Important Topics for Campus Recruitment

All the best to the final year AITians for the upcoming Campus Recruitment.
Most important aptitude topics :
* Time & Work
* Time & Distance
* Percentage, Profit & Loss
* Coding & Decoding
* Boats & Streams
* Problems on Ages

CCS article in VijayaKarnataka News Paper

CCS article in Chikmagalur News Papers

CCS article on PGCET Notification Delay

VTU PGCET NOTIFICATION DELAY -Students Under Trouble

The Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) was conducted by Vishveshwaraya Technological University(VTU) until last year under the monitoring of Central Post Graduate Admission Committee (CPAC). But the story is quite different this time. As per the notification published by VTU in its official website www.vtu.ac.in, the PGCET 2011 will not be conducted by VTU, but the same will be conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), the board which conducts the popular CET exam for PUC students.

The entrance test for the selection of Post Graduate seats for the admissions into MBA/MCA/MTech under government quota was conducted by VTU till last year. Usually the applications were made available from 2^nd week of May & 1^st week of June being the last date to submit the dully filled forms. Even then the students faced difficult to apply because of their semester exams which were scheduled between this period. This year, already the degree examinations have begun and till now there is no information regarding PGCET 2011. It is not clear that who is going to conduct PGCET 2011. VTU is pointing towards KEA, whereas KEA has not yet given any official notifications regarding this. This has created ambiguity among more than 1.5 lakh degree post graduation aspirants.

Another important noticeable fact is, from last year, the applying pattern for MBA PGCET was quite different. The applications were not available online, instead the student were supposed to collect it in person from the selected centres. Between their semester exam schedule, it was very difficult for the students to go to selected centres like bangalore, mysore, and other places at the crucial hours of their exams. This has affected the students of rural areas & most of them were unable to apply.

One more important fact to be noticed is MAT(Management Aptitude Test) exams – conducted by AIMS to fill the Management seats are getting filled before Government quota seats. This seems to be horrible but true. Most of the colleges have already started admissions on MAT score. Because of the PGCET delay, the students will be forced to go for the management seats under MAT score which shall cost them 3 to 4 times more than the PGCET fee structure. A delay in conducting PGCET Exam and thereby the subsequent counseling would mean that students who are not sure of securing the required rank for his/her desired institute are forced to go under the management quota even before writing the PGCET exam which otherwise would have been a calculated decision based on the comparative scoring of the different entrance exams.

Due to these ambiguities, there are likely chances for a student to divert thier mind & go for other alternative courses or for job. This will make a negative remark on not only PGCET, but also on Karnataka Education System. So, on behalf of the entire students’ community, I request the concerned authority to take proper measures & make PGCET and its admission process to run in smooth manner so that every common student is benefitted.

Sharath K S, Director, CCS

Campus Recruitment Process

Campus Recruitment Process

The recruitment process differs from company to company, but the process is largely divided into three stages i.e, Written Test, Group Discussions & Personal Interview.

Written Test: Some companies conduct written test in two rounds i.e, aptitude & technical test. The aptitude test assesses the numerical, quantitative & verbal aptitude of the candidate, while the technical test assesses a candidate's knowledge on a specific domain or subject.

Group Discussion:
Most of the companies have GD session in their recruitment process, while few companies directly go for personal interview after written test. Group Discussion assesses the candidate's subject knowledge, body language, leadership quality, group behaviour & flexibility nature. Generally group of 6-10 members will be made for discussion. Interviewer may give a topic for discussion or may ask the group to select a topic. Marks will be alloted to the candidate based on parameters like Subject knowledge, Creativity & Originality, Voice, Body language, Eye contact, Analitical ability, Fluency, Initiative, Leadership, Group behaviour, Enthusiasm & Listening. Candidate should not wait for the opportunity but should make an opportunity to involve in discussion.

Personal Interview:
It comprise of technical & HR rounds. The technical round assesses a candidate on the subject know-how and the HR round assesses whether a candidate has the appetite to learn, the ability to work in terms, soft skills, cross-culture adaptability, flexibility & open mindedness. The personal interview stage also helps the company assess whether a specific candidate is the right cultural fit for the company. It is very important for a candidate to be aware of what not to say rather than what to say. Some of the companies like HCL, TCS etc... allows top performing students in academics to directly enter into GD and PI sessions by skipping written tests.

I wish all the best to the final year students

Sharath KS
(Founder, CCS)

IIMs raise their cut-offs

Getting admission into India's top B-School - Indian Institute of Management (IIM) has become no easy task with the raise in cut-off percentiles. IIM-Ranchi has highest cut-off of 99.66 percentile for the 2011-2012 batch. IIM-Calcutta followed with 99.59 percentile. IIM-Ahmedabad plans to call only those with 99 and above for personal interviews, provided they have 94 for each sectional score. Raising the pressure, IIM-Lucknow increased weightage of CAT scores from regular 30% to 37.5% along with fee hike from Rs. 8 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh. IIM-Kozhikode now gives 50% to CAT scores, 15% to GD and social skills, 25% to PI and 10% to writing task.

TOEFL Scholarship : $10,000

Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced the 2011 TOEFL Scholarship Program to award approximately US$60,000 to Indian students. A total of nine TOEFL scholarships, three US$10,000 and six US$5,000 scholarships will be given. Students need to have secured admission at a college or university listed in the TOEFL Destination Directory in the U.K, Canada and US. Winners will be notified in May 2011. Application deadline : April 15, 2011.
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