Last weekend, we had a company called thoughtworks visiting our college for campus recruitment. For those who hav already heard abt the company, I dont think there's anything I hav to say. For those who haven't heard of it, thoughtworks is a service cum product based software company that pays 5 lakh+ per annum for freshers(thats the most interesting part). So its like a dream for most techies to get in. U can check out http://www.thoughtworks.com/ and http://www.workwiththegeeks.com/ for further details.
Nyway, we had a long(n quite boring) pre-placement talk followed by a really interesting logical assessments session(this is very different frm the regular aptitude tests conducted by other companies). Around 10 in d nite, my friend sends me dis msg. "Hey u r selected for the next round. Come to college by 8.30 in d morn". Nw wat was dat all abt. Did he really expect me to start preparing then. By nw u must've realized dat I hadn't prepped for d company at all.. So i js browsed thro my C book for 15 mins js to do justice to myself... N the company too..
The next day was a nightmare. B4 I realized wat happened, I had cleared the coding round along wid 19 other ppl. N I was 2nd in line for the tech interview. It was then that I realized that I had to get my CV printed. So rush did I as usual n cleared the interview too(wid a bang). But there was a 2nd round of tech interview(oh my god!!) for 10 of us n they screwed me big time in there :-). Justice was finally served n 2 ppl made it into the company while I rode home wid the title "Almost ThoughtWorks". U must've guessed that part nyway when i said "justice" was served :-).
What I wanted to share is that I didn't feel a bit down for not making it in. Probably it was bcoz of the fact that I njoyed both the interviews. It was not the usual enervating xperience, but rather an energizing one. I slept like a log the entire consequent day, but I still surely did njoi that unexpected day...
Dis post tries to serve 2 purposes - Making aware the recruitment process for thoughtworks n sharing my xperience along wid it... Feel free to post in queries. But if u know nybody els who can help u, then u r safer not considering me :-).
I may not lead, I may not follow, but I sure can confuse...
Nyway, we had a long(n quite boring) pre-placement talk followed by a really interesting logical assessments session(this is very different frm the regular aptitude tests conducted by other companies). Around 10 in d nite, my friend sends me dis msg. "Hey u r selected for the next round. Come to college by 8.30 in d morn". Nw wat was dat all abt. Did he really expect me to start preparing then. By nw u must've realized dat I hadn't prepped for d company at all.. So i js browsed thro my C book for 15 mins js to do justice to myself... N the company too..
The next day was a nightmare. B4 I realized wat happened, I had cleared the coding round along wid 19 other ppl. N I was 2nd in line for the tech interview. It was then that I realized that I had to get my CV printed. So rush did I as usual n cleared the interview too(wid a bang). But there was a 2nd round of tech interview(oh my god!!) for 10 of us n they screwed me big time in there :-). Justice was finally served n 2 ppl made it into the company while I rode home wid the title "Almost ThoughtWorks". U must've guessed that part nyway when i said "justice" was served :-).
What I wanted to share is that I didn't feel a bit down for not making it in. Probably it was bcoz of the fact that I njoyed both the interviews. It was not the usual enervating xperience, but rather an energizing one. I slept like a log the entire consequent day, but I still surely did njoi that unexpected day...
Dis post tries to serve 2 purposes - Making aware the recruitment process for thoughtworks n sharing my xperience along wid it... Feel free to post in queries. But if u know nybody els who can help u, then u r safer not considering me :-).
I may not lead, I may not follow, but I sure can confuse...
