XAT Percentile: 91.94
Profile:
10th: 79.5
12th: 83.0
Graduation: 63.50 (BE Comp)
Batch of Gd(GT)/PI: 1.45 PM at YMCA, Mumbai on 4th March, 2008
There is a certain telecom services company. 85% of its employees are females. Most of these are in their late teens and early twenties. However, the employees are very irregular - being regularly absent. Hence, the company has to hire extra staff in order to complete the work. This leads to losses for the company. You, as a consultant to this company, need to find a solution to this.
P1 : Mr.Vithal S. sukhathankar
P2 : Mr.Chandersen Mirchandani
PI:
P1 : Quickly Tell me about yourself ?
Me : told
P2 : Arre tum toh AGARWAL ho..Why do you want to do an MBA?
Me : told..( he stressed so much on the Agarwal part..hehehe)
P1 : Family Background ?
Me : told
P1 : hobbies ? current cricket score ?
Me : told
P2 : Which kind of music do u like ?
Me : told
P1 : Tell me something about your b.e. project
Me : told
P1 : Which is your fav. subject ?
Me : first i said maths then he asked me which part and blah blah
P1 : Which subjects in computer field ?
Me : Computer N/W
P1 : How many layers are there ?
Name the first and last layer.
P1 : Which model is more important
Me : told
P2 : So you want to specialise in Finance
Me : yes
P2 : Do you invest ?
Me : Yes
P2 : what do u think about the stock market? how was it today?
ME : told
Me : (i think i messed it up here . I said i have a bit of interest in Finance)
P2 : only a bit of interest ?
Me : (i shouldnt have said that .i was cursing myself for this)
P2 : Do you invest in derivatives ?
Me : No Sir.
P1 : Why so much fluctutaion in your marks
Me : told
P1 : ok thank you anish
Me : thank you sir
Interview time : 10 mins.Both the professors were very friendly.Kudos.
Hi Puys,
anyidea wen GIM will be out with their final results list?? i think they are done with their gd/pi process..
Regards
Shamil
It will be out by the end of this month.. The GD/PI process will be going till 8th of this month
My GIM GD/PI experience :
Profile :
10th - 77.8 % (SSC)
12th - 74.2 % (HSC)
B.E - I am a 5.something, Comp Engg. (Pune University)
Work Ex - No work ex
XAT score : 93.92 %ile
GD/PI slot : 6th March - 8:45 AM
Venue : YMCA - Central Branch , Colaba , Mumbai
Okay, I reached the venue at 08.33. Soon after 5 min. one person came and announced the name for Group I, which was further split into 2 groups. There were only 15 present(8 in mine and then the next 7)
GT topic was a case study.
Have to recruit a person for summer internship for the current project in my team. Have got some of the applications from the HR department and in this one application the name is same as that of the vice president of the company with a JR. written before it. Later in the afternoon the vice president who has never talked to me before approaches and says with a smile "Hi, How is the recruitment process going on? I am sure you will do justice to it". Then this person mumbles something then.
Study closed.
We were given 3 min. to think about it. Then the GT started with everybody of us giving an opening statement. And at last a closing statement. After that a long wait for the next 7 people to finish their GT and from the interviews. I was the last in my group of 8 so it was really a long wait. But 7 of us guys sat on a table outside further discussing about how GT went, good MBA colleges, which is better than which, work ex etc etc. so it was really helpful in keeping the nerves calm from the long wait.
Then finally after about 2 hrs. I get called in for interview.
P1:(is looking at my CV)
P2:(sit down)
P1:Hitesh Garg, hm, are you a Punjabi.:-?
me: No sir.
P1: Garg's are punjabi?
me: No sir.(surprised at the question)
P2: No they have been given the tag as the North Indians.
me:(what?? are u getting communal?)
P1: Why do you have so poor acads?
me: (damn it, ask something else, there is a lot more in me besides that)
me: Sir there were this one sem which got my percentage really down
P2: padhte likhte nahi ho kya bhai.
P2: So what entertaining thing do you do?
me: sir I experiment with my computer whenever I get time. Like opening it..
P2: wasn looking for something more.
me: sir I watch science fiction programmes and stuff.
P2: really boring. These days students are really boring.
P2: Okay have you read blah blah thing.
me: no sir.
P2: Tell me one novel which you have read.
me: Sir I liked Da vinci code.
