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