Vivin Joy is my name. I have captioned this article connecting Pandemic for one reason. It is reported that more than 1 crore jobs were lost during these pandemic period. I was attempting for a job change last year and my experience is narrated below. The situation is more tougher due to the economic recession in the global market. But you can do it when I have done it. Read my story…

My most embarrassing situation in my life was when I attended interviews for the first time in my college in 2011. Though I was a topper in my department and poised to get into the top companies with all the projects and recommendations from my professors, I got a reality check only when I started attending the first few companies.

I struggled a lot to introduce themselves and cried in pain when I wasn't able to get the words out even when I knew the answers. With each interview, my confidence shattered. And as I saw that I was getting rejected in the final round for 17 companies in a row, I was filled with depression. I got a break finally in one of the software education tech startups. But realized how important it was to get control of this huge monster in my life - My Stammering!!

However the path was not easy. Over the years,

participating/conducting various improvement days, attending refreshers

courses, helped me to gain confidence in my speech. As I was getting myself

prepared for my next play in my career, none other than my renewed confidence

in my speech gave me the utmost courage to aim for the bigger companies.

I attended interviews for companies like Google, Facebook, Uber, Salesforce and many more companies(around 15) during the pandemic time. I attended a few for my practice and to help in my preparation for the bigger companies. I was fortunate enough to receive around 4 offers. Finally I joined LinkedIn - Bangalore this March 2021.

In this exciting journey I gained lot of experience and would like share these with my friends who are trying for a better job to understand what they look for. Each company is different and each interview is unique. The area of preparation, the depth of knowledge, how do you handle, answering questions, responding to queries, response time, attire, your gadgets and their positions, noise and disturbances, repeating the questions, preparing for different stages etc...are the focuses in my discussions.

I would like to focus according to your priority and discuss

if you can let me know the areas where you would like to get answers or if you

would like to knw a subject more , please let me know.

If I can do it, you can do it better.

Thanks

Vivin