It's a strange world out there. Before joining a 'prestigious' course like MBA, you are made to answer a lot of 'behavioral' questions which doesn't require much skills apart from good storytelling. This skill seems to be in abundance in youngsters considering the number of Me-too Chetanbhagat books popping up every month. So anyway, we all managed to answer some highly intellectual questions like 'Describe a challenging project or a seemingly
impossible task which you have undertaken." and "Describe an instance in which you took the strongest
stand of your value system" and some similar crap. And not to anyone's surprise, many of us also managed to get away with these answers in the interviews helping us land in our dream institution.
[Dream here doesn't mean the aspirations that you had in childhood. It actually doesn't hold any meaning and is just a made up word to justify your 'safe' decisions]
Now that we have all entered this amazing place by putting loads of hard work, we all get down to fulfill our single purpose of existence here-Get that fucking placement. We work harder than we ever worked, sleep lesser, feel happier since we are super busy and we are slowly reaching our goal. A goal to make someone else rich. Awesome! And all this environment turns us into something better. We now become better storytellers. Yes, we can write better resumes now, waste an ample amount of time writing, fudging and beautifying past 'achievements' again and again instead of trying to achieve something new in life. We get down frivolously to answer those holy questions again. And sample this answer to one of the questions on taking a stand : ...I was very keen to bring it to the notice of my supervisors. My fellow colleagues were aware of the issue but did not want to rake it up.... I knew it would be unethical to know about it and not action it. I mustered all my courage and presented to my Program Manager.... I had to take a tough stand and my job in the project was at stake... WHAT a big pile of heart breaking SHIT.
But this is the shit we all write. And we present it to the interviewers who come for hiring as if they will buy into this. But if the employers themselves know the uselessness of such questions, why do they ask them in the first place. Students innocently reply that they will verify in the interview and will know who is lying and who is not. But maybe that's the whole point. Maybe the employers are judging who is a better liar. They want to find out who is the better storyteller among all. That person will bring in the moolah for them. And organisation fit is another blanket term for crap which employers keep throwing around. As long as the person can work tirelessly without asking much questions, he is perfectly fit for any organisation. He is the perfect employee. And that's what we are being trained for. 10 Lakhs is a huge amount of money that we have already shelled out. Let's not waste time on thinking. Let's all join the bandwagon and also welcome all the aspirants who will be joining us. Let's all strive to become the perfect Storytellers.
[Dream here doesn't mean the aspirations that you had in childhood. It actually doesn't hold any meaning and is just a made up word to justify your 'safe' decisions]
Now that we have all entered this amazing place by putting loads of hard work, we all get down to fulfill our single purpose of existence here-Get that fucking placement. We work harder than we ever worked, sleep lesser, feel happier since we are super busy and we are slowly reaching our goal. A goal to make someone else rich. Awesome! And all this environment turns us into something better. We now become better storytellers. Yes, we can write better resumes now, waste an ample amount of time writing, fudging and beautifying past 'achievements' again and again instead of trying to achieve something new in life. We get down frivolously to answer those holy questions again. And sample this answer to one of the questions on taking a stand : ...I was very keen to bring it to the notice of my supervisors. My fellow colleagues were aware of the issue but did not want to rake it up.... I knew it would be unethical to know about it and not action it. I mustered all my courage and presented to my Program Manager.... I had to take a tough stand and my job in the project was at stake... WHAT a big pile of heart breaking SHIT.
But this is the shit we all write. And we present it to the interviewers who come for hiring as if they will buy into this. But if the employers themselves know the uselessness of such questions, why do they ask them in the first place. Students innocently reply that they will verify in the interview and will know who is lying and who is not. But maybe that's the whole point. Maybe the employers are judging who is a better liar. They want to find out who is the better storyteller among all. That person will bring in the moolah for them. And organisation fit is another blanket term for crap which employers keep throwing around. As long as the person can work tirelessly without asking much questions, he is perfectly fit for any organisation. He is the perfect employee. And that's what we are being trained for. 10 Lakhs is a huge amount of money that we have already shelled out. Let's not waste time on thinking. Let's all join the bandwagon and also welcome all the aspirants who will be joining us. Let's all strive to become the perfect Storytellers.
and yet, we have more and more people killing for a MBA seat every year!
ReplyDeleteGood one, U spoke the thoughts of many in exact words......!! but still these two years of mba remain the "most coveted life"... :/
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