TCS After ILP Process to Wotk in TCS

ILP COMPLETION--RMG MEETING--CHOSSING PROJECT--TYPE OF PROJECTS---PROJECT INTERVIEWS

Hello juniors.After completing your ILP you are required to meet your respective IOU/ISU RMG(Resource Management Group) in your base location.Then RMG will ask you to attend project interview.Basically projects are of three types

---Development and Maintanance
---Support
---Testing(Manual&Automatic)

Developement and Maintance projects involve lot of coding.Most of the projects were already developed.You need to add or modify new functionalities based on requirements.

Support projects invovle regular interaction with clients,fix minor issues and analyse the results.Generally Support projects have night shifts.

Manual testing is simple testing wherer test cases are provided to you and you need to check whether the application satisfyies test cases or not.These projects are taken if you are

Automatic testing requies to work on testing tools.It involves some coding like Development projects.

-----What ever project you join remeber that learning should be your only goal.You should learn rather than work.Learn about complete application,maintain good relationship with other associates and manager,writing effective mails and creating good presentation.

----Revise your ILP content before attending project interview.

----Ask the details of project during project interview like type of project,timings,location,whether onsite opportunities are present or not etc..

----You can reject project if you did not like but it is not recommended as you may end with bad project than the previous.Better take your first project only

---Rejecting projects can lead to tranfer of location also as RMG will be in trouble if more people under them are in bench without projects

----After you join project and if you find difficult to survive then you can come back to RMG and request for a new project

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Interview Process@ TCS

Hi everybody,

Since there are so many guys out here who join TCS every year. So I thought about writing this blog.This blog will give idea about what going to be the upcoming days are like if you have recently joined TCS or it is coming to your college. Every year like this will be like 2012-2013 this software giant is recruiting thousands of employees As a matter of fact the requirement of employee is increasing every year. TCS is currently the biggest software firm of Asia. It has outsmarted some of the prudent rivals like Infosys and Wipro in terms of market values and earnings. It clearly shows that there is something in this software giant especially about its marketing policy and I hope its something you should learn or at least look at with respect. So in spite of the meager salary you will have something to smile about.This blog is divided into five parts.
1. Interview in TCS
2. ASPIREand Pre-joining Formalities
3. Training at Trivandrum
4. Things leads to a good rating(No need to read, better experience this on your own)
5. TCS-As I see It

Interview at TCS:-TCS visited my college campus back in the September 2011. There was a great buzz in college campus as the expected figure for recruiting came to be 250. So every guy/girl from non-IT CS background was thinking whether to apply for or not. So if you are a non CS/IT guy/girl having the same pandemonium, I want to make few things clear. First, you will get a job security which really matters in these days. It will give you a good opportunity to try for off campus jobs with a peace of mind.  It gives you a stint of 2-3 months to prepare for all the alternate options before the training period and I have seen numerous guys making a good use of that. But once the training period starts it gradually becomes more difficult to do preparation for other exams. Besides all this, people see a lot of opportunity in software industry as there are numerous requirements and options. So one really don’t need to be a tech geek to make a good mark in IT service based companies.
So coming over with placement pandemonium, let me deal with some facts. In my college and during my time, the criteria for eligibility in TCS were: Eligible for written if you are above 60% through out.2. Direct eligible for PI if you are above 75% through out. Luckily I belonged to later one so I faced the interview directly. The interview was like 10-15 minutes.

1.Written: - The written exam was around 40 minutes in which there were questions mainly from quant section. The difficulty level was quite good. The question keeps repeating every year and is available in internet.

 2.Interview: - The interview was really very simple. I think a major emphasis is given on speaking skill, some basic knowledge of C++, Java and database. One should try to explain the concepts rather than just telling definition or writing programs; and remember the way one speaks matter too. A long list of hobbies which include reading newspaper, novels, solving SUDOKU, playing cricket, chess, writing dairy or anything interesting you can explain(defend) always help. These things act as a filler; both for you and the H.R. My experience:-After interview we were told results at night on the same day. 201 students were selected from my college campus and there was a state of “euphoria” in my entire college campus .After placement in September, my joining date was 23^rd july2012, so it was like whole year. Now, It’s up to the person, how one can utilize this period. There is a saying that good time flies very easily and I have seen this happening in my final year. So my only suggestion:-Don’t go frivolous after placement.

