[Keere]

SC Upholds Reservation

SC upholds OBC quota in educational institutes

Should I celebrate the 23 more seats in open category or should I mourn the educational system?

[prem_ravi]

Request you all to continue the discussion regarding the delay in results + OBC reservation issue in the link provided below:-
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Please stop spamming here, as this thread has been opened for a different purpose...Kindly cooperate.

[cestarun]

Institute: IIM Ahmedabad

Venue: Hotel Luxar Monarch, Bangalore

Date and time: 27th February 2008, 10:00 Am

Profile:
Name: Arun S
10th: 68.6 % ( CBSE)
12th: 86.25% ( Tamil Nadu Matric)

B.E. Mechanical Engineering : 78 % (affiliated coll - Anna Univ)

Cat ( Percentile , absolute score)
QA: 99.84 56
DI: 99.37 61.46 ( One question was wrong in DI, so the marks for 96 were converted to 100)
VA: 97.36 32

OA: 99.92

Work ex: 22 months with Whirlpool in manufacturing sector.

Extra curricular: played basket ball for coll, won quiz competitions, can play mridangam very well.


No of ppl in the Group: 9

Write up topic: The Buffoon media caters to the wants of the public who always want sensational news.

Performance: We were given 10 min to write and had to write in the space provided in the application form.

Rating: would rate it at 7/10

PI:

Panel Members:

P1: You work in whirlpool, what do you do there.
Me: I am working as a process engineer, and I take care of…. Blah blah..

P1: Do you work alone?
Me; No sir, I work along with xyz persons and they support me in some abc ways.

P1: From whom do you get your inputs from?
Me: Told them, I get it frm X dept and I plan for something more than what they give.

P1: So why are you planning for something that is not asked?
Me: sir, I plan for infrastructure and I will also have to plan keeping the future demands in consideration. Also we might not get money in a later stage for this expansion in infrastructure.

P1: Who gives you money.. Govt. of India is it? (all including myself start to laugh)
Me: No sir, It is given by some Y dept.

P1: They are a part of your company only na. SO why wont they give money? Anyway Which do you think is right? Phased spending or spending at once.
Me: Phased spending,

P1: Then why don’t you talk to the people in you company.
Me: Told him .. (Could not gauge his reaction for this answer)

P3: You have presented a paper on brakes. What is this about. (had written about this in the form)
Me: Told him what it was about.

P3: What is the difference between a disc and the other type of brake
Me: Explained to him with drawings.

P3: Where is a disc brake used?
Me: Sir it is used in Bikes and cars. In India We can find Discs in front wheels of bikes and in all the wheels of cars.

P3: How does it work?
Me: Told him with some drawings.

P3: What is the difference between a pneumatics and hydraulics?
Me: Told him.

P3: Where is hydraulics used and where is pneumatics used?
Me: Pneumatics is mostly used in places where the distance of transmission is long as in cases with some trucks.

P3: So DO they use Disc brakes in Trucks?
Me: No sir, they use Drum brake, as I think drum brakes suit them as the mass and momentum are very high,

P3: You are caught here. You said they use springs in drum brakes and now you are
talking about pneumatics. J
Me: Told him how the drum brake is actuated either by a Hydraulic/ Pneumatic cylinder and how otherwise it is actuated by a lever as in case of bikes.

P3: What is the advantage of Pneumatics?
Me: Told him it is cam be used over long transmission distances and Pneumatics has an advantage that small leaks don’t matter as air leak can be tolerated for a short while while it is not possible with Oil as Oil is used from a sump and the quantity of Oil in the system is constant and is re-circulated.

P3: SO are you sure the Air is not re-circulated.
Me: Told him I think so sir, But am not sure as I have not had any chance to open up such a mechanism.


P3: How does the drier work in a washing machine.
Me: Told him.

P3: In case I put a load of 10 kg and a load of 2 kg in a drier, which one will come to rest
first?
Me: Sir the One with 2Kg will come to stop first as the other one has a higher Momentum.

