10.09.08 The selection process of various companies have been given yo guide 3rd years.

11.09.08 Remaining Companies would be uploaded soon.

11.09.08 The cut offs of various companies have also been provided. These are the pre negotitiation cut offs. The actual cut offs might be lesser for some companies.

Recruitment Procedure of Various Companies

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TCS

Eligibility: 60% (open for all branches)
Package: 3.15 lac
Round 1: Written test(Around 130 appeared)
Round 2: Tech interview(45 were selected for tech interviews, there were no eliminations after tech interview)
Round 3: HR interview

Wipro

Around 65 people sat in WIPRO. The cut off was strictly 60%. Also no back logs was allowed. If however one had cleared them than it was acceptable.

The written people had around 50 questions. It was divided into 3 sections-English, Aptitude and Technical. There was separate cut off for each section. According to me English and Aptitude were relatively easy. Technical was quite tough. There were 2 questions on UNIX in technical. One question was on conversion of binary to decimal and One on Infix to Postfix. Apart from these, they were quite difficult. 31 people cleared the written exam.

After that there was Technical Interview. It lasted for 20-30 minutes for each person. Well a project was must for it. If you haven't than a project than you are surely out. Also a sincere advice to all aspirants for wipro as well as other companies, do C++ well. Only C language won't help you clear them. Also they usually ask for your favorite subject. For it do OS (operating systems) well because the questions asked are quite easy. Also just write only those things in your resume in which you have complete knowledge. 12 people finally cleared this technical interview.

After that there was HR interview. It was a cake walk. The lady was quite polite. They asked for the location preference. But keep in mind that you should say yes to anywhere they ask you to go. Don't just be reluctant to opt for Gurgaon since it is near your house. All the 12 people cleared the HR interview.

HCL

Around 55 people sat in HCL. The cut off was strictly 60%..
16 cleared the written test.. there was HR interview directly after test... No tech interview..
finally 11 were selected..
3-ECE
3-BT
nd 5 others..

CSC

Appeared Written : 70 odd
Cleared Written: 53
Finally Selected: 1 tech + 1 HR Round : 22

aptitude
40 ques : arnd 10 in verbal small passages and u have to answer questions following them
rest all are quant - probability, %ages , linear equation, ages , simple reasoning type
technical test
75 ques : arnd 15-20 are on pointers, 15-20 are on microprocessor 8085, 1 ques on 8255, 1 ques on 8051, 5-6 ques from
dbms, 6-8 ques are on data structures - bst , stack, linklist, tree traversal , 4-5 on networks, 4-5 on general
computer awareness

then tech interview : projects, favourite subject, software engineering
then HR interview .
key to success is be confident

Deloitte

Appeared: 200
Shortlisted: 61 (for TI), 22 (for SPS)
Final: 15 (for TI) <don't know for SPS>

Cutoff: 55 (upto two supplis allowed)

Procedure for TI

1. Written (elimination after this) - 45 minutes, 40 questions. Verbal and quantitative. Main thing was racing the clock, trying to get max questions done in the 45 minutes. No negative markings.
2. Group discussion - 30 minutes, supervised by a recruiter.
3. Group Presentation - Each team-member given 3 minutes to speak in front of a panel of 3 recruiters, then counter questioning where they try to trap you.
4. Personal Interview - 10 minutes approx. Lots of hypothetical questions were asked - most of them extremely tricky and quite difficult. A few simple HR questions were also asked.

The group discussion and presentation were the most important rounds, in my opinion.

PWC

written test was easy,40 qs and 1 hour.apti + english (verbal +logic).
selected 13 at this point.and then, 5 to 1 interview,which i think can be best described as stress interview.
there team was a solid one (1 NDA passout (team head),then dceite(99 batch) + IIM B,again Dceite + IIM L + 1 HR Lady Again a dceite (07 batch) and another btech HR lady.)
selected 7 out of 13 ,it 8:30 by then ,average interview was about 40 minutes.
next round was at their office at ITO next day.where they selected 5 students.
package(in their words)-4.8+

E ValueServe

Appeared: 200+
Cleared Written: 60
Cleared 1st interview round: 30
Finally selected after 2nd interview round: 21

IOCL

Eligibility: Open for electrical, mech and poly(CV shortlist)
Package: 6.7 lac
Selection procedure: Tech+HR interview

Yahoo!!

Appeared: 100
Cleared Written: 24 (some coding bonds didn't get through)
After 1st Round (Tech Interview): 11
After 2nd Round (Tech Interview): 5
After Coding Round: 2 selected, 2 were offered internships

DE Shaw

Appeared: More than 100
Cleared after Written: 12
Finally selected: 1 (from IT)

Written test was pretty much a stress test.

Divided into four sections - Aptitude, Technical, Program and Essay.

Aptitude - 20 questions, 20 minutes.
Technical - 20 questions, 20 minutes. C and Java.
Program - WAP to convert BST to doubly linked circular linked list with order preserved. 20 minutes
Essay - Given a picture, write your thoughts about it. 10 minutes

Cutoff: 60%, no backlogs allowed. 75% for branches other than COE, IT.

Cisco

Appeared: More than 100
Cleared after Written: 25
Finally selected: 6 (2 from IT) (3 Comp) (1 EC)

Written test consisted of 20 Aptitude questions and 30 Technical questions. Simple quant questions were asked in aptitude, whereas the technical one covered a broad range of topics including Electronics. Time 60 minutes.

