Caution: May cause addiction

This post is the continuation of my previous post about interviews. People started asking that did I attend 37 intws now, really? Yes, I did. But I did not go to 37 different companies. some were repeats . Here comes the list…

• - wipro technologies ( off campus at pollachi mahalingam college – failed in technical written test)
  - icici infotech ( now 3i infotech) – failed in the written test
  - zylog (campus placement and got thro… but they asked for original certificates – so dint take that up)
  - IGI global ( campus placement – dint get through the interview)
  - ICICI (after all rounds, I understood that it was a telecalling job., jeez, I ran away dropping my resume folder there)
  - convergys(in second round I told that I’m not interested in relocating to bangalore – intw happened at ‘The Aruna Chennai’, nungambakkam)
  - quintegra(cleared the written test and still awaiting for the interview call heheh lol)
  - sutherland (in ‘Next’, Nandanam – failed in the second round – they asked to speak about a topic continuously for two mins ;( )
  - sutherland (in hotel president, radhakrishnan road, mylapore – for HP support – rejected since I dint knew the devices that can be connected to an USB port)
  - sutherland (in DBS business center, nungambakkam – for windows XP support – rejected since I dint knew how to partition a hard-disk and about the logical partitions of HDD)
  - sutherland (in DBS business center, nungambakkam – for windows XP support – selected but for non-technical voice based support. So, I dint take this offer up)
  - NICCS (in kilpauk – pulla pudikkara idam… came out screaming this was actually a call center training institute. after several rounds,they said that we need to take up a training paying 5000 Rs and after completion, NICCS will assist in placements)
  - cosmosoft, kodambakkam(rejected since I did not knew Java)
  - a company in anna nagar (dont remember the name… it was opposite to a park in the first floor – they said they will get back later… they called up sometime later and I decided not to take up since it was a very small company – looked like mannar & co for me…)
  - hexaware – (cleared the written test with josh, failed in the GD due to two braggarts… only one girl was selected in our batch)
  - isoft in loyola – cleared the written test – but they said they will get back later and they never came back to me
  - isoft in loyola – again went for the written test. same set of questions cleared the written test, GD and interview too… they got back to me after I joined polaris – so I did not take up the offer
  - polaris – Got the offer, accepted it and worked there for almost two years.
  - CTS – cleared written test with ease, but badly screwed up in the interview… interviewers damaged my self-confidence. this made me to think that I should never step in to an intw without preparation.
  - infosys – cleared the written test at meenakshi college, kodambakkam, and cleared the interviews at sholinganallur Infy. One of my best performances so far. The panel was really impressed and gave me lotsa options. I took up the offer… but did not join Infy.
  - oracle(at le royal) – failed in the technical interview (third round)
  - oracle(at le royal) – failed in the technical interview (third round)
  - oracle(at taj connimara) – failed in the managerial/HR interview fourth round)
  - fidelity(at taj coramandel) – opening was for PL/SQL developer. I somehow managed to clear the written test. but the interviewers told that they will get back to me for a suitable java opening… and they never came back as usual.
  - oracle(telephonic) – three rounds – did well…but dint get call after that.
  - oracle retech(telephonic) – cleared one tech round… but I was not interested in taking that forward since I was a bit suspicious about the company’s association with Oracle corp.
  - perot systems(telephonic) – cleared one tech round. but the profile was for pro*c, oracle professionals.
  - credit suizze(c++) – went to bangalore for attending this. After going there, came to know that they were not ready to interview a java guy. So I went to c++ panel and failed.
  - efunds – got the offer. but did not join the company.
  - EDS – cleared all rounds. I did not take up the offer since I was not comfortable with the pay they offered.
  - HCL – cleared all rounds. I did not take up the offer since I was not comfortable with the pay they offered.
  - ml – got screwed up in third round because of my showiness in resume abt my oracle certification.
  - rsq – got the offer. but did not join the company.
  - navis – got the offer. but did not join the company.
  - tvsinfotech – they found out another guy before they finish the interview process with me. so dropped in the middle.
  - capgemini – cleared first round. they never called me up for the managerial round.
  - HP – cleared the interview, took up the offer.

My success rate in interviews is 16 outta 37 ( I’ve included the numbers which I’ve cleared and they never called me for subsequent rounds ). After I gained some experience, the success rate has increased tremendously. As I said earlier, I believe that technical competence can make one to get through any interview. If not technically sound, good attitude + preparation will do good in most cases. Comments / ideas / advises are most welcome.