I recommend juniors to start preparing for campus drive during vacations. It would be helpful if they concentrate on basic subjects of their respective departments to get hired in core companies. Also practicing aptitude questions will help them to clear their first round. During interview one should face with full confidence. As knowledge mirrors confidence....
This is my simple advice to my juniors.
Hoping this will help...
Thank you sir.

Minal Patil shares his Accenture Success Secrets and her later attempts

Minal Patil is  selected for Accenture and here she shares her campus hiring process experience

To begin with when we 1st enter an Engineering college our main aim will be to get out with a good knowledge base and a secure job in our hands. Therefore it is very important to be well prepared before facing this phase of our life.

At this point I would only advise my juniors to take up some smart work instead of hard work because there are too many things to cover and very little time. For complete story see here

Campus Placement: Good CGPA is Necessary, but not Sufficient says a Senior

“after attending 15 interviews finally im in2 my dream company oracle” - Supriya Shetty

This is your senior SUPRIYA.A.SHETTY, from CSE 09-13 batch . I want to just bring it into your notice about how difficult it was for me to get placed and the reason behind it.

To begin with, even though I was a 9 pointer getting placed was not a cake walk for me. What we learn here is just theory oriented and industry people expect us to be practically strong. My first interview began with BOSCH. I was not at all prepared. I had not even opened aptitude book for it. I always had over confident that I will be placed in Accenture for sure because Accenture people had promised to hire 400+ students and also 9 pointers usually used to have direct HR round. So didn’t even feel bad when I didn’t clear the first round in BOSCH. Then came the training period. Had joined ETHNUS coaching for aptitude. We all friends never took it seriously. Used to go to fun there and enjoy because we all were 9 pointers and had hope that Accenture will have direct HR round and we will be into it. Before Accenture came I had attended many interview like Tally, and I don’t remember the names. Atleast four companies I have attended before I attended Accenture. If I had seriously prepared for any of these companies I would have easily cracked it. At the end when I realized that it was too late.

Finally we got a news telling that,”no direct HR in Accenture this time “, when there was just 15 days left for the interview. Felt very depressed and sad. I still had hope that ill be placed in Accenture. I didn’t prepare well since was over confident. When the results came I was so depressed because I couldn’t clear it. It was due to my fault. I was very over confident and didn’t prepare well.Then in that depression mood, I couldn’t clear mindtree too. Had lost all the hopes. Read complete experience here

Inviting more 'core' Companies for 2013-14 Campus placement

Hello ALL

This year we are decided to invite more " core" companies for campus hiring. Kindly suggest "core" companies belonging to your department and any contact details that will help us reach them. Below is the form

 Core Companies for 2013-14 Campus Hiring 

Your contribution will be appreciated.

Indian IT: 3 things that may hit hiring

In under two years, 23-year-old Laveen Bakshi has experienced a wide range of emotions in his stillborn career in information technology. For the electronics and communications engineer from The Maharaja Suratmal Institute of Technology, Delhi, the initial thrill of getting an offer letter from HCL Technologies, India's number four software exporter, has now given way to dejection, desperation and anger after a near two-year wait for a joining date. 

At least 6,000 others are in the middle of such frustrating waits to join HCL and other IT companies. Once a magnet for skilled manpower, especially engineers, IT companiesare now hiring less -- the sector hired 200,000 people last year, 50,000 less than the previous 12 months, according to industry body Nasscom. 

A global slowdown and a slow-to-change local industry have crimped hiring, and with it, the aspirational tag long enjoyed by this sector. "A feeling of disgust has replaced our previous feeling of pride," says Bakshi. Having waited for months for a joining date, he has also discovered that hiring plans for the 2013 batch are afoot; and as a graduate from the previous year, he's out in the cold. HCL TechnologiesBSE -0.25 % didn't make its executives available for an interview, despite repeated requests.  For complete story see here