IIM-S experience

IIM-S was my first MBA intrvw this season...Here goes my experience....i had my slot on Feb 15...2 PM at bangalore..

We had a case study....10 mins were given to write the summary of our understanding of the case and 15 mins were given to discuss the same case...

Gist of the Case study topic:

There are two people working in government company which gives licenses to other companies for starting their businesses. One person of these two wants to start a company and he applies for license for his business. As he also works in the company which gives licenses, there is every possibility that he can exploit the rules. And the second person applying for license is also not against any rules. In such case what should first person do...??/

Everyone was asked to write on the case for 10 mins. At the end of 10 mins, they gave a signal to start the discussion...

We were divided into groups of 10...

Discussion:

Everyone was busy writing that noone started discussing for about a minute or so...

So, I had to start the discussion...

Started with briefly analysing the issue involved....what is what and what are the issues that have to be handled...
everyone got a chance to speak....I came up with some good points like...govt should change the rules to avoid such cases in future...first person should have a one to one discussion with other person to discuss the issue...he should inform everything to higher authorities.....second person has to be kept out of decision making person(this was group's point) and i was contradicting this point....and 2-3 points more...

My serial number was 10 (last person) in my group....so my turn for intrvw came around 6.30 PM(original time slot was 2 PM)...

There were three persons in the panel ...all aged around 35....I would refer to them as P1,P2,P3 and myself as Me...

P1:came outside and announced my name and asked me come in
Me: went inside...Good evening sirs....
P2:Good evening...Have your seat..
Me: thank you sir..
P1:Ok....you were waiting from that time rite...
Me: Yes sir...
P1: So, Were u asking questions to all the students who were done with their intrvws...
Me:(thinking that if i say no...he wud not believe me....) I have asked some of them...
P1:Fine....we are asking questions from morning...Now u ask questions to us...
Me:(thought that this intrvw is gone now..was totally blocked...was prepared not to ask questions to them at the end also even if they ask me "Do u have any questions")(anywayz asked them that..) should i ask you questions which u have asked them(previous guys) or new questions
P1: ask new questions...
Me:(Phas gaya!!!!was struck for a minute and then asked...) I want to reform educational sector after doing  MBA.I want to know how can MBA help in me in my goal...i know the answer but i need an advice from you...
P1,P2:smiled...
P2:Ok..u tell me the answer...how would u do it...
Me:(mann me laddu phoota...) said my answer for why mba....how i would reform this sector....and ended with linking this to the company in which i am working in(around 3 mins discussion on this question)
P1:So, u want to start a payroll business(this is what the company in which i work does)..
Me:No, sir...agained a little on what my company does and what i do....
P1:Ok,what is ur part in payroll processing..
Me:blah blah blah....
P1:u can automate all this...this is kind of checklist...anyone can do this
Me:Explained him again taking some examples...
P1:why IIM shillong
Me: gave some reasons..said about its brand...
P1:(immediately interrupted...) how do u know it has established its brand...
Me: feedback Sir..
P1: feedback from...
Me:from faculties of my coaching centre,students and seniors...
P1:seniors ..u know seniors??
me:yes sir...i have a friend who is a passout(actually i do not have any friend)..
P1: Ok continue...why shillong..
Me:blah blah...
P1:Ok...how much do u remember from ur engineering...
Me:(was about to say...)
P1:what is your favourite subject..
Me: Microprocessor...8086 Microprocessor
P1: So, tell me what is microprocessor
Me:blah blah...( BTW i am from ECE bckground)
P1:why is called micro??
Me:blah blah..
P1:ther is something called microcontroller...what is it..
Me:blah blah...
P1:so , microcontroller is not a microprocessor...
Me:linked microprocessor and microcontroller
P1:tell me one practical name...
Me: told about atmega 8 avr microcontroller
P1:ok...(pointing to P2....u carry on ..kind of thing )
P2:u are from hyderabad...
Me:yes sir
P2:what's ur take on telangana
Me:(Thank you....) started with 1956...told them about how the issue started...its background and other stuff...
P2: (interrupted ..and asked)whats ur take ...are u against it or in favour of it..
Me:against it
P2:Tell me the reasons..
Me:started with naxalism and maoism and was explaining with chattisgarh and jharkhand as examples..
P2:so u do not want it bcoz u think that wud give rise to naxalism...
Me:that is one of the reason sir...
then gave other reasons(4-5)..discussion went on for around 10 mins
P3:so u have changed ur name..
Me: No sir
P3: (pointing to my certificates) there are different names but..
Me: in one extracurricular certificate ..it is wrongly spelt...
P3: Is this ur photograph...
Me: Yes sir
P3: when is this photo taken
Me: around 1 and half year ago
P3: are u sure..
Me: yes sir
P3:wht's ur percentile
Me:98.86
P3:other calls...
Me: IIM I , New IIM'S....
P3..Ok..u can leave..
Me: thank you sir..

Thought it was a decent performance..will have to wait and watch...pls share your feedback guys...

Will post my other IIM intrvw experiences in a day or two...
Till then enjoy...have a nice day...give ur feedback too...I have started writing blogs for the first time and this is my first post on my blog...so do share in ur comments regarding this too...any improvements in the blog content and appearance....

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