Hi,
As I wrote in my previous article I am very nervous about interviews, group discussions and all those things.I am a kind of person who don't like meeting too many people or discussing things with them, I like to be with my close friends and have informal chats with them and I never or say I rarely discuss things with people. This is what I think I'm lacking during placements.
It started on 15th June 2011 when NVIDIA visited our college campus. They announced a whopping package of 8.2 lakh, like most other students even I tried my best to get it. After formal company presentation it all started with an Aptitude test. I was excited and was a bit nervous for it. It had four sections: C & C++, quantitative aptitude, data structures and OS.
As I said I was nervous, I marked the answers for Quantitative aptitude section into DS part. When I realized this it was half done, I mean 1Hr of the 2Hr test was over.I had no option so I just scratched the answers and marked them again and prayed God that they should consider it. OS section was really very tough. So after all this I thought it was over for me, but its only when you think its over it surprises you as it did to me.Eighteen out of 126 students were shortlisted and I was 12th among them.
I was happy that I stood 12th among all the students, that is something I thought I will never achieve. But then I was in the state of shock because will have to face interview now. I got ready for it and had a word with my brother who asked me to be confident. I tried but was unable to control my nervousness. I reached college where my friends who had their interviews told me about the questions they were asking.I got even more nervous after hearing it.My interview was scheduled at 3pm and it started at around 5:45 and by that time I was too sleepy (it sounds crazy but yes, I was sleepy before my 1st interview and this is my worst habit that I need to change). Finally it started........
It was supposed to be a technical interview but the first question he asked me was-
Tell me something about yourself? It was a bouncer for me :) but I think I managed to handle it.
Then he got into every possible details of my projects.He then moved on to DS and asked me 3 puzzles and I was able to answer only one of them.I was so nervous that he offered me water twice during the interview.My interview was about 45 mins. I knew that I won't make it when I left the room but was happy to have such an experience and exposure.
Finally 3 of my friends were selected and I was happy for them because they deserved it and felt happy that I learned quite a few good things from this interview:
1. Don't under-estimate yourself...you never know when it will happen to you...
2. There is no need to get too nervous for interviews...
3. Be confident for what you say, and don't fake things :)
4. Every interviewer is not as bad as you may think...
5. Give your best...that's it...that's what you can do...
I understood that its difficult to smile after you lose something but then that's what you learn from it...:)
Always Njoy!!! :)
As I wrote in my previous article I am very nervous about interviews, group discussions and all those things.I am a kind of person who don't like meeting too many people or discussing things with them, I like to be with my close friends and have informal chats with them and I never or say I rarely discuss things with people. This is what I think I'm lacking during placements.
It started on 15th June 2011 when NVIDIA visited our college campus. They announced a whopping package of 8.2 lakh, like most other students even I tried my best to get it. After formal company presentation it all started with an Aptitude test. I was excited and was a bit nervous for it. It had four sections: C & C++, quantitative aptitude, data structures and OS.
As I said I was nervous, I marked the answers for Quantitative aptitude section into DS part. When I realized this it was half done, I mean 1Hr of the 2Hr test was over.I had no option so I just scratched the answers and marked them again and prayed God that they should consider it. OS section was really very tough. So after all this I thought it was over for me, but its only when you think its over it surprises you as it did to me.Eighteen out of 126 students were shortlisted and I was 12th among them.
I was happy that I stood 12th among all the students, that is something I thought I will never achieve. But then I was in the state of shock because will have to face interview now. I got ready for it and had a word with my brother who asked me to be confident. I tried but was unable to control my nervousness. I reached college where my friends who had their interviews told me about the questions they were asking.I got even more nervous after hearing it.My interview was scheduled at 3pm and it started at around 5:45 and by that time I was too sleepy (it sounds crazy but yes, I was sleepy before my 1st interview and this is my worst habit that I need to change). Finally it started........
It was supposed to be a technical interview but the first question he asked me was-
Tell me something about yourself? It was a bouncer for me :) but I think I managed to handle it.
Then he got into every possible details of my projects.He then moved on to DS and asked me 3 puzzles and I was able to answer only one of them.I was so nervous that he offered me water twice during the interview.My interview was about 45 mins. I knew that I won't make it when I left the room but was happy to have such an experience and exposure.
Finally 3 of my friends were selected and I was happy for them because they deserved it and felt happy that I learned quite a few good things from this interview:
1. Don't under-estimate yourself...you never know when it will happen to you...
2. There is no need to get too nervous for interviews...
3. Be confident for what you say, and don't fake things :)
4. Every interviewer is not as bad as you may think...
5. Give your best...that's it...that's what you can do...
I understood that its difficult to smile after you lose something but then that's what you learn from it...:)
Always Njoy!!! :)
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