Hey everyone...
Name: Akriti Dharendra
10th: 83%
12th: 835
Grad (philosophy Hons.): 58.9%
Work Ex.: None
Extra Curricular: ok

Venue; YWCA, Delhi....6th March.

Profs; Munish Thakur, DS Broca, M Shukla

GD; 9 of us were present out of the 10 called. Gandhiji's preachings were given n we had to rank them according to their importance in present times. was good. we were all pretty calm. managed ranking the first five.

Interview. (i was 7th to go in)

1. first part revolved around philosophy (under-graduation subject).
2. the books i read, or like to read (randomly drifted to this bit frm philosophy).
3. why pm-ir (almost a standard question. only dresses up differently most times.)
4. about film-making, which i'd mentioned as my long term goal (questionnaire).

it was around 15-20 mins. even managed to make them laugh at points.

i think being honest with myself, and with them did the trick. n ofcourse, politeness n respect pays.

verdict: converted.
best of luck to everyone who reads this.:D

hello PUYS,
me too very sorry to be posting very late... but unlike others i highly doubt that it will help others next year cuz i don't think that the kinda questions i was grilled on wud be asked to anyone... (hopefully if someone has some sort of profile related to sports then they cud use some help from my post here)

COURSE : PMIR

ACADEMIC PROFILE:
10th 94.2 (CBSE)
12th 81.6 (CBSE)
B.Tech (ECE) CGPA then was 9.0

WORKEX- NIL (fresher)

VENUE: RAINTREE CHENNAI (very posh hotel)

So frens here it goes...the saga of my success (which i thought wud be the traumatizing story of my failure)

GROUP DISCUSSIONS


No. of participants:7
Duration: (5 min for thought process + 20 min for discussion)GD went on well. i spoke a lot of times and made some sense too.but everytime i made some sense it was something related to sports organisations only llike FIFA.the topic given was CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 10 definitions were given and we had to arrange them in increasing order of priority. all in all it was not a fish market GD. i felt like i was already sitting among very civilised group of managers



PERSONAL INTERVIEW
P1: gud morning
me: (wished them back)
P2: why aint u sitting? waiting for a permission from us or wat (smiling).
me: Yes sir. i am kinda waiting for it. May I?
P1: okay make urself comfortable.
me:thank u sir

sat on the hotseat. passed smiles to all of them thinking that "yaar ab meri zindagi ka faisla aap hi log ko karna hai" :|

P2:so temme how was the GD?
me:it was fine sir. (interrupted)
P1:y do u think so?
me: hmmm. bcoz sir i think that there were only 7 of us in a group. so that increased each one's share of time. moreover everyone spoke out quite a lot and i think some or the other idea from each one of us was accepted by the group. all in all it wasn't a fish market sort of GD at all.
P3: (smiling) y do u call it a fish market ?
me: hmmm bcoz when ppl start shouting and screaming in a GD. the situation starts resembling a fish market wherein vendors also shout and scream in the same way.i think may be this cud be the reason behind that.
P3:(smiling again) have you ever visited a vegetable market?
me: yes sir. a lot of times.
P2:why isn't it called a veg market GD? why is it specifically called a fish market? and pls dont tell me that ppl dont shout at all in vegetable market cuz everyone knows they do!!!
me:dumbstruck (hmmm bcoz in a fish market everyone is selling fishes and just fishes nothing else whereas in a vegetable market ppl sell all kinds of vegetables. same way in a GD we are supposed to talk over a given single topic. hence a closer analogy can be drawn with the fish market as compared to the veg market)

ROFL....

P1:so where are u from?
me:BALCO, Chhattisgarh. my father is an employee in BALCO plant.
P1:BALCO was all over the NEWS sometime back rite? do u have any idea why was it so?
me:in 200x blah... bcoz of it's disinvestment and privatization.
P1:remember any official related to the process.
me: ARUN SHOURIE
P1: tell us something abt him.
me:(told)
P1:he has written some books also rite? u know any of his work?
me:WORSHIPPING FALSE GODS...it's abt B.R.AMBEDKAR..blah blah blah
P2:any specific step taken by the new management after privatization?
me: told them abt some schemes. esp a scheme for VR.
(seemed satisfied)
P2:tell some other public sector companies that perform well in the market?
me: ONGC,IOCL,HPCL
P3:ever heard of NAVRATNA?
me: sorry sir i never did !
P2:okay leave that which subject do u like most?
me: upto 10th i used to like MATHS and after 10th i got more inclined towards PHYSICS.
P2:grilled me on several topics related to Physics which started from the very basic Newton's Laws, covered various others like the Dual Theory of Light, Geocentric Theory, Heliocentric Theory and several others and ended up with me not telling them wat is BOYLE'S LAW (oh god! how stupid i felt).
P1:(was glancing thru my Engg gradesheet all this time)so u have studied a course named "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SKILLS for 4 semesters i.e for nearly 2 years. what did u study in that?
me:(how cud i have said him that it was a blank compensation course) i started like "sir it was more of a practical sort of course. we were taught how to do well in GDs PIs and all. all those stuffs which cud prove helpful for placements during campus selections.
P3: (smiling) so is this the way you perform in a GD?
me:yes sir. i think so i have done well. (interrupted)
P3:and y do u think so? can u pls share that with us?
me:bcuz sir i think i spoke out all the ideas i had in my mind then and some of them were readily accepted by the group too. and as i sit here i don't have any regret that "i shud have spoke this or that"..thats y i think it was a nice GD for me.
P3:(smiling)so this is wat u call ur nice performance? and this after studying GD skills and all for two years?
me: (smiling and in the most humble way) pardon me sir but i still do think the same. may be if u wud have met me when i didnt do these courses then u wud have found me even worse. so i think this was a good GD. Nevertheless i will try to improve it in future as thr is room for improvization everywhere.
(everyone laughing and seemed impressed)
P1: Okay u may leave now.
(just when i was going to stand up P2 started again
P2:so u play sports rite? why did u leave sports after joining ur college?
me:excuse me sir but i have never left sports in my life. i have represented my UNIVERSITY's team in Volleyball and Football. I have even attached the certificates in the folder.
P1: So u r the one who spoke something about FIFA in ur GD rite! what is FIFA?
me: (told)
P1:who is the chairperson of FIFA?
me: (told)
P1: what is UEFA? who is the president of UEFA?
me: (told both)
P1: whats the difference between FOOTBALL and SOCCER?
me: (told)
P3:Okay we are done. You may leave now. Thank You !
me:thank u sirs !


PHEW !!! it was over !!!




