Interview skill
                             Coping with Interviews
by Career Adviser


After coming through all the hurdles of the selection process, you will eventually arrive at an interview. This is of course, a major obstacle for many job applicants. Although they may have the qualifications, experience and a proven track record, they may lose out to a candidate who 'interviews better.'

So what does 'interviewing better' actually mean? It comes down to the candidate being well prepared and confident. A candidate who can answer questions in a way which is acceptable (but not necessarily right) to the interviewer, someone who knows something about their potential employers business and the post they hope to fill. These are really the basic components of any candidate who 'interviews well'. There are undoubtedly other aspects employers may look for in relation to specific posts - having their own ideas, articulate, thinking on their feet, aspects which will be related to the job and to the company's preference in employees.

The employer will also be looking to fill a post, which has a particular job specification - in other words personal aspects besides the experience, and qualifications that can be put down on paper. The interviewer will set out to ascertain that the candidate has these personal qualities, skills and abilities the company requires.

These two essential ingredients are interlinked. Good preparation instils confidence.

So the basic approach to an interview is to be well prepared. This means two things - preparing yourself practically for the interview, and gathering knowledge and information you can draw on during the interview.

* Be sure you know the time, date and location of the interview and name of interviewee where appropriate.

* Check out how you will get to the location, and when you need to set off to be there in good time - do a dummy run if necessary. Plan to get there no earlier than half an hour before the interview time, anticipate delays.

* Have what you are going to wear ready in advance - everything down to your underwear.

* Do not go to the interview laden down with baggage - psychological as well as physical.

* Take the bare minimum of belongings necessary.

* Concentrate on the interview at the interview - nothing else.

* If you are asked to bring certificates, references etc, get them ready before the day.

* Take your interview letter.

* On arrival ensure the receptionist knows you are there, visit the toilets to tidy up etc.


If you are well organised and have planned for the day your confidence will increase.

The interview is a chance for you and the employer to get to know one another. It is NOT the time to get to know about the post or the employers business.

Do gather information about your employer before you are interviewed - what do they do, what are their current projects, what other interests do they have? Ask staff - many companies will offer you the chance to talk about the vacancy with someone, use the opportunity to find out more about the company.

Bigger companies will have PR departments, smaller ones will provide you with some information - libraries can provide information on local business and keep directories of national business. Use the internet - many companies have a presence here now.

Make sure you know what the job entails - get a job description, ask someone in a similar post; ring the company to clarify if unsure.

Remember the employer is interested in you as a person, your experiences and your opinions (in most cases). Do take the time to sit down and think about you, who you are and what you've achieved. It can be highly embarrassing to know more about the employer than yourself.

Sit down with your CV and make notes, about your work record, what you've achieved. Look at yourself as a person in employment - how do you see yourself, what have you done, what ambitions do you have. Make notes and prepare and rehearse sound bites about yourself. Remember that one of the most common of interview questions is 'Tell me about yourself' prepare a sound bite for this in particular, but not a life history. Usually interviewers want to know about personal qualities not achievements - though examples can be included to support your statement.

Interviews vary tremendously, from very informal to formal. However, some questions can be anticipated, as can the subject matter. If you are well prepared, then the majority of problem questions should not arise. You will know about the company, you will know about yourself and you will have a good idea of the demands of the job - these questions will not be a problem to the well prepared interviewee.

List of Software company in India
7Hills Business Solutions
Accel Transmatic Limited
Accord Software and Systems
Aditi Technologies
Adrenalin eSystems
Anadocs
Anantara Solutions
Appin Security Group
Aptech
Aspire Systems
BMR Managed Services
Brainvisa
Byzan Systems
CGS Infotech Ltd
CMC Limited
Cognizant Technology Solutions
CSC India
Cybage
Cynapse
DSQ software
Data Software Research Company
DeepRootLinux
Elitecore
Fifth C
Geometric Limited
Gussmann Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
HCL Enterprise
HMSC
HCL Technologies
Hexaware Technologies
HeyMath!
HSBC GLT India
Hsenid
IBM India
ITC Infotech
IVL India
IBS Software Services
Iken Solutions
Impetus Technologies
Inapp Information Technologies
InfoBeans
Infosys
Intuit India
ITech Workshop
Kanthak
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Laser Soft
Mahindra Satyam
Mastek
Microsoft India PL
Mindfire Solutions
MindTree
MphasiS
MS Technology
National Institute of Information Technologies
Nagarro
NeST Software
OTS Solutions
Oracle Financial Services Software
Patni Computer Systems
Persistent Systems
Polaris Software Lab Limited
Proteans Software Solutions
PublicSoft
Q3 Technologies
Quadwave
Quick Heal Technologies
Robosoft Technologies
Robust Designs
SMSCountry
SafeSquid
Samsung India Software Operations
Sasken Communication Technologies
Scandent Solutions
Sierra Atlantic
Simmortel Voice
SneakCast
SoftDEL Systems
Sonata Software
Strand Life Sciences
Subex
SunTec Business Solutions
Tally Academy
Tally Solutions
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Elxsi
Tata Interactive Systems
Tech Mahindra
ThoughtWorks
UST Global
Virinchi
Wipro Infotech
Wipro Technologies
Zensar Technologies


Top 10 MNCs of India
Here's a peek into the top 10 tech MNCs in India and their business. 

