How to give a compelling presentation that grabs eyeballs

July 10, 2010 Others

How to give a compelling presentation There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. ~Dale Carnegie Presentations are ubiquitous. There is no escape; In college projects, MBA assignments, business proposals, office meetings, product reviews and  trainings. Your [...]

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We hate planning — Indians

July 6, 2010 Others

Let’s face it. We Indians don’t like the design phase in a software project, or in any project for that matter. Given a chance we would like to completely eliminate the time taken for the activity of design and planning, all we want to do is to jump into coding straight without bothering to gather [...]

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The first step in job search for Freshers

July 5, 2010 Job Search Tips

Are you a 2010 pass-out anxiously waiting to get an IT job (in India)? Email your resume immediately to: freshers@infosys.com Voila! Your resume will be stored in the database of Infosys Technologies. If you are lucky, in a couple of months, you will receive a computer generated email from Infosys shortlisting you for an off [...]

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Placement advice for a third year B.Tech student

July 4, 2010 Job Search Tips

This piece of advice is related to placement and is targeted for bachelors student studying pre-final year in an Engineering college in India. I assume that you are currently in the 6th semester of degree. The only way you can get a job at this point of time is through campus placement. You can reserve [...]

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Print your code before a job interview

July 1, 2010 Interview Tips

To those who are new to this blog, I’m a software engineer by profession. I am a proud geek who loves technical stuff. A day before attending a  job interview, I print a couple of codes that I have written and carry them with me. This helps me more than in one way to clear [...]

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Social media x Job search = 0

June 17, 2010 Job Search Tips

I can relate to this. You?

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Tata Technologies Looking for C/C++/Java programmers

June 4, 2010 Announcements

Tata Technologies Ltd. is hiring 40 professionals for Pune Location.  Headquartered in Singapore,   Tata Technologies Limited is a leader in engineering services outsourcing with over 4,000 highly skilled employees. Do you meet the following criteria? If yes, send your resume asap to sridhar@interviewmantra.net Possess 2 to 5 years of IT Experience. Education – BE [...]

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Changing the Chassis and Engine of Interview Mantra

May 23, 2010 Announcements

Interview Mantra is undergoing major changes in look and feel. More importantly, is gradually changing its direction of thought though its core purpose remains just the same. Will update more soon. Keep reading Interview Mantra.

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How to get an onsite opportunity in 3 months — Sarcasm

May 21, 2010 Others

Disclaimer: This article is rephrased version of a sarcastic comment written by a frustrated employee of a popular IT company in India. This is not a serious article at all. You have to follow few simple steps to get an onsite chance in IT industry. In every project meeting, pretend as if you know everything [...]

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Freshers, Welcome to Indian IT Industry!

May 20, 2010 Others

Life @ IT Company For most of the time, life of a software engineer is typical. One or two years in a company, then a chance to go onsite and earn some money. Then back home. Another 2 years and one becomes a team lead. After 5-6 years, a manager. When you go onsite, you [...]

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