Placement diaries - 4 [ Infosys ]

It was the first placemnt in our college for our batch. And there comes the giant..infy..

Everobody was excited and all those who have cleared infy's criterion prepared for it.

We also worked hard, not by preparing with quanti books and al.. We were a group of 6 member...great friend.. and two of them where the main part of our colege's placement cell...and i was also happened to be a very enthusiastic, active meber of that team.. So we have to prepare the wholw scenario as per the recruiting people's wish. they wanted this much of chair, tables , desks, becghes etc in each class room..they have got the best in the class menu for their lunch..tea and al. We need to arrange all these thing.. we need to consider the candidates food and seating..and the registration...there are looots of stuffs behind the scenes related to a placement drive.. we were unaware of it till we started indulged in it..

So the day before the D-day we were all at our college..spending our time and energy to arrange everything.. In order to fulfil the requirement we had to carry desks and beches from a one floor to another floor.. and how the hell it all weighed only we knew..

After that we went to order food for the next day..printed out many forms and posters.. cleared the table..cleaned the room..the plates... and little bit of beautification of the room intended for interview..

When we finished all these the time was almost 6 'o clock in the evening.. And we have a 'life changing exam to give ' the next day morning.. So far prepared nothing.. But still time was there, but how about energy??!!!

Well then came a call from one of our friends that he was also attending the exam the next day and he was coming to our place. So we have to make arrangements for his accomodation at our place. So he came.. we found him out from the bus stand.. and aftr food and all we reached at our hostel.. by that time there was little energy saved in me to learn anything new.. so didnt give it a try..and went to bed. Then the student coordinator of the placement cell...my friend..my room mate.. told me to call him up early in the morning.. coz he wanted to receive the recruiting people from the hotel where they were staying.. As he was not that good a waking up early in the morning..the duty of waking him up in hte morning was also on my shoulders.. so with that things in mind..setting the mobile alarm at that specific time..i touched the bed and slept....

It was the d-day.. Started the day very early.. Woke my friend up..then after sometimes an Innova came to our hostel and he left to the hotel. So then I have to start to the collge early as the key of the placement cell was with me that day.. the sooner i started to college.. Reached there and found two other members there. And started the works for that day..

We opened the registratin counter..set up the bench and desk.. set up the projector and mic for the PPT..

By 9.30 the big people came by the same innova.. We greeted them and by 10'o clock the whole process got its life.. The PPT started.. after that there was the aptitude exam. As i have to attend in the exam i 'resigned' from the duty and got into my seat..we filled up some application forms.. and aftr we gave the exam..

After exam it was the time for luch.. We have to provide food for both the participant and the intervieving people. By that time results would be pubished and those who got short listed must had to attend the hr interview..

We have no role in checking the answers as it might lead to some unnecessary talk.. So the whole responsibility was on our juniours..

After a while the results got published.. Wel i have nothing going through my mind that time.Coz i was unsure of my clearing of that exam as i dint prepare anything for it..

But to my astonishment My name was also there along with other fortunate people.. Well one other girl also got through the exam.she was also there with us as a part of the placemnt cell through out the previous day.. like me she might also dint get any chance to prepare for the exam...

Well then came the time for interview.. I wasn't prepared for this interview either... just like the other siuations.. i borrowed the shoes..and with that i jus started waiting for my turn to turn up...

And at last it came.. it was rather a simple interview..may be the fiirst interview in which i spoke something.... he asked me about myself,family,hobbies,,,etc etc.. and my resume guided him... and haappily i came out from the room and joined my 'team placement '

Its the time of the most exciting waiting...waiting for the results of interview... Jus like anyone else i was also anxious about the intervies..

it was alsmost complete one and half hours we sat in a room expecting our results.. the boys and girsl..the only sound was their gasping.. The results were highly confidential matter..so no one in our team could sneak into it...

