Interviewed..Intrigued..but most importantly...not Screwed!!!

"abe Anurag..apna mail chek kar be..TATA STEEL is cumin 2 NIT RKL 4 interns"..says my hostelite fren.Shit...I hate bein aloof 2 all d news arnd just by not bein a hostelite. And wenz d test...2 days 4m now...Waaah!!!Why evrythin happens in NIT in d 11th hour..Leave it..sum things better left half written...

After 2 days

We had no idea..wat was goin 2 happn dat day..written,written then GD,GD n PI..or sumthin else.I went ther open minded(matlab blank minded..obviously!).Then a gulti came...(By d way..Gulti in our cllg means a southie n not Goo+oolti...hehehe).In d mail,it was mentioned dat students from 7 branches wer eligible 4 this TATA Test. But d Gulti came n said that only Elec,Mech,Meta, n Mining studnts wer allowed..wich increased our self importance 2 paramount level..It was a general test..with both Technical n Aptitude sections...after d test..these general reactions came..4m the Elec studs..

Stud No 1- Kya be..itna jhaantu paper tha..thoda toh challenging karta..chii..tym waste!!

Stud No 2-Kya sirf written..no GD n all..bhakk..kya be..bekar ho gaya sala..

Stud No 3-Chii yaar... kharab ho gaya...70 se 9 tho nahi kar paya..(Uska address dhoond raha hun mein..dhounga pakad ke!!)

"Haan bhai..tum hi log Einstien ho.. jis Einstien ka foto hum log dekhte hein.. wo toh bas jhoot moot ka foto utha diya hai.."I muttered amidst their complacency.

Wen all had thought..it was just the writtn test..n the test toppers wud qualify 4 TATA interns..d results wer out..n it suggested that d shortlisted candidates wud hav 2 go thru another round i.e the PI(poora interview :) ) round.My name was short listed along with few southies like

1.R.Vijay

2.K.Anil kumar

3.M.V.Ashwin

I strongly felt that my name wud hav been "M.Anurag" 2 suit that list..hehe. All wer a bit taken aback not 2 find the big names(or in NIT lingo "GMAT"- G**d mein atyadhik tension)of Elec. engg in that list wich suggested it was purely based upon that written test rather than our Grade points.

And d pity was that, Sunday was d interview n I came 2 know abt this on Saturday night at abt 9:30 pm.Padhna toh duur ki baat hai..apna CV banate banate raat 3:30 baj gaye.Then aftr a 5 hour sleep...I went 2 college as the schduled PI timing was at 9:30 am.But...but... but... it was postponed to at first 12 O'clock..n then to 2:30 pm justifying d 3rd line of my blog post.These interim hours..were nervi & funny at the same tym."Nervi" coz it was goin 2 be my 1st "Big" interview..apart from d cheap viva-voce of our insti wich r heavily girls-oriented! n "Funny" coz evryone was lukin at us differntly coz of our attire that day..I myself was in jeans.."Semi-formal"....Vijay n Ashwin - "Formal"...n Anil - "Goddamn Formal!!!" was already lukin lyk an Executive.

We wer,so 2 say "hiding" inside the library rather than studying nething. Amidst the discussion,1 of our frens saw us,came 2 us n asked Anil,"How do u feel b4 d interview?" 2 which Anil answered "I don even deserve 2 be in the interview".I salute his honesty..n wid this +ve feeling..we went 2 hostel 4 lunch.In hostel..lots of congrats abt 1st round selection...querries abt the PI...laughs on our dress code poured our way!We bunked our lab of 1:15 pm..with our deadly weapon of "TATA internship interview" n reached the Institute Guest house by 2:30.

