[somak2001us]

Hey puys,

The day has almost arrived for few and will be coming our way in a few more days...And as the second round of the admission process commences on 20th March for IIM B, I am starting this thread for all of us to share our experiences and carry out discussions on the process....

@ all
Pls dont post anythin irrelevant out here..Post only ur GD/PI experience..
For other queries go to the link below:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...ore-gd-pi.html ([2008]IIM Bangalore GD/PI call getters Profile & Queries)


@moderators
Pls make this thread sticky till the results are out......

[somak2001us]

All the best to everyone for their B interviews and please do post in your experinces.It would be good if we can use an earlier format.

For the benefit of everyone concerned, please keep the format like this:

PROFILE:

Acads:
X
XII
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age

Work-Ex:
NIL/Sector - Number of Years

CAT %ile:
DI
Quant
Verbal
Aggregate


Any other special thing abt u:


GD:
Topic:
Number of Ppl present
Time:
Brief Snapshot of Discussion:
Other Salient Details: As whether summary was asked to be written or not, Time given, and other stuff.

PI:
Panel Members Intro:
Questions:

MISC.
Any other relevant detail.

[somak2001us]

@ mods..

pls make this thread sticky as its creating a lot of probs........


@ others..

all d best for ur gd/pi..n dont forget to post ur experience here after its over..


thanks.....

[confused08]

Please make one of the threads sticky

[IAYF]

very well, so I am the first one to post an experience here!
Here's my profile:

OA Percentile - 99.90
Class X - 87.2%
Class XII - 90.6%
Undergrad - B.E. from P.E.C. Chandigarh in Electronics & Electrical Communication (2006 passout) - 66.85%
Workex - 20+ months in IT Services @ Noida

Interview @ IHC , New Delhi - 20/3 - 1400 hours
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The process goes like this:
GD: 10 minutes to read a case + 20 minutes to discuss in which one of the member has to summarise the discussion (member has to be chosen by the group) + 10 minutes to fill a form which comprises of summary of the discussion, most influential person from 20th century in your opinion and why, lastly your career goals and where does PGP from IIMB fits in?

My case was about a ban by the Union Health Ministry on scenes in movies which depict smoking and therefore, the movie fraternity was pissed off at this... there were questions that why not go ahead and curb the tobacco production...
we had to discuss whether the ban was right or not? and Should tobacco production be curbed?

Now, 20 minutes is simply awesome! no one was bothered whether he/she will get a chance to speak or make a contribution...It was a good discussion discussing how the ban limited the creative freedom of the moviemaker and a blanket ban was not desired...then we discussed that curbing the tobacco production is also not feasible as the govt. has vested interests in it...farmers, corporates all angles were brought in...and awareness in the society and making film fraternity as an ally in the fight against tobacco were seen as possible solutions...

My performance:
started the GD and introduced the case...a few points here n there...then introduced the tobacco industry wala aspect...raised a few questions...and when around 17-18 minutes had passed kinda summarised the discussion and asked the group to come up with more suggestions to implement the solution...
on more thing...there was one guy out of us 9 who didnt speak even a word...towards the end, I asked the group to take his inputs....the group responded well and even the guy made one decent point...I don't know how it works with the GD protocol but I went with my gut feel...

decent performance I would say!

PI:
I was the first one!
P1: Old Lady Prof
P2: Young Male Prof

P1 had my application form with her!
P2: So Sumit, how would a friend describe you?
Me: described and used the word - peacemaker (how signifcant was this, you'll get to know!)
P2 then aksed questions on how would you go about resolving a conflict between two friends...I specifically mentioned that I am normally quite objective in my opinions and then I was all blah blah about getting to the root cause, hearing people out, providing them with a vent to let out what was bothering them and understanding each other's perspectives...

