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[2004] IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 27-03-2004, 05:46 PM

Dudes cum Dudettes (no pun)

Me sitting at my friends room in IIM A er completing GD PI for IIM A ! ..
All i can say is it was an anti climax after days of thinkign bout stress and stuff !!!

GD was cool
Case study - HR..

Workmen not working properly in a wagon production firm..punching in and thn loafing bout and coming back to punch out.. a bit of trade unionism thrown in
Decent GD..no fights...no fish !!

PI :- 3 member panel...cool lady..2 guys...

Qs :-
1. is this ur first time in A'bad /
a:- no..was in baroda for 6 months on a hydrocarbon project....went on a tour of gujju land !!

2. so u have been in tanzania..how dya find tht place ?
a :- pretty cool :-p
some aaltoo phaltoo farting...

Guy :- So u are a mechanical engg (i was like "i were one... )..how much of mech engg do u know still ??

A :- smiel..broad and charming.. NOT MUCH SIRRRRR

q :- how does a fan rotate without noise ??
q:- how does doors with springs close without bang ?

TOld asn as dampeners for both..

q:- wht type of dampeners >
Dunno..guess its bal bearing in first case and spring in second...

q :- GUESS ??
a ;- smile..YES !!

2nd guy :- talk but work, technical colloboration, managin nlocal workeers in africa,well head strucutre,jackets/piling..types ..engg consultants ? radiographs of welding (jus farting around....nothing specifically technical..jus if ur using it ? do u know something etc etc ?..managed pretty well

q :-wht other interests ?
a :- stocks..

<discussion on my portfolio...told ONGC as a held share...
Q:-rumour during ongc IPO..
a:- warren buffet thingie
q:- holding Co. of bufet ?
a:-berkshire hathway
Q:- or hathway berkshire ??
a:- <a bit flusterd...:-p..thought a bit and told its hathwway berkshire...
Q:-whts FII ? rules regarding FII investment in india
a:- farted bout FIIs inesting directly in MFs and equities and not in infra...also reg. with SEBI..
q:-Chief justice of India
a:- DUNNO
q:-president of tanzania
a:-mkapa
q;-previous prez ?
a;- dunno..but do know tht benjamin nyerere was founding father..
q;-is it benjamin
a:-<thinking tht the guy is arting big time>..im 100% sure sir !! :-p9actually now im not so sure

lady :- thts it suhas...nice meeting u..u can take a toffeee

decent panel...as cool as u cud expect..no stress AT ALLLLLLLLLLLL

thts about it..shall edit and add if i rem later...

cheers
and atb
suhas
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27-03-2004, 07:06 PM

Dude....that was it?!!?! i mean the duration of the interview....anyway it looks like u did it well...all the best.
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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 28-03-2004, 08:02 AM

hi..................

me too had my gd/pi yesterday at ahmedabad.

case study topic:
same as snan's(which panel were u with.which room??? me p3 r2)
made a few decent entries n tried giving d entire discussion a structure

interview:
(i m a fresher currently in final year engg inft)

1>how did u prepare for cat?
gave papers.no classes.had friends notes from his classes.but realized they werent of that great use.papers.papers.

2>what did u do d day b4 cat?
watched a movie and listened 2 songs.........no studies for me d whole week

3>many students here 2de wid an inft background?does it help?
i dun think so

4>one question on logic

5>questions on my final year project
my proj deals with AI using case based reasoning(revolved d nex 5-6 questions around it trying to p[rove i m nt using AI but m writing a simple program)

6>my academics show a consistent fall?why?

7>what is white revolution?
knew dat 1.spoke abt kurien ,anand n d milk co-operative

bye.

gave me a samosa n a toffee(dunno y)

others were given mangola,pattice n cake!!!!!!!!!!

i gues d whole things a lot hyped.no stress.no questions on d course studied.was absolute chill.no usual questions:tell me abt u?y mba?y shud v select u?
nobody was asked such questions

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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 28-03-2004, 10:30 AM

congratulations!!!
u have fixed a seat for yourself in the most coveted institute of INdia

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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 28-03-2004, 10:31 AM

congratulations!!!
u have fixed a seat for yourself in the most coveted institute of INdia

Please tell me what all study materials and test series did you use( I have another thread for that..named:CAT crackers please help...please answer there)

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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 30-03-2004, 08:40 AM

HI
I HAD MY INTERVIEW YESTERDAY ...................

