tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378341922011-04-21T20:49:51.829-07:00Amit Varshneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953674379266546165noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37834192.post-40712481177152277052007-05-16T12:31:00.000-07:002007-05-16T12:36:09.809-07:00so here I am...writing after a long time...and what better way to express my feelings that I am going to join Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode...rest later...m happy :D<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37834192-4071248117715227705?l=amitv-fun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amit Varshneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953674379266546165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37834192.post-34665677400038512612007-02-15T22:15:00.000-08:002007-02-15T22:19:35.192-08:00hmmm...so the journey begins for me...<br />IIMK interview<br />Date - 13/Feb/2007<br />Venue - Mumbai<br />Time 2 PM<br />panel 2<br /><br />Cat percentile - 99.59<br />Xth - 80.2%(U.P. Board)<br />XIIth - 77%(U.P. Board)<br />B.Tech. - 76.4%<br /><br />work ex - 30 months<br /><br />GD topic was sometin on corruption on president's three pronged suggestion to curtail that...we were 9 persons there in the group...(1 was absent) 2 min to think then 12 minutes of GD. the group started well but in the middle lacked some direction...but then came back on track...somewhat in the middle a bit fishy but overall controlled...I came in 4 times out of which 3 were original points and one I extended on someone elses point....I made good points (one about removing middleman, use of technology for transparency, fundamental reasons behind human behavior to incentives and the reason behind corruption) I dont want to rate myself but I am satisfied to an extent<br /><br />now come the fun part...I was last to be interviewed and I had to wait for almost 4 and a half hours and believe me the weight was tiring...not only did it unsettle me it also toook the charm out of my face<br />anyway there were these two profs....one southie and another bong guys, I identified him when he called my name....Omit<br />so I call them SP(southie prof) and BP(bong prof) and UT(yours truly)<br /><br />I entered finally in the class room at 7 PM(it was lovely weather outside and I was playing baskey with the local guys out there...had nothing else to do...no one was tehre apart from me)<br />BP - hand me your certi files<br />UT - obliged<br />SP - ok amit tell me bout urself (clearly he was tired enough so wanted me to talk...)<br />UT - started with the most routine story...blah blah and what is this...all at a sudden SP decided that he has to smile at me....and here out of the blues he started smiliing at me...I obliged him again and smiled back at him<br />SP - so you first worked in a service based company now you working in product...what is the difference you felt<br />UT - glob (process different, schedulig, management functions)<br />SP - so what is the reason INdia is good in services not in products<br />UT - some more glob on R&D facilities amounts of risk involved<br />SP - what are the main risk factors in product based company<br />UT - told him bout risk issues, piracy threat, IPR issues<br />Note - all the while BP was looking into the file and whenever I tried looking at him he was shy and here now he also started smiling....I was wondering what;s wrong with me<br />SP - so what would u prefer service based or product<br />UT - glob (as a fresher, learning opportunities at Service based vs proprietry framework at product based, specialisation, functionaL expertise...blah blah)<br />SP passed the batton to BP...<br />BP - so ur major was IT...whats Information<br />UT - told with example of information content(a man biting a dog contains more info as it is rarer)<br />BP - have u studied stat<br />UT - 5 years back<br />BP - one sum on prob<br />UT - told him the funda and also that I might get wrong in the formulas and I did<br />BP - anyway....plot the graph of e^sinx<br />UT - plotted and explained the basic...though did one mistake somewhere and BP was not convinced..<br />BP - ok you have a series, 1,2....n n being an even integer....find alll the permutations of n/2th place being occupied by n/2th number..<br />UT - started with 2 numbers then gradually increased it and solved it to n-1! then proved there with mathematical induction too<br />BP - smiled<br />BP - ok write binary of 25<br />UT - eeee badshah...took 1 second<br />BP looked at SP SP at BP....wondered something and then<br />ok Amit thank you<br />I was like what....I waited for so much time and that;s it...anyway I got up...and suddenly the graph of e^sinx struck me and I asked them can I plot the graph again he was like ok<br />I did that...BP was convinced...asked them if I need to give the xerox of certis he said no<br />came back...checked it lasted 21 minutes...I don know what to make out of this interview...it was so late and everybody was so tired that I dont know what they judged about me...though I am satisfied with myself....I am happy that I dint goofed up...rest is in the hands of HE<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37834192-3466567740003851261?l=amitv-fun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amit Varshneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953674379266546165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37834192.post-49733786865334233262006-12-04T03:12:00.000-08:002006-12-04T03:21:06.100-08:00Now I don't know why ppl conduct training...anyway, I'm sitting here in this training room, trying to understand what they mean by Web services...and simultaneously thinking of lackluster performance of INDIA in the recent one day series at SA...now what may be the reasons...ok I wont start now...it's pain to even recall that performance...<br />another thing that made me laugh was the news about one of the most flibbertigibbet commentators in INDIAN cricket...and someone rightly said, the joke is on SIDHU now...<br />oops I mentioned a name..<br />rest later...the lady instructor has sighted me typing this message and staring at me so lovingly that I believe I should stop now<br />later<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37834192-4973378686533423326?l=amitv-fun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amit Varshneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953674379266546165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37834192.post-1164869203099047422006-11-29T22:43:00.000-08:002006-11-29T22:46:43.106-08:00A blog that I created for one specific purpose...as advised by sarang and others...hoping for few good things coming my way...Besties to all and UDT rocks...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37834192-116486920309904742?l=amitv-fun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amit Varshneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05953674379266546165noreply@blogger.com0