SAP Placement Tips and Interview Experience

SAP LAB PLACEMENT TIPS 

Founded:  Weinheim, Germany (1972; 45 years ago)

Founder:  Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira

Claus Wellenreuther

Headquarters:  Walldorf, Germany

Area served:  Worldwide

Key people:  Hasso Plattner (Chairman), Bill McDermott (CEO)

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    INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE-I (Shubham Gupta)

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I got selected in SAP in off-campus drive, i will share the process which is a bit different from what they used in campus placements.

Procedure is as follows:

1. Online Test: 

Test consists of 4-5 sections which includes aptitude, logical reasoning, verbal ability, engineering questions(M.C.Qs like output prediction, DBMS, networking) and coding(2 questions). 

Marks distribution was not given in the test but coding questions carries more marks, all the people who complete both the questions will definitely get selected for interviews. 

Coding questions were not very tough, 10-15 days of online coding practice can get you through.

2. Technical Interviews: 

There will be two rounds of technical interviews. In 1st round interviewer gave me a problem and asked to write code for that.

Problem: 

Write a function for following scenario:

Input: An array [r,g,r,g,b,g,g,b,r]

Output:An array [r,r,r,g,g,g,g,b,b]

after this he asked about various object oriented concepts, from my areas of interest and projects.

In 2nd technical interview, i was asked about oops concept in detail. Program to show all the oops concepts, 1 more simple programming question related to sorting and its optimization after that error handling and 1 SQL query. I couldn't write the query.

3. Managerial round:

Questions about SAP, i was asked if i know about any of the SAP products, difference between service based company and product based company, my achievements, regrets.

4. HR interview.

They offered me 6.25 + 2 lac joining bonus = 8.25 which is same what they offered in college. If any student wants to contact me regarding Honeywell or SAP you can give him/her my email i.d or contact number.

Thanks to Shubham Gupta for sharing his experience. 


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    INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE-II (Namitha)

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1st round - Online Test(6 sections including Coding)

2nd round - Group Discussion

Problem Statement :

 Hospital Management System

Problems faced in the hospital and solutions to improve the current system.

3rd round - Technical Interview(Around 1 hr)

Regarding Open elective Subject: 

What is Management Information System?

Discussion on analyzing the data and drawing decisions.

Real time data mining application used by the company ?

Techniques used to analyze the data?

How can you use this concept in your college?

Workshops:

What is Cloud computing?

Is Gmail a cloud?

All other websites cloud?

What is Android?

Have you built any android app? Abstract of the project

Language used in android? (c++, java or c)

DBMS:

ER diagram for Customer,Bank and Branch

What is the difference between RDBMS and DBMS?

Programming languages:

What is an object?

What is a statics variable?

Why do you make main static in java and not in c++?

Why dont you use multiple inheritance in java?

What is a compiler?

What are the errors detected by the compiler?

How will int a=8 be stored in the memory?

Compiler used for java and c++?Is it the same?

Can we compile c code in c++ compiler?

Is c++ an object oriented language?

How an expression will be evaluated by the compiler?

Write the code to find the largest in the set of nos

What is Data Structure?

Why do you need linked list when you have stack?

Real time application of Stack and Queue

Which data structure will be used to evaluate an expression?

Why is this keyword used in java?

Is virtual keyword used in c++ ?

What is the interface used in java?

Why do we use Runnable?

Why do we need an interface in java?

What is a thread? Is it used in java? 

Why is java a platform independent language?

Operating Systems

What is paging?

What is external fragmentation?

4th round - Managerial Interview(Around 20 min)

Self introduction which describes everything about you including your academics.

Example from your life where you have handled somthing efficiently?

Where you frustrated anytime when handling it?

Instance where your team members wern't supportive when handling that event.What did you do?

What will you do if your colleague is not able to do the work properly?Will you cover up his mistake?

Should a manager be a good developer?

What if you finish your work before the deadline and you are free in office hours?

What have you planned for future?

Somthing which you dont like in you? How did you work on that?

About my project,achievements,workshops

5th round - HR(Around 20 min)

How was the day?

What solution did you give in GD?

What is cloud in the terms i can understand?(Cloud was the solution i gave in GD)

Do you find engineering monotonous?

What is the difference between IT and CS?

Extra curicular activities

Puzzle: How do you find the weight of Howla Bridge?

How many companies did you sit?

Why SAP and not Microsoft?(Since i said Microsoft was the first company and it was just an experience)

Are you a slow learner?

Regarding Higher education:

How many years would you take before going for higher education?

Why dont you percieve MBA immediatly after your engineering?Why do you need these many years before MBA?

Is SAP a stepping stone for you?

Why dont you do a full time MBA instead of joining our company and doing part time?

Thanks to Namitha for sharing her experience. 

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    INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE-III (Vidur Bhatnagar)

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For SAP one has to focus only on DS and DBMS and some logical reasoning.

Written Test

The first round is online test in which there are 2 coding questions and 5 sections of verbal and quant.

 If you get the coding question right the other sections does not matter. 

Coding has the highest weightage. 

Also the questions are highly repetitive and some are easy also. 

Coding is based in java. 

My question was reversing a string, changing cases sub string etc.

Design Round

Then there was a design round in which you need to create a complete design of a scenario. 

Ours was hospital management system. If u do good they will ask to make the use case class diagram etc

Technical interview

Then there was a technical interview. 

It began with discussion about my projects, a few puzzles which i got wrong.

 Then a few dbms queries like using 'having' 'groupby' date time queries etc which i got all right.

 Then there were ds questions like finding a loop in a linked list, oops concepts like interfaces, virtual keyword etc. 

 So even though i got the puzzles wrong, the technical part made me through this round.

