In a way, the Infosys and TCS placements were in continuation with no gap in between. I had heard that Infosys’s quantitative test was of a really good standard and if you pass that, you are 90% selected. My experience confirms this fact. Out of 106 students at DA-IICT who were selected in written test, 91 were finally selected. The company was a bit disappointed with the performance of students in written exam as it said it had a capacity of 150. It is possible that people were tired after the TCS process. Whatever the reasons be, those who made it in written test had a really good chance to get selected.
Lets start from the presentation first. The presentation of Infosys was damn professional and the speaker just convinced everyone mentally that Infosys is the best option for them. A Mysore training video showed all the facilities Infosys has. By the end of the presentation, everyone had the feeling that isi mein jana hai ab toh. 🙂
After the presentation came the main part. I had a HR interview of TCS on my head which I tried to get over. The paper had English and Quant sections. Some questions were dummy ie. leaving them was a better option. The questions were of the same type as I had seen in old papers and online tests. One tip which everyone should focus is the last year papers of these companies. You get a very fair picture of how to get through the first hurdle.
The exam was coordinated not by Infosys personnel but they had outsourced the whole job of written exam and interviews to some consultancy I think. Only the ppt was conducted by Infosys people. As the results came, everyone who made it was really happy. People here prefer Infosys over TCS because of various reasons:
1. Infosys is more professional organization.
2. Its training is far better than TCS training.
3. Its posting is in Hyderabad or Bangalore rather than the same Gandhinagar where students have spent their 4 years.
The next day we had our interviews. Infosys has no technical interview 🙂 In a way it lays no emphasis whether you have learnt anything in B.Tech or not. They would rather prefer any graduates with the capoacity to learn and are come cheaper than engineers. These days engineers are also quite abundant and in need to companies like Infosys to give them a start – A kind of mutual win-win relationship.
My HR interview was conducted by an aged person in late 30s I guess. He was very proper and looked very smart. We had the following conversation:
So you are giving an Infosys interview for the first time?
Ans: Yes Sir 🙂 (obviously) Infosys has never come before this to recruit us.
What is this work experience?
Ans: Told about the Sun Campus Ambassador Program.
So Sun is giving you a job also after B.Tech?
Ans: No Sir. Its just an internship (though I do hope to get selected at Sun)
He ransacked my whole resume.
So what is this low carrier case study?
Ans: Yes sir. In our course of EBM we made a case study on Low Cost Carriers of India
Can you tell me something about GoAir?
Ans: Told
So your hobby is skits?
Ans: Yes Sir. In my school I did participate in them.
Which is your favorite role?
Ans: Told the role of a sadhu which I had played once.
Can you name some database security and networking companies?
Ans: I must I was the dumbest person on earth to think about this question. I said that I am not much into database security but Sun is a networking company.
No, leave Sun, any other you know of?
Ans: Everything had gone blank by then. No company that I could think of 😦 I said to him, “Sir, I think you will name the company and I will shout “Oh yes !!”
He laughed and said “Cisco”
Ans: Man !! How stupid can I get. Anyways whats done is done. Smiled foolishly. Wanted to kill myself for this.
So name me a few competitors of Cisco.
Ans: Again the same old blank screen in my head. He helped eventually.
Which company’s routers and switches does your college have?
Ans: I thought and I thought. I mess this and selection is gone. By some divine intervention came the answer in head and I exclaimed “D-Link” – huh and took a sigh of relief.
Yes. See you are there.
Ans: Grinned 🙂
Do you visit Infosys website. When was the last time you saw it?
Ans: Yes Sir. Yesterday only I had a look at it.
What unique thing did you find in its site?
Ans: I knew this answer very well. I talked about the flat world concept that they have mentioned at their site.
So what is flat world?
Ans: Told
His final words I still remember – Great Ankit. Very good. This almost confirmed that I will get selected. I walked out relieved and happy. To my surprise as I discussed the networking company question with any friend, each student was able to rattle out at least 5-6 names. Ironically, its me, the stupid who finally made it 🙂 As is said, all’s well that ends well.
Infosys rendered good news to nearly all written selected students. Only those who completely screwed their interviews were rejected. Its process was much better than TCS. The number of students it took was much more than TCS. So in a way Infy should have got the first day slot which TCS got. A pointer for next year.
Thoughts Galore 