GENERAL CANDIDATE

10th CBSE 84.8%

12th CBSE 88.6%

B.tech (Electrical) IIT BHU 7.05

Extra Curriculars : Tata Crucible 2011 – Tata Track – Regional Round Runner-up

CAT 2011:

QA/DI: 99.5

VA/LR: 99.76

OA: 99.93

Date of Interview: Feb 15 Afternoon Slot, Mumbai

I was in panel 1, pgdm+pgdcm. Other 2 panels were pgdm only.

WAT – Explain the popularity of reality TV shows and television game shows.

WAT experience : A ruled sheet was given. Space for rough work was also there. They didn’t stop us midway or snatch the sheets. The topic seemed easy enough. I feel the stress should be on the reasons for popularity and not an evaluation whether the shows are good or bad – which I felt some fellow candidates were stresing more upon.

your view of your preparation and performance: After having practiced on many essays, I felt comfortable. I tried to pitch in as many different points as possible.

GD discussion – Same Topic

Duration of GD : ~12 minutes

GD experience: Felt very good. Chipped in with 3/4 strikes. Gave points like reality TV shows speak in the youth’s language; have a pan-india presence with auditions all over the country; gave an analogy with ancient romans watching gladiators fighting – rejoice the celebration, enjoy the humiliation of the loser; also said that there are various kinds of reality tv shows/tv game shows – each catering to a niche set of audience – shelf life of each maybe low but it is at tv at the centerpiece of innovation. Liked one other point by a fellow candidate esp how he framed it – reality tv is going far away from reality with shows becoming scripted – to excite emotions and all.

your view of your preparation and performance: This was a far easier GD than the ones I used to have with the group I used to practice with.

No. of people in the interview panel: 3 (2 Profs+ 1 alumbus)

Experiencei n PI:

In a word, it was a Why interview.

I felt the career goal section of the form is the most important section. Questions were opinion oriented, with no right or wrong questions. No academics, no maths, no Bengal. Yes to awareness about Mumbai. Panel tried to coax me into choosing sides when I didn’t want to. I feel if you’re able to justify your career goal, then it should be good enough. They also tried to dissuade me from doing an MBA. They tried to downplay but I stuck on with my opinion. They also asked me to choose which IIM. In the end, asked me if I have any questions.

Duration of PI: 35 minutes approximately

your view of your preparation and performance.

I felt good about it though not entirely satisfied. Mind you, they try to grill on your choice of specialization, if you’ve one, or the lack of it. They seemed to have a disdain for folks choosing finance, particularly I-banking, atleast that’s what they seemed to suggest to me.

Next day at the IIMA interview, I met one of the IIMC profs who took my interview yesterday. We exchanged pleasantries.

Guys, I met folks from the other 2 panels which were PGDM only, those guys seemed to have stress

interviews with heavy quant, statistics, probability, functions, number theory n all. Don’t just go by my experience. Be prepared for any sort of interview.

VERDICT: Converted both PGDM+PGDCM

Had my interview on 29 March .. but posting it anyway for aspirants next year

PROFILE:

Acads

X %,Board, year – 88%, AP Board, 2004

XII%, Board, year – 95%, AP Board, 2006

Undergrad Stream – B.Tech in Mathematics & Computing at IIT Guwahati.

CPI 8.63 out of 10

Work-Ex: Derivatives Trader for 22 months

CAT 2011:

Quant – 99.46

Verbal – 99.99

Aggregate 99.99

Extra acads :

Any other special thing abt u: little bit of quizzing, dr-1 at college

Interview & Essay

Venue: Hyderabad

Date : 29 March 2012 (afternoon session)

Essay and GD:

Topic: New innovative courses like MBA in Disaster Mgmt are coming up. What are the advantages of

these courses for a graduate?

Number of Ppl present: 11

Time: 15 mins + 15 mins

Brief Snapshot of the attempt:

Essay -> Listed out 4-5 major advantages and summarized. But wrote the advantages of the courses for

India etc.. Didnt look at it purely from a grad’s viewpoint.

GD -> Entered around 5-6 times. Made my points. Was asked to summarize/talk first. Did so and put in another point.

Rate your preparation(0-5): 3

Rate your performance(0-5): 4

PI:

Panel Members Intro: Three profs. Work-ex Prof (WEP), General prof (GP), Acad Prof (AP)

Questions:

Me: (entered, wished, handed over certis + medal)

AP: Quizzed me about the medal (for acads at college)

GP: Ok, so you are from IIT Guwahati. Noone talk about IIT G. IIT D, M, B .. but not IIT G. Why? Me: Far away from the mainland (corrected later to the fin. centres of the country) etc.. But still a good college, right after the older ones.

GP:  What about IIT Kgp? It is far as well?

Me: Yea, but it has a huge alum base .. old etc..

GP: again Your college has been there since .. (told 18 yrs) So why is IIT G not talked about and all

Me: Restated my points

GP looks at WEP, AP as if “Part 1 done. Who wants to go next?”

WEP: Tell me about your work ex

Me: I trade derivatives at xyz using abc in jkl markets

WEP: What are derivatives?

Me: explained

WEP: So, why MBA then?

Me: told .. knowledge in mgmt, finance

WEP: But it seems you already know lot of finance. I myself can’t understand what you told earlier.

Me: (telisindi ginja antha, teliyalsindi konda antha*) Lot to learn. Other aspects of mgmt etc..

AP (deep breath): You got a medal, right? Let me ask you tough questions.

What is a context-free grammar?

What is a regular language?

What is a LR(0) %^*&?

Me: Sir, I dont remember that course.

AP: Ok, how about optimization? What’s xyz? What’s optimization???

Me: Told some stuff.

AP:  Is that optimization? You just took your medal and forgot everything!!

Me:

All look at each other. Say thank you. Never left an interview room quicker.

Rate your preparation(0-5): 4

Rate your performance(0-5): .5

MISC.

It just got progressively worse. I did not expect questions from acads like Theory of Computation. Kept calm and smiled during the interview, but I guess doesnt make that much of a difference as your answers do.

I guess it was a good experience considering that I quickly revised all I could for my IIM A PI two days later and got through.

VERDICT

Initially, got rejects (not even w/l). Later, got admission to PGDCM :shocked:

• What I know is a seed, What I have to know is a mountain.

• Wow!! I got to use a lot of smilies in this post!!

Posting Experience bit late, but it may help the candidates next year.

PROFILE:

Acads

X %,Board, year : 89.6,CBSE,2004

XII%, Board, year : 84.2,CBSE,2006

Undergrad Stream(BA, BE etc), Specialization(CS, mech etc), Percentage, Year, Institute. :

Btech,(Computer), IIIT Hyderabad, 8.07/10, 2010

Work-Ex:

Sectors, Company – Number of months: IT, Factset, 20 months

CAT 2011:

Quant: 99.75

Verbal : 97.30

Aggregate: 99.78

(category if applicable): General

Extra curriculars : Literary prizes, working with NGO

Any other special thing abt u: working on B-Plan

Interview & Essay

Venue: Hyderabad, Golconda Hotel

Date : 31st March 2012

WAT Topic:How can we make youth politically more active

WAT experience : It was okay, wrote some points could have been better

your view of your preparation(0-5) and performance(0-5):

Prep-3 performance-2.5

GD discussion – topic – same as wat

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: It was good, no fish market, everyone spoke. I pitched in 2-3 good points. My summary wasn’t that good.

your view of your preparation (0-5)and performance(0-5):

Prep-4

Performance -3

No. of people in the interview panel:3 P1,P2, P3

Questions in PI:

P1: Tell me what your company does

Me: Sir, it sends financial data to clients

P1: What kind of financial data

Me: Started explaining giving examples, but P1 seemed unconvinced

P1: You seem to be uncomfortable with financial fundamentals? Do you want me to move to computer

science directly? :nono:

Me: Sir, let me put it in a better way again. That might give more clear picture.

P1: We dont have much time over here

Me: Will explain in 2 lines this time. (then explained, P1 slightly convinced)

P1: Okay, now explain in 2 lines why your project is crucial to company

Me: explained my part at company and project that I am working on

P1: This is pretty easy work to do. :nono:

Me: Starting clarifying but P1 remained unconvinced

P2: okay, what is this village Galore ( my b-plan)?

Me: told about it

P2: But why would you need an MBA for that?

Me: told some fundas , (P2 unconvinced)

P2: Okay, why do you have this interest mythology?

Me: told about learnings from mythology

P2: Who is son of Hanuman

Me: ( Got confused) Told that I am unable to recollect any son of his.

P2: Okay, who was his father

Me: Told.

(At that time just struck me that Hanuman never married)

P2: Okay, now tell me who was his son?

Me: Sir, he was unmarried, so technically, he should have no son.

P2 started laughing on it, telling that he loved the word ‘technically’

P2: This all is fine, but I believe at this age, spirituality and mythology doesn’t suit you. You should go around girls.

Me: Sir, I believe spirituality and Materialism can go hand in hand.

P2: Did you find your to-be wife?

Me: Sir, still on searching mode.

P2:( laughing) Ofcourse it would be, if you go around telling girls about mythology what else do you expect?

Me: Sir, in that case, my second hobby would be useful. ( Second hobby was hindi poetry writing). ( Smiles on the face of panel)

P3: okay, what was your rank in class

Me: in top 25%

P3: top 25 or 25%

Me: Said 25%, but in batch of 96 students, it would be pretty much the same.

P3: If you would be first ranker, then also you would say that I was in top 1%

Me: No sir, then I would have said I was 1st.

P3: Then you are hiding something by telling in percentage terms

Me: No Sir, I felt that everyone has different batch size, so i thought it would be better in terms of percentage. (P3 convinced now)

P3: Okay, tell me difference between public key and private key

Me: (After some thought) I am not able to recollect sir.:nono:

P3: okay, tell me your favourite subject

Me: DBMS

P3: Tell me about boyle’s codd normal form

Me: Did not know completely, told what I knew. :nono:

P3: okay, we are done

Duration of PI:10-12 mins

Preparation: 4

Performance: 1.5

Any other detail: Got tensed in between and that was the major problem. That affected my fluency.

Verdict : Reject (as expected).

Wanted to post it after I convert.. Here it goes… It is incomplete, I have removed some personal parts of teh PI..

CAT OA: 99.78

Xth :94.6 CBSE

Xiith: 90.6 CBSE

Grads Btech IITK 5.3/10 ( Extended degree)

Category: General

• Hi come on, have a seat. me: Thank you Sir.
• SO are you from Bombay or Jharkhand?

me: Sir, I am from Jharkhand currently based in Bombay.

• Oh nice, Ranchi is a beautiful place. Been to Ranchi? me: Yes Sir it is.

• So you are a Jha from Jharkhand? me: Yes Sir.

• So you guys so big in Jharkhand, that they name the whole state after you? (laughter all around)

Me: Not exactly Sir. Jharkhand means the land of forests, it has nothing to do with us ‘Jhas’.

• Is it? I thought it was the land of Jhas. So you are not a Jha because you are from Jharkhand? Me: No Sir. I was a Jha even before Jharkhand was called Jharkhand.

(laughter all around)

• Man, I am confused now.Jha not from Jharkhand, Jharkhand not from Jha.So where are Jhas from? Me: Sir Mithila.

• Any famous person from Mithila?

Me: Sir, Goddess Sita. She was called Maithili as she was the princess of Mithila.

• She is from mythology. Any other? Me: Sir, Prakash Jha, Udit Narayan.

• They are from bollywood. Any other?

Me: Sir, Jagannath Mishra. He was the CM of Bihar who built the famous Mahatma Gandhi Setu on the Ganga River near Patna.

• Nice, any more?

Me: Sir, Lalit Narayan Mishra. he was the railway minister of India in 1970s. He was killed in a bomb blast when inaugurating a railway station in Bihar.

• Can you name the station where the bomb blast happened? Me: I am not sure, but I can take a guess if you allow me.

• Hmmm, ok take a guess. Me: Samastipur?

X: That’s right. How did you guess that?

Me: Samastipur is one of the largest stations in North Bihar. And railway penetration in 70s was very less in Bihar. So I guessed it.

X: You guessed it or you knew it?

Me: Sir, I was confused between Hajipur and Samastipur. I guessed Samastipur.

• Ok. Any more? Me: Pardon me Sir.

• Any more famous people from Mithila?

Me: Sir, I do not remember the full name but Prof D N Jha from DU is quite famous.

• Is he famous or controversial?

Me: I think famous as well as controversial.

• What is the controversy surrounding him?

Me: Sir, I don’t remember what controversy it was exactly.

• Do you know what he teaches?

Me: Sir, he teaches History. Rather he was the head of the history department of DU.

• Nice, so you know about him. How do you know about him?

Me: Sir I had a discussion about his book with my brother-in-law in 2001. My brother in law also teaches history in DU colleges.

• So you remember everything discussed in 2001? Sharp memory you got.

Me: Thank You sir. But it will be wrong to say that I remember everything. If I did, I would remember the controversy as well.

(laughter all around)

• Ok. Now we will ask something else where you do not need your memory. (laughter all around)

Me: Ok Sir 🙂

• Prof D N Jha was recently involved in a vey famous case. Can you guess which case? Me: Sir, I am not sure. I can take a guess.

• I asked you to guess only. Do it.

Me: Babri Masjid case in the Allahabad High court.

• Impressive, how did you guess that?

Me: I could only think of one famous case where opinions of historians was needed.

• Right. He was one of the four independent historians consulted by the High Court. Me: Right Sir.

• What do you want us to ask you? Me: Sir anything.

• You think you can answer everything?

Me: No Sir. I meant it is difficult for me to choose.

• So you don’t know what you know?

Me: No Sir. I am very sure what I know and what I don’t know.

• Ok tell me what should we ask you then? Me: Maths.

• No. We have given you the rubiks cube to test that. (laughter all around)

ME: books, football maybe.

• Ok we will ask about both of them. You are free right? Me: Excuse me Sir?

• I mean you are not getting delayed or something. You don’t have any appointment or anything? Me: No Sir, I am totally free. No appointments for today.

(laughter all around)

• Good.

The interview continued towards books, football and general HR questions.

Y and Z didn’t ask anything. X was the one who asked everything.

Here’s my interview experience. Mine was on the 16th in Mumbai. I know a bit late….

10th: 85%

12th 85%

Bachelors: University: Top 3 outside USA, Engineering Department: Top 10 worldwide, Major:

Electrical Engineering

Workexp: 2 years F500 core engineering, 6 months boutique consulting firm.

GMAT: 710, AWA – 5.5

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First they drilled me on why India, why not USA. I gave them some points.

They drilled me on why IIM C (and why not A and B).

1st point: I said culture and they replied “IIM-C does have a liberal culture compared to A and B, but let’s be honest this is India. Our b-schools are more academic and waaay stricter compared to American b-schools. Tell me another reason you want C”

2nd point: I said esteemed faculty (former finance minister of Bengal, the guy who turned down RBI governor post to teach at C etc). They replied “oh he retired in 1978, the year I passed out”.

3rd point: I said I like the fact that C is a mix of case and lecture style. A is only case-based and I don’t

like 100% case based. Them: Have you sat in a case based class”? Me: Yes, this one time at a local

business school. Them: What you didn’t like? Me: Said something about it not being suitable for finance

and accounting. Them: Case based studies require a lot of preparation before-hand, so you are telling us that you are a lazy person not prepared to work hard? Me: No sir. In a mix of lecture and case based, if you teach me basics in a lecture format in the first term, then in the next term you teach me cases I will have a basic foundation. At a 100% case based place, if you put me in an accounting class without teaching me accounting, how on earth am I supposed to learn?

4th point: Finally sir I want to go to C because I want to learn Bengali culture. I am a Kannadiga and i lived in Gujarat so both A and B would offer me nothing new to explore. C otoh would be a totally new experience. Plus I see that Bengalis are everywhere in top management at many banks in India (including the one my dad works at), so I want to learn what is the secret of Bengali culture that propels Bengalis to success in the business world. (btw my mom had warned me the day before on not to raise this point).

They said if you want to know about Bengali culture then stay in Kolkata for 6 months and study the culture, no need to waste 2 years of your life doing an MBA. And the reason Bengalis are at the top in India is because 35-40 years ago only Bengalis were applying in large number to banks, insurance companies, IAS/IFS type jobs, and hence today they are at the top. If you want to know why Bengalis’ success go talk to your dad’s bosses, don’t come to IIM-C.

Then they said that faculty, class profile, placements etc are very similar at A/B/C, why do you really want to go to C?

By this time I had run out of points to talk. I said something about the active clubs, the student drive body etc.

I said oh wait I have one more reason for C. I said C has the largest alumni network in India and it’s good for networking.

Them: What do you mean?

Me: Well 15 years from now if I am a partner in a consulting company and my class-mate from C is the CEO of a firm, he would be more inclined to give a consulting contract to me than to my competitor.

At this point they absolutely lost it. They said that yes we have the largest alumni base in India. But our alumnis are for meeting up and having chai-biskoot not for “networking” as you put it. We believe business should be abt 100% merit.

Me:I respectfully disagree. Business is essentially “human” in nature and that it’s always more about relationships and less about merit. I am not ruling out merit. All I am saying is given two equal candidates, if you have a common bond, say that you went to same b-school, you would be more inclined to trust the person you went to school with and give him the contract.

They seemed rather unhappy.

Then they started on my career choices and tried to convince me why MBA is a bad idea for me. At the end they said “beta I think you need to clearly think why you need an MBA, if at all, for your career choices. At the end of the day we think an MBA is not necessary for your goal. You may think of us as some old f@rts trying to advise, to take our advise or not is your choice.

And just before leaving, the person who counter-questioned me the most asked me how I found the discussion. I said I loved it as the career that I want to embark on would also have a similar setting – working in teams with people who have different opinions and that I need to stand my ground without losing my cool.

Them: Best of luck for future.

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Duration: 15-20 minutes.

My own perception: Bad very very bad. It was like they didn’t want me there from the very outright. My hopes aren’t too high.

Verdict: Convert!!

Name: Viswanath Kuppa

cat percentile (OA): 99.87

Sec1 (QA and DI): 99.71

Sec2 (VA and LA): 98.88

10th and 12th Marks: 89 and 95.4

Engg : 5.41 / 10 (BITS Pilani, Goa)

Work Ex : Development Engineer, VSoft Technologies (20 months as on Jan 31st)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Learnt Violin.

Anything special

Date of Interview: 29th March, 2:00 P.M

Location of interview: Golconda Hotel, Hyderabad.

WAT topic : Unusual courses in management like disaster mgmt. How good is this for an Indian mgmt graduate ?.

WAT experience : Average.

your view of your preparation(0-5) and performance(0-5): 3/5 and 3/5

GD discussion – topic

Duration of GD :

GD experience: fish market. Could speak for only 2 times but with good points.

your view of your preparation (0-5)and performance(0-5):3/5 and 3/5

No. of people in the interview panel: 2

Questions in PI:

Panel Intro :

P1 : A Bengali guy.. always smiling .. good to talk with..

P2 : guy with a serious look ..

P1 : what is this kuppa ?? .. does this come from name of a place or something ?? ..it sounds unfamiliar.. Me : No sir err Yes sir. It does come from name of a place. Infact most of the south Indian names sound unfamiliar.

P1 : What are you doing now ?

Me : told about my work and workplace.

P1 : Why dint you try for a core job ??

Me : I actually tried sir but couldnt fine one coz of my low grad scores. So had to take up S/W job.

P1 : How do you feel about your job ?

Me : I like it a lot sir .. initially I dint have any coding knowledge but later when I started learning all these things I started liking them ..

P1 : good .. so how do you get your requirements ?

Me : We have B.A s who communicate with customers and make a document called F.S.D and give it to us.

P1 : What is FSD ?

Me : .. no idea sir it is the requirements document.

P2 : Do you know NABARD ?

Me : Yes sir .. National agricultural board err national board (its actually bank) of agricultural and rural development.

P2 : (nods..) its duties ?

Me : No idea sir .

P1 : introduce your family briefly ..

Me : My father is a veena artist at A.I.R. I had an honour to learn carnatic music at early stages of my life

and I learnt it on violin.

P1: Oh !! .. So If we take u into IIM C we will have a violin artist !! ..

Me : (Smiles .. blushhhh..) Yes sir ..

P1 : Are you a TL or something ?

Me : No sir .. Im just a development engg .. entry level ..

P1 : ok.. what kind of a mind set difference will be there between a procedural language coder and object oriented coder ?

Me ; Im sorry sir .. Im not kind of exposed to procedural languages

P1 : dint u learn any coding at ur engg .. (he was actually hinting me of C )

Me : Yes sir .. I learnt Java

P1 : What is this course measurement techniques

Me : It is a lab oriented course .. I dont exactly remember the contents .. 😛

P1 : Some question on weighing machine in railway stations. Why should we insert the coin only after the wheel stops rotating ?? .. what is the funda ??

Me : sir probably the machine takes time to stabilize.

P2 : Viswanath .. ur engg. Performance is ABYSSMAL !!!!

Me : (in a sad tone) .. I said its a disaster in my life and given a chance I wud never like to be in that position. When I was preparing for my engg. Entrance exams on the back of my mind I was having a feeling that I was missing some so called fun in my life which I started exploring. But sir in the last semester I topped a course called Quality control, assurance and reliability.

Then some Questions followed on this course out of which many went unanswered or answered in layman terms. He was actually expecting more technical answers.

P1 : Why is only standard normal distribution used when there are many other distributions ?

Me : Im not sure sir it mi8 be industrial standards ..

P1 : But viswanath when u say ure a course topper we expect something ri8 !!

Me : (in utter embarrassment ..) smiling .. my head down ..

P1 : Do u have a GF ??

Me : NO Sir .. Im losing my hair also  Im actually a bit shyful to propose to a gal ..

P1 : Which specialization are u interested in ?

Me : After first year I would gain some knowledge on all the streams and then I would be in a better position to take a decision.

P1 : As of now .. which one u like ??

Me : I would like to take up Finance sir coz it has more quantitative approach.

P1 : Oh .. so u like quants ..

Me : a lot sir ..

P1 : What does RBI do ?

Me : it checks inflation sir .

P1 : checks inflation !!!!!!!!!! explain ..

Me : talked of CRR increasing/decreasing this value they control the flow of money into the hands of public .

P1 : ok .. what is repo and reverse repo rate ?

Me : Told correctly

P1 : difference between monetary policy and fiscal policy ?

Me : (after thinking for a while ..) sorry sir .. no idea..

P1 : Ok viswanath .. do u have nything to ask ??

Me : nothing sir.

P1 : Thank you .. All the best ..

Me : Thank you sir

Duration of PI: 20 mins ..

your view of your preparation(0-5) and performance(0-5). 3/5 and 2.5 / 5

Guys plz do respond to it using Thank(if u think it went well) and Groan (if u think I messed it up ) ..

Thank you ..

CAT %le: 99.75

Date: 29th march Afternoon slot

Center: Golconda hotel, Hyderabad.

GD/WAT topic: A number of b-schools are offering unusual courses like MBA in disaster management.

What is your take on it? list out the advantages of such courses.

WAT- Wrote good enough!

GD: Was a bit of fish market….lot of parallel talks. Made some really gud points.

PI:

Not much on acads, just personal profile and workex!

The professors there are really chilled out!

I really felt comfortable in their presence.

It’s all about how you see urself!

Result: Awaited!:)

CAT %le: 96.00 (OBC Category)

Date: 28 march morning slot

Center: Hyderabad, golconda hotel

GD/WAT topic: Food security act because of inefficiency of public distribution system something like

that..

WAT- wrote decently…

prep=2/5

performance= 3/5

GD: first time i have opened the GD, kind of okayish performance

prep=3/5

performance= 3/5

Panel H1 (3 profs Left(L), Right(R), Centre(C) )

overall kind of a stress interview, i could have handled it lot better but did not do well.

• you have 80s in 10th and 12th people are having 90s, you are not a good student Me: sir it is my personal best which……blaaaaaah

• if someone fails in a exam and says this what i can do

Me: sir i dont think 84 & 87 are bad scores they are decent enough

C:again in engg you got 66 so you are not a good student i am proving you see,how much your class topper got?

Me: sir true that it is a little low …blaaaah

• which other calls you got? Me: C,L,I and 6 new

• why do you think A and B did not call you, do you think A and B is better than C, are you not good enough for them?

Me: sir they have different selection criterion, and i think learning exp at iims is more imp than..again some bulshit (already feeling ye interview tho gaya)

C:so you are a 2007 passout which means close to 60 months and you have only worked for 24 months, so you not doing nything for 2 years in between

Me:gave already prepared ans..mentioned something about a ngo

L:why young people are not going into politics, cos u have already worked for a ngo? Me: gave some dumb reasons

• what do you think about setu samudram?

Me: (thinking like…ohh boy ye tho kab ka issue hai and i do not remember much abt it, i think my first org was in chennai so that might have prompted him to ask this question) sir i feel environmental factors are far more imp than trade..again talked something

• so you are an electronics engg, tell me why tubeloght flickers?

Me: (i was already feeling very nervous cud n’t think much) i tried and drawn something on paper and said sorry sir i do not know

R:it’s ok, asked a simple avg prob

Me: took some time and solved it (it was very simple i shud have done it much less time but my bad :()

• ok thank you

Prep=3/5

performance 2.5/5

ps: i forgot to fill up the form, guys the ones who are verifying the form and certis are as ruth less as the profs, fill up your forms and paste the photo prior going to the center. good luck

edit:-

Final result : Converted 🙂

My IIMC experience…

Date: 25 march afternoon slot

GD/WAT topic… Privatization of Indian eucation… ur views on that…

WAT- wrote decently…

performance= 3/5

GD… spoke 3 lines… summarised ok types…

performance= 2/5

Panel= K1

P1= old prof… P2= lady prof…

entering… face beaming with a full to smile…

greets both of them smiling…

P1: so what u doing these days?

me: answer m in my final year mining engineering

P1: ISM

me: nope IIT Kgp…

P1&P2…; both… oh good…

then P1 gives me one shovel dumper scheduling problem…

me solves it… gives him my answer…looks satisfied..

P2 asks: whats ur hobby???

about to answer P1 cuts short and asks What subjects have u been studying in the last 3 years..

me: answer starting with QDM(equivalent to Operation Research) and blah blah…

P1: ok what have u learnt in QDM???

me answers the topics that i know… and end it with Stastical Quality Control(SQC)

P1: asked something on PERT/CPM….

me: silent for some time trying to recall

P2: ok leave that …tell me what have u been learning on SQC

me: answer about the importance of learning SQC and telll about the normal distribution that we use…

P2: draw me a normal distribution…

me: i drew it…

P2: what is the range of X??

me: maam.. we use the Z distribution with Z=(X-mu)/ sigma

P2: what is the mean and sd of Z distribution??

me: mean is zero and sd is one…

P1: what is on the x axis and y axis

me: i tell them

P2: tell me what is f(x) in the y axis

me: i told… seems satisfied

P1&P2;: ok we are done you may go…

me: thanks them individually with a full to beaming smile and leave….

Overall perfomance= 3.5/5

thats it…

i dont know what to say of it…

cat percentile (OA): 96.67

Sec1: 98.XX

Sec2:88.XX

category: NC-OBC.

10th and : 90 % and 12th Marks : 92.40%

graduation: 8.41(CGPA)

Work Ex : Fresher.

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: An average one.. core committee member of environmental club and editor of its magazine, also OPJEMS winner in first year and other scholarships.

Venue : IIM C

Time : 23rd march, afternoon slot

Panel : K2

10 candidates allotted, 1 absent.

WAT/GD : rise in the number of terrorist activities, your views on possible reasons.

WAT: wrote decent about old perspective on the problem and the exception to it. and different factors that abet it. wrote the full page provided.

GD: was first GD of my life, not even mocks prior to it. 2-3 guys started aggressively.. and weren’t allowing anybody else to speak.. tried to present my view.. but keeping the situation in mind.. thought it was better to keep silent. spoke in the end when everyone was asked to summarize their views about the topic.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:

No. of people in the interview panel: 3( 2 faculty, sir(S) and madam(M), and an alumni(A))

Duration of PI: 15-20 minutes

was 6th person on the list, but since one was absent, called in 5th position.

interview was mainly based on my interest(in the field of aircrafts) and what i want to do in future as i had mentioned in the form, so won’t be of much use i guess. but nevertheless here’s my experience.

enter the room and wish all the panel members, one at a time.

• why don’t you start by telling us something about yourself?? (finally a interview which started with this typical question..other wise it’s always been unpredictable starts..!! )

me: told .. mentioned about my interest in aircrafts.

• why are you telling about your interest in aircrafts, we are not recruiting for air force or army? me:told.. said it’s been my interest from very beginning hence.

• asked about the different aircrafts used by indian air force.. me: told all of them

• are you missing something?

me: (after thinking) sir unmanned aerial vehicles??

• no, trainer aircrafts. me: ohh.. yes sir.

A tells other panel member that i got most of them..

M/A: why didn’t you speak in GD.. when you spoke you made sense..and everybody else was talking rot.

me: explained my view.. said sir

• but you should have taken charge of the situation..everyone else was talking rot.. you should have corrected them..

me: sticked to my view and explained it again..said i thought it would have worsened the situation.. A possibly asked one more question about GD, don’t remember exactly, explained my view..

• was this your first GD? me: yes sir..

• how many interviews you have had??

me: told..

A: don’t they have GD?

A was then informed by other panel members that they don’t have GD’s anymore…

• then you must have faced such a situation for the first time.. thinking what to do…

me: smiled and agreed..

• what is your graduation subject?? me: told..

• and what is your CGPA..? me: told..

• don’t you think, by the standard of your subject.. they are a bit low.. me: agreed and told about the reason for the same..

• so what are the planes that generally keep crashing.. me: told..

A:mig 23s and mig 25s have all crashed?? me: told the right information.. explained it…

• and what about mig 19s..

me: told that they were never in service with IAF..

• are you sure.. me: yes sir..

(seemed like a slight smile on his face)

• reading my form and asked about my future goal..asked whether i was aware of the requirements of

it..

me: replied in the positive..

• have you been placed in campus interview?? me: told..

• what are your views on HAL?? me: started telling.. cut in between..

• i think it a gone company..

me: told that in terms of finances, it may be.. but the type of work done by it isn’t..

• they only do this assembling.. what you call knocked down kit.. what else..

me: told that most of their work did comprise of assembling..but they have taken many initiatives on their own..

• asked about an example of such work.. me: told one example..

• asked some question regarding gate and stream of bits and operations.. was speaking in low volume.. cudn’t get him.. so asked him to repeat his question.. cudn’t get him again..

felt like standing up and getting close to him…

replied something and tried to convey that i still didn’t get him..

‘A’ simplified the question this time and asked the gate used for addition me: told.. (but wrong.. made a silly mistake :banghead:)..!!

• and the gate for multiplication…

me: told..

• ok.. that is it..

thanked each of the panel members individually and left the room.

verdict: awaited.

all the best to fellow puys..!!

Hi all.. I m a newbie and this is my second post… I ll post other interviews in the coming days… So here goes my best call interview…

cat percentile (OA): 99.78

Sec1: 99.XX

Sec2:97.XX

10th and : 85 % and 12th Marks : 70%:biggrin::biggrin:

Work Ex : 12 months

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: An average one

Venue : IIFT , Qutab institutional area, New Delhi

Time : 1400 hrs, 20 march 2012

Panel : D5

11 candidates + 1 overseas candidate.

WAT/GD : is reading no more a leisure thing? how has the advancement of technology affected the concept of leisure?

A good start…my god, its my hobby nd i ll have tons to contribute…:):):). but then everybody had a smile on their face coz all the candidates had reading hobby(a fact i found out later)……

15 minutes were given to write an essay with max 200 words.

GD(10 mins) started right thereafter. I must say C candidates are much more ruthless than any GD i have attended before.

3-4 guys started(me being one of them) and went on for 10 secs. . Started big with a quote from Bertrand Russel ( but nobody was interested. Everybody had their own story)..

Then i decided to stop myself. Chipped in on 3rd number with some good points . 3-4 entries with example of britannica encyclopedia. Were asked to summarize in the end in random order. I was the 5th one to summarize and would call it a decent effort. My points were repeated with reference(to me), hope they noticed it….

Rate preperation : 3

Rate performance : 3.5 ( could have done better in WAT)

We were being called for interview in the list order.

We were having a little chit chat outside. I was having lol with an overseas candidate I made friend with during the verification process….

First guy to be called in for interview was out by the 5th minute(Coz i went to washroom on synchronized time and he was coming out the interview room as I shut the wasroom door)…..:nono::nono::nono:

2nd guy – 6 minutes and then it picked up a bit in the duration. I was 5th one to be called in (my number on the list was 6th), and once I was in, panel realised their mistake but decided to interview me.

No. of people in the interview panel: 3

Duration of PI: 10 minutes

The panel is P and M is peaceful warrior…

P: What does Malviya in MNIT means ???( thats my engg college name)

M : history of madan mohan malviya, educationist, freedom fighter, fighting against caste discrimination, gave year of birth and death.(year impressed them), a collg in gorakhpur with the same name.

P: Can u Name a place near gorakhpur that has to do with buddhist religion

A : Sir, are we talking about Kushinagar? (Panel nods). sir that is the place where buddha went into samadhi ie he left earth.

• Where did he get Nirvana?? A : Sir, that would be gaya.

Had a little discussion about Gautam Buddha, his history, his father’s name (didnt know), his son’s name(i share the name)… and his own original name.

• U seem to be very good with general awareness. Can we discuss the same ??? But the question will be progressively difficult.

• Sir, I will be happy to do that and try to answer as much as possible.

P : Pick up a geographical area and we will ask you about that.

A: (thought about discussing Africa, but then went with Middle East, thank god) Sir Middle East.

• Ok where is damascus, P ; WHo is its ruler?

P : Whats d recent news over there? (it was a cakewalk)

P : In which country is Jeruselam ??

A : Sir, a controversy is going on on the Jeruselam but accd to UNO, its a part of Israel.

P: Ok what is the controversy about Jeruselam ?

Started with 2nd world war and persecution of jews..(cut short)

P : In which country did it fall before 2nd world war??

A : Sorry sir, I dont know that.

• ok, give me two wars of middle east with the year( he stressed on the term year).

• Sir, 6 days war that was fought in 1967 and israel invasion of iraq in 1981.

P : What happened in 1973??

A : Sorry sir, I m not aware of that.

P : Have u heard the word Sinai ?

A : Yes sir, its a desert between israel and lebanon. (asked me if i was sure about the location). Sir i m not very sure with the neighbouring country. ( Ok, leave it)…(actually its israel-egypt)

P : Wher is Suez canal??

A : (OMG, i was blocked) sir its near gaza strip. I cant recall the country name.

P : Its in Egypt. ( I smile back)

P : Why did u resign from ur job.( I m currently not working):banghead::banghead:

A: gave them a rata rataya answer. (Grilled a lot on that)

P : Your college names are going to get you in trouble. Tell us about Patanjali.?( Again my 10+2 college name)

A :Sir, these were the best colleges in the field that they are teachingand I didn’t had a control over their name.(Everybody smiling)but I would be happy to discuss about them. Told about him, yoga sutras, treatise on Panini’s vyakaran, 2nd century BC indian sage.(asked about sandhi vicchhed of patanjali-didn’t know)

P : Your Dad works in PMGSY. tell us about it.

A: Told to the best of my ability and they seemed OK with it

P : Recent books that you have read.

A : Kashi ka Assi ( its hindi literature about varanasi and very good). by Kashinath Singh. ( U read Hindi novels?? – Yes sir, with a big smile)….:):):):) Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.( Other books by him – told 3 books ) and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

P : Ok , that would be it. Do u have any queries??

A : No sir, thanks.

It was a very chilled out discussion and I am happy with the effort I have put in. Luck was definitely on my side today. No personals, No grads , No acads, No maths. Colleague candidates informed me that it went for about 10 minutes.

Rate ur preperation : 3

Rate ur performance : 3.5

Verdict : Awaited.

PS – The facts in the answers(dates) given by me are subject of verification.:biggrin::biggrin:

Author was having a good hair day but that does not ensure the correctness of replies…:nono::nono:

IIM C Interview Experience:-

Acads:

X – 87.2

XII – 88.4

B.Tech – 80.6

CAT: 99.61

Category: General

Work Ex: 25 months in IT Sector (with TCS)

GD/WAT Topic: Are there any other reasons than Tourism why the historical places should be preserved and protected? Give your opinion.

WAT (15 mins) – Tried to come up with a decent article. Wrote about culture heritage, technology and attached stories and legacies of kings with suitable examples. Satisfied.

GD – Few were very agressive in first 2 minutes. I tried to calm them down from creating fish market. Failed miserably. Later part of GD was well-structured. Came 3-4 times. At the end, everyone was given 1 minute to summarize. It was good.

I had a panel of 3 members: P1- Very articulate and sedate; P2- Inactive but watchful; L- Only lady, young, in her late 20s, I guess she was an alumni.

P1: So Rajesh, you work with TCS?

Me: Yes Sir.

P1: You have completed two years, right?

Me: (grins) Yes sir.

P1: How has been the journey?

Me: Told.

P1: Why do you want to do MBA?

Me: Started with what skills I have and what skills I want and how MBA would bridge that gap but P2 interrupted in between. :sneaky:

P2: So, You feel confident after attending training with TCS?

Me: I do, Sir.

P2: Have you wrote CAT before?

Me: Yes Sir. But last time I didn’t get any calls. But I realized that CAT was within my reach.

P2: How did you realize that CAT was within your reach when you didn’t get call from any college?

Me: Told what I learnt and how I overcame my areas of weaknesses.

P2: Very well-planned startegy, I must say!

Me: Thank you, Sir. (But what was that? Why’re they flattering me? Are they setting me up? )

P1: Rajesh, how was the GD?

Me: Told how good we performed and how better we could have performed. Also, told about the fish market which could have been avoided.

P1: I saw you were trying to calm them down but why did you give up after one attempt.

