Test Paper :5
Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 7 July 2006
Posted By : Avik Mukherjee



HCL PLACEMENT PAPER ON 7th JULY 2006 AT KOLKATA



Hello friends,

I, Avik like to share my experience on HCL campuss recruitment held on 7th and 8th of july' 2006 at KOLKATA.



There are 4 levels -

1. APTITUDE TEST ( 1 hr 30 min )

It contains 2 sections -

a> 1st part 35 question.

Most of them are Logical reasoning, Coding, Data Interpretation

Percentage etc. It was not an easy one. But the easier problems are

situated at last. So it is best to find from where to start.

b> 2nd part 20 question.

Some questions that came are-

i. what is backpatcher

ii. language extension done by

iii. full form of SCSI

iv. tracing output ( 2 to 3 question )

v. no of links in a fully connected network of n nodes

vi. mutual exclusion implementation strategy

vii. function to pointer vs pointer to function

viii. in a given C function, for which line an error will be generated. Etc

Correct Ans -> 1 marks

Wrong Ans -> -1 marks



2 Group Disscussion

As only 157 student have been selected for the next round, they said "OK students, next round -TECHNICAL'



3. Technical held in 1: 1 ratio.

First I was asked to introduce myself, then -

ix. define data structure

x. define array,q,stack,link list their properties

xi. quick sort with complexity

xii. hashing

xiii. Define O.S

xiv. What happened when we press the power button of the computer.

xv. Difference between win 9X and win XP

xvi. Define DBMS

xvii. Diff keys

xviii. Normalizations : Why and upto DKNF

xix. To write down an SQL queary

xx. He asked if I know Microprocessor, I said No .

xxi. Full form of OSI.

xxii. Different layers of OSI and their functions.

xxiii. TCP/IP vs OSI

xxiv. Nothing from C.

xxv. Friend Function

xxvi. Polymorphism

xxvii. Operator Overloading

xxviii. Class Vs Sructure



4. HR

It also held in 1: 1 ratio at first few hours then in 1: 5 ratio.

My first question was -

i. Tell me about ur family.

ii. Then he asked why I have 54% in graduation, while in all other cases over 80%.

iii. Why I have done B.Sc but not B.Tech

iv. Then why I am doing MCA

v. Why not TCS

vi. No of students who got over 60% in B.Sc under Calcutta University

vii. Next he said my technical score is okay, then why should he will hire me

viii. Tell me about HCL

ix. My strong points

x. My weak points

xi. What is uniq in me

xii. If I had any plan of higher studies

xiii. My opinion on reservation issue

xiv. Location preference

xv. If I am ready to sign bond



Next he says if I know JAVA, I said no sir, but I have JAVA in this sem.Then he said "I think we are going to select you. Study JAVA and be a master of it. Thank you Avik'



At 8 pm the result is out and I have been selected.

So this is my story and I hope I will see many of you working with me at HCL.

" We will, We will Rock Yoy '

Avik Mukherjee

Siliguri Institute of Technology

MCA

Test Paper :7
Paper Type : Candidates Experiences
Test Date : 14 April 2006
Test Location : BHUBANESHWAR
Posted By : Soumya Sunayna


HCL PATTERN & GD - 14 APR 2006 - BHUBANESHWAR

Hi ,

I am about to share my experience of the HCL technologies recruitment drive conducted in my college
(Silicon institute of technology, Bhubaneswar) on 14th of April 2006. It was an off-campus drive with 9
participating college which made 1800 students. As far as my preparation was concerned, I had just given
my semester exams and three other campuses and was too much tired to prepare anymore. So I went
casually only taking a look at three previous papers, which were very easy on regular aptitude topics,
programming skills and logical reasoning but no English.

The written test was in the morning and to my surprise, it consisted of only two sections
Aptitude(50) and Technical(25). The Aptitude part had all unexpected topics like Data interpretation (20),
some puzzles, passages and conclusions, jumbled sentences and very few question on aptitude but tough.
But the technical part was easy with questions covering on all topics like C (programs on pointers),
C++, RDBMS, Oracle, Computer fundamentals.

There were negative markings, +1 for every correct answer, -1 for incorrect and 0 for unanswered one with
1 hr 45 mints time. I was pretty confident of my technical paper. I completed it in 20 mints and diverted my
rest time on Aptitude just to make it above cut off marks. But at the end I realized that I had not given a
satisfactory paper. They did not even tell us the cut of marks. In the evening when the results were
announced, only 299 could make it including me. Within an hour we were ready for the next round.

