SATYAM:

Short Listing of Resume

Q. Does company have its own form or uses standard placement form?
A. Yes, the company uses the standard placement form.

Q. Does company apply the shortlist to the resumes submitted?

A. Yes, company applies shortlist to the resumes submitted.

Q. Is the shortlist qualifying in nature or eliminatory (merit based)?

A. The shortlist is mostly eliminatory in nature.

Q. What is normally the ratio of shortlist. (i.e. how many people are shortlisted vs.
applied)?
A. The ratio varies depending on the requirement. General ratio is around 1:3.

Q. Is there advantage for work ex guys?

A. Yes, work experience is given due weightage.

Q. Is there a leaning towards particular background of students in the shortlist?

A. Yes, there is general preference for engineering background.

Q. Does grad matter in the shortlist?

A. Yes but not too much.

Q. What role does extra-curricular activities plays in the shortlist process?

A. Extra-curricular are not important

Q. What qualities should the candidate highlight in his/her resume?

A. Hardworking, technically sound, a tradeoff on communication skills is also there in
lieu of strong tech skills

Q. What is the biggest mistake a candidate can make in his/her resume?

A. Highlighting Communication skills and other soft skills, people here are looking for
hardcore technical skills.

Written Test

The company does not conduct any written test.

Group Discussions

GD is not a art of the recruitment process.

Case Studies
case studies are not a part of the recruitment process.

Group situation

recruitment process does not comprise of any group situation.

Preliminary Interview

Q. Does company conducts preliminary interviews?

A. Yes, there is one interview before the final Interview.

Q. Is this step qualifying or eliminatory? If eliminatory then normally what is the ratio of
shortlist?
A. This is eliminatory in nature

Q. What is the duration of interview /number of panelists?

A. Generally interview lasts for around 20 minutes and the no. of panelists are around
two-three.

Q. How does the interview start?

A. Interview starts by panelists asking you personal questions.

Q. What types of questions are asked in the interview?

A. Subject, technical skills, problem solving, puzzles are given to solve,

Q. Does company create situations akin to 'stress interview'? Describe some?

A. No, not really. Its quiet a relaxed atmosphere

Q. Is company trying to test the candidate's integrity( give a sample question if possible)?

A. Generally no specific questions, but yes through personal questions and other details
your integrity is under scrutiny.

Q. What do you think the company trying to assess in the candidate during the interview?

A. Company tries to assess subject knowledge & analytical skills

Q. What type of environment is there during the interview ?

A. Interview is held in quiet relaxed and formal atmosphere.

Q. What type of dress code is suitable for the company?

A. Be formal

Q. How does the interview end?

A. Interview panel thanks you for your time.
Q. Does the company repeat interview questions?
A. Not really, except the ones like, tell me about yourselff?

Q. How can a candidate better prepare hmself for the interview?

A. Refresh the technical fundamentals and other technical stuff

Q. Does company make spot offer during the interview?

A. Since this is a preliminary interview, no spot offers are made in this round,

Q. What is the biggest mistake a candidate can make during the interview?
A. Candidate should hesitant or stick to one point on an issue.

Final Interview

Q. What is the duration of interview /number of panelists?

A. Generally one-two panelists are there in an interview panel.

Q. How does the interview start?

A. The Interview normally takes off from the previous round.

Q. What types of questions are asked in the interview?

A. Personal, ethical, superficial technical ones.

Q. Does company create situations akin to 'stress interview'? Describe some?

A. No, stress interview is generally not there. But sometimes it might be there.

Q. Is company trying to test the candidate's integrity?

A. No

Q. What do you think the company trying to assess in the candidate during the interview?

A. Company tries to assess the Rechecking the cultural fit and the technical knowledge of
the candidate.

Q. What type of environment is there during the interview (tense /relaxed /formal /non-
formal)?
A. Relaxed atmosphere is there at the interview.

Q. What type of dress code is suitable for the company? (formal /semi formal /informal)?
A. Formal dress

Q. How does the interview end?

A. Interview ends with panelists wishing best of luck, leaving no clues about what was
decided
Q. Are interview questions repeated by the company?
A. Generally no.

Q. How can a candidate better prepare himself for the interview?

A. Be Strong in the technical skills, lead the interviewer to skills which the candidate is
strong on

Q. Does company make spot offer during the interview?

A. No, spot offers are not made.

Q. What is the biggest mistake a candidate can make during the interview?
A. showing a fixed attitude.

Higher entry

Q. Does company consider higher entry for the candidates with work ex?
A. Yes, there is a higher entry for people with general work experience.

Q. Does company apply any cut off for the work ex or age (if yes what are these?)
A. No, cut off is not applied by the company.

Q. What is the difference between entry level of people with and without work ex?
A. There is no difference of 2-3 years between people at entry level and people with work
experience.

Q. In giving the weightage does company look for relevant work ex?
A. Very much, even shortlisting is done on the basis of relevant work ex.

Compensation

Q. What is the total compensation offered by the company at entry level? and after
confirmation?
A. Functional team entry level Rs. 2.25 lakhs at entry level for Engg/graduate + MBA
Tech. Team entry level Rs. 1.6 lakhs for Engg. Graduate
The career path would be :
Functional team
Associate
Sr. Associate
Associate consultant
Consultant
Sr. Consultant
Prin. Consultant
Q. Is salary negotiable?
A. No, salary is not negotiable.

Q. Does company provide accommodation?

A. No

Q. What are the other benefits offered by the company?

A. Apart from the basic salary, all those in sales get performance incentives, which is
earmarked as a % of the basic. This is done during the appraisal, which is done semi
annually.

Q. What are the job locations? initially / after confirmation?

A. Functional guys are normally stationed at Hyderabad, Chennai and will have to move
to client sites when ever projects need them to be there.
These sites may be domestic locations or international ones.

SATYAM SAMPLE PAPERS

1:

Questions:

1.Avarage weight of p,q,r is given (cannot remember 48 i think) the ratio of students
in class p&q is 3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p.Find the avarage of all the 3
classes.

2. Odd man out. 1307, 8627 ,6792 ,7297.

Numbers were not exact but in this model

3. Can't remember

4. Pie chart problem. One chart was given on the expenditures of a person.His total
income
is 6000/- .Now his income is 1500/- we have to find the ratio of radii of two pie
charts.
a. 2:1 b.sqrt(2):1 c.1:sqrt(2) etc.

5. A,B,C,D,E are 5 in family.A& D are unmarried women & dont work.in family there
are
businessman,professor,artist.B is the brother of a & is not artist or businessman.E is
husband.
Who is professor?
a)A b) B c)D d)E e)NONE OF THIS
6.

7.

8. Stamp combination problem. There are 5,10,15 paise stamps with a boys grandmother
and the boy has to paste an equivalent of 45 paise stamps to post a letter.The total
combinations are ?
a. 11 b. 12 etc.

9. Some long series of sentences were there I haven’t read them.Some reasoning type.

10. 3 work completion times were given regarding project preperation in hours by 3
teams and if each team person
is equicapable then find the time or days in which the complete some 18 hours or
days work or project something
like that not sure.

11. Algorithm problem

Let R=2;
Let R=R+2;
Let K=K+1;
Let K=K*R;
Printf K
Let J= J+K;
If R <= 8
Goto step 2;
End.

