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Dear Fresher,

Corpy Edge wishes you great an awesome career ahead!

Well, the purpose of this survey is to understand the challenges you are facing in procuring your first offer letter. Corpy edge is intending to work on the challenges and make the ‘college to corporate’ transition much more comfortable.
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Corpy Edge – Yagnaum’s Scholastic Initiative

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A) Background Questions
 
 
 
Educational Qualification-What is your bachelor's degree?
 
B.A.
 
B.Sc.
 
B.Sc. (Computer Science)
 
B.Tech. (Computer Engineering/IT)
 
B.Tech.(Other discipline)
 
BCA
 
Other
 
 
 
 
What was the year of passing your bachelor’s degree?
 
2002
 
2003
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
Other
 
 
 
 
From which institution did you receive your bachelor's degree?
 
UGC recognized College
 
UGC recognized University/IIT
 
Technical/Training institutes from private sector
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
Educational Qualification-What is your Master's degree?
 
M.C.A.
 
M.Sc. (Computer Science)
 
M.Tech (Computer Engineering/IT)
 
M.Sc. (Other Discipline)
 
M.A. (Other discipline)
 
DBA/MBA
 
P.G.D.C.A.(Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications)
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
What was the year of passing your Master’s degree?
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 

From which institution did you receive your master's degree?

 
UGC recognized College
 
UGC recognized University/IIT
 
Technical/Training institutes from private sector
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
When did you begin to learn computer skills?
 
Primary School (0-5th grade)
 
Secondary School (6th -10th grade)
 
Higher Secondary (11th-12th grade)
 
At College/University
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
When did you decide to pursue IT/Computer Science?
 
During your Secondary School (6th -10th grade)
 
During your Higher Secondary (11th-12th grade)
 
During your Bachelor’s degree
 
During your Master’s degree
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
Did you do a course in Software Engineering at college/university?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please select the topics from the following list that you covered in your Software Engineering Course.
 
Requirements
 
Design
 
Software Process Model (Waterfall model etc.)
 
Implementation/Coding
 
Testing
 
Quality Assurance
 
Project Management
 
Configuration Management
 
Teamwork
 
Communication skills (oral )
 
Communication skills (written)
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Please rank the topics based on the emphasis you believe was given to each in the course (1 – most coverage; 10 – least coverage).
Requirements
Design
Software Process Model (Waterfall model etc.)
Implementation/Coding
Testing
Quality Assurance
Project Management
Configuration Management
Teamwork
Communication skills (oral and written)
 
 
 
Did you do a software development team project during your Software Engineering course?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
B) Work Experience Questions
 
 
 
What is your title/designation in the current company?
 
Software Engineer
 
System Engineer
 
Associate Engineer
 
Assistant Engineer
 
Technical Associate
 
System Programmer
 
Programmer
 
Associate Programmer
 
Assistant Programmer
 
Developer
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
What is the type of the company you are working for?
 
Product Developing company
 
Service Providing company
 
Both
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
What is the ownership status of the company you are working for?
 
Indian company
 
Foreign company
 
Indian Multinational company
 
Foreign Multinational company
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
Is this your first full-time job out of college/university/institute?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How many months have you been working for this company?

 
0-6 months
 
6-12 months
 
12-18 months
 
18-24 months
 
24-30 months
 
30-36 months
 
Other
 
 
 
 
How many previous jobs have you held?
   
How many months have you been in the current company?
   
How many years have you been working prior to your current position (in total)?
   
 
 
 
What is the main reason for choosing the company you are working for?


 
Salary
 
Family in the same city
 
Location
 
Learning opportunities
 
Possibilities of promotion
 
Interesting job
 
Reputed company
 
Other, please specify:
 
 
 
 
What Application Domains have you worked in your current company? Select whatever is applicable from the following list.
 
IT
 
Finance
 
Education
 
Information Security
 
Medicine
 
Manufacture
 
Transportation
 
Government
 
ERP
 
Aerospace & Defense
 
Automotive
 
Chemicals
 
Telecom/Communications
 
Consumer products
 
Engineering & Construction
 
Healthcare
 
Industrial Manufacturing
 
Oil & Gas
 
Retail
 
Travel
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
What percentage of the work in your company is for the following customers?
Local Indian customers
Offshore customers
Can’t say
0
 
 
 
Have you worked on any offshore projects in your current company?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Other, please specify
 
 
 
 
C) Nature of the Training as a Fresh Recruit
 
 
 
Did you undergo any training in the company (not necessarily where you are working)?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
What type of training did you undergo before starting to work on an actual job? Select from the following list all that are applicable to you.
 
