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)
APTITUDE TEST : 55 ques, 60
APTITUDE TEST :
55 ques, 60 min time, followed by 15 mins for essay writing. R.S. Agarwal is more than enough. But if u r confident & have practiced enough of apti from any standard book, that will certainly do (I did from TIME materials for placement). But direction test, data sufficiency, venn diagram etc were common from R.S. Agarwal. AT LEAST GET FAMILIAR WITH THE TYPES OF QUES AS TIME MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 1- Verbal part
She performed _ the opera house.(in/at/on etc)
Another qs on preposition-easy.
Synonym-apathetic
_ clown of that circus became famous for his antics.(article)
Article again-easy.
Then a RC on some plants, pollen grains etc. Do it at last if u get time.
Section 2 –
Well guys I don’t remember the problems, but it was very easy. Just stay cool and keep pace with time.
Data sufficiency- about 5 qs
Venn diagram- easy, 5 qs. Problem was like- of 600 people,576 use credit cards (VISA,AMEX etc).
Direction sense- 2 or 3 easy qs
Some more qs were there. Follow any standard book & u can definitely do them.
Section 3 – Attention to details
Eg: CBCBCCBBC CBCBCCBBC CBCBCCBBC –find who are alike or not.
4 or 5 qs like above.
Then 4 or 5 qs like- if * represents +,- rep. * etc, find value of 12* 5-7….etc
Section 4 – Technical
Qs from UNIX, DBMS etc.
Eg: which normal form is only and completely key dependent? Which command to use for seeing detail of a command in UNIX (man,info,display,help).
Essay topic- MONEY BRINGS IRRESPONSIBILITY
Be fast but stay calm. Apti is the easiest round- trust me. 129 cleared it.
GROUP DISCUSSION :
13 candidates in a group, 15 mins time, followed by 30 sec for summing up the GD for each candidate. Our topic was- “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”. Everyone, even who sat silent was specifically asked to speak. But it is better that u speak spontaneously. The round carries lot of marks.
94 cleared the round. (Usually GD isn’t elimination round but since too many had cleared apti, they eliminated some in GD in order to shorten the i/w round.)
INTERVIEW :
I won’t go into detail of it. A panel of two was there, extremely polite, approachable and friendly.
In technical, they asked about-
C(call by value & ref. etc)
UNIX,OS (shell, kernel etc)
JAVA (exception handling, features of OOP)
DS (linked list)
NETWORKING (http, port etc)
& some more qs on diff subjects. I answered well & confidently, tried to keep a smile on my face to make myself look confident and well-prepared.
Then there were some HR qs like about myself, my results, a prize which I won for writing on cloning, why IBM, what’s the difference b/w IT & CSE and like that.
( JUST GO THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE & prepare standard qs like why IBM etc.)
They looked satisfied with what I answered. Then it was over & we shook hands.
I was pretty confident about my selection & finally made it.
Do prepare well, be confident and stay calm & you will make it too.
Best wishes for all of u.
Post new comment