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SYNTEL PLACEMENT PAPER

Hello, This is preeti.It was a open campus drive.I have gone through all the rounds of

syntel & by the grace of God I have been selected in syntel. I am here giving u the pattern

of question paper & questions asked in interviewes.

There are 3 rounds in syntel:

1:Written test paper with eassy writting

2:HR(elimination round)

3:Technical inter.

Written::50 questions for 45 minutes

Q1 to Q5 Analogy

Eg 1Hourse:Mare::Husband:?

options:: wife,daughter.......etc

2 ) Doct.:treatment::advocate:? Like this

further they have given some jumbled letters and we have to put that into a correct sequence

Eg: KAAABHSR =43335126

options: 12345633

54321633

51324363(Correct option)=(Ans BHASKARA)

Next 5 questions : a puzzle was given :

Puzzle: There r 6 teachers ABCDE & a&b is teaching history &english b&c is teaching

maths&hindi & so on...................

Q: How many teachers r teaching maths?

Q: How many r taking more than 2 subjects? etc (Easy but concentrate with time

management )

Next 5 questions were from aptitude:

Time &Work(Go through R.S Agarwal) easy but Logic must me clear to U

Next 10 Q were the tabulation Problem similar to one given in the R.S Agarwal(Go

through it)

Now VERBAL PART (15 QUESTIONS)

Fill in the blanks(3-4Q)

Fill with appropriate articles.

Vocab: a word was given & we have to choose from the given options its opposite or its

related meaning(Little vocab Power required)

After this 10 minutes were given to us for eassy writting.

TIME MANAGEMENT REQUIRED

Results were announced after 6 hrs & out of 1300 students 200 students were shortlisted

for HR round

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HR:

Advice ::Go through all the core questn. q asked to me:

SHE: Speak about UR self for 1 min.

She: Tell me UR biggest strength U feel proud with

I: told

She: Biggest weakness

I: told

she :told me to discuss the topic given for eassy

She: Asked for queries

To my some friends other questions asked were Talk abt UR hairstyle

What will u do if U will be given the powers similar to God for 1 day? etc Depends

Lots of people got eliminaed from HR

Technical: There were 2 panels 4 technical inter. They had our written test paper with them .My

interviewer asked me 2 solve the questions from written test paper

I: Good afternoon sir.

He: Stood up & shaked hands with me & introduced himself. He: Have a seat preeti

Checked my resume & all the certificates.Futher he asked me to solve the Q from written

test paper.

Further he helped in a q i was uncomfortable with & given me another q similar to that

also asked me some more Q to related logic.He asked me about my teachnical skills &

asked me 1 Q from loops.He also asked for questions 4 him. Again he shaked hands with

me & said "Preeti looking forward to see U at pune".

So I had a strong hope for my result.The interviewers were so polite & cooperative just B

what U R. final selections were 51 out of 200.

Never ever loose UR heart .GOD is great & their is always a second oppurtunity.(It was

my 5th campus) "ALL THE BEST"

Ok bye see u at SYNTEL (consider IT done)

SYNTEL PAPER

hello guys


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I am Arka from Guru Nanak Engg College.. doin my 4-1 .. Recently i got thru da

selection process of Syntel.. The event was held in Malla Reddy College of Engineering.

As the remaining posts here say... The aptitude consists of two sections.. Reasoning and

Verbal...The cut off for reasoning is 13 out of 25 questions and verbal needed 8 out of 15

questions.. U have a time of 1 hr to complete... My test started in da afternoon n it took

nearly 4-5 hrs to announce da results for aptitude..

Aptitude is the first hurdle.. n gettin thru this means half of the job is done.... If u hav

taken up GRE coaching .. try solving the verbal part first n then come to reasoning.. but if

u hav taken up a coachin of CAT then go for reasoning first.. as this section wil b very

easy for them... reasoning is tough if u dnt hav touch wid it.. but refer some books n

understand da methodologies to solve them before goin in..(howeva u'll shud better wat u

shud do frst)

Nearly 1000 students appeared for this test.. n they selected 200 out of them..n 36 were of

my coll...nearly 8 colleges had participated. The remaining rounds were scheduled to be

held four days later on sunday at 9 am.. They arranged us into batches n dependin on the

batch either technical or HR cum GD was done first...

My first interview was HR cum GD... it wasn't so tough...Our whole batch was allowed

in all together.. n everyone had to talk abt self for 2 mins.. they basically check the

communication n interactive skills here.. The HR may even ask some questions to check

ur confidence.. but be confident in wateva ur answerin...

Then she gave us a topic on GD.. Our topic was Globalization... Some advice wud lik to

giv is.. neva b in a hurry to speak.. as if it is da only time u'll b allowed to speak.. dnt try

to cut others statements n make ur point.. try comin to a conclusion n neva keep quiet in a

GD.. speak somethng...

As soon as i came out of the HR interview they intimated me dat i was selected and had

to go for technical round. The technical round wudn't say is tough... but yes great way for

dat guy to shake ur confidence.. he'll try his best but u hav to b at ur best...

Try readin the basics of almost all core subjects wch u had in engg...n yes C

programming.. dats very essential .. wateva branch u belong to..

here's how my technical went..

Tech: Where are u basically from(he was sure i wasn't of south seeing my name)?

Me: i am basically of calcutta

Tech: ok! What is an IP controller??

Me: (shocked!! i was expecting questions frm C, C++ Java or some prog languages... my

mind went blank...esp wen u get a yorker on ur frst ball).. sir! sorry sir am not dat gud at

this subject... this isin't my core sir.. but am good wid da programming languages.. basically am frm IT( i escaped narrowly guys.. dnt try do this..)

Tech: Dats y am asking u this question...Ok wat is a thread?


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Me: tried collecting somethng of dat blank mind... n answered somethng...

Tech: Wat?? Arka do u knw or are u tryin to bluff?

Me: Sir intentionally i dnt try to bluff but my answer can hav some mistakes..(2nd ball.. tried to hit but great fieldin by him)

Tech: Wat is a process?

Me: A programme in execution is a process(4 runs)

Tech: Wats diff between parallel processing and chain processing?

Me: Explained correctly.. Tech: Are u really tryin to bluff?

Me: Sir am very sure of parallel processing but chain processing can be made more

perfect..( i dnt wanna challenge him but evn dnt wanna show dat am not confidnt)

Tech: Wat is da role of OS during Booting?

Me: answered

Tech: Wat is a kernel?

Me: answered to the point

Tech: Wat is a function?

Me: The very basic definition was explained without a single dount in mind

Tech: Wat header file do u use to get graphics in C?

Me: graphics.h

Tech: How do u create a header file?

Me: answered

Tech:Difference between C and C++?

Me: answered.. Tech: C++ n Java?

Me: made it as clear as water to him

Tech: Wat header file do u use first in C++?

Me: iostream.h

Tech: Instead of headers wat do u use in Java?

Me: packages ( a real long Tech isin't it? )

Atlast he said.. it was nice meeting u Arka.. do u hav any questions?

Me: Sir wat is it dat u r basically looking for?

Tech: Arka basically we r looking for guys wid self confidence n a lil bit of basic skills...

some thng more also but i forgot..

So basically be through wid those basics.. n even if ur not.. be confident in any manner...

try smiling all da time before him.. n neva show him dat ur tensed.. for some of my

friends he asked questions such as Wat is Newton's II law .. Chemical formulaes n

trignometry stuff... jus to see how he reacts.. react in a positive way.. try getting da

answer.. but if ur not sure neva challenge him..

The results came in 2 days later.. out of 36 frm my coll..14 were selected. I stil can't

believe.. checked da list 3 times today...lolz. take care..jus confidence is wat u need to get

into any company... Best of luck..

SYNTEL PAPER ON 3rd JUNE


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hi dis is deepika studying TE(cse) got selected in syntel that is recently conducted at our

campus.It is an ON campus.Nearly 12 colleges attended for this selection.

The selection procedure is as follows

1. Aptitude test

2.GD cum hr

3. Technical

nearly 1000 students attended written test and 169 cleared it and i am one out of

them.Test has the following criteria 40 Q's 60 min .

The paper contains

1.Reasoning(easy)

2.verbal(concentrate a little bit)

Reasoning comprises of

puzzles,i didn't remember practice R.S.AGARWAL 4r dis

verbal comprises

1.antonyms(easy)

2.idioms(easy)

3.assertions and reasoning

4.correction of sentences(easy)

after written its only hr 4r me its very easy (concentrate on ppt)

next is technical round

me:gud evening sir

hr: said gud evening

me:thanku sir

hr:asked me how is the written test

me:said its easy

hr:asked what r u'r favourite subjects

me:answered c++,VC++,DB,DATA STR

hr:what is diff btwn c++& VC++

me:answered

hr:about malloc,calloc

me:answered

ALL THE BEST

SYNTEL PAPER ON 4th AUGUST

hi friends,

this is ZAID LALKATE, from ltcoe, n i got placed in syntel


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our test paper was conducted on 4th aug

it consist of 40 ques

25 ques on reasoning and 15 ques on verbal

cuttoff for reasoning was 13 and for verbal was 8

aptitute started at 11:30 and was an 1hr test

REASONING

it consist of ques on blood relations,

coding and decoding,

puzzle,

sentences arrangement in paragraph and to

distinguish between the given statements as assertive, supportive reason, counter logic

and irrelevant

(REFER RS AGARWAL) MORE THAN ENOUGH

VERBAL

it consist of fill ups,

to replace a proper word from given options for underlined words

it was v easy

N THERE WAS NO QUANTITATIVE QUES

result was declared at around 4pm and were grouped in batches for interview


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NOW REGARDING INTERVIEW

there was suppose to b two different interviews one technical and other hr but due to lack

of time and heavy rains they took only 1 interview and that was tech cum hr and my turn

came at at 8:00pm

there were both sir n madam for interview

I ENTERED THE ROOM AND WISHED GUD AFTERNOON THEN THEY TOLD

ME TO HAV A SEAT

SIR: TELL ME THE MEANING OF UR NAME

ME: I WAS NOT KNOWING, THEN ALSO SAID NETHING. SIR: CAPABILITIES IN U

ME: SAID AS PER RESUME

SIR: DEFINE CREATIVITY IN SIMPLE ENGLISH WORDS

ME: BLA BLA........

SIR: ASKED ME ABT MY PROJ

ME: THOUGH WAS NOT DECIDED YET THEN ALSO SAID AS OUR GRP WAS

HAVING 1 INDEA IN OUR MIND

n then they told me that i may leave n they will let me know abt my result

then i asked both of their names, also asked wen will be result declared n they told most probably next week, and wat all qualities they look in freshers to get selected for campus

recruitment. they answered all of them and then i left the room

N AS PER THE NAME TECH CUM HR INTERVIEW, I WAS NOT ASKED A

SINGLE TECHNICAL QUES. I WAS HAVING A GOOD LUCK

OUR RESULT GOT DECLARED ON 9th AUG N I WAS ONE AMONG THE SIX

STUDENTS OF OUR COLLEGE TO BE SELECTED.

n friends they jus look the confidence, communication skills and jus dont be blank in

interview, say watever u know as i did but say...hope this slide will help u to give the test.

SO FRIENDS SEE U AT SYNTEL AS SYNTELLITE

SYNTEL PAPER ON 5th JULY

HI ! Friends, SYNTEL came to JAYA Eng college.It conducted its witten test on 5th

july

Eligibility Criteria

55% in 10th and 12th

55% in till now in semesters


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Written test

The placement paper consists of 2 sections :-

1.Reasoning 25 questions (cuttoff 13or 11)

2. English 15 questions (cutt off-8 or 6)

Paper is continous .Common answer sheet 5 options.

1.Reasoning

It consisted of blood relations ,assertion reason, Coding Decoding, etc. CODING

DECODING WAS REALIY TOUGH.

