TCS Power Preparation is created in the hope that it will be useful for those preparing for the TCS

Talent Test conducted by the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. either in-campus or off-campus for recruiting Fresh Engg. Graduates. This contains material relevant for the preparation of the TCS Talent Test. It should, by no means, be conceived that the material provided herein contains questions that will match exactly to those that are to be asked by the division in its future tests. But TCS has the tradition of repeating some questions from its previous tests; it may, therefore, so happen that few questions provided herein may match to those that are to be asked in forth coming Talent Tests. The material contains questions collected by freshersworld from various candidates and mailing groups; shared as their experience by the then aspiring candidates. The questions are purely based on memory of the examinee. We have presented the material to the best of our knowledge and due care has been taken to avert any unwanted error. The candidates are advised to use the material as a reference to ease his/her preparation for the Talent Test. Software giants like TCS, Infosys, CTS and Wipro are recruiting heavily these days. They pick up freshers directly from the campus or through off campus recruitment drives. TCS recruits freshers through its DT Recruitment Drive (or Direct Trainee Recruitment Drive) and the talent test is held in almost all major cities all over India. The division has a famous tradition of repeating questions now and then in its talent tests. We did come across a few repeated ones. The material has been bundled under the name - TCS POWER PREPARATION. Anyone who goes through it thoroughly, is bound to be well prepared for the big day. We have taken great pains in compiling 700 synonyms in the form of a quiz, which I think you will use to its fullest and will definitely enjoy. A list of likely questions for both technical and personal interview have been listed; answers to which can easily be found from the text books. The technical questions arranged subject-wise, have been chosen so as to provide the candidate with an insight into the subject in question. We've put in our best in compiling this study material. This has been done to make the preparation of the aspiring TCSers much easier. This is for your benefit, so make full use of it. The learned reader is welcome to deliver his/her valuable comments, suggestions, criticisms, advices etc. directly to freshersworld.com. You may even help your friends by forwarding this URL to your friends and classmates.

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About The Company

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) was started in 1968. Mr.F.C Kohli who is presently the Deputy Chairman was entrusted with the job of steering TCS. The early days marked TCS responsibility in managing the punch card operations of TISCO. The company, which was into management consultancy from day one, soon felt the need to provide solutions to its clients as well. TCS was the first Indian company to make forays into the US market with clients ranging from IBM, American Express, Sega etc. TCS is presently the top software services firm in Asia. During the Y2K buildup, TCS had setup a Y2K factory in Chennai as a short-term strategy. Now, with E-business being the buzzword, the factory is developing solutions for the dotcom industries. Today, about 90 percent of TCS' revenue comes from consulting, while the rest from products. TCS has great training facilities. In addition to training around 5 percent of the revenue is spent upon its R&D centres like the Tata Research Design and Development Centre at Pune, along with a host of other centres at Mumbai and Hyderabad. It benchmarked its quality standing, invested heavily in software engineering practices and built intellectual property-in terms of patents, code and branded products. At the same time, it expanded its relationships with technology partners and organisations, increased linkages with academic institutions and incubated technologies and ideas of people within TCS and outside. TCS has already patented 12 E-Commerce solution product packages and has filed six more applications for patent licences. Over $25 million were spent on enhancing hardware and software infrastructure. The company now has 72 offices worldwide. As many as seven centres were assessed at SEI CMM Level 5 last year(3.4 mistakes in a million opportunities). These include Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Several business and R&D relationship with global firms like IBM, General Electric, Unigraphics Solutions have been made. The present Managing Director of the company is Mr. S. Ramadorai. The company's strength is about 65,000.

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TCS Talent Test

The following two sections (A and B) were computer based tests (not computer adaptive), to be taken on intranet in your college: A. Aptitude section (1:30 hours):- In aptitude section, there were again three sections. You can move around to any question, skip one question and come back to it later within a section, within your time. But once u leave a section, u can not come back again. The sections may appear in any order. 1. Verbal Reasoning - 32 questions in 40 minutes. 10 synonyms, 10 antonyms, 5 sentence completion (with multiple blanks) and 7 questions from reading and comprehension. 2. Quantitative aptitude:- 28 questions in 40 minutes. general quant questions as asked in CAT or GRE, including time and speed, percentage, series questions, pie charts, Venn diagrams, permutation-combination, probability, compound interest, percentage etc. 3. Critical Reasoning :- 30 minutes. There were three word puzzles, each having 5 questions based on it. The puzzles were like there are three different ways to reach from town A to Town B, which will be the most economic way, which will be the shortest way etc. Presence of mind is very much required. Master all Logical Reasoning questions from the Model Test Papers given at the end of the Barron's GRE book (preferably 13th ed). B. Psychometric test:- 150 questions, 30 minutes. This test will automatically appear on your screen if u clear the cutoff for the aptitude test. The cut-off is static, i.e. it is pre-decided. Cut-off does not depend upon the number of students appearing. So once you clear the aptitude test, and if your score is above the cutoff, psychometric test will appear on your screen. in psychometric test, there are questions about your personality and behavior, e.g. have u ever shown leadership quality in the arrangement of any event, are u socially active etc. All the questions have only three choices, yes, no and can't say. The TRICK is that never mark any can't say, and be honest in answering the questions. The same question will be asked to u in different manners and they'll check you for your consistency. e.g. the question about how good are u in making new friends was asked in 10 different manners. The result of psychometric test will not appear on computer screen, but will be told to u separately. Once u clear he psychometric test, u will be allowed to appear in the technical interview and will be required to fill a paper based form (same as the electronic recruitment form on the TCS website, in case u registered on-line) C. Technical Interview:- You can be asked anything in your technical interview. It may be more of HR as well. Mostly, they'll check your learning capability, so they'll ask u anything from any of the subjects that u have studied so far. They'll ask you about what subjects have you studied in your previous semesters and then what is/are your favorite subject(s) and then ask u related questions. You may also be asked about ur project thoroughly (asking means orally or writing down or both). If you have mentioned about knowledge of programming languages, you may be asked to write down a simple program. D. Personal interview:- If u clear the technical interview (you will be told about it), then u will appear in the HR interview. Prepare for the questions like, describe yourself, why do you want to join TCS, why are your academics so low, etc. you may be asked about your hobbies and the questions related to them. They may also ask technical questions related to your area of specialization (branch, I mean). Prepare yourself to get drilled on any type of question related to your hobby. Because this is the thing you are most interested in. Please keep in mind that the Technical and HR interviews are not very much segregated, you may be asked anything in any interview. So be ready. The TRICK is - be confident and be honest. Don't try to be over smart, and humbly admit if u don't know about anything. Learn a little bit of C and C++ programming. That's all. The result is declared within a week or two. So be patient hope for the very best. Key to Success: Keep cool and calm during the test. Do not get nervous either by thinking - "What if I fail?" or by gauging at the difficultly level of the Talent Test. The test is bound to be difficult Remember you have to put in your very best. Practice Positive Thinking 'n you are bound to succeed.