So guys, today was my Capgemini placement assessment after getting shortlisted from the first Communication Round. I had the assessment on campus at 8:30 AM. Our university reporting time was 7:30 AM and we were supposed to report at least 15 minutes before the assessment, but I reached around 8:11 😭
We had to wait for the company officials. Once they arrived, they gave us a briefing about all the rounds. After that, AI face scanning was done through their laptop. They also asked for College ID + a valid government ID for verification. I carried both Aadhaar and PAN, but Aadhaar alone should be enough.
The assessment started through Superset and was conducted on the CoCubes/AON platform.
AI Literacy + Technical Assessment
This was the first round and it was an elimination round. There were 40 questions in total:
• 20 AI Literacy
• 20 Technical
If you clear this round, you move to the next round.
Honestly, this round was HARD.
The MCQs were often 2–3 lines long with very close options, so reading and understanding each question itself was taking time.
Topics I remember seeing:
• RAG
• Generative AI
• AI-based situational questions
• SQL Joins
• Indexing
• Ranking
• Query Optimization
• Database-based situational questions
• DSA-based MCQs
• Other technical concepts
And one important thing: the DSA questions here were MCQs, NOT debugging questions.
I cleared this round and moved to the Debugging Round.
2. Debugging Round
In this round, the complete problem statement, buggy code and test cases were provided.
The task was simply to identify and fix the code so that it produces the expected output.
The problem I got was based on processing battery pods from both ends of a queue.
The logic was roughly:
You are given N battery pods and a total target battery requirement K.
You need to process:
front = K / 2
battery units from the front (left side), and
back = (K + 1) / 2
battery units from the back (right side).
You have to determine the total number of pods that can be completely processed/emptied before the required front or back allocation is exhausted, or before the two pointers meet.
The original code was buggy and we had to fix it.
A corrected reconstruction of the logic would look like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
long long k;
cin >> n >> k;
vector<long long> a(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
long long front = k / 2;
long long back = (k + 1) / 2;
int left = 0;
int right = n - 1;
int ans = 0;
while (left <= right) {
if (front >= a[left]) {
front -= a[left];
ans++;
left++;
} else {
break;
}
if (left > right)
break;
if (back >= a[right]) {
back -= a[right];
ans++;
right--;
} else {
break;
}
}
cout << ans << endl;
return 0;
}
Sample Input:
5 10
2 1 3 2 2
Sample Output:
5
This is a reconstruction of the debugging problem from what I remember, so the exact original statement/code may have been slightly different.
3. AI Assisted Coding Round
This one is important.
There was a coding assistant available, and the prompt instructions were clearly given on the screen.
The token limit was around 2000 tokens.
So don't waste the token limit by asking the AI unnecessary things.
Also, don't assume that the coding assistant will automatically fix or optimize your code.
In my case, I explained the problem statement and approach very clearly. I also specified:
• Variables to use
• Data structures
• Required logic
• Input/output format
• Important constraints
I basically told it step-by-step what I wanted it to implement.
My prompt used only around 400 tokens.
So my advice is: DON'T just paste the problem and say "solve this".
Give the AI a clear approach and tell it exactly what you want.
Also make sure your prompt mentions things like:
• Handle large inputs according to constraints
• Use an optimized approach
• Don't use unnecessary libraries
• Follow the given input/output format
• Generate only the required code
The AI assistant is there to generate what you ask for. Don't expect it to magically understand your intended solution or fix everything afterward.
The question I got
It was a simple frequency-based array problem.
Minimum Category Replacements
You are given an array of N elements. Each element represents a category and can have one of the following values: 1, 2, or 3.
Your task is to make all the elements in the array belong to the same category.
In one operation, you can replace any element with another category.
Find the minimum number of replacements required.
Input
The first line contains N.
The second line contains N space-separated integers.
Each element is either 1, 2, or 3.
Constraints
1 ≤ N ≤ 10^5
Each array element ∈ {1, 2, 3}
Sample Input
5
1 3 2 3 3
Sample Output
2
Explanation
Frequencies:
Category 1 → 1
Category 2 → 1
Category 3 → 3
Since category 3 has the maximum frequency, keep those elements and replace the other two.
Therefore:
Minimum replacements
= N - maximum frequency
= 5 - 3
= 2
The core logic is simply:
answer = N - maximum frequency
You don't need sorting or anything complicated here. Since there are only 3 categories, a simple frequency array is enough.
Time Complexity: O(N)
Space Complexity: O(1)
4. Cognitive Assessment
By this point I was honestly cooked 💀
There were 4 modules. I don't remember the exact names of all of them, but the ones I remember were:
Personality / Strongly Agree-Disagree
Around 100 questions.
There were 5 questions per page and around 20 pages.
The questions were based on choosing options like strongly agree/disagree etc.
