25 questions, 20 minutes) (15) , (10)

Q(31-32)  : Identify correct sentenceQ(33-37)  : Reading Comprehension IQ(37-42)  : Reading Comprehension IIQ(43)  : Identify the correct sentenceQ(44-46)  : Identify the incorrect sentenceQ(47-51)  : Sentence re-arrangement   Q(52)  : Identify the correct sentence        Q(53-55)  : Identify the incorrect sentence

 This blue print is the same as how they asked in exam...  And i would like to give some tips regarding the exam... first to attend encoding and decoding ; figure sequence ; similar figure ; logical deductions and connectives ;correct incorrect sentence and then to passage finally end the exm with interpretation... as bcoz interpretation questions are very tough and we could not able to solve as the calculations to be done are more.. so what i suggest u to attend it at last... This is the way i followed in my exam where i saved 10 min time... Books:  R.S.AGGARWAL  (VERBAL AND NON VERBAL) TIME BOOK For LOGICAL CONNECTIVES  These two books are more than enough to study for clearing the exam. And at one week later i got mail stating i cleared Aptitude and asked me to come for Technical in MEPZ on 5 FEB 2011  at 11.00 A.M. To my surprise there was GD round... All batch consists of 10 members... My HR was very Cool ... He gave comfort by talking in general and he also told that its enough of talking atleast one line but to talk bravely and loudly this was his criteria for selecting candidates but other HR insisted on GRAMMATICAL USAGE it completely depends upon each HR ... and to our surprise again he asked us as each and every person can talk their own topic... And we all got cleared in our Batch.

Next is TECHNICAL HR ... I attended where at the beginning he asked generally about my college and my family... and INT : he asked why my 10 , 12 , UG was reduced by 1 % ... ME : I explained  INT : he was satisfied .... He then asked Why u came for IT field as u where from E.C.E. background...ME : I explained... He asked me did u attend any Core Company ... I said attended got selected also....  INT : Asked why u didnt proceed with that company...ME : I explained. INT :He started asking what all languages (S/W) u knw...  ME : Told (He cross checked the DATA SHEET) I told i knw DATA STRUCTURES also ...  INT : He told good.. Started asking questions from that... INT : wat is bubble sort ME : explainedINT : quick sort , Linked list types and explain.. ME : explainedINT : wat is other name for queue and stack ME : explainedINT :asked to draw and explain Circular linked list ME: explainedINT : asked to write prog ME : i told confidently i dont knw prog as i ididnt prepare for it but i knw all the logics...INT : He said ok ! asked to explain Stack and Queue. ME : explainedINT: finally told nice to meet u ... Thank u and asked me to wait for results. ME : thank u Sir. After a long gap of 1 hour my Results came "I GOT SELECTED" ... After 5 mins they asked me to attend THE FINAL ROUND i.e., HR ROUND....

HR : he greeted meME : me too HR : Asked me to show my certificates of 10 ,12 UG  (This is nothing but to cross check the %)ME : showed HR : Told ur eligibleME : felt happyHR : Asked to TELL ABOUT YOURSELFME : toldHR : asked about my collegeME : told 

HR : finally told ur eligible and also iam meeting all the criteria for CTS and he asked me to proceed ... He also added to check mail for my HR results.... Finally told Nice meeting youME : told thank you Sir...

The aptitude test consists of two sections: 1. Analytical 30 questions 2. Verbal 25 questions

Total 55 questions and 60 mins There was a CV like paper will be given to fill up. Few basic questions like hobbies, skill, expectations from Cognizant etc. Prepare well otherwise you may lose time to complete it.  Do the analytical section very well try to do it 100% and attempt all as there was no negative markings. The verbal section I felt was very hard. There was 2 big passages, finding correct/incorrect sentences, putting in order of several sentences. After the written I felt I will not be selected. It was held on 15th January, 2011. But I got a mail on 17th Janunary that I have been selected for the Technical Interview.  I am from Electronics and Communication background but I had a good knowledge in C programming. I have studied C from Let Us C, Data Structure just the basics like link list, tree, Bubble sort, binary search, Electronics ( just basics of semiconductor, op-amp, filters and nothing else), Microprocessor( block diagram, and little theory and previous interview questions on it), study project very well, I am good in Digital Circuit so I revised it once, and little bit of C++ and OOPS concept though I was not so confident on it. Thats all for my Technical Interview. I had terrible experience with my HR interview so this time I had prepared for it. Be prepared for questions like Tell me about urself, a story of a recent movies you have seen, why CTS? if you are from non IT CS then why you wanna come to IT sector. I am not telling you the answers then that will become same for all. You can mail me at saptarshid10@gmail.com or call 9749138942 for any help.

On 21st I had my Interview. They picked us from Science city at 9 am in a bus and drove us to Bantala Office. The office is like a palace. Very big and beautiful. I also liked the environment and friendliness ( I have heard from my friends how strict TCS is). After waiting for 7 hours my name was called for the Technical interview. There was 32 panels who were taking the interview. If you are lucky enough you can be called early as the name was been called haphazardly. The process was fast enough, not like the other campusing. A Ma'am took my Technical Interview. She was from Non IT CS background so it was like an advantage for me. She told me to take a sit. I am just telling you the questions: HR: Why you wanna shift from electronics to ITHR: Wat if you are not selected? HR: Plan for next 6months?HR: What you did all this months after passing out? I told I like programing so she told me to do any program. I told her to give any program. I told If I am able to do i will do it. Never show overconfidence.  She gave me to do a string reversal program. I did it very well. She told very good several time. Then she gave me a harder program.  

Its like a string is given Ex: FISHERIES. It will count the no.of occurrence of each vowels and print the vowels encountered from the last long with the no. of occurrence. like E-2, I-2 I attempted the program. did half correct. Then she told me the logic and it seemed easy. She then asked a CV from me. Asked weather I have any problem to change the location and shifting duties. I said not at all. She told weather I have any question for her or not. Asked. Then I thanked her and left.

After waiting for about 3 hours my name was called for technical Interview. I don't know why I didn't had to stand in a queue with the others for the HR interview. I was called directly for it. There was again a Ma'am and she was really very nice and frank. She just asked about me and then told me welcome to CTS. Told about the salary pakage and asked me whether i have any problem with relocation and shifting duties.  Then she shook my hand and i left. The interview seemed just a formality and lasted for 2mins. But there was others who also got rejected in HR interview or kept on hold, or said they will be informed via mail. So be aware and do perform well in Technical Interview and HR round.   I would like to thank my parents for there support, God, my friends and last but not the least, One special person who changed my life.  Never ever Lose hope. Do prepare well from R.S. Aggarwal and keep faith. I have sat for so many IT campusing that I have forgotten the counting but at last  made it. The journey began with the rejection from TCS, then Wipro BPO, Infosys, Accenture (at HR round), TCS (again), Mu sigma and there are others which I have forgotten. But that does not means you are not worthy enough. You just need some luck. Keep patience, Try and Try till you succeed.

Below are the few important grammatical rules which may be required to review to solve English aptitude paper in any MNCs 1. Possessive case

Possessive case is generally used with living things e.g. the governor’s bodyguard.

But is also used with personified objects:

e.g.  India’s heroes, nature’s law etc.

2.  Comparison of adjectives:

1)  Adjectives ending in –or are followed by the preposition to(not than); as,Inferior, superior, prior, anterior, posterior, senior, junior.

e.g.

Hari is inferior to rama in intelligenceHe is junior to all of his colleagues.

2) In comparing two things or classes of things the comparative should be used; as, Of Mumbai and Madras the former is wealthier.

Of two evils, choose the less (not least).

Note:  later and latest refer to time, latter and last refer to position. Elder and eldest are used only of person, not of animals or thing. Older and oldest are used of both persons and things.

3. Personal pronouns

There is a general constructione.g.You and I have done our duty.You and hari have idled away your time.He and I can never pull on together.

i.e the construction is- “you and I” not “I and you” ,”you and he” not “he and you”  ,”he and I” not “I and he”    

mind it.

4. Mood

Subjunctive mood:

a. past subjunctive is used

1) After the verb wish to indicate a situation which is unreal or contrary to fact: as,

I wish I knew his name.   (= I’m sorry I don’t know his name.)She wishes the car belonged to you.

2) After if, to express improbability or unreality in the present: as;

If I were you I should not do that (but I am not you, and never can be) If we started now we would be in time (but we can’t start now)

3) After as if/though, to indicate unreality or improbability: as,

He orders me as if I were his wife (but I am not).He walks as though he were drunk (but he is not).

5. Tense

This is a very vital part in grammar & also for apti.

