As promised.. here is my GD/PI Experience.
Profile:
CAT %ile: 94.7
NITIE Call: PGDISEM
Xth: 85%
XII: 87%
B-Tech: 80.1%
Work ex: 2.5 Yrs in IT
Date of interview: 13/3/2007
was there at the auditorium at sharp 8.. but there was a bit of chaos.. as expected on the first day.. but things finally settled down and everyone was seated in the audi after registering
. The presentations were really good.. the background music used for all of them was awesome..
kudos to the impact team for that.
it was an agonising wait till 12.30 :neutral: for getting my certificates verified and get into the GD Room. There were 5 ppl moderating the GD
, but only one lady was giving all the instructions. The topic was
'Private institutions: Good or Bad'
a general topic and as expected there were few moments of fish market and cross talk..
came in 4-5 times and gave in one good point of Private institues poaching the faculty of govt. colleges by luring them with high salaries
.
Over all pretty controlled GD and we reached a conclusion.. everyone got to speak as it was around 20 mins in total..
The best part was that even the Summary kind of became a GD
, with everyone trying to contribute to the summary..! :s
had my lunch and came back for the PI. Met a 2007 passout from PGDISEM and he was giving gyan abt the course and placement profiles..
Interview scenario:
there were 6 ppl on the panel
looked like i was the moderator and they were in a GD.!
i will collectively call them '
Q' (all the questions
) and myself '
M'
M: Good afternoon.. while entering and realising i had to say good afternoon hell lotta times
Q: Good afternoon. we are having trouble in pronouncing your surname guru...
M: it is guruvugari..
Q: oh.. we would call you just Anup.. is that fine..?
M: ya thats fine (what else cud i have answered? :S)
Q:Thats a very nice suit you were wearing.. where did you get it stiched..?
M: (ah.. theres my opportunity
), Sir i bought it in Melbourne cos it was a protocol for the xmas party over there.. (Couple of minutes gyan on my onsite trip)
Q
k Mr.Anup.. i see you are working in IT for 2.5 years.. why sudden jump to ISEM?
M: started giving gyan about it.. current global scenario.. importance of Environmental mgmt.. et all
Q: Dont talk to us like UN seceratary general
talk to us like Anup..
M: smile.. everyone else also smiles.. then i gave routine why MBA kinda answer..
Q
ont you think you are taking a very big risk..?
M: Sir, this would be a calculated risk and a rewarding one..
Q:Can you tell me Pros and cons of this risk..?
??:
M: (what is this.. where is it going.?) i told them advantage is the huge opportunity it would present after 2 yrs.. with lotta emphasis on env sustenance and protection and NITIE offering a unique course not offered anywhere in the country
(
everyone satisfied)
Q: can you tell us disadvantages..
M:hmm err.. it is a calculated risk as i said sir..
everyone smiles..
??:
Q: So what are your current responsibilities...?
M: Told them.. abt my client and job et all...
Q:Can you tell me how you can use technology in Env Management..?
M: ma'am one application that i can see is the design of a system that can monitor the emission levels of the industry and thereby steps can be taken to keep it in control.
(They seemed to agree... )
Q:So can you tell me how you can use technology to avoid a disaster caused by a Tsunami?
M: Ma'am.. we can design sensors/posts at the coast and use an advanced alerting mechanism that would relay the threat of the incoming tsunami to as many centres as possible in the shortest time..
Q: Do you think just by alerting, you can reduce the damage.? :satisfie:
M: yes ma'am.. i believe one of the chief causes for the huge damage of the last tsunami was because ppl took the tsunami for granted, they did not know how much destruction it can cause.. there were tsunami's of lower scale in the indian ocean and they thought may be even this was of similar magnitude and the evacuation was not done...
(Again everyone gave that customary nod..
)
Q:I see that 40% of ppl applying to NITIE and many other B-Skools this year are from XXX (my company).. why do you think is it so..?
does your company provocate ppl to do an MBA..?
M: Sir it is an individual choice.. and its just a co-incidence that most of th ppl are from my company..
??:
Q:Then why not any other company..?
M:Sir there are lotta ppl in other companies also trying to get into BSkools.. as is said it is a personal choice and no set pattern..
(He dint want to be convinced :( )
Q: Do you believe in all this hype about environmental damage, green house gases, ice melting, water level rising..? how far is it true..?
M: Yes ma'am a lotta study is happening around the world on this and it has been proven that unless we cut down on emissions it would turn into a waiting disaster. (Now for some unasked gyan
) ma'am but i dont agree with some of the steps suggested to curb the global warming like planting trees.. studies have proved that excessive plating of trees in some regions has actually worsened the scenario cos the additional trees are now absorbing more CO2 and thereby increasing the local temperatures of the region. (everyone may be was thinking.. too much gyan.. but i was happy i put this point
)
Q:So does your company sensitize you abt the importance of Env and how to preserve it..?
M: (There's my chance again..
) Yes ma'am.. infact im proud to say that my campus is ISO 14001 certified .. water mgmt.. recycling et all..
Q: hmm. so you have a nice job and nice company with ISO14001.. why do you want to leave it..?
M: Ma'am i want to make all the other companies also ISO 14001 certified
(Everyone laughs and simultaneously nods.. )
Q: what other calls do you have..?
M: Reluctantly.. SPJain sir.. (dint tell abt IIT Kgp n IIFT.. dunno why
??: )
Q: Is that all..? no other calls..?
M: (do i look like a BLACKI..?
) yes sir.. thats it no other calls..
Q: so if you get thru both of them.. which one would u join? ( i saw that coming :( )
M: Sir NITIE (obviously
) cos i put my first preference as PGDISEM.. and i really lked the course and found it very relevant to the current precarious scenario of the Env (same old gyan
)...
Q: Hmm.. they look satisfied.. atleast by the way they reacted.. dunno what they were thinking inside..?
i was already rehearsing the answer for the same qst at SPjain interview..
if asked.
Q: ok anup.. thank you. that wil be it.
M: Thank you..
phew.. it just felt like i was in for 5-7 mins.. but it was around 15 mins as ppl waiting outside told me... It was feel good interview
with lotta nods from their side, dunno how the result would be like.
i came out of the interview and checked my IIFT result.. they kicked me... :( and i was relieved that i dint check the result before my NITIE interview..
??:
No qsts on acads thankfully for me..
Hoping for the best.. All the best to Puys for your interviews..
Help
7 minutes...and I dont want to read anything out of it...I guess they were predecided that they dont want me...they asked absolutely nothing...not even work, acads, nothing
...they asked to try and i told abt governer by mistake
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