Infosys Placement Paper 295

Sample test paper conducted on 1st FEBRUARY 2008 AT INDORE.

INFOSYS PAPER ON 1st FEBRUARY AT INDORE

Hey thr� m priya from medi-caps indore � m placed in INFOSYS�. Or I shud say m an infoscion now..

I wanna thank all the people who posted their experiences n papers on fresher�s world�. Guys it helped me a lot yaar� thank u .. I wanna thank my parents, seniors n frens who were ma greatest support�.

Infy came to our cllg on 1st feb 2008 �. It ws an open campus placmnt drive n 4 other cllgs frm ma city also participated in it�

Criteria ws 60,60 n 65%.. about 450 candidates gave written n only 60 were short listed for interview� n by god�s grace I ws among them�cut-off ws not declared�

As u all know paper comprised of 2 sections-

Logical reasoning.
Verbal.

Logical reasoning.-

Thr wr 30 ques n we had 40 mins in our hand to solve them� ques wr of same type� mind it they wr not at all the repeated one�s�..

Ques were frm DI, DS, SYLLOGISM, ONE RS AGGRAWAL TYPE PUZZLE, PIC SERIES N QUES BASED ON ARRANGING STDS ACC TO THEIR RANKS�.

Thr wr 5 ques of each type�

DI ws simple but as usual calc were lengthy� don�t solve it at starting� its jus a time killer� DS ws quit easy� SYLLOGISM and PIC. SERIES wr also very easy.. solve them first�it took not more than 5 min to solve 10 que of these two types�PUZZLE ws quit tough� I couldn�t solve it.. jus marked the options whc I found the most suitable acc to wht I tried� the ARRANGEMENT que ws also not easy� but some how I managed to solve it�. It took most of ma time�

For this section I will suggest to practice topics of rs aggrawal verbal n non verabal�.dont solve all the topics.. jus go thru DS, PUZZLE TEST, SERIES, SYLLOGISM, THEME DETECTION..thts it.. if u hv time u can also go thru other topics�fr DI refer rs aggrawal quanta�

Verbal-

It ws the easiest section..

Thr wr 40 que whc wr to be completed in 35 min� que wr simple..

2 big passages n 5 que based on each.. DON�T read the whole para.. jus see the ques� find a keyword� search fr it in the para.. n u�ll find the ans.. one para ws tough n another ws a simple one�.

Thr wr few ques on sentence completion(easy one), ques based on finding correct sentence(again very simple), small paras wr given n we had to choose logical conclusion frm it�.. frens hell lot of concentration ws req to complete this section�.

If u r frm English medium school n converse in english frequently then u�ll hv no prob. In this section�if u r not good in English then start reading the editorial of ny English newspaper�n fr grammer� practice wren n martin.. ths it�

Guys I don�t think ny prior prep is req fr clearing the wriiten of infy.. the skills u developed in ur past will help u a lot� fr verbal I dint prep. Even a single hour�.

Jus try to enhance ur logical skills by solving puzzles of shankuntala devi.. they r not asked in the written but they �ll help u a lot in enhancing ur logical thinking�.. thts it�

Its not very tough to clear the written as I ws told by many seniors� jus hv faith in urself n on ur skills��..Once u r clear thru ur wriiten thr r 90% chances of being an infoscion�.After clearing written whc ws the greatest hurdle I went fr the HR intrv�it ws on the same day....

HR-

In hr they�ll jus check ur communication skills n confidence n ur personality� I ws asked abt ma areas of interests, ma strenghths n weakness.. I ws asked to justify ma strengths by citing an example frm ma life�at last he asked me to solve a puzzle�. The puzzle ws-

Thr wr 4 people� they had to cross the bridge in pair carrying a torch.. they took 2,3 12 n 17 mins resp. to cross the bridge� whts the min time req by them to cross the bridge..

I ws able to solve it� guys the purpose of askin puzzle is to check ur approach towards ny prob� jus apply ur approach� its not at all imp. To get the ans�.

Don�t ever try to be oversmart� they r aged hr managers havin lots of experience�. They hv the ability to judge u in couple of mins.. .�.. always wear a pleasant smile on ur face�..

At around 9 pm results wr announced by an infy delegate n I ws among the 46 selected candidates frm ma cllg� I don�t know the selected fig of other cllgs�

ALL DA VERY BEST TO ALL THOSE WHO R APPEARING FR PLACEMENT IN NEAR FUTURE� GIVE UR BEST SHOT