I got an Interview Call on 14 April, 2015 for a position in Mantri Developers. One Mr. Sagar from Resource Partners(Mantri's recruitment consultant) called me and described the JD. The designation will be Finance Manager who will be responsible for Financial Modelling, Income Valuations of real properties etc. I said ok after considering the position and JD. Next day I visited Mantri’s office for an Interview. The interviewer was a WELL-POLISHED WELL-SPOKEN Dumbo(do not want to disclose his actual name in a public forum).
When I was trying to locate Mantri's office, I called up Sagar. He neither picked up my call nor did he call back afterwards. I felt there was most probably no point to attend the interview. They had already selected someone, I could guess. They would just waste my energy, time and money(Petrol is not available in Bangalore free of cost, of course) and they actually did waste my time.
The job profile as described by Dumbo at the time of interview was different from what Sagar had described. The JD turned out to be MIS reporting.
I am a Graduate in Finance, an MBA and also a CA Final Candidate. Dumbo was most bothered about my leaves required during CA Final exam. I was not trying to join Mantri as a burden for them, of course. I would manage my CA Final exam within the allowed leaves as a regular employee. What big deal was there? As an employee at Mantri one is entitled for at least 10 days leave in a year. Isn't it? If at all I required Exam leaves I would have managed within allowed limits. I don't understand why some interviewers are bothered about all things other than the most important things.
After that he started giving me unsolicited advices. Like you should not take stress in life by taking up job and CA exam together blah blah… Dear I have much better people in my life to take suggestions from. Talk to me regarding technical things for which I was being interviewed. I didn’t go for any marketing/ sales/ broking job there. I went for a job where technical background was the prime requirement.
His next unsolicited suggestion was to concentrate on CA Final rather than concentrating on Jobs. I know boss, how to balance many things in life. I have been managing jobs with much bigger responsibilities than your MIS reporting job. I know what is to be prioritized at what time. I didn’t require such advices from Him. I have to run my family also. I do not have money making machine. I went for an interview, not for taking suggestions.
His next suggestions made me furious. He said… “You need to hone your accounting skills. That will be better.’. I was shocked. The loser was giving me gyans on Accounting skills…
Accounting was not at all a subject matter in that interview. The role was in Finance domain. Even I didn’t talk about it. He unnecessarily started talking about all these. As far as technical expertise is concerned, I challenge him on any assignment. If a line has to be drawn, I will draw it better than him.
He was such a confused soul… He was not sure about how to reject a poor guy who went for some employment with some good impression about Mantri as an employer. His statements were contradictory. I do not know how he deals business transactions… Maybe the brand for which he deals does all the work for him. When a brand like Mantri is already existing, an individual is insignificant. Deal happens just like flow of water.
He dishonestly wasted my time and did my
Bheja Fry with his foolishness. Rejection did not hurt me. His immature attitude and inexperience did. And that is the reason I am writing this review. Rejection is more common than acceptance for me and rejection is not the reason for writing such a long review. His behavior is the reason.
Finally to take his insulting behavior to the extreme level… he started reading my skills loudly in this manner… so and so skills blah blah blah. so and so skills blah blah blah. Those were not blah blah blah my illiterate darling. Each word about my skill sets is a hard earned true asset for me. I didn’t include them in my CV just to falsely impress interviewers.
Here I am not suggesting anything based on my experience at the interview. I am just expressing my true and reasonable unhappiness about an employer for whom I preserved huge respect since 2004 till 11 a.m. 15 April, 2015.
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