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How to Get Placed

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Prepared By: Fawzan Yusuf, Prateek Bansal Under the Guidance of: Dushyant Jha, Shaiv KashyaP

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About The Manual This manual is made in order to help the future batches of ECE students in

understanding how to prepare for any particular firm. It contains FAQ regarding

placements like: What a firm is looking in its applicants, real interview questions, the

package that the firm is providing (A very popular question in the PPTs), topics to focus

on before going for interviews etc. It also contains some interview experiences of the

2K9 batch (That we were able to glean by arduously pestering everybody).

This manual is prepared through the efforts of 2K9 electronics students and we hope

the reader would appreciate our efforts and reciprocate by adding something

beneficial to this manual and passing it on to next batch.

Godspeed for Your Placement Session 2K9/EC Batch

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For IT Companies

For ECE students, this category mainly includes firms like Atrenta, Yahoo, One97, Tejas

Networks, Cavium Networks, Sapient, Indus Valley Partners, Aricent, Morgan Stanley

etc. In order to prepare for these firms first brush up your basics in C/C++. 1. C - Dennis Ritchie 2. C++ - Robert Lafore

3. Exploring C Yashwant Kanitkar (Very useful for cracking written tests) 4. Data Structures in C Tenanbaum

5. Cracktheinterview manual (or cracktheinterview.com) + An imp topic called

Prefix Trees (commonly called as Tries) 6. Operating System - Galvin(first 9 chapters only)

7. Other websites like geeksforgeeks.org and leetcode.com are also useful. 8. Cormen Introduction to Algorithm 9. Finally, the ultimate careercup.com

Apart from this, those who find it difficult to implement questions from interview websites

and advanced data structures could buy this book: Data structures and Algorithms

Made Easy (Code Monk Publications)

We firmly urge the reader to follow this order; otherwise you risk not being able to solve

questions of next level. The level to which you have to study depends on the firm and

your interest in programming. Here are some firms that we have categorized according

to above criterion:

Yahoo Level 9 Atrenta, One97, Cavium, Tejas, Winshuttle, Cisco,Morgan Stanley Level 6 Aricent, Sapient Level 4

Plus, if you are preparing for banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley start

preparing for group discussion also (second last round of both firms).

Companies like Cisco, Tejas and Cavium work on networking so people believe that

you need to know networking to enter these firms. This is complete farce!! Tejas and

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Cisco had only few Qs on networking in their written test and they never asked

networking in interviews also. And Cavium had its paper and interviews based on

Operating System. (Note: Cavium doesnt offer hardware profile, and many people

where surprised to see there written comprising of mostly OS)

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For Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies

This category mainly includes: Atrenta, Mentor Graphics, Cadence and Synopsys. You

need to have good knowledge of software coupled with decent knowledge of

electronics. Although they mostly focus on digital electronics, Synopsys came with

two profiles to our campus (R&D Engineer and Software Engineer) and asked CMOS

for the first profile and software for the second profile (electronics students were not

allowed to sit for second profile and vice versa for computer students).

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For Electronics Companies

These include firms like ST- Ericsson, Freescale, Synopsys, Rancore, NVidia,

NSys, Texas Instruments, CDOT, Broadcom etc.

If you are interested in the profile Design Engineer in firms like TI, NVidia, Freescale,

Broadcom (VLSI profile), Synopsys (CMOS profile) which they offer to electronics

students, then you need to have very good knowledge of CMOS. This is the favourite

topic for interview and written tests. You can study CMOS from books like:

1. CMOS: Digital Integrated Circuits - by Kang (Followed heavily)

2. Digital Integrated Circuits Rabaey (Freescale people recommended this).

3. Sedra & Smith (Microelectronics) 4th and 10th chapter complete (The 4th chapter contains CMOS inverter and some basics about MOS which is generally the first question in almost every semi-conductor tech interview)

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Next, you need to start practicing design questions like designing an OR gate using

MUX (simplest example), design a divide-2 counter with 25% duty cycle (Broadcom

VLSI profile written test question) etc. For questions regarding this topic, you have to

search on the net or read previous years placement papers. Link: http://the-name-less-blog.blogspot.com/

Plus, there are two important topics in digital Setup and hold time (extremely vital) and Finite State Machines (FSM) For setup time and hold time, we will attach some important tutorials to this manual

plus you have to search the internet and placement papers again for this topic.

