IIM C GD/PI

Last IIM Interview… No way the least… IIM C

Dadar Catering College, 13th March

Case Study: Thanks to Pagalguy , I knew that there is a case study on the cards… It was about a low-cost airline facing lots of losses… They want a customer centric image and hence planning more friendly approach… However, also planning to overbook and give more confirmed tickets so that planes get filled… staff having lots of problems… what should company and staff do?

Decent… everyone spoke decently… I could also contribute 5-6 times ….

Told to wait… would be called in seating order of GD…

Was very hungry… no breakfast… went to catering college canteen… grabbed to vada pavs then ready after having 2 chlormints

4 people in the panel … P1, P2, P3 , L(Lady), moi issshtudent (S)…

P1: Come Good Morning
S: Good Morning Madam, Good Morning sirs.

P2: So how do you feel
S: Great Sir.

P2: OK, so you work for ****** ltd.
S: Sir, I was working for **** ltd.

P2: Oh, so what do u do now
S: Told

P2: So what was your role there
S: Sales etc. (told)

P2: oh medical electronics sales….
S: yes sir

P2: Tell me one thing, is there any sales involved… doctor already knows what to buy
S: Sir it’s a very competitive market… also prospecting and sales presentations are very crucial…( went on… told about steps in a sales process etc etc.)

P2: Ya but still doctor will buy what he wants to…
S: Told more

P3: So what else u did at **** ltd.
S: (I was loving it, because I could passionately speak about my job experience)

P2: So you have written your interests include blogging…
S: Yes sir

P2: So what do you write about…
S: Lot of things sir… also ad reviews (Some conversation followed)

P2: So why is blogging good
S: Told

P2: But it spoils the language grammar etc. right
S: Told (Neutral stand)

P2: Do you read blogs
S: yes sir lots of them

P1: But tell me one thing…. (smiling )With so many nice photos and pics on the net will anyone actually read blogs..
S: (with a smile ) Sir I m sure there is time for everything…(went on)

P1: So when u were working how did u find the time
S: for e.g. when I was waiting for the client before a sales meet… a connected laptop always came in handy… and with doctors waiting time is anyways high (went on)

P1: so since you blog… I m sure u will have this interview experience on ur blog in a weeks time
S: yes sir… I do write about them

All panelists chatting: and we will be described as pink shirt guy, specs guy etc… All of us have seen pagalguy (Laughing)

S: Sir I do post on pagalguy too… but I use terms like professor 1 P2 etc… I feel it is not correct to use bad adjectives…

P3: anyways if u do also… it will not affect your chance of making it, we can laugh about that….

P2: So what do you thing about marketing using blogs
S: sir should I talk about internet as a marketing medium?

P2: no restrict yourself to blogs
S: told them about famous blogs, relevant users, pay-per-click etc etc (went on)

P3: Ok… so what calls do you have
S: sir A C I K

P3: All interviews done
S: yes sir, this is the last one

P1: Ok thank you
S: Thank you sirs…

It was a conversation… we were just talking…. Infact I got in some points which I wanted the faculty to know just in the conversation .. I don’t remember the Lady asking me anything….

This is all I can remember… I think there were some more questions..

So again I have no idea if it was good or bad… fingers all crossed

March kaisa bhi jaye, April should be good!!!!

Stay good guys!!

IIM Indore GD/PI

So third IIM interview for me

March 7, 2:00 PM , dadar catering college, mumbai

Around 20 people assembled in the hall(5 absent)… peculiar thing was one guy in black kurta and jeans …. And he had a lone I call… I m sure he was not interested

Anyways… we were Divided in 3 groups.. 7 people present in my group… 5 mins to read, 14 min to speak, 5 min to write a summary on back of your form…

The Case was about this guy AMAN who started a agri-related business with funding from a venture capitalist.. the person who has funded is not ready to put more money for expansion while Aman thought expansion was necessary.. the VC is also shown to be authoritative and dominating… there was a personal angle that Aman s family wanted him to take up a job and stop the entrepreneur funda… also a incident where Aman’s sister had said no to a boy (for marriage) who was suggested by VC…..

Long case.. lotsa characters, angles… But I thing overall we did well… Personally, I spoke around 5 times… Contributed well…

Then they told us to go back to waiting hall.. they told us that they will call us randomly so we shud not go anywhere…. I was the first one to be called by my panel …

Panel was nice and made me comfortable : Male Prof(MP), Lady Prof (LP), moi issshhhtudent (S)

MP,LP: Good Afternoon , have a seat

S: Obliges

MP: So How does it feel to be called first

S: Sir, since the order is random, I don’t think it make a difference, Everyones expecting their name all the time!!!

MP: OK, So why did u leave ur job at **** ltd.

