How do apply off-campus placement?

In this post you will know how to apply off campus placements. Most students, particularly in India, rely heavily on campus placements. They don’t know that they can reach out to companies off-campus as well. In fact, you’d be amazed to know that companies sometime offer a lower package when they hire through campus placements, simply because they have more applicants.

Difference between On campus and Off campus Placement:

When a company comes to the college, there is certain pressure on recruiters where they have to select minimum number of candidates as they have spent money to come to the college whereas in off campus, you go the placement drives among thousands of unemployed students aiming to get selected. There you are all on your own as Company's aim is to select just the best! So, definitely it becomes a little harder as all the efforts are now from only your end, but the best part is you are not relying on one or two companies as now you are free to apply from companies Google to TCS!

Placement Procedure:

We know it's still unclear to you, so let's try and understand bit by bit. There are two types of company one -the dream companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple where only way to get hired is to go to their careers page, wait for a vacancy, submit your resume and wait for their respond.

Other ones are service sector companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Tech Mahindra , leading startups and also companies having multiple opening like Snapdeal, Samsung, MindTree etc. When any of these company hasn't come to you college, now to have to go to their off campus placement drives or job fairs conducted time to time throughout the year.

Now, these are no longer Walk in Interviews where you just go with resume with Btech degree in hand. Rather now there are online tests -Elitmus, Amcat, Cocubes where you give an aptitude test, get a score and then these websites would notify you about off campus drives, vacancies in companies.

Under give you an idea which company asks for which exam:

AMCAT (Most Companies including Cognizant, Samsung, Sapient, Flipkart)
eLitmus(Most Mechanical and Core Companies)
Cocubes(Microsoft, ZS Associates etc)
MeritTrac(Accenture, Wirpo etc)
PrepInsta

There are number of ways you can apply for off campus.

Cocubes:- Prepare For this carefully, either your college will register with Cocubes or you can directly contact to cocubes, just book your slot and try to get more than 500+ score, Remember coding part plays essential role while dealing with higher package companies, once done Start applying.

Amcat:- Amcat is as similar as cocubes, but Amcat adds some advantage over Cocubes is that variety of companies.

Elitmus:- This is tough to crack, requires 50% more preparation than above mentioned, With Elitmus you will be having advantages of higher packages.

HackerRank :- Gear Up for one on one with hardcore coding stuffs, build your rank high above the sky and engage yourself with companies.

HackerEarth:- Participate In Every hour coding round, build some respects, now a days most of the companies hosts their recruitment process over these.

Please don't simply target large MNCs only. Bombard your resume to all small companies as well as startups, because you'll have much better chances there. That's because small companies don't consider percentages and gap years that much. If you're skilled and passionate, you'll get the job.

If you are unable to get an off campus job for quite some time after passing, try internships. Internships can get you that experience certificate, which can get you a permanent job. It can be in the same firm where you do your internship from, or at another firm. Search for internships at Internshala, LetsIntern or twenty19.

How to Prepare for Campus Placements

In this article, we will know how to get success in campus interviews. If you are a final year student, many organizations would conduct off-campus placements in your colleges. You are unsure about your own choices and goals. Everybody wants to get place in reputed organization.So what should you need to do is to prepare for it well, Here's how?

Here i am providing some tips to prepare for campus interviews:

Design Your Best Resume: 

To Design Your best Resume you could review some sample resumes that are available on the websites. Download sample resumes then adopt the layout and way it is presented as your template.Then change education details,skills and projects completed  which you have done in your semesters. When you are building resume keep in mind that use simple fonts,text and single color. 

Prepare for Aptitude Test:

You should expect aptitude test is 1st round in selection process-written examination. Many student fear about aptitude test but don't worry about it,here are the some topics you should focus before attend the interview. They are Reasoning problems,logical ability,Arithmetic problems and operating system questions . So practice them well for to clear this round.

Improve Your Communications Skills:

Now a days to get job in IT industry communication skills plays vital role.It is better to sharpen your skills from now itself by reading English newspapers,magazines,and read your interest web articles everyday. If you want survival and to reach Lead position early, you must have good speaking and writing skills in English Language.Therefore,every student should enhance their communication skills.

Prepare Your Favorite Subject:

If You are a Computer Science background student then the interviewer will ask the questions about some basic questions on programming language. This part is nothing but technical interview round in the selection process. You should prepare some basic interview questions on C,C++,JAVA and DBMS. The interviewer may ask which is your favorite Subject. So, whatever subject you have confident then answer him with your favorite subject. If you are not confident about on any subject then don't tell. Here, You can expect basic questions and their advantages.So prepare well to clear technical round as well.

Prepare For Group Discussion:

Some companies will conduct Group Discussion also. I have written Tips for Group Discussion how to prepare for it. Just click on it.

Learn some personal skills:

You must have some personal skills like maintaining eye contact is one of the main skill. When Interviewer ask the question you should answer him with eye contact. Learn when you meet new persons you must greet them. One of the main skill you must fallow is listening skills. Listen carefully and answer perfectly. When interviewer asking asking questions don't interrupt him,first listen completely and then answer him properly.

Be Confident:

Here confident means in interview process,believe yourself to develop self confidence.

See also:

Interview Procedure in Multinational companies 

HR Interview Questions for  off campus