It has been quite sometime since I last blogged. I am only partly responsible for this distraction. The exam season just came like a storm.It kept us busy and continues to keep us busy. Writing exams were once conducted around 2-3 times in a year. But now, it is almost conduced once every fortnight. Over a period of 10 days we had around 12 exams, not including the lab internals that followed.
This semester has almost ended. It seems like only yesterday when I was pretty excited to enter the final year completely aware of the hectic semester.The semester saw me bunking loads and loads of classes that even resulted in attendance shortage in two subjects. What kept me busy initially was GRE after which placements followed.
The short trip to the native leading to a mini-break was something I longed for from quite sometime. The time came and we had a great eventful holiday spending time with the extended family,cracking jokes till 4 in the morning,playing dumbcharades and most importantly having some quality baccha-party time(though none of us remain bacchas anymore).
The stress-free time was followed by a long series of exams. The gap between the second and the third internals was hardly one week. On completing 2/3rd of the II internals with zero or very little preparation, the III internals was certainly going to be crucial. Gathering important questions before exams was the routine. Fortunately or unfortunately, I do not remember the last time I attended a class in this semester. But amidst all this, internals came and internals went.
Luckily, All was well. The pre-determination to do extermely well in the III internals in order to get a consistent average really did some good. Group studies were really effective and the results were favourable. What followed was a stressful period of lab internals. We were asked to execute the programs that we have never tried even once since we were all busy bunking classes throughout the semester.
This was the moment when we paid the price for all that bunking. We had to squeeze some extra time from our almost-busy schedule to go to the labs and execute the programs with friends. They say All's well that ends well. The pressure of preparing for these lab internals, the pain taken in writing records, the last minute work at the end of each semester and most importantly surviving these internals all ended on a positive note. Who doesn't like getting a perfect 200 in all the subjects of the semester in internals?
Parallel to the lab internal season were a series of placements. Luckily, to benefit the non-placed students, there were some rules and restrictions on the placed students which is perfectly justified. The next company which I was going to attend was TCS-Tata Consultancy Services.Cracking this interview was extra special because my grandfather was a part of the Tata family for quite sometime. That was when I decided, if TCS hires me, I would dedicate this offer to my grandfather, my Thathappa. The ones with a consistent record in academics since school were exepted from the online written test which got mixed opinions about its level of difficulty.
Unlike other mass recruiters, TCS has a gruelling technical session followed by a HR round. Fortunately, I finished my interview by 12.30. The pressure eased out but the wait till 9 made it a very long day for us. Lab internals preparations kept us busy though. Finally around 9.30 the results were announced by Mr Arun preceeded by a talk by Mr Chakravarthy, head of Talent Acquisition Group. TCS had taken a whooping 301 students. The highlight of the day for me was my non-placed friends joining me in walking to the portals of one of the most successful,employee friendly company - TCS.
All that's in store ahead, atleast for the next month or so is EXAMS,EXAMS AND MORE EXAMS!!
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