Felt victorious on reaching the campus at 2:25(for the 2:30 pm batch, 26th Feb), strolled to the admission office, just to realize that the group/(profs) is just waiting for its last absent member(yours truly).
We all are led to the GD room, having chairs around a large table.
The GD :- GD topic was about a problem being faced by Mr Ambrose, principal of a small School.
There is a maths teacher in his college who was excellent in his job, since he joined the college, the grades of students in maths have improved considerably, and most of them no longer have any fear of maths.
He is fully focused and even helps students who need extra care through special classes.
But now all of a sudden parents of 10 students have complained against the teacher accusing him of Sexual misbehavior with their children.
Case asked us about the options ahead of the Principal in this case?
Well, as a group we started with the analysis of the problem, while 1-2 of the guyz jumped in with the solutions well within the first minute itself. I came up with points about the priorities of Mr. Ambrose, Like – First of all was to avoid a police enquiry by resolving the issue quickly and placate the parents ..take them in confidence blah blah.
Then the discussion focused on this teacher. Whether he can be allowed to work or not..or maybe if he can be allowed to take classes in school and aborting the special classes(as the incident happened in special class), or if we need a proof to take any action against a teacher having a great proven record. Whether to install CCTVs in every class room.etc etc.
I said that allowing him to take classes in the school alone will also be difficult as the atmosphere of the class will not be like it was earlier.
About Mr Ambrose’s options I said that placating parents of 10 students will be very difficult in this situation so he should talk to this teacher, tell him about the situation and assure him that without a proper enquiry he is not guilty in the eyes of management.. but being a responsible employee he should understand the situation and that he will be suspended till the enquiry is over.
I also came up with a point that we need to look about such incidents happening in large companies and that usually they have a zero tolerance policy(keywords matlab good funde) about such issues. This is a small school so they may not have any such guideline or proper rule to follow. Mr Ambrose should take it as an opportunity to lay down some rules and guidelines about what should be done in such kind of situations related to ethics/morality or criminal activities of teachers… blah blah
The Interview:-
Our panel had two profs (age around 60 years) .. one was a bit thin and serious(SP) while the other sir had a jolly attitude.(JP)
SP – You have mentioned something about Feather in my Cap award that you got in wipro.. tell me something about why was this award given to you?
Blah blah
SP – Is it just given from Project manager level?
Yeah (it was just the starting so jyada fenkne ki himmat nahi hue J)
JP – You have also written something about your father working in Dehradun on some Hydroelectric plant?
Yes sir ..blah blah
For how many years have you lived in this place?
Me – Almost all of my schooling has been done from there, Right from my first grade to class 12th.
JP(smiling) – Is it a beautiful place?
Yes sir , very beautiful. In fact its a hill station for tourists.
JP – What are the other places that you have been to?
Me – Sir Dakpathar, Dehradun, Mussoorie, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Sitamari, Bangalore, then I have been to Sakleshpur for a trek, pondicherry(just before the infamous sting operation..lucky me :-D), Mangalore, Malape blah blah..
JP – Was it through college or company trips?
With friends..just casual tours.
JP – Which one is the most beautiful one?
For me, Dakpathar is the one, probably coz that’s my place J
JP – Have you find any cultural differences between your dehradun and >:Place>Bangalore>:Place>
Me – Sir, I would like to compare Allahabad and Bangalore, because of there stark contrast. In Allahabad life is different you don’t have so many engineers around you..low literacy rate..low labour rate..poverty ..ppl bein happy in what they are less materialistic blah blah..
JP – Allahabad is a spiritual city, so can you tell me something about that?
Me – (ohh spirituality ko to mein bhool hee gaya) blah blah ..talked about Sangam snan and that upto 30 lakh devotee take dip on occasions of moni amawasya or Kumbhs.
JP – So when 30 lakhs people take a dip, doesn’t it get dirty.
Me – Its already very muddy, so.. not much scope left.. laughs all around.
JP – No, what I meant is that people take dip in such polluted water, so y don’t they fall ill?
Me – Sir, as such if we see then they are just bathing and not drinking it..so there is no big chances for any illness.
JP – But maybe some skin related deseases..
Me – Actually it is not that much polluted, it is just coming through smaller cities like Bulandshahar and Kanpur(not small by any means, atleast for pollution)..unlike Yamuna which comes through a city like Delhi and then Agra etc.
And then after all we in our mythology believes the ganga water to kill all bacteria and remove diseases.
