Ibm

Paper Type

: Whole Testpaper

Test Date

: 18 September 2008

IBM PAPER ON 18th SEPTEMBER AT BHOPAL The pattern was SECTION-1 [ matrix test] 15 question  –  13 min.[ No negative marks for this section] SECTION-2 [ Number Number series test] 20 question 4 min. 15 mins mathematical[Negative mathematical[Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.] SECTION-3[Analytical type(Apti)]12 question 15 min.[ Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.]

1.WRITTEN TEST:

This is the new pattern of IBM. this new pattern has been implemented. it contains 3 sections. SECTION 1, some information is given in the form of matrices, with headings for rows as

row1,row2 …. Etc.For columns with headings as column1,column 2…. Etc.those ma trices r

as follows. Column1

column2 *

column3 2

column4

Row1

@

Z

Row2

S

K

?

$

Row3

I

P

Z

+

Row4

#

8

F

Q

Questions r as follows ( not same questions but same type) 1.if column1 , Column 4 r interchanged and row3 , row4 r interchanged and diagonal elements from top left to bottom right r written in reverse order then what is the element in row1 and column 1? 2.if  Z’s in odd numbered rows r replced with 7’s and S’s in odd numbered columns r  replaced with 5’s then which column elements sum equals to 9?

3.After giving similar type of conditions , what is the element left to H? In this section they gave around 4 matrices of this type and gave some questions for each matrix. Total No. of Questions r 15. these r multiple choice questions.5 answers were given for each question. No negative marks for this section. Time Limit is 13 minutes.

SECTION-2

All questions in this section r from from number series. Total number of questions r 20.time limit is 4 minutes.these r also multiple choice questions( 5 options).Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. 2. NUMBER NUMBER SERIES (20 qs -4 mins-20 marks- negative 1/4) simple but v shud b very quick....time is very very very imp 4this section frnds dont get confused really very simple section and 1more thing is the invigilaor signals time 4 every 30 secs dont feel tensewth tht just go wth ur work.. EX:

17,18,19,34,35,19,20,___

Ans....21 EX: 22,21,34,33,45,____ Ans......44 EX: 40,41,41,42,42,42,44,44,____ Ans.....44

SECTION-3

Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. Analytical type Questions . this secton is little bit tough.u must have practice to do this section. questions 12.time 15 minutes. Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. 1 If a company produces 15 different model of tv sets, 2 inchs screen and 4 different model of 4 inch screen size then how many model should vendor has for all the model. 2 If a team consists 20 members in which 20% are mathematician then how many member should they hire sothat the ratio would become 10/11. 3 The rate of color toner increases $33 to $35 and rate of black&white toner increases $28 to $29 if company spend $1540 in which 3/5 is color toner how much is total expenditure. 4 A computer shop consists 3 brand’s alptop .Laptop of brand A is sold 3/16, B is sold 1/16 and c is sold ¾ then what fraction is sold by the shop in all. Ans 1/16 5 Printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per min four character are equal to one word. Printer A starts at 7:15 am while Printer B starts at 7:29 am then at what time both will have same no of words printed

6 In a library there are 5 cluster and each is having 44 books(module). In first weak 75 books are used, in second 95, in third 95 and in fourth 160 books are used.then tell how much fraction of books are used 7 We have 171 kg rice custing 7 rs/kg.we have rice at 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg .then after mixing 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg rice. What is quantity of 11 rs/kg rice .. Ans

76.00

8 rectangular room has width half of its length. When 6 is decreased from both length and width then its area is differed by 108 so find the width. Ans l =8 W=4 9 rectangular room has width twice of its length. When 6 is decreased from both length and width then its area is differed by 108 so find the width. L=4 W=8

Then GD Gd topic r :should er. Go to out side India. money is inresponsible. exercise is good for health. brain and drain. primary education. Is better than Higher education. Nuclear deal only check communication skills Then communication test Detail about IBM Voice/Communication test u will be given cell phone and u have to dial the server no. the details regarding this will be communicated to u at the time of test.once u connected to the server there will be five round to check ur Voice/communication.

1st round - "Read the sentences"

u'll be given a paper which contain 10-12 sentences in english. u'll be asked to read the sentences like "Read the sentence no 6..." there will be 8-9 sentences to read. (easiest round) 2nd round - "Repeat the sentences"

The server will say some sentences and u have to repeat them. The senetences will be in different voices, speed, accent (easy one)

3rd round - "Make senetence from Jumble words"

The server will pronounce some jumbled words and u have to make senetence from that U can't add ur own words/articals/adjectives and all to make the sentences. u have to use only the senetences pronounced by the server. ( it would be a normal used sentences like - "eat i daily mango" ) (Most difficult among all) 4th round - "one word answer"

The server will ask question which u have to reply in one word. Like... what is the color of milk? 5th Round - "Answer in detail"

The server will ask discriptive question like "What will u do if become the primeminister"

the whole process will take 10-12 min. The accent will be of US, UK, Australia. The problem people face is understanding the sentences. The questions are very easy to answer but u have to catch what the server is saying.

