[anvayonline]

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Fresher
JMET Rank 173
10th -- 90%
12th -- 78%
BE -- 61.28% (till 7th sem)

We were called in the SJMSOM IIT B at 7:30 but the proceedings began only at 8:30. First we were given a presentation on VGSOM by some professor of VGSOM.
After this we were given our group numbers. 17 people in my GD group.(MY god :( , fish market is inevitable)

Fortunately or Unfortunately I was sitting on the same chair and in the same room as my place in IIT B interview:xmas: . (What kind of message is this God). The GD was a case study of a cable company having operations in 3 place and a fourth was also taken over in tuscan, But the tuscan one was not performing well. The were several more facts given to analyze the situation in detail.
We were given 1 min each to speak on the situation. (This was a disaster for people sitting at the end, still I think they managed to come up with some new perspectives) .
After speaking for 1 min each, we had a GD on the same case for 10 min. 1 of the guys in this made 10 entries (if there was credit for this he could have got selected before giving the PI, if……). At the end they asked us to write 3 take away’s from the GD.

I made 4 entries. I hope the panelist have noticed me……..

The panel for the interview was the same as for the GD.

P1: Dean of VGSOM
P2: A silent observer (Professor from VGSOM)
M: Me of course

M: may I come in
P1: Yes please

P1: Anvay how many siblings do u have
M: answered

P1: So is ur father in Business or service
M : gave him

P1 : where did u do ur schooling from?
M: Blah blah

P1: What do u think about global warming
M: (Thank God, this was not technical) gave him

P1:What are its causes?
M: gave him
P1: what is being done
M gave him

P1: what is ur goal in life
M: blah. Blah.

P1: what do u think about this years budget?
M: blah blah

P1: do u have other calls
M: yes but only from JMET

P1: what will u join
M: will decide once the results come out

P1: how will MBA help u?
M : blah .. blah..

P1: do u want to ask us anything?
M: No.

P1: U can go


It was a pretty cool interview (I don’t know what this means , are they not interested). Fortunately no technical questions were asked. I am keeping my fingers crossed.by the way some of the panels were asking technical questions.

[rohit.088]

My GD/PI was scheduled on 03 March topic of GD was same as mentioned in previous post however, there was no fish market in my group (thank god for that . . . ). I made 4-5 entries apart from 1 minute initiation that was mandatory for everyone. I introduced two new points other guys took those points forward. Overall I rate my GD as 6/10

Below are PI details

P1: Prof who gave presentation
P2: Accounts and finance prof

P1: So another one from same company, are they not treating you well
(actually another guy from my office was in same group)
Me: (smiling ) No sir they are treating us well but I just want to icrease my horizons

P1: So you are a telecom engineer ...tell me whats the frequency of waves used in microwave
Me: Sir I don't remember the exact range but its in MHz.

P1: You must have asked the guys who came here before
Me: No sir I have a reason, blah blah ...

P1: So how does microwave heat the substance
Me: No idea sir :(:(

P1: Tell me if two ships need to talk under water what freq will they use
Me: told

P2: some more question on same line
Me: tried to explain

P1: So Rohit what do you do at your free time
Me: Sportsman

P1: What was the high time of your career as sportsman
Me: Told

P1: Did you played for your college
Me: no, but I played for my branch

P2: Are you a member of your office team
Me: No, I prefer jogging nowadays

P1: What books did you read recently
Me: Told

P2: Apart from loan waiver tell me something from budget which will aggect your life
Me: Told two main headings which I think will affect me

P1: Something from budget that will affect your company
Me: IT company tax exemption sunset clause

P2: Is your company under STPI
Me: told

P1: Which book you read recently
Me: told

P2: Why that one
Me: Because its not a fiction ... its something we see daily but never recognize it

P1: Reading my surname .... do you belong to Punjab?
Me: Yes sir

P1: So how is pune ... facing any problem coz of recent incidents?
Me: No, its just political common man does nto want to disturb anyone

P2: You told about jogging, how many kilometers
Me: told

P2: Why more on weekends I thought people sleep on weekends
Me: sir I jog in evening so strech myself a bit on weekends as I don't have to wakeup early next morning

Ok it was nice talking to you

Thanks sir

[Kaushal Vyas]

Hi everyone...!

