Infosys Selection Round

After getting evaluated we were selected from AEISEC for this program. But unfortunately, my friend decided not to go further as he was busy with some other opportunities. Anyway, after this, it’s only me standing now. After AEISEC forwarded my CV to Infosys they seemed like selecting my CV and shortlisted me for an interview. After so many days I didn’t expect this news. I had a call with the AEISEC president of Bangladesh and had a chat with him over the phone. I must say he was very helpful in as many ways as possible. I feel so grateful to him for his guidance.

As it was my first time interview in such a big company like this I was quite nervous, to be honest. I had no idea what an interview would look like. What type of questions I might get asked? Do I have to code in front of them? Or do I have to perform a task? What area should I choose to talk about? Should I tell them about my hobbies? etc etc. I had so many things going on in my head.

To prepare for my interview I searched in every place, asking every person, searching every solution on how to deal with interviews. I saw other people’s interview experiences and failures. I have been learning, actually a lot during this period. Some people also suggested I talk with other professionals to see what they look for in a candidate. I had been watching TED talks also about how to crack the interview. There are plenty of videos about interview experiences on YouTube. This helped me a lot to overcome my fear of interviews.

So, the interview was supposed to be telephonic as it’s a foreign country and I live in Bangladesh. We discussed a time to set up the interview. It was 10th March 2020 from 3:00 to 3:30 pm. Though I didn’t expect the interview would be this long. 30 minutes seems a pretty long interview as an Intern. Still, I was well prepared for this interview.

Being a fresh graduate in Computer Science I have been searching for internships across the globe. Why across the globe? Let’s say I was looking for a way to travel and also have new experiences in different cultures than mine.

I was very new to this world. The world of job seekers and providers. I didn’t have any experience with how the work culture might look like. So pretty much I have been searching for companies that have better opportunities and a good environment also.

One day my friend and I saw this circular on AEISEC’s global talent program. It was a circular of INFOSYS hiring interns. Those who don’t have any idea how big Infosys is let me tell you it is India’s second-largest IT company. So the deal seems pretty big and life-changing. We felt like we should give it a try and let’s see what happens.

Let me tell you about the opportunities they will be providing. First of all, Infosys had the best Internship opportunity across the globe in 2019 according to Vault. Secondly, It’s a paid internship opportunity with a 50,000 Indian rupee stipend. Sounds pretty cool right? Third, they will provide airfare, living costs, meal costs, etc during the Internship. Last, it will give us the best experience we might have as a fresher and also it will look so cool in our CV. Jokes apart, we were looking to work for any domain that could put their faith in us and give us a chance to prove ourselves.

This is to clear that, the following story and the writings are based on my honest observations and my own experience. I wanted to share this to motivate other fresh graduates like me.

The whole process consists of 3 steps.