I myself see campus interviews as a 2 hurdle race(Some companies make it a 3 hurdles race!!) where the first hurdle is the written test(Knockout round) and the survivors go into the all-or-nothing round of Technical and HR interviews.
The written test is actually a pretty simple test which tests us in the fields of Mathematics, English , Aptitude and reasoning skills. The mathematics is basic high school level mathematics and is supposed to be a breeze.Wrong notion as i realized this the hard way that though the questions can can be solved by any 9th grader its important to solve these as quickly as possible so that we can save as much time as possible for the English and reasoning questions which tend to be tricky and time-consuming. Overconfidence can be a real killer in this round as speed can only be achieved by practice.My advise is to shelf the ego when solving high school math and begin from scratch and memorize all the Formulae and of course refer good books that have simple tricks and shortcut techniques.Once your through you are half way there so prepare to slog it out for this round.
Next comes the Technical interview.Some companies have a group discussion round to filter the people whose communication skills are not up to what the company expects from their prospective employees.(Contrary to what neo-nazists and so-called save-your-mother tongue activists say English is a big factor here.) Technical interview is supposed to be quite easy and usually only questions based on the basic concepts and definitions in our favourite subjects are asked. If any difficult or tricky questions are asked usually the interviewer is only trying to see if you try to solve the problem or u just throw in the towel and walk away.Anyway there are tons of legacy questions on the Internet which can help you prepare for this too.
Next you will have HR round.Remember if you are selected for the HR round unless you do something really foolish you are as good as recruited for the company but do not start celebrating as there is work to be done. The HR is basically trying to see if you will work in his company at least for a period off 2-3 years, if you want to pursue higher education,if you are really interested in his organization etc etc..... Its better to do some homework about the CEO ,Founders ,Customers etc etc....
Rest all done you must see yourselves in the list of recruited candidates and on your way to celebrations. Remember once you clear the written test it would really a waste of chance if you do not get recruited so prepare in advance for the Technical and HR rounds. And yes dress smart and conservative to show that you are serious about getting recruited.
I could say good luck for your placements but my take on luck is slightly different to what you may digest.So prepare well.
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