Job shadowing
 
Online courses
 
Lectures with instructors
 
Interactive learning with instructors
 
Graded team work
 
Graded individual work
 
None
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
What was the model of this training? Select all those types applicable to your training from the following list.
 
Mandatory formal upfront training
 
Mandatory continuous training
 
Optional upfront training
 
Optional continuous training
 
Continuous mentoring
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
Who conducted the training?
 
Internal personnel
 
External personnel
 
Both Internal and External personnel
 
Other, specify
 
 
 
 
Technical Training
 
 
 
Did your current company put you through any technical training after joining?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please select all those topics from the following list that were covered in your technical training.
 
Programming languages
 
Web Programming
 
Distributed Programming
 
Operating Systems
 
Databases
 
Requirements
 
Design
 
Testing & QA
 
Version Control
 
Configuration management
 
Software Process
 
Project Management
 
Networks and Data Communications
 
Information Security
 
Specific Tools
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
Using a scale from 1 (little emphasis) to 10 (much emphasis) to characterize the level of training emphasis for the different topics below.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Programming languages
Web Programming
Distributed Programming
Operating Systems
Databases
Requirements
Design
Testing & QA
Version Control
Configuration management
Project Management
Networks and Data Communications
Information Security
Specific Tools
 
 
 
Please select all those languages that were covered in your training. If you have not done any of the following, you may select "Not Applicable".
 
C
 
C++
 
C#
 
Core Java
 
J2EE
 
Python
 
Visual Basic
 
Web programming Languages (ASP/JSP/JavaScript/PHP/PERL/XML/ODBC/JDBC etc.)
 
Database Programming Language (SQL/PLSQL)
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please Specify
 

 
 
 
Please select all those technologies that were covered in your training.If you have not done any of the following, you may select "Not Applicable".
 
NET Technology
 
Java Technology
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
Please select all those development environments covered in the training.If you have not done any of the following, you may select "Not Applicable".
 
JBuilder
 
Eclipse
 
IntelliJ
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
JBoss IDE
 
JavaStudioCreator / NetBeans
 
Rational Application Developer
 
Rational Tools
 
Text Editor / VI/ Emacs
 
Visual Studio / .NET
 
Microsoft Developer Network
 
IBM Developer Network
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
 
What was the duration of the technical training (in weeks)?
   
 
 
 
Behavioral Training
 
 
 
Did your current company put you through any behavioral training after joining (i.e., training designed to get you working better in teams and with customers etc.)?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please select all those topics that were covered under behavioural training.
 
Behavior in business settings
 
Behavior with clients
 
Team work
 
Leadership
 
Communication (oral)
 
Communication (written)
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
Using a scale from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to characterize the level of emphasis of the training for the different topics below.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Behavior in business setting
Behavior with clients
Team work
Leadership
Communication(Oral)
Communication(Written)
 
 
 
What was the duration of the behavioral training (in days)?
   
 
 
 
IT Offshore Outsourcing Training
 
 
 
Did your current company put you through any IT Offshore Outsourcing related training after joining?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please select all those topics that were covered under IT Offshore Outsourcing related training. If you have not done any of the following, you may select "Not Applicable".
 
Foreign language
 
Foreign Culture
 
Socialization
 
Collaboration Tools (Wiki, Version control etc.)
 
Not Applicable
 
Other, please specify
 

 
 
Using a scale from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to characterize the level of emphasis of the training for the different topics below.

IT Offshore Outsourcing training:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Foreign Language
Foreign Culture
Socialization
Collaborative tools(wiki, version control etc.)
 
 
 
What was the duration of the IT Offshore Outsourcing training (in days)?
   
 
 
 
D) Education Adequacy
 
 
 
Do you think your university/college education in IT was adequate for your job? You may express your views in the given text box.
   
 
 
 
What, in your opinion, was lacking in the curriculum that would have helped you to be better prepared for your first job? You may express your views in the given text box.
   
 
 
 
E) Comments
 
 
 
Do you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to share with us about the topics of this questionnaire? You may express your views in the given text box.
   
 
 
 
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