Campus placements

d most exciting time in an engineer's campus life is d time of placements. its the time when one actually gets rewarded for his efforts n worth.
i still remember each n every moment of those days which fetched me my first campus placement. We were off to Amritsar campus with alacrity n lots of hopes. it was the time when placements had started officially n every single company was going to count. our first target was TCS it was 4th feb 2008, the first stage was an online test. i had prepared for it n this was the time to implement all my efforts. my slot came at 11:30pm n trust me due to a hectic schedule i was both physically n mentally tired to sit for an 2 hrs test. but d desire to get into TCS was enough to overcome all my stress n tiredness. i went into d hall with a fresh mind n gave my test. after finishing the test the moment i clicked the submit button the result was in front of me on my screen. it showed "congrats! u've qualified." i took a breath of relief as i knew the first hurdle was crossed by me.
d final hurdle was yet to be cleared. next day i was having a technical interview. dressed up in formals n after offering prayers to almighty i left my room for d interview. this was the first time i was going for an technical interview so nervousness was obvious. i got my call within 2 hrs n i was glad that at least today i wont have to stay up till midnight in campus as we did yesterday. i got into the room n wished the interviewers. they were two young guys n seemed very casual..it was a casual introduction between us n they started d interview. i answered most of d questions n tried my best to impress them though i felt the self-confidence n satisfaction which should have been present in my answers was lacking.
the interview was over. i was really confused n felt that the satisfaction which i should have attained after the interview was missing. i went back into the waiting room n saw many faces each depicting a story of its own. some were happy n some were sad n i was wondering among whom mine should fit.
after waiting for around 4 hrs the TCS officials came inside the room holding a copy of final results with them. with some good sayings n blah blah they started announcing the final results. with every name they spoke i could hear someone crying out in joy n at the same time an enhancement in my heart beat. the list was down to last ten candidates, i was really nervous by now..n then down to final 5 but my name was yet to be announced. the pinnacle was reached when only 1 candidate was left. now i knew that my chances were extremely less i was never so lucky before so was neither expecting to be this time. n finally the last name was also announced.

i was not able to hear dat name coz of a large scream by a girl. i knew it was her who was last on the list not me. i didn't knew how to react, how to console myself....something had went seriously wrong in my interview but i was not sure about it. with a heavy heart i left d campus n came back to my room. we were three guys n none of us had gone through the selection process of TCS.
We sat together n speak ed to each other that we have no time to mourn or give excuses. lets get up n start preparing for the next company which was scheduled on the very next day, the company which we might be destined for us, the company which is equally good as TCS, the company known as INFOSYS!
i knew my aptitude was good n i needed to work upon my interview. dat night i prepared myself for interview only. i gave myself every possible situation that i might face tomorrow n planned a solution to it. for me this was going to be a do or die situation coz rejection in this company would have certainly meant a serious injury on my morale. that night we slept at 2:00am n woke up at 5:00am. again dressed up in formals n this time offering some extra prayers we left the room for campus. in campus i met one of my class mate who also happens to be my childhood friend. he was also in same shoes as that of mine. we both said to each other that whatever happens we have to crack it today!
with this pledge we went into the seminar hall where a pre placement talk was scheduled by Infosys. after the ppt we went in for the written..this time written went even better than TCS but still i was nervous till d results were announced. finally results were announced n i was through. then we had an HR interview. i had just appeared in TCS interview yesterday n got rejected too so my state of nervousness was on its peak. i called up my dad n told him that i got through the written he wished me luck for the interview, i told him that i was really nervous n low in confidence after yesterday's interview. a silence followed. he too knew that what i was going to face n how much nervous i should be right now. after some silence he said....life is not all about ur placements n interviews..its much bigger than that. these things r a really small part of life so any fear of failure should not even bother you in any way..
his words gave me a new view of all these things. my mental level had raised to a new height which i had never experienced before. all my nervousness and fears were gone. i was a completely new person sure about my success today.
my call for the interview came n i faced the interviewer in an extremely confident way. i answered his each n every question and i could easily feel not only satisfaction in my answers but also the satisfaction which interviewer got after listening to me. he was a damn gud person n his persona was so magnetic that he made me to feel more like a friend. at the end of my interview i could easily feel the satisfaction on his face..now i knew what had really went wrong in my TCS interview. the most memorable part was yet to come..the interviewer shook hands with me and offered me a candy. i knew what this candy meant. i thanked him from my heart n left.
i called up my dad n told him everything that happened, i could feel the happiness that was there in his voice but still results were to be announced.
the moment finally came, our placement officer Dr.Rajneesh announced the results. my name was among the selected.
i stood up, a breath of relief n a tear of happiness simultaneously toddled at my face. it was official i was an INFOSCIAN.
i don't know whether it was my efforts, my destiny or anything else that fetched me this offer but i know 1 thing..there was always someone with me who helped me, gave me strength to move on and carried me in my tuff times. that someone is my God, my almighty....my SAI BABA