P3: What is Momentum?
Me Mass x Velocity

P3: Ok. So lets assume that there is a car 500 Kg and a 10 Ton truck. Which one;ll come to rest first.
Me: The Lighter mass will come to rest first.

P3: Can you explain it with a few simple equations of motion. Like v = u + at
Me: Actually for a body moving straight, Think for some time and tell him that I cannot recollect.

P1: why is it that the Lighter car will come to rest first?
Me: Sir the momentum is lower. If the same stopping force is applied to both the car and truck, the first to stop will be the 500Kg car.

P1: So you mean to say that it is the same reason that two bodies with different weights come down at the same time.
Me: This is the case in vacuum. Two bodies come down with different velocities due to air friction

P2: You play the Mridangam, Do you have any certificates to show us saying that you have learnt it?
Me: No sir, I Don’t have any.

P2: Then how do we know?
Me: Sir, once we attain a certain level of proficiency, we give a public performance, called the ‘arangetram’.

P2: So do you have any invitation card of something?
Me: No sir, I did my arangetram in a small temple near my place and do not have any invitation to show you.

P1: what is the difference between a Mridangam and a Tabla?
Me: The Tabla is very similar to the Mridangam, except that the it s made of two separate drums, and Mridangam is made of a single hollow unit, with two sides covered with leather.

P1: I see a black patch on the side of the Mridangam. What is it for?
Me: This is for holding the side tight so that the vibrations are more clear. This is the function of the patch in the Left, or the Base side.

P1: I do not see any drums with that black patch.
Me: Sir the material of the drum is made of synthetic material, so it can be streached, while in the Mridangam, it is the cow’s skin. So since it cant be streached beyond a certain limit, we use a black patch, which is made of Rice and coal.

P2: What type of instrument is a mridangam?
Me: It is a percussion instrument, where Music is generated by tapping the instrument.

P2: What are the other kinds of instruments
Me: String instruments and wind instrument.

P2: Give me an example for each.
Me: Violin is a string instrument, and a flute is a wind instrument.

P1: SO what kind of instrument is a Harmonium?
Me: Wind instrument,

P2: What kind of instrument is a Piano?
Me: (Think for a second), Think it is also a wind instrument, No sir, I don’t know. (Piano is a string Instrument )

They look at each other and say that’s it.

Once I come out I was chatting with others and P3 comes out with my pencil which I had left inside. I take it, thank him and apologize for the trouble.

Rating: Will rate it at 7/10.

Result: Converted

[sreee]

Venue : IIFT Delhi
Date : 9th March 2008

BE : 82%
10th : 71.2%
12th : 66.7%

CAT07:
QA : 96.xx
VA :99.85
DI : 99.91
OA : 99.96

Topic of essay : Shall Euthanasia be legalised in india?


Me: took a strong view against

Interview:

P1: So what is the meaning of xxxxx( my surname)
Me: Air
P1: Whats that????
Me: explained in detail
P1: what is NAFTA?
Me: national.......( still trying)
P1: Its an international acronym
Me: North American Free trade Area
P1: Whats that again?
Me: repeat
P1: Its not area ( but agreemnt) , still i take it.. , What are the member countries?
Me: Canada, USA, Mexico.........(a small gap)
P2: name one more country( this is a deliberate question meant to test the depth, there are only three members, but this i didn't remember at that time)

I fell for the bait
Me:Columbia????...... no......
P2: Columbia? is it in North America????
Me:no ...
P2: Hawaii????
Me: no sir its an isalnd ( padding for an outside offstump delivery!!!!) ( i colud not recollect whether it was in USA or a separate country)

P1: what is singapore?
Me : its an island state
P1: whats Dubai?
Me : sir it is part of UAE
P1: are you sure? name one more state like singapore
Me: Hongkong, its under China now, so status is different from 1990s
........ to be continued

[sreee]

<snip> double post

[anir-iim2005]

