Company Name : IBM
FRESHERS Interview Paper
There were 3 rounds.
- Aptitude Paper
- Written Test
- HR Interview
Criteria : 60% engg aggregate & above
Package : 3.3 Lacks
Hii guys... I am from PICT,pune.
IBM GBS visited our campus on 6th jan 2012.Total of 66 students are appeared for the company and the have selected 25 including me. I am going to share my complete experience with you..hope it will help you..
First off all there is a company presentation for 10-15 minutes.Then there is a english test in which they have given three paragraphs and we have to write an abstract in 7 lines only..not more than seven line. If anyone goes above seven,then marks will be deducted.so strictly follow the rule...it was so easy..best way to pickup few lines from each para and write it down.
Then there is a online aptitude test which contains only two types of questions
i) Number series : find out the missing number..we have to identify the pattern..it was so easy...just practice for 15-20 questions and you will find it very simple.
ii)Quantitative: Just read all the formulaes from R S Agrawal and just go through the solve problems..it is more than enough to crack this section. Many examples are based upon formulaes only. Very easy.
There is no sectional cutoff.
Based on this two rounds they shortlisted 39 students.
Then there is a group discussion in a group of 10 students. The topic given to my group is Print media Vs Broadcast media. They gave us 2 minuets to think and half an hour to speak. At the end of the session they gave all an opportunity to speak 2 min. i,e conclusion.
Cracking GD:
keep in mind guys in GD,first five persons are noticeable. try to speak in first five peoples and be specific. After your first sentence try to spoke within next 2 minutes,the gap between two sentences should not more than 2 minutes coz in this way u r not noticeable.
The main thing here is if all candidates are nicely spoken,they will select complete group.My group was completely selected.
Next round was technical interview.
This round is different for EnTC and Comp/IT students.
For comp/IT:
In technical section they have given three programs and we have to write code for that in any choice of language.
my programs were
i) Factorial ii)Count total number of nodes in tree ii) Insertion sort
my friends also got queries from DBMS.
Here they ask to explain the programs. Just explain the programs deeply...thats it.
And the final round was an HR. It was very easy and just for formality. In this round they will give a situation and ask u how to deal with it. They will go through your resume and ask some basic technical questions my question was JOIN in DBMS.Just keep smiling in this round. They are very friendly and dont worry if you stuck somewhere just tell them that I don't no.they will give you another question.It is a kind of general discussion.
So guys....this was my journey and finally I got selected in IBM. I hope this will helpful for you.
Best of luck........!
1) WRITTEN TEST:
a) 3 Matrices will be given each has 5 qns totally 15 qns and time limt:13 mins for tis section (no –ve marking for tis section-so attend all must k)
b) Number series completion total 20 qns time limit:4 mins for tis section (-ve marking of 0.25 is present) as the time is limited on cing the qns answer it else skip and forward BUT TIS IS DAMN EASY I attended 16/20 in tis section very easy
c) Aptitude totally 12 qns and time limit is:15 mins (-ve marking of .25 is there) (qns were from profit and loss, area, percentage, time and distance, age problems and etc but no qns similar to R.S.Aggarwal but similar to tat k so prepare well)
ONE ADVANTAGE NO SECTIONAL CUT OFF HERE. IN TOTAL ONLY THEY CHECK THE RESULT.. GALS NEVER MIND SINCE IF THEY R THRO IN WRITTEN THEY R INTO IBM BUT BOYS MAN OPEN UR MOUTH ELSE PROBLEM ONLY FOR MALE CANDIDATES GUYS..
MATRICES:
1) CLMN1 CLMN 2 CLMN3 CLMN4 CLMN5
ROW 1 J J U V X
ROW 2 U V J 5 6
ROW 3 V U J X 5
ROW 4 5 6 V J U
ROW 5 6 5 X U V
a) which has many maximum number of J s present in the following pairs:
i) row1 and column 1 ii)row2 and column 2 iii)row3 and column3 iv)row4 and column4 v)row5 column5
b) if all j’s are replaced by 3 and u’s replaced by 4 which row or column has d maximum value of 18
c)if all rows and columns are reversed and the diagonal from left bottom to right top corner has been reversed so wats the value in row4 column2
etc many guys cant remember to correct figures since I was in a hurry for answers so cant recollect the questions
NUMBER SERIES COMPLETION: (easiest of all)
1) 22, 34, 35, 23, 36, 37,__
2) 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 10, 7, 6, 5,__
3) 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 7,__
And etc many it goes on totally 20 qns its damn easy just get the answer on first sight else forward to next qns…
APTITUDE: (a bit tougher tan other sections)
1) if a printer A prints 60 words per minute and printer b prints 80 words in one minute printer A starts at 7.47 and printer b at 8.07 wen ll printer b catch up wit printer A….?
2) a fountain is of length 144cms ten width of 288 cms and depth of 91 cms so how much litres of water ll be there in 46 cms of depth in the same fountain….?
3) there is a printer consisting of color and balck white printer the rate of color toner increases from $33 to $35 and black white toner from $28 to $29 if the total rate is $1600 there is 3/5 color toners wats d hike in price…..?
tats it I can remember friends….
