[2012-2014] Goa Institute of Management (GIM) GD/PI Experiences

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Hi All GIM GD/PI has started today and it’s time to tell your experiences to puys and all of us so that others can understand the process in a better way. *Process:A Group Discussion followed by a short write up on the same topic for 5 mi…

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Hi All

GIM GD/PI has started today and it's time to tell your experiences to puys and all of us so that others can understand the process in a better way.
Process:A Group Discussion followed by a short write up on the same topic for 5 min, and then the Personal Interview.
Please follow the below mentioned format for posting experiences:

XAT Percentile:

Profile
10th:
12th:
Graduation:
Work-Ex:

Batch of Interview:

GD Topic:

Experience:

PI:
Any other interesting thing:
Request:
1. Kindly do not post anything other than your experiences of GIM GD/PI
2. Please do mention your background and hobbies as it might help us understand why a specific question was put up to you.
3. For appreciating an interview post use thank button, or if you want to show more, use PM.
4. Don't ask admissions queries or discuss any GD topic here.

Contribute and hone your knowledge on topics on : http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/gim-gd-pi-discussions-2012-2014-25078345


Any admissions issue : http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/goa-institute-of-management-admissions-2012-14-helpdesk-25072285

Make this thread a good learning experience and a legacy for your juniors.
All in all, keep this thread for what it is meant.. !!!


Thanks
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So here comes the first topic from GIM,Goa GD panel.

The topic for both the panels were :

"What should one expect to accomplish through an mba program"

AND

"Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption"

People will start posting their experiences soon.

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Do we have to choose between the two topics or these were separate topics for two panels? Thanks!

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Rushabhlalan Says
Do we have to choose between the two topics or these were separate topics for two panels? Thanks!


You don't have to choose.

These were the different topics for the two panels.

The topics for panels at same timing can be same also. But there won't be any choice for sure.


SINCERE Request to all : Let this thread be only for GD/PI Experience from now on.

Post the queries (anything) on the given links in my first post on the top of this page.

Thanks.
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Venue : Bhopal

Date : 27 Feb (8:30 AM)

GD topic - "Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption"

We were given 1 minute to think, 20 seconds to give an opening statement then 10-15 minutes for the GD and finally 20 minutes for a closing remark... there were 6 people in the GD

followed by a write up...where we had to summarise the GD, put our own points into it...whichever of the two we wish to do...10 minutes for that...


Interview :
The panel asked to introduce myself and family...then asked questions on what I had said....Asked if I had a girlfriend...then we discussed on whether being in a relation is right or not...questions on minor and major projects...where do u see yourself 5 years down the line..I said something regarding me interested in HR....so quizzed on HR..like why HR??what roles...and stuff

Came to hobbies...Books...what last book you read..I said Atlas Shrugged...and asked about it...

It was a nice experience...tho the panel was trying to catch you off gaurd and trying to counter everything I said...maybe somewhere on the lines of a stress interview...

But all in all It was a good experience....decent GD and a fairly good PI...keeping my fingers crossed 😃

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Forgot to mention -

XAT score - 88.81 %ile
Xth - 88 %
XII - 87.6%
Grad - 82%(till 7 sem) B.E.-Electronics and communication engineering
Work Ex - None
:)

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XAT Percentile: 86.3

Profile
10th:84.3
12th:93.3
Graduation: BE-ECE (75.1)
Work-Ex: 2 years in SVL ECD (power sector)
GD Avenue : bangalore @ 8.30am
GD Topic:Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption
prof 1:Hemant kumar padhiari
prof 2:Tarun Pasricha

we were given 2 minutes to think about the topic and then everyone has to give an opening statement not lasting more than 1 min. Then topic is open for discussion. The gd lasted for 10 mins. we had 10 people in the group instead of an actual attendance of 13. Everyone spoke with their views on the topic, 2 spoke really well and no fish market stuff happened. Then everyone would have to conclude, this time the order is reversed.