Tech and HR round DBMS:

normalisation difference between DBMS &RDBMS primary, secondary oreign, unique key Difference between primary & unique key Data structure:

bubble sort difference between stack & queue C++: what is OOPS ? characterists encapsulation,dynamic bynding with examples inheritence difference between multiple & multilevel inheritence virtual function inline function abstract & friend class Java: final class swing frame layouts advantage of java

interface why java is plateform independent. write a program in java to print the odd no. between 1 to 100? Operating system:

Memory magt.threshing Diff. Process and thread different types of scheduling explanation of round robin scheduling deadlock, starvation, avoidance, prevention etc. Networking:

different types of topology difference bet.tcp/ip and osi

Paper Type

: Whole Testpaper

Test Date

: 23 September 2006

IBM TEST Held on 23

rd

September 2006 at SKIT, Jaipur.

IBM paper consists of 3 main stages. STAGE 1 APTITUDE(55 questions in 1hr) no negative marking

The aptitude consists of 4 sections. Section A-English(10 questions): The 10 questions were divided into two main parts. First five questions were fill in the blanks they were very simple we had to fill them using a/an/the etc. They were all very simple any one can do them. The other five questions were based on a passage, the first three questions were simple you can solve them just by going through the passage once. The other two questions required a bit of analysis that is you interpret the passage and then answer that question. It was also simple. Do not spend more than 10 minutes in this part. You will not get lots of extra time. Section B-Quantitative(25 questions) Section C-Reasoning(10 questions) I am giving the two sections together as I don`t remember which question belonged to which section. In this section you need to know the basic mathematics, just brush up all the basic concepts, I had just done r.s. agarwal(both quantitative and reasoning). The questions were based on boat problems, ages, average of whole class is this……..then find the age of  the teacher…., speed and distance, trains, one question on venn diagram, blood relations(a man who had no brother and sisters said looking at a photograph “ the person in the

photograph is the son of  my fathers son” ans: he was his own son. A question on profit and loss, and cubes questions are an important part of this section. The reasoning questions were very simple. Three main types of questions were: 1. if * is replaced by+, /is replaced by -,- is replaced by * and +is replaced by/ than find 56*36/96-12+3 like. This is very simple just replace as said and then apply the BODMAS rule. There were 3-4 questions on this. You cannot afford to loose these questions. 2. some strings were given you just had to compare them and tell whether they match or not, very simple can be done by any person just be careful. Eg: a) 6677119432 b) 6677119422 c) 6677119432 In a binary system 1 is written as $ and 0 is written as *. How will you write 32 in the 3. from of $ and * Clearly this was the problem of binary conversions. You just needed to put $ and * in place of 1s n 0s after converting the decimal number into binary. Learn to convert numbers like 89 and 89.99 into binary. This will do the work. There were about five questions on this and should be solved. Try spending about 10 minutes in the reasoning section. Section D-Technical(10 questions) This section I found a bit tough there were two c programs couldn`t get them at all. One of them was %c%void main() %c%{%c%----------------------------------%c%}%c%

main() { } there were the two mains in this I don`t know what they meant. The other questions were on DBMS(cardinality), unix(chmod,kernel), sql(find out the mistake in the given query), some basic questions on C and also computer networks. 2

nd

Stage(Technical Interview):

The result was declared of the aptitude round in about 2 hrs. about 200 students were selected and the selected students had to go for the presentation and just after that the interviews were to start. Be careful to listen in the presentation because they can refer to it in the interview and through this you can get to know about the company, collect points from the presentation so that you can use them in the interview like you should be able to show that you suite to there needs, your goals and there ethics should match. The presentation started at 1.30 in the afternoon and I was given time for the interview as 3. the presentation ended at about 3 and I had to rush in for the interview. People were divided into groups and clubbed in different rooms. Different time slots were allotted to all the people. First we were given a form which basically consisted of what is written in our resume and things related to that. One sir called my name and the my answer sheet of the aptitude was attached with my resume and a photograph.

There were two interviewers I wished them good afternoon and they asked me to sit. Sir: o.k Shikha tell me something about yourself. I: as my name goes Shikha, I am a person who wants to touch new heights do something new something different and am very innovative. I am a very hardworking person and positive in my approach, diligent in my approach and complete all my work on time, apart from other hobbies like reading books, making friends I love to learn from my past experiences in my free time I analyse my past. Sir: o.k as you say you want to do different things, what is it that you have done different till now. I: sir, I haven`t got a chance till now but given an opportunity I know I can do it. Sir: (seeing in my resume he asked)what languages do you know? I: c. Sir: why c? I: because this is the language I have been doing from the beginning and have worked more on this. Sir: you have also written Oracle. I: I have the practical knowledge of this and not the in-depth knowledge. Sir: what is the difference between practical knowledge and in-depth knowledge? I: it means that I can perform the practicals in this as this was the language in our lab. Sir: but if you can work in this means you have the practical knowledge. I: no sir, practical means that I am able to create database in this and write queries in this but there are other things in this also which I do not know. Sir: so you can write queries? I: yes sir. Sir: so you have an orders table where you have order_id, order value and region as the fields, now we need to find out the region wise order value. I: I wrote a query using groupby Sir: do you think that this will give the required answer, for each region you need the total ordrevalue. I: I used aggregate function in the query. Sir: will this query give the required answer? I: I think so but I am not sure 50%. Sir: what do you see yourself doing five years from now? I: I will join the company as a software trainee, I want a steady growth and learn constantly and in five years probably be the project leader or the project manager. Sir: why do you want a steady growth? I: I want to learn while I work which is possible with a steady growth, I want to rise step-bystep.