VERDICT: SELECTED

hiii frnds.............

this is a very earnest rqst to all those ppl who have converted XLRI..... or are in the waiting............

we have come across many ppl like u all only who are awaiting approval in the XLRI comm......... ( i dont knw what to say... but the owner is a bit lax,,, n is out some where) . the community strenght has only been 181... it shld ideally have been more than 350 considering 120 BM + 120 PMIR......n waitlisted candidates with snyrs joining in..............

so me n my frnd srikanth have made a new community to add all the XLERS.... n dont worry abt the track of info frm the older comm.. we will transfer all the info........

so frnds need ur help to spread the word..........

@snyrs
u all are also rqsted to join in.........

PS; the link is thr in my signature........ join the comm..... n we will definitely add u in a day.......

Hey, sorry for posting my experience so late but better late than never.Was having a very busy interview season and finally its all over. It'll help next batch people.

Interview Date : 26th February
Venue : Rain Tree, Chennai
Time : 5:20 pm

XAT percentile : 99.31
Programme : BM



A little bit of background : I left for chennai from bangalore by a train at 5 am. Owing to that hardly any sleep. Reaching chennai realised i've no belt and by the time, i purchase one its already 4 pm. Interview was drawing close and i rush back to my guest house and reach rain tree at 5: 10 pm. Pretty rushed up and hardly any sleep to boot. On the train i was reading an interview transcript in Comptt Success Review in which the guy greets by saying " Goodmorning to all of you sirs". I liked this way of greeting. You'll see how it plays out in the interview.


Exactly at 5:25 pm, one of the panel calls me in

Interview panel consisted of the same familar people at chennai-Dr. Abhijit Gangopadhyay (P1), Prof Rajeev Sharma (P2), Prof Supriya Kumar De(P3)

I enter the room and majestically say "Good morning to all of you sirs" and it was 5:25 pm in the evening :banghead:
Immediately they all start laughing and i too join in.What a way to start!!!

P1 : So you're Ganguli
moi : yessir
P1 : Any relation to Saurav Ganguly? (looks to other panelists and laughs)
moi (smiling): no sir
P1: Which college is this?(spelled out each letter P-E-S-I-T)
moi : People's Education Society Institute of Technology
P1 : Where is it?
moi: bangalore
P1 : where in blore?
moi : its near mysore road
P1 : old or new?
moi (didn't know there's an old mysore road) new
P1 : Are you the first batch in your college?
moi: no sir. it started out in 1994

p1 : ok then its an old college.so you've been working in symbian for the past 18 months
moi : yessir

p1 : y this decision to do mba after 2 yrs suddenly
moi : sir i was always interested in learning all aspects of business and my stint in IT has interested me in the dynamics of the market place. I want to study these and want to become a consultant (notice the incoherency. Perhaps my lack of sleep had to do with it. In the middle of my answer i realised i'm blabbering and stopped)

p1 : well i've 2 questions. Do u have other calls you've
moi : yessir i've calls from calcutta,lucknow,indore,kozhikode.

p1 : (repeated my calls) and did you go to some coaching?
moi : for wat sir? cat or gd/pi

p1: gdpi
moi : yes i joined time

p1 : so did they teach you to give this answer for y mba
moi: well no sir its my passion and i can justify it

p2 : we've been hearing from morning onwards that "i want to become a consultant". Last year it was " I want to be in I-banks". Thats why it becomes boring

moi (sheepish grin): well sir i dunno. I guess all aspirants must be sharing the same thoughts right now

p1 : so wat is consultancy?
moi : told

p1 : what kind of consultancy are you interested in?
moi: told strategic consultancy and some blah-blah

p1 : what is the strategy of nokia ,samsung and sony ericcson
moi: gave a lot of blah about leaders,guerrillas and also-rans. Basically was quoting from a recent book i read "Marketing warfare"

p1 : u appear to be appeared in military
moi : yessir tats my hobby. and also studying how military can be used in corporate world

p1 : how?
moi : started giving an example of the cola wars. p1 cuts in between and says i don't think cola companies are companies at all and starts laughing. I give a smile and stop. Other panelists are completely poker-faced and P1 says sorry..

p2 : your company is "symbian software private limited" wats the meaning of private limited?
moi : sir private means its not a public company which means its not listed

p1 : y is it not private unlimited? mazaa unlimited? (laughs again)
moi : (ye PJs kab band karoge sirjee) basically tats a nomenclature
every country has its own such initials eg. AG for germany, INC for US..at this moment i see P3 raise his eyebrows and i know i'm wrong and i start fumbling

p1 : Mr. Ganguli. So you're saying its just like that.Things are not that simple.
moi : sir i dunno. Sorry

p2 : i'll give you a topic. You've to speak for 2 min on a topic i give. OK?
moi: yessir

p2 : you've to speak for the topic. topic is "IT industry is bad for india"
p3 : think
p1 : you can use these writing pads

moi : oh can i use them?
p1 : of course. we at xlri give you all facilities(laughs again) (PJ juggernaut)

moi: write for 10-15 seconds. Create 3 points. Mention about rising cost of living bcos of highly salaried employees,not moving up the value chain and loss of self sufficiency of the economy due to outsourcing .Guess i did pretty well

p3 : u want to become a consultant. Can u give me 3 traits of a consultant
moi : rata-rataya answer readyp3 completely poker faced

p3 : anything else you want us to know. Anything that you want us to quiz on ( i guess this is code for we're rejecting you. This is the last lifeline and you better use it. But back then did not have the sense to pick up the clue)
moi : no sir. I guess i've been pretty comprehensively interviewed

p1 : ok fine then. We're done and thank you.
moi : thank you sirs

Analysis : It didn't seem as bad as it seems now. Guess i did pretty well with the extempore part and the strategy part.Gave a lot of cross-thinking abilities demo.
There was the initial commedy of good morning but that should not be so big an issue. One advice to all guys next year. Pls don't mention your big calls (i.e calls which u'll prefer to go to over the current one). People say its good to be honest but i have seen a lot of great guys gettin rejected in other colleges.You can't do that for iims cos ur percentile is known but you can safely do that for xlri. I'm not saying tats the reason i got rejected as there were other goofups but its always safer i feel to show your desperation. That much of lying with a straight face one should be able to do

Final Verdict : A big ding. Not even a waitlist.