P2: It was not a science fiction novel. It was Historical fiction.
me: Yes sir. Sir I have also read The Digital Fortress by the same person. It was pretty science fictional with cryptography and all.
P2: So you have read Da Vinci Code. Do you remember The Last Supper. The painting.
me: yes sir I do.
P2: Have you seen it?
me: yes sir I have.
P2: where? you mustn't have gone to Italy to see it.
me: No sir, A movie has also been released on this novel. So I have followed up with the site and have seen it there.
P2: A movie? Has it been released?
me: Yes sir..(??)
P2: (consulting P1 now but P1 is seems he is not interested) It hasn't been released.
me: sir it has been. There was a controversy as well over the christian community.
P2: Oh yeah yeah, they did not allow it to screen it in Goa. Because of the Christian's controvery.
(By this time P1 has figured something out to ask me)
P1: Tell me one of your favourite subjects.
me: Sir I reallly like Computer Graphics and Computer Networking.
P1: Okay so tell me about stick algorithm.
me: Sir I have never heard of it.
P1: you have never heard of it. Which book do you use?
me: Sir I have read from the local author's book only from Pune University
P1: tell me the name
me: told
P1: Okay then tell me something from Computer Graphics
me: Sir Bresnan's algorithm, blah blah, fractals
P1: Okay what are Fractals?
me: told something but he was looking for more
me: told something more but still he was looking for more
P1: Is a mountain a fractal?
me: yes sir it is. (Then we got into a sort of small argument over 2D fractals and 3D fractals)
me: I was talking with P1 and in between P2 says: you can go now..
P1 finished up what he was saying and so did I.
P2: Send the next person exactly after 1 min.
me: Okay sir. Thank you sir.
and that's how the interview ended. The interviewers weren't looking keen enough to take me, or so with the others who were before me. From the discussion I had with my group mates, there were questions like
Do you have a girlfriend?
Are you punjabi?(Why do they ask that?)
Why have you come all the way from blah blah place?
This one person had a small gauti like beard on his chin(Same as like aamir khan's from DCH)What is that? Is that dirt? Have somebody told you that it looks good?
All together I gave a good shot. Lets see what happens now. Although I should mention, I did feel a little bit of biasing for the people from various places. Keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for the results..
Please do reply with you commendable and not so commendable views.
hi every1.
i had earlier posted only my GT xperience,now its the PI
p1:ranjini mam
p2:Anand sir
i was the 5th man in ..........
me:may i get in mam(sir had just left the room)
p1:ya come in and hv a seat
me:thank u mam
p1:so yogesh how was the GT
me::dontgeti::dontgeti::dontgeti::dontgeti:yogesh :dontgeti::dontgeti:mam i m nitiksh
p1:ok(searching for my profile)
me: (smiling)
p1: (got the profile) so nitiksh how was the gt
me:i would rate it just abv avg.
P1:y less in +2
me:told the truth(no bimari bahana)
p1:describe urself
me:blah blah blah
p1:do u hv any bro or sis
me:yep mam she is in bangalore and working in xyz
p2: (enters in the room)
p2:so nitiksh ur engg(looking at my profile)
me:yeas sir
p2:there are two type sof mobile wat r they
me:pura gyan
p2 and p1 continued asking more and more and more on mobiles and i answered everything(mobile being my favorite paper)
and then p2 caught me by asking my mobile tower looks different than tv tower
me: (trying to remember how are they different,but just cudnt remember how luk) and then made a gud answer
i said bcoz of their height is different and in bhubaneswar we hv really very small towers bcoz its in semic zone 3
p1:wat a semic zone
me:gave the gyan
p1:y mba
me:gyan but was interrupted in middle(wen i said entrepreneur)
p2:wat kind of business
me:brokerage firm
p1:y its already facing a lot of competition
p2:do u know motilal oswal and indiabulls,they are very successful but they their owner are not MBAs
me:tried to explain how i want to improve on their weakness
p1:tell me their weakness
me:told
p2:see u know the weakness then go and start it rite now y waste 2 yr in mba
me:explained
suddenly from nowhere.....
p1:in which company hv got the job
me:TCS
p1: Package
me:told 3.15lac
p2:its very gud,go and join it(thought beta nitiksh u got ur result for this PI,they are asking u to forget GIM and go for TCS)
me:said something,cannt remember(was a bit rattled)
p1 and p2 still asked y mba and i tried to explain
p1:any questions and i asked few questions
p2:u can go
me gud day mam gud day sir
seniors:::: i dnt know how it went bcoz the tech part was superb but i lacked in HR questions...........probably they mite think i m gud for Tech job only and not manager:-?
my scores
X:84.8
XII:71.8
Engg:8.78
XAT:91.21
ATB all
-nitiksh
hey grhitesh,
i think u did well........ had a good laugh readin ur experience......atb..!!
