[porcupine]

date -18/3/2009
course-PGDIM

reached the audi at 8
the verification process started at around 8.15 with ppl from 4 groups called for the same.
You are supposed to have all your documents and the corresponding photocopies
but they collect only photocopies of documents that they dont have

after that the the gd started
topic- dont remember exactly but was something abt generation now professionals balancing their worklives

was a sort of fishmarket but ok i guess it was ok in the end
yours truly chipped in with some 5 points and summarised also

PI started at abt 4 o clock
till then we were in the audi ......enjoying andaaz apna apna

PI
(there were 5 panelists, I'll call them 'p' collectively and me 'm'

P:(Before i could find my bearings) ok tell me your academic achievements and your career plan
M:boasted chronologically from tenth to CAT and moved on to my career path

P:Oh! so wat does a product manager do?
M:(had expected that) blah blah.......just a gist

P:Ok so wat made you choose textile engineering?
M: said something abt me looking for a damn good college at that time and then said in that college, i got a shot at only a few branches and since there are very few textile engineers in the country

P:Ok so where r u working ?
M:blah blah as a trainee(only 2 months workex)

P:(letting go of that) Ok tell me something abt your final year project?
M: blah blah

Probing deeper
M: explained with an example(they seemed convinced thankfully)

P:So will you get back to the textile industry
M:blah blah

P:Ok thank you
M:thnk you.......

so very general as you can see.........i guess it lasted for around 10 mins.
hrd other panels were grilling on acads and work-ex stuff

PS: ran into chopseuy and asked him if he was chopseuy

good luck to all
keep the faith!!

[vivekkahn]

A frnd of mine (Comp sci, IT 16 month workex, CAt-99.78, gud acads) had his NITIE GDPI today...

GD: Shud India's foreign policy be Pro-US.
The GD was fish-market on occasions, and u wer reqd to raise voice on occasions.

PI:
His PI was pretty chilled out, no grilling.

Some of the qs he was asked:
Y reschedule? (He said he had Indore interview yday)
How was interview? (Told)
Some qs on CS backgrnd...
Final yr proj...
Any management courses in B.Tech?

Lots of friendly discussion...abt his being underwt..they even suggested to eat bananas...

[ljv]

Date: 18-03-2009

Academic Background

X - 88.8 % (Maharashtra State Board)
XII - 87.17 % (Maharashtra State Board)
Undergrad Major - Civil Engineering, 70.9 % (Mumbai University)

Work - ex - 35 months, Larsen & Toubro ECC Division, Ports & Harbours Division.

CAT - 99.14 %ile


GD topic: Import of Chinese toys. Is it good or bad ?
2min to think + 15 mins to discuss + 2mins to summarise.

Very ordinary GD for me. Lot of points were being repeated. There was chaos almost throughout the GD. I guess the topic too wasnt very exciting.

Panel of 5 profs. The arrangement in the room was pretty intimidating. I thought I had ended up in a interrogation room

P: So tell us something about yourself ?
Me: blah ... blah

P: So tell us about your long time goals ?
Me: blah ... blah

P: So why leave L&T ? You can do this with them as well.
Me: blah ... blah. Explained in context to my career goals

P: Which is the no 1 civil engineering company in the world ?
Me: Bechtel

P: So if they offer you this profile will you go to them ?
Me: :eh: Explained my career goals all over again.

P: Tell me something about CPM & PERT ?
Me: :xmas: blah ... blah ...yeh toh ab by heart ho gaya hai

P: Wot probability distribution do we use in PERT ?
Me: :xmas: blah ... blah

P: So why do we use beta probability distribution for time estimates and normal distribution otherwise ?
Me: :eh: some gyaan

P: But then y probability distribution ?
Me: some gyan about mean and standard distribution.

P: Do you remember Central Limit Theorem ?
Me: (thoda thoda yaad tha par kyun risk leneka) ... Nopes

P: Not a problem.
Me:

P: What are the different types of floats ?
Me: blah blah

P: What is free float ?
Me: Was a bit rusty here, so very generic answer.

