How to Crack Campus Placement Interview

The completion of student life is in a way start of working life. The freedom, liberty that most feel comes with the start of working, earning money. Is it really true? It is true to some extent, but also demands perseverance, accountability, responsibility, poise, etiquettes, and all that is needed in a work environment. It is a mix of both; the right attitude is needed to make the most of a working life. 

How to crack the job that is best suited for anyone?

With rising competition in the job market, having a job right after completion of education is the best way to start a working life. That would be ideal if everyone could have a job from campus placement, even before finishing education. But unfortunately it does not happen for all. The reasons are few. Campus placement is the activity to recruit students from college, educational institutes for employment is not organized at all educational institutions.

It is mainly a characteristic of professional institutions such as engineering colleges, art and design institutions, management institutes and other fields that offer professional training, guidance and grooming. Even if the campus placement criterion is available at an educational institute, it does not guarantee employment, placement for all. Only the best, crème-de-la-crème of the lot is selected and employment offered before leaving college.

Employers, organizations that visit educational institutes for recruiting students have a stringent selection process. It is a multiple stage process; students need to score well have a certain minimum score to be eligible for selection. Employers are on the lookout of candidates that have in-depth understanding of the subject, have analytical problem solving skills to be able to deal with complex real life problems.

The preliminary rounds for a campus placement process are usually written that test for numerical ability, logical ability, comprehension, and other aptitude. Candidates need to have a minimum score to be able to qualify for the next round. The next round tests something more, the speaking skill, confidence of the candidate is tested in an extempore speech, debate, which could be anything about sport, current affairs, business news, political discussion etc. Students need to have god practice of public speaking, body language, confidence and good knowledge of the subject to score well in the round. This comes from months and months of practice, perseverance to be able to qualify the round.

The third, which is usually the final round for selection is personal interview. Candidates who qualify the preliminary rounds of selection are interviewed by a panel for a personal interview. It can be jittery, give stomach butterflies to the most composed, sorted individual. From the moment, the candidate enters the interview room to sitting posture to body language to hand gestures each and everything counts towards the chances of selection.

More than that, prospective employers are looking for candidates, individuals that have thorough understanding of subject areas; have interest, inclination for innovation; have analytical thinking, have interest in other areas as well such as art, sport, food and have some kind of recognition, standing in any such area. The scores, performance throughout school years and for college education do not count much; it is the performance in the placement criterion and mainly in the personal interview that makes up for selection or rejection.

To be able to crack a placement interview is only the beginning. To sustain a work environment that is diplomatic, professional demands norms, standards to be followed for work and in the behavior towards co-workers and other personnel is a continuous effort.

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Dhole Patil Education Society (DPES) was founded by Young and Dynamic Mr Sagar U. Dhole Patil in the year 2008 with a clear objective of providing quality technical education in tune with international standards and contemporary global requirements. The product of his vision, Dhole Patil College of Engineering (DPCOE) has captured all the forefronts of education including academics, sports and social activity, within a short span.