After it you wud be given 5 mins to write a essay comprising of 4 paragraph, 1st should be the gist, followed by 2 n 3 which was about your take on the topic and last should be concluding para.. this was basically to test your written communication skills. My essay was completely bad as i left some space in the beginning for my opening paragraph, completed the rest but in the end they got my paper when i was writing my opening para making my essay very abrupt in the beginning itself. :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Interview:

Prof 2: Tell me about yourself
Me: blah blah
Prof 2: so you did this XYZ course, what all subjects u studied
Me: Told all the subjects as there were only 7
Prof 2: Tell me the company that you work and my profile
Me: told
Prof 2: Who is the chairman
Me: told
Prof 2: Is he an localite
Me: told
Prof 2: What does your company do
Me: Told that it was diversified one and told in detail about the various branches
Prof 2: do you think that XYZ course helped you with the job you got
Me: Yes
Prof 2: Asked why i didnt work and do that XYZ course
Me:Told the only job i got was into IT and told him that i have no interest in it, so waited for an year to land in the job i desired
Prof 1:tell me your competitors
Me: told
Prof 1: you missed this ....
Me: told him that we are not into renewable energy sector and we were concentrating on thermal sector, prof 2 backs me up and said to prof 1 that it was the other division which was into it.
Prof 2: why gim
Me: told him about the diverse batch profiles, csr and simulation game
Prof 2: There are other colleges in india which too has simulation game
Me: smiled and told him from the calls that i have this was the only one which had this game
Prof 2: This was a shocker.... you are very articulate now but why didnt you speak much in GD
Me: knew that my dreams of GIM is over:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:, said that some of the points were already discussed by others hence didnt wanted to be repetitive
Prof 2: Sometimes you have to get noticed and make sure your presence is felt
Prof 2: Why Mba
Me: told
Prof 1: What do u wanna choose
Me: Told strategic Management consulting
Prof 1: Oh you are specific, so do u wanna start your own consulting or work in an company
Me: Told for first i wud start with working in an company
Prof 1: Tell me a company name
Me: told
Prof 1: This doesnt come to GIM
Me: told that companies like xyz comes to GIM
Prof 2: replied saying Well the profile that they give are basically to do with auditings and more like an back end job
Prof 1: Analyse your company and tell me a stragety
Me: Told how we had incurred huge losses by recruiting people who didnt have relevant experience in the domain
Prof 1: This is not a strategy
Me: Told him in detail about the same
Prof 1: didnt seem convinced much but said continue
Me: told implementing measures to check the fund utilization so as to ensure that the funds released from corporate for any purpose serves that purpose as in my project there were middlemen who had misused it, then told about frequent visit from corporate to site to check the level of activities
Prof 2: So tell me about your family
Me: told abt my dad
Prof 2: How long has your dad been in the same company
Me: told
Prof 2: where is he now
Me: Told
Prof 2: there is a faculty in GIM from SBI, probably your dad might have known him
Me: Said i will cross check
Prof 2: Any questions
Me: I asked about the simulation game
Prof 2: Told that there are 2 games, one in the first year and the other in the second year which had to do with strategic management.

Overall the experience was good, the faculty were awesome people and so were the batch mates in GD. Dont have any hopes of conversion :banghead::banghead::banghead:and the result wud be out in mid of april is wat they have told to one of my batch mate

All the best for other puys who are yet to have their GD's...
Just relax and enjoy the process
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XAT Percentile: 86.3
Profile
10th:84.3
12th:93.3
Graduation: BE-ECE (75.1)
Work-Ex: 2 years in SVL ECD (power sector)
GD Topic:Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption
prof 1:Hemant kumar padhiari
prof 2:Tarun Pasricha

we were given 2 minutes to think about the topic and then everyone has to give an opening statement not lasting more than 1 min. Then topic is open for discussion. The gd lasted for 10 mins. we had 10 people in the group instead of an actual attendance of 13. Everyone spoke with their views on the topic, 2 spoke really well and no fish market stuff happened. Then everyone would have to conclude, this time the order is reversed.

