[2005]S.P. Jain GD/PI help and experiences

[mayank_c]

I need clarification on this ....
On the day of my interview [5th Feb 2005] also, some people were asked to write the online test while some were not ....

can anyone from SPJ clarify on this ???
what does it mean if someone is not asked to take the online test .....

[ajain]

Originally Posted by the_crusader

Also some of the SP students told us that some of the essay form had not been even looked at !! So, probably there will be more calls. I'm not suggesting anything, but there is just a posibility !!

Ok people take care and ALL THE BEST !!

How true wud be this only spj wud know...but looking the figures which people mentioned abt calls...doubt whether they wud have another list....1700 odds calls is too much for just 150 seats...the conversion ratio is not very high....plus 150 can be easily obtained from 1700 people right...still people who waiting to hear good news atb frm my side...hopefully all ur dreams also materialize...

[rkapoor]

Originally Posted by mayank_c

I need clarification on this ....
On the day of my interview [5th Feb 2005] also, some people were asked to write the online test while some were not ....

can anyone from SPJ clarify on this ???
what does it mean if someone is not asked to take the online test .....

I have the same query...
I had my interview on 22nd Jan....that day nobody was asked to take the online test...
Any idea????????????????????????????

[Intangible]

hi Guys,

I am back to hyd and my work place after a loooooong gap......had gone on a vacation and then came back after attending the SP GI on 6th....so surfing the forum after a break of 14 days.........


the initial zatka was the FMS result...didn't make it to FMS...i guess my speed took a toll

then read thru the posts here.................i must say Jai was impressive (bhai tum to Sholay ke Jai nikle )

Now, my experience with SP:

6th Feb 8:30 am slot

Reached SP campus at 8 am , met 6 other guys waiting there and the caretakers cleaning the place ....asked them the route to the canteen/mess so that we can grab a bite (was feeling damn hungry)...

as soon as we enter the mess, one of the guys remarks...'yaar isko dekh kar to apne college ke mess ki yaad aa gayee'

i take a plate of idlis....

back to the place of action at 8:10......first sign of people in charge at 8:20...

we are seated in the IM class at SP (1st floor) and asked to register ourselves..........we were offered just cold mineral water (one of the guys was saying we might be offered breakfast....but hard luck mate )

while registering u r not asked for any id etc....they match ur face with the photograph on the form...so , in case u have altered ur facial appearance too much...like a tonsured head, then carry a proof of identity and a recent photo)

at about 9 we are divided into groups of 6 ppl each.....i am clubbed in the 3rd group with another 'Ritesh' and the group has 6 guys (no gals- i consider that lucky since a charming lady might cast her spell on the interview panel).....all the guys are working in IT and all the guys i met in IM classroom were 2003 passouts and almost all engg......i guess the reason for most of them being engg in IT field can be that 8:30 slot is given to ppl who were the first to register for a date and ppl who have ready online access are generally the ones working in IT companies......

anyways, so we have 6 guys who have approx 2 yrs work X in IT , are engg (though from diff fields) and 3 of them are working for oracle (including yours truly)....the specializations are 2 for Markeing, 2 for IM and 2 for (either operations for finance)...

we get called for the GIs in order...first group 1 then group 2 and so on....there are 4 panels for first round GIs operating simultaneously...

the GI panel has 2 profs- a lady and a gentleman (he's the vocal member) and a student (he's the mute spectator- no offense meant)....

first we are asked to introduce ourselves.....then the prof asks us to comment on one thing that makes us sad and one thing that makes us happy (this should be something apart from our personal/professional life)...opinions are taken on a FCFS basis.....(profs even interrupt ppl in bet when they are giving their opinions to ask them there names again)...

after everyone in the group is done, they start with 4-5 questions to each guy individually....these are on ur profile- hobbies, work and in my case by engg branch (no questions on hobbies or work for me )....

there was one guy (Lakshmi for Oracle Consulting B'lore) who was asked a lot of questions on his hobby (writing poems), he even receited two poems and his other hobby- he's an administrator of wikipedia....so the more 'different' ur hobby is, more chances that u wld be asked abt it, and more chances that u wld carry it off (since ppl know less abt it)......
I wld say this guy was th best in the group

another guy whose hobby was to receite vedas was asked to receite a few shlokas.......

so , in short, u get the point..

after the GI, we go back to IM class room (nice class room btw ), and i find that we are the first group to have come back- group 1 and 2 are still having their GIs........

we get the info that group I is an elimination stage and consists of 1 GI...

