Test paper3 for HCL sept 2006 Chennai

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Test paper3 for HCL Chennai sep 2006

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 & win XP
xvi. Define DBMS
xvii. Diff keys
xviii. Normalizations : Why & 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 & their functions.
xxiii. TCP/IP vs OSI
xxiv. Nothing from C.
xxv. Friend Function
xxvi. Polymorphism
xxvii. Operator Overloading
xxviii. Class Vs Structure

4. HR
It also held in 1: 1 ratio at first few hours then in 1: 5 ratio.
the 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 the technical score is okay, then why should he will hire me
viii. Tell me about HCL
ix. the strong points
x. the weak points
xi. What is uniq in me
xii. If I had any plan of higher studies
xiii. the opinion on reservation issue
xiv. Location preference
xv. If I was ready to sign bond

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Latest HCL Technologies Interview Procedure

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HCL Technologies Interview Procedure

At the moment we do not have much informaton about the interview though the candidate may be required togo through both technical and HR interviews.The written test consists of 60 questions which are divided into 4 sections .The total duration of the test is 90 minutes. There is negative marking .
The sectionwise distribution of the questions is as follows:
Section#1
This section consisting of 15 questions is based on general computer awareness.
In this section: A correct answer carries 1 mark 1/4 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer.
Section#2
This section also consists of 15 questions. Questions based on C language are asked.
In this section: A correct answer carries 1 mark 1/4 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer.

Section#3
A total of 10 questions based on pointers and structures in C are asked in this section.You can also be asked one or two questions on JAVA also.
In this section: A correct answer carries 2 marks 1 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.
Section#4
This is the aptitude section consisting of 20 questions. Simple maths questions are asked which are very easy. The logical questions asked are similar to the ones given in the Barron's GRE book.
In this section: A correct answer carries 2 marks 1/4 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer..
For more information about this company visit: http://www.hcltechnologies.com/

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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 quite easy

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

1. Who is the accountant?
2. who does not swim & 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?
& 4 more questions
This problem was quite tough.

4. The given is the interger series. Where a1=1,a2=2 & 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 & others. While other batsmen managed to take 32 in total. Whats is the score of dravid?

6. Ramu & Raja can finish a project 'X' in 3 & 4 days. Ramu & Somu can finish the project 'Y' in 4 & 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?
& similar questions.

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2008 january HCL TECHNOLOGIES PAPER solved

HCL interview TECHNOLOGIES PAPER



The written test was in the morning & to my surprise, it consisted of only two sections Aptitude(35) & Technical(20). The Aptitude part it had all unexpected topics like Data sufficiency, some puzzles, passages & 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 & 0 for unanswered one with 1 hr & 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 & play 2 games. Rules were given for assigning the jobs & games to them.



1. Who is the accountant?

2. who does not swim & 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?

& 4 more questions

This problem was very tough.



4. The given is the interger series. Where a1=1,a2=2 & 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 & others. While other batsmen managed to take 32 in total. Whats is the score of dravid?



6. Ramu & Raja can finish a project 'X' in 3 & 4 days. Ramu & Somu can finish the project 'Y' in 4 & 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?

& similar questions.



The results for the written exam came after 1 hour & the selected students were asked to come for the GD. Some of the topics that I remember were Cubical egg, why HCL interview 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 & it had the interview in the next day morning.



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



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



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TECHNICAL QUESTIONS for interview

1. What is a virtual function?

2. Diff b/w func. overloading & func overriding.

3. What is an abstract class?

4. What are "cin" & "cout" - a function or something else?

5. If class C is derived from class B & class B is derived frm class A, define the order in which constructor & destructor would be called if an object of class C is made & explain why?

6. If class A is an abstract class in above question, define the order in which constructor & destructor would be called if an object of class C is made & explain why?

7.What is pure virtual function?

8. Give exmples of virtual func & 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 & 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 & 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 (Human Resource) 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 & 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 & weekness?

13. If we send you to Japan, what are the problems that u'll be facing?

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10th sep 2007 Technical HCL Paper

Technical HCL interview Paper


Sample test paper conducted on 10th sep 2007

1.write the program/algorithm or pseudo code to do

following operation given matrix

Input Matrix

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Output Matrix

9 8 7

6 5 4

3 2 1

the algo or program should be able to do this.

2.Hotel owner to teacher: u know that mohan came here with 3 girl friends. if multiply their ages the result will be 2450. & the sum of their ages is equal to u'r age. the eldest girl is elder than mohan can u tell me mohan age.

3.One more question answer approach is 2+3+.....127

ans: 137 (check it)

4.One more question about 4 ships do it well there are 7 conditions & 7th condition will not be

satisfied.dont go for that consider the first 6 conditions



Interview questions:

5.difference b/w c & c++.

6.polymorphism, declaring functions in structures, virtual base class.

7.If it is HTML

8.statements

A: I'am a doctor B is a barber & C is the taxi driver.

B: I'am an employee of water works dept, A is the taxi driver &

C is the doctor.

C: I'am a lawyer A is a taxi driver & B is the doctor.Who is the thief?

Ans:.......................

9.In one country they prefer only boys to have. If it is a girl in the

first birth then there must be the other child to have,

if it is also a girl then they will go for the next birth & stops when

they got the boy. Then what is the proportion of

girl to boys in that country?

Ans: (n+1)/2:1

10.While three friends Abe, Bob, Cort in a restaurant taking their snacks one lady came & she asked them how many

children you have. One of them replied "By looking at the total number of children we have you can uniquely identify

the no of children I'am having" but she failed to guess then he made the following statements Abe is having atleast one

girl & twice as many boys as girls. Bob is having atleast one girl & thrice as many boys as girls. Cort is having

three more than boys that he have girls The no of children they have is less than 25.Who has replied to that lady &

how many children he have. How many total no of children they have?

Ans: Abe, & is having 3children (1G+2B), total is 12

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HCL interview Aptitude test

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HCL interview Aptitude test


The selection pattern is as follows

1. written test which consists of aptitude & technical.

2. group discussion

3. tech interview

4.HR interview

Aptitude test was very tough
.........& tech was bit easy consists of questions from C,C++,OS,DS,NETWORKING,COMPUTER HARDWARE..................Aptitude consists of mainly tough puzzle type questions.........similar to some of the questions in GEORGE SUMMERS .................& PARAGRAPH questions. These paragraph consists of one full page question followed by only one question to answer by looking at which all of us shocked............because to answer that single question we have to read the whole paragraph............. some data interpretation questions were there.............some series completion questions were there............it was not the usual apti paper..........there was not a single question frm the book R S AGARWAL.........which most of the students prefer for placements............if your analysing ability is good then definitely you will clear apti paper.................search for the easy questions in the paper solve those as soon as possible..............so that some marks will be in your hand..............

There is no special about the tech paper.....if you are thorough with your basics.........then this paper will be a soft ball for you............



IN GROUP DISCUSSION they made groups of 8 each.........& the topic given to us is WHETHER COKE SHOULD BE BANNED OR NOT............they will mainly look at the following factors

1. confidence

2. eye contact

3. participation

4. fluency

5.non verbal communication



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