Hey guys!
Had my GD/PI at Mumbai on 3rd March
Sorry for the late post
B.E (Information Technology)
XAT percentile: 97.78
Work-ex: 18 months in Capgemini
GT:
A "Kirana Store" owner decides to issue credit cards to customers. They can pay him back the money within a month and if they
pay after one month then they have to pay a surcharge of 5%. About 90% of the customers take these cards, but later many of
them do not pay back the dues. He starts having a money crunch so he starts borrowing money from other money-lenders at 12%
interest. He fears if he stops the credit cards now, his customers will stop coming to him and also not return the dues. What
should he do?
Interview:
Panelists: Sarita D'souza
Mihir K Mahapatra
Questions:
1. Some question based on a point I proposed in the GD.
2. Tell me your learnings from your job.
3. What did you hear about the interview from your friend in GIM?
4. You have overall 97 percentile why only 81 percentile in Verbal section?
5. Percentile in CAT?
6. Which calls do you have and state your preference in colleges?
7. Is the college culture important to you?
8. Difference between Data Mining and Data Warehousing? (Acads related)
rahulbagati SaysIt will be out by the end of this month.. The GD/PI process will be going till 8th of this month
Thanks a lot rahul
Hi Guys,
Had the gd pi at YMCA on 6th.
GD
A very nice case. Couldnt have asked for a better framed problem. An assistant to the general manager has brought the CV of his neice for appointment in a post that has come up in the finance dept. The GM sends the CV to the HR Dept for screening. The Assistant gets pissed off because he believes that as he has been working loyally in the company for the last 15 years, his neice must be appointed right away.....now GM bhai saab is in a fix.........but GMs problems were nothing compared to the one we GIM aspirants were going to land in.....
The GD started.
There were 30 second openings. As expected some spoke well...while some were left wondering where the hell 30 seconds slipped by by the time they completed their ummmmms and aaaahs....Past experience had taught me that 30secs are too less, you cant think and speak, so guys who have their gds left. Memorise what u wanna speak aur seedha bak do. Socho mat....cos you cant think and speak in 30 secs.
Then the pandemonium began.
The opening happened and then the noise level began to sore.
People were like aisa hona chaiye...waisa hona chaiye...yeh acchi baat nahi hai....meritocracy chahiye...nepotism.nahi hona chaiye.... yeh woh....
the group was then urged to dump this wider discussion or debate and concentrate on what the poor GM must do in this little caselet which could prove to be that ticket to goa.
Par koi sunne ko tayyar nahi. A girl at the fag end of the table was trying in vain to bring order but she got no support and the GD was turning out to be the baap of all fish markets.....
So finally one of the Panelist stepped in (probably he feared the roof coming down) and said "I know the time is not yet up....(and my heart skipped a beat....entire groups being disqualified for fishmarketing is not unheard of)....but now its time everyone sum up their thoughts in one minute each.
So in this way the fish market went into a circuit breaker a la stock markets.
The sum ups were good and mirrored common thoughts that th Manager shud follow proper procedure and he shud try to assuage the miffed assistant. (then wonder why so much shouting happened)
I just have 2 words dudes and dudettes...."God Knows"...
Thank You
X : 88
XII : 75
B.Tech : 70.65
XAT : 93.92
work ex : NIL
6 march ISI delhi
slot : 1:45
GT : same as discussed by varun.ppl ...went quite well i guess i chipped in at regular intervals wid reasonably gud points.
PI : First PI from the group
Panelists : Mr. Nagarajan & Mr. P. Sarvanan
P1 : Hmm Rohilla so which part u basically belong to?
Me : rajasthan
P1 : So sahil why do you want to do MBA?
Me : Sir being an engineer i have sound technical skills so i want to couple it up with management skills as well to take my career to new heights.
P1 : So u said "sound" technical skills ..can i ask you questions from that?
Me : sure sir
P1 : So from which area shud i ask you?
Me : Programming
P1 : Ok so which is the best program for implementing DBMS
Me : Its Oracle sir
P1 : What are the advantages of Oracle?
