Total 26 students were shortlisted in written test and were undergone technical interview

followed by HR interview at single place. Before interview everybody was given a form and
they told how to fill the form). There were around 8 panels consisting 0f 2 members (1
technical member(male) and 1 HR member(female)). I filled the form and I was the last one
to be interviewed AT 6 pm.

Me: Good evening mam, Good evening sir

Technical hr: Good evening, me Asutosh and handshake with me

Me: Also handshaked and told myself bhabani sankar and stood around 5 second
Technical hr: Please sit down

Me: Sat and told thank you sir

Technical: You are from Orissa

Me: Ya
Technical: How far cuttack is from your house?

Me: It is about 60 kms from cuttack

Technical: What you know except C and C++?(I wrote C and C++ as my language in CV)

Me: I know computer network and mobile communication.

Technical: Ok. You know C and C++ very well?

Me: Actually I am from Electronics background.  I had to give importance on my branch

subjects in 4 years. as software was my dream so I was always in touch with C and C++. I
know the basics of C and C++ very well
Technical: Tell me the basic difference between C and C++
Me: Told about 4 points about C and C++ and difference between them

Technical: What is header file and how it works?

Me: Told confidently

Technical: Whats the work of printf()?

Me: Told

Technical: Whats the work of scanf()?

Me: Told

Technical: You know while and do while loop?

Me: ya I know

Technical: Ok write syntax of “ for” loop

Me: for(i=0;i<=0,i++)  actually I forgot the semicolons between them. He help me

Technical: Can we write i+++?

Me: Yes we can write it in C program but we cant write in for loop

HR: Ok if I will write simplely  as   for(;   ;) will it show the output?
Me: No I will not show as there is not any condition within brackets
HR: Why? Syantax is correct. Right? It will compile or not? Then what will be the output?
Me: It will print a garbage value

HR: Where it will find a garbage value

Me: There may be previously stored garbage value

HR:Ok you know C++?

Me: I know the special features of C++

HR: What is inheritance?

Me: Told confidently

HR: What is polymorphism?

Me: Told with confusion

HR: Give examples

Me: Unable to give

HR: What the difference between class and object?

Me: Told with examples

HR: What is recursive function?

Me: Sorry I dony know the detail about recursive function

HR: Ok just tell what is recursive function

Me: Told(the function that calls itself)

HR: Can you write a program to find factorial of a number using recursive function?
Me: Sir, I have not prepared abt this program

HR: Which program you can write in C

Me: I can swap two variables without using 3rd variable

HR: Ok write. I was trying to wrting the whole program but he told to write only the logic
Me:-a=a+b
b=a-b
a=a-b

HR: Ok explain using a =5  b=10

M: I explained

HR: You know data structure? Was it in your course?

Me: Yes I kone the basics

HR: What is linked list, what is stack

Me: Explained

HR: What is difference between stack and queue?

Me: Explained
HR: You know Java?
Me: No, I don’t know Java

HR: What other subjects you know?

Me: I know compute networks

HR: Ok explain tcp/ip protocol

Me: Explained

HR: What are the different types of ip addresses?

Me: Told and explained

HR: What other protocols you know?

Me: I couldnot remember any other protocols.

HR: Tell about peer to peer network and shared network? Difference between them?
Me: Told

HR: Which other subjects you know?

Me: Mobile communication

HR: Except mobile communication which subjects you know?

Me: I was silent I could not remember any subjects that I am confident in.

Then technical asked the HR manager(female) to ask questions.

HR: What are your weakness?
Me: Told

HR: TCS is present at many centres including remote areas. Do you want to be relocated?
Me: I am ready to work anywhere for TCS

HR: How you believe that you have team leading capability?
Me: Told

HR: Why TCS?

Me: My brother is working for a TATA Group company for last 6 years.

HR: Both HRs asked at same time why?

Me: He has told me that job satisfaction is there is TATA Group of comanies and for me it is
the no1 it service provider and oursourcer in India and outside world also. They were happy
at this time

HR: Why should we select you?

Me: Told about my strong areas and team building capability. And told them for the above
reasons I feel I am the best candidate for TCS.

HR: Ok thank you so much.

Me: Handshaked and told thank you so much mam.

Mean time other HR asked me “You have to take a Pakoda at least". Actually there was
pokoda in the table in front of me and HR shared with me.
Me: First handshake with male HR and picked one pokoda from plate and again thanked
them.

HR: One more thing. Please nut the tie properly while next time) (Actually my tie was loose.
I could not get any time to size my tie)
Me: I smiled and thanked again to both of them and left the place

We waited around 2 hours after interview at around 8 pm they told all the 26 candidates to
go to conference hall. We gathered. They gave the presentations about TCS IT
infrastructures. Actually the drive was specially meant for IT infrastructure servies.

Technical Interview:
Here I will discuss the technical questions that were asked to me and also the questions
asked to my friends.

Question 1: Write the pointer representation of a[i][j][k].

Question 2: i = 5
i++, ++i, --i, i--, 5
What will be the output if it is printed?

Question 3: How will you insert a new node between any two nodes in a linked list? Write
the code.

Question 4: How will you find a particular data in the linked list?

Question 5: What is MD5?

Question 6: What is RSA? Explain its principle.

Question 7: There is a triangle and 3 ants on each vertex of the triangle. The 3 ants start to
move randomly along the edges of the triangle. What is the probability that two ants will
collide?

Question 8: What is the difference between C and C++?

Question 9: What do you mean by polymorphism?

Question 10: Give an example of polymorphism with code.

Question 11: What do you mean by OOP?

Question 12: What is inheritance?

Question 13: What is a friend function?

Question 14: What is an abstract class?

