All the best to everyone for their IIMA interviews and please do post in your experiences. Please post in the given format PROFILE: Acads X %,Board, year XII%, Board, year Undergrad Stream(BA, BE etc), Specialization(CS, mech …
All the best to everyone for their IIMA interviews and please do post in your experiences.
Please post in the given format
PROFILE:
Acads
X %,Board, year
XII%, Board, year
Undergrad Stream(BA, BE etc), Specialization(CS, mech etc), Percentage, Year, Institute.
Work-Ex:
Sectors, Company - Number of months
CAT 2011:
Quant
Verbal
Aggregate
(category if applicable)
Extra curriculars :
Any other special thing abt u:
Interview & Essay
Venue:
Date :
Essay :
Topic:
Brief Snapshot of the attempt:
Time given :
Rate your preparation(0-5):
Rate your performance(0-5):
PI:
Panel Members Intro:
Questions:
Rate your preparation(0-5):
Rate your performance(0-5):
MISC.
Any other relevant detail.
VERDICT
PS. Come-on guys, start pouring in with your experience.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL
Please share your experiences !:cheers:
someone pls share it........
Have the interviews already started?
Why is it no one is posting their experiences???????????
Coz IIM-A= Cut-throat competition 
TushrKumr SaysCoz IIM-A= Cut-throat competition
Ha ha. Last time people did post experiences.
shrinivassg SaysHa ha. Last time people did post experiences.
K atleast give last yrs link:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
shrinivassg SaysHa ha. Last time people did post experiences.
Kiddin da!
I myself am dying to hear other people's experiences as my interview is still 15 days away....have heard a lot about IIM-A interview experiences and how they are different from any other IIM's interview experiences.....if not here toh last year k experiences to hai hi for a heads up!! 
TushrKumr SaysKiddin da!I myself am dying to hear other people's experiences as my interview is still 15 days away....have heard a lot about IIM-A interview experiences and how they are different from any other IIM's interview experiences.....if not here toh last year k experiences to hai hi for a heads up!! :cheers:
selvam SaysK atleast give last yrs link:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
There was no separate thread. The call-getters thread had the experiences.
shrinivassg SaysThere was no separate thread. The call-getters thread had the experiences.
I guess the call-getters have started doing RG-giri before they've even entered IIMA!!! Way to go
can somebody plzzz post some experiences i am getting impatient guys ......
can anybody post the link of last years gd pi experiences of iimA
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:wow::cheers::shock::banghead:
Hi puys,
Here is the first experience, hope more people put in theirs too...
PROFILE
Academics
X: CBSE, 2003, 82.4
XII: CBSE, 2005, 85.4
B-Tech, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute (Gandhinagar), Information and Communication Technology, 80.7
Work-Ex
Infosys, Information Technology - 32 months
CAT 2011
Quant: 100
Verbal: 98.88
Aggregate: 99.99
Curricular, Co-curricular, Extra curricular
Chief election commissioner of our college
Worked with and NGO for a period of around 7 weeks
Cleared 1st level of French language
Mentor to 1st year students during my final college semester
Some of my sketches have been displayed at a few art exhibitions.
Venue: Catering college, Mumbai, 19th Feb, 2012, 8:45 am
Essay
Topic: Of all the inventions and discoveries in the world, which one would you have liked to do/ make and why?
Brief Snapshot of the attempt: Wrote very abstract, couldn't be specific, mismanaged time, concluded in 7.5 minutes itself. 
Time given : 1+10
Rate your preparation(0-5): 4
Rate your performance(0-5): 3
Personal Interview
Panel Members Intro: Male Prof (MP), Lady Prof (LP) - both comforting
MP: You work in Infosys, which place, phase etc. What is that you do?
Me: UI dev team, development, training etc.
MP: What is unique about the website you are making?
Me: Told about social commerce. That offers and products can be automatically customized based on past searches, browsing history and order etc.
FP: But isn't it against privacy etc.?
Me: told that anyways data is stored for registered users, so...
FP: But sometimes it happens for unregistered user too... then?
Me: Gave some IT gyan and it is incorrect for unregistered users if IP is tracked etc...
MP: what do you think are the prob. with Infosys today (or something of that sort)
Me: told reasonable answer based on 1. overexposure to US and Europe, 2. Late in expansion outside through M&As; and 3. focus on high margin projects. Also said that it has started necessary steps in the areas and working towards them.
MP: So how is Infosys trying to expand (told trying to move to consulting). Asked if there is any product services initiatives too.
Me: Explained about associated departments and how it is trying to foray into other areas.
FP: which is the biggest players in consulting whom Infosys stand against, and what can Infosys try to expand there?
Me: Names accenture as the biggest, told smthing about using its brand image, maybe small contracts with its biggest players (whose consulting partner isn't infosys) and gain in reputation slowly (:P)
MP: Have you made your adhaar card?
