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A Background note for

How to Hire High performance M.Tech Engineers

as

R&D Engineers



Table of Contents

1. About Learning Labs ...................................................................................................................3

A. Talent pools that we have assessed ................................................................................................................. 3

a. Following table captures competencies assessed for ....................................................................................... 4

b. ETSE -English Test for Scientists and Engineers ................................................................................................ 4

2. Assessment Design Framework ...................................................................................................5

a. Illustrative framework - Software Services India .............................................................................................. 5

b. ETSE Framework ............................................................................................................................................... 5

5. BestFit Role Based Assessment: ..................................................................................................6

3. Reports & Reporting system .......................................................................................................7

a. Technical capability Test REPORT ..................................................................................................................... 7

b. ETSE REPORT..................................................................................................................................................... 7

c. Online Generated Report .................................................................................................................................. 8

4. Proposed M. Tech Intern flow chart. ...........................................................................................9

5. BestFit value proportion ........................................................................................................... 10

6. FAQs ........................................................................................................................................ 11

7. Team Learning Labs .................................................................................................................. 12

Management team: ................................................................................................................................................ 12

Advisory board: ....................................................................................................................................................... 13

Contact Us ....................................................................................................................................... 14



1. About Learning Labs Learning Labs is a specialist „assessment services‟ company. Our flagship service offering

BestFit – is an industry leading role-based assessment which aligns Talent Acquisition with

business goals. Through an innovative “cycle time and cost optimization model” we are able

to offer all our clients flexible assessment options that are best fit for their businesses. BestFit

service is offered to your organization on a „pay per use‟ basis.

We wish to thank you for having provided us an opportunity to meet with you. We have a

fair understanding of the business imperatives of your organization, the directions and

challenges for growth and the need for specialist help in the area of entry level recruitment.

Learning Labs believes in ROLE BASED assessment to assess the candidate with RIGHT

skills for the RIGHT role.

Learning Labs has assessed more than ONE MILLION candidates in the following areas:

Sl no Industry type Speciation

A IT

IT Services – App Development, App support &

S/ W testing

Independent S/W vendor / Product company

Product R&D Captive

Infrastructure management – L1 support, L2

Support, ITIL certification

B ITES

Finance & Accounting, Banking & Financial

services, Insurance, Investment Banking,

HR, Procurement

Learning Labs believes in ROLE BASED assessment to assess and identify the candidate

with RIGHT skills for the RIGHT role.

A. Talent pools that we have assessed In line with BestFit‟s goal of aligning Talent Acquisition with business, we focus on

tailoring our approach with each of the „micro-talent pools‟ that we assess. Here‟s a

listing

Campus hiring – Nationwide

Pooled- Campus Hiring – Nationwide

Job Fairs – Bangalore, Nationwide (Times Jobs, Naukri, Shine, Silicon India etc..)

Job Fairs at Training centres (NIIT, Aptech, IIJT et al)

Routine walk-ins at client offices



b. ETSE -English Test for Scientists and Engineers

D

English Test for Scientists &

Engineers

(ETSE)

Typically, scientists and engineers are expected to be

communicating with peers and supervisors both in written and

spoken form. Given the globalizing nature of these jobs, they are

expected to have functional English skills to be successful across

geographies.

Learning Labs has developed an assessment framework called

English Testing for Scientists & Engineers (ETSE). The

framework is designed to do a 360 degree assessment of the

candidates‟ functional English skills including listening, speaking

and writing skills.

a. Following table captures competencies assessed for Sr.

No Role Test Name Description

A

Software Developer

Programming Aptitude Test

(PAT) & Software

engineering fundamentals

This Test will judge the candidates on

their proficiency in C/C++ OS & Data

Structure, DSP concepts

The candidates will be graded on the

combined scores of the Tests 1 & 2 and

will be shortlisted for the ETSE Test

round

B Networking and

Telecom Networking & Telecom Test

This Test will judge the candidates on

their proficiency in Networking and

telecom concepts

The candidates will be graded on the

combined scores of the Tests 1 & 2 and

will be shortlisted for the ETSE Test

round

C

For most of the roles

across functions

General Aptitude Test

(GAT)

This Test will assess the candidates on

their logical thinking, reasoning and

numerical aptitude abilities. (Note: This

test will not carry questions on

Engineering topics)

This Test will not be an elimination test.