About me-
x-88.43
XII-76.46
B.E. - (Electronics) - CPI = 9.12 (on a scale of 10), gold+silver medal(which i forgt 2 highlight) ( Sardar Patel Uni.)
JMET rank-467
FRESHER(in the final sem)

Venue-SJMSOM-3rd mar..

I must begin with some criticism about the arrangements. We were given a reporting time of 8am and told to reach atleast half an hour early i.e. 730. I reached at 645 with all my luggage. Expected a waiting room atleast. I was the 2nd one to reach there. We stood outside SJMSOM with no representative from VGSOM till 8.30. Finally, a professor from VGSOM arrived and we were settled into a room where a short presentation followed. We all were really impressed by the address of the dean.

The case study had 17 ppl, and they expected no fish market......!:robot: Well, our group was lucky, we had no fish market. First, each one had to speak on the case and then a short discussion followed.

Now for the interesting interview..
panel-R- Mr. Gautam Sinha( if i correctly remember the name)- huge experience in operations
L- Dont remember the name, but he was from Finance.

me- May i come in sir..?
R- ya, plz, have a seat..
R-So, Kaushal Vyas.... Tell us abt urself.
m-told, and interrupted on academics.
R- 9.17 CPI...!
m- now it is 9.12.( he was plotting a graph in thin air taking my 10th 12th n BE scores)
R- from where are u doin ur grad..?
m-told
R- so do u remember ur subjects..?
L- He is in the final year, so he must..
R- No no, every one says that they don not remember much..
me- I remember them sir..
R- what happens in this microwave oven..?
me- Sir i can tell u abt microwaves but not the working of this oven..
Told abt microwaves, their freq and devices used.
R- Ok temme abt the communication in these satellites.
me- told, but he was not ready to accept my answers, dunno why..? And told me to check my knowledge again. I think he was trying to stress me out..
R- Ok, do u know abt this Thyratron, sry thyristor..?
me- told, on which he counter questioned and was satisfied this time.
R- Ok, i have asked this to many but not got the ans. But u look to be the lucky one.. What is the frequency in the submarine communication..?
me- I told that it must be in Mhz or Ghz.
R- Not ready to accept, it is 40 hz. check the websites and come to me( Ok, i ve checked it out and it is very low, <100hz. So this was wrong on my part.)
L- So u have made some project..?
me- told abt it and offered to draw the block diagram..
R- I m fro mech and he from finance, so we wont understand it..

They were almost abt to finish the intrvw, when i jumped in with
Sir, i want to do an MBA because i want to become an entrepreneur in solar energy. Can i elaborat it rt now...?
R- (looking at his watch) Ok, go ahead..
me- started and interrupted-
R- ok ok, but what do u wanna do..?
me- told..
R- but that is very expensive..
me- told abt the cost and was asked abt finding the cost of electrifying the interview room with my projections..
me- gave the cost but mad a little blunder which eventually corrected.( i quoted $3 mn per KW, which was actually $3 mn per MW)
R tried to stress me out with things like- u need to go out there and then learn.
I came up with alternatives for his every contention and so was finally told that
R- oK we can continue that afterwards, rite nw v need to complete this work, when r u leaving, can u come afterwards..?
me- Sir, i have a train to catch after some time..
me-It was nice meeting u sirs, thnk u..
R,L- Twas nice meeting u too...


Some one else was askd abt Israeli-palestine conflict( because he said that he was following it), some one abt football( again fishing the intvw), abt plans 30 yrs down the line....
Perhaps i was the only one in the morning batch with no work-ex. and also the youngest...

I thought it was kind of good, but still don't knw wat to xpct - thanks to my blunders in that submarine case and stating a distorted figure in the entpnshp ques.

Seniors, if u can, plz throw ur comments abt it..

ATB to the other puys for their intvw....