Sir: so you don`t want a fast growth, suppose you reached to a certain level and your friend had a sharp growth in her career then. I: no sir, it`s not like that it`s like the hare and the tortoise race, hare reached at a place far ahead in less time but finally lost the race, I don`t want to stagnate and grow constantly when I will grow steadily I will learn more. Sir: so if you will get the opportunity to have a fast rise you will not go in for that and still want to work steadily. I: sir, if I have the capability in me then I will be able to learn faster as compared to others and reach to a higher position in less amount of time as compared to others while learning. Sir: so you are what a team leader or a team player? I: team leader. Sir: in what all you have acted as a team leader? I: I participate a lot in the cultural activities which are taking place in the college and coordinate the various events held. Sir: what do you do as a team leader? I: while in the college dances I had to select the songs, decide there sequence, the steps which we will perform and how we will perform that, everything has to be decided. Sir: suppose that you have a friend and she has the capabilities but is not able to contribute then what will you do. I; sir this actually happened with me, one of my friend`s is very good at dancing but she was not wanting to perform. Sir: stage fear? I: yes sir stage fear. Sir: what did you do then? I: sir I persuaded her that if we have the capability then we should perform, we should bring out our talent in front of everyone and not keep it to ourselves, and make sure that everyone knows about it. And finally I was able to persuade her and she gave the best performance. Sir: have you presented any paper till now? I: yes sir. Sir: till what level did it reached? I: level? I couldn`t understand. Sir: it got which award and could reach to which stage. I: no sir it got no award. Sir: so was it selected? I: no sir. Sir: what do you think are the reasons that it was not selected? I: sir I could have found out more about the topic from the net, and prepared a good paper.

Sir: was the time less? I: Yes sir we had to submit our paper at about 12 in the afternoon and were told about it just a day before that when we were leaving the college at about 4-5 in the evening. Sir: Shikha you wait outside don`t go anywhere. I: thankyou sir. Stage 3(Hr Interview) As soon as I came out of the interview room I was told to complete the form which I was not able to complete earlier. I had to finish it fast then I was taken to the hr. The sir who took  me to the hr handed him the report that the technical people had made and the other things which were given to the technical people also.

Sir: hello shikha I: hello sir, good afternoon. Sir: I have not gone through all these papers as I have just got them please give me time to go through these. I: yes sir. Sir: it`s a good report shikha. I: I smiled Sir: tell me something about yourself, apart from what is there in the resume. I: as my name goes Shikha, I am a person who wants to touch new heights, do something new and different and am very innovative. I like to learn from my past experiences. Sir: please don`t mind if I stop you in between because I will stop you when I have got what I wanted to know. I: no sir. Sir: can you give me an example what you have learned from your past. I: I had done a big mistake when I was in class 12, at that time I knew I wanted to go for computers but the way was not sure. I thought that I will probably do B.Sc. and then do MCA. But by the end of class 12 I realized that I wanted to do engineering but the time was not left for me to prepare for the competitive exams so I had to drop an year for that, if I had decided the thing earlier my one year would not have been wasted. Sir: what have you decided for now? I: sir I want to join a good it company and grow personally and professionally. Sir: professionally is there how will you grow personally? I: when I join a good company I will be in the company of experienced people so I can learn how do they communicate, their soft skills, how do they work in stress and how do they deal with it. Learn all those things which I am probably lacking now. Sir: suppose Shikha I assign you a work which you don`t like in the it field, what is it that you don`t like. I: networking.

Sir: so I assign you to networking but this is not what you like to do how will you persuade me to assign you something of your liking? I: I will say that I don`t like this work and I am more interested in software development so please assign me some work in that. Sir: but I am a rigid person and will not agree with you do and say that you will have to do this only, then. I: I will do that work and do it to the best of my capability and show that I can do this also. Sir: if I assign you to the job for one year then. I: I will try to persuade you and say that I will be able to work more properly the work which I am interested in so please assign me some other work. Sir: but I still won`t agree then. I: I will do the work. Sir; if I will tell you to do the work for your lifetime then. I: I will still try and say that a person can give his 100% to a job he is interested in and can work more efficiently the job he wants to work, rather than something which he is not interested in. Sir: but I still won`t agree then. I: then I will do that job and prove that I can do any work which is assigned to me and probably that I will start enjoying that work by then. Sir: don`t say this to anyone, be honest you cannot do something you don`t like for your lifetime, I will never do that. I: yes sir Sir: Shikha give me an example from your life that you were doing something and then the things started going wrong and what did you do so that everything was correct again. It can be anything, not necessarily academics, can be cooking or anything else you were doing. I: Sir: suppose I have 2 posts and I want to take 50 people then why should I take you. I: apart from being a consistent performer from the beginning, I am a very hardworking person and am flexible so can work in a team easily, and I am eager to learn, so can learn new things easily. Sir: why do you want to join IBM . I: it`s a good company, I have no relatives in this company but I have heard about this company that the work environment is good and it takes care of it employees. Sir: tell me three good points about your college. I: it has a huge building, excellent teachers and lots of cultural activities. Sir: do you want to go in for higher studies. I: no sir.

