Capgemini on-campus — communication test, tech assessment, and a 20-minute interview

## How I applied
Through an **on-campus drive**. The process had more layers to it than I expected going in.

## Round-by-round

### 1. Communication assessment (online)
Not the usual grammar-and-vocabulary test — the format felt genuinely different from anything I'd prepared for elsewhere, so I had to adjust on the spot.

### 2. Technical assessment
A decent spread: **pseudocode**-based questions, core CS fundamentals, and a couple of coding problems mixed in. Nothing wildly difficult, but enough to make sure you weren't coasting on aptitude alone.

### 3. Video interview (15–20 min)
Opened with a self-introduction and drifted naturally into my project work. I spoke about being an evaluator at a **Smart India Hackathon**, which the interviewer was genuinely interested in — it gave the round an easy flow rather than a rapid-fire Q&A.

The technical questions stayed grounded, nothing requiring deep specialisation:
- **Call by reference** in C++
- What **DML** means (DBMS)
- Two **SQL** queries — pattern matching, and counting records in a table
- The classic **Stack vs Queue** comparison
- **APIs** at a conceptual level
- **Encapsulation** from OOP

## Takeaway
For a 7.5 LPA role it stayed surprisingly approachable throughout — nothing designed to trip me up, more a check on whether my fundamentals were solid.

## Verdict
**Selected** — confirmation came about 10 days later.