Source : Lifeintcs Blog

Training of two and half months @Trivandrum

Training at Trivandrum:

 For me, training in Trivandrum was overall a great unforgettable experience. It was more like a paid vacation for me. I never learnt so many things in such a short stint plus I was getting money for training and learning new things for the first time. Simply this thought makes me happy. Let’s go through all the details of training:-

In the first day they will allocate the hostel based on a random order. A single room is usually shared by two people. One is not allowed to choose a hostel but one can freely choose his/her room partners. The allocation of room generally depends on FCFS. If two persons want to change rooms or do things like that it generally depends on one convincing power. The food and stuffs are little costly but the faster one gets accustomed to this will be better.  There will be induction/briefing classes on the first two days of joining TCS, which are usually very boring. My advice to you to be attentive in these first two days as they say lot of rules and regulation about company which can be very useful. There will a online test of 20 minutes conducted and trainees are allocated their stream(java,.net,mainframe etc) based on the combined marks of ASPIRE and this test. FYI as a stream, Java and .Net are the preferred ones.  Moving ahead of the two days of boring lecture let’s move on to the course and training. The training will be divided into two groups: Business and Technical.  So there will be a biz skill leader and a tech skill leader in every class of size 40 approx.

There will be one class monitor or class captain for each class. They can be selected on basis of leadership quality, voting or simply by ignorance. My advice please doesn't go for it. It is a complete clerical job and will add a lot of extra burden. There is a representative for every group of 6 trainees called Spoc. Spoc is someone who leads a group during the entire training. One can learn and experience lot of management skills and leadership qualities by being a spoc.

Coming to class structure, a lot of attention and care is given to form groups and subgroups. The basic idea of putting trainees into groups is to help them learning team spirit, enabling competition between different groups and sharing of knowledge.  

The class of 42 is divided into two blocks-A (24) and B(18). Then every block is divided into team of 6 trainees. Every team of 6 trainees is formed by 3 subgroups of 2 partners. And the criteria for selecting these two partners in a subgroup in (descending order of priority) are: one should be of IT/CS and other non tech. One should be male other should be female. They should belong to different places like one from north and other from south. So guys a lot depends on your luck:-P

 The biz skill training will be new to everyone regardless of the stream. My advice to everyone just try to enjoy the biz skill classes. Be interactive, mix with all people, talk to them, ask questions, sometimes try to interact with biz skill leads, exude positive attitude and confidence; and most important have fun. You will also get a good score in this section just by doing these things. The marks in biz skill classes include sections like behavior, written and speaking skill, dressing sense, interactions with others and lot of trivial things we never notice. 

In technical section, you will be first introduced to the stream (JAVA,.net)  and after one month of basic training  there will be a project given for each group. The quality of training depends on the tech lead one will get. It will be entirely his will he want to take classes or not. Literally, there is no one to monitor him. Mine first tech lead was the coolest one. He left us on our own as his only reason coming to Trivandrum was to enjoy one month paid vacation after a hectic project.  The workload will be relatively less during the first two-three weeks. So enjoy these week-ends cause once the project gets started everyone has to come on both Saturdays and Sundays. The presentation of the project really matters and this is the most crucial part of the training. After all the hard work for two and half months the last week is a luxury. There will be no work, less attention of biz skill and in my case there was no tech lead too. After the training, a rating is given to every associate. The rating basically differs from 3-5. The general rating is 3 while 4 is considered as very good and 5 is phenomenal. 4 rating is generally given to 3-4 guys in a class of 40 trainees while a rating 5 is given to one two guys for the entire batch(500-600).  During the last week of training people will be allocated their base branch (Bangalore,Chennai etc). This allocation basically depends on three choices filled before training and luck. My sympathy to those who gets Chennai as their base branch :-P

 So this was all about technical details of training in Trivandrum , besides all these things, enjoy the new place, a different climate, interact with new people, squander your first month salary, do party and simply enjoy life.
Source : MyLifeinTCS

Things leads to a good rating in ILP(No need to read, better experience this on your own)

In this thread I shall be discussing how to get good rating in ILP.

First of all let me tell you that rating in ILP matters. Well, it doesn't have the power to ruin or make one’s career but it certainly can affect after coming out of ILP training. It’s entirely different ball game when it comes to allocating to project. TCS random number game again takes the center stage over merit when it comes to allocation of project. A lot of unseen factors come into play when it comes to allocation in project. There will be interview conducted for each project in which candidates will be selected based on their skill, merit, ILP rating, willingness to work for company, attitude and how far one lives from the office. An important role is also played by the RMG(kind of HR) whom under new associates are tagged. It is the job of RMGs to find project and manage associates in the initial stage. So in this entire world of uncertainty the only thing that can help you to take project of your own choice is the ILP rating. Besides these, there are some good projects in which they only take trainees having more than 3 rating.  Coming back to this rating thing, it will be awarded after the completion of training at ILP. A rating of 3 out of 5 is considered as average which is awarded to everyone and 4 is considered as better and 5 is phenomenal. I shall come straight to the facts what you should do to make your 3 months at training at ILP worthwhile.

1.       First of all if one is a non IT/CS guy, forget it. The chances are very bleak until one is extra-ordinary. Anyone with computer background will find learning core concepts easily and they can score very well in internal tests. The only exception is the mainframe domain in which things are more or less equal for everyone. So it’s a fair game in mainframe as everyone is at the same level.