Me: (smiling) Sir, when I tried for the first time, I was not heard. So, I raised my voice and there I felt that

I was, in turn, adding to the chaos. So, I preferred waiting for them to ease a bit. :biggrin:

P1: (smiles) Nodded.

Hands me over to the lady.

• You’re comfortable with probability? Me: Yes, Ma’am.

• She gave me a question on dependency between events. The question had two parts. Me: Solved.

• Are you sure?

Me: Yes Ma’am. (Actually, I had solved one incorrectly!) :banghead:

• Okay. (Looks towards P1 and P2) We’re done. They nodded.

• You have anything to ask from us? Me: No Ma’am. Thank you.

The interview lasted for about 10-12 minutes. This is making me apprehensive as they didn’t ask much.

To me, it looked as if the interview had no value and they had already decided whether to take me or not.

It’s a problem if they ask and it’s a problem if they don’t. God, help me!

Anyways, All the best.

Verdict : Awaited.

cat percentile (OA): 100

Sec1: 99.99

Sec2: 99.18

Category- general

10th: 93.6% (cbse)

12th: Marks: 95.6%( ap board)

Work Ex : none

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: an international conference, couple of ‘Position of Responsibility’ in

college, and some cricket prizes.

Date of Interview: 17th march

Location of interview: new delhi

WAT and GD – topic : Women in senior managerial position is still deemed improper and society has less faith in women’s abilities.

GD was a disaster. It’s as if fish were selling themselves in a fish market. 15 mins gd was interrupted by the panel in 7 mins and told to get out. I guess they were themselves irritated. I managed to open my mouth once but was never heard. Hope it is counted as better than shouting at the top of your voice

Interview

Panel: 1. A man of about 35(P1)

• A man of about 45(P2)

• A man of about 45, he was quite throughout. (P3)

P1: Where is your id card???( id card was not required for the process, probably might have asked it to stress me from the beginning)

Me: Sir, I have it in my bag outside

P1: Go and get it

Me: (what a start, went out and got it)

P1: You seem to be very disorganized in managing yourself, and here you come for a management interview ( laughs here). Anyway let us get started.

P2: Tell me about yourself, academic background in particular.

Me: Told

P1: Ohh, You’re from a new iit. IIT delhi is your mentor right.

Me: sir, they did the mentorship process for about and year and half, now we are on our own.

P2: What all departments do you have, what is the campus area, is it permanent one, blah blah??

Me: Told all he wanted and even more.

P1: What is the principle behind the working of a motor and generator??

Me: a current carrying conductor, placed in a magnetic field experiences force( motor principle). A moving conductor in the presence of magnetic field is induced with a voltage due to changing magnetic flux( generator).

P1: What are these principles called??

Me: Lorentz force law and Lenz’s law respectively

P1: What is the principle behind a DC machine??

Me: told

P1: Where are these used??

Me: Railway traction systems

P1: Something, more general

Me: sorry sir, I can’t remember any

P1: Did you say, you’re an electrical engineer (sarcasm, leading to more stress)

P2: You like maths??

Me: Yes Sir.

P2: Do you know the 4th class TEST OF DIVISIBILITY rule for 3 ?

Me: A number is divisible by 3, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

P2: Prove it?? (He doesn’t give me a paper or a pen)

Me: Sir let the number abcd. The value of the number is 1000a +100b+ 10c+ d= 999a+99b+9c+a+b+c+d. 999a+99b+9c is divisible by 3. So if the whole number has to be divisible by 3, a+b+c+d has to be divisible by 3. This method of proof can be generalized to any number of digits P1: What are your hobbies?? Ahh cricket is it??? What is your specialization???

Me: sir, iam an opening batsman, and a first change bowler, occasionally I open the bowling as well.

P1: You open both, isn’t that considered being a bully??

Me: sir, I do that and will continue to do that until I/my team find someone else better to do the job.

P1: Favourite cricketer???

Me: Rahul Dravid, although my cricketing style is very unlike him.

P1: Whose style do u adapt??

Me: Iam more in the mould of sehwag, gilchrist and hayden

P1: Enumerate the differences between Sehwag, Gilchrist and Hayden

Me: Hayden: Shoulder power, better technique and foot work, more stable in his crease. Higher success rate

Sehwag and gilly: Hand eye coordination, flash at the ball, better success in tests as the fields are closer.

Hayden is probably better of the lot.

P1: I did not ask you for a judgement. What did I ask you???

Me: to enumerate the differences

P1: What did you do???

Me: I enumerated the differences and took a stand.

P1: What’s the difference???

Me: Enumerate means to list out the qualities, judgement is to take a side with all that you have enumerated.

P1: Qualities??????? Is that the word(SARCASM AT PEAKS)

Me: yes it is.

P1: Those are called characteristics.

Me: I guess, in this context both the words can be used.

P2: What is your other hobby??? Reading, was it???

Me: Yes sir.

P1: In your form, you have mentioned the names of 3 authors, Chetan Bhagat, Khaled Hosseini and Amish Tripathi. Why??/ because you have read them recently.

Me: sir, I read amish tripathi recently, it’s been 2 years since I read the other 2

P1: Is it your habit to get into triplets. Ok, enumerate the “QUALITIES” of the 3 and then take a stand

Me: Chetan Bhagat: Light hearted, urban romances and candyfloss. Targets youth

Khaled Hosseini: Fiction based in Afghanistan, depicts Afghanistan under various calamities. Heavy and

tragic

Amish Tripathi: Shiva Trilogy. More of a leadership book than a mythological one. Philosophical, entertaining and fast paced. Cant compare as the genres are different, neither are their target audience same

P1: But you took a stand in Sehwag,gilly and hayden case??

Me: They were still openers and attacking batsman. Lots of similarities in style which is not the case here

P1: Who coached you for an interview???

Me: I don’t have a classroom coaching. I have a mentor with whom I discuss things and he tells me what to do and what not to.

P1: Do you lie???

Me: yes, I do

P1: Are you a good one at that????

Me: Generally yes, but I do get caught sometimes

P1: What happens when you get caught???

Me: nothing of significance because I only lie when my lie does not matter much. I only lie in small things

P1: Is IIM Calcutta a big thing???

Me: ofcourse, it is

P1: Why would not you lie here???

Me: sitting there, I don’t know what you are judging me and how. If I have to lie, it would be because I assume you re judging me in so and so way. I would rather be myself and tell the truth rather than imagine and assume things and tell a lie. I leave the judging to you and god.

P1: We are done. Thank You.

Analysis: it appeared like a stress interview but i didn’t feel the stress. May be it was not one in the first place.

verdict: rejected

Hello everyone! Here goes my experience in detail:

cat percentile (OA): 97.61

Sec1: 98.86

Sec2: 85.39

Category – NC -OBC

10th: 84.40

12th: Marks: 82.83

Work Ex : none

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: an international conference, couple of ‘Position of Responsibility’ in

college, and some cricket prizes.

Date of Interview: 17th feb

Location of interview: Mumbai

WAT and GD – topic : Should capital punishment be abolished?

WAT – not very good. Just scribbled something to be honest. GD – okaish. 9 people out of 10 were present. Not at all a fish market. A high tension and nervousness could be felt in the GD. Afterall, it was IIM C GD!

No. of people in the interview panel: 3, all of them young Lets call them Left (L), Right (R) and Middle (M)

L – Ok Mandar.. (my name is Mandar) What is the meaning of your name?

Me – Sir it is the name of a mountain in the himalayas.

L – Are you sure?

Me – Yes. that’s what my mother told me.

L – yes. There is a mountain in Himalayas called ‘Mandarmani’. (He then told that the it is associated with

Lord Shiva)

(Thank God he told all this, I did not knew it)

M – What comes to your mind when you here the words Shiv and Hari?

Me – Sorry Sir. I cannot recall anything.

M – Something thats associated with Bollywood.

Me – Sorry Sir.

M – May be someone associated with Sitar and Flute.

Me – Dont know

M – They have given music direction to movies like Silsila and Deewana

Me – Dont know Sir. Not very much fond of classical music.

M – They have got national prizes

Me – Dont know

M – heard of Shiv Shankar and Hari Prasad Chaurasia?

Me – yes sir.

M – Though you are not interested in classical music, you should know India’s greats in every field. (He

was explaining, not scolding:))

Me – Yes sir. I am supposed to.

L – So Mandar. You were sitting outside for an hour or so. What were you all discussing ?

Me – just normal chatting like What everyone was doing and from where are they and other formal things.

L – you discussed how the GD was?

Me – No sir. We did not do a post Morten of the GD. L – You asked the candidates before you, as in how was the interview?

Me – Yes Sir. We also asked them what all questions were asked. (too much honesty I guess:banghead: ) L – What else did they say?

Me- They said it was a normal, relaxed interview. very chilled out. Not at all a stressed one.

R – What kind of interview you want ?Stressed or relaxed?

Me – I would be fine with any of them.

L – You tell and we will do opposite of that.

Me – In that case a relaxed interview.

L – In your hobbies, you have written “visiting new and raw places”. Whats that? Me – I am very much fond of exploring nature. For example, there is a lake and a mountain beside that near Aurangabad. Me along with my 3 friends, used to go to the mountain and keep exploring deep till we got tired. As it was rainy season and it was lush green, it was an amazing experience. L – Why is it new?

Me – Its new because no one has told us about it and we did not find anyone there.

L -Why is it raw?

Me – There is no development or civilization there. The place is just taken care of by the nature. L – Ok..I will give you a puzzle. Suppose you go to the top of a mountain and come back. You have to prove it to your friend that you went to the top of a mountain using two statements. 1st should ba an

assumption and second should be a fact. Without using any formula, tell me what would be the two statements?

Me – (talking very slowly) I reached a spot from which I could see nothing above me. (got happy thinking

I have done it in 1 statement itself)

L – ok. The 2nd one?

Me – Sir one is enough for me. As I have said.

L – Still I want the second one.

Me – (Took a lot of time to think. Could not come up with a good one  :banghead:) I kept on climbing till

I could see something above me. (again happy thinking that I got rid of the puzzle)

L – That’s what you told in the first statement. Yes whats the second one?

Me – (again thought for long:banghead:. while I was thinking, M interrupts. obviously it means that they understood that I cant come up with one)

M – What is your CAT percentile?

Me – 97.61

L – What is your maths score?

Me – 98.86

How many calls you have?

Me – 9 IIMs

R – You are from Computer Science right? How does google work?

Me – told. Query optimization and all.

L – What is SEO?

Me – Search Engine Optimization.

L – Whats that?

Me – Explained.

L – Who designed the query optimization algorithm (or something like that)?

Me – dont know.

R – What is Boolean algebra?

Me – told

M – In Maharashtra, a lot of farmer suicides are going on. What can you suggest that will solve the problem?

Me – Sir two things. Firstly, the time period within which the loan has to be paid should be increased so that farmers have to pay the same amount in a longer span of time. Secondly, advanced technology should be used. With that, a greater yield can be obtained from the same piece of land. M – So that will wipe out the problem ?

Me – Not exactly. After implementing these two, we can see their results and analyze them. If they dont prove effective, we can come up with something new.

L – (again reading the form) You have written a very short answer for WHY MBA. Its written here that the word limit is 60 words. So even if you write one word, that’s fine. But you have written it in just 2-3 lines. How come? Elaborate answers are expected.

Me – Sorry Sir

L – tell me 3 important things for entrepreneurship.

Me – 1. Idea – what business to start 2. Conviction or patience as I would be starting from scratch 3. Location

M – so capital is not required?

Me – (I did not say it as its more than obvious that capital is required)

If the idea is good, it can generate a lot of profit.

ok..thank you.

Me – thank you Sir. pleasure meeting you.

___________

Verdict – awaited.

Use of “” in above experience can be assumed to be an embarrassing moment

All the best

Name: naam mein kya rakha hai…bhavnaon ko samjho 🙂

cat percentile (OA): 99.73

Sec1:99.26

Sec2:98.99

10th and 12th Marks: 91% , 83%

Grad Marks: 7.07/10 CGPA

Work Ex : nil

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: district level tennis, editor of school mag, organized few events at college,

participation in cultural events at school.

Anything special: Involved in setting up a charitable educational institute with my parents

Date of Interview: 13 mar

Location of interview: IIFT, delhi

WAT – topic: Politicization and commercialization of sports has made merit no longer the sole selection criteria.

WAT experience : 2 mins to think. 15 mins to write. Could have written a better essay

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 3

performance(0-5): 3

GD discussion – topic : same

Duration of GD : 10-12 mins

GD experience: very civilized gd !! Entered 4-5 times and gave both good and ok-ish points.

your view of your preparation (0-5) : 4

performance(0-5): 4

No. of people in the interview panel: 2

P1 was middle aged proff . P2 was young alumni girl. Both very cheerful and friendly.

Questions in PI:

P2 came outside to call me. Held the door open.

Went in. Thank You. Good afternoon.

P1: So why do you want to do an MBA?

me: Father’s business…hardly spoke for 15 secs when interrupted.

p1: Is this the same business you have mentioned in the form? ( referring to the charitable institute)

me: No sir. That is separate. My fathers business is…blah blah….why mba answer continued…blah blah….

p1: ok ok

me: sir the charitable institute is a social initiative taken up by my father. I have also been working on it…blah blah….

8-10 mins on this. He seemed quite interested. Asked a lot of details. Answered all nicely. Seemed impressed.

p1: ok so while setting up the institute what all factors did you take into consideration.

me: sir land cost, closeness to target students, closeness to target industry, convenience of management

..blah blah…

p1: how did you decide upon the current location?

me: blah blah…

p1: so what is this process called when you loook at all the factors and choose the best possible option.

m1: sir optimizing

p1: yes good.

>>Over to p2

p2: so you had optimization as a course in 2nd year. what all did u learn?

me: (had totally forgotten everything about it..said something what i could recall….diverted it towards

operations research ( another course in 2nd year)

p2: so tell me about operations research.

me: told quite well. seemed kinda satisfied.

>>>now the interview went bad>>>

p2: you remember numerical analysis?

me: not really.

p2: ok so tell me another subjects you were strong in.

me: c++, microelectronic circuits, microprocessors

p2: so is it ok if i ask you electrical question?

me: sure ( thinking inside…WHY??? ELECTRONICS PLEASE, NOT ELECTRICAL )

p2: something related to Air conditioners ( it was more of a logical question than a technical one)

me: gave some reply what i could think of.

p2: so tell me something about algorithms…have you heard of XXXX and XXXX type algorithms??

me: no ma’am never studied such thing.

p2: ok thank you. you can go

Out of 20 mins, 15 mins went very well. P1 and P2 seemed impressed. Me too happy. But last 5 mins were not so good. Asked me questions from my weak subjects. Guys please tell me what you feel….very anxious

Duration of PI: 20 mins

your view of your preparation(0-5): 3.5

and performance(0-5) : 3.5

PROFILE:

Academics –

10th – GCE O Level – All distinctions

12th – GCE A Level – All distinctions

UG – NUS Mechanical Engineering – CGPA 3.63/5

Work-Ex –

1 year 8 months till date – Supply chain management in Aerospace industry (Sourcing & Demand planning)

GMAT Score – 720 (Q48, V41), AWA 5.0 (Overseas candidate)

Extra curriculars – Choreographer/instructor/performer for 10 years in Singapore

WAT/GD/PI

Venue – IIFT campus, Delhi

Date – 13 March 2012, 2pm

WAT –

Topic – Literary festivals have attracted media attention and huge crowds in the recent times. Do they encourage people to read more, or do people attend them just for the sake of being fashionable?

Brief Snapshot of the attempt – Wrote about technology playing a crucial role in keeping information just

“clicks” away. This could be a possible reason for people reading more and not necessarily a work of

literary festivals.

Duration – 2 minutes to think, 15 minutes to write.

Rate your preparation (0-5) – 0

Rate your performance (0-5) – 2/3

GD –

9 overseas candidates. No arguments/shouting. Rather peaceful and constructive. Everyone spoke and

summarized at the end.

Duration – 10 minutes to speak, 5-7 minutes for summary.

Rate your preparation (0-5) – 0

Rate your performance (0-5) – 2/3

PI –

Panel Members Intro – Panel 1 – 1 young-looking guy (suspected alum; A on the right), 1 old fellow (suspected head of the panel; B in the centre) and a suited middle-aged man (C on the left). They did not introduce themselves It’s so awkward when you don’t know who you are speaking to! Duration – 20 minutes

• Hello, please take your seat. Me: Thank you!

• So, you are based in Singapore.

Me: Yes, that’s right. Been there for 14 years.

• Why did you move there?

Me: My parents migrated when I was 10.

• Okay, so your education has been in Singapore?

Me: Yes. Right from 4th grade all the way till engineering.

• Tell us how different is Singapore from India?

Me: In terms of…?

B: In terms of places to work in and places to live in.

Me: I am not in a good position to comment on India as a workplace since I have never worked here. But Singapore as a workplace is blah-blah-blah. Now, as places to live in… Both countries have their pros and cons. More blah-blah-blah

C: So, why back to India then?

Me: Because of my post-MBA goals. I am quite clear on having my enterprise here in India as it is an emerging market. Right mix of SMEs and MNCs. It will help to be in the environment itself as I pick up experience in this field.

• Are you aware of the developments in India? Me: For SMEs, yes.

• Are you aware that many SMEs do not pay their taxes here? Me: No, I wasn’t

A : You are a Mechanical Engineer, right?

Me : Yes.

• What is a convex function?

Me : Been away from academics for a long time. Not really sure.

A : But you applied for the PGP.

B : Which is the convex function?

Me : This one.

• Wrong, it’s the other one. Me : Okay, sorry about that.

A : Tell me the differential values of these 3 graphs.

Me: All have positive differentials.

• How about the second differentials?

Me: Negative, zero and positive respectively.

• Sure?

Me: Absolutely

C : So what does one ask a Mechanical Engineer?

Me: Well, my specialization was Engineering Materials; I have a minor in that. And I was also heavily involved in a vehicle fabrication during my final year :biggrin:

• Oh, materials! What was your final year research project about? Me: Solar cell fabrication.

• Why did you go to Supply Chain from Materials? Was that the first job offer you had?

Me: No, the first I had was in Sales & Marketing which didn’t appeal to me. The second one was SCM which I took up. The commercial aspect of a manufacturing firm (understanding material flow for revenue and profit generation) is interesting and the learning curve has been steep and enriching.

• So, you worked with silicon.

Me : No. I worked with organic solar cells. Used polymers.

• What polymers? Me : PEG and PVP.

• Substrate? Me: Glass.

• Any intention of going back to Materials?

Me: Not as of now. Hence, the interest in an MBA to go into management.

• Your SoP talks about SME consulting. Where did you get this idea from?

Me: The inspiration came during my exchange programme at IIT-B where I met immensely talented and passionate people. They started their own enterprise based on their talent but growth stagnated as they are usually not very well-equipped to carry out market studies for customization requirements and target audience to capture market share. A consultant can help do exactly that.

C : That’s fine. Very good Okay, tell us]”>http://www.pagalguy.net/pagalguy/smilies/new_sleeping.gif] if

you were to look back, what is one thing you would be proud of in your life?

Me: My achievements in dance 😀

C: What dance do you do?

Me: Diploma in Bharatanatyam, learnt that for 10 years. Then moved on to Kathak (4 years in it now) and got training in Salsa, Ballroom and Bollywood as well. C: Have you done your arangetram?

Me : I wanted to explore other forms of dance 🙂

C: Hmm. Is there any NGO work in your profile?

Me : Yes. Had taken up tutoring of underprivileged children and some fund raising campaigns for old

folk’s home during my university years.

C : Okay, that’s all

C : Do you have other calls as well?

Me: From B.

• Okay, thank you. All the best. Me: Thanks for your time.

Rate your preparation (0-5) – 3

Rate your performance (0-5) – 3

Any other relevant detail: Goof-up – Acads portion. Rest of it was chilled out. No stress. And, they didn’t

ask if I had any questions for them?! So unsettling. I had questions!!! 🙁

VERDICT – Dwindling faith

cat percentile (OA): 99.63

Sec1:94.24

Sec2:99.95

10th and 12th Marks: 88/82

Grad Marks: 65

Work Ex : 18 Months

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Loads but lost my entire certificate file so “no evidence”: 😉

Anything special  Na..not really.

Date of Interview: 11/03/12

Location of interview: Delhi

WAT – topic : The government is eNcouraging foreign universities to set up their campuses in INdia, which cater to urban population, Shouldnt it be focusing on rural education (the gist) WAT experience : Wrote decent points, mostly in support of foreign universities

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: Ha Ha. Complete fish market. Even with 10 people, all I could hear was “please let me speak” I was the only girl in the grooup of 10, and yet no “gentlemen” let me speak. Worst GD I’ve been part of. Spoke only once but spoke some relevant points(I guess). EVeryone was given a minute to summarize at the end (In order of least to most vocal in the GD, i’m guessing )

No. of people in the interview panel: 3

Questions in PI:

1. So, what do you do?

2.Some questions about work (I work in a KPO)

3.Some more questions about work-why this, why that, size of the market, Indian market! Value chain, business model, product lifecycle, replacement procedure..blah blah.. (were they expecting me to be a consultant already ;))

4. Staistics related questions. got a litlle nervous and hassled in these  though were very basic.. 😳

Overall a decent PI, was a general discussion, though I fumbled on the statistics part..I ended up saying Ma’am I use EXCEL

Duration of PI: 15 Mins

Hoping for the best,

Good luck to the rest! 🙂

🙂

cat percentile (OA):98.8

Sec1:97.72

Sec2:97.3

category NC obc

10th and 12th Marks:86.6 77.2

Work Ex :8 month

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: had a good number of certificates

Anything special

Date of Interview:10 march

Location of interview:delhi

WAT – topic impact of malls on physical and social aspects of children your view of your preparation(0-5) and performance(0-5): 2 / 3

GD discussion – topic SAME

Duration of GD : 10MIN

GD experience: couldnt speak much

your view of your preparation (0-5)and performance(0-5):

No. of people in the interview panel: 2 gentlemen and a lady.. all very wise and understanding in nature.

they wanted to know u as a person and asked relevent questions very wisely and peacefully. Felt like a

very good panel.All respect to them.

Questions in PI: Do you love your work?

why u decided to leave a job ?

how will mba help you?

why ur performance in GD was not good?

wat wil hapen to ur venture if u join mba?

what is ur opinion on naxalism?

have u travelled in chhatisgarh… felt like telling him about events i conducted in some colleges in cities but feared that he will ask about CG tourism so said i havent travelled much

one logical reasoning question..( easy though but made mistake which i realised while leaving the room) at one point they asked what calls u had last yr… i had only a first shortlist call of iimk due to low percentile which i told.. n they misunderstood as final interview call… somewhere i felt that they thought i am lying…. somehow i didnt clear it straight away in a confused state.. i just hope they understood it properly and didnt took otherwise…

Duration of PI:20 min

your view of your preparation(0-5) and performance(0-5).

preparation good about 4 performance only interviewers know.. i am not very fluent but spoke well by my standards.. tried to remain calm throughout interview..

suggestions: just be calm throughout the process… be sure to do well in all three components otherwise it gets very tough.. in GD dont wait to much b4 u bring ur points .. u must express urself b4 time runs out

All the very best puys.

Name: Sriharsha

cat percentile (OA): 99.84

Sec1: 99.71

Sec2: 98.52

10th and 12th Marks: 92.5 and 95.2 (AP Board)

B.Tech : 79.6

Work Ex : 17 mon (TCS)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Nothing much

Anything special: I am a Gen + Male + Eng + IT

Date of Interview: 28th Feb

Location of interview: Chennai

WAT – topic:Number of Suicides in Teenage are increasing. Suggest ways to reduce that.

WAT experience : I wrote a pretty decent essay. Time given was 15 min. But had to conclude abruptly

due to lack of space(yes, they gave only a side to write,the other side is for rough work)

preparation(0-5) 3

performance(0-5): 3.5

GD discussion – topic same

Duration of GD : 10 + 10(summary)

GD experience: Being a general topic, It was a fish market. At a stage the panelist intervened and warned

us against giving zero for every one. I listened for most of the time and gave some 2 points. The summary

part was really helpful for everyone.

preparation (0-5) 3

performance(0-5): 2

No. of people in the interview panel: 3 P1(old and always smiling) P2(small and serious) P3(young and

helping)

and me(the poor me)

I was the second last guy in our panel. Before me they were taking 20 min for every interview. But at 12:30 I think they were very hungry that they just wanted to finish it off and just leave

Questions in PI:

P3 calls my name

P2 asks my certificates. Verifies them. Asks some quick facts about my grades and work ex and marks some thing in his score sheet. (May be as traitor for IIMs)

P3(showing something to P2):So, you watch football? what matches mohun bagan??

me: No sir, I watch English and spanish leagues. I follow indian league also but I dont watch the matches.

P3:What is your favourite team?

me:FC Barcelona

P3:What other teams do you know in that league?

me:Real Madrid, Valencia, Villareal

P1:You also play football??

me: Yes sir.whenever I get a chance.

P2:What do you mean by getting a chance

me:I mean in my school We didnt have a ground so I never played. In college I used to play.

P1: What position do you play?

me:Defender and I keep the post sometimes

P1: Tell me some defenders and goal keepers names??

me: Iker casillas and Pepe Reina(I dont know why that name came :o)

And John Terry, Ferdinand, Cannavaro, Carvalho, Puyol

P3:Tell me what you do in your work?

me: some IT gyaan

P1:Tell me the best attacking team presently?

me: Real Madrid

P1:what is their formation?

me:4-3-2-1

P1:Why is that effective?

me:The two players can play on wing and if needed can move forward also.

P1: How do you counter that??

me:By counter attack.When they come for an attack, defend and do your counter attack as fast as you can. P3: Tell me any recent issue you read??or were you so tensed that you didn’t read the paper today me:(hehehe)No sir.But yesterday I saw an issue in paper that Supreme Court has ordered for interlinking of rivers to be implemented ASAP.

P3:Tell me about that.

me:Telling that it has been pending ever since the time of Vajpayee P1(cuts in): Only from then??Haven’t you heard of K.L.Rao me:No Idea sir.

P1:it was pending from the independence time. It was proposed in 1950 itself to effectively deal with

floods.

me:ok sir.

(Now the real deal starts)

P3:What do you suggest when to states fight over river waters.

me:Sir, It natural that the high lying states block some water in dams. But its not ethical to stop the river which is a common resource. So there should be a legal agreement according to which they should act.

P3:There is no agreement at first place. They are fighting over the issue.

me:The centre should intervene(should’ve thought abt SC)

P3:Dont you think the SC should intervene

me:(Realising my mistake but sticking to my stand) But again sir, SC would tell the states to solve it themselves

P2: So, you solve Sudoku.(It was my another hobby listed…yes, stupid me)

me:Yes sir.I used to solve it.

P2: What do you mean you used to??

me: I used to solve it in my college daily. Now I do it in my spare time

P2: So do you solve hard sudokus??How do you solve them??

me: Yes sir.We take the squares and check for each number and also the horizontal and vertical rows.

P2: What if you cant find the number like that.

me: we take chances. We take the box with least options and try a number and if it doesnt work then change it with the other.

P2: So you write with pencil and strike them off??

me: Yes sir. But I haven’t seen any of that kind.

P2: Have you seen Diabolical Sudokus??

me: No sir. I dont know about the technical terminology.

P2: You guys write whatever you want. Ok you may leave.

me: Thank you sirs.

So, here goes my IIMC PI experience and also the Interview.

No hopes of converting it. Especially after the last line.

Duration of PI: 10 -15 min

preparation(0-5) 2

performance(0-5). 2

Hope this helps.All the very best puys.Any views and suggestions are welcome.

Verdict: Reject(Awaited)

Hi,

OA :- 99.89

QA :- 99.36

VA :- 99.65

10th :- 79.33

12th :- 81.40

BTECH :- 87.60

2 years work ex in IT.

No special extra acads.

GD/WAT:- 12/12 present. Topic was about internet has become a source of pornography. It is against the moral code of conduct of the Society. Internet should be censored.

A lot of parallel speaking in the GD. Everyone spoke and contributed. There were 4 overseas candidates as well. Everyone was asked to summarize at the end. GD was decent , so was WAT.

PI:-

Stress interview ?? Forget about it. It was chilled out. Very casual discussion.

Whats the nature of your work ?

What are your hobbies ?

Why MBA ?

What after MBA ?

Why an entreprenuer?

No questions on Maths, Btech, General awareness.

Dont really know what to make of this interview. It lasted just 10 minutes. Either they had already decided to take me OR they had already decided not to take me .

GD and PI experience in Calcutta as well as Lucknow were very similar.

Puys – what do you think ?

GMAT: 760 (99%)

10th and 12th Marks:

10th : 93% (CBSE)

12th : 93.6% (CBSE)

Work Ex : 0

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Dance , Reading

Anything special : Spent 1 year working in 3rd year of college

Date of Interview: 26 Feb

Location of interview: Bangalore

WAT – topic : Natural disasters cannot be prevented but their consequences can be reduced. How would you reduce these consequences ( or something)

WAT experience : Decent.. 15 mins to write, just not enough space (1 page)

GD discussion – topic : Same topic

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: 6 people, all from overseas category. Really polite GD and everybody got their points in.

It was a good GD.

Prep : 2

Perf: 4

No. of people in the interview panel:3 (P1: Middle, P2: Right, P3: Left)

Questions in PI:

P1: Tell me about yourself and why you wanna go to IIMC?

Me: Told about myself. Ended off with Like to dance and read

P2: Oh what do you read?

Me: Classics/Contemporary books.

P2: Like which ones?

Me: Lolita/Brave new world/ Shanghai Girls, something by Kazuo Ishiguro .

.. panel moved on from that

P3: I see you’ve done a course on Einstein’s Universe.. So tell me what was it about

P1: (didn’t give me a chance to finish) What is this E= mc2

Me: Equation for energy.. multiply mass with sq of speed of light

P2: What’s c ?

me: I think 3x 10^8 sir. I havent’ done science in a long time

P3: okay anything after that?

Me: m/s sir?

P2: Yeah

P3: So this c is a constant why is it there in the equation

Me: (Mistake 1) not sure.. you’re multiplying the speed^2 because that kinda determines the energy. (i’d learnt the derivation a long time back but 4 years of economics = forget this jazz )

P2: Okay so you’re studying economics. .. what is perfect competition?

Me: Oh nobody determines prices themselves.. only market determines. no distortions like subsidies and price ceilings etc.. consumer and producer surplus is max P2:What’s consumer surplus?

Me: Drew and explained.. Difference between willingness to pay and price.. till the last person who is paying exactly what they’re willing to pay

P2: okay.. what happens when elasticity is 1 to these curves?

Me: (This was it.. BIG BIG mistake.. probably cost me my interview) Sir, I don’t know it offhand because its been a long time since I studied elasticity but I can think about it for a while.. (thought for a while, drew a blank, defined elasticity.. didn’t really help) :banghead::banghead:

P2: Ok, what about revenue when elasticity is 1?

Me: Defined revenue.. tried to think about it for a bit.. still drawing a blank. By this time I had totally frozen. Just could not think. :banghead::banghead::banghead: Finally they moved on.

P1: So you worked at this company .. wat did you do?

Me: Told (data analyst)

P1: Asked me about terms and definitions related to the back end/ data mining type stuff which I didn’t know

Me: I don’t know.. (around 10 times)

P1: Okay, so what did you do ?

Me: Finally told in some detail. Hopefully didn’t sound like a total idio

P3: What’s the difference between xls and xlx?

Me: Honestly, not sure.. I only use Excel 2008 because I have a mac

P3: Ok.. in Microsoft 2010, how do you …

Me: Sir, Honestly, I only use Excel 2008 because Mac does not support anything. I think Microsoft does not want to share its newer versions with Apple.

P3: ok ..

Me: more about work.. explain explain

P1: So you were in Silicon Valley .. why are there so many startups there?

Me: First defense base, innovation, fairchild semiconductions, HP, stanford, Caltech, so lots of innovation, engineering happened. Critical Mass, VCs came, good environment… attracted more people there

P1: Ok, what’s bigdata?

Me: Dunno

P1: what’s cloud?

Me: Apart from clouds in the sky, cloud computing is when you store data or info on servers not located where you are. So there’s no physical server where you are P1: No physical server?

Me: Sorry sir.. I mean, for instance Amazon Web Services will have a server which anybody who has an account can use to store their data and files and access it from anywhere with internet connection.

P1: ok.What is this KPO?

Me: KPO is when your’e outsourcing something knowledge related. For eg, if you outsource legal advice or doctor advice then that’s KPO. For instance, online tutoring from India is KPO.

P1: this company marketics, you must be knowing (I’d mentioned a little bit about my father and this was something he’d worked on as a non-executive person) Me: Yes sir, they do business analytics outsourcing

P1: What kind?

Me: Not sure . I think marketing (checked later, it was right but it looked like I was guessing)

P1: What kind really

Me: Honestly, Not sure.. Marketing I think

P1: ok

P2: Ok so you’re a bharatanatyam danceR?

Me: Yes sir

P2: What stype

Me: Pandanallur

P2: What other styles are there

Me: Kalakshetra from Pandanallur, adapted by Rukmini Devi Arundale, Tanjavur, Valluvur(?)

P2: yeah

Me: Also recently there’s the Padma Subramaniam style where they.. blah blah

P1: Ok, any questions for us

Me: Aksed

Panelists: Replied

P1:Check your documents before you leave

P2: What microeconomics book do you use?

Me: Varian..

P3: Hal Varian?

Me: Yes

P2:Which one?

Me: Basic Micro, but recently last sem I used Advanced Micro by Jehle and Reny

P2: Oh, that’s advanced level.. we should have asked more advanced questions in micro then (hahaha)

Me: smiled politely thinking (gah, they think i’m an idiot!)

Duration of PI:25 mins (approx)

Prep: 4

Perf : 3.5 ?

I really don’t know how this will go – I came out sounding like I didn’t know anything – about academics, about science.. I think I stand very little chance.. :banghead::banghead:

Interview: IIM Calcutta (PGDM)

cat percentile (OA): 94.57 (SC)

10th and 12th Marks: 85 & 77 (WEST BENGAL BOARD)

Work Ex : 16 months (TCS)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Nothing Special

Date of Interview: 26/02 Morning

Location of interview: Bangalore

WAT – topic : Man cannot stop the natural disasters but can reduce its consequences (something like this)

preparation(0-5) : 2

performance(0-5): 3

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: Not a fish market at all. Everybody got a chance to speak. I chipped in 4-5 times.

In the end everyone got an opportunity to say whatever they wanted (summarize/ add or comment). I was the 2nd one.

No. of people in the interview panel: 4 ( 1 cool alumni (A), 1 serious looking professor (P1), 1 smiling professor (P2), 1 bengalee professor (B) )

Duration of PI: Max 10 mins :wow:

PI:

P2 : So subhajit, hand me over the data form.

Me : did so.

A : tell me something about yourself.

Me : told… was cut short in between by P1.

P1 : So your father works in which bank ?

Me : Told.

P1 : Where is the headquarter of the bank.

Me : Told.

P2 : tell me something about Rishi Aurobindo.

Me : Told.

P2 : Where is his ashram located. Which city is nearer to his ashram Bangalore or Hyderabad.

Me :Told.

P2 :Why Swami Vivekananda is in news now. What did he do for the Indian society.

Me :Told.

A : So subhajit, what type of coins do you collect.

Me : Told.

P2 : what is our national emblem. what is written below it. what does it mean.

Me : Answered all.

Now the BAD Patch Starts.:banghead:

A : so what about Bangalore coin auction ? When did the Anna was removed and paisa came into picture ?

Me : Fumbled and Remained clueless for a while. Didn’t expect history :wow:

Now the Bengalee Calcuttan professor came into picture and he gave me a big jhatka. B : So tell me the missonaries who came to Serampore, Bandel and Chandernagore. Me : could answer some but not all. :banghead:

B : Serampore and chandernagore were colonized by which countries ?

Me : Knew both and bounced back.

P1 : so being an Ece engineer , what were your fav subjects ?

Me : Sir i forgot lot of things since i am into professional field which has no connections with my studies.

P1 : Now if everyone is saying this what will we do ?

A : so tell me something about your job.

Me : explained them.

P1 : so i dont know anything about crm, and enquired A if he knows CRM.

A answered that he is an investment banker, he is clueless regarding CRM .

Me : :shocked:

P2 : It was nice meeting you. Byee.

Me :Wished all of them and left.. No Toffees

That’s how my 10 min interview ended. I am still in a state of shock.

No job related questions,no why MBA, no maths.

Really dunno what gonna be the verdict.

your view of your preparation(0-5) :4

performance(0-5). : 3/ may be less :banghead:

Verdict : Only IIM C Professors and the Almighty knows.

hello puys….!!!

I had my PI/WAT/GD FOR IIM C on 25-02-12 at Hotel Monarch ,bangalore topic is already posted.

My cat percentile-oa- 88.26, 88.40 in sec 1 n 88.16 in sec 2

SC category

10th= 76.40(MAHARSHTRA)

12th=83.67(MAHARSHTRA)

grad=71.06 .

WE- 54 MONTHS – OIL SECTOR

extra curricular:-

• represented college cricket team
• winner of lawn tennis
• social event for school children

WAT/GD TOPIC:- BIOMETRICS GLITHES ARE REALLY FEAR IN UID PROJECT.

no fish market, every one got chances . first in my life i started GD and entered 4-5 times.

wat/gd preparation:- 3

performance:- 3.5

there were 3 panelists:-

i was last from my panel

all panelists were chilled.

it lasted for around 10-15 mins

i will list out the questions:-

• why ur name started with surname ans-told

• they asked me about my current work ex
• my extra curricular in college
• asked abt maharastra politics

• who u like udhav or raj thackrey and why? 6.why they are targeting north indian ?

told

• your opinion?

• if u become cm of any state what u will do for immigration? told
• what u want to do for your region after doing mba?

told that i would like to build good education system

10. we dont teach leadership in our course.

give some funda by co relating with my work profile

• who are ur role model and why? i told my parents
• its good tht ur parents are role model apart from this any one else is ur role model?

