A Comet's Voyage

Date :- 3.5.2008
Name of the company:- Infosys (no need to give any introduction)
Place of campusing :- JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ,KALYANI
Previous Experience :- Cognizant Technology Solutions (dropped from P.I. round on 3rd march 2008)
Personal Introduction:- Pratik Ghosh, B.Tech 3rd year student in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation
Engineering.
Preparation Time:- Books:- verbal and non-verbal books by R.S Aggarwal
GRE Barron mainly for TCS. Godfreid , kanitkar for c language. Gaonker
For Microprocessor 8085. Salivana for Digital Electronics.
Website:- www.scodz.com, www.about.com, www.wikipedia.org and various
Websites for English sections.
Presentation Experience:- Conducted by a HR Manager. Gave Information about the growth of the
Company, about total number of employees, service offered by the company
Clients of the company and showed the video of the Mysore Training Center.
It is really a place to watch. They do not come to campus with selected
of offered letters.
Aptitude experience:- Conducted by their own recruitment cell (eastern wing). 35 marks on
Mathematics and 30 marks on English. Total 65 marks in 1hr.
Mathematics portion consists of data sufficiency, pie-chart problem, puzzle on
sitting arrangement etc.
English section consists of 2 big comprehensions. Best way is to find the answer
directly from questions and as usual grammar part like correction of sentences,
best possible alternative.
Though there is no negative marking but there may be hit ratio.

Personal Interview:- Conducted by a young person. He was very friendly. Looking at my profile which was to be filled up after the presentation was over. In Infosys PI there will be only HR questions along with puzzles. Following questions were asked to me.
1. Tell me about your strength.
2. Tell about your weakness.
3. Tell me about your goal in next 5years and after 20 years.
4. Tell me about your hobby.
5. He asked me how you will I conduct the college feast.(as I told him that under my supervision in our school Saraswati Puja was held and at present I am the secretary of our local club)
That’s all. It lasted for 25 minutes.
Summary:- Always be confident while answering in PI. Time management is important in aptitude. Always prepare a supporting sentence to that you are telling. Facial expression is important; do not show any nervousness during your answering. Never forget to give proper greetings.
I got selected. Hope you will be also. So, all the best to the readers.