Scores from this test would be used in

conjunction with



2. Assessment Design Framework

a. Illustrative framework - Software Services India

b. ETSE Framework

Sl no. Name Of the Test Part Description

D.1 Grammar Test Multiple Choice questions

D.2 Listening &

comprehension

Audio will be played and the candidate will

answer MCQs

D.3 Written English skills

(a)Passage writing A 150 words passage to be written on a specific

topic

OR (b) Precis

writing

A passage of 600 words to be read and a précis

or an abstract of 150 words to be written.

D.4 Spoken English skills* A communication coach will engage with a

candidate in a one-on-one conversation

Note: * The spoken English test is optional for the Analytics hiring

Sl no Test name Parts Type of Questions

A.1

Programming Aptitude Test

(PAT) & Software

engineering fundamentals

Part 1 PRG

Fundamentals

Multiple Choice questions Part 2 Basic Application

Part 3 Application

Ability

B Computer Networking Test

Part 1 PC HW/SW

Multiple Choice questions Part 2

Networking

Fundamentals

Part 3 Proficiency in

Networking

C.1 General Aptitude Test

(GAT)

Quantitative ability, logical

thinking & reasoning Multiple Choice questions



5. BestFit Role Based Assessment: Each online assessment is custom developed for each role that you are hiring for.

Very high level of alignment with your teams recruiting / interview efforts

Dramatically reduces screening errors of recruiters

Provides an objective and standardized measure for recruitment to focus and spend quality

time with fewer and qualified candidates.

Dramatically reduces interviewing time. (with an option to generate insightful candidate

wise assessment reports before interviews by the panel)

High quality feedback reports on event wise, Campus wise, region wise reports.

Calibrate the test

to suit your

recruitment

Analyze the

existing processes &

J D, Competency

model

Assimilate

with reference to TA objectives

Articulate

understanding, Assessment

design

Act on

development of the test



3. Reports & Reporting system

a. Technical capability Test REPORT

b. ETSE REPORT

Learning Labs' BestFit Assessment ETSE report

English Test for Scientists & Engineers (ETSE)

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1 Raj UC001 18 5 3 3 11 18 5 5 5 15 62 Proficient

2 Shilpa UC002 12 3 3 3 9 10 3 3 3 9 40 Trainable

3 Ragashr

ee UC005 8 3 3 3 9 6 5 7 5 17 40 Trainable

4 Denzil UC006 10 3 3 3 9 5 5 7 7 19 43 Trainable

Learning Labs' BestFit Assessment Technical report

C/C++ Programming Aptitude

C/C++ Rating Sl

no Candidate

Name Login ID

PROGRAMMING TEST ATTEMPTED

S/W Programming Test

C/C++ Programming

Quotient

PRG Fundamenta

ls(P1 Max 50)

C++ basics (P2 Max 10)

C++ application ability (P3 Max

40)

C++ proficiency

(P2+P3)

1 Raj UC001 C/C++ 22 4 5 9 31 Inadequate

2 Shilpa UC002 C/C++ 22 6 15 21 43 Trainable

3 Ragashree UC005 C/C++ 28 8 20 28 56 Proficient

4 Denzil UC006 C/C++ 22 6 25 31 53 Proficient



c. Online Generated Report



4. Proposed M. Tech Intern flow chart.

Final selection by AMDOCS

Selection of colleges

Fixing up the Campus Event schedule

Learning Labs Assessment round

Registration of the students

Communicating with PO/Principal

REJECTION OF

CANDIDATES

TECHNICAL TESTS ONLINE

Short listing the Colleges

GRADE (A, B, C,)

Geographical location



5. BestFit value proportion

Software Platform for Assessment:

We have our own platform which lends itself to Role-based Assessment

Customized role-based Online assessments:

Our 4AC methodology is ideally suited for customized Assessment development &

delivery according to Role for which you’re hiring.

Our Assessment design & Content development team We have a panel of IT industry experts and Academic leaders with deep industry knowledge of

technology and academia.

Assessment Modules:

We have a question banks to address different streams like IT – Programming Aptitude

Testing, Platform skills C/C++, Java, .NET, Open Source, Software Testing, Remote

Infrastructure Management (RIM) et al.

English Language ability assessment is done thru our proprietary ETSE tests.

Delivered through Internet

Highly secure

Simultaneous 5000 login supported

24/7 availability



6. FAQs

How do you assess large numbers of candidates in short duration without affecting the

quality of assessment & candidate experience?

Our online tests are designed to be role-based and are scalable. We can undertake

assessment without affecting candidate experience by either hosting a recruitment event at

a college or a third-party venue. Our systems also support several ‘employer branding’

options in an automated environment.

How effective are your online tests compared to what is available from other vendors?

