One mind blowing interview Interviewer : Tell me about yourself. Candidate: I …am Rameshwar Kulkarni . I did my Tele Communication engineering from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Inst it ute of Technology. Interviewer : BabanRao Dhole- Patil Inst it ute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before! Candidate : Great ! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admission into it . . What happened is – due to cricket world cup I scored badly ! in 12 th . I was getting a paid seat in a good college . But my father said ( I prefer to call him ‘ baap ’) – “ I can not invest so much of money ” .( The baap actually said – “ I will never waste so much of money on you”) . So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name – BabanRao Dhole-Patil , can at the most be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya Interviewer: ok , ok . It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering . Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years . But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup , and tennis tournaments . It is difficult to concentrate . So I flunked in 2 nd and 3 rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years . Interviewer: But 4 + 2 is 6 . Candidate: Oh, is it ? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4 + 2 is 6 , good , thanks . These cricket matches really affect exams a lot. . I think they should ban it . Interviewer : Good to know that you want cricket matches to be banned. Candidate : No, no … I am talking about Exams !! Interviewer: Ok , What is your biggest achievement in life ? Candidate : Obviously , completing my Engineering . My mom never thought I would complete it . In fact , when I flunked in 3 rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST ( Bus corporation in Maharashtra ) through some relative . Interviewer : Do you have any plans of higher study ? Candidate: he he he . . Are you kidding? Completing ‘ lower ’ education it self was so much of pain !! Interviewer : Let ’ s talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you worked ? Candidate : Well, I work at SEEPZ , so you can say Andheri is my current platforms . Earlier I was at Vashi center . So Vashi was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms ! ( Vashi and Andheri are the places in Mumbai ) Interviewer : And which languages have you used ? Candidate : Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German , French , Russian and many other languages. Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB ? Candidate : It is a common sense – C comes after B . So VC is a higher version than VB . I heard very soon they are coming up w it h a new language VD ! Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language? Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it . But I guess , this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly . Interviewer : What is your general project experience ? Candidate : My general experience about projects is – most of the times they are in pipeline! Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job ? Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata Info Tech ltd . Since joining BIL , I am on Bench . Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows. Interviewer : Do you have any project management experience ? Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn ’ t be difficult . I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important – I know few words like – ‘ Showstoppers ‘ , ‘hot fixes ’ , ‘ SEI -CMM ’ , ‘ quality’ , ‘version control’, ‘ deadlines ’ , ‘ Customer Satisfaction ’ etc . Also I can blame others for my mistakes ! Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company ? Candidate : Not much. 1 . I should at least get 40 ,000 in hand . . 2 . I would like to work on a live EJB project . But it should not have deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent . 3 . I believe in flexi - timings. 4 . Dress Code is against basic freedom , so I would like to wear t -shirt and jeans . 5 . We must have sat- sun off . I will suggest Wednesday off also , so as to avoid breakdown due to overwork . 6 . I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably 1 -2 months) assignments. Personally I prefer US , Australia and Europe . But considering the fact that there are Olympics coming up in China in the current year , I don ’t mind going there in that period. As you can see I am modest and don ’ t have many expectations . So can I assume my selection ? Interviewer : he he he ha ha ha . Thanks for your interest in our organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. Welcome to INFOSYS . The fellow was appointed in a newly created section ‘ Stress Management’ in the HRD of Infosys . So Excellence is not the only thing Needed . Its the Unique Quality of a Person which can let anyone to Success . Work on Your own Field rather then following somebody else’ s Path
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