HCL Aspiring Minds Sample Placement Paper 2010

Aspiring minds conducted the off campus for Mphasis and HCL at various cities in India(Chennai, Noida, Bangalore ). I attended both the exams. The question Paper were somewhat similar. The following were asked in the HCL offcampus 2010. The sample placement paper for your reference

• Statement and conclusion
• Coding and Decoding(ex abc:efg :: lmn: ? or rush is written as blah blah... then how push is written)
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Blood relations
• Direction based problems
• Mostly comprehension type questions
• 1 or 2 questions from number series
• A passage will be given you have to read and answer it
• Probability (1 or 2 sums)
• Sentence Arrangement
• Correct Sentences by replacing the italicized word with correct word(3 questions)
• No c or c++ or any computer based
  questions

Once you have cleared the first round the next round is technical GD. There will be about 15 people in one batch. The HCL persons will give the introduction on the topic and you have to proceed it further. But in this round you must have luck since people who didn't speak even a word was also selected. Some of the GD topics are

•  Agile Software model
•  Networking (Layers)
•  Web Development
•  Will you chose dead lined projects or never-ending project
•  ECE concept - signals
•  Software Development Life Cycle( SDLC)

Once you clear this round all is done. The HR will be simple. All the best
The package will be 3lakhs pa