The next round was the GD with 15 in each group. Some of the topics that I remember were Cubical egg,
Green orange, Bitter ice-cream, Should there be reservations in IITs and IIMs, etc. Basically they were
looking for someone who could speak. Even in some group the moderators could voluntarily ask anyone
on the topic or any technical question. My moderator was a friendly HR guy and he gave a topic 'Why
should not HCL hire you?' He made it clear that he was very tired and in no mood to listen to our 'dukhda'
as to why the previous companies did not hire us. In a way we were to make the discussion as humorous
as it can be. My friends gave very serious reasons, so the moderator time and again said "Apna dukhda
mat sunao". I was the fourth one to speak. I said " I have a tendency to put on weight, and every IT
company like HCL have to make their employees work for 12-14 hrs at a stretch, and I can't afford to
do that" . As soon as I finished talking, he asked me to leave the room. When I was out my seniors
told me that I was selected. They asked all of us to report next morning at 9 for our interviews. So
I stayed back in the college hostel in the campus itself. I could only sleep for 3 hrs because I had
too much to study. This was the biggest mistake that I did. You should never stay awake on the
day before the interview.

I came to know that HCL recruitment drive was full of surprises and so was the next day.
When we reached next morning, we came to know that we would have group interviews i.e.
1 interviewer and 5 interviewees but later that day a panel of 6 from Calcutta reached the
college for technical interview.

So there would be separate technical and HR interviews. My group was to report at 3 in the
afternoon and because I was the last in my panel, my interview was taken at 5 o'clock. It was a 1 to 1
interview. I was pretty nervous and due to which I created some blunders but the only thing that worked
for me was the 'Smile', that was constant in my face throughout the interview. He asked me fundamental
questions like features of oops, various keys in RDBMS, TCP/IP protocol, how do you compile a C++
program?. He also asked me why I want to join HCL. I said " "I feel that I am competent enough to enter the
IT sector and HCL is giving me the that opportunity, moreover I share my surname with the co-founder", to
give it a humorous touch and it even made him smile. As I came out of the interview, I thought that I would
be rejected because he said that he would send me an offer in 3 days. I found it quite odd. I was surprised
when my senior confirmed that I was selected for the next round.

The next round was the HR interview with a panel of 2:3 i.e. 2 interviewers and 5 interviewees. Initially
technical questions were asked, like all about storage classes, why do you use friend function and what
are its disadvantages. The HR questions they asked all of us were what's your family background?
What went wrong in your previous campuses? what are your career goals?
What do you know about HCL and who's the president,
the chairman and how many employees? Why HCL? One of the panelists asked my friend beside me,
"What are Soumya's weaknesses?" My friend answered, "She is very short-tempered".
Then the panelist asked me why. I said "Sir, I lose my temper only when I am with my friends because
I trust them that they won't mind me".
When we came out we were told that three of us were selected and were to report at the PPT hall for the
next round.

The next round, as we were told would be the Managerial Round (MR). This was something new for us
and it would be done after the PPT session. We met at around 11:30 PM. The PPT was very dynamic
and all the time I kept thinking whether I am gonna make it or not. I was too much tired and frustrated
after two sleepless nights and 4 rounds.
The climate was hot and humid and I wore a synthetic dress which I could not take it any more.
I even thought of quitting but later I realized that it had been so difficult to come up till here, I cannot give
up now. It was my only chance and I should not lose it. Then I made up my mind to stay cool.
When the PPT ended the HR guy asked us whether we should conduct our next round now or come
up tomorrow morning. We all decided that we would finish it that day itself. Then he suddenly announced
that they are offering all of us present there and there will be no MR round. It was just to test our
patience and another style of HCL recruitment. It was so sudden that our happiness knew no bounds.
Its true that it is full of surprises.

My advice to all future aspirants is to never lose hope and wear dresses in which you can stay for long
hours. And above all 'Expect the Unexpected'

(Paper Submitted By : Soumya Sunayna)

Test Paper :6
Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 29 May 2006
Posted By : Raja Rajan M


HCL TECHNOLOGIES PAPER - 29 MAY 2006 - CHENNAI
Hi,!

Company: HCL Tech., Chennai.
Place: Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Date: 29-05-2006
type :fresher(campus)

The written test was in the morning and to my surprise, it consisted of only two sections Aptitude(35) and Technical(20). The Aptitude part had all unexpected topics like Data sufficiency, some puzzles, passages and very few question on aptitude but tough. But the technical part was easy with questions covering on all topics like C (programs on pointers), C++, OS, Software Engineering, Computer fundamentals.

There were negative markings, +1 for every correct answer, -1 for incorrect and 0 for unanswered one with 1 hr and 30 mints time. There was also section cut-off. I was pretty confident of my technical paper.

Technical Questions
1. Language extension is
1. Pre-processor
2. complier
2. what is thrashing
3. what type of testing is testing the function interface.
4. Const *ptr, *const prt difference?
5. number of links need to connect all nodes in mesh network.
6. black patching is done in which phase?
7. 1 question on C using malloc()
8. number of * that will be printed for the call fun(5)

fun(int a)
{
If( a > 1)
{
Fun(a/2)
Fun(a/2)
}
Else
Cout<<"*"
}


Aptitude

1. 1 Arrangement problem dealing with position of 6 people standing in front of an ATM
1. Who is standing at first in the queue?
2. Who stands at the 4th position in the queue?

The problem was very easy

1. Another problem in arrangement. There r 4 people who take single job and play 2 games. Rules were given for assigning the jobs and games to them.