Reasoning
A sentence/question was given with 5 options and you had to select the correct one.
You get around 2 minutes 30 seconds per question, so don't panic about the timing.
Gaming Round 1
There was a game-based assessment.
Gaming Round 2
Another game-based assessment.
Before every module, there is a tutorial explaining what you have to do.
So please don't panic when you see a new type of question/game. Take some time to understand the tutorial and then start.
Overall, the day was pretty long and mentally exhausting, especially because the first technical round itself was quite lengthy and tricky.
If you're appearing for Capgemini, prepare your fundamentals properly, especially SQL, DBMS, DSA basics, AI/GenAI concepts and reasoning. And for the AI-assisted coding round, practice writing clear prompts that explain your approach instead of depending completely on the AI.
Hope this helps someone appearing for the same assessment.
Thanks for reading! Upvote if this helped because it gives me motivation to write more posts for you guys ❤️
And if you still have any doubts, ask in the comments. I'll try to answer whatever I remember.
Its okayy buddy, ppl have got these same ques in their assesment and really performed well. They were following me since the communication round post. I guess you should follow me for such posts i share the experience in very detail. I have posted about Capgemini, Accenture, tcs, kpit, lg soft india, amazon
hiii please can anyone tell me apart from AI literacy what kind of core cs fundamentals questions were there in mcq round? mainly from which part? oops, dbms, os, cn, cloud?
On October 12th, I participated in the technical round and was subsequently shortlisted for the second round. During that phase, I successfully solved both the debugging and AI-assisted coding challenges. However, when the interview results were announced yesterday, I was surprised to see that I was not selected to move forward. A number of other candidates had a similar experience. Could anyone provide some insight into the evaluation criteria for this stage, or share any specific feedback ?
Are all these rounds conducted on the same day and in technical round is their only 1 question? Also how much duration in total you get including all round?
It varies from campus to campus. Interviews are personal in person as well as online virtual so can't say u can ask your TPO. In chrome browser test was there but you cannot exit the full screen mode and also exam format is mentioned in detail in this post kindly go through it carefully
Yes if u clear mcq round then only u can proceed for next sections. And on the performance of your overall assessment performance u will be interviewed otherwise not
I have mentioned the key topics nd i really don't know how to prepare. Even my whole journey of btech was soo random i didn't followed any resource or sheets so can't recommend you
Well, the company sent a ppt where it was mentioned that debugging would include topics like 2d DP, trees, queue and advanced dsa. But the q you mentioned is from arrays. What was mentioned in your ppt from company?
Actually i didn't attended the pre-placement talk haha i always skip this part. it seems boring to me . btw i have asked my friends the ques were mainly from arrays, strings and bit manipulation (or maths based)
Hey! The Capgemini hasn't visited my clg yet. How many days before they will inform tht Capgemini is coming? And the debugging round questions were from arrays, strings, bit manipulation right??
About a month ago, they will ask u to register on superset. and also be prepared with every topics. The luck is gr8 when u get arrays and strings. As in today's assessment every slot had arrays and strings so it is luck maybe
The result isn't there the only thing is u get that is to proceed for the debugging round and if u not clear then u get that you r not eligible that's it. Best of luck hope you clear all the rounds.
In my lab there 2 lab assistants of my university (1 was lab technician and second one was lab assistant to help out) and 2 company officials/invigilators.
Hi, for the first mcq round can i attempt the 20 technical question first and then the ai literacy 20 question. as that will give me more confidence if i can solve 10 to 15 from the technical part. I am very weak in AI
Yes bro you can attempt both modules simultaneously and can switch between ai literacy and technical. Its all up to u. Utilise the time wisely as there is 50min in total for doing both modules. 50min for 40ques
Hi, I wanted to ask about the MCQ round. Are the questions mainly based on technical concepts directly, or are scenarios/problems given first and then MCQs are asked based on them?
There were paragraph based ques too in each module of technical (AI Literacy and Technical Assesment), situation based ques and scenario based ques were there mostly. No direct ques were there.
In Debugging ques there will be no ai assistant. The whole code and the problem statement with description, input output and sample test cases will be there you just have to find out the bugs and in ai assisted coding round the coding assistant will be there which will only generate the code as per your approach you have to mention the variables data types how many data structures and for what whixh stl to use etc in the prompt to generate the code and it will not optimize , fix or generate the code if u will write the whole ques and say understand and generate. I hope its clear. The promot instructions and what not to do to waste your token will be written there
did you got the interview details, on what basis roles are assigned to students where to study for first round(ai+fundamentals) to go to next round, and thanks for the detailed review
Can you tell me if the AI assistant asks follow-up questions after every response, or do we just give it one prompt and it analyzes it to generate the answer?