Did not write this after the PI, as never thought I had any sort of chance. But after the most pleasant surprise of my life on 1st May, I feel compelled to write it now. May be some people next year will be benefited from it –

IIMA PI
The Kenilworth Hotel, Calcutta
Date – 18/03/2008 Time – 2 PM

Backdrop of A PI

Original Date was 17th March, but had to get it rescheduled as C GD/Pi was also on the same day. Had C ATM on 16th and C GD/PI was on 17th. Having the best calls back to back has its good and bad points. I concentrated on the good part – There was not much time to get frightened about IIMA PI. A really good C GD/PI also helped in releasing the tension. Reached the venue at around 1 pm, and had to wait downstairs till 1.30.

Events before Essay/PI

We waited in the lobby (Incidentally, this is the same place where I had my L GD/PI 2 years back). Due to the change in date, it was a mixed batch (it was the last day of PIs in Cal). Mostly people were from different categories (SC/ST/PWD/Foreign). 4 of us had changed the date (me, Basil & Prashant being 3 of them). 2 panels. We were clubbed into the panel with Foreign Students (6 of them), making it a group of 10. At sharp 2, was called into the room.

Essay

Before the essay, we were asked to keep ready photocopies of our documents, which would have to be submitted along with the form (after the essay is completed). The essay topic was then written on the white board – “Defining India”. 10 minutes to think & write. Thankfully, I found it comfortable. Wrote a very decent one (acc 2 me), analysing it from different perspectives. 5 short paragraphs ( 2-3 sentences each).

• Constitutional Definition of India. Wrote all the 5 qualifiers.
• Economic and political clout of India in present world order.
• Population and size, resulting in diversity
• India’s Contribution in culture (Yoga, Maths etc).
• In spite of all prosperity, wealth seems confined in hands of few. It may become a country with richie rich and filthy poor.

Finally the conclusion – India can be defined as a country with immense potential, but yet to be realized fully.

Finished well within time and space provided. Was happy with it. After that, submitted the docs along with the form and came out. PI was to be conducted in order. I was 7th in group. So, another pretty long wait in offing.

After a long wait (2.5 hrs) and chat about plenty of things with Basil & Prashant (including choice of IIMs, with Basil preferring A while Prashant and me were more in favour of C), finally my turn came. One good thing was, we never asked anything to the persons in our group already done with their PIs. Reason was pretty obvious too, their background, profile everything was different. Anyways, after the 6th guy came out, I went close to the PI room. One of the interviewers came out to call me in. By this time, all my confidence had evaporated, and suddenly the thought of this being IIMA PI engulfed me. Sudden change in room temperature (PI room was more cold) didn’t help either. For the first and last time out of my 5 PIs, I was really nervous and close to shivering. Anyways, still managed to wish all 3 profs individually, and took my seat.


Coninued in next post...

[anir-iim2005]

PI

3 profs and me. I have 4gotten their faces, so will just refer them as P1, P2, P3. A generic description of them will be like –

P1 – Experienced Didn’t look too happy with me being in the room (although he was the one who called me in )

P2 - aged prof, with a look that gave me more assurance

P3 – Experienced prof who took my folder and started going through it. Now there is a story here too. Somehow, I had managed another blunder. While taking out the photocopies before, had taken out one extra copy. And instead of placing it back in its normal place, I put it in between two folios. Just imagine my embarrassment when that misplaced sheet was noticed by the prof, with a look of disdain. I was in between an answer to a question from P2, and just managed to look unperturbed.


