Patni - Campus Interview at DAIICT

Patni's Campus Interview was held at DAIICT on 6th of April, 2010.
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It was a joint campus interview with students from Nirma, DAIICT, SVNIT and LDCE.
Criteria: 60% in 10th, 12th and College.

The reporting time was 9:30 hrs at Lecture Room 3.
We were 20 minutes before time.
But the procedure stated only after 9:50 hrs.

First it was a pre-placement talk which lasted till 11:15.

The written test started at 12:00 hrs sharp. The test included 40 questions. 1/4 negative marking. With questions from passage, grammar, quant and data interpretation.
The test was really easy. I attempted 31 questions. The test ended at 13:00 hrs. And we were told to come back at 13:45 hrs. room for results. Thanks to the management of DAIICT and HR team of Patni, the result were announced on time.
21 students got selected from LDCE for PI(including me).

The further rounds were to be held in the CCP building. I and my friend(Amit) had gone for some refreshments. Due to which we got late for the next round. To everyone surprise the next round was email writing. We were given a situation on which we had to write an email. It was not an elimination round. We were also give forms to fill up. After all this we were to give our CVs and a passport size photograph. We both were late for this round but were the first to submit all the documents. So we were the among the first 5 to be called for the interview.
The other 3 included one LDite, Chirag, from IT. It was his first interview in his life and so he was very nervous. He was requesting HR coordinator to push back his interview to the last. But the coordinator was cool, she advised him not to get nervous. Even I and Amit told him not to worry much about the interview. And while we were talking he was called for the interview.
The interview was held in a room on the ground floor of CCP building. Initially there were 4 panels. And i was the 5th one. I waited for few minutes and Chirag came out from the interview. He was so happy and the glow on his face told me that his interview was really very good. I did not talk with him, because it was my turn now. I went inside the room, but was asked to wait outside the cabin as the HR was busy with Chirag's "HR formalities." From the opposite cabin I could hear Amit talking to hi HR. Amit was at his best. I could hear him making HR clear about his views on current Education System. I was not getting nervous(and that made me nervous...:D ).
Finally I was called in.
The interviewer was a very good person. He never fired any questions on me. He just asked me in a very simple and decent tone. I was asked some 13-14 questions and I made him clear on all my points. He was very happy with my performance and this made me more confident. My interview was totally HR. No, Technical Questions at all. Finally my interview ended. And was time to wait for the results.

Later the number of panels was increased to 8. And all the interviews were over by 19:00 hrs.
The result was to be mailed to the TPO the next day.

But the next day the Patni was on a campus at DDIT, Nadiad.
So the results were not declared on 7th, It was the 9th evening which came up with good news(from Vishali, IT dept.). We 3 friends got selected(Me, Kavan and Amit). 5 from Computer branch, 2 from IT and 2 from EC.
Overall it was a good experience. The management by the training and placement cell of DAIICT was really very good. Thanks to the TPO and his team.
And I am really happy with the results...:)

Tips:
1)For Written Test: Practice R.S. Aggrawal or solve TCS papers.(I did not do either)
2)For Interview: Just be confident and clear about your views regarding any topic, during the interviews.