Episode Ad Guy

Ahhh I am so tired today. Just got back from gym and the first thing that pinged in my mind is writing about today's Miraculous episode (Might be not so exciting for common people) Common people?? Yes that means I am calling Genius to myself. Anyway, that I will flaunt in my next story, right now I just want to run my fingers as fast as I can on my keyboard (Excitement  cum spelling errors) So It’s been 5 months I haven’t even seen on my blog (Last blog I wrote when I got my Job, so the reason  of getting offline since long is more clear now) but today I couldn't control to write about it.

I met a guy today. Around 27-30 in age. Cool & casual in behaviour, acts very smart (Later I realized he actually is). Talks intelligently, sharp eyes which hint that something is cooking in his mind and that can pop out  at any moment. No smile but frowning eyebrows and caustic expressions especially when his cell phone rings during the conversation. In short 'A King Attitude'. This guy is an advertising professional in a leading ad agency and I got a chance to meet him today. Blue jeans, navy blue polo T-shirt, wearing a blue thin fashionable wrist band and flip-flops (Decent enough in the industry). I could make it out from his attires that he is an ad guy but never imagined that he is the one  who heads a whole department in the agency. Meanwhile he shook hand with me and introduced himself (Just his name, nothing else). We started a conversation regarding ideas and brands. He asked me first what I do and how (I just hope he did not see the blank thought bubble over my head).  

He asked many many questions to me and I managed somehow to answer few of them at a satisfactory level. In between we came on music and fashion too and I can bet he is damn obsessed about fashion! That was glittering in his eyes and  was visible in his posture.  I was just praying that I don’t speak something silly before him so was thinking carefully before every sentence. One thing I noticed in him was clarity. He was very clear about his own views and policy that if he gets a pat on his back he can reward his juniors/team even with a gold medal. Similarly if he gets something opposite, he will definitely screw the happiness of the defaulter.

Apart from work I noticed a charm in him. May be a L'il bit of filmy, but frankly, that suits him. I meet several people every day. My colleagues, friends. Share my good and bad with them. Gets a holy, divine empathy too. Some of them are really try hard to make my happy! 'Stay positive' is a pet cram which is chanted by all of them whenever they meet me. Very few people accept that am not negative but rational. A wise person said that do not discuss your problems with great people. They might make your problem a case study for them on their problem solving ability!! And of course you'll hear a remix version of that by somebody else.

Ooops where was I? Yess the ad guy. So, I don’t know why but I got very impressed by his body language. It was something very magnetic and you know what, I was feeling very confident and happy after talking to him. Suddenly lot of thoughts started popping out in my mind that dude, this is called attitude. Whatever, whoever, wherever you just go like you want. What will affect you if you simply don’t believe in anything else except you. Yes !You are the world itself. That’s what I felt when I was talking to that guy. People advice about responsibilities, tolerance, calmness, patience and several moral issues but what if I just don’t care. I never realized it. Actually 'Never felt it'. May be I did not get any wave from somebody like him. 

Some people make role models, they follow them and some of them make role models and don’t follow them. Some people you meet and they get print in your mind. This was something like that. I don’t know whether I will meet him again or not but surely this was a great changing attitude episode for me. I cannot forget even a single second with him. Every single word he uttered and every single expression. The whole story may summarize that I am fascinated about his looks and his artificial behavior ( for some mature social animals) and might be a nonsense (for some over mature unsocial animals) but its something very rare and new in my life. Just hope that in the morning I'll be in the same enthusiasm what I am feeling right now!! Cheers!!! Goodnight!

Hi Five to AdGlobal360 India !

It was 7th May 2012, when I  first entered AGL360 for my summer internship. I indeed had a great time during my two-month internship and again on 7th January 2013, I was back in AGL360, giving the final interview at AGL360 for the first job of my life! This was like getting a ‘Hi Five’ when they said ‘Welcome Back’. Wuhuuuuuuu!!

First day was pretty nervous for me. Though there were some known faces but obviously I was the one who was new at that time. Anyway, the coolest factor of this place is ‘Being Free’!! Everybody is so chill and there is no hard-core corporate environment here, unlike other places where you have to think twice even before you go to loo. AGL360 works on people oriented work culture and when you just shake hands with people it gets viral. Of course, I mean the spirit and joy of being working together, sharing ideas, playing with words, sweet and sour tiff sometimes (thankfully we believe that nobody is perfect).