Anyways, lets check out the PI now –

P2 (Looking at my form) – Where is your university located?
Me – Salt Lake in Calcutta sir.
P2 – Any idea how that name (Salt Lake) originated?
Me – Explained whatever I knew. Wasn’t very convincing though.
P1 – Do you know any other Salt Lake city?
Me – Yes, in US. I remember it having hosted Winter Olympics once.
P1 – Ok, which is the Deepest lake in the world?
Me – ehhh?? Sir , I don’t know abt the deepest lake. Caspian is the largest I know. It’s so huge that it is called a sea, although it is a lake only.
P1 – Ok, what about Black Sea? Is it a lake or sea?
Me – No idea sir. My guess is it’s a sea.
P1 – Then which other seas is it connected to?
Me – (Arrey ye sab kya?? ) Don’t know sir.
P1 – which countries are bordering Black Sea?
Me – (Arrey, pehle Black Sea kaha hain ye to batao ) No idea sir. I am not really strong in Geography.
P1 – Ohho, then what is your subject? (Also looks at the form)
Me – (sahi hain bhai, ye bhi nehi jante?) B.Tech in Information Technology sir.
P1 – Ok, what’s the difference between Linux & Unix?
Me – Explained something about Linux being a particular flavour of Unix. It’s based on Unix, but a specific one. Linus Travoldas or whoever created it bcos he didn’t have enough money for Unix. All sorts of globe.
P2 – Travolta?
Me – (uff, why do I put my foot in mouth :sad Not sure sir, I remember the 1st name (Linus), as it is the base of the name Linux.
P1 – what is wiki?
Me – wiki is the software which is basis of sites like wikipedia. It controls the whole thing, enabling users to edit content online.
P1 – Datz fine, tell me the structure of wiki software.
Me – (uff, mujhe dekhke lagta hain itna aata hoga mujhe?) No idea sir.
P1 (looking very disappointed – array, isse to kuchh nehi aata) - What is waterfall Model?
Me – (chalo, bachcho ka hi qsn poochhne do) bataya..
P1 – why is it called waterfall and not staircase?
Me – fumbled with it. Said things like a sense of flow etc.
P1 – datz not good enough. Even a staircase can be applicable. Do you want to say that it’s not called staircase only because we can go upwards too using a staircase? (he couldn’t have given a bigger clue. Only thing is stupid me was not ready to take it)
Me – gave some hilarious points. In waterfall, water itself is flowing. In staircase, the staircase itself doesn’t move (socho mera aukat) . Somehow, in between mentioned that in waterfall model, we can go in only 1 direction, can’t come back once a stage is completed. (So good of them , they noticed that, and moved on)
P1 – In what model can we go back?
Me – Iterative. Explained.
P1 – any other model u know?
Me – Prototype, started explaining, stopped in between.
P1 – anything else?
Me – (Aur nehi aata baap) Agile..
P1 – Explain it.
Me (Isi liye nehi bola pehle, ye pata nehi hain mujhe :sad – Explained some things like regular contact with client etc. Things I had heard from Nitin (cimbaish_nitin). Thanks bro..
P1 – So, if the client doesn’t want to be involved daily, then what will u do?
Me – No idea sir. Never worked in agile. But I guess Agile will note be applicable in such a scenario..
P1 – But u r an IT engineer. U can always tell IBM to move into these things.
Me (ha ha , biggest joke. As if I can instruct IBM people to do something ) – Lookedz sad, without saying much. Then said ki it was not in our syllabus either .. Last resort
P1 – ohho, not in syllabus ehh.. (With a look of disdain)

Over to P3 now.

P3 – What is difference between Margin & Mark up? Gave me a paper to explain it in detail.
Me (arrey paper kya hoga? I don’t know bolne ke liye paper ka kya jarurat? ) Wrote some numbers, explained mark up. But couldn’t explain difference between Mark up & Margin. Didn’t know after all.
P3 – Said some name (Supposedly of a place), and asked where it is.
Me (Totally disgusted with Geography already, didn’t even try well enough to hear the name) – No idea sir.
P3 – Bank stocks in India are going down. Any reason for that?
Me (Finally something I know) – Explained ICICI having suffered loss due to sub-prime effect etc..
P3 – So, did Inidian Banks give sub-prime loans?
Me – No, they bought securities linked to Mortgaged assets. Those were sold by foreign banks who gave sub-prime loan. Now, these securities have lost value etc. Looked like I was going in the right direction, and P3 looked satisfied and passed the batton to P2.