6. Agreement of the verb with the subject

1) If the singular subjects are preceded by each and every the verb usually singular:as’

Every boy and girl was ready.Every man, woman and child was lost.

2) Two or more singular subjects connected by or, nor, either….or, neither...Nor take a verb in the singular: as,

Either abdul or amir has stolen the watch.Neither rama nor his sister was there.

3) When subjects joined by or,nor are of different numbers, the verb must be plural, and the plural subject must be placed next the verb ;as,

Rama and his brothers have done this.

4) When the subjects joined by  or or nor are of different persons,the verb agrees with the nearer ; as,

Either he or I am mistaken.Neither you nor he is mistaken.

5) Either, neither, each, everyone, many a, must be followed by a singular verb; as,

Each of the substances is found in India.Many a man has done so.

6) Words joined to a singular subject by ‘with’, ‘together with’, ‘in addition to’, or ‘as well as’, etc.,are parenthetical, and therefore do not affect the number of the verb ; as,

The chief, with all his men, was massacred.Rama, as well as hari and govind, likes hot curry.

7. The participle

Hearing the noise, the boy woke up. The word hearing qualifies the noun boy as an adjective does.It is formed from the verb hear, and governs an object. Participle is called a verbal adjective.

a. Present participle

We met a girl carrying a basket of flowers.

b. Past participle

Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

c. Perfect participle

Having rested, we continued our journey.The wind having failed, the crew set to work with a will.

1) Since the participle is a verb-adjective it must be attached to some noun or pronoun ; in other words it must always have a proper ‘subject of reference’.

The following sentences are incorrect:

Being a very hot day, I remained at my tent.Entering the room, the light was quite dazzling. The correct sentences are: It being a very hot day, I remained at my tent.Entering the room, I found the light quite dazzling. More examples: Sword being in hand, he rushed on the jailor.Breakfast having been over, we went out for a walk.

8. The gerund

Gerund is verb-noun Few examples; I heard of his having gained a prize.He is desirous of being praised.I hope you will excuse my (not me) leaving early.We rejoiced at his (not him) being promoted.

9. Auxiliaries

This is another important chapter in grammar.

A sentence construction: You should have been more careful. (Should + perfect infinitive indicates a past obligation that was not fulfilled).He should be in the library now. (Expresses probability). Note: Follow the auxiliaries (will/would, can/could, may/might etc .

10. Position of adverbs

As a general rule, the word only should be placed immediately before the word it modifies; as,I worked only 2 sums.

11. Preposition

1) Since is used before a noun or phrase denoting some point of time, and is preceded by a verb in the perfect tenses ;as,

I have eaten nothing since yesterday.Ha has been ill since Monday last.

2) From is used with non-perfect tenses; as,

He will join school from tomorrow.I commenced work from 1st January.

3) For is used with a period of time; as,

He has been ill for 5 days.

4) In before a noun denoting a period of time, means at the end of; within means before the end of; as,

I shall return in an hour.I shall return within an hour.

5) Beside means by the side of, while besides means in addition to.

6) The prepositions for, from, in, on are often omitted before nouns of place or time; as,

We did it last week, I can’t walk a yard, wait a minute.

7) In and at are used in speaking of things at rest; to and into are used in speaking of things in motion; as,

He is in bed.He ran to school.             ,He jumped into the river.

8) On is used in speaking of things at rest, and upon the things in motion; as,

He sat on a chair.                     , The cat sprang upon the table.

9) Till is used of time, and to is used of place; as,

I slept till eight o’clock.            , He walked to the end of the street.

10) With often denotes the instrument and by the agent; as,

He killed two birds with one shot.He was stabbed by a lunatic with a dagger.

11) But- as a rule is a conjunction. When used as a preposition but means “except”, “with the exception of”; as,

What can he do but die.All is lost but honor.

Note: also take a look at the prepositions that shows some most common relation to some words; as,

1) Place:

Went about the world, leaned against a wall, tour round the world, put pen to paper, stand without the gate.

(2) Time: by three o’clock, ten minutes to twelve, on Monday.

(3) Agency, instrumentality:

Sent the parcel by post, was destroyed by fire, heard this through a friend, cut it with a knife.

(4) Manner: fought with courage, won with ease.

(5) Cause, reason, purpose:

Died of fever, died from fatigue, concealed it through shame, took medicine for cold.

6) Possession:

The mosque of Omar, the boy with red hair

7) Contrast, concession:

For (in spite of) all his wealth he is not content, with (in spite of) all his faults I admire him. 

12. Conjunctions and their uses

1) Since, when used as a conjunction, should be preceded by a verb in the present perfect tense, and followed by a verb in the past indefinite tense; as,

I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last.

2) That is now used

a. To express reason, cause and is equivalent to because, for that, in that; as,

He was annoyed that he was contradicted.

b. To express purpose and is equivalent to in order that; as,

We sow that we may reap.

C. To express consequences, result, effect; as,

I’m so tired that I can’t go on.

3) Scarcely should be followed by when, and not by than.

Scarcely had he gone, when (not than) a policeman knocked at the door.

4) No sooner is followed by then, and not by but.

No sooner had he returned than (not but) he was off again.No sooner did he see us than he dispersed.

13. Noun and pronoun

1) The object of verb or of a preposition, when it is a pronoun, should be in the objective form; as,Between you and me (not I) affairs look dark.

Let you and me (not I) do it.

There is really no difference between you and me.Please let jack and me go to the theatre.

14. Adjectives

1) A very common form of error is exemplified in the following sentence:

The population of London is greater than any town in India. (Incorrect)The population of London is greater than that of any town in India. (Correct)Because, the comparison is between the population of London and the population of any town in India

15. Articles

1) Before a word beginning with a consonant sound a is used; as,

A university, a European, a ewe, a one-rupee note, a one-eyed man. The words university, European etc. Begin with a consonant sound, that of you.One begins with the consonant sound of w. 2) Before words beginning with h and not accented on the first syllable, an is used; as,An historical novel, an hotel.

3) The red and white rose. (Means one rose)

The red and the white rose.  (Means two roses, the one red and the other white)The first and the second chapter=the first and second chapters.

16. Structures

1) subject+verb+noun/pronoun+adjective:

The boy pushed the door open.We found the trunk empty.He turned the lamp low.

2) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+present participle:

I saw him crossing the bridge.She caught him opening yours letter.

3) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+plain infinitive:

I saw him go out.She watched him steal the watch.Let me go.

4) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+past participle:

I heard my name called.I want the letter typed.We found the house deserted.

5) Subject+verb+noun/pronoun+ (to be +) complement:

I consider the plan (to be) unwise.We thought him (to be) foolish.The club chose Mr. Sunder treasurer.She called him a fool.

6) It+be+no good.e etc. +gerundial phrase:

It is no good asking him for help.It’s no use worrying about it.It is amusing watching the monkeys.It has been a pleasure meeting you.

7)      If clause                                                                                             main clause

     (Simple present)                                                                     (Will/shall/can/may+plain infinitive)

                                     

If you study hard                                                                                      you will get a first class.

If he runs all the time                                                                             he can get there in time.

Note: Conditionals of this type tell us that something will happen if a certain condition is fulfilled. The condition may or may not be fulfilled.

(8)           If clause                                                                                   main clause

         (Past subjunctive)                                                  (Would/should/could/might+plain infinitive)

If you studied hard                                                                                 you would get a first class.

If we started now                                                                                     we would be in time.

Note: Conditionals of this type are used when we talk about something which we don’t expect to happen or which is purely imaginary.

(9)           If clause                                                                                         main clause

              (Past perfect)                                                         (Would/should/could/might+perfect infinitive)

If you studied hard                                                                            you would have got a first class.

If he had taken my advice                                                           he would not have got into trouble.

Note: Conditionals of this type say that something did not happen becoz a certain condition was not fulfilled.

17. The sequence of tenses:

1) A past tense in the principle clause is followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause;as,

She replied that she felt better.

I found out that he was guilty.

Note: there are however two exceptions to the above rule:

a)   A past tense in the principle clause may be followed by a present tense in the subordinate clause when the subordinate clause expresses a universal truth ;as, Newton discovered that the force of gravitation makes apples fall.He said that honesty is the best policy.

(b)  When the subordinate clause is introduced by than, even if there is a past tense in the principle clause it may be followed by any tense required by the sense in the subordinate clause ;as,

He liked you better than he likes me.He helped him more than he helps his own children.

2) A present or future tense in the principle clause may be followed by any tense required by the sense; as,

He thinks that she is there.He thinks that she was there. He thinks that she will be there.He will think that she is/was/will be there.

