Profile of People who have Converted their IIM Calls!

[Herr_shanky]

Hi puys,

Congrats to all those who cracked it

My profile :
Graduation: B.Tech. ECE engg. from Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (H.P.)
XII: 68% (state board, Jharkhand)
X: 76% (state board Bihar)

WorkEx: 5 months in IT

Excurrics : Dramatics, writing, debating, poetry, admads etc

CAT details :
Score: 99.83 pc (DI: 99.43, VA: 95.91, QA: 99.47 )
Calls: A,C, I, K (Did not apply for any Non-IIM college)
Converted: C,I,K



About GD :

Though I talk a lot, I curbed my instincts slightly during all my GDs. The thing that perhaps clicked for me was my attentive listening (which I took care of reflecting, thru my body language too) & the ability to speak only at the right moment, a gentleman's approach I call it. I rarely interrupted anyone & even if it meant that my airtime was always below average, in hindsight, I was able to dispel any aura of negativity about me.


About PI :

All my PI's were good/above average, my deep interest in literature helped me a lot.


Of course, standard disclaimers apply i.e. this set of experience is my personal experience only, it may or may not click for any fellow puy.

Heading to Joka

Thanks a lot pg & buddy puys, your support played a very crucial role in my success.

[tali]

My profile:

X: 75%
XII: 76 %
B.E: 78% (computer science)
Work ex: 34 months

Calls : IIM B,L and K

IIM L : Great Essay ,Good GD and PI was "dunno how it went" - Converted
IIM K : Good GD and PI was great - Converted
IIM B : ok GD and PI was simply rocking (half way through the interview I was jumping for joy with the PI progress) - Converted

Joining B

[grey_havens]

My profile:
Name: Karthik R
X: 91.2%
XII: 89.7 %
B.E: 73% (final year tronix engg at BMSCE, Bangalore)
Work ex: Zilch
extra currics: lots at college level in Theatre, Dumb Charades and Quizzing.. school level sports.. some organising at both school and college level.. but nothing exceptional.. no national level achievements
Calls : IIM ACIK

IIM A : Good Essay and PI was horrible, started sweatin in between the PI - REJECTED
IIM C : great case study and PI was a fight (1 on 3), lost my cool - REJECTED
IIM K : ok GD and PI was simply the worst possible one ever (there was a better chance of me converting A than K) - REJECTED
IIM I: Good case study and a wierd PI (was mostly talkin bout left parties and their ideology!!) - CONVERTED!!!!

joining Planet I

[arpitshah10]

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[arpitshah10]

feels good to be posting here.

CAT 07 - 99.94 ( QA-99.90, DI-98.15, VA-99.2)
Xth - 94 pc
XIIth - 94.33 pc
CGPA - 9.94/10 BITS Pilani Goa Campus, ELectronics and Instrumentation Engineering

GDPI

IIM I - GOOD GD, GOOD PI
IIM L - GOOD GD, AVERAGE PI
IIM A - GOOD ESSAY, GOOD PI
IIM K - BAD GD, GREAT PI
IIM C - BAD GD< Horrible PI
IIM B - AVEARGE GD, GOOD PI

CALLS -BLACKI
CONVERTS - BLAKI
REJECTS - C

COngrats to all the others who converted....
im off to vastrapur

[sumitrocks]

My Profile:

X: 85% CBSE
XII: 66.8% CBSE
B.E. (Civil): 61.9% Panjab University

Extra Curriculars: Not exceptional, but decent enough with recognition in drama, some voiceovers, writing, etc..

Experience: nearly 6 years in training and training consulting

Previous CAT experience:

CAT 02: 97.5 OA
CAT 07: 99.30 OA with 99.31 in QA, 91.98 in VA and 96.23 in DI

Calls: IIML, MDI-PGPM and MDI-NMP

Converts: IIML, MDI-PGPM, MDI-NMP

Interview Experience:

I thought I had a pretty decent-ish GD, with 3-4 contributions, and some completely new and different points. Some of the points were appreciated by the batchmates during the GD too.

It was my first interview of the season, and barely lasted 10 minutes. I'd say it was below average, coz I was nervous, stammering, and mumbling. I did give a couple of good answers though, which may have helped me in clinching it.

P.S. Not writing about other interviews here, obviously, since this is primarily an IIM convert thread.

[thesoumendu]

Hi All,

All through the 25 years of my life, I had always dreamt of doing big...but after umpteen failures, finally I see a day where I am Posting on this thread...The emotions are simply overpowering...But All this I would write in "All I wanted to speak about CAT"...I had been simply dying to write in this thread but wasn't writing fearing an anticlimax to the whole story...Fortunately...that didn't Happen

Profile:

X -> 86.2 (M.P.Board)
XII -> 85.8 (M.P.Board)

B.E. (GEC Raipur, Now an NIT) -> CSE 79.4 (Branch Topper) though I couldn't highlight this point in my interviews as I had no cert...