Me : Said about Codd's 12 rules from which most of which are satisfied by oracle
P1 : Where are database used?
Me : In every organization
P1 : Give me a specific example
Me : Banks..Told about customer info and other things has to be stored in database
P1 : So whats CRM?
Me : No idea sir
P2 : (after checking my file) You have done this project during ur training . Tell me abt it in detail
Me : Was prepared for it explained him in complete detail (seemed satisfied)
P1 : Which other calls?
Me : No other call
P1 : Applied to which institutes of XAT
Me : XLRI and GIM
P1 : XIMB,LIBA?
Me : No sir
P1 : are u placed from campus?
Me : Yes sir L&T; infotech
P1: package ?
Me : told
P2 : Ok sahil that would be it send the next guy in and all the best
Me: thank you sir
XAT Percentile: 99.18
Profile:
10th: 78.40
12th: 76.80
Graduation:77.30 (BE Electrical)
Work-Ex: fresher
Hobbies: listening songs, photography, videography
Any other details:
Batch of Gd(GT)/PI: 04th mar 8:45 am
GT/GD: There were 18 people for the process. All of us were divided in two groups. We were given a case study, about alloting parking space to 4 among us in the company....... etc etc etc......
The panel consisted of 1 Lady professor (HR) & 1 gents professor (Finance) of GIM. Then the discussion commenced for about 10 mins. after this, each one was asked to give a concluding statment. We were also asked to write our opinion of how the discussion went in 6-7 lines.
The GD was Ok..some points repeated...
PI: I was the 4th person to be taken in for PI. My PI lasted 15 mins.
Q's i was asked include
Introduction
XAT/CAT percentile and other calls..
Why mba after being from technical field?
some engg practical questions
family background...................
That was it....
S: So where do you work?
D: xxx company.
S: Ah, ok. (My company has a branch in Goa too)
Ah! My ex-company. Except from the Goa branch.
hey guys i am posting my wierd experience please temme do i stand a chance....
xth 70.6
xiith 71.2
b.e. 60.01
no work ex
xat score: 99.87
hey guys had my interview on 4th at ymca mumbai centre...
reached there well before time.... was taken in for gt....
the case study had a situation where a a call centre has 85% of girls wid macimun in there late teens and early twenties and the call centre is suffering from a problem of tardiness and absentism so what messures whould be taken.
each of us were asked to give an opening statement then our gt started. gave some good points and made2-3 entries but i think panel got bugged and our gt was over in 7 minutes as we were all goin in one dir.
then pi was a masterpiece
enter the rooom
p1: so akshat u have done ur b.e
me: yes sir
p1: temme some semiconductor devices
me told 2
p1: he wanted more
me: cudn remember
p1: what is igbt?
me never even heard of it
p1: thts basic
gave an expression as if i am a fool
p1: whats profit
me: explained
p1: elaborate
me: gave some terms....like revenue subtract expenditure
he told me i am a fool and talkin all absurd
p2: have u seen anual report of a company
me: no sir din get a chance
p1: din get a chance? which village are u from
me: with stupid face sir ahmedabad
p1: laughed for full one minute then said ur in business hub and u haven seen how can u become a manager...
me: sir no one is from business background in ma family and em a fresher so din get a chance
p1: which college will u chose if u convert xlri....
me: thts obvious
p1: achha what if u have to chose between ximb and gim
me: sir gim.... its near to ma place...
p1: whats the score
me: i said 99...... ( interrupted)
p1 not ur score stupid send the next person in and ask him to get the score of the match goin between india and aus
me: sir i can tell u tht
p1: what is it
me: told
p1: i wish u cud have told be score before interview .... ur interview cud have been better....
interview was over..... what shud i do now guys temme
hey guys i am posting my wierd experience please temme do i stand a chance....
xth 70.6
xiith 71.2
b.e. 60.01
no work ex
xat score: 99.87
hey guys had my interview on 4th at ymca mumbai centre...
reached there well before time.... was taken in for gt....
the case study had a situation where a a call centre has 85% of girls wid macimun in there late teens and early twenties and the call centre is suffering from a problem of tardiness and absentism so what messures whould be taken.
each of us were asked to give an opening statement then our gt started. gave some good points and made2-3 entries but i think panel got bugged and our gt was over in 7 minutes as we were all goin in one dir.
then pi was a masterpiece
enter the rooom
p1: so akshat u have done ur b.e
me: yes sir
p1: temme some semiconductor devices
me told 2
p1: he wanted more
me: cudn remember
p1: what is igbt?
