ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS

1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO ATTEND A CAMPUS
PLACEMENT
Below these are the most possible eligible criteria ‘s to filter the right candidate.
• Candidates should have above 70% of marks without backlogs and current arrear.

• Candidates do not have any backlogs (History of arrears).

• Candidates do not have any current arrear.

• Candidates should have above 86% or 8.5 CGPA required. (some dream companies might have
this criteria).

• Candidates shall have no more 2 backlogs ( history of arrears) are allowed to attend.

• Candidates who have two to three current arrears are allowed to attend.

• Candidates should not have no current arrears but do not consider about the history of arrears.

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 1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO ATTEND A CAMPUS
PLACEMENT (CONTD.,)
• Candidates should have above 60% of marks and do not consider the current and history of arrears.

• Candidates must posses these kind of software skills and tools such as, Solid works,, CATIA, Creo, Python, Java,
Android app developer, Ansys, Hyper mesh, Adams, Excel, etc., respective department students must have fluency
in their respective software field

• Companies will also filter you by ranking method, say for ex, top 35 students (department wise) must attend
or Top 50 students, etc.

• Some companies will filter you based on your academic performance, extra-curricular activities,
Volunteering, Club activities, main projects, other projects like government funded projects, internships,
etc.

• BPO companies will be final campus placement drive after all the core and non-core companies recruited. They
required only, candidate should have above 60 % mark.
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2. FILTERING THE RESUME
 Some companies are still using the methods as mentioned on the previous slide of eligibility criteria.
 Well some companies may ask you to send your resumes to them. Then the filtering process will begin. They
will filter you based on,
 Academic projects,
 Other than academics such as, club activities and your responsibilities, sports, volunteering, etc.,
 Involvement in government funded projects (TNSCST),
 National projects or International projects on your field,
 National and international competitions.
 Some companies may filter you by sending some sort of forms or activity based questions or case studies to
you and then you have to answer those questions to prove that you’re the right candidate to them. Please have
a look on this link,
- https://goo.gl/2ZaQwa - I Have given you some case studies. If you want to crack and know your worth, please
answer those questions and send it to me through WhatsApp along with your name Eagerly waiting to see those
future research analyst, Innovator, team leader, manager, CEO, CTO, CMO, etc.,

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INFORMATION'S
 You can do projects other than academic projects in your college level, state level, Big events, national or
international projects. Here I have given you some useful information’s regarding this,
 For doing government funded projects, click - http://www.tanscst.nic.in/
 For doing event participations, contests, conferences, click - https://www.thecollegefever.com/college-
events/state/tamil%20nadu, http://www.knowafest.com/college-fests/events
 Participate in national competitions and make your resume worth watching.
 So many competitions and contests are out there, if you really want to do something in your engineering career
then go search for them and participate.
 You can present your journal papers on national level or international or state level conferences and also
publish them in reputed publishers such as, Elsevier, ASME, Springer, IEEE, science direct, etc.,
 You can do NPTEL courses - https://nptel.ac.in/ and attend the exams to get certification which really helpful in
getting the job you wish.

