|| Luck Is Asynchronous || 

My second interview experience — HP(23/02/2014)

This time, I have to agree it was my experiment. I’ve always wondered if i am really lucky or not. So I thought let me get this out of my system all together. Let’s clearly understand if i am really lucky or am i fooling myself with it. I blindly 100% tried my luck on one interview(Traitsys). Which i hadn’t even tried preparing for. I lost.

The next one was an easy one. CSS CORP. I had just understood my role. I am always prepared for such a role. Talk whatever you know. At The end, I had to lie that i hadn’t attended any other interview. One lie. Got me in. It wasn’t even 2% tough. So that’s not counted.

Now, My third interview from VIT. I had made sure that i was eligible and prepared. I read all the previous question papers. I did prepare pretty good. I obviously did very well in the first round. Talked about the recent whatsapp acquisition. The HR appreciated me for the informative session. The next round was aptitude. Now It really wasn’t tough. But the time was limited. I am sure I answered all the aptitude questions right. Except one. Which i didn’t read full. The English session had only 8 questions. It was easy too.

The rest 35 questions were based on c, C++, JAVA & DBMS. I thoroughly attended all the c questions. I was not very much afraid of java too as i was thorough with OOPS. But as i read on, i admit i became a bit slow in answering. I had to read few questions multiple times, checking for the alternatives. i could only finish 16 of these within the given time.Now, Luck comes into picture, I took a dedicated bet this time, Unlike the previous interview, leaving everything to luck, I did whatever i knew thoroughly first. A mere 18 questions were remaining to be answered. I quickly scanned the answered questions to figure out a pattern. It was oddly biased to “C”. So i took a wild guess. And filled most of the remaining answers with C. Rest done randomly.

Now, Had luck been my side i would have had at least 6 of these to be correct. I am not trying to blame luck here. I am just sharing my introspection, which proves that luck is hallucination. It makes you believe that life is under control when it is very much the opposite. So any little dependence on luck will definitely invert it’s effects. It screws our mind, making you go easy on yourself, wishing, praying, doing all sorts of crazy stuff to let life automatically bring you happiness. This is a very important message for my life. I’ll never again keep my tiniest belief on luck, not because it betrayed me, but to become more reliable on myself, Hadn’t i believed on luck, i would have studied all night for the interview, It is such stupid belief that hits you right.

Always keep in mind ” Luck doesn't favor the intelligent or the brave, It simply occurs at very odd times without any synchronization with our current life cycle. So never Expect a pattern there, (I feel lucky wearing the same shoes, Wearing the same shirt, etc).”

The level to which i am embarrassed right now is understandable. But never acceptable. As always. “Journey Is The Reward”