Cheers,
Adi

well I know its quite late to post the exp ...bt i think this wud help next yr candidates...

my interview was schd on 4th march'09..1720hrs...in DELHI(YWCA)
I am presently working for INFY..since 32+ months...
I reached the place some 2 hrs. before...had a look at the interviewers in a conf. room..thot to sit there and wait... bt later on dcded otherwise.....

went downstairs(interview was on 2nd floor)..and sat at reception..there I met 2-3 more candidates....all were looking pretty cool (may b coz it was a girl's college..)
newaysI went upstairs at arnd 1710 hrs....sat outside the conf room....the interviewers cud easily see the candidates waiting outside thru the glass wall and vice versa...at arnd 1720 the girl who was interviewed be4 me.. came out and said,..PATHETIC..WORST...... ...
My eyes were looking thru the glass wall and my ears were listening to her...then suddenly I read the lip movement of one of the interviewer(was taking my name;))..I smiled at him and then he realized may be he spoke a lil louder...:p. then he called me inside...

There were three interviewers..naming convention (LCR..acc to my seating position)

C : so u r Romi
Me : Yes Sir(..)
L:can i see ur file??
Me:yes sir....
R: Okay..u have a compass and a ruler..how wud u draw a root of 6 length
line
Me: Sir, I can use the pythagoras theorem approach and can cut arcs of
90 degrees...some more funda....Sir..can I take sometime to think
the measures???
R: ya sure..
Me:..3 and 3 ..no..6 and 1 no...(all silent mode)..sir I am not getting the exact lenghts for perpendicular and base...
R: Forget it...
Me: No Sir, let me give one more try.....
L: You told the correct approach of PT..apply some combinations like 6-1
or 3-3..
Me:Sorry, Sir I am not able to figure it out:banghead:
C was still silent.......
L: Okay so r u nt satisfied with ur company???
Me: Yes, sir I AM.......
L: Then y do u want to leave it..its such a nice company(I work for an IT
company which is 2nd largest in India..no prize money for guesses)
Me: sir career aspirations and some gyaan!!!!!!
L: r u working for charity in your company?
Me: no ....sir..;)
L: I thot so..as u have left ur salary column blank...
Me: Ohh sir..my mistake....
C is now in picture..................
C: So wat branch u wud like to have??
Me: Sir ..may be marketing or finance ....becos it suits my
biz..(gave some gyaan...)
C: ok..so wats difference between Sales and Marketing?
Me:gyaan acc to my understandings...
during this whole melodrama...L was looking at my file and answers to ques which xl had asked previously...
L: so this car sharing is ur baby...
Me:...yes sir...we are also planning to move it to bangalore.its very
crowded out dre and too much pollution also...so it will help in many
ways.....and blah..blah...
L::)
Me::)
L:So tell us wat other thing u have learned in ur company..and any other
achievement??
Me: trust..honesty and gyaan...gyaan.also added some achievements at
corporate level.....
L: that's it we are thru..
Me: thank u sirs..
L:here's take ur file...
Me: thank u sir...

So it all ended exactly opposite to wat i thot..they dint ask anyhthing abt the essay which i still cant figure out..wat I wrote..bt nonetheless... the panel was too frndly....and I always thot except the root 6 episode..that i was the interview..i had never given a mock interview and it was my second after IMT-G..so overall it went well...

I seriously need it to be converted as I missed calls from IIMs becos of 1-2 marks..

CAT 2008 - 98.73 ; XAT 2009 - 98.72 ; Rest- :nono:

Calls - XLRI (BM) , MDI (PGPM), IMT-G(PGDM)
Converts - IMT-G(PGDM-FT) ;)
Waitlisted - XLRI (BM) - 38 :wow:
MDI (PGPM) -- RA

Hi puys,

I know it's a bit late......but better late that never.

Course : PMIR
Venue: XLRI, JAMSEDPUR
DATE: 1ST March, 9 a.m.
Educational Profile:

X: 76.6 %
XII: 70.0%
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: B-Tech(IT) 80.08%
XAT percentile: 95.45 %le

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years:15 months
Sector/Industry: IT


GD Topic: Have to rank 8 reasons for b schools producing managers rather than entrepreneurs.

Number of participants: 10
Duration: 10 minutes to think and about 20 minutes to discuss.
Brief snapshot of discussion: No fish market. We concentrated on ranking them right from the start. I started th GD, but everybody came up with good points.

PI Questions:

p1: So u have about 2 years of work ex?
me: No, About 15 months.
p1: When did u join?
me: Dec 2007
p1: why?
me: The company was giving our joining dates in phases......it is not possible to accommodate all the freshers in the training facilities at the same time.
p2: So what did u do from June till Nov?
me: Talked about my hobbies( trekking, rock climbing)....blah blah blah
p1: So...Do u know about the different holds(related to rock climbing)?
me: yes.
p1: Name them.
me: did.
p1 & p2: some discussion about mountaineering institutes......i joined in.
p2: Why dont u choose this as a career?
me: blah blah
p1: What r the different oppertunities in this field?
me: blah
p1: Have you heard of corporate outbound programmes?
me: yes.....Talked about the ones that tatas hv in jamshedpur....also tcs maitree is associated with it( i'm not from tcs)......
p2: How would u convince people over here to go for a trek with u?
me: blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh(lot of cross questions and discussion)
p1: What is your XAT %le?
me: 95.45 :oops::-(
p1: scores in different sections?
me: after trying to remember them....told them the scores..:-(
p3: (finally).....so u have done your B-Tech......What advantages will u have over smone who has done his graduation in let's say...english?
me: Talked about both merits and demerits.....then something about work force manegement.....


..................that was it.......mostly on extracurriculars.....but no one else in my group was asked about extracurriculars.....didn't ask for my file.....did not ask ant thing about my essay(the weirdest essay i'v ever written).

Verdict: Selected

Hi puys,

Posting my experience bcoz I think my PI had some questions which were not posted earlier.

Course applied for (BM or PMIR): PMIR

Educational Profile:

X: 89.7 %
XII: 95.75 %
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: BE(CSE) 78.46 %
XAT percentile: 98.79 %le

Work profile (if applicable):

Number of years: 8 months
Sector/Industry: IT


GD Topic: Have to rank 9 factors that can reduce the number of accidents de to road traffic

Number of participants: 10
Duration: 10 minutes to think and about 25 minutes we discussed
Brief snapshot of discussion: No fish market. We ranked about 6 points and ran out of time. I tried to give a structure to GD and pitched in about 4-5 times with good points.

PI Questions:

Panelist 1 took my file and passed it to others. Meanwhile, the questions started.

1. Tell something about the long term goal u mentioned for the questionnaire

2. How does recession affect the HR industry ?

3. What is the difference b/w Labor and Executive ?

4. What is Human capital ?

5. What is Human Resource Accounting ?

6. Does Human capital come in Balance sheet ?

7. About Infy Bal sheet and how Human capital is included in it.

8.If Narayanamurthy says that the value of his co. is zero when employees leave in the evening and before reaching the office in the morning, what does it mean ?