Sir: why? I: I want to do a job right now and learn while I am working. Sir: suppose you get an opportunity to do M.tech or research then what will you do and why. I: sir, I will like to go in for research because m.tech is something which anyone can do and everyone is going to read the same books and learn the same things there is nothing new or different and what is taught at that time I can learn while being in the job but if I will be in research then I will develop something which others have not developed till now and probably set an example. Sir: suppose you have been working in IBM for 6months and then you are offered for research then what will you do. I: sir, if IBM is offering me work in research then I will join that because that will be the field of interest for me. Sir: no some other company is offering you the job then. I: I will not join that company because I cannot ditch the company which has offered me the  job first. I will not leave IBM . Sir: you have given how many exams for companies till now. I: for L&T, Syntel,Sasken and IFlex. Sir: do you have any offer letters. I:no sir. Sir: suppose at this stage you get an offer of 4lac. Then will you join the other company. I: first, I will see that whether the company is offering me the job of my liking if yes then I will join that company otherwise not. Sir: do you want to ask any questions. I: yes sir, I have two questions Sir: I: my first question is, I will join your company as a software trainee then what will be my growth once I join your company. Sir: explained in detail. You have got what you wanted. I: yes sir. Sir: your second question. I: do I need to learn anything before joining your company. Sir: no, we will give you training, but it is a good question, we will think about it. So Shikha best of luck, probably you will hear a positive response, if your friends are waiting outside for you go and tell them. I: thankyou so much sir After that the results came at about 11p.m. then we were offered a letter of intent.

BEST OF LUCK to all those who are planning to join IBM . Just be confident in whatever you say, and they will ask questions from what you will say to them.

Paper Type

: Whole Testpaper

Test Date

: 9 August 2006

IBM PAPER ON 9th AUGUST 2006 AT NARAYANAMMA ENGG. COLLEGE, HYDERABAD Hello friends this is dinesh from hyderabad . I have faced IBM Interview on 9-08-06 at Narayanamma Engg college, Hyderabad . I got selected here . This is my 5th attempt to a s/w company and the second interview faced.(first one was genpact , faced just 4 days before that). Be sure that ur confident enough at your part. Be straight forward .dont try to hide ur expressions , show ur frankness. They should believe that you are speaking all the facts ( may or may not be true). Don’t give a chance to them to think in a -ve way abt u. Always support ur words with a simple example especially when ur talking at the dangerous edges . don’t give a chance to them to ask further Qns on that ans. That the line it self should be self supportive. For ex : if u r allowed to choose a location to work , you can say one or more locations immediately followed by the reason in 2 r 3 words for ur selection .(it is better than saying that it is ur wish. It indicates ur openness in expressing ur opinion ) Pattern :

The test consists of three rounds as of all of us know. Written , Technical and HR interviews. The written paper contains 55 Qns to be answered in 1hr. It contains the Qns on verbal ability,Aptitude,reasoning, Attention details and technical. The verbal ability includes the following Qns. I got ___________ in traffic so got late (struck/struckup/hold/……). Mr Benerjee the officer of …. was questioned ___________(for ,with,on,to) his connection regarding the murder. The proteins present in ____ apple ,____banana,______Egg are very essential ……….. We have to fill the blanks with a, an or the ( ans: an,a,an)

A Qn was asked on the meaning of underlined word Here the word is Therapeautic . Miss X ( some name is given ) given a speech on _____ bank of ____ river kaveri regarding _____________ abilities of the women . like that the Qn goes here also they have given the options like 1 a, an ,the 2 the,the,a 3 a, the,a 4 the, the, the ans:4 thre is an essay abt the ATM behavior and usage ,security mechanisms ,connectivity, technology used like that . Qns are asked as follows. 1. how an ATM is connected to net. 2. what the operation not mensioned in the passage a. with drawl b. deposit c. donations to charities d . amount transaction btnm accounts 3. which of the following is false. some time s Atm are un reliable. They are connected through modems. …… …… 3. which is not a possible error regarding ATM. a. mechanical error b. s/w error .i/p error ……..( the answer depends on the passage and actual errors given) 4. why ATM s are kept in shops a. because there is no chance of theft there b. no space in banks. c. there will be more no of people. …….. Then csome Qns are on venn diagram models Like 1 . In a party 10 take only tea 15 take tea and 8 take only coffee then what is the number of  persons take either coffee or tea.(nos are not exact). 2. In a college there are students who can play either football or cricket or both. 500 play cricket 220 play both and 600 play football .what is the total strength of the college. Like this there are one or two more Qns… they r also easy and simple

Then now real IBM pattern starts. It also will be easy but needs a little bit of practice other wise u should have high spontaneous analyzing capacity.