S: Blah

MP: ok, so you have done your electronics and telecommunication engineering

S: Yes Sir ( Scared now , obviously not showin it)

MP: So what subjects you studied and liked

S: Sir I liked practical subjects like Mobile, PCOM, Television Engg etc

MP: So what is difference b/w GSM CDMA

S: Told (Yeah , Knew this inside out)

MP: Compnay to introduce CDMA in India

S: Told

LP: Why Vodafone wants to come to india and why HWL is going away

S: Told

MP: What do you think ESSAR should do

S: Told

MP: Why reliance is bidding for GSM BW now

S: Answered something, not sure if 100% correct ( Asked more stuff about different companies)

MP: Teledensity?

S: Told

LP: So lets talk about your hobbies

S: Sure madam

LP: You said you like watching and following Ad campaigns.. Tell me your favorite recent campaign

S: Motoflip campaign (spoke a lot on that, I think I spoke nicely)

LP: Do you know what is emotional branding, explain with examples

S: Told

Lp: lets c other hobbies… blog… whats this name

S: Madam it’s a truncated form of Web log

LP: inventor of blogs

S: I don’t know madam

MP: So what are BRIC countries and why are they grouped together

S: Told

Mp: who coined the term

S: Not sure sir, but I think it was one of the US based consulting companies ( Was not sure is it Goldman Sachs?)

MP: What are BIBSAT countries?

S: Sir I have not heard of that group sir!!!

Mp: Is it actually a group or I am just coining it?? (GUYS What say?)

S: Sir I have never come across that term..

MP LP giggle a little..

LP: So you were in sales and marketin… I will give you a situation… we are in Alaska... and we are Eskimos… sell us a fridge

S: Tried something… (panel laughing beech beech main… I joined in too )

LP: have you heard about abbys

S: yes madam, told

LP asked me about who won what etc… didn’t know 2-3 things

MP: your grades are only average, we are disappointed

S: tried some explanation …

MP: have you given CAT previously

S: Yes sir third attempt… but first time I got calls

MP: Which all interviews are done

S: Sir A K

MP: how was the experience

S: told


MP,LP: Ok S, thank you and all the best

S: thank yous



This is all I can remember… I think there were some more questions….I think it was pretty decent… … no stress… fingers crossed


Next Stop C on 13th


Stay good Guys

MICA GE PI

I had the well-acclaimed mica GE/interview on 6th march at JBIMS Mumbai

Reached JB at 7 55 with drowsy eyes.. submitted all documents stuff … signed

9 to 10 30 was MICAT time… I m telling u maths was not simple… had a tough time… had some fun in section e (e.g. 64 s on a c b = 64 sharks on a calm beach)

Then found out that I m in the afternoon session… so went for a brunch wid some friends…

GE: Ok guys this was a shark market!!!!! 15 people shoutin hard… only saving grace was that in the middle we decided to speak one by one in line and everyone cud say something… we were stopped before time because of high decibel levels…

Was 5th in the panel for interview… 3 people Prof(P), young Prof (YP), Lady Prof (LP) and moi isshtudent(S)….

P: Come , Please have a seat..
S: Obliges

YP: So u have written that ur strength is sense of humour, tell me the best one liner u hv heard…

S: (I am absolutely blank, cant remember anything, I hv no idea why):

YP: Chalo, lets cut a deal… Tell us a joke , if all of us laugh u t thru…
S: (Tried remembering hard… still nothing gud… remembered a pretty stupid PJ which was not that funny) : Blabbered

YP: Since all of us didn’t laugh convincingly, you have to go thru the interview the hard way.
S: Yes sir, I think I deserve that… (smile)

YP: So why MICA
S: Told

YP: so u write ad reviews… where??
S: on my blog sir…

YP: tell me I will note it down
S: sure sir… told

YP: fav campaign
S: Lots sir, Surf Excel ‘daag acchein hain’ is one of them..
Lots of question answers on this ,,also on other campaigns….

YP: So what did u do at ****** ltd.
S: Told

YP: why leave nice sales and get into problems of branding and marketing
S: Told

P: why did u leave ur job
S: Told

YP: U seem to hv a high percentile… obviously u will not take up MICA
S: blah blah abt how MICA is very high on my list…

YP: so I m sure u hv plans to marry at some stage
S: yes sir

Conversation on what kind of wife I want… working-housewife etc etc.. then they asked me love marriage or arranged marriage… I gave lot of blah blah and then said very seriously

S: Love marriage can be arranged and arranged one can be loved….

P,YP,LP started laughing loudly,,, I understood I had said something which wud have sounded ver funny in an interview setting!!!

LP: So u finally made us laugh

I joined in and all of laughing for 30 seconds, pretty funny situation

YP: Ok ok , but this doesn’t mean u r thru

P: ok rate urself as a team member on a scale of 0-10
S: I think it will be 8 sir

YP: even after ur group’s GE
S: yes sir

YP: ok thank you S
S: Thank you sirs, madam

I think the interview was about knowing one as an individual… no stress and stuff…. In fact I was laughing smiling all the time… I think there were some more questions but this is all I can remember

Stay good guys