[soumik.ganguly]

Hi...

All the best for the PI. write back your Q&A session for everyone..

Cheers.

Originally Posted by shankla

I had my GD & presentation @ christ univ today and gt a PI call on 5th feb...
Presentation was more or less like an extempre in which 90 sec were given to think as well as 90 sec to speak...My topic was revenue deficit..
GD had a grp of 13 people for 20 min and the topic was something related to the steps that can be taken to decrease the fossil fuel emissions in metro cities...
Now i guess i will be going thru my acads and rest will try to handle @ tht point of time only...

[Sourajyoti]

Hi, Soumik da , hope u r well...i m talking 2 u after couple of weeks ......
I have query ..though it is not directly related with GD/PI ..

I was reading through the profile of final call converters of IIM where I found that most of those students have suggested to develop any specific interest from the beginning so that we can talk about at large during the interviews.I myself have not done good result in this year CAT and plan to give it a shot next year. That is the reason i am contemplating about building any specific interest.I am from eceltronics engg. backgroud. i do not also have excellent extra curricular activities .So plz give me any kind of suggestion about what to take up.
bye.

[soumik.ganguly]

Soura

Good to have you back.

Apparently,
there are many people who "develop" new interests just for the interview and it will be caught by a good panel the moment you open your mouth. It may work for some if they can fake the entire stuff that this thing that you have done, you are very much attached and would like to go ahead exploring more on this.

I have interviewed people who took up photography as an interest for the PI just because they felt it sounded cool as well. THis is a problem in India, and I will ask you not to fall for this. I may sound revolting, but this is a fact. The panel is smart enough to catch the flaw.

My suggestion however to you would be to look inward and see if there is really something that you are interested in. You do not have to look into your extra-culs for this alone. An interest maybe something like Gardening. But if you say that, then you are supposed to get questions like soil formations, manure for certain plants, grafting, etc.

Get back to me with what you think is your interest areas. We can then discuss further.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Sourajyoti

Hi, Soumik da , hope u r well...i m talking 2 u after couple of weeks ......
I have query ..though it is not directly related with GD/PI ..

I was reading through the profile of final call converters of IIM where I found that most of those students have suggested to develop any specific interest from the beginning so that we can talk about at large during the interviews.I myself have not done good result in this year CAT and plan to give it a shot next year. That is the reason i am contemplating about building any specific interest.I am from eceltronics engg. backgroud. i do not also have excellent extra curricular activities .So plz give me any kind of suggestion about what to take up.
bye.

[kill_cat]

Originally Posted by Sourajyoti

Hi, Soumik da , hope u r well...i m talking 2 u after couple of weeks ......
I have query ..though it is not directly related with GD/PI ..

I was reading through the profile of final call converters of IIM where I found that most of those students have suggested to develop any specific interest from the beginning so that we can talk about at large during the interviews.I myself have not done good result in this year CAT and plan to give it a shot next year. That is the reason i am contemplating about building any specific interest.I am from eceltronics engg. backgroud. i do not also have excellent extra curricular activities .So plz give me any kind of suggestion about what to take up.
bye.

hello..though i my self am a mba aspirant.......wud like to share the following thoughts about interest development..

1.cooking....yes khana banaana.....and i am gonna say the same for this year gd pi :-)
2.reading books ..be it harry potter..personality development..fiction...business leaders stories..autobiography..philosophy..detective novels...whatever fascinates u just read it....
3.stock market.....one hell of a thing and also it being the recession time..u can also start investing and learning..it is just like 2 birds at one shot...

4.work for an NGO...blimey this is one thing which gives u utmost satisfaction....if u r working..then some of ur colleagues themselves might have been working sumwhere for an NGO sort of thng...

mind you this one should be and must be done no matter whether u go for an mba or not..it is for ur personal satisfaction friend....

5.touring.....the best possible option....go roam wherever u want to...if u love solitude....then it is much more wonderful as good thoughts often come when u r alone... retrospect , realize and rejuvenate....as simple as that.


6.
learn playing music instruments.....if u r good at singing it wud be an added advantage...in case nt dnt ever try to do that in frnt of the panel(just kidding..)

7.blogging....its one good platform to share ur thoughts with the world....mind you a good number of A++ bschool students have blogging as their hobby...

also it improves ur written abilities and communication skills.


these are not the only but some of many things that have had come into my mind...

Hope this helps and all the best my dear friend for ur future endeavors.