• i told since i plays cricket and being bowling allrounder , i said lasith malinga and micheal bevan and explained why.

13. they said thats it and thank you

pi preparation- 3.5

performance – 4

verdict awaited

puys pl tell me how was it?

Name: sandeep d

cat percentile (OA): 90.95

Sec1: 87.44

Sec2: 90.47

category SC

10th and 12th Marks: 87.7 and 83.5

Work Ex : 6 months, ISRO.

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Sounding rocket team, college Techfest team.

Anything special : aerospace engg J

Date of Interview: 25/2/2012

Location of interview: Bangalore

IIM C

WAT topic : UID scheme has the collection of biometric data, if the fear that this data can be misused be justified ?

WAT experience : filled up the page, was ok with the content.

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 4

and performance(0-5): 3.5

GD discussion – topic : Same as WAT topic.

Duration of GD : 10 min

GD experience: I thank god for the people with me in GD. It was very nice as everyone got opportunity to speak. Tried to bring up points. Made 4-5 entries. Later everyone was given 1and minute to summarize.

your view of your preparation (0-5) : 4

and performance(0-5): 3.5

No. of people in the interview panel: 3

Questions in PI:

• Tell me one person who is a pioneer in space?
• Why do you want to do MBA ? why not more work ex ?.
• If you had got iit wold u have joined (our college used iitjee list of admissions back then) ?
• Who is behind chandrayan ?
• What about antrix deal ?
• Will you go back to work in ISRO ?
• What is your job profile ?
• How will you develop your district ?
• Tell me about abdul kalam, did SLV succed at first ?
• We are losing an engineer, what do you think ?
• Why did you take up engg then ?

Tried to justify why MBA part but not sure if they were satisfied J . dont know where I stand in my category but happy that I did what I could. Leaving results to god J

Duration of PI: 10-12 min

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 4

and performance(0-5) : 3.5

CALLS: PGDM

cat percentile (OA): 99.55

Sec1: 99.36

Sec2: 97.30

10th and 12th Marks: 87.83 & 85.2 (ICSE)

Work Ex : 16 months (TCS)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: A National Olympiad and few other stuff

Date of Interview: 25/02

Location of interview: bangalore

WAT – topic : The data captured through Biometrics used in UDI could be brought to illegal use (something like this)

preparation(0-5) : 3

performance(0-5): 3

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: Half the time it was a fish market…made 3-4 enteries

In the end everyone got an opportunity to say whatever they wanted (summarize/ add or comment)

No. of people in the interview panel: 3 (1 lady(L), 2 senior profs (P))

Duration of PI: 15 mins

PI:

L (to both P) :- He is an EC engineer from NIT, hobbies are playing drums and playing and following football…

P : That’s nice 🙂

L : So lets talk about sustainable development

Then 2 questions on that which I didn’t know..

L : So what is Fibonacci series?

M : told

L : So how come you remember it but not SD after you got an A in it (kaash D aa jaata)

L : So what is Social development?

M : Started telling…was cut in between

L : So what is aaaology? (aaaology refers to study of something – that something i didn’t know)

M : No idea mam

L : So what event is going on in North India?

M : Elections

L : Again, what is aaaology?

M : No idea mam

L : What is bbbology?

M : No idea mam

L : What is cccology?

M : No idea mam

L : What is dddology?

M : No idea mam (me and her both smiling)

P : Why your salary increment so less?

M : Told

P : You are not loud enough at times…can you shout? Shout as loud as you can (poor me)

M : Shouted “I can shout” 😛

L : You didn’t shout loud enough…which is good considering this is an interview 😛

M : smiling..

L : You don’t look too energetic (was sick and had thrown up in the morning)

M : told

L : While watching football, you must be energetic, right?

M : Yes mam…and also while playing drums

L : IIM C needs people who are energetic

M : khatam kahani

L : Ok Thank you

M : Thanked and left

your view of your preparation(0-5) :3

performance(0-5). : may be negative :banghead:

Verdict (Expected): Reject

Verdict (Actual) : Converted after WL-13 initially.

at percentile (OA):99.63

Sec1:99.73

Sec2:95.15

10th and 12th Marks: 94.56, 91.67

Work Ex : 0

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: chief editor, international paper, student assisstant

Anything special: Nope…

Date of Interview: 23.2.2012

Location of interview: Bangalore

WAT – topic: Can RTE be implemented successfully in India?

WAT experience : Pretty decent. Knew enough to write the entire page. Quoted a few facts.

your view of your preparation(0-5): 4

Your performance(0-5): 4

GD discussion – topic : Same as above

Duration of GD : 10 minutes for 11 people! 😯

GD experience: Fish market is an understatement. Went on a complete tangent in between. Spoke second.

Pitched in twice with good points. Summarized third from last.

your view of your preparation (0-5): 3

Your performance(0-5): 3

No. of people in the interview panel: 3. One Lady(L), two male profs (P1 and P2). P2 was kind of old. Kept smiling and nodding. P3 was serious, but did not look for trouble Questions in PI:

• So, tell us about yourself
• Same old, same old

• No interest in bio, center was started in 2nd year.

• So, why do you think doctors don’t take up MBA?

• Mis belief about math and analytical background. Engg churned out are way more than doctors. Country still needs a lot more doctors than the ones who are produced.

P2: So then why do enggs take up MBA? All the good ones will just take MBA and we will have bad enggs. You yourself have very good scores, why not M.tech?

• No sir. No challenges and fathers work intrigues me more. Also, we cannot afford to have bad engg. Cannot have civil enggs who build bridges and dams which collapse in a year

P1: Ok, so you mean it’s like a demand and supply. Supply for enggs is high but for doctors low.

• Yes sir.

• Please solve this integral for us. It was limit 0 to 2 of x^2*e^x.

• Wrote ILATE on the sheet of paper Solved it and gave it back L and P1 go through it and keep nodding

• Ok, So ECE right? Can you tell me about the difference in these waves. I mean there are so many waves present. radio waves, micro waves, light waves. What are all these?

• (why commn. realated? :banghead:) Explain transverse and longitudinal wave. Then move on to EM waves. Talk about the vibration of particles and the medium.

• So what is the difference between RF and micro waves?
• Told about freq. and wavelength. Said speed is same.

• What about light?
• Type of EM wave.

• Ok, so what about AM and FM?
• explained modulation techniques.

• (Ah, let’s confuse her) So if I have to transmit something from here to Delhi, how would I do it?
• uhhh.. I think it wouldn’t be possible ma’am, because distance is too high.

• But, I remember when we were young that we used to listen to AIR and that was AM. (P2 nodds vigorously!)
• (damn!:banghead:) Said something about repeaters and stuff(wrong btw)

• So why can’t same thing be used for FM?
• uhhh ummmm…. I’m sorry, I don’t know ma’am.

P1: Ok, So Mangalore right

• Yes. That’s where all the pretty girls are :clap:

P1: Tell me, there are so many cultures there, the konkanis etc. why don’t they demand for a state like Telangana?

• Started about culture and being happy and unity

P1: No no.. you are not understanding my question. Why aren’t they demanding for a state? Not their happiness and all.

• Oh, because they have all the facilities required. They are happy with whatever is provided for them.

• You mean the state does not neglect Mangalore
• yes

P2: (wakes up) So, Nine Lives. What is the book about?

• Gave a gist of the book

P2: So, there is place which is mentioned in the book, very close to M’lore. Which is it?

• Shravanabelagola sir P2: no, the other one

• Kerala

P2: Yes. So what is the name of the festival they celebrate there, mentioned in the book?

• (:banghead: Cannot remember and it’s not Onam) Sorry sir, I cannot recollect it.

P2: The place is hardly 50kms from M’lore.

P1: (comes to the rescue) So tell me what the author wants to convey in the book?

• again spoke about the book. Discreetly gave a discription of the festival that he was asking about 😉

• Hmm.. Ok.. I think we are done.

• Thank you! and I walk out.

Duration of PI: 15-20 minutes

your view of your preparation(0-5):3

and performance(0-5): 3?

Verdict: Awaited. No idea. Think it went ok or maybe not 😐

Comments welcome.

All the very best puys. :cheers::cheers:

Name:Sumit

cat percentile (OA):95.71

Sec1:90.8

Sec2:97.62

10th and 12th Marks:77.6,86

Work Ex :16

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular:state level cricket player

Date of Interview:24 Feb

Location of interview: Bangalore

WAT – Should internet be totally uncensored and unregulated.

WAT experience : Good

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 3

and performance(0-5) : 3.5 , few points in negative and few points in positive ,concluded diplomatically but some grammar and some spelling mistakes i think.

GD discussion – same

Duration of GD : 10-12 minutes

GD experience: Good , everybody spoke everybody listened….

your view of your preparation (0-5) : 4

performance(0-5): 4

No. of people in the interview panel: 4

P1: Tell me brief about yourself

me: where i am from where i did my qualifications from where i am working.

P1: So you stayed most of the time at your home.

me: yes, sir.

P1: what are the differences you see in there and here ?

me: sir, its the culture, mindset …

P1: Please elaborate on culture..

me: sir, its the way they act they perform rituals functions their traditions ..etc…seems satisfied i think..

P2: So you are from hardwar , tell me all about baba ramdev , why he is news ?

me: explained it started with hazare movement and he also wanted to stage a protest but was thrown out because of the threat so supreme court recently was very harsh on verdict asked them the reason and all.. P2: why they thrown them out ?

me: because things going out of control , something unconstitutional ..

P2: how it can be against law people were peacefully protesting ?

me: yes sir but still government wants to protect any possiblity of things going in danger.

P2: some what not satisfied then he tried to explain that supreme court is harsh on both of them and some

gyan for me in addition to what i said.

me: yes sir.

P2: What do you think of general VK singh case ?

me: i agree with the decision that the age should be 1950 because when he was promoted he promoted with 1950 now at the time of retirement he is asking for 1951, i was missing the word honour here. i told them i am missing one word not able to recall it ..

P2: Its ok , he only mentioned it is honour which he was fighting for.

me: yes sir.

P3: you have kite flying champion i said yes.

me: yes sir.

P3: tell me technology how manza is made and two ways of cutting down the kite ?

me: sir technology i don’t know , i told the process by which i made the manze somewhat satisfied and told two ways of cutting the kite .. seems somewhat satisfied.

P3: Tell me the theory of kite flying

me: sir aerodynamics.

p3: how aeroplane fly..

me: same theory

P3: explain it.

me: i tried to explain it , some lift , drag and thrust and resultant…

P3: why cars don’t fly ?

me: sir i am not much aware of it …may be friction or something ?…

P3: you are engineer and you don’t know.

me: quite.

p4: interrupted he is not a mechanical engineer or electronics engineer, he is the computer science engineer how he be knowing all these things…

P3 and P4 : discussing among themselves.

P4: he told computer science is also not an engineering …

me: i was quite..

P4: asked do you age of the earth ? asked about periodic table.

P4: was asking to show that computer science is not an engineering..

me: yes sir…quite nothing no tension just a smile on my face.

p1:Ok, computer science.

me: yes.

P1: tell me the android and iphone popularity.

me: becuase of the application and cost effectiveness…

P1: that is one part what is the os structure behind it.

me: sir , i don’t know i haven’t ever worked on it.

P1: what do you work on.

me: what a guy in infosys be working on ?? i told him maintenance and little java basically support work , how can i learn obout the OS and all , i am reading the application but not much into the OS design.

P2: so who is the head of infy ?

me: told.

P2: when did he became head.

me: told

P2: what is the role of narayan murty now..

me: explained , some what satisfied on this.

P1,P2,P3,P4 : thanks.

I don’t think what to make out but if anybody can comment and help on it then it will be very helpful

I was calm and smiling all through my interview.

I could have done more better had i read more … it was just that i didn’t knew things and i told them frankly.

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 3

performance(0-5) : 3

Hoping for some miracle…

Hey khuda tu kahi hai to sun le meri pukar , we will sit together

CALLS: PGDM & PGDCM

cat percentile (OA): 99.99

Sec1: 99.95

Sec2: 99.5

10th and 12th Marks: 88.2 & 88.4 (ICSE)

Work Ex : 31 months (HAL)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: sports (state level)

Date of Interview: 24/02

Location of interview: bangalore

WAT – topic : Internet should not be censored or regulated …..

preparation(0-5) : 3

performance(0-5): 3.5

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 12-15 mins

GD experience: was a nice discussion,, moderator had warned against shouting ..so never happened In the end everyone got an opportunity to say whatever they wanted (summarize/ add or comment)

No. of people in the interview panel: 3 (1 young, 2 senior profs, 80% by 1 of the senior profs, the other senior prof just asked the maths questions, the young asked related to mechanical and why PGDCM)

Duration of PI: 20-25 mins

Questions in PI:

• introduction

• Career objectives?

• Why MBA and not continue in technical field in which my contribution is required

Was even asked to tell contributions made by me in my work which did not require technical expertise

• Which field in MBA?

• About my involvement in sports ( i guess 10-15 mins were devoted to this, to my liking )

very long discussion, how did i get into it, wagairah to my achievements etc. (gold at state, building the college team)

was asked are you passionate abt it, I said I haven’t loved anything more in my life learnings from my involvement in sports

• the maths prof. asked whats the sum of ‘n’ natural numbers, and then asked to prove it….

• the young prof asked something abt valves which I didn’t know

Bernoulli’s theorem, reynold’s no. and some basic conceptual questions related to them

• take toffee…thank u

…wait wait …wait

u have also applied for PGDCM …. please sit :wow:

• so what do u know abt the PGDCM course

• How are you interested in it, you are working in core techincal field….etc….. I guess I could convince thank you (again)

your view of your preparation(0-5) :3

performance(0-5). : don’t know

verdict: Converted

PROFILE:

Acads

X %,Board, year – 91.2 (C.B.S.E)-04

XII%, Board, year – 92.2 (C.B.S.E) -06

B.Tech Electronics and Communication (IIT), 86.9

Work-Ex:

iRunway (technology consulting to law firms in patent litigations) – 15 months (present) Infosys – 4 months

CAT 2011:

Quant – 99.22

Verbal – 98.88

Aggregate – 99.71

(category if applicable) – Gen

Extra curriculars : Organising events (Technical events), Roller Skating(Hockey) at District Level, Captain of winning team (cricket tournament) at college, etc. Curricular – Loads

Co-Curricular – Quite decent

Any other special thing abt u: was chosen to meet A.P.J.Abdul Kalam in 2003 (when he was the president)

Interview & Essay

Venue: Bangalore

Date : 23/2/2012

GD (my nemesis most of the times) : Right to education is merely a political slogan , can it be successfully implemented in India ?

Essay (!5 mins) – made 2-3 points ! just decent, gave a wrong example of ITC e-choupal’s initiative :/

Preparation : 1

Performance : 1.5

GD : well it did take the turn of a fish market !! pitched in 3-4 times (was quite aggressive I guess) but there were better guys in the group !

I was asked to summarise midway in a group of 10 guys, so i guess it went average !

Preparation : 0.5

Performance : 2

Interview: Crisp (10 mins) :/

Chilled out Panel, Almost the last guy to leave the hotel ,,,drained out completely !

3 persons (one female, two males)

• So it was a long day. Me: Yes, I’m pretty hungry.

• Oh, take these sweeets and some pakodas.

Me: No, No…Thanks but my stomach isn’t well and I haven’t eaten anything since morning coz of the same reason. feelin all nausea.

• So why did u leave Infosys ?

me: Told, explained ! told the initiative I took ….talked to the head (named him) …F could relate …I guess she knew him…seems impressed.

• Isn’t irunway boring ? writing and writing and writing stuff

me: No,No,No,…..we don’t deal with patent drafting….the thing we do is pretty interesting, explained about it….my experience in U.S

• You seem to love what you are doing there. me: definitely Sir

• Why don’t you take up Law ?

Me: I haven’t really thought about it ! there’s alot to study in law !

• Oh, Oh even in MBA u need to study alot .

Me: smiling (about to laugh), Sorry it was not a valid point .

told that it does interest me, appeals to me but I don’t have any prior knowledge about it and I haven’t really thought about it. (DIDN’t seem convinced):banghead:

• So you like Scrabble, here take the paper, a wheel is drawn on it with different letters, make 4-5 lettered words and if possible a seven lettered word.

Me: Sure, kept on solving it while they are talking random stuff….one of the guys was a crossword fan. I made 4-5 lettered words but wasn’t able to crack the seven lettered one !:banghead:

• it’s okay …ur stressed alot since morning ! I’m sure you wud have cracked it any other day ! So where do u play scrabble ? (*pokes the other male professors saying “he did make all the four and five lettered words*)

Me: on my smartphone , 8-9 games everyday ! em a member of scrabble association of india and going to a competition being held in Pune and goa in March !

• Good Luck Me: Thanks 🙂

• It was nice meeting you Me: Thanks.

The other M: Can you crack a joke, we have been really painful on you guys today!

Me: *thought for a second*, it’s a poor one Sir.

M: no worries, carry on !

Me: Sir, how would you light a cigarette in rain and without any match sticks

Me: can you tell

M : No

Me: Sir – Tip Tip barsa pani, pani se aag lagi !

Mam said :Oh shit then laughs, M1 laughs, M2 clapped and almost fell off the chair ! I guess, they were fans of PJz !

• It was really needed after a stressful day. thank you. Me: Thanks !

Positives – Don’t know, the panel was too chilled out !!!

Negatives – could have fared better in the Why not take up Law question !

Preparation : 3.5

Performance : 3

Prediction – Awaited (no idea, what to make of such a short interview)

Verdict : Reject

Name: Sreejit Nair

cat percentile (OA): 99.61

Sec1: 99.2

Sec2:98.14

10th and 12th Marks: 90.13 (10th) and 90.33(12th)

Work Ex : 18 months as a Control and Instrumentation engg at NTPC( a JV in north chennai)

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: NIL

Anything special : Books, and playing the keyboard

Date of Interview: 23-02-2012

Location of interview: Bangalore

WAT – topic: “Is equal education for every child” the recent Indian govt policy politically motivated? Is is feasible to implement here?( 2 min to think, 15 min to write in 200 words or less)

WAT experience : Was a little flustered, didnt get many points, wrote a reasonable answer, stayed away

from quoting facts(because i didnt know many)

your view of your preparation(0-5) : 3

and performance(0-5): 2

GD discussion – topic Same

Duration of GD :

GD experience: Chaos, I started at the cost of a lady, made 4 entries( 1 of which was shot down by the group), Summarised the 2nd before last.

your view of your preparation (0-5): 4

and performance(0-5): 3

No. of people in the interview panel: 3 ( 1 lady(L1) and 2 gentlemen(P1, P2).. all of them chilled out)

Questions in PI:

L1: Have the coke(points to the glass in front of me)

Me:( I politely refuse, say I don’t want to risk a sore throat with some interviews coming up) L1: (smiling) Ok, we wont sabotage those interviews. Sit.

L1: So you play the keyboard? How many grades? Since how long have you been playing?

Me : (Explain)

P2: You perform?

Me: (explain)

L1: So, tell me, why does this straw float(points at the one floating in her coke glass)?

Me: (caught offguard.. thought for a while)Buoyancy?

L1: Then why doesn’t it float in normal water?

Me: Maybe because of the gas in the coke exerting a force?

L1: (seems convinced.. starts writing)Ok.

P2 : So, where do you work? (apparently he is from Tamil Nadu)

Me: (I say the location and joke about how the localites themselves dont know about it)

P2: Yes, I don’t know(I heave a sigh of relief).How do you get there?

Me : Explain

P2: what is the capacity? what is the current status?

Me: ( I Explain, mention it is under erection and will generate starting next week)

L1, P1, P2 : (Smiling broadly)

P1: So you keep personal gain over company welfare?

Me: (don’t know what to say, keep a silly grin on my face)Well it was a difficult decision I had to make..err..(P2 and P3 persist)

L1: Leave the poor boy alone, he is in a tough predicament..

(I agree, thankfully P2 and P3 agree too and leave me alone for a while)

L1: OK, draw a a feed forward loop for me?

Me at a loss, draw a random feedback loop and substitute the feedback with feedforward.. pass the paper) L1: What is this? Draw it again?

Me:(make minor changes, hand it over.)Im not sure M’am L1: (slightly exasperated)how is it you dont know this? Me; (grinning foolishly..)..

L1: Ok, whats your favorite subject?

Me: Solid State Devices

L1: Favorite device?

Me: Transistor

L1: Whats so special

Me : (Start ranting about noise immunity, amplification, and all that jazz)

L1: (interrupts) Thats all great, but differentiate a transistor operated radio 10 years back and mobile phone communication now

Me: (start ranting again.. she grills me.. i rant..but she doesn’t seem entirely convinced..starts writing again)

P1: So you read Dostoevsky?

L1: Tell me about his books, obviously you must have read more than one to mention him in your interests?

Me: (Delighted)Yes.. Crime and Punishment, The idiot

P1: Dont you think Russian authors write slowly?

L1: Yeah, they take 200 pages to set up the first event?

P2: (Agrees)

Me: I beg to differ sir, but in Dostoevsky’s books and Tolstoy’s War and Peace..

P1: (interrupts).. You read Tolstoy too?

Me: Yes, War and Peace and Anna Karenina

P1, P2: (hushed silence.. seem impressed)

L1: you were saying?

Me: Yes, m’am, ..(and I continue passionately and the conversation goes on this for about 5-7 minutes, where they ask me what i liked about each of the books and what i look for in a book) L1, P1, P2 : (seem convinced)

L1: (starts pointed questions) How could you leave the company at such a critical juncture?

Me: (Here we go again)I wouldnt have left if I were the only one in my dept.

P2: I definitely wouldnt have let you go if i were your boss.

Me: I agree, but I have capable colleagues who agreed to shoulder the extra responsibility for a few days

L1:(Amused) Did you bribe them?

Me:(in a saintly manner)No m’am, I share a healthy working relationship with them, They took up the added work on their own(a slight smile on my face) L1, P1, P2 :(smiling)

L1: Ok, we’re done. We had a lot of fun talking to you. I hope you felt the same

Me: Of course M’am. Thank you(Exit)

Duration of PI: 20 min

your view of your preparation(0-5) 4

and performance(0-5). 3

The panel was chilled out(could be because I was one of the later candidates)

Positives: Hobby description went well, kept my composure during the grilling(which wasn’t tough)

Negatives: Acad questions could have been answered better.

Verdict : Converted

Name:Mohit Sen

cat percentile (OA):99.5

Sec1:97.18

Sec2:99.59

NC-OBC

10th and 12th Marks:81 and 81.8

Work Ex : 4+ yrs

Date of Interview:23-Feb

Location of interview:Bangalore

WAT – topic : color and design of building should be controlled vs should the architects be given freedom to innovate (something like this)

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 10min

No. of people in the interview panel:3

Questions in PI:(Questions are in same sequence as asked)

• Take a toffee. Will you join IIM calcutta. What other calls do u have.
• Tourism in calcutta (related to my form)
• Draw graph of mod(x), x-mod(x). Are these functions differentiable.
• Tell me the history of Kumbalgarh. (Dont know y dis ques, probably-distantly related to my form)
• What is the complexity of HeapSort ? Name few more sorting algo.(I am comp sc grad)
• Why is Thomas Cook in news ?

Guys, above are the main questions I was asked. And the PI revolved around these questions. Hope it helps. ADB to all.

Duration of PI:10-15min

Date : 22nd feb ( morning )

cat score – 99.69

10th/12th – 84/84

grads – 61.9 :wow:

working in Fidelity Investments as QA engineer – 19 months work ex

extra currics – mainly hindustani classical music , quizzing , reading , sports , blah blah

WAT – topic: Students are under a lot of pressure to perform well in exams. Do you think the pressure can be reduced by other means of evaluation?Give your suggestions:

WAT experience : could have structured the essay in a better way . Also missed out a couple of points

your view of your preparation(0-5): 2.5

and performance(0-5): 2.5

GD discussion – topic :Same as WAT

Duration of GD : 15 min

GD experience: Was an agressive but controlled GD. Didnt start but chipped in 2 to 3 times.Satisfied with my performance

Good thing is they have 2 min for everyone to speak at the end your view of your preparation (0-5): 3 performance(0-5):3

Interview Panel – (L, P1 , P2 )

P2 looked to be a cool guy

L : Please come in

Moi: Good morning Sirs , Madam

L: Would you like some peanuts ?

Moi ( the eternal oppurtunist , and was damn hungry ) : sure

Fumbled somewhat while returning the plate and a couple of peanuts droppeth

P2 : You know Monkeys eat peanuts ( what happened to the good old tell me abt urself start ?  )

Moi: Sir , I think its all right as we all have descended from monkeys :clap:

P1 : Oh! So you have descended from monkeys? What kind?

Moi : Primates ( should have known being a smartass always leads to trouble )

P1 : So what monkeys you know ?

Moi : Chimpanzee , Orangutan , Gorilla , Langur blah blah ( Nat geo to the rescue )

P2 : So which one is the closest to Humans?

Moi : Gorilla ? as it can stand on its hind legs ( should have said apes or at least chimpanzees )

P2: I think thats the wrong answer but Ok

Moi : *silently waiting for the assault to begin *

L reading out my education and grads

L: So your father is an academician ?

Moi: Yeah he teaches at the other IIMC ( Indian institute of Mass communication )

L; What does he teach?

Moi: Linguistics . Its the science of langauages

P1/P2 : So what work you do in Fidelity ?

Moi: blah blah

P1/P2: OK OK ( not much interested )

P2 : So why is Fidelity pulling out of India ?

Moi : Yeah Sir , I had read about that . Its actually Fidelity International . Not sure about the reasons

• So you are trained in Classical music ? Moi ( eagerly waiting for this ) : Yeah

• What raag would you sing to me at this time of the day ? Moi ( stumped ) : umm….

• dont worry we wont ask you to sing 🙂

Moi : Maam actually I would have prefferd that because am not sure about the answer ( didnt want to bluff as these calcutta folks are well grounded in culture )

Moi: My favorite is yaman though ( sheepish smile )

P1 : So u did some quizzing in college?

Moi ( didnt want to be grilled on quizzing after missing some questions ) : Actually thats not one of my major hobbies its just that my college didnt provide me with other avenues. I would have preferred dramatics anyday

P1: what was the last play you saw ?

Moi ( ab to gaye, kyun bola dramatics ) : Sir by coincidence the last play I saw was of my uncle.Uncle and aunt in NSD . The play was called Sharanarthi . Its about a person seeking refuge from society. L : Oh which part of society ?

Moi : Society is always a unit .He has to seek refuge in himself

P1: Just tell us the rough story

Moi ( ab to pakka maut hai ) : Sir , I saw it 5 years back , Dramatics is not my passion

P1: But you said DRAMATICS

Moi : Sir , I said I would have PREFFERED it over quizzing

(abhi tak interview was going in the red zone )

• So you read a lot? Moi: Yes maam

• The last book you read ?

Moi: I read PG wodehouse , Have read all his blandings , jeeves , books. Also read that book…………(struggling for name)………….The girl with the dragon tattoo

• Oh thats also by PG Wodehouse? Moi: No Maam

P2: So, tell me the name of the two pigs in Blandings series

Moi ( aisin cheezen hamesha dimag se nikal jaati hain , remembered later ) : Sir not sure about the names but one belongs to Lord Emsworth and the other to his rival Sir Gregory Parsloe

• So what have you read in non fiction ?

Moi : I recently read The elegant universe by Brian greene . Its on string theory. ……………some

gyan…………………………..According to physics the universe is divided into 2 parts the big (planets, stars, galaxies ) governed by einstein’s relativity and the small ( atoms, electrons, etc ) governed by Quantum Mechanics

P2: So what %age of the world would you say is governed by Quantum mechanics?

Moi ( ye pakka trick q hai ) : Sir as you, me and every little and big thing is made of strings I would have to say 100%

P2: So what are the 4 basic forces ?

Moi: Electromagnetic , strong , weak and Gravity ( the weakest )

P2 : How many dimensions you have in string t?

Moi: Sir 10 , # xyz one time and 6 curled up dimensions at each and every point of the 3d world but very tiny …… blah blha……

L (picking up a book from the desk) : Have you read this ?

Book Name : THE LIGHTHOUSE ( cover had blue skies and a lighthouse )

Author : P D James

Moi: No Maam

L: Is the author a he/she ?

Moi: I wouldnt care to comment based on the initials maam

L: Ok can you guess what the book is about?

Moi ( WTF ) : Umm ..As the lighthouse is a beacon of hope , refuge , safe harbour for ships in distress drawing an analogy I think the book is about aperson who realises his true self i turbulent times ( aisa kuch )

L: So its a self help book

Moi: No Maam , A self realization one 🙂

• So you are a CSE student ( the much awaited acad q ) . can you tell me what is NP Hard problem? Moi (stumped) : No Maam

• Have you heard this ?

Moi : Maybe but cant seem to recollect it ( agar itna padha hota grad mein to IIMA ki call nahi aati  )

L: So can you draw a connection between programming languages and linguistics?

Moi: Maam Even in prog langauges coders need to express themselves. the syntax is not random.Its based on linguistics ….some half baked shit abt Parsing ..

• you seem to be throwing a lot of words around Moi: yeah. I am sorry

L/P1 : thanks

Moi: Thank you sir/madam

jaate jaate unhe formality yaad aayi

Moi at the door

• what calls you have? Me: Lucknow

• all the best

Performance : cant really say , highs and lows

expected verdict : phiphty phiphty or worse maybe

Cat percentile (OA): 99.75

Sec1:98.58

Sec2:99.62

10th and 12th Marks:89 and 77

college: 7.02/10 :banghead::banghead:

Work Ex : 18 months

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: organising comm. member

Anything special

Date of Interview:22nd Feb

Location of interview:Bangalore

WAT topic: Govt. is planning to link wedding expenditure to income statement to facilitate dowry

prohibition.what’s ur view on this.

WAT duration- 15 min

WAT experience : weird topic..was finding it difficult to think abt wt to write

GD discussion – topic :Same as WAT

Duration of GD : 15 mins

GD experience: made 2-3 good entries…but most of the ppl didnt have many points..in the end each one was asked to summarize or give your views fr a min..

No. of people in the interview panel: 3, lady (L), oldie (O), mid-aged (M)

L : – ohh this guy is doesn’t like core as well as non core subjects…(lots of D n P grades) :banghead:

had bad grades in probability :splat:

M : u hv to stdy probs- stats in college ..u wont b able to manage..this is a basic subject

I : (felt like sinking in my seat) still mngd smhw

meanwhile L gave me a prblm to differentiate

M : whr do u work

I : told…

M & O kept talking discussing abt my wrk..

n fr nxt 10 mins we had discussion on my wrk…

M : y mba?

I : told

L : ok…v r done..u wanna add smthng?? (what was that)

Ok …. All the best U can go now..

my view of preparation and performance- gave good answers with loads of data…cant say whether they wanted it or not 😛

VERDICT: Converted

Name: Md Shadab Hussain

cat percentile (OA):98.95

Sec1:99.60

Sec2:87.60

NC-OBC

Calls-PGDM

10th and 12th Marks:89.6 74.8

Work Ex :25 months with TCS

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: none

Date of Interview:19 feb

Location of interview: Mumbai

WAT/GD – topic: a recent study has shown the decline in infant mortality rate in girls between 0 and 5 years.

your view of your preparation(0-5):3

performance(0-5):3

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT topic

Duration of GD :around 15mins

GD experience : Bad gd performance, dint speak in first 3 4 mins of the gd.later chipped in with few points. striked only 2 times in the gd.

In the end every1 was asked to summarise.did it ok.

your view of your preparation (0-5):3

performance(0-5):2

No. of people in the interview panel:3

2 profs P1(around 40+) P2 (old proof 55+) and 1 alumni A (around 30-35)

And Me

Questions in PI:

P1: So shadab where do you come from?

Me: Told.

P1: what are your views about the development of Jharkhand?

Me: Told. But dint look much convincing.

P1: what do you think about the minority politics in UP?

Me: Told. Again not convinced.

P1: what are your views minority discrimination in say Delhi while getting rented flats etc.

Me: again some BS.

P1: which all states are having state elections.

Me: Told.( Finally some objective question asked).

P1: Are u sure it is goa?

Me: yes sir

P1: ok shadab so tell me what will happen if I multiply a 2×3 matrix with a 3×5 matrix.

Me: (finally maths comes to my rescue!!!) Told

P1: what is cramer’s rule?

Me: Told

P1: what is Identity matrix?

Me: Told

P1: what would happen if I multiply identity matrix with some other matrix?

Me: Told

P1: ok so tell me the roots of the quadratic equation?

Me: Told.

P1: what if the equation is ax^2+by+c, will it be a quadratic equation.

Me: Told.

• tell me about your job profile? Me: Explained

P2: shadab, in the gd you were quiet for intially, what was going in your mind.(Here goes my calcutta call):banghead:

Me: blah blah not much convincing. He digged further but but could not give a much convincing answer

P1: shadab your extra curriculur activities are almost nil.

Me: (past sins come to haunt)sir I had participated in some extra currics in school but none of college or state level.

P1: have you organized any events during college days?

Me: no sir.

P1: ok thank you

Me: thank you sir

your view of your preparation(0-5):2.5

performance(0-5):2

Expected Verdict: Reject

Actual Verdict : CONVERTED

Cat percentile (OA): 99.76

Sec1:99.87

Sec2:94.81

10th and 12th Marks:91.2 and 96.3

Work Ex : 17 months

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: Placement coord in college and many other

Anything special

Date of Interview:22nd Feb

Location of interview:Bangalore

WAT – topic: Students are under a lot of pressure to perform well in exams. Do you think the pressure can be reduced by other means of evaluation?Give your suggestions: WAT experience : Was good, Not an abstract topic, gave my views

your view of your preparation(0-5): 2.5

and performance(0-5): 3.5

GD discussion – topic :Same as WAT

Duration of GD : 15 min

GD experience: Was a fish market!! Never been in such a gd before, one guy was shouting a lot without many points. He didnt have anything to say and didnt allow anyone to speak. But I was loud enough to pitch in 2-3 times.

Good thing is they have 2 min for everyone to speak at the end, everyone got an oppurtunity to speak here.

your view of your preparation (0-5): 3

performance(0-5):3

No. of people in the interview panel:3(P1,P2,Y(young alumni?) – Super chilled out panel) I was the last one to be interviewed in the morning slot

Questions in PI: P2: So, you waited for a long time! Tell me what all questions we asked to other candidates?

Me: You are asking about Maths, Work-ex and current affairs for most of them

P2: What type of questions each of us asked?

Me: P2 asked most of the questions, one of P1 and Y were observing..

P2: I am going to keep quite in this interview

• No way i am observing, I am goin to ask P1: Tell us about urself

Me: born n brought up in hyd, college, working as BA at Mu-Sigma. Mu-Sigma is the pioneer in data sciences etc. then P1 interrupts

P1: We have already heard it from one of your frns

• What do you do at Mu-Sigma?

Me: Told my work, then he gave me some cases and asked how do we measure this etc. I was careful enough not to mention about any hi5 stats techniques here. Answered his question and explained about one project for about 5 min

Y: How good are you at Maths?

Me: I am good. Won some….interrupts

Y:What kind of analytical techniques you worked on?

Me: I worked on Logistic sir.

Y: What is R^2?

Me: Explained him and gave the formula. Then he asked what happens when you take Modulus instead of Square etc. tried sumthing but wasnt perfect, but was able to convert the topic onto Mean, Median

P1: Interrupts and checks if i know why we use square/modulus while calculating the variance. Told him.

• When do u use Mean n when median? Me: Told. They are same for a normal curve

P1: are they same only for a normal curve? What is a normal curve?

Me: Told about normal curve. Said, i think they are same for all symmetric curves.

• What is a symmetric curve symmetric about? Me: Mean

• Is y=x^2 symmetric? Me: Yes.

• about? Me: Y-axis

• and about x-axis?

Me: No! 😀

In between there were current affair questions.

P1: What are your views about the Telangana issue?

Me: Tried talking about the issue but he insisted me to tell my views. Told

P2: Do u know about Subramanya Swamy?

Me: Is he the guy who filed case in the 2G scam?

P2: You shud tell me…

Me: Yea, he is the one. He took the initiative. He is the president of janata party.

P1: There is a dispute between the centre and states recently. What is it?

Me: It is about the anti terrorists thing. Dont know the exact Name, tried explaining him about it.

P1: Why is the dispute and wht are your views?

Me: Gave a decent answer here

P1, P2: What did you learn from your work ex?

Me: Told one-two points.

Ok, we are done

Duration of PI:10-15 min

your view of your preparation(0-5):3

performance(0-5): 4

All the interviews were chilled out. No stress interviews at all (may be 5 outta 31). All the panels are testing mathematics. functions, derivatives, Integrals, Inflexion point – what do each mean in real life? Most of them were asked to draw graphs. What does a double differential signify etc.

Thanks!

And its a convert

Name: Ravi Shankar

cat percentile (OA):99.55

Sec1:99.10

Sec2:98.33

NC-OBC

Calls-PGDM and PGDCM

10th and 12th Marks:87.4 87.2

Work Ex :Nil

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular:Equivalent to 0

Date of Interview:22 feb

Location of interview:Bangalore

WAT – topic:Something related to added pressure on students due to %age system..Alternatives to be suggested to reduce stress

WAT experience :Good.Mentioned abt added expectations,need of extra-currics,early selection of electives,class participation etc

your view of your preparation(0-5):0

performance(0-5):3.5

GD discussion – topic

Duration of GD :around 15mins

GD experience:Complete chaos all around.People raising their voice to highest level to make themselves heard.In the end every1 was asked to summarise.I fumbled somewhat over here. your view of your preparation (0-5):0

performance(0-5):3

No. of people in the interview panel:3

Questions in PI:

p1-So u have done engngg in 2011 and still dont have any work ex??

Me-explained abt delay in joining date.Before that IIM shortlists came so decidded to skip joining.