Which of the fallowing output is not true.

a. 4 b. 36 etc

12. Simple problem on Simple Interest.

If the person gets one fifth of th sum after lending it for 8 years find the rate of interest

a. 2 ½ etc

13.Pets problem analytical one easy one.

Three persons sarada,sravani and suchitra have pets.The pets are pet1,pet2,pet3 They
buy them in the months March,August ,and December.Sarada is busy in the month
august and sravani baugt pet3 in December and Suchitra will buy in the month august but
wont buy pet1.
What pet and which one will Sarada buy. Question is not exact,its only model

14. related to R.S Aggarwal Line-Graphs problems

15.Boats and streams
Given stram velocity x ,boat goes down stream by 30 KM and comes back.Total time is
4:30 Hours.Find the speed of the boat.

SATYAM PAPER -2

Written: there will be 4 easy questions which can be answered in 5min, then try to do
another 4 in 25 min, that’s all. This is for those who are fully confident of getting those 8
right, because cutoff will be < 7 at max 8. Others try to answer maximum and for some
question we can eliminate 3 options easily. Be careful negative marking is there. One
thing written test is easy.
some questions of apti are-
1)Avarage weight of p,q,r is given (cannot remember) the ratio of students in class p&q is
3:4.no of students in r is 25% more than p.Find the avarage of all the 3 classes.
2)Odd man out(5 options where given)
3)A,B,C,D,E are 5 in family.A& D are unmarried women & dont work.in family there
are businessman,professor,artist.B is the brother of a & is not artist or businessman.E is
husband.Who is professor?a)Ab)Bc)Dd)Ee)NONE OF THIS
4)pie chat is given for a salary 6000 what will be the ratio of radius with a salary of
1500.a)2:1b)1:2c)3:2d)none of these.
5)Sum in S.I. becomes 5 times its pincipal in 8 years what is the rate?a)5/2b)6/3c)d)none
of these.

GD: for me it is the easiest, because we have attended a lot of GD’s before and we are
fully aware of GD’s. It is cake walk if you have some practice before and able to speak
for some time grabbing the chance. Leadership qualities are seen more. Try to give a
chance for people who are sitting idle, that’s all it’s a part of leadership quality. Ours GD
was a one which takes pace in fish market.We din have ap proper GD,moderator was
very angry...Altough i showed the leadership Quality n fortunately i was selected. Our
GD topic was “is indian cities ready for any disaster” all of us were againstthe topic and
before the end we also covered some positive aspects regarding that and some
preliminary measures for those

SATYAM PAPER 3

1.Find the area of the quadrilateral if the length of the diagonal is 30cms and the length of
the lines intersecting the diagonal at right angles are 20cms and25cms?

2.some series question

3.some reasoning question which was based on the population and the habitat of the
people and it was easy.
4.question on vocabulary.
Jumbled words were given and we need to find the correct order
This was also a bit easy.

5.A question on compound interest.Something like

A man borrowed Rs X from 2 money lenders for 6 months with an interest of Rs Y .
and Rs Z.Finally he had to clear a debt which was double the amount that he borrowed.so
finally what was the compound interest that has been gained by the lender?

6.An empty fuel tank of a car was filled with A type petrol.when the tank was half
empty,it wass filled with B type petrol.again when the tank was half-empty,it was filled
with A type petrol.when the tank was half empty again,it was filled with B type
petrol.what is the percentage of A type petrol at present in the tank?

7.A question on time and work.(Numbers were different but the model was exact)
Something like A,B and C can complete a work in 10 days.A worked for 2 days with B
andC who can complete the work in 7days .while the remaining work was completed by
B and C in 5 days.how many days does B take to complete the work alone?

8.A question on the number pyramid.

It was a bit tough.

9.some reasoning question related to women and children.

It was quite easy and can be completed in time.
10.A question on clocks.
The minutes hand gains 45% at 11.20am and looses 30% at 11.20pm.so finally what is
the percentage of the time gained by the minutes hand.

11.A question on figures.

It requires a bit of logical thinking.it was also a easy one.

12.A problem on time and distance.

13.A problem on partnership.

14,15.These were also the reasoning questions.

prepare the reasoning questions using the GRE textbook(BARRON) and also the
R.S.AGARWAL VERBAL &NON-VERBAL.
Also prepare the R.S AGARWAL QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Book and also the
barron.
it is better if u refer the CAT books also for the reasoning questions.

G.D:
It was also easy if u have a little bit of communication skills.
Each team consisted of 10 members and a maximum of 4 members have been selected.
If the team does extremely well then they would also select all the ppl.
they have shortlisted the ppl who did not follow the basic rules of GD.
So be cautious.
some of the topics that were given for us in the selection process are

->Can we reduce the day by day increase of the oil price.(This was my topic,4 members
have been selected from our team)
.

H.R.INTERVIEW:

The interview was more a strees interview.

if u r confident and technically sound then definetely u will get through.
CONFIDENCE is the main key to success.
Prepare all the concepts that r mentioned in the resume well.
All the questions will be from those subjects only.

TIPS:

DRESS CODE plays a very major role in the interview.

CONFIDENCE is also a major asset for success.
SHAKE HAND should be stiff and behave as a proffessional.

SATYAM PAPER 4

There were 3 rounds of selection:

1. Written test
2. Group discussion
3. Technical intertview & HR
Written test:
Well first coming to the written test--this contains aptitude, logical thinking, reasoning,
complete the series &so .
There are around one or two Q's of each type.
Coming to the aptitude part-- its from R.S Aggarwal.Some Q's are
1. one calender problem like-- If 13th feb 2004 is sunday then wat day is 13th feb 1884.
This problem is solved in Aggarwal book.
2.The sum of compound interest and simple interest is (some value- sorry forgot).Find
the sum.
This prolem is solved in Aggarwal book.(as seen from many previous papers of
Satyam,calender and
compound interest problem has appeared many times)
3.Problem on complete the series.(this was difficult. sorry do not remember the values)
4.One reasoning problem- 4 figures are given,find the next one.(this was simple)
5.One small phrase and questions on that.
6.There are 3 boys A,B,C and 3 girls P,Q,R.they all plan to study together by meeting at
each's place each day.
always they meet at B's place before R's place in the week. They meet at boys and girls
place on alternate day basis.
if they meet A's place on Monday then which of the following not true.
this was a simple problem but time consuming.
The main Point in this test is attend those with the ones which u are sure of
as there is negative marking (-0.25).
Usually cutoff is around 6 to 7 for 15 questions.so first be sure of 7 to 8 answers then go
for remaining ones (time consuming ones).
Group Discussion:
Here comes the main elimination round of Satyam.
Around 960 people were short listed for this round.
Each group is of 10 people.My topic was "Youth in politics".
few other topics were "is Violence shown in movies affecting the young mind","IT
industries -advantages & disadv",
"educational institutions", well some panel also gave the choice for us to select a topic.

