In this country, as long as you can lie

I was having lunch with P and A the other day. Both were SAP professionals.

"A" has just been here for 2 years, he's currently on his H-1B.
I have worked with both of them for 3 months when this conversation occured.

"A" was not too impressive, he talks way too much in SAP and IT jargons - he almost seems like an insecure brat who seems to be trying way too hard to make himself 'misunderstood' sometimes hoping and trying to get everyone to not understand him, lest he does not have to explain himself in further detail and also so he gets to hang around projects for as long as possible.


It was amazing how the conversation went

"P" mentioned that a friend of his just resigned from a large consulting firm to be an independent contractor. According to "P", the rate was a whopping USD220 per hour as a consultant in the HR (Human Resources) module within SAP

"A" eyes immediatey lit up. He was asking about the location, company, project duration.
I could not help myself. I had to cut in, "But you are not an HR consultant !?", I chimed in.

"A" turned and look at me, quite indignantly he looked at me, almost like I was an annoying moron and said, "In the US, as long as you can talk and lie, you can land an IT job, all you need is a fake resume"

I was nonetheless shocked and flabbergasted at the response. But playing the role of the uninitiated, I had to feign innocence and quickly phrase my next question, "But how do you get pass the interview ?"

Holding my breath, as I waited for him to choke and realise that his attempt of lying and faking will not work.
His reply almost floored me.

"Look here", 'A' quickly shot back, "Most interviews are conducted by phone anyways, when you go for an interview, you write those questions down. You collect those questions and read up on them. Sure, you may fail the first interview and maybe the second interview"

"By the time you answered the phone for the tenth interview, you would have written down enough interview questions to get you through", he looked at me again. "Don't tell me you are that stupid"


So, it was a superb modus operandi, from writing fake resumes to writing interview questions down and studying for it over and over again.

Once again, another Indian H-1B trash.