My first Interview ;)

oaky so here comes the D day without any prior intimation…U guys might be thinking what the damn, is he speaking about, Interview and that too without any plans??

Seems funny na, but friends let me tell you this was not the job interview, this was the Interview call from student partners team from Microsoft for MSP recruitment. So is the picture clear now???

Okie then let me proceed, to be precise it was 27th Feb 07, @ 4:31 PM, again u might be wondering how can i remember that exact time ??

Well again, let me take u from the start, as it was just last hour of the day, i was just coming out from My class room as the bell rang, just a min after the bell rang, their was a buzzzzz in my cell, although cell phones were not allowed in college and during class hours, most of us used to keep it but in silent mode (quite disciplined guys), well coming back to scene, just checking the number 080—–, i rushed out of the class, and probably i was the first one to leave the class that time…

so I just gave a thought that some one from Bangalore is calling, so i just came down to first floor and attended the call which gave me a sudden shock as the person from the other end said “hello this is XYZ, from Microsoft, is this Kunjal Maheshwari “……

For a moment I even forgot my name, but then, i got control over my senses and replied back, yes this is kunjal, and then their came a normalizing response that made me go calm..

so a brief narration of the whole incident goes like this

interviewer : So Kunjal, You have applied for Microsoft student partner program

me : (getting back in time, and recalling the application) ya ya ya, i applied for that long back, but got no response since then.

interviewer : ok can you spare some time now ?

me : of course I can.. (but in mean while I was very worried as i was still in campus and was speaking on mobile and the stairs were common way for students and faculty to go through)

interviewer : So, kunjal tell me about yourself ??

me : Just gave an overview about me and my college… bla bla bla…

interviewer : okie kunjal, so what do are your hobbies ??

me : well this is question on which i can speak a lot, i love to learn new things and see how that works, i love networking, i love music and in free time plays keyboard (i was also a runner up in Instrumental music competition held in college), apart from that i also like cooking 😉

interviewer : cooking ?? so what all things can you cook ??

me : well not to say its as a hobby, its my passion (well just took gaurav’s name in mind, who created interest in me for the same, Thanks gaurav 🙂 ), i can create mainly any Veg items, and being fact, that even we cook in hostel (although it was banned) from daal chawal to pav bhaji, just take the name and we will 😛

interviewer : oh that’s sounds pretty good !!!

me : thanks

interviewer : so kunjal, can you tell me in details about projects done ??

me : told them about the database project using VB, then Microcontroller based project, then the main one..

Typing tutor using Java swings and AWT..

interviewer : can you brief in more details about the last one ..??

me : started with the negatives (although wrong way to convey), i told abt the features i have included.

and in mean while i was very truthful about results and accuracy.

interviewer : so how much frequent you are online ?? and what are your favorite destination on WWW ??

me : here I got a golden chance, I told them that we use GPRS for browsing the net, so i was almost online. then i mentioned about ACM, IEEE, news sites to be my favorite spots.

interviewer : (then there came an obvious question) what do you do of this websites ??

me : (As I wanted to get credit for my first prize in paper presentation, that i won on 22nd Feb., just around a week before my interview) so i just made my answer like this, See ACM and IEEE are very big organizations, going through various research papers i was out with my paper in “Pervasive Computing”, which bagged first prize in a student convention held last week.

interviewer : kunjal, let us now discuss some basics, and he asked some technical questions!!

(i just answered all those .. bingo ..)

interviewer : are you aware about .net ??

me : being frank, i am totally unaware about .net, but ya as i said i like to learn new things, i will give a shot if given me a chance.

interviewer : then are you a member of any .net user group ??

me : NO, not yet (this time i thought i am gonna loose it, as i was black abt .net at that time and his questions were digging me around the same)

interviewer : (but then, he changed the topic 🙂 ) so kunjal, can you justify your role as an MSP ??

me : here I came out with my true presentation skills, I blabbered a lot and at that time thought “really I am a good speaker ”

interviewer : kunjal, that’s all for now, nice speaking you, you will be informed about your selection through mails so keep checking it okie.

me : thanks and same to you.

P.S. : here comes an end to my first Interview, i was just very excited, as at least I got a call from Microsoft, although not sure, i would be selected or not, but ya it was good time to think that i had my first interview and that too “Without Preparing for it”