P: What is slack ?
Me: Blah Blah ...

P: Why are engineers professionals ?
Me: some arbit gyaan... talked about engineering ethics

P: Ok what are engineering ethics ?
Me: started rambling was interrupted after 2 points ...

P: Ok Ok ... I get the idea
Me:

P: What is population of India ?
Me: (Major goof up was about to say 1.1 trillion, but suddenly realised what crap I was talking) ... 1.1 tri ... billion

P: :eh: 1.1 billion ?
Me: :-|

P: What is India's GDP?
Me: 1.1 trillion USD ... no wait thats GDP (nominal) ...GDP (PPP) is diff ...

P: How does India rank in both ?
Me: blah

P: What is this Purchasing Power Parity ?
Me: blah ... blah

P: See how can we compare this basket of goods. People do not the same goods.
Me: :eh: representative basket.

P: Ya ya thats ok ... but still these Americans use this McDonald Burger index ... who eats burgers ?
Me: :eh: (yeh kya chal raha hai. I too get into PPP bashing) Yes sir other issues are related to quality of goods considered

P: Yes Yes. Hey you havnt told me about your final year project.
Me: :eh: (kya tha mera project ?) Yes ..."Computer Aided Design of Advanced Wastewater Treatment for Domestic Reuse"

P: So what was all that about ?
Me: Explain in layman's terms avoiding all technical details Explained its relevance.

P: So why dont you want to do Environmental Management, its coming up in a big way.
Me: Explain that it is a component and responsibility of PM

P: U dont want to do MS / Mtech in Structures, Geotech etc ?
Me: (Pata nahin keh kyun pucha ?) No

P: Ok you may leave
Me: Thank you

I found the panel a bit stressful. They were not letting me complete my answers. All of the 5 profs asked questions.

I, shameless plugged myself throughout the PI.

A lot of thanks to Team Impact for all the assistance. Pretty smooth process.
NITIE ne free movie bhi dikhaya
Thanks to Arpan, my PI coordinator for an engaging chat before the PI.

[lordsom]

I'm very sad today..I lost my new mobile phone in a crowded bus ...it was stolen from my shirt pocket

Date: 18-03-2009

Academic Background

X - 88.53 % (Maharashtra State Board)
XII - 82.33% (Maharashtra State Board)
Undergrad Major - B.Tech Pharmaceutical chemistry and Technology Engineering, 68.15 % (UICT/UDCT)

Work-Ex-0 months

CAT - 99.03 %ile

Started at 6:50 AM from my house, reaching NITIE 7:50 AM

We were sent to the auditorium after initial attendance(I 'm not repeating the usual stuff again)...Andaz Apna Apna was screened later on

Time for the GD at 10:45 AM...was in group 8(32) according to todays order.

Topic: Obama: Will he prove to be a blessing for India (I think these are surely not the exact words :( )

Moi didn't start as usual
Was the fourth entrant..and ensured that I grabbed the limelight..
Mentioned that since the broad outline although that has been mentioned...we need to specify these issues . These being positive and negative.

These are 1)Protectionism 2)H1B visa cap 3)Outsourcing 4)Ratification of CTBT and NPT 5)WTO fiasco 6)Non tariff barriers 7)Pro-pakistan and China policy
Positives are:1)Has big Indian -american lobby support 2)Is from a pluralist background 3)Has the power to deliver(I took about 50 seconds in this)

The course being set all the point were discussed in details. Countered two points in between with hard facts.
Supported 4 points made by others by giving some examples. Gave 2 more of my original points

In the summary...we could conclude as a group that the future can tilt both ways..he might or might not prove to be a blessing....

