subject: Adopt A Strategic Approach When Preparing For Campus Placement [print this page] With the onset of placement season, students in the campus premises are seen worried and perplexed. The competition at the entry level is so tough that finding a job in the best organization seems more like a reverie. Even after scoring distinction in all the subjects, one cannot be sure of getting a job in the desired organization. If you really wish to get placed in leading organizations like Tata Consultancy Services then you ought to take that extra step. You have to look beyond your text books and prepare for the placement exams in a strategic manner.
Without a proper strategy in place, it would not be possible to crack placement exams conducted by any of the IT giants. So, take a paper and pen and chalk down a plan that would help in scoring good marks in written tests. It goes without say that you must go through your textbooks thoroughly. They may not give questions directly from the book but it definitely acts as the foundation course. Brush up your basic concepts and prepare yourself to handle tricky questions in TCS placement papers. Once you are through with the initial process, it is time to get hands on experience with tricky questions that you actually have to solve during written tests.
Students appearing for placements for the first time have no idea about the type of questions that may come in the final examination and thus end up solving questions randomly. Since most of the questions are irrelevant, they end up wasting their precious time. To give a proper direction to your practice sessions, you should always refer to placement papers readily available on the Internet. The placement practice papers give a fair idea about the type of questions being asked during the examination thereby helping students in saving time and energy.
Apart from previous years TCS placement papers and elitmus test, students can find plethora of practice papers as well on the Internet. By solving these practice papers, students learn time management and can complete their paper in given time. For best results, one must try to solve the paper in set time. Along with preparing for written tests, you must start working on soft skills as well. It takes time to develop communication skills and you must begin with the process at the earliest possible. Once you think you have prepared enough, sit back and relax and leave everything on destiny.