Got placed in Covansys a CSC company

As most of you know I am doing my B.E in Computer Science, on 26th OCT we had a pool campus interview at the East West College of Engineering. There were a total of 10 colleges participating in the campus selection with around 250-300 students. Initially there two rounds of written test which included one round of Aptitude and another round of Technical.  After the test, the results came almost all of my college mates cleared both the written tests.

There were a total of 65 students who were shortlisted after the written test. Now the interview rounds began, again we had two rounds of interview. The first technical interview and then the HR interview. To my surprise I was the first to attend the Technical Interview. When my name was first called my heart was pounding harder than ever. But as I enter the cabin the Technical interviewers calm smile made the things better. He was a cool guy, and the whole interview went more like a technical discussion rather than an interview. To start things off, he saw my resume. This is how the conversation went.

• Sir: Hello Allwin, I should be careful of you.
• me: *Surprised* why sir?
• Sir: You are a taekwondo belt holder right ?
• Me: Oh, Yes sir I am. But you dont have to worry, because I use it only for self defense .
• Sir: Yeah, but still you can hit me right?
• Me: Why should I sir? You have not offended me.
• Sir: Well, yeah.. Good answer.

May be the good old saying that “First impression is the best impression” still holds true. After this introductory conversation it was time for technical discussion. He browsed my resume again and asked me about web designing. When I heard about the word Web Design I knew it was my day. He gave me a situation of a retail shop and asked me to explain how I go about designing a website. My previous experience with the clients came into play. I explained even the minute detail possible and no wonder he was amused. After all this is what I have been doing all time. He was more than satisfied with my answer. Apart from the technical detail he also observed how I handle a real life situation and my communication skills. The interview went on for 30 minutes, after that he told he was glad to meet me and I replied the same.

After the confident technical interview I went with my friends to have a cup of tea. I just started the first sip, I got a call from my friend that I was needed to attend another interview. I came running from the shop to the building when my friend was standing ready with the file. When I went inside, maam was waiting for me. Since I came running I was huffing a bit. She asked me to be comfortable and have some water. I did the same and in 2 minutes i caught my breath back. She asked me to tell her about myself. I have a complete introduction about me, after this she reminded me of the 2 years service agreement to which I agreed. She also helped me choose my training destination as Chennai. The training will be for 3 months. The pay scale was 3.0 lacs per annum.

After my interview it was a long wait for the result to be announced. I was confident that I did well, but again had a small fear of not getting the job as there might be someone else who could have done better than me. At this instance, I decided not to think much about it and started light hearted conversation with my friends. After all the interviews got over, it was time for the much awaited result. The HR came and said she has shortlisted around 21 candidates. I was praying along with me my friends should also get placed. Once she started reading the names of the shortlisted candidate, one by one most of my friends got placed along with me. We total of 5 students got placed i.e. me, Inayath, Hanumanthe Gowda, Shantanu Shrivastava and Sunil K. Finally we all were placed and happy about it. For the rest of my friends i.e. Lavi, Chintu and kwasta who didn’t get through all I wanted to say is don’t be disheartened we are always here for you .