Wednesday, October 24, 2007

IBM what makes us special ??

From the time when i went 4 IBM campus recruitment pre-placement talk , i was constantly thinking for what is so special n this indian version of a FIRANGI COMPANY that they hav put this line as there slogan.


I know i hav taken a long time of almost a complete year for solving this puzzle, bt m quite happy with the outcome of my efforts.




three days ago whn i was facing a project interview here, once again the same questian came in frnt of me. All of sudden after my introduction the person asked me what hav u found special in this company ? what r the things u liked here most ? although at that time i didn't answerd it very well , coz the answer wt i had in my mind could lead me away from selection. so i told the same gheese- peete lines of campus dayz..like team spirit n enthu of ppl working here...(really it was meaningless talking abt the enthu of other ppl when u r having most frustrating dayz of urs).the person opposite 2 me jst passed a smile at that time n i couldn't get the reason b'hind this smile. Bt two dayz later whn i got my rejection confirmation i understood my first lesson in this cmpny SMTIMES UR OWN LANGUAGE SHOULD ALSO B GIVEN A CHANCE TO COME OUT.

well then i thought how it could b answerd ? wt r the things coming in my mind when i hear IBM.what can b the most striking feature of this company ? Is it the cool Cafeteria or the delux toilets ? Bench ki masti ya Interview ki preparation ? The treats from south indian guys or the failure reports of the procedure created by us in dummy project ?

If i were asked the same questian at the place other than the interview room, the first thing i would hav said mst b the special wall clock in the meeting room ( i hav shown that in the collage also).the speciality with this clock is that u may b coming 4 hrs late it will never let u down , coz it will show the same time 9.25 . Another thing i luv here is the posters on walls in lift-lobbies.this reminds me the wall mag of my floor in hostel.
The food in cafeteria is awesome. i've forgot wt is the definition of north-indian food here,coz south indian plate seems 2 b nearer to north indian than the so called NI food here.U can enjoy the jumbo fruit bawl in jst Rs 15, bt the problm with this bawl is that u won't b allowd to hav it alone specially if u hav frnds like mine then hardly u can finish 1/3rd by urself. The only thing u can get unlimited here is coffee/lemon tea/milk/latte/hotwater/cold water.I think m getting fat due to the free milk here.Some of my frnds hav started having take away service also.(it won't b safe mentioning names here)
The only area whr this cmpny is still far behind from its competetors is the Girl factor.it is still lacking the soft factor of a S/W company n i m still searching my perfect one here (probably vl b doin the same for a long time).