[akkyagrawal]

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.

Request:
1. Kindly do not post anything other than your experiences of IIM B GD-PI.
2. For queries, you can visit this thread http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...imb-gd-pi.html ([2009-2011]IIMB GD/PI Call Getters Profile - Admissions Queries)
3. For appreciating an interview post use thank button, or if you want to show more, use PM.

All in all, keep this thread for what is meant!

[jad]

All the best to everyone!!!!

Whens the process starting??

I've mine on 25th Feb Mumbai

[convertblacki]

16 feb its starting i think :detective:

[prem_ravi]

Sticking the thread...All the best for the Interviews..Please post only the Interview details, any personal feedbacks, PM it to the User..Also editing the thread name for easy identification...

[kamalaandi]

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...ore-gd-pi.html ([2008] IIM Bangalore GD/PI Experiences)

last year's IIMB interview experiences.. might be helpful for ppl who are finding it tough to locate this and for ppl like me who are impatient to read thru some experiences..
also, reproducing the following post by ACCENTURE07 as i found it to be very useful.. this is the first page of this thread.. so, it might reach out to a lot of candidates..

Originally Posted by accenture07

See over a period of time I have realised that IIMB people give profile based calls.They give you call if they are interested otherwise not.As simple as that.
So generally,if some superman (gud acads,gud extra-currics,gud profile basically) comes,then they are aware that this guy/gal has survived and got such great CGPA/marks let say in IITs, and such gud extra currics- then in this case they only verify very few things about the candidate.In this case they try to maintain a converstaion (no stress interview) as they are sure that this guy/gal wud certainly do well at IIM bangalore and they then give admission to that candidate.
But even after being a superman,a person screws his interview because of lack of confidence and other factors, we all know what wil happen.


Now coming to people who are good but were not so good in acads during some period of time(like decrease in grad,school were 90s)- then they are aware that there must be some reason behind this performance.Most of the time they know that its because of fun and masti and lack of committment towards studies.But sometimes there are genuine reasons.So in that case they confirm that plus they want to see "what if the candidate has not scored good marks in grads"- there must be some other qualities- like working under excess pressure (in which people with avg acads are always superman,one nite study and stil such marks ).

Now here people with avg acads have to compensate for their marks by their genuine qualities like working under stress (other qualities might be tested i just gave an example).


Thats it.There is no other category exists and i am stil repeating IIMB people give calls only to special people.So be confident, al you need to do is to prove yourself in those few mins of interview.


All the best

-accenture07


PS:These are my views other people might feel differently

[dj_2k]

I am posting a snapshot of my GD/PI experience that happened today at 9:00 AM.

GD:
Topic: After financial meltdown, should government bailout the companies and should it use taxpayers money ? (Topic was based on this.)
Number of Ppl present: 8 (This time they made groups of 8 in alphabetical order and that order was followed for interviews also.)
Time: 25 minutes (They had told that they will give 20 minutes to discuss but they gave approx. 25 minutes)
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: Discussion went well. Everybody got a chance to speak.
Other Salient Details: Only summary was asked to be written. No other questions. Time given was 12-13 minutes.

PI:
Panel Members Intro:
Questions: They asked general questions.

1) Compare my previous company and my current company.
2) Who is your role model? Why is your current company founder not your role model ?
3) What percentage of people in India pay taxes?
4) Government is announcing bail out packages. What are their sources ?

They asked some 3-4 questions in all the above mentioned questions.

MISC.
Any other relevant detail.: Overall they asked general questions to everyone and a couple of questions on the GD topic.

[srinibas]

Acads:
X - 91
XII - 78
Undergrad Major - 9.05 -- Electrical Engg from NIT Silchar
Work-Ex: 31 months in IT sector SAP practise

CAT %ile:
DI -- 98.66
Quant -- 98.72
Verbal -- 87.45
Aggregate -- 98.66

Any other special thing abt u: Nothing Much
Venue -- The Kenilworth
Kolkata
Topic: Economic Crunch and bailout of companies. SHould taxpyers bear
the brunt as well

Number of Ppl present - 9 Made to sit in groups of 3 each on differnt
sides of a table

Brief Snapshot of Discussion: All of us contributed well except a lady
who did not speak much. She was asked to
summarise in the end. I contributed quite
well I think. I would rate myself 8.5/10.

Panel Members Intro: One tall sir and one short sir(Prof Malay Bhattacharya). Both were chilled out
and nice ppl. Let me call them (T,S).
PI.
S - So dear tell me abou urself briefly.
Moi -- bla bla -- was cut short
S - So what have u been doing for the past 2 and half yeaes in ur org
Moi -- Told about my work and my visists to Swiss and Germany
S - Why the dip in marks in 12 after 10
Moi --explained
S - So Srinibas where do you see in 10 years down the line
Moi --Said I wanted to be a subject matter expert and be a gud
consultant.Added example of my senior who is an IIMC alumni
S -- How many times have u taken CAT
Moi -- 4 times sir and this is the first successful one
S - What happened in grads
Moi -- Sir silver medalist and topper in Electrical Branch
S - Asked me to explain the system of medal allocation in coll
Moi -- Explained
S - So Srinibas will you have problems while attnding classes..smiles
Moi -- (Is he actually offering me a seat..lol..nana...low CAT score and 12
marks..cant be)..Explained how I prided myself in being called a
sincere student and that I am an avid learner
S - (turning to T) Ok I am done you ask
T - So Srinibas what is this BRAVO award you have won in ur company
Moi - bla bla
T - How many ppl are shortlisted
Moi - bla bla
T - Srinibas what value will u add to IIMB
Moi -- I said about my global experience and working in an organisation
has helped me etc..
T -- What all calls do you have Srinibas
Moi --B,L,S
T --Ok, thats it Srinibas any questions for us
Moi -- can i hand the recos to you.
T,S -- ya sure give it to us..

