Infosys 2008

Date- 1 march 2008 Hi this is a anil kumar from ambedkar institute of technology (govt of nct of delhi) ,delhi India We were invited for placement drive for infosys technologies ltd in msit(delhi) We were told to reach at 8:30 in the morning . We reached there in time. The most appreciable thing abt infosys I could feel was that they were extremely punctual unlike satyam, l&t etc . The test pattern was Written test ( aptitude ) Written test ( communicative English) Then after that there were interview Only HR interview The aptitude consists of . problems on family tree having vivek,m,k,l etc the ans of last question was vivek (ques was like who is uncle of m etc) problems of syllogism like all teachers are students, all students are idiots then we were asked abt conclusions (options were there) then there was a ques abt four people living in four different coloured rooms , 2nd to left drink tea, English men drink cocoa etc sorry I am not able to recall the whole ques because all the conditions were lengthy then 5 questions were based on it then there was questins based on data sufficieny based on work problems from rs aggarwal It was easy one

I suggest rs aggarwal for this Rem:- we were not asked any question s in which we have to give answer in numerical form

I was able to do all the questions except 3 questions out of 35 but I don’t bluff those questions because I was able to clearly recognize that the omr sheet provided to us contains options for English test also so as they are going to take aptitude question paper back I will be having chance to ask two answer form my frnd same happened as the invigilator took my appti question paper back I asked my frnd two options and marked it on omr sheet after that I was sure of clearing appti because I thougt at no cost infy can have cut off of 39/40. Now English paper Believe me English paper was very easy it was like a cake walk for me and I was feeling like a dictator on rampage in the paper just solving every question But take care Before solving the paper just take overview of whole paper so that you don’t repent after that u should have solved that questions first or so……… Solve one line questions first rather than comprehension Manage time carefully Believe me frnds if u have studied in school having English part a in 10 th class I is going to help u a lot if not then go for wren and martin and start reading newspapers as much as u can . after test we were asked to gather in a hall for ppt (pre placement talk) during ppt they tell us abt infy. They shown us two videos of infy ,its campus etc then they tell us what infy wants In his employees etc…….. remember they tell us infy wants its employees to be flexible, innovative ,team worker learnable etc. I quickly wrote down those qualities on paper and included them in my positive assets with examples. Take care infosys has tagline –“powered by intellect and driven by values” So you can say that “values” force u to make infy as ur dream company etc (in short maska marna hai ) After then results were announced and my name was taken in last so I could easily figure out that I was having least marks in our group of 6 students those qualified written test among 24 students appeared from our collg.

Then we were taken for hr interview there was 6 panels I think , cnducting interviews concurrently. Hr round :Me :- may I come in madam? She :- yes ,come in Me :- good morning madam(actually I said good mo… then good evening madam ) She :- good evening anil ( She took out a paper said me to write my roll no on it along with time etc. I did that then she asked for my resume . Got my signatures at different palecs in resume and a paper that was asked by her to be filled me ) She :- what is name of ur colg Me : madam it is ambedkar institute of technology. She :-where is it Me : it is in shakarpur ,delhi She :- are u a hosteller Me:- no maam(interrupted) She :- a day scholor Me:- yes maam She :- how long do it take you to reach home from collg Me :- maam it takes me 4 hrs She :- (shocked )what ! Me:- it take me 4 hrs for up and down (actually due to nervous ness 4 hours skipped from my tounge it was I total up and down time but she was asking for only up time ) she:- why don’t u take hostel then ?

me :-maam our collg does not provide us hostel she : then don’t take u a room? Me:-maam I prefer to stay with my family ( this was another big mistake I have made, I thought I have made another bad impression and my interview is virtually over) She:- tell me some thing abt ur family Me : told She :- anil u havnt write anything abt your extracurricular activities Me: maam I have mentioned abt my technical details only in resume ( she gave me my resume back and asked me to write abt my extra cirricullar activites it I written 8-9 activities like managing morning assembly attending river rafting course tech quiz(igit) green Olympiad merit selection tech quiz (msit) painting competition (AIT) etc (she looked at my hobbies and find painting there also ) she :- are u a good painter me:- I cant say that iam a good painter but I do it for stress busting she:- ( hmmmmmmmm) u like traveling (as I have mentioned in my hobbies) me:- yes maam she :-where have u been to ? me :- maam I have been to patnitop( j&k) and to shiv puri which is above approx 15 km above haridwar . she :- mr anil what are ur positive assets me:- maam it is flexibility, innovativeness,( actually I have remembered key word “FIT” but was unable to recall wht T stands for……..(again pressure) ) she :- can u tell me examples of ur these qualities me:- yes maam . maam it take me four hours for up and down from collg but stll I am able to adapt in that situation and and has actively participated In all tech and non tech events in collg…… and (for innovativeness) when I was in school I use to go to chemistry lab every day with my frnd and perform experiment every day by even taking special permission from our chemistry teacher because I heve seen in movies scientists developing a chemical formula for making any human invisible or like that………some times we

even take test tube to our home along with chemicals in piece of paper hoping to invent something at home (she was quite impressed ) she:- what if we wont select u? me:- maam there doesn’t exist any chance of my rejection (she was shocked and shocked ) she :- why ! me :- because of my capabilities. then she looked silently towards me for 20 seconds I thought that I have said some thing very solid so I added that: - maam there is a famous saying “hope for the best and be prepared for worst”

She :- do u want to ask any questions ? Me:- yes maam Me:- since iam having one year now so do I need to do any home work before joining infosys She :- no anil , we will arrange a training for u …….. Me :-(added further ) as chetna maam has given us the url of a infy site from where we could learn abt infy project . She:- (in a very polite manner) it depends on u but training is compulsory. Me: thank u maam I placed the chair at its position and move out of room with fear in my mind After that we were told to stay in a room As the time was passing tension was rising . The results were out at 7:30 pm A guy with results came out and his reaction was like…………….. U guys are just too poor ………… U are use less……………. What do u think u are going to make to infosys -“ brands of all brands” We were in great sorrow ………………………. and our faces drop down ……………………..

then suddenly called

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Anil kumar “I was feeling like he is going to thrash me with his words “ I was having my heart in my mouth………and all my dreams of joining india’s best software company,enlisted at top in fortune 500 list several times were shattering Then those magical words “u have been selected” came out of his mouth And I was shouting in the joy then he started taking names of all the selected guys & gals of AIT and bhai parmanand institute of tech. and out of 6 colg guys of our collg 5 have made to infy actually I think I was the topper in that list that’s why my name was announced first

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my story frnds

hope to see u at infy remember:- try to ask questions in ppt as it will reduce nervousness and increase ur confidence ……………………..since it take a lot of guts to ask in front of 800 people looking at u but please for god sake ask any thing, for ur sake ask questions ……… the moment I asked the question –“what infy is doing in reaction to slowing American economy and weakening dollar prices “ few guys from a collg ( I don’t know the name of their colg) came to me and said u are going to be selected ………. And eventually that happened..

Remember guys the panelists in panel are psychologists and they try to analyze your personality on basis of ur answers………. And there are many points they consider for selection so if you are not a head news reader of cnn –ibn then also u can got selected English is a one factor only ……….. Speak normal clear English without any hesitation . And make them feel infosys needs u by elaborating your +ve assets according to company’s need as ther is a famous saying –“a good shopkeeper sells only that thing which customer want”

best of luck

anil if any guy selected in infy contracts me then I would be gladed [email protected] [email protected]