1) Tell me about yourself????
Beware 90% of the interviewers begins with this innocent question initially. This is the initial trap because many students coming to the interview, may be unprepared for this type of question. Many candidates skewer themselves by scrambling, recapping their life story, delving into ancient work history or personal matters. Interviewer tests your language skills here.
Best answer is "don't be tensed, have some water before you walk on to the interview room. Tell about Your qualification first, your achievements from school to college life, only few words regarding family". Almost every interviewer likes to ask this question, so practice this one, practice in front of the mirror, try to rectify where you make mistake. Practice by saying to your friends. Don't use complex words. Key to success is practice and executing your plans in cool manner :-)
My advice is to look the interview panel in pleasing manner, keep the eye contact with panel members and answer the questions which they fire.
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Now India will arrive in New Zealand on 20th of February, eight days earlier than previous schedule. Indian team will start their long 46 days cricket tour with Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Christchurch to be played on 25th of February followed by another T20I to be played on 27th February at Wellington.
India will be touring New Zealand after 6 years where they will play five one day international, two T20I and three test matches according to new schedule. The reworked schedule allowed both teams to play additional T20I and one more test matches. Indian team ends their tour with three test matches which will be played in Hamilton, Napier and Wellington.
The first test match will be played from 18th to 22nd March, second test match will be played from 26th to 30th of March and last test match will be played from 3rd of April to 7th of April. Last time when Indian team went to New Zealand they have lost the test series by 2-0 and lost seven match One day Series by 5-2. So it will be interesting to see how Indian team performs this time when they will go to New Zealand.
Here are the complete re-schedule fixture of India Vs New Zealand Series 2009(All timing are mentioned in GMT+05:30)
| Timing | Teams | Venue |
| Wed 25 Feb (D/N) | 1st T20I - | AMI Stadium, |
| Fri 27 Feb (D/N) | 2nd T20I - | Westpac Stadium, |
| Tue 3 Mar (D/N) | 1st ODI - | |
| Fri 6 Mar (D/N) | 2nd ODI - | Westpac Stadium, |
| Sun 8 Mar (D/N) | 3rd ODI - | AMI Stadium, |
| Wed 11 Mar (D/N) | 4th ODI - | |
| Sat 14 Mar (D/N) | 5th ODI - | |
| Wed 18 – Sun 22 Mar | 1st Test - | |
| Thu 26 – Mon 30 Mar | 2nd Test – | |
| Fri 3 – Tue 7 Apr | 3rd Test – | Basin Reserve, |
List of 15man squad
- M S Dhoni (captain)
- Viru (vice captain)
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Yuvraj Singh
- Gautam Gambhir
- Rohit Sharma
- Yusuf Pathan
- Zaheer Khan
- Ishant Sharma
- Pragyan Ojha
- Munaf Patel
- Irfan Pathan
- Suresh Raina
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Praveen Kumar.
Indian team will assemble in Chennai on January 25th and leave for Sri Lanka the next day to play five ODIs and a Twenty20 match.
Schedule:
Jan 28 - First one-dayer, Dambulla (day/night)
Jan 30 - Second one-dayer, Dambulla (d/n)
Feb 2 - Third one-dayer, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (d/n)
Feb 5 - Fourth one-dayer, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (d/n)
Feb 8 - Fifth one-dayer, Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Feb 10 - Twenty20 international, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (d/n)
A well-placed source was quoted as saying in ‘Times of India’, “Chennai Superkings are so serious about Flintoff that they are ready to go all out in the auction next month. ‘‘As of now, it’s a level-playing field for everyone, but Chennai Superkings had a chat with Freddie during the India-England Test match. They are eager to buy him.”
However, ECB is willing to release its players for only two weeks while IPL commissioner Lalit Modi wants them for at least a month. But this uncertainty has not had an impact on the demand for three England players - Flintoff, Kevin Peitersen and Owais Shah.
Till now Chennai Superkings have not listed any of their cricketers for trading. ‘‘Their stand is quite clear. We are not going to trade anyone from our squad. But they are going to go all out for Freddie,’’ a source added.
The big question is, if England players are not available for a month, will they be listed in the auction list? Sources said that if English players don’t take part in the IPL this year, it will be tough for them to come and play in the league in 2010.
It was Rajasthan Royals' secong game in the IPL, against Kings XI Punjab. Under pressure, having lost their opening encounter in Delhi, they were 99 for 4 chasing 167 when Ravindra Jadeja walked in. Shane Watson had gained the upper hand over the bowlers, but needed someone to stay at the other end. With Shane Warne to follow, Rajasthan couldn't afford to lose wickets. Jadeja stood to the task, dealing with Brett Lee and Co in a mature manner. 
