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Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, verbal ability and data interpretation — the first filter at TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, D.E. Shaw and most campus drives. Every topic gives you the formulas first, then questions with full worked solutions.
Aptitude is the round most people stop preparing for once they can solve a medium LeetCode problem — and it's exactly why strong coders get filtered out before the interview even starts. Quantitative covers percentages, profit & loss, time-speed-distance and probability; logical reasoning covers puzzles, seating arrangements, syllogisms and blood relations; verbal covers reading comprehension, sentence correction and para jumbles; data interpretation covers tables, bar graphs, pie charts and caselets. Work through each topic's formulas first, then the worked questions — speed here comes from pattern recognition, not raw calculation.
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Service companies and most finance firms screen on aptitude before they ever look at your code. Learn the formulas cold, then practise under a timer — the bar is speed, not difficulty.
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What each company's placement aptitude test covers. Formats change every hiring season, so check the official notice before your drive. The topics themselves barely move.
| Company | Test | Sections |
|---|---|---|
| TCS | TCS NQT | Numerical ability, verbal ability, reasoning ability, then advanced quant/reasoning and coding |
| Infosys | Infosys online test (InfyTQ / Specialist Programmer) | Logical reasoning, mathematical ability, verbal ability, pseudocode, puzzles |
| Wipro | Wipro NLTH / Elite | Quantitative, logical reasoning, verbal ability, essay writing, coding |
| Accenture | Accenture cognitive & technical assessment | Verbal ability, critical reasoning & problem solving, abstract reasoning, pseudocode, networking and cloud basics |
| Cognizant | Cognizant GenC / GenC Next | Quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, English comprehension, coding |
| Capgemini | Capgemini online assessment | Pseudocode, English, game-based cognitive aptitude, behavioural profile |
| Deloitte, EY, KPMG | Campus aptitude round | Quant, logical reasoning, verbal, data interpretation |
| Goldman Sachs, D.E. Shaw, Amazon | Online assessment | Harder quant and probability, puzzles and DI alongside coding |
Almost every campus aptitude test draws from the same pool: quantitative aptitude (percentages, profit & loss, time and work, time-speed-distance, ratio, averages, interest, probability, permutations and combinations), logical reasoning (seating arrangements, puzzles, syllogisms, blood relations, coding-decoding, series), verbal ability (reading comprehension, grammar, para jumbles) and data interpretation (tables, bar and pie charts).
Spend two weeks on quantitative aptitude (formulas first, then timed practice), one week on logical reasoning and data interpretation, and the last week on verbal ability and full-length mock tests. Spend 1–2 hours a day on it and keep practising DSA alongside, since most tests follow the aptitude section with a coding round.
For mass recruiters like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture and Cognizant, aptitude is the first elimination round. Many product-based companies skip it and go straight to a DSA-based online assessment. Some, especially banks and trading firms like Goldman Sachs and D.E. Shaw, still include quant, probability and puzzles.
Speed comes from recognising question types, not faster arithmetic. Memorise the core formulas, learn a shortcut for each question type (for example, the efficiency method for time and work), then practise under a timer. Review every wrong answer to find which question type slowed you down.