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Yes! You answered all the questions that were thrown to you, you solved the Bit Masking Problem almost 90%, You successfully traced down the recursive call for the QuickSort Question that was thrown to you, you also managed to answer that Dynamic Programming Problem which no one else in your batch was able to do! Still, when the results came out, your name was NOT there in the Final Selection List for the company. There might be others for who you might subconsciously think, how come he got selected, and you didn't.   In this post, we are going to look for an answer to this question, as to where might be the problem!  In a nutshell, the interview is nothing but  how you can convince the interviewer that you are the right fit for the job, with the limited knowledge that you have! You cannot know everything. And that is perfectly fine. It doesn't matter if you don't remember those complex git commands, or you forgot the standard definition of Thrashing in Operating Sys...

I have named the article to be - "Astras for Campus Placements - 1", the 1 here signifies that there are more in this series of articles to come! So, stay tuned. Since you have reached this page, and have been reading the blogs! Do let me know if any of these tips help you or not. Open to suggestions and more opinions.  Identify that ONE Programming Language - As a famous saying goes - "Everyone is special, and there is a unique talent in everyone. You just need to find it what's hidden within you!". In a similar way, there is one programming language that you need to choose, for whatever be the question they shoot at you, you can propose the solution in that programming language.  The choice of language can be anything - C++, Java, Python, or even Brainf**k (if you can write it). Most of the interviewers will however be familiar with the common languages such as JAVA and C++. You can or cannot be the jack of all but definitely try to be the master of at least ...

Suffering from a lack of motivation? Well, that is something which is common to every human being out there at some point in time in their lives.  There are some facts that you need to grasp very well in your mind -  Everyone has got 24 hours.  Everyone faces a lack of motivation at some point in time.  No one can study for 24 hours straight.  Most of the people have the available resources to study around you. Example - Phone, Internet, Books, and Materials, etc.  Most people tend to waste their time in mobile games, series, movies, etc.  Not everyone gets up at 4 o clock and starts reading Data Structures and Algorithms and starts coding right away.  Not everyone is god gifted.  So, if this is the case with everyone, then where does the difference actually come up? How are some people more productive and achieve more as compared to others?  The difference comes up in the way how some have trained their mind to react to situations and t...

The bitter truth about placements in UVCE is - for other branches like Mechanical, Electrical, etc. There are not a lot of core companies coming to the college for placements. Not every second or third company coming to college is a core company. Most of them are for Software Engineering profiles or profiles related to computer science fields. Even if the core companies come for placements, the number of students they usually pick is very less. Just confirm with the Placement Office at your college and ask about Placement Opportunities for the branch that you are currently in. So, my simple advice to all the juniors out there in other branches of engineering would be -  Start learning to code.  There will be more details provided to you, but for security reasons, I have hidden them here.  The list above shows the eligible branches for the respective companies . Most of them will be having a job role which involves computers, coding, and all computer...

Do marks matter in placements ???  The simple answer is - Yes !!!  I will only talk about the marks perspective here. What more happens in the placements, I will write another post explaining in detail about it.  Being simple and straight forward here - First of all, you will be given an account by the Placement Office at UVCE. Here you have to upload all the details about yourself.  There will be a section for marks obtained during the different semesters. There you have to update the marks obtained. The marks will be verified with your original marks card by the placement coordinator.  The companies which come to college specify the eligibility criteria - Minimum BE aggregate till 6th Semester ( or 5th if the 6th-semester results are not announced yet ), Minimum 10th aggregate ( % or GPA ), Minimum 12th aggregate , Number of Backlogs they can tolerate.  Aggregate thing is very self-explanatory. If the company specifies that the minimum...