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DELL Tech Training @ Sutherland

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 | Author: Vivek

My prev blog “The Versant Experience” had the maximum number of views for quite sometime! So, encouraged from the positive response, am writing more about my training! :D

I forgot to tell you about the Panel Interview (Comm Check) conducted by a H(aitch)R named TONY, before The Versant Test! And the funny incidents related to that! The HR tests our communication and shortlists us thru’ a Mock Call.

For many the HR Tony didnt look like a HR! He was a very Modest Guy! And since everyone said that the comm check is very difficult etcetera etcetera and after hearing the name Tony, we were expecting a lot frm that comm check! Something like… a foreigner sitting on the other side of the table looking at us mockingly and speaking in an unintelligible English!

So one by one everyone went in and came out of the cabin in which he conducted the interview. As i said b4 that we were expecting something and found something else inside the cabin, it was quite fun that day! When Aiyaz went in, he misunderstood the name and called the HR as Hi Tommy!!! lolz :D Nishant went in to attend the comm check. He’s a cut and right guy, always speaks like a military man. So he was nicknamed military during our comm training. He went in and started speaking to Tony as always, like a military man(also his rate of speech was high) Tony asked Nishant to drink some water and relax. Nishant replied back, “No!!! I don’t want water now!!!” Tony was taken aback by his bossy nature. And so he threw him out! Sathya went in next, and found that a man was sitting there in a t-shirt jean and who didnt look like a HR. So, she started searching the room and tried opening another room which had the entrance thru’ this cabin. But that was locked. She came back to that man and asked him, “i am supposed to go thru’ my comm check with a HR named Tony in this cabin, when’ll he come?!!” He replied back,”I am the HR and I am Tony!!!” :D

According to me, Tony was quite friendly and spoke well… And after clearing this we took the Versant test. You can read abt it in my blog “The Versant Experience

After clearning the versant we were inducted into the company. They gave us the Permanent ID card, opened the ICICI Bank account, Pan Card for those who didnt have one, another Offer Letter etc

The we had the Tech Training. It was for 6 days. And our timings were from 12am to 8am! The Graveyard Shift! Our Trainer was Vengat and his classes were never boring. Yep! The way he pokes fun on everyone in class keeps the training sessions alive! And the AC, always in 16degrees(he never alows us to switch it off or increase the temp) during night! It was very difficult for us last row guys to sleep!

We learnt quite a lot abt the computer Hardware, Windows XP and Vista OS, etc… After the 6 days of training we had to attend the MSV test. MSV is Minimum Skill Verification!

It was a 60 minutes test. And many of us finished that in 5-10 minutes! I got 88% in that! Then we had a 1week break during we just went there to mark our attendance.

Now we are in the Process Training. We were put into Printers 4 in 1 batch! This training is for 22days! I was disappointed initially bcoz i was expecting that they would put me in Desktop or Laptop!

Sutherland Interview Day!

Monday, June 30th, 2008 | Author: Vivek

It was 18th of June 2008… I woke up as usual in the Morning and Got Ready etc… I took jus that offer letter they mailed to ma home and a Resume… I was asked to be there at 10am! The Office is diagonally opposite the Santhome Church… I went there at 11am… When i reached back home, it was around 7pm! Now, lets see what i did there all day!

I went in and gave ma Profile to the Receptionist… She got ma Profile, after seeing me pick it out frm the Sutherland Envelope along with the Offer Letter, she asked me whether i had a campus offer… I said yes… She wrote it down and asked me to wait outside… Seems that those who had a campus offer letter need to attend one interview less… Big Deal…! I thought that they would directly take me in!!!
I was the waiting waiting waiting! After some more waiting i was called and asked to wait in the lobby! God, again waiting eh! Hmmm… Then, i was called into a cabin and a middle aged HR interviewed me… All those basic questions… Temme about yourself… And picking frm what i say… Ithuku paer thaan pottu vaanguratha!!! Namma enna solromo athu la irunthe namaku thirumba questions ketu kudaivaanga! Then, she gave me a paragraph and asked me to read it… It was some story aboput a cunning fox… I read it.. She then asked me to summarize it… Enna da ithu, ithuku enna summarizing ellam… Hmmm… I said, the moral of the story is “Beware of Cunning Foxes!” Is that Okay?! I dont know… I came out and i was given a personal data sheet to fill up, i was selected in that personal interview… Then, they asked me to take a break and come back again…

