Inter-views!..

July 1st '09

Disclamer :- All the characters in this story is fictional. Any resemblance to living and dead, Working or on bench, On the rolls or fired is purely co-incidental!..

Interviews!.. What a dreaded word!.. Interviews can sometimes be funny, crap, useless, interesting, insightful, eye-opener!..

Well most of time it hinges on two extremes of painful disintegration of one's self confidence or an insulin shot to the already diabetic patient low on sugar!.. Most of the times its former rather than the latter..

Interviews for joining an organization is pretty cakewalk as compared to the project interviews!

CHR : Welcome!..Please sit down!..

VG:(Already sweating at what to expect) Thanks.. (Takes his position)

CHR: So tell me about urself (Looking @ resume..as if it is a blank piece of paper!..)

VG: I m VG.. Have done.. Blah Blah for 5-10 minutes!. (consciously, tring to remember the script!..)

CHR: Where do u see yourself 5 years from now?

VG:(If i had know 4 yrs down the line i would be an engineer!..;)) On some higher position to the present one!.. (Didnt know what lay ahead!..Its the safest Bet!..)

Then some technical questions!.. N voila!.. Interview finished!..

CHR: Anything u wanna ask?

VG: (Hey..am i selected?.. wats my salary?.. Where i would be posted?..) No.

CHR: Thanks. Cya

VG: Thanks!..

On the way out .. (Having i done well?.. Did i sit properly.. Have i blabbered unnecessary things??..) Swamped with humanity on all side..What did he asked?..How was the interview!.. Well By that time VG was floating in his imaginary world.. Oblivious to the outside hullabaloo...

Result :- Selected!..

Now in the organization!..Rigorous training!.. Passing all in flying colors!..

Standing before a project interviewer!..(After a 5 month hiatus!.. Well dont know whether he was sleeping or the other side!.. )

ST: U will have to give a 40 question test then technical panel interview.. then HR interview!..

VG: (Huff!.. Burnout!.. ) Okay.

ST: Sit in the room. Ur 30 minutes starts now!..

VG: (Tick..Tick..) Ann..wats was the answer..A..okay..next..Ann..

ST: Time is up. Result in 10 min.

VG: okay.

(After 30 minutes!..)

ST: Lets have an interview!..

VG: okay.

(Interview Starts)

ST: What is overridding.. what is overloading..what is a servlet.. threads.. sql..

VG: (Oh..my God!.. ) yeah..overriding is.. overloading is... servlet... (One by one answers all!.. Perspiring!.. )

ST: Okay we will let u know the result!..

After 3-4 days..

ST: Hey, u r selected. Join the project from 2morow!..

VG: Thanks!.. (Estatic!.. First project..New team!.. New Experience!..)

After 5 months...Project finished.(Nothing like VG was supposed to have as a first project...)

Next interview!..After 2 months (Still sleeping!.. these fellows!..)

RG: Hey, i have an opportunity for u.. Come to see me

VG:(Gosh!.. Atlast something to chew about!..) Yes sir. I will b there

Next Day..

RG: This is the project. Duration 2 months.. Liked to do it?

VG: (Wow..what a breeze!..No ques. asked!.. I like this guy!..) Yes. Sir!..

(Waise VG was pretty tired of waiting for the imaginary calls!.. Its time to Do some action!..)

After two months!.. VG was Released!..(Released as in not like from a jail!.. Quite dejected to go actually!..)

Eerie Silence for two more months!.. (Hmm..Do these guys work at all??..)

After 2 months!.. Next call!..

JC: Come down for an opportunity tomorow.

VG: Okay

A day passes by...

(What project?.. Which technology?.. What will he ask?.. I think this neurotic nervousness is eternal for a IT prof.)

JC: Can u come @ 5?..

VG: (Importance of time!..) ya..sure (What work do i have anyways!..)

At 5'0 clock..

JC: U have worked on so and so tech. So cm 2morow and meet PC.

VG: (??.. ) Okay..

A day passes by...

VG: Hello, Sir. U called me today.

JC: Can u come @ 4. Will introduce u to PC.

VG:(This much footage i didnt encountered while meeting my college prof.) Okay.

At 4 'o Clock..

VG: Hello, Sir

JC: Oh.. yes..

VG: Sir the interview?

JC: Ohh..ya.. Come..

PC: Hi, Come lets have a discussion.

VG: Okay.

PC: How much 'live' exp. do have on so-so tech.

VG: 5 monts.

PC: Ohh.. We were luking for 1.5. Fire-fighting actually. Sorry.

Interview time :- 5 sec!..

(By the time VG was seeting with anger. Didnt they study the resume? Dont they plan beforehand?. Every1 asks for 'live' project exp. But where does one get from?.. Why do they take freshers then?.. Blah Blah!.. )

VG: okay. No problem. Help yourself. Thanks for ur time.

(His time was 5 sec.. Mine was 2 1/2 days!..)

Next i heard VG was getting calls for a far-away place in the middle of sea to give the interviews!..

He's become expert in interviews now!.. If have any queries then please email @ VG@interviewExpert.com