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VERITAS Software Corporation

Posted August 7th, 2007 by unknown
Career Details
Eligibility:

Engineering Degree with 60%

Selection Process:

Written
GD
Interview

Entry Package:
2.2
Organization Details
Industry:
IT/Software, Hardware
Web-Site:

http://www.veritas.com

Company Profile :

Symantec Corp. and VERITAS Software merged on July 5, 2005.
About VERITAS - VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) is a leading provider of data availability software solutions that enable customers to protect and access their business-critical data. Founded in 1989, the Mountain View-based company offers solutions to manage the explosion of data and the growing complexity and scalability of networked environments that exist in today's New Economy. Enabling companies to ensure Business Without InterruptionTM, VERITAS The Data Availability CompanyTM is the market's leading innovator of data protection, file system and volume management, clustering, replication, SAN (storage area network) and application software solutions that continuously deliver data when and where needed. In addition to leading the market with the broadest roster of data availability technology, VERITAS Software also leads with deep strategic partnerships, a strong sales channel infrastructure and a highly responsive global technical support organization.

VERITAS Software's market leadership and innovation in data availability has helped propel its rapid international growth. Today, following the significant acquisitions of the Network and Storage Management Group of Seagate Software in May 1999 and OpenVision Technologies in April 1997, VERITAS Software has a global presence with more than 4,900 employees residing in 25 countries worldwide. With Pro Forma revenue for 1999 just over $700 million, VERITAS Software was added to the Nasdaq-100 Index in January 1999 and the S&P 500 Index in March 2000. Based on its $59.6 billion market capitalization (October 16, 2000), VERITAS Software stands as one of the top-five software companies in the world.

Symantec Corp. and VERITAS Software merged on July 5, 2005. As a result, we are transitioning content from the VERITAS web sites to www.symantec.com.

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.

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