FSM is covered in our course in DSD (Switching Theory and Automata Zvi Kohavi). Try all the back questions using Mealy and Moore models and also follow placement

papers. There was an important question in NVidias written test this year which, according to me, is worth mentioning: Draw the state diagram for a device that gives an output 1 when a number entering serially in it is divisible by 5; and 0 otherwise. Other reference material:

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits Grey and Meyer(very good book for Analog electronics)

Placement Manual from any senior or placementpapers.net

Try to know questions asked by the firm in other colleges. This helps a lot

since many electronics companies dont change their written test and it also helps to focus on important topics.

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For PSUs Those who are relying on PSUs solely based on their DRs should be well informed that

PSUs dont necessarily pick top DR students. But neither having a high DR or good

interview guarantees that you will get the job in that PSU. There is always an ambiguity

over who gets placed in PSU.

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For Non Tech Companies

These include companies like Deloitte, ZS Associates, SmartCube, JPMC,

Dunnhumby, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, EXL services, Ernst & Young, Protiviti

etc. Such companies are open for all branches, hence the competition is fierce. You need to

be at the top of your soft skills to crack them. There is resume shortlisting for some

companies, so an all-round performance is appreciated. The written round for such companies is exclusively aptitude based, and any run of

the mill MBA coaching packages will help. Practising a few mock GDs is extremely

important as these companies look for good group dynamics. A few companies may also have an essay or prcis writing round, so a little practise is required in this regard. Interview process: Guesstimates- These present an out of the box thinking challenge. Sample-How many

TT balls can you fit into a Boeing 747 flight. For these questions, the approach is more

important than the answer.

Case Studies - On campus, case studies are asked in the written form. In these also,

as the problem is open ended, the means to reach the solution are more important Refer:

1) Vaults guide to Case Interview 2) Kellogg consulting club casebook 3) HBS case study guide 4) Case In Point

The Vaults guide also has proper techniques to deal with Guesstimate problems. Plus, go to McKinsey and Bains official website; they have three solved sample case studies.

Proper preparation is also required for Logic Puzzles. These are also asked in tech companies. Refer:

1) http://www.folj.com/puzzles/ 2) http://brainden.com/logic-puzzles.htm 3) http://technical-interview.com/puzzles.aspx

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Also for investment banks like JPMC and Nomura, it is good to have some basic

knowledge of finance and along with current business related news. Refer NCFM modules on finance (easily available on Internet)

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MISC Preparation of basic HR questions is very important because it is the final round of

almost every company, because no matter how good you are, your colleagues have to

put up with you for the better part of the day. Refer: http://hrinterviews.blogspot.com/ for sample questions. Do prepare an About Me, Greatest Strengths and Biggest Weaknesses answer very well.

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Introduction We have gathered information regarding the interview experiences of some of our close

friends. These experiences have been entirely written by them with no alteration by

anyone. We have removed their names intentionally in order to avoid people from

pestering them for more information regarding the placement procedure. Also the pay

package and cut-off has been removed as they might be revised this year and we would

not want anyone to keep any false hopes from the very beginning. Please understand

that the data compiled is of 2010-11 and 2012-13 hence there may be companies that

may not turn up this year due to some issues. We sincerely request the reader not to

target a particular company from the very start. Targeting a particular domain is always

healthy.

These experiences are listed by company name. If you find the same company name

written more than one time, then it means that different people have written them.

We hope these experiences clarify most of the doubts and myths regarding the

placement procedure of these firms. We deeply regret for any typo or grammatical

mistakes since this manual has been revised in haste.

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HPCL Profile: Marketing Procedure: Round 1) C V shortlisting Round 2) HR interview Interview Questions:

Tell me something about yourself, strengths and weaknesses. Why HPCL? Will you be able to adjust if posted in remote areas?

Suggestions: Just be yourself and prepare your HR questions thoroughly. Result: Selected

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One97 Communication

Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Subjective Written Test: Mostly questions on coding from cracktheinterview.com (no aptitude test). Round 2) Tech1: C, C++, Coding, training in communications. Didnt had Tech2 round like others. Other students were also asked Operating System. Round 3) HR: Simple HR questions like hobbies and all. Interview Questions:

Union vs. Structures How to find the middle of linked list? Some questions asked in written test

Suggestions: Follow cracktheinterview.com for coding , Exploring C for cracking written

test(for other companies) and Robert Lafore for C++ and C by Dennis Ritchie. Result: Selected

