Satyam Papers

Satyam papers-2007

I am Srinivas from Guntur. I was doing my MCA in Narasaraopet. Recently I attended for Satyam written test in Narasaraopeta Engineering College.

The paper consists of 15 questions with 1/4 negative marking. Yhe paper was little bit tough. The questions are from Aptitude, Reasoning and English (1or2 bits).

The questions are :
(one from percentage) the ratio of a,b,c,d,e,f are 1 1/2:1 1/3:1 2/3:1 1/4 :1 3/5:1 5/6.if c get 4,300 less than b find the total amount?(like this model)

two from English

one from blood relations

(one from areas) find the perpendicular distance of trapezium if its area is 110 and its side is 8 and diagonal is 10?(like this model i donot recollect exact question)

one from pyramid

(one from trains)two trains start from same point and they start at 9.00a.m at 90kmph and 8.30 a.m at 80kmph. at what distance will they meet?

one from data interpretation(bar graph)

(one from simple interest)a boy has old system .he brought the new system at rs 3,200 and he paid 20% down payment and he will pay interst of 6% for 3 years.what amount has to pay monthly?
a)98 b)84c)68d)75d)none of these

one from calender

one from probability

10 T=2
20 T1=T+1
30 T2=T1*1000
40 T3=T2+4
50 T4=T*10+1
60 T5=T3+T4+T5
IF(T<6) GOTO 20
PRINTF T5
END

paper-2

Iam Lalitha.y. I am here to share my experience in Satyam recruitment process. I am from MIC college of technology pursing MCA final year. I attended through JKC conducted at LBRCE Mylavaram

Satyam pattern :
1.Written test (aptitude,reasoning,simple program)
2.GD (Elimination Process)
3.Technical (20 to 30min)
4.HR (For me it is 2min)

Written consists 20 questions with negative marking. My sensior advice is don't make any guess. Written was conduted on Aug 16 (2007) only for students of Krishna Dt.

GD was conducted on Sep 11 (2007) for Krishna and Guntur dt students. GD process is also easy if u speak confidently. While speaking don't see the selector. It creates bad impression. while other person is speaking look at the speaker.

Use simple & clear English. If possible try Initaite or conclude the topic. Initiation should be taken only if u are clear about topic. If u don't know the topic allow others to initiate then u will get some idea. Among 630 students they selected 230 from GD process.

My GD topic was "Brain Drain". I have some idea about topic but i am not the intiator. I started second. I took chance 5 to 6 times. Nobody will give chance for us we have to take. Don't argue or question anyone in the group. It is about 10min.

GD Topics:
1.Brain drain
2.Impact of wester culture on Indian Culture
3.Is china threat for Indian IT
4.Involvement of politians in sports
5.Current affairs Chet anaS
6.old India Vs new India
7.Terrorism
8.Reservations
9.love marriage Vs arrange marriages

After completion of GD essay writing will be there to test our writing skills. don't bother about that it just to appraise our writing skills.

In Technical they concentrate only on basics (C, C++, DBMS, OS, Unix). For non computer students (C,OS) and their core subjects. First wish the interviewer with a smiling face.

Questions asked me are about tell me about urself, compiler, assembler, what is os, functionality of os, difference b/w structured & oops, oops feartures, what is dbms, normal forms, Unix commands.

If u don't know the answer say sorry sir. Among 230, 111 r completed tech.

In HR they ask tell me about urself, hobbies and they give feedback of our performance through out the process. Finally 105 tsudents r selected and I am one among them.

Paper-3

This is Divya from GITAM, Visakhapatnam. I'm frm MCA & I would like to share my whole experience on the day wen SATYAM came to my clg. It is on 4 July 2007..

SATYAM selection process consists of :
1 APTITUDE TEST
2 GD
3 TECH+HR INTERVIEW

My Aptitude test started at 10 am. time will be 30 mins. 15 questions. Questions r frm areas like time n work, time n distance, percentages, profit loss, simple n compound interest, permutations n combinations number series etc..

Each correct ans carries 1 mark n each wrong ans leads to 1/4 reduction from the obtained marks. So be sure of ur ans... dont make guesses... usually cut off wil be frm 8 to 11. My paper was easy to me but some of my frns told dat it is tough. I marked 11 questions perfectly n i'm very confident that i'l go through written. Meanwhile they gave ppt..It was so nice. After ppt they announced d results of written. obviously my name was there...

Next round was GD.. many of my frns said that this was the main elimination round. 10 members a group. The moderator asked to choose our own topic. We said PRESENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA. I'm the initiator of my group. I opposed the topic through out my discussion.. after 10 mins of discussion with my group the moderator asked me to summarize the gd. I did it well.. after that they asked to wait for result... frns dont think that this is the main elimination round......they wil take based on ur performance only.. I waited for a long time for gd result but i'm very confident that i'l select coz i've done very well throughb out my discussion....

