the intern story

Yesterday our campus representative had told me about a company by the name of "kenna metal" that would be coming on 22nd on the campus for taking in interns. Initially I was mocking around with the name "kenna". I thought it was some local company like "anna metal".
Then I went to the class at 8.35 (as usual late !!) but since there was no power our prof let us free!! I was overjoyed. At that moment Rajdeep, our representative asked me to attend the ppt of kenna metal and just check out the company profile. And oh boy! it turned out to be a fortune 500 company with operations in 60 countries. Then I thought why not give it a try. Atleast it will be a good experience. My aim was set to go till the personal interview stage and then further if possible. I wanted a complimentary t-shirt at least ;)
The written test was a cakewalk for me. Infact I completed it before time and went away. As expected I cleared the written test with ease. Then came the gd. The topic was "should colas be banned or not." I am really bored with this subject. I mean why so much hype about such a small issue when there are better things to worry about. my stand was to educate the masses about its side effects and then finally leave the choice to them. I remained frank with my opinion. I logical thought that I had a 50-50 chance. The results were out by 2.00 p.m. I was through to the PI stage. I had accomplised my aim. I got through. I was one of the priveleged 4 who were seleted for the interview. Now it was a territory that I had not planned out for.
The interview was at 7.00 p.m. I went to the training and placement centre at 6.45 in a black shirt and a grey pant and no tie. It was a group interview and not an individual interview. They asked everyone to introduce themselves, tell why they think they should be selected and one good thing that they liked about the company. Everyone told the same story. But personally I was not satisfied with my performance. My biggest mistake was that I did not mention about my huge number of extra-curricular achievements thinking that they will read it in my CV. Infact they did not even take my CV. Moreover I did not relate my strengths to the company profile. Overall it was not convincing enough. As expected I was kicked out.

I was not dissappointed cause only I was to be blamed for this.
A few things that I learned from this experience are:
- May be sometimes you might have to hide your weakness to impress the company.
- Always relate your strenghts to the company's profile.
- Always have an out and out aim. Today my aim was to get to the PI not clear it. Maybe thats the reason that I was a little bit too comfortable at the PI :D

But I am happy that I did not lie like others to impress them. And moreover I got the complimentary T-shirt and a pen !! :D

Better luck next time!
Life's like that!