The Interview
Last friday, my wife got an interview call from a large multinational software services company in bangalore.My wife has just passed out of engineering.The scheduled time was 8:30 AM. So we go there at 8: 25.We, along with two hundred other aspirants are made to wait "outside" the campus for about an hour. So much for the schedule.Finally, my wife gets a chance to go in. She (along with others) climbs up four stories,(No..you cannot take the elevator) .
An hour later, she takes an hour long test. By now, it is 12:00PM. The recruitment team tells that the result will be announced within an hour, and people will have to wait. "Can I get Coffee?" - "No";"I haven't had my breakfast.can I go out and eat something?" - "No you cannot leave the premises";"I do not want the job,can I go now?"-"No you cannot, until the entire process is completed"! What!? am I under house arrest or something? Apparently yes. People are huddled on the terrace, in the scorcthing sun for FOUR hours. Yes, that is right. Four hours in the sun, without food.
There was a barking recruitment guy, who apparently scowled "I too have been without food from morning.why are you complaining?". I have not heard a more ridiculous comment than this in ages.Once the results are announced, the next rounds are hurried through and it is 7:30PM when she completes all rounds and awaiting results.Again,"The results will be announced soon". And it took almost three hours to tell the result. Repeated requests for going out for food fell on deaf ears.
She got an offer eventually, at 10:15 PM. After 14 hours of standing in the sun, waiting, waiting and waiting and hearing scowls. The moment she was out of the campus, my wife decided not to accept the offer. While I was waiting for her, I talked to one of the employees there, and found out that their answer-sheet-correcting -machines got messed up. All of them? At the same time? Wonderful. The employee was understanding,patient and said that they screwed up.But that does not take away so many hours of irritation,does it?
Oh, by the way, did I tell you the name of the company? It was LogicaCMG.
Last friday, my wife got an interview call from a large multinational software services company in bangalore.My wife has just passed out of engineering.The scheduled time was 8:30 AM. So we go there at 8: 25.We, along with two hundred other aspirants are made to wait "outside" the campus for about an hour. So much for the schedule.Finally, my wife gets a chance to go in. She (along with others) climbs up four stories,(No..you cannot take the elevator) .
An hour later, she takes an hour long test. By now, it is 12:00PM. The recruitment team tells that the result will be announced within an hour, and people will have to wait. "Can I get Coffee?" - "No";"I haven't had my breakfast.can I go out and eat something?" - "No you cannot leave the premises";"I do not want the job,can I go now?"-"No you cannot, until the entire process is completed"! What!? am I under house arrest or something? Apparently yes. People are huddled on the terrace, in the scorcthing sun for FOUR hours. Yes, that is right. Four hours in the sun, without food.
There was a barking recruitment guy, who apparently scowled "I too have been without food from morning.why are you complaining?". I have not heard a more ridiculous comment than this in ages.Once the results are announced, the next rounds are hurried through and it is 7:30PM when she completes all rounds and awaiting results.Again,"The results will be announced soon". And it took almost three hours to tell the result. Repeated requests for going out for food fell on deaf ears.
She got an offer eventually, at 10:15 PM. After 14 hours of standing in the sun, waiting, waiting and waiting and hearing scowls. The moment she was out of the campus, my wife decided not to accept the offer. While I was waiting for her, I talked to one of the employees there, and found out that their answer-sheet-correcting -machines got messed up. All of them? At the same time? Wonderful. The employee was understanding,patient and said that they screwed up.But that does not take away so many hours of irritation,does it?
Oh, by the way, did I tell you the name of the company? It was LogicaCMG.
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pathetic! these guys should be lined against a wall and shot!
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