PI
Started with 3 panel members..gradually increased to 6 during the course of 14-15 minutes of my interview.
The sixth member being the research dean Dr. Amitabh De himself
He came into the room in the last 4 minutes and started rapid fire questions(10 total)

I'll henceforth address the panel members as P1,P2,P3[lady](only 3 of them asked questions) and the dean as AD

M:moi=>sabse bada duffer

This took place at 2:25 PM
Panelists were still to return from lunch
and I was felling sleepy after a full meal

M:greeting the 3 profs present at first
P1: Please take the seat

P1: Tell us something about yourself
M: Told...when i was speaking about my college P1 interrupts...
P1: is it at nanded
M: No, sir its at Matunga...oh that one
P1: asked about autonomy
M: told about deemed status from nex acad year..and i will be from the last batch having MU thappa
P2: it seems ure not happy with it
M: A bit true sir:laugh: ...actually I would have loved if it were a deemed this year from my batch itself
P1: Why is that?
M: There are some concrte reasons sir...
P2..please elaborate
M: grabbed this oppotunity to explain the meagre placements (absence of student placement cell)
absence of electives..flexibility..etc etc
P2..good
Now comes the acads grilling
By now two more lady panelists have entered...AD is still not in the scene

Questions that follow:
So what is B.tech pharma?
Explained completely the course specifics

So why did u take this course..
told the complete epic story

Where did u take ur mandatory inplant training?
told

What all were there, what did they produce, name a fmous product of theirs, what consitutes their product range, what did u learn?
Answered all

So what is this Shelcal..(with a smile...looked like he knew about it)
Explained all the 8 products in the range

P2 starts now..so why MBA
Gave my answer(with the lean towards marketing)

P2: But how will this help u to market ..u just have to convince the doctors...
M:...Sir OTCs!!!
Gave the example of Eno...explained my answer by using this brand...he seemed convinced now

I maintained my stand on product differentiation...mentioning Crocin vs paracetamol

P1: asked a lot on paracetamol..answered all

P1: so in a batch process ...what determines the batch limit...
Told about the differnce between batch and continuous drug prod lines and mentioned the factors limiing cap size

P3(L)...so basically these are the factors to limit batch size
This time i added the specific biotech drugs like steroids....homogenisation becomes difficult

P3...asks about project ..what is it and it has been completed or not
M:...Phew..Was waiting for this
Enter AD
AD..So pharma eh?
Qs
What is a generic drug
What is a bulk drug
What is contract manufacturing
relation between the above two
What is USP IP BP
What is GMP
which countries GMP is followed in india(This was the sole question i didn't have a proper answer to :( )

What are clinical trials

I forgot the remaining two

He gave about 5-10 seconds to anwer each..and started firing the next..

After the rapid fire...AD looks at the other panel members..smiles around..now this was really great
AD asks them done then..all agree..."u can leave now"

I offer my file....all in unison..its not required..

I wish good day to all and leave

And now I'm still upset over my cellphone

[piyushpth]

PROFILE:

Acads:
X 76(U.P.Board)
XII 83(U.P.Board)
Undergrad Major - 71(U.P.Tech)

Work-Ex: 4 yrs
NIL/Sector - IT/Telecomm

CAT Score: 98.97
Course: PGDIM

GD:
Topic: Don't remember the topic but it was something like 'Should universities be aided by gov'. 10 ppl were present. GD was decent. Some ppl were very good. I was ok.

Summary was asked. some ppl even contradict each other in summary. That should be avoided.

PI:
Panel Members Intro: 4 panel member + 1 came later

Panel: p Me: v (victim)
Questions:

p: tell me about u
v: told. Interrupt in work-ex.

P: why changed company
v: told

p: final yr project?
v: Told abt the project related to encryption. Luckily they didn't ask further.

p: What improvements you have done in your company?
v: telling something. interrupted.

p: I am asking as a manager.
v: ( manager banane to NITIE aa raha hoon. Manager hota to kya baat thi)

p: which trainings u attended in your career?
v: I was almost surprised. could recall business communication, six sigma and some technical trainings.

p: Tell about six sigma
v: told

p: Given some college example and asked if six sigma can be applied here?
v: Told. Yes. Given some fundas. Later realized that I had given a very good answer.

p: what do u want to achieve by MBA?
v: telling something. Interrupted again.

p: What is your principal of return(something like that)? U will loose 2*x(my current salary which is pretty good) and may get good salary if condition improved or not?
v: telling something. Interrupted again.