And to end all of our anxiety...the results came.. again i have to believe that it wasnt a dream and its reality that i have jus got placed with infy...My name was also ther.. i was hapy...my friends were happy..and everyone those who got placed were happy...and there were not too many people who dint get..most of them cleared the interview.. bcoz that was infy...may be....!!

well i am haapy.. but our duties were still not over...we have to do many works even after the placemnt drive..like doing reverse of what we had done earlier in the morning...!!! setting up everything back into their original state..;) !!!!

well later that night we had a blast... we all partied... and shared the joy...!!!

thats something about my first placement.. but story still continues.. ;)

Placement diaries - 3 [Syntel]

Suddenly one day one of the placement coordinators of our college, who happen to be one of my nearest friends ( well our group of 6, including me were active members of our placement team and 2 of them were the coordinators ) told me that there was another placement drive, and the company name is Syntel. Well just like IBS I have no idea of this company also, and a perfect stranger as far as this company was concerned and that was the first occasion I was hearing about such a company.

Well don't you want to know about the venue of the placement drive??!! Its our favorite Munnar, 382km away.. yes the same place where the whole Wipro thing was happened.

Well this time I was little bit more confident than before, 'coz I could clear the aapti at Wipro. So this time I did great research on the company, studied about the company, notes were made, coined new words for the interview. Well one such word was 'jithinnovation'. They were already using a word 'syntellovation' to indicate their innovative approach. Well that word was to indicate my innovation!!!

Well I was almost certain that I will clear the aptitude test and obviously next hurdle was the interview. Even though interview is a kind of one on one talk, still people attending interview always feared it, well I am no exception to this.

Thus I prepared very hard for Syntel eventhough it was a newly introduced word in my active vocabulary.

And on another sudden occassion our same placement coordinator told me that mechanical engineering students could not attend the interview. Being a great mechiee I was unfortunate to attend it. What a happy news that was!!!

That was the story about my third attempt!!!
story still continues.....

placement diaries - 2 [Wipro]

This is definitely one of the unforgettable event in my life. This placement drive was held at Munnar, around 380 km away from my hometown. Most exciting part according to me as far as this placement drive is concerned is, even now my parents didn't know that i had attended such a placement. I dont know why i didnt tell, well simply didnt tell. thats it.

Well here also some eight to ten friends were with me. We made all arrangements for our stay with a friend's friends. That guy was studying at that college and staying at a rented house along with other guys. So stay , food nothing was a problem, we only wanted to perform well in our exam.

Well this time, I was even more prepared. I had done some research on the company, made a tailor made resume especially for Wipro like " I would like to apply my thoughts for the betterment of some world class company.... " like that. And one more thing, I also bought an Aggrawal!!

Well that was a nice college and nicer was the environment out there. Well guys its Munnar!! One of the top tourist spots in kerala. The college was like fully air conditioned, centralized Ac complex.

On the D-day , we reached the college within the time and got ourselves registered by paying the registration fee and 'accomplished' the food coupon. And time for the pre placement talk. It was just as the usual thing...our company..our company..etc etc.

And here comes the 'APTI'. Nothing was in my mind, just gave it and waited for the results to be announced.
Oh man!! I was in the list of people who went through the apti.
I made a progress man..;)
Some other friends were also got selected, but could see some sad faces as well.

Well the next item in store for me was the tech interview- Yes the Technical Interview. Questions from c, C++ etc were expected to ask for tech interview for software development companies like wipro. Well during the two years of my +2 life i learned c++ and SQL. So tech interview wasnt a nightmare for me.

But you know there are some 'etiquettes' for this interview thingy, -executive dressing, shoes,tie etc etc. As I was not sure of clearing the apti , i wasnt prepared with all these 'interview equipments'. Friend in need is a friend indeed. I was lucky to have such friends and one such friend helped me by giving his shoes.
And thus I am fully prepared for the tech interview.

I was along with many others made to wait outside a room where interview was going to take place. I really don't like to wait. Thats really a kind of tense moments. Finally my turn came and I entered the room after the usual " may i get in sir" question and then greeted him and took my seat when i was asked to.

Initially some simple techical related questions were asked and i gave the answers. then he asked the following question. " there is one helicopter, 2 people , one other and you and only one parachute. what will you do if copter crashes??" I asked the question to myself and I thought i cannot be that much selfish ,i am playing with someone else life which i have to value more than mine, so i would have let the other person to escape. I could related this situation with some of my past experiences. So i said I will let the other guy to use the parachute.
Then he asked another question : there are one jobs, two applicant, other guy and you(obviously). You got the job. Will you give your job to him??
Again i started to think and i thought i got this job because of my hard work, why should i hand it over to an undeserved guy and i just told him what i felt.
Then he told me that I was contradicting myself. May be you guys also think so, but I am sure that I was true to my heart. I know that you guys may have some problem in accepting my view, but i just followed what my heart said and stick with that. And he asked some other personal matters and the interview was over.

i got the result of the interview unofficially from one of the placement coordinators when i left the room. She told me that if you are selected, you will be given a form to fill in for the next HR interview. As i was not in possession of that invaluable thing i was not selected. Well I was rejected in a tech interview simply asking some HR questions. I was really angry over this, but who cares!!