Learning Labs’ BestFit is unique by virtue of three essential differences

BestFit is a role-based assessment. We donot provide any general purpose

aptitude tests which donot test the candidate from a ‘job-readiness’ or from a

‘suitability to hire’ perspective.

BestFit tests are custom developed for each role for each client. In summary, we

align and partner with ‘Recruiting’ to screen and select the talent from the

available talent pool.

This is done with the team of Test content development experts, Test

administrators etc.

Candidate can login simultaneous with different test, different role.

What type of reporting facility does BestFit support?

a. We can generate Each individual report

b. We can provide analysis based on :

Test wise

Candidate wise

Test Part wise



7. Team Learning Labs

Management team:

V A Ramakrishna, CEO

Ramki holds a Chemical Engineering degree from NITK, Surathkal and is a PGDM from Indian Institute of

Management, Bangalore. Ramki has over two decades of IT industry experience. During his stint of 14

years for Sonata Software (www.sonata-software.com) he held varied positions in Sales, Marketing,

Account management and Alliance management. He also set up Sonata’s first overseas operation in the

USA and grew the East coast operations of Sonata significantly. Ramki also held sales & marketing

leadership positions in Benchmark Systems, Wipro, HCL & CMC.

Ramki believes that Assessment is an under-utilised weapon by businesses but has the potential to be a

‘game changer’ for Indian companies both large and small.

Dr. MVS Peri Sastry, Chief Scientist

Dr.Sastry did his BE in Electrical engineering from Andhra University and has a Ph.D from BITS Pilani in

Software engineering and ERP. In his distinguished career spanning over 30 years he has straddled the

practitioner’s world of the IT industry while being at CMC Ltd, Advanced Synergic systems, Mysore

Kirloskar and Bharat Electronics. Over the last ten years he has served as a Professor & HOD at various

well known institutions including XIME, Bangalore, Alliance Business school Bangalore and NIT Trichy. In

between he also taught Computer Science at the Trinidad & Tobago Institute of Technology in West

Indies. Dr. Sastry is an expert at the science and the art of assessment. He believes that the future of the

IT industry lies in quality software engineering education in Tier 2 colleges and towns.

Ms. Aparna Chandrshekar, Head – Behavioral Assessment & Talent Transformation

Ms.Aparna Chandrashekar has a MA in English Literature & Linguistics from Bangalore University -

University Gold Medalist. Aparna formerly was the Vice President HR – AXA Business Services –Leading

French Insurance MNC (http://www.axa-businessservices.co.in). She also held HR leadership positions as

Training Manager at Phoenix Global Solutions & at First Ring India. Aparna is a certified facilitator and

has run large scale assessment projects.

B G Purushotham, Head – Content Development

B G Purushotham is a Mechanical engineer from NITK Surathkal. Puru had a stint with MICO for 2 years

and later worked for NIIT for 18 years in functions such as Operations, Content development, marketing

and franchisee development. While at NIIT he worked in SE Asia and China. Puru led the bootstrapping

phase of Zensar’s BPO operations in Pune and was also President of Edurite – a division of Tutor Vista,

Bangalore. Puru is currently pursuing the Fellowship program at XLRI, Jamshedpur in HR area.



Bindu Madhav, Employer Branding Solutions

Bindu Madhav is a Mechanical engineer from NIT Durgapur and did his PGDM from IIM Bangalore. He

has been in the marketing communication and advertising industry for over 20 years. Bindu believes

that clients need a longish term orientation to brand building particularly when it comes to Talent

Acquisition and engagement.Madhav is a great believer in synthesizing tactical and strategic initiatives

into a holistic perspective

Advisory board:

Hari Iyer

Hari is an Electrical Engineer from MS University, Baroda and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. In his stint

with Sasken as Chief People Officer, Hari was instrumental in transforming and positioning people

function as a key business driver. Hari was closely involved with the leadership team of Sasken as the

most admired company for 3 years in a row. Hari is a sought after speaker in HR forums in India and he

has taught at some of the well known B-schools including IIM Bangalore.

Hari is now involved with a bunch of eclectic start ups in Bangalore.

B Ramaswamy

B. Ramaswamy was Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Sonata Software Ltd (www.sonata-

software.com) which is a US$ 320M Software services and consulting company. He built Sonata

Software from its inception as a division of an Indian conglomerate into an independent company and

later took it public in India. With an intricate organic growth and overseas acquisitions BR transformed

Sonata into a globally respected company. BR as he is fondly known is a Post Graduate from IIM

Ahmedabad and is a resident of Bangalore.



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