FIRST ROUND STARTED AT 10.30 AND RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED AT 1.30 AND GD STARTED BY 2PM
IBM GBS visited our campus on 6th jan 2012.Total of 66 students are appeared for the company and the have selected 25 including me. I am going to share my complete experience with you..hope it will help you..
First off all there is a company presentation for 10-15 minutes.Then there is a english test in which they have given three paragraphs and we have to write an abstract in 7 lines only..not more than seven line. If anyone goes above seven,then marks will be deducted.so strictly follow the rule...it was so easy..best way to pickup few lines from each para and write it down.
Then there is a online aptitude test which contains only two types of questions
i) Number series : find out the missing number..we have to identify the pattern..it was so easy...just practice for 15-20 questions and you will find it very simple.
ii)Quantitative: Just read all the formulaes from R S Agrawal and just go through the solve problems..it is more than enough to crack this section. Many examples are based upon formulaes only. Very easy.
There is no sectional cutoff.
Based on this two rounds they shortlisted 39 students.
Then there is a group discussion in a group of 10 students. The topic given to my group is Print media Vs Broadcast media. They gave us 2 minuets to think and half an hour to speak. At the end of the session they gave all an opportunity to speak 2 min. i,e conclusion.
Cracking GD:
keep in mind guys in GD,first five persons are noticeable. try to speak in first five peoples and be specific. After your first sentence try to spoke within next 2 minutes,the gap between two sentences should not more than 2 minutes coz in this way u r not noticeable.
The main thing here is if all candidates are nicely spoken,they will select complete group.My group was completely selected.
Next round was technical interview.
This round is different for EnTC and Comp/IT students.
For comp/IT:
In technical section they have given three programs and we have to write code for that in any choice of language.
my programs were
i) Factorial ii)Count total number of nodes in tree ii) Insertion sort
my friends also got queries from DBMS.
Here they ask to explain the programs. Just explain the programs deeply...thats it.
And the final round was an HR. It was very easy and just for formality. In this round they will give a situation and ask u how to deal with it. They will go through your resume and ask some basic technical questions my question was JOIN in DBMS.Just keep smiling in this round. They are very friendly and dont worry if you stuck somewhere just tell them that I don't no.they will give you another question.It is a kind of general discussion.
So guys....this was my journey and finally I got selected in IBM. I hope this will helpful for you.
Best of luck........!
1) WRITTEN TEST:
a) 3 Matrices will be given each has 5 qns totally 15 qns and time limt:13 mins for tis section (no –ve marking for tis section-so attend all must k)
b) Number series completion total 20 qns time limit:4 mins for tis section (-ve marking of 0.25 is present) as the time is limited on cing the qns answer it else skip and forward BUT TIS IS DAMN EASY I attended 16/20 in tis section very easy
c) Aptitude totally 12 qns and time limit is:15 mins (-ve marking of .25 is there) (qns were from profit and loss, area, percentage, time and distance, age problems and etc but no qns similar to R.S.Aggarwal but similar to tat k so prepare well)
ONE ADVANTAGE NO SECTIONAL CUT OFF HERE. IN TOTAL ONLY THEY CHECK THE RESULT.. GALS NEVER MIND SINCE IF THEY R THRO IN WRITTEN THEY R INTO IBM BUT BOYS MAN OPEN UR MOUTH ELSE PROBLEM ONLY FOR MALE CANDIDATES GUYS..
MATRICES:
1) CLMN1 CLMN 2 CLMN3 CLMN4 CLMN5
ROW 1 J J U V X
ROW 2 U V J 5 6
ROW 3 V U J X 5
ROW 4 5 6 V J U
ROW 5 6 5 X U V
a) which has many maximum number of J s present in the following pairs:
i) row1 and column 1 ii)row2 and column 2 iii)row3 and column3 iv)row4 and column4 v)row5 column5
b) if all j’s are replaced by 3 and u’s replaced by 4 which row or column has d maximum value of 18
c)if all rows and columns are reversed and the diagonal from left bottom to right top corner has been reversed so wats the value in row4 column2
etc many guys cant remember to correct figures since I was in a hurry for answers so cant recollect the questions
NUMBER SERIES COMPLETION: (easiest of all)
1) 22, 34, 35, 23, 36, 37,__
2) 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 10, 7, 6, 5,__
3) 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 7,__
And etc many it goes on totally 20 qns its damn easy just get the answer on first sight else forward to next qns…
APTITUDE: (a bit tougher tan other sections)
1) if a printer A prints 60 words per minute and printer b prints 80 words in one minute printer A starts at 7.47 and printer b at 8.07 wen ll printer b catch up wit printer A….?
2) a fountain is of length 144cms ten width of 288 cms and depth of 91 cms so how much litres of water ll be there in 46 cms of depth in the same fountain….?
3) there is a printer consisting of color and balck white printer the rate of color toner increases from $33 to $35 and black white toner from $28 to $29 if the total rate is $1600 there is 3/5 color toners wats d hike in price…..?
tats it I can remember friends….
FIRST ROUND STARTED AT 10.30 AND RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED AT 1.30 AND GD STARTED BY 2PM
