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