Interview:

Technical & Hr round are together.Around 350 people were short listed for this round.
For few two people take the inetrview(one technical & one HR).
Well interview for me was around 20 to 25 min but for others it was from 10 to 20 min.
So usually its
from 10 min to 25 min for both tech and HR.
i am from Electronics & communication branch. The tech round was on my subjects like
Vhdl- difference b/w fpga and cpld, explain about the software used(Xilinx).
Fav field & subject- q's on that
difference b/w micro pro and micro cont.
Explain project.
In Hr round --tell about urself and family, why satyam,why should i select you,wat du u
know about satyam.
well actually for me even Hr was asking technical q's,Basically Hr just checks ur
communication skills and ur approach
and confidence.
201 students were selected.
Test is easy if ur r good in aptitude (aggarwal book) and logical thinking.but main
elimination is in GD.
Go through their website before attending HR.

SATYAM PAPER 5

ROUNDS:
1. APTITUDE TEST
15 questions and 30 min were given. Each question is of 1 mark. There is a negative
marking of ¼(i.e. 0.25) marks. Friends please play really safe. I have attempted 8
questions. I think cut off was 6.5 or 7.
For aptitude do following
• See R.S. Agarwal: Average, Problem on Ages, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion,
Partnership, Time and work, Time and Distance, Problem on Trains, Simple Interest-
Compound interest(always 1 sum), Area-Volume and surface areas(always 1 sum),
Calendar(Always 1 sum), Clocks, Probability
R. S. Agarwal(Verbal and Nonverbal communication):• Logical reasoning, Verbal
reasoning, Series(always 1 sum), Odd man out, Deriving conclusion from
paragraph(options are given)

This much study is more than enough for one of the biggest multinational company
SATYAM. Here are some of the questions that I remember.

1) If length of a rectangle is more than its breadth by 10cm. Perimeter of a rectangle

is 84. Find the Length of rectangle.
a) 16cm
b) 26cm
c) 32cm
d) 25cm
e) None of above

Ans: b.
Let breadth= x, then leanth=10+x
Now perimeter is 84
Therefore 2(10+x+x)=84. u will get the ans

2) Simple Interest and Compound Interest were given and sum was asked to find out.

3) A brief passage was given and a statement which will support the paragraph was
asked(from given option)

4) Workman work on a particular jog place. They take lunch outside on workdays
when canteen doesn’t serve them fish. They take lunch on workdays when canteen serves
them fish. Which of the following statement is true?

a) It is a workday and canteen serves no fish

b) It is not a workday and canteen serves a fish
c) It is not a workday and canteen serves no fish
d) It is a workday and canteen serves a fish
e) None of above

Ans: d.
5) If person has a loss of 10% on a particular product and a profit of 20% on another
product. What is the total amount of profit/loss he got?
a) 260%
b) 60%
c) 150%
d) 0%
e) 250%

Ans: a.
6) Find the area question.

7) Permeability question(quite difficult)

8) ?
126 161
63 71 79
25 29 33 37
8 10 12 14 16
1 2 3 4 5 6

a) 220
b) 226
c) 227
d) 300
e) None of above

Ans:d.

(1+2)+5=8, (2+3)+5=10
(8+10)+7=25, (10+12)+7=29
(25+29)+9=63, (29+33)+9=71
(63+71)+11=126
(126+161)+13=300

9) T=T+2;
T1=T+2;
T2=T2+10;
T3=T2*4;
T5=T3+6;
T6=T5*5;
T7=T5/T6;
If T7<6
Then go to T1
T=T+2
What is the final output?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 7
d) 32
e) None of above

Ans:e
T2 is not defined

10) One side of triangle is 4cm. What is the area? Which of the following is true
1. triangle is equatorial
2. triangle is selegant

a) only (1) is sufficient

b) only (2) is sufficient
c) (1) and (2) both are sufficient
d) (1)and(2) both are not sufficient
e) None of the above

Ans:a

11) Problem on clock

12) What is the day on 15 aug 1947.

a) Tuesday
b) Monday
c) Friday
d) Sunday
e) Saturday

Ans: c.

13) Problem on ages(simple one)

Sorry I don’t remember remaining 2 questions.

Out of 5000 students 540 was selected after this round and I was one of them(This 5000
include all BE, third year pass out, MCA) so don’t worry , selection ratio is good.

3. GROUP DISCUSSION(GD)
In GD there was a group of 10 students and out of them 2 are selected from my
group. U should either start or end GD to get plus point over others. In GD they mainly
look for LEADERSHIP QUALITY, CLARITY OF THOUGHTS, CONFIDENCE,
VOICE QUALITY. My topic was Power crises in maharashtra

Out of 540 candidates 198 was short listed after GD

3. INTERVIEW
There are total 8 panels (2 modest panels, 2 tough, 2 average, 1 panel having very
high knowledge, 1 panel where thec and hr round are separate).My no is for average
panel.
In GD they not only look for your ans but main thing is your confidance.Speak with
confidence, don’t show any nervous sign through ur body language. Here are some of the
ques that are ask to me

[Interviewer]: Define yourself in 6 sentences.

[Interviewer]:What are ur strengths?
[Interviewer]: What are ur weaknesses?
[Me]:Well, I wont call it a weakness but I cant sat no quickly to any person or work.
[Interviewer]:What is ur family background?
[Interviewer]: Why should we select u?
[Me]: My first response was I am fresh(the guy started laughing after listening this).then I
said I am fresh so u can mould me according to ur requirements, I have basic
qualifications and a strong desire to perform the work given to me, and the most imp I
think is I am ready to work anywhere in this world.
[Interviewer]: so ur ready to go bhuvaneshwar also ?
[Me]: U can throw me anywhere u want.
[Interviewer]: How much do u rate yourself in c?
[Me]: Actually since I am from diploma I haven’t have c in my syllabus yet , but I am
studying it myself, but before my study is completed satyam has arrived(after this guy
again start laughing)
[Interviewer]:ok how do u rate urself in c from 1 to 5?
[Me]: 3(I said so confidently that he doesn’t ask me any more on c)
[Interviewer]: explain ur diploma project.
[Interviewer]: Why u want to join satyam only?
[Me]: bec I think satyam is the only company where I can secure challenging position
where I can effectively contribute my skills as Software Professional, possessing
competent Technical Skills.(this was most deadly ans that I have given)
[Interviewer]: What are u regret of in ur life?
[Me]: (This was a Yorker for me) after taking a pause I said, well, it’s been a good life.
Rich in learning and experience and a best of it is still to come I think. Each experience in
my life is a lesson to me in its own way. I won’t change anything. (I hit a sixer to Yorker
I came to know this by Interviewer expression).
[Interviewer]: Who is ur ideal?
[Me]: Narayen muthi

Remember the most imp thing u need for interview is confidence, patience, attitude. They
will make u wait for a long time outside the interview room . In my case I was waited for
4 hours outside, so be patient. Go with nothing to lose attitude u will crack the interview.

Out of 198 candidates 119 was selected and I am glad to see my name in the list and
finally I was no more unemployed. BEST OF LUCK to all who is appearing for satyam
selection process. Go with confidence.....

SATYAM PAPER 6

Round-1 : APTITUDE TEST –15 questions, 30 minutes.

The paper consisted of only problems. U need to solve R.S.Agarwal quantitative book to
be familiar with the test. Most of the problems were easy but u need to know the
techniques to solve them quickly, because 30 minutes time is the main factor. There was
+1 mark for every right answer and –0.25 mark for every wrong answer. So do not do
any guess work. Answer only those problems that u can solve confidently.

