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There are many ways/strategies to prepare for IES(ECE). You can find many toppers strategies in the website https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com/I am sharing my complete strategy. I can assure you 6 month of serious & smart study is good enough to clear IES.My answer is going to be a bit longer, but I am sure it is very useful.Let me confess that my result (AIR-5) is way more than my work/time/energy spent in preparation. I am working in NTPC ltd (6 working days per week/no weekend)& I am a fitness freak too(usually spend more than a one/two hr everyday in physical activity), bottom line is “the time available for me was very scarce”. No need to say that I have availed any coaching neither joined any test series. The only external help I got is free interview guidance from ACE Engg Academy(bcaz it was for free) & experience/guidance shared in IES helpline website (https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com/)and IES made easy classroom notes. I don’t have any friend to discuss any topics or clarification of doubt (which I really missed).PLANNING: "Give me six hours to chop down atree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham LincolnMake a concrete plan. Spend at least two weeks analyzing previous years question papers, type of question being asked, hotspots, syllabus, cutoff marks in all stages & others parameters. You have to be aware of how much to score to get a rank & how to score that in the worst case scenario. Ask many successful people& use their guidance & experiences. Infact I have spent almost a month in this satge.My target is to score 700 minimum (at any cost & worstcase scenario). Here was my breakup ofmarks.GAT paper-100Objective I-140 (min100 qsn attempt out of 120 & 88 qsn correct & 12 qsn wrong to score 140)Objective II-140Interview-120 (I hadconfidence that I will obtain 120 in interview even if it goes wrong)Totaling of four: 500So even if I wil get 100(very easy to score) in each conventionalI will get 700. Any additional mark will boost my score & rank. I knew thatI have to get 750 to get branch of my choice (top rankers) & the only thing to reach 750 is to score min 125 in each Conv (which is not easy but not tough either).I started preparing from the Month of February (with a proper plan & determination to execute it). My time linewas from Februay 1st to 10th June 15 (for the record ESE Examwas on 12th June).February: read thoroughly once all subjects of Paper-I & make short notes of each subject (so that u can quickly revise when U need to)To cover one Subject thoroughly, U can choose whatever u r comfortableor u like or u think it is best for u. Trust me Good books are the best.In my case, for Network Theory I followed my own ACE classroom notes (for GATE) & book by D. Roy Chaudhury only to cover network synthesis & graph theory which are not covered in ACE note.ForDevice Physics, I went through Neaman book only.For Material Science, selected portion from SP Seth.For measurement &Instrumentation, ACE Note (thanks to my friend Rajkiran for that note)& selected portion from A K Sawhney.For EMT, Sadiku book is the best. Signal &system by Oppenheim.One thing I will strongly recommended is to solve Objective Qsn at the End of each chapter in Sadiku & A K Sawhney book.PS-Don’t get lost in books (don’t fall in love with it). Focus on your goal/objective & Don’t follow more than one book per subject (as I hv said Time is scarce &precious).March: read thoroughly all Subjects of Paper-II & take short notes(But I could not cover Microwave properly &didn’t even touch Computer technology )Analog Electronics from Sedra & Smith,Digital electronics from Morrios Mano,Microprocessor 8085 form Gaonkar,Communication from “An introduction to analog and digital communication by Simon Haykins”.For Control System I used my prv ACE Note& book by Nagrath & M. Gopal.For Mircowave Samuel Liao.I will share two secrets of success here. (very very useful)1. The syllabus of Paper-II subjects are sort of not limited & too wide. How much you read it is not enough. And Good news is that not only the syllabi of Paper-I subjects are limited but also they are relatively easy & highly scoring. I have seen people who have already scored more than 150 in Conventional of Paper-I.2. There is one book named “Electronic Communication System by Kennedy”. It contains Analog, Digital ,optical fiber, satellite communication, radar, Tx-line,waveguide & microwave devices too. The best part is in ESE exam many question come directly (as it is) from the set of questions