2.English

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. Find the grammatical error in the sentence.and

Analogy. The test started aroud 12.30.pm It was for 1 hr duration. The results were

declared at 5:30pm. Around 950 students attended the written test and 108 were selected

for interview. The interview started the same day.My interview was conducted the next

day..

Interview

It consisted of HR and Technical combined

HR questions

Q what is ur family background?

Q TEll me about yourself?

Qwhat does sucess mean to u?

Q what is ur favorite subject? I told them Java as the company makes u was work on

Dotnet and Java

Then my Technical started

Technical questions

Q What do u mean by polymorphism?

Q what do u mean by Encapsulation?

These 2 question were only asked to me. Intially I was shocked, then i asked him directly

was the process over, he smiled and said u r selected. The interview is quite easy and be

cofident in answering the questions.They r checking the confidence level. Out of 108

only 52 were placed and i was one of them. Hope this exp will help u and we will meet in

Syntel. Dont get dishearteded as u will be placed one day . This was my 6th company.

BEST OF LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

SYNTEL PAPER ON 9th AUGUST AT CHENNAI

Hai every body,

The presentation started by 11.00. First round is aptitude. It is logical 25 questions and

verbal 15 questions. some of the logical questions are as follows.


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1) If john move from his home towards north 3km, then west 6km then again north 11km.

how long is he is from his home. 2) a,b, c, d, and e are friends. if

a and b plays carrom and hockey,

c and d plays cricket and chess

e plays carrom, cricket and hockey

a and d plays carrom and chess

c and b plays cricket and hockey.

who plays all maximum three? who plays carrom and chess? who plays cricket and

hockey?

3) if x and k are childrens of L who is of opposite sex, a and b are childrens of x who is

of opposite sex. b is same as the sex of her mother y. L is the spouse of j who is the

brother of o. and q is the spouse of o. s is the son of q. t is q's spouse and m and n are

their children of the same sex.

how is a related to j.

how many males and females are there? like wise....

and coming to verbal it is like exact meanings and come questions as below

boquet: flower:: ?

chain:link.

out of 800 candidates only 80 were short listed.

the second round is technical round. where questions are from os, data structures and

dbms. some questions are from c and c++ also.

the third round is hr. only 50 candidates were selected.

prepare well both reasoning and verbal.

SYNTEL PAPER ON 12th august

I attended SYNTEL interview on 12th august 2007.

Eligibility:

1) >=55% in all examinations including 10th, 12th and college aggregate upto 5th

semester.

2) No standing arrears.

Selection Procedure

Round 1: Aptitude Test

Round 2: Technical Interview(P.I.)

Round 3: Human Resource Interview(P.I.)

Aptitude Test Pattern:

Total Marks = 40


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Time allotted = 60 mins.

No. of sections = 2

No. of questions in 1st section = 25

No. of questions in 2nd section = 15

Mark distribution = 1 mark each. (No negative marking)

Aptitude Paper Section 1: Logical reasoning

Aptitude Paper Section 2: English

Technical Interview:

Since I did a mini-project, I was asked to explain it! I took much time for that and

explained it from the beginning, with its advantages and limitations.

Then I was asked questions from C. Since I was a beginner in C, I could not answer much,

but somehow managed with all I knew!

Then, as I am from ECE department, questions from microprocessor was asked! The

questions included 8086 microprocessor architecture, register structures, addressing

modes, instruction set and so on. I answered all those questions but had some difficulties

with the instructon set as he asked me to tell all the instructions I knew.

Then, he gave me a paper and asked me to draw certain gate diagrams and also to write

down the truth-table for those gates!

These are the questions I remember.

It all depends on how cool you are during the interviews! The more you get hot, greater

are the chances for appearing blank before the personnels! So be cool and try to answer

all the questions.

Human Resource Interview:

I had the HR round before the technical round. This was quite interesting....

The interviewer was a Lady. She asked me to introduce myself. I told her my academic

history. But as she emphasised on my personal life, I started with my hobbies. I said I

love singing and playing guitar. Immediately she interrupted and asked me to sing a song

for her. I was totally taken by surprise and had no other option but to sing!

Then she went through my resume and asked me to explain what I learnt from the

Industrial visits I had gone. I explained all that I knew. The interview went on interesting

with many such questions. But these are some noteworthy ones!

After the interviews were over, we were told that the results will be sent to the respective

Placement Deans of each colleges. So we left very soon enjoying the rain that blessed

that night!


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It was thursday when we attended the interviews, and on saturday I was informed through

a phone-call from my Placement Dean that I was placed.

Praise God!!!HE DOES MIGHTY THINGS WE NEVER EVEN DREAM OFF!

SYNTEL PAPER ON 14th JULY

Hi friends, My name is Gabriel Oliver Washington from C.Abdul Hakeem College of

Engineering and Technology, Vellore TN,pusuing my B.Tech IT

I was selected in Syntel through the off campus at Arunai Engineering College. There

were about 8 colleges participating and around 600 candidates. Around 40 candidates

were selected(not sure) 7 from our college.

INTERVIEW PROCESS:

Our interview process had 3 stages

1.Logical & English

2.HR Round

3.Technical Round

Logical & Reasoning:

This round in syntel is a bit difficult compared to other written papers as it does'nt have

any aptitude and u hav nothin to work with formulas. You have 25 Qs from

Logical(Verbal & Non Verbal)Reasoning , 15 Qs from English

R.S Agarwal Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning book is more than enough.

Topics u need to prepare:

LOGICAL PART: analogy, classification, series completion, coding & decoding, Blood

Relations, puzzle test, Syllogism,analytical Reasoning

ENGLISH: Antonymns, Synonymns, Find the Gramatical error, Complete the sentence.

I did'nt hav Qs from all these topics but these r the topics u can expect in ur written test.

Test Duration is 1 hour. Type - filling the omr sheet Time management is very important.

Practice all type of problems as it takes u more time to solve cos these are not aptitude

type Qs. After the Written Test about 2 hrs Later the results were anounced. My name

was the last one to be read out. Then The PPT was conducted and presented about their

company's vision, mission, customers, the training, salary, bond ect. We were said that

we had to sign a bond of 2 yrs for a pay of 2.6 lacs PA. Later we were given a HR for m

to be filled were u enter personal information and Key skills. U can expect Qs from key

skills.

HR ROUND:

Te HR round was very easy for me.

ME:excuse me ma'am may i co me in


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INTERVIEWER:yes Mr.olver

ME:Good evening ma'am

IVWR:please take ur seat ME:thank u ma'am

IVWR:so how was the day 2day

ME:fine ma'am

IVWR:introduce yourself

ME:My name is ... bla bla bla.....(personal,curricular,co curricular,extra

curricular,leadership quality, Industrial visit, hobbies, strength.)

IVWR:So now y should i giv u a job

ME: I'm a B.Tech Student doin my Final yr and i have a few talents and knowledge in

computers that u can make it better so that i will work for your industry to make more

profit, u giv me a part of that profit for my contribution in it as a salary.I'll make the

company grow and i'll grow along with it.

IVWR: u can go and attend the Tech round

ME:thank u ma'am

I WALKED IN AND OUT WITH CONFIDENCE

TECH ROUND:

the QS were from core subjects ,c ,c++ and data structures for me and all of my frnds. As

I was from IT I had Qs like

1.wat r the stages in a software life cycle

2.wat is slice time

3.does the slice time change

4.On wat basis

4.Dif b/w System s/w & appln s/w

5.named a few s/w and told to identify them and y. 6.Wat is a tree

7.Explain Binary tree

8.wat is the basic rule of binary tree

9.Explain Linked List

10.Explain Stack & Queue

I Dint prepare tech that deep so I walked in nervous. But Qs were easy but still cudnt cum

out with ans b'cos of nervousness. Later aftr 4 Qs i was confident & answered. My tech

Interview performance was not that good even though I got selected.

Its Important to know that they look out for good communication skills.

One last tip : One of my best friends who has an Excellent Academic Perfomance & good

communication skills was out in HR round just of 1 reason.

He was caught in a Q - who is ur role model?

He answered Bill Gates and the interviewer started firing Qs about Bill Gates, and

he got caught in aQ - Wat was the latest award he got? The interviewer asked him cant u

keep urself well informed about ur role model and he was out .


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So better tell a person whom u r confident abt or else opt for options like 10th maths

ma'am, My Uncle ,DAD ect.. noting down a few success and good characters.

Hope my experience Explains and u get a little idea about Syntel,

Prepare well.......See you at Syntel..........

SYNTEL PAPER ON 16th DECEMBER 2007 AT COIMBATORE

Hi i am lashmi narasimhan from SNRSONS college ,coimbatore,tamil nadu. i m going to

tell some secrets about systel interview,...before tha we hav 2 discuss some basic

concepts about interview k. dont loose ur hope .if u selector not select it dsnt matter k but

u hav to try ..one day god will give good oppurtunity to you... making of a pyramid will

tak more time than ordinary building but its pride???????.so be confident k.

There was 60 questions 1 hr time only 55%&above allowed package 2.15 lacs. 2 section

in apti 1st is logical with quanti and 2nd is verbal to crack quanti just do RS agarwal

verbal and nonvebal book not all section just see ssome models k. for me there is no

negative marking .its very very easy..in quanti many ques same ans . just the twisted the

ques thats all. from 1200 stdnts 200 short listed .

Then i cleared Gd but usually there is no GD but for us total no is too high know so to

reduce that we had gd topic is simple who is succesful person men or women ? i talkd abt

men .. dnt bother about english speak speak thats all.

Next round is rapit fire round form ur ans immediately they ask ques dnt try to give exact

ans just bluf(for eg how mny clubs do u hav ... 5 rotary red ribbon etc,hwmny studnts per

class like that)

Next technical so simple i mentioned only c and sql (simple queries}they ask simple

things lik wt is pointer,arry,structure?

wt is diff between structure and arry or union ?

is array pionter?

wt is mean by %u etc only theory not prgm i escapd but many of my frnds have

prgm..from 200 people 60 shrt listed for HR then finnally only 48 student are selected i m

th 47th person ... be bold,confident u will succed

SYNTEL PAPER ON 16th JUNE

Hello friends.. I got placed in SYNTEL.. its a good company.. until later I realised it

later.Hope my review would help u irrespective of u get selected or not. I reached the test

centre at 0910 hrs.. while the reporting time was suposed to be 0800 hrs. Well everyone

were late engh.. tht didn't matter though. The written test started at 1130 hrs. Duration : 1

hour.

The written test had 2 sections : Logical & Verbal

The Logical section had 25 questions and cut - off 15.


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The Verbal section had 15 questions and cut-off 8 .

But I strongly believe that the cut-off marks were varied a little up & down.. though not by a big margin. The logical sections include symbols, coding, blood relations, series and

2 DI questions.

The verbal section consisted of correction of sentences, substitution of correct words, and

passages. Rating of the exam will be characteristic frm person 2 person.. so I wouldn't comment on that.

Results were announced, a brief inroduction abt the company was given. The next round

was a Technical cum HR round conducted in 2 stages.

First I was called for the HR round. It was a lady. She was a little serious with me unlike

was friendly with others as thy said.

She : Tell me abt urself .

me : blah blah.

She : took out a form , asked my full name and mobile No. me : given.

She : wat did u like in the presation of the company given.

me : I liked ur explanation, my scope in the company and the company's interest in the

employee.

she : where do u want 2 c urself years frm now. me : I'd c myself in a good position, around respectable ppl in the society.

she : don't u have any aims/ goals. get specific..

me : well ma'am am good at VHDL, VLSI, MPI and very good in C. Tht explains tht I

like my field. I am lookin 2 shift to software through Embeded systems which would

serve both my learning so far & the sotware boom now in the market. ( folks am frm ECE

engineering stream )

she ( seemed not at all interested gave a more rather grin face ) : wat is the architecture of

8085 ?

me : asked for a paper, she gave.. I thought for abt 30 sec.. and finally answered I DON'T

KNW. she (gave an akward smile engh 2 irritate me but gotta 2 get my cool back ) : wat r the

address and data lines of 8085 ?

me : told.

she ( seemed dissatisfied ) asked the same for 8086 ?

me : told. she : architecture of 8086 ?

me : drawn.

she : draw the pin diagram of 8086.

me : drew.

