"Why did you do it?" She was shocked."I..... I just wanted to help......""No Padmanabh. By doing this you haven't anyone. Instead, you have done more damage to yourself." The conference room looked nearly empty as only 30 students were present. Almost 4 months ago the place was full of engineering graduates eagerly listening about the placement session which was about to kickstart. As the companies visited campus and recruited the students, the crowd here began to get thinner and now only 30 students were left to be placed. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I was one of them. Mr. Amit Gupta, ...Read More

"You are cracking this company, you'll have to." My hand reaching for the burger stopped in the midway. I at her and saw a serious face & determined eyes behind those glasses. We were sitting in the college canteen. Since yesterday's intimation about the final placement drive on the campus, she had been busy with the TPO office. Only today, after more than 24 hours, we finally had time to sit together and relax but I didn't like the direction in which our talks were moving. "Are you kidding Sonal? We already had a discussion about..." I tried to ...Read More

"Your name is on the list." Arnav, one of the volunteers, informed me outside the canteen as Bajrang and were sipping tea. The nervousness which was visible on my face for the past 2 hours disappeared in a moment. "And yours too Bajji." He added. "Cool. That means I have something in me. Now I know where I stand among the crowd..." "28th" Bajrang was interrupted by Arnav "You barely cleared the cutoff" He said before leaving. I couldn't suppress my laughter. So 28 students had cleared the writ ...Read More

The D-Day had finally arrived. Within the next few hours, a new chapter of my life will be written. didn't need a job as I had mentioned before too. But I just couldn't let Sonal down. My failure would hurt her and I just couldn't allow that to happen. So yes, I was very nervous for an altogether different reason from those of the other aspirants. I was sure that there was only one guy who was not sweating - Bajrang. The preparation for the interviews had been a lot more difficult. I had to mug up so many ...Read More

" ... and the final name is Ritu Johari" Ritu let out a delightful scream and she and Rohit each other as everyone standing in the hall clapped. Both of them had finally got a well-deserved placement. The mood in the air was jovial with just a few distraught faces. Mine was one of those. The college was done with its final placement drive. 20 students will be leaving with only degrees and no jobs from here. I will be one of them, along with my best friend Bajrang. I quietly stood there at the back, staring at the ground. ...Read More

The HR took a short pause. I knew what was coming. At that instant, I wished for the earth open up and swallow me whole. The most embarrassing moments of my life were about to arrive. After taking a sip of water, the HR continued. "A student walks into the interview room and casually tells me that he just wanted to have an experience of a recruitment drive and he actually isn't interested in the job" Few eyes quickly moved in my direction. I acted as if I wasn't there. "Now that was something that really annoyed me ...Read More