Group 2 would be the final selection stage and would consist of a GI, MAT (written psychometric test) and online test.....

after about 15 mins results come out and from our group 3 guys are selected (the bizzarre- all 3 are from Oracle ).....

my opinion- the selection for first round isn't based solely on what u say in the GI....they are considering ur profile as well...otherwise we just can't explain a few rejections....

anyways, from group-1 4 guys are seletced, 3 from G-2 and 5 from G-4.......so one more point clear- there are no numbers for a group - it can even be all or none......

at 10:30 we are called for MAt and are given a ques paper with 50 + 5 + (all the ques on non-omr form minus the last 9 questions) and asked to write our answers in 55 mins straight....

this is a tough task for me since i write pretty slow and have missed many a question in my exams uptil now due to this....i try my best but end up not being able to complete the last 2 questions in time- the guy there is very generous and gives me and another 'slow' person some extra time to complete the stuff......

we are back to the IM class...and here we are divided into groups for 2nd stage GI...i am in a new group, but hello, yet again there are 5 guys (no gals) all working in IT related fields (on guy is working in automation industry......electronics engg......working presently at Honeywell Pune....the name's Devendre)........and guess what 3 guys are working for Oracle Hyderabad

we go in to meet the panel- Prof. Mohan (SP guys can u please tell me what does this guy teach......) and a retd. Brigadier.

Two guys in the group have opted for marketing (including yours truely), and one each for Fin, Op and IM.....

we start with our intro and any whim/fancy that we have....

and then the inevitable question pops up- why the hell are there so many guys from oracle out here today ?

then each one of us is grilled mainly by the Brigadier on values.....in fact there's too much discussion on values...after everyone has been grilled systematically a few directed questions fly towards individuals for some 10 mins....and then that's it......

eveything's over by 1 pm, we troop back to our resting place -the IM class...all the guys in my group are exasperated with the grilling on values and are in a value-less mood

i feel the Op guy - Devender- was the best.....

then after about 10-15 mins we are told that from our group only Devender is supposed to go for the online test

rest of the guys are a worried lot and ghero the student who came with this news....and he assures us that this isn't the end of the road for us....his reply was 'there are certain parameters that i can't disclose based on which ppl are called for online test....this test is a sort of re-verification of ur MAt and if u r not called for it then don't worry- it's not an elimination).

results will be out by march first week....

so that's my story

me not in for fms....have mdi on 9th at b'lore....so guys wish e luck for SP and MDI and IIFT

yours
-Intangible

[Intangible]

Another piece of info

one of the groups in GI-1 was asked to opine on 'shd mba be one year or two year course'

[sudheer]

Hi There,

I've got a call from SP jain for info mgmt. My Cat score is very poor 82%. Im currently working for TCS, with more than 4 yrs of experience. anyone attending the interview on 25/26 dates? If in Chennai or Hyderabd please let me know.

Thanks in advance
Sudheer

[ruudvannistelrooy]

hey fellas,

I av got the intw on 19th of feb, at 8.30 a.m. Anybody who has it at the same time and same day please lemme know, or pm me...........I promise to choose him/her if the panel asks me whom to select......just kidding

Abt me, CAT % is 98.88
Work ex of 3.5 yrs in manufacturing firm
Specialization opted: Operations.aka Manufacturing.....

Looking at some of the questions gave me the creeps.....consumerism..hey bhagwan.....i second ajain's point, kya kya padhna hoga yaaron

Animal or bird or flower i associate with...phew
and tht too to be asked or grilled rather by a BRIGADIER..man I am sure to be court-martialled
anywayz all the best to all of u who av their intws lined up, and do post ur exps
it will be surely helpful for others.
CIAO,
Van Nistelrooy

[neo911]

hey guys ..



Back after a long time.. Had my SP interview on 5th.. 10.30 batch..



here s how it went ..



reached there at 9.45 n was made to wait in the IM hall (first

floor). then v had to register n sign a form or somethin.. remember

they dont even ask for the call letter ..



Was called for the GI at 11 ( after more than 45 min of waiting ).

my batch had 6 ppl n their profile goes like this..