( FOLKS IF U NOTICE I SEEM 2 HAVE BOOTED ABT MY ACADEMIC

KNOWLEDGE IN THE PREV QUESTION.. SO SHE WAS AT IT.. NOT ALL WILL

B ASKED THE SAME DON'T WORRY )


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she : What r ur hobbies ?

me : Told . she : Asked me specific documents one by one.

me : I handed over them exactly in the same order one by one as soon as she asked for.

she got imressed.

I was told 2 wait outside. the technical round started in abt 10 min. I wnt in & shooke

hand he was startled.

asked me wat was I good at.

I answered C & DS.

he asked me in deep abt DS & jus the basics of C.

asked me abt header files.. I explained him all abt it in detail he got impressed. and gave

some problem which had a user defined header file.

I answered & he got confused.

I explained frm strach line by line.

he asked me 2 chnage the value of a variable without using assignment operator.

I took a little time & took an array & mixed pointers.. and changed the base address of

the array.

he was damn damn impressed, while during all this process I used the assignment

operator four times.

More than the answer thy look at ur approach.

he asked me abt printf function unions & structures, stacks..

tht's it folks.. any further queries or want some confidence ..

SYNTEL PAPER ON 21st JULY AT VIJAYAWADA

Hi Friends, I am SRINIVAS MANUBROLU from KONERU LAKSHMAIAH

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ( Vijayawada ). I got placed in SYNTEL on Saturday

21/07/2007. I like to thanks fresher world from were I got all the information‟s needed

for me…..!

Company : SYNTEL

Mode : OFF

Venue : KLCE

Dates : 20 and 21 July 2007


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55% in till now in semesters

Coming to the recruitment process there were 3 levels.

Ø Written test Ø GROUP DISCUSSION

Ø TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

WRITTEN TEST:

Written test was conducted on 20th july at about 12:30 pm and results were announced

on the same day at about 5:30 pm and my name was the 72nd name in the list.after that

we went for ppt we asked some queries on it in the queries session.and we are fortunate

that we have interview in next day.I prepared well for interview

The placement paper consists of 2 sections:-

1.Reasoning 25 questions (cuttoff 13 to 11)

2. English 15 questions (cutt off-8 to 6)

the time period for examination is give one hour (both at a times)

1. Logical reasoning:

it is easy .but overall 10 to 13 bits are very easy.So identify them and first do that

bits.some questions like assertions are very tuff so do it later.

1. 13 35 57 79 911 ?

a) 1113 b) 1114 c) 933 d) 1131

Ans:::: a

CODING AND DECODING(4-5Q) :

Three are easy(add 2 and 1 alternatively),another two is bit difficult. One is ::::

Y X A U V C S T ? ?

ORDER OR TYPE OF SENTENCE

1.assertion 2.supporting assortion 3.counter 4. irrespective

4 sentence r give and 4 choose r also , we must find the correct choce . these is based on

logical thinking (5 q)

PUZZLE TEST:

there r six frnds rani, sushma , ........... and there having differnt color shirts and weights

are given . Some question r posed on these data(5 q)

OPERATORS:::: (5Q)


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some question r if * is -,%is + such question are

one is 48*28/39-2 ?

another is :::16+24/8-6/2*3 ? etc…………….

VERBAL:

This is not very tough not a high vacab(not from GRE), Just basic knowledge in

ENGLISH is required. cuttoff is 8 marks

Fill the black with proper word OR meaning of word in sentence( 5 Q). Correction of sentence(5 Q)

antonyms(easy)

idioms(easy)

GROUP DISCUSSION: I attended the G.D at 9.45pm .By bad luck we are the last batch. But Unfortunately it is

good luck for me because mam was tired and gave simple questions like

Ø Tell me about ppt yesterday?

Ø What are software engineer qualities?

Ø Tell me about klce(my college)?

Ø If u were chairman,what would u do?

They announced G.D the results after 2 min. in my group 4 were selected out of 5.

TECHNICAL INTERVIEW:

Time is 10.30pm.i enter into room.first he asked some normal questions.

Sir:Do u like c or c++ or java?

Me:I said c and C++.

Sir: diff b/w c and c++?

Me: blash ………..

Sir :explain inheritance?

Me: blash blash…..

Sir :diff b/w maloc and caloc ?


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Me: blash……….

Sir: need of java?

Me: blash……….

Sir: polymorphism?

Switch advantages?

Inline function??

Templates??

Exception handling?

Diif b/w c++ and java?

Diff b/w 8086 and 8088?

Some basics in c++……

Etc etc……..

I gave all answers…..

The interview is quite easy and be cofident in answering the questions.They r checking

the confidence level only.

RESULTS:

Written : 2000 (230 from klce)

Through written 270+ (85 from klce)

G.d : 5 to 7 from 10members. FINAL : 119 (from klce 40 [cse 14] )

Thank god, I am one among them…!

The interview is quite easy and be confident in answering the questions. They r checking

the confidence level and communication skills.


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Hope this exp will help u and we will meet in Syntel. Dont get dishearteded as u will be

placed one day . This was my 6th company. they will just ask u the basic things....just

brushup the basics... o C

o C++ ( both for all branches)

o java (packages,interfaces,etc..)

§ Os (deadlocks, cpu alg,processors etc)

§ Dbms (normal forms,about keys,etc..)

§ Se(basics)

§ Mp(basics)

They are looking for the people WHO are having good communication skills and some

knowledge in their technical subjects.

Hai tis is "MAHESH" persuing 3rd b.teh(ECE). Iwould like to share my interview

experience so that tis will help u through ur interviewS .

Mainly written test for 1hr .

1)LOGICAL BITS 25 : CUTOFF 13 COMPULSORY .

2)VERBAL 15 : CUTOFF 8 COMPULSORY . (TOTAL 40 BITS)

PREPARE WELL FOR VERBAL TIS IS SOME WHT TOUGH COMPARE TO

LOGICAL .

IN LOGICAL WE CAN EASILY ANSWER MIMIMUM CUTOFF.

COMING TO

Sectoin-I).

THEY WILL GIVE ONE PARAGRAPH ABT BLOOD RELATIONS LIKE

A,B,C,D,E,F ARE BELONG TO ONE FAMILY.

A IS BROTHER TO C.

B IS MOTHER TO D.

D IS SON OF E.

ETC LIKE THT .

THEY WILL GIVE NOT EXATCLY LIKE ABOVE THY WILL CHANGE ACC TO

THERE PATTERN OK HAVE A LOOK ON IT. BLOOD RELATIONS .(5MARKS).


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1) WHO IS FATHER OF A.

2) How is b related to e.

3)Like this --------------------------

4)--------------

5)-------------------------

NEXT

SECTION- II)

THEY WIL GVE ONE PARGRPH ABT QUALIFICATION OF PERSON

CRITERIA EITHER HE IS TO BE SELECTED OR NOT SELECTED.

A PERSON SHOULD COMPLETED HIS DEGREE IN INDIAN UNIVERSITY AND

HIS AGE IS ABT LESS THAN 40 YEARS .HE SHOULD HAVE PERSONAL

EXPERIENCE ABT 5 YEARS.LIKE TIS THY WIL GVE DETAILS AND

CONDITIONS .

1)RAJA HAD COMPLETED HIS DEGREE IN MADRAS UNIVERSITY .HIS AGE IS

45 .HE HAS EXPERINCE ABT 10 YEARS.

A)TO BE SELECTED.

B) NOT SELECTED .C) EITHER SELECTED OR NOT SELECTED.

D)NEITHER TO BE SELECTED NOR NOT TO BE SELECTED.

E) MAY BE SELECTED OR REJECTED.

ACC TO THE ? THY ASK WILL PUT ANSWERS AS A, B, C, D, OR E.

6,7,8,9.10._________________________________(5MARKS).


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NEXT COMING TO OTHER SECTION--III:

THY HAVE GIVEN ABT PARA ABT ENIVORNMENT I DONT REMEM

EXACTLY .

IN SAME WAY LIKE SECTION II THEY WILL GIVE 5 OPTIONS .WE SHOULD

SELECT FRM OPTIONS .

TIS SECTION IS EASY IF WE CONCETRATE ON IT WHILE READING .

11,12.13,14,15_______________________-------(5 MARKS).

(16-20)____________________ (20-25)________(10 marks ).

tis 2 sections are general logical reasoning .( frm logical reasoning r.s.Agarwal )

I didn't remem those ? exactly.ok

NEXT COMING TO VERBAL PART .

TIS MAINLY CONSISTS OF 3 SECTIONS .

SECTION -1):IF U R PREPARING FOR GRE THIS SECTION IS EASY FOR U.

(5MARKS)

LIKE:--> KING:SWORD

NOT SIMPLE LIKE ABOVE SOME WHAT CRITICAL WORDS .

EXTRAVAGENT,MIGRATION,EMIGRATION,LIKE TISSSSSSSSSSSSS

TO IMPROVE IN VERBAL PART WE SHOULD CULTIVATE HABBIT TO READ

ATLEAST ENGLISH NEWS PAPER LIKE

INDIAN EXPRESS ( I PREFERED IT ).

COMING TO SECTION-II:


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THEY WILL GIVE A WORD LIKE BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS CODED AS

MJKHFTYGF LIKE TIS AND ASK CODE FOR ANOTHER WORD LIKE FAIL

______________.(CODING).

IT IS EASY IF WE CONCENTRATE ON CODING.

SECTION -III: ( I DIDN'T REMEM TIS SECTION EXACTLY) .TIS SECTION IS

SOME WHT TOUGH COMPARE TO

REMAING SECTIONS .

THEY WIL GVE SMAL PARAGRH AND ASKED US TO SELCTED THE

SENTENCES THAT SUITABLE AND MATCHES TO THE GIVE PAPAGRAPH .

OPTIONS R LIKE TIS .(5marks).

a)i,ii,iii,iv

b)i,ii

c)iii only.

d) iii, iv.

e)i,iii.

This all abt written pattern .

SYNTEL IS THE SECOND "ON CAMPUS " FOR US .

The pattern of syntel is tht programm of total section is for 2 days .

{DAY 1} : WRITTEN TEST.

Written test conducted for 10:45 to 11:45 .

After that thy have given seminor abt SYNTEL INC.(by chandhana mam)

RESULTS OF WRITTEN TEST R ANNOUNCED AT 3'O CLK .

FOR TOTAL 450 ( APP 192 WERE QUALIFIED)


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IAM ONE AMONG THEM.

FOR SOME STUDENTS THY CONDUCTED TECHNICAL & HR ON THE SAME

DAY.

{DAY 2}: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW , HR .

THE PROCESS STARTED AT 1O'CLK .

THEY gave

BIO-DATA FORM OF SYNTEL TO FILL IT .

BECAREFULL WHILE FILLING IT .

AT THE TIME OF TECHNICAL INTERVIEW THY WI LL SEE bio-data FORM AND

ASK U QUESTIONS.

IN THE BIO-DATA FORM .

NAME,EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS,HOBBIES,ACHIEVEMENTS ETC;)

SECOND ROUND :(TECHNICAL ROUND ) AT 3'0 CLK .

AT THAT TIME WE R TOTALY TIRED BUT WHEN I ENTER THE ROOM.IT

WAS TOTALLY A.C (COOOOOOOOL).

I GET RELAXED .

ME: GOOD AFTERNOON SIR.

SIR: YA GOOD AFTERNOON PLZ TAKE UR SEAT.

ME: THANKU SIR..


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SIR:PLZ GIVE ME U BIO-DATA (INCLUDING UR RESUME,MARK LISTS OF

10,INTER,B.TECH)

ME: I HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM.

SIR:OK MAHESH TELL ME ABT UR SELF.

