MDI Gdpi experience...

Gd topic :- Human activists : Do they work for the society or for their own benefit...
All the 10 members in the group gave some decent points..

Interview :-
M1(madam 1) : tell me about urself..
me :same old story ...


M2 stopped my story in between when i said i am a member of BAKG(business analysis knowledge group) and CSR groups in my company and said ..oh! that was the reason you were speaking that much in the gd....

everyone laughs...eheheh
(but they dont know that i have just enrolled myself formally for BAKG group ...did not attend any meet or any activity or anything :P)

M1:continue
me: blah blah blah...

M1:smthing about ur company and the work u do
me:blah blah blah...

M2:ur hobbies?
me: playing computer games..

M2:what do you get playing computer games..
me: (wasn't prepared for this question..)said about imagination involved in characters, artificial intelligence,explained how gaming is a complex thing from inside...

M2: No, tell us why do you play..what do you get..leave those technical and other stuff...
me: (???????????thought for a while...couldn't get any answer and then i said) it is like eating a chocolate

M2:(everyone confused) eating a chocolate?
me: yes..eating a chocolate energizes you so is playing the game...

everyone started laughing ...

M2:so do you think eating a chocolate energizes you ..it adds some excitement really
me: yes and explained something

then discussion on chocolate and what does it do....:)

end of the discussion ...

M2 : you can go

verdict : Selected.............:)

IMI gdpi experience..

Date : 25th march 2011
venue :Hyderabad

The first step was to write an essay then gd then pi..

essay topic: International trade barriers work (this is how it was ..same wording..)
 wrote against the topic ...saying it creates work..and supporting arguments from diff. scenarios....was ok..

Gd : one of us (group) was asked to come there and pickup a chit...on which topic would be writte...if we are not comfortable with the first topic then we can pickup another chit...for another topic..

We all agreed with the first topic...

Topic as heard by me : Judiciary system in India
we were given 5 mins to think...and a paper to note down our points...

I started the gd...was speaking continuosly...spoke for about 3-4 mins..was loosing on points...no one was interrupting me... then after 3-4 mins , one guy said "what u are speaking is correct but we are here to discuss about education system in India."

phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

was shocked totally...ppl were shocked and so they were not interrupting me!!!!wow!!!

was totally blank...then that guy spoke for 2-3 mins on the education system...

as soon as he finished ...i took over again and this time i spoke on "education system " :) ...
From then onwards spoke around 5-6 times .....since i had a little research on education system.....

PI:-

dont remember the exact sequence of questions ....

i was asked on "tell me about urself", ur college,why mba(was grilled on this..for about 15-20 mins atleast)...about my performance in GD(??????) ...then asked me to go to Tiss or SPJAIN or other colleges which offer social entrepreneurship, then about my friend in IMI, how should IMI promote itself, what should it do....how much time do i spend online daily, what stuff do i read, what is going on in libya, what is no-fly zone, what will happen if someone imposes no-fly zone and if the other country doesn't follow, what do you think of US taking control of libya in the name of protecting its civilians, what if all the members of UNSC decide against manmohan singh and india and decide to attack...thats it..


Final Results Out on April 17th 2011(today)
Result : Converted

VGSOM-gdpi

location : bangalore
date : 15/03/2011

case study : Firestone company manufacture tyres and ford company uses these tyres for their cars..now there is some prob with these tyres ..so firestone calls them back bcoz of "pressure" and they blame each other..discuss points based on three things ....
1)product design
2)quality control
3)ethics

1 min for everyone initially ..then 5 mins open discussion ..then 3 mins to write 3 imp points...

intrvw:
only two profs p1 and p2...

p1 was associate dean of vgsom

p1:about urself?
me:told

p1:why a poor 892 in jmet and why a good 98.86 in cat?
me:told some fake reason

p1:why ?
me:created a story ..got convinced

p2:tell me electronic products
me:told

p2:what is the design diff between these products and other products...for ex motors..which are mechanical..or civil products...
me:(????????????????????girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)started with saying these are digital..
then was explaining wrking of TV
and motors

p2: no no i do not need how they work..design diff???
me:(aur kya bolu??)
he gave some one two hints..gave answers when he gave me hints...