Question 15: Suppose there is a number 235 such that sum of first two digits is equal to the
third digit. How many such 3 digits number are possible?
Question 16: Why is the VIRTUAL keyword used in C++?

Question 17: Which keyword is written to use a variable declared in one class in the other
class?

Question 18: Suppose a code is written in C and you want to use that code in C++. How
can you do that?

Question 19 What do you mean by DML?

Question 20: Is there any language other than SQL where DML is used? If yes, then which?

Question 21: How many normal forms do we have?

Question 22: Here is a tic-tac-toe game which is being played by 2 people:

xo_
o__
xox

Represent the blank spaces. Who played the last chance (x or o)?

Technical Questions asked to my friends:

Question 1: What is a transaction? Properties of Transaction?

Question 2: What "condition" will be written in the if statement such that both Hello World
are printed when the following code is executed.

if(condition)
{
printf("Hello");
}
else
{
printf("World");
}

Question 3: What will be the output of the following code?

int i=5;
printf("%d, %d, %d", i++, i, ++i);

Which C compiler do you use? (My friend said TURBO)

What will be the output of above code in TURBO compiler? (He said same)
No! It will not be the same.

After the Technical round, there was an MR i.e. Managerial Round.

It was just a 2-3 minutes round. The interviewer asked me to introduce myself. Then asked
about my father. Then core values and strengths. Your hobbies? Which latest novel have
you read?

Next was the HR round. This was a little time taking round as the technical one.
Question 1: Introduce yourself?
Question 2: Your family background; father, mother, siblings.
Question 3: How does TCS earns its revenues? How it does its business?
Question 4: What was the need of bringing Information Technology in India?
Question 5: There is a round cake. You have 3 chances to cut the cake. Divide the cake into
8 pieces in these 3 chances.
Question 6: Suppose if I reject you today, what will you do next?
Question 7: You have a good communication skill. Why is it so? Is it because of your
schooling or family atmosphere? Whom do you give the credit for this?
Question 8: What are your strengths? Give 2 examples of your life incidents that portray
this strength in you.
Question 9: What are your weaknesses?

1)Tell me abt. urself.

2) Your project in detail nd ur role in it.
3) Yourr favourite subjects in B.Tech. Be well prepare with atleast 1.
4) OSI model nd function of each layer
5) TCP/IP model
6) Classful addressing
7) What is swapping?
8) Difference b/w linux and windows?
9) What is op-amp?
10) What is IC?
11) Which sorting technique is best?
12) What is stack?
13) WAP for factorial using recursion.
14) WAP for Armstrong no.
15) Wap for reversing a string.
16) WAP for prime no.
17) WAP for even/odd no.
18) WAP for getting Fibonacci series.
19) What is REGEDIT command?
20) What is your PC’s configuration?
21) How to do project planning?
22) Being an ECE student, why you want 2 join software industry?
23) What is the use of stdio.h, conio.h?
24) Different b/w scanf & gets?
25) Different b/w while nd do while?
26) Why capacitor allows ac nd not dc?
 
Only 250 cleard d technical.
 
HR:
 
After half an hour, I was called for HR
  
Me: Good evening sir.
Int: Good evening, take your seat.
 
Me: Thank you sir. (Interviewer is looking at my resume, which i already gave to them)
Int: Tell me about yourself.
 
Me: Told with confidence and smile on my face. (I think he was well satisfied with my
answer).
  
Int: Tell me about. Your family background.
Me: Bla Bla
 
Int: Tell me about your hobbies?
Me: Told as cricket and internet surfing.
Then he asked some questions about cricket. So be well prepare with your hobbies
 
Int: Why do you want to join TCS?
Me: Told some strong points about TCS and he was impressed with my answer.
 
Int: I you are rejected today, then what will you do?
Me: Told
 
Int: Are you having any geographical constraints (are you intended to work anywhere in the
world)?
Me: No sir, I am not having any geographical constraints and I’m interested to work
anywhere in the world.
 
Int: Are you ok with TCS bond (2 years, bond break 50,000)?
Me: Yes sir.
Some of my interview question is:
HR:  Tell me about yourself.
ME: Answered it.
 
HR: Are you Oracle Certified( I am Oracle certified. I have mentioned it in my CV).
ME: Yes sir(after this he ask me to show my certificate. I have showed it)
 
HR: What is normalization.
ME: I have answered it.
 
HR: Do you know C and C++?
ME: Yes sir.
 
HR: Write a C program for fibonacci series.
ME: I wrote it.
 
HR: What is DDL and DML LAnguage?
ME: Answerd it with example.
 
HR: OK you can go now.
ME: Thank you sir.
HR and Technical: 
Me: Good afternoon sir.
HR: Good afternoon!  take your seat.

Me: Thank you.

HR: Your native?
Me: Said
HR: Your family background?
Me: Said
HR: Tell me about yourself?

Me: Said
HR: You have some IBM certifications on Db2 and RAD can you explain me?

Me: Told about db2 and rad. In rad i completed with a word eclipse.
HR: What is eclipse?

Me: Told.
HR: Your  area of interest?

Me: Said DBMS, web designing and seo

HR: What is seo?

Me: Said.
HR: What is normalization?

HR: What is foreign key?

HR: Types of normalization?

HR: Type  which is associated with foreign key?

Me: Said

HR: Can we do the referencing without foreign key?

Me: I said but we had a big discussion over it.

HR: Any questions?

Me: asked.

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Technical and managerial Round:

Questions  asked to some of my friends.
Tell me about yourself?
1. Programs on Fibanoci, Reversing a string, sorting techniques normally and by using
double pointers, programs on pointers, swapping normally and by using pointers.
2. Difference between C and C++?
3. Inheritance, polymorphism?
4. Why do we use header files, how are they created?
5. Layer used in Mobile?
6. OSI layer?