'Persistence And Honesty Helped Me Land An Internship' - Richa Agrawal - IIM Bangalore

After 55 minutes of intense grilling (while it was a sweet interview of 25 min for ever other selected candidate) came the final stroke of interviewers - "If you were sitting in our seats, how would you rate your performance, and should we hire you based on your performance?". I replied, "maybe yes" and then came the tantrum - you speak a lot, reply in yes/no. And I replied, "NO". The response came that I made the verdict of my destiny myself and can leave the room. I came out of the room, sad and dejected, calling the volunteer to schedule my other interview as fast as possible.

The volunteer calmed me down and asked me to at least wait for the interviewers to tell about their choice. The interviewers came out of the room (which they didn't do for any other candidate) and called me. They again asked me the same question "Based on your performance, should we hire you?" I said a straight "NO" and then they replied "YES". It is my honesty and persistence that made them select me. And they asked me to promise them that I would be like this all my life, no matter in which company I go into and in which phase of life I am in. I really liked their gesture and came running down the stairs to my friends to see that a lot of my friends have already removed their ties i.e. they too have got their jobs. The scenario was entirely different (all wearing their ties) when I went into the interview room. The place in itself started to look lovely. And then began my mission to help my classmates land their dream jobs.

Many more memories associated with the experience and this is my long story cut short (I know it’s still too long)... Hope you enjoyed reading it... :)