Me: No, not yet sir, my father applied for it in my home town.
MP: How do you ensure that no 2 cards are assigned to same user... ?
Me: They have central repository etc etc
MP: How would they know whom to issue to and validate against, how would list be generated?
Me: I am not too sure about the system, but maybe using electoral rolls, ration cards etc.
FP: But their are people who have no identification and this is the only source of id for them?
Me: In that case, there should be certain provisions for registering tht user with extensive background searches.. etc
MP: But how would they ensure duplicacy etc....?
Me: again some IT gyan, cut short 
FP: Sm1 can register here, then in his hometown also with other name and fake ID, den? 
Me: Tried to say from IT perspective again
MP: Seeing french certificate, do you know french, can you speak and write?
Me: yes sir, at least what was taught in the 1st level
FP: You did your engg. from gandhinagar, where all did you go around the place
Me: told the places in gujarat nd rajasthan where we went
MP: Again the UID, do you read detective books/ novels
Me: No sir
MP: Do you read at all?
FP: what are your hobbies (seeing the form), oh he reads novels
Me: Mam, primarily fiction
FP: Have you looked at the meaning of a novel in a dictionary, are there any other kinds of novels?
Me: Mam, fiction, inspirational, self help 
FP: Oh, So, you mean all books are novels
Me: Books is a superset, it also includes text books, cut short
FP: So, you mean all non text books are novels
Me: Was to say something, cut short
FP: What all have you read
Me: Named quite a few novels including P.G.Wodehouse and Da Vinci code.
FP: Full form of PGWodehouse, whr is he from, his plot is based in which place?
Me: told
FP: where is the plot of Da vinci code based?
Me: I suppose Rome (I knew it wasn't, but why did i say it, Paris grrr... :drinking:)
FP: ok, so which sect of christianity is talked abt in it (told), what other types of sects in christianity are there? 
Me: told, i don't know mam
FP: so, the church in rome is for which sect (told catholics), who's the head (tld Pope)
MP: again on the UID question, i will give you a hint - think unique
Me: Sir, maybe DNA (what an idiot)
MP: parents can have the same DNA
Me: Oh yes sir, sorry, that cannot be used
MP,LP: ok, thank you, take a toffee on your way out.
(How could not i think of finger prints and retina scans even after watching so many CID episodes, english movies etc 
... I knew that they are used, but couldn't think of there, how stupid am i)
Rate your preparation(0-5): 4
Rate your performance(0-5): 2
Any other relevant detail: Go as yourself, you cannot specifically say what to expect and react.
VERDICT: REJECT 
Common people, post in your experiences... 😃
theBond SaysCommon people, post in your experiences... :)
Thanks for quoting ur experience !
But Didn't they ask anything from you regarding the essay you must have written in the form, "the greatest challenge in India and how would u like to address it?
and strange they didn't ask "Why Mba" ?
Good Luck though !
My take : Why MBA is a very ghisa pita question so hardly any b schools ask that in an interview nowadays. Moreover, most of the junta for the interviews comes after preapring from time/cl/ims/byju's etc where they are beaten to death untill they dont answer why mba perfectly
Your interview was fine cant say straight reject especially coz ur score is phenomenal :clap::clap::clap:
but yeah fingerprinting/biometric scan which are taken even before we give our CAT was a bad miss 
and yeah they cross questioned u on ur wrong answer (da vinci code) that was dirty 
rest was fine...ur great score and overall not so bad interview gives u a decent amt of chance do look forward to the result after all its IIM-A
Thanks for posting ur experience....I hope others are also listening and most importantly seeing
They were asking about the essay you wrote in the form to most of the people, but didn't ask me about it. As far as the greatest challenge is concerned, I didn't find anyone to whom this question was asked.
Thanks for quoting ur experience !
But Didn't they ask anything from you regarding the essay you must have written in the form, "the greatest challenge in India and how would u like to address it?
and strange they didn't ask "Why Mba" ?
Good Luck though !
theBond SaysThey were asking about the essay you wrote in the form to most of the people, but didn't ask me about it. As far as the greatest challenge is concerned, I didn't find anyone to whom this question was asked.
Sorry to barge in but the way aadhar is unique is by biometric info. And I think one should know this info and your whole interview was about aadhar only. The whole controversy about UID with home ministry was about duplication of info.
I agree with you completely, friend. Even I knew about the biometric in UID, but I don't know how I could not recollect it in the interview, despite so much poking around. And since, it was such a common info, that's why I consider my selection option as REJECT... :-(
keeler.drummer SaysSorry to barge in but the way aadhar is unique is by biometric info. And I think one should know this info and your whole interview was about aadhar only. The whole controversy about UID with home ministry was about duplication of info.