Campus Recruitment also called Campus Placement is a process of recruiting fresh talent from Government and private Engineering colleges. This process gives students a big opportunity to showcase their talent to the companies visiting their campus and get hired, even before the completion of their course. However, any good company has a definitive benchmark with respect to the workforce that they intend to hire. Apart from the basic field specific skill-set, they also look for people with ambition, aptitude, effective communication skills and team work abilities.

Generally, the procedure for Campus recruitment entails the following

• Aptitude Test
• Group Discussion
• Personal Interview (may consists of a Technical Interview and an HR Interview)

After short listing, candidates based on the Academic Criteria as stated above, the shortlisted students go through to the next round of placements, which are typically Aptitude and Technical tests conducted over one or two days at the college campus. Placement Tests can be conducted in Paper format or in a Computer-based format.

The aptitude test normally includes questions based on:

• Quantitative Ability
• Data Interpretation
• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
• Logical Reasoning
• General Knowledge and Current Awareness
• The technical test, as the name suggests, is designed to assess your subject knowledge in your area of specialization (for eg. computer programming, mechanical, chemical, civil etc.)

Some companies also conduct Essay Writing tests and/or Psychometric tests based on their requirements.

Companies conduct group discussion after the written test so as to check on your interactive skills and how good you are at communicating with other people. The GD is to check how you behave, participate and contribute in a group, how much importance do you give to the group objective as well as your own, how well do you listen to viewpoints of others and how open-minded are you in accepting views contrary to your own. The aspects which make up a GD are verbal communication, non-verbal behaviour, and conformation to norms, decision-making ability and cooperation. You should try to be as true as possible to these aspects.

Group Discussion is evaluated on the following parameters:

• Your Knowledge of the Topic
• Communication Skills
• Leadership Quality
• Creativity
• Initiative
• Self Confidence
• Assertiveness
• Decision Making and Facilitating Skills
• Enthusiasm
• Ability to think on ones feet

GDs can be topic-based or case-based.
Topic based Gds can be classified into three types:-

• Factual Topics
• Controversial Topics
• Abstract Topics

Personal Interview
After a round of Group Discussion, the candidates are short listed for the interview. For the employer, this is the medium to actually know the person beyond his test scores as well as to gauge his capabilities and talents and his ability to project himself as a suitable employee. The two phases of an interview are:

A. Technical Interview
The technical interview is designed to measure the student’s learning and understanding of specific concepts in his field of specialization viz. C, C++, Java, microprocessors, Electronics etc. It tests the level of knowledge in the talent area of a student

B. HR Interview
The HR interview is a very critical process in the entire recruitment drive conducted by any organization, as it deals with the evaluation of a student as a prospective employee of the organization based on his calibration with the benchmarks that are set for any employee of the organization. The HR interview tests a students on his/her exposure to the practical aspect of his talents, strengths and area of opportunity, basic mannerisms and team working abilities and clarity of objectives and future goals.