At a job interview with a large IT MNC (800 pound gorilla type) as part of our campus placement process I was asked the following question-
“What is your aim in life?”
I started off-
“my aim in life is …”
(Silence)
Scratch chin…
(Silence)
Pull facial hair….
(Silence)
Adjust tie…
(a minute goes by)
“You have no aim in life?”
“Uh…ma’am.. I do…just a minute…( I can’t seem to remember it )”
(another minute goes by in scratching chin, adjusting tie, adjusting.)
“Ma’am, my aim in life is to become a middle level manager in a BIG IT company like yours!”
I experienced one of those rare moments that effortlessly blend relief with absolute WTFish disbelief- so surprised I was by what I’d just said.
The interviewer, nevertheless, continued to corner me with questions like “What motivates you?” , “Why do you want to work for this company?” and “Dude, you have absolutely no clue. Are you a frigging loser?”
I couldn’t answer any of those questions with surety, not even the last one.
To my utter disbelief, I didn’t get the job. 80 others did.
On a more serious note, do I have any sort of aim in life?
Well, kind-of. But its not one with which I can hope to ever secure a job.
Several companies are lined up for campus placement next week, companies I covet, and as I contemplate the inevitable question-“Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?” – I have no answer, not even for myself. Very vaguely, its something along the lines of trying to expose myself to a lot of randomness and hoping that I get obscenely rich somehow.
Like I said, I don’t expect to get a job anytime soon.
Dude, whatever I know about you, does nt let me believe you answered lately, and when answered answered with a word using ‘middle level’?
Anyways, trust me, you dinn get the job cuz, the company dinn deserve to have you
Whatever happened, is for ur good.
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dude e1 i had tht “wer u see 5 yr” wala question asked in ibm interview wen dey had come to get few ppl for der SAP project for internship……n e1 i was speechless for a min…n den gave some feku answer lol…!
donno y ppl ask such ques instead o wat is req…neways such is job interview