It's been a long time since I posted anything on my wonderful blog and it's quite sad!I have got study hols now,thankfully and semester exams start from the 15th of november.Life's pretty cool at the moment.I have got a lot of time to cover up my portions,no doubt.The only subject that gives me goosebumps is Microprocessors and I am kinda into it now.I started with 8085 yesterday and found the concepts interesting.Hmm,will probably finish atleast 3 units before my semester practical exams begin.We shall talk about all this later.Period.
A week before,that is last sunday,I got an invitation via mail to attend an interview for the Microsoft Student partner program.I had applied for it earlier and got selected to attend the interview.The interview was held at the microsoft office in RadhaKrishnan Salai and i was quite amazed how cool and professional the environment looked.The interview was to start at 1000 and i reached there by 0920.I caught the lift with a guy that looked muscular and all ivy-league.Deep inside I was having a nervous breakdown.If you thought i was the first one to reach the place,you are mistaken.There were around some 15-20 already standing there and all were guys.Their cool demeanor gave me the creeps and i thought i was the only female in the group.A few minutes later,a nerdy looking girl arrived and minutes later,some 5-6 girls arrived.We didn't talk much.Always happens with the girls right??
At 10oo promptly,we were asked to sit in a conference room and i sat next to the nerd.She was talking gibberish asking if i knew asp programming and was comfortable with VB.I nodded my head in the opposite direction and silenced her with a straight no and said my stream doesn't require programming knowledge.Thankfully,she didn't ask me why i was there then:)
First , the GD was held and of the 25 present totally,we were split into 3 and i was in the first group.I was the only girl in the group.The topic was "Is cricket over hyped in India?" and we talked and talked and talked.Those damned fools wouldn't let me talk and started fighting and i was becoming the moderator.Alright.Good for a starter.Then i talked about this and that and finally after 10 mins ,we were asked to sit in a room.The room looked all ornate and classic and F1 racing was going on live.Hamilton and some other person were in a frenzy and drove fabulous.My eyes never left the TV.A few minutes later,the results were announced and Ms Ranjani Ravi along with 3 more people was selected.I didn't jump or feel superb.I knew that the next round was the real tough round.In all,i knew what was coming.Technical round!
By now I had acquainted with my other two friends and we were talking about everything from blogging to engineering.It was good.I was called by the interviewer himself after about 10 mins and you should have seen my mouth then,offering prayer after prayer.I enter his room.He asks many questions,thankfully nothing so technical and i answer them confidently.I really don't know how i gained confidence like that.I knew i spoke well and he must have known too.But the only thing that mattered was the technical knowledge and without that you just can't simply boast of your communication skills.After having spoken for about 20 minutes,the interviewer asked me to concentrate more on the technical side.He wanted me to know about C#,ASP.NET and general programming basics and i was game.I was confident he would say "Sorry to say,Ms Ravi but you are rejected" but that didn't come straight away.He wanted me to keep in touch with him and learn things.If i got comfortable with the basics and the programming stuff, I was to contact him immediately.He said he had not rejected me since i talked well.(That's one thing I should thank God for!!)I'll be having another round of technical discussion or something to that effect.
I didn't know what to say then.I simply mumbled a pleasantry and got out fast.I knew not what was happening.I got out of the building and reached home fast.I am not gonna tell you what the others did to me.They were asking me all sorts of questions ranging from "How does he talk like?" to "Is he jovial?".I kept a straight face and told everyone that i was rejected.That way you become free.Nobody asks a loser what the whole thing is all about.They mumbled something and took me for a loser which was evident from their faces.No problem!Do i care at all what people think of me??I got home,slept for a good 2 hrs dreaming about Microsoft and finally,sent a mail to the interviewer.After 3 days,I got a mail from him(on 4.10.07).He has sent me the links to all online tutorials and man,i can't ask for more.There are some 6-7 links and some 4-5 programming languages.The ultimate thing is ASP.NET and to master that,I should learn C,C++,C#,a scripting language and ASP.NET in one month.That's the catch:).I already know C and NOW,i must learn all the other 4.Heard C++ and C# are similar.As for the scripting language,I have started learning javascript and it's way too cool.So,readers and folks,I must learn all the 4 in one month.Is it possible?It has to be,silly,only then can i say i am an MSP.
Why did i type such a big story?Ha,u must be knowing,or else you wouldn't be coming to a conclusion that it's worth waiting for rampantheart's posts.Please check back for posts,I will surely post things on my cute blog.Won't leave it uncared for.Atleast i guess so!
With all the microprocessor programs and javascript jammed on my head,can a make a statement now?You know the answer!:(
