Journey To TCS Ignite,Chennai
My journey to TCS ignite ,Chennai has started a very long
time ago. I was introduced to Ignite when i was in 3rd year of my
Graduation(BCA) during July-Aug 2013, from my college Dean. He had just
introduced us to Open Ignite program 2014 and said that ”This is the unique
opportunities for you guys (to my class),just grab it,it never come again such
Golden opportunities for you”.
At
that time i don’t know much about TCS ignite program but with this inseparable
words ,i was register in Open Ignite and found it interesting ,complete my
portfolio. At that time i was not aware with my self,i was just taking it
casually not so serious about it. After Registering I was give tests join
teams,form groups means i was active in Open Ignite with a little hope.
In Nov-Dec 2013 Open Ignite launch a course Open
challenge,i felt it so hepatic,after giving a number of test again participate
in Open Challenge and submit solution of different projects available in Open
Challenge. Finally i left it in Dec 2013 and doesn’t submit any solution of
project. I was just left it luck and God,but before Open Challenge I was dam
mad in Open Ignite.
I got a message in my mobile ‘Dear candidate your
interview has been scheduled check your mail’ on 11th Jan 2014 when
i was in IIT Kharagpur with my college trip for GES(Global Entrepreneurship
Summit)2014.Along with me some of my college friends also got same message
about our Ignite interview. With this great news everyone felt happy and lucky
were decided after returning our home town start preparation for our interview
together.
Coming back to home,me and my friends has decided to
request to our Dean, arrange some softskills and technical classes to furnish
our knowledge in order to perform better in interview ”But This time our Dean
disappointed us alot we didn’t get any extra classes”.In the mean time we have
checked our mails got a link to download interview card(Interview letter).We
have downloaded it and found all of us having the same interview time,date and
location(9:00 Am,5th of Feb 2014, Usha Martin Academy Ranchi)and we
have register in Next Step Portal by which we get our DT/CT reference number.
Gradually we are closed to our interview date,we all have
start preparing hard by self only. Finally the day is come some of my friends
decided to go Ranchi by Bus. The journey from Patna to Ranchi with seven
Friends is very excited. Finally At 7:00 Am we were at Ranchi,check in Hotels
and fresh out there,and reached exact 9:00 AM to our destination.
At that time we all are very confused no idea about what
is going to happen now. With lot of nervousness we entered in a room over
there many students are sitting and rearrange their documents for
verification,so this is verification room to verify our documents.
After Document verification,we moved in another hall over
there 4,5 HR sited in cabin and taking HR and Technical Rounds of interview.
Each candidate move to first HR round after clearing HR,one can move in
Technical i.e. Final round. We were sitting on chairs to waiting for our turn
in HR round,in the mean while a TCS associates give us some programming
questions to solve it then and their on a sheet of paper. Question is very
simple like Factorial,Reverse a String,Prime Number etc ,given us to just for
engaged us.
“So,Abhinav tell me about your self and your family
background” is the first question as aspect, a lady HR asked to me when I
entered in the cabin. To be frank at that time my communication is not very
good but I am able to speak my words. The HR round is not a tough one,she asked
some question related to our details in Open Ignite portfolio. After some
around 8 to 10 questions she given me two question on a sheet of paper to
solve. The question is very simple,one is related to Area of Circle and Square
and another is from programming ‘Find multiples of 24’.I solved it correctly
than she said ‘Thank you Abhinav Best of luck’ and signed on my application. In
the hall a TCS associate checked my paper and told me ‘Go and wait for your
technical round’ OMG what a felling when I was clear my first round
awesome,feeling full of confidence!. ”So In HR round they are basically judge
our communication and basic knowledge about Mathematics and Programming”.
Now i was waiting for my
final or Technical round,In final round around 20 question asked to me related
to Data Structure,Stack,SQL,12th Physics,Integration and
Differentiation.In over 20 question, answear of 3 or 4 question i didn’t know at
all so i simply replied ”Sorry Sir i don’t know about it” i answeared rest
question correctly with minor mistake, The interview was arround 20-30
minutes,lastly he asked me “why you want to join TCS Ignite”,i replied simply
“for my better carrer and all that”. Now interview is completely over and they
said ‘wait for a month for the results we will inform you via mail and next
step portal.