18. Few sentence construction:

1)  (a) He thought that he was safe there.

     (b) He thought himself to be safe there.

2)   (a) I believed that he was a true friend.

      (b) I believed him to be a true friend.

3)   (a) This proved that the man had stolen the horse.

      (b) This proved the man t have stolen the horse.

(4)  (a)  We know that Rama is alive.

      (b) We know Rama to be alive.

19. In such sentences as the following, but is equivalent to a relative pronoun followed by not, and serves to introduce an adjective clause:-

(1) There was not a woman present but wept to hear such news. [That is, who did not weep to hear such news.](2) There is no fireside but has one vacant chair. [That has not one vacant chair.]

So, this was a brief review of few important grammatical rules. Follow a good English grammar book to learn about English grammar more effectively, efficiently.

Best Wishes.

 

Hi Friends,  I am siddhartjha das from FIEM. I am from computer science Dept. I am going to share my CTS experience with you. CTS visited our campus on 17th Jan, 2011. It was three stages. 1. ppt presented by mr. Nilangshu ghosal2. Aptitude test3. HR and Technical

There were 480 students appeared for CTS in our collage, friends the ppt was very good, now I want to tell you something about aptitude test. It had two part, logical reasoning and English, for logical part do R.S Aggarwal. It is more than enough.Do1. Puzzles (very important)  2. Picture puzzles (very important)  3. Syllogism (very important) 4. Relations (very important) 5. Odd man out6. Cubes and dies7. Data sufficiency (very important) 8. Data interpretation (very important) 9. Statement conclusion. For English part, do cat material (ims, time etc) just take care of grammatical rules, sentence correction, rapid fast reading ability that's enough for English.

Friend please note that in 2011, the aptitude standard of CTS is most difficult compared to TCS, Infosys.  Before appearing for Written test we have to fill up the below form format. Some Q,s are listed below. 1. Name.__________________2. Gender__________________3. Current address:__________________city:__________________pin code:__________________tel.phno:__________________mobile no.__________________4. Permanent address.__________________5. E-mail__________________6. Nationality__________________7. Academic details (10th %, 12th or diploma%)__________________8. Each Semester percentage and year of passing.__________________9. Have u cleared all your arrears (backlogs)?__________________10. Do u have any standing arrears (presently do u have any backlogs)?__________________11. Software orientation:__________________12. Extra curricular, Hobbies and

Interests.______________________________________________________13. Strengths and weakness.__________________14. Expectations from cognizant.______________________________________________________15. Your short term plan and long term plan with cts.____________________________________16. What are the qualities a software professional need to excel in his field?_________________ Now in technical interview part, people from cse please do prepare C (pointers, functions, array, basic concept, do sorting, gcd, fibo, factorial, prime, call by value, by reference, array of ptrs, ptrs to array etc.), Java(oops, thread, exception), data structure (linked list, tree, sorting, recurtion, stack, queue), DBMS (normalization, rules of entity, transaction) very carefully. Else prepare C, data structure plus departmental subjects. Please do prepare  for final year project, my HR told me to draw whole E-R diagram of my final project, triggered so many technical questions in a random way. Please note that, the technical part is most important in third round. As a cse people you should have good technical knowledge. Some sample answer of HR questions  are given bellow. 1. Why do you want to join our company? Cognizant is a well known prestigious IT company. It is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. With over 50 global delivery centers and more than 100,000 employees as of December 1, 2010, CTS combine a unique global delivery model leading to customer satisfaction. A member of the NASDAQ-100 Index and S&P 500 Index, Cognizant is a Forbes Global 2000 company and a member of the Fortune 1000 and is ranked among the top information technology companies in BusinessWeek’s Hot Growth and Top 50 Performers listings. Its estimated revenues for 2010 is $4.55 bill Hence, for a young, hard working IT graduate like me, CTS is one of the best company to join. 2.  Why should I recruit you? Ans: I am honest, hard working person and have performed well in my academic carrier. I have got first class marks through out my carrier. More over, I am a good team player who can play important role in the success of the organization. This is a win – win situation where I will get a chance to utilize my skills and grow which will in turn help this company to grow. 3. Do you have any question? Ans: I have nothing much to ask at this point of time. Well, a quick question came in my mind. Could you please tell me about the initial training programs for the fresh candidates like me? This is because I have heard that your company offers very good training to the freashers. I shall wait for the interview results. Thanks!   That's all about apti part.   

Please prepare questions "why CTS","tell me about yourself" these two  is most common, and I also face just  these two, after two days CTS created a history at fiem. They took 244 after around 340 cleared aptitude, and I was one of them, hope to meet in CTS.

Hi Friends, I am Subhasish Mondal student of FIEM from CSE department. I am going to share my CTS experienced with you. CTS visit our college on 17-Jan-11.

CTS recruitment going through in 3 steps

PPT(Pre Placement Talk)

Aptitude Test HR-Technical Round.

Before appearing for Written test we have to fill up the below form format. Some Q,s are listed below.

1. Name.__________________2. Gender__________________3. Current address:__________________city:__________________pin code:__________________tel.phno:__________________mobile no.__________________4. Permanent address.__________________5. E-mail__________________6. Nationality__________________7. Academic details (10th %, 12th or diploma%)__________________8. Each Semester percentage and year of passing.__________________9. Have u cleared all your arrears (backlogs)?__________________10. Do u have any standing arrears (presently do u have any backlogs)?__________________11. Software orientation:__________________12. Extra curricular, Hobbies and Interests.______________________________________________________13. Strengths and weakness.__________________14. Expectations from cognizant.______________________________________________________15. Your short term plan and long term plan with cts.____________________________________16. What are the qualities a software professional need to excel in his field?_________________

In case of Aptitude test you should prepare for this area. Aptitude consists two parts verbal & reasoning part. There 30 question from reasoning and 25 questions from verbal and there are 60 minutes to solve this(30 minutes each).

Statement conclusion Odd man out Figure puzzle Puzzles Syllogism Data sufficiency Data interpretation

R.S Aggarwal verbal reasoning books is enough for it.after 1hrs from aptitude our tpo declare the name of students who cleared aptitude test.340 students out of 450 students cleared in aptitude test. I was one of them.Next the interview first the interviewer greeting me with a warm handshake. then he asked this questions.

Why CSE? what are the subjects you read last semester? what is the favorite subjects? What is referential integrity? what is foreign key? draw a table and show foreign key. What is deletion anomaly? what is lock? how many lock you ever heard? where you use read lock and shared lock? what is deadlock? what is deadlock presentation? tell me some procedure to detect deadlock. what is distributed deadlock? what are functions of local distributed and global distributed manager? how you solve deadlock in distributed system? then he asked do you know C? i answered yes then he asked how well like dbms or

more than that? i answered like C. then he asked four more questions from C.

What is union? What are the differences between structure and union? What is pointer? Tell me some practical application of pointer. what is link list?

I answered all of questions more or less correctly and full confidently. after asked so many questions he satisfied (i think). then he asked do you have any questions? please asked any questions related to their company. please don't asked anything regarding your interview please. then he told me nice to meet you.If you are CSE/IT students then you should technically sound(c,c++,ds,dbms,java at least).you also prepare for this type of questions like

why CTS?why should I recruit you?Tell me about yourself. etcone thing you should remember that you don't tell that you are preparing for CAT,MAT,GRE or any other exams.In interview room you keep yourself be cool, confident, fluent in English, smile on your face.Don't act like a over smart.CTS declared the name of student who got the job on 19th Jan '11. 244 students got the jobs and i was one of them.

I wish all the best.

 

Cognizant Campus Recruitment Process on 25.02.2011

Eligibility Criteria: 60% throughout (X, XII, UG/PG)

No year Gap

Only 2011 Pass out

Venue: FIEM, Sonarpur (it was not an on Campus Process)

Reporting Time: 8:00 am

My experience

I was 15 mins late, but it did not create any issue

An auditorium sought of place was given to us so that it can accommodate at least 400 students, 452 were eligible. Cognizant came at around 9am, and when I saw the entire team I was simply stunned, more than 35 people came, out of which 33 were interviewer (I came to know about them before the interview). The T.P.O of the FIEM introduced Mr. N Ghosal, the HR Manager of Cognizant.

Mr. N Ghosal, introduced himself and started off with the ppt session, it was damn good and inspiring

After 30-45 mins of ppt session we were asked to get ready for the Aptitude test, a consultancy named Meritrake came in with a team of more than 20 people and divided the entire group of students into several rooms, they had taken every possible measure so that no unfair means occur.