P1-Gave 1 integration question.

integrate 1/x^2 from -1 to 1.

me:told not defined because of even function and 1/0 not defined. p1-asked me business application of integration… me-after thinking sometime couldnt think of 1.:banghead:

p1-some questions abt symmetry of odd function and even function.

me-explained but fumbled somewhat.

p2 takes over.

p2-what other calls..

me-told.also told will prefer calcutta.

p2-asked d reason and then grilled on what domain of finance u willing to make yr career into.. me-no idea..yaar ab freshers ko aur kitna aayega..was repeatedly giving the hints that i am gud in history and political science,have even read constitution of india.But he didnt fall in trap and kept asking questions of his own.

p3-yr favourite business leader..

me-

p3-achaa,any favourite person.

me-Vivekananda.

p3-dont say this in front of a bengali..grilled me somewhat..asked abt chicago summit..

me-told in detail…was confident in this 1..:cheers:

p3-right to reject??

me-told to recall yr elected representative..was wrong..its actually to reject all candidates in election..

p2 signalled the interview is over..

Duration of PI:

12-14 mins

your view of your preparation(0-5):4.5

performance(0-5):2

P.S-asked how d GD go wid panel member’s perspective.

gave ok answer to dis.

Overall Couldnt have performed bad.Went preparing everything related to history,pol.science,IIM Calcutta,finance basics(NCFM Modules) and abt yourself…Interview would have been different if first question would have been-Tell me abt yourself.

Message well recieved for other interviews upcoming in this week.

Expected verdict-Waitlist due to quota factor.

Update-Converted PGDCM

Hi puys,

Sorry for putting the experience late, but was busy so, here it is. And first of all this might be a long post, for my interview was almost 45-50 minute long.

CAT score

Total: 99.99

Sec1: 100

Sec2: 98.88

10th and 12th Marks: 82.4, 85.4

Work Ex : 32 months, Infosys Ltd.

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular

Chief election commissioner of college

Treasurer of annual festival committee

Worked with an NGO for a period of around 7 weeks

Played handball nationals during school

Some of the sketches were displayed at a few art exhibitions.

Venue and Date

Catering college, Mumbai

15th February, 2012;

2:00 pm

Essay Writing/ GD

Topic: Reasons for growing popularity of reality TV shows and television game shows, Discuss. WAT experience: Should say the GD was pretty good, all the people pitched in great points, everyone remained on the topics, didn’t digress. (I put in a point about transition of people’s liking from classical music to kolaveri di which was later asked in interview) your view of your preparation(0-5): 4

and performance(0-5): 3.5

Interview

Panel:

Professor 1 – Easy going one, 50+ (P1)

Professor 2 – Again easy going, 50+ (P2)

Professor 3 – Young guy, 35-40 (P3)

1st of all had to wait for 10+ minutes for the interview to start, after they took my form, was going nuts outside. Was waiting since 1 in the afternoon already, my chance came at 7:00 pm

Me: Good evening sirs.

P3: So saurabh, you have worked with an NGO, what was the ngo?

Me: told

P3: What was your work? Why did you not go back and work for them again? What was it a part of etc.?

Me: Told everything, also how I still contribute socially nowadays.

P2: In your GD, you mentioned that there is a transition from classical music to kolaveri di? What did you mean? And what is classical music?

Me: explained my stance. For classical music – told that sir, it is very difficult to explain in words what is classical music?

P2: So what did you meant by classical music?

Me: Gave examples of Bismilla Khan, Ravi Shankar, zakir hussain and others

P2: oh, ok you meant that. So, have you heard classical music? How much time did you hear it? What did you hear and how did you come to hear it?

Me: Told that I took it up in college from a friend who was a fan, and gave it ample try etc etc.

P3: What do these people play ravi shankar etc.

Me: Said sir they play shehnai, tabla etc, but I am very confused as to who is associated with who.

P3: How many types of music from MP are there and how many have you heard?

Me: Told I don’t know sir.

P2: Have you heard of Devas (its near indore), ok, so how is it associated to music? 😐

Me: Sir, I am not too sure.

P1: to P2, P3, are stop asking him about music, he does not know much about it. :thumbsup:

P2: Ok, tell me are you happy with Infosys?

Me: Yes sir, and related discussion when he trying to negate me, was able to justify him.

P1: What is your role at Infosys? How many people are working under you? Told

P3: So, you are happy at Infosys, and have a decent enough salary, and would be in line for may be promotion, now, why do you want to leave Infosys MBA? Told

P1: You would be leaving your salary, paying such large fees etc have you ever done the calculation?

Then still you want to leave?

P3, P1: How much are you expecting as return after MBA? What is the salary you are thinking for paying back your expenses? Told that I look at it as qualitative value addition than quantitative one, and that the teachings would help me pay back my expenses in the long run.

P3: What is the role you are looking at joining? What companies do you have in mind etc? Told

P1: Your reason of doing your MBA is not agreeing with us, either u say that you aren’t happy with your job at Infosys, and we will take you. Or tell us a very good reason. Explained in brief properly about time benefit, holistic view, multiple career options etc.

Then some discussion about my handball nationals

Then some about my hobby of sketching, asked me to sketch something in 2 min. :

Then about books, 3 latest books – told Iacocca, Midnight’s children and P.G.Wodehouse book.

Everyone was very anxious when I mentioned P.G.Wodehouse. :

P2: how many books has he written? How many have you read? What are the different books/ plots he has written? Who is the central character in book1, book2 etc. Who are the aunts etc etc. many questions I wasn’t able to answer all the questions, but was convicing enough to show that I read Wodehouse

P3: Went on to midnight’s children, some question about the significance of powers to the children in the book, which I wasn’t able to answer.

P1/ P3: Then they tried to mock me saying I must have chosen these books at the last moment just to make an impresssion. Was able to justify pretty well.

P3: About Iacocca, some questions, which I was able to answer properly. Again tried to mock, but was able to convince them again. :thumbsup:

P1, P2, P3 looks at each other: Okay, your interview is finished, what we are going to ask you now is out of your interview selection. Which calls do you have and what are your preferences?

Me: Told A,B,C are my preferences and between them, I don’t have any priorities and all are equivalent in my opinion.

Prof: So, are you going to throw a dice and choose?

Me: Was able to tell them a convincing answer about choosing based on discussions with seniors, mentors, professors etc. :cheers:

your view of your preparation(0-5): 4

and performance(0-5). 3.5

VERDICT: Converted  😀

Name: Sailesh

CAT: 99.57 (OA), 98.58 (QA), 99.18 (VA)

10th: 85.1%

12th: 89.5%

BE Electronics (Mumbai University): 65.6%

MS Electrical & Computer Engg (Rutgers University): GPA 3.8

Work Ex: 4 years (3 years at Capital One Auto Finance, USA, 1 year at IL&FS; Clusters, India)

Extra-curriculars: Appeared at National Level Olympiad in Mathematics, Consolation Prize at Mathematics Olympiad conducted by IIT Mumbai, National Winner and World Finalist of Microsoft Imagine Cup

Date: 17 Feb

Location: Mumbai

Essay and GD topic: There have been calls to abolish the death penalty. What are the pros and cons of abolishing capital punishment?

There were 15 minutes for writing the essay, which was plenty of time to write. The GD was okay. There were supposed to be 8 people in the group, but one person did not turn up, hence only 7 participants. Everyone was asked to summarize at the end, starting with the person who spoke the least in that order.

Interview:

There were 3 interviewers in my panel. The interview was not a stress interview, but it was a bit more intense than the Lucknow one. Panelists – P1, P2, P3.

P1 – So, your name is Sailesh, not Shailesh. Unusual name for a Tam.

Me – Yes, a little unusual, but I do know a couple of Tamilians named Shailesh.

P1 – Yes, but not Sailesh.

Me – No. I do know a Gujarati named Sailesh.

P1 – (waving his hand) Common name for a Gujarati.

P2 – So, what does Sailesh mean?

Me – I think it means a mountain, not so sure.

P1 – Some joke about Shell and SAIL. They all laugh. I smile.

P1 – Your 10th, 12th scores are okay, BE scores are low. So you did your Masters from Rutgers. Which

field?

Me – Electrical and Computer Engineering.

P1 – What was your thesis topic?

Me – It was in Computer Vision. Explained the work done.

P1 – Why didn’t you then move to California? That’s the hot bed for this field.

Me – Explained I wanted to come back to India, and didn’t want to spend another 5 years on a PhD.

P1 – Then you worked at Capital One, what was your role there?

Me – Explained.

P2 – Okay, so tell me about a big global project related to Computer Vision.

Me – Biometrics is one area. Face recognition is an application of computer vision.

P3 – Tell me about a more controversial topic.

Me – Not able to think of a large scale one, but there are some in sports.

P3 – Which?

Me – Hawk eye in cricket. Application in 3-D placement of the ball and tracking it.

P2 – Have you heard of google street view?

Me – Yes.

P2 – Tell me about it.

Me – Talked about what it is, the privacy concerns, it being blocked in Bangalore, issues over accidental

collection of private data from France (not sure which country), though no major issues in USA.

P2 – What are the technical challenges here?

Me – You need to determine the exact geographical location of each image, the orientation, and then

correct for distortions when rendering from a differing viewpoint, stitching images with perfect overlap.

P3 – How do they get the images?

Me – I have heard they drive an SUV through the streets with 8 cameras mounted on the top.

P3 – Do they use GPS? How do they do it in real-time?

Me – It is not real-time, the images are taken once and are static.

P2 – Immediately cuts in and starts explaining to P3, who then engage in a small conversation. Me – (After they are done) GPS is used though, since you need to get the exact location of each image. P3 – Fine. Let’s talk about social media. How will you do the valuation for Facebook? Me – Started talking about the business model.

P3 – You are speaking about the business model. Tell me how you will value it.

Me – Started talking about past revenues, future potential, etc.

P1 – Why do you want to do an MBA now?

Me – Explained.

P3 – How will you explain what is NPV to your grand-mother?

Me – Explained in layman terms.

P3 – How will you calculate it mathematically?

Me – Explained, talked about discounting future cash flows, etc.

P3 – How will you determine the discount rate?

Me – Explained.

P3 – Discount rate is the correct term to use. But what else can you call it?

Me – (Blank)

P2 – You used the term in your answer.

Me – (Still blank) Don’t recall what term I used. Sorry.

P3 – Thats okay.

P1 – Thank you Sailesh.

Me – Thank you.

The panelists were polite through-out, not aggressive, but certainly looked like they wouldn’t tolerate any

nonsense.

Verdict: Converted!

Date : 15th Feb.

Essay and GD:

15 mins for essay and 10 mins for GD…

Topic : Shopping complexes and malls is a new development in india. Write down its advantages and disadvantages.

(it was a first slot on first day…I was surprised with 15 min thing and such a topic…i had gone there expecting 5 min essay and abstract topic.)

I wrote essay well…GD was total fish market..I could clearly see C applicants much more competitive and ruthless than L. I was 2nd to enter and made 3 good entries…5-6 times when I was speaking, many ppl were speaking simultaneously…so i stopped…the moment i stopped somebody used my point and repeated..I was not very fluent that day but one thing is sure that I spoke substance…there was 1 min summary opportunity for everyone in the end…A guy who spoke least was asked to summarize first…i was asked to give summary last…but I don’t think they were considering our performance in GD for deciding summary chance order as one guy who spoke fluently was asked to summarize much before me….I wish I am wrong in analysis here

PI was total stress type…out of the 3 panels, my panel was taking stress intvws…i spoke to a guy from another panel…he told me his panel was not giving any stress…there were 2 interviewers in my panel…both were quite young..

Interview was mostly on these questions :

Why am i leaving my good paying job for MBA? Why MBA? tell us about ur work exp… They went into a case where I was suppose to consult a company…one question lead to another…there was lot of giggling, innumerable interruptions, all sorts of mocking…

Good things about my interview :

• I didn’t lose my cool.
• I answered most of the questions.

• I used the opportunity to sell myself wherever possible. Couldn’t do that properly as they were interrupting a lot, but still satisfied on that front.

Bad things about my interview :

• My mind was not stable that day. I couldn’t speak fluently. (stress didn’t affect my fluency level..it was my own mental instability).

• 2-3 times he told me to think before I speak.
• I was looking very studious with my new hair cut…I hated that.

Had I practised GD and stress interview things with coaching classes, I guess, I would have been better prepared for the process. Anyway, my performance was genuine at least. Also, my mentor from C was very helpful throughout the process.

one guy from my batch told me that he had very bad interview as they were asking too many questions and giving stress…but unfortunately, I don’t know interview exp of anyone else from my batch. So, cannot

comment on my relative performance.

Verdict : Converted

Fine Time to post my experience I guess.

CAT percentile: 99.55 (Quant: 98.28, Verbal: 99.26) – General

Work Ex: 48months in Equity Index Analysis, Equity Research (in 3 companies)

Acads: X – 88.2%

XII – 94.6%

B.Tech – 7.23/10 (Chemical Engg. – IIT Madras)

Professional Course – Cleared CFA level 1 and FRM level 1

Hobbies: Football & Table Tennis, Movies and TV Series

GD/WAT Topic: 2 case studies suggest that enrollment is increasing in Indian schools & that India ranks 2nd from bottom in reading and math abilities. How do you explaing this contradiction.

WAT 15 mins – I think I covered most of the issues. (Quantity vs Quality etc.)

GD – It was a sort of fish market out there. Not many ideas I guess. Chipped in with few points like RTE, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, What different do the two reports talk.

Overall I think I did ok.

Now comes the interesting part – PI

I had a panel of 3 members – P1(Work Ex guy);P2 (Behavirol lady); P3(Acads guy)

P1 – So Venakata Ramana Pavan Kumar Manda – What does the whole name mean? Me – Explained first name, last name, middle name originating from village, god etc.

P1 – so tell me about urself

Me – Start with my current work ex.

P1(cuts short) – Start from your DoB, in a chronological order.

Me – Told him my DoB, birth place and then everything about myself.

P1 – So what are you doing at Credit Suisse(CS)? Me – Equity Index Analysis, explaining what all I do. P1 – You know what is Index tracking?

Me – Told him what Index tracking is then Active, Passive tracking.

P1 – Lets talk about Active tracking. What is the objective function of returns in Active tracking.

Me – I scribble some formula.

P1 – Are you sure about that? Then what is tracking error?

Me – I define tracking error. Then realised that the previous formula that I wrote was for tracking error.

P1- So tracking error and tracking returns function are same?

Me – No sir, The previous one was for tracking error. Told him the formula for tracking returns.

P1- What is Jensen’s Alpha?

Me – told him.

P1 – That is in theory. How do you calculate in real life. Me – told him something. Then told him, Sir, This is not what we exactly do at work and to my academic knowledge, this is the formula.

P1- So since you do Index analysis tell me how do you look at if two indices are intergrated or not. Me – Told him about correlation between daily/monthly returns over a period of time. ways to find correlation.

P1- So you will just look at correlation? Ok, if the correlation is a nice figure like 0.75, how will you

improve it?

Me – Started talking about looking at confidence tests,

P1 – No not confidence tests, assume the number is right.

Me – May be factors are different. Macro factors are differnt.

P1 – No for that we have the remaining 0.25.

Me – Thinking

P1 – I will give you a hint. do you know about time series data.

Me – (then it strikes me) Yes Sir you can look at seasonality and heteroskadisticity.

P1 – How will you look at them and eliminate them then?

Me – (Thinking)Not sure sir. —— This is where I could have done better. could have talked about a lag.

Which just slipped my mind. Hope this doesnt come back to haunt me.

P1 – Ok Now. Since you might have a course on statistics in college. What is the difference between

Seasonality and Cylicality?

Me – (Clean bowled, never heard of cyclicality in statistics) Not sure sir.

P1 Looks at P3

P3 – So continuing your discussion from there, what is the assumption regarding the error terms in this

data.

Me – (Thinking) I have read that they would be normally distributed.

P3 – Can you tell me why?

Me – I just know and read it as an assumption sir. Not sure why. P3 – Ok, since you are a chemical engineer you should be knowing about Nanotechnology. Tell me the strengths and weaknesses of India in Nanotechnology.

Me- (This has got to be the highlight of my interview. What on earth makes him think Nanotechnology and Chemical Engg. are even remotely related? I mean this is just ridiculous. By this time I started smiling outside and laughing inside at my plight.) Started answering randomly, saying improve in productivity

P3 – (cutting me short) Thats way too generic and you are an engineer. Me – Sir, I think two of its applications are 1)in Solar cells to chemical coating 2) Biotechnology. – I know Biotechnology because my sister is a majors in Biotech. Apart from these two I am not really sure about any other applications sir.

P2 – So Why do you want to join IIM? you dont seem to be willing to stay at place long enough and your

job changes seem to be for pay packages.

Me – No Mam,(Explained the reasons for my changes. ).

P2 – Coming to my original question, Why IIM then? Me – told them why I want to do an MBA. To move to front office roles, need to have comprehensive business knowledge, while analysing a company, you need to know operations and marketing as well.

P2 – But Marketing is a dead field.

Me – No Mam, I am not saying I will pursue a career in Finance, but I need to learn all of them to look at

business as a whole. holistic approach, blah blah blah.

P2 – So what specific skill set are you looking at to acquire from BSchools.

Me – Again about business kowledge, finance products etc.

P2 – These are related to knowledge, I am asking skillsets.

Me – (Thinking) Business Communication skills, Team building skills, Time Management skills.

P2 – Can you learn them outside as well? Is there any difference in the skillset required in a society and a

professional organization?

Me – There isn’t great difference madam.

P2 – So where did you go for coaching for your interviews? Me – After 4 years of work ex I have seen enough ups and downds to know about myself madam. So I don’t really have to go to a coaching class for all these answers. (to my relief P1 and P3 nod in approval)

P1, P2 and P3 look at each other and say All the Best. You can go.

I smile and leave the place.

30 mins of Interview. Not sure about how it went. Any feedback would be welcome. Hoping that my relevant work ex comes to my rescue in the final selection. Was left gaping at some of the questions asked. Nanotechnology related to Chemical Engg. ?? seriously??!!!!

Name: Jayadrath Gunjal

cat percentile: 97 (88+99) NC-OBC

10th and 12th Marks: 85 & 78

Work Ex : 16

Extra-curricular/Co-curricular: –

Anything special : CFA L2 & FRM part1

Date of Interview: 16 feb

Location of interview: Mumbai

WAT – topic : 2 case studies suggest that enrollment in increasing in Indian schools & that India ranks 2nd from bottom in reading and math abilities. How would u explain the contribution. WAT experience : 15 mins given, maximum 200 words

your view of your preparation and performance: good

GD discussion – topic : same as WAT

Duration of GD : 10 mins

GD experience: good. no fish market but some people were discussing bout ways to improve quality of Indian education system and the reasons for it (which was not the topic , in my opinion). everyone asked to summaries randomly. the guy who spoke the least was asked to summarize 1st and then moved up in that manner.

your view of your preparation and performance: good (4/5)

No. of people in the interview panel: 2 (30 something, seemed more of alumni then profs. i may be wrong)

Questions in PI: Grilled me on my acads (54% engg) asked me how did i manage to do such a tough job

(scoring 54%) He said that was not tolerable.

Then they asked me y was i doing CFA?

Why a shift into finance, how did i land up there?

Why i quit my job (i’m not working currently) – more grilling

Asked me question related to work- What is an Butterfly Spread in Options (coundn tel correctly

:banghead::banghead:)

Asked me bout Capital Asset Pricing Model, standard deviation, variance, Beta.

Asked me to derive how does diversification leads to reduced risk

_ i fumbled in most of these question which i could have answered properly if i could have handled well if i had revised the concepts and if i could have handled the pressure :banghead::banghead::banghead: asked me about my hobby- reading

What is the book Barbarians at the gate bout.

Told

What is a White knight defense in an LBO

told

What is the ideology of Albert Camus?

told

How many books have u read of Albert Camus?

One

How can u comment on the ideology by reading one book and how can u just read one book from an other such as Albert Camus??!!

• I read bout him on the internet. Where? Wikipedia?

-Yes Sir

Do u know what wikipedia is? told

So how can u trust the info there? If tomorrow you go and write bout finance on wiki and people trust what u have written then there would be a world financial crisis.

😯

What will u do if u dont make it to and MBA and cant clear CFA? I will look for a job.

Give me 2 reasons y we should reject you? 😮

1st- I coudn show proficiency in my chosen career field. 2nd– i was thinking when he interrupted

I will tel u, you are not at all prepared for the interview. u were passing by Dadar and though of attending the interview.

at least u could have been mentally prepared

Ok …. All the best  U can go now..

Duration of PI: 30 mins

your view of your preparation and performance. preparation- 3; performance- 1

(There are few more embarrassing thinks bout the interview which i haven’t mentioned)

All the Best to all. Do well:cheers:

Result: :banghead:

Reject (as expected)

Date & Slot: 15 Feb, 2013

Location: Mumbai

Cat percentile: 98.43

Work Ex: 27 months (IT)

WAT Topic:

A close association between professional institutes and industry would improve educational standards. Do you see any inherent dangers in this link ? Give your views.

WAT Experience: Wrote a very generalized essay. Okayish, not sure how it went.

Details about interview panel:

3 members. P1 & P3: Two middle aged guys, P2: An elderly aged guy

Questions asked in PI:

P2: Tell me about yourself, so that i don’t have to look into this personal interview form of yours.

Me: Told about the educational background, work-ex etc in general.

P2: Why did you leave your job ? (This came because i recently resigned in December)

Me: Prepared answer 🙂

P2: What did you learn from your job at infosys ? How is it different from college life ?

Me: Told about the learnings from my job i.e. team work, perspectives etc.

P2: What exactly was your job ?

Me: Explained in detail.

Now P1 comes in

P1: So did you use any programming language ?

Me: No sir, we prepared sequence diagrams on Microsoft Visio and Data maps on excel sheets

P1: Ok, so what functions you used in MS Excel ?

Me: Named a few functions.

Now P3

P3: Where is kudankulam ?

Me: Tamil Nadu

P3: What’s the issue going on there ?

Me: There is a nuclear plant set-up there and people are protesting against it.

P3: Why are they protesting ?

Me: Because of the problem of nuclear waste disposal and also people are skeptic about the chances of a disaster happening as in Fukushima, Japan.

P3: Yes, Safety is one issue. But, what is the actual problem of nuclear waste ?

Me: No sir, I am not aware about the details regarding the problem of nuclear waste.

P1: So, you are an IT engineer. What all do you remember from your engineering studies ?

Me: Java and a few other programming languages.

P1: I’ll ask you questions from C, C++. What is a string ?

Me: answered

P1: What is struct ?

Me: answered

P1: What is pointer ?

Me: answered

P1: Is there any difference between memory location and physical address ?

Me: answered

P1: What all sorting techniques do you remember ?

Me: Bubble sort, quick sort, heap sort.

P1: Explain bubble sort and quick sort.

Me: Explained.

P2: You don’t seem to have much of extra-curriculars. What’s the reason ?

Me: Sir, actually i have participated in extra-curriculars, but not at a higher level. So i do not have certificates to show. That’s why, i haven’t mentioned.

P2: Ok, what all did you do ? Tell us in brief

Me: answered

P2: What do you do in your leisure time ?

Me: answered

P3: Give me some instances where you have shown leadership skills.

Me: answered

P2: Which of the 6 IIMs is your preference ?

Me: Sir, I haven’t started comparing colleges as of now. If I convert, then probably i would start comparing. Right now i am trying to concentrate on the job at hand 😛

P1: That is a very diplomatic answer. You must be having something in mind.

Me: No sir, seriously. I haven’t decided.

P1: But still, which one would you decide ? (He was hell bent on getting an answer)

Me: Sir, I don’t have the know-how about each of the 6 IIMs right now. So, if I have to choose one, Location-wise I will choose Udaipur because it’s my mom’s native place 😛

P1,P2,P3: Ok, Thank you. We are done.

Me: Thank you sir 🙂

Interview Experience: Again okayish… not sure about the performance.

All the best everyone…:)

Date & Slot :15TH FEB FORE NOON

Location:BANGALORE

Work Ex:17 MONTHS

WAT Topic :SHOULD THERE BE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ARE THERE ANY DISADVANTAGES.TELL UR VIEWS

WAT Experience :AVG……GIVEN 30 MIN AND 300 WORDS

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :3 (2 MIDDLE AGED 1 OLD)

Questions asked in PI :

P1:TAKE A TOFEY…

TOOK AND SAID THANKYOU

P2:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF?

TOLD

P3:TELL ME ABT YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND?

TOLD

P2:SO UR FATHER IS A BUSSINESSMAN SO U WANT TO TAKE HIS PATH?? SAID MAY BE AFTER 10-15 YEARS BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT BUSINESS PLAN P2:WHAT ARE UR STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESS?(grilled me a lot on this) STRENGHTS- SMILE, ADAPATABILTY AND FAMILY VALUES

WEAKNESS- HAND WRITING AND SOMETIMES I GET ANGRY FOR SILLY REASONS. P1:THEN THEY ASKED WHY ARE YOU NOT SMILING? BIT NERVOUS I SAIDAND I LAUGHED.

P1: NOW UR SMILING.

P3:U HAVE 17 MONTHS EXP WHAT WORK DO U DO

TOLD ABT MY PROJ RELATED TO PLM AND SAID DATS Y MBA.

P2:BUT OPEARTION’S IS JUST A SUBJECT IN MBA HE SAID?

EXPLAINED DAT I GET TO LEARN SCM, BRAND MANEGEMENT AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING TOO.AND RYT NOW I AM WORKING IN S/W RELATED PLM BUT I GET TO WORK IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DAT WOUD BE A BIG PLUS P2: CAREER GOAL?

TOLD THE SAME THING ABT STARTING A SESAME OIL EXTRACTION PLANT 10-15 YRS DOWN THE LINE.

P1:WHAT GAMES DO U PLAY?

TENNIS AND SHUTTLE

P1:ROLE MODEL IN SHUTTLE

NO ROLE MODELS JUST PLAY FOR FUN.

P3:DO U READ NEWSPAPER?

I JUST READ THE HEADLINES AND MOSTLY SPORT NEWS.I AM STILL DEVELOPING THE HABBIT OF READING NEWSPAPERS.

EVERYONE STUNNED I DONT KNOW Y AFTER I TOLD THIS.

P3:WHAT NEWSPAPER DO U READ?

THE HINDU

P1 AND P2 STARTED SMILING AT P3 SAYING UR NEWSPAPER

P1:FROM WHERE U CAME AND HOW U CAME?

ANSWERED

Interview Experience :AVG

Any other details you want to mention :panel is just looking at ur document there is no thorough checking Verdict :fingure’s crossed…

Hi all,

Date & Slot : 15thFeb,2013 08:30AM PGDM

Location: IIM L Noida Campus

Cat percentile: 98.89

Work Ex: 20 months

WAT Topic : A close association between industry and professional institutes are good generally. Do u see any inherent wrong in this association.

WAT Experience : 25 min , 300 words. Unfortunately, in my panel they asked us to stop writing 5 min before. So do not waste time.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 Sirs and 1 mam (sweet smiling), overall its very cool and composed and gave me good enough time to explain things.

Questions asked in PI :

Panel:- which branch? college?

me:- ISM

Panel:- CSE in ISM ?

me :- Explained them its now a full fledged engineering university.

Panel:- Explain us about cloud computing (as we non IT persons)

me:- explained.

Panel :- which specialization in CSE?

me:- tolad about my interest and a published research paper, then discussion on that..

Panel(now the sweet smiling mam asks):- leader are born, not made…

me:- gave some views of mine. Then a discussion on it. what qualities a leader must have and so on…

Panel:- name 2 contemporary leaders and then discussion..

Panel:- ok, any questions…

me:- clarified my doubts…..thanks

Interview Experience : Went fine, had a healthy discussion and interaction.

Any other details you want to mention : Be cool and composed , panel is very nice Advice to other candidates :any thing can be asked….

Date & Slot : 15th Feb, Forenoon Slot

Location: Bangalore, Hotel Monarch Luxur

Cat percentile: 98.13

Work Ex: 18 months

WAT Topic : A close interaction between industry and professional institutions will lead to better standards of education. Are there any inherent dangers in this? Please give your views.

WAT Experience :

25 mins, 300 words, 1 proper ruled form with both sides to write on. Plenty of time IMHO, take care of your handrwriting.

Went for the path that there are dangers with this view. Wrote about possibilities of better impetus to fields where the industry is strong (IT) and weaker impetus to fields where industry is currently weaker (BioTech). Told about how industry will only fund research which is beneficial for them and might stifle research which will hit their revenues.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :

3.

P1 – <40 gentleman who seemed to be from the industry.

P2 – Aged lady who seemed to be from academia.

P3 – <30 gentleman who seemed to be from academia too.

Questions asked in PI :

P2 – Tell me about yourself.

M – Answered, was interrupted to explain about my job. What I do there and what I have learned in the

recent past. I was starting to talk about teamwork and other aspects, P1 said it was too generic so I went

into tech and told them the new tech I had learnt.

P2 – What do you think is wrong with the country now? M – Told some generic stuff and quickly moved to IT and how India is losing BPO jobs (don’t remember how that happened). Told about inflation rising salaries and India losing it’s cost advantage. Also mentioned that quality needs to improve to ward off China when they start speaking English.

P3 – Won’t inflation take care of the exchange rate? How is the cost advantage lost then? M – Told that out currency is a managed float and RBI won’t let the exchange rate to rise too much.

P2 – Why MBA?

M – Told my answer (has something to do with entrepreneurship down the line . I told them that I am not

as brilliant as them and I need training and learning to do things. Was grilled on how I arrived at that

conclusion.

P1 – Which company do you admire?

M – Google. Tata. Tata Motors. Told them about their ability to see well ahead of the competition and

gave example of the Ace. Defended it, said that there are always hiccups in such ambitious projects.

P2- I am still not convinced about your why MBA.

P1 – I think none us are convinced about your why MBA.

M – Told them that I needed MBA knowledge and work ex would help.

P2 – You will be wasting a couple of years pointlessly.

M – Tried to defend.

P3 – Told others that they were on a tight schedule and closed it.

Interview Experience : Not as relaxed as the other interviews I have attended. I believe they liked my answers other than the why MBA part. I guess the best I could do is stick to my stand. At one point of time I was asked to think of an office instrument as Bill Gates and explain to him why I am not as brilliant as him.

Any other details you want to mention : None really. If you reach later than 9 (for forenoon) I guess it is game over.

Verdict : Awaited

Disclaimer: numbers in the bracket (1) – hints that no selection at all

Date & Slot : 1st day & Forenoon (830 AM reporting time)

Location: IIM Lucknow Noida Campus (36 km from my place..)

Cat percentile: 97.37% (1)

Work Ex: 19 months

WAT Topic : A close association between professional institutes and industry would improve educational standards. Do you see any inherent dangers in this link ? Give your views.

WAT Experience : Dont rmbr exactly but 11 students I guess in the pre-specified panel (Pre-specified). Wrote some decent points – CSR, yojanas by gov, education deficit etc etc., 1 line about right to education, developed and developing economies, industrial help- setting the aspirations etc etc.. 300 words – 25 minutes.. 7-10 minutes to think..

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : Same as the WAT – 1 Ma’m (Sweet – 35+) and Sir (early 40’s)..

1st (in fact 1st for the day also) in the panel Bakra who got butchered (3)

Questions asked in PI : (questions can vary a little and Subject to conditions)

No intro

Asked for my file and certificates (orginals + xeroxs)

You did ur grad, after that what were you doing for an year.. I was working sir Why MBA if working good..

What are long term goals.. (tea for the panel comes in)…

Dont u want to start something of ur own (biscuits come in.. smiling looking at each other..) Were more busy talking to bhaiya serving the morning snacks..Huhh.. Nobel prize winner in Physics last year – cannot recall the name (4)

Heard of CV Raman, what was his contribution (5)

Ohh.. Raman effect what is it- told.. then applications in BUSINESS WORLD and DAY TO DAY

LIFE .. I mean what… Gave a philosophical path.. ohh leave it.. tell me the practical implementation… No idea sir (6)

Why science and then this firm..

What 2 learnings you got when u joined in

What do u mean by values?

What are those values in u

Values at ur workplace- little and cut down

Give me an instance of honesty

Gave me a sheet with 10-11 Short forms (how many I knew- answered dont know about 5,6,7,8)- rest i know.. no further discussion on that..

Okay, turn around and 5-6 ads (from today’s TOI only – saw when they were cutting them).. have a glimpse .. turn back… What if u were made the PM for a day..3 changes?? Education-infra development-women empowerment

Why is this order- wouldnt that create unrest in youth, increase sex rates, unemployment bla bla.. tried explaining.. (7)

okay.. India u said, agri -driven economy.. how much contribution of agri in GDP (answered ~30% but correct is 17% – 8)

Leadership skills.. what are those.. okay… let me rephrase it– role/position..!! I said role… junior can also show those skills.. (9)

What skills– started but same moment was cut down!!

3 things you have learnt from workplace – again (clearly 1st time they were not convinced– 10) What all calls do u have?- all the new IIMs ma’m..

New IIMs which, okay assume got through all.. then what..Hmmm.. Did u try getting in touch with students..?? bold question that was.. What did u learn from their experience.. (11)

Isnt it a risk of opting for new IIMs and leaving this job.. (12)

Okay, u have played these international tournaments.. where is the certi.. sir see.. okay.. explain.. (13)..

Okay Good luck (Basically Screw U).. Bhaag jaa.. yahan se kuch nhi hoga tera.. kahin se bhi uth kar chaley aatey hain.. tumhari aukaat nhi hai interview deney ki.. (purely what i felt)..With a smile…:P (- 14)

Stood up and TATA Bye bye (Dil ne fir se kahaa.. bhagwaan tuje har rahaa par hint de rha hai.. toh ek aur lele.. 15)

Interview Experience :

Hahaha.. 15 hints that u cannot.. u cudnt… u shudnt.. and u wouldnt.. and what.. u .. shhooo away..

Any other details you want to mention : Its okay if u dont eat anything in the morning.. It would just take u 45 minutes inside the burner.. was the 1st one to get kicked..

Verdict : Arey clear hi hai…

Date and Slot: 15th nov morn slot

Location: Hotel Luxor, Bangalore

Cat %- 97.23%

Work Ex- 19 months

WAT topic-Interaction between industry and professional institutions will increase educational standards.Do you see any inherent dangers in this link?Give your views

Panel: 3 Professors I think. They were giving me a lot of attention and really listening to what I was saying.

Questions:

Here are the questions I was asked in no random order

• Tell me about yourself?
• Your strengths and weaknesses
• why do u consider ur weakness as ur weakness?
• What exactly do u do in ur company?
• Land aquisition and problems, asked about the tata experience and what do u think went wrong
• Opinion on increasing the tax
• Views on maoism
• American crisis in 2008
• Views on leadership
• Telangana issue and my views
• Bridging the gap b/w the poor and the rich

I was asked questions on the topics above and elaborate on them. Just prepare for general issues and go.

Date & Slot : 15th feb, fn-8:30am

Location: IIm Lucknow, noida campus

Cat percentile:97.7

Work Ex:1 mnth

WAT Topic : A close association of the industry & professional institutes is expected to improve industry standards. There lies inherent danger in such links. Give your views.

WAT Experience : 5 min to think, 25min for wrting , 300 words,

Wrote that focus of industry and institutes is towards creating workforce with limited skills. talked about need for innovation, new ideas and chances of new industry.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 panel members, comfortable environment.

Questions asked in PI :

P1: Give me ur certificates..

Gave it

P2: Tell me abt urself?

ME: i Have completed my engg frm bhopal… ‘interrupted’

P2: engg stream?

ME: Computer Science & Engg.

P2: & Engg, why, is CS & Engg differnt, what is it.

ME: told hardware n s/w stuff, included both in CSE

P2 : so h/w, asked the procedure about booting system, what happens after power is switched on?

ME: told abt bootfile.. etc… P2 also helped me by adding few pnts … was really helpful…:)

P2: boot password?

ME: I dont know sir..

P2: ok.. asks P3

P3: What sub u interested in?

ME: Data Struct. ppl. C..

P3: how execution of program code could b associated with stack.. (smthng like this)

ME: told.. gave examples…

P3: wat other sub interested in

ME: little bit of OS, DB

P3: diff b/w job scheduler & process scheduler

ME: told..

P3: dirty paging?

ME- no idea

P3- its page swappping..

ME- yes sir… ‘nodding’

P3- ok

back to P1

P1: ur extra curricular less

me: told .. was in singing bt there were less competitions

P1: wat kinds of music

ME- In school, English , Hindi both

P1: sing one English…

ME: ‘surprised’ .. sang

P2: only English?

Me- no sir, mainly Hindi

P1: fav female singers & y?

ME- Shreya … has variety

P1: like, tell few

mE: told…. (Panel… smiling)…

P2: Now maths ques?

example,to make shorter path for ants.. using rope, in short.. lenght of diagonal of room..

ME: I m an idiot, gave wrong formula for such an easy que, confidently..

P2: think abt other formula

ME: thinking , told correct concept, was close to right ans. got confused, panicked..

P2: leave it…

P3 wat r u dng in TCS

ME- classroom trainng rt now. Mainframes

P3: asked abt mainframe , how is it…

ME- told.. blah..

P2; kk thnk u…

ME- thnk u sir…

Me- out of the room & NOW I remembered what I was dng wrong in Maths Que, but 22 late….(Advise:

never mug up formulas, u may get confused at easiest of que)

Interview Experience :okay… technical was great , gave fine ans… but messed up such an easy maths ques…

Any other details you want to mention : dont be late, WAT started at 9..

Verdict : maths ques .. might have messed it up…. so, Awaiting..

Date & Slot: 16th Feb., FN-8:30am

Location: IIM Lucknow, Noida campus

Cat percentile: 80.05 NC-OBC

Work Ex: 19 months

Graduation: B.Sc (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)

WAT Topic: (Paraphrased) 65% of the India’s population comprises men and women of working age.

What do you think the implications of economic and social in India with this working age population?