JP(getting interested now) – OK is this the spiritual belief that saves them, if I inhale polluted air will it not affect me if I have some spiritual belief about that.
Me – No Sir .. Spirituality can only give you a confidence and belief..blah blah..
JP – Ok what are the benefits of Spirituality?
Blah blah
JP – Does this mean that if I have mental strength then I can do anything?
Me – Sir, there are two cases –
1.I have the strength but due to my fears or mental weakness I will not be able to do that, in thius case spirituality will surely help me. It will induce the required self belief and allay any fears of failures.
2. If I don’t have the physical strength at all to do something then I guess that spirituality will also not help me much.
SP – OK bhanu so you are from MNNIT…. so in MNNIT, apart from studies, what else did you do?
Me – (stumped.. silent or 5 secs, I was doing well with JP..but what is this? First of all I am guilty of not studying that much over there.. and he is asking about what else??.. can I simply say that I didn’t study and did nothing else as well)
Aaaaa….. Skits.. continuous learning experience…. continuous pressure .. transition from a student to becoming industry ready..blah blah ..(real fenkupanti)
SP – So what are the benefits do you get by doing these skits?
Me – Nothing much, apart from the fact that people starts recognizing you- .. laughter all around.. you get to hear things like “look he was the guy who played the role of Osama”
Sp – Is there anything you learn from this?
Me – (thinking hard) – Yeah sir in most of the skits I played the role of Director and script writer, so leadership skills..team work, balance and how synergy adds to your work blah blah..
JP – Was thr any constant theme in your skits?
No..blah blah..
Sp – But it is not necessary that a good leader in skits will also be a good leader in managerial scenarios of industry..
Me – Yes Sir it is not necessary but they are somehow related, ultimately it is about team building and working with a team , explore synergy etc..
Sp – If I had to make a choice out of Set top box and DTH, which one will you suggest and why?
Me – Sir I will suggest DTH because of –
no issue with cable faults.. sometimes there is no power in the area from where you get the signal so you too can’t watch anything and things like this..etc etc
SP – OK but what about customer lock –in? Should not the government come with guidelines regulating the tarrifs?
Me – Let the market forces decide that..(y the hell govt need to jump into everything, n that too in ensuring that everyone is getting the daily dose of Ekta Kapoor serials at a nominal prize ..don’t they have anything better to do?)
SP – OK lets take it this way, should not the government set guidelines that only one type of disk should be used.
Me – No ..blah blah ..that again is similar to helping monopoly..etc(I missed the point he was trying to make, I thought he was trying to say that we will use only DD Direct disc kinda thing but in fact he was talking about having some common standards for enabling interoperability, so a DISH tv disc can be utilized to get services from DD if the need arrive.. realized it hours after theInterview )
SP – How many DTH satellites should be there for >:Place>India>:Place>?
Me – hmm..
Sp – I mean 1, 10 or 100 ?
Me – more than 5 for sure
SP – Can you name a few?
Me – I don’t know exactly but as far as I remember there was an INSAT – 2B launched in 2001, it had some DTH related components, now the PSLV launched in January this year also had some DTH related components. But I am not too sure about them..
[He said that that’s all he wanted to know.. in a tone that was like he is satisfied, but this INSAT 2 series was launched in 1992-1996 period , and after that we had 3 and now we have INSAT 4_ series, donno much but if he had any idea about it he must have caught it. But that PSLV launch in Jan was a fact, its another case that it didn’t have any DTH components.. but who knows? Kya pata hon bhi J . maybe I could have resigned saying that I don’t have any idea, but I just went ahead.. names of INSAT and PSLV could have gone well with the interviewers if they themselves didn’t have much knowledge about this, that is more likely as they didn’t stretch it after that .. or maybe it was just because of lack of time]
Sp – Compare Wipro and Oracle
Me – blah blah ..work culture..service company vs product company etc..
Sp – Competition for Oracle
Me – blah blah..
Sp – What do you know about banking product of I-Flex (acquired by Oracle)
Me – funde about Citi group’s earlier holdings and the related difficulty to get a share of the US market and how the Oracle’s brand name can help it to do so now ..
Sp – Compare FlexCube with Finacle
Me – blah blah ..mildly bluffed about how finacle was launched by infosys(like time and the strategy ..i didn’t have much idea but still wanted the answer to look genuine and impactful)..
That’s it..and my luck was sealed.
I did my level best, now lets see if my best was good enough.