First Interview......

26th September 2010

I attended my first interview today and it was an experience. Came to know about it only yesterday night at 11. Have to go at 7 in morning.No formal dress, no shoes and unshaven... I have to attend interview of Satyam, HCL, DELL, IBM etc..... When i called Mukul, who is also attending, he was shaving at midnight!!! Got up early and started to the place at 7 in casuals. (Half sleeve, jeans, no shoes and unshaven) Mukul and his friend too was there. Reached the institute @9. No one was there. Someone told companies will arrive@10 only. We registered in all companies. It was fun. People were like in mess hall fighting to get their opportunity. No queue no order.After tedious registration we did not know what to do. Someone told to wait in a classroom. It was 10.30 then. We waited and waited. There was no movement. Since we did not have breakfast soon we slept in classroom!!! When we got up it was 1.30. Still no movement. Went to canteen and had food. As always Hyderabadi food sux. We returned and waited for some time. Still no one came. We wondered what was happening and went to enquire. Then only we shockingly realized placement was going on in other places. and we were simply wasting time in that room. In that panic we went and registered for Genpact and wrote HCl's aptitude. Now it was 4.30. Again went to canteen to have tea. We thought of leaving. But one of us told anyway we came lets wait for HCL's results. We went and enquired and as expected none of us passed. Someone told IBM's GD was going on and we decided to attend it. Mukul's CV was over. They told to write in a white paper. WHITE PAPER!!! He came out to write and rest attended GD. Topic was Engg Colleges in India. I talked and talked beautifully (hope so)... But when results came both of us were rejected. We went to Genpact. No one was there. So we stole Mukul's CV which we gave there for registration and gave it to him who was waiting to attend GD with CV written in a notebook page. He attended and was selected. Later me and Manu realized we were rejected because of our Kerala Slang. Lost opportunity at IBM due to poor slang IBM!!! Oh My GOD.English - my favorite language, became villain today. And luck favored Mukul. He got selected. Oh! we had decided to come back. Stayed just to know the results and he got a job. I realized everything has its own time. Also that hardwork never fails. Mukul- hardworking got selected and me- lazy was rejected. :). But again as i always tell.... WHO CARES!!!!