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Mu Sigma Apps N Puzzles PDF
1. Two passenger trains are traveling in opposite direction. The distance between them is 110 Kms. One
of them starts at 4 AM and the other starts at 5 AM on a velocity of 20 and 25 KMPH respectively.What
is the time when they both will meet?
2. In a competitive examination, 3 marks are given for every right answer and 2 marks are deducted for
every wrong answer. A student attempts 30 questions and obtains 40 marks.How many questions did he
answered correctly?
3. The ratio of teenagers to adults in a town is 30:1. If the teenagers are increased by fifty and the adults
by five, the ratio will change to 25:1.How many adults are present in the town at present ?
4. The area of a square plot with each side of 6cms is equal to the area of a rectangular plot having the
width of 2.5 cms each.What is the length of the rectangular plot?
5. Can you determine how many times do the minute and hour hands of a clock overlap in a day?
6. A new company has launched a range of juicy candies. There are two flavors of which these juice
candies will be available for retail - Peach and Grape. The toffees are packed in three different boxes with
one containing peach candies, one containing grape candies and one containing a mixture of both. It is
informed that the packaging person has accidentally mislabeled all the three boxes.If you are asked to
label them correctly, how many candies will you have to pick and from which jar in order to label every
box correctly?
7. You are provided by 100 kg of a fresh fruit. You are told that the fruit comprises of 68% water content
and when the fruit dries, the water content decreases to just 20%.How much dry fruits will you be able to
obtain from the quantity of fruits given to you?
8. Anna is two years elder than Bella who is twice as old as Camilla. If the sum of their ages is 27, Find
out the age of Bella.
9. Let Sn represent the sum of first n terms of an AP.If S2n = 3Sn, then what will be the ratio S3n/Sn be
equal to?
10. A room's width is half of its length. If we reduce both length and width by 6, then the area is differed
by 108.What is the length of the room?
11. A train is going at a speed of 60kmph towards Delhi and returned back at a speed of 30kmph. What is
its average speed?
12. You have 32 numbers. What is the least number of comparison needed to find the 2nd smallest out of
them?
13. What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221?
14. There are three boxes. One is labeled "APPLES" another is labeled "ORANGES". The last one is
labeled "APPLES AND ORANGES". You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick
one fruit from one box which you choose.How can you label the boxes correctly?
15. A frog is at the bottom of a 30 meter well. Each day he summons enough energy for one 3 meter leap
up the well. Exhausted, he then hangs there for the rest of the day. At night, while he is asleep, he slips 2
meters backwards. How many days does it take him to escape from the well?
16. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75
kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while
stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:
17. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is
Rs. 855, the total profit is:
18. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand
rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon?
19. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of
Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?
20. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the
remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
1. Introduce yourself.
2. void main()
{
int a[5] ={1,2,3,4,5},i,j=2,b;
for (i =0;i<5;i++ )
func(j,a[i]);
for (i =0;i<5;i++ )
printf(?%d?,a[i]);
}
func(int j,int *a)
{
j=j+1;
a=a+j;
b= b+2;
}
Output: 12345
3. A survey of a village showed that 1 / 10 of the total population speak neither Hindi nor English. 1 / 5 of
them cannot speak English and 3 / 7 of them cannot speak Hindi. What percentages of people know only
one language?
A) 42.86 %
B) 40 %
C) 34 %
D) None of these
4. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last
digits were missing. what was the cost of each hen?
5. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start
from any city and come back to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Ans. 12.
6. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take
for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Answer: a
7. The cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the
cost of 5 chairs and 8 mugs?
8. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the
material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
(Ans C)
9. void main()
{
int a[5] ={1,2,3,4,5,6,7},i,j=2,b;
for (i =0;i<7;i++ )
func(j,a[i]);
for (i =0;i<7;i++ )
printf(?%d?,a[i]);
}
func(int j,int *a)
{
j=j+1;
a=a+j;
b= b+2;
}
Output: 1234567
10. If an item costs Rs.3 in '99 and Rs.203 in '00.What is the % increase in price?
(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these
(Ans. A)
11. A student scores 55% marks in 8 papers of 100 marks each. He scores 15% of his total marks in
English. How much does he score in English?