1. me (male) . final yr engg . no work ex . marketing



2. a guy from TCS(bengali) with 3.5 yrs work ex . IM



3. a gal from kanbay, pune with 2 yrs work ex. IM



4. a guy from culcutta, fresher.. mrktg



5. a gal from pune . final yr coll (but works with Birla insurence

for 2 yrs ) mrktg



5 . a guy in final yr engg. ( from delhi i guess), mrktg



we were sent to a room . the panel had two members ( man & a woman-

she was tamilian , i learnt later). it started peacefully . they asked

us to introduce ourselves. most of them spoke for 2,3 mim .. i kept in

crisp for a min .. a guy introduced himself as a prospectivs SP student

( and got eliminated).. lesson #1. dont be a high funda

dude.. be crisp, natural and smart..



the guy asked each of us to come up with wat v see as the present

happening trend . i told India s infrastructural dvlpmt n ppl

concentrating on that. A gal answered something about crossword (

she also got eliminated) lesson #2. Be relevant for heaven's

sake . just cos ur good at something, dont involve that in every answer

u give.



then v were asked about our hobbies .. I told basketball n v

generally talked about India s positon on the game . the TCS guy told

Cooking and some bridge game( i dont even rem wat bridge he told). he

went on talking about it n v couldnt make any a sense out of it .. (

eliminated). lesson #3. be sure of wat u say n dont

try to make somethin up. be very civil n parlimentary.



thats it the round got over. V wer taken back to the IM hall n three

of us got thro. the gal from Pune was smart n the other guy talked a

lot about horror movies n Steven King n got thro .



Then MAT . 55 min .. and a lotta questions. make sure to attend

everthing( which is important as i was told). they repeat the questions

in diff way to test ue consistency. like thw q wat type of ppl do u

hate was repeated 7 times in diff ways . if u bluff once make sure u

bluff everywhere or take Lesson # 4 . be truthful . makes life much

simpler .





then v were given 15 min to lunch . ran to the cafeteria n had a

burger n ran back . N guess wat . was made to wait for another 45min ..



then v wer taken to a room in the ground floor . the other two

selected members in the panel got detached n went away with someother

group . so the new grp had.



1 . me



2 . a guy from L & T( MS in america, one yr work there n 1 yr here) I

was sweating when i heard that . Ops.



3 . a guy , from Maruti , married n 3-4 yrs work ex . Ops.



4 . a guy from GE Caps ,2 yrs work ex. IM



5 . a gal from my college . no work ex . mrktg .





This round was more personal . the panel had a man and a woman . The

woman was very very smart n the man was very very hard to convince .



they asked about everyone s weak ness.. the guy form maruti told

something n got himself into trouble. they made him contradict himself

in more than one occasion .. they were very smart in killing if they

smell something fishy. So lesson # 5 . say something only if ur sure

about it . N be practical .



the 2nd round was more like " they try to jack u if u screw up "

kind .. so be veru veru careful there .. Lesson # 6 . there is a lotta

relevance between wat u say in the first n 2nd round . Dont think they

r two diff things . BE consistent ..



then v were sent back to the waitin place . N only the GE n L& T guy

was called for the online test .. My heart was in my mouth . I went n

asked the students who organised the entire thing .. They told me to

chill n that the online thing is necessary only if v couldnt extract

enogh from the student .. I still dont know wat it means .. Anyways

cant do much now ..



So thats how it went .. BTW gotta FMS n XLRI calls .. Gotta

concentrate on that for now .. hope this post is useful for the PG

guys who s got interviews yet .. If u need more info, PM me .



THE BIGGEST LESSON: Be Natural, Be Yourself n Be Confident .





Cheers ... Neo..

Disclaimer: I under no circumstance intend to hurt anyone in the post . If anyone is offended, PM me with wat u feel is wrong . No hassles.

[nkksky]

hey neo

great going dude

after u have given all of us great lessons

i will give u a friendly advice.

Its good to be confident but to ridicule others is not the right thing to do.
what might have happened is that people get tensed and dont really speak what they wished too. u dont have to go on saying they were bad and got kicked out. Learn this as the first lesson for your management training......respect other people.
sorry if i have been harsh .....but couldnt stand u mud slinging at others

take care
regards
nikhil

[neo911]

hey nikhil..


Thanks for that .. I Would like to clarify something here .. Any words, phrases or sentences i used in the post didnt mean to hurt antone or didnt mean to ridicule anyone .. May be it was like that cos of my college lingo .. But i apologise for any of those lines in the post if it had hurt someone ..

I will edit it now..

neo