p: U r already getting x salary, if recession will persist then it will be difficult for u to get better salary.
v: ( Iska tho dar hai sir considering current market condition, but career growth ke liye mba bhi jaroori hai) Told abt long term goals, aim in life etc etc. He looked satisfied.

p: What are your hobbies
v: Told. Some good discussion on hobbies. Was able to put my strong points.

p: Then discussion went towards newspaper
v: I mentioned I read economy times.

p: What do u know about economy?
v: told something like fiscal deficit. growth of India.

p: But indian economy is still growing.
v: Told about deficiencies. 4 Yrs 8-9% growth but now 11-12% fiscal deficit and 5% growth. Is it good?

p: what measures should be taken to improve growth?
v: was telling something. Panel guys told its ok. And said bye bye.

p: which other calls you have?
v: told

I had stress interview. Interrupted various times. Best of luck for other puys for their GD/PI. Its only confidence which matters in Interview.

Room was decent for just 100 Rs. Seniors were very co-operative. Many ppl again didn't bring photocopies so seniors have to get photocopies for them. Movies were shown meanwhile and an excellent quiz also happened. That was the best part.


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Result of this interview: Convert in first list

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[helloworld_adi]

Hi guys. Here goes my experience

Acads:
X : 82.8
XII : 80.2
Undergrad Major - 73%

Work-Ex: 20 months IT


CAT Score: 99.76

GD:
Topic: Turmoil in Pak is threat to india.
Number of Ppl present : 10
Time: 15 min
Brief Snapshot of Discussion:
Topic being indo-pak, ppl were just waiting to jump in the discussion. I entered some 4-5 times and managed decently i guess. Lot of cross talk happening and seemed more like a mock-gd

PI: 6 panel members. 5 gentlemen and a lady.Collectively call them P

Questions:

P: Introduce yourself
moi : blah. mentioned national prize in essay-writing in between

P: tell about that
moi : told

P: Wats your job profile
moi : lengthy monologue about current role in security

P: What security protocols you use
moi : no protocols used. We just try to hack into the OS.Gave recent example

P : How did you achieve that
moi : again some general stuff.

P(The lady who was asking tech questions) : i'm technical. You can give a technical answer
moi : told technically

lady still not convinced. So you use a flag??
moi : yes mam

p: you should tell no..
moi (ab flag kya bolun.That is the most obvious thing any computer science guy does)

p: so what was your final yr project.
moi : told

p: how did you do it
moi: again told. mam cuts in between to tell that the tech part is over

p: you're interested in military history. Tell about kargil war
moi : told

p: you're in r&d. Why don't indian cos create products
moi : about services being more lucrative nowadays. Even Microsoft into services.Not their part of the value chain and stuff

p: wats value chain
moi : told watever i knew. Thankfully they didn't go deep as i was grilled on the same question in a mock interview

p: wat are your career objectives. Show me this certificate
moi: showed the certificate. Went bak to my seat and told career objectives

p: so you want to be strategic consultant
moi : yes

p: give any indian who was good in strategy
moi : military or corporate?

p: corporate
moi : c k prahlad. some blah about fortune at bottom of pyramid

p: but he's not a strategy consultant. he's an academic
moi: his ideas defined a lot of corporate strategies

p: how wil u choose between colleges. Which college will you join
moi : gave a diplomatic answer about not counting my chickens b4 they hatch

p: ok suppose hypotheticaly iimb,mdi and nitie all converted.Then?
moi: iim b cos its more aligned with my goals
between mdi and nitie defi nitie cos in these recessionary times, one should look at roi

p: fine we're done. Thank you
moi : Thanks !!

Misc details : Guys who're yet to reach nitie, try and get the MDP hostel. Its a steal with an A/C and TV at Rs 400. Much more comfortable than the pgp hostel. Rest will be great with a spell binding campus and helpful seniors.

Cheers,
Adi

[JustShan4MBA]

Hello puys ....had my GD PI today...here goes my profile and experience
X: - 78%
XII: - 71%
B.E: - 78%
28 months work-ex in IT
CAT %ile: - 98.66

Well to start with, i reached NITIE by arnd 7.45AM, presentation started at 8 AM exact...Team impact was handling everythng nicely and were really helpful....

