Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Campus Interview

Two famous phrases go like
Catch them young
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Theses two phrases are connected with the campus interview like the one "The best place for hunting the future life partners is the university annual convocation" with the human life.
Campus interview, the pre job offer meeting can also be compared with the pre engagement meeting of boy and girl as in both of these option of selecting & rejecting is open for both the sides.
What is campus interview? A phenomenon which help to employers to choose suitable one for them before they have any practical experience of work, can't we say the process is the most suitable example for first phrase. Now consider the situation of the candidates selected, don’t they start weaving their dreams on assurances of a good secured future? What they are doing nothing but counting their chickens before hatching.

Pre Interview Preparations

· Advance info. Add an edge to your chance: Try to gain information about the companies which are going to be part of this. It not only helps you to make a clear choice of your options in advance but will also make you confident of facing the interview.
· Past is always the foundation stone of future. Try to find out the methods are being adopted by the company of your choice in the past for the selection process; here your college employment office will prove handy. This will make you mentally prepared for the interview.
·Monetary attractions are short term gains. Don't decide in favor of any company only because of high pay scale offered by the company. Remember companies are there not for your facility but for they wish to have most suitable person with a saving on salary expenditures. Try to find out the drop out ratio of the company, it might be an eye opener for you. Always keep it in mind loads of wealth never compensates the work satisfaction with a necessary earning. Work satisfaction will fetch you the mental peace and this will work as the success lift for your carrier.

During the Interview

·Clear concepts are always beneficial try to explain in short.
· Don't be impressed by the personal looks of interviewer as it will shake your confidence. Concentrate only on the questions.
·Be confident but avoid acting over smart.
·Be realistic: we are the most perfect judge for our own capacities hence don't fall to pray to trap of interviewer.
·Instead of starting the series of arguments with interviewer try to clear your point and as for as possible avoid arguments as this might prove your supremacy and command over the topic but at same time this might be the reason for a good chance missed by you.

After the Interview

·Go through very carefully the Contract given to you, identify the importance of these papers, these are foundations on which you wish to build your future.
· Consult your parents & teachers; seek their advice, because only due to them you are position of holding these papers.
· If there is any doubts, opt the clarification before signing. Don't say we will cross the bridge when we reach it.
·Read very carefully company police regarding the employee welfare and promotion.
· t might be possible that some past student of your college are working with the company, contact them to know the actual work atmosphere there.


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear S.P.,

I think there are more things involved with this senario of campus placements. The current issue with the placements in India maybe good for the students getting job, but the other factor is the quality of the student academic being reduced.
Most of the companies focus on apptitude tests and not much really on the practical skills attained. Compared to the situation abroad, the student needs to prove less things when it come to job and more things being of mechanical in nature.
The academic framework in india needs a huge change and so is the policies the companies are takking for graduate student recruitments. Well the truth in most IT firms are less bothered abt quality in reality and more on quantity. To build a great country, you need great minds who can think and do exceptional things in small ways. Its the need rather than giving a job after doing a course from good institute!!. And to be on the right side of the equation, there is hardly any institute of international standard in India with the quality of the work that come out.
I think am able to say this as I have been in indian colleges for my ug and good places like MIT and UC for phd.

Alex

Anonymous said...

Dear S.P.,

I think there are more things involved with this senario of campus placements. The current issue with the placements in India maybe good for the students getting job, but the other factor is the quality of the student academic being reduced.
Most of the companies focus on apptitude tests and not much really on the practical skills attained. Compared to the situation abroad, the student needs to prove less things when it come to job and more things being of mechanical in nature.
The academic framework in india needs a huge change and so is the policies the companies are takking for graduate student recruitments. Well the truth in most IT firms are less bothered abt quality in reality and more on quantity. To build a great country, you need great minds who can think and do exceptional things in small ways. Its the need rather than giving a job after doing a course from good institute!!. And to be on the right side of the equation, there is hardly any institute of international standard in India with the quality of the work that come out.
I think am able to say this as I have been in indian colleges for ug and good places like MIT and UC for phd.

Alex