[learningtofly]

Hi People
I seem to have one of the worst conversion ratios in this thread

calls from - LACKI
converted - only L

profile
fresher doing engineering ( computer science ) in Bangalore
Xth 82%( CBSE )
XIIth 89% ( CBSE )
engineering - 75%
CAT - 99.81 ( DI 99.46 QA 97.41 VA 99.17 )

GD/PI Experiences
iima - okayish gd great pi
iimc - decent gd pi not that great
iiml - my best gd and a very short pi ( abt 10 minutes, was same for most people in my batch)
iimk - bad gd ( didnt speak much ) , decent pi
iimi - almost similar to k but pi slightly worse

i wasnt asked almost any questions related to current affairs in any of my interviews ( i wasted a couple of hundred bucks on newspapers and magazines )
most interviews were acads related ( me being a fresher )

thats about it

[Catch_th_CAT]

Hi,
My profile

CAT
Overall: 99.23
DI: 99.68
QA: 99.4
VA/RC: 79.8

Acads
Xth: 70.0% CBSE
Xth: 72.6% CBSE

BTech Chem Engg IIT Chennai
CPI: 7.54

Work Ex : 1yr 10 mnths
IT

GD/PI
GD/PI calls : IIM Indore, IITB-SOM
Final Admit: IIM Indore, IITB-SOM
Going to : IIMI

Institute GD Rating PI rating
IIMI GD-Avg, PI - Came out with a gud feeling
IITB GD- Gud, PI - Came out with a gud feeling

- Piyush

[RAHUL ABRAHAM MAMMAN]

Name - Rahul Abraham Mamman
CAT 99.87
VA 99.09
QA99.68
DI 97.55(My strongest area...cat s funny )

Bcomer fresher
CBSE
Tenth 89.2
12th 86.4


Bcom about 76 percent


Calls
BLACKI ..IIFT ..XLRI ..FMS..MDI ..MDI HR ..TAPMI..XIMB

Interviews and GDs
IIM A GD- OK ..PI = GOOD
IIM B GD- GOOD PI-AVERAGE
IIM C GD-EXCELLENT PI-EXCELLENT
IIML GD -GOOD. PI-AVERAGE/BAD
IIM I GD-OK PI-GOOD
IIMK GD-GOOD PI-EXCELLENT

MDI- GD-GOOD ...PI-GOOD
MDIHR Group Task-miserable PI-Excellent
IIFT-GD-GOOD ..PI-EXCELLENT (I think i had a very low score in the test )
XLRI-GREAT INTERVIEW
TAPMI-DIDNT ATTEND
XIMB-GD - GOOD PI- EXCELLENT
CONVERTS
BLACkI .MDI..MDI HR ..XIMB (IIM K ..WL ..Hope I clear though )

XLRI kicked me cant understand why with 99.8 percentile
FMS Didnt give a fair chance ..fish market GD didnt speak ..PI was four mins
IIFT My fault..the test score would have been lower.have to commend their process.its a great process

XLRI and FMS ....not very transparent (My personal view though )

That s all from me ...
Best of luck to everyone writing this years cat ...

[egalitare]

Applied only to IIMs
Cat %le.overall-99.65
verbal-98.31
DI -98.57
Quants-98.21

GD/PI calls -- BLACK ( No I call, may be they were scared of me)
Final Converts -- A C L K (Strangely B dropped me)

Acads :
10th - 83.2% CBSE
12th-82.3% Bihar Inter Council

Engg. :
B. Tech. ( MEchanical Engg.) -- IIT Kharagpur
CGPA- 8.77/10

Work Ex: 8 Months with Thermax Pune. (My involvement in transformation exercise of my company was an ace for me)

A -- GD OK+, PI Too great..( Was looking for a room in hostel in the campus afetr PI)
B -- GD OK--, PI Good ( seemingly these chaps checked my A result before declaring theirs)
C -- GD OK++, PI Ok
L -- GD OK +, PI Good(A small PI, not of much use)
K -- GD OK-, PI Very Bad ( Lot of stuff on business)

Joining IIM A

Caongartes to all others who converted their calls, Looking forward to meet many of u at A.

[Galahad.Threepwood]

My profile

CAT
Overall: 98.88
DI: 98.xx
QA: 93.xx
VA/RC: 97.xx

Education
Xth: 82.0% ICSE
Xth: 84.0% ISC
BE (EEE) BIT MESRA, Ranchi :- 80%


Work Ex : 2yr 8 mnths
IT

GD/PI
GD/PI calls : IIM Indore, IIM Khozikode, IITB-SOM
Final Admit: IIM Khozikode, IITB-SOM
Going to : IIM K

Institute GD Rating PI rating
IIMI GD-Great, PI - Great
IIMK GD-Avg, PI - Decent
IITB GD- Avg, PI - Great

Only god knows why I did not get through IIM Indore. No regrets though am joining IIM K.