After a long time they announced the GD results... my name was there. After GD they wil giv HR form. In my opinion this will play an imp role in selection process...

Next round was TECH+HR
I was called by them for interview around 7pm. I entered d room with a big smile on face and a lot of confidence.
INTERVIEWER : Hi Divya...please take ur seat.......
ME : Hi sir...thanku(i sat)
INTER : How was d day.....I think u are waiting from morning...
ME : fine sir
INTER : Tell me about urself........
ME : I strted saying.. my name, native place, family back ground, academics, hobbies, strengths. (meanwhile he interrupted me)
INTER : Tell me about ur projects
ME : I said
INTER : what is ur fav sub?
ME : C++
INTER : asked about virtual funcs, inheritence, friend funcs...
ME : I explained well with syntaxes
INTER : wat is the diff b/w applet n application....
ME : said
INTER : wat is d life cycle of applet
ME : Explained
INTER : why u joined GITAM n that too MCA
ME : said
INTER : why SATYAM
ME : said well.....
INTER : why shud I hire u?
ME: said
INTER : wer u want to see urself in next 5 years
ME : said
INTER : asked some other simple hr questions
ME : said with lot of confidence
INTER : any queries
ME : Sir, can I do my 6th sem project thru SATYAM?
INTER : no.. he explained the reason well

My interview was about 15-17 mins. I was very confident tru out the interview. I was with a smiley face. I was atisfied with my answers... He offered me shakehand n he said all the best to me.....he said to wait for results. I left d room with confidence. I was very confident till then but i became very tensed after my interview. then my frns gave me moral support wic I never forgot in my life

Paper-5

This is Ananth Kiran.. we know the proverb "failure is the stepping stone of success".... I am frankly telling u this is exactly correct. I hav failed in 1)infosys written test.2) hr in convergys 3) perot in written test.4) virtusa in written test but i got some experience in each company test. Finally I got selected in satyam... Friends success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Test pattern : Written test 15 multiple choice q WITH -VE MARKING SO CAREFULLY WRITE ONLY KNOWN ANSWERS AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABT GUESSED ANSWERS. DON'T PUT ALL THE ANS EVEN U KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS BECOZ SATYAM DON'T WANT HIGHLY INTELLEGENT PEOPLE.

1) SERIES (R.S. aggarwal is enough for aptitude)
2) COMPOUND INTEREST
3) RATIOS
4) 3 q FRM REASONING (VERY EASY)
5) AGES AND MILK RATIO AND PROPORTION PROBLES
6) PROBABILITY .... i.e, ex: A through a die and after that B through die. if who got 5 on die that person will win. wat is the prob for B wins ..(exactly this q only

7) Some table given and find the ratio of sums of two colomns in table..(dead easy)
b carefull with ratio coz don't b over confident while calculating ..If u get exact ans then only do it

8) some qs given and most of them ans are "no of these" in my test. So if u r confident then only put tat option..

GD: This is elimination round and thy offered us to select our own topic. And we hav chosen "should youth enter into politics" (if get ths chance try to select topic regarding IT) my group is very good group and I initialized the topic. try to initiate the topic if u hav some content and tell the def of topic...my personal advise is go through "gd topics with answers" It ll help us a lot ..really ( LOUD UR VOICE)....

HR: tell me abt ur self (pl b confident loud ur voice and with smile)
Fav. Subject (I said STLD), my project and on my paper presentations .... these helped me a lot in technical .

Extraactivities: meditation & reading spiritual book.. he ll surely ask u q on that.
Be confident and loud ur voice and give smile. they will see how much u r confident. Not ur answers. Really.

If u hav project works and paper presentations b prepare for that. thy ll ask u q on it only.

Thank you friends. I hape it will help u alleast 1% for ur success. It is really good company and offers 2.5L /anum.

papper-4
My name is Pranjal Paliwal. Currently I am pursuing b.tech in mechanical engineering (6th sem) FROM HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECH. I went through the Satyam recruitment process recently on 28th April at my clg Hindustan college of science and technology (Mathura) which is my college. By God's grace, I was able to make through the final list and now I am a proud to be Satyammate.