ME: I ANSWERED TO IT.( U SHOULD PREPARE WELL TO ANSWER TIS

QUESTION )

PLZ REHARSHAL IT ONCE BEFORE GOING TO ATTEND AN INTERVIEW.

SIR:ON WCH TOPIC U HAVE GIVEN PPT (PAPER PRESENTATION).

ME:"4G MOBILE TEC HNOLOGY" SIR

SIR:OK MAHESH WHAT IS 4G TECHNOLOGY.

ME: 5 MIN I SPOKE ABT PAPER PRESENTATION ON 4 G.

SIR: ( HE ASKED ME SOME QUE'S ON IT).(LIKE WHT IS A CELL).

ME:( I ANSWERED IT ).

ME:(SIR I GOT 2ND PRIZE IN TECH QUIZ COMPETITION).

SIR:(HE ASKED ME WHT THY HAVE GIVEN TO U AS PRIZE)

ME:(I REPLIED THY HAVE GIVEN ,CERTIFICATE,CASH PRIZE)

SIR:ok mahesh wht do u know abt c & talk abt c ?


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Me: I STARTED with ITS invention & talked abt 3-4 min(Denis Ritch,data

types,operators,arrays,pointers,functions,loops (for,while,do-while),and how it is frm data

structures).

POINTER:A pointer is a variable that points at, or refers to, another variable

FOR LOOP:The FOR loop works well where the number of iterations of the loop is

known before the loop is entered

WHILE LOOP:The WHILE loop repeats a statement until the test at the top proves false.

DO-WHILE LOOP:This is very similar to the while loop except that the test occurs at the

end of the loop body. This guarantees that the loop is executed at least once before

continuing.

SIR:OK MAHESH WHT IS AN ARRAY,HOW IT IS DIFF FRM LINKED LIST.

ME: I REPLIED IT ( IT SIMPLE)(ARRAY IS HOMOGENIOUS DATA TYPE IN

WCH MEMORY CAN BE ALLOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE VARIABLES CAN

STORED IN SINGLE VARIABLE).

IN ARRAY MEMORY ALLOCATION IS TO DEFINED BUT WHERE AS IN

LINKED LIST IT AUTOMATICALLY ALLOCATES WHEN IT IS REQUIRED).

SIR:WHT IS RECURSION ??

ME: I REPLIED IT ( A recursive function is one which calls itself)

SIR:OK MAHESH CAN U WRITE A PROGRAM TO REVERSE A

NUMBER,PALENDROME???

ME:I REPLIED YES SIR BUT HE DIDN'T ASK ME TO WRITE .(HE TESTED MY

CONFIDENCE).


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SIR:PRINTF("%d",1==1);wht is the output for tis mahesh ?????.

Me:with out thinking i replied it as 1 sir he asked me to think a while mahesh.then i

replied that sir here condition 1==1 satisfies so i should be 1 sir.(then he skipped to next

question).

SIR: WHT IS ABBREVATION OF TDMA, CDMA????

ME:TDMA--> TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING .(SLOTS ARE DIVIDED ACC TO

THE TIME ALLOTED).

CDMA--> CODE DIVISION MUTIPEXING. ( SLOTS R DIVIDED ACC TO THE

CODES SPECIFIED).

SIR:WHT IS A STACK ???

ME: IT IS USED FOR MEMORY STORAGE PURPOSE BOTH FOR PUSHING &

POPING.

FOR INSERTION PUSH IS USED .

FOR DELETION POP IS USED.

STACK IS ALSO CALLED (LIF0-->LAST IN FIRST OUT)

SIR: WHT IS QUEUE ?????

ME: IT IS ALSO USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSE .

FOR INSERTION FRONT IS USED.

FOR DELETION REAR IS USED.

QUEUE IS ALSO CALLED (FIFO--> FIRST IN FIRST OUT).

SIR:WCH SORTING TECHNIQUE IS MOSTLY USED ???


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ME:HEAP SORT SIR.

SIR: NAME THE TWO SEARCHING METHOD & WCH ONE PREFERED MORE????

ME: 1) LINEAR SEARCH ..

2) BINARY SEARCH.(MOSTLY USED).(BCOZ IT REQUIRES LESS TIME FOR

SEARCHING).

SIR:(HE ASKED ABT SOME THING THAT I DIDN'T REMEM IT(IT IS 2XMD

SOME THING LIKE THAT).

ME: NO SIR I DIDN'T HEARD ABT IT).

SIR:OK WHAT IS DIFFERENCE B/W MICRO PROCESSOR & MICRO

CONTROLLER ????

ME: MICRO PROCESSOR IS I/P CONTROLLED DEVICE WITH PHERIPHERAL

COMPONENTS

WHERE AS MICRO CONTROLLER IS A DEVICE WITH OUT PHERIPHERAL

COMPONENTS.

MICRO PROCESSOR:---> (8086)

40 PINS.

TWO MODES OF OPERATION.(MINIMUM MODE,MAXIMUM

MODE)

1 GB MEMORY= 2^20 .

20 ADDRESS BUS ,16 DATA BUS . ETC;--------

MICRO CONTROLLER:--->(8051)

40 PINS.


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128 BYTES OF RAM.

4KILO BYTES OF ROM.

5 INTERRUPTS. ETC;-------------------

SIR:NAME THE FIRST PROCESSSOR???

ME : 4004 SIR.

SIR: PRESENTYLY USED???

ME : PENTIUM 4 SIR .

SIR: OK MAHESH WHT IS

MULTIPLEXER,DEMULTIPLEXER,ENCODER,DECODER????

ME: MULTIPLEXER IS A DEVICE IS USED TO OBTAIN SINGLE OUTPUT FOR

A GIVEN NO OF INPUTS.EX:4:1,8:1

DE-MULTIPLEXER IS A QUITE EXACTLY OPP TO THE MULTIPLEXER FOR

A SINGLE INPUT WE OBTAIN A

MULTI OUTPUTS.EX:1:8,1:16

ENCODER IS A DEVICE THAT IS USED TO CONVERT DECIMAL FORM TO

DIGITAL(BINARY) FORM.

EX: 3*8 ENCODER

DECODER : DECODER IS ALSO OPPSITE TO THAT ENCODER IT CONVERTS

DIGITAL(BINARY FORM)TO DECIMAL FORM.

EX:4*2 DECODER.

SIR: IF LENGTH OF A ROD IS INCREASED WHT HAPPENS TO THE

RESISTANCE????


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ME: HERE R=SL/A,IF LENGTH INCREASES RESISTANCE WILL INCREASE.

SIR:printf((printf("%d",a))is it correct ???? will it execute ???

Me : yes sir it will execute,it exists.

Sir: r u sure ???

Me: yes sir sure .

Sir :% what is tis symbol ????

Me: modulo symbol sir.

THESE R ALL THE QUESTIONS I REMEMRED.

SIR: LASTLY HE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS MAHESH ????

ME: SIR CAN I KNOW THE ANSWER FOR PRINTF("%d",1==1);

SIR: OK SURE MAHESH SEE HERE THE CONDITON SATISFIES (1==1) SO THE

OUTPUT BE THE "TRUE" .

TRUE WILL BE PRINTED U CAN COMPILE IT AND CHECK IT OUT HE SAID.

ME: OK SIR I WILL COMPILE IT .

SIR: ANY QUESTIONS U WANT TO ASK MAHESH (AGAIN).

ME : SIR CAN I KNOW WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR CALL LETTERS.

SIR: WITH IN 3 WEEKS WE WILL HANDOVER IT TO UR MANAGEMENT THEN

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ME : I AM INTRESTED TO LEARN C++,JAVA CAN I TAKE COACHING

OUTSIDE OR AT THE TRANING PERIOD THEY WILL TRAIN US SIR.

SIR: IT IS BETTER IF UR INTRESHING IT WILL BE VERY MUCH USEFULL TO

U AT TIME OF TRAINING.


ME: CAN I KNOW WHAT R D PROJECTS & THEIR MODULES PROVIDED BY

SYNTEL FOR (ECE) STUDENTS.

SIR:WE WILL PROVIDE U TIS INFORMATION DURING TRAINING PERIOD.

SIR: OK MAHESH STILL ANY QUESTIONS U WANT ASK ME????

ME : NO SIR .

SIR : OK MAHESH THANKU .(SIR NAME IS SUDHAKAR, 8 YEARS

EXPERIENCE IN SYNTEL).

ME: THANKU SIR.

THEN I CAME OUT OF ROOM AFTER A GAP OF 10 MINUTES THEY

CALLED ME FOR HR INTERVIEW.

HR INTERVIEW: (MAM NAME IS SWAPNA ,(SHE IS FRM BIHAR)).

I WAITED OUTSIDE FOR 5 MINUTES AND ENTERED HR ROOM .

ME:GOOD AFTERNOON MAM .

MAM:GOOD AFTERNOON MAHESH TAKE UR SEAT .(with smiling face).

ME:THANKU MAM.


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MAM:TELL ABT UR SELF WCH IS NOT THEIR IN UR RESUME.(FAMILY BACK

GROUND).

ME:REPLIED WELL.(STARTED WITH MY MOM NAME ___________ ).

MAM:WHY SHOULD I HIRE(take) u ??

mM:replied well here i mentioned all my strengths & my skill sets .(dyanamic,creative,self-starter,adapatability,flexibiity)etc;----------

Mam: ok mahesh what is ur aim????

Me: i replied project manager.

Mam: wht pm with in how many years??????

Me: mam with in 5 years.(she laughed for my answer).

Mam: do u have any break down (gap) during ur education.

Me: no mam i don't have any breaks through my education.

Mam: any questions to ask me.

Me: can i know my feedback mam.

Mam: i will reject u(with smiling face).

Me: i smiled for that answer.

She tested me either i will change my expressions for that type of answer or not.

So becarefull before asking tis type of questions be confident with ur answer and facial expressions (SMILING FACE)OK .

Mam: u have to wait untill results to be announced 'IT' people should have patience yes

or not

Me: yes mam

Me: ok mam i will rectify it mam .

Mam:ok good luck,thanku mahesh.

Me: thanku mam.


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They asked us to wait at seminar hall.

At last 10'0 clock they announced the resultsof 56 mem selected for SYNTEL thank

god iam one among them.

" I CAME OUT WITH FLYING COLORS"

IAM SURE THT MY EXPERINCE WILL HELPFULL TO U ALL.

" I WISH U ALL BEST OF LUCK".

IF U HAVE ANY DOUBTS CANTACT ME:

M.MAHESH,

04811A0437,

ELECTRONICS &COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.

SYNTEL PAPER ON 21st JULY

hi frenz...................this is maria antony pursuing final year BE with ECE backdrop in

VRS coll,villupuram Dist.....i am very pleased to say that i have joined the syntel family a

fortnight before......................thanks to the freshersworld and VIT placement

consortium ,without them i would not be typing this paper for u......................................

Let me brief u about my journey towards the opening of the SYNTEL gates................

first interview :CTS .........didnt cleared the 1 st round itself

second interview :CARITOR.........gone thro aps n GD but expelled in tech interview

which lasted for 45 mins

third interview :SYNTEL..................

u really need to have a zeal in ur heart to get thro an interview process....it all started 4

me from the 6 sem vacations..........i become almost a maniac in the month of

june..............solved each n every problem from RS AGGARWAL non verbal reasoning..quite big one...........it was like 24 hrs a day was not enough 4 me to get thro

the topics.......................i attended the CTS on 23 june..did the aps and nonverbal

exceptionally well except 4 the verbal which thrashed my CTS dream ..................i came

out with a heavy heart but determined to do better in future...................JESUS gave me

another chance that too in a row of 6 companies following.......................what ever i studied earlier helped me to get thro the aps of caritor...........the paper was really a

standard one................but luck diddnt favoured me in the tech interview....it was a

burning hell ..........lasted upto 45 minutes................nearly 40 to 50 questions.............5


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from cricket,4 from organic chemistry,7 from digital electronics,6 from microprocessors

n controllers,4 current affairs,5 from communication ,2 from art of cooking and bit of

stress interview about smoking and 3 puzzles and some silly questions from XP but very

difficult to answer.................