Cutoff: 60%, backlogs allowed but must be cleared at time of joining.

Note: 5.96 lpa is Cisco's base salary. Total CTC I believe is around 8.06 lpa

Maruti

Eligibility: Open for electrical, mech and prod...cutoff was 55%
Package: Rs 4.22 lakhs during training Rs 5.00 lakhs after training(A+ grade)
Selection procedure: written+interview
Appeared: 45
Selected after written: 28
Finally selected after interview : 13

CDOT (Center for Development of Telematics)

C.Dot took 5 from ec ,3 from comp and do not know about rest of the brances.
it had 2 sections ,general and reserved.
profile was research scientist.
package was 4.7 ctc (pay commmission 's hike would come into effect in near future)
procedure was cv shortlist and then interviews with stress on Training.
25 were selected for interview.

Oracle

Cutoff: 70

Profile was testing, or you could say its euphemism "QA". Some people gave this a miss because of its profile.

Shortlisting based on %age. Top 25 from COE and IT (combined) were shortlisted. Rest were put in waiting. They had a very specific recruitment target (10 hires). All DRs with decent knowledge and awareness of computers were hired, rest of the DRs were not. Waiting list was not called upon as they met their target from the shortlisted 25.

Fluor Daniel

Eligibility: 60% (open for Civil, mech and prod)
Package: 5 lac(A+)
Round 1: Written test, seperate for civil and mech- About 50 appeared
Round 2: Tech interview at their Gurgoan office
Round 3: HR interview

Finally selected: 7( 3 from civil, 4 from mech, 0 from prod). Again the primary criteria for selection was DR...from civil the selected three had DR 1, 2 and 4

Siemens Power

Eligibility: 60% (open for Civil, mech and elec)
Package: 3.6 lac+ 3 lac bonus after 3 years(A grade)
Round 1: Written test, again seperate for civil, mech and elec. It had 2 sections, one general aptitude, other technical.
Round 2: Group discussion...was a mere formality...almost nobody was eliminated after this round.
Round 3: Technical interview

Finally selected: 10( 2 from civil, 5 from mech and 3 from elec)

Google

paper had four sections , combined into one paper .

Section 1 : Multiple choice questions , with subjects ranging from c++, datastrucures etc and a few aptitude ques .( 15 ques)

Section 2: Implement a library function in c/c++, bool stricmp()

Section 3 : Design a playlist like in the case of winamp , and justify ur design

Section 4 : A code for merging of 2 lists was given and we had to find bugs in it and write test codes for it .

Time limit 90min

And it was necessary to produce a good performance in each of the sections.

Cutoff: 62
Category: S
Eligible Branches: COE, IT

Round 1: Written, with four sections as described . 9 or 10 were shortlisted (6 from IT).
Round 2: Tech Interview - 3 were shortlisted (2 from IT, 1 from COE).

The 2 shortlisted from IT had done their internships at Google.

Round 3: Final tech interviews - at Google facility. Date not yet fixed.

One97

Cutoff: 55 (supplis allowed).
Branches eligible: COE, IT, ECE, EE, BT
Package: 5 lpa CTC and upto 2 lpa bonus depending on performance.

Appeared: Around 50
Shortlisted after written: 15
Finally selected: 5 (3 from IT)

Rounds

Written: 20 minutes aptitude 1 hr programing (15 questions).
Technical Interview
HR Interview

Manhattan Associates

Cutoff: 65%
Package: 4.75 lpa
Eligible Branches: IT, COE
Grade: A

Appeared: <don't know>
1st Round (Written): Around 20 cleared.
2nd and 3rd Rounds were Technical Interviews: 4 selected (1 from IT, 3 from COE)

Atrenta

written had 3 sections - Apti + Digital +C++ (DS mainly)
eleven guys after written (Ec-5,Comp-1,IT-5)
<a gift each for those eleven guys whose cleared the exam >...
interview was mainly about DS and Digital. + usual HR round
finally selected 3 from ec,2 from IT.
placed guys to join at their Noida center.

Dunnhumby

Round 1:- On-line aptitude test.
The test had basic questions on series, IQ, quant and english. Apart from them there were questions on graphs from real dunnhumby case works. They were a little tricky to understand. In all 50 questions, to be done in 40 minutes.

Round 2:- Group case study
Teams of four to five were given a data pertaining to one of dunnhumby's clients and 4 questions were to be answered based on the data. The questions involved dealing with expanding customer base, marketing strategies etc. Group work was the key here apart from moving to a logical solution. 12 people were shortlisted for the final interviews.

Round 3:- Personal Interview
4 panels of two people each interviewed the shortlisted candidates. Questions related to how you approached the case study were asked initially. Questions on things mentioned on your resume were also discussed. Each interview lasted 30-45 minutes.

A word of advice to all people interested in sitting for non-technical companies. It may appear that non-technical companies ask for nothing but communication skills, my advice is to practice case studies. Its important to understand what is being asked and then speak rather than blabbering your way through the process. Do not in any case assume that a laid back attitude can get you through non-tech companies. That is what the company complained about after the case study round.

SMARTCUBE

Round 1: Written test consist of DI questions to be answered in 20 minutes. 134 sat for written

Round 2: Shortilisted around 62-63 guys for GD round of 5 min.

Round 3: Shortlisted 12 for the final round i.e. interview including an Essay writing.

Finally Selected 3 Students.

Package was 4.2 in hand
Criteria was 60%