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Placement prep plan: every day until the drive, by round

A campus placement or a hiring drive with several rounds. Say how many days you have, how many hours a day, and which rounds they run. Get a schedule that rotates through every round, puts a full mock near the end, and keeps the last day light. Each block links to the free tool or question bank for it.

What each round checks

Aptitude test

Speed and accuracy on basic maths, logic and language, often with a clock and sometimes with negative marks. Practice sets with a timer, and skipping a hard question, are the skill.

Group discussion

Whether you can make one clear point, listen, and bring others in without talking over them. Speaking early with one point beats speaking often.

Technical

Your core subjects, your project and every word on your resume. They go deeper on what you say you know.

Coding

Solving a problem while explaining your approach. Talking through it matters as much as the final code.

HR

Tell me about yourself, why this company, strengths and weakness, and whether you will stay. Answers that sound like you, said calmly.

How the plan is made

Each normal day gets one to three blocks, depending on your hours. Rounds take turns, with aptitude, technical and coding getting more blocks than group discussion and HR because they take more practice to move. Each round's tasks go from basics to timed sets as its turns come up. With four or more days, the day before the last is a full mock of every round in order; with eight or more, there is also a mock halfway, so there is time to fix what it shows. The last day is always review, documents and sleep.

These are our own rules of thumb, not a formula from a study. Move blocks around if you know your weak round.

How to use it

1

Pick your inputs

Days left, hours you can really give each day (not the hours you wish you had), and the rounds on the company's notice.

2

Print it, stick it up

A plan on the wall gets done more than a plan in a browser tab. Tick each block when it is done.

3

Say, do not only read

For group discussion, technical and HR, the practice is saying answers out loud. Reading notes feels like work but does not come out on the day.

Questions people ask

How should I plan my placement preparation?

List the rounds the company runs, count the days left and the hours you can give each day, then rotate through the rounds so none is left for the last week. End with one full mock day that runs every round in order, and keep the last day light: review, documents, sleep.

Which round should I prepare first?

The first round the company runs, usually the aptitude or online test, because it decides whether you see the rest. Start the HR answers early too: they need no new learning, only saying out loud several times.

Is my plan saved anywhere?

No. The plan is built in your browser and nothing is sent or stored. Print it or copy it to keep it.

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For the call itself

This plan gets you to the day. If a round is on video, the app is there during it.

ClapAssist is a Mac and Windows app. In a video interview it hears the question and shows a first sentence to say, in short lines you can read while you talk. It stays out of screen share on every plan; only you can see it. Your resume and notes are never stored on our servers.

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