me never even heard of it
p1: thts basic
gave an expression as if i am a fool
p1: whats profit
me: explained
p1: elaborate
me: gave some terms....like revenue subtract expenditure
he told me i am a fool and talkin all absurd
p2: have u seen anual report of a company
me: no sir din get a chance
p1: din get a chance? which village are u from
me: with stupid face sir ahmedabad
p1: laughed for full one minute then said ur in business hub and u haven seen how can u become a manager...
me: sir no one is from business background in ma family and em a fresher so din get a chance
p1: which college will u chose if u convert xlri....
me: thts obvious
p1: achha what if u have to chose between ximb and gim
me: sir gim.... its near to ma place...
p1: whats the score
me: i said 99...... ( interrupted)
p1 not ur score stupid send the next person in and ask him to get the score of the match goin between india and aus
me: sir i can tell u tht
p1: what is it
me: told
p1: i wish u cud have told be score before interview .... ur interview cud have been better....
interview was over..... what shud i do now guys temme
weird yaar...dnt understand from your points wat they were trying to prove...??
D: It doesn't coz i always used to do well in the verbal section in the mocks i had given. I feel my thinking about the answers did not match with the examiner's that day
One never "gives" mocks. One always "takes" them. That probably explained the reason for your verbal score to her!!
No offence. ATB for the results and thanks for providing us with an official tentative date for the final result.
hey guys i am posting my wierd experience please temme do i stand a chance....
..............................................................................
interview was over..... what shud i do now guys temme
Hey this interview was really weird ... whatever said and done , just hope for the best now and pray that you get in .. thats all you can do .. you have done whatever you could .. now leave it to fate and god ...
My GIM GD/PI experience :
Profile :
10th - 81.2 % (ICSE)
12th - 66 % (HSC)
B.Sc - 62 % (Mumbai University)
Work Ex - No work ex
XAT score : 77.62 %ile
GD/PI slot : 6th March - 8:45 AM
Venue : YMCA - Central Branch , Colaba , Mumbai
there were around 30 people overall, we were divided into two groups who were to convene in two separate rooms. once we were seated we were further split into two groups of 8 each.
my group had our gd second and had to wait.
basically gd topic was about the V.P jr and his application for an internship.
the gd went well, got sufficient entries, made some good points blah blah.
the format of the gd was basically everyone had to make an opening statement, a closing statement at the end and finally a written summary.
I was second last in my sub group and had to wait about 2 & a half hrs before my interview.
basically the method of interviewing was not of the cliche variety.
there were two profs from gim p2 kept silent while p1 did the interviewing.
p1: so u went to campion school, u must be spoilt ?
me: no sir maby some not i
p1: did u go to school in a mercedes ?
me: no i lived nearby so i walked .
p1: u live in colaba, why dont u invest ur money and relax ?
p1: what were the last three books u read? why u liked them what they abt?
me :told him
p1: why do u want to do an mba ?
me: blah blah
p1; what do ur parents do ?
blah
p1: tell me abt bros and sis
p1: what is ur xat score.
p1 to p2: how are we accepting such low scores ?
me:i'm a person of goan origin sir.
p1: i know but our cutoff for that category is 80 %
p1: do u invest in the stock market?
P1 : what was yesterdays closing ?
p1: what are mutual funds ?
P1: do u read any business publications?
venue - IIM bangalore
slot - 7th march, 1345 hours
profile
10th-81.xx
12th-79
engg (elec and comm, final year) - 6.55/10
xat - 93.92
qa-96
verbal-92
lr-76
there were 16 people in the slot. we were divided into 2 batches. i was in the first eight.
case study- (something along these lines) - irregularities happening in a company on a large scale basis. management coming to know about the same. there's a newbie who's been caught indulging in this malpractice. he admits his mistake . the above person has a lot of personal problems.
as a manger how would you handle the above situation.
case study was constructive, although odd points were being repeated now and then.everyone chipped in
everyone had to give an opening statement. same held true regards to closing.finally we had to summarize by putting pen on paper.
once we were done the other batch were called in. once they were done it was time for PI
i was the first candidate to be called in
panel consisted of 2 people.( a ma'am and a sir)
me: good afternoon
panel:GA, have a seat.
me:thank you
sir: why electronics and communication?
