Finally I got thru LARSEN & TUBRO INFOTECH.....
My failures.....so far....
(1) ICIM - Didn't clear the written
(2) Lalani Infotech - Cleared the first stage interview. Gave the technical
interview at their office. Result still not out.
(3) Philips - Gave technical test. Called for interview. Not cleared.
(4) TCS - Cleared written and Pchyo. Technical interview not cleared.
(5) HCL - Cleared the technical test. Did't clear the interview.
(6) IIIML - Cleared the tough written test on C. Didn't clear interview.
(7) Hutch - Didn't clear a tough technical written test.
(8) Infosys - Failed to clear written even after correcting all 10 questions.
(9) CMC - Cleared Apti. Didn't clear the technical.
(10) L & T infotech- Cleared all three Written, Technical and HR.
Anybody from the 47 selected candidates from Kolkata
(2004 passouts).
We had a very short ppt and so i don't know the details of the training
schedule, accomodation, placement areas, How sud i improve myself to
accomodate in that field in L & T Infotech. I am from ECE. I only know C
and UNIX basics.
Here is my Success story..............
Hi all,
After 4 months struggle i finally got thru LARSEN & TUBRO Infotech.
Finally and finally i got thru Larsen & Turbo
Infotech Limited. I applied for their off-campus recruitment given in the
recent advertisement in Anandabazar Patrika. I got a call on Tuesday evening
that my test is on Friday, so i had only 2 days for preparation. I deperately
searched for the paper pattern in all the groups but all the pattern were
obsolate. I went to give the exam on Friday and my time was given at 2:30PM. I
went to RCC (my centre) and was surprised to see a hige crowd with no
arrangements and even more surprised to see that there were many 2005 passouts.
I went there around 2 PM and had to stand in the scorching heat. I went inside
at around 2:30 PM. We were told to sit there for our PPT and was astonished to
see that the 11 AM batch had still not given their exam, so we knew that it
would be a long affair then. We sat there with no food (in canteen) and poor
water supply in RCC, but the students of RCC were very helpful. Finally at
around 4PM our ppt started and continued for about half an hour. We were gain
told to wait for our written test. At about 5PM we were told to enter the room
but due to insufficient capacity we were again told to wait for another hour.
At around 5:50 our exam started and continued for 40 mins. After this we again
waited for about 1 hr, after with at about 7:30 our result was declared. My
name came at number 2. I was told to collect their form, fill it up and bring
it with us the next day for interview as they had no time left that day for
our interview. I left the college at 8PM and returned home at 10PM. I was so
tired that i didn't even finished filling up my form that night. The next day
i woke up at 6AM (off course due to tension, normally i wake up at 9
O'clock ). I filled up the form and went to the station on time...lukily
Lalu's blessing was with me on that day and so the train was late by half an
hour. My time for interview was 12 noon but they told us that it's no matter
if u r late. I went there at 12:30PM and submitted the form. I was called for
my Tech. interview at 1:40PM and it continued for about 20 mins. I was
selected for HR which also went for 20 mins. basically the HR was tougher. I
had to wait there for about 6 hours and finally my result came out at 7:00 PM
and was overjoyed to see my name on the selected list.
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APPEARED FOR TEST = 1200
SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW = 350
SELECTED FOR HR = 80
FINAL LIST = 47
WRITTEN TEST- Duration 40 mins 36 questions. 0.25 -ve
marking
8 figures were given in the form given below and u will have to find 9th one
by the combination of the 8 previous ones. 8 options were given out of which
one was correct.
A B C
D E F
G H __
Here ABCDEFGH are all different figures and u will have to find the last one.
There r some definite rules of solving these types of problems.......
(1) Some problems were of overlapping pattern. Putting A on B u will get C.
Putting D on E u will get F, so on.
(2) Some problems were like a musical chair pattern. Three figures were there
on every row. They repeat with a diff pattern on the other row.
(3) Subtract the common portion of A & B and add the uncommon portion to
get figure C.
(4) Each figure contains multiple shades and each shade move to the next
figure using a definite pattern(may b by shifting right or left).
(5) Product of A & B to produce C. ( If A is square,B bend line....C will
be square like figure with sides bended)
the paper was prepared by J.C.Raven. u can refer the
book figure matrices by j.c.raven all Q were from that book itself. it
will like very is but toughness will increase from q to q.
Most of the problems can be solved by these ways. The
first 20 were very easy.20-30 were mediocore level tough. 30-36 were
untouchable. I amnaged to do 31 within the stipulated time. I got my name in
no 2 position. The cutoff maybe was 25 or 27.