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CDOT Profile: Research Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Shortlisting Round 2) Interview Interview Questions: I had some discussion about the summer internship. In my

case topics like Digital Signal Processing were discussed. He asked about my

favourite subject. I said Digital Circuits & Systems, so design of counters and

their types and advantages etc. were discussed. Finally in the technical part

questions about microprocessors were asked. Last 5-10 minutes was sort of HR. Discussion about family, why CDOT and nature of work etc. were discussed. Duration of interview - around 40 minutes Suggestions: Stay calm. Prepare your 1 or 2 strongest subjects. Prepare topics related to your internship. Result: Selected

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Nomura Profile: Analyst - Global Markets Procedure: Round 1) Interview (No written) Round 2) Interview (Different Panel) Round 3) NA Interview Questions: Tell me about yourself, what you have done in college, questions about stuff in CV. Short Oral Case study to check ability to think on the fly Finance knowledge, capital markets, anything you know they were talking about that only Why finance after engineering degree? Why Nomura? Suggestions: Should have interest in finance, general awareness about business world, up to date with news and confident Result: Selected

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Dunnhumby

Profile: Retail Consulting Procedure: Round 1) Form filled at Dunnhumby website, with a few long HR questions as well. Round 2) Online written test Duration of test was 1.5 hrs. having 6 timed sections of Vedic Maths, Quant, DI (tough as hell!), English, RC and Essay. Round 3) Group Case Study with actual Dunnhumby case data Round 4) Final round of Interviews Interview Questions: Did you feel comfortable with the data being dealt out to you? Why would you prefer Dunnhumby as your company to join? A guess-estimate problem was given, which when I solved, I was counter

questioned on my assumption and a new question was created. Suggestions: Stay sharp throughout, especially through the group Case

Study. A few students were selected (most probably) in that stage only. We

had our interviews for only about 5-7 minutes, whereas other selects were

grilled for about 30-40 minutes as well.

Result: Selected

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CISCO Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Written test (30Q aptitude, 10Q DCS, 5Q software, 5Q networking) Round 2) Technical Interview Round 3) HR interview Interview Questions: Cleared written on basis of Aptitude & DCS. Dont know much of software. Suggestions: Generally they ask C++, DS & OS in interview. So go through

these properly. Dont forget to go through cracktheinterview manual before sitting for a software company.

Result: Rejected

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NSys Profile: Design Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Written (simple aptitude, 15Q DCS, 5Q software) Round 2) GD Round 3) Tech interview Interview Questions: Discussion on question attempted in 1st round, setup time, hold time questions, delays Suggestions: Go through DCS, state machines, timing diagrams properly Result: Selected

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Freescale Semiconductor

Profile: Design Eng. Procedure: Round 1) Subjective written Round 2) Tech interview Round 3) Mega round (1 on 12 HR interview) Interview Questions: 30 minute discussion on my college projects, questions

on CMOS, to write a VHDL code of synchronous & asynchronous counter. Suggestions: Good marks in written test will definitely give u an edge. Go

through DCS, state machines, timing diagrams and CMOS properly. Result: Selected

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Towers Watson Profile: Risk Management (Consultant) Procedure: The Company came to our campus for informing about the profile and other things but overall it was off-campus. Round 1) Aptitude (Data Interpretation and Verbal logic) + Prcis Writing (similar to summary writing) Round 2) Technical - One case study (monthly revenue of Delhi Metro), lots of

puzzle (go to techinterview.com), questions on transistor, diode (since I am an

electronics student), motor, physics (friction) etc. Round 3) HR - Why are you interested in Towers Watson? Why

actuarial? Why consultant? Why not tech companies? Go to

actuarialindia.com for complete info about this field. One Decision Making Questions - If two project heads gave you two different

jobs and you can complete only one in time then what will you do. The project

heads will fire you if you said no to even one of them. You are not required to

add or remove something in this question. Suggestions: The HR round was toughest according to me. It was taken by the

Head - HR and Head-of-actuarial-team so beware!!! . They are looking for

someone how is dying to get into actuarial. The initial package is less in this firm

but there are tremendous growth aspects. The package increases to 25 lakhs (not

exact figures) in four years!!!

Result: Rejected in HR round

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Atrenta Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Written test - Digital electronics + Programming + Aptitude Round 2) Technical Interview -

Find loop in linked list?? D - Flip flop using JK? And/ Or gate using 2:1 MUX some questions related to written test Macros, Hashing etc.

