ill the time I was selected in my first placement , I was not sure about what the receipe of a success actually was. I was just experimenting the correct way with the wrong things. And when you try it in the wrong direction, no matter how sincere you are you have to loose. Now that I've learnt this, the correct experiment with correct ingredients I made was a great success and it was CTS,my second and best placement.
I can't really say that CTS was my second placement, if you say that a placement process starts from the placement test because I gave the written test for CTS first and after that the first successful placement happened. it was like all other placements that I received another mail from the placements cell in the first week of march that CTS was organizing a placement session and the venue was a nearby college in gudivada, another small city in my city's neighbourhood. I was well familiar with that college because I had already tried my luck before there This time we were trying in group: me and my friends. We all started from our places as usual early I'm the morning to be there on time. We all travelled together and me in particular with some fresh feeling that I may make it this time. We all reached there on time and were puzzled by looking at the people who have come for the exam. There were thousands of people from colleges of different regions. My sister was there to help me if I wanted. But I refused her offer and went in to give whatever I knew. The test was a simple one based on english and reasoning. I attempted all the questions with most probable answers I felt. We all met after an hour and decided to reach our place by train, just for a change. The journey proved to be memorable forever. it would take no more that an hour for me to reach my home by bus. But train was too tedious and we reached our homes after four hours! The results were announced a week after and fortunately I was among the 900 odd people who cleared the test among those 5000 people. We were asked to come prepared with our documents and certificates for the interview and were mailed the addresses.this time a new college and a new experience.
I was informed through mail that we should be there by nine sharp. I started as usual early and was expecting some of my friends who were also selected. I waited for them at the venue but couldn't resist as they were too late already. So I resolved and went inside. There were numerous help desks for directing the thousand students who were selected for the interview. We were asked to wait in another hall; a spacious room with not so many chairs for the interviewees. We had to make ourselves adjusting with the chairs we found unoccupied for couple of minutes. The volunteers were announcing the list of students from each college in alphabetical order. We were sure that it may take few hours for us to be called because our college was at P. But after a few minutes one of my classmate messaged me that her interview was over. I was shocked because I was waiting in that boring hall. I asked her how she made it. Then she replied that one of the volunteers directed them to attend there and they have been interviewed in a span of thirty minutes. Nothing could be done I thought and resumed my wait in the hall. At 4:00 in the afternoon, we were called for the first round and I was already half exhausted. I was directed from a queue into another one, this time was a smaller one outside the hall where a group of panels were arranged. I was trying to figure out how tough the interviews were. I asked some of the people who came out after the interview. Their replies even horrified me as they were asked a lot. I was nervous although I knew I was already placed. I don't know why, but I was a lot more ambitious. I was called in. I now know what to do and what not to do. I greeted the interviewer with confidence. I was asked just three questions: one about myself, which I was already masterinllllg. The second was about my favorite subject. I answered the same I did before, but I was asked for a second one. I answered trickily. The the third one was a tricky question and I answered it cleverly. The interviewer asked me about the application of my project. After I'm done I was asked to wait outside and to the volunteer's surprise I just took 10 mins. And his result was shocking: I was selected for the final round. I was made to wait in another hall. The final round was simple with a single question. "why should I hire you? ". I cam up with a simple and tricky answer; my frankness. I answered that I was adaptable to the domains I was to work. Then that I was a strong person by attitude. He was waiting for my third reason as I paused for a moment. I finished it off saying that I work for my satisfaction and nothing else. I came out after 5 mins. We returned back to our place and after a few days one afternoon I heard one my classmates talking that the results have come. I checked the people and was shocked that out of the two hundred odd people who were selected among the thousand who attended,I was there! I WaS happy because after four months of strains and pains. I won two in place of a single job. About three weeks after my struggles ended I gave my final semester exams and it was two weeks that I passed them all. I received my call letter after a week and was asked to report on July 1 at chennai. when I visited my college for the last time, I was asked by a junior that what I prepared for the interview. I smiled and answered "who knows, I tried all the ways I could, and learnt everything I could." Sometimes you make mistakes only to learn. And if you learn, you can win even more than what you ever dreamed. And that's how I dreamed,failed, tried, learnt and finally won big.
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