p2: what will happen when breakdown occurs in electronic devices..mechanical devices
me:told smthing

p2:what is miniaturization
me:totally blank..told that i did not hear of this term before

p1;what is VLSI
me:told

p1:then miniaturization
me:oh!!!told them now...VLSI is nothing but acheiving miniaturization

p1:y mba
me:told

p2:without mbs also,it can be done(this question has been asked in all of my intrvws..)
me:told the same answer

p2:what was final year project
me:told

p2:did u read any books in mngmnt..or any courses
me:we had a course during our engg.

p2:name?
me:told

p2:what is balance sheet
me:told

p2:what is ther in that sheet
me:told

p2:what are current assets
me:told

p2:examples
me:gave one ex...but they said it was not a current asset

p2:what is profit loss stmt
me:told

p2:what will be present at the end of the stmt
me:(???) got struck..

p2:do u know distributions?
me:binomial,normal....these ones???

p2:yes...
me:yes..we had them(phas gaya!!!how can i tell them that i dont remember those things now)

p2:what is random variable
me:told

p2:what values can be possible when a coin is tossed?
me:told

p2:what is discrete random variable
p2:what is continuos random variable
me:told

p2:what are the distributions for discrete random variable
me:told(was not sure though)

p2:eqns for these distr.
me:dont know...but ..explained a little about each one

p2:any other distributions which you know?
me: no

p2:what are the qualities of a manager
me:told

p2:exact points??
me:told them many including time management..

p2:no no no no....no time management reqd..
p2:distinguish good and very good manager
me:told

p1:how do submarines which are  40 ft deep under water communicate?
me:satellite...(was not sure..actually was confused about what was he talking...from where to where)

p2:is it possible thru mobile
me:no..gave reasons

p1:did u have any control theory ?
me:no control theory but there was one subject control systems

p2:thank you....

got up ..was leaving/...

p1:did u enjoy gdpi
me:yes sir.(fully confident..)

p1:will u join if given a chance
me:sure sir

p1:other calls
me:told

p1:thank you
meLthank you

done...share ur feedback guys...

IIM-Indore gdpi exp.

location: hyderabad
date : 02/03/2011
essay topic: women are more effective bosses than men . agree or disagree with supporting arguments

wrote it nice ..i guess :)
wrote against the topic(saying that women are not effective compared to men  :) )....as i was not getting solid and sufficient examples to write in favour of them ..
started the essay with who is a boss,his responsibities,where do women fall behind...then gave some stats ..ended it smoothly....

intrvw:

p1: tell me about urself
me: blah blah blah

p1:what is cloud computing?
me:( thought of telling that i am from ece and we do not have anything of this sort..) had heard of this term smwhere..so told him that it is a virtual thing..blah blah

p1:how does it differ from other tech?
me: told

p1:is the company XXX a leader in cloud computing?
me:(XXX is the company in which i am wrking ..BTW i have 6 months of work ex after my engg....2010 passout)
...thought for 2 min and said yes...(but was wondering..said yes bcoz ..no reason)

p1:how?
me:(ufff!!!!!!!!thought for a while.) then linked my company's work with cloud computing(with what i thought cloud computing can be??) and told them regarding that..

p1:what does XXX get by cloud computing
me:blah blah

p1:what does client get by cloud computing?
me:blah blah

p1:why has now cloud computing come into picture all of sudden when ppl have been using this tech from long
time
me:told

p1:any other tech which works similar to cloud computing?
me:dont know any other name but gave an example of one software which works similarly

p1 is done with his questioning now...
p2 enters into the scene..

p2:why do u want to do mba
me:told

p2:is mba reqd?cant u do without mba
me:told

p3:did u hear of NGO names working in education sector?
me:dont know names..but there are many

p3:so how would ur goal be different from what an NGO does
me:told

p3:it seems u are interested in social issues
p3:what is CSR
me:told

p3:what does XXX do for CSR
me:told

p3:is it really "social"
me:told

p3:what are the social issues in AP
me:started with microfinance...was telling them ..

p2:how does the system work
me:told

p2:what is the crisis in AP
me:told

p2:why AP only..when there are many other states doing that
me:told but not that much gud answer

p3:who started it
me:mohd yunus

p3:how does MF work in bangladesh
me:told

p3:is it a sucess there/
me:yes

p3:then why not in AP
me:told

p3:what are the decisions signed when loan is given
me:started...gave 1-2(there are 16 decisions actually) ...but was interrupted when i said about education has to be made available to their children when they take a loan...

p3:is it being implemented..here and in bangladesh
me:told

p3:yunus is in scams..what scams
me:told

p3:so do u think he started it for business and not for social benefit
me:gave convincing answer

again p2

p2:what is HDI
me:told

p2:what are the factors taken into account
me:told

p2:what is INDIA's rank
me:told

p2:which institue gives these ranks
me:(??????) dont know...

they look at each other and say..we are done ..do u have any questions...
me:no ..thank you ...
thank you..done .....