After finishing ma lunch there, i went in and gave an online test… Analytical and Listening… I scored a 90 in listening and 70 in Analytical… Pass Mark was some 50 and 60 respectively… I cleared that round and then was asked to go down and meet another HR, Emmy Wilson…
Again i waited waited waited…
After some more waiting, she came and took three of us to another board room or something, me and some 2 other guys, 1 of whom happened to become ma frnd at Sutherland and the other was rejected due to loads of backlogs…
It was supposed to be a final interview, she told… She asked us to speak for 2 minutes about something… She asked me abt ma College… The Other Guy talked about Racing at ECR in which his frnd lost his hand! And the third Guy, Nishant talked about paragliding at Air Force Quarters… This is the reason he was nicknamed Military at Sutherland…
And after that, she told that Nishant and Me had been selected and were put in DELL Process… Here, we have a 15 Day Training and other details…

We then met one Stephen who was the head of the HRs… Again after waiting we met him and he signed the final selection papers… We were then given our Training ID Cards… We joined the Training frm Day 2, the next Day(19th June 2008)…

Thus after getting our ID Cards, i introduced ma self to this Guy Nishant who was supposed to attend the training along with me and we exchanged Numbers… Then, we got the seal in the ID frm the Security… He was frm Tambaram and had to catch a bus/train… So, i said i’ll drop him at Guindy coz it was near ma Place… And so we went together till Guindy frm where he took a train to his place…

And it was nearly 7pm when i went back home that day!
This is all that happened, in short!I believed this was the last elemination round and hereafter we are permanent employees! But i was wrong!!!

What made me join Sutherland!

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 | Author: Vivek

After finishing ma Final (ah… at last!) Semester Exams, i heaved a sigh of relief! At last… No more Subjects to Study, Exams to write, Results to worry about! Writing Exams, ah Not a Big Deal! Combined studies a few days before the exam… Listening out to all those ma frnds have studied(this is combined study!) And the Final Semester, it was very very easy, coz the exams were during the afternoons! It was only during the Mornings that we studied… Everyone will study 1 unit a day b4 the exam… And teach that unit to others next day… Thus all 5 Units are covered… We even did revision 2-3 times!

But, Every Semester, i dread one thing… Thats checking out the Results! Anna University Results… Eppa varum ne theriyathu… Exam Mudicha annai la irunthu itho varuthu atho varuthu nu bayamuruthite irupaanga! Thidirnu oru naal expect eh pannaama irukum botha Damaal nu vituduvaanga! Jolly ah engayaavathu suthikitu irukum both, Results Announced, Announced nu inbox nirambi valiyum… Its a sign of the impending bad/good news! Konja nerathula varusaya calls ah varum! Anna University Results eppvume ippadi thaan varum!

Website open panurathuku munnadi enaku therincha saami paatu ellam paaduven… And i pray to God(all the Gods that i can remember of at that time!) And lo, the Results r for me to see!!! This time around i was a bit relaxed, hoping to clear… Coz, it was said that No one will fail during last semester and i had done fairly well(thanks to the morning free time)!

So, after exams i roamed around with ma frnds… We went to a Bosch Interview… Thats a different Story, I’ll tell U about it later… And frm Coimbatore i had to leave to ma Native Place to attend a few weddings… But as you all know… Holidays are Enticing only for the First Week or so! After that, it is No Longer such a Novelty to Rise Late and have Little to Do…!

After getting back to Chennai, we shifted our place… It was here that i felt very bored… Sanjay and Naveen were gonna attend an interview at Allsec the next day… So, i thought… Enna da, ellarum velaiku poranga, naan mattum inga veetla vetti ah kuppa kottikitu iruken!!! Infosys la vera kanduka maatengraanga! I got placed in Infosys on March 2007, and they havent called me yet! It looked like they’ll call me after 1-2 months, maybe in August. So, instead of sitting at home and do nothing, i could work in a call centre and improve ma comm! Also, i cud make do with some money! While i was thinking that, i got a call frm Sutherland(i had attended one job fair, jus out of curiosity during my final year, there i got shortlisted in Sutherland… Frm then on they have been bugging me to come to Santhome… I had been saying some silly reasons for not able to come there… Like i have arrear exams, i am going on a world tour, i am sick!) This time around, since i had made up ma mind to join some call centre, i agreed to meet that HR the next day(18th June 2008)!