the e^xponential stress

I have messed up my first interviews in both colleges that I attended. Today, I will speak of the first one that I gave. I have written about this in two of my earlier posts- Engineering is a state of mind , and Group discussions and introversion . I wasn't sure earlier if I should write this or not but I do feel that failures are an important part of life and I sport them confidently. And, for the past 2.5 years of my career, I have been sitting on the other side of the table, hiring others for my company and I have grown a lot since then so, this post wouldn't hurt my career. Here it is- My interview experience with Wipro. This story dates back to December 2012. Wipro was one of the first few companies that visited our campus and like I always do, I cleared all the prelims and was amongst the few who got qualified for the interview pushing back many ECE, IT, and CSE grads despite I being from the mechanical branch.  I got my formals stitched for the first time in life, clean...

This post has been pending for years now. Ever since I finished post-graduation, I have got little more time for myself, time to read books again and enjoy the solitude. This article is going to cover my experiences with GDs (Group Discussions) and how I dealt with them. Not sure if this can qualify to be a tutorial post of "How to nail GDs?" or "How introverts can speak in GDs?" I'm a person who doesn't speak much, and when there's a group chat, I don't like to talk at all! I like to be in solitude. In short, I'm an introvert. Therefore, Group Discussion is a parameter that can't filter out persons like me for a job during the placement/selection process. Whether Group Discussion is a correct parameter to select candidates or not is a different topic and I won't talk about it. During my engineering, I sat for almost ten GDs (all were not for placements-some were practice GDs while some were with friends) and the funny part is tha...

[Wrote this article for a school friend, Siddharth; and tried my hands on the so-called 'modern articles!' ] School life is something every one of us can relate to... 1) We become part of the cattle race without knowing where it is leading to. and later realize... 2) We dream something... and something else happens... 3) Lessons and formulas learned hardly turn out to be useful. 4) We do get influenced by seniors who tell us what is right and what is... 5) We learn multi-tasking in the school itself. 6) We get cheerful about every small thing. 7)  And we do get disappointed as well. 8)  Sharing lunch with friends become a part of life. even when we grow up... 9) Friends are what we earn for a lifetime. and when we meet them after a long time... 10)  And when we become an alumnus of the very same school...

It was only a month after I graduated when I got stressed because of being unable to land up with a job. I had been looking for job throughout the final year but efforts went in vane. Having passed all the 8 hurdles, I mean the semesters, I was expecting at least one good offer in hand before graduating. Well, any above average student would expect that to happen but life just doesn't work the way we want. Somehow, after a pathetic final year I gained my senses and started seeing things normally. [Pathetic doesn't refer to academics; I have always been academically strong; one of the top contenders.] With no single company visiting the campus for us (the mechanical engineers) and my hilarious interview with Wipro [shall write a separate post on that!], the only way out of the misery of bad placements was the off-campus. But, if getting a job through campus is difficult then getting job off-campus is even more difficult especially when you don't have any uncle or...

Finally! A good result of 2014. Industrial Design Centre ( IDC ) of Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay (IIT B) has shortlisted me among the students called for Design Aptitude Test (DAT) and Portfolio presentation (Interview) for their Master of Design (M.Des) course. Phew! The results are a sense of relief after a series of unfavourable results post graduating. Well, it's not sort of an achievement because I've to go through some more tests and interview to get The seat. But receiving an interview call from the nation's most prestigious institute is a nice feeling in itself. I've been called for two disciplines viz., Visual Communication Design and Mobility & Vehicle Design. Don't know what they liked- my portfolio which included The Most Common Sight On Delhi Metro , my academic profile, my SOP (quite an exhaustive one) or my performance in preliminary CEED (Common Entrance Exam For Design) in which I had secured All India Rank 166...Doesn't mat...