I was asked to fillup a form which contained all the
detaisl of my curriculum, projects, Skills, Strengths, weakness, Why L &
T, Accomplishments till date and so on....
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TECH interview
Interview was cool for about 20 mins. CSE-IT candidates who wrote DBMS in form
had a tough time coz most of their projects were DBMS based.
Fortunately my panel was a single man panel.
Interviewer: Ok Dibalok ! tell me something about yourself
Me: I am B.Tech.....HS in ....ICSE in .....Hobbies are....I give my heart in
whatever i do. Like working in team.Blah...blah....
Interviewer: Tell me your strenghts ?
Me: Hard Working, Drive, Motivation......
Interviewer: But in your form u have written something different ?
Me: It had fewer spaces. So i was telling u some other Strengths that i have
beside what i wrote in my form, coz those are already in the form.
Interviewer: he smiled.....
Me: Told my strenghts as per my form.
Interviewer: Subjects that ur comfortable with ?
Me: Basic electronics, Digital Logic, Digital Communication
Interviewer: Draw a diode. Explain the operation. What is threshold voltage.
Typical values. Why the current rises rapidly. Direction of current. Which one
is anode - cathode.
Me: Drew and expalined all.
Interviewer: What is a PN junction doide.
Me; It's a PN junction diode that i explained.
Interviewer: Draw npn transistor ?
Me: I Drew it.
Interviewer: Expalain what r the terminals ? Why so called.Utility of it.
Me: Basically a Tr. can be used for amplification.
Interviewer: Give example.
Me; I drew the diagram and explained the amplification process in CE mode.
Interviewer: What is a JK-FF?
Me: Said at first what is a FF. and then explained a JK-FF. Drew the diagram,
TT and block diagram
Interviewer: Utility of JK.
Me: Expalined as a toggle FF and utility in Master Slave.
Interviewer: What r universal gates & why ?
Me;NAND, NOR...implementation of all CKTs
Interviewer: Draw or with NOR.
Me; Drew it.
Interviewer: Anything from C
Me: ya i did it in my earlier sems...i hav the basic knowledge and will try
any program.
Interviewer: No need
Me: I was surprised.
Interviewer: Why do u wanna shift to Software?
Me: Because it is bright n prosperous future and quick recognization of talent
leading to faster growth.
Interviewer: How many bit proccessor is 8085 ?
Me: 8-bit.
Interviewer: Why ?
Me; Data Bus is 8 bit.
Interviewer: And address bus ?
Me; 16 bit.......8 + 8....for two way.
Interviewer: What is the difference between AM and FM ?
Me; Expalined all.
Interviewer: Draw ?
Me; I drew.
Interviewer: Gave me a ramp signal and told me to transnmit it using FM.
Me: I was confused. Never heard of ramp signal being transmitted by FM. I told
that in order to transmit a signal it need to be periodic. Since ramp is not
periodic it cannot be tranmitted. I was not sure but i answered confidently.
Interviewer: What r ur Projects ?
Me; Told my two projects and gave a overview on the both
Interviewer: Ok ! u wait outside we will tell ur results shortly.
Me: Thank You, Sir.
There were times when he tried to shift to some Software
concepts but i quickly brought him back on my subjects. Be confident.....learn
some good answer to some typical HR questions...Wear a tie (must for
interviews, always creates a good immpresion)......Answer confidently even if
u are wrong. I answered all questions.
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HR interview
My HR first started with a good looking lady for 10 mins after which she
called up another lady and my HR again started from the begining.
Lady 1: How was ur day ?
Me; Very fine.
Lady 1: What makes u say so.
Me: I cleared the wriiten lasy day. I was enjoying my time in solving the
figures. I had a nice sleep last night. Woke up and had a very good Tech
interview. So it was very fine for me.(She wore a nice smile on her
face.....so did i.....never loose eye contact....a must for all
interview......even if it's a ugly looking lady....i had no probs coz she had
grey eyes...).
Lady 1: Why sud we hire u ?
Me: I have the qualification and (she stopped me)
Lady 1: There are 1100 people with ur qualification.
Me: ya and so do i.....i have the confidence, drive, motivation,energy,
Ability to learn quick, confidence,determination and the ability that if i am
hired i will make a through success.
Lady 1: Family backgroung ?
Me: Told all about family. Added a line too : In my family the education of
both me and my bro were gven the top priority.
Lady 1: Why L n T ?
Me: L n T Inf. is a part of the largest L n T group. It has the greatest
infrastructure. Great tarining. Great facilities (Said from ppt). It will be
my honor to be associated with such a group.
Lady 1: What sacrifices will u make ?