Overall, managed to give an answer for all questions. But I think I could have done better in the Bal sheet and Human capital question. No Tell me about yourself, Why MBA and Technical questions

Verdict : Rejected

Sorry for posting so late... got a reject so thought my experience might be helpful to others next year...
Venue: XIMR, Mumbai 3rd March, 2 PM slot

For PMIR
Educational Profile:
X: 90% ICSE
XII: 86% ISC
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: B.E.(ELECTRICAL) 66% marks, from BVP , Pune

XAT percentile: 97.5%

Work profile (if applicable):
Number of years: 1.5
Sector/Industry: IT
Special achievements at work: Among youngest in company to lead a team. Got Associate of the quarter award .Re-engineered and re-designed the release process of the project

Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary): Played Cricket at state level for 3 years. Was President of "HUMANS-A welfare Society for Students " which used to work for benefit of the needy and deserving students.

GD Topic: 10 points around problems with standard of news channels going down

Number of participants: 10

Panelists' intro (if possible): Dont know names.Will call them P1 and P2 (Old fellows) and P3 (a middle aged fat fellow)

Duration: 15-20 minutes

Interview:

P1:So Electrical Engg. then IT and now HR management, describe your journey ?
Me: blah blah

P1:Are you not under-selling yourself ?
Me:No, what made you say that ?

P1:you are an elec engg. working for IT industry ?
Me:blah blah but they were not satisfied.

P1:Why Hr Management now?
Me:I have done many different things in my life but there is one thing common in all those diff things that i have done.I have lead teams successfully. Started giving eg. but was cut short by P3

P3: tell me turn over of your organization ?
Me:Told

P3: No I am asking about Human turn over ?
Me:Told

P3:Whats the attrition rate of your company ?
Me:Dont know sir.

P3:You dont know and you want to become HR ?
Me: Sir I want to be Hr Manager because I am interested in people's Management . (As soon as i said this all 3 started laughing).

P1:Tell me any one good HR practice that has impressed you in recent times.
Me:Sir outsourcing the recruitment process.

P1:why?
Me:Sir RPO(Recruitment process outsourcing) business is still in its infant stage in india but i see a huge potential in it.

p1:How?
Me:blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

P1:Dont you think you should not talk about outsourcing the recruitment process in front of HRs in your interview or in front of us?
Me:Sir, this is something that even HRs will encourage.I am not talking about outsourcing the entire HR department. Recruitment is one of the many things that HR do.I think by outsourcing the recruitment process HRs will get more time to participate in the main decision making process of the organization,they will have more time for other activities like motivation, negotiations etc etc..

P1 (pointing to P2) :You have any question for him?

P2: what do you understand by culture?
Me:(thought for 1 min):Sir its the way of doing things.

P2:How will an RPO recruit for other companies beacuse its Hr who knows about the culture of a company ?
Me:Sir, an RPO works on the guidelines of the HR department of a company. RPO will understand the requirement from the HRs and will recruit accordingly.

P2:You think a culture can be made in 1 year?
Me:No sir, it can not be made in one year but it can be understood in one year.

P1:How can you say that?
Me: Sir, we IT guys keep switching companies and we learn the culture of the new organization easily.

P2:Tell me something about the culture of you organization?
Me:Sir we have a very friendly work environment.Timings are flexible . If we finish our work before we can leave so its not necessary to be there for 8 hours everyday.

P2: Doesnt that make people indisciplined ?
Me: No sir, That makes us more responsible. It makes us feel that our company loves us and so we work even harder. Thats why my company is having the highest growth rate in the industry.

P2:If you love you company so much then why do you want to leave it?
me: Because I want to grow. I want to learn more things and want to update my profile so that i can survive the competition.

P1:Everyone says the same thing.
Me:Sir because everyone wants to grow.

P2:Tell me the core of our constitution?
Me:Sir that we have a govt. of the people,for the ppl n by the ppl.
(They all started laughing..)

P2:That is democracy..I am asking about the core of the constitution
Me:Sir, re you asking about the fundamental rights?

P2:No
Me:(Thought for 2 mins):Sir, That we have to make our nation a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic.

P3:Do you know that Socialist nj Secular were not even a part of our constitution.
Me:yes sir these were added by Indira gandhi after emergency.

P2:you know the answer but you are not able to say.
Me:Sir, I am not able to understand what exactly you mean by core of the consti.


P2:Ok tell me how many amendments have there been in our consti.
Me:(Shocked...thought for some time) No idea sir

P3:When was the last amendment made ?
Me:Sorry sir

P1:Which is the only country that has unwritten constitution?
Me:(Thought for some time ...) Dont know sir...Can i guess ?

P3:Ya
Me:North korea
(They all started laughing)

P3:let me tell you that was a very bad guess.
Me:Sir since North Korea and somalia are the worst governed countries I thought may be cos it doesnt have a constitution.

P2:Which other calls you have?
Me:Told

P1:ok you may leave..
Me:thank you sir


Verdict:REJECTED :banghead::banghead:

thought it would be helpful for next year..last yrs was very helpful for me
Name: Pavani Aysola
Xat percentile:99.40
Xth:89.7
XIIth:94.3
B.Tech:9.13(C.G.P.A)-metallurgical n materials engg (NITW)
currently working at: kennametal India (8 months ex)

3 interviewers: A(old guy), B(looking thru certifiactes) and C(looking thru essays)
they took interview in turns..A then B n C
A.. heard of ur surname( n said sth i couldnt hear..)
A:what does ur name mean?
Me: Hanuman
A: oh..pavan..pavani..
A..read thru profile..X..XII..etc..n said working at kennametal
Me:(took the chance;) )..started talking abt company at length.
some questions regarding the process(mine is a manufacturing company in powder metallurgy)
A:u seem to be doing well..y mba?
Me: answered at length(seemed satisfied)
A: so cutting tools right? which company maunfactures grinding wheels?
Me: dont know..
A:ur company does casting too?
Me: no its other forming technique..powder meta is new
A: u had foundry too..india's largest foundry maufacturer?
Me:
A: Major private steel comapnies
Me: tata, jindal, arcelor-mittal..blah
A: where do arcelor-mittal have plant in india?
Me:dont know (they dont have any)
A:u know abt foreign companies entering steel sector in india?
ME: no sir..i know more about carbide industry
A: posco..korean?
ME:no
A to B: u ask..
B:asks about orrisa prob reg posco..
Me:i dont know posco sir:wow:
A to B: she said she doesnt know..y r u asking? she is from A.P not orissa:clap:. B gives an embarrased smile
B: tell me about singur issue
Me:told
B(he is PHD chemistry apparently): asked abt polymers( i had an elective)
asked me polymer company listed in sensex
Me: PVC limited sth..not sure
properties, applications of PVC asked n told with examples
B:wats ur opinion on thrust back on science from technology
Me:balance required between both with ways to encourage science..blah
B to C: u wanna ask?
C: u want to talk abt sth
Me: yes sir
I am interested in athletics, painting..emphasised on all my achievements in sports and participation in clubs
more questions on all of them.. answered well..
G.K questions on sports said i dont know for some..
n thats it
mine lasted 10 mins more than rest..thats coz i indulged more..