1) 55
2) 66
3) 77
4) 44
5) None of these
12. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
13. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it
will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
(a) 110 men
(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these
(Ans. A)
16. A, B, C and D go for a picnic. When A stands on a weighing machine, B also climbs on, and the
weight shown was 132 kg. When B stands, C also climbs on, and the machine shows 130 kg. Similarly
the weight of C and D is found as 102 kg and that of B and D is 116 kg. What is D's weight
A. 58kg
B. 78 kg
C. 44 kg
D. None
Answer : C
17. There are 8 people, F, G H J K L M N. 2 groups are to be formed. F will always go with J. G and M
will never go tohether. H will always go with L. N will always go with G. find out the two groups.
18. If log 0.317=0.3332 and log 0.318=0.3364 then find log 0.319 ?
19. A person travels in a car with uniform speed. He observes the milestone,which has 2 digits. After one
hour he observes another milestone with same digits reversed. After another hour he observes another
milestone with same 2 digits separated by 0. Find the speed of the car?
Ans: 45
20.
#include main()
{
int i;
for (i=1;i<100; i++)
printf("%d %0x\n",i,i);
}
/* Ans:- i is from 1 to 99 for the first format,
for the second format 1to9, ato f, 10 to 19,1ato1f, 20 to 29, etc */
1. How many mashes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide
?
(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
Ans B
2. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined
Ans. C
3. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar
so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?
(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%
Ans B
4. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the
man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary
?
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900
Ans C
5. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the
population due to the influx of job seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years ?
6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls
are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?
7. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take
for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Ans. A
8. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the
material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Ans C
9. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a
square shown below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank?
Ans :7*(2)1/2
10. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a certain sum
lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum?
(a) Rs. 15000
(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these
Ans C
11. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Ans. C
12. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years
what is father's present age ?
(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
ans:A
13. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the
same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the
freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
a) 30
b) 40
c) 58
d) 60
Ans: b
14. 02: 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen?
Ans: Cannot be determined.
15. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-
16. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can
be formed from it?
Ans: 9
17. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of
solution?
Ans: 36%
18. There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys and 3
girls. Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3?
a) 22/62
b) 15/46
c) 2/3
d) 1
Ans: b
19. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)?
a) 0.845
b) 1.908
c) 2.312
d) 0.001
Ans: a
20. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is
the percentage of gain?
21. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it
become 9 times itself?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
Ans: a
22. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the
man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary
?
a) Rs.500
b) Rs.1500
c) Rs.1000
d) Rs. 900
Ans: c
Mu-Sigma Model Numerical Aptitude Questions With Answers
1. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type
is called:
Answer: a
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 4
Answer: c
3. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined
Answer: c
4. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the
man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary
?
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900
Answer: c
5. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c, and start a business
their total profit is Rs 4800, what is the share of A?
(a) 600
(b) 800
(c) 400
(d) 200
Answer: b
6. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take
for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Answer: a
7. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple interest on a
certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the sum?
Answer: c
(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112
Answer: d
(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q
Answer: a
10. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?
(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
Answer: b
11. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a
perfect square ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Answer: c
12. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the
material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Answer: C
13. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar
so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?
(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%
Answer: b
14. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years
.what is father's present age ?
(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
Answer: a
Answer: b
Mu Sigma Placement Paper-Questions with answers
1. Sum of A and B is given by
A) *(@(A, B), 2)
B) /(@(A,B),2)
C) @(*(A,B),2)
D) @(/(A,B),2
Ans. A.
3. If A’s income is 25% less than B’s ,by what % is B’s income greater than that of A ?
A) 35%
B) 25%
C) 30%
D) None of these
Ans. D.
Directions for Questions Nos: 4 to 5
Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answer any question with
two sentences, one of which is always true and other is always false.
4 You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,”Which road
will take me to the village?”
Ram says,”I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place”
Laxman says,”I am married to Lila. Take the left road”.
Lila says,”I am married to ram. He is not new to this place”
Which of the following is true?
A) Left road takes you to the village
B) Right road takes you to the village
C) Lila is married to laxman
D) None of above
Ans. A.