[coolsoumyapati]

well hi everyone ,my interview was on 8th 8am at VGSOM,KGP.
My profile
10th 93%(AISSE TOPPER of school)
12th 92%
Engg 78% FRESHER
case study was on a canadian logging company which takes land on lease.It has a product mix of 2*4'and 2*8' logs.The 2*8' logs earn more revenue.
It is given that -
(sry i dont remember the entire thing)
1.Land is leased for 99 years.
2.Profit depends on revenue.
3.The land they have got is quite productive,and they hav good quality of trees which produce a good amout of 2*8' boards.

The company is making a lot of money..
1.why is the company making money??
2.Is it sustainable??
3.Is it replicable??
we were asked to speak in order for 1 min..then there was a gd onit for 10 mins...
overall it went all right.:xmas:

Now coming to my PI
I was in panel 5,there were 3 profs in my panel all from VGSOM.
1 very smart lady teaching finance i guess P1,one marketing prof P2,one HR prof P3

Entering -
P3-Take ur seat...
Me-Thank u sir..
P2-Tell me abt urself
Me-blah blah...
P2-why being a lady u chose mechanical engineering and how will u connect mechanical engineering with MBA??
Me-told
P2-u like automobiles
Me-yes sir
P2-ok if there will b no petrol left what will be the alternative
ME-told abt solar cars,then can try bio fuels n all explained...seemed lil happy n interested...
P2-ok incase we hav to use tidal,solar and water ...can we use??
ME-told ..i guess im answered it rather well.....giving examples n latest growth in this field...
P1 was goin thru my SOP..
P1-u said u like mathematics.....how much hav u scored in ur maths paper...
show me ur marksheet...
Me-showed(thank god i hav a very good score,i guess dat made her lil sad)
P2-ok prove that anything to the power 0is 1..
Me-{her expressions were such that i forgot this basic maths also)
she did it for me....i said ya..thanx...gave a sweet smile
P3-what is marketing??
Me-told....n told about the 4 Ps of marketing..
P1-who told about 4 ps??
Me-cant recollect....
P3-what is the difference between product and service??
Me-tried explaining with example..
P3-put it into words..
ME-told...n put a good point..
P3-good....
P1-u said u liked automobiles...y carburettors are not uysed these days why fuel injection system??
Me-tried explaing...
she inturruped..was not convinced....
asked me about a compressor in a refrigerator...
Me-told .....
(later i came n chked my text,i was correct...probably she was trying to stress me a bit)
P2-what do u think abt the faculties here??
Me-told something he can never forget in his life...
P2-what is TQM??
Me-told...
P2-asked to draw some diagram in TQM??
me-sir i have never heard of it...
P2-u have been AISSE topper??
ME-yes sir...
P2-tell me abt t scholarship u get??
Me-told...
P3-have u heard abt reva car??
Me-yes sir....its a small car segment car..
P3-do u watch movies??
Me-yes sir a lot....
P3-so u r an outgoin personaliy??
me-told something...n told i dance...
P2 looked interested-which dance??
Me-odissi..
P2-who is the most famous odissi dancer??
Me-told..
P2-good n in ladies...
Me-told....n told that even foriegners r interested..told abt a foreigner lady who dances...i cud just tell her name n not t surname..
P1-her full name...
Me-madam it is a very hard to pronounce name...i cant recollect...
she smiled....
P3-asked where all i have been n all...
P3-what does ur father do??
P3-asked about geology...
me-told...
P2-u hav any other calls??
me-had my ximb interview yesterday...
P2-how much in xat u need to score for gettin ximb call??
me-told n told tht orissa domicile students need a bit less marks...
P2-he asked me which one will i choose??
Me-VGSOM...
P2-why??ximb is in ur home city...
Me...gave him all gyan...told iit brand is very imp..then vgsom has been doin very well n all..told i hav done my engg from bhubaneswar...now i want to study in a place with people from more diveerse places come,n in ximb again like my engg u hav lots of
oriyas...
P3-u know both P1 n P2 are oriyas..
Me-sir even i am oriya..i hav no problems with them..but during studies probably i wud like it with people frm all backgrounds...
P1-any questions??
Me-no madam....thank u...
she was still hoding my folder...
me-madam my folder...P1-so how much hav u scored in ur engg??
me-told
P2-ur university doent give much marks i think..u hav scored well ....
(i think he liked me )
P2-how ant faculties in ur college??
me-told....
P1-oh ok....
P1-ok thank u.....
Me-thank u sir...
still P1 had my folder
me-madam my folder??
P1-oh sry..
she gave me..
Me-thank u madam....