Thats it guys.No technical.Maybe they thought his fool is out before I even entered.

I could have articulated better but I think I was decent in whatever I was asked..My interview was probably the shortest of my panel about 13 minutes..

My personal analysis..With not such great CAT scores, 12 marks and not such a great interview my chances are limited..All the best PUYs..

Next stop Shillong..Guys please pour in with ur views

[avi.avis]

Hi everybody.. Will post my detailed interview little later..
My panel had 2 interviewers ..n they asked all mostly HR related questions..ie just basics questions to all and was more of an interaction session. The profs were cool no grilling at all..for any one..
Case Study topic was : abt corporate governance and role of independent board of directors...
It was nice effort by all not a fish market sorta...
They asked for summary after GD.

In other groups also it was not much related to acads and our panel didnt ask abt acads to any one...

..best of luck all of u ...
Note: i have mentioned few more pts lil later in page 8 of this thread..

Converted n Joining IIM B

[joy_dreamer]

Hi,

I had my IIM Bangalore GDPI today.
Place : Kolkata - Kenilworth Hotel .
(Last Thursday 12-Feb-09 , I was in this place for IIM Indore interview.
Today , since my interview was at 2pm , I started early .. thanks to the highly complex one way traffic rules , by the Kolkata Police.)

Time : 2.00pm

Reached there by 12.45pm .. Did not take the taxi . To remain cool I took my bike . On taking off my helmet after reaching , I found that my spectacle was broken .. one screw was missing . but the glasses were ok. :eyepop: Could not find an optical store anywhere. Suddenly , I saw a watchmaker's shop and then I inferred that the world's smallest screw drivers are used by the optical stores and the watchmakers !! Got my spectacles repaired and the watchmaker did not take any money.

PROFILE:

Acads:
X - 89 % 49th Rank in West Bengal state
XII - 85 % 96th Rank in West Bengal state
Undergrad Major - Production Engg . 2005 - Jadavpur University
83 % 1st class 3rd

Work-Ex:
3.5 Years - ERP Consulting in PwC / IBM / Cognizant

CAT %ile:
DI 95.86
Quant 86.03
Verbal 99.79
Aggregate 99.61


Any other special thing abt u:

Stock Market Trader - Qualifed four modules of NCFM - Derivatives , Securities , Capital Mrkts , Beginners' Modules.

Painter - 3 awards from Art Exhibition in Tokyo.

GD:

8 people were called. Only ONE panel in Kolkata. Out of the 8 people , 4 (including myself ) were from my college - Jadavpur University , Kolkata , 1 from IITKgp , 1 from another Engg. College , 1 from Shibpur BESU and 1 was from Xaviers. J.U. -Engg Faculty representing 50 % in a GDPI batch at IIMB !

Topic: A case based on Corporate Governance - Issues , Role of Independent Directors - There were 5 questions at the end like Recommendations , suggestions ... This case had Satyam case in the backdrop .

Number of Ppl present : 8

Time: 10 mins for reading , 15 mins for discussing , 10 mins for writing the summary ... (i do not exactly remember the time allocations . )
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: Very Structured GD. Not a fishmarket at all. Everyone got fair amt of time to speak. No cross - talks . The sound level was well within the normal range. We came up with lots of ideas and the guy with B.Com and C.S. qualification added much value to the group.


Other Salient Details: As our GD was well structed and everyone spoke , the panel did not even ask someone to summarize at the end. I spoke 5/6 times and ensured that we were on track.

PI:

We were called in the order we sat in the GD. I was 3rd to be called in.
(same panel as that of Srinibas - Prev. Post)
Panel Members Intro: Prof . Malay Bhattacharya P1
Prof. R . Narayanaswamy P2

Questions:

P2 : How are u feeling ?
Me : Fine :robot:
Then straight into workex -
P2 : what are the clients you have worked for ?
Me : told
Then till the end , for almost 25 mins I was asked many questions specific to the Oracle Apps ERP (my area of work).

No acads . No Current Affairs . No why MBA . I guess that profs know very well that we all have prepared these general questions thoroughly.

So , the interview is centered about workexp and that was the only topic discussed in great detail. I guess that by drilling down , they can easily find out the claims made by you in the SOP. The also verify the same from the Reco. Letters.

Profs. were also looking at my reco. letters very carefully.

P2 : So ... will it be ok for u to come back to the classroom after 3.5 years ?
Me : Yes ... Isi liyei to cat diya tha !

Statutory Warning: This is NOT a hint and this question was asked to ALL workexp people !

For freshers , they were asked about their final year project.

My interview was over by 4.30 pm .

MISC.

My second IIM interview. It was a feel - good kind of an interview. You can never draw any inference from an IIMB interview. For workex people , I guess the panel asked - "Will it be OK for u to come back to classroom after ...... years ? " Dont think that this is a hint :detective:

Gyaan : Neither the GD nor the PI alone or together can decide our selection. It is the final cummulative score that will matter. So a brilliant GDPI does not necessarily mean inclusion.
Next Stop : 19-March Long gap IIML



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