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How to prepare for CGI

Overview

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This CGI preparation guide is a practical 2026 plan for fresher / campus / off-campus drives. Service-company filters lean on aptitude speed plus basic coding, then fundamentals interviews (OOPs, DBMS, OS).

CGI volume hiring rewards aptitude accuracy, basic coding, and clear communication.

What CGI Actually Tests

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  • Aptitude 40%
  • Coding basics 30%
  • Core CS 20%
  • HR 10%

Patterns are candidate-reported and vary by role and drive. Confirm your invite mailer.

8-Week Study Plan

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Week Focus Exit criteria
1-2 Quant + reasoning speed 2 full aptitude mocks, accuracy >70%
3-4 Verbal + programming logic Comfortable with output/OOPs MCQs
5-6 Easy coding + core CS 50+ easy problems; DBMS/OOPs/OS notes
7-8 Interview + HR 2 mock interviews; STAR stories ready

Daily Loop (60-120 minutes)

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  1. One timed practice block (aptitude or coding, matching CGI’s filter)
  2. Write mistakes in an error log (topic + why)
  3. Re-solve yesterday’s misses cold
  4. 10 minutes of resume/project narration twice a week

Round-by-Round Strategy

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Online assessment / written

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  • Skim all questions for 3-4 minutes, then order by confidence
  • Protect accuracy on easy marks before chasing hard ones
  • For coding: invent 3 edge cases before submit

Technical interview

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  • Restate the problem, propose brute force, then optimize
  • Tie every CS answer to a project example when possible
  • If stuck, narrate what you would try next

HR / managerial

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  • Why CGI, why this role, location flexibility, gap explanations
  • Use STAR: Situation, Task, Action, Result (with a number if you have one)

Topic Checklist

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  • One coding language you can debug live
  • Arrays, strings, hashing basics (or aptitude speed if that is the filter)
  • OOPs + DBMS fundamentals
  • Two project explanations (2 minutes each)

Common Mistakes for CGI Aspirants

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  1. Preparing only interviews while failing the first online filter
  2. Collecting notes without timed mocks
  3. Listing five frameworks on the resume and defending none
  4. Ignoring communication practice for HR/manager rounds
  5. Changing language/stack one week before the drive

Practice on placementpapers.app

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Similar Companies

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Hexaware · Coforge · Accenture · Capgemini · IBM · TCS

Next step: Run one timed mock this week that matches CGI’s first filter, then build the 8-week plan around your weakest section.