Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Getting Placed Off Campus: A Guide

One million students try their luck with Infosys/ Wipro/Accenture/ but only a fraction makes it. How to get the edge.

There are two ways of getting a entry in the above . One is the campus hiring. The second is off campus recruitment which takes place on a need basis.

On-campus hiring:  Starting a Year in Advance
Companies representatives visit these campuses to initiate the annual ritual of hiring. Eligible students (With Your TPO) appear for test  ( Computer Based or Paper Based). The test is divided into two sections: Analytical Reasoning & Arithmetic Thinking and Verbal Ability. The first tests the candidate's learnability and problem-solving skills. The Verbal Ability test ascertains that the students have good communication skills, and have their fundamentals of English right.
Learnability is crucial as it demonstrates the potential employee's ability to keep pace with the fast-changing technologies in the dynamic IT industry. Recognizing patterns, ability to gain conceptual understanding and decision making in uncertainty are some of the aspects assessed.

Shortlisted candidates then proceed for the interview. The interviews are behavioral in nature and try to assess students on aspects such as oral communication, problem-solving, analytical ability, soft skills, and conceptual knowledge.
                     
Off Campus Hiring:   The company conducts off campus selection from time to time depending on business needs. While campus hiring is focused on a particular set of colleges, the off campus hiring process enables students across the country to seek an opportunity with IT companies. This helps them to spread the hiring net farther into small towns to take students from colleges that otherwise do not feature on the campus-visiting list.

Most of the companies have a well-defined career path for employees with clear detailing of responsibilities. Join the organization as software engineers, the system provides the flexibility for them to switch over to multiple career streams once they have attained the requisite experience, competency levels and proficiency.


Follow these to stand apart from the rest:

1.      You must know Company profile e.g. Infosys

                               Revenue: US$ 4.8 billion +

                               Market capitalisation: US$ 33 billion +

                               Employee strength: Over 113,000 +

                               Global presence: Infosys has presence in 30 countries +
2.      You must know your job description.

3.      Self-confidence is the key to crack.

4.      Discipline and punctuality.


5.      Decision making ability and Honesty

6.       Commitment and dedication.

7.      The ability to work in teams.

 8.      In-depth functional knowledge

 9.      Ready to take risk and innovation.

 10.    Make Projects list ……….



            The interviews are rigorous but are not overly tough to crack.

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