10/04/2012
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
12th.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 2nd
and 3rd 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 3rd 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