Ram said he never talked to strangers, but he spoke to a stranger, this meAns that this statement is false,
hence his other statement must be true, hence the second statement of Lila is false, hence her first
statement is true that is she is married to ram, hence the first statement of Laxman is false, hence his
second statement is true, that is take the left road.
5. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they reply as follows:
John says,”I didn’t do it. Mathew didn’t do it”
Matthew says,”I didn’t do it. Krishna didn’t do it.”
Krishna says,”I didn’t do it .I don’t know who did it.”
Who stole your boat?
A) John
B) Matthew
C) Krishna
D) None of them.
6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may
be 175, 200, 150…)
7. P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock .If yes in
which situation does the deadlock occur.
9. (Date; who)>logfile
Date; who>logfile
What is the difference between the two statements.
11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Ans. 15.
13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start
from any city and come back to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Ans. 12.
Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmost edge. Since there
are 3 edges emanating from each city and the figure is perfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible
from each edge, hence for any given city, the total number of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.
17. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other
trains enter the tunnel in the opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500
mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the train. What is the distance covered by the bee
when the two train collides (the bee survives)
20. What are the various modes used to send data over the network.
1. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c, and start a business
their total profit is Rs 4800, what is the share of A?
Ans: 800
3. Mr. loyd wants to fence his Square shaped land of 120 Sqft each side. If apole is laid every 12ft how
many poles do he need?
Ans:
4. if 105 is represented as 253 in base 6,how is 253 represented in base 6?
Ans:
5. the cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the
cost of 5 chairs and 8 mugs?
6. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last
digits were missing. what was the cost of each hen?
7. In a school football team the captain was the eldest of all with ,the next was the goal keeper with 26, in
a particular match both the players were shown red cards. the average age of the remaining people raised
by? what was the average age of the team.?
9. A Printing Machine that transfers impressions from Flat Plate to Rubber Cylinder, thence to paper is
called
Ans. maybe Offset
10. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or
type is called:
(a) Printing, Letterpress
(b) Printing, Flexographic
(c) Printing, Silk screen
(d) None of the above
Ans. maybe letterpress
11. Yellow (lemon), Magenta (cold red), Cyan (blue-green) are the three
(a) Process Colors
(b) Monitor Colors
(c) Special Colors
(d) Spot Colors
13. Which is a typical page layout program out of the following software products:
(a) Adobe Photoshop
(b) Adobe PageMaker
(c) Macromedia FreeHand
(d) Macromedia Director
2. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other trains
enter the tunnel in the opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph
enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the train. What is the distance covered by the bee when
the two train collides (the bee survives)
5. What are the various modes used to send data over the network
6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may
be 175, 200, 150...)
7. P(S1)
a++;
P(S2)
v++;
V(S2)
V(S1)
P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock .If yes in
which situation does the deadlock occur.
11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ?
(55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70
60 + 70 = Rs. 130
So, Rs. (145 – 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 – 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them
can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out.
145 rides were taken. 20 of them took all three, i.e. Rs. 60 were spent, so 145-60= Rs. 85
are left for the others. Total kids were 85, so rest were 65. out of these 65,
13. Four cities are connected by a road network as shown in the figure. In how many ways can you start
from any city and come back to it without travelling on the same road more than once ?
Consider the top city, the following are the 3 routes possible, starting from the leftmos edge. Since there
are 3 edges emanating from each city and the figure is erfectly symmetrical, these 3 routes are possible
from each edge, hence for any given city, the total number of routes = 4 * 3 = 12.
14. Directions for question nos 14 to 15A, B, and C are three numbers, Let@(A, B)= Average of A and
B*(A, B)=Product of A and B/(A, B)=A divided by B
18. If A's income is 25% less than B's ,by what % is B's income greater than that of A ?
Kya-Kya is an island in the south pacific .The inhabitants of Kya-Kya always Answerany question with
two sentences, one of which is always true and other is always false.
19 You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman, Lila,”Which
road will take me to the village?”
Ram says,”I never speak to strangers. I am new to this place”
Laxman says,”I am married to Lila. Take the left road”.
Lila says,”I am married to ram. He is not new to this place”
Which of the following is true?