It was a bit lengthy for me..but i guess it went well....

[sumit_good4u_gr]

I was given slot on 14 Mar 1pm but I already have MDI interview at that time. I mailed VGSOM to shift me on morning slot [8AM] same day [14 Mar] .But there is no positive response from them as of now. Can I attend it on morning slot [8AM] same day [14 Mar] ? I don’t have other option as MDI is not ready to change its slot.

[nitish4u]

Venue: IIT KGP
Date: 08th march, 2008
Time: 13:00

I reached at IIT KGP on 7th of March and let me tell you that the process was very well organized and seniors were really helpful. Special thanks to Mandaar,Vandana, Pankaj and all others.

I reached at VGSOM at the scheduled time and the process that was scheduled to start at 13.00 got late because Profs were busy in giving tough time to the morning slot candidates. However at 13.30 the process started with the small presentation about VGSOM given by the seniors.
After the presentation we were divided in groups and my bad luck was so bad that I got the first number in GD/PI.
Whatever MANDAR was the coordinator of my group and he directed us towards the Panel 1.

PANEL 1

P1 – A finance prof in late 30s passed out from VGSOM itself in 1994
P2- Dean of IIT KGP, a finance prof ( A real shooter)
P3- A lady in late 40s , economics prof
P4- an old man in late 60s,Former director of IIT KGP popularly known as Big Dady of IIT KGP. Seniors tolds us about him that unki aankhon se apne aap ko bachana mushkil hi nahi namunkin hai

We went inside and were told to sit as per our numberings. As I was the first one so I was a bit nervous.
Then we were given a case study about a company whose products were of highest quality in the market but still it had the lowest share. Not going in much details of it.
The profs told us in the beginning itself please make sure that it is a group discussion and you will be marked as per your team performance. So it was a very healthy and no fish market discussion.
Then it was my turn for PI. I entered into the room and greeted them.
P2 – How is the process at IIT KGP
Me- Gyan
P2- When did you reach at IIT kGP
ME- sir yesterday at 7.00 ( I knew it was an ice breaker, The tough ones are about to come)
P2- Please tell me about yourself
Me- (thanks god after giving three interviews this was my fourth one and believe me this was the first time when I was asked this question) I just sold myself telling everything
P2- you told tht you were carom champion in college
Me- yes sir
P2- Then tell me the name of two international carom teams
Me- Clean bowled:confused:
P2- Ok no problem you told that you were member of college cricket team. Whom you like most in cricket?
Me- MSD sir because of its leadership blah blah..
P2 seems convinced… But now he bowled a bouncer again
P2- Do you know balance sheet ?
Me- Yes
P2- what are the things in Balance sheet? What about annual report? Profit loss statement?
Me- answered (P2 seems convinced..)
P2- what is happening in INDIA these days? Then some tech questions..
Then all of asudden P3 came in between
P3- Ohhh you have written a lot of big things in your SOP(like Hedging,Forex market etc..)
Me- inturrepted in between and told him about my plans
P3- Ok
P2- do you know what is quantitative model?
Me- never heard..
P2- do you know what is a model? Then What are softwwares model? SDLCs? Etc
Me- gyaan..
P1 Your SOP says you are good in quants ? what made you think like this?
Me- blah bah blah…
P1- ok tell me what is the difference between a differential equation and a difference equaion?
Me- explained him Differential equation but what is difference equation I never heard this?
P1- ok
P3- given a chance will you go back to IT industry after finishing your MBA?
Me – gyaan
Thn it was the time Big daddy came..
P4- you told that your dad is an industrialist and you plan to join him after doing your MBA ?
Me – yes
P4- then tell me how a MBA degree can help you in doing that?
Me- gyaan gain..