When i started searching for my other friends I saw a happy face. He gave the interview very well, he answered most of the questions well, and even wrote c program. So he was sure that he would clear the tech interview. then i told him about the 'form' that was given to the 'clear people'. When he heard this his face became dull and he also became angry like me. I shared my story with him, not in a serious tone but in a lighter tone. That carried his sadness away and we as a team started to search for other guys.

Only three or four got the tech cleared and they were busy filling the 'form'. We wished them 'all the best' and started to wander through the garden and hills nearby, savoring the beauty of munnar. Well we decided to enjoy the trip as at least like a tour.
At the end we came to know that only one person got selected for the job from our team. ie from around 10 people. After a 300-400kms of journey only 1 was lucky enough to be placed in wipro!!!

Well some of us decided to stay back there one more day and to have a blast. But many other people were not willing to stay anymore minute there, may be because of their mood at that time. So we changed our plan and decided to return to home.

The return journey was even memorable. Most of the people vomit in the bus(some exception- 3 guys including me!!!)
Well thats how my second placement attempt over..
story continues......

placement diaries - 1 [IBS]

Well just like any other student i was also looking forward for my campus placements, to get into some company and to secure my life(!) Well by the month of February, when i was fastly approaching the end of my 3rd year, the placement season starts to blossom. Some companies start to come to nearby colleges for placement drive. As our placement coordinators gave a later date, so forms will visit our college as late as April or so depending upon our exam dates etc.

As we were all excited about our first placement attempt , all us those who met the 70% criterion decided to attend it. Well the company name was IBS. Frankly I have nt heard that name before, but who cares!! We all prepared for it. Started preparing resumes.

Well preparing resumes is a kind of funny thing. Some three or four people will prepare their resume and all other 'not that keen' guys will simply replace their name and address and some 'must be replaced' kind of data like parents' name etc. . Thats all!! Their hobbies, activities, achievements everything will be the same.!!!

That was a two day placement drive. In the first day there will be aptitude test and those who clear the aptitude test have to attend the interview on the next day.

For most of the people , they will realize something was an opportunity when it just passes by them. Count me in that category. some of the people were started preparing for the D-day. They bought Aggrawal for 'Quanti' and all.. I just make fun of them and simply enjoyed my life!!!

The day has finally arrived. The place where the eight world wonder was about to take place was near my home. So some two three friends stayed at my home. On the D-day in the morning, by 7.30, we left to our place of interest. We reached there. Then saw too many similar people running here and thee for many purposes. Then some kind of feeling started to creep in. Don't know its name[hey not love n all..;)] May be a kind of fear, inferiority or what evear. I told you I don't know its name..
Well then heard a news that we need some more copies of our resume. So we also started to run here and there. And after all kinds of rituals like registration, remitting the fee etc we got settled.

Then started the PPT [pre placement talk] of the company, briefing about the salary, perks, working environment etc etc etc...

After that instructions were given to us to go to various classes for writing the 'apti'. Got the question paper. I was confident that i can crack it, because its all about common sense and a bit of mathematics, arithmetic and all ; but that wasn't the scene. I could do something easily (most of others could also) and for some other i ponder over it and without my knowledge and permission time flew away and lots of areas unaffected by pencil remain in my answer book.

Lunch was provided by the college. After the lunch, results will be announced. During the lunch time, I came across many of my old friends. well leave all those things. After the lunch, results announced. Many of my friends went through the apti, but not me. Well in my first attempt , i lost.

The next day- interview day. obviously i have nothing to do with that. But the other guys who were staying at my home, all of them cleared the apti , so have something to do with that. As they are not familiar with the place i also escorted them. And one more thing, all of them got placed with IBS!!

Well thats how my first placement attempt ended.
I was looking for my next chance....
so story continues..........