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I'm about to attend HR interview in TCS next week. I have 5.10 yoe in .Net tech and gcp and current ctc is 8 lpa. I want to consider it to be for a long term association with my next company..
What will be the ctc that I can ask for according to the trend..
Please help..
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Does it cater to only niche technologies or how does this actually function?
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I was about to be interviewed by 3 people at the same time, all women. They came into the room I was waiting and as I stood up to greet them, one of them leaned in a bit much, which I misinterpreted for a kiss on the cheek lean. So I gave her a kiss on the cheek and proceeded to do the same with the other two. Having three awkward faces staring at you for 30
minutes was the best-worst.
Did a Skype interview and totally blanked mid-sentence so I proceeded to act like someone was talking to me through a non-existent window in the conference room I was in. Lots of gesticulating and saying pretend-busy things to an imaginary person for as long as I could. I looked back to the interviewer “so sorry, where was I?”
I got to the office early and sat in my car until the interview. Walked in at the time of my interview, exactly 1pm. They said I was late and the woman interviewing me wouldn’t see me.
Arrived at 8:50am for my 9:30am interview, so I waited patiently in my car until 9:20 and then walked in for the interview. The guy had a stunned look on his face and said, “oh...I thought we were meeting at 9...maybe I was wrong.” I was so confident that I just said “yeah, no, it was for 9:30.” Then after chatting and walking back to my car, I checked my email and saw that we had agreed to 9am. Oof.
The first woman I interviewed with was on her phone the entire time and made it seem like I was wasting her time, and she was who I would have reported to. The next woman who came in told me I had lipstick on my teeth 😖 they offered me a job, I declined.
First job I interviewed for out of school in my small hometown, 60k a year salary was really big and I needed the money. Age 20. Boss sees engagement ring and asks if I plan to be A Career Woman or A Family Woman. Comments on how I look very in shape and must work out a lot (I was wearing a long dress). Asks what my fiance does. Loves my portfolio when he finally decides to open it. Loves it but rejects me for the job because my husband is in the medical field “and may want to hop around and you’ll follow him.” Invited me to go running on the beach or sailing with him and his son anytime. I went home and cried. I was so fearful of interviews for about a year afterward.
Assholes at CPB Boulder circa 2008... one asked me what would be my walkout song if I was a baseball player (?) I said Final Countdown, fine yeah cliche whatever, (and ps a sexist question that was just one of the BRO culture cues I found) and they basically rolled their eyes and guffawed in disgust. Then in showing a portfolio video I had edited and directed which started with some delicate music— “what is this supposed to like make me cry or some shit?” And then couldn’t even sit through :60. I didn’t even know what to say.
Position was in the digital department where there were no women in creative at the time. I was so bummed everyone was a huge asshole. I was so excited for it. Just rude and douchey. Oh, and they’d flown me out for this and put me up in a hotel for a night so I could spend 7 hours of agony waiting to talk with different assholes all day.
I once got lost on the way to an interview and had a sprained ankle and was walking slowly with a cane so I showed up like 45 minutes late. I also had a bad cold and had lost my voice. When I went to show my portfolio my site had crashed so we had nothing to talk about so just sort of sat silently for 5 minutes. This was when I was just starting out and had been looking for work for 6 months. But then I got a WAY better job than that one a few months later and it changed my career path forever and I am so grateful for that most epic of interview fails.
I was on a second round interview and they had me meet with various people for 45min each. All interviews went great but one was with a man child that knew nothing about the subject matter I was interviewing for and just wanted to argue. He tanked my chances.
Once had the person who was interviewing me start crying in the middle of my interview because she was so miserable. She talked a lot about how mean her CD was. I had to console her. Then she pulled out some of her work and asked me what I thought. Awkward. Needless to say, I didn’t work there.
@Starcom, boss liked busting people’s chops as a test. Shocking that his management style encouraged backstabbing and conflict, I know. I guess I passed the test that day and was too new in my career to read the writing on the wall.
Was interviewing at a big holding company, the creative manager asked what work of theirs I liked. I talked about a few campaigns that I saw on their website that I thought were great - turned out that every one I liked was done out of a different office in the network. There was no indication on the site of what was done where, or which CD did what, or anything like that. She scolded me for not doing my research before the interview.
Got stuck on the subway platform on a super-hot day. Showed up 15 min late drenched in sweat - the receptionist asked if I’d gotten stuck in the rain. Proceeded to be in interviews for the next 7 hours, with literally everyone on the team I’d be working with.
@ ECD 1: B A L L E R ! ! !
The funny thing is sounds like he was ready to offer you the job, he just had to huff and puff first.
I once got lost on the building that was under. construction and got to my interview 20 mins late. I could tell they thought I was an idiot.
Had an interview with a well known fitness brand. The CD and I clicked perfectly and told everyone that I’d be helping them out. She had me meet the Marketing Director just for fun.
The MD kept talking on and on about their brand redesign and how amazing it was without asking me any questions. Finally he points to one of their brand new ads on the wall and says what do you think? (Reality? It was pretty but not much else. ) I said it was nice and tried to steer the conversation back but he kept pressing me. I kept trying to redirect, ask anything I could think of but he wouldn’t let it go. Finally, I gave in. Put my laptop back in my bag and proceeded to tell him what I thought of the ad, that it was pretty but what the hell were you going after and this isn’t a concept and the line doesn’t make any sense and completely just ripped it to shreds. Yea, I knew. Picked up my bag, shook his hand and walked out
Hey OP, look on the bright side: you are directly responsible for one of the most popular, high-quality threads this bowl has ever seen! Way to go 👍
I was ghosted by Old Navy when I thought I killed the interview. Damn I wanted that job.
At a big trad agency: Asks ‘what are your passions at work?’ [I proceed to list them] ‘You won’t be able to do any of that here in this position.’ [Great, thanks. Bye]
Had a freelance interview where the CD loved my book and we had an amazing conversation. Her partner then came in after her, leaned back and closed his eyes and asked “So why do you want to work here?” He totally threw me because it was for freelance and he was treating it like a ft interview. I never recovered.
Couple of months later, a friend sent my book back to the team without knowing any of this. They called me, loved my book and never remembered they had me come into their office until I pointed it out. Never heard from them again
Hounded a dream shop for an informational interview in a city I was visiting. Talked to the internal recruiter. Went well. Waited for the ECD. Waited. Waited. Nature called. Went to the restroom. For a long time. Came out. ECD and recruiter sitting outside the door waiting for me the whole time
Not me but my best friend. She was interviewing with a professor for a honors scholarship at our college. She got to the interview early and went to the bathroom while she was waiting. Comes out of the stall and the professor she was supposed to interview with is washing his hands at the sink. She accidentally walked into the men’s room...the professor totally recognized her and called her out, too. 😂