Accenture Recruitment

Just after my Infosys recruitment on 25th evening, i stayed back in Lucknow itself at my dearest friend Rohit's place... He is there in KGMC, so had to spent a couple of days there, as i has my Accenture written exam on 28th March' 08.

The center for the Accenture, was again the same college as Infosys, the SRMCEM college., in Lucknow. This was the pool campus for the whole UP having more than 15000 aspirants. I felt like a tiny pebble in that ocean of candidates...

Well, after a long, tiring and simply stupid (because of stupid arrangements done to handle such a mass) registration process, we got to enter the examination hall 2-3 hours after the scheduled time.. The written paper was easy... I wrote the paper quickly and came back to KGMC at my friend's place... and i was back to Kanpur the next day.

The result was to be declared by email and we got the notification on the 3rd April '08. Then, again I was in Lucknow for the GD and interview. Only 695 of the whole pack of aspirants could clear the written test. I was residing at my friend's place again. So, reached the center on the 5th morning and we all were asked to wait for the GD after a 1 hour presentation (pre-placement talk or PPT). My call for GD was at 12 noon.. We had it for around 20 minutes and the result was declared immediately then. It was for the first time in my life that i had ever faced a GD, and the good thing was that i had cleared it... 295 candidates had cleared the GD round...

Then, we were asked to wait for the interview. But unfortunately, after waiting for the whole day till 10pm, I wasn't called for the interview.. After some time, the Acccenture delegates told us that due to the large number of students and it getting late, some students were scheduled the next day, to be interviewed. And i was one of them.

6th April' 08: The next day again, that wait for interview started.. I got the chance for my HR interview quickly.. I was a bit happy as i got a quick chance.. The interviewer was a young man.. and really very-very impressive.. He interviewed me well for about half an hour and i responded well, i think.. After the interview, he asked me to wait for the result. Within a span of 10 minutes, I got the news that I had cleared the HR round and now had to wait for the Technical interview round..

Now, the mammoth wait started... i was waiting all hungry and damn, i was the second last candidate of the day to be called for the Technical Interview...
This Interview was again a fantastic one... The interviewer and I shared the same hobbies..

Photography

He questioned me a lot.. We also shared the same choices for the computer language. i.e.

JAVA

.
The interview was really interesting. The most interactive interview that i had faced up till then.

The interview was over after some 30 minutes again. It was a very nice one that i heartily enjoyed. Both the Accenture interviewers were very friendly.

The results were declared after 2-3 more my hungry hours.... :-)
In all 154 selections were made.. and as the names were being announced, i went numb. I went hopeless thinking that I was out. I hadn't made it. But, the last was ARPIT GAUR... Surprisingly, the last name... I had really experienced breath-taking moments during that announcement. I can't describe my anxiety in words...

I had to wait for some farewell speech from those Accenture delegates and then i was OFF. I immediately called my mom for the news and my friend Rohit. Then i took my bike (rather Rohit's bike that i had borrowed for the day in Lucknow) and went to Hazrat Ganj in high spirits.. I treated myself well , first of all as i was damn hungry..
Then i went back to Rohit's place and our celebrations started..
The next day was my Birthday 7th April, so the celebrations were amazing, confined to the two best friends.. he and me... Then, i don't know when we slept....

Results Day Out

It was a March day, the sixth semester was going on.

The results of 5th semester were about to be declared anytime, the University site had showed the probable date for the result declaration.

November 07:My respected faculty member Mr. Siddharth Tripathi had challenged me to cross 80%, in the exams. I had promised him that i'll try my best to achive it, rest the fate would have it in itself. We had a very long chat session one night, and he was constantly telling me about doing this. Also, he was using some very harsh and aggresive words in his speech that at times i felt offended, bt i kept my cool. I replied him that i'll try my best, repeatedly. Moreover, I also said that i am not fascinated by marks, i never want to go for marks rather pure knowledge about what we are studying.

But my teacher was stuck. He constantly, said "Dont talk that way. Just show me 80% marks against your name in these exams". It had been too much for my ego now. Please dont think that i am too egoistic, but actually it had been so many times that i finally got fired up. Also, getting above 80% marks in my university UPTU is really a big deal. Though, i had scored 83.2% in my 1st semester, still it seemed a mammoth task to me. I said, "Sir, I will. I will show you 80% marks."

Then, after some time in December 07, the first week we had our final internal exams. I tried my best. I has never studied overnight constantly for so many days as i had done this time. Still in 2 subjects my score wasn't the highest. I was again emabrresed by my teacher, "You said you'll get the highest marks. Where are they..?? You are finished dude. I can't see you beating my challenge." I replied, "Sir, I'll talk to you after 3 months when our results are out."

After a week or so, we had our final university exams. I did well according to me. I was now keeping my fingers crossed for my results over 80%. Meanwhile, never talked to the teacher.

