INFOSYS
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Infosys Technologies Limited is a multinational information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is one of India's largest IT companies with over 88,601 professionals , nine development centers in India and over 30 offices worldwide. Its annual revenues for the fiscal year 2007-2008 exceeded US$4 billion.
Chief mentor- N R Narayanamurthy
CEO -Kris Gopalakrishnan

Indian Locations
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Bangalore-HQ
Chennai
Hyderabad
Thiruvananthapuram
Mysore
Gurgaon....



Written Paper Pattern
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The pattern for the off-campus was somewhat like:
1. Logical reasoning (30 questions) in 40 min
2. English section (40 questions) in 35 min

Logical section:
1. 2 puzzle tests
2. 5 figure based questions (like odd figure out)
3. 5 questions on data sufficiency.
4. 5 questions on logical reasoning
5. Data interpretation - 5 questions
6. Series completion.

English section:
1. Reading comprehension-10 questions
2. Paragraph formation -5 questions.
3. Theme detection -7 questions
4. To fill in the blanks with appropriate option. - 8 questions
5. Sentence correction- 10 questions

Interview (Mainly HR only)
Interview is not very tough, just be what you are.
They simply check ones communication skills & confidence.
They may give some puzzles and check how you try to solve it, situational reactions are important, its not necessary that you need to solve the puzzles completely.

Infosys Placement Paper
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Sample 1

Logical Section
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1. Samantha beat Jim. Jack was beaten by Louise and Peter in that order. Jim was not first. Samantha was not last. Jim beat Jack. Who won?

2. An artist has exactly seven paintings --- ,T,U,V,W,X,Y, and Z -- from which she must choose exactly five to be in an exhibit. Any combination is acceptable provided it meets the following conditions:
* If T is chosen, X cannot be chosen
* If U is chosen, Y must also be chosen
* If V is chosen, X must also be chosen

a) Which one of the following is an acceptable combination of paintings for inclusion in the exhibit?
A. T,U,V,X,Y
B. T,U,V,Y,Z
C. T,W,X,Y,Z
D. U,V,W,Y,Z
E. U,V,W,Z,Y

b) If painting T is chosen to be among the paintings included int he exhibit which one of the following cannot be chosen to be among the paintings included in the exhibit?
A. U
B. V
C. W
D. Y
E. Z

c) Which one of the following substitutions can the artist always make without violating restrictions affecting the combination of paintings given that the painting mentioned first was not, and the painting mentioned first was not, and the painting mentioned second was, originally going to be chosen?
A. T replaces V
B. U replaces Y
C. V replaces X
D. W replaces Y
E. Z replaces W

d) If the artist chooses painting V to be included among the paintings in the exhibit, which one of the following must be true of that combination of paintings?
A. T is not chosen
B. Y is not chosen
C. U is chosen
D. W is chosen
E. Z is chosen

3. A cube is painted red. It is then cut into 27 equal cubes with 6 lines. Find no. of cubes with
a) 3 sides painted
b) 1 side painted
c) 2 sides painted
d) No sides painted

4. The temperature readings of 5 consecutive days have to be found out. Given that the product of the temperatures is 12.
ANS:-2,-1, 1, 2, 3


5. The digit 3 comes 61 times in a torn book. Find the no. of pages in the book?

6. In a merry go round , 1\5 of people was behind and 5\6 was in front of me. Find the total no of people?

7. A, B, C are three friends. Only one among them tells the truth.
A: either M or N won
B: either N or O won
C: either P or O won
Who won?

8. Problem on Speed and Time. Trains leaving form A station and B station type.

9. A logical reasoning problem. 5 friends are standing on a row.6 conditions were given. We have to find their positions.

10. A watch’s hands come together after every 65 min. Then is it gaining or loosing time? How much?


ENGLISH section
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1. Reading Comprehension
2. Tense
3. Idioms
4. Group verb
5. Preposition
6. Vocabulary
7. Analogies

More sample question papers
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4