Ram said he never talked to strangers, but he spoke to a stranger, this meAns that this statement is false,
hence his other statement must be true, hence the second statement of Lila is false, hence her first
statement is true that is she is married to ram, hence the first statement of Laxman is false, hence his
second statement is true, that is take the left road.
20. You find that your boat is stolen.You question three inhabitants of the island and they
reply as follows:
John says,”I didn't do it. Mathew didn't do it”
Matthew says,”I didn't do it. Krishna didn't do it.”
Krishna says,”I didn't do it .I don't know who did it.”
(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(b) (2 x s x k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q
2. Yellow (lemon), Magenta (cold red), Cyan (blue-green) are the three
3. Leading specifies:
4. Which is a typical page layout program out of the following software products:
(a) 12455
(b) 14153
(c) 14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112
Ans: (d)
6. In a school football team the captain was the eldest of all with ,the next was the goal keeper with 26, in
a particular match both the players were shown red cards. the average age of the remaining people raised
by? what was the average age of the team.?
Ans. c
8. A Printing Machine that trAnsfers impressions from Flat Plate to Rubber Cylinder, thence to paper is
called
9. Printing process in which ink is applied to paper or board from raised portions of printing plates or type
is called:
10. A puts a share of 1/3, B puts a share of 1/2, and the remaining share is put by c,and start a business
their total profit is Rs 4800, what is the share of A?
12. Mr. loyd wants to fence his Square shaped land of 120 Sqft each side.If apole is laid every 12ft how
many poles do he need?
14. the cost of 5 chairs and 3 mugs is Rs 1900, and the cost of 8 chairs and 5 mugs is Rs 2900, what is the
cost of 5 chairs and 8 mugs?
15. Mr Roy found an old bill which shows that he brought 10 hens for Rs_67.92_ the first and the last
digits were missing. what was the cost of each hen?
Mu-Sigma HR Interview Tips and points to cocentrate
Now its time for the face to face interview with the employer itself. Any number of items can go wrong
but you have to be in control and must have confidence. Go into an interview with the feeling that you are
going to impress them so much that they will have to make you an offer.
These are the most common interview mistakes - and their antidotes.
1.Arriving late - Get directions from the interviewer - or a map. Wear a watch and leave home early.
2.Dressing wrong - You make your greatest impact on the interviewer in the first 17 seconds - an
impression you want to make powerfully positive.
3.Play zombie - Sit up, focus on the interviewer, and start responding. Enthusiasm is what the interviewer
wants to see.
4.No smoking, no gum, no drinking. This is all comfort stuff for you, and none of it helps you here.
Employers are more likely to hire non-smokers.
5.Research failure. The interview is not the time for research. Find out the company's products and
services, annual sales, structure and other key information from the Internet, the public library,
professional magazines or from former employees.
7.Winging the interview - Practice! Get a friend, a list of interview questions and a tape recorder and
conduct an interview rehearsal.
10.Not asking questions - and asking too many - Use your research to develop a set of questions that
will tell you whether this is the job and the company for you.
11.Bad-mouth anyone - Not just your present employer, or former employer, or the competition. You
don't want to look like a complainer.12.Asking about compensation and /or benefits too soon. Wait for
the interviewer to bring up these issues - after the discussion of your qualifications and the company's
needs and wants.
12.Asking about compensation and /or benefits too soon. Wait for the interviewer to bring up these
issues - after the discussion of your qualifications and the company's needs and wants.
13.Failure to ask for the job. When the interviewer indicates the interview is over, convey your interest
in the job and ask what the next step is.
Attending an interview for a job you really want can be a nerve-wracking experience especially if you are
unprepared.
Luckily, Jobsite have created a list of typical interview questions and best responses so you need worry no
longer!
Do not go back to childhood experiences, just give a brief outline of where you are from and where you
want to be going.
Show that you have done your research. Know what their products are, how big the company is, roughly
what their annual revenue is, what reputation it has within the industry and on the street. Know the
company's history, image, goal, and philosophy.
Project an informed interest which allows the interviewer to tell you some more detailed aspects about the
company.
Don't talk about what you want; first talk about their needs and what you can do for them.
4. What would you do for us? What can you do for us that someone else can't?
Talk about successful past experience where you have helped an employer solve a problem and relate this
to the job being offered.
