Weird!
Very Weird!
It's been more than 2 years since I had decided to start blogging...
And now when I finally do it is under the influence of the -OH group...If you know what I mean ;O)
Or is It?
Is it the -OH or just the mental relaxation that every human gets when he knows that uncertainty about his future has diminished, the risk has been mitigated, and the uncertainty now tends to zero.
I now assume that the mental relaxation occurs when a man does not have to think of his future as much as he does. At least a PGP 2 TAPMIan won't after December 20th 2007.
Why?
WHY YOU Ask?!?
Don't you know? 20th Dec 2007 was placement day for us TAPMIANS.
Weird, Very Weird.
How a man tries to survive in TAPMI for 2 years and later on realizes that he could have sat in the same GD, the same interview, given the same answers without even studying for a second.
And do the Jobs mean anything at all? They are MNC's who think that they need MBA graduates and that too someone who would slog their ass for them in god forsaken clothes with a bloody Tie carrying at least a million logos of the "prestigious" institute. My God! What are they thinking?!? They should opt for any engineer who after 4 years of engineering can think as good as any MBA Grad. Plus he has an advantage of thinking logically and communicating it without giving any "Gas". Maybe Corporates like the "English" that we speak and that is why they travel a few hours airborne and some more hours surviving the drive between Manipal and Mangalore.
Whatever the corps (phoneitical pun unintended) want only they know and I am not in the mental situation to figure out what they want.
Every time I sit in a Group Discussion or Personal Interview I start wondering where did I go wrong?!? And every time the answer was NOWHERE. But then the law of averages caught up with me and there was one company who rejected me because of the GD. I felt really sorry that day, had never expected that I would be not short listed because of a GD. That is when I decided to look at other companies.
I guess somewhere else too similar things were happening. A change in strategies as the variables changed. Little did we know that all the planning and strategizing would be useless once D-Day Arrives. Cause on D-Day Madness Runs Wild!!!
D-Day: 0100 HRS - Come Back to Base Camp (Hostel)
0130 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0230 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0330 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0430 HRS - Give up on Pretending that you are sleeping!
0431 HRS - Start Studying!
0435 HRS - Go to Sleep!!!
0600 HRS - Get Formally dressed for what would be a street fight!
0630 HRS - Wait for your first interview.
0631 - 0900 HRS - Give 3 interviews. Satisfied in None. Panic Strikes.
0905 HRS- Rejection from the company you were sure of!
0906 HRS - Panic Strikes Big Time! Leads to a minor nervous breakdown and a flood of thoughts full of uncertainties and failure rush in.
0910 HRS - Meet your closest friends. The pressure inside finally breaks the wall of will and a tear drops.
0911 HRS - The exact same words which were said by me less than 12 hours ago come back to me. However this time I am the listener. As always I start praying.
0915 HRS - Facing an ethical dilemma. What if I was not good enough? Should I try some influence? Or should I just face what happened?
0916 HRS - Give in to the former.
0918 HRS - After a lifetime passes by you get a slap on your face with the person who at that moment is a reincarnation of GOD. The slap is bundled with an offer letter in your face. Definitions and examples of "product bundling" pass my mind and I suddenly realize that it matters no more. The clouds are wiped away and there is a smile on the face.
Very Weird!
It's been more than 2 years since I had decided to start blogging...
And now when I finally do it is under the influence of the -OH group...If you know what I mean ;O)
Or is It?
Is it the -OH or just the mental relaxation that every human gets when he knows that uncertainty about his future has diminished, the risk has been mitigated, and the uncertainty now tends to zero.
I now assume that the mental relaxation occurs when a man does not have to think of his future as much as he does. At least a PGP 2 TAPMIan won't after December 20th 2007.
Why?
WHY YOU Ask?!?
Don't you know? 20th Dec 2007 was placement day for us TAPMIANS.
Weird, Very Weird.
How a man tries to survive in TAPMI for 2 years and later on realizes that he could have sat in the same GD, the same interview, given the same answers without even studying for a second.
And do the Jobs mean anything at all? They are MNC's who think that they need MBA graduates and that too someone who would slog their ass for them in god forsaken clothes with a bloody Tie carrying at least a million logos of the "prestigious" institute. My God! What are they thinking?!? They should opt for any engineer who after 4 years of engineering can think as good as any MBA Grad. Plus he has an advantage of thinking logically and communicating it without giving any "Gas". Maybe Corporates like the "English" that we speak and that is why they travel a few hours airborne and some more hours surviving the drive between Manipal and Mangalore.
Whatever the corps (phoneitical pun unintended) want only they know and I am not in the mental situation to figure out what they want.
Every time I sit in a Group Discussion or Personal Interview I start wondering where did I go wrong?!? And every time the answer was NOWHERE. But then the law of averages caught up with me and there was one company who rejected me because of the GD. I felt really sorry that day, had never expected that I would be not short listed because of a GD. That is when I decided to look at other companies.
I guess somewhere else too similar things were happening. A change in strategies as the variables changed. Little did we know that all the planning and strategizing would be useless once D-Day Arrives. Cause on D-Day Madness Runs Wild!!!
D-Day: 0100 HRS - Come Back to Base Camp (Hostel)
0130 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0230 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0330 HRS - Pretend you are Sleeping!
0430 HRS - Give up on Pretending that you are sleeping!
0431 HRS - Start Studying!
0435 HRS - Go to Sleep!!!
0600 HRS - Get Formally dressed for what would be a street fight!
0630 HRS - Wait for your first interview.
0631 - 0900 HRS - Give 3 interviews. Satisfied in None. Panic Strikes.
0905 HRS- Rejection from the company you were sure of!
0906 HRS - Panic Strikes Big Time! Leads to a minor nervous breakdown and a flood of thoughts full of uncertainties and failure rush in.
0910 HRS - Meet your closest friends. The pressure inside finally breaks the wall of will and a tear drops.
0911 HRS - The exact same words which were said by me less than 12 hours ago come back to me. However this time I am the listener. As always I start praying.
0915 HRS - Facing an ethical dilemma. What if I was not good enough? Should I try some influence? Or should I just face what happened?
0916 HRS - Give in to the former.
0918 HRS - After a lifetime passes by you get a slap on your face with the person who at that moment is a reincarnation of GOD. The slap is bundled with an offer letter in your face. Definitions and examples of "product bundling" pass my mind and I suddenly realize that it matters no more. The clouds are wiped away and there is a smile on the face.
The madness that was running wild has been tamed!
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