Interview

Hi all! Wondering where have I been all these days? Well I was busy giving interviews, looking for a job but I think the only job I m good at is axing myself!

First, I went to a famous local daily to get the job of a reporter. Considering my studies in poli sci, the interview panel asked me to explain the current political situation in Britain. I answered. They asked me my opinion on pros and cons of globalization, I answered.

“What’s the distance between Margao and Ponda and Ponda and Panaji?”

I was blank.

“It was nice talking to you Mr. Joshi” they said “you may go.”
Next stop, Vodafone.

“This is a post paid business.” My immediate boss growled as soon as I cleared the interview. (I had studied some local geography by now.) My contacts at the company had given me the impression that I would be getting a desk job. But no, in reality, I had to sell postpaid sim cards to customers on the street, wander from office block to office block, house to house. I had by mistake got myself into the shoes of a salesman!
The monthly target was 40. I managed to sell 4 in one month. “Under performance.” they said “You are fired”

Now I was before yet another interview panel. This time of a local news channel. “What” they asked me “do you intend to do if we give you the opportunity to work with us?” “I can give a voice to different social and environmental problems in Goa” I said “for e.g. problems faced by people living in mining areas” “What problems do you think are faced by people in mining areas?” burst one of the panelists. I gave them a long list of environmental and social problems caused by mining.
Later I discovered that the channel is owned by a mining company!

That might mean I am not done screwing interviews yet. Will this story go on like the unending Arabian Nights? Watch this space for more :)

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