Twitter Interview

 
with Ms Sangeetha Sridhar
 
The fourth twitter interview was given by Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar on 19th October 2011
 
Introduction of Ms Sangeetha Sridhar
 
 
Highlights

• Assessor for the 2011 His majesty’s Award of Excellence in e-government
• Digital Literacy Champion 2008 from Certiport, USA - 1 of 8 awardees worldwide
• Chairperson of the World Leaders Symposium - Women In Technology
• Keynote speaker - Social Media Enterprise Forum 2011 (Telecast in US Television 5:51onwards)
• National IT Corporate Quiz champion for 2 consecutive years
• Influential IT Blogger and pioneered the launch of the 1st TwitterFestival of Oman
• Director in ISACA – Muscat Chapter Board – 3 terms
• Social Media – Ranked 10th in the Top 100 most influential NRI Indians on Twitter by Pinstorm
• Official twitter admin of the prestigious national project of Oman – The Jewel of Muscat
• WIPO certified expert professional in E-Commerce: Intellectual Property Rights

 
Education

• LexisNexis Butterworth Academic Award for top grade in E-Law - Australia
• Award winning Sultan-Qaboos website - Content contributor
• Certified Information Security Manager – Merit Rank holder
• CISM professional exam coach & mentor (ISACA)

 
Profession

• eOman – National brand promotion and Media PR coordination
• Award winning academician - Best teacher award
• Oman Research Council - Working group member of IT strategy review team
• Member of the Oman Information Technology Society foundation team & English domain admin

 
Cultural / Social

• Lead the Indian Embassy’s Gonu-relief mission to the hurricane-affected Amerat area 
• Member of Japanese film club 
• Coordinated a series of Film making workshops 
• Connoisseur of performing and visual arts 

 
 
Jobzing.com would like to thank her for her time....
 Now the Twitter Interview starts....
 
 
Q1. What have the last few years taught you?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - Be it in professional or in personal life, joy and satisfaction can come only by realizing the actual needs of the other people and find ways to cater to this as opportunity.
 
 
Q2. What is the toughest thing you have to do professionally?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - Convincing people: 1) It is doable 2) It must be done 3) It has to be now at the earliest. The main reason is most often we get replies such as –No / why / Tomorrow and we need to get the action rolling in with spirit.
 
Q3. If you could take back one career decision, what would it be?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - To start a social-setup that is self-sustainable: most career decisions are based on economics and they benefit only a smaller group of beneficiaries. It is that time of my life to look wider and plan.
 
Q4. What type of people do you like to work?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - People who are eager, curious, committed and resourceful; this being the essential ingredients for innovation & creativity in any product or service delivery.
 
Q5. How good are you REALLY at handling change?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - My personal trait's getting bored of doing the same things the same way. So I get excited to do new things and in better ways. In short Change drives my energy and enthusiasm.
 
Q6. Can you handle when other people say NO?and How?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - Choose the walls you want to climb; not every wall that blocks your path. One has to be tactful: ask questions such as “why” “why not try” “what if” scenarios so you get the opponent to express their views - eventually you get to win somewhere in the middle ground
 
Q7. When conflict arises in your team, how do you handle it?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - Ego rules conflict as much as ignorance. So let both the conflicting teams vent out their expressions and justifications. Then with a firm mind-set put forth the facts / choices / expected results and then resolve conflicts and get everyone’s borrow in as well as task commitments.
 
Q8. How hard have you been working lately?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - After 21yrs, I now have learnt to work smart: putting in place processes, providing samples, explaining using ‘show & tell’ methodology, hold the hand & give your heart approach to subordinates works best.
 
Q9. How do you stay current?
 
 [ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - Skimmed reading of industry news /selective and in-depth reading of relevant topics or news / attending seminars & giving guest lectures / speaking in forums that are interactive in nature have helped me stay in tune with times. More wealth of knowledge is acquired while interacting with professionals within industry face-to-face and in informal settings.
 
Q10. How would you describe a perfect job?
 
[ Ms. Sangeetha Sridhar ] - A perfect job is one that wakes you up with ideas, makes you sile through execution of the chosen ideas, and gives patience and perseverance through hurdles, true joy in accomplishing every mile-stone, and at the end celebrating success with the entire team.
 
 
Last Updated on :21/10/2011