Had my GD PI in NMIMS,Mumbai today ..
NMAT Rank – 800+
GD 11 ppl…
2 Topics : 1) land grabbing by govt for industries.
2) Business without morals is meaningless
Group chose 1st one after a 6-5 vote…
I would say a civilized fish market!!!! Not very bad… best was that when faculty told us that 2 minutes are left, the group agreed that all of us will speak once givin brief summary… tht was gud
Was 3rd in my group for the PI
P1 , P2 and me isshudent…. (S)
P1: Hello so u r so and so (my name)…
S: yes sir
P1: Tell me something about urself
S: blah
P1: So u were working at **** ltd. In sales and marketing…y did u quit…
S: Blah
(P1 really knew about this company and my dept. , asked me lot abt it including no of offices, partner companies etc… knew quite a lot so it was ok)
P2: So why sales and marketing after engg.
S: Blah
P2: What after MBA
S: Marketing branding etc…
P2: give me names of 3 ad agencies active in India
S: Told
P2: But why u want to mass marketing form high tech sales jobs..
S: Answered
P1: u hv written in ur biographical sketch that u like discussions and they help u learn… explain with examples
S: Told
P1: So any other exams
S: CAT, XAT etc
P1: Calls?
S: IIM calls sibm etc.
P1: Ok tht will be it, thank you
S: Thank u sirs.
Lotsa sub questions on every question.... Thankfully work ex related and why mba…
Chalo lets c
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
IIM Ahmedabad GD PI
Venue: Ahmedabad 16th feb 9: 00AM
Electronics and telecommunication engineer
Work-Ex:2 years sales and marketing
So IIMA interview… actually that’s been a dream in itself let alone converting it… reached at 8 40… lil chilly … 23 people divided in 3 batches (8 + 8 + 7)… at dot 9 05 we were given the cases…(PL reach before time ppl). almost 5 people evaluationg our GD… was in panel 2…
Was a case study about Zimbabwe s agriculture finance corporation… it was in problems because they had computerized their systems without proper transition… public, media, and govt were all complaining…what shud afc do…
Gud case I thought… lots of points and angles to discuss… very little calculation ,,, 5 minutes to read… 20 minutes to speak and 5 min to write a summary… however they gave less time to write and many of us cudnt complete…
Overall our gd was good…atleast 6 ppl including me spoke well… no fish market… infact there were sorry thank yous n all……
Then came the PI… I was number 8 on my panel thts the last… was not askin everyone abt how theres went… wud hv put faltu pressure on myself… just revised some acads n stuff
3 ppl on panel…Prof 1, prof 2, Prof acads moi isshtudent (S)
P1: Please come have a seat… give me ur file..
S: Obliges
P1: So you seem to be a great guy… haan… (almost laughing)… so much in the form
S: (Whats happenin , stress????) : Yes sir very feebly….
P1: so you demonstrate bones, right?????
S: (Whts that ) I am sorry sir???
P1: You hv written it here…
S: Sir that’s “Bone Densitometer “ … it’s a product I used to sell whe I was at ******** ltd.
P1: what does it do?
S: long blah blah …mentioned abt osteoporosis, a bone disease because of lack of calcium, smokin and other stuff…
P1: (pointin towards P2) shud lecture him abt smokin
All of us hv a light laugh
P1: So what does patient with bad calcium shud eat:
S: eggs and milk preferably
P1: I m vegetarian and consider milk also to be non veg
S: Calcium supplements are available off the counter…
P1: No medicines for me
S: (Just forgot banana )… vegetables
P1: Which ones
S: I dont recollect sir
P1: ok anyways... so u were in sales for 2 yrs b4 u left.... did u like the experience...
S: loved it
P1: how were ur targets set...
S: blah blah blah...
P1: wats ARPU
S: i dont recollect sir( shit yaar , its avg revenue per user)
P1: What were ur 3 major learnings at blue star
S: blah blah (did decently)
P1: How do u define success for a salesman
S: blah blah
over to P2
P2: so u were in medical electronics
S: yes sir
P2: so what is telemedicine
S: lots and lots of blah blah (lucky yaar, had read a lot abt this while working)
Then P2 went into more more specifics of the same... examples... did well
over to PA
PA: so u r an electronics engineer
S: sir electronics and telecommunications engineer
PA: OK, (he structured this question very nicely in laymans language)... how does mobile switch to a particular frequency
S: explained the process...
PA: Ok, diff between transverse and longitudinal waves
S: gave some points , not satisfactory..
