Friday, 22 June 2012

My experience in a JRF post interview

Hi friends ,
           
                I was shortlisted for an interview for JRF post to work under the Project which is sponsored by DBT .Its a collaborated project between NIN , Hyderabad and  another University ( Let it b confidential). I went there by train from hyd and it got almost  one and half hr late .Anyways i managed to get there with help of my uncle by 9.15.After reaching there i thought "its really better to be late".becoz i had waited almost 2 hrs for my turn  ( Dont think there are too many candidates It was just me and another 4 candidates.Mean while they checked all our certificates and i didnt get what they r still waiting for) Among others two of them were GATE qualified like me and other one was CSIR qualified.( i know.. i know..  that's why i lost my hope then and there. hmm).
              Then the interview started  when  Our Project principle investigator (madam) had arrived.( ohh She is really pretty cute..)
               Actually there are 3 professors ( dont wanna reveal their names) other than madam, who had interviewed us.They asked me the questions such as:
- Introduce my self.
- tell them  what do I know about this project
- What practicals did i perform in M.Sc 
-  and their Principles (  yaa its difficult to remember soooo suddenly isn't it)
               Any way i was able to answer them about 80 % of the que they asked me and the worst part is that   they asked me about enzymology which i am truly weak at. ( i suggest u plz  never ever mention enzymology when they ask what u had done unless u are a pandit in that thing)
               Yes i was almost  selected . but not for the post what i had applied for , but for project assistant post which will have a stipend of Rs 8000  and for  jrf  its about 16000 + HRA . ( oh holy crap...).
               well they said that they will confirm through e mail.I think that csir fellow might get the jrf post.

                All i want to say is  have a tight  grip on basics, project related back ground study, and its connected practical principles.

                For example, the project here is " Dietary Phytate - its mineral interactions and its role in suppressing colon cancer"
                ur back ground study must be focused on the following ( really i dont wanna get u feel  bored guys  , that's y i will wrap up with the outline)
 -  what's phytate  . like its source , structure
- its Negative and Positive aspects.
 - A decent study on colon cancer and what's the role of phytate on cancer cells.
-  what's the desirability to do the project  ...like to handle animals
- techniques used -- like blottings,  basic estimations etc .

     Finally the moral is that " 50% ur luck - 50% ur schmuck + 50 % ur chamak + 50 % ur  tweak =  100 % job


All the Best....

2 comments:

  1. oh u had nice experience there i think.well u doing hard work to get settle in this field.i hope one day u will be in top position and u will be inspiration for us. ALL THE BEST SAM

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