Friends this is my 5th company previously I am able to crack infy, l&t infotech, tcs but failed at hr. Therefore I only suggest you that believe in Yourself, because a +ve attitude is driving force for any recrt. Process and believe it will also help you till hr section

This website helped me a lot to get through the process and I think, I would be glad if I can contribute a bit from my side too. There was pool campus in which around 1200 candidates 4rm 12 college appeared…..out of which 236 were selected for the second round. And finally 82

Aptitude section:

As u all of know that Satyam aptitude paper consists of 15 question and duration is 30 min, the cut off is usually 7, remember there is negative marking so do not try to attempt all question. apti section is damn easy. I am sure that a person with basic knowledge can easily get through

Most of the questions were solvable if one has done Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal. Make sure, you attempt only those questions which are you damn sure of. Don make too many blind guesses. Usually, the cutoff ranges between 6 to 8, and attempting 7-9 questions with full confidence will get you in.

Here are some of the question s that are asked:

1. what is the day of 16th july 1776. ans. Tuesday go through rs aggrawal calendar 4r that



2. 5,10,15,7,14,_,8,16,24 ans.21



3. compound interest problem like what is ci on 7500 at 4% for 2 year. Ans . 612



4. data interpretation problem



5. data sufficiency problem like

what is the area of triangle

1. sum of two sides are given

2. perimeter is given

ans. 1 and 2nd both are required to give a ans



6.a paragraph regarding food adulteration and quality management is given easy to derive conclusion


7. triangle puzzle

?
394 506
172 218 284
74 94 120 160 ans:904

sol: simple just add the two nos. below any no. and add another 4 to them u will get the upper no.
(74+94+4=172, 94+120+4=218, 120+160+4=284, 172+218+4=394, 218+284+4=506)so ans is 394+506+4=904


8. 5 men do work in H hours ,then m men do that in what time?

Ans. 5h/m since men and hours are inversely proportional 5:m=?/h=5h/m


9. an average question is given regarding the age of 5 person in a family is 7 and now 2 duo childrens are born and average remains unchanged

then what is age of children?

That’s what I remember in apti section


Group Discussion round
All the 236 candidates were called for GD and PI round. The GD is called not as Group Discussion but Group Dynamics round in Satyam. I hope that tells us, as to what we are supposed to do in that round. The point is not only to speak good on a topic or good communication skills. They count as well as how you behave in the group, giving others a chance, encouraging others, making a space for yourself, emerging as a leader yet being a part of the group. my gd begins at 4.00 pm
GD's were conducted in groups of 10, and lasted for 10 minutes on an average.

Following are some tips to crack gd:

1. do pre placement talk with the guys u are going in gd. it helps to feel comfortable with them

2. there is wide rumors that try to initiate ya it helps only 4r those who have good contents to start

3. I prefer to start at 3rd or 4th position because at that time u have good points

4. try to give chance to everyone

5. don’t create fish market

my gd topic is “How can we control child labour”?

I have given strong points like removing illiteracy, providing education at primary as well as higher, ngo and govt come forward

The person who appreciate my ideas also get selected so never condemn ideas, they are looking for a person having leadership qualities

At the end try to give conclusion
at 6:00 pm gd results are out, we are informed to gather at media hall to fill forms “please note that u have only 1 year gap Because around 38 peoples are rejected just 4 that” so please confirm all terms and condition Because it is too harassing to be eliminated at that time. I filled form too early therefore my interview call at 3rd number My hr person is very cool

Personal Interview Round

Me: May I come in Sir?
Interview: Yes. Come in.

Me: Good-evening Sir!
Interviewer: Good-evening.

I handed over my resume and waited beside the chair meant for me.

Interviewer: Have your seat.
Me: Thank-you Sir.

Interviewer: Okay. So you are pranjal
Me: Yes sir. Pranjal Paliwal

Interviewer: tell me abt urself?
Me: I have already prepared 4r that, I have given hr 2 times, this is the first question to be asked.

Interviewer: tell me abt ur family background?
me: my father is businessman…………… give qualities that u like ……

Interviewer: what are the phases of software cycle?

Me: feasible study, analysis, coding, testing, implementation at client site and further finally testing.

Interviewer: Do you have any subject related to computer, since I belong to M.E?
Me: machine design with the help of simple basics of C

Interviewer: write a programme that prints frm 1 to ten, two methods?

Me: I wrote using while loop and counter, there he add something like that it can also be written in another way also.

Interviewer: with my surprise, then he switch over ms office, so nothing is expected there he ask basic question like what is the use of ms outlook

Me: for sending email

Interviewer: write 1 to ten in a column in ms excel without writing repeatedly ie in one step?

Me: for god sake I am expert in ms excel, I told first of all write 1 in 1st cell then drag cell up to ten cell then use count function.

Interviewer: that’s what I want to know from u. thank u pranjal, best of luck?

Me: thanks
Surprisingly, my interview lasted too long abt 15 min. but I was sure that I would be in.