INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY
Infosys is a place where we're free to explore and are encouraged to voice new ideas. This is what distinguishes us from the rest and inspires us to Excel, Innovate and Lead. It's a company with a conscience; it’s one of the fastest growing companies in the world. The opportunities for you are endless. It’s the next generation IT services and consulting company you get onto a global track it is the pioneer, and the best practitioner, of the GDM: this is redefining the way business is done. It lets you enjoy entrepreneurial freedom: Infosys was started by 7 people in 1981. The spirit of entrepreneurship still holds. You get the freedom to make decisions and the freedom to experiment and take calculated risks. Experience the comfort of Infosys Predictability: We have redefined the engagement experience of the client in the IT services market. We have set new benchmarks for on-time, on-budget and on-spec delivery.)Get the satisfaction of making your client more competitive: In 1991, our revenue was a mere USD 2 million. In 1999, it became USD 121 million. In 2004, it just crossed the USD 1 billion mark. In 2005, we clocked USD 1.6 billion. In such a fast growing company, the opportunities tomorrow can't even be described today. Founded: 2 July 1981.
2d nDec 2010 Paper Exam was in two parts:
1. General Aptitude (Reasoning)
2. English General Aptitude: 1. Figure Analogy(5 bits, very easy) 2. 5 questions on data sufficiency (very easy) 3. 5 on data interpretation (Very Tricky) 4. 2 Group reasoning Problems(Very difficult i didnt able to solve 7 out of 10 questions) 5. 5 Questions on logical linking of two given statements (easy) 6. No question on syllogism! English: 1. 2 RCs (Easy, but do it at the last) 2. 8 choosing the correct sentence (Difficult)
3. 7 on error correction (easy)
4. 8-10 questions on Sentence completion (Very easy)
5. Theme Detection (Tricky) All in all, a candidate must have a good command over the language and just going through the Articles, Prepositions etc. on the last day won’t work. After written exam, only HR of about 15-20 min on an average were taken which include very general HR questions, specially related to the CV and the candidate’s personal life only.
23rd Dec 2010 Paper The 2 sections were as:
1) Aptitude (30 questions, 40 mins) It consisted of : i) Find the odd figure out(very easy) (5 questions) ii) Data sufficiency (Found it hard. So randlomly selected option 3 for al) (5 questios) iii) Cube Cutting (5 questions) iv) Puzzle test (go through R.S Aggrwal verbal and non-verbal, chapter name is puzzle test) (very easy) v) Logical sequence of words (just use your instincts and common sense) (easy) vi) Data Interpretation (Line Graph) (it was average, do R.S.Aggrwal quantitative last chapter). 2) English (40 questions, 35 mins) i) 2 simple passages(read the questions and answer the question rather than reading the passage saves lot of time ii) General fill in thr blank with approprite grammer iii) Few sentences and correcting the senteces English was basically very easy and that was my strength. If you are from an english medium school. You wil find it easy. Although others need not worry. Its really easy. Stats: Appeared: 405 Shortlisted: 136 Placed: 108 If you clear the aptitude you are almost placed. Interview is just to check how good you communicate and not how brilliant you are technically. Be Confident. Interview: Basic Questions:
1) Tell me abt yourself? 2) Why Infosys?
30th Dec 2010 Paper The total recruitment process consists of two stages namely, aptitude and HR interview. Aptitude round: Aptitude consists of two sections with sectional cut off and no negative marking, the sections are logical reasoning and verbal English. Logical reasoning 30 questions 40 minutes having 6 subsections with 5 questions each. 1st subsection: Analogy-non verbal reasoning, 4 figures will be given find the next figure from given option. 2ndsubsection: A linear programming problem was given with 5 questions on a single problem. It needs solving of equation by putting values simple one. 3rdsubsection: Data sufficiency, a statement type question will be given followed by two other statements we have to find whether 1 alone is sufficient or 2 alone or both are compulsory or neither. 4th subsection: Data interpretation, a simple bar graph was given and 5 questions on that, this section needs some calculation, solve it carefully. 5th subsection: A puzzle, mini paragraph with lots of information will be given and 5 questions on that, for us it was given that, there are 5 people P, Q,R,S,T. P knows Hindi and Marathi, Q belongs to Tamil Nadu and also knows Bengali, R knows Hindi and Urdu, S also knows Hindi and Marathi, T knows Urdu and Bengali. The questions were like this who can act as interpreter between P and T to communicate? Which is the least language known by them? Like this. 6thsubsection: Logical deduction-venn diagram. Two statements will be given followed by two conclusions, we have to say whether only 1 follows or only 2 follows or both follows or neither. For this questions we have to remember 9 conditions and 10 cases given in R.S Aggarwal. Practice this section well. Verbal English 40 questions 35 minutes having 4 subsections with 10 questions each. 1st subsection: Simply 4 statements will be given we have to find the correct one, this needs some idea of tenses and punctuation. 2ndsubsection: Fill in the blanks with phrases and idioms.
