Placement Cell

Placement Cell
Process Manual

Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology

#127 – 128, Mysuru – Bannur Road, Alanahally Post
Mysuru - 570028
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Introduction
Placement training plays a major role in shaping up the career goals of students. It is the
dream of every engineering student to get placed in a top organization visiting their
campus for recruitment. While there are so many opportunities lying across the
country, ranging from big corporate and MNCs to industrial establishments and core
manufacturing companies, the job-hunting process is manifold. However, in reality,
there is a stringent competition in the job market to match the talent availability with
the job profile. This is where placement cell bridges the gap, easing the procedure of
recruitment to be simpler for companies and at the same time beneficial for the
students. With the proper placement and training, students learn how to put forth their
knowledge and abilities in the right way to fetch the best of jobs.

The Placement Cell functions in the college and assists students in appearing for job
interviews and examinations by the private and multinational companies. The Cell also
supports students by giving counseling and through personality development
initiatives. The Placement Cell organizes career guidance programmes for all the
students starting from first year. The cell arranges training programmes like Mock
Interviews, Group Discussions, Communication Skills Workshop etc. It also invites HR
Managers from different industries to conduct training programmes for final year
students.

Objectives

1. To place the maximum number of students in top notch companies through

campus & off-campus interviews.
2. Periodically conducts Aptitude test, Group discussions, Mock Interviews and
Technical Tests. Guidance is also offered for pursuing higher studies.
3. To prepare students to face campus interviews by arranging training in Aptitude
tests, group discussions, preparing for Technical and HR interviews through
professional trainers

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4. Arranging off Campus, Pool Campus and exclusive Camus Recruitment Drives.
5. Providing students data to placement & recruitment agencies and initiating them
in getting placements.
6. To achieve 100 % Placements for Eligible Students.

Placement Cell Structure

Placement Cell consists of

1. Placement Head
2. Department Placement Cores
3. Training & Placement Officer
4. Student Cores

Principal

Placement Head

Department
Placement Cores

Training & Placement

Officer
Student Council
Technical Club

Community Service
Club
Career Development Club Student Student Student
Sports Club Cores Cores Cores
Cultural Club

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Recruitment Process
Campus Placements/ Campus Recruitment drives are conducted in various educational
institutes for providing job opportunities to the students who are pursuing their
particular academic courses. Campus Placements offer a student a wonderful
opportunity to get placed during the course of his academic pursuits, and provide him
the comforts of a safe and secure future. Keeping in mind the importance of the campus
placement programs, it is vital for a student to prepare adequately for these programs
and make sure that they put their best foot forward.
There are two types of Campus Placement programs:

 On-Campus Placement Drives: In On-Campus placement drives, companies

visit colleges to select final year students and selection depends upon a student's
ability to work-hard, his technical capabilities and his focus.
 Off-Campus / Pool Campus Placement Drives: In Off Campus placement
drives, recruitment is conducted at a common place that may be a particular
college or a public place where students from different colleges assemble and
take part in the various stages of the campus placement drive. A number of these
drives are advertised as 'Job Fairs'.

The main objective of the placement process is to identify the talented individuals. The
criteria adopted for selection by most companies are variable in nature and selection
process is as follows:
 Pre – Placement Talk
 Educational Qualification
 Written Test
 Group Discussion (Optional)
 Technical Interview
 HR Interview
 Post – Placement Talk

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Pre-Placement Talk:
There is a pre-placement talk with the students provided by the specific company. It is
mainly in the form of presentation. The presentation includes the company profile,
selection procedure, organizational achievements, company’s vision and mission. It also
includes the growth of the candidate within the company and other benefits, if selected.
At the end of the presentation, a candidate can ask question about any doubt.

Educational Qualification:
A number of companies place importance on the academic performance of the
candidate, and place requirements for minimum marks. Basically, companies go for
professional courses such as B.Tech /MCA/MBA/M.Tech for recruiting candidates.
Qualification criteria may include grade range, and certified courses.

Written Test:
Most of the companies conduct a written test based on the minimum academic
performance criterion. This is generally an aptitude test which has questions on
Mathematics, English & Reasoning. Some companies also have technical questions in the
test. Many companies also started taking coding and written ability test. After written
test, the companies conduct interview round for those candidates who qualify the
written test. Interview round may have combined or separate HR & technical
interviews.

Group Discussion (GD):

Some companies also conduct GD as an elimination round or in addition to interview. In
this section, a general topic is placed for a formal discussion. The main objective of this
round is to check the communication skills, listening ability, etiquette of a candidate,
leadership qualities, convincing power, and knowledge of a candidate. The discussion
can be like on Case studies, Abstract topic, and topic from the latest news.

Technical Interview:
After the elimination round of written test / group discussion, technical interview will
be conducted by the company. This round will check the technical skills of the selected
candidate. It can be either an individual round or a combined with the HR interview.

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HR Interview/ Formal Interview:

Formal interview is considered as the final round of the selection procedure. The
interview reflects the overall personality of the candidate. The more updated
knowledge of the candidate more will be the chances of selection. It includes the
internship, work experience, industrial visit to the brands in a specific sector which
increase the chances of selection.

Post –Placement Talk:

After the selection of the candidate, the offer letter will be given. The company executive
tells about the guidelines related to joining process and about the company’s policies.

Placement Process

On-Campus Placement Off-Campus / Pool

Drives Campus Placement Drives

Pre-Placement Talk

Written Test

Group Discussion

Technical Interview

HR Interview

Post –Placement Talk

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Placement Cell Process

Placement Head
sending invitation to
companies/industries

Company replies back &

Students selection through
show interest in conducting
Recruitment drive
recruitment process

Sharing the recruitment

Campus Recruitment Placement
Process schedule to department
Recruitment cores requesting for eligible
cycle students list

Placement cell organizes the

campus recruitment drive Department cores
updating the eligible list
to placement cell

Preparing eligible students Sharing the recruitment

for recruitment process schedule to eligible students

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Placement Cell Members

Principal

Placement Head Dr. Madhu B K

Mr. Yogesh N
Mr. Rohith M N
Mrs. Suman Jayakumar
Mr. Naveed Anjum
Mr. Shivakumar
Department Cores
Mr. Madhusudhan G K
Mr. Hemanth
Mr. Karthik Wagle
Mr. Thousif
Mr. Raghavendra
Training & Placement
Mr. Chethan
Officer

Members of Student Council (Career Development

Student Cores
Club)

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