me: told
sir: so, IIM-B is a no-smoking zone, is the implementation of the rule actually necessary?
me:told
ma'am: pls give me your file
ma'am: so , you are in the final year?
me: yes ma'am
sir: dont you think its better to have a couple of years of work-ex before doing an mba?
me: defended well
ma'am: what are the different types of antennas?
me:told
sir: which has been the most challenging subject?
me:computer networks
sir:tell me something about it
me:told
ma'am: whats a transport layer?
me: told (explained udp and tcp)
during the course of discussion (general discussion) told them about my liking for essentials of management.(was one of my subjects in 6th sem)
sir: whats organisational behaviour?
me: told about MBO's , explained the hierarchy, was about to relate it to organisation behaviour when he interrupted and told me that MBO is an outdated concept.he told that work-ex was necessary to understand the organisation behaviour of a company, the politics involved and so forth
sir:who devised MBO
me: (dint know) said henry fayol, told him that i was not sure about this
sir:it was devised by xxxx trucker (not sure of the name)
sir again emphazised the importance of work-ex. (it was not a stress interiew by any means)
his concern seemed genuine. for some apparent reason he was of the opinion that i needed to have some work-ex before doing an mba
sir: why gim?
me:told
sir: if you were to eliminate 2 people in your group whom would that be and why?
me:told
what other calls do you have?
me:told
sir: i know almost all the students today apply to many colleges, whats your prefernce?
me:divided the calls that i had got into two categories,placed gim along with x , y, z in the topmost one.
ma'am: ok, you may leave
me: thank you ma'am, thank you sir.
it was one of those interviews where i really dont know what to expect. after having reflected on my performance i'm still not sure.
sir , for some apparent reason (atleast in my case, i dont know what he told the other freshers) made me believe that work-ex is a must for an MBA
i'm not too happy with my performance.
i really dont know what to expect. maybe touch and go.
hoping that my experience would help others
cheers n regards
ps - thoughts while leaving the campus - too painful to recollect
Hi all,
I had attended the GIM - GDPI today at IIMB campus , 8.45 am batch. There were about 16 people who were in the batch (including one person who came late and was admitted into the second slot). We were split into 2 slots, and i was number 6 in the first slot. The GD was a case study, which i think someone has posted on some thread before.
The Group Task is actually a four stage process,
- Opening statement - here give your fist views about the case in hand. The invigilators had asked us not to mention anything which was there in the case-let. Hence it was only a 1-2 sentence opening comment(s).
- The actual Discussion , which lasted for about 8-10 minutes where everyone participated, listened and had the opportunity to voice their thoughts.
- The concluding statement(s) - give your views about what happened during the GD, the conclusion reached during the GD etc..
- The write up - a small write-up (5-6 sentences) about the GD and the consensus reached
The PI began as soon as the GD for the second batch was over. Questions for my PI included things on my work-ex (what is FPGA, IC, VLSI, VHDL, since i am from VLSI wing), on my company(what to they do), on general electronic terminology (i was asked about RFID, why is it used, where all and so on).... Then into the general HR Questions (why MBA, why GIM, give me 3 important points which made you like GIM , since i had talked about a couple of points i picked from this forum, What do you do during free time, authors, since i had said reading, On the setting of English countryside settings from Agatha Christies novels...) ... well, i feel i had done pretty well during the interview..
The rest is beyond my control.
Best wishes to everyone who had attended & who are to attend it on 8th.
PS: @ Seniors, i came to know that Bangalore was the last stop for GIM Interviews. If it is so, then how soon will the results be out.?? Thanks in advance..
Brief profile:
1) XAT - 97.58
2) BE Biotechnology - VTU - 69%
3) Some prizes at state and National level events for project and technical paper presentation and recognitions at college level
GD:
1) Some three profiles were available to a fresh MBA gradaute.. what would you suggest her ?
- Spoke less but relevant and too the point.. Eliminated one profile according to her dislike for the job conditions therein..
And said, that it all depends on her personality, goals, objectives and bent of mind.. and some other points..
Interview
Well Gim interview panel was the most cool panel I ever had in my life.
the professors especially proff Chandrasen Mirchandani were cool and outright straight forward.
Q)something... (cool statements.. Prof Mirchandani has so much of confidence and boldness.. really impressed me..)
Q) Well Rajeev you are not working ?
a) Sir I have just passed out in 2007
Q) just? - its been a long time
a) Sir, after my degree I got an opportunity to work in industrial enzymology for a project in Alkaline thermophilic protease at BioGenics Hubli, based on my earlier work in enzymes which was my final year project that bagged the 3rd prize at a state level competition.