WAT Time: 5 min to think, 25min for writing, 300 words,

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc):

Panel members :3 Sirs,( P1 -50+ Smiling face, P2 – 35+ and P3 – 35+) comfortable environment.

Duration: 20 minutes.

Questions asked in PI:

• P1: Are you comfortable?
• P1: Tell me about yourself?

• P1: ( He cut when I have started telling of Graduation) So you have enjoyed in your graduation (As I got less in graduation compared with previous ones).

• P1: What type of business you did?

5.P1: Which subject you feel comfort? (I said physics)

• P1: Not mathematics? (Again I said Physics I feel more comfort)

• P1: Then how did you give CAT? (I said B.Sc maths and CAT maths are different)
• P1: Consider a scenario of a man went upside y meters in time T and came down in ½ T time.

Then what is the total time taken and average speed?

• P1: A beats B by 10 meters in a 100 meters race if A starts B 10 meters behind B then who will beat whom and how much?(Mean while P2: was drawing a picture of a car seen from one lateral side with front wheels and rare wheels marked with R1 and R2)

• P2: Showed that picture and asked something which I could not understand.
• P2: What is Fourier theory?

12.P2: What are your hobbies?

• P2: Which books you read?
• P2: What is there in that book?
• P2: Do you know CERN? Tell me what is going there in CERN?
• P3: Do you follow current affairs?
• P2: Who is our Defense minister, finance minister, Railway minister?

• P3: (Till now he was verifying my certificates) If Telangana is formed which districts will come under Telangana?

• P1: What is your work profile?
• P1: Do you know push and pull methods to integrate data bases?
• P1: When we use push method, pull method or both?
• P2: Which calls you have?
• P1: Kashipur is in which state?
• P1: Who is the director of IIM Kashipur?

Date: 16th Feb

Slot: Forenoon(8:30 AM)

Location: Monarch Luxur, Bangalore

CAT: 99%ile

Work-Ex: 26 Months in TCS

Other Calls: IMT-G, IMI, TAPMI, IIT- Kgp, IIT- M

WAT: 30 min to think and write

65% of India’s population is of working age. What are the economic and social implications?

Nice topic. Not very general, not very complex. Came up with quite a few ideas. Managed to populate almost both sides of the sheet..:P Wrote legibly after a long time in my life..:D

Essays are graded on Content, Language, Ideas, Structure.

They are always hard to rate as what we write and what they expect differs but I would say 4/5. Could have done better..

PI: Panel had 3 men – 1 old(Senior citizen..:O) and 2 younger chaps. I was the 2nd in my panel, so got to attend pretty early.

• Tell me about your educational qualifications and work-ex.

• told

• Asked me a few questions about TCS..Training period, Joining date, Location, My Learning, etc.

• told

• What is Insurance(My Domain)? This followed up with quite a few questions on Insurance.

• answered

Q: What is your college name? Followed up by questions about Parent Institutions, etc

A: answered

Q: Should religious institutions run Educational institutes?

A: answered. Was countered with a few more questions. Answered most of them satisfactorily.

Q: If you are selected, what will you bring to IIMs?

• started answering..but interviewer seemed to have gotten confused with where I was heading and stopped me saying its irrelevant. Didn’t expect this. Neither did I pursue further.

• Long Term aspiration/s.

• answered

• Talk about any social issue(Dude you need to tell me an Issue..not a blank face..duh!!)

• Spoke a little about Education and RTE. Again was stopped..:P

• What are your Hobbies and Interests?

• answered

Q: Old IIM calls?

A: No sir..:( Old man frowned. Then smiled.Thank you..

Now, what am I to judge of this interview? I work my ass off to prepare for an IIMInterview and this is what I get!! No Current Affairs, GK, Acads, Specialization-based questions, Work-Ex related stuff..:O No idea where/what they were trying to get to or the parameters on which I will be judged considering such an Interview or the qualities they are looking for..:( So wont rate it.

Bottomline:

WAT: You have all the time in the world to think and write..so take your time. You wont get 30 min for WAT in most other Schools..

PI: God help me and most others who were so confused today in my batch. Dunno if its a one-off case or across the country..

Guys, it would be great if you can give some feedback and comments on my PI..

Thanks. ATB..:)

okay, here goes, on tablet so please excuse formatting venue.. monarch luxur, bangalore slot 8 30 onwards

wat topic.. Right to Education bill, is it sufficient for development of india

my take.. No, talked about food security and how that was more important, food, healthcare is the platform that education shud be built upon, these need to be accomplished before

25 mins 300 words, youl prob finish 5 mins before time

PI.. 3 interviewers, p1.. young guy, technical type, p2.. old guy, intimidating type, p3.. silent

p1.. while we are going through your proofs poease introduce yourself

me.. talked abt schooling, college, work ex

p1.. what are you working on@your company

me.. explained in detail, talked about search engines

p1.. why, when there are so many opportunities in materials science. did you not go abroad and do an ms?

are u using this as stopgap before ms?

me.. didnt want to go into research.. this was a mistake picked up on later, but i was being completely honest

p1 did u give gre? what score?

me.. yes 332 out of 340

p1 then started talking about various fields of research and so on, listened politely and didnt say anything

p3 did you get any other calls?

when i said no they seemed a bit shocked, asked me once again, then asked why not

me..im surprised myself, i dont know

p1 grad marks maybe, u got only 7 pt 5

i explained i was dr 4 and we dont get scored highly, got asked if it was relative i said no absolute grading

shook their heads then moved on, now p2 jumps into action

what do your parents do? is this materials s. .my major… unique to ur collg etc?

got grilled a lot when i said parents were doctors, and also when i said that my course gave me 2 degrees, but there isnt much industry backing.. p2 questioning very agressively

p2 okay tell me what is a nanomaterial

me.. materials shrunk down to a nano scale,10 to powee minus 12 of a meter, quesn took me off guard

p2.. so u extract molecules from materials

me.. no we scale materials down to molecular level, exploit unique properties on that level, gave example of gold used in colloid because it came to mind

p2.. what is composition of gold

me.. its a noble metal, its available in pure form, ab ispe bahot confusion hua bcoz p2 didnt know what noble metal was, asked me where it was in periodic table, p1 came to the rescue and said yeah it is an element

p2 how do you make nano out of a gold bar

me. gave some gyaan abt top down and bottom up approach, said we wud use top down approach, gave laser and jet thinning examples

p2.. then u shud b in materials field, why in software? this was becoming a recurren t theme

p1.. u have marked all in extra and co curriculars, where is proof?

me.. showed some xerox of tata crucible, explained the format, represented uni in national level debates, won several debates n quizzes in collg an school, they seemed satisfied

showed me out p1 was really friendly and seemed interested, p2 seemed like why the hell are u here types, p3 didnt really care

moral of the story.. dont say u dont WANT to do sth, even if its the truth, make up stories, ur mum was sick, u hail from poor family etc for ur career choices, else prepare to be grilled. 😛

anyway best of luck to you all!

Venue : IIM Lucknow , Noida Campus

Date : 17 Feb – Morning Slot

Wat Topic : The Right to information act ensures education for children between 6-14 years. Is this Act sufficient for the development of young generation in India ?

Ans : Wrote a Decent General Essay.

Interview Experience :

P1 — a young lady faculty

P2 — An old man Mid 40’s

P2 : Tell me five words which describe you ?

— Gave an answer …

P2 : Now Tell me one or more incidents which show that you’ve used these qualities …

• Stated an Sport event and justified…

P1 — Why MBA ?

• Gave the Same Prepared answer … She said when you already possess all qualities why you need an MBA degree ..Grilled a bit …

P2 : About Schooling and Grad …?

P2 : Tell me about your hobbies ? One I can figure out is Sports …Other than that …

P1 : About my Work in Current organization ….

Overall : Good Experience ….!!

Venue : CAtering college Dadar

Date : 18 Feb – Morning Slot

CAt:97.48

BE IT Engineer Fresher

Wat Topic : 25 min… 1.5 page to be written…so about 400 words

Instead of complaining the Youth should join politics and bring change in the system Ans : Wrote a Decent Essay.

Interview Experience :3 panel members…all males in their 40’s Why no work ex?Why delay by infosys?

What is recession?What is subprime crisis?Is subprime possible in india?What are checks by banks before giving a credit card?Use of Aadhar?Difference between Computers and Information Technology?Difference between Open source and Licensed software??How does open source software generate income?Any Other Interests?tell me instance where you have shown qualities of a manager.

..Overall : Fair Experience ….!!

Details:Reached at 8:30 Essay writing started sharp at 9..and completed by 9:25.Interviews started by 9:45 and I was the first person to be interviewed in my panel(der wer 6 panels with 9-10 people)and interview got over by 10:05am.

Date & Slot : 17th Feb, afternoon (1:30)

Location: IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus

Cat percentile: 99.46

Work Ex: 0.. fresher (engineer)

WAT Topic : something like nuclear families and migration leads to elderly people being abandoned by their children. Are old age homes the only solution? give your views… (it was a 5-6 sentence topic, so i really don’t remember what it actually was)

WAT Experience : wrote a fairly decent essay. got precisely 20 min to write the essay.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : there were 8 panels in all. every panel interviewing 12 students. my panel had 2 interviewers, p1 (male; seemed a senior professor) and p2 (female; young)…. our panel was really very cool and was making almost everyone very comfortable

Questions asked in PI : greeted very warmly. i closed the door and gave them my certificate file but they didn’t even open it.

p1: so you are the last person today. must be really tiring, waiting for so long?

me: yes sir, it’s been a little tiring but i am more concerned about the interview.

p2: why?

me: mam i’ve heard that when you are the last person, the panel is already very tired, so there are chances that the interview is taken lightly.

p2: (smiling) where did you here that? infact, we are feeling most energetic right now…. etc etc etc….

p1: (interrupting) so where are you from?

me: told

p1: describe yourself in 5 words.

me: blah blah blah…..

p1: you live in batla house, i’ve heard the name somewhere!!

me: told them about the batla house encounter. they asked about the details and my opinion. they were quite satisfied by my answer.

p1: what would you say about the indian economy?

me: gave some gyan about the initiatives being taken towards a brighter future.. mentioned schemes like FDI, Direct Cash Transfer, UID, etc…. said it’s not easy to manage a vast country like India p1: so how would you compare the economy of India and China?

me: accepting the fact that china is growing much faster, i pointed out the fact of difference in literacy rate.. gave some stats…

p2: but don’t you think even the one’s who are literate in India are ignoring the rights and duties?

me: gyan…

p1: so what are hobbies?

me: i like solving sudoku. i have been playing sudoku while waiting for my turn.

(they starting laughing)

p2: so you have an iim interview and you’re playing sudoku!! (still laughing)  …….. what else?

me: i like to write songs and poems

p2: recite something for us.. (i was waiting for this)

me: sang some lines from a song

(the panel seemed impressed… JACKPOT)

p2: you are a fresher. give some instances where you’ve shown leadership qualities in your life.

me: told about holding the post of headboy in school and some other instances ( didn’t have many)

p1: i think that’ll be it. do you want to ask us anything..

me: no sir, thank you!

(more smiles and thank yous…. i leave the room!!!)

Interview Experience : i was really relieved that they didn’t ask me anything about my acads… moreover, the panel was really very friendly.

Any other details you want to mention : there were a few panels who were focusing solely on acads and work-ex! no hr questions at all…. so be prepared for anything. just don’t loose your cool…. Verdict : well, i feel it was overall a good experience. hoping for the best!!!

ATB

Date & Slot :18th Feb, Afternoon

Location: IIM Lucknow (NOIDA Campus), Delhi

Cat percentile: 91.76

Work Ex: Nil (In Final Year)

WAT Topic : “Don’t work hard. Work smart” is the new mantra of the people which is lowering the work standards. Do you think this is true? Give reasons.

WAT Experience : Okay types. It was quite a general type essay. Wrote whatever I interpreted. Wrote in the sense of hard work versus intelligence. Both should be present in the right mix for achieving success.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 Profs (1 Male Prof (MP) (40+ probably) & 1 Lady Prof (LP) (seemed young enough (can’t predict the age though!)

Questions asked in PI :

They didn’t ask for my file – my docs – nothing. Read my name from the PI form and saw that I came from Vizag and now studying in Mandi (Himachal).

MP: So Manohar from this corner to that corner (smiles) how is life at Mandi?

Me: Spoke about IIT Mandi and Mandi life in particular, my involvement in quizzing and literary clubs

and all etc.

MP: Mean while he chips in and asks me about our mentor IIT Roorkee and its role and about our first year stay.

Me: Told everything right from the scratch. He seemed satisfied.

MP: Finally the obvious que – Opinion on new IITs and IIMs. Also from one new IIT to again a new IIM – Whats your say?

Me: Spoke all the good things out of my experience and only disadvantage some-times being location esp. in case of Mandi. Then LP chips in and speaks about IIM Kashipur (also a remote place) and asks me if Govt. should really start all these new institutes. I spoke again the similar things saying but the govt. has its own political benefits.

MP: Why MBA?( asked in different style like you can come after some real work ex)

Me: Told the same I prepared for. Spoke about my idea of starting a society on clean energy renewable solutions.

Then a discussion ensued on various clean energies – spoke about solar energy, off grid solutions to rural people (gave several real industry examples) and then limitations we have now. After that again some questions on distribution, generation – Here I faced some problem but managed at the end.

LP: So you have got many certificates in Mathematics and Science Talent Tests. So you think are good at Maths? (She was completely smiling in the whole session – but some times she was sarcastic)

Me: Err Yes Mam ! But Maths was a general interest and interests change with time and the situations. Then they asked me about dy/dx – Told. Asked how I would explain it to my illiterate grand ma – started trying – they interrupted and the MP helped a bit. Then I explained with a general example. Seemed a bit satisfied but they said it is still not lay man. Then I told in lay man it should be intuitive or self explanatory (I gave up!!) He agreed finally.

MP: What is a matrix? Told. What is a singular matrix – again told. So how would you find a singular matrix? (didn’t understand his motive actually) so repeated the same. He was surprised and then gave me 3X3 matrix – didn’t observe it properly and I still sticked to my earlier answer that one should check whether the det is 0 or not. He was expecting Row Transformation and all (directly finding) and linear dependency. Told that I know this too but I had given a generic solution. They laughed (actually they were very chilled out)

LP: Asked about my hobbies, whether I am friendly, my friends opinion on me, special thing about you etc.

Me: Spoke in a general sense about my hobbies on quizzing, reading etc. I felt a bit cliched at the special things question. After hesitating for few seconds I told that I am a fun loving guy and the LP was laughing saying that then all other guys out side are also fun loving. I said that every one says the same when they come here

In between spoke about Mandi’s importance (after all I am supposed to be good at quizzing) giving them some fun facts among other things.

Interview Experience :Not exactly what I expectedChilled out and a decent interview (it may be good too but I would keep my expectations low)

Any other details you want to mention :You already must be preparing good enough – so just prepare for some answers in hand (like I had drafted my thing on clean energy – renewable sources and spoke about that in confidence- in fact the lady asked if this has some thing to do with my some project – but actual my project is on Facial Recognition (which I knew nothing and there is every chance of getting screwed) and I told her yes project!. So guys prepare for some thing you can steer through easily ).

ATB to others.

Venue : MUMBAI

Date: 18th Feb Time: Forenoon

Process started at sharp 9 am.

Calls :IIM Kashipur only

Girl -engg (IT) – 2012 passout.work ex:close to nothing

reach the venue by 8.30am .You have to note your serial number and panel number from the list displayed in the WAT room .Arrange the documents in the specified order .the panel did not check my file .Any sort of verification wasn’t carried out (i found this weird ) .They didnt ask for xerox copies of any doc .

WAT Topic:Instead of complaining about the current state of affairs of the country ,college students should participate in politics to bring about he change they desire… Do you agree .give you views . WAT :25 minutes-300 words

the panle had informed us beforehand that each interview is going to last for about 12-15 minutes . He also told us if anybody ahd to catch a train/flight ,on request ,they wld be interviewd early .

Panel consisted of 3 men.P1 :old P2,P3 : middle aged

*griiled on why constant decrease in marks from 10th to engineering

*which was my most favorite subject in engineering ..followed by some questions on Data Structures ,OS *hobbies

*long term goals .

*why not MTech .Why mba

*whr is IIM kashipur .which state .how to reach .

*director of kashipur

*which specialistn in MBA

*why this iim .you can reappear for cat next yr.

*Mharashtra Governor

*Adarsh Scam

*random GK questions

*scams ,what shld be done

verdict : rejected .the panel wasnt convinced with my ans(marks,mba)

Its just like chatting with a stranger .they just want to know you (In ten minutes !!!!) .keep cool .be

confident .be yourself .All the best guys .

——————

* around 30% guys wore blazers . Rest of them formal shirt +tie .

2 gals wore salwar kameezrest of them wore formals .(around >10 girls were present) * there were 6-7 panels ,with each panel assigned <=10 students

Venue : Monarch Luxor,Bangalore

Date: 18th Feb Time: Afternoon

Process started at sharp 1:30 pm.

WAT Topic: The “Don’t work hard,work smart” mantra lead to a decline in work standards, no body wants to be perfect any longer.Do you think this is true?Give reasons for you answer

Was told by invigilator that Language,Coherence,Organisation and Ideas would be taken into consideration for WAT.

Was 8th number to appear for the PI.PI lasted for just 15 minutes

PI: Panel consisted of three men.Two between 40 n 50 and another young guy between 30-35.

Pan for panel and me for myself from now on.

Pan:Give me your score card and Application Form

Me:Gave

Pan:Tell me about urself?

Me:Told about studies,work,hobbies

Pan:Family?

Me:blah blah..sister studying mba in iim trichy

Pan:(smile on their face)So what did your sister suggested to join among new iim’s?

Me:Will consult and take decision after i convert them,first i’m concentrating to convert all of them Pan:What do you consider when choosing a college? Me:Placements,Faculty

Pan:Ok did you check all 6 colleges websites?how many faculty are present in each one of them?

Me:Yes checked,Not sure but between 10-15

Pan:What specialization would you take?

Me:Will decide after 1st year

Pan:You should have some knowledge or incline towards one right what’s that?

Me:(Ok they are not gonna leave me)Finance because i love numbers

Pan:Gave 1 Simple intrest problem

Me:Did

Ok What are your fav subjects in engg?

Me:Java(common ask me,prepared well),OS(Operating Systems),Software engineering.

Pan:What is os?Which os would you suggest me if iam a layman?

Me:OS is an interface b/w user and computer.

Linux is more secure but we should know commands for it,since you are a layman windows would be

better because of GUI.

Pan:Who is CEO of TCS?

Me:Chandrasekharan

Pan:Suddenly then CFO?

Me:(well prepared)Rajesh gopinathan,replaced Mahalingam

Pan:Tell about you project,client and what kind of work you do there?

Me:Told

Pan:Are you protestant/catholic?what is the main difference?

Me:Protestant,told the difference

Pan:tell the hierarchy from pope to bishop?

Me:Dont know

Pan:How many states in india and how many have you been? Me:28 states,have been only to 4 and told names Pan:CSR

Me:without listening answered Cash Reserve Ratio

Pan:Not CRR,it is CSR

Me:Oh.dont know

Pan:Ok check it after going back(Corporate social responsibility,checked now),thats it we are done Me:yes sure,Thank you sir

In my panel everyone were asked for more than half an hour and for me only 15 minutes,not sure what to interpret from that

Venue : IIML Noida Campus

Date: 17th Feb Time: Forenoon

Process started at sharp 9 am.

WAT Topic: Right To Education Act guarantees education for children aged 6-14 years of age. In your opinion, do u think this is sufficient?? Support your views with relevant arguments.

Was in the second number to appear for the PI.

PI: Panel consisted of two men. one between 40 n 50(P1) and another quite sophisticated old person(P2). Me entering, saw P2 going out thorough the door of the balcony (stress interview coming my way i thought).

P1: (While i was entering) So Mr. Ravi, u r computer engineer, studied in patna and did your btech from NIST Orissa (watching my profile form, meanwhile I reached the chair). Have your Seat. Me: Thank you Sir.

P1: And now u r doing………

Me: Working with TCS sir .

P1: for the past 2 yrs . Wats ur role there??

Me: I work as a test analyst.

P1: Wat does a TA do??

Me: Told in 2 sentences. (Should have been more calm in telling)

(P2 enters)

Me: Good Morning Sir.

P2: Good Morning

P2: What is the difference between BE and Btech??

Me: Sir, Btech is somewhat more exposed towards industry, with some part being more concerned with practical exposure.( aisa hi suna tha )

P2: So BE has no exposure??

Me: (Smiled) May be a bit comparatively.

P2: Is that so?? What is the difference between PGDM and MBA then??

Me: told( was prepared for it)

P2: So can the same be applied over there ?? (smiling)

Me: Yes Sir(smiled).Thats what i heard from some profs during admission.

P1: So Mr Ravi, what will u do to change education system?? I mean , what will be ur first step if u get authority??

Me: (Not expecting questions directly like this one) I will appoint “educated” teachers sir.(ye kya bol diya maine)

P1(interrupting and smiling): Wat do u mean by educated…..arent they having certificates??

Me: Yes Sir they have, but we have also seen fake appointments recently, even in Bihar and Haryana as in the Chautala Scam ( he is convicted, so taking names is ok. it came spontaneously though). So my first priority will be to appoint teachers.

P2: But what will that do ?? We already have so many teachers and but nt good results though… Me: I have been to villages in my ancestral region as well as near my college( i mentioned that i had taught children near my college area). I have seen parents not sending their kids because of no teachers. Even if they send, children just play and then come back after little or no studies. Attendance of teachers is very minimal.

P1: So how will u rectify that…? Suppose u have all the powers, u r Nitish Kumar….

Me: Firstly, the competent authorities need to monitor on a weekly basis, as daily monitoring is not practically possible.

P2: Ohh that will inturn lead to the same bribery etc.They wil mention just in out timings and its done. Its not a solution..

Me:(Somewhat thoughtfull but instantly replied): Smart Cards.We can use technology and the weekly reports thus generated will be used for the competent authorities to monitor.

P2: So u mean to say Biometrics etc…

Me: Yes Sir.

P1:But all the reports will go to Nitish Kumar…..wat will he do with that?

Me: Sir the monitoring will be done at all levels.

P2: but again they will be punching using their smart cards. Thats all. Why dont u be more precise in ur solution??

Me: Sir E-Governance. The reports so generated will be used by Sub-divisional officers who again will send these to DM. These will also be available openly.

P2: So thats the way u will use ur IT knowledge to effect something in the education sector.

Me(relieved after acceptance): Yes Sir 🙂

P2: But what after appointments….main thing is their commitment etc that i want to teach n all…..

Me: Yes Sir, thats why i used the word Educated(saw P1). The training is very crucial. Sensitisation and developing that urge. We can see the impact a training does by contrasting police and army , which only has training as major difference.

P2: Ok, Tell something about recent happenings.

Me: Finmeccanica deal………

P2: These will be forgotten by people in a week or so…nothing will change ultimately.This corruption n all…. Dont u think so?

Me: Sir, My hope is general awakening, people are much aware now. People are talking about Corruption, women empowerment, why women are prone to violence. I have seen this everywhere.Been part of Jantar Mantar protests and felt this change. So my hope takes inspiration from common people’s awakenings and not laws, which had been there and which will be there. (They were observing minutely and i spoke with a lot of conviction)

P2: Tell me differences between TCS, Wipro and Infosys.

Me: TCS is the largest (P2 started counting on fingers). Infosys had been facing slow growth in previous to previous quarter which they just got hold off in last quarter.

P1: So what is different about TCS WorkCulture??

Me: Sir, commitment towards deadlines.

P1: So, are not Infosys and others deadline specific??

Me: Sir,I am not comparing here but this is what I have been observing about tcs as I have been part of two projects, interacted with various GLs. They always tell to complete the work within deadlines.( should have been more convincing )

P2: How does value of Rupee affetct IT companies??

Me: Sir it affects positively.

P2: How?

Me: the earnings from foreign client get converted into rupee, thus fetching more in return

P1: But, they also have domestic earnings….

Me: Yes Sir, that depends from where the major part of earning comes in. (now i uttered the wrong statement ->) Sir if we export more, we get less money and if we import , we get higher value.

P1: Arent u saying something which is wrong………..

Me: M so sorry sir. The more we import, more is the loss.

P2: Then why we r so worried?? IT companies export more

Me: Yes Sir, but overall we import more. as major part is spent in importing Crude oil.

P1(Gave a satisfied look and asks to P2) : We r done….are we?

P2: Yes

P1: Ok Ravi. Thank you.

Me:(Stood up) : Sir, I dont have the xerox of category certificate.

P2: Go to the reception downstairs and they will get that done.

Me: Thank you Sir. Thank you Sir(to P1)

Pros: Energy and Enthusiasm, content and application of idea(smart card case). General Awareness Cons: Should have been more calm while answering, also sometimes tried to start answering before completing questions(P1 was very slow with length pauses between his sentences)

Tell ur views on this guys.

Call: IIM Kashipur

NC-OBC

CAT OA-78.56

Date & Slot : 18th Feb, Forenoon

Location: Monarch Luxor,Bangalore

Cat percentile: 98.36

Work Ex: 19 months

WAT Topic : Given the current state of affairs, should students join politics? Give your views on that. WAT Experience : Very general topic. Could not put any data or references so it was just my opinion about it.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 Person. 1 Old in the middle. 2 young person at the end.

Questions asked in PI :

1.About yourself

2.I ended talking about my work so the next question was “What is embedded system”

3.Asked some examples of embedded device.

4.Asked to give examples in automobile in industry. Asked specifically about Indian cars. I am a soft developer in automobile industry though nothing to do with embedded.

5.Asked about low acads in first year. Gave a prepared answer.

6.Asked hobbies.

7.Asked the recent books I have read and learning from it.

8.Gave an example of “Outliers” and related it to my life.

9.Some more questions on my example. Asked about decision making. While I was explaining the other young guy helped me in that.

10.Asked to give one more example. Dutifully did so and they seemed satisfied.

11.Asked where I have two minds about doing MBA this year. (This was out of blue. Could not think of any possible reason why they asked that. I said definitely yes.)

12.Finally they asked if I have any questions to ask.

Interview Experience: It was a chill panel. No Why MBA(I think they know it by now.), Strength or weakness or current affairs. Purely on my work experience and hobbies. They didn’t grill me on any answer. I don’t know what to make out of this interview.

Any other details you want to mention : They will ask for your ID-Card in interview. I didn’t know that so I went back took my bag and then search for my ID-Card for half a minute in the interview room J. By this time they were checking the documents.

Verdict : Ram Bharose !!

Venue: IIM L (Noida Campus)

Slot: Afternoon

Essay topic: Something about how with the advent of nuclear families the old people are neglected.Had to talk about whether or not old age homes are the only solution for the old in this country.

I did good justice to the essay.I went pretty.Was able to give a lot of pints,proper structure and conclusion to the essay.

I was the first out of the 96 students who had been called for the interview in my slot.

So I had the first interview with the first panel so my process got over very quick.

Interview panel : P1,P2,P3(all males)

P1:calls me inside for the interview after the WAT is over.

P2:so Deepinder it is right?(Yes sir).Make yourself comfortable.Ease in.How was your essay.

Me:Thank you sir.The essay was well.I was able to give my perspective of the issue.

P3:Please give me your portfolio.(He took my certificates and started inspecting them)

P2:Ok,so introduce yourself.

Me:started to talk.name,computer science engineer,chandigarh,punjab university..1.academics:decent performer throughout.mentioned scholarship in the first year of engineer.

2.extra curriculars: talked about tech fest at IIT Kharagpur,asian semi finalist at bournvita quiz contest, talked about my band, awards for solo singing,managed and organised a lot of events in college..etc.

P3:so rock music right? do you hear def leppard?

me:yes,sir i have heard only a few of their songs.i’m not much into glam metal.Sir,my favourite band is Pearl Jam.

P3:What about Dave Matthews?

me:not much.though i like their recent song Funny the Way It is very much.Particularly impressed by the lyrics of that song.

P3:Country? Are you into country music?

me:again sir I like listening to hard rock.though i have heard country music.

P2:So you’re one of those all arounder types.When do you find the time to study?

P3:Yeah,I was wondering the same thing.When do you exactly find the time to study?

Me:Well sir,I tend to manage a lot of things together.Infact this was one of the things I did efficiently i.e managing studies and extra currics.I want to be the best at what I do.One thing I want to mention here is that I haven’t taken up all these jobs at one time.I like to do whatever I do to the best of my abilities so I have done all these things but at separate times.I take up a task do it to completion and then only move on to the next task.

P2:Good.Fair Enough.You seem pretty confident.

me:thank you,sir.

P2:you have mentioned a lot of activites that you are interested in.if we ask you today to choose three things out of these that you want to pursue in future and to drop all others what would those three be? And you can pick only three?

me:mentioned that i was confident of getting into a management course so I would want to pursue my academics and learn as much as I can.I actually want to learn in a way that I am the master at what I do. next,sir I want to keep singing.I have been practicing for quite some time and would like to further hone my singing.

third,i believe that I like mangaging and organising events.

P2:Okay,these are three things.Now,we are going to discuss things one by one.We’ll proceed with academics and proceed in that way.(this is where the game gets spoilt)

P2:I understand that you wont be remembering all the subjects from your engineering course.Tell me one subject which you know the best.

me:sir,i particularly enjoyed studying computer networks.

p2:okay,so tell me what X.25 is?

me:(completely stunned) was expecting something very basic.actually had not studied x.25 under networks but under distributed computing.so wasn’t ale to recall anything.mentioned that it is one of the protocols used in networking.

p2:started to explain what x.25 exactly is.

me:nodded in agreement.

p2:what is the second and third layer of osi model

me:second:data link,third:network

p2:what are the functions of data link layer?

me:data control,flow control,error mangaement mentioned the algorithms used to do this…

p2:no,this isn’t the actual function

p2:do you know anything about how data is transfered over the network.

me:started to talk.how the data is transferred from node a to router.noda a advertises it physical+logical address which is checked by the router with its own logical and physical address.then it forwards to node b.this is how it can be done for each and every pair of node.

p2:you are talking of a very high level procedure.give me basic framework.suppose a 2 gb of data is to be transferred over the network.will it be done as it is.what is the process by which it is done.im looking for the particular jargon? and this is what the actual function of data link layer is.

me:sir,it is not striking me at the moment.but i believe that the procedure is what i have just told you.

p2:so,have you heard nothing about packets and frames.will the 2bg of data be first divided into packets.and then each packet will be sent over the network.now talk about this…

me:ok sir you were referring to this.talked a little about packets and frames……he seemed partially

satisfied.

p2:give me the components of a frame.

me:started…was cut in between which according to was wrong.he grilled me on a lot of protocols.we agreed that their is a header in the frame.this part was terrible.i wasn’t sure.mentioned what all i knew.

p2:draw star and bus topoolgy.

me:drew the diagram on a piece of paper.got it correct.

p2:what is problem of bus topology.

me:mentioned that the signal might become weak on the way so it needs to be restrenghtened.

p2:what is the mode of communication in these two.

me:for star it is broadcast,for bus it is…was thinking when he said that for bus it broadcast and for star it is point to point.

then p3 took over

p3:do you know about pollination?

me:was shocked to hear the question.mentioned it is the way flowers carry out reproduction.talked about pollens.the insects like bees carrying them to reproductive parts of another flower and this is how pollination takes place

p3:do you anything about how the presidential election in us carried out.

me:wasn’t fully aware.said that each party declared its candidate and then these are voted upon.these candidate are chosen from the governors of various states of the us.

p3:so are all us presidents governors.

me:sir,that im not sure of.but the procedure is what i have mentioned.

p3:but you had just mentioned that all us presidents are governors.

me:sir,i didn’t say that all of them are governors.i just know that they are ot nominated by their respective parties and then they are voted upon.other than this im not sure of anything.

p1:ok,before i was asking you informal questions on music.now we’ll discuss technically me:(starting to freak out.i had never expected technical questions on music.)

p1:what do you understand by the grammar of music?

me:sir,i am not a professional musician so i wouldn’t go into much technicalities.but i can infer ttwo thing here

1.)it can be used to describe the sheet notation that is used to write music.

2.)it can be the various jargon that is used to describe music.

p1:so where does sheet music come from?

me:sir,i wouldn’t have any idea about it?

p1:which is that one thing that keeps the entire group in unison while performing?

me:sirmi cant talk about the way we used to do it.while playing we used to count beats.i used to do with tapping my foot.the drummer and the guitarist had their own way of doing it.

p1:no i am looking for something technical here.what is the basic unit of music.

me:sir,i am unable to understand.i know what kept us together as a group.

p1:haven’t you heard about scales.this is what keeps the group in unison.if one person goes off scale the music gets spoilt(side note:how does drummer follow a scale.wasn’t beat the more convenient answer here,but then you can’t argue as well).you must know about notes.how many notes are there in a general scale?

me:sir,there are seven ntoes in a scale.

p1:and what about the pentatonic scale.all rock,country music is written in the pentatonic.how many notes

are there in a pentatonic scale?

me:five

p1:yes,there are five notes.can you give me the notes of any pentatonic scale.

me:i dont know

p1:you call yourself a musician and you dont know this?

me:sir,as i had mentioned im not a professional musician.infact i was a singer.i sang because it was my passion to sing.

p1:did it not hinder your practice and the way you performed as you do not know these scales?

me:sir,i have performed with my band for around two years and we won many accolades as well.we had other modes how we communicated as a band without my knowing technical deatils.i never found this to be a hindrance in performing together as a band

p2:thank you very much,deepinder.all the best.

me:thank you sir.

p3:is there anything i want to ask us?

me:(had read that someone from a previous slot had asked about IIM Indore’s Mumbai PGP program so went ahead and asked the same question)

p2:well you should put across a mail to them and they will reply back with every answer,we are respresenting the six new IIMs here and I think we should not take the onus away from the IIM Indore Mumbai by answering their question.you write to them and they should reply. me:thank you,sir.that will be all

p3:thank you.you may leave.

VERDICT:grilling of the highest order.I will definitely not make the cut.CAT OA-98.13(qa/di-85.05;va/lr-99.66)

Date & Slot : 1st day & Forenoon (830 AM reporting time )

Location: IIM Lucknow Noida Campus

Cat percentile: 97.27% Work Ex: Fresher

BA Hons – Philosophy

WAT Topic : A close association between professional institutes and industry would improve educational standards. Do you see any inherent dangers in this link ? Give your views.

WAT experience: WAT started sharp at 9 am. 25 minutes were allotted for the same. An essay of about 300 words.. Wrote about educational institutes being the producer of thinkers and leaders and industries provide platform for such people to work for a cause and in the betterment of the social and economical factors. Underlying threat: many institutes are cropping up as a way to mint money and not provide education. I scribbled on these lines basically.

PI experience: students were allotted different panels and candidates were called at a random order for their interviews.

I was the first one to be called.

Three men.. all in early 40s

First question: Tell us sth about yourself.

Prepared answer. They questioned me nothing from my introduction. Quickly came to my subject philosophy and straight away they questioned me on indian mythology! GOD KNOWS WHY! Have you heard about Dharma philosophy? What is your take on Yudhishtir and Dharma philosophy? LAST thing i expected on earth!

Till which class have you studies maths? 12th. So you did not have maths in your graduation? No, Sir. And the next ten minutes they questioned me on maths! What is differentiation?

what is integration?

What is differentiation of e^x?

If you were to measure the gdp of your country’s economy what will you use? Differentiation or integation? (Said Integration because the GDP is the summation of total value of all goods and services) Have you heard about matrix algebra? No Sir.. But i have done algebra! What is a quadratic equation?

How does it look like on a graph? (Very easy!)

WHat is hyper bola? Answered.

What is your other areas of strength in maths? Sir, Maths has never been my area of strength. Hoping they dont question me further on it.

WHich other subject do you like? Conflict Analysis.

WHat is your view on Middle East conflict? Spoke about israel palestinian conflict.

Then they came to my certificates. checked my cyber olympiad certificates and questioned me few things on binary logic. explained them well.

they came back to philosphy… name some contemporary philosophers? I mentioned a few and they asked me to explain David Hume’s philosophy. Explained.

what is the basic difference between Indian and Western Philosophy.. couldnt explain this well. Do you think Lord Ram was a philospher? (AGAIN! Philosophy is not MythologY!) Explained and related Lord ram to plato’s Republic

Coming to my internships.. have you worked in any other areas? Yes sir, i have done a few internships and volunteer work. Volunteered for Rotary Foundation and SEEDs. What were the challenges you faced? How did you try to overcome them?

explained.

No question on Why Mba? Why the change in stream?

Basically the interview went from anywhere to everywhere!

You can be questioned anything under the sun!

Do know about your certificates well.

The panelists were calm and polite..

It was an okayish experience as i could not judge it very well as most of the answers mainly had MY opinion on the question (except the MATHS part).

ALL THE BEST!

Date : 18 Feb

Venue: IIM L (Noida)

Slot: Afternoon

WAT Topic: “Don’t work hard, work smart”. This mantra is declining the work standards now days as

nobody wants to be perfect anymore.

Time: 25 min

Word limit: 300

Talked about working smart being the way forward – in business, governance and policy making -with few examples. talked about big data, tech advancement and how to leverage this for efficient working and the like. Also clarified that work smart does not necessarily mean cutting corners – it can lead to a new definition of perfection.

PI:

P1: Professorial kind of person, said he is from industry

P2: Lady – most likely prof- for some reason reminded me of Indira Gandhi

Time: 20 min

Q Related my own life story to me (which he must have got from the PI form) and asked me what is wrong with this person?

Q why are you wasting your engg – you have done exceptionally well there?

Q Tax payers money that was spent on your engg will be wasted…

basically justified my stand and my thinking – grilled on this

Q London Olympics – India medal winners and their sports?