* Hewlett-Packard 

* IBM

* Ingram Micro

* CISCO

* Oracle

* Intel

* Accenture

* Microsoft

* SAP

* Dell


Hewlett-Packard 

The first MNC in the list is HP India. Part of world's No. 1 PC maker, the company today has one of the widest portfolio of products and services. Eyeing services market, the global company recently made a $13.2 billion acquisition of technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Buying EDS would give HP more tools to challenge IBM in the lucrative technology services field. The estimated $550 billion market for technology services has long been dominated by IBM Corp, which has about a 10 per cent share. HP ranks a distant fifth with a 3 per cent market share, based on its $16.6 billion in technology services revenue in its last fiscal year.

In February 2008 the company signed a seven-year outsourcing contract with Unilever for the management of Unilever's technology infrastructure in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Turkey and Middle East.

In India, the company bagged 10 new outsourcing contracts, including Andhra Bank, United Bank of India and United India insurance. In the printer segment, company's Print 2.0 strategy focuses on Web-based printing. It also launched its online photo service snap fish.

With the announcement of 3G policy, HP is planning to talk to Indian mobile operators for a tie-up to offer 3G laptops. HP already has tie-ups with various service providers in different countries. For instance, in the US it’s AT&T, Sprint & Verizon, in Australia HP has tied up with Vodafone, in UK its Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile.

IBM

In the year 2007 the revenues of the Indian arm of Big Blue grew maximum among major markets including China (in dollar terms). The overall headcount saw a jump of 20,000. The major clients included, Vodafone, Indian Railways and Ministry of Social Welfare.

It also won a $45mn services contract from CBDT. The agenda of the 5-year deal is to completely modernise CBDT's infrastructure. The company recently opened news centers in Noida and Pune.

The company under went restructuring into four divisions Enterprise Systems, Business Systems, Industry Systems and Volume Systems. Renewing its focus on the SMB segment, the company is restructuring its focus from a product-centric one to a client-centric business model.

The transformation will provide IBM customers with a single face of IBM to deal with. The company also boosted its direct presence from 14 locations to 27. As part of the second phase of its Project Big Green (PBG 2.0) in India, IBM introduced new products and services to help enterprises build ‘greener’ technology infrastructure.

With PBG 2.0, the company is introducing modular, energy-efficient data centre designs that can reduce energy consumption by about 50 per cent. Globally, IBM relies on emerging markets for two thirds of its revenue. Five key overseas growth markets for IBM include China, India, Brazil, Australia and South Korea -- with each contributing more than $1 billion in revenue annually.


Ingram Micro

Next on the list is Ingram Micro Inc, the world's largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company.

Like HP India, the company gets a major part of its revenues from the sale of computer systems and peripherals. The company which merged with Tech pacific globally saw a strong growth in PC and enterprise business last year.

The company also launched its own brand V7 focusing largely on accessories segment. The company also added Autodesk and Adobe to its software portfolio and Asus to hardware. It also became direct distributor of Toshiba laptops. It also added several vendors like Hitachi, NetApp, Tandberg and Netgear.

Internationally, Ingram offers a broad array of solutions and services to approximately 170,000 resellers. Through Ingram Micro Logistics, the company provides customisable services for order management and fulfillment, contract manufacturing, contract warehousing, product procurement, product pack out and cartonisation, reverse logistics, transportation management, customer care, credit and collection management services and other value chain services.

CISCO

The networking giant too is making rapid strides in the Indian market. It claims that the company came to India not just because of cost arbitrage, but more for innovation, growth and talent.

The company which witnessed the exit of a series of top managers in 2006-07, saw some stability at the top last year. The company's total India sales stood at Rs 5370 crore, with 35 per cent coming from Switches.

The company also witnessed high growth in the areas of unified communications and network storage. Earlier this year, Cisco India restructured its India operations on the lines of a technology services company. The company said that the change reflects Cisco's evolution from being mainly an equipment vendor to a combined product-service solutions provider.

The restructuring is also expected to create more jobs and create further leadership positions. The company plans to take its headcount to 10,000 in the next five years. Cisco's new globalisation centre east campus has largest campus data centre outside US.