I remember the cheerful expression of Rakesh Sir when I came back for my interview. He gave me a big smile, shook hands and said ‘Welcome Back Pooja’! Nothing can be friendlier when you get to hear such words from the COO of the company. Whereas, I had a notion that people generally meet the higher authorities of the organization only on annual events or in serious and death-boring meetings, however I saw a reverse system here. Yup, we see them every day or I think I can say ‘They see us everyday’!

I have joined Social Media Optimization team as a SMO Executive. My job responsibility includes building interaction on various social media channels for brands. In this job, once you logged in, you can’t run! You just cannot delete the habit of becoming crazy, crisp and spicy when the world itself following you! You tweet, they tweet; you state, they comment; you pin, they re-pin; you like, they share; you upload, they download; you download, they post! You check-in, they shout! Complete hangover of digitalism!

Well this is all I am experiencing right now; don’t know how far the way is, but definitely hell lot of things are waiting for me and vice versa.

Cheers!!

My first experience with Amity University, Noida- The Interview

2011 January 21, 6:00 AM, at my balcony,I was thinking what will going to be happen today? Though my coaching institute PT Education has given me enough classes for GDPIz of B-schools from the grooming to the verbal presentation skills but still I was very nervous. I had worn Indian formal attires. Sky blue 'chooridar' with black blazer . With my resume and official documents, I started for the university.


10 AM, Sec.125 , Gate 1st Amity University Campus, Noida.
Huge, glamorous campus with really technological infrastructure . Impressed at a first view. Here I registered myself at the front of gate and got the schedule of following process. Entered the auditorium and met fellow participants sitting there. It was strange that nobody was carrying any kind of formal attires there or any resume!! I got little uneasy there among all the 'cool dudes' of  Delhi and outsides. even girls were in latest hair style and as usual in casual attires. Except the few (including me) of candidates, they all were in casual without any formal documentation. No doubt we two-three candidates were looking like the hardcore aspirants of management but  we had to face these lines also '' OMG! are they in Panel of GDPI or are they are here for a job interview??'' ,''excuse me, did somebody tell you to dress up like this''?, ''Is this necessary to wear formals in GDPIz?'', ''Why you guys carrying this?'', ''What is this??'' and even some baseless questions also which I  don't want to mention here. Well after the attendance, they took all the parents along for a campus visit and instructed us to stay there and await for the results. They later announced an 'English proficiency written test' and provided us the blank sheets to pour our creativity on that. The topic was 'Globalization- Dream or Reality'. Was fair enough for MBAs. 20 minutes were allotted for 250 words minimum and I submitted that within the time too. 

Second stage: They divided us in groups and in sub-groups for the next process the 'Group Discussion'. 18 candidates were in my group. I even remember the code. '4-A' was the group for the specialized MBA (Entrepreneurship ,Banking Management,Real Estate,Agri business,Urban infrastructure and Media Management). They gave us a case study 'promotions in a textile company' and instructed to study that for 2 minutes. We had our views at open floor. The all process of GD got over within 6-7 minutes and that was enough for the panel  to judge each one of us.

Frankly, that set of panel was looking for the confidence,clarity of aim and language skills that's it. 

I got a call for PI, there were three members in the panel.  I put my resume in front of them on the table. They just smiled and started Grilling me on just 3 questions. :''What is media: Explain us" and ''Why MBA in media,why not MA in mass comm'' and the last one was ''can you sacrifice with your creativity for the MBA degree? I think I've made them satisfied with my answers as their reaction was quite positive. when I came out from the cabin everybody encircled me and asked that what did they ask. I replied ''guys, They Are Dad!! be careful. '' and then  I left the academic block  for campus visit. 

The tension is over here! 

What a great feel it was; roaming around the campus later. Guys in 'three piece business suit with laptop and sitting everywhere (mostly in red bricked corridors ) on the couch and gathering chairs inside and outside the blocks. After all Amity University carries a Hi-Tech surrounding. 

4 PM Amity university exit gate.
it was time to leave. I did exit and saw the campus again. I was thinking ''will this be the canvas to colour my dreams'? I have to look after all the available options in my hand for my MBA because the way is still far sighted for me ''I smiled and caught the Taxi for railway station........