On the negative side.........
Give us 3 reasons why we shouldnt select you?
And I was stumped. This was the first question that one the panelists asked me. It was the beginning of 30 minutes of my first stress interview. I was taken aback and for a minute tried to figure out which of my weaknesses should I now reveal.........
I am not going to recount what happened in those 30 minutes. It was a disaster but I came out with a smile. I couldnt recall the name of the president of Bangladesh but could immediately answer who the girlfriend/wife of the president of France is!!! Later that night I reminisced on my last 2 months. It had brought to the fore all my weaknesses. Some I didnt even dream of. Some things that I had thought I was good at let me down. The last couple of months have been an eye-opener!
My 'presence of mind' quotient is really low. On absolute terms it may be pretty good, but relatively when I compare it with people I have interacted with in the last few months I find it very inadequate. I have never been an impulsive person. But at times when posed a question out of the blue I dont always give the most appropriate answer. I dont know how I could improve on this. Or if I ever will........
Some decisions that I take are a bit too late. Maybe I deliberate a lot. Maybe its the low risk nature that contributes to this. Though a well-informed decision is the best one, at times a little bit of risk is really necessary. I may have missed out on a lot of things due to this. But this I can improve on......Doesnt mean I am taking risks from now on!!!
Sometimes I panic. Surprising, but true. When in a scenario where I have committed a mistake that I could have avoided, I find myself very frustrated. And my mind doesnt immediately look for ways to set things right since the only emotion in me is frustration. For some time this clouds my ability to think rationally. Panic immediately follows. I usually take some time to get over the thing and start making amends. But the phase of panic can be surely avoided. Maybe I will learn with time.......
Maybe all the three stated above are related. At times I feel I need to work on these to make myself a better person...........
And I was stumped. This was the first question that one the panelists asked me. It was the beginning of 30 minutes of my first stress interview. I was taken aback and for a minute tried to figure out which of my weaknesses should I now reveal.........
I am not going to recount what happened in those 30 minutes. It was a disaster but I came out with a smile. I couldnt recall the name of the president of Bangladesh but could immediately answer who the girlfriend/wife of the president of France is!!! Later that night I reminisced on my last 2 months. It had brought to the fore all my weaknesses. Some I didnt even dream of. Some things that I had thought I was good at let me down. The last couple of months have been an eye-opener!
My 'presence of mind' quotient is really low. On absolute terms it may be pretty good, but relatively when I compare it with people I have interacted with in the last few months I find it very inadequate. I have never been an impulsive person. But at times when posed a question out of the blue I dont always give the most appropriate answer. I dont know how I could improve on this. Or if I ever will........
Some decisions that I take are a bit too late. Maybe I deliberate a lot. Maybe its the low risk nature that contributes to this. Though a well-informed decision is the best one, at times a little bit of risk is really necessary. I may have missed out on a lot of things due to this. But this I can improve on......Doesnt mean I am taking risks from now on!!!
Sometimes I panic. Surprising, but true. When in a scenario where I have committed a mistake that I could have avoided, I find myself very frustrated. And my mind doesnt immediately look for ways to set things right since the only emotion in me is frustration. For some time this clouds my ability to think rationally. Panic immediately follows. I usually take some time to get over the thing and start making amends. But the phase of panic can be surely avoided. Maybe I will learn with time.......
Maybe all the three stated above are related. At times I feel I need to work on these to make myself a better person...........
posted by Sriniketh S at
8:22 PM
6 Comments:
Ooooh... I know a scenario where you can test your theory.
Step 1: Take the risk and ask her
Step 2: If she refuses try not to Panic or get frustrated.
Now how does that sound!?!?
By
Rose, at 2:47 PM
It sounds like u r sure she is going to refuse and I am going to get frustrated!!!
And u call me a pessimist???
And even if she refuses, frustration or panic is surely not going to be the emotion in me!!!
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Sriniketh S, at 9:46 PM
In that case lets skip Step 2 and go to Step 3.
Step 3: You walk hand in hand with her along brigade road!
If you don't do step 2, it will be 'Step 3 - You' + Some idiot
By
Rose, at 2:29 PM
Now skipping step 2 sounds good....and step 3 is cool but brigade road is the last place we are going to walk in!!! there are better places than that.....
"If you don't do step 2, it will be 'Step 3 - You' + Some idiot"
....what do u mean?
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Sriniketh S, at 7:31 PM
Replace 'you' with 'some idiot'
So if you don't do Step1, then Step 3 will be:
Step 3: 'Some idiot' walks hand in hand with her along brigade road! (or where ever)
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Rose, at 10:23 AM
interesting... i always liked reading your blog, but now i like reading your post comments as well :)
By the way, dude congratulations! you are officially a human now for having such shortcomings. But may be, you would be a hero someday, for realizing these...
By
Rupam Bhattacharya, at 4:23 AM
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