Interviews !! ..

DS had unique image of conducting tough interviews. In case of any doubt, DS always played a crucial and Key role in helping management with identifying and isolating the talent. DS had his own ways of assessing the candidate. He never believed in the policies of proving that he knew more than the candidate. Approach was always to find that if candidate knows what he/she claims to have worked and if he/she can analyze that what was wrong or great about the project. Needless to say that not too many folks could pass through.

Funny part of interviews is the feedback which is binary yet not in some cases. A particular case when DS compared two candidates to bring out the relativity for management to chose the right one, a senior arse got offended. DS was warned that comparison is not what expected of interviewers. However a week later the same arse asked for comparison of two candidates which bewildered DS. Seems first rejected guy was his relative which he was trying to force and claim the company referral bonus as well at the same time.

Same senior arse again got offended when one day he passed a guy for telephonic interview and then failed him on face to face. DS was second to confirm the obvious. Candidate was quick to create a scene accusing senior arse of insulting by forcing interviews in fields he never worked. An ethical injustice was delivered to him. Poor DS, simply disappeared from the scene before someone fixed his face as the responsible arse.

Taking interview is very stressful and in some cases can get career threating as well. At one point of time in a panel of two DS had a strange extrovert candidate who repeatedly asked for ash kar. Important fact that candidate belonged to the same region as ash kar and kind which ash kar liked. Business as usual   DS went ahead and quickly figured out that it was not to go beyond a level. Candidate eventually got furious and was difficult to dismiss off. The body language of candidate was enough to suggest that if DS had been alone in that interview then certainly he would have been accused of sexual harassment by that candidate. ash kar loved being the ladies man and probably allowed the first round by mere visuals than by any rationals.

One day, two members from the testing side consulted DS and asked for his opinions on joining the coding side. DS was a reputed man for the interviews and they wanted their evaluation which DS was not willing to do. On pretext of lets mock it ....DS was forced ... nonetheless ... DS found that one was good and other was not. When time came and arse asked for the opinions of DS in those two cases. DS recommended one which passed with flying colors and not the other. As expected arse decided to go against DS  and took both.

DS was in for a surprise. The one he recommended failed miserably and one he was reluctant emerged a top performer. All a while DS missed out on a fact that stuffs people do in corporate is not rocket science. They don't need Newtons or Einstein. A mediocre guy access to Google is enough to get the material from place and paste against his name. The arses look up for the material and name. There is  never a research or reason to find the veracity. The congress that man who farts louder and stinkier is the best arse goes amazingly well without analyzing that whose gas he released.

DS rues the possible careers, he eventually ended up screwing by mere logical reasoning. The fundamental fact of corporate survival and success was under looked and academic scales honored.  

Today, DS realizes that interviews are mere puzzles and whole depends on the luck. A candidate who fails is probably unlucky, certainly good for place where he works today. A passing candidate is probably good but certainly Lucky.