3rdsubsection: A statement will be given followed by 4 options having statements, we have to find which of the option is having same meaning as that of given statement.
25th Jan 2011 Paper Pattern: First introduction of a company. Then she (HR) told a eligibility criteria. 10th and 12th %: above 60% and UG % is above 60% (nill arrears must) Process: Aptitude test is first round. Study R.S.Aggarwal material (Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning) If you have TIME material also study this. And a must one is Basic Comupter knowledge. Study the important topic: 1. Average 2. Percentage 3. Time&distance 4. Pipes and cistern 5. Train 6. Data interpretation Verbal: 1. Fill in the blanks 2. Active voice, passive voice
9TH Feb 2011 paper Infosys paper consists of two papers: 1. Verbal reasoning 2. English Section No need to do Shakuntala Devi and George sammers. For verbal Section, do just only R.S Aggarwal -Verbal and Non Verbal reasoning. Do the following chapters thoroughly:
* Blood Relations
* Puzzle test
* Direction Sense test
* Logic- for syllogisms. Learn the 9 rules that will be more than sufficient, and do all the 3 exercises.
* Visual Reasoning (find the odd figure out, middle figure)
* Cubes and dices (one side is 3, and then other is what?)
* Data Interpretation (Do from R.S Aggawal Quantative) Last chapters of the book. Learn only the formulae and just take an overview of how the problem is approached
* Data Sufficiency
* Inference from passages (From Quantative, you can do Time and work, time and distance, Ratio and proportion, Ages, Profit and loss. Although the paper is verbal, but sometimes these topics come.) For English section, do from R.S Aggarwal General English. (Do unit 3,4 complete from this book)
* Error Spotting (Do all the exercises)
* Sentence completion (Do all the exercises)
* Fillers (Do all the exercises)
* Comprehension (1 short and 1 long) (Do some of the exercises so that you can get a hold over comprehension) Do the comprehension passages at last bcoz they are quite long. Read Wren and Martin for grammer. (Prepositions) Learn about the company, itstagline, awards, vision, subsidiaries, turnover, projects etc. For Infosys, we went to Baddi University; HP at 11.15 am, Infosys HR gave a presentation on about their products, offices, growth rate, average revenue, CRR. Try to note the some facts about Infosys because sometimes they ask about these in HR interview. Around 1 pm, our test started. First they gave us verbal paper which we had to solve 30 questions in 40 minutes.
* 5 questions on visual reasoning (odd figure out)-these questions were damn easy, no need to practice
* 5 questions on small puzzle involving arithmetic - aarti, banti, chetan and dolly (not Dolly Bindra) are 4 people; Aarti and banti have money equal to chetan and dolly. Aarti has 5 morethe banti. Chetan has half of what dolly have. Total money is 100. Who has the highest money? Who has the least money? Etc.
* 5 questions on data sufficiency
* 5 questions on Data interpretation Manufacturer had defective items in a box and cost curves with probability of defective items were given. Logic behind was that"The best alternative was having least cost and maximum defectives inspection", and the answer was alt2.
* 5 questions on Puzzle-5 persons, their profession, children, and fridges were given.
* 5 questions on Syllogisms-No house is a pole, all boys are tall, sohan is a boy, all wheels are racks. (Syllogisms were from R.S Aggarwal, do all the three exercises) Then we were given the English Paper in which we had to solve 40 questions in 30 minutes.
