It was few months back during my PG days..we were undergoing campus drive at college.one fine morning we came to know from placement committee members that Nicholas Piramal India Ltd,4th largest Pharmaceutical company will be in our campus for the first time.our placement coordinators as well commitee members threw a meeting that day.all the fellow mates assembled at "Hall of Fame" - our college Seminar cum Discussion Hall.Coordiantor addressed the meeting.It was during early april and every one was pretty serious about placements,even me..Not lik any other time, we were keenly attending the discussion..end of the talk we had to leave the names of those who are planning to attend the recruitment procedure for the company.So atlast i too decided,ok i will sit for this company as it comes under A Category.In btwn we were giving our final yr viva voce, then fortunate or unfortunate the day scheduled for recruitment morning i had my final yrs MFS my elective paper exam.I was panicked as i had to do my studies, do the editing and binding work of my so called Project mission(submission) which i completed in US Tech...totally doomed...
some hw i needed to schedule my each days work..i need to go ahead with my studies, i had to push my project work along with this.In btwn i need to prepare for the recrutiment drive as well...I was realy going mad...cos till the day b4 i was completely free and was enjoying the days."varumbo elllam kooda orumichu ennuparayunna pola" i ws jam packed with studies and submission duty..finally i managed to get evrythin in order...started my studies as well i found some time to prepare for Nicholas. for that i had to attend Suraj sirs pre placement preparation classes, as none knew how the companies selection process will be..so jus to build up my confidence level..i too attended...
everything went fine...
And finally the day has come..Morning i gave my exams..i did it well...and set my mind for the recruitment...Company ppl were supposed to be at our college by 2'oclock sharp..so i had to bunk my lunch and make myself ready for the process and reach the venue..but as their flight got delayed, the HR and Marketing head were not able to make it on time.. had to wait...but never knew it would be for another 2hrs..
by 4'oclock they reached the campus and they were invited to Hall of Fame ..Pre placement talk started,thy were giving an introduction abt the company so that the students get an idea abt their products and what thy do..as usual i found the pre talks boring and as it lasted for another one n 1/2 hrs and as it ws evening time i dozzed off...once i woke up frm my dream world time ws 5.30..talk got over...HR want just the ones who were attending the process to stayback..rest can disperse.
i remained in the hall alon with other 18candidates..thy gave us serial nos and took us to the 1st round which was GD..GD round went fine..topic ws "Braindrain in Kerala"..as we were the fellow mates we supported each other and gave chance for each and every one to give away their ideas on the topic..i too blabbered what all came to my mind...2nd round ws situation round..in that we were given a situation and we had to write on it in not less than 800 words and then we had to present the topic..
finally 7 got shortlisted for the interview..
I ws the 6th to get intrviewd..time was alreay half past 7...ws really hungry as i dint take lunch..so ws literally relaxing having 'puffs' and 'juice' bout by our coordinator...
first person got in and aftr 15mins she ws out..enquired to her abt intrw..she said nothng to worry and each one b4 me who got interviewed gav the same response..
Next is me...Time is 10....i was mentally getting ready to be called in..waiting outside the room..but i had to wait for anothr 15mins as thy wr on call with some person from head office..once it got over i got in to the intrw room with a beautiful smile on my face,..
MM - marketing head and HR invited me and asked me to sit down and be comfortable..
MM had my resume and selection round marks...he ws going thru it and nodding casually...HR ws staring at me like nything..undrstd these things happen at 10clock at nite...its first time in my life i was attending an intrw at this hr..though i ws uncomfrble frm inside still i had to manage...suddenly
There starts...
Hr: whats the response from ur friends abt the intrw..?
Me: response was tht evry one felt really comfortable..ws cool..
Hr: oh so how do u prefer ur intrw to be cool one or a tough one..?
Me: how ever it could be i can manage..
(do u pple think tht ws a Diplomatic answer?? no way...........)
ther goes my day....
MM:oh so u wish to have a tough round..*$*_#$ Pause....
so tell me 5 P's of marketing.
(I was happy as i knw the answer.i answrd it pretty well)
and much more questions on marketing..hw do we do product placement,product positiong..and the like..