2.       Second, one needs to be sincere and take this training seriously. Students need to leave their college care free attitude and should focus on behaving professionally. This “behave professional” or “be professional” term is going to come across many times in ILP training. So my suggestion is to develop a very optimistic idea about this term as it is going to be used every time one makes a mistake.

3.       Always dress very carefully. Dressing sense is very important in professional world. One should wear different shades of shirts and some occasional ties and clean shoes. The dress should always be proper,well ironed and clean. The dressing sense should not be very eye catching. One should follow a good dressing style with complete consistency. The Monday to Friday look should be completely consistent. This is easy to say very hard to follow daily activity.

4.       Be helpful. It doesn't matter whether you are introvert or extrovert, helping others comes naturally or not to you but you should have helping nature in ILP. The whole ILP is based on the idea of sharing knowledge and helping each other. Help each and every one just like you help your friends. And it should come naturally to you. It should not be like that you are helping others just to get a good rating but it’s a part of good team work and I will say one needs to develop this in real life too.

5.       Seating arrangement in ILP is again very important. There will be people from all over the country predominantly from south. So one need to interact with them despite of all those language barriers. One should try to make new friends, talk to everybody and appreciate the good things about others too. The training leads always keep a notice of these activities. Just make sure one should never have a fixed seating position or a fixed group. Try to interact with everyone during this training. Give it a chance and I think you will yourself like it.

6.       Biz-skills:-These are very important classes. They are really very smart people. They will interact like friends, tell their own stories but one should not get too much involved with them as they are very professional and one should understand that they are just doing their job. One should try to interact in their session, actively part in their sessions and should come forward to speak when given an opportunity to speak. It is worth mentioning that the biz-skill lead takes a written note of one’s every activity in the class room. So coming to classes at proper timing, use of English language in the training campus, pronunciation of words, body language will be noticed in the record too. Try to follow a simple routine but with pure consistency.

7.       In ILP soon trainees will be divided into smaller groups of size 6. Being a SPOC(Single Point of contact) of group increases the chances of getting noticed. A spoc is person who is directly responsible for the outcome of a project in a group. A spoc in a group is selected after initial training by common voting and discussion. One should have already done something good in order to be selected as a spoc. Always remember it’s the group which chooses its spoc its not the other way around. As a spoc one need to manage the work, divide the work for each person and take responsibility for the entire group in times of tough situation. At times, spoc needs to praise team members, convince them and most important of all listen to every team member.

8.       There may be 3-4 occasions of presentations where one can have to present his module, project etc to the whole classroom. So prepare for it and plan for it. Always try to make presentations as interactive as possible. Try not to be boring and one more thing always have one feature that will differentiate your module from others. You have to think it by yourself. As this one thing will help you to create an impression among others.

9.       Last and the most important, be optimist. Being overly optimistic is like a being a fool and no matter how hard a fool can try he will always come to find the fools end. So be wise and again think about it. Being optimist for me it to be realist, being practical and behave in the best possible way no matter whatever is the situation. There may be times when there are different opinions in a group over something. One should to be calm, reasonable and bring the objectives and goals of the group into picture rather than going for his personal opinions.

All the best for your training at ILP, I wish it was worth once reading

what is actual ILP Tranning

Hi people.
Congrats to those who got joining letter, and congrats to the people who have actually completed their ILPs.
I will make a point here. I know most of you will not endorse my point of view and abuse me, but I just want some people to know the reality.
ILP is a virtually conducted training session in which a candidate is supposed to read PDFs and watch videos without the assistance of a faculty. There is absolutely no organized structure during the training of a company, which boasts itself of being the NO.1 IT company in Asia. I am in ILP currently, and regret joining TCS. Most of us get attracted by TATA brand in itself, but not many of us know the reality actually. We , at ILP, experience randomness everyday, just like random distribution of JLs. One is supposed to learn new things during training, but trust me I (rather most of the people in my batch) have same amount of knowledge as they had in their engg.days. TCS says that virtual learning is conducted globally, but my point is this so-called virtual learning is doing no good. We are just numbers for TCS. We are taught some of the most idiotic work(By taught I mean watching videos)eg: a plain shirt is to be worn with a striped tie. There is absolutely nothing which one can learn here. We are simply numbers for them so that they get to boast about bench strength. The city where I am currently being "trained" has around 3k people on bench.
Why am I writing?
Well I just want new joinees to reconsider their decisions, evaluate other options. I didn't have options, I ruined my life, I don't want others to do the same.
if u guys have some other options, please go for it.
Yea!! u can abuse me as much as u want.

Submitted by : Robbin Sharma

Suggestion for new Joiners in TCS

Hi TCSer's ,

Hope you all are in the best of your health and having an awesome time altogether !!

