One mind blowing interview

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