given at the end of each chapter in that book.April: Prv year OBJ Qsn Practice (this is the most important part in the preparation)Manypeople follow IES Made easy book (that contains prv yr qsn Subject wise & Year wise) for this. But that is the least effective way & I am not going to tell why. What I did follows next.Take printout of Prv years IES QSn Paper (as it is, from UPSC Website & Internet) & what I meant is real Qsn paper used in Exam.Take print out of 120 qsn OMR Sheet (U can find easily in Internet). Set Timer for 2hr. Now let the game begin. (It’s Real Exam Environment, Isn’t it?).Now 2 hr is over. Now the real exercise starts. You have to check 120 qsn by yourselves. You will ended up with 3 types,1. Qsn that u have done correctly ( thanks to yourselves & be happy)2. Qsn u have attempted & not correct ( U have to look immediately that portion form book/ note whatever, make a short note of that area on that qsn paper itself)3. Qsn u have skipped (not attempted) : Action is similar to Part 2Bottom line is, its no more 120 qsns for you but now you are looking at 120 concepts.So for me, one paper took 2 hr for exam & 4-5hrs for evaluation part. So I ended up in completing hardly one paper per day. Initially I was getting 110 marks only, but later I was scoring more than 140 marks. The moment I touched 150 marks, I knew that I am going to crack ESE this year.I solved last 10 year qsn of both Paper-I & paper-II in the way described above.May: Revision, GS& ConventionalIt’s time to revisionyour short notes that u have made & anything u have missed in Feb &March.GAT Paper:General English: I didn’t prepare English at all (due to timeconstraint) & that was a terrible mistake. I don’t have any idea how toprepare English but what I know is English is damn easy & scoring. If u get120/130 in GAT paper, your life will be much easier & ur chance of becoming Topper will be very high. Put some effort in English too.General Studies: Myperformance is not bad in this section & managed to score 100 inGAT. I did prepare selectively.History:only Modern India History from NCERT bookGeography:NCERT Book class-IX & X (really awesome), study with Map/AtlasLifeScience: NCERT booksPolity:Selected portion from book by M LaxmikanthEnvironmentaltopics, Climate change & Biodiversity, UNs etc: From different WebsitesPS: Many recommend me to go through IES made easy GS book.But I find that book really boring & too much of information to digest. I did it in my own way & it worked out pretty well.Bolte hai na “General Studies to pura Samunder jaisa hi hai, jal wahan fekna jahan machhli ho”-Conventional: I didn’t practiced conventional questions atall, that does not mean I was not prepared. As far as conventional is concerned, what I did was, just had a look at IES made easy conventional book to know what type of questions are being asked & from which area and to figure out those hot spots. Prepare those hot spots well. But I knew that I have to focus in Conv Paper-I to get a good score & I did fairly well.Some important points that helped me a lot in Conventional1. Try to maximize as much as u can in Paper-I.(prepare Paper-I thoroughly)2. You have to write very precisely & to thepoint, otherwise 3hrs won’t be enough.3. Make good diagrams whenever needed. (no need ofusing color pens)4. Write first two questions (out of five) very well, it will lead a good impression for the examiner.I strongly recommend practicing at least one conventional paper of each in real time environment so that you will come to know what can go wrong in the exam.I must say in between this month you revise those short notes that you have made earlier. Give exam for objective papers as in real time exam environment with same time as in real IES exam (9-11 am Obj Paper-I& 2-4pm Obj Paper-II on same day). It will definitely help u a lot.JUNE: (Last 10 days): only revisionI have made short notes such that I can revise entire syllabus within two days. Revise ur GK.Few things I want to say “Quantity does not matter, its always Quality”. How many hours you are studying is irrelevant, how effectively u r studying is important.Believe in yourselves. There may be thousands or lakhs of students preparing for it. People are taking coaching, studying for years (full time, without doing any job). Yah its true, but its also true that people are cracking it in first attempt. Be the champion of your own heart.Many says time available to me is not enough or its too late for this year etc. Trust me, sincere studies of 5-6 month are good enough. IES is not tough, what really tough is sticking to your plan and executing it.

