Hi guys! I hope my invisible readers have been doing good in the past few that I wasn't around blogging and sharing my ill-informed views with the rest of the cognoscenti. Well, to be honest, the past 4 months have been the most grilling months of my life and I was too scared to blog anything as I was too focussed on something I wanted to achieve. To summarize my activities in the past 4 months, I will use a very objective approach and quickly update the reader through bullet points. So, here goes:
(1) 10th March, 2010 - Wrote GMAT. Score: 720/800, AWA 5.5/6
(2) 11th March, 2010 - Registered for the TATA Administrative Services In-House Selections 2010. My dream job so to speak!!! (Yes yes yes, I have dream job(s) too!!!)
(3) 21st March, 2010 - Clear the initial cut-off ( a measly 650) and download the 10 page long form with 5 essays and the kind of details even my dad won't know!
(4) 24th March, 2010 - After numerous copies, the final copy of the form goes to the HR for forwarding to the TAS office in Mumbai.
(5) 12th April, 2010 - Get shortlisted among 216 candidates out of 782 applicants. Time to get nervous about the Chairman's GD and Case Study rounds.
(6) 19th April, 2010 - A brilliantly conducted workshop on TAS gets me completely hooked. Met the head of TAS, Mr. Rahul Krishna at The Gateway Hotel in Bangalore.
(7) 23rd April, 2010 - Case Study given out to the participants. The next 2 weeks leading upto 11th May, 2010 are the most tense moments of my life. If I had that kind of focus in school, I could have made it to freakin IIT!!!
(8) 11th May, 2010 - The day arrives without a bang. After 2 weeks of mental torture, I finish my ppt at 4 in the morning, don't get any sleep (usual practise for me before any exam) and down one can of Red Bull before leaving for the hotel.
Get past the GD round after a few initial hiccups. Too nervous before the case-study, almost cracked-up under the pressure. Frantic calls to dad and my friend from IIMB, get some assurance on my preparation and manage to stay cool.
Enter the meeting room for my case study presentation, the next 20 minutes are 'the performance of a lifetime'! Make it to the Director's Round in Mumbai!!! Among the top 29 candidates out of 782 applicants this year! Yippppppppeeeeeeeeeee..................!!!!!
(9) 8th June, 2010 - The D-Day arriveth. Director's Round in Bombay House, the HQs of the TATA Group. Don't sleep the previous night. Catch a morning flight to Bombay wearing a stuffy suit. Reach Bombay House at 2 in the afternoon amidst sweltering heat.
Bombay House is a time warp!!!
Wait till 8 in the evening for my turn to get interviewed. Interview panel consists of Mr. Satish Pradhan, HR Head of the TATA Group and Mr. R. Mukundan, MD of TATA Chemicals!!!
Screw up the interview. Ended up having a debate on geo-politics. Totally dead by the time I come out. Take a cab to my sister's place in Khar and have a nice dinner conversation with my brother-in-law. He got dinged by TAS in 1997 at IIMA! But that's history and he is at the top today!
(10) 9th June, 2010 - REJECTED.
(1) 10th March, 2010 - Wrote GMAT. Score: 720/800, AWA 5.5/6
(2) 11th March, 2010 - Registered for the TATA Administrative Services In-House Selections 2010. My dream job so to speak!!! (Yes yes yes, I have dream job(s) too!!!)
(3) 21st March, 2010 - Clear the initial cut-off ( a measly 650) and download the 10 page long form with 5 essays and the kind of details even my dad won't know!
(4) 24th March, 2010 - After numerous copies, the final copy of the form goes to the HR for forwarding to the TAS office in Mumbai.
(5) 12th April, 2010 - Get shortlisted among 216 candidates out of 782 applicants. Time to get nervous about the Chairman's GD and Case Study rounds.
(6) 19th April, 2010 - A brilliantly conducted workshop on TAS gets me completely hooked. Met the head of TAS, Mr. Rahul Krishna at The Gateway Hotel in Bangalore.
(7) 23rd April, 2010 - Case Study given out to the participants. The next 2 weeks leading upto 11th May, 2010 are the most tense moments of my life. If I had that kind of focus in school, I could have made it to freakin IIT!!!
(8) 11th May, 2010 - The day arrives without a bang. After 2 weeks of mental torture, I finish my ppt at 4 in the morning, don't get any sleep (usual practise for me before any exam) and down one can of Red Bull before leaving for the hotel.
Get past the GD round after a few initial hiccups. Too nervous before the case-study, almost cracked-up under the pressure. Frantic calls to dad and my friend from IIMB, get some assurance on my preparation and manage to stay cool.
Enter the meeting room for my case study presentation, the next 20 minutes are 'the performance of a lifetime'! Make it to the Director's Round in Mumbai!!! Among the top 29 candidates out of 782 applicants this year! Yippppppppeeeeeeeeeee..................!!!!!
(9) 8th June, 2010 - The D-Day arriveth. Director's Round in Bombay House, the HQs of the TATA Group. Don't sleep the previous night. Catch a morning flight to Bombay wearing a stuffy suit. Reach Bombay House at 2 in the afternoon amidst sweltering heat.
Bombay House is a time warp!!!
Wait till 8 in the evening for my turn to get interviewed. Interview panel consists of Mr. Satish Pradhan, HR Head of the TATA Group and Mr. R. Mukundan, MD of TATA Chemicals!!!
Screw up the interview. Ended up having a debate on geo-politics. Totally dead by the time I come out. Take a cab to my sister's place in Khar and have a nice dinner conversation with my brother-in-law. He got dinged by TAS in 1997 at IIMA! But that's history and he is at the top today!
(10) 9th June, 2010 - REJECTED.
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