Cheers,
Gally!!

[Frodo]

Academic record - X - 81%
XII 95%
Graduation - B.E. NIT Trichy 2002 (EEE) - 7.6 GGPA
Work ex - CTS, Chennai ~3 yrs when I join.
Exams written - CAT.. Cat score - overall 99.59
verbal - 95.17
Quants - 99.27
DI - 98.88

GD-PI calls - CLIK

GD-PI performance

K
Bad GD - spoke a few times but didnt add any value to the discussion.
Good PI - Was more a HR interview - very general questions (gave me a few situations and asked me how I wud react) - no tech/current affairs/awareness qs. (lasted for 20 mins)

I
Excellent case study - was far more comfortable with a case study than a GD
Good PI - Started as a HR interview then tech and then GK..
Believe Indore has this set pattern on what kinds of questions to ask/ what areas to test.. There were many closed ended qs - did not know the answers for quite a few. I was able to handle the tech part to a certain extent but gave up after a point when the questions started becoming too specific (read tough). GK questions were from whatever hobbies I had written. I had written watching english movies as a hobby so a few questions abt James Bond movies - who produces them, who all have starred as Bond.. didnt know much - have never seen any Bond movie to date. (20 mins)

C

Terrible GD - I started off before the three minutes given to us was up - spoke a sentence and then looked at one of the panelists and asked if I could continue or if I had to wait for a signal before starting - all three panelists appeared irritated - one of them said I ought to have waited for a signal before starting (in an angry tone) but I asked me to continue. I spoke the same sentence again but was immediately cut out.. spoke later a few times in the GD - summary was nothing great. Overall a miserable performance.

Good interview - Started off as a stress interview - as soon as I entered one of the panelists shouted at me to close the door properly. The other two did not look at me for the first 30 seconds and were speaking among themselves - when they did look at me they seemed they didnt like the look of me.. one person asked me if I knew anybody who'd finished his interview in under 10 mins. later on asked me if I knew anyone who'd had a stress i/v. Questions then abt my work, my college and abt me. No tech though they threatened they wud ask me a lot of tech questions at the start of the interview. (~25 mins)

L
Good GD - Contributed to the discussion
Bad Interview - Again like Indore even L seems to have a pre-decided pattern as to how to conduct its interviews. The first 5 mins was HR. Next 10 mins was tech - questions were from OR and Optimization techniques- didnt know answers to any of the questions.. I kept varying my replies between I dont know, I dont remember, not able to recollect...After 15 mins when they asked me to leave I asked if I could speak for a few minutes (big mistake) abt my job. They said OK and allowed me to explain what I did at work - dont think made much of an impression though. (20 mins)

Final admits - C (PGDM - did not apply for PGDCM), I, K
Rejects - L (they apparently felt I had not done any studying in college which is true to some extent:smile:

My two cents
Each IIM uses the GD/PI process in its own way. I, L use it to find out if the candidate has a clear understanding of the basics (they believe 10 mins is enough to evaluate this), I also to find out if the person has some general awareness. K wants people with experience and its enough if u perform beyond a threshold. C, I guess wants people who they feel are good enough overall (mature, confident, decent profile, decent extra curriculars..).
It is not that PI has more weightage than GD - both are tools to evaluate a candidate and its just that its easier to use the PI to evaluate a person. GD is used more often to reject candidates - those who do not speak at all or who dominate the discussion without allowing others to speak. To get through u need to perform decent enough in the GDs at least not commit any mistakes like dominating the discussion but perform well in the interviews.
And more than anything u need a lot of luck that the panelists dont ask u questions from subjects that u have not prepared!

ATB to all. Me joining C PGDM.

Pradeep.

[anduril]

Hello everyone,

Score = 99.67%ile (99.57/99.37/99.31)
Working in s/w from May 2004
B.E from IIIT Calcutta; 2004 passout; 8.31 DGPA overall
12th from AP state; 81%
10th from CBSE; 82%

Calls to attend interviews: A, C, L, K and I.

Final converts: C (dcm) and L.

Experiences (in chronological order):

I
Very good GD; Poor PI - couldn't answer many Qs in all areas (GK, general, acads) but then, I also answered some.

K
Clueless in the GD - spoke a lot but didn't know what the hell I was talking about. As for the PI I was stumped in my own backyard - areas of interest. Also didn't answer ANY Qs on acads.

