Bangalore Blitz

Another week has flown by in R10 and its time for my latest blog. The week was pretty busy with a couple of great projects taking place. The team have stepped up and done some great investigative work including phonecalls to certain institutions to discover more about how they operate - that took some real innovation.

Probably the highlight of this week was the recruiting blitz to Bangalore. We spent the week screening about 40 candidates and narrowed down to 20 for interview. Debra, Vishesh (roatating senior), Abhishek (R10 Senior), Abhi and Preethi (R10 recruiting) and myself hit Banglore on Friday. It is a short flight but the turbulance was something special. At one point the airstewards were crouching in the aisles and one of them actually had to sit on a passenger. There were trays and food everywhere!

On arrival, we stayed in the Leela Palace - a very nice hotel indeed. Friday was a few drinks and dinner prior to a mammoth interviewing session on Saturday. We split into panels and interviewed non-stop from 9am to 8.30pm. It was a really rewarding experience and the responses ranged from the sublime to the hilarious. We were able to find 4 or 5 great candidates who will hopefully expand our team.

Saturday night was fun - we went bowling, clubbing and then had dinner at 2am. We introduced some of the team to tequila which is probably wrong but they seemed to enjoy it! There are some photos which will be heavily censored before release. We also discovered that Lufthansa pilots are incredibly nice people, although even their special guide to Bangalore could not glean the name of an afterhours drinking spot.

Sunday we explored Bangalore which is a pretty city with lots of great shops. We hit MG Road and commercial street and I picked up some great handicrafts. Also had a very nice brunch in the hotel which ended at 4pm. We got home late - tired but misssion accomplished.