How to prepare for Infosys – The Complete guide

This article provides an insight of “how to prepare for infosys” from beginning to end. 

Question Paper Structure

• Online Test.( Duration – 95 Minutes.)
• Three Sections.
• Sectional Cut-off applied, No Negative marking.
• Sections are to be completed one by one, can’t switch in between.
• Auto saved once stipulated time is up for each section.
• Can be switched into next section before stipulated time if the section is completed.
• Attempt all Questions,Choose same answer option for unsolved/unknown questions.

Sections

• Section – 1 (Quantitative Ability) –  Mathematical Critical Thinking, 10 Questions 35 Minutes
• Section – II (Analytical Ability) – Reasoning, 15 Questions 25 Minutes
• Section – III (Verbal Ability) – English Communication, 40 Questions 35 Minutes

Section – I (Quantitative Ability) To test Problem Solving and Analytical skills. 

• Time consuming, higher difficulty questions. Focus is more on Numbers and Advance concepts like Permutation and Combination, Probability.
• Few questions from topics like Time and Work, Time Speed and Distance.
• One or two Crypt arithmetic Questions.
• Other less important topics are: Mensuration, Ration & Proportion, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Cube & Cuboid,  Analytical  Puzzles (like seating arrangement).

Section – I: Strategy

• 50 % of questions need in depth understanding of the concept and hence difficult. Remaining 50% questions can be solved with sufficient practice.
• Choose less time consuming 6 Questions and attempt with-in the first 15 minutes. Out of 6, 3 to 4 are very easy which can be solved in less than 5 Minutes.
• Remaining 4 Questions can be solved in excess 20 Minutes. Expected Cut-off is 6 – 7 correct answers.
• Key is to identify the 6 less time consuming questions.

Section – II (Analytical Ability)

• Key areas are: 
  • Data Interpretation (Bar Graph,Table Chart, etc.)
  • Data Sufficiency,
  • Syllogism/ Logically Following Questions.
• Other areas are: 
  • Data Arrangement.
  • Visual Reasoning
  • Puzzles.

Section – II: Strategy

• Attempt Individual questions first, like questions from Syllogism, Data Sufficiency,Visual Reasoning and Puzzles. These questions doesn’t have common data to be solved and each question might take a maximum of 2 minutes to solve and a majority can be solved in less than a minute.
• 9 such questions can be with-in first 15 Minutes.
• Then attempt Data Interpretation, leave Data Arrangement to solve at last.
• Expected Cut-off is 10 – 11 correct answers.

Section – III (Verbal Ability)

• Consists of two Reading Comprehension Questions (2*5 = 10 sub questions). The remaining 30 questions are from the following topics.
• Sentence Correction/Sentence Improvement/Spot the Error (Approx 10 questions).
• Sentence Completion Filler (underlined a part of sentence and asked to insert correct phrase in it from given 4 options) (Approx 7 questions).
• Critical Reasoning/Theme Detection (Approx 6 questions).
• Fill in the blanks covering Grammar, One word substitute, Preposition, Idioms/Phrases etc (Approx 7 questions).

Section – III: Strategy

• Attempt Sentence Correction or Error Spotting and Vocabulary first. Next go for Reading Comprehension.
• If you get a short passage better attempt it at the end because the questions will be tougher
• Attempt lengthy passage first.
• Don’t try to read and understand the passage completely.
• You can comfortably attempt only the direct questions with-in 5 minutes and take a chance in the other type of questions since there is no negative marks.
• Last type of question is Critical Reasoning and try to attempt such 5 to 6 questions with-in 10 Minutes.
• Expected Cut-off is 20 correct answers.

Sectional Cut-off Marks

• Infosys maintains a standard 65% cut-off marks on each test during any training.
• Same can be expected on Section – I & Section – II.
• Actual cut-off is depends on the institute, which is determined by the Infosys itself.

Gradation of Institute

• Record of Previous selected candidates.
• Performance of the alumni of the institute at Infosys – major factor.
• Percentage of students leave Infosys after completion of training.
• Percentage  of  students  leave  Infosys  after  completion  of  1  year  of service

Cut-off Secrets

• Cut off is actually determined on the spot based on the gradation of the institute and performance of examines.
• Cut – off may vary from 50% to 70% on Section – I & II

It is almost 90% you completed for getting selected at Infosys if you clear the first round (Online Aptitude Test) of Infosys.