[gul24us]

Hi,

Nice thread....

I have calls from SPJ Dubai, NM and IMT (expecting a few more). Work Ex 2+ yrs in IT. Graduation in Electrical and Electronics. Long term goal to become an entrepreneur. Family background : Business.

A few questions from my side...

a) I have started updating myself on current topics. What are other important things which are to be taken care of for GD?
b) I am not going to any classes for GD/PI. Could you suggest some good private tutor for GD/PI in mumbai ?
c) How do i go abt answering this question from electrical to IT and now MBA ?
d) If u hav Family business then y don't u go in there ? (I want to start my own business...Ok?)

Appreciate ur help !

More to come..thank u .

[shankla]

Is there any online resource for the questions related to PI for a BE Comp or a BCA grad sitting for a MBA....??

[PG_PostGrad]

Hi Soumik,

Very useful thread indeed.

I would like to ask what to do in a situation when 1 or 2 among the group keep on speaking without letting others to speak. How to bring up your point of view?

Thanks.

[soumik.ganguly]

Hi

Sorry for answering late.

Congrats on all your calls. I hope that you clear all the calls and then get to choose the Institute where you intend to go to.

a) If you are asking for GD pointers, then you can go through my initial posts wherein I have mentioned some of the stuff that I know of GDs from my experiences. In case you need anything more after going through those posts, please get back to me on this. In case you are reading up on Current affairs, you have done 40% of the job. I will also ask you to kindly take up certain economic definitions (related ones in today's world) like Malthusian Economic prophecy, Keynes theory and corollaries of the same, Macro and Micro economic factors, Effect of the Obama relief package, South Asian countries and their economic growth, etc.

b) I do not know of anyone right away who gives private tuitions. Anyways, going for some mock sessions in bigger institutes help you to be aware of the competition that you may face real-time. You can ask for a demo session in each of them atleast.

c) I guess what you mean to become is an Entrepreneur, who will take advantage of prevalant and future market conditions, technologies, and may even build a product/service that will change the face of a certain industry. Family business waley ko Entrepreneur nahi kehlate hai. The right word is Businessman. Add to that the fact that you would have to follow a set pattern for many years before even thinking of any diversions. You will have to prove your mettle in something that you may NOT like in the First Place.

I guess I could clear most of it. Incase you have further queries, please get back to me.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by gul24us

Hi,

Nice thread....

I have calls from SPJ Dubai, NM and IMT (expecting a few more). Work Ex 2+ yrs in IT. Graduation in Electrical and Electronics. Long term goal to become an entrepreneur. Family background : Business.

A few questions from my side...

a) I have started updating myself on current topics. What are other important things which are to be taken care of for GD?
b) I am not going to any classes for GD/PI. Could you suggest some good private tutor for GD/PI in mumbai ?
c) How do i go abt answering this question from electrical to IT and now MBA ?
d) If u hav Family business then y don't u go in there ? (I want to start my own business...Ok?)

Appreciate ur help !

More to come..thank u .

[soumik.ganguly]

I have memtioned what I have been asking BE (CS)/BCA students. I hope this helps. The panel will not ask anything outside this for your acad:

Computer Science & Electronics, Electrical, IT



Networking

1. LAN / WAN
2. Circuit switching / packet switching
3. ISO-OSI – 7 segment layer
4. TCP-IP
5. What do u mean by a protocol
6. What is Piggy backing
7. What are the different network topologies?
8. Give an example of bus type network.
9. Explain the advantage and disadvantage of Ethernet?
10. What is the advantage of Ring network?

OS

1. Memory management
2. Semaphores
3. Paging, segmentation, demand paging
4. Windows Vs. Linux

5. What is a binary semaphore? What is its use?
6. What is thrashing?
7. What are turnaround time and response time?
8. What is cycle stealing?
9. What are demand- and pre-paging?


Data Structures / Algorithms

1 Describe the data structures of a double-linked list. How do you insert a record between how others?
2. What is the difference between QUEUE and STACK?
Areas: Linked lists, stacks ,queues, trees, standard algorithms


Programming

C vs C++, java

1. What does static variable mean?
2. What is a pointer?
3. What is a structure?
4. What are the differences between structures and arrays?
5. In header files whether functions are declared or defined?
6. What are the differences between malloc() and calloc()?
7. What are macros? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
8. Difference between pass by reference and pass by value?

