[garima]

Originally Posted by kailash_soni13

i dont think that was particularly right answer... coz what i believe is that was more related to the UPA government decision.. which was based on making people believe globally that we are self sufficient and effecient nation... and as far as i know we are not using our forex reeserve to help people affected by tsunami... and another reason was that the magnitude of disaster was so big that it took places which were affected by 20-30 years backward... so any help wld have been miniscule infront of calamity of such an extent.. so we had a chance to show our self esteem ( last reason is purely what i believe)

well i wud agree to the answer in part...however it could be addressed in a more logical manner..firstly, india aims for a place in the security council..hence it makes more sense for the govt to portray india as a strong,self-sufficient nation..we have been able to do so particularly by helping other nations..
secondly and more importantly aid-giving countries also look for something in return..nothing comes for free..it is precisely for this reason that govt decided to keep foreign aid workers at bay, particularly in an area as strategic as Car Nicobar..we just did not want to expose watever air bases and defence facilities we had there(read this in Hindu)..
Hence i think this in combination with the self esteem issue could make a good answer..

Garima.

[RAHUL ABRAHAM MAMMAN]

Originally Posted by rohit_anand

hey IIMbthere..i hve noticed the same thing...was worried that they wudnt ask me...i soooooooooo want them to do that

and another thing that seems to be there is that everyone is having a gr8 interview

i dunno if this is 'coz the ppl who r gettin screwed rnt postin or wat but till now i feel that almost all the interview have been above average....

or mebbe the junta @ PG is studdish and all r cracking it easily

ciao

rohit

One thing I would like to clarify...........I will just take my interview as an example..or else it will be like I m taking shots at others

1) My interview was good..pretty good..but when I put it down on the forum ..it looks excellent ..I think when you write it down..it looks better than it actually is
2) The quality of calls at IIM A is excellent and most students are great..hence the above average interviews

3) The number of people who have posted their experiences are a handful..maybe the people who had slightly bad interviews havent posted them.

4) Maybe I have had selective memory..I just said no to four questions..I dont know if I have mentioned them all..that can also happen I think
These are the points I can think of right now..will add on to it later


Only thing I can say about my interview was the number of questions about 60 ...I think in terms of sheer number ..Mine would be one of the highest..they were interested in me..Whether it s a green signal or not ..I dunno know

[IIMbthere]

Originally Posted by rohit_anand

hey IIMbthere..i hve noticed the same thing...was worried that they wudnt ask me...i soooooooooo want them to do that

and another thing that seems to be there is that everyone is having a gr8 interview

i dunno if this is 'coz the ppl who r gettin screwed rnt postin or wat but till now i feel that almost all the interview have been above average....

or mebbe the junta @ PG is studdish and all r cracking it easily

ciao

rohit

hey rohit anand..... if i remember correctly u hav ur IIMA interview tommorrow.... i just tried to call u to wish luck but seems like u hav decided to get to bed early today .... chalo, i wish u all the luck in the world, crack it dude..... kick ass...:grab:
script the first success story frm NSIT... i will follow the suit in a week or two

and yesss, post ur experience as soon as possible...

cheerz
Rohit

[rookie_chap]

Delhi....This is your chance after Ahd to show your worth to IIM A profs.....the exercise starts today at 9:00 AM.........

wish all the PG people ATB......

Keep Rocking ..and let delhi rule at IIM A......

[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by RAHUL ABRAHAM MAMMAN

My name Rahul Abraham Mamman
Background - Bcom Third Year...
Also involved in my family biz..a pharmacy and a health and beauty store...
Went to see IIM A as I had given my centre as IIM A itself and very few ppl from cochin would have done that..
Cat percentile 99.87 VA 99.09 QA 99.7 DI 97.55

<snip>

Personally I feel you have a terrific chance. I knew that even before the interview is another matter

What holds good for you is:

(a) Ability to answer questions on the spot without flustering

(b) Deep knowledge in a couple of core areas that know about (i.e Commerce, Pharma)

(c) Great Acads and CAT percentiles.

All said, keep your fingers crossed, you may never know what may happen.

All the best !!!

Arun

[Roops]

Hi junta,



Had my IIMA Group Discussion and Personal Interview today.



Background : B.Tech.(IT).

No Work-Experience.

10th ICSE : 91.4%

12th ISC : 92%

B.Tech. : 9.73/10(CGPI) - Semester Rank 1.