After it you wud be given 5 mins to write a essay comprising of 4 paragraph, 1st should be the gist, followed by 2 n 3 which was about your take on the topic and last should be concluding para.. this was basically to test your written communication skills. My essay was completely bad as i left some space in the beginning for my opening paragraph, completed the rest but in the end they got my paper when i was writing my opening para making my essay very abrupt in the beginning itself. :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Interview:

Prof 2: Tell me about yourself
Me: blah blah
Prof 2: so you did this XYZ course, what all subjects u studied
Me: Told all the subjects as there were only 7
Prof 2: Tell me the company that you work and my profile
Me: told
Prof 2: Who is the chairman
Me: told
Prof 2: Is he in localite
Me: told
Prof 2: What does your company do
Me: Told that it was diversified one and told in detail about the various branches
Prof 2: do you think that XYZ course helped you with the job you got
Me: Yes
Prof 2: Asked why i didnt work and do that XYZ course
Me:Told the only job i got was into IT and told him that i have no interest in it, so waited for an year to land in the job i desired
Prof 1:tell me your competitors
Me: told
Prof 1: you missed this ....
Me: told him that we are not into renewable energy sector and we were concentrating on thermal sector, prof 2 backs me up and said to prof 1 that it was the other division which was into it.
Prof 2: why gim
Me: told him about the diverse batch profiles, csr and simulation game
Prof 2: There are other colleges in india which too has simulation game
Me: smiled and told him from the calls that i have this was the only one which had this game
Prof 2: This was a shocker.... you are very articulate now but why didnt speak you much in GD
Me: knew that my dreams of GIM is over:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:, said that some of the points were already discussed by others hence didnt wanted to be repetitive
Prof 2: Sometimes you have to get noticed and make sure your presence is felt
Prof 2: Why Mba
Me: told
Prof 1: What do u wanna choose
Me: Told strategic Management consulting
Prof 1: Oh you are specific, so do u wanna start your own consulting or work in an company
Me: Told for first i wud start with working in an company
Prof 1: Tell me a company name
Me: told
Prof 1: This doesnt come to GIM
Me: told that companies like xyz comes to GIM
Prof 2: replied saying Well the profile that they give are basically to do with auditings and more like an back end job
Prof 1: Analyse your company and tell me a stragety
Me: Told how we had incurred huge losses by recruiting people who didnt have relevant experience in the domain
Prof 1: This is not a strategy
Me: Told him in detail about the same
Prof 1: didnt seem convinced much but said continue
Me: told implementing measures to check the fund utilization so as to ensure that the funds released from corporate for any purpose serves that purpose as in my project there were middlemen who had misused it, then told about frequent visit from corporate to site to check the level of activities
Prof 2: So tell me about your family
Me: told abt my dad
Prof 2: How long has your dad been in the same company
Me: told
Prof 2: where is he now
Me: Told
Prof 2: there is a faculty in GIM from SBI, probably your dad might have known him
Me: Said i will cross check
Prof 2: Any questions
Me: I asked about the simulation game
Prof 2: Told that there are 2 games, one in the first year and the other in the second year which had to do with strategic management.

Overall the experience was good, the faculty were awesome people and so were the batch mates in GD. Dont have any hopes of conversion :banghead::banghead::banghead:and the result wud be out in mid of april is wat they have told to one of my batch mate

All the best for other puys who are yet to have their GD's...
Just relax and enjoy the process

Which location was your GD/PI ?

Regards
Supraja
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XAT Percentile: 77.51

Profile
10th:80.2
12th:72.2
Graduation:81
Work-Ex:3.5 yrs

Batch of Interview: 8:30 am (Delhi)

GD Topic:Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption

Experience: total of 11 candidates , things started arnd 9:15 am, 1st was the GD. we were given 1 minute to think on the topic n then each person was asked to speak for 30 sec. then GD was open! for next 20-25 min - discussion went in all directions, every1 attempting for their turn - however it was not a fish market scene, n people did listen to each other - Kudos to guys !!!!
then we were asked to summarize individually. Finally we had to write an essay on the same in 10 min, word limit being - 200-250 wrds - I was a bit slow in making up my lines, so this didnt go well...


PI: ahhh!! I was Last for PI. well it was hardily 5 mins!

