I am ANKIT SHAH, pre-final year student .this is my first mail to this group
and i am happy to tell you that i got selected in L&T INFOTECH. while giving the
test I searched for l&t papers but was not able to get much information. So I
have tried to put as much information as I can do.
Company Name: L&T INFOTECH
TYPE : ON CAMPUS
VENUE : THAKUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY.
(KANDIVLI-MUMBAI)
STUDENTS APPEARED : 250
SHORTLISTED : 80
(WRITTEN)
FINALLLY SELECTED : 45
TIME 10:00 AM
The company persons were all very young and were all less than 30.first of all
they gave a ppt.it was a sort of seminar which had all the
information's abt the company
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(TIP:-BE READY WITH PAPER AND PEN IF U DO HAV A SEMINAR LIKE THAT U CAN ALSO GET
THE PROFILE FROM THEIR SITE BUT IT CONTAINS MANY HIDDEN INFORMATIONS WHICH CAN
BE EVEN ASKED IN THE HR INTERVIEW)
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The important information given in the seminar was
1. Provides ample oppt.for the freshers for overall devp.
2. Deals with diff. technologies.
3. req. hardworking and workaholic persons.
4. Provides faster rate of development and chances 2 become a project
manager at the age of just 27.
5. ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFIED
6.PCMM LEVEL -5 company.
7.FIRST IN INDIA TO INTRODUCE "SAP" TECNOLOGY.
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(TIP: - SOME OF THE STUDENTS WERE ASKED ABT THIS CERTIFICATION IN THE HR ROUND
LIKE)
1. WHAT IS ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATION?
2. DO U KNOW ANY COMPANY WHICH IS ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFIED?)
3.WHAT IS "SAP"?
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The seminar finished at abt 11:30pm after that the first round started
ROUND FIRST: WRITTEN
DURATION : 60 MIN
PHASE I : VISUAL APTI. (30 MIN)
PHASE II :BUSINESS ENGLISH (30 MIN)
MARKING SCHEME
: NO -VE MARKING BUT THEY CLEARLY SAID THAT THEIR WILL BE -VE MARKING IF SOME
ONE IS JUST MAKING BLIND GUESS FOR EG. OPTING 3RD OPTIONS FOR ALL THE
QUESTIONS.THERE WILL BE NO -VE MARKING IN ANY OTHER
CASE.(i.e donot markcontinuously 11111 OR 333333.....)
Phase I:-
It was a visual aptitude round in which we hav to do 36 questions in 30 min.
type:-
X X X
X X X
X X ?
U HAV TO FIND THE APPROPIATE? IN THE GIVEN 8 OPTIONS. Normally the question hav
a pattern and a seq. in a vertical format that is (1st, 4th and 7th) & (2nd, 5th
and 8th) which will lead u to get the right ans.
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(TIP:-SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE REALLY REALLY TOUGH .(Q-30 TO 33,36,28)
DO NOT GIVE MORE THAN 60 SECONDS TO ANY QUESTION.)
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ABT ANY BOOK:-
1 VIMP................."VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL REASONING by
R.S.Agrawal", ----------(CHAPTER NO:9).
2 .IMP..............."TEST OF REASONING BY EDGAR
THORPE"-----------------(NON-VERBAL PART).
PHASE -II BUSINESS ENGLISH TEST
SURPRISINGLY CALLED OFF (they said due to less student qualified in
PHASE-1)...
SO I MOVED TO ROUND --------2
ROUND II
TYPE: FORM FILLING
TIME: 3:00pm
Though this is not a round but i consider it as such because" ITS THE MOST
IMPORTANT POINT OF SELECTION"
THEY GAVE 25 MIN. TO FILL FORM...............
REMEMBER THEY DONT PAIED ANY ATTENTION TO THE RESUME THAT WE HAD .THIS FORM WAS
HAVING ALL THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED BASED ON THE RESUME DETAILS.
BE VERY VERY SURE WHAT U R ANSWERING.U MUST REMEMBER ALL THE INFORMATION THAT U
HAV ENTERED IN THE FORM AS THAY WILL DEFINATELY ASK U WHAT U HAV WRITTEN.PLEASE
BE VERY VERY CAREFUL TO THIS. FILL ALL UR STRENGTHS , HOBBIES, WEAKNESS,XTRA
ACTIVITIES, SPECIALITIES ,YOUR
KNOWLEDGE FOR PRG'ING LANG etc.......
TIP:------------(PLZ ENTER ALL DETAILS AS PER COMPANY PROFILE........)
ROUND III
time 4:00pm
We were having both tech and hr going side by side any one can have any round
first. since they were having less time so they all got separated and only a
single person was taking the respective interview.
i had my TECH round first. I had all sort of qs prepared which I had memorized.
i had interview with a young sir(YS).
I had had a 15 min TECH round.
Time:-9:30pm(IT WAS TECH+STRESS INTERVIEW since i was waiting from
4:00pm........).
My name was called and i entered the room. he was sitting on the chair
ME:GOOD EVEING SIR.
YS: GOOD EVEING HAV A SEAT.
ME:THANKYOU SIR.