Work Ex -> 2.5 yrs (1.5 (TCS), 1 (PFG))

CAT -> 99.68 OA
CALLS -> BLACKI

Insti GD PI Result
A Essay ( wrote decently) Royally Screwed (Words like "I feel Pity for you" WL 40
B Decent Good (But my recos had not rchd. B ) Convert
C Decent Pathetic (Intrvwr lkd really disinterested) Convert
L Decent Asked only 2 question Convert
I Decent Fantastic WL
K Good Good Convert

So here goes my story...

[devang_parikh]

Hello puys!
my journey for CAT began sometime in 2006, reached a tragic low on 19th november 2006( the D-DAY) , and led me into the precincts of PAGALGUY , looking primarily for some good preparatory material for CAT 07, and also for some motivation .

soon i realised that PG was a strong addiction, and i could not imagine a day without PG. though, i must admit, i have been passively involved with the site so far.

then came CAT 07, followed by an astounding result , some anxious weeks of GD/PI preparations , some more anxious weeks in waiting for the result and finally the results.

PG was there with me, through all of this.

and thanks to all this, i now get the honour of posting on this hallowed thread on PG.

as for the stats, here goes:
calls: A,C,L,I,K
converts:L,K
waitlists: I
joining: L

i wont comment on the interview experiences, nor will I venture to give any tips to the future aspirants. frankly speaking, even as of now, i am not able to make out the head or tails of what they look for in an interview.

all i can say is that, converts or no converts, the experience of an IIM interview is unforgettable.

regards,
devang.

PS: not to forget, in the process of GD/PI preps, i made a lot of good friends

[hurricane]

Hi everybody,

I never thought I would get the opprtunity to post in this thread but here i am today. I feel i am one of luckiest people to have made it to the iims. From getting a meagre 23 in Verbal and a small total of 105 after CAT, I finally landed up with 120 marks total( don't know how my answers in verbal matched with that of the iims)- Ended up with a modest 99.40 and clearing cutoffs for all IIMs. After 3 unsuccessful attempts, I finally reached here in my fourth attempt

Here's My profile and calls:

Acads:

Xth: 87.8 CBSE
XIIth: 93.2 CBSE
Grad: 7.62/10
College, Year: IIT Kharagpur, 2005
Discipline: Aerospace Engineering

Extra Currics:

Above Average: Dramatics, Swimming, Dumb charades, Some Community Service as well.

CAT Percentiles:

QA: 96.76
DI: 96.27
VA: 98.93

Overall: 99.40

Work Ex:

Sales and Trading [Finance] -> 16 months
Structured Finance in a Bulge Bracket Investment Bank [I-Banking]- 19 months

Total work ex: 35 months (My profile is pretty unique and Strong for an MBA)

Calls: BLACKI

Other Calls through CAT: MDI, SPJain, IMT, IMI, KJSomaiya, Great Lakes

Calls through GMAT: NUS, ISB

Calls through JMET: IITB,IITD,IITKGP,IITM

Calls through NMAT: NMIMS

Calls through XAT: XIMB

Attended: Every College that I got a call from.

Converts: C[PGDCM], L, I, K

Other converts: SCMHRD, Great Lakes, IMI(PGDM), NUS, IMT-G [PGDM FT], IITB SJMSOM, IITKGP VGSOM, SPJain PGDM [Finance], KJ Somaiya, MDI PGPM,

WL: 60 at IIMA, 10 at XIMB

Rejects: B

Joining: C (Still decising between NUS and C)

A:

Essay: Average to Good
PI: Horrible, They literally told to spend another 4 years in engineering for getting my engg funda straight
Verdict: WL 60
Did I expect this? : No. I was expecting a reject
What would have attracted them: My Essay and my profile

B:

GD+Essays: Very Good, My best GD Ever and good essays
PI: Rocking PI, Spoke very well- My best interview as well.
Verdict: Rejected
Did I expect this: No, Was expecting as easy convert. Wasn't even waitlisted. I guess there were just too many people better than me.

C:

GD: Average
PI: Below Average
Verdict: Selected for PGDCM
Did I expect this?: No. I was expecting a convert in PGDM as well.
What would have bugged them: Gave a very casual answer for Why MBA and gave a stupid answer for a simple maths problem.

L:

GD: Crappy topic. All spoke non sense
Essay: Pathetic Essay
PI: Below Average
Verdict: Selected
Did I expect this? : Not initially. I was initially expecting a reject. But then my percentils were high and had a good profile so thought that i should get through.


I:

GD: Business case study. Cracked it majorly.
PI: Very Good
Did I expect this: Yes

K:

GD: Fishmarket. One guy was hell bent on fighting with me and didn't let me speak.
PI: Average and Arbit
Verdict: Selected
Did I expect this: No. Because , the profs asked me things like which crackers i like in diwali. So thought that probably they have made up their mind seeing my poor performance in GD.
What went or me: Profile and percentiles.

[tt2007]

X - ICSE 91%
XII - ISC 95%
BTech E&C - 83%
8 years of work
CAT 2007 - 98.6%ile
Calls - B, L - PGP
B - PGSEM

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