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Introduction
Most multinational companies are service-based. A few service-based company examples are Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, and Cognizant. These companies provide services to their clients or customers or offer solutions to the problems of bigger companies.
If you are wondering how to switch from Infosys to other product-based companies, then this article is probably not for you. But to those wondering how to get placed in a service-based company then please keep reading.
What are Service-based Companies?
Service-based companies provide a wide range of services like research and development, system integration, outsourcing information systems, and information technology. Clients or customers approach these companies. Employees here create, deploy, maintain or perform all the three functions according to the requirements of the client.
The service-based company may work on products as well but those products belong to other companies or clients. Thus, we must keep this in mind when preparing for any upcoming interviews. Service-based companies heavily focus on IT as a service as well, thus generally requiring applicants to always sit for coding rounds after the initial aptitude test.
Commonly Asked Questions in the Aptitude Section
You need to solve aptitude questions during the written test. We have handpicked a few aptitude questions to look at to have an understanding of what you can encounter during the real test.
Q. The speed of a swimmer in still water is 8km/hr. If the speed of the swimmer against the flow of the river is 4km/hr, what is the speed at which the river is flowing?
- 3 km/hr
- 4km/hr
(C) 5km/hr
(D) 6 km/hr
Ans:(B) 4km/hr
Solution:
Assume that the speed of the river is ‘x’ km/hr.
Speed of the swimmer in still water = 8 km/hr
Speed of the swimmer against the flow of the river = 4 km/hr
Applying the equation:
4 = 8 – x
x = 4 km/hr
Q. Sam’s father is twice as old as his son. If 25 years ago, the age of Sam’s father was 10 times the age of the son, what is the present age of the father?
- 53 years old
- 54 years old
(C) 55 years old
(D) 56 years old
Ans: (D)
Solution:
Assume Sam’s age to be ‘x’ years
Age of Sam’s father would be = ‘2x’
As per question 25 years ago;
10 (x – 25) = 2x – 25
10x – 250 = 2x – 25
8x = 225
x = 225/8 = 28.125
Age of Sam’s father = 28.125 * 2 = 56 years (approximately)
Q. An open faucet can fill a reservoir in 4 hours. The drain at the bottom of the reservoir empties it in 8 hours. If both the faucet and the drain are left open, how long will it take to completely fill the reservoir?
- 6 hours
- 8 hours
- 10 hours
- 12 hours
Ans : (B)
Solution:
The open faucet will fill the reservoir in 4 hours.
In one hour the open faucet will fill 1/4th of the reservoir.
The drain at the bottom of the reservoir will empty the reservoir in 8 hours.
In one hour the drain will empty 1/8th of the reservoir.
Therefore in one hour 1/4th – 1/8th = 1/8th of the reservoir will be filled.
Hence, if both the faucet and the drain are left open then it will take 8 hours to completely fill the reservoir.
Commonly Asked Questions in the Verbal Section
You need to face questions from synonyms, antonyms, basic grammar, one-word substitutes, etc. in this section. Here is a couple of questions for you to test yourself:
Q. A person who can speak more than one language is called a ________
- Endodontist
- Polyglot
(C) Anthropologist
(D) Pantomath
Ans: (B) Polyglot
Q. She was very angry _____ him.
- at
- with
- on
- in
Ans: (B) with
Q. The family said, “We have lived in that villa for 20 years.”
(A)The family said that they have lived in that villa for 20 years.
(B)The family said that they had lived in that villa for 20 years.
(C)The family said that they lived in that villa for 20 years.
(D)The family said that they have been living in that villa for 20 years.
Ans: (B) The family said that they had lived in that villa for 20 years.
Previously Asked Questions in Coding Rounds
When you usually apply for a service-based company like TCS, Wipro and Infosys, you need to be prepared for an arsenal of coding questions to be fired at you. We have taken a few questions like the ones asked particularly in the coding rounds of service-based companies. Questions like these will test your coding skills required to join a service-based company.
Here are some questions commonly asked in coding rounds:
- Implement a Trie Data Structure for supporting these operations. insert(word) – For inserting a string “word” in Trie. search(word) – For checking if string “word” is present in Trie or if not present. startsWith(word) – For checking if there is any string in the Trie that starts with the given prefix string “word”. (TCS/ Infosys)
- There is a Singly Linked List of integers with a head pointer. Each node of the Linked List has values written on it. Now, you are given an integer value ‘K’. Your task is to check whether a node having a value equal to ‘K’ exists in the given linked list or not. (TCS)
- If there is an integer array ‘ARR’ of size ‘N’ and an integer ‘S’. Return the list of all pairs of elements in a way that every sum of elements from pairs equal ‘S’. (Infosys)
- There is a singly Linked List of integers. Reverse alternate nodes and then append them to the end of the list. The given linked list is 1->2->3->4. (TCS)
- There is a BST (Binary search tree) with the’ N’ number of nodes and a value of ‘X’. Find the greatest value node of the Binary Search Tree which is smaller than or equal to ‘X’. ‘X’ is not smaller than the smallest node of BST. (Infosys)
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, TCS offers services starting from IT solutions, consulting, and financial solutions. European banks like Deutsche Bank AG and automation companies such as ABB Ltd. are some of the many big clients that TCS works with.
If your job role depends on the needs of the client, then your job is service-based. In simpler words, if you are working for a company where your job is to cater to the needs of the client that your company has a contract with, then your job is service-based.
Based on the current Fortune 500 list, Walmart seems to be the no. 1 company followed closely by Amazon and then Apple.
Reliance Industries is the largest corporation in India followed by Indian Oil Corporation. Reliance Industries Limited is also the largest company by market capitalisation ($243.47 billion) and ranks pretty high in the Fortune 500 list as well. In terms of market capitalisation, TCS closely ($178.12 billion) follows Reliance in second place and is undoubtedly the no. 1 service-based company in India.
Though working in a product-based company generally offers better pay, it is not necessarily better than a service-based company. Service-based companies provide better job stability than product-based companies.
If you want to learn new technology throughout your career, then it is better for you to shift to a service-based company from a product-based company. If you are working on a specific technology in a product-based company and you want to master the technology you are working on, then shifting to a service-based company seems unreasonable.
Here is a service-based company list:
TCS
Wipro
Infosys
HCL
Capgemini
KPMG
L&T Limited, etc.
Preparing for service-based companies should not be taken lightly and applicants must focus on revising logical/aptitude questions while practising multiple coding problems from topics such as graphs, arrays, trees, and links.
Adobe, Microsoft, HP, Amazon, Facebook, and Intel are all great product-based companies for freshers.
Key Takeaway
Working in a service-based company not only offers job stability but also helps you develop your career portfolio overall as you will be handling projects from a lot of different companies. Notably, most of the operations running across the globe are due to service-based companies. If you are curious to know how things work, then you should definitely try getting into a service-based company.