PA started getting into very basics of waves... 3d, x y z axis... almost 5-6 min faltered atleast 30-40% of the time... shit man if i cud hv 12th physics book wid me that time ... however, tried to smile still...
PA: Lets move ahead.... difference between light and radio waves...
S: Sir light has dual nature and...
PA: wait, consider only wave
S: sir both are electromagnetic waves... howevwer light has much higher freq.. its used in Optical fibres with much better BW...
PA: hmmm...ok
P1: Ok pratik,,, i think that will be enough... pl take ur certificates.
S: thank you sirs...
P1: btw what calls do u hv...
S: Sir A C I K
P1: OK thank you
Moi almost leaving..
PA: Please help urself with a toffee.
S: thanks sir..
Again the same feeling wat i had after K interview... no idea how did it go...almost 35 min
As for suggestions... do ur acads strongly from a practical point of view... e.g. for me it went into GSM CDMA from a basic phone call... and this was seen in lotsa interviews...
So small dream of appearin for A interview over ...
fingers crossed for big dream..
Stay good people....
Electronics and telecommunication engineer
Work-Ex:2 years sales and marketing
So IIMA interview… actually that’s been a dream in itself let alone converting it… reached at 8 40… lil chilly … 23 people divided in 3 batches (8 + 8 + 7)… at dot 9 05 we were given the cases…(PL reach before time ppl). almost 5 people evaluationg our GD… was in panel 2…
Was a case study about Zimbabwe s agriculture finance corporation… it was in problems because they had computerized their systems without proper transition… public, media, and govt were all complaining…what shud afc do…
Gud case I thought… lots of points and angles to discuss… very little calculation ,,, 5 minutes to read… 20 minutes to speak and 5 min to write a summary… however they gave less time to write and many of us cudnt complete…
Overall our gd was good…atleast 6 ppl including me spoke well… no fish market… infact there were sorry thank yous n all……
Then came the PI… I was number 8 on my panel thts the last… was not askin everyone abt how theres went… wud hv put faltu pressure on myself… just revised some acads n stuff
3 ppl on panel…Prof 1, prof 2, Prof acads moi isshtudent (S)
P1: Please come have a seat… give me ur file..
S: Obliges
P1: So you seem to be a great guy… haan… (almost laughing)… so much in the form
S: (Whats happenin , stress????) : Yes sir very feebly….
P1: so you demonstrate bones, right?????
S: (Whts that ) I am sorry sir???
P1: You hv written it here…
S: Sir that’s “Bone Densitometer “ … it’s a product I used to sell whe I was at ******** ltd.
P1: what does it do?
S: long blah blah …mentioned abt osteoporosis, a bone disease because of lack of calcium, smokin and other stuff…
P1: (pointin towards P2) shud lecture him abt smokin
All of us hv a light laugh
P1: So what does patient with bad calcium shud eat:
S: eggs and milk preferably
P1: I m vegetarian and consider milk also to be non veg
S: Calcium supplements are available off the counter…
P1: No medicines for me
S: (Just forgot banana )… vegetables
P1: Which ones
S: I dont recollect sir
P1: ok anyways... so u were in sales for 2 yrs b4 u left.... did u like the experience...
S: loved it
P1: how were ur targets set...
S: blah blah blah...
P1: wats ARPU
S: i dont recollect sir( shit yaar , its avg revenue per user)
P1: What were ur 3 major learnings at blue star
S: blah blah (did decently)
P1: How do u define success for a salesman
S: blah blah
over to P2
P2: so u were in medical electronics
S: yes sir
P2: so what is telemedicine
S: lots and lots of blah blah (lucky yaar, had read a lot abt this while working)
Then P2 went into more more specifics of the same... examples... did well
over to PA
PA: so u r an electronics engineer
S: sir electronics and telecommunications engineer
PA: OK, (he structured this question very nicely in laymans language)... how does mobile switch to a particular frequency
S: explained the process...
PA: Ok, diff between transverse and longitudinal waves
S: gave some points , not satisfactory..
PA started getting into very basics of waves... 3d, x y z axis... almost 5-6 min faltered atleast 30-40% of the time... shit man if i cud hv 12th physics book wid me that time ... however, tried to smile still...
PA: Lets move ahead.... difference between light and radio waves...
S: Sir light has dual nature and...
PA: wait, consider only wave
S: sir both are electromagnetic waves... howevwer light has much higher freq.. its used in Optical fibres with much better BW...
PA: hmmm...ok
P1: Ok pratik,,, i think that will be enough... pl take ur certificates.