Some 3 Qns are given with instructions like : given three strings check which of them are same ans: A if all are same, B if 1&2 are same, C if 1&3 are same, D if 2&3 are same, E if all are different Strings are given as 1. a. 66749384879456 2. a. XIVIIMIVIIIVIXIV

b. 6674934879456 c. 6674934879456 b.XIIVMIIVXIVIIIV c.XIVIIMIVIIIVIXIV

3. a. 34523897346579

b.343647654869679 c.346548364874379

Three Qns are given in the following model: 1.If + is replaced by *,* is replaced by -,- is replaced by / ,/is replaced by% nad % is replaced by + then what is the value of the following expression. 25-3+32/5%2 Some options will be given u have to choose correct answer. (all the digits are not same) Next two of the same model but they are giving 4 expressions like above we have to find which one is correct. Like: a. 35-2+4/3%42=35 b. 25+4-5%6*7=28 ….. …….. Like this they r giving 2 Qns. This seems to be some what risk just increase the speed of  calculations . The remarkable Qn of IBM is on cubes, in this imagination plays major role. Given a Qn like this: there r three cubes arranged side by side Each cube is divided into 64 cubes then top most layer of second cube is removed and top two layers of third cube are removed. And then total volume is painted 1. what is the number of cubes painted on 1 face , 2. two faces, 3. three faces , 4. four faces , 5. no face. This qn needs more imagination or u have to know the answer well before for this particular qn. Some Qn s are given on data sufficiency here also analysys plays major role. There r some 4 or 5 Qns in this model Like a can do a worked for 5 days and b worked for 7 days how many days they taek to complete the work ………..like that .

There r 3 more qns on relations ship btn numbers , on the solving of eqns. Then we can have some Qns on technical One Qn on c, one Qn on UNIX, one on RDBMS , on on processors like that total I had only 6 to 8 Qns Qns are like this : what is the o/p of printf(“%d”,printf(ram)); ans:ram3 What is the command to kill or stop a process in unix ( kill,stop,terminate ……) . kill (check it out)

ans :

Unix is what kind of OS ( multiuser and multitasking). Like that some what easy Qns we can get. In this written test I got 42 out of 54( one Qns is not printed well so they asked us to leave it) I saw it when they are pinning my resume to my applcn form and answer sheet. I got selected for technical interview I was called up by Mr. Adithya for the first round of  Interview.

Technical Interview.

The technical interview went on very cool such that we can say it as simple HR . I got some Qns abt project and languages . First I entered his cabin by saying excuse me sir . He responded well invited me by shaking hand and offered the seat. I said thank u and sat . The interview started like this. Adithya: have u attended the presentation in the morning? My self: yes sir. A: any more qns other than qns asked there? M: If I got selected into IBM what kind of environment can I expect ( team /individual) A: ya u can work on various technologies which we train u on . here u have work with the data base of Airtel on behalf of IBM. U can go for any of the technologies depending on the requirement and location preferences………… M: is there any pre requisites for the job? A: not needed but u can learn on ur own interest but not necessary. Then he asked me abt my self. I have my details as a flowing river which is well and weakness, achievements.

practiced followed by hobbies ,strenths

A: what is ur greatest strength i.e c/c++/java/php/oracle like that(he said all the subjects )? M: I have strong knowledge in C, I know oracle well , I am interested in java also. He asked what is poly morphism? Afte that what is pointer ? I answered without any late

A: tell me abt ur project. I explained the project as I am selling a product to him( with all the benefits by highlighting all the advatages and purpose of project) By giving the details in the following order: Project name client name …. Purpose ( simple in one line) back end After that detailed description of flow was given . A: what is ur role in ur project? M : analysis, coding and testing ( analysis,coding,testing mantioned in resume) A: u have analysed ,designed,coded,and tested the project . M : ya A: what the others have done Here I got a chance to present me as a good maneger and ithink this is one major point I made an impression on him I answered that as a leader I shared the total wotk among all the members Ae r 5 people 2 are allotted for only documentation are allotted for only development I myself designed the data flow and screens and the data base ,how it should be. Then database was to one guy to develop and one guy taken all the interfaces to develop I developed the server side scripting and I have tested all the coponents individually and integrated and tested again . In this way I participated in all the activities as a leader. Here he got satisfied with the way I supporting my words. So what ever u say , be sure that it is supported well . Then he asked abt achievements. I said that I have presented a paper . Then he asked the details abt what did u do and what has been presented in the presentation. Here also the same confidence was shown and given a brief explanation. A: any more qns regarding IBM other than the subject / technology. M: why ibm is considering the women and disabled cases while all others are looking for only talent for their profit . He answered that qn for 3 minutes explaining abt the talent of woman then the risks of  taking woman and how they are handling them and encouraging them. I said it is very impressive and I like this culture Then he asked me to wait for some time and hr will be conducted. Among 27 people 7 were called for hr interview HR After 1 1/2 hr I was called up to hr as a 5th guy .

It went on very casually.

