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SELECTION
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 MEANING :
SELECTION IS THE PROCESS OF
CHOOSING DULY QUALIFIED
PERSONS TO THE REQRUITMENT OF
THE JOBS
 DEFINITION:
ACCORDING TO ‘DABYODER’ SELECTION
IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH
CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE
DIVIDED IN TWO CLASSES,THOSE
ARE TO BE OFFERED EMPLOYMENT
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT”.
 NEED:
THE APPOINTMENT OF SUITABLE PERSONS
ON VARIOUS JOBS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL.
THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED
FOR SELECTING AN EMPLOYEE MAY
BE DIFFERENT FOR VARIOUS JOBS.
 IMPORTANCE OF
SELECTION PROCESS
1.PROCUREMENT OF SKILLED
WORKERS
2. REDUCTION IN THE COST OF
TRAINING
3.OLUTION TO PERSONNEL
PROBLEMS
4.RIGHT PERSONS ARE AN ASSET
TO THE ORGANISATION
5. IT HELPS IN FILTERING EXCESS
CANDIDATES
 GENERAL SELECTION
PROCESS

Selection process differs from

company to company. The
following are the general
selection process undertaken
by companies.
 SELECTION PROCESS

• 1.JOB ANALYSIS
• 2.RECRUITMENT
• 3.APPLICATION FORM
• 4.PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW
• 5.BUSINESS GAMES
• 6.TEST
• 7.INTERVIEW
•
•
 TESTS
MEANING:
TESTS ARE THE STANDARDIZED OBJECTIVE

MEASURE OF A PERSONS BEHAVIOR,

PERFORMANCE OR ATTITUDE.
TYPES OF TESTS:

1.INTELLINGENCE TESTS : THESE ARE MENTAL

TESTS WHICH MEASURE THE INCUMBENT’S

LEARNING ABILITY AND ALSO THE ABILITY
TO UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKE
JUDGEMENT.
2.APTITUDE TESTS: THEY MEASURE THE

INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL TO LEARN CERTAIYN

SKILLS.

3.PERSONALITY TESTS: THEY MEASURE
THE CANDIDATES ABILITY TO
INTERPRET PROBLEMS.
4.ACHIEVMENT TEST: THEY ARE

DESIGNED TO MEASURE WHAT THE

APPLICANT CAN DO ON THE JOB.
5.SIMULATION TEST: IT IS A TEST WHICH

DUPLICATES MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES

AND PROBLEMS AND EMPLOYEE FACES
WHILE AT WORK.
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TATA CONSULTANCY
SERVICE
SELECTION PROCESS
UNDERTAKEN BY TCS FOR THE
POST OF SYSTEM ENGINEER
 JOB REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATION REQUIRED:
BE(TECH) WITH MINIMUM 60%
IN ALL SEMESTERS.

THEY TOOK 5000 EMPLOYEES

IN THIS QUARTER. THE
VARIOUS TESTS CONDUCTED
WERE AS FOLLOWS:
 AFTER ALL THESE
PROCESSESS THEY ARE
NOT TAKEN AS EMPLOYEES
BUT AS TRAINEES
RECEIVING 3 MONTHS OF
TRAINING IN WHICH
CLASSES WILL BE
CONDUCTED FOR THEM IN
THEIR COURSE OF 3
MONTHS.
EVERYDAY THERE WILL BE 2
SESSIONS OF CLASSES. ONE
IN THE MORNING WHICH
• COMMENCES FROM 8 TO 3 AND THE
OTHER SESSION FROM 3 TO 9.
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY EXAMS ARE
ALSO CONDUCTED. DEPENDING ON
THEIR SCORES THEY WILL BE
SELECTED.
• THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN 3 GRACE
CHANCES IF THEIR PERFORMANCE
ARE NOT UPTO THE MARK. THEY
ARE ALSO GIVEN INCENTIVES
DURING THE TRAINING.

 SELECTION PROCESS
UNDERTAKEN BY LEVEL OF
MANAGEMENT [TCS]
• APPLICATION FORM ISSUED TO 7000
APPLICANTS.
• WRITTEN EXAMINATION BASED ON GENERAL
CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
(6900 GOT SELECTED)
• PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW ON ADVANCE
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
• BUSINESS GAMES(6750 GOT SELECTED)
•
•
• TEST(ONLINE PRACTICAL EXAMS)
• FINAL INTERVIEW (5200)
• MEDICAL EXAMINATION(MENTAL EXAMINATIONS)
• REFERENCE CHECKS
• JOB OFFER(WITHIN 1 WEEK OF REFERENCE
CHECKS)
• EMPLOYEMENT( INDUCTION AND ORIENTATION)
(5000)
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