S: thank you sirs...
P1: btw what calls do u hv...
S: Sir A C I K
P1: OK thank you
Moi almost leaving..
PA: Please help urself with a toffee.
S: thanks sir..
Again the same feeling wat i had after K interview... no idea how did it go...almost 35 min
As for suggestions... do ur acads strongly from a practical point of view... e.g. for me it went into GSM CDMA from a basic phone call... and this was seen in lotsa interviews...
So small dream of appearin for A interview over ...
fingers crossed for big dream..
Stay good people....
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
IIM K GD PI
So first IIM interview of my life is over. How did it go….seriously…. I have no idea!!!!
But this is what happened…
Around 27 ppl assembled in Assembled in a room at dadar catering college… 3 panels.. candidates divided and led to resp. rooms…
Starts at 9:15
GD: 9 people… Topic was something about Advent of Politics in campuses of Universities and campuses.. and how political parties are interfering in Campuses… 2 minutes to read.. 12 min to speak…
The room was so cold.. 2 AC’s blunting cold air like there was no tomorrow… all of us were waiting for discussion to start so things get heated up…Pretty decent discussion… entered 4 times… everyone spoke…I think my points were also pretty decent…
Same panel for PI… 2 people will call them Quant Prof (QP) and Non Quant Prof(NQP)… Moi is Issshhhtudent (S)
NQP: Please come in …..
S: Good Morning Sir (1 each)
QP: Give me ur certificates….
S: Obliges
NQP: So S, Tell us something about urself
S: (Thanks God Prepared, Thought gud chance of leading the interview)….blah blah about my strengths, my personality traits, how they have helped me….
NQP: So you want to do Marketing, tell me something about government marketing.
S: Blah blah about India Shining.. Told not debating if it was correct or not, but good campaign atleast for urban areas…
NQP: So do u think govt shud market or communicate
S: I told them about how municipalty hoardings carry messages in a way even literate ppl cant decipher… Hence it is needed for social education and mass appeal..
NQP: Example??
S: Sir it was an NGO, but good campaign..The Balbir Pasha Aids campaign…explained blah blah
NQP: How about marketing About Govt Policies…eg Power reforms.. the controversial ones…
S: Told abt may help consumers understang govt’ intentions blah blah…
NQP: How about marketing why decrease fiscal deficit…
S: Told in this that the debates shud happen in legislatures thru democracy route.. mass marketing may not help…
(Thought interview was gud till now…but QP gets in)
QP: So why did ur leave ur job..
S: Blah blah, did this after that blah blah
QP: Ok, plot this… he have me a function with absolute values n all…
S: trying.. got 3-4 points… no idea how to join them, sir not sure how to join the points..
QP: Ok whats e
S: Eulers constant, value >2
QP: Origin of e
S: stumped, says log e = 1
QP: ha ha, log 1000 is also 1 if base is 1000…
S: A confident don’t know…
QP: Its rational?
S: No irrational
QP:Whats a rational number
S: Told
QP: Then he went on asking about derivatives, limits… basic expressions
S: Could answer only 1-2… Little tension but face pe smile
NQP: (Thank God): IT companies have talent shortage and engineers are unemployed.. why
S: Spoke about unemployables, rural college, bad faculty , low confidence etc..
NQP: Nodding(S thinks: Thank God)
NQP: Gimme some solutions to remove that
S: Blah Blah…
NQP, QP: Thanks….
S: Sir copies of certificates are not needed.
QP: No thanks
S: Thank u sirs
Went on for 25-30 minutes… infact everyone in our gd grp had tht much..but no questions on GSM CDMA, Digital electronics…QUANT QUANT QUANT … didn’t do well here…
Chalo lets see…
All da best to others
But this is what happened…
Around 27 ppl assembled in Assembled in a room at dadar catering college… 3 panels.. candidates divided and led to resp. rooms…
Starts at 9:15
GD: 9 people… Topic was something about Advent of Politics in campuses of Universities and campuses.. and how political parties are interfering in Campuses… 2 minutes to read.. 12 min to speak…
The room was so cold.. 2 AC’s blunting cold air like there was no tomorrow… all of us were waiting for discussion to start so things get heated up…Pretty decent discussion… entered 4 times… everyone spoke…I think my points were also pretty decent…
Same panel for PI… 2 people will call them Quant Prof (QP) and Non Quant Prof(NQP)… Moi is Issshhhtudent (S)
NQP: Please come in …..
S: Good Morning Sir (1 each)
QP: Give me ur certificates….
