Three hours before an Exam. This drama is based on a student’s mark…
By: Nikhil Musale
Tags: Exam, Computer Science, Salary, Company, Interview

This drama is based on a student’s mark oriented mentality. For most of the students, marks are more important than the concepts. These types of students easily crack the exams with good numbers but they face the real problem at the time of interviews. Every company wants the best talent, they focus on the concepts, which many of the students don’t care about. This play tells the story of Aman and his friend Revati.

Character Introduction

Aman: Aman is the second last year student. The only aim behind his engineering is to get a high-salary job in a well-established “A-Grade organization”. Only because of this he is maintaining his marks above 7 points, so he can able to sit in the interview.

Revati: Revati is a classmate of Aman and topper in the entire batch. She is very much into studies and concepts. For her grades always comes on second priority. She also wants to join a good company but for her, work does matter, unlike Aman.

Scene-1

Aman is giving an interview. Somehow he cracks the written, like aptitude and verbal. Till now he has been facing four or five questions but he couldn’t answer the single one.

Interviewer: Aman, I am giving you a coding problem to solve, which is based on linked-list. I hope you know about linked-list.

The anxiety on Aman’s face is growing, he doesn’t know the answer. In the full air-conditioned room, he is sweating. He wishes for the completion of the interview as early as possible. He just wants to leave the room.

Aman: yes, yes sir.

Aman: (looks at a problem and tries to think)Ahhh…

Scene-2

Ten months before, a university reading room.

It is 8:45 AM, Aman is waiting for Revati and having breakfast, which he bought from Canteen. After waiting for few minutes he brings out the books and notes from the bag and sighs. The subject is the data-structure and thickness of books are actually demotivating. He is turning the pages of a book and marking the most important topics which can appear in the exam. A few minutes later he sees Revati entering the reading room and feels relaxed. He waves to her.

Aman: I was just about to call you.

Revati: but I am on time right?

Aman: Yes, of course. (Aman offers her wafer) Please have some.

Revati: No, thanks, I just had my breakfast.

Aman: I guess your syllabus is complete, right?

Revati: Most of it.

Aman: Then you are helpful here (He smiles).

Revati: Oh!

Aman: hmmm (he pauses for a moment with seriousness in voice), I need at least 60 marks to maintain my grade above 7.

Reavti: (With a sarcastic smile) really!

Aman gives her a look.

Aman: what do you think you are the only one here who wants a better job? of course, to be able to sit in an interview I need above 7 and from the last five semesters, I have been maintaining the score only because of this reason. You know that.

Revati: hmmmm, this is the problem with you. On the basis of marks, you want a dream job but just think, is it possible?

Aman: what do you mean?

Revati: what is the worth of study if you don’t understand it, if you don’t enjoy it. Focus on learning instead of on marks. In an interview, they are looking for the concept, not your marks.

Aman: (sarcastically mimicking Revati) focus on learning instead of on marks!! It is easy for you to speak like this because you are a topper and at least to seat in an interview I need a minimum grade.

Revati: believe me, I never think about marks. I am out of this stupid competition, where the only purpose of learning to get high salary jobs. A grade company wants people who have exactly the opposite attitude, they will find out whether a candidate has a genuine interest in a subject or not.

Aman: (folds his hands into Namaste, with a laugh) that is why I am learning from you, guruji. Now let’s stop this philosophy here, just teach me the most important topics which can be asked in an exam. We have only three hours left.

Revati: (With a deep sigh)of course that is why I am here.

Revati starts teaching Aman the most important topics, which she believes can be asked in an exam.

Aman clears the exam with 7.4 points and it is enough. Now he can sit in every company. He believes that the purpose of college and learning will fulfill when he gets a high salary job.

Scene-3

Interviewer: Aman, do I need to explain the problem again?

Aman: (with sad tone) no sir.

Interviewer: then, how can we solve this problem?

Aman takes a deep breath.

Aman: (with a heavy heart) I don’t know, sir.

This was the last on-campus company that arrived for Aman’s batch. Aman appeared in many interviews but he was not selected in any of the interviews. Ironically, by the final exam, Aman achieves 8 points.

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