Prof 1: so how u think tht GD went?
Me: Fine, but could have been better, ideas were smtime repeated..
Prof 1: wat cud u have done as moderator to improve it?
Me: told
Prof 1: 3.5 exp...now MBA. Why?
Me: told
Prof 1: why GIM?
Me: told..
Prof 1: Though u spoke gud in GD :cheerio: we don't prefer people more than 3 yr of wrk ex :shock:
Me: again stressed on why i think MBA is correct for me now!
Prof 2: so u studied in NIFT gandhinagar?
Me: No, sir from hyderabad
Prof 1: Ohh u r frm NIFT?
Me: Yes Sir :o
Prof 2; so u currently working?
Me: No sir, left in Oct - needed a month for CAT
Prof 1: wat is your CAT score, n XAT?
Me: told both
Prof 1: Surprised how come ur CAT score is higher than XAT..
Me: smiled :)
Prof 1: but with tht wrk ex you cant have bigger expectations..
Me: replied...
Prof 1: Nice Meeting you, hope u are convinced n making a sound decision on your career change
Me: yes sir, thks n have a gud day ahead!

And it was over!!
well profs were really nice, no grilling or nything, had quick fun PI.......

So all the best to those in line.... just relax n all the very best!!!

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XAT percentile - 84.5
selectional cutoff's not seen.
11 people in all.(please attend nature's call pehle hi! a guy came 1min late and... )

8.50-enter Mr. Subroto(56 years, nice man) and Abhishek(young guy, silent man :p)

We were asked to sit in a room in a predefined order(table was rectangular:banghead:) we had a brief chat essi! subroto wanted to lighten the mood i guess, asked where are u guys from,what have you heard about GIM, where do u live and all...

GD-
Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption-

We had to give an opening. first guy was cut short in 5 sec and asked to start again, said u have to give a synopsis, dont start the discussion types!:banghead: please prepare a very small and crisp opening line which defines the topic. max 8-10sec. Everyone was stopped by Mr.subroto within 10 sec! So plz be very crisp, no idhar udhar ka gyan. Next we were asked to start the discussion

unfortunately our GD turned into a semi fish market since the beginning :banghead:Everyone was saying the same point and not listening to anyone. But one positive was that somehow everyone got a chance to speak!:o We aslo managed to come to a loose conclusion. I gave around 4-5 points(3 were drowned in the confusion). Some people tried to listen to the counter arguments too... but overall bad GD. plz dont be silent is what i would say. Do chip in your points or try to guide the GD so that a direction is achieved.

PI(i was 7th out of 11)
: door was open, made i contact
S:come in and have a seat, close the door behind you.
S:give me ur certificates, tell me what u know about GIM
:gave him my certi and resume to both people, second guy rejected and started seeing the certi's. told him about GIM, what i know blah blah blah...
S:(suddenly)are u from springdales school DK?
: Yes sir.
S:Aaaah... i know a lot about springdales DK(His wife was a senior teacher )
: i continued with GIM,how it would help me, moved on to my parents, my hobbies, job
S:asked what my role was in job
: blah blah blah, im on bench right now but ive done a internship in the meantime...
S: asked about that and them said im done!:banghead:(he was smiling the whole time!)
A: have u any other offers.
: no sir, i wanted to be in the top ones and this is the only one, got call from IMT nagpur but dint go for interview since it was not upto my expectations.if i dont get selected this time il try againg next year
S: so its as simple as that! what will you do after an MBA
:gyan.....
S:It was nice talking to you, u spread a lot of positiveness, thank you for coming here!!!:wow::shock::o
S: said that it was nice, i am a old fool... blah blah blah... acha tell me what is my age!:o
:(frankly) sir around 45-50, my father is around 50, so i guess u should be around the same age if i compare.
S:laughs, im 56!!!:wow:
: well sir u look young for ur age! before going i asked him how he knew about springdales and he told me..

overall it was very happy happy PI!!! S and A were both very happy to talk to me and convayed it too! PI was completely HR! but very short, only 10 min max :banghead: thats what confused me!! it was as if they had already selected people:banghead: essa lagra he bas bate karni thi and me mil gaya to hasi mazak karli

All i can say is work hard on the GD part of it! baki sab bhagvan ke haath me. :)

and thanks to PG, Avinash and Sid(im sure ul be very famous wen ur proffesors return, a lot of people mentioned ur names) :)

ATB to everyone else 😃

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XAT percentile - 84.5
selectional cutoff's not seen.
11 people in all.(please attend nature's call pehle hi! a guy came 1min late and... )

8.50-enter Mr. Subroto(56 years, nice man) and Abhishek(young guy, silent man :p)

We were asked to sit in a room in a predefined order(table was rectangular:banghead:) we had a brief chat essi! subroto wanted to lighten the mood i guess, asked where are u guys from,what have you heard about GIM, where do u live and all...