GD WAS OKAY .......ON SOME OCAASION THERE was FISH MARKET BUT THEN IT DIDN'T GO OUT OF CONTROL......

INTERVIEW :

IT TOOK THEM NEARLY 35 MIN TO JUDGE ME .....
ASKED ALL SORTS OF QUESTION .....

LADY PANELIST STARTED THE INTERVIEW ...
----TELL US SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT IN U ......SOMETHING THAT WOULD FORCE US TO SELECT U .......
--------> I TOLD THEM SOME CRAP ......ABOUT ETHICS & ALL .....I AM A MAN OF ETHICS AND ALL STUFF ........I thought that was a smart move but the next question put to me , i realised that they were waiting to pounce on me ........
well sincere advice to evryone don't say anything abt ethics ....cause they would call ur bluff ..............

---SHE GAVE ME SOME DICEY SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO SACRIFICE MY ETHICS ....OR LEAVE THE ORAGNISATION ........SHE SAID WHICH ONE WLD U CHOOSE .?.....THEN SHE ALSO ADDED THAT MY FAMILY WAS UNDER SEVER FINACIAL STRESS ....SO LEAVING THE ORGNISATION WLD NOT BE RITE ....

------> WELL I THOUGHT ABT FOR SOME TIME AND SAID I'LL LEAVE THE ORGANISATION ......

---- SHE THEN SAID THAT I WAS NOT BEING REALISTIC .....AND THAT PART ENDED THERE ........
10-15mins

SHE THEN OFFERED ME some CASHEW NUTS AND SWEETS ........
and then there was a gap of around 3 mins as they started discussing on some mangmenet fundas , "unifence" ....never heard of that word before .......
once there discussion was over the interview again began .....

THE 2 GUY TAKES OVER ......
STARTED OF WITH WHICH NEWSPAPER I READ .....
THE DISCUSSION WENT ON TO FISCAL DEFICIT, STOCKS, US ECENOMY , PERCAPITA INCOME .....I DON'T EVEN REMEBER .....BUT MOST OF THEM I ANSWERED ...HE LOOKED SATISIFED .... THIS WENT ON FOR 10 MINS ...

THE 3rd GUY TAKES OVER ......AND HE SAID "U R A COMPUTER GUY .....LETS SEE HOW MUCH U KNW ....?" ....AND I KNEW THIS GUY WOULD FIX ME .......

EVERY QUESTION HE ASKED HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANSWERS TO IT ....

One of the question he asked was ....
1. In the last i year ...what grt h/w invention has taken place in india .....?
2. what kinda secrity systems r u aware of ?
3. got into hacking .......what is it ...? different ways of getting it ...
4. then what is hashing .....really got into the depths of hashing ........i really spoiled this question as I have never worked on hashing techinque ......

Finally this guy said now u may leave .....before I left they offered more sweets and cashew to me ......

what do u guys feel abt this interview ?
   
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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 30-03-2004, 07:42 PM

ok dumb question....

most of the people on my panel...were given sweets....a few werent....
anything to be read into this?
lol

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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 30-03-2004, 07:48 PM

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ok dumb question....

most of the people on my panel...were given sweets....a few werent....
anything to be read into this?
lol

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may be the sweets were consolation prizes (dumb qstn => dumb answer !!!)

PS : though i wud hate to think that, cuz me too got sweets, and they insisted that i took two => they thoroughly disliked me !!


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Re: IIM A GD/PI Exp. - 30-03-2004, 08:25 PM

HI !
though i am not one of those lucky/elite few who get a call form A... i ahd faced the same situation of ethics vs pragmatism in a mock interview at CF.
i guess, one shud say tht i need to look into the larger picture here, since though my principles are important to me, its a conscious decision i will be making,... ie if i decide to compromise on my principles.. it is for a cause... for my family... sir/ maam .. i cannot forget my family... after all i owe a lot to my family...they have sacrificed so much for me till now, can i nto sacrifice once for them ????
i am sure.... its a gud enuf reason !
wat say dudes?

