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State examples where you acted as a leader ? Essentially when you sought an opportunity to lead people. [Can also be stated as an accomplishment or Uncovering Alternating solutions]

Pre pone TCS joining date.
1. Situation : TCS joining date was postponed from 23rd June 2004 to 3rd Nov 2004. It means 4 months ideal stay at home. 19 students, selected from GNDU, were supposed to join TCS Trivandrum on 23rd June. Everyone contacted HR Delhi and current employees but could not find a way out or any explanation. Infact most employees responded that joining date is decided at much higher level and cannot be advanced. Most people forfeited to the situation and never thought of taking any action.
2. Task : Corporate HR from Mumbai was to contacted and convinced to revisit the plan and to accommodate GNDU too, along with Thapar, PEC, DU.
3. Action : I called the lady at corporate HR. She explained her restrictions and emphasized that the decision is final. After all attempts, I explained her that attrition rate of TCS at the time of joining is as high as 20-30 %. I also informed her that at this point of time I know one person who is selected and supposed to join TCS in this batch but will not join. And if I am given an opportunity I can find more people. She however said that it is very hard for her to plan of that basis until she gets a confirmation from candidate. I agreed to get the candidates contact her too. This was a desperate attempt and I did not knew much people at that time. I had nothing to loose.
After this I tried to sell this idea to my classmates some of whom were receptive of the idea. We explored people admitted in TCS from Thapar, Patiala , Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and Delhi University, Delhi. We got list of people selected in TCS and in other companies too from these colleges. Thereafter started a series of Phone calls. I along with 3 more students called up each and everyone. We convinced people not likely to join TCS to communicate and made them realize how hard it is to sit back for 4 months at home. Some readily agreed and I got them send email to this lady marking a copy to me too in the email. Others agreed to call and not send email. I followed each person’s phone call with mine.
4. Results : After a hectic of 3 days ( I remember Phone bill was huge then), I got around 12 people who had called or emailed the lady. I tried to sell her that all GNDU students can be accommodated considering drop out from other colleges too. However she agreed for not more than 5 person. Now it was up to me to give names of 5 people as I was the single point of contact with this lady in whole scenario. While doing that I simply gave names of 4 more people who accompanied me and contributed in this action. In this process, I even left out one very close friend of mine. In the end,perhaps with more vacanies she agreed for all 12 of us !!
5. Takeaway : I think "Everything is Possible" and if there is a problem there has to be a solution, you just need to believe that and find a way to accomplish that.