The selection procedure was as follows :
Aptitude Test
Technical Interview
HR Interview
1. Aptitude Test :
It had 2 sections Total marks- 45. Time 50 mins
a. Java --- 20 questions (.1 mark each) Cut off - 8
b. Quantitative Aptitude --- 25 questions (1 mark each) cut off -13
There was ve marking of -0.25 for each wrong answer.
Java Questions were tricky. They stressed on inheritance ,Garbage collection ,C++ questions were also there.we had to find out the output of the programs given.
Quantitative was easy..questions were good n difficulty level was moderate. I referred Abhijeet Guha book for Aptitude and R.S.Agarwal also. You have to be fast in this section so that u can give more time to Java.
2.Technical Round :
After the Aptitude Test.only 11 students were selected for this round. I was one of them. They asked me the following questions.
Q : Tel us something abt ur family background.
A : I told..
Q : What is ur fav subject ?
A : Software Engineering and OS
Q: What is SDLC ?
A: I told in detail all the phases.
Q: What is the configuration of ur PC ?
A : 40GB Hard-disk ,512 MB RAM.and so on.
Q: If u have a 1 GB file.how will it accommodate in 512 MB RAM ?
A : Paging concept will come into picture. Then I explained him the paging concept.
Q: What is the difference in C++ and Java ?
A: I told all major differences.
Q: What is the difference between pass by value and pass by reference ? Which is better n why ?
A : I answered..Pass by reference n value first n said pass by reference is better coz we save memory here as only the references have to b changed n final result is reflected at the original place of storage itself.
Q : U have any plans for higher studies ?
A : No sirI want to work.
Q: What r ur strengths and weaknesses ?
A : I told
Q: Do u have any problems in working in shifts ?
A : No problems sir.
Q: What is ur preffered Job location ?
A : Pune is my first choiceanywhere in India and I am ready to go abroad on a company project.
That was all. The Panel was friendly. My suggestion would be that be cool n composed while answeringbe confident n dress smartly.
There were no eliminations after this round. All 11 students gave HR round also.
3.HR Round :
Here I was asked ..
1.What r ur hobbies ?
2.What do u know aboutt Siemens ?
3.What do u know aboutt SAP ?
4.What is ur fav subject ? I had to explain SDLC again.
5.How was ur day ?
6.Are u a hostellite ?
Ans--I said Yes.
7.What was the most memorable moment in the hostel?
Ans--I told that
I was then asked to leave. After this I was called in the room again and was told that I am selected. I was really happy. After appearing for 9 companies n giving 4 interviews I was finally selected.
Freshersworld helped me a lot..n I hope that this contribution of mine will help u get into SISL . All the best.
See u there.
