The jack of all master in none!!!!!!!!

After many days i got something to write about. This experience made me to know where i stand in real world.

Its all about my first placement interview. Today i had Philips company came to my campus for requiting students. I was little exited about it, since i had attended already 5 companies written test and got through in none!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So with little hope i went to the college auditorium. By watching huge crowd there i thought today also the same saga continues for me. The Philips people made us to wait for 1 & 1/2 hour. After waiting till 11.30 finally they came in. The team from Philips lead by guy called Mr. Bhaskaran. He gave us brief introduction about what Philips company actually does in consumer, medical fields. After 1 hour of boring lecture we finally headed for our written exam.Hey sorry one important thing i forgot to tell about the boring lecture. He told us about salary structure, which was 4.85/annum and he also told that top one in selected student s will go to Netherlands for internship.That made us feel good and exiting.All the students were going like soldiers heading for a war!!! ha ha...

I sat in one of classrooms which was assigned for EC and EEE branch people. The test started at 12.30 i guess (don remember exact time). Paper consists of three rounds, First was aptitude which is held for 20 min. We should solve around 15 questions in that time. The questions were medium level for me. . After that paper we have 20 min of C and Data structure based questions,which were quite easy. Then we had our paper i.e electronics and electrical paper. It consists of 10 electronics branch related questions and 10 electrical. So till 2 pm we ended our test. I came to hostel mess directly as i was hungry too much. I got my lunch done and went to room. The company people told that result will be announced till 3. I knew that i wont be there as usual , so i started watching STAR WARS movie. At 3 my friend was going to college just to see who all got in. So i too thought why don i ll also go and check. Anyways i got lots of time to watch movie;) . The result is put on the placement cell notice board at 3.15pm.

There was a huge rush of students who were eager to watch whether they got selected or what. So i went in last and checked names. Suddenly i saw my name is there., OH GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Then another thing came into my mind, there were 3 naveen s in my class. Which naveen?? Confusion started. They after inquiring the placement secretaries i got to know ITS ME!!!

I suddenly rushed to hostel, the placement secretary told me that i got Group Discussion to attend in another 10 min. What the f**k!!! I haven't prepared with my resume yet. I suddenly went to room and opened my cub board. Then i opened my formal dress which i kept as it is from 4-5 months. Finally dress got a chance to come out of cub board and see outer world:)))

I did my resume, got in pen drive. Then i got my room mate s bike( thanks to him) and rushed for printout. The placement secretary called and told there is no time. I have to come early. Then somehow he managed to put me in other group so i can go late.

At about 4.30 i reached PS (polymer science) block where the gd and interview was scheduled. I got my name in 6th group. So i got lot of time to prepare ( about an hour i guess or more). I called my parents and sister and told them i got through first round for the first time. They got happy. Then i called my project mates and discussed about project which we had done earlier, so that i can present myself very good.

At 5.45 pm i got call for group discussion. In my panel there were about 9 of them and each one was very good compared to me. Then i remembered my friend's words, "dude , today you dont think that he/she is better than you, U r the best, Its your day". Urging my self confidence i sat with other 8 fellows. The topic for g.d was "QUALITY OF TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION".

Initially i wrote down all the points which i can put in g.d ( usually i never do that,since all were writing i wrote). Then one guy called sharat started about the topic. He said something about teachers forcing student s to learn theoretical part than teaching them practical aspects. Then people started defending his point. I didn't get what to speak out suddenly, since the points i wrote were already discussed. Then i decided to go in my way of speaking i.e tel whatever come s to your mind and dont worry about others;). So i grabbed chance and started speaking. I had put my own thoughts by telling them how teachers should be?, how he/she interact with students and what should be the attitude from both sides. I even told them industry interaction with students , so that student s will come to know what they are learning and what is its application.

After a discussion for an half an hour some girl and one of my friend varun concluded the g.d.

All students came out and instructed to wait for results. All were curious to know who will be in for next round and who will not. Then one person came to announce. He started saying names. My heart started beating 10 times higher than usual!!!!!!!!!!!. After 2 names he announced my name. I felt as if i am placed already.( ha ha ha.. sometimes people get into infatuation than reality). So i called my dad and said i am in for next round.

So i started waiting for my first interview of corporate world!!!. It took some half and hour waiting then i got my name called for interview. I was fully exited and wanted to hit the goal.

I went to classroom where i found Mr. Bhaskaran who evaluated our g.d sat to fire technical questions at me.

THE JACK OF ALL MASTER IN NONE:---------->>>>>

Many of us never imagined what we will do when we face our first interview. I went so charged up and found the guy in front of me full exhausted^^^^^... He asked me some questions on my projects, 8086 and 8051 basics, c and data structure basics. Even though it appears that he asked me many things, he had no patience to listen. He just used to ply over from one topic to another. He didn even listen even though i was telling lot of other things. After half an hour he said its over. I came out. I was really frustrated that did i f**ked my interview or someone did( still in that confusion). Still believing in hope i stayed there to know results.

Actually during interview he was trying to ask me more about c data structures, being in E&C i knew some basic concepts in data structures and most of in c. I told him about those things. I explained him more than he asked in hardware domain than he asked. But in software domain i guess i didnt upto the mark.

I never imagined really , how i will present myself in an interview. Whatever i did, went of spontaneously. Sometimes i think i shouldnt be answering that way or sometimes i think the guy who interviewed me didnt really wanted to understand.The result came out. I WAS OUT!!!

Three people from my college got placed. In which the guy from my branch got into. He even got a chance to do INTERNSHIP IN NETHERLANDS!!! so wonderful.

Somethings in life never come back. ONE SHOT , ONE OPPORTUNITY AND GONE!!!

But i came to learn many things from that moment i got out. I always used to learn many things. Still i love to. So my dad used to say me "You will end up like jack of all master in none".

Now i came to know what i want to be and what i shouldn't, So i decided from the moment i was out not to be jack and end like MASTER.

Thus my first interview ended me to show many new things in my life;) This is my experience and end of most wonderful opportunity.

Feel free to comment to this jack , and this jack will MASTER one day on his weekness!!!!!