PGSEM Alumni Interview

This happened a couple of weeks back, so I might have missed a few questions here and there. Sorry about that. :)

There were two people - A and B.
A was somewhat old.
B was the younger of the two.

A: How are you? (or something to that effect)
SV: Fine, had a long bike trip - indicated that new house is kinda far off from the place. Had some related discussions abt the location and its proximity to the International Airport.
B: Company name- do you know y is it called j235? (I have thought abt it for quite some time, but no answers to it. I dont know if anyone has the answer to it but people keep asking the same question :))
SV: Indicated that I think it has got something to do with the registration number of the company though not very sure about it.

B: What kind of a company is this?
SV: Services, [here I bungled up a bit] Though registered, it has got a loose connectivity to the parent company in the sense that the contract indicates that the parent company (Exeter) will provide us with x thousand dollors worth work. [Should have just said that it a 100% owned subsidary company to Exeter Group Inc. which is what it really is. :(]
He was somewhat confused. Some more discussion happened and then we left it at that point.

A: Asked about the designation and workload
SV: Indicated that, told him that since it is a small company, the expectation is that you should be putting in 10 hours of work everyday [though now that I think about it, that's what is the expectation everywhere with the recession setting in]
That's when B went on with his questions on whether we get coffee breaks or whether we have time to have a good lunch break everyday.
I wanted to tell him that we are not prisoners in a jail or something but just smiled and said - yes we do. :)

A/B: Do you think you will be able to manage your workload with the course?
SV: [Here again I somewhat bungled up - I should have said that there are two people from my office who have already done the course, so I should also be able to do it but did not] Just said I will be able to do it.

Any questions?
SV: Asked about the alumni networking part.
A/B: Indicated that though not extensive, exists.
SV: Asked as to how do they think their work mode has improved after the course [I guess this could be one question that the faculty mite ask me :D, better get the expectations now itself.]
A/B: From a professional point of view, not very sure since have not gone through a job change but from client interactions point of view has helped immensely. Said a few more things, do not remember exactly.

Hope this helps for the next batch aspirants.

sidvish