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ARICENT PAPER ON 18th OCTOBER GURGAON
Hi friends, recently i got selected on 23rd oct'08 in the
offcampus drive of ARICENT TECHNOLOGIES .Let me share my
experience with you ,
Around 4000 students applied for Aricent across India,but
they shortlisted and called 2300 for the writen test at 3
centers namely Gurgaon,Chennai n Banglore.
WRITTEN TEST
Test was conducted by merittrac on 18th n 19th oct. i gave
the written on 18th.the written test was for 1:50 hrs.there
were 4 sections in all:analytical section , accuracy to
data,choice b/w c/c++ and java and data structures.
for analytical section one can go through r.s. agrawal, that
is sufficient(no questions like time n work etc were
asked),accuracy to data dat section was v easy and it was
just an eye wash some figures are given like 33345673333
,den there were 4 opions and u have to see how many of the
four match dis digit....c section was ok,some question were
v simple,around 5-7 were tough,Data structures was quite
simple,n no codes were given , there were simple questions
about stacks,queues,linked list, n around 4-5 questions on
complexities of different sorting etc....do remember dat da
time constraint is dere, for c ,data structure n accuracy to
data time was sufficient , but for the first section it was
less for me.dere were 100 questions in total.
Then after the written result was announced in around 2 hrs,
in my batch 400 were dere n 100 were called 4 interview ,so
by dis ratio around 600 must have been called for interview
from 2300.
INTERVIEW DAY
On 21st i was called for interview,i just had 2 days 2
prepare for the interview, n in Aricent they can ask each n
every thing that u must have studied..i toiled v hard day n
night revised almost everything data structures, os, dcn , c
, c++,s/w engineering, sdlc,normalization, keys,sql ,unix
etc.
i was a bit confident as i studied almost everything...den
my interview was frm 10:30-12:30,dere were 25 students in my
batch at that time.a guy came to take us from the gate of
Aricent sharp at 10:30 , really liked the punctuality of
aricent ppl,den he led us into a room , n gave us 2 pieces
of paper to fill, in one we had to mention everything about
ourselves ,it was the employee record form , it was quite
long...and in da other dere were around 9 scenarios , n we
had 2 write in dem our experiences.he gave us around 30
minutes to fill both the forms .the scenarios were like
1)give an instance wen u found something difficult to learn
,den wat did u do??wat was da outcome??
2)wat do u dislike??tell us in brief about urself
i mostly wrote about my projects in da scenarios...,but u hv
2 think n write fast as time is less.
GROUP DISCUSSION E
Then the person took us to another room for GD..and he left
, n 2 HR's were dere 2 take our GD,we were given a paper on
wich Mid day Meal wich the govt provides in schools for poor
children was described.Comparison of cooked and uncooked
food was da main theme ...then we were given around 10 min 2
read it, n den our gd began ,all da time we were debating on
whether cooked food was better or uncooked...dere were some
guys in da group of 10 , who were not giving oders chance to
speak ,da HR asked dem 2 let everybody speak,gd went 4 20
minutes , n den we were asked 2 conclude one by one...some
favoured cooked food n some packed food..but i was da only
one who favoured both,i said dat govt can include both kinds
,but wat needs to be looked is dat some minimum standards
are set for the food,as cooked food can be unhygenic while
even packed food have date of expiry,i dint know whether i
was rite or wrong , but i said wat i felt .
The hr's were noting our marks frm time to time, i was
speaking only wen my turn came ...so guys dont fight in gd's
as HR's note each n everything.
INTERVIEW
Den after the gd,we were called one by one for the
interview,dere were many ppl taking interview ,around 5-7
,so our turn came quickly,,
i was asked to sit on sofa , n den after 10 min , an HR came
to take me wid him.i went inside a big hall n dere were
around 3-4 more hr's who were taking interview of different
candidates,
i was having cough , so as soon as i sat he asked me 2 have
water, i confidently poured water in a glass n drank it n
said thanks.i put my handbag on the floor and file in my
lap,GUYS, NEVER KEEP THE FILE OR BAG ON THE TABLE ,REMEMBER
ITS DERE TABLE NOT OUR..
Then to make me comfortable he asked me to tell something
about me...i answered...
Then straightaway he started with the technical round..first
he asked about s/w enginering--wat is spiral model??wat are
different type of testing,wat is validation...fortunately i
knew all da answers
,den he asked about the phases of SDLC,den moved to c,he
asked me dat wat shud he ask in c...i said anything sir.then
he asked me to write the prototype of switch-case, n asked
many questions related to it,use of break,default,continue
etc., he also asked me the output of few questions in c
den asked to write a string program , asked about static
function ,also asked me to write a program 2 implement queue
, i wrote but was stuck in de middle, but den i said sir i
can explain the logic,he said ok , den i explained...
he was satisfied,den he asked data communication n netwoking
,he first asked about the layers of osi model ,den protocals
in each layer , also about some protocals, den he asked
about packet switching ,circuit switching , sliding window
protocal,
den asked me is anything left??i smiled n said sir OS as its
my favourite subject, den he asked questions on windows ,
critical section , semaphores,how 2 implement dem?wat is a
thread.....the interview went for around 45 min , den he
said ok...n i thoUght now i m through wid my interview,but
den he said ...i have just taken half of the interview ...i
smiled back ,it was the time for HR round...
i always knew dat i will perform gud in dis round ,so now i
became v relaxed-he asked many questions like , wat have u
learned working in da team ,wat are the problems faced while
working in a team , he was also referring to my scenario
filled form n asking questions, how come u knw about
Aricent??he said dat in companies most of the guys drink and
smoke , will u b having any problems??n he came 2 knw dat i
have always studied wid gals frm nursery , so he asked how
will u work with boys.he asked me about relocation ,
expected salary,
my expectations from the company ,and grilled me on many
questions..but i was quite confident n always answered wid
smile.my interview went for 1:15 min ,he also asked me if i
had any questions , i asked many questions like sir wat is
ur profile,wat do aricent expect frm me, if i get selected
den wat will be the next step...he answered to all my
questions v nicely.
AT LAST I MADE IT!!!!
Wen i came out of the room , i was not sure whether my
interview was gud or bad ,whether i ll get selected or
not...
but due to god's grace i got the mail frm dem on 23rd dat i
was selected , they have selected 131 students all over
india(gurgaon,chennai,banglore)n da next day got the offer
letter n doj wich is 3rd nov...
the HR was v friendly n was having a gud personality
,remember guys dat in Aricent eaCh n every round counts , so
u need 2 perform in each n every round , n also ur c n dcn
skills should be gud..
even i was not sure of many questions ,but i either said sir
i dont knw or sir i would like to guess The answer , so u
should always be confident , even if u r answering wrong,
sometimes wen i gave wrong answers da HR tried to stress me
by saying u have given a completely wrong answer, but i
never lost my calm , n smiled back.
Even i used to think before that it is hard 2 clear Aricent
, but now after my selection i would like to say that
nothing is tough , u just need to be confident n
hardworking.
All the very best to u guys,btw i m an mca frm banasthali
vidyapith, |
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