The R&D operation of Cisco India currently has around 5,000 people including its India technology partners like Wipro. It also formed joint go-to-market alliances with Wipro and Satyam Computers with the potential generating substantial revenues in the areas of networking and healthcare


Oracle

The IT MNC has been in India for over 15 years. In fact, it was among the first few multinational software companies to set up operations in India.

Beginning with a distributorship through Tata Consultancy Services in 1987, the company established direct operations with a liaison office in 1991, and in 1993 formed Oracle India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle Corp, focused on the sales and marketing of Oracle software in India.

Last year saw Oracle India look beyond its conventional ERP, and focus more on niche apps like CRM, logistics management and HCM. The company continues to lead the database market with 63 per cent marketshare.

The company overtook SAP in CRM and stood at no. 3, behind Avaya and ASPECT software. The company has seven development centres including an Asian R&D centre, a partner solution centre, an egov centre, a retail CCoE and three GDCs at Bangalore, Hyderbad and Noida.

Last year, company saw attrition at top level, with several senior managers joining completion like IBM, Microsoft and SAP.


Intel

The chip giant Intel earned over 60 per cent of its last year's revenues from the APAC market, including Japan. The company seems to have benefited from the expanding laptop market. It earned $160 per laptop versus $85 it made per desktop.

The company also launched its low-cost, low-power Atom processors and quad-core processors. Intel sees a huge market for UMPCs and other small form factor Internet devices; calling its own version of such a device as 'Netbook', a low-cost PC that would cost in the region of $250.

In addition, Intel has also announced the "Centrino Atom" processor technology aimed specially at mobile Internet devices. This was formerly code-named Menlow.

Eyeing the SMB segment, it introduced an online storefront and business solution Web portal designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The Intel Business Exchange (Intel BX) brings together offerings such as bundled software and hardware, standalone business applications and services.


Accenture

Accenture is one tech MNC which has more employees in India than US. The management consulting and IT services provider recently announced that it is planning to add another 28,000 employees in the current financial year.

Globally, the company plans to make 60,000 gross additions to its workforce by August and will be consistently investing in training manpower. The Bermuda-based company was formerly a part of Andersen Consulting, till the company split off from defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen in 1989.

Formerly Andersen Consulting, the company split off from defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen in 1989. Accenture delivery centers for technology and business process outsourcing in India were awarded the BSI BS 25999-2:2007 certification for business continuity from British Standards Institute (BSI) recently.

The company operates 45 delivery centres across five continents with more than 75,000 people. Its India delivery centres are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Gurgaon in National Capital Region of Delhi.

It is currently servicing 350 clients, including many of the Fortune 100 companies from India. The company's BPO unit recently said that it is witnessing pricing pressure for certain deals, especially the low-end transactional work.


Microsoft

The Indian subsidiary of software major Microsoft Corp recently announced the appointment of ex-Dell chief Rajan Anandan as its MD. The company grew 26 per cent claimed that launched largest Microsoft Office Sharepoint at TCS.

The company also announced changes in software licencing, which included option of staggered payment for software purchases. The company partnered 14 states and now boasts of over 300 e-gov apps running on Windows. The drop in piracy rates also boosted company's revenue.

The company recently announced the Release to Manufacture (RTM) of SQL Server 2008, the latest version of its database management offering. Microsoft India has also been in news for all the wrong reasons recently, the company which got a new MD last week saw a series of senior-level resignations including its MD, Neelam Dhawan, who quit Microsoft to join HP.

The company was also issued a show-cause notice for non-payment of service tax worth Rs 127 crore. The notice has been issued for non-payment of service tax on `marketing and user support services' carried out by Microsoft India for Microsoft Singapore.

SAP
World's second largest computer maker made its India entry some eight years ago. The company which is bullish on India market claims to be seeing rising demand from consumer, small and medium business, government, financial services and education sectors.

The Texas-based company, which has a plant in Tamil Nadu achieved a revenue of Rs 3,000 crore building on strong volume growth in 2007. The company's Sriperumbudur plant has brought down the shipping time from three weeks to one week.

The company is at third position in the market with a 7.6 per cent market share and claims to be number one in large corporate segments. It recently launched low-cost personal computers customised for the Indian market.

Dell has also announced plans to adopt channel sales model to enhance its presence in the Indian market. The vendor plans to leverage the growing opportunities in the SMB segment.

On the down side, the company still has to gain visibility on the consumer sales front.