That game, according to Jadeja, allowed him to set his sights high. Having to tackle the likes of Lee, Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan and James Hopes, the young allrounder from Saurashtra walked in with only one aim: not to return before he could finish off the game. His unbeaten 36 came in a valuable 69-run partnership with Watson, and marked the start of Rajasthan's march to the championship.
"That was my first big game, facing an all-out international attack but I enjoyed it every bit. Hitting two boundaries off a Lee over was an enjoyable experience as I felt this was an important game," Jadeja said, over the phone from his native Jamnagar, after hearing the news of his selection in India's squad to tour Sri Lanka for five ODIs and one Twenty20 international.
"After such a good Ranji season I hoped my name would be in the reckoning," Jadeja said. He was easily the best allrounder in the tournament: Jadeja's 42 wickets made him the joint leading wicket-taker alongside Mumbai's Dhawal Kulkarni and he finished sixth on the run-charts, with 739 runs at 67.18.
A month before the IPL, Jadeja had played his hand in another triumph, picking two wickets in the Under-19 World Cup final against Proteas. Things have changed a lot for Jadeja, who only the season before had struggled in the Ranji Trophy, with only 195 runs and nine wickets in his six games.
But speaking to the likes of Dav Whatmore and Praveen Amre helped him immensely. "The big change was in my batting where I focused on playing along the ground than go for the big hits which I used to do last year. Dav Whatmore, who was the coach for India Under-19 and then for India A, pointed out that my back-swing was coming from the outside so if I could straighten it I could add more power into my strokes."
Praveen Amre, who was the coach at the NCA as well as the India A team that played in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia, told him that his back foot needed to go across and not side-on if he needed to be in the right position while hitting his shots. "That has played a big role in my success this year as I got a high amount of my runs on the back-foot shots," Jadeja said.
Cheteshwar Pujara, Saurashtra's top-run getter and third overall in the Ranji Trophy this season, feels Jadeja has grown more patient and that has allowed him to prosper. Asked what he felt was Jadeja's strong point, Pujara felt it was his cheerful attitude in any situation. "He is always enthusiastic. He brings in a lot of energy," Pujara said of his team-mate, with whom he had added an unbroken stand of 520, the highest in a first-class match in India.
When Jadeja enters the ground, he needs to dominate. "I like to keep my attitude positive always. If there is a situation where the team needs me I like to dominate and finish things off and leave nothing for the next man. I tell myself it is me who needs to perform and not someone else."
That positive attitude played a huge role in Saurashtra making it to their second straight Ranji Trophy semi-final this season. Saurashtra had been in a close battle with Delhi to enter the knockout stage. In the game against Delhi, at home, the visitors were hunting for a win and had the upper hand when Saurashtra were reduced to 83 for 4, with two key batsmen, Shitanshu Kotak and Pujara, dismissed. But that didn't deter Jadeja, who pieced together a stubborn 143 and was the last man out, robbing Delhi of the time needed to force a win.
In the final league game against Hyderabad, Saurashtra needed a victory to nose ahead of Delhi, but were bundled out for 133 in the first innings and struggled the second time, too, finishing with 183 and setting Hyderabad 177 for victory. But Jadeja finished off the match in style with seven wickets in the second innings.
With such efforts behind him, Jadeja is confident he can play the role of an allrounder in the Indian team if given an opportunity. "I look at myself as an allrounder and I am confident I can score those 50-60 runs in the middle order and play my hand with the ball with a few quick wickets in the middle overs."
EU tells Microsoft to change IE marketing
The European Union has said that Microsoft Corporation's practice of selling the Internet Explorer browser together with its Windows operating system violates EU antitrust rules.
It ordered the software giant to untie the browser from its operating system in the 27-nation EU, enabling makers of rival browsers to compete fairly.
"Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice," the EU said in a statement on Friday.
It gave Microsoft eight weeks to respond, adding that the company can defend its position in a hearing if it finds that useful.
Microsoft issued a statement saying, "We are committed to conducting our business in full compliance with European law."
The commission's investigation into Microsoft's Web-surfing software began a year ago, after the Norwegian browser-maker Opera Software ASA filed a complaint. Opera argued that Microsoft hurt competitors not only by bundling the software, in effect giving away the browser, but also by not following accepted Web standards.
That meant programmers who built Web pages would have to tweak their codes for different browsers. In many cases, they simply designed pages that worked with market-leading Internet Explorer but showed up garbled on competing browsers.
At the time of the complaint, Opera said it was asking EU regulators to either force Microsoft to market a version of Windows without the browser, or to include other browsers with Windows.