After returning our home
town me and my friends are waiting for results,after a week some of my friends
got a mail that states ’Thank you for participating in TCS Ignite
Interview’.I didn’t get such mail so
that time i was little tensed.After 12-20 days of my interview i got a mail
about Code Ground that states ’To learn Java and Pyhton Programing at Code
Ground Portal powered by TCS ignite’.It is not mandotry to learn by i move on
to it try to solve questions. Its around more that a month and still we didn’t
get our results,lastly i left checkouts my mails and Next step portal,i was
hopeless,frustrated about results.
At 13th March
2014 one of my friends got mail about Offer Letter and i am happly to know that
he is selected.Instantly i also checked mail and next step portal and find the
same.This is the moment i never ever forget in my life i was happy for my
selection as well as sad for my dear one who is not selected.Our designation is
Graduate Trainee.
In Offer letter it is
mentioned that to complete some of documents before joining these documents are
mentioned in offer letter.Me and my friend together move to prepare documents
for joining.At 28th March we got a mail about NSR Registration.NSR
Registration is not mandatory before joinig one can do it after joining also.We
both register and plan to move POS(Poit Of Servies) center of NSR to complete
Registration after submitting biometrics details like finger prints etc.Friends
There is no POS center in my City so we will postponed it for some time.
Now in month of April 2014,i
was try to find ins and out about TCS trainees and information related to
Training.I was found about IPL(Initial Learning Program) Aspire aslo PEO(Pre Employment Orientation).
Aspire-It is Pre-ILP
learning program for Engineering Graduates after getting Offer Letter,They need
to prepare themselves for Training to perform in Aspire Quiz,Test,Projects
etc.Those who is perform better get early joinig otherwise wait.
PEO-It is for Normal
Graduates like BCA,B.sc(Hon),B.sc.IT,B.Sc.(Computer Science) etc.
So PEO is basically for Open
Ignite student,Again PEO also having some task and projects and who is perform
better and actively participate in PEO get early joining otherwise wait for next
batch.
Now i got idea about PEO and
i know better i need to perform better PEO,but question is when the PEO start
for Ignite 2014 Batch.
At 28th April 2014 i got a mail regarding
PEO with a link and password to Login in PEO Portal,and the mail is
“Congratulations on
your TCS selection and welcome to Pre Employment Orientation (PEO) learning
program. The likely joining date for the first batch is the 18th of July. Those
who are not invited to join as part of this batch will be part of the next
batch that is likely to start in the 3rd week of Februray 2015. To ensure you
are part of the first batch, you have to actively participate in all the PEO
activities over the next 10 weeks. The PEO learning program will help you
prepare for training by strengthening your technical background and your
English language and communication skills. Activities will include reading
assignments, projects and tests. All activities have to be done individually by
oneself unless explicitly stated otherwise. We have ways to find out if you
copy. All those found indulging in malpractices will have their joining dates
postponed indefinitely.
Wish you all the best!
PEO Team:”
After login in PEO
Portal,found there no task at all,and getting hungry to perform in PEO.After
some days task and projects are given to us.In the mean time 14th of
May i was completed my NSR Registration at Ranchi nearest to my city.
From 28th April
2014 to 17th june 2014
continuously performing in PEO as well as in ‘Code Ground’ (code ground is a
online java tutor powered by TCS.) actively complete all projects as soon as
possible,given the test.On 18th june 2014 some of us got status
changed in PEO portal status become ‘Invited for joining TCS’ from
‘Shortlisted’.It gives us a huge relax and those who got change in status
expected their joining by 18th july in 1st batch.
On 21th June some of us got
message that our joining date has been decided that is 25th July and i
am the lucky one,now i am start preparing for my joining.Finally after a lot of tense
i got some cheerful moment in my life.
On 27th June i got my joining letter via mail,this is the ultimate relax i got in last three month.Thanks God and my well wisher.
"God will only give you opportunity , Performance is yours !!"
Thanks for your time and
patience!! Sorry for miss spelled words!!!
Thank You
Abhinav Kumar
