Had my BM interview yesterday.
It was one very bad interview and lasted for around 20 minutes.
Course applied for : BM
Educational Profile:
X:86%
XII:83%
Undergrad Major - : 81%
Any other professional certification or course undertaken: NA
XAT percentile:99.85%
Work profile (if applicable):
Number of years: 2.5 years
Sector/Industry: IT aur kahan...
Special achievements at work:Got couple of awards
Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary):NA
Panelists
P1 - Dr Gangopadhyay.
P2 - Supriya Kumar De
P3 - Rajeev Sharma
M - Me
PI Experience :
M - May I come in Sir??
P2 - Yes
I entered the room and struggled to close the door for 10 seconds
M - (Standing beside the chair) Good afternoon sirs
P1 - Good afternoon, take your seat
M - (Sat)
P2 took my file and is having a look, meanwhile
P1 - Please sign in the register
P1 - (While I am signing) we are taking your autograph
M - I am not that famous yet sir!
P1 - You will be famous (smiles all around)
P1 - So you finished your schooling in Bangalore
M - Yes Sir
P1 - (before I could finish) and joined BMSCE.
(A little chit-chat about my college's location in Bangalore.)
P1 - Even BMSCE has MBA program. Have you tried for that?
M - No Sir, I am looking to get into one of top 10 schools in India.
P1 - Top 10, hmm, how do you decide top ten?
M - Told the usual parameters and concluded saying that it is subjective and is based on one's judgement.
P1 - You have any IIM calls?
M - Told
(No question on my preference)
P1 reads out the company am working for, my salary etc
P1 - Why you want to leave xxx and go for MBA?
M - Blaah...
P1 is not convinced
P1 - why did you take the strategic decision of doing MBA
M - Blaah...
P1 is still not convinced
P1 - What is difference between strategy and manipulation
M -
: :rockedov:
P1 - explains strategy and manipulation.
P1 - Explain GDP in simple terms
M - Told
P1 - What is growth rate?
M - Told
P1 - What is meant by feel good factor
M - Told
(By now P2 finished looking through my file and joined P3 in the business of
looking at the candidate)
(Things take a bad turn)
P1 asks 8 fact based questions like chairman of TRAI, Knowledge commission etc
M - I don't know sir (repeat 8 times)
P1 - It's okay, names are not important :xmas:
M - (feeling embarrassed, :neutral
P1 - Have you been to jog falls?
M - Yes Sir
P1 - Where is it located?
M - Told
P1 - Name the steel plant in that district
M - Don't know
P1 - It is Bhadravati steel plant.
P1 - Hmm... what do you do in your free time?
M - Told
P1 - Don't you watch movies?
M - Rarely....
(P1 signals to P2 and P3 that he has completed his part)
P2 - What is NASSCOM?
M - (confused this with NASDAQ) it is a stock exchange like BSE
P2 - Are you sure?
M - Don't know :(
P2 - What is BSE?
M - Told
P2 - What is the difference between BSE and sensex?
M - Told
P2 - How is sensex calculated?
M - Told
P2 - You are right!!
P2 - How many colors in Indian national flag
M - Told
P2 - Interpret them
M - Told
P2 - Why was it designed that way?
M - No Clue
P2 - How many stars are there in US flag?
M - Don't know
P2 - You know about insurance industry?
M - No Sir
P2 - Heard of LIC?
M - yes
P2 - Name some insurance companies
M - oriental, allianz
P2 - Are these life insurance companies?
M - Don't know
P2 signals that he is done
P3 - Do you want to tell something that we may want to know?
M - (only thing on my mind was to get over with this interview asap)
No Sir
P3 - (Giving me hints) Like your work ex, acads etc
M - Told about my work ex a little
P1,P2,P3 - That's it, it was nice talking to you thank you
M - thank you.( My agony finally ended) :unhappy:
Any other details that you think are relevant:
No questions on the horrible essay that i had written
No questions on the online questionnaire and my answers to them.
(questions on above wasn't required i guess)
I was completely surprised by the knowledge of P1 about my company !!
I can conveniently forget that I ever gave this interview.:death:
All the best guys...
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