Go through the following topics for this section:

1.TIME,SPEED,DISTANCE. 2.PROFIT & LOSS. 3.PERCENTAGE.
4.SIMPLE INTEREST/COMPOUND INTEREST. 5.PERMUTATION &
COMBINATION. 6.PROBABILITY. 7.TIME & WORK. 8.ODD MAN OUT &
SERIES. 9.HEIGHT & DISTANCE. 10.AVERAGE. 11.BLOOD RELATION.
12.PROBLEMS ON AGES. 13.RATIO & PROPORTION. 14.DATA
INTERPRETATION. 15.PROBLEMS ON CLOCKS/CALENDARS.
16.ALLIGATION & MIXTURES.

Round-2 : GROUP DISCUSSION –Each group-12 members,10 mins. U need to have

excellent communication skills, general awareness, to get through this round. U are in an
advantageous position if u r a normal leader. But do not try to pretend to be a leader if u r
not 1 in true sense. Because in this round everyone pretends to be a leader. And the
coordinator easily finds out who has normal leadership qualities and who is trying to be
1. If u r not a leader truly, try and concentrate on the topic more. Bring out interesting and
new points out of the topic to increase your chance rather than quarreling with group
members to establish yourself as the leader. No matter what the topic is try to analyze the
topic by the following few methods.

Method 1) KWA approach: key word approach.

Method 2) SPELT approach: social,political,economic,legal,technological approach.
Method 3) VAP approach: view point of affected persons approach.

Take any topic into consideration and start jotting down points from today
onwards following any of the above few approaches to be successful in this round.

DO NOT’S IN A GD:-1.Never take a stance in a gd. 2.Completely ignore the

coordinator. 3.Do not play with ur pen/pencil. 4.Do not move your hands/legs too much
to indicate ur presence. 5.Never refer to anyone by name even if u know him. 6.Do not
try to create a lobby within the group. Just be fair.
The topics change every year. So no need to memorize points on frequently
given topics. Just be aware what’s going on around you and practice discussions. Its ur
communication skills, leadership qualities, ability to present yourself in front of others
and ur acceptability to others-that’s what is seen in this round.

Round-3 : TECHNICAL & HR. This again depends on the panel u r in. In our case some
panel took technical & hr in the same round while some took it in 2rounds.

Knowledge in core subjects(for non CSE/IT students), C, C++, DBMS, Data Structures,
& operating systems is needed. Apart from these they give a lot of importance in your
HR skills. They are very friendly. The atmosphere inside the hall is also very good. But
the HR round is a bit tough.

SATYAM PAPER 7

Totally 15 aptitude questions. 30 minutes given.

1. time and distance ( 2 bullets fired in 38 minutes gap. It was traveling in 330 m/s.
A man traveling in a car heard the sound in 36 minutes delay. What is the speed of the
car?
2. letter encoding (ex: XYZ -> ABC then PQR -> ? , like this(but easy))

3. Given some number as input and they given 5 set of output strings. For a new set of
input strings we have to find the output.

4. clock problem

5. Reasoning (relation between statements)

6. Reasoning (relation between statements)

7. compound interest.

8. pyramid problem.

9. finding the average salary

10. Encoding binary system.

11. Figure problem. Three figures given. Find the fourth one.

SATYAM PAPER 8

WRITTEN TEST:

The written test was conducted on 10-03-2006

I was in the first slot
The written test consisted of Quant,Logic reasoning,aptitude,passage reading(only 1Q)
The total no. of questions is 15 and the cutoff was 4.There was 1/4th negetive marking!(b
careful)
The cutoff usually will be around 6 and 7 generally.Each question carries 1 mark
sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!sorry!!
I don't remember most of the Questions.But i'll give u some basic idea of what was
asked.okay!
REMEMBER!!! dont try to solve every question.Do 9 or 10 perfectly or atleast 7 correct
to ensure urself , clear the test
1.complete the series
3,10,29,__,127,218
{Hint:(1^3)+2,(2^3)+2,(3^3)+2,(4^3)+2,(5^3)+2,....}
***(every time 1Q on calenders)
2.Problem on dates(calender problem)
what is the day on 25th september 1936(not exactly same)
3.Four diagrams were given as sequence and we have to find the fifth from given options
4.An equilateral triangular base prism of base ___units and length____units is melt into a
cube
Find the Lateral surface area of cube

5.Given compound interest on certain amount for 2years as Rs.___ and its simple interest
as Rs.___
Find the Compound interest for 3years.
6.One problem on algorithm
10 Let R=3;
20 Let R=R+2;
30 Let R=R*2;
40 Let k=R^2;
50 print k-R;
60 check R<32 goto 20
what is the final o/p

7.A passage was given and summary of it was asked in options select the correct one
8.There was a work when done by 6 men and 7 women is completed in 6 days.The same
work when done by 3 men and
4 women is completed in 15days.Find the no. of days the work is finished in when done
by 5men and 8 women
(Not the same numbers).
{Hint:let capacity of men=x and women=y;Then 6x+7y=(1/6) and 3x+4y=(1/15).Find x
and y and substitute in
5x+8y=?}
9.A NEWS article on AIR services was given and 4 statements as 4 options were given
and we have tu choose
the most appropriate option.
10.ASSERTION and REASONING type question
two statements A and B were given
 a problem is given
To describe it
a>both A and B are needed
b>A is sufficient
c>B is sufficient
d>A and B are not sufficient

____________________________________________________________________
II.GROUP DISCUSSION:

As we know this is the main ELIMINATION round

The whole lot of 800 were made into no. of batches of 10 ppl in each
The main qualities they were looking in were ur
REASONING,AWARENESS,COMMUNICATION SKILLS,LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES
Always try tu make ur GD constructive!Most of the times the group getz benifitted when
a conclusion is reached
TRY tu initiate the topic or end the topic.BUT!,it is also the most risky effort if u don't do
it properly
any way u will find important tips fur GD on internet.

our GD:
After we all entered the room he made a note of all our numbers and made us sit in a
sequence
He then asked us to choose a topic of our choice
The topic we chose was WESTERN CULTURE Vs EASTERN CULTURE
only 2 of us were selected from our group

1.The topic was decided by a 3ppl in the group without taking other's opinions
2.The initiation of topic was also chaotic.3 ppl wanted those extra points of starting Gd
.They did not stop.
3.The discussion was worthless.Everyone wanted tu dominate,but,had no extra pointsand
repeated same points
Fed up with all these the observer asked us tu conclude in the 4th minute itself(scheduled
time is 10min)
4.The observer wanted 1 person of his choice to conclude.But,still poeple tried
themselves to conclude
+ve points------->
1.when ppl were lingering around the same point,i interfeared in between and countered
their points for
a minute and welcomed their responses.But,they again continued on their own old point
2.When the group was in chaotic discussion i did not go and mix up but kept cool(But,
later i gave my points)
**3.I was gettin familiar with my group members before the GD started and was cool
while others were appearing
tensed.He noticed all these things
He shortlisted 220 members here