Just I entered the cabin . I said excuse me. He smiled at me and shook hand and offered the seat . he is very cool I felt very interest in talking with him. He is … some singh. He started vth a qn how r u dinesh Ans : fine thanku and asked how r u. Singh : u r from kadapa ? A: yes sir S: there we can get some thing round like pebbles or some thing icant get that name can u bring it for me. A: is it a bomb?( generally kadapa is welknown for hand made bombs) S: no A: mangoes?( we are having a plenty of mango gardens there) S: no A: any kind of sweet? S: no it was a thing which available there only, kadapa is well known for it . Actually I didn’t get what he want but I decided to show my skills again. A: ok sir if want I will bring it for u. S: sure? A: definitely I will bring it ( stressing the first word as I am having them in my pocket). S: ok tell me abt ur self  I told the same by hearted essay which contains all my educational details ,hobbies,strenths and weaknesses. He stressed on weakness i.e. he just given an expression I understood that he wants more regarding that. Then I have given a brief explanation with example regarding weakness and told how I managed to over come that. S: what kind of work u r dreaming of ? A: I should be given a chance to prove my innovation or I should work in an environment where my innovative thoughts can work on behalf of me.wher I can get a significance to my work which worth of a huge amount of money.(here I have given more importance to work satisfaction than money) S: mr dinesh u r going to be placed for BPO where u have to operate over a s/w which is already developed where u can get very less chances of programming . is it ok for u? A: yes sir . I want to just launch my self into the s/w company through a company like IBM. No problem I can work here. S: tell me abt ur family I told abt my family , as a part of that I mentioned my native place name. He asked abt that whare it is? And then S: how far is it from Hyderabad ? A: 400 kms( ans delivered instantly without any gap of even a milli second but it is actually 500-600km here the speed is required rather than the facts coz none of us measured the distance personally) S: whare r u staying? A : Hostel in SR nagar ( again vth the same speed). S : can u relocate to B’lore or pune? A: yes sir S : sure?

A : definitely I will relocate. S: if I give a chance to choose among banglore,pune,Chennai & Hyderabad which one u choose. Here I have taken all the freedom to express my view with out any hesitation I have given my preferences as per my convenience and also said that if it is neede I can work in any places with out any problem . its just my preference as u asked. S: ok mr dinesh thank u pls u can leave and wait out side . I was unable to understand , for what he called me and with out asking any single tough qn ( I know ibm interviews are always tough) he Is sending me out what he is going to  judge abt me . And asked when can I expect the result? S: just wait for 15 min we will tell u . U had ur lunch? A: yes sir. S: then pls go & relax . I am unable to guess what is going to happen but I felt with confidently that if they choose 4 or 5 I should be one of them. Then we all the guys are waiting for results saying that how much time they take to select 5 or 6 from 7 . Then one guy came out side vth out any paper in his hand( generally a list of selected names) and asked who is dinesh. .. Yes sir I said . …… You please stay back here and remaining people I am very sorry pls leave. Just after 2 seconds I am able to under stand that I only got selected and I am testing my self whether I am awake r not. After five minutes they called me inside and explained the things procedure and asked me to show the certificates .I have shown the Xerox copies. Then we exchanged email id and phone nos. Here they told me that they are seeking for enthusiastic, confident person with innovative thoughts. Which r show in both the rounds. I felt that the hr called me to just see me and know abt me (which was already mentioned in the feedback by the first interviewer. They collectively said welcome to IBM Enjoy ur self  Congrats Ok we will meet u in Delhi bye take care (training will be given In Delhi ). Ok guys here ends the matter. Thanks for ur patience in reading this. I have given such a long story because I want to tell u each & every point in detail .

Thanks to every body who have taken part ( encouraged , kept hopes on and prayed for me) in my success. Bye friends always keep ur self energetic it always works for u apart from ur talent. Don’t forget ur smile and energy.

Paper Type

: General - other

Test Date

: 1 February 2006

IBM Recruitment Test

1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/- If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?(a) 29.12 (b) 29.72 (c) 30.12 (d) 32.65 (e) none of these 2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have.Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have.At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles. (i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of marbles B have at the end (a) 2(x-y-z) (b) 4(x-y-z) (c) 2(3y-x-z) (d) x + y-z Ans. (c) (ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting

(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 39 Ans. (d) 3. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the engine after travelling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.If the car engine fails ofter travelling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km Ans. 20 & 130. 4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of  the money for travelling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money. 5. Ten questions on analogies. eg: chief : tribe :: governor : state epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach inept : clever :: languid : active knife : butcher :: hammer : carpenter :: 6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows. Month

A

B

C

January

30

60

80

February

35

65

85

March

45

75

65

April

40

75

82

May

55

75

85

June

50

75

80

i)

During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?

ii)

In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?

iii)

In which month the share values are very low?

iv)

By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the period, when shoudl these be sold to get maximum profit?

7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught. The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one can be taught each month . In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month itself  

WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR.



FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that



BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module

Languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month. ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in which month. 8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there (a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 36 (d) none of these. Ans. (d) 9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the same size are cut and is formed as open

box.If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the plate? (a) 17 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) None of these 10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area? 11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc. 12. If the follwoing statements are given 

@(a,b)= (a+b)/2



 /(a,b)= a/b



*(a,b)= ab

If a=1, b=2 then find i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b))) ii) */(a,@(*(a,b))) 13. If the follwoing statements are given 

(x#y) = x + y- xy



(x*y) = (x + y)/2

i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y) ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c) 14. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd) a) primary prompt being your current directory b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory c) primary prompt prompt being your home directory d) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory e) None of the above. 15. If you type in the comman nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off  ,the next time you log in, the output will be

a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out b) there will be no file called list or error out c) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out d) you will not be allowed to log in e) none of the above 16. In UNIX a files i-node ......? Ans. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of  lines to a file, permissions etc. 17. The UNIX shell .... a) does not come with the rest of the system b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal c) does not give any scope for programming d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another e) all of the above Ans. (b) 18. enum number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e} What is the value of e ? (a) 7 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 15 (e) 3 19. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is halts is a) init b) getty c) both (a) and (b) d) none of these Ans. (a) 20. Output of the following program is main() {int i=0; for(i=0;i<20;i++)

{switch(i) case 0:i+=5; case 1:i+=2; case 5:i+=5; default i+=4; break;} printf("%d,",i); } } a) 0,5,9,13,17 b) 5,9,13,17 c) 12,17,22 d) 16,21 e) Syntax error Ans. (d) 21. What is the ouptut in the following program main() {char c=-64; int i=-32 unsigned int u =-16; if(c>i) {printf("pass1,"); if(c
printf("Fail2") } a) Pass1,Pass2 b) Pass1,Fail2 c) Fail1,Pass2 d) Fail1,Fail2 e) None of these Ans. (c) 22. In the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value is (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 255 (e) it does not have a process table entry Ans. (a) 23. Which of the following API is used to hide a window a) ShowWindow b) EnableWindow c) MoveWindow d) SetWindowPlacement e) None of the above Ans. (a) 24. What will the following program do? void main() { int i; char a[]="String"; char *p="New Sring"; char *Temp; Temp=a; a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1); strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9// 

p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1); strcpy(p,Temp); printf("(%s, %s)",a,p); free(p); free(a); } //Line number 15//  a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New string, string) b) Generate compilation error in line number 8 c) Generate compilation error in line number 5 d) Generate compilation error in line number 7 e) Generate compilation error in line number 1 Ans. (b) 25. In the following code segment what will be the result of the function,value of x , value of y {unsigned int x=-1; int y; y = ~0; if(x == y) printf("same"); else printf("not same"); } a) same, MAXINT, -1 b) not same, MAXINT, -MAXINT c) same , MAXUNIT, -1 d) same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNIT e) not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT Ans. (a) 26. PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhome The file /bin/calender has the following line in it cal 10 1997The file  /yourhome/calender has the following line in it cal 5 1997 If the current directory is  /yourhome and calender is

executed a) The calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screen b) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screen c) The calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printed d) Nothing will get printed on screen e) An error massage will be printed 27. What will be the result of the following program ? char *gxxx() {static char xxx[1024]; return xxx; } main() {char *g="string"; strcpy(gxxx(),g); g = gxxx(); strcpy(g,"oldstring"); printf("The string is : %s",gxxx()); } a) The string is : string b) The string is :Oldstring c) Run time error/Core dump d) Syntax error during compilation e) None of these Ans. (b) 28. What will be result of the following program? void myalloc(char *x, int n) {x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char)); memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char)); } main() {char *g="String"; myalloc(g,20);

strcpy(g,"Oldstring"); printf("The string is %s",g); } a) The string is : String b) Run time error/Core dump c) The string is : Oldstring d) Syntax error during compilation e) None of these 29. Which of the following function is used to repaint a window immediatelya) Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......) b) InvalidateRect(.......) c) MoveWindow d) WM_COPY e) None 30. Which function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1 a) Main b) Winmain c) Dllmain d) Libmain e) None Ans. (b) 31. The standard source for standard input, standard output and standard error is a) the terminal b) /dev/null c) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectively d) None Ans. (a) 32. What will be the result of the following program? main() {char p[]="String"; int x=0;

if(p=="String") {printf("Pass 1"); if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g') printf("Pass 2"); else printf("Fail 2"); } else { printf("Fail 1"); if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g') printf("Pass 2"); else printf("Fail 2"); } } a) Pass 1, Pass 2 b) Fail 1, Fail 2 c) Pass 1, Fail 2 d) Fail 1, Pass 2 e) syntax error during compilation 33. Which of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ? const char *p;

and

char * const p; a) You can't change the character in both b) First : You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the pointer c) You can't change the pointer in both d) First : You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the character e) None 34. The redirection operators > and >> a) do the same function b) differ : > overwrites, while >> appends

c) differ : > is used for input while >> is used for output d) differ : > write to any file while >> write only to standard output e) None of these Ans. (b) 35. The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile b) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them d) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile e) None of the above Ans. (b)

Paper Type

: Whole Testpaper

Test Date

: 21 September 2008

IBM PAPER ON 21st SEPTEMBER AT MADHURAI SECTION-1 [ matrix test] 15 question – 13 min.[ No negative marks for this section] SECTION-2 [ Number series test] 20 question 4 min. 15 mins mathematical[Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.] SECTION-3[Analytical type (Apti)]12 question 15 min.[ Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.] 1.WRITTEN TEST:

This is the new pattern of IBM. this new pattern has been implemented. it contains 3 sections. SECTION 1, some information is given in the form of matrices, with headings for rows as

row1,row2 …. Etc.For columns with headings as column1,column 2…. Etc.those matrices r 

as follows. Column1 Row1

@

Row2

S

column2 * K

column3 2 ?