1. Who is the accountant?
2. who does not swim and 2 more question like that
3. There was a problem in data sufficiency. A table for the cricket tournament was given with some attributes left. Rules were given on how to fill the table, after filling the table we have to answer the question
1.Did srilanka played against bangladesh?
2.whats India highest score in an innings?
And 4 more questions
This problem was very tough.

4. The given is the interger series. Where a1=1,a2=2 and amn=anam
find a3, a5,a1800.

5. Dravid scored 1/3 total score for India in a match. Sachin scored 80% of the runs excluding dravid and others. While other batsmen managed to take 32 in total. Whats is the score of dravid?

6. Ramu and Raja can finish a project 'X' in 3 and 4 days. Ramu and Somu can finish the project 'Y' in 4 and 5 Day. They can all do the project 'Z' in 12 days.

1. What is the number of days taken by ramu to finish project Z all alone?
And similar questions.

The results for the written exam came after 1 hour and the selected students were asked to come for the GD. Some of the topics that I remember were Cubical egg, why HCL should not select u? This round was not a major elimination round. Only very few were rejected. Then we were asked to come for presentation after the lunch. The interview process started around 3pm, we were divided into 2 groups. I belonged to the 2nd group and had the interview in the next day morning.

The interview was very easy and all the question where only from the resume. I first had my technical interview and then the HR interview. In Tech interview I had most of the question from java & J2ME, coz of my project. There were also question from Linux, SDLC, C++ and DFD.

The HR interview was really cool. I was asked simple question like r u willing to relocate? Why HCL should not select u? I was also given a couple of problem and ask to solve. Divide a square into five equal parts? At last around 4 in the evening the results where announced and I am happy to get into HCL!!!

(Paper Submitted By : Raja Rajan M, II MCA)

Test Paper :8
Paper Type : Whole Testpaper
Test Date : 1 July 2006
Test Location : KOLKATTA
Posted By : Nayan Mukherjee


HCL TECHNOLOGIES PATTERN & INTERVIEW - JUL 2006 - KOLKATTA

hi Friebds,

I am a silent member of this group, recently i got placed in HCL technologies pool Campus in Kolkata.
there was
1) Aptitude test
2)Technical Aptitude test
3)Technical Interview
4)HR interview

In Technical Aptitude Questions were from
i)Compiler design
ii)O.S
iii)C
iv)Software Engineering
v)Networking

In Aptitude Questions were from
i)Percentages
ii)Time & Work
iii)Reasoning etc..(R.S.Aggarwal)

Technical Interview was lengthy and questions asked from every subject including JAVA. but not from Depth.

In HR questions were not so much to be worried abt.
i)Where do u want to see urself after 5 yrs.
ii)what is ur long term plan etc.

(Pattern Submitted By : Nayan Mukherjee)

Test Paper :9
Paper Type : General - Interview
Test Date : 1 March 2006
Test Location : Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, DELHI
Posted By : Puneet Gupta


HCL TECHNOLOGIES INTERVIEW - MAR 2006 - DELHI
Hi,

These are some of the questions asked in interview of HCL Technology during the recruitment drive in MAIT(Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Delhi)

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS

1. What is a virtual function?
2. Diff b/w func. overloading and func overriding.
3. What is an abstract class?
4. What are "cin" and "cout" - a function or something else?
5. If class C is derived from class B and class B is derived frm class A, define the order in which constructor and destructor would be called if an object of class C is made and explain why?
6. If class A is an abstract class in above question, define the order in which constructor and destructor would be called if an object of class C is made and explain why?
7.What is pure virtual function?
8. Give exmples of virtual func and pure virtual func in real world.
9. Give example of function overloading in real world.
10. Can two parent classes of a derived class have a member function/variable having same name?
11. What is type convertion?
12. Can int be converted into float, float to int, char to int or int to char?
13. What is multilevel and multiple inheritence?
14. Write the structure of switch statement.
15. Some questions by shuffling various case statements, bringing default to top, removing break.
16. Give output:--
int a=5;
cout<<++a<<a<<a++;
17.What is super( ); ?
18. Difference b/w c and c++ .
19. Why is java so popular?
20. What are bytecodes in java?
21. What is platform independence?
22. Write a Query to count the no. of rows in a table.
23. Write a query to find the second largest no. in a column.
24. Who is the author of C++ ?

HR QUESTIONS

1. Introduce yourself.
2. What do you know about HCL.
3. How many lamp posts are there in noida?
4. If you are given a 3 ltr and a 5 ltr jar, give two ways to measure 4 ltr water.
5. If you are given a 7 mtr rod, divide it into 7 equal parts by cutting it only 3 times.
6. Where is mount everest?
7. Can you shift mount everest from Nepal to Russia?
8. What are your plans for higher studies?
9. What are your preferred location of work?
10. Explain the project undertaken by you till date.
11. Give your idea of a good project.
12. What are your strengths and weekness?
13. If we send you to Japan, what are the problems that u'll be facing?

ALL THE BEST

(Paper Submitted By : Puneet Gupta, MAIT)