After getting rejected i came to the hotel room by 8 pm and relaxed myself.........the next

day was SYNTEL interview.....didnt even touched any of the aps book,C book,dept

books...just slept by 11 and got up by 7..........went to VIT where the process was about to

begin....................

The SYNTEL professionals were well organised ,came on time started the process with

clear instructions...................

The whole paper consist of 40 questions................25 logical .....15 verbal..............with

section cut offs

LOGICAL::

3 on direction sense test

4 on coding

5 on seating arrancements

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

VERBAL::

1-5 questions were on correction of sentences. 6-10 questions were on analogy.

11-15 questions were on substitute the correct words

results were announced 1.45 pm.......................nearly 1200 students attended........only

202 were selected for GD..............3 including me ,were there from my coll............then

the PPT began n lasted for 30 minutes...................

GROUP DISCUSSION:: this is the main session in SYNTEL placement

procedure....where they filter nearly 60 to 70 % of students..............after a long wait it

started 4 my batch at 6.30pm

The HR asked our opinion for the topic..........................every one over there blabbered as

if they were true professionals.....................when it came to me i just knocked all their

heads with an hammer ie the topic................Is GD really necessary in a recruiting

process.................finally my topic was chosen......and i waited until 7 finished out of

12.....to my surprise i found all of them were telling that GD should be there in a selection

process...........i was perplexed bcoz i was also about to support it...............at the last

moment my presence of mind and spontaniety helped me to outwit others...i spoke for

more than 5 minutes about the other side of group discussion which could make any one

have a second thought about having it in a selection process....... .................my command

over the language and my very own style and accent attracted all the group members and

the HR ofcourse.......................then from the next four 3 opposed me and my classmate


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alone supported me............finally 3 were selected from my batch .........we 2 and 1 more

guy...................

What i am going to tell u might be inferior but thats true in SYNTEL......................the

GD is your HR interview where they decide whether u are HR select or

reject...................hands down i got selected in it....................my tech interview was like a

formality................................

TECHNICAL INTERVIEW::

HR:give me the photocopies of ur marksheets.......................

ME: gave with a pleasant smile

HR: tell me about urself

ME:started of in style...........but he interrupted me many times with some silly

questions...................(that was to check whether i get distracted due to small

disturbances...............but i was shrewd enough to overcome those things)

HR:types of topologies

ME: answered

HR: cond given............which one will suit this

ME:answered briefly

HR:diff bw microprocessors and controller

ME: said it initially right but at last gave a wrong conclusion

HR:diff between defining and declaring a variable in C

ME: total collapse...the lady who selected me in GD was there in the room........she

started to laugh like anything with the Hr on hearing my answer...............

HR:tell me what is VRS...............ie my coll name

ME:answered...........

HR:bla bla bla

ME:answered.................. HR:ok antony u can leave the results will be announced on tuesday

ME:thats not a problem sir i will wait

HR:any Q

ME:i dont like formalities sir...........thank u................it was nice meeting u.................

on 24 afternoon i was having coffee in the anna auditorium VIT.....they declared the

results...........................only 29 were selected and i was the only one from my coll..thanks

to JESUS...................have faith in god and in u especially.........................dont give up

stay cool ..............................u will find urself in a firm soon................................

SYNTEL PAPER ON 23rd JUNE

hello frendz,am GAURAV NANDA from UIET,kanpur and got placed in SYNTEL on

sunday 24/06. There were around 1200-1500 students of which around 60 were chosen

for next phase n some 30 finally made their way to syntel.

GENERAL:

venue: SRMCEM,lucknow


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date:23/06 sat

we were supposed to report at 8:30 n were expecting the written to commence from 10 or

so. No hall-tickets were isuued so we had to collect the reference no. There was a total

chaos n the arrangement made by college was not upto the mark.The refernce allotment

got over by 10:30 n we were told to evacuate the building(mismanagement again).We

finally entered our respective classes around 11:30 n the writen exam finally began at

1pm.

The paper had 2 sections,one after the other

SECTION 1: GENERAL APTITUDE

there were 5 ques with 5 subparts each

1) a very simple ques on BLOOD RELATIONS

2)some conditions like experience,qualifications,domicile) for various

posts(director,manager etc) followed by 5 persons with diff. satisfying criteria,we simply

had to

answer their deserving posts (the ques had complex looks bt was pretty simple)

3)a quest on CODING DECODING

3 words along with some coding were given we had to identify the corresponding coded

alphabet for some characters (was easy but i got stuck in one of the subparts,ws ambigous)

4) 5 quest with 4 english statements each were given n we had to classify each as

a) assertion

b) supporting reason

c) counter logic

d) irrelavant

it was for the first time i encountered such quest so took me time to tackle it

SECTION 2: ENGLISH

The paper was really well designed and must had proved desicive for the next phase,in

short this section was REALLY TYPICAL

The paper comprised sentence correction,analogies(very hard vocab) etc. The paper got over at 2 pm and the results were supposed to be declared around 4(after

the presentation)

The presentation began at 3:15 n continued till 4 pm

we all were exhausted and the results were announced at 5:45pm with severe mic

problems n total chaos all around,i was able to confirm my selection at 6:15 (the mic was

figured,i presume)

The tech-hr ws to started after 15min,we were given a single paged form with some

details as hobbies,project if any etc.

THE TECH-HR WAS COMBINED

my turn came around 8 pm n was about 20-30 min long

1) diff b/w return by value n reference

2) baud rate,osi levels


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3) since my interest was in net i was shooted ques on proxy,links,blog etc etc

4) i was offered a very simple puzzle but was unable to solve it

5) how many placements have you appered into?

6)what can syntel expect from you ?

To wind up,this round was all about good communication skills n some programming

requisites

Half of the selected candidates were interviewed next day n the final result was

announced at 2 pm (24/06/07),and by the grace of god n blessings of my well wishers i

made through it...............CONFIDENCE WAS THE KEY !!

hope my experience helps you out

SYNTEL PAPER ON 27th MAY

hai,dis is lahari.i recently got placed in SYNTEL.the recruitment process was held for

2008 batch and it was for 2 days on 27 n 28 may at RGM college,nandyala.

on 27 may dey conducted written test n on d next day i.e., on 28 may d technical n HR

interviews were on.the .8 colleges were invited n intell college was one among

them.from our college(Intell engg. coll) around 190 students atteneded the written test,on

the whole there were 780 students including all the 9 colleges n only 70 were filtered at the written test n 27 were finally recruited.By god's grace n my hardwork I was one

among those 27.

coming to the recruitment process there were 3 levels.

1.Written test

2.Technical interview

3.HR interview

Written test: (40 questions in 75 min) consists of sectional cutoff n will b mentioned in

ur omr sheet so bware of it.n consists of 40 questions,of which

25- logical reasoning (cut-off for dis section is 15)

15-verbal reasoning (cut-off for dis section is 8)


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Logical Reasoning:

1-5 questions are on blood relations.

6-10 questions are on series of symbols.

11-13 questions are on coding.

14-15 are on lik they giv some info lik sachin is at the corner n sehwag is in right to

sachin etc n ask questions lik whoz in center bla bla...

16-20 questions are on data interpretation.

21-25 questions are on syllogism.

Verbal reasoning:

1-5 questions were on correction of sentences.

6-10 questions were on analogy.

11-15 questions were on substitute the correct words.

here ends d written test.

our exam started at 12.30p.m n ended at 1.45p.m.our results were declared at around

4.45p.m.out of 780 students who appered for writtn test 70 were were screened.i was one

among them.then the company potrayed their ppt for 90 min n we were relieved..

the next day on 28 may the technical n HR intreviews were on.. shockningly i was the

first person to go for the technical interview...

Technical interview:

my panel consists of a gent.as i was the first person to go for technical round i was bit

nervous, i went in and first the panel member wished me n later i.then he asked abut my

resume n asked some questions lik tell me abut urself,wat abut ur family background bla

bla....as i was a computer student i had my technical questions on concepts lik c, java,

dbms,computer networks,operating systems.


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wat is difference between break n exit ?

can u tell me abut struct?wt does it mean?

wat is the difficult topic in c a/c to u?(pointers)

wat will u rank urself in c within 1-10?

wat is exception handling?

can u tell me the logic in linked lists?

wat do u mean by demand paging?

wat r the key functions of these osi layers?

wat is current version of oracle?

finally wat is the lenghtiest program which u have written in c n how many lines does it

comprises of?

atlast he asked any questions for me,i said "no sir"then he said" u r gud at ur

communication skills.iam impressed."i said "thank u sir,iam pretty gud at my

communicaton skills."

HR interview:

then after 15 min i had Hr interview.i was so cool for this round bcoz i was confident.

my hr interviewer was an lady.she asked tell me something which is not mentioned in ur

resume,tell m abut ur family background as my sis is working as a software professional

she started asking questions on which technology does she works,which place n how did

she got placed.then she asked abut my strengths n asked me to explain with a scenario,i

did it pretty well.finally she asked "any questions for me". i said no mam n said thank u n

left the room..

after interview i was quite confident abut my interview n waiting for the results.at last they announced the names of the selected students at around 4.30 p.m and guess wat i

was 1 among those 27.. hope this piece of information abut interview will help u to get on


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in the syntel interview.all tat u hav to do to crack the job at syntel is b gud at ur verbal

stuff,communication skills n last but not least b confident ...//

SYNTEL PAPER ON 29th MARCH AT BHOPAL

Hello, This is preeti.It was a open campus drive.I have gone through all the rounds of

syntel & by the grace of God I have been selected in syntel. I am here giving u the pattern

of question paper & questions asked in interviewes.

There are 3 rounds in syntel:

1:Written test paper with eassy writting

2:HR(elimination round)

3:Technical inter.

Written::50 questions for 45 minutes

Q1 to Q5 Analogy

Eg 1Hourse:Mare::Husband:?

options:: wife,daughter.......etc

2 ) Doct.:treatment::advocate:? Like this

further they have given some jumbled letters and we have to put that into a correct

sequence

Eg: KAAABHSR =43335126

options: 12345633

54321633

51324363(Correct option)=(Ans BHASKARA)

Next 5 questions : a puzzle was given :

Puzzle: There r 6 teachers ABCDE & a&b is teaching history &english b&c is teaching

maths&hindi & so on...................

Q: How many teachers r teaching maths?

Q: How many r taking more than 2 subjects? etc (Easy but concentrate with time

management )

Next 5 questions were from aptitude:

Time &Work(Go through R.S Agarwal) easy but Logic must me clear to U

Next 10 Q were the tabulation Problem similar to one given in the R.S Agarwal(Go

through it)

Now VERBAL PART (15 QUESTIONS)

Fill in the blanks(3-4Q)

Fill with appropriate articles. Vocab: a word was given & we have to choose from the given options its opposite or its

related meaning(Little vocab Power required)

After this 10 minutes were given to us for eassy writting.


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TIME MANAGEMENT REQUIRED

Results were announced after 6 hrs & out of 1300 students 200 students were shortlisted

for HR round

HR:

Advice ::Go through all the core questn.

q asked to me: SHE: Speak about UR self for 1 min.

She: Tell me UR biggest strength U feel proud with

I: told

She: Biggest weakness

I: told

she :told me to discuss the topic given for eassy

She: Asked for queries

To my some friends other questions asked were Talk abt UR hairstyle

What will u do if U will be given the powers similar to God for 1 day? etc Depends

Lots of people got eliminaed from HR

Technical:

There were 2 panels 4 technical inter. They had our written test paper with them .My

interviewer asked me 2 solve the questions from written test paper

I: Good afternoon sir.

He: Stood up & shaked hands with me & introduced himself.

