IBM
Written Test
The written test consists of two sections each of 45 minutes duration
Section#1
This is the aptitude section consisting of 45 questions to be attempted in 45 minutes. As is in all the exams, this section is based on the MBA pattern of examination.
Section#2
his is the technical section. There is a separate paper for hardware and software. Candidates have to mention beforehand whether they want to write the software or the hardware paper.This section also carries 45 questions to be completed in 45 minutes.
Interview
There are two rounds of interviews, viz., the technical and and the HR round
Technical and Personal Round for Software Candidates
Mainly subjective questions in C, Operating Systems, DBMS, Data Structures are asked interspersed with some on the candidate's personal background.
.Typical questions in C and Data Structures
1. WAP to interchange 2 variables without using the third one
2. Explain quick sort and merge sort algorithms amn derive the time-constraint relation for these.
3. Explain binary searching, fibonacci search
4. General questions on binary trees, transversals
5. General questions on graphs and their representation.
Typical Questions on Operating Systems
1. Demand paging, page faults, replacement algos, thrashing, etc
2. Paged segmentation and segment paging
In this section, case studies are presented are presented before the candidate to percieve his reaction and his/her communication skills are tested. IBM expects teamwork and teamspirit from the candidates and their answers should reflect this attitude
Typical question is
You are a project manager of a big multinational project. There is a person X, assigned to you who has the best technical skills required for the project, even better than you. But he wishes to be the project manager ,which the management does not permit, due to which he threatens to quit. All others in the group are not as competent. Talk yourself out of this situation pretending that the interviewer is the disgruntled employee and explain the necessary action.
(1 vote)
The selection process
The selection process consists of 5 -stages
1. WRITTEN TEST
2. ESSAY WRITING
3. GD
4. TECH INTERVIEW
5. HR INTW
In WRTN Tst there r 3 sectoins first of all u need t fill ur Details name,address,mail id ,Percentages etc....Then tst
1.MATRICES( 15 Q's - 13 mins- NO Negative)
in this a 5*5 matrix is given with some diff symbols as its elmnts like
QUE:
_____________________________
| 3 ^ * ( )
| 9 % 7 j k
| % 9 7 ) (
| 7 9 ( 3 *
| 9 * k ) 7
Based on above Matrix there r 5 Q's folowed ...each carries 1 mark no neg
EX: find the symbol starting from 2nd element of 2nd come down to 5th row move right until to reach last col and trace up to reach 3rd row from there move left 2 positions.
A) % B) 7 C) 9 D) * E) k
Ans is B.
like this V r given 3 matrices each with 5 Q's very simple but the thing is V shud b very concious and do not get confused ....cut may be around 7-8
2. NUMBER SERIES(20 qs -4 mins-20 marks- negative 1/4)
simple but v shud b very quick....time is very very very imp 4this section frnds dont get confused really very simple section
and 1more thing is the invigilaor signals time 4 every 30 secs dont feel tensewth tht just go wth ur work..
EX: 17,18,19,34,35,19,20,___
Ans....21
EX: 22,21,34,33,45,____
Ans......44
EX: 40,41,41,42,42,42,44,44,____
Ans.....44
once come out of test we cud come to know thevalue of Quote" TIME IS PRECIOUS"....
Nxt MATHEMATICAL REASONING(12 Qs-15 mins-12marks-negative 1/4)
This is aimed to test Mathematical skills. problems r little tough but thing is do not rush ...try to solve the problem tht u feel u can . cut off in our coll is 3 i think so do get dissappointed even u didint attempt good number...but try to solve atleast 5 qs. most of them r Aptitude qs ...from
pecentages
profit&loss
ven diagrams
simple comppound interest
and all
go thru RS agarwal All models V cant sy tht they ll give a particular model so better to go thru all models
I dont think tht ther is sectional Cut-Off ......so dont worry abt sec cut_offs bu t better to perform all sectinons well.
2.ESSAY WRITING.(15 mins_Max 250 words)
we r given 15 mins time and the topic is "LIFE IN CAMPUS"
Be extensive and try to explore with a Broader sense...they ll look at this at the time interview so try to avoid Grammar mistakes and abstuse words.
IN OUR COLL TOTAL 310 took test and 136 cleared WRITTEN
Evening we went for GD ..15 in a group and topics mostly general like our Group was given "NON-IT students opting for IT jobs is Good or not" and indian politics,
try to open ur mouth and say some thing if dont know the topic then also do not sit Idle. If u r new to GD. They ll give a chance to share views. so utilize it. after GD 96 were selected 4 Interviews.......
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