This is the best day in life of any IT student. You think to get in a company and you get selected in that. The placement fair in my college is on. I was not willing to participate but wanted to go for CAT. Then my friends and teachers tried to convince me that there was no harm in appearing for a job test. In case I don’t make up for CAT, I would still have a job in hand. And moreover, the interviews held during the process can act as a mock interview for CAT.
So finally convinced by them all, I thought I should go for it. First day of the placement, which actually was the second day according to our placement committee, TCS comes to our college. Our college can be weird sometimes. It doesn’t go by what world thinks is true. For example sometimes we have Saturdays treated as Mondays, or a Tuesday treated as a Friday. Thanks to Mr. P K Chopra and his magical spells, he can convert any day to any other day. I think the placement cell managed to get the same spell from somewhere and the first day became the second day.
So TCS comes to our college, takes half an hour boring pre-placement talk, describes about itself and manages to convince us that it is the best IT Company to go for. So a written test, based on GRE pattern is organized. A very irritating software which contained more bugs than MS Windows was installed on labs PC from where we had to give our written test. The test contained of Antonyms and synonyms of words which a normal human being seldom uses in his daily life. Then some math and logical reasoning. At the end of and hour, a message pops up saying “congrats, you have been selected for the interview.”
So the interview timing given to me was 4 PM. Dressed in formals, on that hot humid day, I went to the waiting room. Start waiting for my turn for technical interview. And guess what, my number comes at 10:30 PM. Remember that it’s a technical interview. I go in, wish the interviewer good evening. The interviewer does not seem to be much interested. He is all bored and tires and I am the last person to be interviewed for technical. Finally he starts.
Q: Tell me something about yourself.
A: -- Some pahle se prepared answer.-- :D
Q: Tell me something about your family.
A: Told him everything I knew.
Q: you have taken cryptography as an elective. Can you tell me a hindi movie in which cryptography word was used?
A: Sorry, I don’t know sir.
Q: That’s not a problem. It was Roja. Well describe all the projects you have done and written in your resume and also tell me what u have done in them.
A: -- Every possible thing I could say, I said.
Q: What is Oracle 9i?
A: I don’t know sir.
Q: But you have mentioned in your resume that you have used it.
A: Sir, it was long back and now I have forgotten what exactly it does.
Q: Oh that’s Ok. You may leave now. Thank you.
And with that interview ends and I get rejected. My first mock interview finally sees its end.
(Azaad)