P2 – Can you name all the Prime Ministers of India?
Me (OMG) – Sir, I can try. I must say tried really well. Gave an exhaustive list, in chronological order, with approx tenures.
P2 (With a smile) – That’s a pretty good try. You have covered almost all.
Me –
P2 – Who was India’ 1st President?
Me – Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
P2 – When was he elected President?
Me – in 1950, after Constitution was adopted.
P2 – Ok, what was the top post before that?
Me – Governor General. Last was C Rajagopalachary.
P2 – Ok, what do you know about Kshmir issue?
Me – Explained quite a bit. Started from the option given to princely states like Hyd, Kashmir etc to join India/Pakistan or remain independent. Explained what happened to Hyd, then came to Kashmir issue. King being Hindu, while population mostly Muslim. Pakistan claiming that Kashmir’s Junta wants to be with Pakistan. Pak invading Kashmir. Controlling quite a large area. LoC etc.
P2 – Fine. Any idea about why only Kshmir was laid claim to? If only muslim population was issue, then Hyd had similar population.
Me – Geographical connection has to be important. I am not sure about other things, but I guess economical point of view can be there. With Sindhu going through Kashmir 1st, The claim to water resources was important factor ( This was a guess analysis, but later found out this as one of the reasons)
P2 – Ok, that will be it.
P1 – Wait. You said the name of the river – Sindhu. What is its English name?
Me – Forgot totally. Looked like a stupid, saying I don’t remember..

P1, P2, P3 – Ok, you can go.
Me – Thanks to all of them and come out of the room.

Well, that was that. Had a decent essay, but PI was weird. And lack of confidence was another issue. I never thought about A afterwards, just put it out of my mind.

Result – Converted. Can’t believe it of course.

Anirban

[Tortured_Soul]

Hi Puys,
First of all my apologies for not putting this interview at an earlier stage. I figured that would have ruined whatever chances I had. As expected I did not get through... But hopefully this would help the candidates next year...

My PROFILE:

Acads:
X :82.4
XII :80
Undergrad : 81.6% , Electronics n Communication Engg from NIT Jalandhar

Work-Ex: 21 month @ wipro [19 at the time of interview]

CAT %ile:
DI :98.34
Quant :99.51
Verbal :99.61
Aggregate: 99.91

Any other special thing abt u: NTSE scholarship holder, played chess at state level

Essay:
Topic: Managing climatic changes
Time:10 min., to be filled in the column G[leave this section blank of the form]
Brief Snapshot: I feel i managed just fine here. The practice at time center paid off. started off with Al Gore and R. Pachauri. talked about world environment forum, the Nano car, recylcin, carbon trading, greener technologies, public transport, alternate fuels. no examples cause of lack of space. concluded with how in future pace of industrialization would be governed by environment. though high on content, pretty illegible. my take 8/10.

Disclaimer: Week hearted/ppl who want to see nice interviews pls skip this post.. people who continue to read should continue at their own risk. This might leave some readers demorallized. what followed is often claimed by some as a stress interview. For me, it was unforgettable experience. A lot of details have been added to show exactly what made it so memorable.

PI:
Panel Members Intro: Three eminent personalities. I deeply respect them. But post my interview, my faith in humanity in general has taken a hit. P1 is the commander in chief, an elderly clean shaved person who made me think i was unfit to pass nursery. P2 was an elderly gentleman, having white beard. He was the one who found my interview really funny. He observed me very keenly. P3 a slightly dark complexioned gentleman with a french beard. He seemed the happy go lucky kind. I instantly liked this fellow.

I am Tortured soul [TS], the clueless protagonist.

I was candidate 2 for my panel. As soon as candidate 1 came out, I immediately smiled n asked him "how did it go?"... Well to my utter horror, he was having trouble speaking.. It took him full 2 minutes of yogic breathing exercises n 1 n a half bottle of bisleri to recover. Finally an audible sound came, "STRESS". "beware of P1", he added as an after thought.
At this time P3 calls for me!!

