PATNI Placement Papers
Paper Type : General - other
Test Date : 21 June 2007
Test Location : Thakur College of Engg & Tech, Mumbai
PATNI PAPER ON 21st JUNE AT MUMBAI
ok,guys n gals honestly speaking i never thought i wud ever b getting into a
s/w company bcoz of my average marks in engg n poor technical
skills..but,here i am writing my experience after selection which was thru a
marathon process leaving us all exhausted...
The Process:
getting 2 the selection process(as,i already mentioned a marathon 1),it was
divided in2 3 parts:
Aptitude Test:
basically consists of 3 sections which include quantative ability,analytical
ability & english section...all tat u ppl hav 2 do is b quick at
quant(simple) where stuff like ratio proportion,%age,profit/loss,simple
geometry,time & work & the like topics r asked...referring 2 r.s agarwal
shud get u thru quant...as far as logic goes it was a bit tricky,but its
manageable..stuff like binary form where if $=1 and *=0 then wat can
($***)+$* be expressed as????some questions on groups of ppl....all of these
can b easily managed by solving some practise exercises frm ne
logic/reasoning book...now,as far the english part is concerned u don hav b
a rocket scientist 2 clear it...it is one of the most simplest n silliest
questionnaires tat i hav ever seen...some vocabulary tests(silly) followed
by article insertion(super dumb) n a passage wid some questions(super super
dumb)...this section is not even worth mentioning so guys just chill as far
as english is concerned n try n attempt it1st...
the apti consisted of 60 questions which ver 2 b answered in 70 mins...the
subdivisons were as follows:
a) English(15 qs)
b) Analytical ability(15qs)
c) Quantitative ability(30qs)
Group Discussion (GD):
they made us wait a heck of a lot 4 this particular part...i cleared this
part wid out ne stress at all...the topic given 2 us was "marriage:a social
trap?" pls comment...the gd honestly was a cakewalk wherein if u speak up a
little bit u wud b selected..jus b forthright n clear wid in ur views n don
digress frm the topic...they give u fair chance 2 speak nehow...btw
v ver divided in2 groups of 10 ppl n there ver abt12 grps...don worry 2 much
abt the gd..jus speak up in a concise way n b communicative...
Personal Interview (PI):
this,basically was conducted in variations 4 different ppl wherein some like
me ver subjected thru both technical n hr interviews seperately while the
others jus had a single interview...i will describe my experience thru both
the interviews(hr
& technical):
HR:
k,ther was this expressionless man sitting in ther who as i entered asked me
2 take a seat n straightaway asked me the time...it was around 9.30 in the
night n then he asked me as 2 ven i had come 2 college...i told him at abt 9
in the morning...he asked r u not tired after staying 4 so long??i tried 2
evade his question but eventually replied tat though i was a bit stressed i
was very happy wid the way the selection process was conducted & it was a
very fair process..he then asked usual stuff like tell me abt urself,where i
tol him abt myself n y i wanted 2 b in the s/w industry...he asked me stuff
like wat i thought was challenging abt the s/w industry..2 which i replied i
liked erp-sap systems n the challenges faced by the industry 2 implement it
in various sectors....actually,ppl 2 b honest wid i think they chk ur
confidence n communication skills,the latter being the only 1 i was counting
upon....after some more grilling,he said i wud hav 2 go 4 a technical
interview 4 abt 5-10 mins...this was the only scary part 4 me....
Technical:
a smart looking man with a mprominent moustache who was very polite took my
technical interview..he again asked me
the same things like tell me abt urself n stuff...i gave the same damn
answers which i had given during the time of my hr
interview..he asked me abt bubble sort algorithm which i wrote n then went
in2 some confusing details abt for loops n stuff..i gave some ans 2 which he
wasnt convinced...he then said 4get programming n asked me a puzzle which i
attempted but cudnt solve ultimately..he tol me tat he dint expect me 2 give
the answer 2 tat puzzle n many others had failed in doing so...he then
wished me luck n tat was the end of my interview...
Result Declaration:
then they declared the results at abt 11.30 in the night ven everybody was
dizzy n hungry n almost asleep..but neways the joy of getting selected
overpowered all of tat...i must admit their selection process is very fair,n
u get a fair chance...but at times more than the actual inerviews or the
gds,the waiting period makes u feel like jus walking out...but as they
say"good things don come easy"...os,guys if u r like me wid average %age,lack
of interest in engg but gud communicational skills n other interests i
suggest u still try n pick up placements bcoz every1 out ther is jus like us
even though they may hav gr8 marks..n also all companies look 4 nowadays r
adequate communication skills n reasonable analytical skills.......so y give
up an opportunity,ven its comin walking up2 u,isnt it????
By,
Nitesh
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