The next round was managerial which i turned around to be an interview on my projects and managerial work. 

HR Round

Last round was HR.

All rounds were elimination rounds. Package was 8.25l and location can be both Gurgaon and Bangalore.

Thanks to Vidur Bhatnagar for sharing his experience. 

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Jay Jagannath Swami Nayana Patha Gami Bhaba Tume Bhaba Tume ...    

Mr. Tribikram Pradhan

Research Scholar, Dept. of CSE

Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU), Varanasi

E-Mail:  tribikram14@gmail.com

Cisco Supply Chain Interview Experience

Cisco Supply Chain (Internship)

CEO: Chuck Robbins 

    Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States

    Revenue: 49.24 billion USD (2016)

    Founded: December 1984, San Francisco, California,

                   United States   

    Founders: Sandy Lerner, Leonard Bosack

About Cisco: 

Cisco is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California that designs, manufactures and sells equipment’s. It was founded by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner in 1984. Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as Open DNS, WebEx, and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security, and energy management.

 The Cisco Test-Pattern and Selection Procedure is as follows :

It is only an Internship and based on your performance during the internship, they give you a Full Time offer.

Eligibility: CGPA > 8.0

Profiles within Supply Chain: 6 

[Note: While interviewing, recruiters won’t tell you the exact profile, so better to read about these online once.]

  Global Planning & Fulfillment
 Technology & Quality
 Product Operations
 Supply Chain Transformation
 Global Marketing Operations
 Global Supplier Management

1^st Round: Online Test (MCQ)

 Platform on which test was conducted: Mettl

 Duration: 1 hr
 Questions: 60

Since there is no negative marking, attempt all questions. 

Topics:

·         5-6 questions related to B.E./B.E.T./Physics/Embedded Systems

·         Pointers –major focus was on this

·         Output related questions

·         Aptitude

·         Algorithms

·         OS scheduling algorithms – Round Robin, FCFS etc

·         Logical reasoning

·         Java based output questions on Inheritance

·         Basic networking related questions like Sub-netting

·         Few questions about network techniques used by Cisco – like port numbers used for a specific application.

·         One/Two DBMS related questions on Keys/Normalization.

2^nd Round: Group Discussion (only for Supply Chain)

Depending upon the online test results, they have certain cut off which determine whether the candidate will be interviewed for Cisco IT or Cisco Supply Chain Operations (SCO). 

If your name is in the GD list, you will be interviewed for SCO and not IT. At this stage, you don’t have a choice to change your division but later on in the interview round chances are there to change.

 
The shortlisted candidates will have a Group Discussion Round, where you are given only 1 minute to talk about your views for the topic. Topics would mostly include Current Affairs, Technology, and Digitization.  Be very confident in the GD, and back your points well. 

After the GD, half of the selected candidates proceed to the interview round.

Every round is an ELIMINATION round. 

3^rd Round: Technical Interview 

Now based upon your resume, recruiter will ask questions. My interview experience was good. It went on for almost 30 minutes.

The recruiter would ask questions like tell me about your interests or explain this particular project which is listed on your resume. Be thorough with whatever you have done in each of projects mentioned in your resume. You would have to explain it very briefly and in simple terms. 

My interviewer had asked me questions about my Android Application Development Project and about my paper publications. 

After this, he had given me two puzzles to solve, which I had to solve with the least algorithmic complexity time. If you don’t know the answer, don’t give up, always start with the brute force approach and then come down to the best time complexity.

After solving the puzzle, he had asked me few general questions on Algorithms and Time Complexity.

Note: In this round, if the recruiter thinks that your interests are more aligned towards Cisco IT, he can internally send to the IT process. He will ask you before doing this.

4^th Round: Second Technical Interview 

This was a coding round, which lasted for about 20 minutes. 

The interviewer asked me my preferred language for coding and asked me to write the main logic of the program on paper. 

Also questions were asked about my previous internships and the projects. 

They key is always interact while you write down the code. Let the other person know your thought process to the code.

5^th Round: Managerial Round 

Here I was put into situations. This is like a Pressure Test where they want to see your approach to the situation. This lasted for about 20 minutes. 

They will ask questions about your previous internships and put you into situations. One of the many that I was put into was:

You have been given some work to do and have also been instructed to do it in a specific way. But the way mentioned is not the most optimal approach. What would you do? 

      My answer was: “Sir, I would first show the work as per what was instructed to me and also I would ask for a few minutes to show the optimized work which I devised. “

 
      Depending on how you answer, follow up questions were asked. I was also asked questions about the recent developments in technology and how these would impact Cisco.
      

          Since I had another interview scheduled (Microsoft SMSG) at the same time when Cisco interviews were being conducted, I was asked if given a choice which company will you choose to work with and why? Do not fake it here. Be genuine while you answer such questions.

   
       My response to this was: “Since Microsoft SMSG had come for the first time in our campus and I could not attend the Pre-Placement Talk as I was interviewing for Cisco, I could only decide once I know more about the SMSG profile.”  

6^th Round: HR round

This mostly consisted of general questions like:

·         Why Cisco?

·         Why did you choose your branch? (in my case it was CCE, as it was a new branch.)

·         Tell me about your strength and weakness?

·         What have you done to overcome your weakness?

·         Can a strength be your weakness?

·         Do you wish to for higher studies?

·         Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
        Any questions for us? 

     

               Thanks to Swati Choudhary for sharing her experience.

  

Jay Jagannath Swami Nayana Patha Gami Bhaba Tume Bhaba Tume ...    

Mr. Tribikram Pradhan

Research Scholar, Dept. of CSE

Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU), Varanasi

E-Mail:  tribikram14@gmail.com