Verdict: converted

NAME: Yash Modi
NIT Jamshepur, ECE final year
xat#ile: 99.81
xlri mdp block
i entered the room at around 3.45 p.m. and wished the three profs p1,p2,p3 good afternoon. p1 and p2 said good afternoon and p3 said good evening

p1: So you are from NIT Jamshepur. Which conmpany have you got placed in?
moi: Accenture.
p1: why are you not joinning it?
moi: blah blah

p2: what is your fav subject?
moi: ece- mobile communication and in general indian economy.
p2: latest developments in mobile communication?
p3: i wanna launch new 3g service in a region. How would you go about deciding which market to launch the 3g service in?


p1: what is the diff btw argumentative and assertive?

some questions on the 6 essays that i had submitted online.

p3:( had looked bored all throughout the interview and was trying to put me under a lot of pressure with his expressions from the start).
You have written a very poor essay. I can easily make out from all the ans u have given till now that u r logically incoherent and thus u r not fit for management education.

moi: tried to defend myself...he seemed dissatisfied and conctantly was shaking his head.

they then asked me a couple of questions on morality and ethics which i thought i handled pretty well.

Then an abrupt thank you and that was it.:wow:

final verdict: converted:clap:

hello puys...... really sry to be posting so late........ i hope it will be of some use for the next batch of puys.......

PROFILE:
10th 86
12th 82
BE 72 CSE final yr... Jabalpur engg colz..

Venue..
YWCA delhi.. 13th march 9.20 am

So frnds after the traumatic experience of my PMIR interview, i was gunning for the BM one. Reached at around 8.30 moved around a bit....... n found sm frnds whom i met in earlier intws. professors came in at abt 9......... a guy was before me in the intw slot... he was intwd first on that day

then my turn came at around 9.30... there were only 2 profs... 1 of them was missing..........
for ppl who had intws after me had 3 on the panel

p1 asked me to come for the intw... after the greetings.........

p1: tell me abt urslef
Me: told (concluded with my long term goals... social entrepreneurship in Bihar)
P1: asked something more abt my goals.........
discussion on prbs of bihar..... solutions ......... lalu as railway minister n as chief minister.........
p2 also joined in .......... n this continued for 10 15 mins........ they had read my questionnaire part thoroughly n was asked sm q's related to that.......

i also talked abt the various initiatives taken at XL... by the seniors.....
thnx to tapan sir...... i talked abt parichay , swawlamban, entrep cell......... n they were impressed to hear abt it........

thn p2 asked me if i really wanna start my own venture... should he report to the placement cell.... that i wont sit for placements.......
ME: told if xlri provides me the platform ... n am gud enough to start up.... thn i wont sit for placements... they were maily checkning upon the conviction part...........

thn sm queries on my hobbies.......

after the thorough discussion abt my goals.........
p1 asked for my file.... n he for the next 10 mins just looked into that..

p2 thn chipped in with sm q's
p2: have a look round the room.... n give 5 abstract nouns...
me: dont knw sir.... not able to recollect said it confidently
p2: ok atleast define
me: sry sir
p2: ok tell 5 adjectives
me: told... some very witty adjectives.. i must say.. thnk god i cld recollect sm very gud words......
p2: do u knw maths?
me: yes.. got 99.9 in quant
p2: integration
me: hmmmm
p2: ok solve a business prb using integration
me: i for a second was dumbstruck.... that what is this...... still asked for some time....
thn sm divine thing happened n after 5 secs i rplied
integration is used to find the area of a figure
similarly for a business or an organization....... to increase the productivity of the orgnz is the prb...
thn orgnz consists of.. HR, finance , marketing, production, sales, admin....
if we integrate all this wrt increase the prod of the orgns...

n sum the individual integrations to get the solution of prb,,,,,,,

p2: he was impressed.. n i also expained using figuress............
ok ankit ny other prb u can solve....
me; rplied on the same lines related to selling a product,.... advertising marketing sales.........

p1: he gave my file....... n both of them said me thnx...........
pleasetries were again exchanged....... n i had my 2nd tryst with the Xlency,,,,

Verdict: CONVERTED..........

Hello Puys,

I have started a new thread to track BM course waitlist. I have attached an xls file with a list of BM converts and waitlisters which needs to be duly updated by all of us. Please participate the the following thread and help us ascertain with some certainity, the trend of waitlist movement this year.

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/other-exams-xat-fms-jmet/38660-xlri-bm-2009-thread-tracking.html

Thanx,
Karan

Unexperience turns into experience

XAT percentile 99.95
Call : BM
Experience 21 months MNC,Noida
Field IT

1.Introduce ur self?
Answered

2.Which game do u play?
Cricket and basket ball

3.Leave about them, tell me what One change you like to do in rules of football to make it interesting?
Thoughtno answer (:wow: i m dumb!!!)

4.Its ok.Tell me about ur work experience?
Told

5.IS it wise to come to XLRI at this time(recession time)?
Yes ,risk is in being company also. So not a wrong decision and in case as u said I didnt get placed even after XLRI, I can open a new venture with XLRI diploma in hand with some of my batchmates.

6.XLRI doesnt make entrepreneurs but managers
Sir this I have told the worst case scenario.

7. Asked meaning of Two Phrases?1st i dont remember , second is "red herring".
Ans . didnt know about the first one (yaad bhi nahi )
told second in IPO perspective

8Why low percentage in 10th?
Sir it was high actually I improved in and after 10th


9.How?
Inspired from cousin (Story ;))

10.What else?
blah blah blah

11.What kind of books do you read?
Sir last book I have read 1984 and before that White tiger(Thanks to IIFT )

12.Have u appeared for XAT or cat last yr??
Yes sir,missed XLRI by 1 percentile.

13.What have u done to improve on that?
I worked on my English part by reading philosophical material.

14.What material?
dont remember() the name of book but it was related to altruism and basically against it.
AYN RAND?
Yes sir. yeah yeah yeah ........