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 3. PREPLACEMENT TALKS WHAT SHOULD THEY NOTICE FROM YOU
 This is the next phase after you’re eligible to the company’s Your
profile. In this phase they will give facts and achievements of  observations about their company
their company and also mentioning their projects working on.  listening skills
 Attitude, Confidence of speaking
 Perception
 After the session, they would like to request you ask any
questions regarding their company or anything else. THINGS REQUIRED SKILLS REQUIRED
 Communication
 Notepad
DO’S  Keen observation
 Pen
 Boldness
 You should ask them relevant questions.  Knowledge about their
 Asking questions about them among the crowd requires company
NOTE:
more confidence, boldness. Some might lack this. So  Asking too many questions need to be avoided.
prepare for them.  Asking unrelated questions must be avoided.
 Clearly communicate while you asking any questions you  Avoid hesitation and shyness. Feel free to ask
wish but the question must be clearly conveyed with a questions you wish
bright smiley face when seeing the HR face to face.  Give chance to others by not asking too many
 Note their statistics, their achievements, everything you questions.
wish and also note the name of the presenters in the  Be like Professional when you once entered into
notepad. These will help later. the hall.
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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
60 minutes
1 min/Question
GAINED EXPERIENCES:
 Most of us are not really cared about this online test i.e., aptitude test. Some of us may have natural talent of math skills and
aptitude knowledge, they will easily clear the aptitude round and may or may not struggle in following rounds such as GD, HR
round. Some of us can have good communication skills which enabling them to clear the other rounds but lag in aptitude
round. Every recruiter would go for the student who having both of the skills.
 In my learned experience, I have seen many of the students were struggled in the aptitude test and failed while returning
disappointed and felt guilty. After that moment, you have planned to finish all the aptitude questions within a day and hold
them in your fingertip by having a thought of “overnight Obama” (day dreaming) and also with the help of “vetrikodi kattu”
motivational song. Definitely it will not work. Aptitude skills doesn’t come easily like you think. Like an old saying “Practice
Make a man perfect”, so you have to prepare daily and practice sample questions each and everyday. We are always doing the
same mistake “Eleventh Hour preparation” (Injurious to our career). I wish you are not going to do the same mistake like us.
 Let me tell a story of a student about his final year placement season. He came from a village having less exposure and
awareness. Finished diploma and joined in an engineering college. He don’t know about the placement process and those
online tests. During the end of third semester only, he knew that there would be an aptitude test, group discussion, technical
interview etc.,

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GAINED EXPERIENCES: (CONTD.,)
 But he was totally unaware of those rounds and also don’t know how to crack them. Most probably lateral entries were not in
practice with aptitude and math skills because they have been taught practical knowledge only. So he lack in aptitude skills.
Then he decided to learn and practice aptitude at the beginning of final year. On the same month BOSCH had arrived. His first
core company, he was not prepared which turned into a practice match for him and failed. Have you ever thought, how much it
will hurts you. Then again he decided to prepare and within a short time an another company came and he attended. Again he
failed. There was no time for him to master the aptitude skills. He attended each and every company but he failed every time.
That sacrifice and practice made him to clear the first round after 15 companies. What if, your dream company was a practice
match for the aptitude round, then you have to sacrifice and take it as next step. That’s how he moved to next company even if
it was non-core. At last he cleared first round and going to second round (group discussion) which again turned into his
practice match. After he learned techniques and again he tried to clear the GD after 5 attempts and gone to next round
technical and general HR round. Which again turned into practice match for him. Again he learned about those rounds gone to
attend a company which was his last company, last semester.
 After two rounds he was asked to attend a new round called cad model round or software round. However he cleared that
round and got an offer letter from the company which was not his dream job, dream company and totally away from his dream
career, He is just working for the sake of his family situation. Most irritating thing is, after clearing all the rounds and next go
for HR round suddenly getting rejected from the HR round without knowing why you are not selected

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GAINED EXPERIENCES:
 You may think that why he telling these stories to us and why would we need to hear this from a failure student.
What I have learned was , I swear, after graduation you will going to enter into a new world which is entirely
different from our college life, school life, like you are entering into an ocean. We all are treated like the same
who have just finished engineering in a college. They don’t treat like he is from this college or that college unless
otherwise you’re graduated from IIT, NIT, pretty well you know about those colleges and their graduates.
 Getting a job is really not easy as you think unless
you are going to do higher studies
going to manage your dad’s business
going to start a company
having references or contacts in your dream company.
I know you all will get a job and earn a salary. But Ask these questions to yourself,
Is this job will satisfy for your entire career
is this your dream company
do you want this kind of jobs
do you feel happy and enjoy doing

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ONLINE APTITUDE TEST COMPRISES OF
VERBAL, NON DEPARTMENTWISE
VERBAL, TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS
01 COMPREHENSION
03 05

QUANTITATIVE LOGICAL , ANALYTICAL, PSYCHOMETRIC

QUESTIONS DATA INTERPRETATION TEST
02 REASONING 04 Psychometric tests are a standard and
scientific method used to measure individuals'
mental capabilities and behavioural
style. these are designed to measure
candidates' suitability for a role based on the
required personality characteristics and
aptitude (or cognitive abilities)
 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE COMPRISES OF
1. Area - AQ
2. Average - FAQ
3. Alligation or Mixture - FAQ
4. Banker's Discount - AQ
5. Boats and Streams - AQ
11. Compound Interest - AQ
12. Problem on Ages - FAQ
13. Percentage - FAQ
14. HCF and LCM - FAQ
15. Simple Interest - FAQ
MAPPING WITH GRADUATION
ATTRIBUTES
 Problem solving skills,
 Math skills
 Aptitude knowledge,
 Engineering knowledge
PLATFORMS THAT TESTIFY
YOUR APTITUDE
 Co-Cubes (Most of the
company using)
 AmCAT
 Company’s own platform