IIM-Rohtak, Raipur and trichy experience....

This time ...i had my interview at hotel monarch luxor,bangalore on feb. 28th at 8.30 am ..
we were asked to wait in the waiting hall till 8.45 or so...

same thing again...divided into groups of 10...

GD topic :-  local govts are more corrupt or central government...


2 mins were given to think and 10 mins for discussion...
it was a complete fish market...literally 10 ppl were speaking at a time....bcoz of very less time allotted everyone was trying to play safe...spoke 3-4 times...excluding 5-6 serious attempts to get in again and again  :)

interview process started....
called in sequentially as per our seating arrangement in GD....
came to know from one person that my panel was asking all acads questions and he was asked to draw not gate from nand gate , nand from nor etc etc....he was from ECE bckground...

so i started to recollect all those gates (i am also from ECE bckground...)


i was called by one of the professor...

As usual,there were 3 professors...but the strange part was that two persons were seating in their places but the third prof. was sitting at the corner of the room...holding a paper and watching me....::)

P1:tell me smthing about urself
Me: blah blah blah...

p1:it seems u are very good in maths(referring to my memosheets)...u have got 72,75.....out of 75 in every exam...so how much do u remember what u have read in maths..tell me ur favourite chapters
me:(chapters ke naam kaise bolu...)sir................trigonometry,algebra,premutations,...

p1:what is cosx
me: trigonometric function....range ....blah blah

p1:cos hx??
me: said...

p1:difference between the two...
me:compared their ranges, graphs, etc etc

p1:what is demoivres theorem?
me:(huh!!!!)  i have heard of this smwhere but i do not remember the theorem ...if u can give a little hint then i can tell u the theorem...

p1:it is related with cos (theeta) and sin (theeta)
me:(tried to divert him from the issue)was speaking about different things about cos and sin..then ( a lightning struck me...dont know how...)told him the theorem
it is (cos theeta + i sin theeta )^n = (cos n theeta + i sin n theeta)

p1:does maths have any practical applications...tell me where can it be applied???
me:related maths with input ,output signals, and then with PID controller used in robotics and how can this be used to control speed and all...

p1:some more basic questions on maths..dont remember them ....

p1:tell me some chapters from ur engineering second semester maths?/
me:was trying to recollect....then p2 started asking questions..

p2:who is ur role model?
me:swami vivekananda

p2: vivekananda!!! there is something special about him this year..can u tell me what...
me:special !!!his life span was from 1864-1902 ....this year it is 2011..dont know....

p2:tell me some qualities y u perceive him as ur role model?
me:blah blah blah...

p2:u have good acads, good job then y mba?
me: blah blah...

p2:u have good goal but do u think mba is necessary to achieve ur goal..
me: told him how mba wud help me...

p2:there are many businessmen in india who are not mba's but are successfull...so???
me:told him that some of them inherited those traits from their family..ex: mukesh amban...

p2:but dhirubhai ambani?
me:yes i agree..but if i want to do that way then it wud take some time..probably i wud do everything by the age of 40 but not before that...etc etc...

p2:who is external affairs minister...
me:(naam bhul gaya!!)initially said ahamed but then said SM krishna

p2:what are u expecting from budget
me:told him what should be done..and what can be done..ended with saying that medical reimbursement should be increased..tax reforms should be done to benefit common man...

p2:even we would be benefitted from that...
everyone bursted into laughter...

p2:we are done...u can leave...
me: thank you sir

p3 did not speak at all..he was just watching from the corner....strange....

plz share ur feedback guys....

wil post my other intrvw experieces soon as soon i get some time to post them :)

till then Take care.....

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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....

Bye...



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