Due to Covid’19, most of the
placement drives or assessments are conducted in Virtual mode or online mode.
The various rounds of placement drive are online tests, GDs, Technical and HR
interview. The candidates who take these tests or participating the interview
are required to follow the instructions specified by the recruiters/companies.
I would like to share the important points (‘to Dos’ and ‘Not to Dos’) to be
noted by the candidates before, during and post the examinations or taking the
tests.
Before start
of the test/exam
To DOs
·
Read
the instructions carefully (shared by recruiter)
·
Check
your laptop whether fully charged and plugged into the power
·
Check
the system/laptop minimum configuration and install appropriate software, if
required, check the appropriate browser also
·
Check
the working of Internet connection (with required min. speed), webcams (installed
with latest driver)
·
Sometimes
disable the antivirus for webcam detection for browser to connect to webcams
·
Keep
the required writing materials as per recruiter’s instruction
·
Check
the comfortable seating position, adequate lightings in the room and light
source facing you and away from the camera.
·
Keep
your login credentials (user name and password) given by the recruiters
·
Turn
off any application notifications, background process running on the system,
close all other applications, files/folders if necessary
·
Do
login and complete the registration process before start of the exam and be
ready
During
the test/exam
To Dos
·
Accept
any terms and conditions displayed and carefully follow the instructions (exam,
section/question level instruction)
·
Focus
on the screen showing the questions, try to solve / give the answer
·
Keep
track of the timer
·
Avoid
doing any suspicion malpractices or attempt of unfair activity leads to
disqualification
Not to
Dos
·
Do
not cover webcam and do not cover or mask your face
·
Do
not have anybody present in the room and talk to anybody, or share your screen with
anybody
·
Do
not take or consume any food items
·
Do
not use any mobile phones or electronic gadgets
·
Do
not share the screenshots of the question with social media or anyone
·
Do
not open or move or try to use any other applications
·
Do
not press the X button in the top right corner before final submission
·
Do
not leave the laptop ahead of the allotted time
·
Do
not change the seating posture or move around the seated position which will
hide your full face from Webcam
Post Test/exam
To Dos
·
After
completion of the test, press submit button
·
Exit
the Browser
·
If
required, restart the system in order to reverse the temporary changes made for
the exam.
As most of the online or remote exams
/ tests are conducted in AI based Remote
proctoring mode with advanced face detection technology, the malpractices or fraudulent
activities can be easily detected which will lead to disqualification. Hence
the candidates are requested to follow the above instruction strictly.
