Gone are the
days, when I was unemployed. But then, it was something that I wanted. I’d say that
I’m glad that those dark days are behind me now. I was almost out of patience
when it was about 5 months since I left Infosys. I even joined a course and almost
start a new career once again! It was all for the best – I’m back. It was a
normal day, I was at home – watching series and laughing (yes, I was
unemployed, but I never stopped watching series – I had no other ways of
passing time). Since I had all the time in the world, I used to check my gmail
all the time. Then came an email from my buddy Shyam for whom an interview
schedule for Polaris was sent. He sent that to me and I sent my updated resume
to that particular consultancy (Thanks, Shyam!). I’d say that I never expected
the consultancy to call me and schedule an interview because I received a lot
of calls from a lot of consultancies for the same Polaris profile and everyone
said that they’ll schedule an interview and never did.
It was a surprise for me when I got a call at around 8PM on a Monday night when I was spending some ‘quality’ time with my roomies Rajesh and Karthic at the Chennai Marina Beach. It was from the consultancy to which I sent the resume earlier that day. They wanted a confirmation to be available for a face to face interview on the following Saturday. I said yes and I did not receive any confirmation email. I thought this is another consultancy who just forgot to send me an interview schedule and I was back to watching series and to be in a stressed condition. Out of the blue, they called me back on Friday of the same week and sent me a confirmation email. I should say I was surprised. And, I also did prepare a little for the interview on the next day. By that time, I had lost a lot of confidence.
The interview was scheduled on Navalur Polaris. It was a sunny day and I didn’t sleep well (well, I used to be unemployed, so I start to sleep at around 2 in the morning and get up at around 10 or 11 in the morning. So, sleeping at 1 AM and waking at 6 AM on that day was not that good for me). I reached on time and the interview was conducted at the food court. The AC was on and a fan was also nearby me and I had to wait for about an hour to be interviewed. I started to feel sleepy and occasionally I’d check my email on the mobile and tried my best to stay awake. Finally it was my turn and surprisingly, I gained confidence as soon as I answered my first question. It was a very good set of questions and I didn’t know I could answer them earlier! May be, it was because of the fact that out of 10 interviews that I attended, 9 of them were a profile change.
So, I cleared the interview, got a confirmation that I got selected and I was happy. I’d say that the time I spent between the day I got selected and the day I started attending my Induction classes at Polaris were the longest week that I ever passed. In the meanwhile, I lost my first android (Sony Ericsson Xperia X8) and I got a new tablet (Pantel – T-PAD IS701R). I loved that X8 very much because it was my first android and I had made a lot of customization (Thanks to Rajesh here – he inspired me to do so)! I had to get a new mobile and after careful consideration, I decided to buy Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo or Neo V. But then, I didn’t have a lot of money after spending 5 months of unemployment. In the end, it was a ‘strong’ battery Samsung Hero (Duos) that I bought!
I’m writing this after about 2 weeks of something-good-happening-again-week. Always writing makes me happy and today I was way too happy. A record breaking stuff happened today at our weekly cricket – it was a guy who scored 7 sixes in an over (one no ball)! You don’t get to see that too often! The earlier record was 5 sixes in an over by the same guy (ofcourse, a different bowler). Also, a miracle happened today – the three loses by RR, KXIP and RCB made a clear path for the CSKs to make it to the playoffs, 5 times in a row. Thanks to Deccan Chargers once again! You’ve got to feel for Dale Steyn – the one of only 2 performers in Deccan Chargers along with Shikar Dhawan. Except for the one IPL (#2) where they won – they ended up in the last almost all the other seasons!
It was a surprise for me when I got a call at around 8PM on a Monday night when I was spending some ‘quality’ time with my roomies Rajesh and Karthic at the Chennai Marina Beach. It was from the consultancy to which I sent the resume earlier that day. They wanted a confirmation to be available for a face to face interview on the following Saturday. I said yes and I did not receive any confirmation email. I thought this is another consultancy who just forgot to send me an interview schedule and I was back to watching series and to be in a stressed condition. Out of the blue, they called me back on Friday of the same week and sent me a confirmation email. I should say I was surprised. And, I also did prepare a little for the interview on the next day. By that time, I had lost a lot of confidence.
The interview was scheduled on Navalur Polaris. It was a sunny day and I didn’t sleep well (well, I used to be unemployed, so I start to sleep at around 2 in the morning and get up at around 10 or 11 in the morning. So, sleeping at 1 AM and waking at 6 AM on that day was not that good for me). I reached on time and the interview was conducted at the food court. The AC was on and a fan was also nearby me and I had to wait for about an hour to be interviewed. I started to feel sleepy and occasionally I’d check my email on the mobile and tried my best to stay awake. Finally it was my turn and surprisingly, I gained confidence as soon as I answered my first question. It was a very good set of questions and I didn’t know I could answer them earlier! May be, it was because of the fact that out of 10 interviews that I attended, 9 of them were a profile change.
So, I cleared the interview, got a confirmation that I got selected and I was happy. I’d say that the time I spent between the day I got selected and the day I started attending my Induction classes at Polaris were the longest week that I ever passed. In the meanwhile, I lost my first android (Sony Ericsson Xperia X8) and I got a new tablet (Pantel – T-PAD IS701R). I loved that X8 very much because it was my first android and I had made a lot of customization (Thanks to Rajesh here – he inspired me to do so)! I had to get a new mobile and after careful consideration, I decided to buy Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo or Neo V. But then, I didn’t have a lot of money after spending 5 months of unemployment. In the end, it was a ‘strong’ battery Samsung Hero (Duos) that I bought!
I’m writing this after about 2 weeks of something-good-happening-again-week. Always writing makes me happy and today I was way too happy. A record breaking stuff happened today at our weekly cricket – it was a guy who scored 7 sixes in an over (one no ball)! You don’t get to see that too often! The earlier record was 5 sixes in an over by the same guy (ofcourse, a different bowler). Also, a miracle happened today – the three loses by RR, KXIP and RCB made a clear path for the CSKs to make it to the playoffs, 5 times in a row. Thanks to Deccan Chargers once again! You’ve got to feel for Dale Steyn – the one of only 2 performers in Deccan Chargers along with Shikar Dhawan. Except for the one IPL (#2) where they won – they ended up in the last almost all the other seasons!