GD Topic: - "Isn't all you need is money to be happy??"(or somthng like tht)
I started the GD and gave direction to it succesfully....then chip in 4-5 times..with each time giving a new dimension to it...not really a fish market and everbody got a chance to spoke...infact during the end the some points were getting repeated.......
Overall a nice GD, was really feeling gud after coming out of it....
GD rating: - 7/10

After GD we were again made to sit in the auditorium where we enjoyed "Andaz apna apna"... in half an hour i was called for an interview
Now the bad part starts.....
there were 6 panelists aur mai akela(bahut nainsafi hai.......)
As all the 6 members were asking Q i'll denote thm by "P"

P: Tell us somethng abt your Academic Achievements...
M: Sir i have represented my college by taking part in....(interrupted)

P: - No tht is your extra-curri...tell us abt ur acads......
M:- Consistenly being among the top rankers...then again jumped to Tech events like winning competitions in IIT etc....

P: - What does your company do??
M: - explained

P: - explain in more detail
M: - explained (looked satisfied)

P:- Wht difficulties do u face in Work...
M: - blah...blah...

few more discussions abt work which i explained...

P:- tell us abt ur final year project?
M:- told

P: - its working
M: - told in detail.....

P: - tell us its industry applications: -
M: - told one

P: - any other?
M:-

P: - So you are a telecom engg...tell me if thr is a truck which is going frm Mumbai to Chennai...how will u detect it.....
M:-
M:- Sir does tht truck hav any sorts of material....

P:- wht sorts...
M: - sir its just tht if the truck hav any material like radioactive or somethng then it will be easier to catch their radiations.....

P: - so u think tht radioactive material will be Xferred in the open in the truck..
M:-
No sir, its just even if its closed thn also the radiations can be detected....

P:- wht if the truck is empty.
M: -

P: - Thnks....
M: - Thnks.....

PI rating: - 4/10
Donno wht to make out of it...one thing tht i noticed was each panel member was asking me Ques and noticing my ans......
Guys...plz tell me tht we can still make it even if our interview doesn't go well.....
puys any feedback???

[me@iim]

Had my interview on 18th....

PROFILE:

Acads:
X : 71.8
XII : 84.4
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age : 78.88

Work-Ex: 18 months
NIL/Sector - Number of Years : IT/ITes

CAT Score: 99.14

GD:
Topic: Insurance promotion thru emotions.....how ethical ?
Number of Ppl present 10

Brief Snapshot of Discussion: basically discussed about types of insurance..and it is more impotant to have insurance rather than being ethical/ nonethical....

PI: 6 panel members in all......

Panel: intoduce yourself....
Me: blah blah

Panel: some question on sudoku....like number of minimum variables..
me: answered most of them

Panel: then asked about y mba..
me: blah blah....

Panel: lastest movie watch....
Me: Delhi-6...

Panel: Learning fro that...
me: told....

Panel: Final year project done.....
me: told....

Panel: what all u see when u open CPU....
me: told.....

panel: some questions on serial and parallel communication....
me: told at my best..

panel: some questions on cache memory ...
me: told but panel not convinced much...

panel: what are usb ports....
me: told....

thats all...lasted around 15 20 min.....

[thebornattitude]

Had my interview on 19'th....

PROFILE:

Acads:
X : 86.8
XII : 83.2
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age : 8.92/10(NIT Bhopal)

Work-Ex: 20 months
NIL/Sector - Number of Years : IT/ITes

CAT Score: 98.45

GD:
Topic: IT and telephones have had a negative impact on human relations
Number of Ppl present 10

Brief Snapshot of Discussion: Good Discussion. I started the GD and summarized well. Though could have started much better but concluded good. Some very good points were raised. One guy was really hyper active with gestures , but yah hopefully not with his speech, he spoke decently. And yah, the girl next to me Shruti , she was really very nervous before the GD....but amazingly she spoke great...barring two three people, everybody contributed well .