Questions:

TS: May I come in…
P2: no, err… wait… [lol... really nice start]
P1 gestures me to enter!! I stand on the door clueless. A little later P1 asks me to enter, P2 shakes his head. So I enter…
P1: So u r from Jalandhar...
TS(smillin broadly, someone had told me to keep smillin in stress interviews): YES SIR (as an NCC cadet might yell)
P2: give me ur file.
P1 (reading from my form): I work as java/j2ee developer in an enhancement and mantainance project for an investment bank...
TS: YES sir...
P1: So wat do u do for this investment bank of yours.
TS: Sir we work in an admin project..[immediately cut, ouch…]
P1: precisely wat is ur role??[already raisin his voice]
TS(tries to smile meekly): sir I am a part of a team which is responsible for.. [cut badly]
P1: dont beat around the bush, wat do u do?
TS (looks towards P2 n P3 for help, both are lost in comparin my form with my certis, again smile meekly): the product is used by the client for various purposes like...
P1 : like??
TS(omg!! I m running out alternative starts): like by blah blah... user might search for a details when a client calls..
P1: so wats special, does the details pop up immedaitely? or manual feeds?
TS: sir manual...
P1: why manual, u would have customers number...
TS(me n my big mouth, P1 was not impressed): person might call from any number
P2 smiles at me. He is through. P3 is still lost...
P1: How many customers are there??
TS: customers HNI, millions of records.
P1: not possible, only 2.64 lakh HNI world wide.
TS: I beg your pardon. maybe there are more then one records for an individual
P1[shouts]: not possible. dont u have keys..
TS [still calm, though tryin conciously not to look at P1. P2 is havin the time of his life]: sir HNI might be in different countries, 1 record per country.. not sure...
P2: define HNI
TS: blah... rich ppl... accepted..
P1: wat enhancement did u do here..
TS(this was just an example!!): this is only one of the uses..[again cut]
P1: how did u enhance this seemingly simple search..
TS[thinks hard]: sir added some fields.. developed logic for this... some batch processes..
[actually this enhancement was done by some other team.. had little idea]
P1 (sarcastically laughs): enhanced DB.. too much...
TS(now sweating profusely... scratchin his nose ever to often... prayin.. lookin at the bowl of sweets kept there hungrily!!)
P2 is still enjoyin.. P3 looks at the commotion and then disappears again comparing the certis..
TS(tryin his best to guide to conversation out of troubled water): As I was telling there are numerous other application.. basically admins.. ESOP’s, ESPP’s etc.
P1: who are the banks clients.
TS: blah.. blah.. thus Customer Service Representatives come in Blah Blah..
P1 shakes his head, P2 is still smillin, P3 wakes up…
P1 gestures to P2 n P3 to take over.. TS feels a little relieved. Thinks 'I can still survive!!'...
P3: Beside ESOP’s n ESPP ’s what are your other hobby…
TS (grinning, finally something different): I am learning guitar, play chess..[cut]
P3: Guitar, how long
TS: blah.. Can play chords n leads..
P3: good. Tell me about C-major..
TS(actually holding an air guitar in hand): first strin open…blah..
P3: just tell me the notes…
TS: can I the draw the same?[smart move!! showed I know the entire deal, anyway continue showin him notes from the diagram] Hold E open, ..
P3: sure..
TS (you bet): Yes sir…
P3: what is major n minor in chords??
TS: answers…
P2 [he has the manners of a Buddhist monk]: why do rivers flow from north to south??
TS [shocked, why me?? plans momentarily to fake faintin, decides against it, suddenly eureka!!!]: Himalayas are in the north… source… Ganga n Gangotri [hozzat!!!]
P2: Why rivers flow from east to west??
TS [makes a strange convulted face]: No idea. Ganga flows from west to east [draw the map of India in air!! N ganga is flowing west to east]
P1 (back with a vengeance): South has hills.. ever heard of deccan plateau!! (tone of extreme mockery)