Told

Q who won the 100m?

told with timing – (running is my interest)

Q Out of the blue said – what is SEC?

a little surprised – but told full form and then went onto talk about its role in the 2008 financial crisis Detailed discussion on this ( I wanted to steer it here) derivatives and speculative instruments

what all has been done after the crisis – told about Dodd Frank Act 2012 – my opinions on the same, told about the volcker rule and after who this was named -looked impressed

Q Which new IIMs ? What research have you done for them? – grilling on this

Said thanks and bye…

ATB

Date: 18 Feb

Venue: IIM L (Noida Campus)

Slot: Afternoon

WAT Topic: “Don’t work hard, work smart”. This mantra is declining the work standards now days as nobody wants to be perfect anymore. Give you opinion. Time: 25 min (A min before that to think)

Word limit: 300

Most of the people would have taken one stand or the other, or would have been diplomatic. I defined hard work as giving your 100% to your job and not necessarily taking the long route, associated it with working smart. Gave an example and completed it with some one liner. All in all good essay. Satisfied. PI

P1: South Indian guy of around 40, Cool

P2: South Indian Guy of around 40, Appeared to be strict, turned out to be even cooler!

Time: 20 min (Out of the six panels, ours was taking the longest time)

Q1: Show me your Extra Curricular Certificates.

• Sir I am deep into extra curricular but we don’t have certificates for the stuff we do. Street dancing, Underground Hip Hop

Q2: What do you do in Hip Hop?

• (Was waiting for this one) Gave a lecture about hip hop in India, how we use it as a tool to fight social problems.

Q3: How do you change street kid with this? How would you do that to me if I was a six year old kid into drugs and shit.

• gave a detailed answer.

Q4: How long will it take to completely remove begging, child labor and shit?

• 100 years ( I don’t know why I said that)

Q5: But mobile came to villages in only 20 years and at the time of CWG all the beggars were removed from Delhi within a day, then why 100 years?

• Sir mobile is a physical entity and poverty and child labor are intangible problems, cant be compared. At the time of CWG they threw the beggars outta Delhi and it was a curfew like situation, That’s not a permanent solution.

Q6: Engineering in ECE? Oh! (I was like ****!) What is noise? Tell me about different types of noise?

• Easy peasy(And that was the first and the last technical question) Q7: Current inflation rate?

• Dunno man! Q8: What is a haat?

• mumbled something.

Q9: Tell me the names of 3 cabinet ministers, not the usual ones. (The kind you don’t care about)

• Hain????

Q10: How much was the recent price rise in petrol?

• Sir 1-2 rupey raha hoga…

Q11: What are the four Ps of marketing? ( Since I had said I want to get into marketing)

Q 12: What is FMCG?

Q13: What did you do since 2011? No work experience?

• Told them about the promotional marketing I was into. I used to MC for corporate promotional events. Talk with crowd, play around, communicate about brands

Q14: Role model?

• Gave a short description about Bant Singh ( Search it on you tube kids! The guy needs to be heard) Q15: Any social activist you admire?

• Told them about my man BBoy HeRa, Slumgods (Google that, you’ll be surprised! ) And that took us back to Hip Hop!Talked about its history, African Bambaataa n all.

They made me look back at a wall with 5 ads pinned on a board at the starting of the interview and asked me which one I remember around 10 min into the session.

Other panels were asking many things from technical to history of your homeland to GK and all. I would say its you who drives your interview, not them. Just figure out how to take control of the situation. Good luck to all. Peace…

Date & Slot : 19th Feb / 8:30am (FN)

Location: Mumbai, Dadar Catering College.

Cat percentile: 85

Work Ex: 29 months

WAT Topic : (I dont remember it word by word but it was something akin to this :- )

Why ‘Right to Education’ is just a sentence until some concrete steps are taken? How India’s underperformance in education will affect India’s progress in World Market.

WAT Experience : Decent topic, jotted some points on right to education bill et all, gave statistics on

India’s literacy. And how literacy is just a word and india needs intellectual. How China and philliphines

are comeptiting against us…blah blah…

Dont forget your watch.

One dude went on writing even after invigilator asked to stop, his panel and serial number were noted down. So be careful not to do that.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 men , one very old two middle aged

Questions asked in PI :

• Asked me about my low marks, i explained why i am a good and smart student thanks to my performance at work and other fields.

• Told i do CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) , one of the younger guy asked rudely, that whether i do it as it is a plus point on CV. I explained otherwise. All three of them were asking questions pretty simultaneously. As in what do I do in CSR, what do i teach, whom do i teach, how do i teach? et all. There were multitude questions fired in within 5 mintues.

• Then they moved on to work ex as DBA, asked what is DB, Datawarehouse, Datamart anything and everything related to Data. What all companies employ Datawarehouse. What is Big Data blah blah….

• asked me whether i had any questions – i had a genuine doubt as in how they interview a differently abled student – they answered.

Interview Experience : For me the questions were mostly profile based., and it felt like stress test as questions were fired simultaneously from all ends, a question would before i could complete an answer.

Any other details you want to mention : Be prepared for anything. If you belong to a state other than Maharashtra, be prepared to be asked questions regarding your home state politics.

Verdict : i seriously dont know, i was grilled, but i answered most without faltering. The waiting game begins

Date & Slot : 17 Feb 8:30 AM

Location: IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus

Cat percentile:98.56

Profile: GEM- fresher(Mechanical Engg)

WAT Topic : Is RTE act in itself sufficient for the development of young in India?

Experience: Nice, wrote some quotes of chanakya, thereafter focussed on mid day meals, bicycles etc etc…..In all a decent experience( I didn’t knw dat the ppl infront of whom we wrote our WAT will take ours PI too…be careful…they watch you from the very start)

PI : Had panel 1 with 3 males… Two mid fifties… P1 and P2 and another person in ending 30s…Decent panel in all

I: Good morning sir…

P1: Good Morn’g….. So why are you smiling??

In the meanwhile P3 cheked my documents…

• Sir, siiting infront of such dignified personalities like you makes me quite happy….

P1: So, you keep smiling like this all time…

• Yes, sir…Its a big occassion….I have got such a good mks…I am feeling good…

P1:How much you have got?

• sir, 98.56….

P1 looking at P2 with a strange look(and he must be thinking…isne itne kaam mks lie hai,,tab b bda khush hai…. :))

P1: Ok, tell us about your hobbies??

• I like playing quizzes, photography, chess….

P1: So,, you like chess….. whats d similarity btw chess and mech engg( a ques out of the blues)

• Sir, see chess has different pieces like pawns, rook, knights….and in actal wars too,,,we have tanks , mizziles etc…they too work on mechanical principles…( made a decent relatin…I guess)

Over to P2

P2: So, you will graduate in this year??

• No sir, I paased out last year,,, I was placed in TCS through on campus placement process but my senrz told me that its JL will come late..So I prepared for Mba xmz and got calls…

P1: Which othr calls u do have?

• Sibm-p, IIT-M, IIT-K P1:IIms?

• 6 newer ones only..

P1: So, if u converted all then what will u do?

• Consult my wellwishers teachers, as only coz of dem I am sitting here…

P1: Still.. what will be ur opinon?

• IIM itself is a brand name…

P1: Any specific one?

• Sir, IIM-Ranchi…

P3: whynot IIm-U?

• Sir, as I said its a brand name…I cannt compare as such P1: Ok, what do u look in an institute?

• Sir, I look the quality f education…ppl look about the infrra and other things.. but I prefer quality first…

Over to P3

P3: Asked ques abt FDI in detail, in relation to farmers….asked about a certian term(I forgot the name!!) and other such issues

• Answered what all I knew…pros and cons both…

He tried to confuse me about pros and cons(stress interview)…but I overcame…

P1: Ok, whats ur fav sub in mech engg?

• Automobile engg. P1 looked amused!!!

P1: Oh…Ok…temme smthin abt 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines?

• Answered through a diagram….Tried to explain in detail..but expressability wasn’t upto the mark..still…good…

P1: Hybrid cars??

I Tried to answer but P1 interupptd

P1: Its ok that a person is not able to answer everything..

P1: techanical case study of tata nano?

• Tried whatever I could recall at that moment…here gave a very general answer( Don’t kw weather gave correct description)…talked about the rear seats!!….thereafter..talked about the engine( ok now gaining pace)…therafter the design…and how they fitted all such pats in such a small volume…

( Forgot about the main 3 nuts and bolts used in wheels insted of conventional 4…

….baad me hi yaad aata hai….)

P1 doesn’t seemed much impressed… but I tried my best…fumbled a bit…still tried my best…don’t kw what he was thinking of me!!

P2: Ok…so u like photography??

I:yes sir..

P2: which cmera?

• Answered…

P2: Is it a DSLR?

• No sir,a digicam, I am a student…can’t afford a DSLR as such.. P2: ok.. so do u have idea about aperture??

• Hole from which light comes…

P2: Ok, so what kind of aperture will u use in a rroom like dis?

• Gave ggeneral random answer…

P2: No, No u r not understanding…..Ok, suppose in a room filled with immense light what will be the timing of aperture,….more time will be needed or lesses?

• Sir, lesser as light is enough..

Panleists looked at each other.. and said I can go…

Ok…sir,thanku…

Experience: Not asked- temme abt yourself, why mba….strenghts, weakness….

Don’t kw hwz the experience… but I remain optimistic….

Verdict: awaitd….

wht do u all think????

Postd 4 refrence purpose- hope- its of help 2 mech engg freshers….

Date & Slot : 17 Feb 8:30 AM

Location: IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus

Cat percentile:98.2

Work Ex:37(till Jan’13)

WAT Topic : Is RTE act in itself sufficient for the development of young in India?

WAT Experience : Wrote only about RTE and potential pitfalls… didn’t write anything about other complementary schemes like Food Security, Mid day meal etc..

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : Three ppl(P1 completely asked on Tech, P2 on HR,

P3 on my general awareness)

Questions asked in PI :

P1:

What technology you work in?

Asked basic stuff on Insurance(my work domain)

What are application and system softwares? In an intranet which of the two are used? In irctc website which of the two are used?

P2

Your qualities? Instances where you displayed them? How comfortable are you while working in a group? P3

What are Beemaru states?

Tell me about states that are considered backwards in terms of progress and GDP.

What all industries are there in MP(i am from MP)?

Which is the best state to open an industry in?Why?

IN which states are the new IIMs located?

Interview Experience : Quite relaxed. The panel even helped me to frame some of my answers.

Any other details you want to mention : Process started at around 8:50, so don’t be too late. People are also being asked about their academics, so be prepared on the basics. Regarding documents, only originals are required. My panel did not ask for photo stats.

One odd thing was that around 4-5 ppl from my group of 11 did not attend.

Verdict :TBD

Date : 18 Feb

Venue: Bangalore

Slot: Afternoon

Cat score:- 99.46

Call :- from all 6 baby iims

WAT Topic: “Don’t work hard, work smart”. This mantra is declining the work standards now days as

nobody wants to be perfect anymore.

Time: 25 min

Word limit: 300

Not very confident about WAT. Started writing something then got confused

Interview panel

OM :- one very old but very nice sir

MA :- one in middle age.

YM :- Young one maybe alumni or something

they started checking my certificates…

YM :- tell me about yourself…

ME :- Told then , skipped the family part ..

YM:- Tell me about your family

ME :- told then then

Then it just started 🙂

YM :- told me how insurance company works (as i told them i am a student member of institute of actuaries of india and wanted to pursue it further) Me:- told them some gyan

YM and Ma :- they both started asking question on it ..will it be beneficial for the company if they have large customer ..how ??… gave some examples and reasons then again counter question ..but was able to answer them.

OM:- there are three methods of calculating probability ..he said some names and random theory

somethng.

ME:- i told them i m not able to recall it now.

OM:- Suppose a child born is in a hospital in Bangalore, how will u calculate the probability that it will

live for one years.

Me;- told them , and he said it was what he asked earlier

OM:- how will u calculate the probability of world war 3

ME:- told them,

MA:- where do u keep your money?

ME:- told them about shares, then was asked which one …gave gyan that bought renuka sugar now

waiting for government to pass sugar deregulation bill then will sell it

(YM was quite impressed)

MA:- how do u check news…told him google news ..then he asked me to tell some headline of today..told some ..he asked me to tell business one ..i told me i m not able to recall any

YM :- which states u have been to..told karnataka andhra pradesh and bihar..then was asked abt governors..only knew of bihar

Overall:- interview was good(i hope so), quite relaxed…

Verdict :- finger crossed

Date: 19th (1.30)

Cat 97.16%le(Gen)

10th 84.2

12th 89.4

Btech 78.5

work ex 29months(TCS)

I was one of the last guys to enter the room…. already ppl were seated and were asked to sign a sheet.

Soon we were divided in groups and the form(IIM Raipur) was collected from all of us.

B4 the WAT started, Director of IIM Trichy spoke to us.. just a friendly chat.

WAT: it was abt wild life …. if the tribals r to be vacated from the sanctuaries or not to preserve the bio

diversity. your thoughts?

25 mins to write…. 300 words..

PI: i was the seond guy to be interviewed…

3 professors(M1 Quite old, M2 old but not quite and M3 definitely not old..)

M2 called me in…

PartI:

M3: So Ashutosh tell me something abt urself which u have not mentioned in form as we will go through ur form any way.

Me: Sir blah blah blah( ended up saying actually wat i had prepared for tell me abt ur self) gud no wirries till here…

M2: Credit Rating ….. wat is the scope in India( My client in TCS is Credit reporting agency in US)

Me: was just waiting for this opportunity… talked abt CIBIL….and gave all the gyan….

M3: these are retail credit agency… do u know any rating agency which rates companies and various firms

or even economies?

Me: S&P; and Fitch

M1: Any indian counterpart

Me: Sorry Sir i dont know.

This work related credit repoting and stuff went on for some more time…

From there sum how M2 dragged me into maths…and grilled me on standard deviation… was prepared as its my fav topic in maths..

Suddenly he entered into graphs… after going a certain distance he asked me the name of some kind of graph abt standard deviation, i cudn’t answer. he asked me if i had it in my btech.. no sir

Part II:

M2: So Ashutosh, wat u do in ur free time?

Me: Reading fiction.

M2: only fiction. What is the book that u r reading currently?

Me: Dongry to Dubai.

M3: which is the book u read b4 this one?

Me: Life of PI.

M2: ok wat u learned from it and how can u use that learning in ur real life…

Me: Blah blah blah( problem = Tiger, tame the tiger = solve the problem)..

M3 not very satisfied

Me : u dont give up even in the face of adversity.if sumone came tame a tiger in middle of ocean, then no problem is gr8 enuf. and sum more gyan…

Part III:

Now the problem started…

M2: If u have calls from all the new IIMs, then which one will u choose?

Me: Sir i wud love to have a problem of this kind. i ll speak to my peers and then make an educated decision which fulfills my expections from MBA.

M3: Sir he is diplomatic.

M2: ok here is a scenario. On 10th May at 11.55PM u get an sms saying that u have been selected in all the new iims. plzz respond b4 12. Now wat u will do??

Me: Sir this is difficult …. blah blah blah.. i ll choose ranchi.

M2: why?

Me: Sir its nearer to my home(i m from bihar)..(lo kar lo baat)…

M1: ok then u can go to chandragupta inst of management. its an inst in patna.

Me: (yaar this is not fair… cheating cheating cheating) Sir since u gave so many constrains . so ……

M1: i think we are done. 3 X Thank you.

Me: Thank You Sir.

i dont know ab kya hoga…

overall it was a gud exp. but ye sms wala part ….. 2 much yaar…

verdict: 10th May 11.55 PM. ill wait 4 sms.

Cat 2013 Coming Soon……

Date & Slot : 18th Feb , Forenoon

Location: Mumbai

Cat percentile: 97.48

Work Ex: 8 Months

WAT Topic : Should college student be involved in politics or not ?

WAT Experience : okay kindof..stil feel GD would have been better..

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 Guys..( 2 Seemed Professors )

Questions asked in PI :

What is the meaning of my name ?

*Zyan

My religious.

*Zyan

Difference between shivaietes and Vaishnaviets.

*Inaccurate Zyan. Bt they seemed convinced.

Any particular branch in MBA n y?

Marketing. bcoz my work -ex in marketing wala zyan Tell about my 10th and 12th.

*told a sentence “yes sir, i ‘screwed’ my chemistry paper”

What do u mean by ‘Screwed’?

*said sorry..n that it was a mordern day slang..explained the meaning..(d middle guy seemed serious,

other two were smiling)

Difference between WPI n CPI.

*xplained

Governor of Gujarat.?

*told

Vice President of India ?

*forgot..:@

Hobbies ?

*indebt xplaination..show pics of some of my works..impressed..

Interview Experience : was good..though if dey consider “screwed”..den i m screwed..

Verdict: Complicated…

Date & Slot : 19th Feb 2013, Morning

Location: Monarch Luxar Bangalore

Cat percentile: 99.08

Work Ex: 20 months

WAT Topic : Until ‘Education for all’ remains just a slogan ,India’s progress will be hampered in the world market due to lack of education opportunities

WAT Experience : Wrote a decent essay, enough time to write (25 mins)

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 People in Panel. They wanted to know you, no stress interview.

Questions asked in PI : The usual suspects. Tell me something about yourself, Why MBA , some questions on hobbies and job experience , a tad bit of current affairs not much. Interview Experience : Pleasant experience. Panel was chilled out

Any other details you want to mention : Nah!

Verdict : Awaited

Date: 18th (8:30 a.m.)

Cat 96.94%le(Gen)

10th 78.4

12th 80.2

Btech 74.3

work ex 4years(Huawei Telecomm, Infosys)

WAT: (Do not remember the exact details but i thing it will give you a sufficient idea.)

In order to bring about a change in the political affairs of the country, college students should join the politics.Your views.

25 mins to write…. 300 words..

PI: i was the fourth guy of the first panel to be interviewed…

3 professors(All in the range of 45-55..mujhe to teeno hi bhai lag rahe the..:P)

P1,P2,P3(Proff. 1,2,3)

PartI:

P1: Tell me something about Huawei.What does this company used to do?

Me: Told about the telecomm. domain it deals in and other stuffs like merger and acquisition it has dealt with.

P1: Do you know Huawei has been recently in news recently and the government is putting a ban on it and what is the reason?

Me: I told him that government is putting a restriction on it but i am not able to figure out the exact reason for it.

P1: What is your work profile in Infosys and what do you do exactly?

Me: No issues in this one…told him about my work.

P1: So are you in business development side of the team?

Me: I said Yes..(though i was not, much to my innocence i thought he would not go any deeper in this.)

P1:So what is the pre sales?

Me:(Yaha main phas gaya..) I told him that i havent dealt in this part of the work.

P1:Then business development, you should know this.

Me:This time I told him seriously that we are not directly linked to it..our major portion is involved in software development..(Seem to be satisfied now..actually uske expression se samajh mein nhi aa rha tha ki ye khush hai ki nahi.)

Few more questions about some general stuffs but it didnt create any issues..pretty much normal…till now no problem

P1:So you have done your engineering from electronics?

Me:Yes Sir,but around 4years back…

Now interrupted by P2:(phata poster nikala hero..)

Part II:

P2: So you mean to say that we should not ask any technical from your engineering?

Me: (Prabhu aap to antaryami hai..) I told him that i didnt meant that..i was pretty decent in my acads..and i would give a try if you ask any questions from it..(bayana to le liya tha..jo ki kafi mehenga pad sakta tha lekin shayad meri kismat achi thi uss din..:) )

P2: So did you appeared for CAT in previous years?

Me: Yes Sir, last year but was unable to get a decent percentile.

P2: What other calls do you have?

Me: Told him that apart from IIM kashipur(as i have only one IIM call),i have got a call from IMI and expecting a call from MDI.

P2: If you are not able to get in IIM’s would you join those?

Me: Told him that apart from IIM’s i think MDI is a decent college but i am not very sure if i’ll join

IMI.(Ab kaise kahu unse ki beggars are not choosers..esp. aap agar GEN category ke beggar hai..:P)

P2: What if u r not selected this year?

Me : Would try to go for executive prog of IIM’s after having a work ex of 5years or 7years of IIM Indore and IIM Calcutta.

P2: There is a saying in eng. lit. that try and try so it means it has lost its relevance?

Me: I wont say that it has lost its relevance but again it depends upon the scenario in which position you are in..sometimes it is better to let things go, if another oppurtunity is waiting for you.

P2: So it means in business sense this phrase is not valid?

Me: Well Sir, in some cases it is.

Part III:

P3: So what are your hobbies?

Me: Playing Cricket, solving sudoku..(interrupted)

P3: When was the last time you played cricket and what you do in it?

Me: I played it around two weeks back and i m a batsmen.

P3: So do you read newspaper and which one?

Me: I read Times of India.

P3: Which section do you read?

Me: Almost the whole newspaper.

P3: Tell me something about the economy of India.

Me: (Isi baat ka intejar tha)Started with GDP,fiscal deficit and statememnts by Chidambaram..(All in all he seems to be satisfied.)

P3:What are the steps taken by gov. to curb the fiscal deficit?

Me: (Dil khush kar diya usne to..)Told him about the steps taken by RBI, and the government trying to reduce the subsidies using Cash Direct Transfer Scheme..adv of UID.. In general almost for 5mins i told him about it and they were satisfied..

P3: Did you joined any coaching?

Me: I told him that i havent joined any coaching but i did took a test series of TIME.(Though i was a regular student..)

P3: Tell me about some current affairs?

Me: Told him about this Chopper Scam in detail.

P3: Some family is also said to be involved in it?

Me: Yes Sir, report has been there to be involvement of First Family of India.

P3: Who that family is?

Me: (Ab ye kisse chupa hai)Gandhi family,i.e. right now Soniya Gandhi Family.

Then they nodded towards each other and confirmed if anybody else wants to ask something else..after which they allowed me to go..

All in all it was a good experience…jitna soch ke gaya tha utna grill kiya nahi…baki upar wale ki marji…keeping my fingers crossed..

verdict: 10th May 11.

All the best to all of you..

My wat/ pi was scheduled on 17 th feb.

Wat topic : whether age old homes should be an option. Give your views.

It went well. Got 25 mins to write.

I hope they like what I have written n I score well in wat.

PI also went well.

I was asked just 5 questions.

Job profile, why mba, strengths, if u get call from all 6 iims which one would u choose and the last one was abt vishwaroopam movie controversy.

mumbai

CATERING COLLEGE 21 FEB 2013 8:30 am

B.TECH ECE FRESHER(2012)

WAT: civil society movements…..efficient to control corruption( 25 min 300 words)

WAT REVIEW: average…:( 🙁

PI: 3 MEMBERS( P1-50-55 ; P2-50-55 ; P3 30-35)

30 MIN didn’t touch my documents

P1: come in…have some snacks…be relaxed

p2: tell me about yurself that is not in form

me: my schooling…my family…my father

p2: fathers profesn

me: nt bad…he knows about his areas

p2:  chetan bhagat 😀

p2: which IIM is he from

me: IIMA

p2: who is his wife ?

me: don’t know

p1&p3;: we also don’t know

p2: explains about her and her political relations and how chetan bhagat makes its good use

p2: which IIM

me: told

p2&p3;: have done research good

p2: railway minister

me: told

p2: law minister

me: didn’t knew…..(ashwini kumar)

p2: do u read hindi novels

me: no sir

p2: “padha kro yaar..mein bhi padhta hu…ache hote h”…….”stanford me mein KABIR k baare me pdha k

aaya hu”

p3: 🙂

p2: “premchand ke books padho”

p1: short stories padho

p1,p2&p3;: okies fyn…any question……thank u

me: thanku sir

PI review: good

verdict: +ve 🙂

suggestion: i didn’t had good academic knowledge….took them too away from that…not a single question

was from acades…:) u can make them ask whatever u want…chill 🙂

ATB

Done!

Location-Monarch Luxor,Bangalore

Time-08:30,21st Feb

Attire- Business Suit,Blue tie.

Wat topic- Can civil movements curb corruption?

My effort- Tried my best,possibly the best essay Ive atttempted in ages.

Interview : First on panel 3

Panel: 3 professors, two above 60,dressed informally, 3rd in 50s,suit.

Experience: Casual Conversation- About my hometown, college town, kerala. Some interesting questions about the company, Some smartassed replies from my side, A honest dont know for one question on satellites. Asked me to rate myself at the end of the interview, and my rating of 6.99/10 caused quite a lot of laughter!

Self Evaluation-PI- 6.5/10

WAT-6.5/10

Good luck guys!!Just be yourself : )

date & slot : 20th feb, afternoon

place: Dadar Catering College

wat topic: how has the social media changed the nature and effectiveness of protests against govt.

substantiate with relevant examples.

Essay was fine..gained confidence from it..but never thought PI will be as bad as it went..

PI Experience:

Panel-> P1 around 60,P2 and P3 around 35-40.

Even before I have sat on the chair P1 asked “ohh u work for Infosys” (these days it seems to be a crime to be working for Infy)

Next Question from P1: What future u see for Infosys..

Me: Gyaan abt infosys new strategies and tried to move interview to my work in Infy but they kept coming back to Infy ..

P2: (at last he showed some interst in me) “who all are the competitors to Infosys?

Me : Answered 🙂

P1 and P2 (in unison); why they are doing better than infy..

Me: more gyaann..

At last they were bored of IT companies and decided to move to extra-curricular’s and hobbies ..

P2: What are your hobbies?

Me: Told..as soon as I told them I have played for Delhi U14..my PI became a Cricket Pre Match show..

P1: What should be your team for first match against Aus??

me: Told all 11 names..

P3:(joins in finally): Why will you have 3 spinners in your team?

Me: Told it’s India’s strength..and Aussie had tough time in practice matches against Spinners..

P2: What about Manoj Tiwari?Why he is not even in your team?

Me : Told.. (I almost fell of my chair laughing and so did the P1 and P3)

P3: Did you watched women’s cricket world cup?

Me: No..

P3 : Common you are such a big cricket fan and u didnt watched a world cup..

Me: I was on client location so didnt get much time to follow it..

P3: (somewhat irritated from me) Asked name of some players from Indian WomenTeam.

Me : Answered..

Final nail in the coffin..

In between my interview , I have mentioned somewhere that I love sports writing and Commentary..P2 out of nowhere brought that up..

P2: Asked me to commentate for 3 balls of a match(take any situation)..

Me: (I took Indian requiring 12 of 4 balls, Dhoni batting))Did well for 2 balls..made a blunder for last ball(calculated runs required wrong )..

Admitted it is difficult to do without the visuals ..

P1: Anything u want to ask.?

Me: Is there sports management specialization coming up in any new IIMS( pta tha khrab to ho hi chuka ha,, kuch bhi pucho ab)

P1 ,P2 and P3 says Goodbye..(Match presentation is over..Go home and try Next Year…)

Duration was around 15 minutes only..

Verdict: Kya bolu…Kuch nahi hone wala..

date & slot : 20th feb, morning session

place: hotel luxur monarch,bangalore

wat topic: how has the social media changed the nature and effectiveness of protests against govt.

substantiate with relevant examples.

The time mentioned was 25 min but actually 30 mins were given.

PI experience: panel 1

It was totally general, regarding my hobbies and extra curriculars, also my long term goals etc.absolutely no technical questions.. overall, it went like a breeze..

actually i was asked to put a question to the board, and I asked them if they were iim faculty or from the industry, to which they replied that they are not supposed to disclose such details. verdicts: hoping for the best

Date & Slot :15th 1.30 pm slot

Location:Delhi

Work Ex: fresher

WAT Topic : on Frugal engineering and it effect on tecnological product….

WAT Experience : not good not bad

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 , 1 lady , 2 Gentle men… p1(lady ) p2 n p3

Questions asked in PI : all were general n casual n some Technical questions n somecurrent affairs n some

on extra-curricular….

Interview Experience : not bad

Any other details you want to mention : IIM S, I

Date-21 st feb , 2013

center-Monarch luxur , bangalore

cat-99.56

xth-88.8

XIIth-90.4

cgpa-6.08

fresher

P1 didn’t say a single word during the interview

P2-tell me about yourself

(interrupted me in the middle)

P2-very good cat percentile

why IIM-ABC didn’t call u?(answered)

P2-don’t you like computer science?(answered)

P2-why low cgpa?(answered)

P2-favourite subject?(answered)

P2-what is an algorithm?(answered)

P2-what are diverging and converging algorithms?(stuck)

P2-1+ 1/2 + 1/3———- is finite/infinite?(I answered this question wrongly )

P2-1 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2——— ?(answered)

P2-why don’t u take some work ex?(“)

P2-have u taken any cat coaching?(“)

P2-asked about my experience with android?(I said i don’t have any)

P2-Do u have a smartphone?)(“)

then P2 and P3 grilled me on my quant percentile(99.45)

P2-what is 63 square ?

I faultered here . Nervousness was at its peak . It took some time .I was not able to ADD.I told them that i am getting nervous . but then solved it .(yahan par kat sakta hai)

P3-how will you solve 63*51?

answered very fastly(they were impressed at this thing)

then P2 and P3 again started making fun of me .I was smiling .

they asked me about the level of cat this year.

P2-WAT topic?whta did u write there?

answered. He was satisfied.

P2-Solution of Telangana issue.

answered.he was satisfied.

P2 and P3- asked about all the possible unique pythagorean triplets.

I answered almost all triplets but couldn’t recall 20,21,29.

They grilled me on this.

P2 and P3- x^3+y^3=z^3 ….. give integral solutions.

they again grilled me on this.

p3-they again asked about last triplet.

after few hints…..i solved it…but P3 was not at all impressed , although i thought P2 was limpressed (a

little bit).

Date: 21st feb

Venue : Bangalore

CAT – 97.70 (Gen)

WAT :- Civil movements effecting in controlling and curbing corruption.

Interview:-

P1- Tell me about urself.

Me- Told my background, work ex, I am also a part of start up.

After this they grilled me on my role in the start up and the idea. Asked my role in the company.

I think he was satisfied with my answers.

P2- Asked which news paper i read.

me- The Hindu

He grilled a lot on this. He even went to the extent of asking whether i have read the manifesto of political parties. Asked about the recent happening in Olympics. He even asked about the headline in today’s news paper. Was very particular on why i like “The Hindu”

Here I think I did ok. Some answers were really nice and some he counter questioned.

P1- Asked whether I have taken any cat coaching.

me- No

P1 – What according to you is the biggest social evil that India is facing now. me – It took me around 10 secs to start answering this question. I told that the lack of importance given to education by people below poverty line (maid, servants, etc type).

P1 – How do you plan to overcome this.

me – explained my plan of action. blah blah

P3- Asked on why MBA. Which trade i will take after i join MBA.

I work with CISCO. He asked “Since you are already earning well, why do you want to join. You can

work with cisco and get leadership position there”

me- I answered all of this questions nicely. He seemed convinced.

P1 – It was nice talking to you.

me – Thank you Sir.

Overall a nice experience for me.

10th – 86

12th – 72.4

Engineering – 70.8

cat – 97.70

Work ex – 30 months

With a decent interview, I am now confused whether I stand a good chance for clearing or not. I am really worried about my 12th and grad marks. Even my cat score is less ..

Hoping for the best. Any comment on my experience is most welcome.

DATE : 17th Feb

Venue : IIM L- NOIDA campus

Slot : Forenoon 8.30 am

Reached around 8.25am, had taken the vaishali metro and then an auto till the campus.. As soon as i reached i was directed by the guard to see my panel and sign in a sheet near the TV. around 8.50am a person came and directed us towards our panel rooms for our WAT/PI ..

WAT – Is RTE act in itself sufficient for the development of young in India?

wrote abt illiteracy figures, CSRs, Teach India, child labour, sarva shiksha abhiyaan…

PI – the same ppl who took our WAT took our PI…

my panel consisted of two males.. 1 young P1– around early 30s, and the other P2 late30s-early 40s..

p2 asked me for my file as soon as i entered and asked tell me about urself in 4 sentences..

i said, P1 said we already know that… tell us something we dnt know in 2 words..

thought for a while and said positive and organised .. then P1 said ok.. give an instance of ur positiveness in 4 sentences (what was play with word limit here)

thot.. said smthng.. they smiled to each other.. then P2 asked P1 to continue..

P1 : how are you in maths

me : isnt really my fav subject..

P1 : ok, i will then ask you 10-12 level maths..

me : ok

P1 : tell me mean median

P2 : (leaving my certs interrupts)also tell whats mod

me : said..

P1 : when do you consider median over mean

me : thought .. replied

P1 : whts probability

me : said

P1 : whats ur probability of getting selected.. P1 and P2 start grinning and laughing

me : threw some fundas..

P1 interrupts – if there are 100, what are your chances me : said

P1 : ok, now i will ask you about ur grad.. any fav subjects

me : databses

p1 : tell diff companies of databses

me: said

p1 : ok-ok, what did u use.. explain booting software

me : said

P1 : explain cloud.. do you need internet

me : told

P1 : how will you set up Lan

me : explained..

now looks at P2 to take over, P1 starts inspecting my file now P2 : name three women CEOs

me : goofed up here.. ginni rometty, marissa mayer, kalpana morparia

P2 : surprised at my last choice, asks me whether i am sure.. i said nt much.. i sud have said chanda kocchar or indra nooyi

P2 : tell me full form of BRIC

me : said and added south africa, P2 interrupts and says did i mention ‘S’.. i said u didnt.. then he says y did you tell then.. P1 and P2 grinsi say sorry and i mention the fullform of BRIC again P2 : tell me PIIGS

me : i didnt knw, told them i dnt knw

P2: try.. its an acronym too

me : i said i cn try but it might not be correct and i smile

P2 : ok, tell me about greek crisis

me : said

P2 interrupts: ok ok , tell about interest rate of bank

me : 6-8pc..

P2 : savings or fixed?

me : fixed..

p2: tell about savings, which bank you have acount

me : around 4pc, SBI

P2 : whos the RBI governor

me : subbarao

P2 : r u sure?

me : yes

P2 : hw r u sure?

me : i checked

P2 : when? he changed yesterday no?

me : sir, i checked a week back that he ws the 1 currently, i hvnt followed the news ystrday and in 2days

papers too theres nothng mentioned

P2 : so, u r sure??

me : yes.. going by the facts of a week old data if u cn consider that

P2 smiles.. asks P1 if he has any more queries… Both nod and said they are done… i thank and leave

verdict : aisa lag raha tha, mazze lene baithe hai !! Game Over !! Ab toh Bhagwan bharose

Date & slot : 19th Feb, Afternoon

Place: Monarch Luxor, Bangalore

WAT topic: The Wild Life protection Department is recommending to relocate the traditional forest dwellers outside the wildlife area. Express your views.

Total out of the box, I would say, as I had no facts or figures, so wrote a general essay.300 words 30 minutes.

PI Experience: about 25-30 mints

Panel 3 (All 3 members seemed retired professors or probably dean)

P2- Plz sit down and give me ur PI form and ID.

(I kept my ID in my bag outside, so took permission to go out, they asked me to bring the bag itself. Awkwardly, when I came out, door got locked and I had to knock and P3 has to open the door for me ) P2 – Tel us abt ur background.

Me – (got nervous with the happenings) started, fumbled but gave a ok ok sort of answer.

After that my whole interview was like a typical MTech interview. They only asked me questions from Electrical Engg.

P2 – Diff btwn ac and dc ?

Me – answered.

P2 – Their application

Me – answered.

P2 – how they are generated?

Me – answered.

P2 -Use for dc when we use ac in general?

Me – answered, but they were not convinced. I tried to convince them a lot, but they kept coming back to it. At last moved on (much to my relief)

P2 – Describe process of power generation

Me – I started with various ways, but was interrupted and asked to go with hydel power plant – I explained them.

P2 – tell the mechanism

Me – I answered with conversion of potential energy to mechanical n finally electrical.

P2 – what is transformer?

Me – explained.

P3 -Asked about generator

Me – I defined in general. They started screwing me on this. Kept pressurizing me to answer about the principle used. I told them about the methodology but could not remember the principle name. L I also asked for 2 mints to ponder over it, but nothing came out at that moment L

P3 – Electrical engg is like ur 1st wife! N u don’t remember it. How much is ur exp?? Me-26 months

P2 – in form it is 25???

Me – sir, 26th is running.

P3 – that means completed is 25?

Me – yes sir.

P3 – and u have forgotten it in just about 25 months

(I had no reply to this)

P1 – what project u did in ur engg?

Me – told the name.

P2 – what was it?

Me – explained with details and clarity. (only point where they said they are satisfied with answer )

P1 – scalar and vector quantity?

Me – defined properly.

P1 – Give examples.

Me – explained again with Speed n Velocity.

P1 – ur salary is just ****?? That u earn a mere *** per annum.

Me – sir that is my on hand salary, overall is ***.

P2, P1 and P3 started talking to each other and laughing that whats wrong with Infosys? Why they pay so less n blabla…………….

Me – Sir its very much as per the market standards, infact better than few competitors.

P3 – last quarter results for all majot IT companies was good, in double digits.But it is predicted that in next few quarters, it will come down to lower 2 digit figures. Comment

Me – told about the world economoy, major clients in US and Europe, n they are crashing. Still we are doing good and all major companies work on ethical grounds with a good skilled peoples. So its good from Indian prospective.

P3 – but margin is coming down??

Me- Comparedto the Eurozone crisis, where countries’ economies are crashin, we are still making a

profit, that’s good! ( thought that now they will be asking something about Eurozone, but NOP L )

P3 – there is an old Russian saying, mind u its old.’Electrical engg will form the base of socialism’ analyse?

Me – gave few points.(interrupted)

P3 – mind u its old, but not very old. Around 1950-60s. Me- talked about coutries gaining independence, then took example of India and gave my opinion. (they responded neutrally)

P3 – r u from HYd(I work in hyd)?

P2 – where r u from originally? Tell smthing about it?

Me – Started telling about jbp-gift of narmada-sanskardhani – central point of India & ?!!

P3 – but I heard that central point is in Nagpur?

P1 – yeah, pillar reads 0 km?

Me – sir not aware of it but I have seen a pillar in jbp (even internet says the same thing)

P1 – ok what does central point mean to u?

Me – central point means from where all boundries, in all directions are equidistant. (On this they all laughed their heart out, and me followed without any other option L)

P1 – how can u locate any point?