A form (data sheet) was given to fill-up, followed by two question papers (2-sections)

Total 55 questions were there, 60 mins time, 2 sections, 1-logical and quantitative 2-Based on English, no Negative marking but sectional cut-offs were there.

Aptitude result was declared by 1.30 pm, and panels were allotted to the selected candidates, there were 33 panels, and 5-6 students were allotted to each

I was in panel 1.

The interview session began, 1:1 interview, Technical and HR was combined, and the single man that was sitting on the other side was more than enough to make us realize that he was from CTS and the questions won’t be as smooth as we were thinking

I was waiting for my turn to come; seriously, I was quite tensed and nervous though my face did not reflect that. At that moment of time I was completely blank, I could not even remember the syntax for inheritance in C++, anyways I had to wait till 5.30pm, as the interviewer was taking a lot of time with a single candidate, so you can imagine how sweet the interview session could be, sitting with the interviewer for than 30mins, minimum, gradually I started to make up my mind that I have to face the person on the other side of the desk, and if I get tensed then everything would be in a mess, actually I was not tensed, neither was i nervous, it was a different feeling, which you can only feel when your waiting outside that ROOM.

When my name was called, it was near about 5.40pm

Me : Sir, may I come in

X: yah, sure (he had a smiling face)Me: Good Afternoon sir (I was standing with my bag on one shoulder, and a file in my hand)

X: yah, have your seat, be comfortable(I took my seat, kept my bag on the floor, and the file on my lap)

X: (with a smile on his face) so you are Shyam, from JISCE?

Me: yes sirX: (he called out two names, they were also from my college and asked me) who is the topper? Me: sir all are unique in their own way, but if you talk about academics I have topped the last 5 semestersX: so you are the topper? (smiled again)

Me: yes sir till the 5th semesterX: show me your certificates, class X and XII (I gave him the original), make sure that you put back all the certificates safely

(He started calculating my percentages, one by one) and said all are perfect

X: you have passed out class XII from CBSE? I am also from CBSEMe: which school sir?

X: Kendriya Vidyalay, Alipore, (smiled) I have passed out class 10 in 2000, so where do you stay?Me: Naihati

X: hmm nice place, so what are your hobbies Shyam?Me: (told) (and he continued writing everything in his evaluation sheet)

X: (going through the data sheet that I have filled up in the morning) you like data structureMe: yes sir, we had DS in our 3rd sem

X: ok (he gave a blank A4 sheet and wrote an array of 6 elements) sort the arrayMe: which technique sir? X: anything of your choiceMe: (after sorting the array by Bubble sorting technique) sir done

X: ok let me see (going through my code) no this will not work!! (returned the paper back to me)Me: (surprisingly) why sir? (I went through my code,….but couldn’t find any mistakes) (Gave it back to him) sir it will work

X: (again going through my code) no it won’t, ok let us do a dry run

Me: (eagerly waiting for him to point out my mistake) yes sir

X: oh! My mistake, I didn’t notice the other loop (he overlooked my outer loop) it will work (gave a positive smile)X: Can you tell me its time complexity?

Me: (told, a complete wrong guess, I was not sure) (he did not say anything)X: what projects have you done?

Me: (told)X: do you know Linked lists?

Me: yes sirX: ok, have you heard of circular, doubly, circular-doubly linked lists?

Me: yah sir, sureX: how can I search an element from the linked list? (Passed that paper to me again)

Me: shall I write the code?X: your choice, I just need to understand

Me: (I wrote the code, defined a structure for linear linked list, and defined a function for searching the element) ( I was taking a bit time and I looked up once to see what was he doing)X: take your time (gave a pleasant smile)

(I continued with my ‘searching’ function)

(After completing, I looked up again, found him busy writing something, so I started checking my code, if there are some errors)

Me: sir I have done itX: oh , let me have a look (going through my code) yah good

X: what changes would you make if I ask you to do the same for doubly linked list?Me: (made the changes)

X: (with a impressive smile) your code is ok but it could have been much simpler. What is recursion?Me: (told)

X: write down a recursive function to print the fibonacci series in Java

Me: (feeling a bit tensed, started off)(Finished writing the code, I didn’t print the a and b as 0 in the beginning, I took a=-1 and b=1, and gave him the sheet back) sir done.

X: (checked out my code) why did you take a= -1 and b=1? Me: (explained him)X: (he looked impressed) (he took the paper back, wrote a small code snippet) what will be output of the following? (The code was written in C++, a bit tricky)

Me: (I started solving it, wrote few steps) (suddenly he took back the paper and said) X: what is string?

Me: (answered him) X: how can you copy one string in another?

Me: (I told him about the strcpy function)X: without strcpy?

Me: bla bla…. (could not answer properly)X: ok can you relocate outside Kolkata?

Me: (butterflies in my stomach) YES ! sirX: ok last question I’ll ask you, if you can answer you are through

(I was excited)

X: ( wrote 3 statements: x=1+2+3; y=”1”+2+3; z=2+4+”6”;) if I write System.out.println(x) and in the same way SOP for y and z what will be the output?Me: x=6; y=123 (as ‘+’ will act as a concatenation operator), and z= (he took back the paper)

X: you are through, you can goMe: Thank you sir (I saw him writing the marks, he gave me 9/10) ( before getting in I heard, that, 6 is the cut-off, so any one getting 6 will get the job)Came out of the room, I was quite satisfied and eagerly waiting for the resultThey announced the result around 7.30pm,

And they gave me the offer letter.

There I'm Sourav Podder from B.P. Poddar Institute Of Management & Technology, Kolkata. I'm currently doing final year of B.Tech, Computer Sc. Engineering (4 years). I am very happy that I'm placed in my dream company, Cognizant. Cognizant came to my college for recruitment on January 13th, 2011 (Written Test, Technical & HR). I wanna share my experiance to FW users as it might help them to figure out what Cognizant's selection process actually is. On the Day,  1) A ppt.2) A written test. Before actually start writing the test, you will be asked to fill a form & give the following info: 1. Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Age, Permanent Address, Current Address.2. 10th percentage and 12th percentage, year of passing etc.3. Cumulative and individual percentage of the semesters.4. Software Orientation (Programming languages known)5. Hobbies and extra curricular activities6. Strengths and weakness 7. Expectations from Cognizant8. Long term and short term goals in Cognizant. 9. Qualities required for a software professional. 10. Why do you think that you are qualified for IT companies? (Note: This info is more powerful than your resume. Please, prepare it well and write things very very clearly. Because, this info will be forwarded to your HR!) The written test comprised of 2 sections: Analytical and Verbal. The details are given below: * Analytical Section (30 questions, 30 minutes) 1) Figure(finding odd figure,finding similiar figure,figure completion).2) Logic(Syllogisms/Logical deduction & Binary Logic/Logical Connectives).3) Puzzle.4) Data Interpretation.5) Coding Decoding. * Verbal Section (25 questions, 25 minutes) 1) 2 passages(go through the previous papers of cognizant from Freshersworld.com & you might get common).2) Find correct sentences.3) Find incorrect sentences.4) Jumbled sentences & you have to choose their correct orders. 

(Note: Totally 55 questions. You gotta finish it in 55 minutes. This pattern is very new. This pattern may be valid for the next two years. For section 1, refer R.S. Aggarwal's Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning and R.S. Aggarwal's Quantitative Apptitude only for DI.  For section 2, you need to be more thorough in English Grammar. This section would be tough for those who aren't good in English. Go through the verbal part of previous Cognizant papers from Freshersworld.com)

358 students sitted in the aptitude test & 251 cleared & I was one of them. (They also declred the panel no. of the selected candidates also)

3) Interview (Technical+HR)

Me: Good evening sir.Int: Good evening, have the seat. (he had an age of around 30 was quite friendly, smiling always have a little bit of smile on your face. It shows that you are not nervous.) Int: So you are Sourav? (in the mean time he is going through my aptitude marks, the afforesaid forms)Me: Yes sir. Int: Sourav tell me about yourself.

Me: I started & after a some time he stopped me. Int: So what are your interests & hobbies?Me: Sir, it's listening to music, surfing the internet, playing cricket & I also love to travel many places. Int: What type of music?Me: Sir, soulful music. Interviewer: What is soulful music?Me: Something touches my heart.

Int: (with a smile)That is very difficult to say which type of song touches which one's heart. But what type of song touches your heart?Me: Sir, I like Rahat fateh ali khan's song very much & I also like sonu nigam's meledious song as well & these types of songs but I don't like those hiphop & hard rock.

Int: What are Rahat's recent song?Me: From Salman khan's movie Dabbang "tere mast mast do nain" & prior to this I also like the song"dil to bachha hai ji" from Ishqiya.