TS: depends on topology, flow from higher to lower areas.. probably bend around plateaus.. based on some energy law(suicide!! I think I said some newtonian law)
P2: Name that law?
TS [sheepishly]: Not sure, law of conservation of energy… err…not sure..
P2: who gave law of conservation of energy??
TS [speakin with a great effort, tryin still to smile]: not sure.. Newton. Err... not sure
P1 [pretty amused, lookin at my form n speakin..]: Physics Olmpiad, NTSE … [TS has a broad smile on his face, getting pumped up with every word] N still u don’t know a thing [bang!!!! TS shell shocked.. wtf!! omg!! How can u twist my achievement into a negative.. mommy help!!! this gentleman is killin me!!]
(speakin to P2 n P3) did u check these certis?? Is he really havin all these certis??
P3 n P2 : yes.. yes
P1: Physics Olympiad…
P3 : Yes..
TS is still gasping for air…
P1 [mumbling to himself]: I don’t think he would know java either..[Aloud] So Ankit, you were in Electronics n Communication, do u remember anything?
TS [gulp!!]: sir some bits of it..
P1 [mocking]: some bits of it (TS looks at the butcher’s blade and is silently resigning to his fate)
P1: wat is the difference between gates n switches??
TS: sir gates are devices… multiple input.. have logic.. [again cut, by now TS is used to not speakin]
P1: logic.. u sure
TS (again rephrasing wat he mentioned): sir assimilates the input and based on the circuit arrangement, as in the transistors.. logic… gives output.. eg and gate[again cut]
P1: I ask u a simple general question, why must u give me a particular example n constrict everythin!!
TS( resigned.. ): Sir I will generalize it from the example.. 3 input and gate… arrangement in circuit. 3 1’s o/p 1.. similary… blah.. switch is something like a transistor.. has one i/p n 1 o/p… no logic states..[cut]
P1: transistor had logic states.. on n off..
TS (knows this is his worst nightmare): yeas.. I beg your pardon… 2 states.. but simple logic.. blah blah..(something that makes no sense)…
P2: now u will say gates are the combination of switches…
TS (eureka!!): Exactly!!! [ at this moment, I can see shades of Navjot Singh Sidhu in P2. He laughs uncontrollably.. P1 is also amazed with my guts.. P3 is still happy] gates are made from appropriate arrangement of transistors ie switches.. blah…
P1: explain with an example..
TS (last throw of the dice): Can I draw this… [P1 nods, TS start drawing transistors ..]
P1: what r those symbols, I don’t understand them.. I am a layman.. [symbols = BJT transistors]
TS [smilling, a sarcastic tones]: sir I will explain in layman terms..
P1: u have 30 sec to draw n explain.. hurry up [its only 5 sec man.. come on give me a break!! Stops a moment to remember] See he does not even remember.. useless!!
TS [god if u r there, do something!! draws something, cuts it]
P1: just forget it, take any toffee u want n leave
TS [ a souvenir!! Looks at the choices, all cheap 1 rs toffee!! Pick up an éclairs., think abt pickin another, decide against it.. smillin at P3] thnx sir, [to P2]: thnx for ur time [to P1, a gentle nod]… ( wanted to say : "thanks for torturing me", but then again...)

MISC.
I have no idea what happened there.. Atleast I came out walkin… they ought to have some medical team there on standby… with the stakes so high, a weak hearted person might just collapse… I don't know if they were interviewing me for an MBA course or a stint in the secret services!! It took me 2 beers n 3 X 60 ml vodkas to get rid of mental fatigue cuased by those 20 minutes...
PS: I had written above immediately after interview but decided not to post as I thought that it might potray IIMA profs in a negative light, the last thing on my mind... I feel lucky to have made it this far and interacted with the best profs of India(if not the world)... So I figured I'll post it anyway.. Maybe ppl preparin for next yr PI's would gain from this... Wat not to do kinds..

Verdict: Not Selected [:X]