Me – on globe, we need latitudes and longitudes. Today generally mass uses GPRS.(I knew I made a blunder)

P3 – but I think we need 3 coordinates for that.

Me – (defending myself) offcourse sir, we need 3 coordinates when we work on 3d. but globe is 2d hence just 2 are required. Then explained about it with example of the hotel that with lat & longitude we can find Bangalore. Then to reach to this particular hotel, I need a 3rd coordinate, which is the area name for this hotel.

P2 – tell latitude longitude for Bangalore?

Me – Sorry sir, im not aware of it.

P1 – define latitude and longitude?

Me- defined in general.

P1, P2 & P3 – We are done. thank you.

Verdict – An average, but m lil disappointed with the all-technical stuff. Fingers crossed like jalebi (sorry for such a long post)

Tag me with ur reviews puys!

Date & Slot: 19th Feb, Morning slot @ 830

WAT Topic : Until ‘Education for all’ remains just a slogan ,India’s progress will be hampered in the world market due to lack of education opportunities

WAT Experience : Wrote a decent essay. Had enough time to write (25 mins)

Interview Panel: 3 panelists – 1 young lady [P1], 1 old lady [P2] and a young gentleman [P3].

Walked in and asked me to hand over all documents i think are necessary

P3 – While we are looking at your documents tell us about yourself. Remember to cover education, work etc.

P1 – Where do you work? What is your service line? (I work for a software consulting firm)

P2 – Tell us about your responsibilities in work?

P3 – How many Palghat Iyers do you know? (I mentioned i’m one)

P2 – Do you know any Palghat iyer in IIM?

P2 – How long have you been in Mysore? (My hometown is Mysore)

P2 – Tell us what all is there to do in mysore, places to see and what is famous in Mysore?

P3 – Who built the Mysore Palace?

P2 – Who built the KRS dam?

P3 – Are you interested in painitings?

P2 – Why MBA?

P2 – Why IIMs?

P1 – Why only IIMs?

P3 – Outside of studies, what did you do in college? Some cross questioning on that.

P1 – Handed over a paper boat and asked me to calculate the surface area of it.

P3 – Any questions for us?

Overall experience – Most questions were generic and they gave me opportunity to answer except for the last one which I was stuck at and they didn’t let me complete my explanation. Probably i was wrong. P2 was strict and severe but P3 and P1 were smiling and showing keen interest in the answers.

Date & Slot : 21st Feb, Forenoon

Location: Bangalore, Monarch Luxor

Work Ex: 27 months (TCS)

WAT Topic : Something on the lines of: “Can civil movements curb political and bureaucratic corruption? Give your views”.

Wrote a no-figures and fact essay and wrote about both sides of the coin. Pretty decent.

WAT Experience : Best till date, totally chilled out panel

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3 panel members, all middle-aged and scholarly.

Questions asked in PI :

P2: Give us your Interview form and score card and ID

P1: Meanwhile, talk about yourself in a minute

me: I am blah blah from Assam and have done my BTech from NIT Silchar ( they seemed happy with the NIT tag and kept saying it). I have worked for 27 months in TCS and I like to write so I used to be a professional blogger for a year for the auto, tech and social media industries.

P2: You chose to work in IT after taking a degree in Civil Engineering. Why so?

Me: Shifted the whole blame onto recession (which is true, btw)

P2: You are happily working for the past 27 months now. Why do you want to change that now?

Me: The TCS time was never my final goal and just a platform to gain corporate experience and know the work culture. The MBA would be to expand the personal and professional dimensions of thought.

P3: Tell us about your blogs. What was the last article you wrote?

(I was jumping to give them the links but they laughed and told me just to talk about it)

Me: It was more than a year ago so the topic was the launch of iPhone 4, it’s specifications, it’s disadvantages, et al.

P3: But you graduated in Civil, why not write about new advances in your own field?

Me: No one was going to pay me for writing on any civil topic.

They started laughing and P2 said, “Oh you were making money out of it! I like that.”

P2: Which specialization would you go for in MBA?

Me: Marketing sir, it is a very dynamic field and I have seen a few of my friends in marketing jobs. The energy they have to put into the job is exciting.

P3 started laughing and said: That may just be because the marketing guys know how to sell themselves. In my days, I liked being the marketing person and showing off travelling in a car. But nowadays, maximum work is done by the supply chain guys.

Me: The supply chain people expend mostly physical energy. In marketing, it’s mostly mental energy through the whole process.

P3: Tell us about the latest technology in Civil that you know of.

Me: Sir, I have not been in touch so that latest thing I know of would be my final year project. Gave a speech of glass reinforced concrete.

P3 (seemed to know an awful lot about Civil :|): Why does concrete need reinforcement? and then: Why does concrete not have any tensile strength.

Answered.

P2: Tell me how cement is made

Me: gave a shaky overview while they actually helped me through it 😀

P2: You do not seem to know too much about civil

Me: Sir, it has been 4 years since I passed out from college. And I have not even worked in the industry.

P2: (laughing) she actually has a very good excuse here you know.

P3: (looking at P1 and P2): She will be very good in marketing actually. She has a very clear way of presenting everything.

(By now I was choked up by the praise :D)

P1: Suppose you have to write an ad for your groom. What would that say?

Me: Wanted a broad-minded individual who likes to travel, reading and music.

P3: Read what exactly?

Me: Anything sir, reading is a very good habit for anyone. (at which they again started laughing :D)

P2: But what do you read? What was the last book you read?

Me: Sir fiction mostly. The last one would be the Japanese wife. I was interested in it after a movie was made about it.

P2: Ok, tell me about this whole Government versus North-east situation.

Me: Gave a huge monologue on the history, the communication gap, logistics issue, unemployment, blah blah blah.

P1: But anyone can point out the problems. Suppose we elected you as the Prime Minister of the country. What would you do?

Me: Gave a detailed outline of ideas for creating employment, the resources which have not been utilised to their full potential and ways to do so.

P2 then summed up the whole answer in one para.

Then they smile at each other and me and say, “You are good. There is just one problem. If your score was a little higher, you would have easily made it into a top IIM. You are actually very good.”

I asked if I could leave and they all smiled and said : of course 🙂

Interview Experience : Awesome

Any other details you want to mention : Be cool and natural. Do not try to fake anything and be honest with your answers. Also, it helps to be different from other so try to show your versatility whenever you can.

Verdict : Hopeful 🙂

Date-22-02-13

Bangalore,Monarch luxor

Wat topic – “children watching too much of television and using internet. how does it help/hinder the growth of a child”

Wrote a decent essay with proper structure.

There were 2 panel members: P1-30+, P2 -60+

Q1) Tell us abt urself?

Ans- told abt educational background,work ex,participation in sports etc

Q2) explain kanban ( coz I told dem I learnt this in L&T; )

Ans- explained wid examples

Q3) Wats the difference between a conventional submarine and nuclear submarine(As my project is

related to nuclear submarine )

Ans-expalined

Q4)Name of India’s first nuclear submarine and d budget of the project??

Ans-told

Q5) any accident happened in nuclear subs coz of radiation leakage??? Ans-told abt a russian sub accident in which all d crew member died Q6)what r d precaution measures taken in nuclear submarine? Ans-told

Q7)Is INS arihant a success (India’s frst indigenous nuclear sub)???

Ans- expained abt all d problems faced and how these thngs being taken care of in the next submarine

Q8)Why operations and where do u see urself abt 10 years?

Ans- related it wid my work ex and told after 10 yrs wanna see myself as head of operations of any plant.expalined dem how mba will help me achieve dat.

Q9)Why did u leave l&t; in december??

Ans- quoted sme family issue

Q10)U have family prblms at home,how will u cope up wid ur mba??

Ans- tried to convince dem..I guess dey were convinced

Q11)Have u heard of raj thakre?? what do u think abt him?? Ans- told what he did wid ppl of bihar and up.(as I am from bihar so He asked me dis).Told he is doing all dis to gain d support of maharashtian.its all vote bank politics

Q12)dont u thnk raj thakre is ryt??Mumbai is over crowed,he is doing the ryt thng by throwing ppl from other states

ans- Gave sme gyan abt national integrity and unity in diversity etc. He was tryng to convince me that raj thakre is ryt bt I sticked to my stance.

Q13) any questions??

ans-I also asked abt iim indore mumbai campus bt dey told they have no idea.

I think I could answers all d questions wid due explanation.

Verdict – fingers crossed 🙂

Guys plz Do I stand a chance??

I am NC OBC,Cat -89 %tile

10th-91 (CBSE)

12th-84 (CBSE)

BE (EEE)- 75

Good extra curricular 🙂

Date : 22nd Feb 2013Venue : Mumbai, forenoon slot

CAT %ile: 97.97

Xth : 82

XII : 89

Engg : 67.4 (UDCT) chemical engg

Work Ex : 18 months (RIL)

Q1: You are from Bharuch. What is Bharuch famous for?

Q2: Work ex: fully explain

Q3: Reliance work culture explain

Q4: Relaince project execution. What is so special? Qualities of a manager to achieve targets faster?

Q5: What is corporate governance?

Q6: Patalganga, how is climate and atmosphere like? (I work there) number of workers? Polyester plant

details?(even though i dont work there)

Q7: Budget? various components?

Q8: Newpapers? Twitter? Google news?(i dont read newspapers but get news from twitter and google news. So a discussion on that. i think i convinced him that reading news online is better)

Q9: What is so special abt IIMs. Why do you want to get in?

Q10: Job in the 1st year.

Q11: Why new IIMs? Curriculum of new iims? what subjects you want to learn? How do you rate different colleges and IIMs.

Q12: Why operations management? (I had said i want to do an MBA in operations management)

Q13: What is Six sigma? discussion on that.

Q14: Hobbies. what do you do on holidays?

Chilled Panel. Three guys. 55+,55+,40-50

Date & Slot : 18th feb, forenoon

Location: IIM-L, noida campus

Cat percentile: OA= 98.84, QA/DI= 99.74, VA/LR= 84.79

Work Ex: 16 months in power sector

WAT Topic : Instead of complaining against the current state of affairs in India, college students should join politics, and bring a change to the system

WAT Experience : The topic was good for me, i think i have done quite well.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3, all male, one young(P1), one middle age(P2), one senior(P3)

Questions asked in PI : (I’m an instrumentation engineer)

P1: So, you are the last one in the panel, tell me what kind of feedbacks did you receive about us.

me: (quite shocked)…feedbacks were good sir, they have told that it is not a stress interview at all. Qns are mostly HR and from work-ex, not much from academics.

P1: tell something more

me: (smiling)..this is the feedback sir

P1: OK, now Dibyendu, I want to put a sensor to count the number of persons passing through the door, help me.

me: answered

P1: Ok, now i have a bulb and i have to make it glow for 8 hours at least. draw a circuit.

me: (total helpless, the qn was from power electronics as he hinted. and i forgot everything about power electronics…i have tried by drawing a circuit with a simple battery, which, he told cant sustain 8 hours) P2: Ok, tell me reason why the knob of a door is kept at a maximum distance from the axel of the door? me: answered

P3: Dibyendu, you work with L&T;?

me: yes sir

P3: Suppose L&T; is an animal, which animal would you like to think of?

me: (total surprised and after thinking sometime) tiger sir

P3: why?

me: because it is a giant in its sector, i mean engineering and construction sector

P3: Ok, now tell me name of another animal, upto which you would like L&T; to grow.

me: (again shocked and couldnt think of any better animal) sir, i have already told the name of the best one

P3: ha ha! Ok, tell me the name of companies then

me: sir, i’m power generation sector, in which NTPC is a giant

P3: outside india?

me: sorry sir, i dont have any idea

P3: why MBA

me: told

P1: tell me a business news that you have read recently.

me: (i started to think which one to tell, because qn from that news was inevitable) sir L&T; has recently decided to sell their profitable plastic manufacturing business just to stay in their core competency, which is engineering

P1: something other that L&T;

me: (again after thinking) sir, RBI has recently decreased CRR and repo rate

P1: are you familiar with this terms?

me: to some extent sir

P1: explain repo rate

me: explained

P2: Ok, dibyendu, it seems that you are doing quite good in your field. Why do you you change the sector?

me: Sir, i dont want to change the sector, after MBA, i want to come back to this engineering sector. P2: OKk..then i can tell that, like your company L&T; is selling their profitable business just to stay in their core competency, you also come back to this sector after gaining some knowledge of overall business management…right? (this time he looked fully convinced) me: (smiling) yes sir

P2: Ok, dibyendu, are you bengalee?

me: yes sir

P2: tell me the title that rabindranath tagore declined to take from english people in protest of some event. And which event was that?

me: knight title, agaist jaliwanwalabag massacare.

P2: who wrote anandamath?

me: bankimchandra chattopadhyay

P1: suppose you get selected in all six new IIMs, which one will you select?

me: sir, i’m still working on it. I’m trying to find out which one has better faculty in operation.

P2: operation?

me: yes sir, i have an inclination towards operation as want to come back to this sector.

P2: (much more convinced)…but suppose you select an iim on the basis of faculty in operation. And after your joining, that faculty leaves. What you will do?

P1: (with laughing) probably he will also leave

me: Sir, I didnt think about this point

P2: then my advice is that also look for number of faculties in operation alongwith quality.

me: yes sir, thank you.

P2: Ok tell me about your family, who are there in your family and what do they do

me: told

P2: (looking at others) ok, thank you, you may leave

me: thank you sir.

Interview Experience : good, panalists were encouraging and supportive

Any other details you want to mention :

Verdict : positive…fingers crossed…

Date-20-02-13 Bangalore, Monarch luxar

WAT topic – “Social Media have changed nature of Protests against govt. Substantiate with examples”

There were 3 panel members: P1,P2-30+, P3-60+

P1: Don’t tell me you are an Engineer too.

Me: (Grinning): I am, Sir.

P1: Don’t say EC, again.

Me. No Sir, CSE.

P1: Okay good, so you working or studying?

Me: Working for 2 years Sir.

P1: Tell me what are you working on?

Me: Said.

P1 Not satisfied, asked more.

Me: Explained.

P1: So you work in PL SQL?

Me: No, java.

P1: What’s the difference between C and Java?

Me: Told about OOPS.

P1: That’s all technicality in writing code. I want something else.

Me: Told about bytecode and stuff.

P1: Is this platform dependency there now too?

Me: Yes

P1: No, haven’t you heard of issues?

Me: I haven’t heard sir, but I am not aware about that completely.

(P1 took almost 10 mins)

…………………………………………..

P2: So, you have written all stuff here, arts, sports, Quiz, debate… What are you?

Me: I liked all those and went for all those Madam. In fact I went for many more stuff, but got prizes only for this. So I have records for these only ma’m. I have done Martial Arts training too.

P2: That s not written here!

Me: No proof or certificates, so I left it out.

P2: So you are a jack of all trades and master of none?

Me: Nothing like that Ma’m, I went for whatever I liked, and didn’t leave anything for something else.

Just that.

…………………………………………………………………………………

P3: But your B Tech Marks came down when you went for everything!

Me: Yes, that is because there were so many activities. But I don’t regret, cz marks wouldn’t have given me the experience I got from all those other activities.

P3: Ok, so, tell me what’s the reason why literacy rate is high among females in Kerala(my state)?

Me: Told about reformist govt, Missionaries, and NLM works.

P3: I am asking only about females.

Me: Said about attitude of parents to treat daughters at par with sons. Said example of PT USha n said parents look forward to their daughters to reach good heights.

P3: Is education same as literacy?

Me: No, literacy is all about reading and writing, education is more generic, need not even involve reading writing.

P3: So, how do you know a person is educated acording to your standards?

Me: Told about attitude, awareness, right-duties info and some more blah blah.

P3: So, y do I want literate people? I want only educated people in my country.

Me: But literacy is the easiest door opening to education. If you know how to read, you can read up and learn about your rights, for eg.

P3: I give you 2 sets of people. One is educated without literacy, another literate without education.

Which group should be given the other add-on?

Me: Both groups need the other add-on, mam.

P3: No, you can do only one group.

Me: then I would make literate ppl educated.

P3: You think it s easy, that’s y u said that na?

Me: No, actually its more difficult, but thats what is required, thats y I said that.

P3: Yes, that’s more difficult…right? (gave som egs… I smiled along…)

Ok, den, Thank You. 🙂

Verdict: Hopes, Fingers Crossed

22nd Feb 8.30 am

Hotel Monarch Luxer, Bangalore

workex: 12 month (IT)

WAT: children and computer and TV use……..

PI: Panel of 3 elderly persons

• Give me ur CAT score card and profile sheet and introduce urself Me:………..

• So what is your work in company? Me: (majdoor hain mai baap) told

• You are a technical person why didn’t you try for a technical role?

Me: told how it was a good opportunity and how it fits into my short term and long term goal

• So you want to be a leader give me three qualities of a manager? Me: told

• Technical knowledge is not needed to be a good manager? If you donno technical aspect of a business how would u manage it?

Me: tried to convince (aisaa hai to Mukesh Ambai ko petrol nikaalna aata hai kya yaar)

• So why don’t you get some technical experience and thn join a management institute? Me: told how MBA at this point fits in my long term and short term goals.

• So, tell me which subjects you liked most in BTech? Me: software engineering and OS

(didn’t brush up so ready for grilling)

• Ok, tell me difference between Android and Symbian? Me: (ho gaya beta kaam) tried to tell as much as I knew.

• But where are the processor related constraints now, you have smartphones with 1gHz capacity. Me: told about battery consumptions restrictions and clock cycle usage. (somewhat convinced)

• tell me about ERP

Me: told (I had very basic knowledge about it)

• discuss over some technical aspects

Me: sir I have only basic knowledge about it.

• Was it nt in your BTech studies Me: No sir, it was not there.

• and you didn’t even try to know it by urself? Me: sorry sir, I will read more about it.

• gave a gyaan about ERP and SAP.

• Tell me about various software development model. Me: discussed waterfall and Spiral model

• Ok, which is the most important phase in waterfall model according to you and why?

Me: took a stand for requirement specifications phase and justified in detail.(seems convinced)

P: tell me about OOPs

Me: (bhaiya Engineers ko short term memory loss ka problem hota hai koi samjhao inhe) It is

object oriented programming system.

P: that I know, plz explain about it

Me: explained with a real life example all the concepts of OOP (job done)

• Ok, so you have very good score in quants, let me check your quant skills. (ailllaaaaa………….ab ayega mazaaa)

(Next few moments he took to put 2-3 kind of toffees, cookies and dry fruits in front of me )

• (picked Mentos out of that) tell me the probability of this event. Me: (Dimag ki batti jal gayi baap) told correctly

(Again 6-8 cases he created and I replied with the probability of event)

• You are good tiwari, here is a toffee from my side for answering right

Me: Sir I would prefer Mentos, its punch line did good for me. (a good laughter from all)

• Do u like to read?

Me: yes sir newspaper and novels.

• which newspaper? Me: The Hindu

• What for business news? (ye lo ek or tragedy) Me: The economic times

• There was a two days strike, what was the objective was there? Me: told 4 demands and discuss over that?

• Do you think it is the right way to raise a voice.

Me: took a stand in negative, and told how does this harm the economy and unorganized sector worker. Gave some facts related to that?

• So what should trade unions do now?

Me: Told about how they form a big chunk in the vote bank, so they can use their voting power in organized way.

• So what do you think how UPA government performed in last 4-5 years. Me: talked about policy paralysis and then reforms in last 5-6 months.

• You know it is very important for you to know that why do you want to do MBA. (I perceived it as a Why MBA?)

Me: whole gyan for about a minute or more.

• I donno why are you telling this to me? (with a smile)

Me: Sir, I just wanted to share with you why I want to do MBA, and you didn’t ask me for that. (again a laughter from all 3 and me)

• Ok, we are done with interview, you may leave. Thank you and all the best Me: Thank you

(Getting out of room the first question the guys who were waiting asked me…dude what was going on in the room, all you guyz were laughing like crazy)

It was an awesome experience

Suggestions: Be open to discuss things in detail, they are investing around 30 minutes in each interview.

Just try to put a broad view.

Date & Slot : Dadar catering college Mumbai, After noon slot

Location: Mumbai

Cat percentile: 93.24

Work Ex: 43 months( mostly teaching)

WAT Topic : Sports man do anything possible to win a game. It has brought two types of arenas in sport 1 in which players can use the performance enhancing drug, and the other can not. What is view can it be/ should it be allowed?? give reasons..(something like that) dont remember exactly

WAT Experience : average! I started with writing about roman era frm where sporting culture started and then evolved into various other forms. Talked about concept of sports and in next paragraph told how taking drug will hamper sports but cud not take a stand for CAN in the question…overall it was a general topic and easy one too..

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : P1= male 40-45 years age, P2= old male, P3= middle aged male

P1 asked inside and when I entered he was busy setting the portrait hung on the wall( I looked at it and cudnt figure out wat was it). sadly they had to tell me twice to close the door(was too busy watching the picture)

Questions asked in PI :

me: good after noon sir to everyone.

P3: So… Sumit Kumar Vaishnav..you have worked as a teacher wud u like to continue it??

me: yes sir.

P2: u want to do teaching???( was surprised a bit)

me: yes sir

P2: Ohh that very good (he seems more than just happy wid my answer)

P2: I can see u have really low marks in schools but u hv done considerably well infact very well in grads…how

me: told the reasons and subsequently added my reasons to do MBA wid it..

P1: u said empowerment what does it mean?

me: tried to explain.

P1: is that the actual definition or ur definition?

me: sir my definition.

P1: in that case I can call jhoomritalaiya to timbaktoo..

me..didnt say anything I got to know he is trying a stress interview…

P2: if u r made PM of india wat wud u do???

me: told him wat I can as a PM of india do.

P2 not convinced: okay what apart from that will u do??? what do u think is problem of india and how will u solve it??

me: (sir abhi bachcha hu kaise kaise sawal puchh rhe ho..khud PM ko nai pata hoga to fir mai bechara kya batau) sir corruption and I will make a system in which we will do personal counselling of govt employees in timely manner to make them more and more conscious…(Ironically mera interview most of the time Hindi me chala) and I used Hinglish as a medium P2 :so u dont think punishment should be given??

me: Sir kitne logo ko punishment denge…almost 70 % govt employees to corrupt hai.. counselling is the best way to eradicate.

P1: tum kahna kya chahte ho matlab Delhi gang rape victims ko di gayi fansi(capital punishment) galat hai?

me: sir dat is a special case we can not not any1 for doing corruption.

P1: to sir bhi to yahi kah rhe hai ki punishment dena chahiye capital punishment ki bat to unhone ki hi nai.

Me: sir mai bhi yahi kah rha hu ki punishment chahe kaisa bhi is not the sole solution..kitne hi sare rape convicts ko saza dene ke bad bhi rape cases badhe hai kam nai hue…

P2: ye non-creamy layer kya hota hai?

me: explained

P2: ye shabd achcha nahi lagta iske badle koi shabd batao hindi ya fir english mejo sunne me achchha lage…

me: told and he was quite satisfied wid it..

P1: wat is marketing??

Me: (are yaad nai aa rha kal hi to padha tha)

P2: aapko jo lagta hai marketing ke bare me vo bata do..hindi ya english kisi me bhi…

me: told a little about it in hindi(P2 seems satisfied and P1 started grilling more on it)

P1: hobbies

me: playing guitar(mujhe laga tha inko shayd kuchh khas pta nai hoga guitar ke bare me)

P1: wat is d difference between lead guitar and bass guitar

me:(Abe ye to papa hai) sir lead has 6 string and bass has 4 strings of more diameter.

P1: how much ?

me : sir nai pata.

P1 : can indian ragas be played in guitar??

me: yes sir(have seen rehman’s guitarist playing it but didnt know his name)

P1: tell me name.

Sir Mohan veena which is played by Pt vishvamohan bhatt.(why did I say this)

P1: Mohan veena is not guitar.

me: sir it is evoled frm guitar…has the same structure only style is different.

P1:u sure Pt. vishva mohan bhatt plays it

me: yes sir( dunno if I was really correct)

P1: okay thank you

P2: u have any question to ask?

me: Sir dere is a hub bub about which of the new IIMs is better..I think we are not skilled enough to decide about which one to select..can u suggest if I get selected which one should I join?

P1: we are not authorized for that.

P2: all of them are new and equal..I nodded and left

I stood up and wished them while leaving…

Interview Experience: Overall it was a good experience..irony is dat 80% of my interview was in hindi..I am not so sure how it was..but I did not loose my confidence at any moment…P1 tried to take stress interview but at the end he smiled finally..P2 was a darling..He supported all my arguments and was totally convinced..P3 didnt speak..perhaps watching my body language…

Any other details you want to mention : My docs were not checked at any point as well as I had taken the IIM ranchi form and that was also not submitted anywhere even when I asked them about it… Verdict : Awaited..Seriously countdown starts till 10 may…

CAT : 98.72 VA : 99.5x QI : 94.5x

10th : 84.60

12th : 85.00

GRAD(BE) : 6.1/10

Work Ex : 28 months – IT

Category:GEN

Venue: DADAR Catering colllg

Date:23-02-2013

Slot: afternoon

WAT: Nowadays, many atheletes are being caught bein using performance – enhancing drugs. Should the Sports World be divided into two arenas – one where doping is allowed, and other where its illegal?

My Attempt : Above average.

PI :

Panel No:6 . 3 People (P1 :35+ M,1 P2:35+M,P3:40+F ).

P2: Tell us about yourself?

Me : Made the most of this. Blurted out everything that could take the PI my way.

P3: Asked about my company?( About functionality, my role,etc.)

Me : Told.Seemed satisfied.

P1: So you cleared CFA Level – 1 last year. Why dont you pursue that?

Me : GYAN. Was clear and to the point.

P1 : Explain CALL and PUT options and their scenarios.

Me : Told

P1 : Explain difference btween spot price and fwd.

Me : Told

P1 : Tell some inventory valuation methods(same as asked in XLRI).

Me : Told

P3:You are from Haryana. What’s the sex ratio, Why?

Me : Told.

P3 : A minister from haryana said that to prevent rapes, girls should be married off at a younger age. D you agree?

Me: Told No, its preposterous. But should have said a couple of lines more here.

P2(had been analysing my mark sheets): You have an astonishing 10 Fs in B.E.? How the hell?

Me : Well rehearsed ans. along with the expressions.

P2 : Would you do the same in IIMs? not allowed.

Me : assured him. discussion ensued. seemed satisfied as my answers were pretty unique.

P3 : Why do you want to be fluent in German only? (as I had mentioned this)

Me : Love Germany. So love P3 for asking this.

P1:What is Black – Scholes Model? Why it is used?

Me : had forgotten. asked for 1 min. was able to recall.

P1: What’s in-the money and there are two more? Explain all 3 (man, what’s ur fetish with options???).

Me : Told.

P3(smile) : We are through. do you want to ask us anything?

Me: Asked about which IIMs having proper Hostel facilities. P2 answered. long discussion again-at least 2-3 mins.

Overall Experience : Dunno. Was brilliant if my GRAD score didnt already bum them out before the interview.

Date & Slot : 27-02-2013 Forenoon slot

Location: Kenilworth Hotel , Kolkata

• 91

XII 82

Grads BE CIVIL 9 Cgpa Cat percentile: 98.43

Work Ex: 19 months Construction

WAT Topic : In effort to improve TRPs media channel sensionalise events using unacceptable mean to achieve the purpose . What is your opinion ?

WAT Experience :Time :25 mins (though 30 mins were given in total) Word limit : 300 words . It ws an okayish essay . gave some facts .

PI- PANEL 2

NO TECH QUESTIONS

NO CURRENT AFFAIRS

Lasted some 15 odd minutes max.. mostly why mba.. got over rather abrubtly.. dont know what to make out of it.. wonder why they did not ask anything to test my knowledge! 😐 was the 3rd to go.. the other two guys pi was atleast 30 mins long.

Results : Awaited ( seems unlikely )

Date & Slot : 27-02-2013 Forenoon slot

Location: Kenilworth Hotel , Kolkata

Cat percentile: 97.16 ( qa 97.5 , va 91.83 )

Work Ex: Nil

WAT Topic : In effort to improve TRPs media channel sensionalise events using unacceptable mean to achieve the purpose . What is your opinion ?

WAT Experience : Time :25 mins (though 30 mins were given in total) Word limit : 300 words . It ws an okayish essay . gave some facts .

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 panelists

p1: middle aged male . possibly a bengalee . smiling throughout the interview

p2: male(35-40 yrs) laid back in his chair . gave an attitude ” what do i care ? “

Questions asked in PI :

me : Good afternoon sir

P1(smiling) & P2 : Good afternoon . have a seat ..

me : thank you sir .

P1 : so you are arindam ? do you kno what that means ?

(lo ji karlo baat . who doesnot know what their name means ??)

me : yes sir . it is a sanskrit word .( P1 interfered saying . yeah . that why i asked .. )

the word “ari” means enemy blah blah blah..

P1 : so who are enemies ?

me :(are you kidding me ? u really think i came this far without knowing what is enemy ? ) smiled and gave a gyan

P1 : so tell me something about urself

me : sir i am blah blah ( P2 interferd asking for the application form )

P1 : ok so u are an Electrical Engineer ? why Electrical among all the others ?

me : gyan gyan and loads of gyan for a couple of minute ..

P1 : what is a synchronous motor ?

me: the question came so randomly that i forgot there is something called a synchronous motorso was talking about motor running on synchronous speed .

P1: ya but how does that work ?

me : gave answer ( but i forgot a few points and P1 didnot seem too convinced )

P1 : what is star and delta connection ?

me : asked whether i could draw . they passed me a pad and i explained ( this time they looked convinced

..)

P1 : what would you use in a synchronous motor ? star or delta ?

me : answered

P1 : what is power factor ?

me : ( the answer came out suddenly) cos φ

P1 : correct but what does it signify ?

me : answerd

P1 : will there be any problem if the power factor is low ?

me : yes sir , answerd

P1 : so how will you increase the power factor greater than 1 ?

me 🙁 you must be kidding again . greater than 1 ? )

sir , power factor is represented by cos φ and it cannot be greater than 1 .

P1 : ok. goodbut how will you make it close to unity ?

me : answerd

P1 : so do you have any political role model ?

me : i am not so much into politics . i donot have a political role model . i appreciate the good works done byany member of any political party .

P1 : West Bengal is a political state . Good to have views like yours .

P2: so you are saying that you are apolitical ?

me : yes sir . to some extent . not fully apolitical . i have not voted yet

P1 : why ? how old are you ?

me : 21 years

P1 : ok . so you were not 18 then when the elections happened.

P1 : so do you like the present political condition of your state ?

me : answered

P1 : what do you have to say about miss mamta banerjee?

me : ( gave a few points in support and few statistics of what could have been avoided )

P1 : what are this trident lights ? ( actually i mentioned about those in my answer)

P2 to P1 : the flower shaped lights

me :

P1 : but i must say that for persons like me who come kolkata very rarely nowadays , the roads were great from the airport .

me : yes sir . those are steps taken for the beautification of the city ( u must come with me sometime . will show u how dreadful roads can be)

P1 to P2 : sir do you have anything to ask ?

P2 : (woke up from his sleep i guess . ) Do you invest in shares ?

me : no sir.

P2 : do you follow current affairs ?

me : somewhat sir

P2 : somewhat ?( wait , did i really say somewhat ? nooooo. i want to rewind a few seconds back)

P2 : so what did you hear recently ?

me : the rail budget

P2 : ok . what were the key changes ?

me : answered .

P2 : what other things did you hear ?

me : the RBI changed its rates in the beginning of feb

P2 : so what were the rates then and what are they now ?

me : answered

P2 : what are these repo rate ? reverse repo ? crr ?

me : answered ( i was trying to get into this from long)

P2 : okk . what does the RBI do ?

me : decide policies for the economic progress of india taking into consideration the various scenarios of present

P2 : then what do the planning commision and the finance minister do ?

me : smiled and kept on smilingi donot know sir

P2 : ok . you were right but that is one of the things RBI does . what other things ?

me : gave some answers ( P2 did not seem convinced )

P2 : so do you followw the sensex ?

me : yes sir . gave him the last day closing figures and the figures 1 hour before the interview which i checked in google ( jai google)

P2 : ok . why does the sensex keeps on rising and falling ?

me : told him about the economic conditions following yesterdays budget + the condition in italy election

P2 : ok that falls under the socio economic causes . that is correct . whhat other factors ?

me : i had no idea what to answer . so kept quite

P2 : do you think it will change when any people dies

me : no sir . it wont change if any people die . not atleat if i die

P1 and P2 : laughed for a whole minute

P2 ( still laughing ) : do you think it will change if chidambaram dies . he is trying to control the market right ? so he must be some one special . will it affect ?

me : ( cheating . its not cooil to pick from whatever i say) gave some random gyan , didnot answer what i was asked P2 : ok any other points ?

me : sorry sir . i cant think of any

P2 : what about the health of the market giants

me : ( thanks sir , afterall you are not that bad ) yes sir that is a major cause and answered .

P2 : correct

P2 to P1 : do you have anything else sir ?

P1 : no

P2 : ok u can go now

me : thank you sir

Interview Experience : The panelists were chilled out . Felt nervous at the beginning but that got over quick . They just asked about what we were mentioning in our answers…

it is good to have a few questions about the new iims in case they ask for any ( many other candidates were asked )

Any other details you want to mention : it is good to have a few questions about the new iims in case they ask for any ( many other candidates were asked ) .

Verdict : Hope for the best . it was a okayish PI .

Date & Slot :27/02/13,AN(1.30pm)

Location:Kolkata

Cat percentile:98.72,Gen,Engineer,Male

10-85

12-78.28

Work Ex:18 months

WAT Topic :telecommuting(work from home) is helpful or not for individuals & companies.substantiate.

WAT Experience :good.topic was fine..discussed about the recent yahoo incident.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :1 male(50+),1 lady(40-45),1 guy just for checking the documents.he didnt ask a single question.

Questions asked in PI :technical,interests,asked to review a recent movie that i have seen,asked about north Korea.

Interview Experience :awesome panel.the best panel i can ever imagine.But i screwed up.Not very confident.Also was very nervous.they made me comfortable.But i screwed up.I answered most of the questions.(mostly form HR). but my confidence level was very low.

Any other details you want to mention :please carry your identity proof.I forgot.

Verdict :I am not very hopeful.

Good for me : cat score,wat

Bad for me :interview, don’t have extra-curricular activities,So less point for profile.

Date: 28th Feb

Slot: 1:30 PM

Center: IIM L Noida Campus

Calls: IIM Raipur, Ranchi, Trichy, Udaipur & Kashipur

Work ex : 6.5 months at a leading Advertising agency in Account Management department.

We were segregated into 8 Interview panels. I was in Panel 6.

WAT: Business leaders can be good political leaders. Do you agree? Give your opinion.

Wrote points about qualities required to be a good political leaders and responsibility of political leaders.

Then analyzed how Business leader fits in and compared to political leader.

PI: 2 Gentleman. (G1 & G2) G1 looks visibly tiredand has an IIM Rohtak pad in front of him. G2 is standing outside the room and joins midway.

G1: So, what have you heard about the panel?

Me: Not much sir. Just that the panel is asking GK questions.

G1: So, tell me about yourself

Me: Said something for 2-3 minutes.

G1: You lived in a small town?

Me: Yes sir. 11 years of my life.

G1: Why advertising ?

Me: Really passionate. People switch channels during ads, I switch channels to watch ads.

G1: So you got into this company on campus?

Me: No sir. I was recruited by Infosys on campus but on my own I applied to over 200 companies and then finally my current agency hired me. I am really passionate about Advertising so I gave up IT for my current job.

G1: Tell me about your job.

Me: Account Management department of agency. Brief designers and copywriters and micro manage project, also pitch ideas to clients after coming up with a concept along with copywriters.

G1: Tell me leading advertising agencies in India.

Me:(Was expecting a better question) Sir Ogilvy & Mather, Mccann, Lowe Lintas, DraftFCB+Ulka, JWT

G2: (Flips through my file)

G1: Famous advertising personalities?

Me: Piyush Pandey – Ogilvy & Mather. He has done the famous Fevicol ads during 90s and 2000s. Alquee Padamsee – Formerly Lowe Lintas (Forgot Prasoon Joshi – McCann. The only mistake in the Interview I think.)

G1: Ok. Tell me about current ads you did not like

Me: um, Sir. Pepsi – Oh yes Abhi. First they said “Change the Game” last year, now they are again back to Cricket. They are now official sponsor of IPL. Even in the ad, there is too much reference to Cricket, when previously they had changed the game.

G1:(Does not seem completely satisfied) But it was visually done well. Right? Tell me some other brand Me: Um, Bacardi. Bacardi ads are all forgettable. It is a brand that specializes in BTL advertising being in spirits category, it can’t endorse alcohol openly (At this point, both G1 and G2 pass a grin and nod vigorously). But I would like to compare them with Kingfisher. Kingfisher plays so much around their iconic tune, tell the “Ula la la la la leo” tune to anyone and he will easily associate it with Kingfisher. Not the case with Bacardi. (Both G1 and G2 seem extremely satisfied. To a fault)

G1: Difference between Sales and Marketing?

Me: Marketing super set of Sales. Sales tells what impact Advertising campaigns have had. Marketing includes Marketing Research, Advertising – TV, Print, OOH, POS, Digital and Sales.

G1: So have you read any Marketing books?

Me: Sir I have a lot of friends who are pursuing MBA, and they have advised me not to read the Bible yet. I am talking about Marketing Management by Phillip Kotler. I am saving it for my MBA. I have picked up a few things like 4 P’s but I’d like to wait.

G2: (Flips through my file again. This time more intently)

G1: You dont read then?

Me: In the meanwhile I have read Brand management case studies by borrowing books from my peers who are doing MBA.

G1: What all Brands?

