TCS - Psychometric Test Explained

Psychometric test is one of the four sections of aptitude test conducted by TCS during selection. Psychometric test contains 150 questions and are to be solved in 30 minutes. These are general personality based questions and are yes/no based. These questions test your ability to answer consistently.
These tests are devised by occupational psychologists and aim of such tests is to select most suitable job applicants.

Psychometric tests aim to measure attributes like intelligence, aptitude and personality. They provide the employer with an insight into how well you work with other people, how well you handle stress, and whether you will be able to cope with the demands of the job.



Psychometric testing is extensively used by most of the fortune 500 companies, IT companies, financial institutions and management institutions.
Psychometric tests are indicator of your personality and your preferences and abilities and these tests help the prospective employer to find the best suitable candidate for the company, who 'll perform well and fit into company's environment.

The personality psychometric test calculates the ability of a candidate on five scales:

1. How Energetic a person is
   People who score high on this factor like to work in cooperation with others, are talkative, enthusiastic and seek excitement.
   


2. How Structured a person is
   People who score high on this factor are usually productive, disciplined and single tasking. People who score low on this factor are often less productive, but can be more flexible, inventive, and capable of handling more tasks at a time.
   


3. Worrying Tendency
   People who score low on this factor are usually calm, relaxed and rational. They may sometimes be perceived as lazy and incapable of taking things seriously. People who score high on this factor are alert, anxious, sometimes worried.
   


4. Openness to Experience
   People who score high on this factor have flare to accept new things and are curious and sometimes unrealistic. People who score low on this factor are down-to-earth and practical and sometimes change obstruct.
   


5. Orientation towards other people
   Cooperative and Submissive type of persons score high on this factor while those who score low on this factor may be competitive, challenging and confrontational.
   
   

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TCS - Quantitative Aptitude Questions Part1

Solve these Quantitative Aptitude Questions and post your answers in the comment section below. These questions have been asked in previous years by TCS.
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1. A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows,in a square shaped region.He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether???
   


2. A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them 10% of men and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is randomly selected from the group. Find the probability for the selected person to be an employee.
   
   


3. A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will be the gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
   


4. The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. To achieve the speed of 66 kmph, how many revolutions the wheel must make per minute?
   


5. In a college ,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8 th of the boys took part in a social camp.What of the total number of students in the college took part in the camp?
   


6. 5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are married, what is the percentage of unmarried
   females in the total population?
   
   


7. If the first day of 2003 is Sunday what day is the second last day?
   


8. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. What is the usual time to cover the journey?
   


9. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs while A alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can dig such a trench?
   


10. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. What is his gain percent?
    


11. The time in a clock is 20 minute past 2. What is the angle between the hands of the clock?
    


12. How long will it take for a sum of money to grow from Rs.1250 to Rs.10,000, if it is invested at 12.5% p.a simple interest?
    


13. A moves 3 kms east from his starting point. He then travels 5 kms north. From that point he moves 8 kms to the east.How far is A from his starting point?
    


14. In the word ORGANISATION if we exchange first with the second, second with the third, third with fourth and so on.Till last then what will be the 10 letter from right?Explain clearly step by step
    


15. If log 0.317=0.3332 and log 0.318=0.3364 then find log 0.319.
    


16. A work is done by the people in 24 min. One of them can do this work alone in 40 min. How much time required to do the same work for the second person
    


17. In a company 30% are supervisors and 40% employees are male if 60% of supervisors are male. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is a male or female?
    


18. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?
    


19. Which term comes next in the series : YEV, WFD, UHG, SKI?
    


20. Kailash faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 meters. He then turns to his left and walks 30 meters. Next, he moves 25 meters to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55 meters. Finally, he turns to the right and moves 40 meters. In direction is he now from his starting point?
    

These questions 'll help you brush up your quantitative aptitude. Wish you all the best!.

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TCS - Sample Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Quantitative section consists of basic mathematics questions based on percentages, multipliation and simple equations. It consists of 15 questions and the time alloted is 10 mins. This section is easy as compared to others, but silly mistakes need to be avoided. Some of the sample questions related to quantitative aptitude are given below. These questions have been asked by TCS in previous years.

1. "$" is for doubling the value "%" is for change of sign then what is the value of
   $%5-%%$3+$6…….A long expression similar to this one.


2. Pick the odd one….
   1.http 2.arp 3.snmp 4.baan
   1.linux 2.windows NT 3.sql server 4.Unix


3. Problem on a Venn diagram:
   Ex: a Venn diagram on no. of people who know only English, only French, only German, both English and French, French and German, German and English, know all the three.
   ->How many know English more than French?
   ->What % people speak all the three languages?
   ->What % people speak German but not English?


4. Fathers age is 5 times his son's age. 4 years back the father was 9 times older than son.Find the fathers' present age.


5. If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a job, in how many days can 15 men finish that work?


6. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.500.What is his profit percentage?


7. If Rs.2250 is divided between between A, B and C in the ratio 2:3:4, what is C's share?


8. In a fraction, if 1 is added to both the numerator at the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. If numerator is subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. Find the fraction.


9. What number should be added to or subtracted from each term of the ratio 17 : 24 so that it becomes equal to 1 : 2.


10. The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens and two erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens and three erasers cost?

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TCS - Recruitment Procedure Demystified

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) usually conducts its campus placements through a standard procedure
The Selection Procedure consists of a written test and those who clear written test will face technical and HR Interview. The written test usually consists of four sections - Verbal, Quantitative Aptitude, Comprehension and Psychometric test.

Written Test

• Verbal Section consists of 15 questions and are to be attempted in 6 minutes. These are usually based on English words and their synonyms.
• Quantitative section consists of basic mathematics questions based on percentages, multipliation, simple algebra. It consists of 15 questions and the time alloted is 10 mins. This section is easy as compared to others, but silly mistakes need to be avoided.
• Comprehension Section consists of 60 questions with 50 mins.
• Pshycometric test contains 150 questions wiith 30 minutes. These are general personality based questions and are yes/no based. These questions test your ability to answer consistently.

Interview

The written test is followed by interviews- technical and HR. The technical interview is based on subjects you have already studied in your curriculum. You need to select your favorite subjects out of what you have studied. Computer Science Students usually prefer C, DBMS, Operating System while Electronics Engineers choose DCLD, Microprocessors and Communications.

The HR Interview is very general to test your temperament. General questions based on current afairs, general awareness, trends in IT etc. may be asked.

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TCS - Company Profile

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is one of the world's leading information technology companies. Through its Global Network Delivery Model™, Innovation Network, and Solution Accelerators, TCS focuses on helping global organizations address their business challenges effectively.

Tata Consultancy Services 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 centers like the Tata Research Design and Development Centre at Pune, along with a host of other centers at Mumbai and Hyderabad . It bench marked 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 organizations, 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 licenses. Over $25 million were spent on enhancing hardware and software infrastructure. The company now has 72 offices worldwide. As many as seven centers 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 . It became the world's first organization to achieve an enterprise wide Maturity Level 5 on both CMMI® and P-CMM®, using the most rigorous assessment methodology - SCAMPISM

Several business and R&D relationship with global firms like Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Adobe, HP, Oracle have been made. The present CEO of the company is Mr. S. Ramadorai. The companies strength is about 14,000.

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