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SCTIT decided to jot
down the general preparation tips & tricks that will help you crack
the placements season. The preparation will start with some survey -
1. Which companies visit your college / university for placements? (Viz. Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, L&T and so on)
2. What are the recruitment procedures for each of the companies?
3. What is the general intake?
For example, there are colleges where the big IT companies recruit in
hundreds! This will help you decide the level of competition you’re
likely to face.
4. What is the eligibility criteria? This is very important because it will help you eliminate the companies you should be preparing for.
With all of the above information at your disposal, you may start your entire prepwork in following manner -
1. Back To The Roots: A
lot of candidates tend to ignore this, but the most important thing in
your selection process is going to be your knowledge of engineering
topics – that you’ve studied over the last 2-3 years. All of your
efforts will go waste if you lack the basic knowledge of the subjects.
Forget mugging up and reproducing – something that you’re used to do for
the exams. Instead, revise all the subjects ‘for yourself’!
2. Pick Your Favorite Engineering Subject / Topic:
Interviewers make their job easier by asking you for your favorite
engineering subject. Now, you should really be very well prepared to
handle this question. Once you tell the interviewers your favorite
topic; expect a few questions related to it. It’s natural that you
should be prepared to answer questions on your favorite engineering
subject or topic. If you haven’t already decided, it’d be worth going
back to all the topics and find out the one which you found the most
interesting.
3. Aptitude Tests :
This is where the first eliminations will begin – the aptitude tests.
Lot of engineering students fear the aptitude tests. But the fact is
that there’s nothing to worry about because it’s *VERY EASY* to crack
aptitude tests. All it takes it practice! Yep! You read that right. Just
keep on practicing and in a month or two – you will solve all the
aptitude questions like a pro. Don’t expect to master the aptitude
skills in just a week or two. At least 1.5-2 months is the minimum
required time.
One thing you can definitely do is skip
the harder topics, like for most of the students, questions on
combinations and permutations, probability are difficult. So skip them!
But at the same time, make sure you’re very good at cracking all the
other types of questions.
4. Written & Spoken English:
Like it or not; but the Indian job markets demand people who can speak
and write correct English. Unfortunately – very few people pay attention
to their communication skills. If you think you need to sharpen your
English speaking / writing skills; then NOW is the time to do it. It’s
going to help you in your entire career. Trust me, a lot of people
unnecessarily get rejected because they can’t communicate or express
themselves.
5. Interview (Technical) : If you’re good at engineering topics (tip #1),
then cracking the technical interview won’t be a problem. There are
several tips here on CE that will help you crack the technical
interviews. It’s better to ask your doubts in our technical department
team( no matter how basic they are) and get your ideas clear.
6. Interview (HR): If
you think that clearing apti and technical rounds ensures that you’re
selected, the wait a minute – many times, overconfident candidates get
rejected in HR interviews – something that shouldn’t happen to you. So
take the HR interviews seriously! But that doesn’t mean you should have a
serious expression on your face. All you’re expected in an HR interview
is to be yourself, have a smiling face, don’t be over confident and be
excited about the things. Don’t overdo anything!
Wish you all the best!
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