The Interview

[ Earlier in the Afternoon ]

Buhler, India's top rice processing company, had came to our department to give a presentation and recruit some B.Techs if they are really interested. Ravi Malhotra (name changed for confidentiality), head of Buhler's India branch, is a 1982 passout from Azad hall. Department doesnt matter as he never needed anything what his depatmental courses had taught him. Just to mention, he was from Chemical department. Anyway, all the ghasis were quite elated because this was the first departmental company which showed its ass this semester. Each and every student attended the presentation.... M.Techs too, who knew they will not be considered for recruitment. Presentation went damn good. The image of the company in everybody's mind was crystal clear and amazing. Interested students were called for interview at 3:00pm.

[ 2:55 pm:::my guide's chamber ]

"why are u sitting in this company, u waited for tractor companies to come...and now u changing ur mind...are u sure u wanna join this company"
"give me a confirmation that a single tractor company is coming except TAFE....u give a consolation and i ll carry on my project instead of wasting time in this interview"
"well, i m not sure they will come or not....but as i promised u, i ll fix u up in UIUC.....what about ur apping"
"sir....apping is altogether a different thing....to be on a safer side, why not keep a job in packet and carry on the apping work....after all this company has come offcampus....so no harm in sitting in it...i can ditch it anytime i want"
"ooh...this is offcampus then.....ok then u proceed...and keep the talk very much casual.....dont be nervous and all the best.....btw remove this tie....u dont need in such an interview"
"yes sir....as u wish" i removed my tie and loosened my collar button and went on to the interview chamber.
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I saw many M Tech guys standing in front of the interview room. I mean what the fuck, i thought they werent allowed to sit. But anyways. The best part is their interview ended in just 2-3 mins. They were coming out of the room furiously. I asked them what questions did he posed. "Which branch do u want to get into in and why" "Waht are ur salary expectations" "where do u see urself after 5 years" and they stop. Thats it. Is this an interview, i wondered!!

The 1st BTech,Kedar the palmistry guy, went in. To add some more in his bracket he has a job in IBM already and in high demands in his place as a groom. There was a little pane engraved in the door through which we guys were looking at him. He put his ass on the chair and sat like the king of Vandamore. "Ohhh no...not now....he is playing the tricks he conjured during IBM interview....difference being the interviewers were two ladies there and here its a big fat guy" But his interview went quite for a longer duration than the MTech people. He came out of the room and I rushed in.

"Hello sir"
"Please have a sit Mr."
"Mr. Asheesh Maharana, thank you sir.....Here is my biodata"
"Well asheesh....is it clear in your mind that we havent came here for recruitment as such...we dont have ne vacancies now.....but in may-june, we ll certainly have and then we ll contact you guys....."
"very much understood after the ppt....."
A prof, who brought this company, got inside the room. I said Holy shit. I cant lie anymore in front of a prof who knew me very well. I cant say i am hard working as he knew i never did a job on time which is assigned to me when i was G.Sec Sports of my dept and he was the prof to whom i reported all the time. God save me.
"So, asheesh in which dept u wanna join our company and why"
hehe, the M Tech walaa question.
"Sir, i want to start my career with the Design and Development of machines coz this is the area i am really interested in and i have taken all the machinery courses which were offered by my dept. To gain indepth knowledge in machines, i have done a lot many course in mechanical department also. Its a different matter that i just missed a minor degree in mech "
"Hmm....well proffesor, i remember....the hall days started in our batch....PAN loop celebrated together in that ground in front of them...is it still going on now"
The professor was looking at me.
"Oh yes sir....thats the best day of the year for a hall.....but now its kinda different....different halls celebrate it separately.....the main motive being the elections....the target is the 1st year student specially....everything has been spoiled by this politics now....now Azad and Nehru are bitter rivals....they can kill each other if given a chance"
"bad...thats really bad....you dont invite your profs?"
"no way sir.....when we have booz flowing openly, how can we think of inviting profs.....infact the wardens are also not invited"
"oh my god....thats bullshit"
"moreover thats the only day when we are allowed to take girls inside our room....who is gonna miss this chance"
the prof left the room to attend a phone call
"Have you done anything till now?" with a weird look
"Pardon me sir"
"Ahem...we are diverted from the interview.....so u wrote here that u know computer designing....3D autocad, i guess, u can work on"
"no sir....i know 2D autocad....for 3D designing i opt for Maya and inventor.....but if u want i can learn that.....it becomes easy to expand ur ideas when u have a strong base "
"yea thats true"
"sir, can i ask one question?"
"aah....go on"
"in the ppt u told, 150 crore is the annual turnover in india.....and i guess there are not many rice processing factories in india..then whom do u sell all these advanced machines at the rate of 60 lakhs per piece as u said"
"you are mistaken my dear....many factories are there in india"
"btw sir, whats the rank of your company in india....i never heard of this company in the last 3 yrs of my study over here"
"first...a way above all other factories"
"and in the world"
"well there are some japan companies which are on the top now.....but we are trying our best to give them good competition"
"is there any RnD office in india branch....i dont think there is any sort of research going on in that branch which has got merely 160 employees"
"thats true....we dont do research here....these are done in switzerland, our headoffice and in many US offices....in india we do projects....we build rice mills for our clients.....you ll have to do that also...prepare models of mills, draw them on autocad ...all that stuff"
"actually sir i never thought of it before.....plant designing is not the area i m interested in.....how am i going to work in for projects when i am interested in designning machines..."
"haha..you can always learn that....we dont expect anybody who joins us to know everything....thats why we send them swiss and germany for training for 6 months which can extend to 2 years"
"Learning ll be a good experience for me"
"one last question....what is ur salar expectation"
"looking at ur company's profile and my opportunities there, a salary of minimum 3 lakh i can expect"
"ok asheesh, we ll contact you in may"
"fine sir....thank you.....sir, u said you would be coming to azad in the evening for a trip"
"yea i would be there at around 5 or 5:30...and we ll go for a booz treat then"
"sir, i dont drink....how about a treat in park?"
"aah thats fine.....anything u say"
shook hands and went out of the room.

[to be continued........]