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Campus Placement Preparation Guide for Students

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Every year hundreds of companies visit college campuses to recruit freshers in their companies. It’s in fact, a matter of pride for students to get selected while being on campus. This projects a high value of the student.

Campus placements are a risk-free way of finding jobs. What’s more? Companies often lower their recruitment standards for students.

However, there’s much more than technical knowledge that required to clear a campus recruitment interview. In the following article, we are providing you a detailed preparation guide to clear your campus interview. Download it as a PDF to use it as a handy guide.

 

Know about the companies

Every college has multiple companies coming ever year for campus recruitment. Find out which companies visit your college for placements from your placement cell and maintain a track sheet for those companies. Write down the dates when they’re organizing the recruitment drive in your college, their official website address, links to their social media channels and a brief description about the company.

Now it’s very important that you do an extensive research on these companies and learn everything you can about them. Here are some things that you should know:

 

Though almost every company holds presentations before the interviews, it’s important that you read up about them on their website and social media channels. Use your networks and if any of your seniors is working in the company, ask them about the recruitment process, interview, etc. When you’re given a chance to ask them questions after the presentation, don’t hesitate.

Ask them about the job profile, the qualities they are looking for in their prospective employees, typical day at the job and/or something unique that you noticed about them during your research or during the presentation. So it’s important that you pay attention during the presentation.

 

Why is it important to research about all companies visiting your campus?

Sometimes, a company might terminate their visit and instead of them, some other companies’ visit might get scheduled. Therefore, knowing about every company that’s going to visit your company helps in such situations. In fact, you can write down their details in brief on the track sheet you’re maintaining.

 

Tailor your resumes

One of the things that will instantly set you apart from the crowd and get you noticed is your resume. We suggest you spend a fair amount time writing your resume. Do not just fill out a preset template. It goes without saying, that your resume needs to be customized according to the company and job profile you’re applying for. A resume made for profile of a business analyst needs to be different from a resume made for profile of a coder.

Do a thorough research about the job profile and the company. Talk to your Seniors or friends or acquaintances working in that company and take their help. Most companies have a preferred format of resume.

Have your resume(s) reviewed by your friends, peers, and placement officers. Take their feedback and make necessary changes in your resume. Your resume is an indispensable tool. It needs to be properly structured and formatted. Use simple language, check multiple times to make sure there are no errors, do not use fancy fonts or colors and make sure your resume layout is clear.

 

Things you should include in your resume:

Summary, Educational qualification, Objective, Skill sets, Hobbies, Work experience, Internships, Projects, Extra-curricular activities (highlight where you outshine others), Personal data.

Your resume should reflect your strengths and weaknesses in such a way that it supports your efficiency in the job position. Even your personal data needs to direct to your improvement in the professional field. Don’t include too many details about your projects. This will give you a chance to explain about them to the interviewer later and impress her/him.

 

Prepare for the interview

Now that you have set your resume, it is time you start preparing for your interview. Though most companies intimate you about their recruitment process, there are many who don’t. You can however prepare based on the following format which a lot of companies follow:

We’d suggest you download model recruitment exam questions from google and also use your networks to determine the kind of questions you will be asked.

 

Aptitude Test

Generally, in aptitude tests, you’re tested on your decision-making, problem-solving skills, logical abilities, math and English vocabulary and comprehension. 2 months of preparation should be good enough to master it.

The aptitude tests usually contain three sections: Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English language.

 

Following are some of the important topics you can prepare for:

Quantitative Aptitude: Logarithms, time and work, permutation and combination, HCF and LCM, geometry, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, algebra, percentages, speed and distance, arithmetic, etc.

Reasoning: Logical reasoning, puzzles, data interpretation, direction, venn diagrams, blood relations, arrangement, number series, directions, graphs, data sufficiency, etc.

English Language: Reading comprehension, antonyms & synonyms, sentence completion, vocabulary, paragraph completion, fill in the blanks, etc.

 

Practice latest campus interview aptitude questions. Click on the banner:

 

Group Discussion

Group discussions are vital. In group discussions, you will be part of a group of 20-25 candidates and will be given a topic to discuss by a panel. The panel monitors the discussion. You will be evaluated on your ability to interact, listen to others, lead the discussion and conclude it and also on the knowledge on the topic.

You need to be careful not to be too assertive or submissive while giving your opinions. Practice holding group discussions with your friends and family to get the right balance.

For a detailed guide on Group Discussions, click the banner on the left!

 

Technical and HR Interview

You need to know the in and out of your domain. We suggest you brush up your basics on your subjects for your technical interview. In the technical round, your knowledge about the domain you’re applying for will be tested. Make sure you come completely prepared.

It’s important that you know what you have written in your resume. You will be asked questions based on what you have entered in your resume. Therefore, do not exaggerate. At the same time, don’t get demotivated if you couldn’t answer a couple of questions. Sometimes interviewers ask you difficult questions that are hard for freshers to answer. This is to see how you handle the situation. In such situations, don’t panic. Either tell the interviewer that you don’t know the answer, or make an educated guess and answer smartly using whatever knowledge you have about that particular question. But do not lie or bluff.

While it is important to appear confident during your interview, your body language shouldn’t suggest that you’re over confident or worse, a brat! Relax and have a relaxed body language.

Sometimes the interviewer might come off as rude, or might actually be rude. This could be a stress interview to check how you would behave in such situations. Take a cue and keep calm.

 

General tips to clear your interview

 

 

We hope the above tips help you crack your campus placement interviews with flying colors. Download this as a PDF to use it as a handy guide.

 

Practice Quant, Reasoning and English questions for your campus placement aptitude test:

 

Further reading:

Common questions asked in campus recruitment interviews
Deloitte Campus Recruitment Process and Eligibility 2017
Accenture Campus Recruitment Process and Eligibility 2017
 

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