Suggestions: The questions were overall easy. All you need is speed!! For C Dennis Ritchie, C++ - Robert Lafore, cracktheinterview manual for questions on

algorithms. Result: Rejected in technical interview

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Freescale

Profile: Design Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Written test - Digital design + CMOS questions Round 2)

Technical - CMOS + Setup and Hold time questions Round 3) HR

round - Didnt reach :( Round 4) Mega Round - Didnt reach :( Interview Questions: Setup and hold time for a given circuit, whats your GMAT, GRE, CAT, IIT, 12th n DCE score and Departmental Rank?? Any

chance for higher - studies?? Suggestions: Good marks in college are very important for this firm as all

those students how were hired had 75+ marks. Also they are looking for a

person that wont leave the firm easily. Result: Rejected

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Freescale Profile: Design Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Written Round 2) Tech Interview + HR Interview Round 3) Mega Round

Interview Questions: Written round had questions on DCS, CMOS and timing problems. Besides this, there were few aptitude ques. and 2 ques. on analog electronics also. My tech Interview was focussed on gate realization using CMOS, 2 timing problems (I answered only one) and few combinational circuit questions.

Suggestions: Prepare well for the written round, fundamentals should be clear as they were asking conceptual questions in the tech interview. They were looking at the approach and not the final answer. Also, do not panic in the mega round (12 people take interview together). Convince them why you are suited for the company. Result: Selected

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Broadcom Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude and Technical written test There were questions on C, networking, Linux commands, Operating System, etc. Round 2) Tech1 Interview They asked questions on networking, microprocessor, Operating System and C. Round 3) Tech2 Interview There were questions like how to implement a queue and how will you find substring in a given string using macros only. Suggestions: They were not looking for someone with good coding skills but

rather someone who has good in-depth knowledge of C, Operating System and

networking. If you know about microprocessor then thats a plus point. Plus,

they were also looking for someone having coding skills in microcontroller or

networking domain.

Result: Rejected

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McAfee Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude test conducted by e - Litmus. Round 2) Technical Interview (1) round Questions were asked on linked list, queues, basic C++ and Operating System. Shortlisting was done after this round. Round 3) Technical Interview (2) round (Different panel) Questions like:-

How to find intersection of two linked list? Hashing and puzzles

Round 4) HR round Why do you want to join McAfee? I was also asked about my family background and other basic HR questions. Suggestions: The only person who was hired had good knowledge of virus,

Trojans, spyware and firewall systems apart from having basic computer

knowledge. Thus, have some brief knowledge about these topics. Do ask

questions of first technical round from your friends.

Result: Rejected in Last Round

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Cadence Design Systems Profile: Software Engineer Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude and Technical written test There were questions on C, C++, Operating System, etc. Round 2) Tech1 Interview (One Interviewer) They asked questions on Polymorphism, VHDL, constructor and destructor, final year project etc.

Shortlisting was done after this round.

Round 3) Panel Interview (Two Interviewer) There was questions like

How remove elements common to two given lists when range of elements of list was given?

How to search 5 most frequently occurring words in a text file?

Puzzle There are 23 coins total and two persons are selecting coins from 1 to 4. You have the first chance of selecting the coins. How would

you select the coins so that the last coin is picked up by you? How to make full adder using half adder?

Round 4) HR interview Questions like how was the technical interview, do you want to go for higher studies, have you got any other offer, why

Cadence, etc.

Result: Selected

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Texas Instruments Profile: Design Engineer (Digital) Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude (45 min.) + Digital (30 min) written test Round 2) Technical Interview Questions were asked on CMOS/NMOS/PMOS, designing digital circuits, flip-flops etc. Some panels

were giving choice b/w CMOS and Microprocessor. Round 3) HR interview Questions like why digital, would you work on analog if I offer you an excellent project in it, family background, etc. Suggestions: The Digital written test comprised of both analog and digital; and

many students were selected in this profile for second round. But cracking the

Analog interview test was very tough according to my friends (as it contained

some arbitrary topics like motors); and very few were selected for next round.

Also the written test was conducted in groups and the written test of first group

was similar to the one conducted in our college.

Result: Selected

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Airtel Profile: Techno Manager Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude Test (similar to CAT pattern) Round 2) Technical Interview Questions on training, projects, communication systems and microprocessor (I answered this to be my

favourite subject) and some basic HR questions.