6. Surds and Indices - LAQ
7. Ratio and Proportion - FAQ
8. Pipes and Cisterns - AQ
9. Partnership - AQ
16. Problems on Trains - FAQ
17. Profit and Loss - FAQ
18. Square Root and Cube Root - AQ
19. Time and Distance - FAQ
PRACTICING PLATFORMS
 IndiaBix - https://www.indiabix.com/aptitude/questions-
and-answers/ and you can find IndiaBix apps on
playstore.
 Previous year Co-cubes & amcat question papers.

10. Volume and Surface Area - FAQ 20. Time and Work - FAQ  RS Aggarwal,
 T.I.M.E aptitude books and notes,
 https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
NOTE:
These are the topics you should learn and practice as much as possible. These patterns may change based on the platform you
attend. Prepare soon. Have a look - https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-best-site-for-aptitude-tests

FAQ – FREQUENTLY ASKED

How Placement QUESTIONS
Works AQ – ASKED QUESTIONS LAQ – LESS TIME ASKED
13 QUESTIONS
 Right Candidate

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5.GROUP DISCUSSION

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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-15 minutes
6-7 Members
INTRO ABOUT GROUP DISCUSSION
 GD, is a methodology used by an organization (company, institute, business school,
etc.) to gauge whether the candidate has certain personality traits.
 In this methodology, the group of candidates is given a topic or a situation, typically
given some time to think about the same, and then asked to discuss it among
themselves for a specific duration (which may vary from one organization to another)
 There are plenty of resources regarding the GD, so make use of it and clear this round.

MAPPING WITH GRADUATES

Mapping ATTRIBUTES
with GRADUATE AND SKILLS
ATTRIBUTE
THINGS REQUIRED
 Communication skills  General and current affairs
 Notepad
 Individual & Team work  Engineering knowledge
 Pen
 Engineering & sustainability  Presence of Mind
 Problem analysis  Listening & Observation Skills
 Statistical Knowledge  Leadership skill
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BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE - 1
 Group of 6 to 7 members along with you panel HR’s will be there.
 They will notice your
o Attitude, o Listening skills,
o Dressing sense, o Hand and Face gestures,
o Body language, o Sitting postures,
o Communications skills, o Co-operation with the team,
o Power of speech, o Way of approach towards your team,
o Valid Points you make, o Your sound knowledge,

from the very beginning till it ends.

You have given a topic to discuss with your fellow mates. They will give you 5 minutes to prepare the contents
regarding the title. After that the GD will begins.

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 BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE - 2
 who initiates the discussion in right direction and
In GD these are the types of people around you –
THE this role play is an important one.
INITIATOR

 who provides all the statistics and data

 who listened others opinions and make THE THE DATA relevant to the discussion. He seems to be a
note of them. Finally he summarize the GD SUMMARIZER GIVER
by giving a true shape to the discussion. ‘talking newspaper’ or ‘talking journal’.

 who provide structure to GD and lay

the direction narrow. They may THE LEADER
THE OPPOSER  who oppose or contradict with
OR CRITICIZER
speak up to two points, will give the points that others make.
chances, motivate and support them
by involving others.