15.No of subset in a set of n elements (Stats)
2^n-1

16.Any rational about it?
Told something about each subset have 1to n element but not satisfied


17. Is not there a empty set
Yes sir null set.

18.You mentioned White tiger?
Yes sir, a book by mr arvind adiga , I have read.

19.Do you know abt asian tiger?
No sir(with confidence)


Final Verdict : Converted

I am coming XLRI

Venue: XIMR, Mumbai
Date and Time: 02.03.2009, 9:00 am

GD

Topic: We need to achieve national integrity. 10 ways to do the same are listed below. Rank them in first 5 minutes as per your thoughts. Then, have a GD for 15 minutes where the group ranks these points after coming to a consensus.

Number of people in the GD: 11

GD was a supreme mess! We could not come rank even one point! But, we could prioritize around 5 points of low/high importance.

I tried three to four times to give direction to the GD. Told people to go to the points one by one and rank them as high/medium/low instead of fighting which is point no. 1.

Also, added some ideas and points of my own. But, basically tried to moderate the GD. My personal performance in the fish market was I believe pretty good :)

Personal Rating: 8.5/10

PI

Three panelists P1, P2 and P3 from left to right.

Me: Good morning sirs
P2: Good morning. Have a seat.
P3: Give me your file.
P2: So, how are you feeling?
(I was feeling good that I was second for the PI and I didn't have to wait too long)
Me: Good.
P2: So, you are feeling good. Hm tell us something about your background.
Me: I have done my engineering in IT from MU. Then, I worked for a year and 2 months at Accenture.
P2: Where?
Me: In Mumbai. Then, I got bored. So, I quit and started teaching with IMS where I am teaching since a year and 2 months.
P2: So what do you teach?
Me: Maths
P2: So, you are a mathematician. Maths and management are so different. What is Maths got to do with management?
Me: Sir, not Maths, but I can tell you what teaching has got to do with management.
P2: No. What is the relation between Maths and management?
Me: When you teach Maths to students, you need to go to the very roots of a problem. Even a manager needs to go to the roots of problems and issues. Thus, it requires similar analytical skills.
P2: What is the problem facing companies today?
Me: Recession.
P2: So, consider any particular company, maybe the one you are working for or any other, what can it do to avoid recession?
Me: (Lot of thinking) The problem today is that employees are given motivation in form of awards but there is no real inspiration. The feeling that this is my company and I should do something for it. (Not satisfactory!)
P2(Obviously not satisfied): Still, what would you suggest now, in these times, to avoid recession?
Me: Lot of companies are increasing employee work hours instead of throwing them out. That could be done!
P1(chipping in): But what is the point of increasing work hours if there is no work? For eg. Tata Motors. Then how to keep employees if there is no money?
Me: I was speaking with respect to Accenture Sir. But, still if we consider this case, last year companies were recruiting a lot of people when they did not know there would be a recession. Now, if we throw out people and later the economy turns, we will again need more people. Who would then trust such a company which removes people when it doesn't need them?
P1: If you want to do HR, why did you apply for BM?
Me: I have not applied for BM sir. Only PMIR.
(P1 was glad)
P2: Have you given any other exam?
Me: CAT sir.
P2: Even in these times, you want to go into HR. Why do you want to go into HR? It is such a goody goody field.
Me: It is not goody goody sir. Most employees do not like HR.
P2: Then why HR?
Me: I can either stand outside and crib about HR or go in and make a difference. I feel I can understand people and empathize with them. I have a balance of emotion and logic in my thinking.
P2: Ok, other than increasing the working hours, tell me something else that a company could do to avoid recession issues with respect to any company.
Me: The company could look at newer clients. If we look at Accenture, it basically has very high profile clients. It could target the middle-profile and lower-profile companies.
P2 (Finally looking satisfied with this): So what do you think, how was the GD? What was your role in the GD? What was good in the GD?
Me: I tried to direct the GD. When everyone was fighting about point no.1, I said if we could go point by point. Overall, the GD was messy. But, the good point was that even though we discussed only 4-5 points, we discussed them in detail.
P2: If I give you one more chance to give this GD, what would you change in it?
Me: That means everybody would get a second chance?
P2: No only you.
Me: With the same participants?
P2: Yes
Me: I would then start the GD. I would give it more structure - talk of discussing positive and negative impact of each point.
P3: What is IMF?
Me: International Monetary Fund.
P3: What does it do?
Me: Provide assistance in times of calamities and helps poor and developing nations through economic support.
P3: Whom does it help?
Me: Poor countries.
P3: Then, what is the difference between IMF and World Bank?
Me: (Lot of thinking) I don't know.
P3: No problems, accepted.
(These guys were very very friendly)
P3: What is the uniform civil code you were talking about in the GD?
Me: It refers to same laws for all religions. It is basically concerning marriage and education.
P3: Don't you think this would restrict a person's faith?
Me: When we are in a group, we need to make some adjustments so that things can be maintained in order. What can be done is that you marry in your religious way alongside following the legal way.
P3: So, you believe in court marriage?
Me: Yes (with 100% confidence)
P2: Don't you think the fun is in the diversity?
Me: But we need to compromise in a society. For example, in our GD we all had different point no. 1. But, to come to a consensus, we all have to adjust.
P2: But, in the GD, you were dominating and I couldn't speak.
Me: ?? (I was not dominating)
P2: In the GD, you were dominating and I could not speak, then? (It was just an example - thank God)
Me: Then, you should make a team giving equal representation to all religions. If you have 10 Hindus and 1 Muslim in the committee, it wont be fair. So, we should give equal representation to all religions.
P3: How would you rate yourself at Maths?
Me: Till 10th std Maths, I would rate myself as good. After that, it's a long time since I have studied.
P3: If I give you 1 inch measurement and a compass, how will you find square root of 7.
Me: Using Pythagoras Theorem. Explained.
P3: What are your hobbies?
Me: Meditation.
P2: What kind of meditation you do?
Me: I do Sudarshan Kriya, a breathing exercise, followed by some rest and meditation.
P2: What are the advantages of meditation?
Me: On an external front it helps you de-stress. But during meditation your minds flits through a lot of images and then finally comes to deep rest. When you come out of meditation, you feel highly rejuvenated and get more clarity of mind.
P2: Isnt this completely on individual belief? People might say that it is all fake.
Me: It is an experiential thing. You can understand it only by experience.
(P2 reacting like This is precisely what I meant)
Me (so I added): But, if we look at the breath, when we are nervous we have shallow breathing. When we smell a rose, we breathe deeply(actually did that in the interview). Thus, the breath and the state of mind are related.
P2 looked convinced.
P3: But is meditation a hobby?
Me: I do it daily.
P3: So, it is a practice. (He was right!).
P3: Tell me some other hobby of yours.
Me: I write blogs.
P3: What do you write on your blogs?
Me: Poems, short stories and my beliefs and my philosophy.
P3: So, what philosophy do you believe in?
Me: Advaita philosophy.
P2: What is Advaita?
Me: It means that we are all one conciousmess and related to each other.
P2: Who propagated this philosophy?
Me: Adi Shankaracharya.
P2: What was the case before him (something on similar lines)?
Me: It was there in the Vedas. He propagated it.
P2: Who propagated Dvaita?
Me: I don't know that sir. (Added as an afterthought) All I know is that it is followed by the Bhakti philosophers.
P2 and P3 seemed done. P2 asking P1: Any questions sir?
P1: No. That would be all.
(P1 didn't ask me anything!)
P2: Just one last question. Have you applied anywhere else?
Me: I have given CAT as I said earlier.
P2: Got any calls?
Me: Yes sir.
P3: So, all interviews done?
Me: 4 done. 2 more to go. 2 IIMs left.
P2: So, HR is not your priority?
Me: Sir, HR is my priority
P2(cutting in - no more gas needed ): Ok go. You need to sign this before you leave.

