Tuesday, 13 September 2011

CAT N MOUSE

The more I try to run away from it,more is the number of re-entries this thing makes.Started preparing for it as I was not willing to go for M.Tech.
You not interested in GATE then CAT it is.Got myself enrolled for TIME which had started that year only in campus.
6TH SEMESTER,B.TECH,MECH. ENGG.,
At first i.e. till march 2008 I was trying to convince myself I can/will do this.Then came april and the lecture+presentation of Ashoka Leyland.Suddenly the moods swung,preferences changed.
Gotta get placed in a good automobile company........yeah,only for getting the job that these irritating/frustating/monotonous/cramophilic lectures were endured.
I read from cover to cover The Crouse.Then came the period of rejections but not that blunt and direct.Leyland was the first core company to visit our campus 1st or 2nd april.got through the written,next was PI that too in lucknow(pool campussing)
.Till date I don't know whether being interviewed after lunch was my fault or not knowing types of ail filters used in cars.Nevertheless,was confident of not making the cut.And the result was consistent with my
Next was MSIL juggernaut.After a week of rumours dates were announced of maruti visit,30th May 2008 after the sem end.The same old 20 questioned paper,got through the written,PI tomorrow.Ok will get thru the PI,their HR some Grover seemed jovial,these people dont look like tech-mongers.Then have to start summer training in Railways Workshop,Jamalpur.will be a double whammy
.Not to be.
Was interviewed in the last,and that too in HR panel.They seemed tired and couldn't go beyond my schooling.
aha....boarding school....ragging......co-curricular,extra curricular.My stories  were gags for them and my interview ended with:was good talking to you,Manish. you entertained us,that's it!Thank You.What followed was a rushed packing and the journey will be described in travails and travels,the journeys' blog.
The first company to come in Final Year was BCH Electric limited and after being rejected by three companies(resume for L&T was rejected,late submission) didn't think twice before sitting for it.Got through.And just before the names were announced,another notice came,TML is going to visit after 6 days.
What more,I am still trying for it.Switching to TML..Meanwhile filled the form for CAT-2008 and on 16 th nov appeared for my first CAT exam.Before placement couldn't prepare after placement what is the need.....
Till date I have had 2 all india level humiliations:
IIT MAINS 2004 Mathematics.
CAT 2008.
Just hoping CAT 2011 does not go on to become the 3rd one.
Just hoping.

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