 who make 3 attempts or more to make

 who simply listening to others and they THE THE
SPECTATOR/ PRESENTER OR
the valid point and may or may not give
make no contribution, except nodding their AUDIENCE SPEAKER
chance to others.
heads or saying ‘Hmm’ almost to themselves
THE
SUPPORTER OR
FOLLOWER

 who agree with or support the points that others make. Whatever others
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say, these participants indicate their agreement with simple points.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE - 3
Most of the people are fall into these categories that I have mentioned. Know your type and keep practicing. Do’s
and Don't
 If you’re the initiator, just give a small intro and get into the topic. If you create a precise path about the
topic, others would follow you and impress the panelist on your first impression.
 If you’re the data giver, then be precise about your statistics (like captain vijayakanth sir), definitely you
can impress with your data and can create a valid points. Don’t overload the occasion.
 If you’re the opposer, you must have to be polite and gently oppose your team and tell the reason why you
are against his/her point. With valid point and valid solution over his/her thought you can impress the
panelist i.e., you’re opposing in a right kind and given a solution for that. You will be impressed by the
panelist.
 If you’re the speaker, be confident on your points and having good communication skill you can impress.
Also give chance to others. Don’t take too many attempts. Use some connecting words for fluent
discussion.

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BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE - 4
 If you’re the follower, start with connecting words to continue others opinion like “I agree with him/her
and say your valid point. Don’t say or repeat his/her point. And also don’t follow him/her blindly. Say the
reason behind it and continue with your point.
 If you’re the audience, oh wait! Do you want to be like the spectator type. Really they wont prefer you. Try
not to be like this. You are all performer and gonna impress them with your speech. So be bold and
confident. Keep practicing everyday until you get your confident.
 If you’re the leader, you are the one who lead the discussion into right path. Not everyone will be a leader.
Your attitude will choose you to be a leader. Don’t dominate your team members, don’t quarrel with each
other. Speak kindly and give your valid point. If the discussion is not relevant or away from the topic then
you must interrupt with kind words and keep track of the topic. Be a timekeeper to finish the topic within
the given time. Motivate others to break their shyness and give chance to others.
 If you’re the summarizer, then you are the one who going give the detailed summary about the discussion.
You should tell about the topic discussed, difficulties faced, detailed data's, solution to that topic,
everything clearly about the discussion held. Don’t take too much time
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6. TECHNICAL
ROUND
FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-45 minutes
FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
 After clearing aptitude round, next round will be the technical round.
This round may vary from company to company.

 Companies like zoho, amazon, may filter you by conducting two

programming rounds –

 Coding Round - 1

 Coding Round – 2

 Companies like Wipro, TCS, other companies will have single coding
round and you may use any programming language like C, C++, Java,
Python, Ruby, HTML, etc.

 Some companies will give you an exact scenario or problems that they
were facing in their project and ask you to find a solution for that.

 Also develop knowledge on IOT, Machine learning, Big Data analytics,

Android development, AI, Python, etc,.

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FOR MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
 Core Companies like Titan, Craftsman Automation,
Valeo, LMW, Panacea Medicals, CADD Center, etc., may
give you a 2D or 3D model and draw them in a software
such as AutoCAD, Solid works, Catia, Creo, Autodesk.

 They will test your software skills, Engineering Drawing

skills, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance knowledge.

 Mechanical engineering students, you must develop

 AutoCAD (2D Software)

 3D Software (Solid works, CATIA, Creo, Autodesk

Inventor, NX cam)

 Analysis and CFD Software (Ansys, Hypermesh,

Adams, etc.,)

 C, C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW

 Multi-Body Dynamics software

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7. ONE MINUTE ROUND
 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
1 minute
ONE-MINUTE ROUND
 Some companies may have this round instead of group discussion round. In this round, panelist will give you
a topic such as, tell about your ambition, your hero, your sport, leaders, latest technologies, current affairs, or
it will be yours choice or yours favorite topic.
 You have 1 minute time to speak about your chosen topic.
 Be Specific, confident, statistical, fluent, loudly, precise words, clear speech, from these attributes you will get
select for the next round.

MAPPING WITH GRADUATES ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS DO’S

 Communication skills  General and current affairs  Clear-cut communication skill

 Personality traits  Engineering knowledge  Valid points
 Individual work  Presence of Mind  Confident attitude
 Statistical Knowledge  Listening & Observation Skills  Listen to others after you have
finished your speech
 Finish within 1 minute

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8.PRESENTATION ROUND
TREY
research
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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-15 minutes

Presentation Round
FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
 Some companies like TVS, Hyundai, etc., may conduct
this round to filter you among others.

 You have given a presentation topic and also give 1 day

time to prepare the presentation contents. Mostly the
topic will be a technical one.