He: Have a seat preeti

Checked my resume & all the certificates.Futher he asked me to solve the Q from written

test paper.

Further he helped in a q i was uncomfortable with & given me another q similar to that also asked me some more Q to related logic.He asked me about my teachnical skills &

asked me 1 Q from loops.He also asked for questions 4 him. Again he shaked hands with

me & said "Preeti looking forward to see U at pune".

So I had a strong hope for my result.The interviewers were so polite & cooperative just B what U R. final selections were 51 out of 200.

Never ever loose UR heart .GOD is great & their is always a second oppurtunity.(It was

my 5th campus) "ALL THE BEST"

Ok bye see u at SYNTEL (consider IT done)


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SYNTEL PAPER ON 30th JUNE

hai friends, this is the test pattern, it consisted of two section

1.Logical Reasoning

2.Verbal ability

the time period for examination is give one hour (both at a times)

1.Logical reasoning :

it is very one compared to the technical, there r 25 questions out of which 15 is cutoff. it

consists of

1. puzzles test

there r six frnds rani, sushma , ........... and there having differnt color car and sports are

given . Some question r posed on these data(5 q)

2.order or type of sentence

1.assertion 2.supporting assortion 3.counter 4. irrespective

4 sentence r give and 4 choose r also , we must find the correct choce . these is based on

logical thinking (5 q)

3.Data Suffciency(5Q)

4.some question r if * is -,%is + such question are(5Q)

5.attention to details(5 Q)

VERBAL

this is very tough one there analogies(5 Q) basically from GRE, Correction of sentence(5

Q), fill the black with proper word OR meaning of word in sentence( 5 Q). cuttoff is 8

marks

after that hr and technical round these very to go through concetrate on tell me about u r

self and brush up with micro prosss......., DBMS, core subjects, OS

be confidence and be sharp and smart

SYNTEL PAPER ON 31st JULY

Hi , this is D.R aravind prakash from sri manakula vinayagar engineering college i

recently got placed in syntel on 31st july 2007 and became syntelite

this is the 7th company company i am attending..........i hav not cleared aptitude test for

the first 6 companies........dont lose hope ...try try try till u get get ....


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now i would like to tell the selection process of syntel

it consist of four rounds

Aptitude (logical and verbal)

Group Discussion

Tech+HR

Aptitude part: this round consist of two sections logical and verbal....logica-25 and verbal-15 ....there

are sectional cut off....but it is very easy to achieve mainly they will be asking

series(8),find the sentence which correctly matches the paragraph(10 ques),paragraph

puzzles(6 ques) thats all i remeber in logical part

In verbal part they gave some 2 opposites,analogy,choose the correct sentence (700 wrote

the test and 268 cleared aptitude test)

Group Discussion

this is an elimination round.... In gd they were 15 people per batch and they selected 3

peoples per batch and in my batch they selected 6 people, even though i spoke last i got selected........i was able to impress all the people in gd.....my advice is that speak some

valid points in different manner in such a way u catch the attention of people in gd

topic : indian education VS foriegn education

268 attended ...they selected 75 people in gd

after gd,they checked our mark sheets........their criteria is that ....person should not hav

arrear till current semester

Tech + HR

hr:how do u feel ?

me:i feel great that i have cleared apti and gd

hr:how many companies u attended before?

me:i attended 6 companies,i was not able to clear apti ...for every company the pattern

was changing so only sir

hr:brief about yourself

me:answered

hr:tell me the diff between c and c++


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me:answered

hr:tell me something about microprocessor?

me:i told answers wrongly but in a confident manner

hr:situation questions??

me:he was checking our attitude

hr:some advices like still u hav to improve ue skills

me:i was listening to him with a smilimg face

it was an one day process.....they were conducting hr round till 11:30 pm.......we waited

for two days.....finally they selected 39 students....by gods grace i was one among them..

SYNTEL PAPER

hello guys

I am Arka from Guru Nanak Engg College.. doin my 4-1 .. Recently i got thru da

selection process of Syntel.. The event was held in Malla Reddy College of Engineering.

As the remaining posts here say... The aptitude consists of two sections.. Reasoning and

Verbal...The cut off for reasoning is 13 out of 25 questions and verbal needed 8 out of 15

questions.. U have a time of 1 hr to complete... My test started in da afternoon n it took

nearly 4-5 hrs to announce da results for aptitude..

Aptitude is the first hurdle.. n gettin thru this means half of the job is done.... If u hav

taken up GRE coaching .. try solving the verbal part first n then come to reasoning.. but if

u hav taken up a coachin of CAT then go for reasoning first.. as this section wil b very

easy for them... reasoning is tough if u dnt hav touch wid it.. but refer some books n

understand da methodologies to solve them before goin in..(howeva u'll shud better wat u

shud do frst)

Nearly 1000 students appeared for this test.. n they selected 200 out of them..n 36 were of

my coll...nearly 8 colleges had participated. The remaining rounds were scheduled to be

held four days later on sunday at 9 am.. They arranged us into batches n dependin on the

batch either technical or HR cum GD was done first...

My first interview was HR cum GD... it wasn't so tough...Our whole batch was allowed

in all together.. n everyone had to talk abt self for 2 mins.. they basically check the


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communication n interactive skills here.. The HR may even ask some questions to check

ur confidence.. but be confident in wateva ur answerin...

Then she gave us a topic on GD.. Our topic was Globalization... Some advice wud lik to

giv is.. neva b in a hurry to speak.. as if it is da only time u'll b allowed to speak.. dnt try

to cut others statements n make ur point.. try comin to a conclusion n neva keep quiet in a

GD.. speak somethng...

As soon as i came out of the HR interview they intimated me dat i was selected and had

to go for technical round. The technical round wudn't say is tough... but yes great way for

dat guy to shake ur confidence.. he'll try his best but u hav to b at ur best...

Try readin the basics of almost all core subjects wch u had in engg...n yes C

programming.. dats very essential .. wateva branch u belong to..

here's how my technical went..

Tech: Where are u basically from(he was sure i wasn't of south seeing my name)?

Me: i am basically of calcutta

Tech: ok! What is an IP controller??

Me: (shocked!! i was expecting questions frm C, C++ Java or some prog languages... my

mind went blank...esp wen u get a yorker on ur frst ball).. sir! sorry sir am not dat gud at

this subject... this isin't my core sir.. but am good wid da programming languages..

basically am frm IT( i escaped narrowly guys.. dnt try do this..)

Tech: Dats y am asking u this question...Ok wat is a thread?

Me: tried collecting somethng of dat blank mind... n answered somethng...

Tech: Wat?? Arka do u knw or are u tryin to bluff?

Me: Sir intentionally i dnt try to bluff but my answer can hav some mistakes..(2nd ball.. tried to hit but great fieldin by him)

Tech: Wat is a process?

Me: A programme in execution is a process(4 runs)

Tech: Wats diff between parallel processing and chain processing?

Me: Explained correctly.. Tech: Are u really tryin to bluff?

Me: Sir am very sure of parallel processing but chain processing can be made more

perfect..( i dnt wanna challenge him but evn dnt wanna show dat am not confidnt)

Tech: Wat is da role of OS during Booting?

Me: answered

Tech: Wat is a kernel?

Me: answered to the point

Tech: Wat is a function?

Me: The very basic definition was explained without a single dount in mind

Tech: Wat header file do u use to get graphics in C?

Me: graphics.h

Tech: How do u create a header file?

Me: answered


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Tech:Difference between C and C++?

Me: answered..

Tech: C++ n Java?

Me: made it as clear as water to him

Tech: Wat header file do u use first in C++?

Me: iostream.h

Tech: Instead of headers wat do u use in Java?

Me: packages ( a real long Tech isin't it? )

Atlast he said.. it was nice meeting u Arka.. do u hav any questions?

Me: Sir wat is it dat u r basically looking for?

Tech: Arka basically we r looking for guys wid self confidence n a lil bit of basic skills...

some thng more also but i forgot..

So basically be through wid those basics.. n even if ur not.. be confident in any manner...

try smiling all da time before him.. n neva show him dat ur tensed.. for some of my

friends he asked questions such as Wat is Newton's II law .. Chemical formulaes n

trignometry stuff... jus to see how he reacts.. react in a positive way.. try getting da

answer.. but if ur not sure neva challenge him..

The results came in 2 days later.. out of 36 frm my coll..14 were selected. I stil can't

believe.. checked da list 3 times today...lolz. take care..jus confidence is wat u need to get

into any company...

Best of luck..

Syntel APTITUDE Test

1. One pipe fills in 4 hrs and another in 5hrs when they both work alternately

how much time will be taken to fill the tank.

2. LCM of 3 nos is 120 which of the following no must not be their

HCF a. 8 , b.24 c.12 d.24 and 30

3. Two trains from the points A and B moving in opposite direction , at the

point they meet the second train travels 120 kms more than the first. The speeds

are 50kmph and 60kmph respectively find the distance between A and B?

4. One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in

the alternately. Length of the poll is 60 mts , how much time it will take to reach

the top?

a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40 (ans: 37)

5. A number when multiplied by 7/18 instead of 7/8 and got the result 770

less than the actual result , find the

original number?


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6. The volume and the radius of both cone and sphere are equal , then find

the ratio of height of the cone to the diameter of the sphere?

7. A and B started a business with 1500 and 2500 and got a profit 800 rs.

Half of the profit is shared equally the remaining is shared according to their

investment. Find their profits.

8. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest for 2

years?

A:B =2:3 and B:C=5:6 then find A:B:C

9. An amount of 64 Rs has to become 125 in 3 years in compound interest ,

find the rate of interest?

10. A similar to the above problem find the time(rate of interest is given)

11. The prime no., which is greater than 6 when divide by 6 will always gives

the remainder ans: 1 or 5

12. Length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and breadth is decreased by

25% what is the difference in the area

13. Mr X position in a class is 13th from first and 17th from last, and 8th

from the first and 13th from last in passed candidates list, then how many

candidates failed in the exam

14. Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% is equal to a net discount

of …..

15. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the

number, the digits will get reversed.

Then what is that number? Ans: 12

16. The length of the following rectangle is „4a‟ and its breadth is „2a‟. Radius

of the two circles is „a‟. Then find the ratio of total area of the rectangle to the

area not covered by the two circles with in the rectangle

17. A person starts with the speed of u/1 kmph and returns with the speed of

u/2 kmph, what is his average speed.


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18. A cistern will be filled in 9 hrs, but becoz of an outlet it is filled in 10 hrs,

if the cistern is filled, then how much

time the outlet takes to empty the cistern.

19. In a right angled triangle ABC angle B = 90 , BM is the median to AC ,

then AB2 + BC2 (in terms of BM)

20. Three circles with same radius r are drawn with centres as three vertices of

a triangle. What is the sum of areas of the intersections of these circles with the

triangle.

21. X men work for X days to produce X products, then Y men can produce Y

products in ---- days.

22. The compound interest for first and second years is 200 and 220 on a

certain amount. Find the sum.

23. Marked price of a commodity is 35% above the cost price. If he gives a

discount of 15%, how much he gains on the deal.

24. 5 mangoes + 4 oranges = 7 mangoes + 1 orange. Find the ratio of mango

to orange.

25. A man starts a work, after some time some one joins him…………..like

this

26. Food is sufficient for 100men for 60days. For how many days the food is

sufficient for 500men?

27. If 8men 8hrs per day works for 8days get 45/- then how many men

required if the work is 5hrs per day

for10days they get 60/-?

28. A person sold an item at a profit of 12% .If he sold it at a loss of 12% then

he would get Rs.6/- less. What is the

cost price?

29. (1 ½ /((3/4-2/5 )/(2/3+4/5))) * ((2 ¾/((4/3-2/5 )/(5/3+6/5))) (Numbers

different)


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30. Avg age of X number of adults in a class is 30yrs. If 12 new adults with

avg age of 32 joined with them then the

avg age increases by one. Find X?