Congratulations to all those of you ,who have been selected in TCS (2015 Batch) !!

You all must have got a mail regarding ASPIRE , and I'm sure many of you , if not all ,would not be aware of what it is and the whereabouts of it !!

I know the mail must have raise a few eyebrows , sent the alarm bells ringing , and caught you by surprise .

There nothing to be bemused or baffled , and bother much , at this particular moment of time, since , its your SEMESTER Time.

You need to focus on Your College semester exams rather than the Aspire, since you must make sure you don't get a lag in any of your Subjects , which might land you in a spot of bother or trouble , since TCS is very stricts regarding its NORMS .

All said , I would like to highlight some points about ASPIRE ,its iff and buts.

‪#‎WHAT_IS_ASPIRE‬ !!

Aspire is a set of modules based on the various technical and communication aspects.

It is intended to enhance , brush up and upgrade your Technical knowledge .

It also consists of numeral Quizzes , whiich you need to take and at the end of each Quizz , you will have a score , which is termed as 'ASPIRE SCORE' .

Note : The Modules present in Aspire are very uselful and the questions in the different Quizzes are based on them and in addition , it helps you to sharpen your Technical credentials.

‪#‎iMPACT_ON_JOINING‬ !!

The Aspire Score will determine the Date of Joining for you people.

There will be a cut off date , every month starting May ( or may be earlier) Your score on that particular date will be considered .

They will come out with a "CUT OFF SCORE" , and the people who are above that score will get the joining dates ,and the rest will have to wait simultaneously and need to reset your Aspire.

The instructions would be communicated to you via. email from TCS , from time to time. or it would be flashed on "CAMPUS COMMUNE".

‪#‎IS_THERE_TIME_CONSTRAINT_TO_COMPLETE_ASPIRE‬ !!

There is no time constraint or time limitation to finish the Aspire Material.

Its just that , the people who score more would get early joining as compared to other people.

I would suggest you all to concentrate on your college exams and once its done and dusted , you may quickly latch on to the Aspire module and give it a go.

Any more queries or questions, you may get in touch with me , or leave your comments here !!!

Thanks alot !!

Stay Safe , Serve Smart !!!
Written by : Krishna Sharma

Cheers  

Latest ILP IRA Experienced...

Information about ILP (questions that were asked in IRA and some facts) started at Ahmadabad on 10th Nov...!!

1. Out of 218 candidates, only one was rescheduled on basis of score but HR gave some extensions to that unsuccessful candidate & it's under process

2. There is no need to worry about food, the food in canteen and on the stalls outside the office is good. P.S. it's not costly and you can have a number of varieties.

3. ILP Ahmadabad is very restrict about rules and documents, so better to avoid the things that are log allowed inside the office or flat. 2 female candidates were warned about termination as they brought some electrical equipment in flat.

4. Better to have atleast 5 trousers and 5 shirt because you wont get time to wash them and iron them & yes... you have to loose your pocket to get irond your clothes.

and finally here are some questions, that were asked in IRA 1....!!

- What is RAM?
-How many bits are there in a BYTE?
- which data type can holds the largest integer?
- who has authority and responsibility to access the blueprint of database?
-what is a primitive data type?
-how an array is initialized?
- how many phases are there in problem solving?
-what happens if there is no proper planning to solve a problem?
-a machine can be used to solve a problem by?
-what is automation?
-peripherals of computer are....? etc. etc.

and DBMS+ PROGRAMMING modules are very important to clear the IRA1.

Information Given By : Abhimanyu Sharma

ILP Chennai Exprience

Guys I have some news for ol of us..
My cousin's joining was on 18 aug chennai, I just talked to him he told me that:-
1. There is no rescheduling in chennai ILP..
2. IRA1 (Aspire) is very very easy..
3. IRA2 (Tech Lounge) is bit tough but it doesnt affect to our remedial..
4. IRA's will be on the next monday of joining date...
5. To complete Tech Lounge is not mandatory as many of his batch mates have not completed yet..
6. Even Problem Solving Statements are not mandatory as my cousin havent completed the programs yet...
7. First 2 days will be orientation and presentation, then we will be having respective classes..
8. Official timings will be 8 AM to 5:30 PM but for remedial its 7:30 PM...
9. After every 3-4 days we will be having tests on our Domain Languages (Tech Lounge), one who fails in that will be send in remedial..
10. Almost everyone got failed in his batch coz these tests are little tough..(He is having UNIX/C++/ORACLE as Tech Lounge)..
11. No. of Tests are more in UNIX TEch Lounge as compared to other Lounges..
12. On Monday, for boys Tie is compulsary and on Friday U can wear Blue Jeans and Collar T-Shirts or Casual Shirts..Saturday is off...
READ 5th and 6th POINTS CAREFULLY...so CHEER UP GUYS...