“Mr. Roy your turn next”……a sexy chick with a sexy voice announced my name.
Slowly with heart beating like Mumbai local train went inside the meeting room.
A weird old man with spec’s on eye, sitting there with the laptop, never bothered to look up.
Me: Good Morning sir.
Old guy: call me Arunya.
Me: ok Arun….
Old guy: Not Arun...Arunya (Shakespeare once said...”whats in a name”…I am sure he didn’t read that) .
Old guy: Ok Mr. Roy so I have your resume in front of me…..tell me something about yourself.
I thought that if you have my resume with you, why the hell do you want to ask me this famous stupid question?
Me: Actually Arunya..Then blah blah…..and again blah blah.
Old guy: Well somenath, before we formally start the interview process, just want to know what kind of work you have really done and how flexible are you?
Thought that am I speaking with a deaf guy until now? Didn’t he hear whatever I have told until now?
And I am not at all flexible for god’s sake….I didn’t learn gymnastic.
Me: Sir..i did this ,did that ..Again blah blah and you can’t even imagine how flexible I am.
Old guy: It is Arunya somenath …no sir again….
Me: Right Arun…..sorry Arunya...
Old guy: Ok somenath I want you to explain me about the Application process…..
Me: Arunya actually…….
Just only started to explain with some imaginary actions …throwing my hands in the air…he stopped me.
Old guy: Can you please explain all those things you are saying the white board?
Looked at the right corner of the room…..there is certainly a whiteboard waiting for me ….
Tried to draw a diagram…..don’t know actuallt what shape it has taken but Arunya got very pissed off with that.
Old guy: Is that the way you describe the application process in your organization?
Me:Arun…sorry Arunya it is just a generic flow…you know…..(tried to act like smart ass but my real expression is of a owl at that time….)
Old guy: ok then please define the generic process….
Me: Actually the process….basically the process…
Old guy: Yes Mr. Roy I am listening….
Me: Lied …lied…lied…laid the hell out there…..
But surprisingly Arunya seemed to be quiet impressed…
Old Guy: tell me the connectivity xml inside your web server.
Me: Sir …..boolshit Arunya…can I drink some water?(I was feeling like somebody put a rasgulla with no Rus inside my mouth and it was drying my mouth).
Old guy: OK….(he put out a brand new mineral water bottle ….i guess the HR guys given for his purpose…and his expression is like the figure 5 on face).
Old guy: what is the need of AET somenath?
What is temporary record?
Why do we even need temporary and AET and dynamic views?
That bloody old fellow asked three questions in a row...Three atom bombs..
Me: gulp…gulp…gulp… (For each question I had one gulp of water from the bottle).
Old guy: Why you are sweating so much?
Me: Humidity……Mumbai whether is very humid today…
Old guy: can you please elaborate about synchronous process?
Till this time I was able to hear background songs from old Hindi films playing in my mind…. (“O
palan hare –from Laagan”).
Me:Arunya synchronous processes don’t like to get elaborated...they like to be synchronous only (tried to somehow dodge the question).
Old guy: You didn’t get my point Mr. Roy…ok then can you elaborate asynchronous process? I hope they don’t even mind to get elaborated?
Me: gulp ….gulp… (Water level was reducing from the bottle….)
Old guy: Ok don’t get stressed up….tell me how can you convert a process of synchronous nature to async. And vice-versa?
Now the song playing in my mind was “main yeda geda chillaunga kurta fhadke”…a Govinda film…can’t remember the name exactly.
Me: Actually sir…sorry arun…hehe….Arunya…a sync and sync process piggybank on each other depending on the situation.[really don’t even know the answer…told what came to my mouth at that time.]
I thought that I have given a very meaningful answer…but it seemed he didn’t liked that at all. Expression like somebody forcefully winked at his daughter and he caught that…..
Old guy: that’s one of the most rubbish answers I have ever heard…..Ok leave it….Now lets go into some deep functional areas.
Background song in my mind (“khwaja mere khwaja”—from Jodha Akbar).
Old guy: tell me the primary functionality of marketing & order capture.
Me: gulp…. (Water finished…..me too)….err...Means….basically…..
Old guy: don’t waste my time somenath; just give the damn answer …..
Me: when we fail in marketing we used to capture some orders (told in one breath…..and then realized what I had just said……..)
He seemed to lose all his faith at that point on God .He shut down his laptop and came closer to me with his revolving chair.
Background song in mind (“Sunta hain mere khuda”---from Pukar.)
Old guy: don’t get nervous somenath, are you?
Me: not at all Arunya….. (Though my legs are shaking like any C grade movie heroine).
Old guy:Ok tell me the basic modules and brief some CRM concepts you have implemented
I thought this is my time to hit the nail in the dock with a big hammer.
Me: blah ….blah……and blah...Blah…continues.
Old guy: very good …that’s the way …..Now tell me the automated ticket creation..
Me: (caught me with a condom like expression….) basically Arunya it has been implemented by third party outside my module…
Old guy: Third party? I only support congress party you know? Never heard of anything like that…..
Me: No No arun….Arunya ….you are not getting my point….actually…
Stopping me in the mid way….
Old guy: I will change my name …to Arun …I will put a affidavit to court today…happy?
Me :( embarrassed…) we have some interfaces around our module to implement those functionalities and we just need to integrate with them.
Now he seemed to be a bit happy…
Old guy: hmnn….good one…
Me: (can anybody please tell me where is the washroom? Finished 1 and half liters of water….need to go…)
Old guy: Ok somenath, I am over from my side do you have any questions?
I just had one question at that time, but can’t tell him …..Way to washroom…
Me: No Arunya….
Old guy: Ok somenath, then the Hr will contact you for your remuneration discussion …you can go to cabin 74.
Me: thank you….nice talking to you (rushed out……PT Usha would have also embarrassed to see my speed at that time…)
Security personal: Sir, meeting room 74 is on the left, Hr guys are waiting for you…where are you going?
Me: HR ki to main…..washroom kidher hain be? Jaldi bol…..
So that’s the way I had given my interview….