* 20 questions on error spotting. (Do from RS aggarwal General English and read Wren and Martin too)
* 10 question on deriving inferences from passages (Do from R.S Aggarwal General English)
* 5 questions on comprehension 1(Easy)
* 5 questions on comprehension 2(Easy)
Infosys is a place where we're free to explore and are encouraged to voice new ideas. This is what distinguishes us from the rest and inspires us to Excel, Innovate and Lead. It's a company with a conscience; it’s one of the fastest growing companies in the world. The opportunities for you are endless. It’s the next generation IT services and consulting company you get onto a global track it is the pioneer, and the best practitioner, of the GDM: this is redefining the way business is done. It lets you enjoy entrepreneurial freedom: Infosys was started by 7 people in 1981. The spirit of entrepreneurship still holds. You get the freedom to make decisions and the freedom to experiment and take calculated risks. Experience the comfort of Infosys Predictability: We have redefined the engagement experience of the client in the IT services market. We have set new benchmarks for on-time, on-budget and on-spec delivery.)Get the satisfaction of making your client more competitive: In 1991, our revenue was a mere USD 2 million. In 1999, it became USD 121 million. In 2004, it just crossed the USD 1 billion mark. In 2005, we clocked USD 1.6 billion. In such a fast growing company, the opportunities tomorrow can't even be described today. Founded: 2 July 1981.
2d nDec 2010 Paper Exam was in two parts:
1. General Aptitude (Reasoning)
2. English General Aptitude: 1. Figure Analogy(5 bits, very easy) 2. 5 questions on data sufficiency (very easy) 3. 5 on data interpretation (Very Tricky) 4. 2 Group reasoning Problems(Very difficult i didnt able to solve 7 out of 10 questions) 5. 5 Questions on logical linking of two given statements (easy) 6. No question on syllogism! English: 1. 2 RCs (Easy, but do it at the last) 2. 8 choosing the correct sentence (Difficult)
3. 7 on error correction (easy)
4. 8-10 questions on Sentence completion (Very easy)
5. Theme Detection (Tricky) All in all, a candidate must have a good command over the language and just going through the Articles, Prepositions etc. on the last day won’t work. After written exam, only HR of about 15-20 min on an average were taken which include very general HR questions, specially related to the CV and the candidate’s personal life only.
23rd Dec 2010 Paper The 2 sections were as:
1) Aptitude (30 questions, 40 mins) It consisted of : i) Find the odd figure out(very easy) (5 questions) ii) Data sufficiency (Found it hard. So randlomly selected option 3 for al) (5 questios) iii) Cube Cutting (5 questions) iv) Puzzle test (go through R.S Aggrwal verbal and non-verbal, chapter name is puzzle test) (very easy) v) Logical sequence of words (just use your instincts and common sense) (easy) vi) Data Interpretation (Line Graph) (it was average, do R.S.Aggrwal quantitative last chapter). 2) English (40 questions, 35 mins) i) 2 simple passages(read the questions and answer the question rather than reading the passage saves lot of time ii) General fill in thr blank with approprite grammer iii) Few sentences and correcting the senteces English was basically very easy and that was my strength. If you are from an english medium school. You wil find it easy. Although others need not worry. Its really easy. Stats: Appeared: 405 Shortlisted: 136 Placed: 108 If you clear the aptitude you are almost placed. Interview is just to check how good you communicate and not how brilliant you are technically. Be Confident. Interview: Basic Questions:
1) Tell me abt yourself? 2) Why Infosys?
30th Dec 2010 Paper The total recruitment process consists of two stages namely, aptitude and HR interview. Aptitude round: Aptitude consists of two sections with sectional cut off and no negative marking, the sections are logical reasoning and verbal English. Logical reasoning 30 questions 40 minutes having 6 subsections with 5 questions each. 1st subsection: Analogy-non verbal reasoning, 4 figures will be given find the next figure from given option. 2ndsubsection: A linear programming problem was given with 5 questions on a single problem. It needs solving of equation by putting values simple one. 3rdsubsection: Data sufficiency, a statement type question will be given followed by two other statements we have to find whether 1 alone is sufficient or 2 alone or both are compulsory or neither. 4th subsection: Data interpretation, a simple bar graph was given and 5 questions on that, this section needs some calculation, solve it carefully. 5th subsection: A puzzle, mini paragraph with lots of information will be given and 5 questions on that, for us it was given that, there are 5 people P, Q,R,S,T. P knows Hindi and Marathi, Q belongs to Tamil Nadu and also knows Bengali, R knows Hindi and Urdu, S also knows Hindi and Marathi, T knows Urdu and Bengali. The questions were like this who can act as interpreter between P and T to communicate? Which is the least language known by them? Like this. 6thsubsection: Logical deduction-venn diagram. Two statements will be given followed by two conclusions, we have to say whether only 1 follows or only 2 follows or both follows or neither. For this questions we have to remember 9 conditions and 10 cases given in R.S Aggarwal. Practice this section well. Verbal English 40 questions 35 minutes having 4 subsections with 10 questions each. 1st subsection: Simply 4 statements will be given we have to find the correct one, this needs some idea of tenses and punctuation. 2ndsubsection: Fill in the blanks with phrases and idioms.