Int: The movie Dabbang is also famous for another song (he is soo friendly) Me: Yes sir, "Munni Badnam Hui".

Int: Do you like any recent Bengali song?Me: Yes sir,from movie "autograph" I like Anupam Roy's song "amake amar maton thakte dao" & also I like Rupam's song from dat movie "beche thakar gaan".

Int: Do you study Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any time of your semestar?Me: Yes sir, in the last semester.

Int: Then you are in trouble (with a smile) ok do you like AI?Me: No sir, I didn't like the subject but for the sake of semester i've to go through it.

Int: Ok what is theorem? (I even don't remember the name of the theorem) no problem, if you don't know it.Me: No sir, I didn't know it. Int: Ok,what is B-Tree & B+ Tree?

Me: I answered (he was fully impressed with my answer & when I tried to elongate it he said "dis is enough I have found what i want") Int: What is Weak Entity Set?Me: Again I satisfied him with my answer. Int: Now coming to networking what is the difference between a switch & a bridge?Me: (This is a shocker for me as I didn't expect a question from networking because I mentioned C & Java as s/w orientation in the form) I tried to say something & went on saying bla bla bla.

Int: No,this is not correctMe: Sir, actually I'm not in touch with networking because I studied it in 5th semester & after that I'm not in touch with it.

Int: But I will try to touch all the subjects & you will have to give atleast one correct answer from that subject otherwise I will ask questions from dat subject.Me: Ok sir.

Int: What is packet switch routing & circuit switch routing?Me: (after a bit of pause & thinking) No sir, I cann't remember it right now.

Int: Ok you write down the 7 layers of OSI model? (he gave me pen & paper)Me: After giving some try I only manage to write only 5 layers (at this moment I started to panic a little bit)

Int: Ok you write a valid ip address & say which class it belongs?Me: 127.0.0.1 & after some pause I said it's in class A.

Int: Ok now we can move to other subject.Me: I released a huge sigh of relief actually I made wild guess about the class of the IP address.

Int: Java?Me: Yes sir. Int: How can you create threads in Java?Me: I answered & satisfied him with my answer.

Int: So, what is the best choice extending Thread class or implementing Runnable interface & why?Me: Implementing the Runnable interface & also explained the reason (but he is not fully satisfied with the reason)

Int: Now OS?Me: Yes sir (with a fear in my mind because I'm even not in touch with OS)

Int: What is Virtual Memory?Me: The memory which doesn't exist physically.

Int: (with a smile) you are trying to tell me the dictionary meaning.Me: No sir, actually I'm not comfortable in memory management part but i'm comfortable in semaphore etc in process management part.

Int: (with a smile) I didn't ask you that ok tell me what is deadlock?Me: I told & satisfied him.

Int: How you can detect deadlock?Me: I told dat by using RAG, WFG & by some Deadlock detection algorithm.

Int: What is RAG & WFG?Me: Resource Allocation Graph & Wait for Graph.

Int: What are the differences between them?Me: I told that RAG involves Resource but WFG don't involves Resources it only involves processes & I also draw an eg. of both RAG & WFG.

Int: Are you sure in WFG there is no resource?Me: Yes sir.

Int: No it's not correct. (he was checking my confidence)Me: Sir, as far as I know there is no resource in WFG.

Int: Ok, I think i'm done. Do you have any questions?Me: Yes sir, What are the improvements I have to make to be successful in the organisation?

Int: I cann't tell you that seeing you such a short period. But as a fresher you must have the mentality to learn, effective communication skills & good team work capability.Me: Ok sir & one more what are the expectations of the company from me as a fresher?

Int: As I already told mentality to learn, communication skill & team work capability.Me: Yes sir, according to me i'm a quick learner & good team man & I also have effective communication skills. So I think I will be successful. I have some problem in some subjects like networking because I'm not in touch with these subjects recently. But I have full command & confidence in my subject C & Java etc.

Int: Ok, thank you.Me: Thank you sir.

Our result was announced on the evening of 15/01/2011 as Infosys was sharing 0 slot with Cognizant.

Out of 251 candidates who appeared for the interview 179 were selected & my name was there in the list. Wish you all the best! Hope to see you soon in Cognizant. 

Reasoning / Analytical: 30 Minutes, 30 QuestionsVerbal English:  25 Minutes, 25 Questions

Reasoning/Analytical:

1. Figure2. Syllogism3. Logic(unless u....,only if....)4. Data interpretation5. 3x3 matrix with some condition- like a puzzle6. Coding-decoding

Verbal English: 1. Reading comprehension-2 paragraphs2. Rearrangement of jumbled sentences in  paragraph3. Which one is most gramatically correct from a set of sentences4. Other 5 questions-I couldn't remember

Actually there was 1 interview including both technical & HR

Technical Interview: 

Me: may I come in sir?Sir: Yes, please take your seat Me: ThanksSir: What's your favorite subject? Me: JavaSir: Why is Java so important? Me: Told its featuresSir: What's the difference of Java with other object orientd language? Me: ToldSir: What is DBMS? Me: ToldSir: What's Relation in RDBMS? Me: ToldSir: What's Normalization & func.dependency? Me: ExplainedSir: What's 2NF and 3NF? Me: Explained with examples Sir: Give sum real example (i.e attributes like emp_name etc.) Me: GaveSir: What's your final year project? Me: ToldSir: How are you storing data? Me: ToldSir: Tell me its features Me: Told HR Interview:

Sir: Tell me about yourself?Me: Told Sir: What's your body weight?Me: Told Sir: How long will you take to complete 100 m race?Me: Told Sir: How will you manage 3-4 hours of journey to/from Bantala, kolkata (CTS' new campus in Kolkata) Me: Told bt he was not satisfied Sir: Asked again the same questionMe: Told that in that case I have to shift to a place nearer to Bantala  Sir: Ok, that's a better alternativeSir: Nice to meet you & a warm hand-shake with me. Appeared in Aptitude: 358Cleared Aptitude: 251Finally selected: 179 1. Prepare 1/2 subjects very well2. Follow R.S Aggarwal's Verbal-Nonverbal reasoning, Objective General English3. Follow company's aptitude questions from various sites

4. In interview never try to be over-smart  or very straight-forward  Best of luck!Hello Friends, M Gareema Bhandari from Orient group of Institutes Bhopal. CTS was the first company in our Institute. i.e on 14th and 15th January 2011. CTS process was in 2 steps  Written test  * Reasoning section* Verbal section

Interview:

Both HR and Technical were taken together as 1 round.

Written Reasoning section: All the questions of syllogism were asked. Tricky questions of syllogism were asked in this our english ability is also checked 30 questions were their. For half an hour.                       Verbal section: In verbal section simple basic grammar skills were checked. No antonym or synonym were asked. Only the person with, clear concept of english grammar can attempt. All the questions correctly.

Please do practice the questions of similar relations. Verbal was also for 30 minutes 30 questions.

Both the papers were given seperately for 30-30 minutes.

Interview

My interview was the longest in my pannel. For everyone it was 20 to 25 mins mine was 30 mins.

My technical is not that strong. But I have very good communication skills. Thus, I went in very confidently. He asked me. To tell him about myself. Seriously this is the answer when you can actually drive your interview. I spoke so elligently that he was very impressed.

Than he asked me some technical questions I think 3 he asked of which I gave none answer. But I convince dhim by saying that." sir its not luck I dont know the answer. Yesterday when result was announce. My neighbours and relatives were all at ma room and I was already nervous and I didn't got the time to browse through ma notes"

He smilled at me then I said that sir ma technical is not dat good but if I will revise ma notes than definitely I can handle the questions.

So, he then stated asking me situational questions some of tham are

(1) Say you and your best friend made a project but it was rejected by the customer. You know that it was becuse your friend made a mistake in the project. Now, your boss is asking you to tell him who made the mistake. Will you tell your boss about the mistake done by your friend?    (2) Your boss gave you a project. To be done in 10 day. But it is impossible for you to complete it in 10 day. What will you do?

(3) Your friends birthday is let us say in January 1989 but you don't know your frrends date and day. How can you calculate it. By just asking him 1 questions. You cannot ask him directly his b"day?

Like this 9 situational questions were asked to me. I gave all the answers very confidently. With possitive attitude and very good communication skills.

He even asked me technical questions practically. like, if there is a car say"CIVIC" than what will be the object and what will be the function and what will be the class.

