A Mindtree Mind!

The moment arrived...The moment which every undergraduate dreams about.. The moment which every final year student waits for.. The placement season..The time when you can see the sweat on your forehead... The time when everyone is clueless of what is in store ahead...

The pre-placement preparations seemed quite hectic. Right from preparing a CV exactly in the format that the training and placement officer had asked us to and getting our CVs proofread by friends to arranging for passport size photos in formals were something we were doing for the first time in life. Putting the certificates received right from school to college in order was an even tougher ask. That kept me on my feet till midnight.

The 19th of September.. MindTree visited Sir MVIT
All of us tried to look our best in formals. We all assembled near the auditorium waiting to welcome the visiting team. There was chatter all around. Discussions of formulas, sharing of ideas, releasing stress by having some fun were the activities happening all around. The visiting team gave us a presentation on 'Life at MindTree' and Activies in Mindtree.

Successful Customers,Happy People and Innovative Solutions are its mission and the values being Caring,Learning,Achieving, Sharing and Social Responsibility. The powerpoint shown and the talk by an MVIT alumni from MindTree was interesting. The reason behind the MindTree Logo was my favourite section of the talk. Imagination, Action and Joy were beautifully described with a few strokes of blue,red and yellow. After the interactive session, we were asked to write the aptitude test.

The test was of pretty high standard with a few questions being very tough and a few being a delight to solve. Our aptitude,technical skills,email-writing skills and programming skills were tested.The test ended after one and a half hour and we were asked to wait for 2-3 hours to declare the results. After patient waiting, it felt good to be one of the 180 selected. The day of my interview was fortunately the next day. The thought of having a few hours to relax at home and an opportunity to find out from friends having their interview on the same day seemed to release some stress.

The next day was a day to Do-or-Die. The day began with hours of wait to hear my name bing called for the HR interview. After waiting for over 3 hours, my name was finally called. With some excitement and some nervousness, i entered the room. I was interviewed by Mr Jayant who game me a warm welcome with a small puzzle. I was pretty excited about it but could not solve it because of my nervousness inside. I was also asked about my background, goals and why I would join MindTree. A few technical questions were also thrown at me. A few that I answered and a couple I did not. The interview was over with the last words of the interviewer being "Hope to see you in Mindtree". I was hoping to be there too.

The interview was a long process which went on till 7 in the evening. After hours and hours of wait, the results were compiled,offer letters signed and waiting to be announced. It was around 8 by then. Patience was being tested. A few of us were even thinking about how tough it would be if we were not selected. Hours of waiting all in vain. A few silent prayers went on too.. The HR from the MindTree team called the name sof selected candidates and handed over our offer letters. A sigh of relief to hear my name being called... Yeah..I was finally a MindTree mind!!

The day was being ended on a high with smiles all around. Congratualtons and best wishes kept pouring in.The MindTree minds also had a few photos being clicked with the interview panel. There were around 120 candidates who were given the offer letters that day. The reason MindTree is personally so special even before I was a prospective mind is that MindTee was the platform for me to start blogging. The very reason why I can today share my thoughts with the world.

The next visiting company was D E Shaw, everyone has a dream to get in there. We all geared up to write the aptitude. Alas, the aptitude test, the technical test, the programming test - they all went above our head.The results were declared after a couple of hours shortlisitng only 15 out of the many who wrote the test that day.

Amazon followed with a high standard of online testing. The questions were solvable but with high level of difficulty. The results may take time to be announced by I do not see much light at the end of the tunnel. After two high difficulty-level tests, it seems quite normal to be disappointed. I warned myself to prepare well for the next company since there is more than a week to prepare.

With disappointments all around, I saw a ray of hope with talking to my mentor, my guru, the co-founder of Moolya Software Testing Pvt Ltd. I realised,co-incidently, we played a role in promoting each other. The motivation to have a higher dream, higher credibility and to have the best skills gave me a push and a goal for the future. I am looking to work on them now.

After a hectic week of placements, it's probably some time to relax at college. With Kalanjali on cards and friends urging me to bunk, I got to hunt for great anchors in college tomorrow in about an hour. Waiting for this exciting talent hunt...