My placement had just finished. The recession due to the dotcom bubble burst ensured that 100% placement of our institute was not achieved. Out of 120 students, 80 were placed, which was a very good record considering other contemporary management colleges.
Ah, definitely it gives me a smile to think about that Nervous Subhankar of that time. Now looking back on this week, it is nothing sort of a comedy of errors. But, 10 years ago, it was a never ending melancholic week.
It was my first interview which happened on the second day of the placement seasons. The first day was sacrosanct for the top graders and the difficult group discussion topics sealed my advance to the second rounds. Typical of a engineer, i was confident all the IT companies will come to my rescue on the second day.
One of my dream company was X, one of the largest IT services companies of that time. Being the nerd i was (rather i am), first round was a cakewalk and got me selected for the interview. I was nervous to the hilt. There were very few job offers made on the first day, which made the competition tough as top graders had also joined the fray. The interview started well. Couple of initial tough questions were either well answered or well left. Still, the thought of top graders vying for this job was playing on my mind. Suddenly, one member asked me about my favorite IT company and why. In my enthusiasm, i blurted out the name of company Y, which happened to be the competitor of X. Everyone in the panel stated laughing as if i had done an act of blasphemy. The way they wished me luck made me confident of not getting that offer. To me, it was the biggest set back. This was one company which took people in hordes and i had missed it.
Such was the aftershock that i failed in all of the 5-6 other placement interviews. It was as if i was having a bad nightmare. The confidence was down and skepticism grew towards all the good advises and pep talks rendered by my fellow batch mates The world seem to have ended for me - to not to have got a job in the placement week.
On those trying times, one of my senior told me something which i cherish till date. In his exact word "subhankar, campus week is just the trailer. The main movie starts once you are in the corporate life". How true. All 120 people got placed once we were out of the college and everyone is doing excellent. To my count, only 10 out of 80 are still with their job offered during campus.
Still, when i remember this week, a decade ago, definitely brings a smile. The way all my batch mates rallied behind each other and cheered us up during the difficult time was the biggest learning i could have ever had. This week was the week which i feel proud to experience it. And now to bring some smiles, my sucked up pose of the placement days with the ever cheerful and amazing Sukhmaya and Nepak Bhai, the person whose recommendation got me my first job.
Ah, definitely it gives me a smile to think about that Nervous Subhankar of that time. Now looking back on this week, it is nothing sort of a comedy of errors. But, 10 years ago, it was a never ending melancholic week.
It was my first interview which happened on the second day of the placement seasons. The first day was sacrosanct for the top graders and the difficult group discussion topics sealed my advance to the second rounds. Typical of a engineer, i was confident all the IT companies will come to my rescue on the second day.
One of my dream company was X, one of the largest IT services companies of that time. Being the nerd i was (rather i am), first round was a cakewalk and got me selected for the interview. I was nervous to the hilt. There were very few job offers made on the first day, which made the competition tough as top graders had also joined the fray. The interview started well. Couple of initial tough questions were either well answered or well left. Still, the thought of top graders vying for this job was playing on my mind. Suddenly, one member asked me about my favorite IT company and why. In my enthusiasm, i blurted out the name of company Y, which happened to be the competitor of X. Everyone in the panel stated laughing as if i had done an act of blasphemy. The way they wished me luck made me confident of not getting that offer. To me, it was the biggest set back. This was one company which took people in hordes and i had missed it.
Such was the aftershock that i failed in all of the 5-6 other placement interviews. It was as if i was having a bad nightmare. The confidence was down and skepticism grew towards all the good advises and pep talks rendered by my fellow batch mates The world seem to have ended for me - to not to have got a job in the placement week.
On those trying times, one of my senior told me something which i cherish till date. In his exact word "subhankar, campus week is just the trailer. The main movie starts once you are in the corporate life". How true. All 120 people got placed once we were out of the college and everyone is doing excellent. To my count, only 10 out of 80 are still with their job offered during campus.
Still, when i remember this week, a decade ago, definitely brings a smile. The way all my batch mates rallied behind each other and cheered us up during the difficult time was the biggest learning i could have ever had. This week was the week which i feel proud to experience it. And now to bring some smiles, my sucked up pose of the placement days with the ever cheerful and amazing Sukhmaya and Nepak Bhai, the person whose recommendation got me my first job.
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I remember that cold winter night. When these photos were taken. There were a bunch of other ones from the night. Those memories. Heh.
ya, you can view them on my fb under vintage pics.
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