Q) Talk in english...I cant understand a word of what you are saying..
A) My final year project was on enzymology wherein I produced enzymes from Agricultural wastes. This bagged the 3rd prize at State level.. Based on this (interrupted)
Q) Why 3rd, why not 1st?
A) I was confident of my work and had done my best, but so were the others. Their work was probably better than mine, so they recieved it.
Q) You should be the best?
A) Yes sir I will surely try to be..
Q) What do you think about winning?... how imp i it?
A) Well sir, I have a different viewpoint... WHile doing any work I try not to concentrate on winning or loosing since I believe that we should do our best and leave the rest.. In thius interview also I am only trying to give my best. If I start thinking about whether I will be able to make it into GIM or not, it may affect my performance and I may not able to give my best with full concentration.
Q) Ya, I know thats written in your Bhagwat Gita.. But dont you think its not practical..
A) Smiled...
Q) Why do you not go in for PHd or why mnagememnt?
A) I was more of an outgoing person, gave public speeches, delivered technical paper presentations and seminar, won the first prize at a National level for one of them....
Considering my personality, bent of mind and long term goals of entreprenuership.. (interruppted)...
Q) Why long term, why not today?
A) After my degree I was interested in starting my own business, in plant micropropogation (agri-biotech). I additionally have a diploma in the field and was able to network with some industry people involved in this.. Working on it after my degree for some time, I felt the need for management education.. Today I have the technical background to deal with technical things only, but........ (interrpt)
Q) What are you going to learn in management?
Sir I feel I need to develop management skills and understand the conceptual foundations in business administration.. .... ......
Q) Tell me three things you want to learn in management
A) Planning and organisation of a business (interruptted)
Q) So you want to learn planning?
A)Thats one aspect of it..
Q) Go ahead
A) then finance, for establishing and running a business, I need to manage the finances. They are the foundation and if not managed properly the business will not be viable..
and I also have to sell my product or services... find a market or expand existing one.. marketing.. several other thing are involved.
Q) Asked something I dont remember..
A) Answered appropriately..
Joked.. Actually I belong to a business community..
They joke about us that business flows in your veins..
Q) So is if business is in your genes, why management education.. you know everything already?
A) No Sir, I din mean that.. What I meant that we have a business environment and encouragement for ... (interr)
Q) something about managment?
A) answered
(joked..)Ya I know business is in your genes.. (I was like.. why I made the reamrk??)
Q) Join family business managmeent?
A) I need to .. (interrupted)
Q) His father is a doctor (among themselves)
A) Yes sir..
Q) Do you take dowries? More dowries for MBA
A) No sir, we dont have any such thing in our community
Q) Wives? (jokingly and laughing?)
A) pause.. yes sir.. marraige is of course there
Q)What is your opinion about Narendra Modi?
A) regarding the controversial issues, I dont think I am the right person to talk on this, as I was not present at the situation, have first hand exp of these things and cannot tell with surety about his involvement in some of such things..
But regarding to the development issue, gujarat government has indeed done...... started saying.. (interrupted)
Q) You said something about sez? Why is sez important... why not have all contry as a sez.. why individaul pockets or areas..
A)Answered appropriately (+ve for SEZ)
Q) But is not......... all sez cancelled in the state of Goa?
A) Answered appropriately..
Q) good(for SEZ answer) ... What all other calls you have?
A) LIBA and some IIT's..
Q)which IIT's
A) kharagpur, kanpur, roorkee, madras
Q) So which is the first one?
A) said Gim along with one more institute.. are my top priorities?
I am now concentraing on converting these calls, and then will decide after consulting seniors, visit the campuses and decide..
Q) What do you know about Goa?
A) hot tourist spot of India, beaches, foreign tourists and settlers, something about russian mafia.. Goa is an exciting place for me..
Q) Beacause fo the russiona mafia? (lauging)
A) NOO sir.. (big smile)
Q) Thanks.. send the next perrson.. I dont care whoever it is..
A) Stood.. there waiting to hear the name..
Q) said..
over..
This is what I remember of my interview..
Comments?
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PS: @ Seniors, i came to know that Bangalore was the last stop for GIM Interviews. If it is so, then how soon will the results be out.?? Thanks in advance..
By the last week of March or 1st week of april