Hi to all, here is my account of the GE/PI at Mica....
was to tensed all this while so cudnt get to write bout my exp....
Reached ahd on 19th night and stayed at Ginger hotel, pretty nice place and great room, but all that didnt prevent me from having a sleepless night...
7.00 am got ready, me and a friend of mine started off to IIMA, saw the bus and climbed in, met 2 of the seniors on the bus and went bout chatting with a felow aspirant.
bout 8.30 the registration started and ended in bout 15 min, and we were called group by group for the ge...
i was on the 2nd group, and we had to design a newspaper with a lot of clippings....everyone in the group of 9 started off selecting sections like sports, entertainment et al....by the time i realized wat was going on, i had no section left, so i shouted out that i'll handle the advertisements...got noticed for it
, we started off neatly pasting the clippings, and suddenly we realized we had only 5 min left...we got off working in a frenzy....the fevi stick was broken off and dabbed all over the sheet....someone shouted for names, and we zeroed in on "cutting edge"
cool name i thought...
then came the critics role...and we had to be our own critics...i was asked 2 questions....just cuz i took adds, i spoke something bout adds looking at you and not u looking at the adds...scored a few brownie points thr....
we had a great team in our group...and we worked like we were friends even before we came here....no one had any qualms with anyone....it was picture perfect team work...
then came the PI, didnt have to wait much for it....
three interviewers...L: a man with a beard and specs
M: a man with specs who gave me a very scary look
R: a lady who after a lil while started looking scary to me
L: you are a deputy manager at ashok leyland....thats pretty impressive, y do u want to come here and do something even a BA can do
ME: i was never interested in engg...
R: even without interest u scored 87% in ur btech
ME:(the stupidest answer anyone wud give) i talked my way into getting marks, cuz my faculty liked me, cuz i did a major vehicle manufacturing project and went to RIT, USA
M: which college does that
ME: VIT am from VIT
R: vit is a reputed college, they wont do that
ME: mam the highest marks are 97, i am just average( why was i digging my own grave?????)
L: y did u do btech then, u have wasted resources and ur energy
ME: I always wanted to do english, but my school principle didnt give me an arts form, insisted i take up science, and then my parents too wanted me to do btech...i dropped still cudnt clear and then it was late to join english too and had to get in to vit
M: you wrote about branding, wat do u mean by that
ME: i will explain using an example, when pulsar was designed, the designer had a thought about making a macho bike, that apealed to MEN, and if the tagline had been anything other that " definitely male" it wud have done injustice, this is where i want to be in
M: wat books have u read on branding?
ME: none,(oops, wwhr is this thing going?????)
M: tell me 3 authors on branding, else i put u on reject list
ME: I dont know sir, (oh my god...am so dead)
M: have u prepared for this interview?
ME: no...i mean yes...i mean no
M: wat do mean, u should have done a lil of googling on wat u wrote
L: Wat is ashok leyland's advertising like?
ME: it doesnt have one...they believe in word of mouth publicity
R: You have a knack of bad mouthing everything
ME: (gosh....i am on the reject list for sure), am not bad mouthing...its the fact
R: There is a better way of presenting facts
M: Wat does a brand manager do
ME: spelled some crap
M: Thats a clerks job...emailing and all
ME: speechless now
L: wat new places have u explored, and which place do u like
ME: sir apart from Himachal and north east, i have been to all states in india...i liked the kutch area of gujarat, and ...
M suddenly throws my form on the table and picks up the next guys form...
ME: (i felt bad, but continued speaking) and i like bihar for their hospitality....talked bout how people in bihar helped us...and as a city i like mumbai for its energy...
R: you may leave...thank you
i came out and was stunned for a moment....what happened to the ever talkative guy that i always was....how cud i make blunders like that in the interview that was life for me....came out told people bout it... someone said why was i still laughing, i said i cud do nothing else, i cant start crying for it...
someone then said it was a stress interview...i had no clue of what it meant, this was my first interview and only one till date, kept on praying all day...atleast not a reject...put me in waitlist and then reject me...but not today...
in the end I made it to the recomended list...somehow cudnt believe it...still was doubtful if i wud make it to top 120....got the results today, am in....almost did a dance....in the end my honest answers did payoff well....
i was so happy....cant wait for may to come
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