Round 3) HR interview Basic HR questions Suggestions: The aptitude test was very tough, so prepare thoroughly for it and

the technical round varied for different persons. Some were asked technical

questions like PSK, QPSK and other communication concepts while some were

asked HR questions.

Result: Selected

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Mentor Graphics Profile: Member of Technical Staff (R & D) Procedure: Round 1) Aptitude and Technical written test Questions on C, C++, Operating System, etc. Round 2) Tech1 and Tech2 Interview

Pointers and memory management in C (Where is memory provided for static local and global members)

References in C++

How will you store a class object into a binary file and then retrieve

the same object, 4x1 using 2x1 MUX, lots of Verilog programs

(worked on Verilog and VHDL in Cadence).

How to support Push, Pop and Find Min on Stack using O (1) time? I

gave answer using extra stack and then he asked me to reduce memory a bit.

Given one unsorted large file and one unsorted small file, find the

intersection of data of the two files using minimum space and time

complexity.

Result: Selected

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ZS Associates Procedure: Written, GD, Case Study, HR Interview Questions:

Quant, DI, LR, puzzles

GD topic:

Should social media be censored? Group size 12

Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Rigorous case study requiring the applicant to analyze 10 pages full of numerical data and come up with a salesforce optimization solution within 30 mins. Interview Questions(HR): Go through common HR questions such as Why ZS?,why should we hire you?,strengths and weaknesses etc. Important Topics to Study: No special preparation required if you are studying for exams like CAT. Suggestions:

You should be strong and quick with numbers. Try not to lie during interviews

and even if you do you should be well prepared with an answer if they counter

question you.

Result: Selected

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AIG Stages of process: written and two rounds of interview Brief about written: aptitude, quant and english GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): What are your future planings?, Why AIG?, WHY NOT PSU? Interview Questions(HR): Tell me about yourself? Important Topics to Study: Knowledge about company Advice: Be confident Result: Selected

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Idea Cellular Stages of process: Written,GD.Interview Brief about written: Aptitude,English, Personality Test GD topic and group size: 9 students in a group. Topic- Is money required to earn more money. Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Antenna, Digital and analog communication Interview Questions(HR): Discussed my strengths and weaknesses, asked for a joke Result: Selected

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EXICOM TELE SERVICES Stages of process: Written+2 interviews Brief about written: Basic electronics and c language GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): From written paper and basics like bjt, opamp and setup & hold time Interview Questions(HR): Standard questions Important Topics to Study: bjt,cmos,opamp,c language,power electronics Advice: Keep your basics to the point if u r going for a technical company and study cmos, opamp, bjt, c language very very thoroughly Result: Selected

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OFSS Stages of process: Written, Interview Brief about written: Coding OOPs concept data structure Aptitude GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Projects, CV Based Questions Interview Questions(HR): Tell me about urself, how'll u manage and stay in our company, what do u know about us? Important Topics to Study: Data structures, coding Advice: Practise Aptitude, don't take it lightly Result: Selected

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Futures First Stages of process: written(1+1), Interview(1+1) Brief about written: calculations , logical questions GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): asked some calculations & guess estimate , basic hr Interview Questions(HR): Basic Hr questions Important Topics to Study: basic calculation and basic knowledge of Stock market Result: Selected

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ZS Associates Stages of process: Written, GD, Hr interview, Case Study, Partner Interview Brief about written: a typical aptitude paper with questions on maths english and logical reasoning GD topic and group size: Should social media be regulated by the govt, roughly 10-12 people Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): 1. HR: basic HR questions, questions on my CV and my resume , questions on my GD, guess estimates 2. Case study: a data intensive case study in which specific questions have to be answered utilising the data given 3. Partner interview: puzzles and riddles and resume based questions Interview Questions(HR): basic HR questions, questions on my CV and my resume , questions on my GD, guess estimates Important Topics to Study: guess estimates and puzzles Advice: know your resume well Result: Selected

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NVIDIA Stages of process: written, interview Brief about written: digital electronics, cmos, cache memory, 2 C programs(very simple), 2 apti ques (very simple) GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Technical, depending on the written paper Interview Questions(HR): about yourself Important Topics to Study: cache memory, cmos, setup and hold time Advice: Do basics of digital thoroughly, and important topics in good details for cracking NVIDIA's test Result: Selected