GD-
Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption-

We had to give an opening. first guy was cut short in 5 sec and asked to start again, said u have to give a synopsis, dont start the discussion types!:banghead: please prepare a very small and crisp opening line which defines the topic. max 8-10sec. Everyone was stopped by Mr.subroto within 10 sec! So plz be very crisp, no idhar udhar ka gyan. Next we were asked to start the discussion

unfortunately our GD turned into a semi fish market since the beginning :banghead:Everyone was saying the same point and not listening to anyone. But one positive was that somehow everyone got a chance to speak!:o We aslo managed to come to a loose conclusion. I gave around 4-5 points(3 were drowned in the confusion). Some people tried to listen to the counter arguments too... but overall bad GD. plz dont be silent is what i would say. Do chip in your points or try to guide the GD so that a direction is achieved.

PI(i was 7th out of 11)
: door was open, made i contact
S:come in and have a seat, close the door behind you.
S:give me ur certificates, tell me what u know about GIM
:gave him my certi and resume to both people, second guy rejected and started seeing the certi's. told him about GIM, what i know blah blah blah...
S:(suddenly)are u from springdales school DK?
: Yes sir.
S:Aaaah... i know a lot about springdales DK(His wife was a senior teacher )
: i continued with GIM,how it would help me, moved on to my parents, my hobbies, job
S:asked what my role was in job
: blah blah blah, im on bench right now but ive done a internship in the meantime...
S: asked about that and them said im done!:banghead:(he was smiling the whole time!)
A: have u any other offers.
: no sir, i wanted to be in the top ones and this is the only one, got call from IMT nagpur but dint go for interview since it was not upto my expectations.if i dont get selected this time il try againg next year
S: so its as simple as that! what will you do after an MBA
:gyan.....
S:It was nice talking to you, u spread a lot of positiveness, thank you for coming here!!!:wow::shock::o
S: said that it was nice, i am a old fool... blah blah blah... acha tell me what is my age!:o
:(frankly) sir around 45-50, my father is around 50, so i guess u should be around the same age if i compare.
S:laughs, im 56!!!:wow:
: well sir u look young for ur age! before going i asked him how he knew about springdales and he told me..

overall it was very happy happy PI!!! S and A were both very happy to talk to me and convayed it too! PI was completely HR! but very short, only 10 min max :banghead: thats what confused me!! it was as if they had already selected people:banghead: essa lagra he bas bate karni thi and me mil gaya to hasi mazak karli

All i can say is work hard on the GD part of it! baki sab bhagvan ke haath me. :)

and thanks to PG, Avinash and Sid(im sure ul be very famous wen ur proffesors return, a lot of people mentioned ur names) :)

ATB to everyone else :)


Just remembered, MR.Subroto was a senior guy in marketing and abhishek was in finance. When we were having the warm up discussion, i asked him what he did in marketing, and responded to his questions, their were only 4-5 people who did it. Dont be hesitant. Participate as if ur talking to ur friend but talk like ur talking to ur senior's 😛 no bakwas! only gyan!
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XAT Percentile: 93

Profile
10th: 92%
12th: 89%
Graduation: 73% (Economics)


Batch of Interview: Delhi; 27th feb

GD Topic: Public waste and inefficiency does greater damage to a country than corruption.

Experience: 11 people in the group.
We were given 1 minute to think and then had to make an opening statement (introduction).
Then the GD started. It wasn't a fish market at all but sometimes more than 2 people were speaking together for few seconds.
Then we were asked to make a closing statement.
After that we were asked to write about it in 2 paragraphs of 4 to 5 sentences. We were told not to write in bullet points.

PI: 2 Professors.
p1 took my file and started going through the mark sheets and certificates.
p2: Tell us about yourself.
Me: Answered.
p2: Your hobby is reading? favorite author.
Me: Told.
p2: What's happening in the economy and why?
Me: Answered. Some facts from news and rest gyaan.
p2: Favorite subjects.
Me: Told.