III.TECH+HR INTERVIEWS
The process started at 2:30pm
There were 6 to 7 panels simultaneously in the process
I was the first person in one of the panels
As soon as i went in i wished him and he asked me to sit.He was appearing cool.This
eased me out of tension
****PLEASE go in GOOD attire.This makes a definite impact on recruiters mind which
will decide the further process
The Qs r not in same order
1.TELL me about urself
2.Why should i select u
3.Why du u prefer SATYAM
4.After u joined SATYAM if u r given a Dress code & restricted tu use mobiles.How will
be ur response
5.What is communication
6.Where du u use communication
7.What is a DECADE COUNTER
8.How many FlipFlops are in DECADE COUNTER
9.Hoe du u rate urself in 'C'
10.How du u declare an array
11.How du u declare an array of different datatypes
12.How du u define'Electronics'
13.What is a diode
14.What is an Oscillator
15What is the feed back in an oscillator
16.What is FM
17.What is range of FM
18.How du u differentiate Science and Application
19.Why du u want tu join SATYAM
20.Why shud i select u
21.U are trained in Java and we asked u tu work in other field.How du u react
22.U are selected in a company,does ur college recommend u tu attend for interviews of
other companies
23.What is ur father
24.How many siblings u have
That's it and he asked me tu wait for the result
We can say i was lucky enough to be interviewed first.As the interview was going on it
became more tougher
Finally he shortlisted 148 ppl.

The ppl who were interviewed after 4hours faced severe stress interview out of which
only a handfull were selected.So, it alwayz beneficial tu get interviewed at the initial
stages itself
My frnz pls be prepared for the worst case always.Dont take any chance.I know ppl who
lost many interviews due to silly reasons,and getting into a company is not a joke

SATYAM GD TOPICS

1. Are Indian cities ready for any disaster

2. Was the incident that took place at world cup final by Zidane justified?
3. Role of media in bringing awareness in the society
4. role of media in bringing awareness in the society
5. Pepsi and coke should be banned in India or Not?
6. Agni
7. Strike of Doctors
8. Can we reduce the day by day increase of the oil price
9. discuss on the Nuclear agreement between INDIA and US
10. Is the war on Iraq by US justifiable
11. Arranged marraiges Vs Love marriages
12. Impact of movies on youth
13. role of women towards the development of the country
14. OBC reservations
15. Youth in politics".
16. is Violence shown in movies affecting the young mind"
17. IT industries -advantages & disadv
18. Role of UN in peacekeeping
19. Position of Women in India compared to other nations
20. Environment MAnagement.
21. . Is China better than India in software
22. Should SONIA gandhi be made the PM
23. BPOs in INDIA
24. Govt contribution to IT
25. will punch lines rule the Advt
26. . premaritial sex
27. is china a threat to indian industry
28. india or west , which is the land of opportunities
29. . water resources should be nationalized
30. BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY
31. Effect of cinema on Youth ( Is it good or bad)
32. Education in India compared to Foreign nations
33. Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India
34. How to deal with international terrorism
35. Cricket shud be banned or not.
36. Present state of Indian Cricket team
37. .Love marriage/Arranged marriage
38. Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
39. Power crises in maharashtra
40. Banning of mobile phones in educational institutions
41. If I was a MLA.
42. Return of Saurav Ganguly in Indian cricket team
43. Reverse brain-drain
44. Are women better managers than men?
45. Reservation in education?
46. Physical education must included in the curriculum ?
47. Is there logical to give voting rights to illiterate people
48. WESTERN CULTURE VS EASTERN CULTURE
49. Women Managers
50. Youth Icon of India

Sify has one written test of 30 min duration with no negative marks, totally 20ques. each
one mark.

Written test
logical,aptitude,tech Ques. were of flowchart and sequencing type.
Therafter tech. & HR interview.
In tech interview they r mostly asking abt networking , java,threads,diff b/w
dbms and rdbms,VB,ASP, etc. Some general Q's like extracuricular activities as in ur
Resume.

Some Q's are :

1. 2 nos: , LCM=693 , GCM=11 one no: 77 find the other ?