P1 then asked me to explain my job profile which I did decently
P2: Tell me one creative work that you have done in your job.
Me: told about the logo competition that I won and it was selected to be used as the logo of our project...
P2: Do you know what IIMBs logo means?
Me: recalled that It says 'Tejasvina Vadhi Tamastu' and told them thatit was also a part of my prayer at Kendiya Vidyalaya...and as far as I remember, it means - "take me from this darkness to enlightenment"...don't know the exact meaning though!
P2: nodded. (so I thought I was close to the exact meaning.)
P1: noted that I had mentioned about two awards for team work during my workex...gave a few situations and asked me how would I go about resolving/managing them...
Me: built upon the 'objective' quality of mine and gave relevant examples from my extra-currics and work-ex...
this discussion revolved a lot about understanding people...so P2 then tells me about People Quotient and asks me how should I judge your PQ?
Me: I tell him that a group activity would be perfect for it...and that would give you good insight to how i perceive others and how am i recieved by them...
P2 nodded...

then P2 mentioned that We agree with your idea of conflict resolution at micro level...but what do you think of how US goes about taking decisions in Nuclear power nd energy sector wrt other countries?
Me: I said that in earlier cases I was assigned with the role of achieving the task..on the other hand, no body has assigned US that role...brought up UN and how it should be the right medium for such decisions...
P2: but then reality is different!
Me: agreed and then substantiated how UN can be more assertive and should have done something when US went against its wishes and attacked Iraq...
P2: Do you believe in majority?
Me: Yes, sir.
P2: then what about the minority rights?
Me: Explained that decision-making bodies are in existence because of this...related the quality of 'being objective' to this and said that even if 80% agree to harm the rest 20%, it's not right...
P2: but that is majority by numbers...what about when u vote nd stuff?
Me: I didnt get the difference but explained taking Ganguly's example...that 95% junta would have said that he would not come back in the team but he did and scored good runs in both formats of the game! so, majority based o baseless reasons or emotions should not matter...the majority should have good reasons to back itself!

nd then Thanks You's & Good Byes!
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very feel-good...I was totally myself in making those hypothetical decisions in there...rest I could relate their questions to my experiences...so overall very satisfied with the whole process!

I am done with my interviews...
time to unwind and parteeeee!

Good wishes to all of you for the interviews and then the converts!
April 11th---The countdown has begun!


P.S: Tejasvi Navadhitamastu means - May our Knowledge become brilliant!


UPDATE :
was waitlisted 35 on May 1...and today, on May 22nd 2008, I have made it through!!!
that makes it 5 converts out of my 6 calls...joining IIMB!!!

[social_loafer]

IAYF,

How did u guys decide on the person, who will summarize the gd?..kindly clarify....thanks

[prez_bbe]

Originally Posted by IAYF

very well, so I am the first one to post an experience here!
Here's my profile:

OA Percentile - 99.90
Class X - 87.2%
Class XII - 90.6%
Undergrad - B.E. from P.E.C. Chandigarh in Electronics & Electrical Communication (2006 passout) - 66.85%
Workex - 20+ months in IT Services @ Noida

Interview @ IHC , New Delhi - 20/3 - 1400 hours
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I think you did superbly and should be taken in. My best wishes dude.......U rocked

[shaurya1985]

IAYF,

Please clarify what was the appox word limit for the 3 questions on the form? (10 mins seem a bit less)

[IAYF]

Well regarding the summary part -- around 17 minutes had gone by and I suggested that we should kinda put things together...so took the initiative and explained what we had discussed...there was no decision per se by the group but the group responded well to my initiative and then we moved on!

Regarding the form:
Page 1 had fields where we had to put in our name nd stuff and then the summary

• for the summary the space was close to 15 lines in a box...so word limit could be around 15*8 = 120.

on Page 2

• for the question on influential personality from 20th century: blank space where I guess one can put in around 6-7 lines.
• for the career goals and why IIMB's PGP: blank space- rest of the A4

nd yes, all this had to be done in 10 minutes!
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In our slot all the three groups had the same form...no clue about the morning one though...

hope this helps!

[Leo_247]

Hey IAYF u werent asked abt anything abt ur GD contribution (maybe like why u aske dthat guy or sth like that)?? As I feel with that performance in GD (start, summary n getting a guy to speak) u were pretty good there.