5. Which aspects of our position do you find the most attractive? Least attractive?
List three or more attractive factors and only one, minor unattractive factor. Aspects to pick up on could
include; office location, company reputation, the chance to work with esteemed colleagues, training
opportunities etc.
Because of the knowledge, experience, abilities, and skills you possess. Be very positive and confident in
your reply, not vague.
7. What do you look for in a job?
The opportunity to develop further skills; throughout life we should be constantly learning.
Relate your answer to the job for which you are applying e.g. "I enjoy a challenge and I believe this
position would offer me that."
8. Please give me your definition of a … (the position for which you are being interviewed).
9. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
For example 'Management by Coaching and Development (MBCD)' where managers see themselves
primarily as employee trainers. 'Open door' is also a good one.
12. What did you look for when you hired people in the past?
Written test:
There were 16 aptitude questions given for 20 minutes.
1. 2 containers labeled A and B are filled with red and blue marbles in given quantities: -
2. The school committee of a small town wanted to determine the average children per household of the
town.
They divided the total no. of children in the town by total no. of households.
Total no. of households = 50. Which of the following statements must be true if the average children per
household are 2.2?
(a) Half the households in the town have more than 2 children
(b) There are total of 110 children in the town.
(c) More households in the town have 3 children than have 2 children.
(d) The most common no. of children in a household is 2.
3. For 1 month, 500 elementary students kept a daily record of the no. of hours of watching television.
The average no. of hours per week spent watching television was 28hours. Researchers conducting the
study also obtained report cards for each of the students.
It was found that the students, who did well in school spent less time watching television and those who
spent more time, did poorly. Listed below several possible statements concerning the research.
Place a check on the statement that is definitely not true.
(a) The students who watch television more performed poorly.
(b) If the students will not watch television their performance will improve.
4. When 2 dice are simultaneously thrown, is it possible that one of the ____ occurs.
Result 1: A 5 and a 6 are obtained.
Result 2: A 5 is obtained twice. Select the response that you agree with the most.
(a) The chances of obtaining each of these results is equal.
(b) There is more chance of obtaining result 1.
(c) There is more chance of obtaining result 2.
(d) It is impossible to give an answer. (Please explain why)
5. When 3 dice are simultaneously thrown, which of the following would be obtained?
(a) Result 1: “A 5, a 3 and a 6”
(b) Result 2:” A 5 three times”
(c) Result 3:”A 5 twice and a 3”
(d) All three results are equally likely.
6. A teacher wants to change the seating arrangement in the class in order to improve the no. of comments
given by the students in the class.
She 1st decides to change the seating arrangement of the students in the class. The no. of comments made
by 8 students during a period are given below:
Serials A.A R.F G.H D.C A.F C.M S.S C.G
No. of comments 0 5 2 22 2 3 4 1
What should be the method adopted by her to get the accurate results.
(a) Throw out the 22, add up the other 7 no.s and divide by 7
(b) Throw out the 0, add up the other 7 no.s and divide by 7
© Add the 8 no.s and divide by 8.
(d) None of these.
7. A new medicine has been developed and its effectiveness has been determined by carrying out an
experimental study. 30 patients were divided into groups of 20 and 10.
The group having 20, were given medicine while the other group dint get any medication. The results
obtained where as follows:-
Medication Non-medication
Improved 8 2
Unimproved 12 8
Based on data, I think medication was:-
(a) somewhat effective as in 8 patients improved while in other only 2 improved.
(b) Basically ineffective because difference between improved and unimproved where 6 and 4
respectively.
(c) Basically ineffective because in the control group, also 2 patients improved without taking any
medicine.
d) Somewhat effective because 40% of the students improved in medication (8/20), and only 20%
improved in case of control (2/10).
1) Tell me something about yourself and started to grill on the basis of the resume.
2) Your strength and weakness, any 3?
3) Explain yourself?
4) Tell us about your hobbies?
5) Why Mu Sigma? What you know about Mu Sigma India?
Puzzles:
A bacterium doubles in a day. A bacterium is kept in a container. After 10 days the container is
completely filled with bacteria. How much time will take to half fill the container?