I just spoke out  whatever was cuming into ma mind.  Because i'm not good in technical. But I said with confidence after 30 minutes he asked me do you have any questions to askedI asked him 2 questions about there logo "GO GREEN" and  "HOW SOCIALLY INTACT IS CTS"after asking the questions

He said that "Gareema you have a very impressive approach have a nice day"

I was selected in CTS. So, the conclusion is, be confident. Written is very easy and one should be very confident in front of the HR.

Myself Ramana Reddy MCA-2010, I appeared for CTS Off campus recruitment on 16th Janunary, MLR Engineering College, Hyderabad. The Aptitude paper was little bit easy and little bit hard.  Total question: 55Total marks: 55  

No negative mark, but sectional cut-off is there.

The exam consists of two sections.

1) Analytical Pattern:

Figure sequence  (very easy)

* Syllogims  (easy)* Puzzle test (easy but time taken take care about time here)* Coding decoding (very easy no preparation required)* Data interpretation  (Difficult)* Data sufficiency  (logical thinking apply here)

* First complete  coding, decoding, fig sequence and then follow remaining.

 Note: In this section we have to secure min 16 marks for qualifying, otherwise may be disqualified.

 2) English:

Two passages (one easy, one difficult) (10 marks). Sentence formation (5 marks).

Pick Correct,  Incorrect sentences from a list.

Note: In this section we have to secure min 12 marks for qualifying, otherwise disqualified. After 30 mins they collect the first section paper (analytical) and give second section paper(English).First section kills time, you can't even study the whole paper unless you are quick enough results will be with in one day. I got the mail from Cognizant on that day at 11pm.

My technical and HR on Jan-18th at 8.30am in CTS company, VBIT park, Madhapur.

Technical round:

Totally 30 panels were there for technical interview.Don't call like CTS, try to call it Cognizant at each and every time.

Me : Excuse me sir.Int : Yes

Me : Good Morning Sir.Int : Very good morning, take a seat.

Me :Thank you sir. Int : So, Ramanareddy tell me some thing about you from your schooling to college lifeMe : Told Int : Tell me something about your project?Me : Told

Int : What is your role in the project? (this Q was very imp and common Q for everybody)  Me : Told

Int : So, you are came from Andhra UniversityMe : Yes, sir.

Int : What is topology?Me : Told

Int : What is AI (Artificial Intilgence)?Me : Sorry I did’t recall right now.

Me : At that time I requested sir please ask me Q’s on C, C++, Java, SQL, DS, I am strong in technical wise. Int : Ok, write a program on arithmetic exception?Me : Blah blah.

Int : Write a program on Double LinkedList?Me : Blah blah.

Int : Write a program for Selection Sort?Me : Blah blah.

Int : Ok, good, what is Normalization?Me : Told upto 3rd Normal form only and told to him, sir I don’t know about remaining forms.

Int : Ok, take 3 tables and do the normalization.Me : I completed this task fastly (on emp, dept, location).

Int : Can you write 'where' clause in 'group' By function?Me : No sir, we have to use 'having' instead of 'where'

Int : Tell me about your family?Me : Told

Int : You have any questions?Me : Sir, you didn't terminate atleast one employee from  our company at the ressision time, how did you faced this difficulty complexity problem with effectively .

Int : Told

Int : Ok, Ramanareddy all the best, wait outside for sometime.Me : Thank you sir.

Within 5 min one employee  came and told to me. You have qualified in 'Technical round' and wait 5 more mins for HR round.

HR round:

Me : Excuse me sir,Int : Yes, take your seat.

Me : Thank you sir, good morning sir.

Int : Tell me something about ur project?Me : Again told.

Int : Tell me something about you?Me : Told

Int : Tell me what u r doing in free time?Me : Told

Int : He saw my OMR sheet and asked me, did you clear all the subjects from schooling to PG?Me : Yes sir

Int : Show your original marks memos.Me : I showed to him.  He watched my marks memos for 5-10 mins

Int : Ok you can leave now, If you have qualified we will mail back to you later.Me : Thank you sir.

On 20th at 9.15 pm I got mail from CTS, wow I got job in CTS. Now I am CTS family, my joining date is Jan-27th in Hyderabad.

Ok, prepare well and Best Of Luck.

I hope to see you in our Cognizant family.  This is Shyamananda Sarkar from GCELT. Cognizant visited our college on 19th January. With us there was GCECT also to sit for the selection procedure. I gonna share my experience with you. Firstly, we were told to come college within 8:30 am. As registration purpose. Then after waiting for about 30-35 minutes it was the time for PPT which was given by a HR of CTS, I don't know who he was but atleast not Nilangsu Ghosal. Any way he told about the company bla..bla...bla. After about 45-50 minutes of PPT our main selection procedure started. It was consisted of 2 parts: 1) Aptitude Test2) Technical+HR Interview.

1) The aptitude section was of 2 sections.

a) Logical reasoning: 30 marks, questions were very easy, just need to practice little bit from R.S Aggarwal and the foremost needy thing is to be cool and try to solve as soon as possible. There was no quantitive part.

 b) Verval: Two passage one was very easy and another one was long but if you can manage time for all other part you'll surely be able to answer the questions from that passage.

Cut-off was about around 30-35 % in English and 50 % for logical. Any way total around 180-185 students sat for the exam. From that 57 GCELT and 45 GCECT students were selected for the next round. Any way there were 10 panels and I was selected for 6th panel and my interview time was 2:50 pm any way I was very tensed but ultimately around 5:10pm I was called for interview. The person who take my interview was a non-bengali and very cool and was in fancy mood.

My interview was like the following.Me: Good Afternoon sir.Int: Good Afternoon. pls have a sit. Me: Thank you sir.Int: So, sarkar, will you be able work in Mumbai? Me: (I was totally shocked, for this question, that too at the very beginning) offcourse sir, I can adjust any where in the world, after all I'm going to join a MNC.  Int: Ok, so Sarkar tum bara sarkar yeah chhota sarkar? Me: (I thought if I ans in Hindi or any others language rathar than English I may not get chance) no sir, my name only just sarkar and I'm also not like that. I also about the history of our title but a very few. Int: (He smiled) so who changed surname? Me: ToldInt: What does you father do? Me: ToldInt: Where do u father and grandfather live?

Int: What do you in computer domain.Me: I told Java and Dbms(but I surprised he didn't ask me not even a single question from Java) Int: Do you know C?Me: Yes sir. Int: So write a simple C code for the output of (a-b)^2. I was so lucky to have this.Me: I did it promptly. Int: Then he gave me to write the sql query for joining two table as directed by him. Me: I also did it  Int: Very good.Then he asked what are you doing in 4th year project.

Me: ToldInt: Then he asked will u be able to work in testing dept. from the very beginning? Me: Told bla...bla..

Then he told that's all have you any question?I asked about the Cognizant 2.0 He told.

Then I also asked about the mission Cognizant do for orphans in India.He told.That was all of my interview.

It was around 15 minutes. The result was declared on the next day. I got selected, thank God. it was really impossible for me to crack without my parents, elder sister and as well as my near and dear friends of school and college. I will be always with them.

Totaly 63 got selected. 31 from our college and 32 from ceramic. Myself Ankur, I appeared for CTS on campus recruitment on 13th Janunary. Aptitude paper was really really hard. Specially verbal portion. So be prepare 4 it. Then it was my PI session. Me: May I come in sir?Int: Yes please. Me: Good Evening sir.Int: Good Evening, take your seat. Me: Thank you sir.Int: So, Ankur tell me something about yourself. Me: Told.Int: Tell me something about your family. Me: ToldInt: Do you have any such preference of location? Me: No sir. I didn't have any such preference of location. I can go anywhere for our company.Int: Have you done any project? Me: Yes sir, I have completed a project of loan management system on Oracle PL/SQL. (I wrote DBMS (Oracle PL/SQL) as technical expertise in my CV)Int: Ok, means you know PL/SQL. Me: Yes sir.Int: What is procedure? Me: ToldInt: Can procedure return the value of any parameter? Me: Yes sir.Int: How?Me: ToldInt: What is RDBMS? Me: ToldInt: What is trigger? Me: Told (explained it in the paper)Int: Write down structure of a PL/SQL program. Me: Wrote.Int: How many types of exception are there in DBMS? Me: ToldInt: Give me an example of pre-defined exception. Me: ToldInt: Explain 2NF. Me: Explained with an example.

