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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Capgemini Recruiting freshers & Experience
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For freshes:- http://www.in.capgemini.com/careers/campus_candidates/
For Experienced:- http://www.in.capgemini.com/careers/experienced_candidates/
For freshes:- http://www.in.capgemini.com/careers/campus_candidates/
For Experienced:- http://www.in.capgemini.com/careers/experienced_candidates/
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Group Discussion Tips
Group Discussion happens to be the most widely used screening tool used by recruiters in the selection process, as it enables them to judge the personality of 8-10 individuals relative to one another and in the least time.
The format of the discussion is universal:
You and rest of your group are given a topic to discuss for about 15-30 minutes, within which you are supposed to speak out your thoughts on the topic. They sit around to see how you and the group as a whole carried on the discussion.
You get positive points for following:
1.0 Teamwork:
Since post-selection you are supposed to work in an organization with your colleagues, subordinates and superiors as a team, you are expected to be a team player. In the GD therefore, you need to show this capability by sharing the time given by recruiter and your knowledge with the rest of your group members, even helping the group members when the need arises.
2.0 Communication:
You need not be a eloquent speaker but you should be able to speak out your mind clearly so that other people understands.
3.0 Initiative and Leadership capabilities:
Where possible, try to show leadership capability by initiating the discussion, by encouraging the other members to speak and also by preventing the “GD” from becoming a “Debate”. A GD is a discussion among a group of individuals on a common topic, for a ultimate common purpose and the leader of the group is expected to direct the GD in this direction.However, if you can not show the Leadership capabilities for lack of chances, just be a team player!
4.0 Knowledge on the particular subject:
Although this is important, it is not a must to have a thorough knowledge on the topic even prior to the GD. If you do not know much about the topic, chose to speak towards the middle of the time allotted for the GD. In the meanwhile, listen to others and gather knowledge, so that you can speak out later.
Many individuals, in their urge to show their Leadership capabilities, try to dominate the group for which they get the most negative points. Any words or actions that disturb or destroy a group activity (e.g. criticizing others negatively) get negative points. Even if you disagree strongly with the view points of a fellow member, use milder words such as: “Although I appreciate Mr. X's view point, I chose to differ as …” instead of saying “I think Mr. X is wrong…”
Your actual activity for the GD should in fact start much earlier, before entering the GD room. Read this story on how I did it 15 years back. Also remember, every member of your particular group may be selected! Yes, recruiter does not decides that only "this number" of member would be selected when the GD is initiated. So enjoy your GD!
How can you prepare for the GD:
It is only through practice through mock-GD’s.
For this, gather together 5 to 10 of your friends, ask one/two of them to be the observer (i.e. mock-recruiters) and rest of you as group members.
Ask the observers to initiate the GD by naming the topic from these sample topics (or any other topic you think fit) and the time frame (say 20 minutes). Begin the GD and after completion, ask for the feedback from the observers. Improve upon yourselves from these feedbacks.
Try to organize such mock-GD’s on periodic intervals (say every weekend/fortnight etc.) for at least 5/6 mock-GD’s and by this time you should be thoroughly prepared.
The format of the discussion is universal:
You and rest of your group are given a topic to discuss for about 15-30 minutes, within which you are supposed to speak out your thoughts on the topic. They sit around to see how you and the group as a whole carried on the discussion.
You get positive points for following:
1.0 Teamwork:
Since post-selection you are supposed to work in an organization with your colleagues, subordinates and superiors as a team, you are expected to be a team player. In the GD therefore, you need to show this capability by sharing the time given by recruiter and your knowledge with the rest of your group members, even helping the group members when the need arises.
2.0 Communication:
You need not be a eloquent speaker but you should be able to speak out your mind clearly so that other people understands.
3.0 Initiative and Leadership capabilities:
Where possible, try to show leadership capability by initiating the discussion, by encouraging the other members to speak and also by preventing the “GD” from becoming a “Debate”. A GD is a discussion among a group of individuals on a common topic, for a ultimate common purpose and the leader of the group is expected to direct the GD in this direction.However, if you can not show the Leadership capabilities for lack of chances, just be a team player!
