Better Late than Never

M A V E R I C K · 12-01-2003, 09:29 PM

Guys, for a moment I thought I was drunk

**pagalguy** · 12-01-2003, 11:07 PM

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Just a note : When seen suddenly, ur ID looks like..well..u know what

LOL.. Same here

and I'm not

Bingo... I'm editing the post to remove the 3'ple post

gjay · 13-01-2003, 11:59 AM

Yes, I have applied for IIMs only and have written FMS.
Nothing gutsy abt it really. I did not apply to SPJ and MDI because I got the admissions in to both last time and decided to ditch them for a shot at the IIMs this time.

GJ

aakaanksh · 13-01-2003, 12:03 PM

Thats damn gutsy....
well do you mind sharing your thought as to why didnt go for spjain and mdi.
Please share ur exp with group interview at spjain....how did it go abt and what were the key points in ur interview.How are you co related with your team mates.

Morpheus · 13-01-2003, 12:06 PM

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Nothing gutsy abt it really. I did not apply to SPJ and MDI because I got the admissions in to both last time and decided to ditch them for a shot at the IIMs this time.

That makes u indispensable for us who have applied this year to SPJain, please do some up with ur list of Do's and Donts for SPJAIN and MDI

Morpheus

ravi · **Wow -even gutsier than i thought ! -** 13-01-2003, 01:17 PM

WOW !
That is the only thing i can say GJay ! Meeting a guy wh turned down an admit at S.P is really something ! I had always thought that S.P was pretty good - almost on par with the IIMs- at least with I and K ! So ur move is even gutsier than i thought !
So, now for the million dollar Q - y did u turn it down ? Of Course, 1 reason could be that u were confident on getting thru the IIMs this year, which is the most obvious one ! Is there anything else ?
Respectfully yours

Ravi

drugballad · 13-01-2003, 01:37 PM

hey Gjay...
welcum!
dude...how do u pronounce ur name...
for a moment i was like....errr....

and do let the forum know abt the experience at SP & MDI.

and ravi macha....evide aayirinu(i hope i got that right

).....readin ur msg after a long time.

gjay · 13-01-2003, 01:58 PM

My Experiences at SPJ Interview:
Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, B'lore
Time: A dull 2:00 PM.

Preliminary:
Grp Interview with 7 guys. A pretty organised preliminary round. Everyone getting a fair chance. The more intersting your answers more time and attention you get. It was mostly personal questions put to everyone and then the huge panel of 10 questioning you on your answers. Went on for close to 1 hour. 2 of the 7 made it to the next stage.

There was another panel which was doing the Preliminary round. I was told each in the grp was given a copy of a news article and were asked to discuss the article for 15 min.s after which the stuff mentioned above continued.

This stage may be tough if u are unlucky to fall in to a difficult grp.

Final:
The final stage had three gentlemen in their early 70s as the panel. That again was a grp interview. This was basically a confirmation of a few findings the panel of the first round has noted down and then a few questions on your essays. There will be a guy trying to disturb u'r concentration by staring at you incessantly and will be writing down something on your form whenever you look towards him.

Search u'r forms for any wrong detail. One of the guys in the final stage was asked
how his family income was just 2 lacs p.a when his father was working in Saudi? The guy turned pale and cud not give any answer.

This was followed by a 50q test which was a Psycho-analysis stuff. Look for traps here. There will be same questions rephrased coming at regular intervals. Make sure your answers to these don't contradict one another.

SPJ thus is a line by line analysis of what u have said in your essays. Shud be a cake walk if u r well prepared with all q's possible on u'r application.

DOs:
Just know line by line and column by column what is there in the form you sent to SPJ.
Be careful when answering the psycho-analysis test. Don't fall in to the trap.
Try to project u'rself as a xtra-curri buff in the preliminary stage for evoking gr8er interest in the panel on questioning you.

DONT's:
U 'll have to wait for hours together before u get a chance for the final interview after the preliminary is over. Don't get impatient. I suspect there were a few guys watching what was going on in the lounge every now and then.

All the Best.....
I reiterate...."Your Application Form and Essays are u'r text books to prepare for the SPJ interview."

Now for Ravi's question. I did not join because
1) I could afford a 2nd attempt.
2) SPJ was ready to offer only Info Mngmt.
3) IIM is IIM and SPJ is SPJ though the placement one may get in SPJ is as good as one will get in the IIMs.
Now the secret

I am a bit fanatic abt being at the IIMs though I am not very sure if I have it in me to be there...)

GJ

khewlCAT · 13-01-2003, 03:01 PM

Thanks a lot Gjay for ur valuable inputs.
by the way what kind of questions did you face in the final round?

aakaanksh · 14-01-2003, 02:51 PM

Hi jay...
thanx a lot for sharing your experience and that will certainly gives us better insight into the selection process.
Yeah even i have heard that spjain tries to take people who are genuine and so no mess ups by contradicting your own statements.Maybe they are of the opinion that your initial essays could have been framed with somebody's help.So make sure you have written them with ur own conviction and you have supporting evidences for the same.
As jay said..its important to treat the essays as bible and start working on them good enough to substantiate them.
Well jay...its good to see that you are being very fanatic abt joining IIM only.After CAT most of us will find it easy and are confident that they would be able to crack it next.Me on my part isnt lucky enough to do so....it should jst happen this year and any more delay would hamper my personal life.