Int: BCNF. Me: ToldInt: What is cursor? what is the function of it? Me: Told and wrote the decalration of cursor.Int: How many types of cursor are there? Me: ToldInt: How many types of keys are in DBMS? Me: ToldInt: Difference between primary key and unique key. Me: ToldInt: If a cursor opened bt it is not closed. What will happen? Me: I didn't had proper idea of that question, but I was thinking.Int: Ok, didn't need to worry, nice to meet you. (formal handshake) Me: Can I ask you a question sir?Int: Yes Me: What is the role of freshers in Cognizant? Int: Told so many things, one point was. You have to face a lot of challege.Me: Yes sir, I'm ready to face the challenges. Int: Ok, then told so many things.Me: Sir, can I ask you another questions? Int: Yes.Me: How'z my interview? Int: Good, if this is good for you, then also good for me(then laughed) Me: Also laughed.Me: Nice to meet you sir, thank you sir (again handshake)  Out of 358. 251 cleared aptitude and out of them 179 was selected. I was really tensed at the time result announcement. Thank god I was selected. Best of luck! Hope to see you in Cognizant. Myself Ankur, I appeared for CTS on campus recruitment on 13th Janunary. Aptitude paper was really really hard. Specially verbal portion. So be prepare 4 it. Then it was my PI session. Me: May I come in sir?Int: Yes please. Me: Good Evening sir.Int: Good Evening, take your seat. Me: Thank you sir.Int: So, Ankur tell me something about yourself. Me: Told.Int: Tell me something about your family. Me: Told

Int: Do you have any such preference of location? Me: No sir. I didn't have any such preference of location. I can go anywhere for our company.Int: Have you done any project? Me: Yes sir, I have completed a project of loan management system on Oracle PL/SQL. (I wrote DBMS (Oracle PL/SQL) as technical expertise in my CV)Int: Ok, means you know PL/SQL. Me: Yes sir.Int: What is procedure? Me: ToldInt: Can procedure return the value of any parameter? Me: Yes sir.Int: How?Me: ToldInt: What is RDBMS? Me: ToldInt: What is trigger? Me: Told (explained it in the paper)Int: Write down structure of a PL/SQL program. Me: Wrote.Int: How many types of exception are there in DBMS? Me: ToldInt: Give me an example of pre-defined exception. Me: ToldInt: Explain 2NF. Me: Explained with an example. Int: BCNF. Me: ToldInt: What is cursor? what is the function of it? Me: Told and wrote the decalration of cursor.Int: How many types of cursor are there? Me: ToldInt: How many types of keys are in DBMS? Me: ToldInt: Difference between primary key and unique key. Me: ToldInt: If a cursor opened bt it is not closed. What will happen? Me: I didn't had proper idea of that question, but I was thinking.Int: Ok, didn't need to worry, nice to meet you. (formal handshake) Me: Can I ask you a question sir?Int: Yes Me: What is the role of freshers in Cognizant? Int: Told so many things, one point was. You have to face a lot of challege.Me: Yes sir, I'm ready to face the challenges.

 Int: Ok, then told so many things.Me: Sir, can I ask you another questions? Int: Yes.Me: How'z my interview? Int: Good, if this is good for you, then also good for me(then laughed) Me: Also laughed.Me: Nice to meet you sir, thank you sir (again handshake)  Out of 358. 251 cleared aptitude and out of them 179 was selected. I was really tensed at the time result announcement. Thank god I was selected. Best of luck! Hope to see you in Cognizant.I am Abhinav Mukherjee from st. Thomas' college of Engineering and Technology. My department is Electronics and Communication.

This is my first experience of a campus recruitment process!

Cognizant visited our campus on 6th January, 2011.  Out of 255 eligible candidates 219 cleared the first round (written test). Finally 175 were selected as finalist after the interview.

Written Test:

This consisted of 2 papers

1. Verbal Ability (25 marks 30 mins)

This consisted of 2 comprehension passages, choosing the grammatically correct sentences, syllogisms and finding the odd in a group. The question patterns were repetitve. My suggesstion would be to try and attempt the passages correctly.

2. Logical Resoning (30 marks 30 mins)

This section was not very easy. I remember one puzzle based on blood relation which I couldn't do. This puzzle was not of the type which you will readily find in R.S Aggarwal. The rest consisted of the type coding-decoding, simple puzzles on sitting arrangement and data sufficiency. The last question was on finding out various pecentage based on data provided in two tables. Sincerely solving problems from R.S aggarwal will suffice.

During the test we were provided a form where we had to fill in the required details. Separate time was provided for this.

After about 1 hour 15 mins the result of the test was declared and I was through. Then I had to sit for  more than 3 long hours when I was called for my Interview at about 5.30 pm.

Me: May I come in sir?Int: Yes come in.

Me: Good Evening sirInt: Good Evening! Please take your seat.

Me: Thank you sir. (He was about 45. He was neither smiling nor very serious.)Int: Is this your first interview? Me: Yes sir.Int: So, where is your school located? 

Me: ToldInt: And your house? Me: Told (He seemed to know the place and so he asked me in some details)Int: In which area are you comfortable?

Me: 'C' and Basic ElectronicsInt: While programming which one will you prefer array or pointer?

Me: Sir, PointerInt: Why?

Me: Told (Pointers works with addresses and bla bla bla. He was busy with his own work)Int: How do you initialize and array?

Me: ToldInt: Can you tell me what is the difference between a structure and a union?

Me: ToldInt: Are you involved in any project work?

Me: Told and described somewhatInt: OK Abhinav tell me 3 points why I will hire you and 3 points for which I will not hire you?

Me: Sir, I am hardworking, sincere and have the ability to accept challenges so you can definitely hire me. If I don't get selected, I will think that something must have gone wrong in my interview process and not in my aptitude level since I have already cleared the written round. In that case I will try to improve my body language, communication skills and my confidence level.

Int: Ok, Abhinav! I'm done. Glad to meet you. (And he shook hands with me)Me: Thank you sir (And I walked out quietly) This was my interview process. It was about 10-12 mins. I was pretty sure I will get through.  Next day when results were announced I was delighted to here my name announced as this was my first job .This is debasis from B.P.Poddr Institute Of Management & Technology. CTS had visited our college on 13th January, 2011. So I'm sharing a bit of my experience with you. The events of the day were like this.

1) A ppt by jonal hr head of CTS at 9 am. 2) Aptitute test consisting of 35 non verbal questions 35 mins were provided for this part (R.S Agarwal verbal-non verbal book is enough for this one) and 30 verbal questions for which 30 mins were alloted(barrons or R.S.Aggarwal verbal book is good enough. English was a bit tough acording to me. But if you are preparing for CAT then it would not be a matter of concern. You will be given a form to be filled up during this time.  It contains questions like strenghts & weaknessesYour hobbies, why CTS what qualities you have to join the it industry. Prepare this question before going in the interviewer will be watching all this after the aptitude test 251 people were selected out of . 359 people who sat for the aptitute test. My name was there. 3) Interview (Technical+HR)  I entered the interviewing hall at near about 7.30 pm Me: Good evening sir, may I have the seat? (manners & showing respect do count a lot over here)Int: Yeah, have the seat. (he had an age of 40-45 was quite serious always have a little bit of smile on your face. It shows that you are not nervous. 

Int: So you have done a summer training isn't it?Me: Yes sir, I did a training from BSNL on telecommunication and also from microsoft it academy on asp.net Int: So what were you taught in your BSNL training?Me: We were actually taught about the working of optical fibre will broadband. etc etc Int: So what is a broadband?(and he also asked a lot of question regarding this ne)Me: I told (although I had little knowledge on this one. But still I told everything I knew about it. Just tell confidently) Int: Are you sure? (he always tried to mis guide me. But never move away from your point)Me: Yes Sir Interviewer: Derive a nor gate using two and gate (This is a confidence-breaker question making "nor" with two "and" is not possible. He just wants to check weather you crumble under pressure or not)

Me: Initially I told yes. I will try but after 2 mins of trying I told Sorry sir, but I am not able to do this.Int: What is the job of "void" in C? Me: I told.Int: What will occur if we dont write main() in C. Me: Compiler error will occur Int: What type of compiller error Me: Pardon me sir, but I cant remember it right nowInt: What is function overloading in C? Me: Actually this was again a confidence breaker question as beacause function overloading was not there in C. It was in C++ or Java. Which were in our ECE syllabus. But still I told whatever I knew about it.Int: Look debasis, your communication skill is very good. But technical knowledge is quite low. Me: This was again done to break my confidence. Although I had a avg cgpa was below 7.0 but still I knew that my interview questions correctly.Me: May be sir that I am lagging in some technical parts. I can definitely work on them & cope up very quickly. I am no less than any other person over here. I am dying to get into Cognizant.

