[sumitrocks]

With the next round of the XLRI selection process beginning tomorrow, it would be great if all the people who finish with their interviews keep posting their interview experiences here.

I suggest using the following format, to maintain consistency, and to try and 'judge' your interview.

Course applied for (BM or PMIR):

Educational Profile:

X:
XII:
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age:
Any other professional certification or course undertaken:
XAT percentile:

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years:
Sector/Industry:
Special achievements at work:


Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary):

GD Topic:
Number of participants:
Panelists' intro (if possible):
Duration:
Brief snapshot of discussion:

PI Questions:

Any other details that you think are relevant:


Request:
1. Kindly do not post anything other than your experiences of XLRI GD-PI.
2. If you like reading someone else's experiences, please use the THANK button to express that. Or, send that person a PM, instead of cluttering up the thread.

Please help in keeping this thread clean and useful.

All the very best, and I'd love to see all of you here.

[anshat]

X: 84.53
XII: 82.5
Undergrad Major NIT JAipur ece - GPA/%age: 6.84
Any other professional certification or course undertaken:
XAT percentile: 99.08

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years: 10 months
Sector/Industry: Telecom Industry Airvana Networks
Special achievements at work: None


Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary):

GD Topic: Na
Number of participants:
Panelists' intro (if possible):
Duration:
Brief snapshot of discussion:

PI Questions:
VENUE RAIN tree hotel chennai
slot 1120 hrs 23 feb 2009
20 min behind schedule.
hotel is posh.
reached at 10 in morning

at 1140 was called in the rtoom

Three ppl L(Very senior prof Mr. Gangopadhyay) Centre young prof supriya kumar de Right middle age prof(Rajiv sharma)


I may i come in sir
panel yes
(I sit down)
they ask me to sign register wid my name
L had my application form , the one we filled in oct online for our educational details) asked my 12th marks since it is not printed there
I : answered(he knows a lot about mumbai ).
L: asked me about my college he knew a lot about it also. Asked my ATKTs . which I had one (you can bluff but i dint, no check done)
L asked me about my company
I told
L asked my work profile
I told
L asked if in India if u have to do smthing to change in dia what will u change three points.
I Per capita income
L what is per capita income
I told
L what is recession, slow down
I : I messed up by saying american firms in IT sector.
then i said Smthing bout IBM accenture
L what is full form of IBM why.
told
L what did it make before computer
I dint know(coffe machine)
M what is Sensex, mutual fund
told not full
R what is satyam debacle
I told but not completly satisfactory

NO CV NO ESSAY NO ONLINE FORM but they asked for other people. they may ask about your hometown IMP plz read about your state and your city .
Plz comment I shal write more as an when I recollect
Since I have to leave for bangalore
All the best u folks
and plz close the door wen u leave it closes very slow and becomes awkward

[r_vijay_kumar]

Originally Posted by anshat

X: 84.53
XII: 82.5
Undergrad Major NIT JAipur ece - GPA/%age: 6.84
Any other professional certification or course undertaken:
XAT percentile: 99.08

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years: 10 months
Sector/Industry: Telecom Industry Airvana Networks
Special achievements at work: None


Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary):

GD Topic: Na
Number of participants:
Panelists' intro (if possible):
Duration:
Brief snapshot of discussion:


NO CV NO ESSAY NO ONLINE FORM
Plz comment I shal write more as an when I recollect
Since I have to leave for bangalore
All the best u folks

Did they not ask you anything from the form we wee asked to fill in for the interview? I thought that would be were the screw tightens really...
Anyways, best of luck!!

[vileye]

Originally Posted by anshat

X: 84.53
XII: 82.5
Undergrad Major NIT JAipur ece - GPA/%age: 6.84
Any other professional certification or course undertaken:
XAT percentile: 99.08

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years: 10 months
Sector/Industry: Telecom Industry Airvana Networks
Special achievements at work: None


Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary):

GD Topic: Na
Number of participants:
Panelists' intro (if possible):
Duration:
Brief snapshot of discussion:

PI Questions:
VENUE RAIN tree hotel chennai
slot 1120 hrs 23 feb 2009
20 min behind schedule.
hotel is posh.
reached at 10 in morning

at 1140 was called in the rtoom

Three ppl L(Very senior prof Mr. Gangopadhyay) C young prof R middle age prof(Rajiv sharma)


I may i come in sir
panel yes
(I sit down)
they ask me to sign register wid my name
L:(had my application form , the one we filled in oct online for our educational details) asked my 12th marks since it is not printed there
I : answered(he knows a lot about mumbai ).
L: asked me about my college he knew a lot about it also. Asked my ATKTs . which I had one (you can bluff but i dint, no check done)
L asked me about my company
I told
L asked my work profile
I told
L asked if in India if u have to do smthing to change in dia what will u change three points.
I Per capita income
L what is per capita income
I told
L what is recession, slow down
I : I messed up by saying american firms in IT sector.
then i said Smthing bout IBM accenture
L what is full form of IBM why.
told
L what did it make before computer
I dint know(coffe machine)
M what is Sensex, mutual fund
told not full
R what is satyam debacle
I told but not complely satisfactory

NO CV NO ESSAY NO ONLINE FORM
Plz comment I shal write more as an when I recollect
Since I have to leave for bangalore
All the best u folks

Dude how many panelists were there. What else did they ask you? Speak, speak ,speak! Your's seems to be pretty smooth sailing if only those questions were asked to u.