31. A sphere of radius 2cms is dropped into a cylinder of radius 4 cms

containing water upto certain level. The raise

in the water level is (not sure)

32. Find the average of reciprocals of x and y :

33. In a school there are 1000 students in the year 1999. The number

of students increased by 20% in the year 2000. And it is increased by 15% in the

year 2001. But it is decreased by 18% in 2002. Then what is the strength in

2002.(numbers may differ)

REASONING

1. Odd man out

a) stem b) fruits c) flowers d) tree e) root

2. 9, --, 15, 18, 21, 24

3. seating arrangement(2 puzzles)

4. books arrangement (puzzle)

5. If 3rd day of a month is Monday. Then what is the 5th day after 21st of

that month?

6. blood relation

Syntel Placement Papers 2006

SYNTEL-Placement Paper-25 April 2006-Noida

The pattern consist of 3 sections:

1. Aptitude(general) test 2. HR Interview

3. Technical Interview

Written test:


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The first thing in written was to manage the time,b‟coz there was a bulk of

questions(some ques repeat) in written three different parts were there and each having

cutoff range.

The first paper was of English:

In English there were 20 ques and you need to complete it in 15 mins.

Those were like paragraphs and synonyms & antonioms. The cut-off range(I don‟t remember properly) was 12.

The second paper was of Maths:-

In maths paper there were 45 ques and needed to complete in 30 mins

The ques were simple logical.

The cut-off range was I think 30.

The third paper was of Aptitude:-

The ques were mostly from R.S.Agrawal.Those were simple.and quite analytical

Some ques are repeated.

I think there were 35 ques and needed to complete in 20 mins.

The cut-off range was I think 20.The paper was not that tough . Now the toughest time came i.e to wait for interview.

That camp-us was a record campus around 6800 students were appeared for that test.the

written was held in 3 shifts.

Interview time:-

As I told you there were 2 interviews hr & technical.

First my technical was taken,and I think I waited for 12 hours for that I‟view.

My technical was taken by a mam,who passed out from jss,noida(now at some high

place in Syntel).

She asked me for :-

1.was to identify Armstrong no.

2.semaphores.

3.data structure,

4.acid properties.

Rest I don‟t remember but mostly It was from dbms & daa,/ds.

Then it continued with hr/personal I‟view.

(state your hobbies about which you know everything)

1.i‟s asked for who scored 6 sixes in an over & who was the bowler


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Ans:ravi shastri in first class cricket and the bowler was k.krishan something,I‟s able to

give the ans of 1st part only.

2.diameter of football.

3.why Syntel?

4.% graph of degree.

5.how much you rate yourself in scale of 10.

6.why we should take you.

7.who is the best footballer do you think and why,

8.do you have any girlfriend.

9.if you were given the chance to go abroad and not to your wife then?

10.your expectations from our side…

This interview of mine was taken by company‟s V.P. and I was preety confident after

this,I went in the interview room by thinking that I have nothing to loose,only I can get

something.

And finally…….. I got selected.

The pattern consist of 3 sections:

1. Aptitude(general) test

2. HR Interview

3. Technical Interview

Written test:

The first thing in written was to manage the time,b‟coz there was a bulk of

questions(some ques repeat) in written three different parts were there and each having

cutoff range.


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The first paper was of English:

In English there were 20 ques and you need to complete it in 15 mins.

Those were like paragraphs and synonyms & antonioms. The cut-off range(I don‟t remember properly) was 12.

The second paper was of Maths:-

In maths paper there were 45 ques and needed to complete in 30 mins

The ques were simple logical.

The cut-off range was I think 30.

The third paper was of Aptitude:-

The ques were mostly from R.S.Agrawal.Those were simple.and quite analytical

Some ques are repeated.

I think there were 35 ques and needed to complete in 20 mins.

The cut-off range was I think 20.The paper was not that tough . Now the toughest time came i.e to wait for interview.

That camp-us was a record campus around 6800 students were appeared for that test.the

written was held in 3 shifts.

Interview time:-

As I told you there were 2 interviews hr & technical.

First my technical was taken,and I think I waited for 12 hours for that I‟view.

My technical was taken by a mam,who passed out from jss,noida(now at some high place

in Syntel).

She asked me for :-

1.was to identify Armstrong no.

2.semaphores.

3.data structure,

4.acid properties.

Rest I don‟t remember but mostly It was from dbms & daa,/ds.

Then it continued with hr/personal I‟view.

(state your hobbies about which you know everything)

1.i‟s asked for who scored 6 sixes in an over & who was the bowler

Ans:ravi shastri in first class cricket and the bowler was k.krishan something,I‟s able to

give the ans of 1st part only.

2.diameter of football.


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3.why Syntel?

4.% graph of degree.

5.how much you rate yourself in scale of 10.

6.why we should take you.

7.who is the best footballer do you think and why,

8.do you have any girlfriend.

9.if you were given the chance to go abroad and not to your wife then?

10.your expectations from our side…

This interview of mine was taken by company‟s V.P. and I was preety confident after

this,I went in the interview room by thinking that I have nothing to loose,only I can get

something.

SYNTEL-Placement Paper-jan 2006

These questions were asked in Syntel ( interview )1. In how many ways can 12 different books be divided equally amonga) 4 sets or groups b) 4 persons Ans : a) 15400 b)

3696002. If 7 parallel lines are intersected by another 7 parallel lines, find the no. of

parallelograms thus formed. Ans : 441

SYNTEL-Placement Papers 2007

SYNTEL PAPER ON 28th APRIL AT BANGALORE

Hi every body in Asma, I recently got placed in syntel.

The recruitment was held for 2008 batch on 28 th n 29th of April 07 in hkbkce in

Bangalore n 22 colleges were invited n knsit was one among them.

There were 2 rounds:-

1) Written test

The test consisted of 2 sections n was for 1 hour


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i) Logical reasoning (25 questions cut off 13):

Questions were like find the odd word,puzzles,blood relations,series of symbols, logical

deductions like syllogism.

ii)English section(15 questions cut off 8):-

small passage will be given n we need to select a sentence to represent d meaning of the

passage. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. find the grammatical error in the

sentence.

Out of 2,500 students 96 cleared the written test.

2)tech n hr interview :-

it was held the next day i.e. 29 april. there were 2 people interviewing each candidate

the questions were quite simple

1)tell me abt urself

2)which is ur fav subject 3)diff between c n c++

4)what is data structures

5)what do u know in dbms

6)what is sql

7)what r pointers

8)diff b/w main mem n auxiliary mem

9)what search engines do u use

10)are u aware of any new innovations in software field

11)do u have any questions for us

out of 96 students 30 were placed.

The main thing is to be positive n confident.

They are looking for people who know c and have good communication skill.

ALL THE BEST!

SYNTEL PAPER ON 7th APRIL AT BHILAI

Hello Friends.

Syntel come to Chhattisgarh .It was open for all the colleges .The campus was conducted

by R.C.E.T Bhilai.



55% in till now in semesters.

Written test

The placement paper consists of 2 sections :-


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1.Reasoning 25 questions (cuttoff-13)

2. Verbal 15 questions (cutt off-8)

Cutt of already mentioned in the question papers. Paper is continous .Common answer

sheet 5 options.

1 .Reasoning

The first 5 questions were to pick up the odd one out

3 of then was easy.like a)Wheat b)Barley c)Gram d)rie e) pulses Ans (d)

a)pouch b)stall c)...sth like that I mark b) stall as answer. If u want to go through Barrons u can but they change questions.

The next set of quetions were based on the string like L4$E5@RA6%TH!7 sth like that

not exact questions like

1.no of digits followed by symbols

2.one was which is the 7 position right to the left of the string sth like that.

3.which is the last if we select from first then last ,second then second last

this type of questions were easy do practice it One question which repeated was of T-shirt

of Sourav ,Sachin Sehwag,Rahul 3 conditions were given pretty easy u can do it.

5 questions were of syllolism like all cats are dog all dogs are cow

u have select the best possible sequence.a)BDE b)CDE c)ACE practice this type of

questions.

2.Verbal

This section is easy if u r thorough with ur grammar fill in the words in the passage

Duration : 1Hr

Don't stuck to one sections do both the sections precisely otheriwse u will run out of time.

After the test they shown us the ppt .It was nice.

test started at 11:15 result of wirtten declared at 3.30pm 2000(approx) appeared for the

test out of which 100(approx) clear the test.2 batches were there for the written round.

Then we assemble at the audi they gave us Biodata form we have to fill it and attach with

our cv,grade sheet photocopy, and submit it.Do keep atleast 3 copies of your

marksheets(attested), cv otherwise they will make u run at the time of Interview. Also

verification of marksheet is done.

Interview Our Interview round started at around 7.00pm

The interview round consisted of 2 phases the TI and the HR .All the students who

passed there written will have to give both TI as well as HR. Girls are given

preference .Since I was in the 1st batch I had both on the same day.35 students were

halted for the Inter rest for the next day.


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Technical

My interview started at around 9.50pm . I entered the room. The panel consist of 1

person .

Sir- Breif yourself.

me- blabla

Sir-Tell me about ppt.

Me- explained everything nicely (as I mentioned abt my ppt in my intro)

Sir-Do u know coding. Me- Yes Sir

then he gave me 2 question of (SQL) like we r having 2 table and he asked me to join

both of then I explained

another was pretty difficult but I manage to explain him abt the method to access.

Sir: ok u may leave

ME- Thank u Sir & left.

Other panel asked simple questions like fibonacci,factorial,prime no if u dont know be

confident

They r mainly looking for C people so they r checking with simple prg for other branch.

HR round

This time panel was maam she was cool she just asked me abt myself

asked me to explain my storng pts with real life examples which I nicely did They r

mainly looking for peope having good coom skills

My both the Interview held for about 10-20 mts each.

The result was declared next day around 8 pm.I was not sure of my selection but I got selected Out of 100 students who cleared written 67 were selected finally and I was one

of them. They brought big cake which was shared by all students.

Hope this exp will help u and we will meet in Syntel. I wish all of u Best of Luck bcoz

Luck Matters.!

SYNTEL PAPER ON 3Ist MARCH AT NOIDA

hello everyone.

i am abhijeet verma. i got selected in syntel inc. through campus placement procedure

conducted by company in N.I.E.T. total of 8 college were invited and k.i.e.t. was one of

our college present there.


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eligibilty criteria:

55% till last sem.

55% in 10th and 12th.

Written Test:

two sections. (no mathematics)

1: logical section (25 question) cut off 13

2: English section (15 question) cut off 8

cut off was already written on the answer sheet. logical sections had question like a series of symbols,alphabets and numbers where u

have to answer in-accordance. then question on odd man out. other quetions were like in

a place yes is said no and no is said may be,........ then few questions where asked on it.

English section was quite easy. u just have to use us daily life vocab. and simple grammar.

question where on simple comprehension passage and fill in the blanks.

from 1200(apprx) students 159 cleared the written test.

Then all the qualified people were asked to assemble in the hall. A form was distributed

among us, and we need to fill it. the form required our us to fill our information -

personal and educational. the announcement was made that the interview will be

conducted next day.

Interview:

we were called at 9:30 sharp and there were four pannels some had two people and some

had only one. students were alloted pannel rondomly. my turn for interview came at

around 3:15 p.m. and lasted for 45 min.

i entered the room, only one lady was sitting there i wish her and stood next to the chair. she asked me to sit. then she asked me to tell about myself . then she asked bout my

family background. the she asked bout my marks. then she asked me bout my strengths.

she was quite impressed wid my answers.

then she asked me a question that tell the transmission of signal from one mobile to

another and also tell the different form of signal wave used in it. then she asked me to tell her my subject on wiz i had command. i told her data structure and microprocessor. she

asked me output of few programs and many other question from c, c++ and data structure

and in the last she wanted me to ask any questions from her.

i asked her couple of sensible question.

the only thing they were looking in a person was comm. skill. and how the person reacts

on different questions and atlast i got selected.

out of 159 - 55 students were selected.

