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My Honest Placement Journey | Package| Company | Role |

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Main ideas / lessons from the placement journey

  • Placement is not just technical skill: even when the speaker was prepared for “tech,” many stages (GD, communication rounds, tests with links, form/link timing, interview attention, test environment) required non-technical readiness and quick execution.
  • Small mistakes can cost big opportunities:
    • weak “instant” speaking in English during a round about a bottle (1 minute, no stopping)
    • a wrong condition in a simple coding question during an interview (confidence drop)
    • logistics/technology issues during tests (camera/security prompts, light flickering, window/bindings appearing, headphone choice)
  • Repeated administrative/timing issues mattered:
    • missed or failed to fill forms on time (e.g., couldn’t fill “nucleii” form)
    • CGPA threshold caused missed test links (e.g., 8 CGPA requirement; speaker ~7.5)
    • test links missing due to eligibility segmentation (EI limited to ETC/other rules)
  • Psychological and social pressure is a major factor:
    • demoralization while repeatedly not getting selected
    • frequent questions from friends/peers (“did you get placed?”)
    • people showing off or indirectly demotivating
  • Backup planning and persistence:
    • after tech placements repeatedly failed, the speaker shifted to “core” companies and accepted internships where possible
    • eventually secured a role in manufacturing rather than a software-focused path

Detailed sequence of events (methodology / timeline)

1) Background and eligibility

  • Speaker: Vishes Bhaiya, 2026 pass-out from ITB Indore
  • Branch: E&I (Electronics and Instrumentation)
  • Companies arrived during engineering semesters; the speaker explains internships first, then final-year placements.

2) Early placements: internship-era confusion and choices

  • First core-related company: Bolco Icer (manufacturing)
    • other branches allowed except CS/IT/others—the speaker was confused about whether to join core after tech preparation.
    • Steps:
      • company test → clears
      • GD occurs
      • speaker asks seniors whether to join core vs his tech prep
      • seniors advise don’t go yet (more opportunities expected)
      • speaker refuses during GD stage
  • Next company (Dice/Dice):
    • role includes Business Analyst / Software Engineering
    • speaker chooses Business Analyst to support communication/content-creation goals
    • No test, directly interview
    • Interview flow:
      • basic questions
      • then a task: speak about a bottle in English for 1 minute without stopping
      • speaker reports weakness in “instant speaking” in English
    • Result: not selected

3) Missed opportunities due to form/link and eligibility rules

  • Nuclei:
    • speaker couldn’t fill the form → described as an attention/alertness mistake
  • Barless:
    • forms filled, but test link not received, causing disappointment
  • IDFC First Bank:
    • test starts in a timed slot
    • test attempt from hostel with camera/security friction due to heavy software usage
      • editing/video tools are deleted → test proceeds
    • unable to recheck; uncertain on some math questions → affects outcome

4) More test screens: CGPA thresholds, negative marking, cheating environment

  • FMA AI:
    • criteria requires 80% in 10th & 12th
    • includes a written test; speaker fails due to reasoning/speed and negative marking
  • Company requiring CGPA ~8:
    • speaker reports “CGP” requirement 8
    • speaker’s CGP ~7.5
    • test link not provided
  • Master Recruiters / Cognizant:
    • stricter environment; speaker mentions cheating around captcha and removals
    • Cognizant provides three package levels; speaker selected for the ₹4 lakh tier
    • interview includes a quick coding question (string reverse with loop)
    • speaker makes a small wrong condition → wrong output → interviewer notes/stops
    • Result later: not selected despite feeling confident

5) Multiple rejections from different issues

  • Infosys:
    • test environment disrupted by light flickering
    • invigilator tries to fix via window/pressing, but screen issues persist
    • outcome is negative
  • LTI:
    • communication done using headphones
    • speaker mis-handles headphone setup (had used a friend’s silent headphones setup earlier)
    • still fails due to “small mistakes”
  • Johnson Controls (core) interview:
    • technical questions go well
    • mismatch: interviewer asks about package preference
    • speaker answers based on group info and says preference for Johnson Controls due to “core field”
    • interviewer also asks whether he attended morning PPT and Infosys test; confusion about candidate availability
    • speaker later thinks there may have been a mistake; still name doesn’t appear
  • Other companies:
    • “Musima”:
      • speaker implies cheating on tests; python-project resume gets priority → hope lost
    • ZS:
      • speaker studies heavily (case studies, EMIL familiarity, PPT-ready)
      • first test passes
      • second test emphasizes communication; headphone strategy becomes decisive:
        • speaker initially uses noise-cancelling earphones and performs well
        • but result: speaker not selected while friend (who managed/borrowed headphone setup) is selected
      • speaker attributes failure to handling of whether to speak with/without earphones in certain conditions
    • after ZS, no further companies appear within his eligibility window

6) Shift to “backup” and core placement route

  • Decision:
    • if tech outcomes don’t come, accept what’s available so he won’t remain unplaced
  • Core/backup companies pursued in Indore:
    • Force Motors:
      • test clears; two tests cleared
    • JK Cement:
      • selection criteria based on “N letter and above” (speaker’s name starts with B) → disqualified
    • Jindal:
      • interview interrupts; speaker says he couldn’t communicate properly due to interviewer interruptions → unfavorable result
  • Outcome:
    • final selection comes from Force Motors for the final list
    • speaker also considers JK Cement, but rejects further alignment after uncertainty during interview

7) Final stabilization: internship then joining

  • Straight Semiconductor:
    • speaker reports he was told not to fill/pay due to possibility of core company
    • he already filled, and later returns focus to tech/performance opportunities
  • Tech internships found (performance-based):
    • multiple offers:
      • low monthly with 2-year bond (not taken)
      • 11k monthly with 2-year bond (not taken)
      • 18k monthly with performance-based conversion after ~6 months (taken)
  • Internship experience:
    • remote internship
    • projects:
      1. first front-end project: React review, intense work under tight deadline
      2. second project: health issues from heavy screen time and unresolved errors (eye redness/sickness)
    • long-term role preference shifts due to health and communication goals
  • Eventually:
    • speaker gets selected and joins Force Motors as GET (Graduate Engineer Trainee)

Final placement outcome (what he ended with)

  • Company: Force Motors
  • Role: GET (Graduate Engineer Training) — one-year training
  • Location / sector: manufacturing; production
  • Current responsibilities:
    • assigned to the production team
    • described as working with/near a robot
  • Package: speaker says he hasn’t revealed the exact package yet

Speakers / sources featured

  • Speakers:

    • Vishes Bhaiya (main narrator of the placement journey)

  • Other entities mentioned (not as speakers):

    • ITB Indore, Bolco Icer, Dice, Nuclei, Barless, IDFC First Bank, FMA AI, Master Recruiters / Cognizant, Infosys, LTI, Johnson Controls, ZS, Infosys/ETC-related eligibility, Force Motors, JK Cement, Jindal, CG Semiconductor, Straight Semiconductor, and unnamed interviewers/invigilators

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