Then p1 took over. He asked me a lot (read A LOT) on my favorite subjects and other subjects too.
I was able to answer some of them. Made some guesses in others. Didn't know the answers to few. :(
This was the stress-kinda part of the interview.

p2: Other calls.
Me: Told.
----- Over -----
Interview lasted for 18-20mins




Any other interesting thing: Nothing. Thanks to the seniors here, I was well aware of how the entire process takes place.
The freshers were grilled on their subjects and the work ex people on their job (as told by other candidates).
No questions like why GIM, why MBA etc were asked.

All the best!

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XAT Percentile: 81.36

Profile
10th:87.8
12th:88.8
Graduation: BE(i.t)
Work-Ex:none

Batch of Interview: 27th feb, 8.30, Bhopal

GD Topic:Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption
Experience: we were divided into two groups of 6 ppl. every one was asked to make an opening and closing statement. the gd was good, although the same points were brought in again and again. all in all the gd ws over in 10-12 mins.
next we wer asked to write about the gd in 4 paragraphs. sufficient time was given. i was able to complete my conclusion just in time.:wow:


PI: i had the shortest pi in the slot( hardly 5 mins)

well, it is how it went.

pi- old prof( IT engg)
pii- new prof

pi- please sign the attendance sheet first and then tell me about yourself, ur family ur strengths ur weaknesses. (i guess he was in ahurry, he asked me all at once)
me- told

pii- give me ur file( he was silent all of the time, just kept looking at my file and observing me)
me- gave!

pi- wat is MIC?
(i got confused, as MIC can be anything)
me- sir i didnt get the refernce?
pi- arre u r from Bhopal, and u dont knw about MIC?
me- fir batti jali meri and i answered "methyl isocynate"

den asked somethng abt Bhopal Gas Tragedy!
me- answered.

pi- so wat r ur hobbies?
me- told
(us pe poochha thodi der)

suddenly pii got active. :wow:

pii- i c u belong form a typical baniya family. ur parents will get u married in one or two years, and y r u wasting two yrs of ur life?:shock: :shock:

me- funde funde and more funde.

pi- ok do u have anythng to ask?
me- no sir!

pi- ohk well i just wanted to tell u dat frm dis yr we will be giving MBA degree rather den PGDM.
me- yes sir i knw that. (mere pehle wale ne bata diya tha):P

pi- ok u can go! send the next in.
me-





Any other interesting thing: before gd pi asked if we had any query abt GIM. den said himself ki u all r on PagalGuy, we should ask u ppl if we have some queries abt the college. :P:P

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Batch of Interview: 27th feb, 8 30 am, GIM CAMPUS

i reached the campus 20 mins prior to the interview, one senior immediately came : and guided us to the class where other candidates were sitiing, they were very much helpful, infact they were more concerned about us then ourself

our panel had the director of the college :w00t: himself along with another visiting faculty
GD Topic:PUBLIC WASTE AND inefficiency damage the country more than corruption
had a fairly cool gd , all were made to make opening statements followed by an open GD, it was a fish market scenario and everyone were quite chilled during the GD except one who was contradicting each and every one trying to get attention , it ended with everyone making a closing statement and followed by essay on the GD

PI :
both the panelist were quite chilled out, it was a non stress type interview, no bashing up, all the questions were in general, no technical stuff, the interview was kinda spontaneous , as they asked all the conventional questions in a non- conventional manner so had to frame my answers differently, all in all had a nice time with them....

since i finished early i had ample time to go through campus, and its a fabulous place, had a nice chocolate shake in the cafeteria, clicked some nice pics in the campus, all in all had a very expirience, though my chances of gettin through are less coz of low xat score, but still would love be a junior to some excellent seniors.

p.s. enjoy the BEACH PARTY seniors 😁 ,

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and ya i missed meeting Mr. AVINASH JHA , would have liked to have a chat with you

p,s, you are quite famous in the campus coz as pagalguy king

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GD-PI Experience (GIM 2012-14)
Date: 27.02.2012 (1:30 pm Slot) Hotel Swagath, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi

GD Topic: Is India's Economic Progress is in the right direction.