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CDOT Stages of process: Tech Interview Brief about written: There was no written test. Shortlisting was based on percentage obtained in 10th, 12th and engg. Then, there was a Tech Interview. Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Firstly, if you are lucky enough, they will ask you about your favourite subject and then starts their Q-A round. They asked about VLSI, its full form and its advantages. Moore's Law (in VLSI), a question on FSM (basically a sequence detector), difference between Mealy and Moore Model of FSM and their advantages. They asked why gray codes are used in K-map, a question on K- Map. Then, the last question which, I guess, proved to be the milestone. They showed me a circuit composed of gates (NAND,NOR,AND,XOR etc) which was quite long at first sight that it was occupying almost a full A4 size sheet. They asked me to get the final o/p in 10 sec without using pen or paper. And I was able to find that the o/p would always be zero. :D Interview Questions(HR): There was no HR as such. However, they asked randomly about my future plans. Important Topics to Study: If you are planning to get into Core EC company, then prepare a lil bit about apti. Focus more on digital EC, analog EC (for very few companies), FSM, CMOS, MOS internal details, timing issues (e.g setup time, hold time etc), lil bit about VHDL/Verilog. Sometimes they may ask to write a code of any flip flop or MUX in VHDL. A lil knowledge about C/C++ can be proved as your plus point, so if you can, get some idea about C/C++ and data structures. Advice: Have patience, have faith in God. He has planned best for you. :) Result: Selected

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Deloitte Stages of process: written,group case study,presentation of case study. Brief about written: aptitude,verbal,jumbled para-completion GD topic and group size: There's a telecom quartz company which wanted to install a software for client request handling, financial tools n all..to upgrade the previous hand written methods. And question were on how to implement it,what would be business perspectives,and there was delima with financial team about this package. Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): tech was asked related to case study only..not in the interview Interview Questions(HR): Casual interview..resume based..on the spot thinking..communication skills will be judged. Important Topics to Study: a little know how of C would definitely help, rest aptitude to crack the written Advice: if u are well aware of the things happening around , interview than sud nt be a barrier. GD u might have to prepare for that. And if you are presuming at this very moment that deloitte is a company that you can crack easily then you will fall hard on your face. Work hard. Result: Selected

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Synopsys Stages of process: Written, Two rounds of Technical Interviews, Two rounds of HR Interviews Brief about written: Basic Digital Electronics, Counters, Finite State Machine, GD topic and group size: NA Interview Questions(Technical/Nontech): Design a frequency up-converter/down-converter, FSM based questions, setup time hold time questions Interview Questions(HR): Tell me about yourself & family, Why Synopsys, in how many company tests have you appeared Important Topics to Study: Counters, FSM, Setup time, Hold time Result: Selected

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Some advice by Dushyant Jha and Shaiv Kashyap

Dont take a job just because it pays more. Because when you have to spend 8-

10 hours daily in the office, the work environment and culture of the firm matters

a lot. We have seen people whining about their jobs (just after 3 months of

joining) as their work isnt interesting to them and they took the job just for the

sake of better compensation.

Dont write anything in your resume that you dont know and thoroughly revise

your projects and technical skills.

Focus on those types of companies (e.g. software, electronics, communication or

non-tech) in which you are really interested otherwise you wont be able to prepare effectively.

Dont get discouraged if you are not placed despite of preforming good in interview or written test. Some of the firms have absurd criteria for hiring

students. Like the old saying quotes, God had decided something better for

you.

Prepare well for HR round, as it is one of the most vital rounds especially for non

tech firms.

Prior to sitting for the interview of any firm, go through their official website so

that you have good knowledge of their work. To get the reviews about any firm,

you can go to glassdoor.com and chotanarad.com.

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Always keep an in-depth knowledge of your favourite subject.

It is good to have a few projects in your resume but if dont have basic knowledge of electronics then they will not help you in getting through the interview.

Dont try to cheat in the written test because even if you crack the written through

plagiarizing the interviewer will definitely catch you later during the interview

round. And you might end up screwing chance of your fellow classmates.

This might later affect you only since these people might later get a job that

you had yearned for.

Lastly, prepare well for software companies as the good computer/software

students get placed in the beginning, and the remaining crowd is not very tough

to outsmart hence study software thoroughly if you want to go for a software

profile.

YOUR PLACEMENT COORDINATORS HAVE ALREADY

MADE YOU AWARE OF THE TWO GOLDEN RULES:

1. Trust your PCs

2. Trust them blindly

These are the guys who are going to help you get through and they shall stand with

you in any situation and help you out at every instance. Listen to them and they will

listen to you.

With this, we leave you for a healthy placement session ahead of you.

Goodluck!!