1. What is a class?
2. What is an object?
3. What is the difference between an object and a class?
4. What is the difference between class and structure?
5. What is public protected, private?
6. What are virtual functions?
7. What is friend function?
8. What is a scope resolution operator?
9. What do you mean by inheritance?
10. What is abstraction?
11. What is polymorphism? Explain with an example.
12. What is encapsulation?
13. What do you mean by binding of data and functions?
14. What is function overloading and operator overloading?
15. What is virtual class and friend class?
16. What do you mean by inline function?
17. What do you mean by public, private, protected and friendly?
18. When is an object created and what is its lifetime?
19. What is the difference between a WHILE loop and FOR loop construct?

Software Engineering

CMM, people CMM, SDLC, Software Project Management
What is an MIS?


DBMS
Network, file, dbms, rdbms, normalization, boys codd, integrity constraints…
1. What is DBMS?
2. Advantages of DBMS?
3. Disadvantages in File Processing System?
4. Describe the three levels of data abstraction?
5. Define the "integrity rules"
6. What is E-R model?
7. What is normalization?
8. What is Functional Dependency?
9. What is BCNF (Boyce-Codd Normal Form)?
10. What is normalization? 1NF, 2NF, 3NF..


Data Communication



1. Difference between AM, PM, FM.
2. What is CMRR? Explain briefly.
3. What do you mean by half-duplex and full-duplex communication? Explain briefly.
4. Which range of signals is used for terrestrial transmission?
5. What is the need for modulation?
6. Which type of modulation is used in TV transmission?
7. How do optical fibers work? Differentiate between Data and Voice Transmission
8. How do cell phones work

1. What is data rate? What is a parity bit
2. What is white noise?
3. What is a multiplexed, demultiplexer, applications

Digital Electronics

1. Logic Gates, Flip-Flop- JK, RS, ripple counter, (up / down)
2. What is meant by D-FlipFlop?
3. What is the basic difference between Latches and Flip-flops?

Electronics Areas
Diode, transistor, circuits, Zener, avalanche breakdown, MOSFET, filters, power electronics, buttersworth /chebyshev filters, thyristors
1. What do you mean by zener breakdown and avalanche breakdown?
2. What are the different types of filters?
3. Transistors – Diagrams
Electrical Circuits/ Machines

1. AC / DC motor, generator, 3 phase, power factor.
2. What are the different parts of a generator?
3. Difference between electrical and electronics engineering.
4. What is transmission loss? How can it be contained?
5. What are the step-ups and step-downs that happen from generation to your house.
6. Why do we use a 220V system where-as US has an 110V system. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?
7. How does a 3-phase induction motor work?
8. How does a single phase induction motor work
9. 12 what is HVDC? Its benefits
10. how can you change frequency of current?
11. what are the major types of loses in a transformer? How can they be reduced?
12. what is Vaan de graff generator? What is its use?
13. draw and explain circuit of tubelight?
14. types of motors used in different household articles like fan, cassette player, mixie?
15. what are circuit breakers? Why are they used? Is fuse a circuit breaker?
16. what is the advantage of using laplace transform for electric circuits
17. what is a steeper motor? Where is it used?

Other Areas

AI / Game theory
Fuzzy logic
Queuing theory
IP/DSP
Instrumentation
Control Systems


All the answers are to be tried first and then searched on the net.

All the Best.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by shankla

Is there any online resource for the questions related to PI for a BE Comp or a BCA grad sitting for a MBA....??

[soumik.ganguly]

Hi

See, every GD flow represents a Sinusoidal Curve (hope i got the spelling correct). It actually denotes a curve that goes up and then comes down below zero to again go up to the previous high.

Now the lows of this graph are the points wherein anyone can enter a discussion, because after sometime these vociferous people will run out of points and will then argue on silly things. Your job will be to look at other and get them involved into something that will draw these revolting people (1/2 of them) to listen and be a part of the team. These are people who juct cant be out of action. So if they see that the team is talking to you, they will have to stop whatever they are doing and understand whats actually happening.

This is where you can score brownie points. This is where you will not have to shout but make some calculated moves like involving the others into a mini discussion that will grow into the larger discussion. Got that??

Cheers.

Originally Posted by PG_PostGrad

Hi Soumik,

Very useful thread indeed.

I would like to ask what to do in a situation when 1 or 2 among the group keep on speaking without letting others to speak. How to bring up your point of view?

Thanks.