CAT Percentile : 99.74 (VA/QA/DI : 98.47/96.61/99.66)



First was the GD : There were 6 boys and 1 girl. (2 members had percentiles of 99.97 and 99.9 (5 mins reading followed by 20 mins discussion followed by 5 mins summarizing on paper)



Everyone spoke. Was a cool one with no fight for speaking. Everybody got chance and everyone listened patiently. Guess that everyone ws frightened to create a scene out there. Covered various aspects of the Case and did reach to a short term and long term solution.



My contribution : relatively lesser air-time (spoke for nearly 2min 30 sec in all). Didnt go on to repeat any point. Contributed 3-4 fresh suggestions. Provided the short term and long term solutions.



Interview : I was number 5. So got a chance to know abt the board from other persons. The board was asking a lot of acads. Most were grilled on acads.



My experience :



Q. Ok Mr Roopesh. So, you are a B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIIT-Allahabad.

(I corrected him by saying I am a B.Tech. in Information Technology from IIIT-Allahabad).



Q.So Whats the difference between a B.Tech. course in IT and Comp Sc?

A. I replied by saying they are essentially same except that IT also has some subjects stressing the usage of comp. sc. and internet technology on business and other applications(like i gave them example of E-Business and ERP)



Q. What is E-business?

A. Business across the internet (did explain to them)



Q. Suggestions for deploying an E-Business system for a Firm with just one product.

A. Told them to prepare a website with support for receiving orders, etc. (Was interjected in the middle asking for what else apart from website.) Explained them the Logistics requirement and gyaan on EDI.



Q. What sort of products are better suited for E-Business?

A. Told them abt books, electronic gadgets, etc and explanation for the same. (gave examples of Amazon.com, etc)



Q. What would be the implication of using EBusiness for the sale of a trouser and how would it be different from that of a book?

A. Told them that book would remain same but trouser need to be tried and tested before.



(Here the role of the interviewers changed and the second interviewer took control)



Q. What are Flops? (This was a sudden change from EBusiness to Computer Architecture....Sudden enough to make me forget what does it stand for)

A. Explained them without the full form what does flop mean.



Q. Difference between Flops and GHz as a measure for processing power?

A. explained them by telling abt GHz this time as the number of clock cycles per second for a processing element.



Q. Whats the speed of prcessors in market these days?

A. Told them the value in GHz.



Q. Asked me abt its equivalent in Flops.

A. Answered them by saying it would depend on the number of Cycles it would take for an FLO to take.



Q. Asked me abt Super Computers?

Q.Asked me abt Param?

Q. Asked me abt how are super computers built?

(Described the first two clearly with some fuzziness in the explanation of the third)



Q. Asked me what for it is used?

(Answered this using soem examples of real time applications from the field of Terrain Visualization and Rendering, BioInformatics - Was asked to explain how exactly would it be used.)



Q. Asked me to design a mini-super computer for them.

(again a lil fuzzy design - but referred to technicalities as Parallel Computing and Shared Memory Architecture).



(The first interviewer was back to business)



Q. So how comfortable are u in MAthematics?

A. Reasonably ok.



Q. Did u do a course in Mathematics?

A. I had it in first 2 sems.



Q. What all did u study?

A. Told them the area that i m really comfortable with. (like Calculus and Complex Algebra). (Interestingly he didnt ask from either)



Q. Did u have a course in Discrete Mathematics?

A. Yes sir.



Q. Define Graph? Define Connectedness? Define Adjacency List? Define A Tree? How is it different from a Graph?(sort of got stuck while describing this, but i answered it finally.) What will the numbe of edges in a graph with 'n' vertices?

(Answered all comfortably except for the one with remark.)



(The Third Interviewer is now into action)



Q. Have u ever seen a currency note?

A. Yes sir.



Q. How many languages are there in a box on a currency note?

A. Not sure, but I guess its 15 for notes above denomination 2.



Q. Why 15?

A. 15 languages as stated in some section of the Indian constitution. (I dont know if its rite). - I got the impression that it is so.



Q. Ok, So in which order are the languages?

A. I dont know sir. But If u allow me to guess, it would be in alphabetical order of the language names.



Q. Language names in which language while ordering/

A. I guess it would be English.



(The two answers as well as the number 15 turned out rite later)



Q. Roopesh, you are not sure in which order. So suggest me some ways to order them.

A. I guess first is the alphabetical order according to their names in English. Another way would be to order them according to the number of people who speak that language.