S: Obliges
NQP: So S, Tell us something about urself
S: (Thanks God Prepared, Thought gud chance of leading the interview)….blah blah about my strengths, my personality traits, how they have helped me….
NQP: So you want to do Marketing, tell me something about government marketing.
S: Blah blah about India Shining.. Told not debating if it was correct or not, but good campaign atleast for urban areas…
NQP: So do u think govt shud market or communicate
S: I told them about how municipalty hoardings carry messages in a way even literate ppl cant decipher… Hence it is needed for social education and mass appeal..
NQP: Example??
S: Sir it was an NGO, but good campaign..The Balbir Pasha Aids campaign…explained blah blah
NQP: How about marketing About Govt Policies…eg Power reforms.. the controversial ones…
S: Told abt may help consumers understang govt’ intentions blah blah…
NQP: How about marketing why decrease fiscal deficit…
S: Told in this that the debates shud happen in legislatures thru democracy route.. mass marketing may not help…
(Thought interview was gud till now…but QP gets in)
QP: So why did ur leave ur job..
S: Blah blah, did this after that blah blah
QP: Ok, plot this… he have me a function with absolute values n all…
S: trying.. got 3-4 points… no idea how to join them, sir not sure how to join the points..
QP: Ok whats e
S: Eulers constant, value >2
QP: Origin of e
S: stumped, says log e = 1
QP: ha ha, log 1000 is also 1 if base is 1000…
S: A confident don’t know…
QP: Its rational?
S: No irrational
QP:Whats a rational number
S: Told
QP: Then he went on asking about derivatives, limits… basic expressions
S: Could answer only 1-2… Little tension but face pe smile
NQP: (Thank God): IT companies have talent shortage and engineers are unemployed.. why
S: Spoke about unemployables, rural college, bad faculty , low confidence etc..
NQP: Nodding(S thinks: Thank God)
NQP: Gimme some solutions to remove that
S: Blah Blah…
NQP, QP: Thanks….
S: Sir copies of certificates are not needed.
QP: No thanks
S: Thank u sirs
Went on for 25-30 minutes… infact everyone in our gd grp had tht much..but no questions on GSM CDMA, Digital electronics…QUANT QUANT QUANT … didn’t do well here…
Chalo lets see…
All da best to others
Monday, February 5, 2007
National Univ of Singapore Interview
Reached taj lands end at 1:00… called in at 1:15 PM… Only prof. Krishna was there on the panel. Made me comfortable... felt at ease throughout the interview
Questions:
- Tell me something about yourself
- Why Marketing as career
- Role at the job and any achievements
- Example where Team Skills were evident
- Strengths
- How MBA will help
Alongwith these other short questions about similar topics
Went on for 20-25 min… good experience…
She told that I will be contacted in 3-4 weeks time
All the best to others!!!
Saturday, February 3, 2007
SIBM GD PI
first essay writing ... topic" On Being a Salesman"... write on 2 sides of the sheet... did decently i think
then had PI... 2 panelists...
It was all about my work-ex... technical sales n all... total market, market share, achievements, product details, travelling area and schedule etc.
No standard 'why mba' or 'something about urself'. .. my group members told me it went on pretty long. I had no idea!!!!!
then we went for case study... we had a truncated group of 8... (3 absent + 1 shifted)
case was about this journalist who runs a story about this poor family for donations and gets flooded by similar requests from others... what shud he do???
Discussion was pretty smooth... max 2-3 interruptions... everyone spoke 4-5 times..
then came group task... this was fun... we had to do a task of getting a hankerchirf w/o touching grnd n all.. i can explain the game but i think they are tryin to find out how u work wid ppl... so i suggest keep ur composure and be natural for these tasks...
all the best to others!!!
then had PI... 2 panelists...
It was all about my work-ex... technical sales n all... total market, market share, achievements, product details, travelling area and schedule etc.
No standard 'why mba' or 'something about urself'. .. my group members told me it went on pretty long. I had no idea!!!!!
then we went for case study... we had a truncated group of 8... (3 absent + 1 shifted)
case was about this journalist who runs a story about this poor family for donations and gets flooded by similar requests from others... what shud he do???
Discussion was pretty smooth... max 2-3 interruptions... everyone spoke 4-5 times..
then came group task... this was fun... we had to do a task of getting a hankerchirf w/o touching grnd n all.. i can explain the game but i think they are tryin to find out how u work wid ppl... so i suggest keep ur composure and be natural for these tasks...
all the best to others!!!
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