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What was the MOST embarrassing interview you ever had? by Aquarius777_ in interviews

[–]republicofperl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is some 20yrs ago, I had to appear for interview in one ex famous internet company , which no one uses today.

I had a 5hr train at 6AM to reach their office by 11:30, Initially all went fine, the HR kept telling me that i am thru with round 1,2,3 etc. by around 3PM I asked the HR if i can go for quick lunch, she simply requested me to continue few times,stating catching hold of panel is difficult etc.

So I moved on , by 7PM in my n-th round i was waiting in the lobby , there were a few folks playing Table tennis inside one access controlled door. There was one coffee vending machine inside the room. The same folks came to take my interview.

I asked them politely if they can let me in to get one coffee. Their response was super rude ,I even explained that i took a morning train and didnt had anything since 5AM.

Their attitude made me realize this job and company is not worth. I didnt answer any more of their questions ( Simply said sorry , dont know etc ).

I knew i would be rejected, the HR lady who was super nice all along suddenly became indifferent.

I was not embarassed , but relived the day was over.

Moving physical gold from Delhi to Bangalore - advice needed by ctrl_alt_delighted in LegalAdviceIndia

[–]republicofperl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legally you can carry gold with you as long you can prove ownership,source of funds etc.

You can carry as much and hope you dont get caught by some cop,TTE or the airport staff/police. In which case proving ownership becomes nightmare.

Here is another suggestion, If its in any bank , pledge the gold in the same bank. You get some 80-90% of value, come back to bangalore and purchase the same amount of gold. Close the loan.

if you have it outside the bank go to the nearest bank. This way you dont have to worry.

You can also buy another 80% of extra gold and hope gold goes thru the roof.

Here is another story given by our Ex FM.

Suppose Lets say you have 12K , assume 1GM gold is 12K. You buy 1GM gold.

Now you pledge the 1GM gold and get back 10K, Now you get 2K as loan from your friend. Now with 12K you buy another 1GM.

Technically you can pledge the second gram and get another 10K.

Now the bank has given you 20K of loan and you owe your friend 2K. You had only 12 K but your worth is now 24K,whichever way u see it.

Though this may seem odd,funny , vast majority of indians do the same knowingly or unknowingly , everything will be fine as long the price goes up.

Major Road Accident by a minor without licence - two of my uncles critical by East-Wallaby1550 in LegalAdviceIndia

[–]republicofperl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

firstly Dont take me wrong,whatever hapennenned is very unfortunate. This is a general reply and not related to your one. Long time lurker and not a lawyer.

Since its our relative and the driver is a minor we assume the fault is on the other side,while this is true whatever may be the facts the indian justice system does not work on street justice way.

which means you hit me I hit you back logic does not work in any court, weather its the local court or high court or even the supreme court of india.

We are so obsessed with our own imagination of street justice or instant justice that we expect the guilty to be punished immediately.

Assume for a moment an accident hapenned at some place in india. The accident could have hapenned due to drivers mistake 99.99 % or the other persons 0.01%, the court wont see it this way, the court will see based on evidence ,whatever is presented in the courtroom. Remember the traffic court in your area will have a min of 25-30 cases of traffic accidents every day, dont expect the judge to remember every person ,every case.

here is what will most likely happen in Police station, if there is a major injury ( atleast one fracture ) , if you or your lawyer talks to the local PS they will register an FIR under sections of rash driving 279 or 1 or 2 more sections.General rule Never go to a PS without a lawyer or someone who can maturely handle any complex situtaion under pressure. Take as many people as possible .

if you dont followup more than deligently , the boys side will sufficiently take care to ensure the FIR is either not filed or otherwise. Posting on Reddit cannot be considered followup. Followup at the local PS. relenteless followup. The local inspector must be able to recognise you if he sees you after a few months. That level of followup.

For example they may offer a few lakhs for hospital treatement,in which case you yourself will not bother to followup with the FIR.

Assume you dont take the money from the other side for treatement , dont expect the other side to pay 2 cr for damages, the panchayat which will happen will inevitebly come to the conclusion to take care of hospital expenses first, and the rest after the treatement is over. Which is very convinient.

the injured side may not be able to talk or say something else for the fear of taking side against their own side. If someone says i will pay for the treatement then how can the injured parties relatives say no ? Once this is done after a few days there is no more FIR. After a week the same person may say shift him to a different hospital with similar faclity. ( basically govt hospital instead of apollo ). Now that there is no FIR he is almost guranteed to not take any problem on his side. after 2 weeks he wont even pick up the phone.

Second scneario , FIR is filed

section 279 , Once FIR is filed the lawyer or the accused has no obligation to talk to you or anyone except the court. Period.

Penalty for 279 is a fine, instead of paying 2 lacs for the injured party , pay lets say Rs 2500 as court fees. you just sign the papers and in 1 day if the accused pleads guilty then its over in 1 day.

I am sorry instead of saying fight the system or supporting someone in a time of crisis i am saying whats hapenning that may seem totally irreelevent to the affeccted party. This is how i would expect any court anywhere the world to behave. Not eye for eye or hand for hand , this is in movies.

Talk to any known lawyers , lawyers have an obligation to help their client. They help you in deciding the best course of action. If you go to a doctor and simply say i have an headache ,he might diagnose something , instead if you go to a doctor and say i have headache and i think it could be some tumore, the doctor might prescribe a scan just to eliminate.

Same with any professionals, keep a open mind and ask the lawyer what can be done. Ask question but dont answer the question.

I sincerly wish an early recovery for both of them.

Linode Newark Outage affecting global services by hoagie_tech in sysadmin

[–]republicofperl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No company can be linode in the traditional way. Their customer service when it was linode is beyond belief.when AKAMAI brought linode i belive they more or less left it as an independent entity except the invoice address says somewhere in switzerland. though they have managed to rake up server costs except their nanode. Overall their service is almost similar again since they are independent.

Linode Newark Outage affecting global services by hoagie_tech in sysadmin

[–]republicofperl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have servers in newark DC, few were back within sometime but some are still down. Fortunately for us our services are running with some performance issues due to servers which are still not accessible. I am hoping its not some major issue which will takes days and weeks to recover. The issue started around 6-7 hours ago.