Now, the result was declared in March. It was 11pm. I got the news that the results were out. I checked in. Got 80.1%. The challenge was done. I had topped the college. Till then the clock had ticked 12 midnight. I picked up my phone, rang my teacher Mr. Siddharth Tripathi, immediately then. I told him my result. He congratulated me and was very happy for me.

I was happy, overjoyed NOT on the result, but ONLY because i had won my challenge.

I was thinking that the only reason for this result was My TEACHER. If he hadn't fired me so much. I wouldnt have crossed the mark. I was thanking him for his motivation and his believe in me that i could do that.

Though not a big deal in terms of figures, but success, even smallest of those make me over-whelmed. I am never satisfied with myself. Only, such small happenings in life make me realize worth my life..

By now, as today i am writing this, the results for the 6th semester are also out. I have again topped the college as in 5th semester. This time its even more. A figure of 81.1%.

Infosys Recruitment

This was the best of the three recruitment process that i had faced uptil now.

It was 25th March'08, just 2 days after Holi. 

Again it was a pool-campus procedure, and our center was SRMCEM college in Lucknow this time..

I had arrived the center at 7:30 am coz of excitement though the reporting time was 8:30. After some time other batch-mates also arrived. All the candidates were asked to register firstly, and then we all were supposed to wait...

The written test was conducted after a loooong wait, i must say. The paper was a good one.. Quantitative Aptitude section was damn easy, but English Vocabulary and RC section was really a hard nut to crack.. The written paper was over at 1 pm and then again our long wait for the result started....

This time this WAITING TIME was 3 hours and result was declared at 4 pm... Immediately, we were called for the Interview. Infosys had only one interview round and no GD. It was surprising for me, atleast.. I immediately tied my neck-tie and rushed up into the alloted room for the Interview. 

I was the first candidate to be called for the Interview from my slot. As i entered the room, I saw an OLD MAN, in his mid seventies.. Amazing was the man, as was his appearence.. He looked fragile, i never expected such an interviewer for me... But, he was a learned man, this i realized when he started his part of work...

All the questions she asked me were TRUE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.. He asked for my Curriculum Vitae and questioned from all the points that i had mentioned in my CV.. he asked me to examplify every skill or quality that i had mentioned in it..

I think i was doing well till that point of time...

Finally, after a tough fight for almost half-an-hour, he asked me a puzzle.. and said that i could leave after that puzzle... I was rejoiced on seeing the puzzle.. It was a minimising puzzle, simple i said to myself.. I immediately rubbed my pen against the refined pulp, and prompted the answer.. He confirmed it twice and i was stuck on my answer... 

Bt when he asked me to recheck it, i was numb. I had maximised the minimising problem... I was caught, plump....

All my confidence shattered, I was down and he asked me to wait for the results....

I took a leave from the room after thanking him (a formal act to be done after every interview), though i was down, quite down on my stupidity in the final question. I had done all well throughout the interview but the last nail in the coffin was suppossed to be from my side itself...

I headed for the waiting room, grumbling to myself about myself...

Again after a long wait of some 2-3 hours at around 9 pm the results were declared... i still can recall that i was shivering as i thought that final puzzle had buried me down for sure... But i was over-whelmed when the HR representative called out my name... I was shocked to hear my name, as i wasn't expecting it...

But again, now I was an Infoscion.....

Satyam Recruitment

After spending some more days of my vacations, I went back to college... coz of Placement bells.. 

Satyam Computers was visiting our college for their recruitment process..

As was a mandatory thing, i too had a dream of getting through the selection procedure....

It was 18th of jan, 08 and i was writing my Satyam written test at 12 noon.

The results were out at 4 pm and i had cleared. I knew i would, coz the paper was easy. Now the tough time was to start..

We were made to wait till 10pm for our pre-placement talk. This wait for all for crap reasons.. Even those guys making us wait, didn't know, why they were doing so...


Had it till 11 pm. and returned home all finished up. hadn't eaten anything the whole day..

So dat was a stupid deed by Satyam...

Anyways, next day i had my HR Interview, and bingo..!! I cleared it also.. Bt unfortunately, we were asked to stay back for the day coz of Technical Interview, though it never happened that day. Again after waiting till midnight, we were asked to come the next day, for the technical interview.

I was really sucked up... the next day, i.e 20th Jan, 08, I got up and thought that i would not go to attend the interview. I had never wanted to go for a job after the B.Tech, instead i was all for a MBA degree.. But, due to some instinctive feeling, i went for the interview...

It was really an INTERVIEW.. All core question and the Assistant Vice President of Satyam Computers interviewing me on C, C++, JAVA, and Oracle... he was quick in his questions and I was replying with the best of my efforts... And finally i MADE IT...

The HR representative informed me soon after my interview that i was through the recruitment activity...

Now, I was a SATYAMITE.. as they call themselves..