I got rejected in the second round itself while quite a few of my friends landed in the final round and got placed as well. It was extremely disheartening for me at that time, as I was very enthusiastic about getting a job. I felt the same way as one would feel when there is a celebration everywhere and you are not a part of it. But the Art of Living knowledge points were like a hero to me that time, which made me strong. Expectations from parents and sympathy from friends is enough to make anyone a stressful zombie. But doing Sadhna and listening to knowledge is the only support you can rely upon. A month had passed, waiting for the next good company. Meanwhile I sat for two placement drives, “HP” and “Syscom coorporations”, but got rejected at both. Finally the day came when “HCL Technologies” visited the University, in November. I just sat for it with the hope to get another experience. The drive arrived with a five round selection process. Since I had already been through many interview rounds, no more preparation was required at this stage, so I just went for it, with immense hope and faith in my heart. I cleared the first round, and was ready for the second one, which was Group Interaction with 15 students at a time. This round was called the Rejection round. It started with an introduction of all the students. At my turn, I gave a basic summary of myself and my background, after which, all of a sudden, Sri Sri’s Iraq visit came to my mind. I then went on to telling the interviewer that I belonged to the largest volunteer-based NGO, “The Art Of Living” , and instantly a big smile came on my face and I automatically got relaxed. I spoke confidently and fluently about all the Seva projects that I had been a part of in the last one year. I spoke continuously for over 10 minutes, and the interviewer was listening to the information with great interest, as he knew little about Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. After that round, 4 out of the 15 students were taken further, and to my pleasant surprise, I was a part of that 4. I was then told to wait for the Technical and HR rounds. I prayed to my Master saying “May the best happen!”; and my faith worked. I cleared both the rounds and was successfully placed with HCL Technologies. This was truly a miracle! Having gone through numerous failures, success tasted even sweeter. But it was only with the support of my Master that I could survive all the failures. Thank you Gurudev:) Sri Sri says: “Relax and you will find that everything is falling in the right place. Anything that bothers you, just drop it here. Send it to me. I am with you". Jai Guru Dev.
- Garima