PI: 6 panel members in all......I will call them P
This was fun, before entering a girl from NITIE met us, she recognized me, she was from Bhopal actually. She told that in this panel all bade log are sitting. The Dean( Placement CEll ) was in it.....pehle hi watt lagaa di yaar ....chalo koi nahi. I go in

P- I will ask you only 3 questions, first, meaning of your name and sth about urself, second your job profile and last ur final yr project
m- Told about myself, about my job profile.

P- Suddenly asking , Ohk ur from Mech ? Do u know we have special inclination towards mechies? But then u have to prove urself ..ohk
M- I will try

P- wat is the difference between two stroke and four stroke ? Tell me common uses that are helpful in selection of engine
M- hehehe....ye cheez ek mechie ko kabhi mat poochna, mooh zabaani ratti hogi....told about power , fuel efficiency, weight to power ratio etc etc

P- Ohk, Any machine towards which u were fascinated?
M- bhai lathe pad ke gayaa tha, so said sir lathe, bacuse of its ability to perform multitask

P- Have u seen CNC Lathe ?
M- yes sir, We have one non operational at our college, and seen big CNC machines at BHEL during my training. Explained how programs are feeded in it

P- Any name of a company that manufactures them?
M- sorry Sir. I don't know.There is one french company, but I can't recollect its name.

P - No Problem, What is hobbing?
M- Sir its a technique of gear manufacturing
P- explain it
M- told very basic stuff, then said, much finer details are also there, but I know this much only.

P- what is centering?
M-Told about dead center. live center, how job is being put between them

P- what is ur job profile?
M- told about my job.

P- Okay Thank You Indrajoy.
M_ ae lo ho gayaa, abhi to final yr project pe aaya hi nahi, ekdum phad deta main usme to ......( jus kidding, rather meri phat jaati ).....

Thank You sirs and maam ( though only 1 )....Have a nice day

Bus, khatam hua ek aur GD/PI, alwaida MDP Hostel, kaash aisa hostel hi mile .......time to go back to Noida, grab a chilled beer , and sit on my couch

Cheerz!!!
TBA!

[funduguymukesh]

10- 87 %
12- 82%
Cat % : -99.24
Work ex : -20 months IT company(Samsung)

NITIE :- a very nice campus i must say..its like a hill station ...

GD:-

Recession : -opportunity or threat?
gave 3-4 points ,defintion of recession . okayish type gd
summary ; - come in .gave points

overall okayish gd
5/10

Interview :-6 profs (P) me : I
P- tell me about urself..
I- blah blah
P- some more
I- blah blah.....
P- ok ,tel me about ur final yr proj
I - ..blahhhhhhhh
P- what was ur contribution
I- blah
P- ur hobbies
I- reading novels ,sudoku
P- wat kinda novels
I- fiction ,nonfictional ,business
P- is non fictional a novel?
I- yes sir
P- but that doesnt have ny story
I- yes sir but it called novel
P- hv u heard of novlet?
I- no sir
P- ok , so u have studied data structure
I- yes sir (maza aa gaya)
P- whats single precision and double precision arithmetic?
I-
P- hv u heard?
I- yes sir
P- ok what type of sort are there
I- blah blah
P- can we make alphabetical list using bubble sort
I- yes sir
P- in wch book u have read dis
I- sir i have not rea ,but it can be done ,strings r charcter arrays .logically it can be done
P- okies
P- what is radix sort
I- blah blah
P- ( interuupted in b/w) ok
P- some questions on final yr project
I- told
P- why do u read novel
I- i like dat
P- but they don give ny knowledge
I- business novel and non fictional (philosophical ,pyschological) gives knowledge. some fictional noval (dan brown containes puzzles .thats gud )
P- ok ,wenever u find time u do that
I- no , i manage time for dat ()
p- OK , last novel
I- atlas shrugged
P- what is atlas?
I- told
P- in human body what is atlas ?
I- it amy b soul then told mind controlling the whole body
P- no a small bone
I- no idea sir
P- ok , v r done ,thnk u
I- thnk u

overall a very cool and nice inteview .
ATB to u puys