Sample test paper conducted on 6th AUGUST 2007 AT Shibpur, West Bengal.
IBM PAPER ON 6th AUGUST
Hi , IBM GBS came to our college on
6th august.
The selection procedure has 4 rounds--
1. Aptitude test
it had 3 sections.............
first section was on matrices. 15 qs with time 12 mins( no negative marks).
it had 3 5x5 matrices. then there were 5 qs from each
matrix...............all qs were of reasoning type, somethink like if rows 2
& 4 are interchanged, what is the 3rd element in 3rd column. Then, start at
a particular element say upper right corner, follow certain directions and
say the element u arrive at............replacing one symbol with other and
qs related to that..............easy enough............just have to be fast
in cracking those sums...........
second section was related to number series. 20 qs with 4 mins time(1/4th
negative marks). Series were easy enough, but u have to be really quick.
some sequence of numbers will be given, u have to identify next one in
series
third section was arithmetic,12 qs with 15 mins time(1/4 negative marks).
problems were from time&work, interest, time,dist&speed.somewhat easy,
though u have to do calculations really quickly
2. Essay writing
u will be given 15 mins to write an essay. our topic was "politicians should
be honest". They just want to see whether u have the capability to clearly
write ur thoughts. Wont be a major hurdle as essay writing will be
evaluated, if at all, during interview.
out of 120 odd students, 52 cleared aptitude test
3 GD
we were divided into groups of 10 and then there was a gd. topic was "love
marriage is better than arrange marriage"
they will give 10 mins for open house, then 30 secs at the end 4 each one to
express his views. It is a selection rather than rejection round. So, if u
speak up in gd, u will almost be through to next round.
43 cleared this round
4 Interview
hr and technical will happen simultaneously. it lasts 4 abt 30 mins per
person. not very difficult though. Just remember to be confident and keep a
smile on ur face.