4.0 Knowledge on the particular subject:
Although this is important, it is not a must to have a thorough knowledge on the topic even prior to the GD. If you do not know much about the topic, chose to speak towards the middle of the time allotted for the GD. In the meanwhile, listen to others and gather knowledge, so that you can speak out later.
Many individuals, in their urge to show their Leadership capabilities, try to dominate the group for which they get the most negative points. Any words or actions that disturb or destroy a group activity (e.g. criticizing others negatively) get negative points. Even if you disagree strongly with the view points of a fellow member, use milder words such as: “Although I appreciate Mr. X's view point, I chose to differ as …” instead of saying “I think Mr. X is wrong…”
Your actual activity for the GD should in fact start much earlier, before entering the GD room. Read this story on how I did it 15 years back. Also remember, every member of your particular group may be selected! Yes, recruiter does not decides that only "this number" of member would be selected when the GD is initiated. So enjoy your GD!
How can you prepare for the GD:
It is only through practice through mock-GD’s.
For this, gather together 5 to 10 of your friends, ask one/two of them to be the observer (i.e. mock-recruiters) and rest of you as group members.
Ask the observers to initiate the GD by naming the topic from these sample topics (or any other topic you think fit) and the time frame (say 20 minutes). Begin the GD and after completion, ask for the feedback from the observers. Improve upon yourselves from these feedbacks.
Try to organize such mock-GD’s on periodic intervals (say every weekend/fortnight etc.) for at least 5/6 mock-GD’s and by this time you should be thoroughly prepared.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
GD for ICICI PO Exam
While preparing for GD (for example for organising mock-GD), you need to know what short of GD topics are given in a real job test. This post tries to categorise these topics into following four categories:
1. Factual topics.
2. Controversial topics.
3. Abstract topics.
4. Case studies.
Factual topics:
As the word says - these topics are about facts. You are given a factual statement and you are supposed to discuss it. Examples include:
1. Conspiracy is a very common form of political behaviour.
2. The pros and cons of having a credit card.
3. Drinking and driving is dangerous to yourself and others.
4. Terrorism breeds out of a sick mind.
5. Affirmative action draws people to work they never considered before.
Controversial topics:
These are the topics would heats up any GD:
1. Sustainable urban living without the use of excessive natural resources must be our future.
2. China is better than India in software.
3. Reservations should be removed.
4. Multinationals: Bane or Boon?
5. The pros and cons of a female President.
6. Online dating chats have nothing to do with the search for a soul mate.
7. Sex education should be implemented in all schools.
8. Life imprisonment is a good alternative to capital punishment.
Abstract topics:
These topics by itself does not tells you anything. You need to formulate what it means and how to go about it:
1. Group Discussion.
2. Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
3. Environment Management.
4. A multi-polar world.
5. The Internet and Web 2.0.
Case studies:
These topics gives you a situation (mostly a problem) and you need to chalk out a startegy to reach at a consensus solution with your group mates:
1. Lata moves from the Insurance sector to FMCG sector. Her performance during training and during the year she is assigned a small territory, is very impressive and so she is assigned a larger territory. But her performance there is not very good. Her supervisor blames her. Her excuse was being in a male dominated society. What does the central office do?
2. Prasad, who works for a reputed educational institute is made in charge of relief operations for a particular camp in an area that has been hit by an earthquake. Some medicines being sent to his camp are hijacked by Dinesh, the nephew of the local MLA. Dinesh wants to divert the shipment to another camp. The goods are being held 20 km away. What does Prasad do?
3. Mutthuswamy works as a teller in a bank. One fine day one person enters his bank to rob it. Mutthuswamy is asked to put money in robber's bag. He complies. But the moment the robber leaves the bank he presses the alarm, jumps on his vehicle, follows the bandit, tries to stop him, and gets shot in the leg. But he somehow manages to detain the robber till the police show up. Mutthuswamy is a hero. But the Chief Manager wants to sack him because he broke the rule that employees are to wait for the police and not go off on any adventure themselves. The public, the trade union, and the HR manager are behind Mutthuswamy. The chief manager feels that his decision to stick by the rules would earn him a promotion. What should the manager do?