I am not going to tell you something deliberately motivational.Let’s see what’s your next door friend who is enjoying life doing ( there will be an element of generalisation so take it with pinch of salt ) :Getting up just at the right time to rush to office.Working or spending time in office or field waiting for the lunch break and then for the end of the day. Sometimes, it may be interesting and other - mindless.Going back home tired trying to fit in the gym schedule if any.Having dinner watching web series with few phone calls till one drops to bed to sleep.Cycle continues for the week when the Friday night is party night or weekend trip plans.Cycle continues.If this is the idea of enjoyment for you, let me add little fun in your schedule.Case 1 - Full time preparationStart your day with atleast 30 minutes of exercise. You will thank me on your medical examination day after interview if not anything else!When you are drenched in sweat, use the time to relax and sip in some luke warm water with newspaper.Start your day after breakfast and set Target which can be completed till the evening. Eat the frogs first .In evening, give time to some sport or learning something. Struggling with money, udemy and YouTube provides awesome options. Enjoy this time without guilt. You deserve it.Complete section of subject you love .Retire to bed with some 'me' time in hand.Please enjoy your Saturday or Sunday the way you would have if not in the preparation. Is it going too much? Okay, let's settle for half a day.Case 2 - Preparation with full time job.After squeezing in time for preparation all week long, please give half a Sunday or Saturday to unwind. Don't pressurise yourself too much that you burst.And the way you push yourself for daily targets, push yourself to enjoy your time as a part of time table.Sustainability of the preparation matters!Answering directly to your question, having gone through the fear of missing out, time and again I have realised that I am loving what I am doing. Of course, I don't want to do it forever but living in a way which is balanced is better than what my friends are doing ( Most of my friends were doing what I stated above and I was not jealous except few instances when they were going on trips. To deal with this, I used to plan my visits out of station after different stages of examination rather than being in the same place. )You must have found yourself in a situation where you feel that just after this examination tomorrow, I am going to change the world!! I will dance for an hour. I will cook for my parents. I will plant vegetables on my roof and what not .And unfortunately, many a times, you must have found yourself in a same sofa changing channels on TV mindlessly or waiting for someone around you to initiate something interesting.This remains same on this side of clearing the examination too. People who are doing things are either exercising highest self motivation or have been always finding time to do a lot of things in a day( time management) from times immemorial.So, if you want to accomplish a lot, start today!

Test cases are the base of your research on any software product. Here are 17 lessons for writing effective test cases.However, before we deep dive into the lessons for writing top-notch test cases, let us have a basic idea on the terminologies associated with them.→ Stay In Your Lane: Develop a thorough understanding of the SRS(Software Requirement Specification) document and stick to it. While framing down test cases, an assumption of features and functionalities can often deviate you from actual requirements that were originally required by the client. This will not only affect the product under testing but also client-organization relationship.→ Be Mindful Of The Product Updates: It is critical to stick to SRS but not if it is based on an outdated version of the software. Nobody would want to test a deprecated feature! We live in the world dominated by Agile methodologies where product development drives through the fast lane. Sometimes, to cope up with short time windows, or after deploying an immediate bug fix, the SRS document is left unattended. It is a best practice to update the SRS with respect to any major as well as minor change.→ Write, To The Point Descriptions: Nobody likes to read long stories, just be on point.→ Put Yourself In The Shoes Of The Customer: It is often a common scenario that an angry customer would knock up at customer support explaining that the software is not delivering an intended feature up to his expectation. You as a software tester should be able to relate yourself to the customer in order to explain the problem from a customer’s point of view to your development team. Keep a note of usability testing and accessibility testing.→ User Personas: A user persona is a fictional representation of an end user that helps to describe how people from different job roles would operate on your software. To understand this more specifically let’s take an example of Jack, Jack is a web developer who logs into www.lambdatest.com (a cross-browser testing tool) so he could test how the web elements of his website or web application are rendering across multiple browsers. In this scenario, Jack will not be bothered about the back end functionalities like API communication, Penetration Testing will be out of his scope. So for writing effective test cases create different User Personas, each representing a community of your targeted audience, their profession and focus on cases that will cover respective aspects.