[dewan_iitr]

@Anshat - Dude...how long was your interview..
seniors how long are XL interview in general

[anshat]

Originally Posted by r_vijay_kumar

Did they not ask you anything from the form we wee asked to fill in for the interview? I thought that would be were the screw tightens really...
Anyways, best of luck!!

no but they haVE THE FORM AND are asking ppl . study your home town well

[anshat]

Originally Posted by dewan_iitr

@Anshat - Dude...how long was your interview..
seniors how long are XL interview in general

15 min to 20 min. on time .

[anshat]

Originally Posted by vileye

Dude how many panelists were there. What else did they ask you? Speak, speak ,speak! Your's seems to be pretty smooth sailing if only those questions were asked to u.

3 panelists check there name .all are very informed and polite. they wanna know more about u. but one request study your home town inside oall out plz.

all the best

[maruvit]

Course applied for (BM or PMIR): BM

Educational Profile:

X:75.2
XII:88.8
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: B TECH/EEE 77.6
Any other professional certification or course undertaken: NO
XAT percentile: 98.24

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years:1.5
Sector/Industry:IT(TCS)
Special achievements at work: Won an award for completing a module fast...Doesnt matter


Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary): Nothing out of the ordinary...just normal stuff like organising college fests


PI Questions:
Venue: Raintree, chennai Slot:1440
Was present there by 150 pm...the guy at 2pm slot was already there and rest of us upto 320 were already assembled...profs came back by 215 from lunch...i was called in around 250

Panel:Three in the panel...same as above
i1: Abhijit Gangopadhyay(Slight Terror) i2:Rajeev Sharma & i3:Supriya Kumar De(I am still not sure him, the only photo in the prospectus that looked similar)

i1 left as i went in
me: may i come in sir
me:good afternoon sir
i3: yes, please take ur seat
me:thank u sir
i3: so u r working in tcs, it recently acquired a company tire?
me:yes sir, citigroup's bpo services
i3:mmm...so u kno everything abt ur company
me:yes sir
i3:what is the ltd at the end of tcs
meublicly listed company...blah blah bse nse
i3h wat abt public companies, even they can use ltd?
me:yes sir...if they are in the share market
i1 enters :eyepop:
i3:wat is the diff between manager and leader
me:as i finished sayin one diff i1 intervened
i1:do u think manmohan singh is a leader or a manager
me:leader sir(sonia is the leader yeah but i didnt want to damage a pm)
as i started to explain my stand i2 intervened for the first time
wat do u think abt moon moon sen
laughs all around
me:shes is an actress sir...i ve no idea abt her(except of course 2 beau daughters, it didnt strike mat d intrvw)
i1:where else have u been other than chennai
me:i worked in delhi for an yr and did my final yr project in blore
i1:u know bihar right, before it was split up, it had an old university a very famous one but is closed down now
me::confused::eyepop: no idea sir(of all d places y bihar)
i1:try remembering
me: (university of patna, no never heard of it)BHU
i1: :new_Llol: banaras is in up :new_Llol: do u know allahabad...do u know wat its famous for
me:its famous for a temple, i am not sure
i1::new_Llol: no no not temple
i1:do u know any famous personalities from bihar
me: laloo prasad
i1,i3::new_Llol:
i3:tell us abt ur job
me:blahs of india
i1: u think its not worthwile continuing in tcs
me: i love my job but xlri will make me realise my dreams faster blah blah(pls ask me abt my future plans)
i3 intervened and ask me what other tata companies have acquired other companies recently?
me:(well)tata motors acquired jaguar and land rover last year
wat r the tata companies listed in sensex?
tcs, tata motor, tata tea
i3:(gotcha)tata tea...r us ure
me:yes sir, i ahve seen in tv channels, Tata Tea is a listed in company
i2k, u can go
i1,i2:thank u for coming
me:thank u sirs

Well thats it...it started out well...but started screwing up as it went on...
no idea about how i performed...was i impressive or not:confused: no idea...Keeping my fingers crossed...ATB Puys
Mr. Sumit i have a questn...of all d places y bihar...wat is the university that i should have been known??

waiting for venky's post

Dear dude's and dudette's
Lets keep the discussion at the other thread...let this thread contain only experiences

[vileye]

well i think they were asking about nalanda university. I guess i'm right.