4. A king of an Arab country is approached by a foreign mining company with a contract. Presently, the country earns its revenues through tourism. The contract if signed will initiate mining near the coastal regions which will affect tourism. The opposition party is very powerful and if the contract is not signed, they will initiate a coup. What should the king do?
5. An Ice Hockey team hires only International players. But for the past few years the team has not done too well. These members are also part of other teams and have other obligations too. New Coaches have been hired without any change. What should the management do? Hire yet another new coach or change the international players. The disadvantage would be that they would lose sponsorship money. Or should a local team be considered – one that can be trained and can identify themselves with the region.
Above examples are given so as to familarise you about what topics are given in a GD. You can invent you own topic for preparing yourself for the GD.
1. Factual topics.
2. Controversial topics.
3. Abstract topics.
4. Case studies.
Factual topics:
As the word says - these topics are about facts. You are given a factual statement and you are supposed to discuss it. Examples include:
1. Conspiracy is a very common form of political behaviour.
2. The pros and cons of having a credit card.
3. Drinking and driving is dangerous to yourself and others.
4. Terrorism breeds out of a sick mind.
5. Affirmative action draws people to work they never considered before.
Controversial topics:
These are the topics would heats up any GD:
1. Sustainable urban living without the use of excessive natural resources must be our future.
2. China is better than India in software.
3. Reservations should be removed.
4. Multinationals: Bane or Boon?
5. The pros and cons of a female President.
6. Online dating chats have nothing to do with the search for a soul mate.
7. Sex education should be implemented in all schools.
8. Life imprisonment is a good alternative to capital punishment.
Abstract topics:
These topics by itself does not tells you anything. You need to formulate what it means and how to go about it:
1. Group Discussion.
2. Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
3. Environment Management.
4. A multi-polar world.
5. The Internet and Web 2.0.
Case studies:
These topics gives you a situation (mostly a problem) and you need to chalk out a startegy to reach at a consensus solution with your group mates:
1. Lata moves from the Insurance sector to FMCG sector. Her performance during training and during the year she is assigned a small territory, is very impressive and so she is assigned a larger territory. But her performance there is not very good. Her supervisor blames her. Her excuse was being in a male dominated society. What does the central office do?
2. Prasad, who works for a reputed educational institute is made in charge of relief operations for a particular camp in an area that has been hit by an earthquake. Some medicines being sent to his camp are hijacked by Dinesh, the nephew of the local MLA. Dinesh wants to divert the shipment to another camp. The goods are being held 20 km away. What does Prasad do?
3. Mutthuswamy works as a teller in a bank. One fine day one person enters his bank to rob it. Mutthuswamy is asked to put money in robber's bag. He complies. But the moment the robber leaves the bank he presses the alarm, jumps on his vehicle, follows the bandit, tries to stop him, and gets shot in the leg. But he somehow manages to detain the robber till the police show up. Mutthuswamy is a hero. But the Chief Manager wants to sack him because he broke the rule that employees are to wait for the police and not go off on any adventure themselves. The public, the trade union, and the HR manager are behind Mutthuswamy. The chief manager feels that his decision to stick by the rules would earn him a promotion. What should the manager do?
4. A king of an Arab country is approached by a foreign mining company with a contract. Presently, the country earns its revenues through tourism. The contract if signed will initiate mining near the coastal regions which will affect tourism. The opposition party is very powerful and if the contract is not signed, they will initiate a coup. What should the king do?
5. An Ice Hockey team hires only International players. But for the past few years the team has not done too well. These members are also part of other teams and have other obligations too. New Coaches have been hired without any change. What should the management do? Hire yet another new coach or change the international players. The disadvantage would be that they would lose sponsorship money. Or should a local team be considered – one that can be trained and can identify themselves with the region.
Above examples are given so as to familarise you about what topics are given in a GD. You can invent you own topic for preparing yourself for the GD.
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