Me: I will have to leave home....coz they don't have centres at Kolkata. Learn
various skills.
Lady 1: U wait for a min.....i am coming back.
Here comes LADY 2...................
Lady 2: What does ur name mean ?
Me: In bengali it means Day light.
Lady 2: What does raat spell in bengali ?
Me: It's raatri.
Lady 2: U have mentioned ur Honesty,Team player,Analytical,problem solving
skill as skills. Give an example to show that ur honest nad team player.
Me: I am honest, and it can be shown that i have written everything honestly
in my form. This char. can be shown acc. to situation. Team player: I was
captain of Cricket team and was a mid-fielder in football team. We won the
chapionship in first year and in the next year i was dropped coz our team was
very powerful. Although i was not playing i was happy coz our team was
performing well. I think i have the team spirit for a team player which is one
of the main req of a software professional.
Lady 1: What r the requirements of a soft prof. ?
Me: Team spirit,Drive,motivation,helpful...............and i have all those
qualities.
Lady 2: Analytical & Prob. solving.....Proove it.
Me: I have cleared the written paper which was fully analytical type. I like
to solve prob. so i like solving puzzles of Sakuntala Devi. I am good in maths.
lady 1: Why u took Enginnering ? And what makes u feel that u r good in prob.
solving ?
Me: I was interested in Maths n Physics from my school days. I scored high
marks in 9-10 which made me realize that i am good enough for engg and i have
the skill of solving complex problems. I like solving any prob. from personal
probs to those related to computer or projects. I joined engg. coz i felt that
i cud improve my khowledge n Skills in math n physics by getting into B.Tech.
Lady 2: I give u Rs 100 and tell u to buy apples and u go to market and find
apples n Mangoes. What will u buy n Why ?
Me: Apples coz i have been told to do so.
Lady 2: u wrote in ur form that u have stammer.Is this nervousness. What ur
doing to improve it ?
Me: No mam ! My stammer is hereditary. And i am trying to speak in a diff.
accent which is helping me a lot. (For those who stammer....Try to speak
english in a diff. accent it really works.....I hav this prob since
childhood....so i speak English just like the UK type coz the accent is much
less in those languages unlike bengali where the tongue moves a lot).
Lady 2: Any campus interviews ?
Me: ya i have. I appeared for TCS and HCL while i was in college. I cleared
both the written n Pchyco and failed in the interviews in both the test. (I
didn't metion that i also got rejected in many other interviews as well coz
they don't like students who fail too much in interviews.).
Lady 1: why u got rejected ?
Me: Maybe, I was not techically sound then. ( I managed to peep in a paper
about me written 'Technical-good') I studied my techs. in these 3 months to
improve my techs. So i didn's sat for any exam (The truth was there was no
off-campus in Kolkata in these 3 months, so i didn't got the opportunity- ;-).
I saw the adv. of L n T in the newspapers so i applied, got call, cleared
written n Tech and now i am here.
Lady 1: Between truth n Comfort which one will u choose n Why ?
Me: I will go for truth......coz i am always comfortable when i am truthful.
Lady 1: ready to go anywhere /
Me: yes mam ! No problems.
Lady 1: Any questions u wub like to ask ?
Me: What r the recent projects undergoing ?
Lady 1: data warehouse,.....
Me: Another mam ! What r the biggest challenges that i will b facing in L n T
?
Lady 1: Leaving home, working long hours,.......
I asked another question that i forgot.........
Lady 1 & 2 : Thank u Dibalok ! Plzz wait outside u can chk mail by tuesday
or wait till today evening.
Me: Thank u mam.
I left.
The HR was cool for me. They fired some diff. questions but i was prepared.
Always learn some eg. to show ur skills. Thay will surely ask u. Don't keep
mum in Technical if u don't know. And answer all ques. in HR, if possible
learn good answers for the common questions in HR. I had to wait for 6 hrs for
the results to b out. At about 7:15PM the results were finally out. Me n
Debolina were the only 2 from JIS. Sadly enough they hav no centre in Kolkata
so i will hav to go to Pune,Mumbai,chennai,Bangalore, Mysore or navi Mumbai.
My tips to all my mates n juniors is that just keep on
trying....u will surely succeed. Something is destined for all of u. i had a
torried time these four months, but i kept on applying and trying. Just don't
sit idle but keep looking for it. It may come by surprise just like that of
me. I was a 'bekar' on Friday & n Saturday i got a job on L n T. I didn't
even knew that i had L n T on Tuesday but within 4 days i got a job.
I thank each and everybody who directly or indirectly
has helped me in my various difficult times.
.......Best of Luck to all..........Diba