It was "Show time".My ntry 2 the Guest house was not at all welcuming.Ther wer 2 Final yr volunteers,helping TATA officials in d PI process. Seeing my "informal"ity(Refer d pic above in wich i feel embarrased of it), one of them said.."Oye hero...idhar aa..idhar aa...Yeh sab kya hai..Do u kno the status of TATA STEEL...In PI d first impression decides your fate..blah blah..Kahan kahan se aa jate hein..sale."I thought.."Haan bhai...tu hi mera bhagya vidhata hai..tujhe saaaab maloom hai...am an idiot,a loser..n u r bloody abuser."I didn't xpress nething coz I wanted 2 keep my concentration goin. My turn came.Ther were 2 persons..1 jawan..n 1 oldie.This is what happened...

Jawan: Hello Anurag! Introduce urself..

Me: Sir..myself Anurag Mishra,doing my B.tech in Elec Engg here in NITRKL and am in 3rd yr(sala..its so obvious! Even both of them kno this.)I passed from matriculation from ISCE board with 93% n Intermideate with 91.7%.Am a dayscholar residin in Rourkela itself.

Oldie: Why do u intend 2 do ur intern under TATA STEEL?

Me: Sir,I just want 2 correct u that I am not goin 2 work under TS,but with TS and try to share its success.I want to work in the lateral structure rather than hierarchical structure..coz I think that is wen I can giv my max 2 the company.(Ekdum jhoot!!)

Oldie: It is nice 2 hear that from u! But how do u know..TS has a lateral structure?

Me: Actually Sir, I had read the interview article of TS's MD..n he had emphasized this point of his.(Ek jhoot ko choopane ke liye aur ek jhooth!)

Oldie: But why shud TS take u?

Me(thinking..aree kyun nahi loge be ..I just want 2 get in..thats enou!): Coz sir,apart from an electrical engg perspective,I hav sound technical knowledge in d field of Computer science..So i can be of use in that aspect also..like website designing..managing database..as I dont want 2 keep them as just my hobby anymore wen they can boost my profession.

Jawan:It seems ur good in studies..u hav got 9.28 CG..so wats apart from that???

Me: Sir, I have built 2 professional websites..1 for my own institute's club ..n other for a private company...and hav contributed 2 many other college fest sites.I blog a lot. am d member of Insti cricket squad..n two times inter hall champs(act. its 1 tym..kya farak padta hai..)blah blah..(tarriff pe tarriff...tarriff pe tarriff).

Oldie: U r at a gud position now..means grade wise!So say aftr 6th sem u get placed,so will u get complacent?

Me:Sir actually its not abt complacency.Generally,I start all preps 3-4 days before sems..at that tym will also do the same..wat may happen is irrelevant 2 my complacency..but at max it may so happen 3-4 days may go down to 1-2.(With Smiles!)

Jawan:Ok..fine...so wats ur 1 proudest moment..in NIT..Name only 1.

Me: Hmmm...sir u may just find it a bit childish..but the day in first yr..we defeated final yr students in the super six cricket turnament..was easily my best day in NIT till date..we r d only 1st yrs to have won that turnament till now.That moment is the clear winner 2 ur question.

Oldie: Where do u c urself in future ?

Me(controlled myself from saying IIMs or MD of sum company or dat sort of thing ):Sir,serving my company with my full capability..managing my sub-ordinates with proper respect 4 them 2 xtract max out of them.

Oldie: Do u have any questions 2 ask us?

Me: Surely sir! Wats d reason behind the latest growth in profit of TS from 466 Cr.in DEC 2008 to 1192 Cr. in DEC 2009?

Oldie:!@#$%^&^%$%^$&*%$*))$$#(*)$^%$#%%$&))(&**^^*^*()&$#$#%$$^&*(&%^&$%#%$^%*(*)_ (means i wasnt listening 2 him..I was just nodding 2 him wer as thinkin that my Google Search last nite on "recent TATA STEEL news" was successfully executed.)

Oldie:Thank you Anurag!

Me:Thank you sir..hav a nice day(n make my summer a nice one too :))

Oh..n abt the results...I can say this much that..my frens greeted me the next day..with d most famous word in our cllg..."treat."