- Neha
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31-03-2004, 09:34 AM

IIMA GD PI experience :-

GD case study:-
johnson is the head of RND dept of a MNPC pharma company. dozage is the supplier of liquid glucose which is a raw material for a product. It is found that this glucose forms hazy "fungus" like substance which is not actually fungus. whether it is harmful is not known. Dozage is most renowned supplier and has a very good past record. there are other 2 suppliers who are not dependable and are new suppliers, but have liq glucose supplies which dont form the hazy substance. johnson studies the samples of all 3 suppliers and finds 2 of the new suppliers satisfactory and is wondering why Dozage dint inform MNPC about this hazy substance..

What should johnson do ?

Good GD.. peacefull and coordinated although it digressed a lil..was pretty happy with the performance of mine as well as the whole group.
Dudes and Princesses .! here is my Experience.. Hope it helps
-Jon

p1 , P2, P3 : interviewers
Me:- Jon arbuckle.

p2:- what do expect from the interview?
me :- in what sense.?
p2:- what did u hear from the other guys? ( i was the last one!)
me- interviews were normal , no stress , no grilling, guys were happy p2:- do u expect a stress interview.
me - i dont mind .. actually it depends how u take it .
p2:- ok i wont take a stress interview. but u will have to really stress your brain .
me - ok !
p2 - so what is your fav subject?
me - IC engines !
p2 - how many yrs will it take for phasing out of IC engines .. waht are the alternatives .
me - blah blah ... 15-20 yrs .. not all IC engines will be phased out. only daily usage vehicles , cars mite.. in F1 races etc.. they mite continue using IC engines etcc.etecc..
p2- reasons why IC engines will go out?
me - polution , noise, oil prices going up ,
p2- ok tell me how would u find no of vehicles in Ahmedabad. assuming u r the first person to find this out and u have no source of data ..
me- sampling etc... select some areas representing the entire ahd and then count the no. and project for the entire Ahd. depending on the area. etc.. or find the sales of few sales companies( say 5) and project for the total sales for the last 10 yrs.. take into account the life of the vehicle and calculate how many get phased out every yr etc. etc.. ..
p2 gave me data and told me to calculate ...
me - did that ... .. he was helping me in betn .. i asked him if i could make assumptions etc.. and he agreed on some ..not on others and came out with the figures..
p2:- ok so that is the final figure..
me - more or less. yes ..
p2 - so what about vehicles coming frm other cities into Ahd..?
me - oh yeah .. ( . ! that should also be taken into account ...

( btw i donno what else i missed out )!!!

p2 - ok tell me what are types of engines .
me - Spark ignition , compression Igni.
p2 - fuels ? draw cycles ..! otto , diesel , carnot , which one has better efficiency , why ? , rate all these cycles in terms of efficiency, why not diesel in OTTO cycle etc. etc.. what is knocking.. .. which engines are prone to that?... explain how it happens in bothe engines ! what are ratings for the fuel ( octane no , cetane no etc) .. define octane no,cetane no.... who is deisel. whatz his name( i cud recollect Vin diesel only , at the end i could rremember it was Rudolph , told him!) ? Otto ? Carnot?.. ok .. Good.! u know your fav sub well !! (actually i had just read the book IC engines by Mathur sharma on sunday.monday it wasnt hard to recollect all of this)..

p3 : -ok tell me about infy. work? etc etc.. define professionalism! ( i used this word ). wht is the name of company making pepsi , coke... tell me or visualise for me the flow - from start(from the raw materials) to end (at home) of a bottle of pepsi. why the gap betn october 2003 and present .. (CAT etc) ..why ? (iim education is the priority for me). ( he shut up there itself was satisfied with the answer). OK !

p1 :- ok .. tell me wht national parks have u visited. (i stay at borivali , therez a national park at borivali.) what are the unique features ..etc.. kanheri caves.. hindu or buddhist?? ajanta/ ellora hindu or buddhist? .( answered these).where else... mahabalipuram sculptures etc.( i have no idea sir!! ( ).. ok !
ok Jon !!
thats about it .!
u can go .. have a nice day!
me thank u sir......!

Blore ka bhi ho gaya , but .. will write about that later!
   
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