Brilliant interview. Great panelists. Such a good feeling to have given this. It was truly an enriching experience :)

Personal Rating: 8.5/10

Humble thanks to my Guru for being with me always

Result: Converted

Course : BM
Interview location: XLRI Jamshedpur

Profile :

Class 10: 92.6
Class 12: 90.2
B.E.(Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation: BITS Pilani CGPA 9.74/10

Xat Percentile : 99.81


P1: probably an economics fellow as i can get from the brochure.

P2: probably finance prof asked me about breakeven and twitter.com making profits or not.

P3. Did not speak a word was busy reading the newspaper in the most inconsiderate manner and stopped to stare at me once or twice.



I entered the room wished them. They wished me back and asked me to sit down.



P1: Is this you first interview for management?

M: Yes, sir.

P1: Ok, what other calls do you have?

M: Sir, IIM Shillong.

P1: Oh....(in a manner that it doesnt matter)....

P2: Where have you been placed, Bharat?

M : Sir, NVIDIA Graphics Pvt Ltd.

P2: Oh ... (like they had never heard of the company)

P1: Bharat, you have mentioned something about medicine ATM, was it a B-Plan or something?

M: No, sir. We actually had thought about going ahead with that but when we evaluated it after the success of our project we found that ... blah blah.

P2: Ok, you mentioned breakeven somewhere.. can me explain ti to me please?

M: ya explained that it is when the company's total initial investment is balanced by the total profit it has made till date. Then P2 gave me a paper to explain it with an example did so

P2:Then what do you think it is called when a company have sales equal to cost in a particular year?

M: no profit no loss ....

P2: isnt this breakeven ?

M: No sir, I dont know if there is any other term for no profit no loss but this is not breakeven.

P2: Ok over to you (pointing towards P1).

What follows after this is well what CRAPPPPP!!!

P1: Why do you want to do an MBA right after college?

M: want to come up with a venture in long run, have worked on ideas mainly technically till now and want to gain business knowledge well.

P1: What do you think is the greatest innovation ?

M: nothing else stuck me... Google

P1: Is, that the biggest innovation? (why did i not say a transistor the entire interview would have gone my way after that.... but i had heard as innovator ... WhY!!!!)

M: According to the scale and the number of people benifited yes Google.

P1: What do u mean by scale??

M: Sir the number of people it affects.

P1: No, tell me someone from other sector, may be medical, somebody who invented the famous eye cataract operation.

M: me after a thought, sir I just know know one Nagarik Swasthya sangh who is involved in the eye cataract operations and is successful and I dont know the innovator behind this ( smiles all around because of the manner in which i said this)

The biggest blunder comes now!!

P1: Which sector are u interested in?

M: Sir .... (after a thought) no sector as such!!! (((WHYWHY!!)) .... this was followed by a pause of 5 seconds at least when he was staring at me )

P1: Ok, Bharat you told about google as an innovation what all products of google........... do u think were there own?

(I was already on the backfoot so did not want to guess )

M: Sir i am sure of the search engine, i am not sure about anything else.

P1: You dont know about the gooogle ventures.

M: Sir, I know about them but I am not sure which are their own.

P1: What does nvidia work in?

M:told them.

P1: Who is the leader in gaming today?

M: Sir I think it should be one of microsoft and sony for the playstation and xbox3.

P1: But are they the leaders?

M: I think microsoft , not sure sir. ( came to know it is in terms of turnover )

P2: Ok, Bharat have u heard of twitter.com. Do u think it is making money?

M: Sir, they must be making money with the traffic that they have specially on the day the gmail went down and blah blah ... ( later came to know that it is not meant for making profit right now L)

P1: Ok, bharat what are your hobbies?

M: Sir playing chess, watching movies ... (stopped for the first time in the interview)

P1: Did you just say movies.... who holds the copyright for bollywood?

M: ( now man this answer came in a fraction of a second) ... i dont know sir.

P1: Ok, then i guess thats it from our side, do u want to ask us something...( just 8 min down the interview)

M: (after a killing pause) ..... Sir, may i tell you something about myself, told them about only my achievements cutting everything short because I desperately needed them went for about a minute....

P2: (As if he had not listened to whatever i had said) .... You had said chess is your hobby.... how do you think chess is different from other sports ?

M: told them about strategy and not a physical test as such...

P1 & P2 simultaneously : What is strategy?

M: answered in one sentence.

P2: Ok but how do u think is chess different from something like ludo or snakes and ladders?

M: Snakes and ladders for example involves luck and no strategy.

P2: So that is the word i was looking for ..

P2: I guess then thats it ... thank you

M: Thank you sirs ( pretty happy to be out of there )



Verdict : Converted

XLRI BM Interview : YWCA, Delhi
6th March 2009

XAT '09: 99.74 %ile
Work-Ex : 15 months
BBS, SSCBS(DU)

Some random cross-checking about college and work-ex details.
Job profile. Cross-checked with my profile sheet. Elaborated.
Asked about my rank in graduation. Other calls I had.
Why MBA, would you like to stick to your present industry?
Few questions on past campaigns. Asked to draw up a campaign strategy for BJP in the forthcoming elections.
Asked to relate advertising and effect on sales by means of an equation. Tried but couldn't do properly. Not my domain anyway.
USA is land of opportunities. What do you think India is the land of? (one word)
They forgot to ask me to sign. I'd walked out, and walked back in when they still did not call for me :)
Nice, relaxed panel. Hardly tried to stress me. Interesting, yet straightforward interview, almost completely focussed on my work experience. Faced it confidently, and walked out knowing I'd more or
less made it. Last 20 days though, the wait was pure agony.

