Fun Job!

There are very few people who know what exactly want to do with their future, career wise. The reason is that they do not realize what area interests them the most. Luckily, at least i know which is the area which appeals me the most.. and fortunately i have already got the job which i love. But this is only one of the reasons why i enjoy this job, a management faculty…. Being with students, having discussions and panel meetings on various current issues is something which is very fruitful and satisfying.

But the most hilarious and entertaining part of this job is to deal with various kinds and categories of students…. And the process starts right from the selection of students though GD PI and then continues even after the student appears for exam and the results come…
In recent days, i have been busy with almost every such activity in college. And believe me; i’ve experienced all such incidences which really makes me think : do some people really think??? Reason???? Read along….

Case 1 – GD PI process, i am on the panel for interview, and unfortunately, the candidates are selected after the final score of written and GD PI, we get variety of candidates. Excerpts from one of such interviews:
Me – you have written in your CV that you have done BCA. So why do you want to shift to management field? Don’t you want to continue in the same field and do MCA or MCM?
Candidate – no ma’am. I wish to have a management perspective and want to learn management.
My co - panelist– yes, that is what we are asking, why do you want to lean management?
Candidate – I want to know how to manage things.
Me – okay… and what do you mean by management then?
Candidate – management means ‘to manage’…
Co – panelist – ‘to manage’ what?
Candidate – Anything!
Co – panelist – anything?! Good.. (with sarcasm!!) Which specialization are you planning to take?
Candidate – HR
Me – Why? What do know about HR?
Candidate – HR is managing.
Co – panelist – (a little agitated) yes, but managing what?????
Candidate – managing people….. management!!
Me – what? We didn’t get you. What do mean by management?
Candidate – management means to manage.. Observe… doing managership!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Co – panelist – (now with lots of sarcasm!!) managership?!?! And What do you mean by that?
Candidate – means observing, doing management!!!
…..and then we realized we’ve just wasted 10 minutes asking this girl about something on which she is totally confused. So we decided just to award her some marks, let’s ask something about her own field. So..
co – panelist – okay, tell me what did you like in BCA?
Candidate – Computers! I liked Tally a lot. I also liked web-designing.
Me – oh good, you seem to know a lot about it then.
Candidate – yes ma’am, I know a lot about it.
Co – panelist – (now in a mood to have fun!!) okay then tell us who is the father of computers?
(We couldn’t believe she gave this answer!!!)
Candidate – I am sorry sir, my father is working WCL and he doesn’t know anything about computers..!!
……… and we thanked her from our heart for coming!!!

Case II – Same GD PI, another candidate….
Now this candidate was very good in his field, which was commerce, and knew answers to almost every technical question which we’d asked him. Apart from that, he had a dashing personality and had a good command over the language. Overall, we were almost satisfied with him, and decided to ask him a few HR cliché’ questions…

Me – Good..! What are your strengths and weakness?
Candidate – ma’am my strength is my communication skill (okay.. so far so good, we thought!) and my second strength is my body!
Co – panelist – (surprised!!) your what?
Candidate – my body sir. I am physically very strong and I can beat up anybody. And as my weakness is that I get angry very quickly, this strength of mine comes very handy!
Me – so you beat up people?
Candidate – yes ma’am, only when I am angry. But don’t worry ma’am, I never beat girls..!!!
… and my co – panelist (who was a male faculty) decided not have him on board!

Case III – This candidate had supposedly worked with some broking firm, had done BBA and was interested to take finance. Already agitated by the above two experiences, the moment i got this candidate, i thought chalo beta, aa gaye tuum hamare iilake me.. (me being a finance and economics faculty!)

Me – You have mentioned that you were a stock advisor with this firm, and did some research, tell me some of the non – stock market investment options.
Candidate – (with a fake accent) ma’am there are many options like real estate, gold, bonds, FDs etc etc etc…
Me – okay, what would you suggest if anybody want to invest for short term in a non – stock market options?
Candidate – I would recommend mutual funds.
Me – is it not related to stock market?
Candidate – no, not at all.
Me – okay, then where do these mutual fund companies invest money?
Candidate – ma’am they manage assets.
Me – yes, but which are these assets?
Candidate – assets are assets!
Me – (now really irritated) fine. ( I didn’t have to correct her, nor did I want to.) okay, tell me how many stock markets are there in India?
Candidate – 2.
Me – 2? (there are 24.) you sure?
Candidate – yes ma’am. BSE and NSE.
Me – yes, but there are few more.
Candidate – no ma’am. Not at all. Only 2. BSE, which is in Mumbai and NSE which is in Delhi.
Me – NSE is in Delhi?
Candidate- yes ma’am.
I was so frustrated at this point of time, that my co – panelist continued…
Co – panelist – who told this to you?
Candidate – nobody has to. I know.
… and with this answer, we didn’t waste any more time interviewing her….

Surprisingly, all these 3 candidates had very good scores in their written test. Whosoever made this compulsory to have GD PI after the written test was really a thinker. But, it made me wonder, how are they so bad when it comes to such an important process as interview? But yes, they do make my job a fun job!!!