Interview at Infosys.....
*Interviewer: Tell me about yourself.*
Candidate: I am Kondesh Kulkarni. I did my Tele Communication
engineering
from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology.
*Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never
heard of this college before!*
Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an
admission
into it. What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly in
12th.
I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I
prefer to
call him 'baap') - "I cannot invest so much of money". (The baap
actually
said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join
this
college. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the
most
be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya.
*Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your
engineering.*
Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you
know ,
these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis
tournaments..It is
difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I
took
4 + 2 = 7 years.
*Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.*
Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try
to
keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really
affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it.
*Interviewer : Good to know that you want cricket matches to be
banned.*
Candidate: No, no.. I am talking about Exams!!
*Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?*
Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I
would complete it. In fact, when I flunked in 3rd year, she was looking
for
a job for me in BEST (Bus corporation in Maharashtra) through some
relative
...
*Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study?*
Candidate: He he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education
itself
was so much of pain!!
*Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have
you
worked?*
Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current
platform. Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then.
As
you can see I have experience of different platforms! (Vashi and
Andheri are
the places in Mumbai)
*Interviewer: And which languages have you used?*
Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in
German,
French, Russian and many other languages.
*Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?*
Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher
version
than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!
*Interviewer : Do you know anything about Assembly Language?*
Candidate : Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the
language
our ministers and MPs use in assembly.
*Interviewer: What is your general project experience?*
Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of the times
they
are in pipeline!
*Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?*
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since
joining
BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was
another software like Windows.
*Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience?*
Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and
Excel.
I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and
use
speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like -
'Showstoppers', 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM', 'quality', 'versioncontrol',
'deadlines', 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for
my
mistakes!
*Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?*
Candidate: Not much.
1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand.
2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have
deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent.
3. I believe in flexi-timings.
4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt
and
jeans.
5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest wednesday off also, so as
to
avoid breakdown due to overwork.
6. I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably
1-2
months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe . But
considering the fact that there is a world cup in West Indies in 2007,I
don't mind going there in that period . As you can see I am modest and
don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection?
*Interviewer: He he he ha ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our
organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. :-)) We
look
forward to working with you .. welcome to Infosys :-
*Interviewer: Tell me about yourself.*
Candidate: I am Kondesh Kulkarni. I did my Tele Communication
engineering
from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology.
*Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never
heard of this college before!*
Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an
admission
into it. What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly in
12th.
I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I
prefer to
call him 'baap') - "I cannot invest so much of money". (The baap
actually
said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join
this
college. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the
most
be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya.
*Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your
engineering.*
Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you
know ,
these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis
tournaments..It is
difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I
took
4 + 2 = 7 years.
*Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.*
Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try
to
keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really
affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it.
*Interviewer : Good to know that you want cricket matches to be
banned.*
Candidate: No, no.. I am talking about Exams!!
*Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?*
Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I
would complete it. In fact, when I flunked in 3rd year, she was looking
for
a job for me in BEST (Bus corporation in Maharashtra) through some
relative
...
*Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study?*
Candidate: He he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education
itself
was so much of pain!!
*Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have
you
worked?*
Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current
platform. Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then.
As
you can see I have experience of different platforms! (Vashi and
Andheri are
the places in Mumbai)
*Interviewer: And which languages have you used?*
Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in
German,
French, Russian and many other languages.
*Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?*
Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher
version
than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!
*Interviewer : Do you know anything about Assembly Language?*
Candidate : Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the
language
our ministers and MPs use in assembly.
*Interviewer: What is your general project experience?*
Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of the times
they
are in pipeline!
*Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?*
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since
joining
BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was
another software like Windows.
*Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience?*
Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and
Excel.
I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and
use
speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like -
'Showstoppers', 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM', 'quality', 'versioncontrol',
'deadlines', 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for
my
mistakes!
*Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?*
Candidate: Not much.
1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand.
2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have
deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent.
3. I believe in flexi-timings.
4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt
and
jeans.
5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest wednesday off also, so as
to
avoid breakdown due to overwork.
6. I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably
1-2
months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe . But
considering the fact that there is a world cup in West Indies in 2007,I
don't mind going there in that period . As you can see I am modest and
don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection?
*Interviewer: He he he ha ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our
organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. :-)) We
look
forward to working with you .. welcome to Infosys :-
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