column4 Z $

Row3

I

Row4

#

P 8

Z F

+ Q

Questions r as follows ( not same questions but same type) 1.if column1 , Column 4 r interchanged and row3 , row4 r interchanged and diagonal elements from top left to bottom right r written in reverse order then what is the element in row1 and column 1? 2.if  Z’s in odd numbered rows r replced with 7’s and S’s in odd numbered columns r  re placed with 5’s then which column elements sum equals to 9? 3.After giving similar type of conditions , what is the element left to H? In this section they gave around 4 matrices of this type and gave some questions for each matrix. Total No. of Questions r 15. these r multiple choice questions.5 answers were given for each question. No negative marks for this section. Time Limit is 13 minutes. SECTION-2

All questions in this section r from number series. Total number of questions r 20.time limit is 4 minutes.these r also multiple choice questions( 5 options).Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. 2. NUMBER SERIES (20 qs -4 mins-20 marks- negative 1/4)

simple but v shud b very quick....time is very very very imp 4this section frnds dont get confused really very simple section and 1more thing is the invigilaor signals time 4 every 30 secs dont feel tensewth tht just go wth ur work.. EX:

17,18,19,34,35,19,20,___

Ans....21 EX: 22,21,34,33,45,____ Ans......44 EX: 40,42,4241,41,,42,44,44,____ Ans.....44 SECTION-3

Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section. Analytical type Questions . this secton is little bit tough.u must have practice to do this section.questions 12.time 15 minutes.Negative marking(1/4) is there for this section.

1. If a company produces 15 different model of tv sets of 2 inchs screen and 4 different model of 4 inches screen size. Then how many model should vendor has for all the model so that all models will displayed in the showroom 2. If a team consists 20 members in which 20% are mathematician then how many member should they hire sothat the ratio would become 10/11. (Similar Question)

20% of 30 professional r mathematician how many mathematician it

should hire so the ratio vll become 10/11 3. The rate of color toner increases $33 to $35 and rate of black&white toner increases $28 to $29. If company spends $1540 in which 3/5 is color toner then how much is total expenditure increases after the cost hike. 4. A computer shop consists 3 brand’s alptop .Laptop of brand A is sold 3/16, B is sold 1/16 and c is sold ¾ then what fraction is sold by the shop in all. 5. Printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per min four character are equal to one word. Printer A starts at 7:15 am while Printer B starts at 7:29 am then at what time both will have same no of words printed. 6. In a library there are 5 cluster and each is having 44 books(module). In first weak 75 books are used, in second 95, in third 95 and in fourth 160 books are used.then tell how much fraction of books are used. 7. We have 171 kg rice custing 7 rs/kg.we have rice at 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg .then after mixing 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg rice. What is quantity of 11 rs/kg rice. 8. Rectangular room has width half of its length. When 6 is decreased from both length and width then its area is differed by 108 so find the width. 9. Company A taken a truck on rent of $1280 per month another company B bought the truck  in $40000 and send $120 per month. After 4 years what will be the difference in the amount spent by the both companies on the TRUCK. 10. In a company printing work is done by two machine 5% of the work done by machine A are wasted , and 40% of work done by machine B are wasted. if the 80% of the total work is done by machine A. then what is the total percentage of wastage. Here no GD was been conducted directly they switched to the Communication Test :Detail about IBM Voice/Communication test First they'll conduct a written test of 10 mins and 15 questions of simple english. It contains about . . articles, arranging the senteces in right order and finding errors in the sentences.

Then after that they will give you the cell phone and . . you have to make a call to the given no. then enter your TIN(Test Identification No.) provided by them This is the most important round and the most of the guys had been eliminated from this round only.Be careful and sit at the place where the external noise inference is too less. 1st round - "Read the sentences"

u'll be given a paper which contain 10-12 sentences in english. u'll be asked to read the sentences like "Read the sentence no 6..." there will be 8-9 sentences to read. (easiest round) 2nd round - "Repeat the sentences"

The server will say some sentences and u have to repeat them. The sentences will be in different voices, speed, accent (easy one) Every time when you move ahead . . the length of the sentences increasing so be careful and attentive. 3rd round - "Make senetence from Jumble words"

The server will pronounce some jumbled words and u have to make senetence from that U can't add ur own words/articals/adjectives and all to make the sentences. u have to useonly the senetences pronounced by the server. ( it would be a normal used sentences like - "eat i daily mango" (Most difficult among all) 4th round - "one word answer"

The server will ask question which u have to reply in one word. Like... what is the color of milk? What is frozen water called?

(ICE)

Which is faster:cat or worm?

(CAT)

Which is thinner:finger or leg?

(FINGER)

how many weeks r there in a year? (52) how many minutes r there in 1 and a half hr? (90) What do u wear when u go out in cold:sweater or shirt? (SWEATER) How many eggs are there in a dozen?

(12)

If you are going out for lunch with your mother,who are you:daughter or sister? (DAUGHTER) Which is smaller castle or cottage? (COTTAGE) Afternoon comes before or after lunch? (BEFORE)