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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) |
TCS -1 (Aptitude Test) |
TCS -2 (Phychometry Test) |
Profile:
Tata Consultancy Services started in
1968. The early days marked TCS responsible in managing the
punch card operations of Tisco. The company, which was into management
consultancy from day one, soon felt the need to provide solutions to its clients
as well. TCS was the first Indian company to make forays into the US market with
clients ranging from IBM, American Express, Sega
etc. TCS is presently the top software services firm in
Asia.
During the Y2K buildup, TCS had setup a Y2K
factory in Chennai as a short-term strategy. Now, with
E-business being the buzzword, the factory is developing
solutions for the dotcom industries. Today, about 90 percent of TCS' revenue
comes from consulting, while the rest from
products. TCS has great training facilities. In addition to
training around 5 percent of the revenue is spent upon its R&D centers like
the Tata Research Design and Development Centre at Pune, along with a host of
other centers at Mumbai and
Hyderabad.
It benchmarked its quality standing, invested heavily in software engineering
practices and built intellectual property-in terms of patents, code
and branded products. At the same time, it expanded
its relationships with technology partners and organizations, increased
linkages with academic institutions and incubated technologies
and ideas of people within TCS and outside. TCS has already patented 12
E-Commerce solution product packages and has filed six more
applications for patent
licenses.
Over $25 million were spent on enhancing hardware and software infrastructure.
The company now has 72 offices worldwide. As many as seven
centers were assessed at SEI CMM Level 5 last year(3.4 mistakes
in a million opportunities). These include Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta,
Hyderabad and Lucknow. Several business and R&D relationship with global
firms like IBM, General Electric, Unigraphics Solutions have
been made.
For more information about this company visit their homesite
at http://www.tcs.com/
Written
Test:
Tata
Consultancy Services conducts a multiple choice test. The test consists
of four
sections.
The first section is the Verbal Section with 15 questions to be
attempted in 5 minutes. The questions deal with words and their synonyms.
You need a high level of vocabulary to do well in this part. The cut-off
in this section is 80%,i.e 16 questions.
The
second section is a Quantitative aptitude section. 10 mathematical
ability questions to answer in 10 minutes. You only have to get the logic
right. You can answer all of them.. The questions deal with basic mathematics
such as multiplication, percentages etc. This is the easiest among all the
sections (try not to make silly
mistakes).
The third section is the Reading Comprehension section with 45
minutes to answer 70 questions. Answer 55-65 questions. You have to do it
fast.
The
fourth section is Psychometric. This section is the simplest,
yet the most trickiest. 150 questions about yourself in 30
minutes. Keep in mind when you answer this section, NEVER THINK ABOUT THE
ANSWER TWICE. For if you do, you will get confused. Never give the answer
as '(c) ?'. Lastly don't answer more than 140 questions. If you have doubt
about any answer in your mind don't answer it and don't come back to the
question. They have a lower cut-off of 90 marks and an
upper cut-off of 120 marks in this section. If you go beyond these
cut-off you lose the test. Keep this in mind.
Candidates clearing the test and the interview are further required to clear a paper based on C and COBOL. This paper consists of 50 questions and is Multiple Choice Q uestion format.
Interview:The test is followed by a Technical and a
HR interview. The technical interview is highly specialized and covers
almost all subjects you have done in your curriculum. However one is required to
name his/her favorite subject on which most of the interview is focused. For
Computer Engineers C, Operating Systems, DBMS, Microprocessors are mostly
focused upon. Electronics Engineers can be grilled on DCLD, Microprocessors and
Communications.
The HR interview which follows the technical interview is very general. The HR
interview is also important. Mostly questions are asked to test your
temperament. You maybe asked your opinion on a variety of current affair topics.
We were asked about Homosexuality, Lesbianism (the movie FIRE), Kashmir, Genome
Project etc. In some cases questions regarding the company are asked. Sometimes
you would be interviewed by a panel and both the technical and HR
interviews will be covered in one
session.
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