1 min to think and scribe on rough sheet- 30 secs to broach the topic individually- 10 mins of open forum GD- 30 secs to summarise the discussion individually- 5 mins to write about discussion in about 250 words.
Overall it was a friendly discussion, just like my SCM experience, everyone contributed, we digressed in between on the way towards FDI in Retail, but refined it rapt. Not a fish market and everyone was at a level playing field. All guys and girls were great.

PI Experience: Prof 1 (senior, he is from Marketing- P1), Prof 2 (Junior, he is from finance- P2)
Introduce yourself (Told)
Why MBA (Told)
About my company and Job Profile (Told)
You are earning good amount (Again that SCM dialogue) and still age is on your side. Then P1 stopped. You have good acads, what about CAT and other calls. I told about all my calls. P1 asked then why GIM when you have good amount of calls from other B-schools. I gave a diplomatic answer. He asked me am I going to join marketing or what as I talked a lot about Goa and GIM. Then he started talking about my Engineering College. We had a good discussion ending his praise for my college (Actually he is also a Bong!!). He ended on indicating that I should be honest about my final destination. I started and he cut me down saying I should focus on converting my IIM calls. P2 remained silent throughout the process. PI was of 10 mins duration.

PS: Not satisfied about PI. I should have illustrated more about why GIM, but this is such a typical question and when professors carry a pre-conceived notion that the interviewee is not going to join as he has other good calls. Time for some serious introspection about how to tackle these open ended questions.
In the morning slot a guy having XL-BM & HR calls faced the same situation. When we were having fag outside, he repented about that.

Advice: Good process, nothing to feel tensed about. Everyone is having a chilled interview session and coming out with a big smile. In the GD, you will get the chance to speak and write so come up with full confidence and kick it off. Goa is waiting for you !!!!!
Same post in FB Group.

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date: 27 feb 2012
place: goa niwas delhi

GD:"public waste causes more damage to india than corruption"
overall was not very good..people talked about irrelevent points....privatisation, CWG...any and everything.....some people tried to control the flow however...i personally made 3 4 enteries...
PS: the gd was conducted in the waiting lounge :clap: :clap:....the problem was on organizers front...the panel however was very helpful

PI:
tell me something abt yourself?
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why mba as a fresher?
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tell me about your project?
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your cat %ile
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your XAT %ile
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other calls?
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OK thank you?


the panel seemed disintrested...everyfelt that

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XAT Percentile: 91.34%ile

Profile
10th:89%
12th:78%
Graduation:60%,Btech-IT
Work-Ex:18 months,with my Brother's firm dealing in Facilities Management.

Batch of Interview:1:30 PM, Ginger hotel ,Delhi

GD Topic:something about Economic growth as a measure of development in India, can't recall it proper. And I can't recall it because I have no idea about the Indian Economy:banghead::banghead::banghead:.I related the economic development in the country with efforts being made by the govt to develop the rural sector as it has a major chunk of the population.This was my opening statement.Thank you for the free hit,I couldn't think of anything more.Then the discussion started with facts and figures flying in from all sides and corners.We were 9 of us.People related economic development to the fact that everyone in India owns a car and has a flat :P{ @ the person who said this,bhai if you are reading this,you made my GD..haha}.Rest went about grabbing airtime with facts and figures about the various economic terms and about various sectors of our economy.As a group,we did not reach any sort of conclusion or discuss any solutions about problems preventing eco. development.I was mostly a listener,tried to throw in whatever googlies I could during the discussion thinking something from my mouth might get heard.{It didn't}.At the end we were supposed to conclude the GD individually, I again lost track of what I was speaking mid way through,call me boring:banghead::banghead::banghead:..blabbered something.Then An essay about the same topic was to be written.They asked us to write just two paragraphs in proper English.PROPER ENGLISH.They wanted nothing else.I did that bit well,I hope so.

All in All if I call my performance as boring/uninteresting in the GD,i'll be doing myself a favour.