A
Fairly good GD - couldn't do much given the bekaar topic (the Karma Kola one). This was followed by a "sine-wave" PI - good for most of the time but there were a few low points; ended on a bad note - couldn't answer the last Q (differences, in terms of ownership, between private companies in US and India).

C
ATM: OK Dokay
GD: Not too good; I spoke only twice in the GD (for about 40 seconds each); I did some salvage operation during the 1 minute that each of us was given in the end by putting together points nicely.
PI: Mostly good; nothing great.

L
GD: Quite good; Excellent in fact
PI: I initially thought that it went bad because I didn't agree with what he was saying and stuck to my guns (actually we were both right in our own points of view). But apparently the panelists were impressed by my antics.

So there you have it people, I hope this information has been useful.

All the best for people joining other IIMs and for those coming to C - see you in Kolkata.

[Praveen]

GD/PI calls: IIMB
Converted: IIMB
CAT percentile: 97.92%

VA 97.69% (appxly)
QA 92.05% (appxly)
DI 91.12% (appxly)

Work-ex : 57 Months as a Techie in MNC

Acads - Good
* 10th 89.4% (CBSE)
* 12th 92.8% (CBSE)
* BE (Elec. & Instr.) 88% from BITS Pilani

GD/PIs: GD - Good
PI - Above Avg


regards,
Praveen

[t2s]

Name Sachin Sinha, 32 yrs

Service Indian Administrative Service presently posted as State director Watershed Mission


Academics
10th Board (1987) - 84% - rank 25th In MP State board
12th Board (1989) - 88% - rank 20th in MP State board
Winner of science quiz, maths olympiad and national merit
PET -rank 7th In MP, IITJEE rank (1989) - rank 112 in the country
BTech Electronics and Communications - 81 % top 5
MTech Digital Communication - 84 % topper
GATE (1993) - 99.82 percentile in EC
IES (1993) - rank 34th in the country (selected in Railways)

Civil Services 1994 - rank 8th in the country

Cat - 99.10 percentile , ACL calls, AC (dm and dcm converted), dint go for L


I was lucky first time always


Extra Curricular Activities :


Active member of National Service Scheme and Won Prizes in many debate competitions at natioanl and intercollegiate competitions. President of Electronics Engineering Association at College, Presidents of Contemporary Affairs Society and Alumni Affairs Society.Edited newsletter in College. Red Cross Society'sActive blood donor.




Awards
1. Won President's Gold Medal for best all round student
2. Established World Record for Biggest Male family Operation Camp
3. Won National Indira Vrikshmitra Award for Environment rejuvenation and also Won National Award for Handicapped welfare.
4. Efforts of participatory watershed management acknowledged in a Film made with the help of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) New Delhi about water conservation efforts shown in World Water Forum, The Hague (March 2000).



Others
Trainer in Meditation and Member of Working Committee of SRCM an international Spirirtual NON - Profit Organisation ( www.srcm.org )

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my saga
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/showth...970#post227970

[KushagraKumar]

I think I have posted my profile earlier but in some other thread I guess..
Anyway... my profile

Xth : 79.4%
XIIth : 77.2%
Final yr. B.Tech in IT from IIIT-Allahabad: CGPI 9.05 so far
Extra Curriculars: As good as none

CAT Percetile :
Overall 99.65
DI : 99.6X or 99.7.. unable to recall exactly
VA : 96.6X
QA : 96.6X or 97.6X.. same problem

Calls: All IIMs, MDI--applied to these only

XAT Percentile:
Overall : 98.3 or 98.4
GK : 50.6 (just above the cut off)
Rest : I dont remember
call: XLRI (BM) --applied for it only

Other Exams: IIFT and FMS : didn't even clear the written :(

Final Calls: IIM-A,I,K WL6 in IIM-B, XLRI, MDI...

Institute GD PI
IIM-A pathetic couldn't have gone better.. Answered almost everything they asked nicely.
IIM-B good very good..but too much of the HR-type..almost no acads
IIM-C good not so good.. didn't like my forced practical but ethical stands on controversial issues..(i think they all liked Princess Diana and VVS Laxman too much.. )
IIM-L great not good... Qs on acads were on IPR and poor me didn't remember anything about them except the prof's name.
IIM-I great great..knew that its converted the moment I came out of interview
IIM-K good great... same as I

XLRI NA controversies-controversies !!... me taking no side.. ..no acads at all and all smiles and good-wishes !

MDI not good Worst I reckon.. Didn't know a thing about Capability maturity model but said a few gr8 lines about CMM.. confused NASDAQ with NASCOM...but gave a good lecture on culture and civilizations..

Thats it.. Going to WMIWI.