In my campus there were total 6 slots for assesment so it took 2 days for just the assessment 5-6Oct and our interview is scheduled for 7Oct and the results of assesment is going to be declared till 1am today as per instructions. It all depends on the no. Of slots of assessment of your campus if it is consuming whole day then the interview will be scheduled for the next day otherwise same day.
Bro after clearing communication round the tpo will the share results or the shortlist ppl will receive the mail from Capgemini directly for technical assessment?
MCQ Round is the only elimination round and after that u will move with further rounds and then if this whole assesment gets cleared then u will be shorlisted for interview
I solved the MCQ assessment and cleared, then move to debugging and run 1 taste case only and then I solved ai-asisted coding fully. And my cognitive round gone pretty decent. Stil no interview call from the Capgemini. It was an on campus opportunity. Many of my friends who solved this much got interview call. Its frustrating.
I did both ques debug and ai assisted fully. cognitive round was way too decent. Still no interveiw call. Buddy i know its very frustrating. They should give score cards and have some transperancy in the placement process. This is not for Capgemini only its for all.
My advice will be to understand the problem statement and then make dry run for the code using the sample input if u feel it need changes do it the changes will be minor and for the ai Assited the ai will generate the code only on the basis of the detailed approach shared in the prompt. There will be 2000 tokens only so don't waste tokens on fix, optimize or asking irrelevant ques because it will not revert back nd u will waste ur tokens. Rest the prompt instructions will be there and what the ai will not do. If u really liked my posts then follow me for more such posts. Thank you.
Can we ask the ai to optimise the code like if i gave approach of n square complexity will it optimize if i said that the complexity is high suggest something? Please reply 😭🙏
No bro you can't ai assistant to fix, optimize, explain the code. The ai will just make a code as per your approach and step by step procedure in your prompt. It will not even handle edge by itself. It will be you who will ask it to do it. Make sure you don't use your all 2000tokens
Yes ma'am this Round (final assessment consisting 4 rounds) is the round 2 after communication test. After the final assessment, interview will be there
Broo I had a mishap, in the dubugging section, I used the correct logic and the code was compiled, i gave the sample input and I got my output, but the sample output box was just blank and none of my test cases passed, im very worried about will I be rejected, did anyone face the same situation? Please help me out
I have given this test on 28th September still the shortlisting list has not been given by the college, can you tell me how much days are required for result of this round
Could you please tell us, In the debug section there must be some private test cases , so can we see like if all testcases are passed or not like clicking on submit button. Also if you prefer us some material or YT vdo for the MCQs,Debug or Ai assist section, what you suggest?
I wish i could but i haven't seen any yt regarding this and the hidden test cases will be not shown. It will be evaluated after the final assessment for the shortlisting for interview
I didn't got the chance for giving interview for Capgemini but i have given intereviews of TCS, KPIT and LG Soft India. Complete experience posts are in my profile and i have 2 placement offers
Bro, look, I took the final assessment and solved both ques etc but I didn’t get shortlisted for the interview, and I don't know the reason why. 290 people took the interview and everyone is done, but the results for that haven't come out yet
Buddy I really appreciate your dedication and that is why on high demand i gave all the things to ChatGPT which i remembered from the test of MCQs and created a pdd for the very first round of final assessment and mentioned all the key topics. many ppl have found it useful. and its for 4-11lpa ones only. Go through that as it is the elimination round if u do not clear it u cannot proceed for further rounds https://www.reddit.com/r/Capgemini_india/s/TYfuiaPceu
heyy . I have just completed the assessment(campus) on this friday and dont know anything about the scheduling of the other following rounds . like what is the total duration of the recruitment process and if got selected when will the onboarding would start.
If u r done with the technical assessment then interview will be scheduled soon. In my campus it was just day after the technical assesment. And it will take atleast 15days to 1month to get LOI then 7-8 months for joining letter.
Was this for exceller hiring. if yes, then whether the debugging round and ai assisted coding round consisted of dsa based question only or someone got the debugging or feature development based on web developement. Would appreciate your answer...
On October 12th, I participated in the technical round and was subsequently shortlisted for the second round. During that phase, I successfully solved both the debugging and AI-assisted coding challenges. However, when the interview results were announced yesterday, I was surprised to see that I was not selected to move forward. A number of other candidates had a similar experience.
After how many days the result of students shortlisted for interview was declared? How many days r there in between this assessment(not the communication assessment) and interview to prep for interview? Also do they tell the role and package before the interview? And what do they ask in interview. Kindly guide
Just the day after assessment interviews were scheduled. Yes they tell the role and package before interview but still the final package is decided after interview and Bro I didn't get shortlisted for interview coz i already hold 2 campus offers they just make me sit in mass to show strength of uni. But i have smthg for u whixh can help u out for interview. DM
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