PI:

P1 : Tell us something about yourself.:clap:
I : Sold myself totally,telling everything positive about me including how driven I was to do an MBA.:clap:
P1 : Your claims do not match up to your performance in the GD though.{Papa to Papa hote hain,ab bolo beta}
I: Sir,to be honest- The topic about the Indian Economy and its growth,Sir,well, It isn't something about which I can contribute much constructively.{mujhe nahi maloom iske baare me kuch}.I smiled sheepishly.
P1; He smiled back and said good you have been candid with that answer.{If I had said anything else,he would have hung me upside down-His smile was telling me that,haha}
With that done,let's move on--

P2; Done looking at my documents,Tell us everything about your work-ex.
I:Told
P1; More questions on work-ex.He wanted to be absolutely sure if I knew everything about the firm and that I actually worked for it or was I faking as I said I work with my family.
I; Told everything.Questions were on verticals the company operates on, its turnover,employee strength,my responsibility etc etc.
P2; Some more questions about my brother.
I: Told.
Moving on from this part-----

P1: You have majored in IT.You are working in a facilities management company.Justify.
I; Told them, I dint like IT,did as best as could in college but it wasn't good enough.I did not like the fact that I did not learn much in 4 years.Made a hurried decision in jumping the IT bandwagon.Now I wanted a change,and want to do something that I really enjoy doing.So started working with my brother.Though it's different.But I enjoy what I do.Straight faced.
P2:Why did you pursue IT then?
I; Sirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, It was a hurried decision, I liked the Internet and computers and thought pursuing IT would be fun.I was 17 then and I'd be honest- this was my rationale behind going in for IT.
P2: Then what did you not like about IT.
I; The core science,the programming. I would do whatever best I could but still end up getting 60% scores when the best scores were close to 90.More importantly, I wasn't really learning anything.I figured it out that I don't belong here and need to move on to greener pastures and hence figured out what my strengths were/are and what that best possible path for me would be to excel in life.Before he said anything,I said,yes,hence an MBA.
P1; So you have made an informed decision this time unlike before.
I; Yes.I absolutely want this.
P2;What kind of a job do you want after your MBA.
I:Sirrrrrr,I lack business knowledge right now,I dont possess a sharp acumen in that regard.I am here to learn first, and whatever job fits me best after the MBA,I'd take that.Not thought about the kind of job as such.I am more interested in being an able help to my brother.He needs quality managers,I want to be one of those.The jobs shall follow sir.::
P2; Other calls.
I; IMI,IMT-G,KJ SOMAIYA,FORE,XIMB.
P2; Wrote them down on a paper in front of me and asked me what do you know about these colleges.Forget about GIM for now.
I; And this is where I slammed shut the door on my face.Sir I had applied to these colleges because I wanted a college in Delhi/Mumbai/something close to mumbai.Usne kya poocha and maine kya bola.and kyun bola.LOL.
P2; Smiling,XIMB in Delhi?
I; Smiling,HAHA, Sir Sir Sir, it is ACTUALLY one of the best colleges that considers the XAT scores after XL,so I went in for XIM-B too.:banghead::banghead::banghead:{I have not been able to connect all the dots in life as yet.}
P2: Okay, So from IMI,IMT-G,FORE,KJ,XIMB- what would you pick.Forget about GIM.:banghead:
I: IMI-Delhi, Sir.
P2; Why?
I; I had lost track of the interview by then. Said sir, 3 of my family members have done their MBA from IMI-D and are doing well in life and given the calls that I have,if I converted IMI,with their experience, suggest me to go and join IMI.And I'll go with their word Sir.
Both looked at each other,nodded their heads and said Thank You.You may leave.

And I left.



P.S. This was my experience,I tend to get emotional in all interviews.Had prepared totally different answers but don't know why I said what I said. Was advised against answering in that way.I am candid about life.I have a lot of calls this season,Done with 4 as of now.Same pattern of answers in all the interviews throughout.About the GD,I really suck at GD's.Have been trying to improve upon it.Today was a bad day.I was soo lost.LoL.Any feedback from anyone would be appreciated,I am not doing well at all in the GDPI's.

P.P.S. About the group that I had for the slot,totally chilling guys and a GD queen.hehe.

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Hi Seniors.../frenzzz..../
Just wanna ask u 1 thing regarding dat initial few mins of that GD....
Suppose the topic "Public waste and inefficiency damage a country more than corruption" , 1st person juzz introduces the topic , n 2nd person speak few more lines....but thr is every chance for ideas to collate . So in dat case , what idea will that 8th or 9th guy will give if almost the entire idea is already provided by the preceeding speakers....!!!!

Can u suggest what 1 should do in such a case..?

Kindly help..!!!!!