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TIP:-BE CONFIDENT AND LOOK STRAIGHT IN TO THE EYES OF HR INTERV.EVEN WHEN
SITTING ON THE CHAIR THIS SHOWS UR CONFIDENCE
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I SAW HE WAS HAVING ALL THE DOCUMENTS EVEN THE TEST PAPERS THAT WE HAV GIVEN +
THE FORM WHICH WE HAV FILLED.
YS: SO ANKIT, TELL ME WHAT U KNOW ABT L & T INFOTECH ?
ME:GAVE ALL POINTS WHICH I NOTED FROM SLIDES IN
MORNING........(INCLUDING SALARY....)
YS:(IMPRESSED) WHY DO U THINK L & T IS FASTEST GROWING FIRM.....?
ME:AGAIN GAVE ANS FROM SLIDES........
YS:ASKED A QUE ON ONE OF THE STRENTH MENTIONED IN THE FORM
ME:ANSWERED CONFIDENTLY (i.e.SUCCESSFULLY......).
YS: WHAT DO U MEAN BY HTML,WHY DO U USE IT?
YS:WHAT DO U MEAN BY INHERITANCE IN C?
YS: WRITE 3 DIFFERENT WAYS TO SWAP TWO GIVEN NUMBERS?
ME: TOLD ONLY 2 WAYS TO DO SO....
YS: WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN C & C++?
YS:WHAT DO U MEAN BY OPERATOR OVERLOADING?
YS:HOW TO DECLARE A POINTER IN C?
YS: OK ANKIT U CAN WAIT OUT SIDE FOR SOME TIME . THEN WILL CALL U FOR HR.......
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TIP:-I WISHED HER THANKYOU AND SLOWLY PLACED THE CHAIR BACK AT ITS POSITION.
DONT EVEN DARE TO COMMIT THE MISTAKE OF NOT PUTTING BACK THE CHAIR AT ITS
ORIGINAL PLACE.BE SURE TO DO THIS
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FINAL ROUND
TYPE: HR
I WENT OUTSIDE AND JUST AFTER 10 MIN. I WAS CALLED FOR HR. INTERVIEW.A YOUNG SIR
(YS) WAS SITTING IN THE CABBIN SOME OF MY FRIENDS (WE WERE 4 & HE WAS
ALONE.....)
TIME:10:00pm
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AGAIN ALL MY DOCUMENTS WERE WITH HIM.
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(HE ASKED 2-3 QUE SIMULT.... TO A PERSON & THEN TO OTHER......)
YS:INTRODUCE YOUR SELF?
YS: TELL ME 3 THINGS THAT IRRITATES U MOST?
ME: 1. WHEN INDIA LOSSES A MATCH.
2. SURROUNDING BELONGING TO ME IS UNTIEDY.
3.THIRD REASON IS YET TO COME............
YS:YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND?
YS:WHY U DID'T WENT TO YOUR FATHER's BUSINESS?
YS:WHAT DID U GAINED BY DOING YOUR X-TRA ACTIVITIES?
YM:-TELL ME ABT UR STRENGTHS?
ME:-TIME MANAGMENT, HARDWORKING, LEADERSHIP SKILLS
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TIP:-ALL THESE STRENGTHS WERE COLLECTED FROM THE PPT AND I TOLD THEM IN SAME
ORDER AS I HAD WRITTEN IN THE PAPER I WAS ALSO PREAPERED WITH THE EXAMPLES OF
ALL OF THEM BUT TOLD ONLY ABT FIRST SKILL AS IT TOOK TIME.ONE SHOULD NOT SPEAK
FOR MORE THAN 2 MIN. CONTINIOUSLY IN HR.
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YS:WHAT R U DOING TO IMPROVE YOUR WEAKNESSES?
YS:WHAT R THE PROJECT LEADER'S RESPONSIBILITIES?
YS: TELL ME ONE REASON FOR WHICH I SHOULD TAKE U ?
YS:-TELL ME UR WEAKNESS?
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TIP:-NEVER SHOW UR WEAKNESS, INSTEAD SHOW ONE OF UR STRENGTH AS UR WEAKNESS BUT
NOT THE ONE U HAV MENTIONED
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ME:- I SOMETIMES FORCE MY GRP. MEMBERS TO WORK FAST TO SAVE TIME BUT I KNOW ALL
ARE NOT ALAWAYS ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH
YS: IN UR HOBBIES U HAVE WRITTEN ABT READING TECNICAL MAGZINES, WHICH MAGZINES
DO U READ?
I THANKED HIM PLACED THE CHAIR BACK AND WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM.THEY FINALLY
SHORTLISTED 45.
RESULTS WERE declared AT 11:05pm.........(WITH CALL LETTERS)........
I HOPE THAT THIS MAIL WOULD BE A GOOD SOURCE FOR THE PREPARATION FOR L&T.
MY TIP:--------->>>>>>
ALWAYS B CONFIDENT , DO NOT ACT OVER SMART, DO NOT hesitate TO SAY " DON'T NO"
TO A QUE.
& DO VISITWEBSITE BEFORE GOING TO GIVE INTERVIEW OF THAT COMPANY......
