placement-paper of CTS

On - Campus

Year : JUNE 2003

TOTAL STUDENTS APPEARED: 600

SHORTLISTED FROM TEST 1: 530

SHORTLISTED FROM TEST 2: 250

SHORTLISTED FROM INTERVIEW 1: 105

FINAL SELECTION FROM INTERVIEW 2: 80

ELECTRONICS: 16

MCA: 11

MECHANICAL: 10

EEE: 10

ECE: 9

CSE: 8

INSTRUMENTATION: 5

IT: 4

PRODUCTION: 3

PG: 4

TEST 1: APTITUDE TEST

THIS TIME EACH STUDENT GETS DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, BUT OF SAME PATTERN 

AND TYPE.

DURATION: 90 MINS

SECTION 1: VERBAL

DURATION: 20 MINS

NO OF QUESTIONS: 30

SYNONYMS: 10

ANTONYMS: 10

COMPREHENSION: 1 PASSAGE – 5 QUESTIONS

SENTENCE COMPLETION: 1 PASSAGE – 5 BLANKS

DURATION IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER

NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SECTION AS THERE IS NO CUTOFF FOR EACH 

SECTION.

MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FROM BARRON’S GRE BOOK

SECTION 2: QUANTITATIVE AND LOGICAL REASONING

DURATION: 40 MINS

NO OF QUESTIONS: 45

TIME WILL BE VERY LESS. 

MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO READ ONLY ABOUT 35-40 QUESTIONS.

MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FROM OLD TCS PAPERS

SECTION 3: ANALYTICAL (CRITICAL) REASONING

DURATION: 30 MINS

NO OF QUESTIONS: 3 PASSAGES WITH 4 QUESTIONS EACH, TOTAL -12 QUESTIONS.

TIME WILL BE SUFFICIENT

JUST A CAREFUL READING IS ENOUGH. 

ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM BARRON’S GRE BOOK

MOST OF THE STUDENTS GOT THROUGH THE APTITUDE TEST BECAUSE OF SECTION 2 

AND 3

NO NEGATIVE MARKING.

WITHIN EACH SESSION WE CAN GO FOR ANY QUESTIONS, EVEN WE CAN MAKE 

CHANGES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ANSWERED.

ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS.

TEST 2: PSYCHOMETRY TEST

DURATION: 30 MINS

NO OF QUESTIONS: 150

WE CAN COME BACK TO ANY QUESTION.

THE QUESTIONS WERE THE EXACT SET OF LAST YEAR PATTERN

MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE REJECTED FROM THIS TEST

INTERVIEW 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

TOTAL NO OF PANELS: 14

EACH PANEL COMPRISES OF 3 PERSONS

DURATION: 20-40 MINS

QUESTIONS WERE FROM WHAT WE SAY IN “TELL ABOUT YOU”, OUR FIELD OF 

INTEREST, OUR PROJECT.

 EVERYONE WAS ASKED QUESTIONS IN C.

 FOR CIRCUIT BRANCHES MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM C AND C++.

IT IS BETTER TO DIVERT THE PANEL TOWARDS SOMETHING WHAT WE KNOW BY 

INFORMING THEM IN “TELL ABOUT YOU”.

OTHERWISE MORE NO OF TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED.

THEY EXPECT AN ELLABORATE ANSWER THAN A SHORT ONE.

SOME HR QUESTIONS WERE ALSO ASKED. FOR SOME STUDENTS INCLUDING ME, 90 % 

WERE HR QUESTIONS

INTERVIEW 2: HR INTERVIEW

TOTAL NO OF PANELS: 3

PANEL 1 - THOMAS.

PANEL 2 - ELIZABETH.

PANEL 3 – RAJESH AND ONE MORE PERSON.

PANEL 1: 

MOST OF THE STUDENTS FEARED AS IT WAS LIKE STRESS INTERVIEW. TECHNICAL 

QUESTIONS WERE ALSO ASKED BUT ONLY TO TEST THE PATIENCE AND COOLNESS. 

HE ASKED ABOUT 40-50 QUESTIONS TO EACH FROM VARIOUS FIELDS INCLUDING 

TECHNICAL. MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO GOT SELCTED FROM THIS PANEL HAVENT 

ANSWERED MANY QUESTIONS BUT THEY REMAINED COOL DURING THE ENTIRE SESSION. 

THOMAS WILL NEVER SHOW ANY REACTION, HE JUST ASKS QUESTIONS RAPIDLY. 

DURATION: 10 – 30 MINS.

PANEL 2:

THIS PANEL HEADED BY ELIZABETH WAS VERY EASY.

DURATION: 5-10 MINS.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS FELT RELAXED FROM THIS PANEL AS THERE WERE NO 

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

ONLY HR QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. MORE ADVICES WERE GIVEN IN THIS PANEL. 

YOU WILL BE ASKED TO TALK ABOUT ANY CURRENT AFFAIR.

PANEL 3:

DURATION: 10-20 MINS

FEW TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. BUT MOSTLY HR QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. 

IT IS BETTER TO GO THROUGH THE TCS WEBSITE FOR THIS PANEL.

IN ALL THE THREE PANELS FOLLOWING WERE LOOKED:

DRESS CODE

PATIENCE

COMM. SKILLS