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Interview Graduate

Information Technology

Ravindran Maruthayya, 24
Chennai, India
Studied IT at School of
Computing & Creative Media
KDU University College

Tell us about your job scope and key responsibilities in
your company.
My job scope is to provide application and server support for
clients, where my key responsibilities include managing over
30 intranet applications and solely managing over 15 critical
servers and four non-critical servers.

Tell us about your typical working day.
Each day is a new day and experience for me. As I am with
a support team, I face new issues every day! Usually, my day
begins with server restarts, health check for servers and resolve
issues based on priorities and clients’ requirements.

How well did your undergraduate course prepare you
for your real working life?
To be frank, I can proudly tell you that I got this job only
because of my degree. I am really proud that out of over 300
candidates who attended an interview with me, I was one of
the 10 candidates who got selected. I would say it’s due to the
experience and knowledge I gained during my undergraduate
years. Each and every semester provided me with knowledge
on how to handle different things and situations which I’m
making good use now.

mistakes. Right now, I’m trying to understand the situations
and responsibilities given to me and I’m working towards
their resolutions! It has been rewarding after all these days of
experience in IT. I’ve been working so hard and just an email
from my client saying “thank you” would have been enough
to make me feel rewarded – but I often get more than just a
thank-you note from my clients, which is great!

What is your advice to engineering graduates who are
joining the work force soon?
I would advise grads not to just study their core subjects but
also to do some certi?cations on their stream. It means a lot to
organisations. I would also suggest learning not just modern
programming languages but become familiar with old and
ancient programming languages as they are still being used in
the real world. A degree is only a temporary access to join an
organisation but with professional certi?cations you will ?nd
the journey a lot easier.

How different is the real working world compared to
your expectation during your undergraduate years?
It was very different from what I expected. From my friends’
experiences with the IT sector, I came to know that one has to
be prepared to handle pressure situations. However, it has not
been the same for me! Thanks to my current organisation!

What are the most rewarding and challenging parts of
your work?
As I’ve said, most of the issues are challenging but being in a
supporting team, I’ve learnt to manage them well. I believe
lessons are learnt from mistakes and I am learning from my

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