Q. How would u calculate that?

A. Gave some method using population information. (They even appreciated the method.)



Q. Any other method?

A. According to how old the scripts are.



Q. Two people speaking differnt language woudl fite on this issue. Each would claim that its the oldest. What to do now?

A. Arrange them according the most ancient scripture that u can find of the language.

(Matter happily settled here.)



Q. How would u place them. (In ASC or DESC order)

A. Ascending as it seems more logical.



Q. Why logical?

A. Gave them the explanation that we scan a script from the top to bottom and not from bottom to top and thus highest preferred must be @ top, blah blah.



Q. Asked me to suggest as weird a method for ordering

A. I was dry with ideas.....Suggested them to order according their latitude wise positioning of the states in which they are popular. (One interviewer commented "Very weird")



(I started sensing that the interview is abt to be over)



The third interviewer asked me to pull out a ntoe and see for myself the ordering and the number of languages and convey to him. I was correct on most of my guesses that i earlier made.



Thats it and the interview ended. They didnt even open my file. Didnt ask me abt extra-curr or hobbies or any conventional question.



asked me to have a toffee. When I picked up, he third interviewer asked for it. While unwrapping the toffee, he again asked me doesnt the wrapper seem metallic - he asked whether its an aluminium foil or what. He said it shines like a metal. But then suddenly said smilingly "I m not even letting u have ur candy....U can have it and go". I answered as I was picking up another one.



It was finally over. Guys, I have tried to recall as many questions as possible. I could have missed out some. But anyways, feel free to comment on it. I guess that inspite of having a percentile of 99.74, I was a minnow out there with big guns having 99.9+.



I put in my best....I hope that the interviewers put in the best marks too.

All depends on them.



Roops

[Roops]

Had some problem with the keyboard. So kindly bear with some characters missing out here and there.

roops

[rohitchandak]

good job roops

u didnt tell any thing about the gd

and to all the other pgites also

guys plz tell as more about your gds(FLASH HAS GIVEN A GOOD DETAIL PLZ DO THE SAME WAY)
ROHIT

[rohitchandak]

WELL DONE AJIT

I WISH ALL THE GUYS TELL ABOUT THE CASE IN THE SAME WAY

PLZ TELL WAT GOOD POINTS WERE CONTRIBUTED BY THE GROUP SO THAT WE GET A FAIR DETAIL OF IT
ROHIT

Originally Posted by flash

hi guys
had my gd/pi on v day-14th feb. reached iim a by 8:30 and tried to make friends with the group.
there were seven of us. only one bandi. case study was as follows. topic was given then we got 5 min to read. then the lady in the panel told us to start. after 20 min she called time again and we were given 5 min to write summary of gd.
a suggestion here guys : be fast in writing the summary. finish prob description fast and move to solutions the group discussed fast. 2 guys in our group were still on problem definition when 5 min got over.

Case:
there is a private company which makes wagons. some festival is there one day. all workers get their families to show them around the factory.
earlier this company was private. 20 years ago central govt took over. Mr dinesh is asst manager. his son who is at iit is visiting after 5 years. asks his dad how factory is going on.
Mr dinesh says they have problems. employees are unruly and are moonlighting. they punch cards and go off to work in another company. morale of other workers going down because of this. production down from 30 to 5 wagons per month.
incentives won't work as cannot be enuf to compensate double pay. incentive on wagon> 20 still won't work as workers say even if 19 no incentive so why not just produce 5 and take it easy.
if strict course of action taken union problems might take place.
what should mr.dinesh do?

analysis:

my contribution:
i suggested need for efficient supervision and strict rules. i said labour probs can be dealt with. seriously req to get company bak on track. gave bombay mills examlple of datta samant( eg of failure of labour unions). was much against incentives as this would not be a permanent solution. also tried to derive sense out of the first para by saying that probably the workers still have a sense of belonging as they brought their families to show them the factory.

group decided :

1. talk to them and make them understand the importance of their work and their contribution.
2.analyse what went wrong in past 5 years which caused situation .
3. removal of punch card system and a supervisor in place.
4. individual incentives to workers instead of collective as suggested in case.
5. team building exercices
6. need for a strict system , more efficient management and punishments ( fines and pay cuts for being absent) if required.

[vikkuboss2001]

Is the order for calling people for the interview alphabetical? I know this is a weird query but still can anyone tell me about the order they follow for calling candidates for the interviews?
Vikas