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Adam was sad
Even though the garden God had made for him was the most beautiful place there could ever be, Adam was lonely.
Adam needed some company. So God reached into the ground again and took some more stuff from the earth. This time he made every kind of animal and every kind of bird. He brought them all to Adam to see what he would call them.
It must have taken a long, long time to think up all those names!
Luckily, he didn't call them things like 'Foo Foo' or 'Snuggems' or 'Pooky' or anything like that. Instead. he called them 'gerbils' and 'rabbits' and 'rhinoceroses.' And he called the birds 'eagles' and 'egrets' and 'ruby throated warblers.'
Well, actually, we don't know WHAT Adam named them. He didn't speak English. But he named each kind, and that's important because people are the only ones that name things. Your dog knows what a squirrel is, but he doesn't call it a squirrel. He just barks at it! But naming things is one of the things that shows we are different from all the other creatures that God made.
But even with all the animals around to keep him company, God saw that Adam was still sad. Monkeys are fun to play with, but they don't have very much to say... and they have terrible table manners.
So God made Adam fall asleep (he must have conked him on the head or something), and while Adam was sleeping, God took one of his ribs.
God took Adam's rib and he made a woman from it. When Adam woke up, God brought Eve to him (that's what Adam named her later on), and Adam said,
"At last! Here is someone like me! Her bones were made from my bones, and her body was made from my body. I will call her 'woman' because that means she was taken out of man."
At last Adam was happy.
And so Adam and Eve lived together in God's garden. And do you know what? They were naked and nobody cared... or thought it was funny!
But that's another story...
Good evening
hi it my plesure to know that my friend who was so much close to me  as own ,is now no more  with me.It is his desire so no one can do anything.He do not want to elaborate anything about our past.
Memorable Words



"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world
to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope
and achievement. You are here to enrich the world.
You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand." (Woodrow Wilson)

"There is some kiss we want with our whole lives,
the touch of Spirit on the body." (Jalalud'din Rumi)

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? (Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart")

"Your imagination is your preview
of life's coming attractions." (Albert Einstein)

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs,
ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that.
Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."
(Harold Whitman)

"I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's
variety and uniqueness." (Maya Angelou)

"Feel yourself being quietly drawn by the deeper pull
of what you truly love." (Jalalud'din Rumi)




"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anais Nin)

"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development,
invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears." (Edgar Allan Poe)

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism
the overpowering necessity to create, create, create —
so that without the creating of music
or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning,
his very breath is cut off from him.
He must create, must pour out creation.
By some strange, unknown, inward urgency
he is not really alive unless he is creating."
(Pearl S. Buck)

"I can't stand a naked light bulb,
any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."
(Tennessee Williams)

"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits,
can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.
Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."
(Henry David Thoreau)

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements
of life. All that we need to make us happy
is something to be enthusiastic about." (Albert Einstein)

"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me
that the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die --
whether it is our spirit, our creativity,
or our glorious uniqueness." (Gilda Radner)

"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels
as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears,
and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain
can experience itself anything less than a god." (Alan W. Watts)


"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.
If you have that awareness, you have good manners,
no matter what fork you use." (Emily Post)


"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll  find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years." (Audrey Hepburn)

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." (Carl Gustav Jung)

"Many of us are aware that a greater life is possible. We sense that we have scarcely realized our potential, our powers, and that there lies vast continents, strange and wonderful worlds of unexplored territory within." (Michael Lynberg)
friends dance
BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATION
my friend birthday celebration
today we all people are so nervous thTT WE EVN CANT TYPE ANYTHING, BUT IT IS MY INTEREST THAT i m wrinting this part of blog.we r not in full mood but can realise the fact.that is why i have just tried i my hard to type this word.today i m not so much in mood but can realise everything.so i can do what i have to do.but i also do not leave alone my self about the situation.it is m sire tha i have  tried to write something in such a situatin. today i have .................................
To be happy

I Choose to be happy.. :)

Many times people ask me..."How come you are so happy all the time?" And almost every time my reply is- "I don't think I have any good reason to be unhappy!! :)"


Definitely it feel odd when I see myself from someone else's point of view.I meet friends everyday and almost everyone of them seem to be troubled for some or the other reason.Sometimes they are worried about studies...sometimes about money,sometimes about attendance and almost every time because of their girlfriends... :)




It is n't that I don't encounter difficulties in life as well...I too face difficult times..I too get into troublesome situations...But the only difference is that I "choose" to be happy.... I like being happy..Being upset secludes me from everyone and worst of all it doesn't feel good while being sad.. 
So come whatever may..I don't let that situation dominate over myself.The best way to maintain the charm in difficult situations is to create a virtual reality in your mind of being in a good state...
 Most of the times after the exam my friends ask me "How was the exam?" 
And my reply is always in an enthusiastic tone "It was great!!!! Fantastic"
"So...how much are u going to score?"
"Might be 50% :)"
"Only 50%!!!! How can u b so happy then?"
"Because I don't think by being sad I will be given some bonus marks :)"


ha ha ... many times it has happened with me... And I like this.Most of the times I feel that my friends also begin to feel good after I say that...Being happy is contagious...so is being sad...  So why spread remorse... Be happy and that will make other's happy themselves..

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