Recently we started on the Placement Challenge 2009 – this was a program that was designed by the marketing gang at PG HQ who decided to tackle a whole host of issues and challenges at a single go. For those who know us – nothing makes us happier than hiring that one special person after [...]
A lot of start-ups dream of having a technical team full of creative, rockstar software developers. But the problem is you just can’t buy creativity. Creative people require tools and environment which foster their success. Here at pagalguy, we are about to take one more step towards that kind of ideal environment. For the developers [...]
This week, our office finally has mac users as the majority. Over this last year people have been jumping over to Macs – all this started with Apurv, Vinu and then went over to Sandeep, Naga and then to Raj and now even Khusbhu seems to be eyeing a mac. (because a mac doesn’t get [...]
Early this week we had a visitor, a batch-mate of deepu (code gawd) , who wanted to work at PG. He was put through the regular hiring process at PG – which works this way.
1) We first chat with people to understand them, their achievements, their goals and make a call on whether PG might [...]
I’ve been interviewing people, or atleast getting interviews scheduled so that I can go ahead and interview people. The trouble is this – after scheduling 60-70% of the people do not show up. Let me back-track and tell you how I generally prepare for interviewing someone.
1) I make sure I have atleast 30 minutes to [...]
It has been more than 6 months since i came to Mumbai for the first time, without knowing anyone except 1 or 2 friends who themselves came to the city few months back. So i am penning down my tryst with Mumbai after coming to the city without any idea of how to survive at [...]
The monsoon’s have hit Mumbai hard, this meant after getting drenched a lot & spoiling health it was time to finally spend good time inside office! I decided its better to show pictures of our office rather yada yada … So, heres a peek-a-boo of PaGaLGuY HQ (aka office). You are always welcome to come [...]
When I was younger, I thought being a pilot would be the coolest thing. No, i didn’t want to be running companies nor getting an MBA and all that. I wanted to fly. Period. By the time I was 10 years old, I was obsessed, or obsessed a 10 year old can get. [...]
Food and us! Us and food! Undisputed, reliable and log lasting relationship. At PG HQ, this is what bonds us among other things, good food. We express through kind of food we eat. When we celebrate, it is through expensive lunches and dinners. I’ve a hunch that getting work done from us might be a [...]
On Sunday the 18th of November, we launched our innovative business school ranking initiative. After almost a year of planning, analysis and developing we decided now would be a good time to let the application lose on unsuspecting folks who returned back after writing CAT .
The ranking is based on our belief that every individual [...]