Me: Barbie, Beetle, Intel (G1 stops me there)(I think this is what aspirants say giving bait to interviewers and leading the interviewer to where you want them to. Read about it a LOT in AIWTSAC)

G1: Tell me about Intel

Me: Sir its an interesting case study, since Intel was essentially a B2B product, selling microprocessors to other companies (PC Manufacturers) so they did not need to advertise at all. (G1 and G2 again light up at the mention of B2B and nod vigorously) But, in 90s they had tried to patent the microprocessor numbers which they could not/were not allowed to. AMD had then replicated their designs at much cheaper rates and had started cutting into their market share. After a huge chunk of their share was gone, it then came up with a cult ad (Search for “Intel Inside MMX – Staying Alive” on youtube. Futuristic robots underlined all the Intel commercials, the philosophy being Intel has powered them). And the logo was symbolic, Intel Inside – The circle represented the CPU and Intel Inside was sort of a stamp of approval that this will

work, setting a standard. Heavy promotion led to the product being easily identified by end consumers who then started demanding machines with only Intel processors inside them. Of course in current days, a lot of people assemble their computers but back then Computers were sold as a complete package, so changing from a B2B to B2C was something I learned from the campaign. (G1 and G2 seem extremely satisfied) (G1 is almost like)

G2: (By this time has gone through at least 60 certificates in my file)

Okay. Tell me the difference between 3 phase and 1 phase motor

Me: (Had just read this night before) Said the right answer, I think.

G2: So why use 3 phase motor?

Me:Better efficiency and in big industries supply is 3 Phase.

G2: Tell me the use of a transformer

Me: Said

G2: How many windings are there?

Me: Um, Primary and secondary windings?

G2: How are windings different in Low to high and High to low conversion?

Me: Answered.

G1 and G2 seem like they are done.

G1: Thanks for coming.

Me: Thank you sir!

WAT/PI location: IIM Lucknow- Noida Campus

Date: 28th Feb 2013

Slot: 1:30 P.M.

WAT Topic: Business leaders are likely the most appropriate to be poloticians. Give your Opinion. (somewhat like this)

Start time: 2:05 P.M

Finish time: 2:30 P.M

word length: 300 words

wrote a decent essay but couldn’t finish appropriately Interview Panel: P1- late 30s, P2- mid 40s

P2 called me. Although I insisted but he prefered to close the door & come behind me.

As I reached P1, I wished both while P1 asked me to sit.

Me: Thank you Sir

P1: Abhishek… tell me names of 3 animals.

Me: Deer, Tiger & mouse

P1: which animal would you consider to resemble you the most?

Me: From these 3 or general?

P1: generally… any animal

Me: (thought a while) Elephant

P1: ok & what is the strength of an elephant?

Me: Sir it’s strength. It moves away & tears apart every problem or hinderence in it’s way.

P1: & what are it’s weakness?

Me: Sir, it’s slow.

P1: any other?

Me: (thought a while…) Sorry sir, I can’t recall of any other now.

P1: So being slow is your weakness?

Me:Yes Sir, a bit

P1: Why do you think it is your weakness?

Me: Sir because i take time to analyse any situation or problem before reaching any conclusion. I try to figure out it’s Pros & cons.

P1: So you mean you don’t take risks?

Me: No Sir, I would say I PREFER not to take risks.

P1: Ok, So you read newspapers & watch news?

Me: Yes Sir

P1: tell me 3 hot issues & one of them should be related to entertainment.

Me: Finmeccanica deal, Telangana issue &…. (i don’t know what happened to me, nothing related to

entertainment striked to my mind)

P1: ok what are your hobbies?

Me:(Bingo… before i cud say it, Oscars came to my mind) Sir the 3rd news is Oscar Awards & my

hobbies are watching movies, specifically science fiction & drama and… (before i could tell my 2nd

hobby Astrology- Natal chart reading)…

—– P1 smiled at my time of response—–

P1: So which drama movie did you saw recently?

Me: The pursuit happiness.

P1: So is it a true story or based on true events?

Me: Yes Sir, It is very much based on a true story.

P1: On what or whom is it based?

Me: Sir it’s based on the events of life of Chris Gardner.

P1: How much is it based on ———– ?

Me: Sorry sir i couldn’t get you.

P1: Does it deviates from the original story & if… how much?

Me: Yes sir… (replied him with giving a proper example from movie. He seemed convinced.)

P1: From which IIMs you didn’t got the call?

Me: Rohtak & Trichy.

P2: Calls from any other older IIMs ?

Me: No Sir

P1: So you are working for Ericsson as operations engineer?

— P2 who was checking my certificates, all of a sudden looked at me !! —

(Kya gunah kar diya sarkar, haan Telecom se hoon)

Me: yes sir, I was working but I resigned.

P1: why did you resigned?

Me: replied (while I had mentioned only 1 reason)

P1: So that’s why…

Me: (interupting him with a quick continuation, gave him 2nd reason)

— P1 seemed convinced —

P1: So what are the differences your observe in yourself after the experience of this job.

Me: Sir after !st year of my job I had many opportunities which required management skills, So during that Period I gained such skills.

P1: No, I mean personally what are the changes that you see in yourself after doing that job? Like I was more shy before I joined my 1st job but after some time, I became more open-minded.

Me: Sir after that job I learned how to perform in extreme pressure & extreme tensed conditions since my performance directly influenced my company’s revenues & every minute counted. I was supposed to complete the task as soon as possible.

P1: So you are not nervous now?

Me: (With a big smile) Sir I am very less tensed compared to I used to be in earlier interviews of my life.

— P1 smiled —

P1 looked towards P2

P2: Do you know what is a flip-flop?

Me: replied

P2: what does it do?

Me: replied

P2: what are gates?

Me: replied

P2: can you draw a diagram of Nand gate?

Me: Do I need to draw it’s symbol or complete…

P2: No just symbol.

Me: did it.

P2: ok… how about XOR gate

Me:(again I don’t know what happened, my thoughts almost freezed) Sorry Sir I am unable to recall it now.

(Dhikkar hai mujhpe, ek XOR gate ka symbol nahi bana paya)

P2: where are gates used?

Me: replied

P2: are they also used in analog watches?

Me: No sir

P2: Do you know what is OSI layer?

Me: yes Sir I have read in B.Tech(bas… yahi galti kar di, should have replied it either yes or no.)

P2: If you have to transfer a data to any computer from another computer, which layer would be

involved?

Me:(thinking – aur ban hero… ab de de jawaab) Sir Network layer.

P2: only Network layer? You mean other layers are not involved?

Me: No Sir, since you asked for A layer so i named just 1 layer from the layers involved. (gayi bhains

paani me !!)

Again P1 asked

P1: tell me any latest news.

Me: Recently Ericsson signed a contract with Reliance of $1Bn for it’s Managed services.

P2: Tell me any recent social news.

Me: There were many protest regarding attrocities with women like rapes & there has been a buzz about capital punishment.

P2: So do you think capital punishment is right.

Me: replied

P2: Why it is not right?

Me: Since the culprit doesn’t learns from it, he dies within a short duration. He doesn’t realises what wrong he has done, He is not given a chance to improve himslef & from his lesson neither he can use his experience for the benefit of society.

P2: Ok, That’s it. (looked at P1)

P1: Ok thank you

— I was smiling all the timeI am expecting they would have wondering why am I smiling !! —

Verdict: fingers crossed, Could have been more clear in expressing my thoughts.

Suggestion: Be relaxed & be positive.

Slot – 28th FEB 8.30 Am. IIM lucknow noida campus

CAT percentile- 98.78

work ex – NA

WAT topic- Division of states into smaller states like Telangana good or not? Present your views. PI details

P1- what does happiness means to you? me – if my parents are happy , then am happy and that is happiness for me.

P1- So do you always go by your parents?

me- no sir.

P2- suppose you have a gf and you want to marry her , but your parents don’t allow you what will you do?

me- sir i will try to convince them.

P2- What if they are not convinced?

me – Sir, i will tell them that either i will marry her or i will not marry at all.

P1- Why do you want to do MBA?

me – gave my answer.

P1- If you have to remove any economic issue from the country what will it be?

me – sir, corruption.

P1- I am very interested in this , but is corruption really an economic issue?

me- no sir, but it has economic consequences.

P1- Have you ever paid bribe?

me – yes sir.

P1- How many times?

me- 2

P1- then you have yourself participated in corruption.

me- yes sir, but at that time my way of thinking was different.

P1- how did it change?

me- gave answer.

P3- So forget about money , what will u do if money didn’t matter at all.

me – sir i would be doing something like bear grylls, the guy in man vs wild.

P3- Oh!!, so u think you are physically fit?

me- yes sir, i am.

P3- Can you do 50 pushups

me- yes sir.

P3- are you sure.\

me- definitely sir, i can do more than 50.

P1- He is going to make you do it.

me- I am ready sir….

all laugh.

P3- can you do clap dips?

me- yes sir.

P3- what do u think is different about bear grylls?

me- explained.

P1- So lets change the topic. what are your favourite subjects?

me- sir OS, SQL, JAVA…

P1- So you are good at SQL, tell me what is right join?

me- blank…….sir haven’t heard about it, i know right outer join , but not right join.

P1- Ok tell me what is referential integrity.

me- (“ye kya hota h”……) NO idea sir….

P1- What is a join.

me- answered.

P1- what is RDBMS?

me- answered.

P3- So what is hypothermia?

me- answered.

P3- How long does it take to run a mile for an average human being?

me- sir around 5 minutes( turns out it is wrong, it is around 7 mins)

P1- So , what are you really good at…?

me- sir i am good at making people laugh.

P1- wow, thats a very good thing, stand up comedy is a big business now. Come’n make us laugh.

me- ( what, are you serious……all my jokes are adult)……..tried and failed.

P1- its not funny , but you learnt a lesson from it, anyways we will try to extract humour out of it…

P3- Any questions for us?

me- asked one…

ok then, thank you …….

me – thank u sir……

I prepared for a month for this , and no general awareness question, a few technicals( which i didn’t have a clue about)…..mostly discussion. Don’t know what to make of it……..Don’t think i will make it through.

Date & Slot : 28th Feb, 8-30 am

Location: Hotel Kenilworth, Kolkata

Cat percentile: 98.67

Work Ex: NA

WAT Topic : Demand for new states, whether politically and economically viable-your views?

WAT Experience : Easy enough topic, ample time

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 3-2 senior(say P1 and P2) 1 middle aged(P3)-all male

Questions asked in PI :

P1-what is the meaning of your name?

Me-source of a waterfall

P1-name a few waterfalls around the world, and in india?

Me-could not name in india, world-Niagara, victoria

P1-favourite subject in college, explain it to me

Me-answered well

P1-what is digital divide? factors against the advent of dot com boom in india?

Me-factors like education, security, trust issues,etc

P3-What extra curricular activities?

Me-football

P3-which position do you play?name players who play there?gareth bale-which country,club,coach of that

club?where did he coach before?

Me-answered all

P3-Why MBA? Why not work then do MBA?

Me-same old shit

P3-name some ceo-s with and without mba?ceo-s with iim degrees?

Me-gave a bad answer to this one,couldnt even answer the 2nd part

Interview Experience : Very friendly panel, conversation was cool as well but the end part was not that impressive and i failed to answer. and never expected to be asked the meaning of my name and further questions from that, so that was a surprise.

Any other details you want to mention : seemed impressed by my college and schooling, but did not even touch my file

Verdict : no idea whether they will consider the questions i managed to tackle well or the ones i couldnt answer-only time will tell

1st March – IIM L NOIDA Campus..

!:30 PM.

WAT- only 3 out of 12 people present in the group….turn up is that low..??? :O

neways…the topic was regarding social networking websites have created isolation amongst youngsters…..could have written a better one…however…it went off okaish….

PI- panel of 2…a male(M) prof (35-40) and a southy lady (L)-30-35..

Me- Gud aftrnoon….

no answer…..blank………

L – please switch off your mobile phone…..

Me- ma’am i did not bring in a mobile phone with me… L- but why?? dont u carry one?? Me- I do. But I just switched it off and left it in my bagpack. L- Ok

M- what do u do?? pls giv ur file…

Me – Answered…

L- u work for a telecom company..wow….nice change….i was expecting another TCS…

What do u exactly do..technically…

Me- explained well…

L- what all responsibilities do you have??

Me- Told.

M- Lets talk about satellite comm

Me- Ok.

M- what is a VSAT?

Me- NO IDEA

M- what is a transponder?

Me- Explained.

M- what is the basic principle of a RADAR..

Me- Answered. (coudnt recall the term “Doppler effect” though however, told the concept)…

M-OK. what is the diff. b/w 3G and 4G?

Me- told about 4G. Interrupted bu M – What is principle of operation of GSM n/w?

Me- Answered. Told about access techniques n all…

M- lets talk about Cricket…

Me- SURE SIR(ball is in my court…:P)

M- what all forces do apply on a cricket ball during an outspin..???

Me-(WTFdamn u ugly luking !@#$%^&**) sir when the ball takes a bounce it sets into anti clockwise rotation and the force applied is in the outward direction that takes away the trajectory….wht the F,,.,…:P L- was that a gues..?

Me- ofcourse ma’am. Since i never luked at it from the “physics” point of view..:P L- what is you point of view on “Intgeral mathematics” Me- Shit!!!!! 😛

L- gave an integration question…integration of U.V…..couldnt attempt it…

Me- I am unable to recall the basic funda used in it…

M- Ok.

L- Your company offers you good exposure and also you are already taking up managerial roles…why

MBA….because IIMs might not offer you the desired profile…

Me- Told about project management and shit….somewhat successfully took away the discussion to my

M- acha you have mentioned about NCC n stuff….where is the certificate..??

Me- showed up the certificate in my file….

M- where is it written C certificate….ok ok…i got it…its there..:P

Ok thats all..

thank you……………………

Verdict- could have done much better…..lost at the technical front…cud have answered more

shrewdly…..cannot say nething…as of now…

goodluck to all…:) Kolkata,28 Feb

WAT:Do business men make the best political leaders.Opinions.

PI:

P1:so ur smiling,good.

P2:saare quesstions pata karke aya hain,na?

me:nahi sir(smiles),waisa nahi hain.(laughs)

p3:a lot of people say these iims are new ur thoughts?

me:new is something transient.Being an iim its going to have a good standard,peer groups,infrastructure and corporate interaction.Doesnt matte if its new.

p3:reads my goal,asks me to explain.

me:explain,want to do energy consulting,etc.

p1:asks where im working and what i do there.

me:mention,sir im field engineer.etc etc.

p1:matlab,just field mein ghumte hon.

me:ha ha…work is also there..egs.

p3:so what do you read?

me:mention some books.

p3:why not bengali literature?

me:i understand where your coming from,but im more interested in english litereature.

p1:which books…

me:mention…etc etc coelho.

p1:which ones in coelho?

me:winner stands alone,alchemist.

p1:whats moral of alchemist.

me:never be afraid to follow your dreams.

p1:if it was that simple then why would he be such a well known author?

me:i feel the beauty of his writing is that people can interpret according to their experiences etc..

p2:so you have read lance armstrongs auto biography also( had mentioned).

me:yes

p3:in view of drug scandal do you think his image is diminished?

me:i have asked myself this question before. I some how feel as if there are two different people now,the one in the books and the one accused of doping.His recovery from cancer was a great show of charachter and no doping was involved there.Also his work for the cancer foundation.I dont think that just because he has cheated and got caught in cycling all his ther achievements should be marred as well.

p1:then what about dawood ibrahim.He has given to a lot of people also?

me:his case is different,the nature of his crimes are also different and far more serious,he has been involved in peoples deaths.

p3:so you are saying that we build up our heroes so much that they are bound to fall.

me:no sir expalined sm of da stuff again.

p1:so you are saying these aspects should be treated differently.

me:yes

p1:so wats ur fav sub?

me:electrical machines:

p1:how do you start motor?

me:gave explanation for induction motor.

p3:so u watch football,womens football team(india) ranking?

me:(haad ho gayi),i only follow mens.

p2:thats hypocritical of u

me:perhaps but that is where my interest lies.

p1:so what do u watch?

me:epl,laliga,eredivise…

p3:so do u think that alex ferguson ufairly affects match officals on the pitch by his shouting. me:sir,irrespective of how it may seem,one cant accuse a person of doing something of this type without proof.

p1:but shouts and nerver gets sanctioned.

me:no sir several instances where he does. Also he is not the only one-wenger,mourhinio,scolari…etc.

p3:chopper gate latest development?

me:jpc formed.

p3:any other currrent affairs u read?

me:railway budget.

p3:tell me 3 points.

me:gave.

p3 looks at p1:ok

as im getting up : p2:so you will take ximb or….(they had asked what calls i had earlier)

me:too premature to decide that sir,right now just focused on interviews.

p3:do good research beofre joining any bschool

me:ty sir

bit worried by what he said towards the end.Seemed like;-‘ismein to nahi hoga aur kya hain’ also heard them all laughing as i left -dunno if good or bad or unrelated.

A little edgy dunno how it went wat do u guys think. 28th feb kolkata

wat topic:same as mentioned above

i was the 1st one to be interviewed

2 panelists:p1(south indian guy whose english ws difficlt to interpret) and p2….

me:gm sirs

p2:gm.pls give us d certi file

p2:tell me something abt urself

me:told(told i learnt the value of money from family)…p2 interrupted and asked how p1:you had a research project in college…explain

me:told…lots of cross questioning from p1 and he wsnt very satisfied p2:you are from commerce background…draw the demand supply curve. me:sir out of touch but will try

p2:are u sure it is curved lines and not straight

me:yes

p2:you follow elections of north east

me:no

p2:tell me abt d railway budget

me:told

p2:you have interned at xxx company for a year.share your experiences me:said abt team work and positive coordination

in the meanwhile they were discussing the answer amongst themselves and laughing p1:continues to ask from research project(are galti ho gayi bhai maaf kar!!!)

p2:tell me some values that you cherish

me:told

p2 to p1:u want to ask something more?

p1:no..

me:thank you sirs

then went to the hotel lobby ..had a cup of coffee and relaxed

overall it was good..they cross questioned a lot…basically just be confident puys…all will be

well…nothing to be paranoid that it is an IIM interview…NO BIG DEAL…just be urself and relax…all the best to the other puys..hope this helps.

Date & Slot : 28 feb 2013, forenoon

Location:IIM-lucknow – Noida campus

Cat percentile:98.36

Work Ex:NIL

WAT Topic :Basically on your opinion on dividing larger states into smaller ones in India. WAT Experience : Enough time, sufficient space

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 panelists – 1 old man(P1) and 1 young guy (P2)

Questions asked in PI :

P1 : So u beleive all the larger states should be divided into smaller ones if they are not finctioning properly?

Ans) Sir, thats what I wrote that whether a state is to be divided or not needs to be decided after carefully weighing the pros and cons. While some states like Uttarakhand have done well, some havent as in case

of Jharkhand.

P1 : So, as Jharkhand is not doing well it shud be divided further into smaller states?

Ans) Sir, we need to properly evaluate whether it is good for a larger state to be divided or not. We need to measure in terms of what was thought and where did we go wrong an if Bihar is now doing well , then we shud try to find a solution even if it requires reintegrating it to Bihar rather than dividing it further.

P1 : Alright, so tell me someting abt urself

Ans) expalined my initial life , then my choice of doing engg in printing and performing really well ( got all expenses paid Indo-German research scholarship for 4 months to carry out my research prokect in germany, also was the gold medalist of my branch) in it. However, in the long run I aspire to set up my own visual gaming enterprise in India!!!

P1 : Printing to gaming? Whats the connection?

Ans) Sir, intially i did try to pursue gaming in India but even my parents werent satisfied with the infrastructure they saw in a college which was joint venture of SAE university ,Austrailia and Assam university, India although I had 50% scholarship in it. I did try applying abroad but it was far too expensive in colleges like MIT, massachusetts and I wasnt able to get hold of a scholarship. Then, I chose to do my engg in printing and after researching I found out that there are quite some subjects which I could easily relate to gaming.

P1: Can u give me examples of such subjects?

Ans) asnwered on photoshop, C++ animation, 3Ds max workshops etc

P1: But u could have learnt this all in any part time course?

Ans) Agreed sir, but the thing is I am inclined toward the business aspect of visual gaming and with printing I get many advantages during post production phase of visual gaming. SIr, the games have to be deploiyed in the form of CDs etc which requires to have attractive cases which I can easily do if I am equipped with this knowledge. In addition to Printing, if i do my MBA and my basic technical knowledge I would be able to monito processeds right from preproduction to post production in my own firm.

P2 : (Finally, he says something) So can u name a few gaming industries in India?

Ans) answered

P1 : So what is it that fascinates you in gaming the most?

Ans) SIr, I beleive the concepts and the R&D; involved in the same.

P1 : What concepts and R&D;?

Ans) answered

P1: What is artificial intelligence?

Ans ) Answered

P2 : So can gaming be used for educational purposes?

Ans) Yes sir, games like scrabble etc give improvement in words and vocabulary, even snakes and ladders are good for young kids who understand counting etc as well.

P2 : but , these are all at basic level, tell me something at managerial level

Ans) (After some thinking) I think there is one such game called SIMS. explained anout how it goes to managing family expenses, studying human behaviour P1: (all of a sudden) What is offset printing?

Ans ) answered

P2 : whats the differrence between pixels and DPI?

Ans) answered

P2 : Is it necessary for me to get a good print always from a 10 Megapixel camera than a 4 mega pixel camera from printer?

Ans) No sir, gave answer

P1 : Dont u think with the technical knowledge u posess its better if u go for a masters in technical side of gaming and not pursue an MBA… unless you only have a fascination of doing MBA from IIM?

Ans) Sir, the fascination of doing an MBA from IIM is always there. However, I feel that there are many ambitious younsters out there like me who couldnt go into the field of gaming because of limited and not so standard school in India and unaffordability of going abroad. I feel I want to develop this enterprise as there is a huge market out there with good potential for the same and if I have to become an entrepreneur than its better that I equip myself with the managerial knowledge

P1: But not all entrepreneurs are MBAs..

Ans) Agreed sir, but I beleive it is wiser to learn from other’s mistakes than to start something and do your own. I feel if I am equipped with this knowledge I Would have much higher chances of succeeding than in other case.

P2: Do you think that there is potential in India and whats the current gaming scenario in India?

Ans) Sir, there is a very high rise, AS per Price waterhouse coopers analysis, gave stats…,so the gaming industry is in its nascent stage in India, and has tremendous potential.

P1: So what according to u is the actual gaming age in market?

Ans) Sir, I feel 10-40 years of people are interested in gaming. While the youngsters are into hardcore gaming the adults usually go for easy online games to take some small breaks off their continuous working schedule.

P2: I have heard about 3D printing, can u tell me something about it?

Ans) Sir, it has been a new technology with application onto organ printing…gave the process…

P2: Can u name a few printing MNC’s worldwide?

Ans) Yes sir – Heidelberg, Komori, Canon, Xeikon, Mitsuibuishi etc.

P2 : Can u name an Indian MNC?

Ans) Yes sir – Manipal press

P2 : Is it an MNC?

Ans) Sir, its presence is felt internationally with it being representing india in conferences like Drupa in Germay, which happens once in 4 years, of which I was also a part. Also sir ,it takes in many international orders like Barack Obama’s memoire so thats why i called it as an MNC

P2: Can u tell me a non printing MNC?

Ans) Yes sir , Reliance’s Big Cinemas has launched itself in US. Even Dabur has started exporting products to international market

P2: DO u consider Dabur to be an MNC?

Ans) Sir, it exports , but if we are strictily talking in terms of international centres then I think reliance big cinemas.

P2 : Have u heard about ADLABS?

Ans: Yes sir, it was a digital imaging service provider. It later on went into movie chains as well but presently it has been aquired by reliance group as far as I remember.

P1 : So then thank u…

Ans ( I started getting up, when P2 interrupted -)

P2: Have u got calls from all 6 IIMs?

Ans)Sorry sir for getting up , i thought it was over ( P2 says – no problems , its OK) No sir, 5 of them.

P2 : Which one did u miss out on?

Ans) IIM – Rohtak.

P 2: (He had taken my certis brochure) Why is your brochure so heavy?

Ans) Sir, I beleive it has some certificates which might interest u .. 😀

P 2: Hands it to P1: it is so heavy!! see….

P 1: But i think it suits your personality…(we all laugh, I am a little fat)

both say – thank u

me : Thank u sir

Interview Experience : good

Any other details you want to mention : Stay cool, think of it as a conversation

Verdict : Awaited…Fingers crossed..nervous…dont know if it went well or not, gave all answers though

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Date & Slot : 28-02-2013 Forenoon slot

Location: IIML Noida

Cat percentile: 97.37

Work Ex: 32 months (IT)

WAT Topic : Creation of Telangana would benefit economically, culturally and politically . What is your opinion ?

WAT Experience : Time :25 mins Word limit : 300 words .

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 panelists

M: middle aged male .

• Mam(35-40 yrs)- More of a psychologist. PI :

M went out.

F- Introduce yourself.Siblings? What do they do? Me-Answered. Hobbies , interests etc.

M seated.

F- So you write poetry. English or Hindi? Recite some.

Me- Recited around 20-22 lines and stopped myself. They agreed that it was pretty long and seemed happy.

F walks out.

M- So you do graffiti. Make me a graffiti (hands me pencil and paper) depicting the contrast in the mindset of the people waiting outside and yours facing the interview.

Me- Done . Went well with him. Appreciated. F seated now.

M- What do you work on at your workplace. Explain in layman terms with an example? Me- Answered

M-What else are your interests? Is there anything that you were expecting us to ask?

Me- Told cooking, LAN gaming , Cricket . And said I was expecting questions on cooking. F- So what do you cook? Just because its necessary or your passion.

Me- Passion mam. I have a maid to cater for the necessitites. I just cook on weekends or when I get free time.I cook Indian mostly. Chicken more often.

M- Give me the recipe.

Me- Started and spoke for 2-3 mins. They stopped.

M- So you played cricket and what else do you do. Do u watch movies? Me- Yes sometimes.

M- Questions on Oscars- Best movie,director, Indian connection to the oscars etc. Me- Answered all.

Then he strted trying to stress me out.

M- So you, every third guy we encounter is exactly like you – BTech graduate with an IT work ex, wearing the same black blazer with a blue shirt and a tie. F interrupts and says- and with a nice smile put on. So how are you different than others?

Me- Started talking about my setup which I started and the new ideas and stuff. Marketing topic somehow popped up.

M got the perfect opportunity to screw me up when I talked about my interest to go into brand management.

M- so here is a bisleri bottle. What is the brand.How much will you pay for a half glass of water from this

bisleri? Why is it priced so high?

Me- A lil nervous . tried saying things which i dont even remember now.

He offered me water and I took up the glass but did not drink. Dont know what was I thinking.

Was a lil nervous by this time.

Lady came to my rescue.

L- Tell me your favourite brand- can be your shampoo, cream or even jockey?

Me- I told about online shopping and the e-commerce brands.

L- Give me 6 names.

Me- told.

The Lady then checked my signature , asked about it and then a short talk by me on my fathers profession

and his expectations from me.

Lady was amused.

Then as I stood up and turned back , the lady asked if i was hopeful for a convert. I said yes with a smile.

And till the point I left the campus, I was smiling for some reason.

The best interview till date. And more so because I went with less hopes (borderline case) and the experience was a complete one. Something thats expected out of the IIM interview. No acads at all.

3rd march — noida campus

CAT : 86.17 (NC-OBC)

work-ex – 30+ months

acads : 10th 12 th <60(sale baketi karo or ) B.tech-73

WAT topic — juvenile justice act need review of age 18 , give ur points . (something like that )

— wrote avg might did some spieling mistake ( messing and chat effect)

PI — Panel – 1 (1 lady prof – LP (around 35) , 1 male prof MP (near 40)) and last but not least me ..

guy who came out told me to go in after 3 minute … i opened gate and LP said give us 5 minute we will call you

after 5 min MP came and called me in and he went out …

me : good morning mam …

LP : good morning, vishnu… have your seat …

before i take seat …

LP : what you use to do in school…you have very low marks in 10th and 12th ….

Me: mam i was in residential school and we use to have lot of extra and co-curricular activities and i thought being avg in acads and participation in all activities will be help full in my overall development

…. but den i realized that one should have above avg acads and i improved a bit in collage with taking

active participation in other activities ..

LP : agree …but dont you think 54 is below avg …

Me:(he mate aap to sarv gayani ho…) … again some dealing …this time told was in hindi medium till 9th

and den switched to eng… bla bla…

LP : par yar aapne to bilkul dabba performance di 10th 12th me…parents ne kuch bola nahi… mean while

MP joined …

me: mam i belong to remote village …my both parents are illiterate… they just know pass and fail… and

no was there to guide me …. i was not enough mature …bla bla…

LP : working ….30 months .. job going fine???

Me: (IT ki lagi padi hai ) yes mam…good

LP : why going for MBA den…

me: mama down the line i have to take managers role if i continue with this job also … i think its batter to

have professional coarse …it ill enhance skill, thinking bla bla…

LP : how can you say that…

Me: mam my elder brother is MBA from IIM-A , i asked him what will IIM contribute to once life and he

said it ll make u independent thinker … bla bla…

LP : oh so u just following ur brother…which yr pass out

me-2011

LP: now with ??

me : RBS

MP: so vishnu… you won debates many time …

me: ( prabhu app kanha the iti der) yes sir …

MP : tell me the quality of a debater

me: should have good idea about topic and put facts in support of his argument properly ..

MP: (satisfied i think) you participated in HINDI debate… why hindi … why even to learn hindi…how it ill help you in your MNC market ..

me: sir hindi is our mother tongue…and some more dealing pani…

MP : acha what will you do for ur place after MBA..

me : sir ppl still not sending there child to school … even now i use to motivate …and some more dealing

… abt lake of basic amenities and all …

MP : some thing like relate management system and computer … (i am b.tech cse)

me: gave some dealing pani again

Mp : digital divide ??

me : no idea sir …

MP : analog digital nahi jante kya …guess karo

Me: sir 1-0 ki form me hota hai …might be sharp divide …

and laughter in room … MP : ja k google karna it will be good for you to study abt that …

me : pakka sir …

LP : u r eng … (me : koyi gunah hai kya ) how bulb to tube light and den LED … explain

me: (aap kanhi ghum k kyo nahi aati…) kuch dealing di …pwer savng bla bla…

LP : ans as u r eng… ye to koyi bhi bata dega… and some more related to phy basics

which i had no idea.. LP : actually tunhari schooling dabba hai so we can understand… ye sab 10 th 12 th

ki physics hai …

MP :anything u want to ask …???

me : sir as mam said abt my schooling is dabba… and LP intrupted : are yar tumne to dil par le liya…

me : nahi mam aisha nahi hai… me to manta hu ki mera weak hai schooling … but now i cant change that

… yes i took a lsn frm this that you should focus on your sole aim much and give less priority to

everything else …

LP : u studied form navoday … ye to bahut hi ache school hote hai .. u should feel pride ..

me: ji mama…i do feel … i learned a lot from there ..

MP : haan infect what you are today is all bec of that school …

verdict : not having mush hope …(low acads … not good WAT ) 3rd March – Kolkata afternoon batch

WAT-Indians are not so concerned about environment,they lack civic sense,they are not concerned about

nature-your views.

profile-cat-98.72, 6 new iims.throughout-above 80%.

PI-3 male members 1 young(y1) 2 in mid ages(M1 & M2).duration-25- 30 mins.

M1-so u r a civil engineer,tell me what a civil engineer does?

me-tell him blah blah..

M1-how would u design a thermal power plant & atomic power plant?

me-(Are yeh kya quetion hua!!!)Safety will be given highest priority in case of atomic priority..

M1-oky,so u learned math in engineering,tell me what is the definition of integration & differentiation? me-(ab toh had go gayi hume kya pata yaar defn kya hai..)told about the empirical things.

M1-whats probability.

me-give the answer.

M2-family background

me told

m2- 3 pillars of business.

me-customer,trust & profit.(only these came in my mind 😉

M2-relation between society & buisness

Give some funda about link 7 CSR

M2-whats the rate of CSr?

Me-gave answer correctly with PSU s latest data.

M2-why mba?

me-told.

M3-u have a lot of co curricular activities,so have u ever represent ur district in a state level cmpetition.

me-yes.,certificate was there.

M3-role of RBi.

Me-told to fix up and monitor monetary policies told about,crr,latest banking bill etc.

M3-do u have older iims call?

me-no

M3-then what was ur reaction?

Me- i have done my part nut i expect from K & I,but dont get it.its the harsh truth of life.i have to accept

it.

M3-if u convert all 6 iims which will u join? me-did not decide d yet,concentrated on intrvw, will decide later.

M3- ok all the best, M1 & M2-all the best

me-thank you sir.

Verdict-fingers crossed,grilled in first 5 mins but come back later strongly.

2nd March – IIM Lucknow Noida Campus…

AFTERNOON BATCH….

Wat Topic – In the present scenario, with both the parents working, the child often feels lonely and not

taken care of…..give your opinions…

Wrote a decent essay in my opinion….tried to analyze the issue from child’s perspective….parents

helplessness to earn more for the sake of child’s future….also about the day care homes and their apathy

towards their responsibilities….but was just about to conclude the same when the panel asked us to stop

writing….overall satisfied….

PI Process……was the second last student from my batch to be interviewed….

Panel – 1 Male 40 years aged and one female around 35 years aged….

M – Tell us about you very quickly…

me – told about my graduation and current job…

M – but you have shown your work experience as zero..

me- explained about my company’s reluctance to give me salary slip, also told that i have got xerox of the salary cheque if they want to see.

M – What was ur favourite subject in engineering ?

me – Concrete technology

M – I dont know anything about it….tell me what is concrete ?

me – expalined in brief..

M – Okay what was the recent controversy surrounding the DLF a few months back..

me – (with nothing coming to my mind) Sir, it was something about hte artificial escalation in the prices of the flats…i myself was amused at my answer…

M – (Looking surprised) from when did the flats were sold at their original prices….from the very

beginning they used to be sold at high prices….isn’t it ?

me – speechless…..

M – Okay tell me who’s Arvind Kejriwal

me – A former I.A.S who’s fighting for Jan Lokpal bill…

M – Who’s Robert Vadhra ?

me – a businessman and a close relative of the Gandhi Nehru Family..

M – Now tell me about the DLF scam ?

me – still couldn’t figure out the issue…..then the final word – “SORRY SIR….I CANT RECALL THE

INCIDENCE RIGHT NOW…..”

M – Tell us the names of the indians who’ve won the noble prize ?

me – Rabindra Nath Tagore….could not think of anyone else…

M – For which subject was Amartya Sen awarded the noble prize ?

me – Sir, for maths…

M – (looking amused) not for chemistry ? are u sure ?

me – yes sir…

M – Okay…..what for in maths ?

me – sir….cant recall it right now…

M – Who was sukhdev ?

me – a freedom fighter..

M – what was W.V.RAMAN known for ?

me – for “RAMAN EFFECT”, as we all know…

M – Whats the RAMAN EFFECT…?

me – (bachchce ki jaan loge kya) umm umm……cant recall right now sir…

M – You cant even remember the names of those people who made our country proud….

me –

M – Okay….now solve the statistics problem…

me – (after thinking about the given problem for 2 minutes) I cant solve it sir…

M – (Laughed as if he’s proved the Albert Einstein was a fool) no need of solving that…

M – okay rate urself on a 1 to 10 scale for having done anything wrong in ur life …

me – Sir….7

M – Okay now give me instances when u have contradicted with ur ethics…

me – (finally it was my turn to get surprised) Sir, u asked me some different question…

M – no i asked the same question…..

now the lady spoke for the first time…

F – Yes sir he’s right…..you had asked some different question…

M – Okay…..do you use a computer…

me- ( i was about to say no sir, i am from 18th century…what the hell do u mean ? ) yes sir…

M – Do you work on a genuine copy of microsoft office…

me – (thinking “yes sir…..it was last week only that MR.gates delievered it to me personally….) NO SIR

M – you know that its illegal ?

me – ofcourse sir….

M – So dont u think u r doing wrong by using it ?

me – Sir, i have paid for my laptop and if the vendor has installed a dplicate version than i think its his fault and not mine…

M – But if the microsoft people were to look into the matter,they’d catch u and not the vendor…

me – doesn’t matter……( i’ll get TAREEKH PE TAREEKH i the court….)

F – Do u watch movies ?

me- yes

F – Where do u watch them

me – in the theatres or the tv

F – Not on internet

me – yes i do ?

M – so u download the movies ?

me – not at all……i just watch them “ONLINE”….

M – and where do u get the movies from ?

me – (was ready because one of my “friends” had asked me the same question a day back) Sir there are many websites such as youtube, onlinewatchmovies.net blah blah…

M – Is it legal ?

me – not at all…

M – Now let’s play the rapid fire round…

me – (thinking what must the previous round be named as ? may be a “michael clarke triple hundred with

a strike rate of dravid ? “)

JEE HUZOOR…

M – What is ur strong point ?

me – Confidence

M – What’s ur weakness

me – being emotional

M – Whats ur weakness ?

me – not recalling the answers to ur questions at the moment…

M – Whats ur weakness ?

me – trusting wrong people…

M – Whats ur weakness ?

me – (game over…)….nothing else sir…

M – We just dont want guys like you, who are arrogant as well as unethical….you are just superficial…

i’ll give u 0 out of 10 for being so…..do u want to take ur previous statement back about the ethical thing

me – no sir…i wont…

M – ARE YOU SURE ?

me – yes sir…i have not done anthing unethical as far as the softwares i use..

F – Have u downloaded any more softwares apart from those that were provided to you by the vendor ?

me – no mam…

she seemed a bit satisfied with the answer…

M – Thank you…anything you want to ask us ?

me – sir, what are you people looking for in a candiadate ? i mean on what grounds dou judge a person ? ( i knew that it was a question out of the 1980’s mould…but couldn’t think of anything apart from that question )

M – EVERYTHING….we test the person from every perspective

me – (thank you for stating “the obvious”, sir)…thank you sir…..thank you mam…

Overall Experience – was just satisfied with my confidence (even when i knew i was wrong)….but overall

it dint went as i would have liked it to be….

but even then it was a nice experience to have interacted with guys there…..

Verdict – fingers crossed……

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