3rdsubsection: A statement will be given followed by 4 options having statements, we have to find which of the option is having same meaning as that of given statement.
25th Jan 2011 Paper Pattern: First introduction of a company. Then she (HR) told a eligibility criteria. 10th and 12th %: above 60% and UG % is above 60% (nill arrears must) Process: Aptitude test is first round. Study R.S.Aggarwal material (Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning) If you have TIME material also study this. And a must one is Basic Comupter knowledge. Study the important topic: 1. Average 2. Percentage 3. Time&distance 4. Pipes and cistern 5. Train 6. Data interpretation Verbal: 1. Fill in the blanks 2. Active voice, passive voice
9TH Feb 2011 paper Infosys paper consists of two papers: 1. Verbal reasoning 2. English Section No need to do Shakuntala Devi and George sammers. For verbal Section, do just only R.S Aggarwal -Verbal and Non Verbal reasoning. Do the following chapters thoroughly:
* Blood Relations
* Puzzle test
* Direction Sense test
* Logic- for syllogisms. Learn the 9 rules that will be more than sufficient, and do all the 3 exercises.
* Visual Reasoning (find the odd figure out, middle figure)
* Cubes and dices (one side is 3, and then other is what?)
* Data Interpretation (Do from R.S Aggawal Quantative) Last chapters of the book. Learn only the formulae and just take an overview of how the problem is approached
* Data Sufficiency
* Inference from passages (From Quantative, you can do Time and work, time and distance, Ratio and proportion, Ages, Profit and loss. Although the paper is verbal, but sometimes these topics come.) For English section, do from R.S Aggarwal General English. (Do unit 3,4 complete from this book)
* Error Spotting (Do all the exercises)
* Sentence completion (Do all the exercises)
* Fillers (Do all the exercises)
* Comprehension (1 short and 1 long) (Do some of the exercises so that you can get a hold over comprehension) Do the comprehension passages at last bcoz they are quite long. Read Wren and Martin for grammer. (Prepositions) Learn about the company, itstagline, awards, vision, subsidiaries, turnover, projects etc. For Infosys, we went to Baddi University; HP at 11.15 am, Infosys HR gave a presentation on about their products, offices, growth rate, average revenue, CRR. Try to note the some facts about Infosys because sometimes they ask about these in HR interview. Around 1 pm, our test started. First they gave us verbal paper which we had to solve 30 questions in 40 minutes.
* 5 questions on visual reasoning (odd figure out)-these questions were damn easy, no need to practice
* 5 questions on small puzzle involving arithmetic - aarti, banti, chetan and dolly (not Dolly Bindra) are 4 people; Aarti and banti have money equal to chetan and dolly. Aarti has 5 morethe banti. Chetan has half of what dolly have. Total money is 100. Who has the highest money? Who has the least money? Etc.
* 5 questions on data sufficiency
* 5 questions on Data interpretation Manufacturer had defective items in a box and cost curves with probability of defective items were given. Logic behind was that"The best alternative was having least cost and maximum defectives inspection", and the answer was alt2.
* 5 questions on Puzzle-5 persons, their profession, children, and fridges were given.
* 5 questions on Syllogisms-No house is a pole, all boys are tall, sohan is a boy, all wheels are racks. (Syllogisms were from R.S Aggarwal, do all the three exercises) Then we were given the English Paper in which we had to solve 40 questions in 30 minutes.
* 20 questions on error spotting. (Do from RS aggarwal General English and read Wren and Martin too)
* 10 question on deriving inferences from passages (Do from R.S Aggarwal General English)
* 5 questions on comprehension 1(Easy)
* 5 questions on comprehension 2(Easy)