Int: Suppose you were in my chair & you had two candidates infront of you. One is technically very sound the other one is potential like you are but technically weak. Whom you would have selected.Me: I would have selected both of them Int: Ok thank you. Do you have any questions (always ask questions this shows your eagerness to know. But don't ask foolish questions like "how was my interview" this looks unprofesional)Me: I asked "how the recent policies of barrack obama will be affecting the Indian it industry"? Int: He told, any other question?Me: No Sir. Int: Thank you. you may leave.Me: Thanks a lot sir, have a nice day Int: You too. Out of 251 candidates who appeared for the interview 179 were selected & my name was there in the list.

 Wish you all the best! Hope to see you soon in Cognizant.I'm sharing my interview experience of Cognizant and I will give a brief about aptitude test. They gave a paper in which following questions were given. i) Hobbiesii) Strengths and weaknessiii) Long term and short term goaliv) Expectation from Cognizantv) Software orientationvi) What are qualities requried for software professional and why do you think that you are qualified for software professional. List reasons Do prepared for this questions and this question in important for interview a good answer of this important. First they gave us paper of analytical section there were 30 questions time given was 30 minutes. Analytical section: * 30 questions.* Time: 30 minutes. * No negative marking. i) 5 questions from data interpretation.ii) 5 questions from Blood relation i.e family problem.iii) Statement conclusion i.e statements will be given you have derive conclusion.iv) 5 questions from coding & decoding.R.S Aggarwal is more than enough for this section. Then they took away question paper of analytical question paper. Verbal section: * 25 questions. * Time: 25 minutes. * No negative marking. i) Two paragraphs ecah containing 5 question.ii) Find correct sentence among 4 sentenceiii) Find incorrect sentence among 4 sentence iv) 5 question from para jumble i.e 4 or 5 sentence will be given you have to assemble them and form a paragraph. Interview: Me: Good Afternoon.Int: Good Afternoon. Int: Ok, sit.Int: What is your name? Me: ToldInt: When did you pass class 10 and 12 Me: Told.Int: Where do you live? Me: Told.

Int: Why your class 10 percentage is low ( He asked me because my class 10 percentage was only 60%. Me: I told I didn't get the right competitive environmentInt: Why do you want to join Cognizant? Me: I told that I want to join any industry because until now I have only academic knowledge by joining industry I want to gain practical knowledge.Int: Tell me your favorite subject in last year. Me: Just told the names of subjects in my 7th semester and told I haven't read properly my last semester because of campusing. Int: What did you read for campusing?Me: Aptitude. Int: Then he asked me to write logic of a C program which was swapping between two variable without using third variable.Me: I done this properly Int: Write the logic to reverse a string without using strrevMe: Done but not properly but he was convinced Int: Any question from your side.Me: I have 3 to 4 months time then which topic I should prepare Int: He told me some topic like object oriented programming.Me: How was my interview sir? Int: Its ok but other things will also be taken into consideration like your semester marks your 10 & 12 marks and aptitude marksMe: Ok thank you sir. On 7th I was selected in Cognizant have fun Guys.Just be cool and calm during interview.I am Arindam Banerjee from College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat. CTS came to our campus on 7th Jan, 2011. The recruitment process had two parts: 1. Written Test ( pen and paper)2. Interview (Technical and HR together) At around 9:30 am the ppt began. Cognizant HR Manager Mr. Nilanshu Ghosh gave a presentation on Cognizant, and after that we were send for the written test. Cut-off for the written was not disclosed. There was no negative marking. About 280 candidates appeared for the written. Before the start of the test, we were given 20 mins to fill up a form. After filling it, it became a complete CV. It had questions like 10th marks, 12th marks, SGPA. We were asked about our Software proficiency, our hobbies, strength & weaknesses, what do we have in us that will help us in the IT industry, what do we expect from Cognizant, etc. This form was attached with our answer sheet. The written test started at 11:00 am. It had 2 parts:

1. Analytical: 30 questions (30 mins). It contained Syllogisms, Data Interpretation, Data sufficiency, Coding-Decoding, Next Figure in the series, Puzzles. More or less it was the same kind as given in Freshersworld.com do R.S. Aggarwal (Logical) thoroughly. Questions were very easy, so don’t worry about the cut-off. Keep your cool and do as much as possible. It’s safe if you do more than 20.

2. English: 25 questions (30 mins).It had 2 passages (1 short, and another long). They were worth reading, because the questions were very simple and direct. Other questions were: Finding the correct and

incorrect sentences, finding the incorrect part of a sentence, arranging a group of sentences in an order so that they have a meaning. Overall it was an average English paper.

Be careful guys. Don’t let the invigilator have any misunderstanding about your fairness in the written paper. If they even suspect someone of cheating, they will cancel his/her paper and will not even let him/her know about it. In our college, 25 candidates were disqualified because of suspicion. So its better to stick your eyes to the paper and not even look anywhere during the 60 mins. You will not have a second chance, and nobody to complain.

At 2:00 pm our results were declared. 198 candidates cleared the written. there was 28 panels interviewing simultaneously. Each panel had 6 to 7 candidates for interview. Though my name was the second in the list in my panel, I was send first. The HR was a man in the late 30s or early 40s. I: May I come in Sir.HR: Yes come in.

I: Good Afternoon Sir.HR: Good Afternoon. Sit down. What is your name?

I: Arindam Banerjee Sir.

He was having my answer sheet and my form with him, and he searched it out from a bunch of forms. He was now seeing it thoroughly. Since he didnot ask my CV, I wondered whether I should give it to him myself. Before I could decide that, he asked me his next question: HR: Ok Mr. Banerjee, Tell me about yourself?I: Told. (Place of birth, Schools name, 10th and 12th Exam board, 10th and 12th %, B.Tech CGPA till now, hobbies, strengths, Role Model). I said my Father is my role model.

HR: What does your father do?I: Told.

HR: What does your mother do? Do you have any sibling? What does she do?I: Told.

HR: So you live in Burdwan?I: No Sir. I live in Birbhum.

HR: What is your stream? It is written CSE here. What is full form of CSE?I: Computer science & Engineering Sir.

HR: What are the subjects that you know?I: C and Data Structure.

HR: But you have written only C in this form. (In the Software Proficiency column).I: Actually Sir, the invigilator guided us to write only the languages we know. Since Data Structure is not a language, so.

HR: You should have written it. Write it now.He gave me the form, and I added data structure.

HR: You know any OS?I: Yes sir. Windows-XP and Linux (debian). HR: Add them to your form.

I added.

HR: Do you know SRO-Linux or Oracle-Linux?I: No Sir. Sorry Sir I never heard about it. HR: In which file is the entire user data stored in Linux?I: Told. HR: What is the command to find out all the running processes?I: Told. HR: Are you sure?I: Yes Sir. (Actually I was not sure at all). HR: Do you know RDBMS?

I: Yes Sir. I know Oracle-8.HR: Add it to ur form

I added.

HR: What other languages do you know?I: I know C++ and Java Sir.

HR: Add it to your formI: Sorry Sir I am not so confident in that.

I did not add it.

HR: You are confident in C?I: Yes Sir.

HR: Sure.I: Yes Sir. HR: Write the program structure of a simple C program.He handed me a paper, and I wrote in it. He also gave me 2 SQL queries. I could not do the second one. HR: What is an array?I: Told. Array is a linear Datastucture. HR: What is Data Structure?I: Told. HR: What is Linked List?I: Told. I also mentioned doubly Linked List. HR: What are Indexes?I: Could not answer it accurately. I said they are used to point to different cells in an array. He said me the correct answer.

HR: What is your project?

I wanted to give him my project report, but he said he only wants to hear about it. I explained my project. My project was based on Video Compression.

HR: (After listening). There are many algorithms on Video Compression. What is special in your project?

I: Told. HR: Why Cognizant?I: Told.

HR: Can you relocate anywhere?I: Yes Sir. (Told that I love travelling, and my father had a Transferable job, so).

HR: Ok Mr. Banerjee. That’s all. You may go now.I: Thank you Sir. (And I left). I had a feeling that my interview was disastrous. My Voice was shaking, and I am very weak in Technical.  My Spoken English is not good either.  At 7:00 pm Cognizant HR Manager made an announcement that 109 candidates have been selected. He said that CTS has created history in Kolaghat, because no company have ever recruited such a large number ever before. It was getting cold in the evening, and everybody was tensed. My name was called out, and I could not believe I got selected in spite of such a bad interview. Actually I was more than happy.

I would like to thank God, my Parents, my dear Sister, and all my dear friends.

My advice is keep yourself calm and try not to get tensed the whole day. We had an Infosys on campus the previous day, and I made a terrible mess of my Infosys aptitude paper by getting tensed in it. Don't do such things. Pray to God.

All the best, and Hope to see you all in CTS.