SYNTEL PAPER ON 24th MARCH AT NAGPUR


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Hi friends. My name is vaibhav narkhede.. I m completing my engg from kdk

college…in a faculty of comp tech. syntel company visited Nagpur for campus

recruitment at 24th march 2007.

WRITTEN TEST

I will be explaining the paper details now.......first of all, the pattern was like this

There r two section Reasoning & Verbal total 40 marks

Reasoning --25 verbal--- 15

CUTOFF --13 --- 8

Note: The paper was little bit tougher than the other comp….if the competition will more

they‟ll extend the cutoff in the last……BUT MOST IMP THING IS THAT IF U HAVE

GOOD PERCENTAGE IN 10TH ,12TH AND IN ENGG (CGPA) U WILL GET THE

BETTER ADVANTAGE THAN OTHER. Because most of my friend also cleared the

apti test but they were not short listed due to the less %age in 10th ,12th & in engg…But

I was the university 2nd topper and I have good %age in 10th and 12th and in engg

(80,79,70) I was being short listed for interview…

There are mainly two interviews first is TI and another is HR.

The TI is little bit tougher than HR….if u have cleared Ur TI by full confidence….ur

chances for selections will Inc...Friendssssss be cool & confident at the time of

interview….and before going to the interview don‟t forget to take Xerox of each and

every mark sheet and two passport photo….otherwise they give u tension at the main

time of interview…

Technical interview:

Please may I get in sir….

sir: yes please……

sir: good afternoon vaibhav…

me : good afternoon sir

Sir: tell me about Ur self….. me: I have told each and every thing about me .(when I told I m a university topper he

impressed)

Sir: suppose u r on mars and u want to send Ur letter to Ur College…so what will be the

postal add….

me: kdk college of

engg….nandanwan…nagpur ….maharashtra….India….asia…..earth.(galaxy)

sir: impressed (hmm)

Sir: do u know any thing about data structure….

me : yes sir

tell the definition of data stu…. me: told(perfectly)

Sir: can u write a program for link list.

Me: ya why not…

me:wrriten the program for link list(creation)…


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sir: wonderful……

Sir: why do we require the data struc…?

Me: told him (by giving the example of link list… (Extension of program can be possible

at run time….)

Sir: good…..

Sir: can u write a program for Fibonacci series...

Me: why not sir…..

Me: written the program successfully …. Sir: impressed... Do u know the perfect definition of OOP (object oriented programming)

Me: sorry sir ….I don‟t know…

Sir: it‟s ok….

Sir: can u tell me the feature….

Me: told every one…. Sir: why do we require the header file….

Me: coz…it contain the prototype of function whichever used in prog...like cout & cin...

Sir. Good…

Sir: can u create Ur own header file...

me: yes sir….(told him)

Sir: ok. ..Nice to meet u vaibhav (smile)…u can go now...

Thank u sir……

And finally he gave me the logical question I m unable to answer it. But sir is impressed

with me...

Some of my friends ask question about normalization ,genralisation, function pointer, prime no program, factoral using recursion. big o nataion, complexity of prog , ……

HUMAN RESOURCES :

1:tell me about Ur self

2.Why do u join syntel

3.Have u study the r.s aggrwal. 4what topics have u read it

5.How do u cleared our apti test..

6.What types of que are there.

7.Do u know the name of person who has taken Ur Ti.

8.Are u fast reader. 9.How many interview u have faced..

10.Why they reject u…

11.Do u prepare for now..

12. What steps will u take for improving Ur comm.. Skill.

13.If I‟ll give u the 2 years bond will u sign it..

So in this way I have completed my interview…my final result is not declared…but I m

confident I will be selected …..Don‟t worry friends…..it‟s

my 12th company…..but still I‟ve confidence for my selection…


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try to face each and every company apti…"Bcoz practice makes man perfect… don‟t

upset … it is the biggest exam of patience in student life…and the one who the pass this

exam , is a perfect .don‟t think about them who got placed in company in the first attempt…it was there luck…u will have to improve ur luck….

Wishing U all best of luck………. May all of us have a great career ahead!

SYNTEL PAPER ON 16th MARCH AT JAIPUR

Hello friends im Devan got placed recently , syntel visited here on 16th n 17th march for

central recruitment for 2008 batch , the apti was on 16th while interviews were scheduled

on 17th , the next day !!

there were follwing phases(this is the latest pattern , as mentioned by others too , in

previous papers)

1> reasoning ( 25 questions , cut of was mentioned on the answer sheet , 13 )

2> verbal ( 15 questions , cut off was 8 )

3> technical + hr interview

total time - 1 hour

1> the reasoning

it consisted of 25 questions , pretty easy ones mixed with moderately tuff questions , so

i'd rate this section as moderate... i can mention some of the questions that i remember ,

like choose the odd word out ...then there was one question like...if sachin is wearing

sourav's t shirt...sehwag is wearing yuvraj's...sourav comes to bat ahead of

rahul..etc..whose t shirt would sourav be wearing..was easy one..

then there was one blood relationship question ... another one was a series like

AB*!1D+E*2%G3I*K(this is not the exact question)

5 questions were based on this series like - if order of series is reversed , find the 11th

element to the left of 7th element from right , find 7th ele from left of 11th from right... if later half of series is reversed , what would be the 7th ele. from right of 11th..

how many symbols are immediately followed by odd no. etc. (simple questions)

2>verbal

this was a good section..a passage with 5 questions..

5 questions on - some sentences were given and find the error in one of the word/words

underlined like

one day / mary and jane / has gone to the / village to fetch / some water


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a b c d e

( just an example , not actual question , sentences were tuffer than this one) etc

3 > tech + hr interview

be confident thru out while ure speaking in front of them...even if ure not technically

strong... the interviewers - gentleman n a lady , luked quite young , not more than 28/29 i

guess...

the gentleman asked tech questions and the lady asked hr

the man aksed me where i belonged to and questions followed like

>what r pointers

>different data structures in c

>then he asked me my subjects in 6th sem , computer networks was one of them so he

asked me - use of data link layer

> osi model layers

in the beginning i told them i wasnt gud with tech(prog part) and was more interested in

gaming , multimedia n web aspects..so >they asked what if we put u on coding

department in the company....i said i will learn...work hard for it..wll do it..

be confident while answering

others were asked to write programs as i heard - pallindrome , armstrong number ... >overloading n overriding

>sorting n searching algos(for sure)

he was done...and then lady asked me hr questions like

> my aim in life

> my strengths , i said self confidence , leadership qualities ... hence she asked what would a good leader be like ??..and a couple of questions on team n members(confusing

ones , just answer what u think , dnt pretend ure answering a mugged up answer , they'd

catch u easily)

>can i work in chennai ... i said i am ready to work from kashmir to kanyakumari....they

smiled..

the interview lasted for 20 mins approx

total students appeared - between 2500 - 3000

selected for interview - around 140

placed - 54

they said call letters will be alloted within 2 weeks...

SYNTEL PAPER ON 16th MARCH AT MADURAI

Hi all,


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I attended Syntel Off-Campus Recruitment at Madurai, Tamilnadu on Mar16th & 17th,

2007 and got the results on Mar21st evening.

The Pattern is as follows:

On Mar 16th, I attended 1st round. First they invite all of the people and showed

presentation about SYNTEL. Next you will be taken to the respective exam halls.

Aptitude Round:

Logical Reasoning – 25 marks

Verbal Reasoning – 15 mark

The test will be conducted for one hour and 15 mins. We completed the test by 11.15am

and the results were announced by 2pm. I got selected. The selected people were given a

“Bio-Data” form to fill, it includes your name, %, institution, university, name and work

of brothers and sisters, ur addr, phone no, ur training and project and finally ur s/w skills.

Be careful while filling this form because during HR only from that form ques will be put

to u. They will ask not your resume or photo! Only this form is going to be your evidence.

I attended the HR+TECH interview on 17th by 9am.The interview was cool, HR first

asked me to sit back and relaxed. The questions are

1. Tell me about yourself,

2. What have you done in your training?

3. Can you explain me your project?

4. Why you are interested in Networking?

5. Have you learnt Java of your own interest or academically? (As I have mentioned

Java in the s/w skills along with c and c++)

6. The he asked 2 questions from Java.

7. How would you prove your leadership skill?

8. Finally, any questions for us

Be cool folks…they check your communication skills, ability, confidence level and your

skills up to 65% at least. They try to make you answer.

For most of my friends, during HR only two questions were asked. Tell me about

yourself and explain project.

They announced the results only on the 4th day, Mar 21st evening by 5pm. Thank God, I

got selected. They analyze our performance for 2 days and the results are being

announced only after 2 days… For us as Sunday and Monday were holidays, they

announced it by Wednesday. I extend my thanks to those who posted their experience

and ques. Be confident and +ve… ALL THE BEST!!!


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SYNTEL PAPER ON 30th JANUARY AT ANDHRA PRADESH

Hi friend,

I am Rajesh Rudraraju... stdying final yr , electrical dept. in Avanthi engg college,

vizag a.p..

They are looking 4 JAVA programers .............. so b care ful computer friendzzzz in the

technical round

WRITTEN TEST

I will be explaining the paper details now.......first of all , the pattern was like this

There r two section Reasoning & Verbal total 40 marks

Reasoning --25 verbal--- 15

CUTOFF --13 --- 8

Coming to

Logical Reasoning

(1-5 ) Tat is on Blood Relationship ...... here v hav 5 question for it

(sum clues they giv) i) T has two children M and N both are of opposite sex.. N is

the parent of P... P has H has brother

ii) X is spouse of L..........M is cousin of X...............

iii) not all the names r correct but,,,,, its similar patternn

questions r

1) How is M related to H???

2) Among them who r of same sex???

3) etc etc...............??

4).............


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5)...............

(6-10) They ll b giving u four statements n u hav to observe,,,,,,,,,,

which statement is main point of view for the conversation

which is supporting the main point of view

which is against the point of view....and

one more.......... and then u hav to opt the answers acc to the conditions given

there ll b instructions guys..... dnt worry friendzz ............... i was just giving u brief idea

(11-15)

Teena ,Reema ,Seema, ....etc..... are the six girls ,went 2 movie, they are wearing

different colors T shirts & now their heights has found ,from the information giv en

below.....

(sum clues they giv)

i) reema is inthe 4th se at..........

ii) no two gals hav the same weights........

iii) gal who were red ll b in the...................... etc etc.......

and Questions related to tat................

(16-20)

easy Question like

1) figure out the number missing in the figure ....................

LIKE THAT

(21-25)

M =" + " ; N =" - " ; P =" * "; Q ="/" ;

now he ll give sum equations u hav to solvee


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1) 9N2(12P[4Q2])

other four similar to the abovv

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE LO GICAL REASONING

VERBAL

they are 15 Q uestions friendzzz plzzz refer GRE Barrons TEST Papers like Synonyms,

Analogys , Select sentence for a given option for similer

phrase etc .................. if u r able to solve n b confident on atleast 7or 8,,.. u cud b in safe

side........... 8 is the cut off....... so just go through the exerc ises which r there in the

barrons gre buk in back pages friendzzzzzzzzz......

Actually,,,,, we had the Exam at 4 : 30 to 5:30.. They told they will intimate the results

with in 2 to 3 hrs..... so v all back to home as it ll b late ....... tomoro is hr

round.......................

any how ......... I kno t hat i had done well in both the sections ( i had done 22 of 25 in

reasoning ,,,, and 8 confident in aptitude.. remaining

atleast sum ll bring to marks i excepted) Thats it!!! M a gr8 confidence aftr this test as i

was sure i had done well!!!!!!!!!!!

lets hope tat............. ("CUT OFF D OESNT INCREASE FOR TAT BAD REASON")

" There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all. Keep

smiling."

Wishing U all best of luck!!! May all of us have a gr8 career ahead !

Bye,

With Regards

Rajesh Rudrara ju,


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