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Interviewer: Tell me about yourself.
Candidate: I am Rameshwar 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 (Iprefer to call him 'baap') - "I can not
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 Shetaki Mahavidyalaya he he he...

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 he he he...

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 he he he..

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',
'version control', '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.
Welcome to INFY:-)) We look forward to working with
you..:-))