MM:(going thru resume suddenly he says ) oh so happy to find an E&C enggnr..
(why?? cos His graduation too ws E&C)he showered so many questions to me...
Me:(i was literaly doomed,he seemed to be very excited)
MM:ok tell me which is ur favrt subject in Enggrng.
[I was not at all prepared for a technical round..]
He started off with basics and asked few questions on microprocessor and my engg project..
some how i managed...
then he moved on to DSP and control sytems.then i ws caught,i was like i am going to mess up my intrw..I blabbered someting an all which came to my mind,still i appeared confident..
MM:(browsing thru) oh u have got enough of knwldg in Windows DOS i suppose??why don't u help me create a directory in DOS..
Me: I was blinking...but i smartlty answred tht i need a computer...
[ws i blind? i did not saw ny laptop near him till then..it ws undr the papers scattered on the table..man im dead...he took that and asked me why don't u try in this..ooops again....
Pause..pause....pause................................................pause
Hr ( intervened):so hw do u feel ??do u need a break?..seems u really tired?
Me: no im alrite... pause...[in reality i was screwed... ]
Hr: lax so how do u feel abt ur intrw performance..why were u not prepared..?
[I was totally upset.. started fading weeeeeeeee...Transition ws immense :).....:( ]
Hr: why dont u take a break and we will call u in anothr half hr aftr the last persons intrw...
I came out of the room really worried...time is 11..evryone gatherd around me and asked abt my experience..i said i really messed,i ws not at all prepared as most of it ws technical questions..
I ws irritated...thy want me to give anothr intrw aftr sometime...i ws lik no way im gonne attend this...
time is 11:20 last person ws intrwd and thy again called me ther...
My attitude ws lik now im jus gonna let it go whtever it may happen...thy were saying abt my poor performance during the previous intrw,thy asked me few more questions and i answrd very boldly as if i give a dammn to all this...still i ws lil worried from inside..thy let me go in 10mins time...
Time ws 12 thy said will give the results thru individual calls..
i was ashamed to face them aftr the intrw..but wen thy abt to leav thy jus left a msg for me saying we jus had a nice time wth u..is it tht thy pulled my leg??i suppose nooo....i jus smiled and wished them a very good nite sleep...
Upon god i ws not at all expecting their response to be positive,,,but i ws fortunate enough tht in 2days time thy let me know the results tht i ws shortlisted along with other 3....
some hw i needed to schedule my each days work..i need to go ahead with my studies, i had to push my project work along with this.In btwn i need to prepare for the recrutiment drive as well...I was realy going mad...cos till the day b4 i was completely free and was enjoying the days."varumbo elllam kooda orumichu ennuparayunna pola" i ws jam packed with studies and submission duty..finally i managed to get evrythin in order...started my studies as well i found some time to prepare for Nicholas. for that i had to attend Suraj sirs pre placement preparation classes, as none knew how the companies selection process will be..so jus to build up my confidence level..i too attended...
everything went fine...
And finally the day has come..Morning i gave my exams..i did it well...and set my mind for the recruitment...Company ppl were supposed to be at our college by 2'oclock sharp..so i had to bunk my lunch and make myself ready for the process and reach the venue..but as their flight got delayed, the HR and Marketing head were not able to make it on time.. had to wait...but never knew it would be for another 2hrs..
by 4'oclock they reached the campus and they were invited to Hall of Fame ..Pre placement talk started,thy were giving an introduction abt the company so that the students get an idea abt their products and what thy do..as usual i found the pre talks boring and as it lasted for another one n 1/2 hrs and as it ws evening time i dozzed off...once i woke up frm my dream world time ws 5.30..talk got over...HR want just the ones who were attending the process to stayback..rest can disperse.
i remained in the hall alon with other 18candidates..thy gave us serial nos and took us to the 1st round which was GD..GD round went fine..topic ws "Braindrain in Kerala"..as we were the fellow mates we supported each other and gave chance for each and every one to give away their ideas on the topic..i too blabbered what all came to my mind...2nd round ws situation round..in that we were given a situation and we had to write on it in not less than 800 words and then we had to present the topic..
finally 7 got shortlisted for the interview..