ans: 99
2. 5 children,youngest 3yrs old and no 2 children hve the same age ,sum of their age
is 26.Find the age of eldest. 7,8,10,...
ans:8
3. second no: is twice the first no: and first no: is thrice the third no:.Their avg is 20.
Find the greatest no:
ans: 36
4. RS232 cable - bit transfer rate ?
0-50000,5000-50000.....
5. If CPU wants to stop the IO process and continue with main processing ,then
which device it uses : Control Unit,IO Divertor,Channel Divertor,None
6. connnecting 2 diff networks
ans: Gateway
7. 1. There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch
cubes. What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides.
Ans: 8
8. At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds.
How long does it tick at 12'o clock.
Ans: 66 sec.
9. Complete the series: 5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8, ?
Ans: 12 (as 5*4=20, 20+4=24, 24/4=6, 6-4=2, 2*4=8, 8+4=12).
10. Find the values of each of the alphabets.
NOON
SOON
+MOON
JUNE
Ans: 9326
11. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike
10?
Ans: The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for 6
intervals-thus for one interval time taken=7/6.
Therefore, for 10 seconds there are 9 intervals and time taken is 9*7/6=10 and 1/2
seconds.
12. An escalator is descending at constant speed. A walks down and takes 50 steps to
reach the bottom. B runs down and takes 90 steps in the same time as A takes 10
steps. How many steps are visible when the escalator is not operating?
Ans: 150 steps
13. A chain is broken into three pieces of equal lengths containing 3 links each. It is
taken to a blacksmith to join into a single continuous one. How many links are to
 to be opened to make it ?
Ans : 2.
14. There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the key. The 4th digit is 4 greater than
second digit, while 3rd digit is 3 less than 2nd digit. The 1st digit is thrice the last
digit. There are 3 pairs whose sum is 11. Find the number.
Ans: 65292
15. An orange glass has orange juice and white glass has apple juice both of equal
volumes. 50ml of the orange juice is taken and poured into the apple juice. 50ml
from the white glass is poured into the orange glass. Of the two quantities, the
amount of apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of orange juice in the
white glass, which one is greater and by how much?
Ans: The two quantities are equal
16. The shape in the sketch below is that of a square attached to half of a similar
square. Divide it into four equal pieces
Ans: Hint : the figure can be divided into 12 equal triangles
17. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how
many minutes is it to six o'clock?
Ans: Twenty six minutes.
18. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121kgs,
to the nearest kg. What are the minimum number of weight required and how
heavy should they be?
Ans: .The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81kgs.
19. A car is traveling at a uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a 2-
digit number. After traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with
the same digits in reverse order. After another hour the driver sees another
milestone
containing the same two digits. What is the average speed of the driver.
Ans: 45kmph
20. A hotel has 10 storeys. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the
floor above the floor, below the
 floor above the fifth.
Ans: The sixth floor.
21. Albert and Fernandes have two leg swimming race. Both start from opposite ends
of the pool. On the first leg, the boys pass each other at 18 m from the deep end of
the pool. During the second leg they pass at 10 m from the shallow end of the
pool. Both go at constant speed but one of them is faster. Each boy rests for 4
seconds at the end of the first leg. What
is the length of the pool?
Ans.
22. Shahrukh speaks truth only in the morning and lies in the afternoon, whereas
Salman speaks truth only in the afternoon. A says that B is Shahrukh. Is it
morning or afternoon and who is A - Shahrukh or Salman.
Ans: Afternoon ; A is Salman.
23. A person with some money spends1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food
and 1/4 of the remaining for
travel. He is left with Rs 100/- . How much did he have with him in the
beginning ?
Ans: Rs 250/-
24. Ram, Shyam and Gumnaam are friends. Ram is a widower and lives alone and his
sister takes care of him. Shyam is a bachelor and his niece cooks his food and
looks after his house. Gumnaam is married to Gita and lives in large house in the
same town. Gita gives the idea that all of them could stay together in the house
and share monthly expenses equally. During their first month of living together,
each person contributed Rs.25. At the end of the month, it was found that Rs 92
was the expense so the remaining amount was distributed equally among
everyone. The distribution was such that everyone received a whole number of
Rupees. How much did each person receive?
Ans. Rs 2 (Hint: Ram's sister, Shyam's niece and Gumnaam's wife are the same
person)
25. There are 3 societies A, B, C. A lent cars to B and C as many as they had already.
After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C as many as they have. After
 sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them
had 24. Find the cars each originally had.
Ans: A had 39 cars, B had 21 cars & C had 12 cars
26. Sam and Mala have a conversation. Sam says I am certainly not over 40 Mala
says I am 38 and you are at least 5 years older than me Now Sam says you are at
least 39 All the statements by the two are false. How old are they really?
Ans: Mala = 38 yrs, Sam = 41 yrs.
27. Each alphabet stands for one digit in the following multiplication.
THIS
XIS
XFXX
XXUX
X X N X X What is the maximum value T can take?
Ans: T max value = 4
28. Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 24 days for 70
cows and 60 days for 30 cows to eat the whole of the grass. How many cows are
needed to eat the grass in 96 days.?
Ans : 20
[Hint: g - grass at the beginning r - rate at which grass grows, per day y - rate at
which one cow eats grass, per day n - no of cows to eat the grass in 96 days
g + 24*r = 70 * 24
* y g + 60*r
= 30 * 60 * y
g + 96*r = n * 96
* y, Solving, n = 20. ]
29. Three criminals were arrested for shop lifting. However, when interrogated only
one told the truth in both his statements, while the other two each told one true
statement and one lie. The statements were:
ALBERT :(a) Chander passed the merchandise. (b) Bruce created the diversion.
BRUCE :(a) Albert passed the merchandise. (b) I created the diversion.
CLIVE :(a) I took the goods out of the shop. (b) Bruce passed them over.
 Ans: Albert passed the goods. Bruce created the diversion. Clive took the goods
out of the shop.
30. I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit numbered license plate which on reversing
could still be read. On reversing value is increased by 78633.Whats the original
number if all digits were different?
Ans: Only 0 1 6 8 and 9 can be read upside down. So on rearranging these digits
we get the answer as 10968
31. There N stations on a railroad. After adding X stations on the rail route 46
additional tickets have to be printed.
Find N and X.
Ans. x=2 and N=11 ( Let initially, N(N-1) = t; After adding, (N+X)(N+X-1) =
t+46;Trail and error method )
32. Complete the Table given below: Three football teams are there. Given below is
the group table. Fill in the x's
Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against
A22xxx1
B2xx124
C2xxx37
Ans: The filled table is given below
33. Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against
A220071
B201124
C201137
34. A bird keeper has got P pigeons, M mynas and S sparrows. The keeper goes for
lunch leaving his assistant to watch the birds. Suppose p=10, m=5, s=8 when the
bird keeper comes back, the assistant informs the x birds have escaped. The bird
keeper exclaims: "Oh no! All my sparrows are gone." How many birds flew
away? When the bird keeper comes back, the assistant told him that x birds have
escaped. The keeper realized that at least 2 sparrows have escaped. What is
minimum no of birds that can escape?
Ans.
35. Seven members sat around a table for three days for a conference. The member's
names were Abhishek, Amol, Ankur,
Anurag, Bhuwan ,Vasu and Vikram. The meetings were chaired by Vikram. On
the first evening members sat around the table alphabetically. On the following
two nights, Vikram arranged the seating so that he could have Abhishek as near to
him
as possible and absent minded Vasu as far away as he could. On no evening did
any person have sitting next to him a person who had previously been his
neighbor. How did Vikram manage to seat everybody to the best advantage on the
second and third evenings?
Ans: Second evening: Vikram, Ankur, Abhishek, Amol, Vasu, Anurag and
Bhuwan. Third evening :Vikram, Anurag, Abhishek, Vasu, Bhuwan, Ankur,
Amol.
36. Two twins have certain peculiar characteristics. One of them always lies on
Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. On the other days they tell the truth. You are given a conversation.
Person A-- today is Sunday my name is Anil
Person B -- today is Tuesday, my name is Bill
What day is today?
Ans: Today is Tuesday.
37. Four prisoners escape from a prison. The prisoners, Mr. East, Mr. West, Mr.
South, Mr. North head towards different directions after escaping. The following
information of their escape was supplied: The escape routes were The North
Road, South Road, East Road and West Road. None of the prisoners took the road
which was their namesake.
Mr. East did not take the South Road
Mr. West did not the South Road.
The West Road was not taken by Mr. East
What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape?
Ans: Mr. East took the North Road
Mr. West took the East Road
 Mr. North took the South Road
Mr. South took the West Road.
38. A hotel has two wings, the east wing and the west wing. Some east wing rooms
but not all have an ocean view. All west wing rooms have a harbor view. The
charge for all rooms is identical, except as follows : Extra charge for all harbor
view rooms on or above the 3rd floor Extra charge for all ocean view rooms
except those without balcony Extra charge for some harbor rooms on the first two
floor & some east wing rooms without ocean view but having kitchen
facilities. Which of the following cannot be determined on the basis of the
information given:
I. Whether there are any rooms without a balcony for which an extra charge is
imposed.
II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a view involves an extra charge.
III. Whether two extra charges are imposed for any room.
(A) I only (B) II only
(C) III only (D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III
Ans: (A)
39. Given that April 1 is Tuesday. A, B, C are 3 persons told that their farewell party
was on
A - May 8, Thursday
B - May 10, Tuesday
C - June 5, Friday

Out of A, B, C only one made a completely true statement concerning date, day
and month. The other told two one told the day right and the other the date right.
What is correct date, month, day.
Ans: B - (May 10) SUNDAY , C - June 6 (Friday).
40. Answer the following questions based on the conditions from the choices A, B, C,
D, E as described below:
(A) if a definite conclusion can be drawn from condition 1
(B) if a definite conclusion can be drawn from condition 2
(C) if a definite conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 and 2
(D) if a definite conclusion can be drawn from condition 1 or 2
(E) no conclusion can be drawn using both conditions
· person 1 says N<5
· person says N>5
· person 3 says 3N>20
· person 4 says 3N>10
· person 5 says N<8
1. What is the value of N?
a) 1. No of persons who speak false being less than no of persons who tells the
truth.
2. Person 2 is telling the truth.
Ans.
b) 1. no of persons telling the truth is greater than no of persons telling lies
2. person 5 is telling the truth. Ans.

Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the
total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division.
Find the original number divided.
Ans: 18 ( Initially . x
xx
Now x-4
x-4 x-4 ) Equation is 3x-12 = x
2. A ship went on a voyage. After it had traveled 180 miles a plane started with 10
times the speed of the ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.
Ans: 200miles. ( Distance traveled by plane = 1/10 distance traveled by ship +
180 )

3. Replace each letter by a digit. Each letter must be represented by the same digit
and no beginning letter of a word can be 0.
 ONE
ONE
ONE
ONE
TEN
Ans: O =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 7 4. In a railway station, there are two trains going.
One in the harbor line and one in the main line, each having a frequency of 10
minutes. The main line service starts at 5 o'clock and the harbor line starts at
5.02A.M. A man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that comes.
What is the probability of the man catching the first train?
Ans: 0.8

41. Next number in the series is: 1 , 2 , 4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ?

Ans: 224. (No number has digits more than 4. All of them are 1 , 2, 4, 8 , 16 , 32 ,
64
converted to base 5 )
Father's age is three years more than three times the son's age. After three years,
father's age will be
ten years more than twice the son's age. What is the father's present age?
Ans: 33 years.
42. Light glows for every 13 seconds . How many times did it glow between 1:57:58
and 3:20:47 am.
Ans : 383 + 1 = 384
43. From a vessel, 1/3rd of the liquid evaporates on the first day. On the second day
3/4th of the remaining liquid evaporates. What fraction of the volume is present at
the end of the second day.
Ans: 50%

Supposing a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How long will it take to strike 10?
Ans: 10 1/2 seconds.
44. There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each pole. A car takes 24
second to reach the
 12th pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole.
Ans: 41.45 seconds (Let the distance between two poles = x, Hence 11x:24::19x:?
)
45. How can 1000000000 be written as a product of two factors neither of them
containing zeros
Ans: 2 power 9 x 5 power 9
46. Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in
opposite direction
arrive at their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after passing each other.
How much faster is one train from
other? Ans: Twice
47. Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing. The road is straight
before the crossing and both are traveling in the same direction. The cyclist
travels with a speed of 10kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and
meets the train 5km before the crossing. What is the speed of the train?
Ans: 60kmph
48. A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs. If
he gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke.
Ans: 8+1=9
49. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes. How much does
the watch lose or gain time and by how much?
Ans: Gains; 5/11 minutes
50. A survey was taken among 100 people to find their preference of watching T. V.
programs. There are 3 channels. Given the no of people who watch
at least channel 1
at least channel 2
at least channel 3
no channels at all
at least channels 1and 3
at least channels 1 and 2
at least channels 2 and 3
 Find the no of people who watched all three.
Ans.
51. Two trains start from stations A and B spaced 50kms apart at the same time and
speed. As the trains start, a bird flies from one train towards the other and on
reaching the second train, it flies back to the first train. This is repeated till the
trains collide. If the speed of the trains is 25 km/h and that of the bird is 100km/h.
How much did the bird travel till the collision.
Ans: 100kms.
52. Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid
down on the table below him,
which has two different colors on either side. The colors visible on the table are
Red, Green, Red and Blue. They see the color on the reverse side and give the
following comment.
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colors on the cards each
person.
Ans.
53. Sometime after 10:00 PM a murder took place. A witness claimed that the clock
must have stopped at the time of the shooting. It was later found that the position
of both the hands were the same but their positions had interchanged. Tell the
time of the shooting (both actual and claimed).
Ans: Time of shooting = 11:54 PM Claimed Time = 10:59 PM
54. Some statements are given below:
L says all of my other four friends have money
M says that P said that exactly one among them has money
N says that L said that precisely two among them have money
O says that M said that three of the others have money
 P, L and N said that they have money All the above statement are false. Who has
money & who doesn't have any money?
55. The Bulls, Pacers, Lakers and Jazz ran for a contest. Anup, Sujit, John made the
following statements regarding results.
Anup said either Bulls or Jazz will definitely win
Sujit said he is confident that Bulls will not win
John said he is confident that neither Jazz nor Lakers will win

56. When the result came, it was found that only one of the above three had made a
correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the
contest.
Ans: Sujith; Lakers
57. There are five persons with surnames Mukherjee, Misra, Iyer, Patil and Sharma.
There are 4 persons having first or middle name of Kumar, 3 persons with Mohan,
2 persons with Dev and 1 Anil. Either Mukherjee and Patil have a first or middle
name of Dev or Misra and Iyer have their first or middle name of Dev. Of
Mukherkjee and Misra, either both of them have a first or middle name of Mohan
or neither have a first or middle name of Mohan. Either Iyer or Sharma has a first
or middle name of Kumar but not both. Who has the first or middle name of
Anil?
Ans: Kumar Misra Dev, Mohan Iyer Dev, Kumar Patil Mohan, Mohan Sharma
Kumar
58. Ann, Boobie, Cathy and Dave are at their monthly business meeting. Their
occupations are author, biologist, chemist and doctor, but not necessarily in that
order. Dave just told the biologist that Cathy was on her way with doughnuts. Ann
is sitting across from the doctor and next to the chemist. The doctor was thinking
that Boobie was a goofy name for parent's
to choose, but didn't say anything. What is each person's occupation?
Ans: Since Dave spoke to the biologist and Ann sat next to the chemist and across
the doctor, Cathy must be the author and Ann the biologist. The doctor didn't
speak, but David did, so Bobbie is the doctor and Dave the chemist.
59. There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in order ( i.e. vol.1, vol. 2 and so
on ). Give the position after the following changes were noticed.
All books have been changed
Vol.5 was directly to the right of Vol.2
Vol.4 has Vol.6 to its left and both weren't at Vol.3's place
Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left
An even numbered volume is at Vol.5's place
Find the order in which the books are kept now.
Ans: 2 , 5 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 4
60. A soldier looses his way in a thick jungle. At random he walks from his camp but
mathematically in an interesting fashion. First he walks one mile East then half
mile to North. Then 1/4 mile to West, then 1/8 mile to South and so on making a
loop. Finally how far he is from his camp and in which direction.