→ Be Granular While Writing Down The Steps For Execution: When mentioning steps for execution of test cases it is always a best practice to avoid composite sentences. Instead, write a small and specific step by step guide as a walkthrough of the test case.For Example – Let’s write a test case for Jack who wants to perform cross-browser testing of his website using LambdaTest, so he could ensure that his web app or website runs seamlessly across different browsers.Let’s take a look at the following steps:- (This job may call for an assertive writing).Step 1 → Log in to LambdaTest.Step 2 → Go to Real-Time Test section.Step 3 → Select the configurations for testing. (Browser, Browser Version, OS & Screen resolution)Step 4 → Hit Start button to run the test and perform testing of your website on respective configuration.Step 5 → Terminate the test session.Did you observe the composite step? It was step 4. “Hit Start button to run the test and perform testing of your website on respective configuration.”Remember, test cases should always be self-explanatory. It is important to write the steps as granular as possible.Therefore, the above case is more effective when written below:Step 1 → Log in to LambdaTest.Step 2 → Go to Real-Time Test section.Step 3 → Select the configurations for testing. (Browser, Browser Version, OS & Screen resolution)Step 4 → Hit Start button to run the test.Step 5 → Scroll from top to bottom of the webpage.Step 6 → Check all the icons & paddings are supported.Step 7 → Change resolution display(To check for a device of a different screen size.).Step 8 → Terminate the session.This is just a brief example to help you understand how to break down steps to the most granular level.→ Take Ownership Of Your Test Cases: Test cases should be properly distributed in such scenarios. Every software tester should be responsible for only the test cases assigned to him.→ Actively Use A Test Case Management Tool: Test case management tools are deemed necessary for managing a stable release cycle. They help to develop a level of transparency where everyone knows about who is working on what. They can also be used for tracking deadlines related to a bug fix and a lot more.→ Monitor All The Test Cases: When working from as a remote software tester or when too many software testers are working on a similar project then it is common for two software tester to bump on to the similar test case. Therefore, monitoring all the test cases is important to write unique test cases. Also, remember to remove the irrelevant & duplicate test cases.→ Aim For 100% Test Coverage: Test coverage is an important aspect for enduring the robustness of any software. It is vital to aim for a 100% test coverage before you deep dive in your test cases. Take a moment and plan your test cases to cover each component and functionality specified in the SRS document.→ Beware of Dependent Test Cases: There have been times when I found a bug in a random scenario, and when I tried replicating it then things didn’t happen as I planned. That is when I realized that even test cases can be dependent on other test cases. For instance, you may have a test case X which will only be executed after performing test case Y and test case Z, sequentially. This scenario is usually observed when two modules are non-mutually exclusive. So a bug may not reproduce unless you draft a scenario after figuring out the dependent test cases.→ Be the Critic: Sometimes you need to take a different approach than others in order to find the unknowns of a software. Unknowns are scenarios that are blind to the product team until they are reported by the end user. For writing effective test cases it is necessary that you do things differently, think exceptionally. Especially, if you are aiming for exploratory testing.→ Be Intent Specific: Realizing the acceptance criteria is imperative to write effective test cases. Acceptance criteria is a condition that validates whether the software is working as intended with respect to the end user. Remember, acceptance criteria is there to help you judge the intent of the end user rather than the steps. For example, “an administrator should be able to invite or kick people out of the team working on a same project under an organization” instead of “an administrator should visit the team page under organization settings, and click on invite to add people to the team or click on remove to kick people out of it.”→ Test Case Document Is Not Enough: This is very commonly observed and I am sure you would have come across a scenario too, where once a test case document receives the sign-off from the client, then all of the team gets fixated to that document. Nobody would attempt to think out of the box for writing effective test cases as we feel the document is all we need![Continue Reading…]