IIM L GDPI experiences :) :| :O

[Neelima]

Hi friends,

Had my L interview today. Putting it down here to help you guys out.

Venue: IIMB
Panel 01
Time :1130 AM

we were a group of 7 people.....only one fresher...5 from IT with 2+ exp and 1 self employed ( he runs a gaming centre of his own,......pretty impressiev huh?! )
also we were 4 girls and 3 guys.

GD topic: Does PIL mean the failure of executive and legislative system?

Well, i had no idea what this PIL was!!!
So couldnt utilise much of the 2 minutes time given to 'collect your thoughts' before the discussion started. I was mainly occupied in not looking very stupid and trying to focus on the second part of the topic...ie 'failure of executive and legislative' :P

Its only when the GD started i came to know what PIL meant....for the uninitiated...it stands for 'Public Interest Litigation'..ie a case filed by a person against the govt/legislative etc
the IIM fee cut PIL filed by some students of IIMA is a good example.

The GD started off very peacefully and continued very peacefully and ended very peacefully :P
quite a contradiction to the ones I was used to, where literally everyone kept talking at the same time. I think the peaceful GD we had was far more superior as it showed that we could behave as mature to-be-managers who made their points but respected others when they wanted to make their point too.

(The previous group's GD ended up being a fish market and I heard that the professor commented that 'it was a bit noisy'....so guys please try to keep your calm in a GD)

Now the PI.....I had gone there hoping to get stress interviewed.....(L is famous for that)
but nothing of that sort happened.....there were two profs (fin and OR). The OR guy started off by asking me to introduce myself starting 10 years in the future..........this was something that I was ready for and was hoping they would ask me to do....and i'd say that i did it really well.......had a 10 minute speech and by their looks they were pretty impressed
in between they kept interrupting to ask something but always let me continue....i could manouvre the questions very well during this 10 minutes....later on they started asking me about the IT industry from the indian perspective and the global perspective and why we had the dot com bust.....then they asked me why I wanted to take up marketing, was it because my confidence level was low in my Tech subject (which happens to be Comp Sci) :P
if anything i was not lacking in that was Confidence :P :P
handled that very well and told him genuinly why I want to go for Marketing and what I wanted to do. (which I had already mentioned once when I started my into from 10 years in the future)
Then they asked me about my job profile...why I have already changed two companies....gave them a good explantion for that.......
Then they asked me whether I watch TV...I said I dont own a TV set yet and since i stay away from my home i get to watch it only occasionally....( I wonder what they would've asked me if I had said that I watched)
after that they said "Thank you"
at that point of time I was really enjoying it...and dint want it to end so fast...but still once they show you the door, you have to shut up right? :P
So i picked up my file and started walking out....then comes a last questions
"do you have any other calls"
said I have K and I....then I saw a small smile on the person's lips who asked the question. have no idea what that meant. anyways came out happy and confused. :O
thats about it guys.

dont be tensed about it.....you will end up screwing it up..just be yourself...be prepared for standard questions like "Introduce yourself" , "Why MBA", "Role Model", "future plans"

and a big advice to freshers....do brush up your technical subjects especially wrt the industry or wrt current happenings....like the Electronics telecom fresher was asked about "CDMA", "GPRS", "whether you can do rly reservation through mobile, if yes how is it done"

I'd say that go with a light heart
and you'll come out without a regret


all the very best guys!!!

[Chandoo]

Hi there...

Please continue the discussion here...

http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/viewtopic.php?p=46315#46315

Regards ,
Chandoo

PS:: I sincerely wish that you make it IIM L