After this question they exchanged looks with each other and gestured that they are finished.
P2 – Do you have anything to ask from us?
Me- Yes sir. VGSOM offers a 6 month internship which is very unique compared to other IITs or B school. Sir I want to know what is the industry perception abut it. Do they encourage it or against it?
P2 & P3 – can you be more specific?
Me- sir I want to know that during Final placements is there any discrimination between a 6 month internship guy and the one didn’t go for it?
P2 and P3 explained this to me.
P1- What you think about it? It should be there or not?
Me- Off course sir and some Gyaan why it should be there …

Panel – ok dear thanks a lot . You may leave now.
Me- Thank you sir.

I came out happily as this was the first time my interview lasted for around 25-30 min.
Really no idea how they perceived it? Comments awaited…

[bdebbarma]

hi guys,

had my GDPI today.

Date: 14th march, 2008
venue : IISc , Bangalore
Time 8:00 am

There was a chaos as the venue details was not communicated and the students who came were scattered over various buildings in IISc ..... Though i reached at 7:30..... after lots of calls to VGSOM ppl we finally found out the venue where the PPT started at 9:05 am !!!!!!!

List was put out of the different panels.
No of Panels: 3.. I got the Panel 2
PPl in panel : 9 (2 were absent )

GD Case: About a CEO facing crunch in Finances of a robotics company and issues regarding compensations to employees....

Extempore: they randomly called ppl and asked them to speak for 1 min on the case

GD: 5 mins was given :neutral:.... lots of hurrying as everyone tried to speak in such a short time...i cud hardly speak ..tried once only....

GD Summary:
we had to write 3 bulleted points of the summary of the discussion

PI: Panel 2
P1: AK Gupta, Dean
P2: Prof Dutta
M: Me
(i was 5th to be called)

M: Good morning sir
P1, P2: Good morning,
P1: have a seat
(sat on the sofa on his side)
P2: so, tell me about yourself
M: blah ..blah...
P2: How was your GD performance?
M: Sir, not good, too short a time..
P1: So, what are your extra curriculars?
M: gave a lots of examples..... 2-3 mins
P1: how about sports?
M: yes ..football....etc
P1: So, what do you do in your work?
M: explained...ETL Developer... 2 mins....
P1: what is Global warming?
M: carbon emissions...etc..
P1: why is it harmful? how does CO2 affect it?
M: explained...
P1: why are the stock markets crashing?
M: Sir, worl markets or indian?
P1: both
M: Gobal and US recession...sub-prime.....overpriced stock...gave example
P1: really gud explanation
M:
P1: Any questions?
M: No Sir
P2: what other calls u have?
M: told
P2: how was ur IITB GD?
M: said it was longer and better ..20 mins in SJMSom...
P1: so if neither of us and u have questions..u can leave now
M: thank you sir..have a nice day
P2: have a nice day


PI seemed gud...... not a gud GD at all.... hope that PI was impressive enough ... fingers crossed for the result

[karthik1985]

Hi puys,

Just finished my VGSOM GD/PI at IISc Bangalore.

JMET RanK: 864
10th:89.33
12th:97.08
B.E: 79.26

20 months work ex in IT

We first had a case study which was about some firm performing badly, profits on the decline etc. The case was to provide betters ways to motivate employees and provide better compensation.

Interview: There were two professors

Here are some of the questions I was asked...

1. Introduce yourself
2. Tell about work in IT
3. Why MBA
4. Did U learn any mgmt subject in Engg

I said Managerial economics and financial accounting

5. What is supply demand relation?
6. What is Break even point
7. What is meant by payback
8. What are the diff methods of payback? which is better payback or NPV method?
9. What is balance sheet? components of balance sheet?
10. They asked me what else I learnt in accounting? i said Ratio analysis, fund flow cash flow

11. Then I asked how to conduct fund flow cash flow analysis? ( I passed this question)

12. Then they went to sports(Phew!). I said I love cricket and tennis

13. role model in sports
14. IPL - pros and cons

End of Interview.

Overall I am happy with my performance.

All the best to all puys who have their VGSOM interviews!!!

Thanks and regards,
Karthik

[MachiaVelli]

Any idea on when the results come out?

[nitish4u]

Originally Posted by MachiaVelli

Any idea on when the results come out?

As communicated by the seniors i think the result will come at around second week of aprill
Seniors please correct me if i am wrong.