Travelling on Delhi Metro is always fun. Faces are sometimes familiar and sometimes strange but the sight inside the metro is always same. Students are into their smartphones with earplugs playing western pop and rock. Some stupids like me are always reading a book or a magazine and sometimes even end up writing, Phew! And office-goers, generally men are always reading a newspaper. But that's not what makes the Delhi Metro amazing. " The best part is that the single newspaper is read by all the men, in whose visible range the newspaper falls... "

The luxury car is of no use, If you're smoking cigarette in it. The ground clearance of your SUV is of no use, If you're spitting tobacco from the power windows. The smartphone is of no use, If your purpose is verbal abuse. Your fighter planes are of no use, If the pilots die due to technical snags and not on the battlefield. Prayers are of no use, If you're seeking ill for someone. Education is of no use, If you're not using it for the amelioration of society. Failures are of no use, If you're not learning from them. Spectacles are of no use, If you're still unable to see the good things. Your watch is of no use, If you're still running late. Your tongue is of no use, If you can't stand against injustice. Your clothes are of no use, If you end up letting others down. Money is of no use, If not invested in a noble cause. Youth is of no use, If caught in the vicious circle of drugs. Men are of no use, If they can...

Did this sketch when I was in class 12th during my coaching class and completed the shading part on Metro while coming back to home. I had sketched this on the back of my notebook using only Red Ball-Point Pen (no pencil or eraser involved). Travelling on Metro can be very productive sometimes. My all favourite sketches were executed in the classrooms. Chetan Playing Football

Did this sketch for a young boy Harsh who lives in my neighborhood, for his holiday home-work...A quick one; took me roughly 20 minutes to complete. A Tree House Sketch   Reference

[The following one was written when I actually was not able to sleep and kept murmuring-   Sleep! Sleep! Sleep!, Why I'm not able to sleep? And, the first line of my poem was born. I decided to pen it keeping the primary sound of "EEP." Here are the words of wisdom from a sleep deprived man.  Happy Reading!] Night is there and I’m not able to Sleep As I’ve promises to Keep. Slope is Steep and I’m still moving As I’ve… The path is difficult with thorns and cliffs, I’m travelling barefoot, not in a Jeep As I’ve… The aim is Horizon even if I’ve to walk on Poison, My determination is Deep As I’ve… Seeds are to be sown and fruits are to be Reaped, Be it season or bad weather, I’ll keep moving As I’ve… Path is Dire, as narrow as Wire, I’ll climb or Leap As I’ve… People say- My hope will Die, I’ll keep moving to prove their words- A Lie, I’ll be patient and not Weep As I’ve… My love in the valley pulling me ...

[Sujoy is one of my best friends from College. We are friends since the second day of college. Friendship started during our daily trip in Cab –from home to college and back to home from college. I am happy to admit that the Cab Life was the best time of my college though I travelled for only first yr in cab…We were seven friends together and enjoyed every bit of the journey. Sujoy is a great person to be with. There are people who are just amazing and always in jolly mood, call it ‘Mast’ ; Sujoy is one of them. I had written this poem while I was in Second Year, Fourth Sem to be particular. I could not stop laughing while writing and when completed it, I just posted it on his FB wall (I existed on FB at that time but not anymore-I believe FB was never meant for me); that too on his Birthday. He was happy and so was I. So, here’s it- Sujoy. Happy Reading! ] Sujoy Sujoy brings Joy, PSP is one of his Toys. Spreads happiness with his Face, He listen songs with low Bass...

[I wrote this poem quite a long ago…when I was in school- perhaps in 9 th or 10 th standard. Why Chemistry? Well, Chemistry was a subject of major concern for me especially during Class 11 during which i failed in it twice simultaneously (first failure in academics). Anyway, that's a little long story, I had almost lost the Science stream. I scored 5 out of 20 in both exams so my Chem teacher requested the concerned teacher to take me off the Science batch. Still, at the end it wasn’t that bad…When I raised the issue to the teacher who was authorized to change stream, she informed me and my Chem teacher that I deserve to be in Science stream because I had topped in Logical section of the aptitude test in the whole school! hihihi :) Good part: I had topped in Chemistry in my 12th Boards in the school and secured overall 1st position in class :D I will be writing few more posts (Only to motivate) about my experiences with Chemistry. Happy reading! ] Chemistry...