I ws the 6th to get intrviewd..time was alreay half past 7...ws really hungry as i dint take lunch..so ws literally relaxing having 'puffs' and 'juice' bout by our coordinator...
first person got in and aftr 15mins she ws out..enquired to her abt intrw..she said nothng to worry and each one b4 me who got interviewed gav the same response..
Next is me...Time is 10....i was mentally getting ready to be called in..waiting outside the room..but i had to wait for anothr 15mins as thy wr on call with some person from head office..once it got over i got in to the intrw room with a beautiful smile on my face,..
MM - marketing head and HR invited me and asked me to sit down and be comfortable..
MM had my resume and selection round marks...he ws going thru it and nodding casually...HR ws staring at me like nything..undrstd these things happen at 10clock at nite...its first time in my life i was attending an intrw at this hr..though i ws uncomfrble frm inside still i had to manage...suddenly
There starts...
Hr: whats the response from ur friends abt the intrw..?
Me: response was tht evry one felt really comfortable..ws cool..
Hr: oh so how do u prefer ur intrw to be cool one or a tough one..?
Me: how ever it could be i can manage..
(do u pple think tht ws a Diplomatic answer?? no way...........)
ther goes my day....
MM:oh so u wish to have a tough round..*$*_#$ Pause....
so tell me 5 P's of marketing.
(I was happy as i knw the answer.i answrd it pretty well)
and much more questions on marketing..hw do we do product placement,product positiong..and the like..
MM:(going thru resume suddenly he says ) oh so happy to find an E&C enggnr..
(why?? cos His graduation too ws E&C)he showered so many questions to me...
Me:(i was literaly doomed,he seemed to be very excited)
MM:ok tell me which is ur favrt subject in Enggrng.
[I was not at all prepared for a technical round..]
He started off with basics and asked few questions on microprocessor and my engg project..
some how i managed...
then he moved on to DSP and control sytems.then i ws caught,i was like i am going to mess up my intrw..I blabbered someting an all which came to my mind,still i appeared confident..
MM:(browsing thru) oh u have got enough of knwldg in Windows DOS i suppose??why don't u help me create a directory in DOS..
Me: I was blinking...but i smartlty answred tht i need a computer...
[ws i blind? i did not saw ny laptop near him till then..it ws undr the papers scattered on the table..man im dead...he took that and asked me why don't u try in this..ooops again....
Pause..pause....pause................................................pause
Hr ( intervened):so hw do u feel ??do u need a break?..seems u really tired?
Me: no im alrite... pause...[in reality i was screwed... ]
Hr: lax so how do u feel abt ur intrw performance..why were u not prepared..?
[I was totally upset.. started fading weeeeeeeee...Transition ws immense :).....:( ]
Hr: why dont u take a break and we will call u in anothr half hr aftr the last persons intrw...
I came out of the room really worried...time is 11..evryone gatherd around me and asked abt my experience..i said i really messed,i ws not at all prepared as most of it ws technical questions..
I ws irritated...thy want me to give anothr intrw aftr sometime...i ws lik no way im gonne attend this...
time is 11:20 last person ws intrwd and thy again called me ther...
My attitude ws lik now im jus gonna let it go whtever it may happen...thy were saying abt my poor performance during the previous intrw,thy asked me few more questions and i answrd very boldly as if i give a dammn to all this...still i ws lil worried from inside..thy let me go in 10mins time...
Time ws 12 thy said will give the results thru individual calls..
i was ashamed to face them aftr the intrw..but wen thy abt to leav thy jus left a msg for me saying we jus had a nice time wth u..is it tht thy pulled my leg??i suppose nooo....i jus smiled and wished them a very good nite sleep...
Upon god i ws not at all expecting their response to be positive,,,but i ws fortunate enough tht in 2days time thy let me know the results tht i ws shortlisted along with other 3....
Though the end result was good, going thru the interview was on ordeal....
1 Cheers:
oh. fourth fellow blogger from ibs.. keep writing...
in the meantime check out for
http://chronicwriter.blogspot.com/2007/08/41-intearview.html
kinda similar one(but with lot of lies).. btw gud post.. go on...
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