IIM L GD/PI experience

[pixie#22]

i had my IIM L interview yesterday and well it was definitely an eye opener

GD:
the topic was privatisation is not the remedy for the improving the efficiency and productivty of PSUs

it went ok everyone spoke..but not a fish market...
my rating 7.5/10

PI:
well i was the last in my group so though other ppl had PIs for almost 20 minutes myself and the person just b4 me were thrown out in 10 min flat (the profs wanted to go 4 lunch i guess)
started with why MBA ? fine then went onto FMCGs and who makes Head and shoulders and who makes clinic allclear so in total some 15 products and then their adverisements....i said i had no TV at home (that shocked them since both of them simultaneously asked that how do u pass ur time then!!)
till this pt i was kinda hopeful that i might b able to make it but then the other prof who was going thro my file looked up and said wat do u knw abt Fuzzy cks...i told him with an example of acs and inbtween the other prof asked which company advertises that it uses fuzzy logic.
i said i dunno then he said oh yes u dont own a TV ( i really didnt know that it was so impt)
neways then we ent on to ANN(artificial neural networks) again i was able to give them the basic concept but they kept asking more and more then he says i'm really disappointed with u( I'm sure nobody in the history of GD/PIs was ever told that)!! then it was probability and functions
then some workex related questions which were ok...then we were back to HLL and wipro wat services i wld provide to HLL if it were my(Wipro's) client !!
thats abt it..
PI :3/10 or maybe even less
so please brush up on ur acads(not just core sub like i did but all the sundry electives also which u had opted for) coz every1 frm our group was asked only acads and nothing else irrespective of amt of workex....

BOL to every1 else...

[anandisgood]

Bangalore - 23/March 11.30am Panel-I

GD - PIL is an indication that legislative and executive bodies have failed.

Interview (30 mins)
Why MBA ? Why leave a high paying job ?
1. Where is Yahoo mail stored ?
2. Can Yahoo see your mail ?
3. How can you prevent it from seeing your mails ?
4. HOw does Microsoft Word correct spellings ?
5. What is Mobile computing ? Neural COmputing ? What is Multi Layer Perception ?
6. What do you look for in a candidate in interviews ?
7. What are your chances in this interview ? Why ?
8. Can a computer understand the term "decent chance" ?

anand

[Chandoo]

hi all...

this is the experience of Neelima posted here

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Hi friends,

Had my L interview today. Putting it down here to help you guys out.

Venue: IIMB
Panel 01
Time :1130 AM

we were a group of 7 people.....only one fresher...5 from IT with 2+ exp and 1 self employed ( he runs a gaming centre of his own,......pretty impressiev huh?! )
also we were 4 girls and 3 guys.

GD topic: Does PIL mean the failure of executive and legislative system?

Well, i had no idea what this PIL was!!!
So couldnt utilise much of the 2 minutes time given to 'collect your thoughts' before the discussion started. I was mainly occupied in not looking very stupid and trying to focus on the second part of the topic...ie 'failure of executive and legislative'

Its only when the GD started i came to know what PIL meant....for the uninitiated...it stands for 'Public Interest Litigation'..ie a case filed by a person against the govt/legislative etc
the IIM fee cut PIL filed by some students of IIMA is a good example.

The GD started off very peacefully and continued very peacefully and ended very peacefully
quite a contradiction to the ones I was used to, where literally everyone kept talking at the same time. I think the peaceful GD we had was far more superior as it showed that we could behave as mature to-be-managers who made their points but respected others when they wanted to make their point too.

(The previous group's GD ended up being a fish market and I heard that the professor commented that 'it was a bit noisy'....so guys please try to keep your calm in a GD)

Now the PI.....I had gone there hoping to get stress interviewed.....(L is famous for that)
but nothing of that sort happened.....there were two profs (fin and OR). The OR guy started off by asking me to introduce myself starting 10 years in the future..........this was something that I was ready for and was hoping they would ask me to do....and i'd say that i did it really well.......had a 10 minute speech and by their looks they were pretty impressed
in between they kept interrupting to ask something but always let me continue....i could manouvre the questions very well during this 10 minutes....later on they started asking me about the IT industry from the indian perspective and the global perspective and why we had the dot com bust.....then they asked me why I wanted to take up marketing, was it because my confidence level was low in my Tech subject (which happens to be Comp Sci)
if anything i was not lacking in that was Confidence
handled that very well and told him genuinly why I want to go for Marketing and what I wanted to do. (which I had already mentioned once when I started my into from 10 years in the future)
Then they asked me about my job profile...why I have already changed two companies....gave them a good explantion for that.......
Then they asked me whether I watch TV...I said I dont own a TV set yet and since i stay away from my home i get to watch it only occasionally....( I wonder what they would've asked me if I had said that I watched)
after that they said "Thank you"
at that point of time I was really enjoying it...and dint want it to end so fast...but still once they show you the door, you have to shut up right?
So i picked up my file and started walking out....then comes a last questions
"do you have any other calls"
said I have K and I....then I saw a small smile on the person's lips who asked the question. have no idea what that meant. anyways came out happy and confused. :O
thats about it guys.

dont be tensed about it.....you will end up screwing it up..just be yourself...be prepared for standard questions like "Introduce yourself" , "Why MBA", "Role Model", "future plans"

and a big advice to freshers....do brush up your technical subjects especially wrt the industry or wrt current happenings....like the Electronics telecom fresher was asked about "CDMA", "GPRS", "whether you can do rly reservation through mobile, if yes how is it done"

I'd say that go with a light heart
and you'll come out without a regret


all the very best guys!!!
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[Neophile]

Guys

Could you please let me know where exactly in IIMB, the interviews are held..
(block details etc..)

[nikhilatiim]

intv at iim-L:

Q:why is ur city so named?
karna sir,thats why,
Qpeople aware abt this.
A:there is lake also so people aware .
Qwhat do we learn from ramayana,mahabharata and do we
apply those things in life?
A:told some 10 qualities
Q:honest is liability these days.wholw nation
corrupt.agree?.
A:no sir,still hope left in form of good leaders like
vajpayee.
Q:can u follow these principles?
A:sure sir.
Q:what u do at work.
A:crm
Q:tell abt crm in laymans terms.
A:did it
Q:who heads company,where is it located,how many
people?
A:gave all.
Q:tell us abt ur college activities
A:did it.
Q:what project u did.
A:8085.
Q:its very simple,how useful is it?
A:wanted to use college infra for learning abt
hardware,s/w wud learn anyway at infy.
Qther calls.how was B intv.
A;told him.
best of luck

[bombay_underdog]

hi!!
it seems that ,marketing guys hav to watch TV and know the ads for products. have to know their products well. i wud hav done well at these questions but im going for finance.
can anybody who applied for finance narrate their experience????

im a fresher doing B. of mgmt studies in bombay. got call for lucknow

[bombay_underdog]

hi
please can anybody tell me how these guy treat to bad acads

[bombay_underdog]

who was there in panel - I
WHICH profs:
how many panelists?

[uRmad]

hey bombay_underdog, we can pretty well c that u are keen on findin out as much as u can b4 u go for the interview....but u cud as well have fit all of 'em into a single post.....and do give ppl some time to reply back...not everyone is active at same time.....u need to factor that in while posting in a BB ....here, its considered spamming......hope u got it....all da best

Cheers

[bartsimpson]

Hey...I have NO idea of an IIM interview ...Could someone tell me if they ask for a written SOP etc beforehand... and what certificates we need to carry ... and MOST IMPORTANTLY whether the panel has a view at your certificates ?????? I've got my IIM L interview on the 8th of Apr at Kolkata