 You have to prepare a neat, eye catching attractive

presentation with accurate statistical data, reviews,
journals regarding that, and also with effective
communication skills you can clear this round.
MAPPING WITH GRADUATES ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS
 Communication skill  Presentational skills
 Personality traits  Valuable points

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9. GROUP ACTIVITY ROUND
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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-30 minutes

Group Activity Round

FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
 Some companies like SPI Groups, etc., conduct this kind of group
event where a group of 5-7 members from all departments
formed a team to do a project that has been given to you. SPI
groups whose CTC will be 7 lakhs per annum.

 In this event you are allowed to use 6 things like sketch, tape,
charts, scissors, glue, etc., with the help of these things you have
to do the project and demonstrate one by one to them. Like a
virtual prototype of your project. Visit this link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k9YQJYOguhry3EMlOwCNs2W9Gx2
mt8iP

 This company has a different way of recruiting method. I have

already given you some case studies through that they will filter
you for the next round . Like a team each one have to play their
role and individual personality traits.
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TEAM ACTIVITY
 Play your role only,
 Work as a team,
 Be like professionals,
 Finish within the time limit,
 Always equip things within the limit as per their conditions. Don’t take too many things more than the limit
and never dominate others. They are testing your attitude while working in a team.

MAPPING WITH GRADUATES ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS DO’S

 Communication skills  Engineering knowledge  Communication skill

 Personality traits  Presence of Mind  Valid points

 Individual work  Listening & Observation Skills  Confidently present your idea

 Team work  Presentation skills  Brainstorming

 Problem Analysis  Effective strategic thinking  Creativity

 Project Management  Environment and sustainability

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10. TECHNICAL HR ROUND

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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-60 minutes

Technical HR Round
FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
 You have crossed 75% of your placement. This is the pre final and face to face
round where your profile, talents, your achievements, awards, your
responsibilities, will speak for you.

 Technical HR’s will interview you through series of technical questions based on
your area of interest as mentioned in your resume. So you have to mention
correct and known details in your resume.

 Some companies will also conduct stress interviews to test your attitude and
patience. Most of the questions will be asked from your resume and what you’re
saying. You have to be more precise on what you’re telling.

 Every HR will ask your mini and major projects, about your individual work, team
work, role played, responsibilities takes, Internships, In-plant training, etc. If you
really done your project then you can easily explain. Some core companies will
choose you only based on your projects.

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FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
MAPPING WITH GRADUATES ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

 Technical Skills
 Resume skills
 Engineering Knowledge
 Communication skills
 Personality traits
 Individual work DO’S
 Problem Analysis
 Project Management
 Presence of mind
 Modern tool usage
 Industrial interaction

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11. GENERAL HR ROUND

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 TIME’S
START UP!
TIMER TIME LIMIT:
10-15 minutes

Technical HR Round
 and
your Communication skills

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PLACEMENT STATISTICS
OF CIT IN THE YEAR 2017-2018

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TYPES OF COMPANIES VISITED IN THE YEAR 2017 - 2018

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LIST OF COMPANIES VISITED IN THE YEAR 2017 - 2018

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 SALARY PACKAGES OFFERED (2017 – 2018)

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NO. OF JOB OFFERS AND STUDENTS GOT PLACED

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NUMBER OF STUDENTS PLACED/DEPARTMENT WISE

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CAUSE AND EFFECTS
Inferring the data from the previous picture/graph, it has clearly shown that only 382 (excluding ME) were
placed in relevant field. Others were placed in irrelevant field and some others even not yet placed. Even among
382 some of them may placed through luck. Only a few alone were placed by using their skills. This is due to
these case scenarios,
 Lack of seriousness
 Lack of required soft skills
 Inadequate Technical skills
 zero practice in Aptitude skills
 Negative Personality traits
 Problems or confusions created by your fellow candidates
 Dilemma during placements
 Less Opportunities

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Luck and talent plays a major role in your placement. These are all our experiences that I gathered and told you. I’m
not going to say that these are all the exact things will going to happen for you but i just said some pro’s, con’s and
some ideas regarding placement.
If an opportunity knocks your door don’t waste it and also don’t spoil other’s opportunities. Start preparing before it
is too late.
Always learn from the failures of other’s because that will show you what not to do, rather than asking ideas from
successful persons.

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THANK YOU

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