Ans: Distance traveled in north and south directions: 1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 +
1/512 - ............. = 1/2/((1-(-1/4))
Similarly in east and west
directions:
1- 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 + 1/256 - ................... = 1/(( 1- ( - 1/4)) Add both the answers
61. Conversation between two mathematicians: First : I have three children. The
product of their ages is 36. If you sum their ages, it is exactly same as my
neighbor's door number on my left. The second mathematician verifies the door
number and says that it is not sufficient. Then the first says " Ok one more clue is
that my youngest is really the youngest". Immediately the second mathematician
answers. Can you answer the question asked by the first mathematician? What are
the children ages?
Ans 1,6 and 6
62. 500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their
heights. Tallest among each
row of all are asked to fall out. And the shortest among them is A. Similarly after
resuming that to their original positions that the shortest among each column are
 asked to fall out. And the tallest among them is B. Now who is taller among A
and B ?
Ans. A
63. There are six boxes containing 5 , 7 , 14 , 16 , 18 , 29 balls of either red or blue in
color. Some boxes contain only red balls and others contain only blue. One sales
man sold one box out of them and then he says, " I have the same number of red
balls left out as that of blue ". Which box is the one he sold out ?
Ans: Total no of balls = 89 and (89-29 /2) = 60/2 = 30 and also 14 + 16 = 5 + 7 +
18 = 30
64. Ram Singh goes to his office in the city, every day from his suburban house. His
driver Gangaram drops him at the railway station in the morning and picks him up
in the evening. Every evening Ram Singh reaches the station at 5 O' Clock.
Gangaram also reaches at the same time. One day Ram Singh started early from
his office and came to the station at 4 O' Clock. Not
wanting to wait for the car he starts walking home. Mangaram starts at normal
time, picks him up on the way and takes him back house, half an hour early. How
much time did Ram Singh walk?
65. A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they
were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and
vice versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days
did they stay there totally?
Ans: 18
66. There are N coins on a table and there are two players A & B. You can take 1 or 2
coins at a time. The person who takes the last coin is the loser. A always starts
first.
If N=7
(a) A can always win by taking two coins in his first chance
(b) B can win only if A takes two coins in his first chance.
(c) B can always win by proper play
(d) none of the above
67. A can win by proper play if N is equal to
(a) 13 (b) 37 (c) 22 (d) 34 (e) 48
Ans: (e.)
68. B can win by proper play if N is equal to
(a) 25 (b)26 (c) 32 (d) 41 (e) none
69. if N<4, can A win by proper play always?
(a) Yes (b) No
70. Mr. Mathurs jewels have been stolen from his bank locker. The bank has lockers
of 12 people which are
arranged in an array of 3 rows and 4 columns like:
1234
5678
9 10 11 12
· The locker belonging to JONES was to the right of BLACK'S locker and directly
above MILLAR'S.
· BOOTH'S locker was directly above MILLAR'S.
· SMITH'S locker was also above GRAY's (though not directly).
· GREEN'S locker was directly below SMITH'S.
· WILSON'S locker was between that of DAVIS and BOOTH.
· MILLAR'S locker was on the bottom row directly to the right of HERD'S.
· WHITE'S locker was on the bottom right hand corner in the same column as
BOOTH'S. Which box belonged to Mr. Mathurs?
Ans: Box number 9 belongs to Mr. Mathurs.
71. Five people A ,B ,C ,D ,E are related to each other. Four of them make one true
statement each as follows.
(i) B is my father's brother.
(ii) E is my mother-in-law.
(iii) C is my son-in-law's brother
(iv) A is my brother's wife.
Ans: (i) D (ii) B (iii)
E (iv) C
SATYAM PAPER ON 9th JUNE AT COIMBATORE

Hi all,
I am Nithya.A from SNS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY-Coimbatore (2008
batch)became SATYAMATE as i got selected in Satyam after a much struggle. This is
my 3rd company. I have not even cleared the written test in wipro and infosys. Friends
my only advice to you is don’t lose hope. Try and do hard work till you succeed

First of all I would like to thank the owners of this wonderful group FreshersWorld and
all the members who have been providing valuable information about companies from
time to time.
I would like to thank god and my parents and my dear most brother karthik.A (HCL-
HARIDWAR), Teachers, Relatives and Friends for this smallest achievement.

SATYAM Recruitment pattern:

1. Written exam
2. Group discussion
3. HR and Technical interview

Eligibility criteria:
X: 65% (aggregate)
XLL: 65%(aggregate)
BE: 68% (aggregate)
Well coming to the point I would like to tell you about the pattern. Actually it is a 30 min
test and there are 15 questions. The most important thing is time management. Questions
are very easy.
I did not remember the questions

1: Aptitude test:
CLOCKS
TRAINS
TIME AND WORK
SI AND CI
PYRAMID PROBLEM
NO SERIES, ODD MAN OUT
PROBLEM BASED ON CRICKET
PROFIT AND LOSS

2: Group discussion
MY topic was “WESTERN CULTURE IS NECESSARY OR NOT?”
I neither initiated nor summed up the session .But in the middle I make many valuable
points. My +se points: I did not watch the SATYAM person, I have spoken thrice. When
some of my team members were struggling during the discussing I have managed their
inconvenience by agreed their points and started adding my points on it.
Some topics can be spoken for or against; in such cases it is better to start with the
description about the topic.
Don’t interrupt or argue with your team. We were 10 members before entering into GD
we all decided not to quarrel with others and allow all of them to talk in 10min.
I’m the lucky person because the person who judged our GD session is the one who
interviewed me. He is MR.R.K. SWAMY working in SATYAM Chennai branch at
present he got 6 years of experience.
Since I have done my GD well it paved the way for my selection.

Some other topics for my friends are,

Marriages are made in heaven.
Is China better than India in software
Education in India ?
Are women a better managers?
Media

To initiate a GD
i. Quotes
ii. Definition
iii. Facts, Short story
iv. figures and statistics

Summarizing a discussion:
1. Avoid stating only your viewpoint.
2. Avoid raising new points.
3. Keep it brief and concise.
4. It must incorporate all the important points that came out during the GD.
5. If the examiner asks you to summaries a GD, it means the GD has come to an end.
6. Do not add anything once the GD has been summarized.

Sub-skills:
· Clarity of thought
· Conflict handling
· Listening
· Knowledge about the subject and individual point of view
· Openness and flexibility
· decision making

Correct way to proceed

· Speak pleasantly and politely to the group.
· Respect the contribution of every speaker.
· Think about your contribution before you speak. How best can you answer the
question/ contribute to the topic?
· Be aware of your body language when you are speaking.
Group discussion consists of:

1. Communication Skills

2. Knowledge and ideas regarding a given subject

3. Capability to co-ordinate and lead

4. Exchange of thoughts

5. Addressing the group as a whole

6. Thorough preparations

3: HR and Technical interview

I have already collected some information’s about SATYAM and also listened the PPT
session well, which helped me to know more about satyam
The time was 3.00PM (9.6.07)
I entered into the room
Interviewer: Sit down
Me: thank you sir
Interviewer: Asked my name and hall ticket no(without seeing)
Interviewer: Tell about yourself
Me: Briefly explained about a minute and I’m a district level volleyball player I have
mentioned at that time
Interviewer: You are lean then how can you make the game
Me: It is not the matter the appearance it is the matter of the skills in playing
Interviewer: then
Me: (I did not done any project so far )I have explained about my in plant training at
ROOTS INDUATRIES LIMITED – Coimbatore
Interviewer: What are all the products produced over there
Me: Answered
Interviewer: About your family
Me: Said about father, mother, brother and their occupation
Interviewer: Asked about my brother
Me: Working in HCL
Interviewer: Then why you need SATYAM
Me: HCL is the dream company for my brother and for me it is satyam
Interviewer: (He expected only this answer from me)
Interviewer: Why SATYAM
Me: Answered
Interviewer: Lean well all the best
Me: stud up, came two steps back and told that “thank you for spending the time with me
and I’m waiting for your positive reply” Once again I thanked him and left “He was very
cool and friendly”
Actually it was an on campus to our college. On 8.6.07 the have decided of completing
the first two rounds, but due to their delay in flight they announced the results on 9.6.07
this helped us to prepare much better
NO OF PERSONS ATTENED TEST: 450(approx)
NO OF PERSONS SELECTED: 42