Verdict : Converted. Still hasn't sunk in.

hii puys..now dat the interviews are over and the results also declared too,i request all puys to add another line in their gd/pi experiences and write about their final verdict..also ppl can post their experiences..ders still time..it will help ppl next year,like our seniors' helped us...;)

PMIR interview Venue: Hotel Raintree, Chennai
Time: 2 PM, 4th March

Educational Profile: X: 94.8 (CBSE)

XII: 98.4 (TN State Board)

Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: B.E (Mech) CEG, Anna University, 8.13 (Fresher)

XAT percentile: 98.03

Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary): Extra curricular activities, Mostly of organizing than of participatory nature

GD Topic: Asked to rank factors to regularise number of national political parties in the country on a scale of 1-8

Number of participants: 9 ( If any of you are reading this please get in touch with me, would like to stay in touch )

Panelists' intro (if possible): Could only recognize Dr. Premarajan from photo, Dr. Paul Fernandes and Dr. Prabal Sen

Duration: 10 to think, 30 to discuss.

Brief snapshot of discussion: Very passionate discussion. For 20 minutes none of us were even thinking of the consensus. Arrived at one anyway. My rank list was similar to the final one. Personally I think I did well. Decent entries and few solid points. Let others speak on a few occasions. So i think it was decent.

PI: I was the last guy for the day.

3 gentlemen, Dr. Prabal Sen(P1), Fr. Paul Fernandes (P2) and Dr Premarajan (P3)

P2 : Please sign your form
Signed
P1 (Looking at my profile): Venkatesh, so you are doing your engineering and studied in DAV so tell me what is this DAV?
Me: Explained, Arya Samaj, Swami Dayanand , western education with Indian values, school also had prayers, havans etc.

P1: Do you know of any other samaj like Arya Samaj?

Me: Said Asthika Samaj.( Pretty prominent here in Chennai )

P1: Haven't you heard of Brahmo Samaj?

Me: (Somehow I couldn't remember, though I know it now) No sir I don't.

P1: Ok. Now tell me a subject that interested you in school?

Me: Sir, history was a favourite sir. I liked the teacher. She was a person who brought about this interest for the subject and I used to have a lot of discussions and debates with her. Though she is no more now I really liked her classes

P1 : Oh good. She could kindle interest. Ok. Ill give you few names take them down. Classify these names into Ancient, medieval and modern history. List : Babar, Rajaram Mohan Roy, Lord Clive, Tiruvalluvar, Samudragupta,Tulsidas and Subramania Bharathi

Me : Got all except one right, which I later corrected myself substantiating the reason.

P1: There is a senior Indian bureaucrat who has a similarity with you (pointing at my forehead, I was wearing a tilak on it).

Me : Yes sir, CEC Gopalaswami.

P1: Yes, do you know what post he was holding prior to this?

Me :Yes sir, he was the home secretary in the BJP regime under Sri L K Advani.

P1: There was something prior to that. Do you remember?

Me : No sir, this is the only thing I know.

P1 : Have you heard of IRDA?

Me : (started off saying)Industrial Rural. the arm of World Bank? No sir I dont.

P1 : Ok. Tell me something else that interests you

Me : Sir, the course in PMIR interests me sir
Gentle laugh from panelists

P1 : See, these gentlemen here are experts in the field. By saying so you are putting yourself in trouble.

Me : No sir, I dont mean to be arrogant. I am here for an interview for the same course so I wanted to just stress on that. It is not that I am throwing a challenge here or something.

P1: No no, you arent throwing a challenge, just saying that you are putting yourself into trouble thats all.

Me: (Smile)

P1:So tell me something else that interests you.

Me: Sir you can ask me about Rotaract sir, I am the vice president of my club.

P1: Accha. Interact, Rotaract and all uh. What is the motto of interact?

Me: Sir, interact is a part of school level, Rotaract is in college and I joined in my first year.etc etc. Gave a long answer here, service above self id the motto told him a little about everything. 3 minutes

P1: Ok, being a Rotaractor, what do you think about right to education bill. What impact will it have?

Me: Sir, empowerment, tool, awareness, rural education, cobbler son can be engineer/doctor etc. Family, community etc develops

P1: You are missin my question here. Do you think it will be feasible?

Me: Sir, India is vast. Implementation ll be a problem. Blah blah.

P1: How about poverty. Do you think children who work as child labourers in Sivakasi, Varanasi and Tirupur actually go to work on their own or is it compulsion? What do you think can be done.

Me: Gave an answer(Night Education). Seemed satisfied. Passes to P2

P2: Nice discussion you had(this one or gd????!!) Was going through your answers in the questionnaire. You seem to have a word here. Human capital management. Can you explain.

Me: Explained.


P2: But what you say doesnt feature in a consultant profile, if that is where you want to go. Do you know of any consultant companies in the world?

Me: Ma Foi in India, Hewitt and Watson Wyatt abroad

P2 : Is that where you want to be?

Me: Sir, if Ma Foi could have been started by a man who wanted to be an entrepreneur in this field and joined your institute, I as a person with a similar profile am sure ll be successful too.

P2: What do you think do they do?

Me: Consult for companies, provide solution. Spot talent and enhance skill.
Recruitment and profile evaluation.

P2: Is this human capital or intellectual capital?

Me: I am talking about intellectual capital sir.

P2: Do you know how it is measured?

Me: IQ sir, HDI is also there.

P2: Think HDI is used for intellectual capital?

Me: No sir, its used for a broad study on human development.

P2: But what you are saying doesnt convince me.. It doesnt match a consultants profile.

Me : That is in the later period of my career, what I want to do as a consultant is more of what I want to do in the recent future.

P2: Somehow I am not convinced.

Me: Took an example from rotaract. Told them of an incident and a solutioin to it.

P2: Such things dont work in corporate.

Me: Sir, no matter wherever they are, human beings remain the same. So I am sure it will work.

P2: People remain the same? Dont they grow, dont they change.

Me: Yes sir, they grow and learn, but their human core values is something that remains the same wherever they are. Sir, I am talking with a certain amount of experience I have. What will apply to the corporate world is something that I ll learn during the course.

P2: Hope you have seen the course details. What you say doesnt feature in the list of courses.

Me: Sir, I believe that in the future these will be the more important areas as team dynamics ll play a major role in determining the companys growth. So I still believe that motivation etc are very important in the current scenario.

Passes the baton to P3

P3 : (Coming from a relaxed position to a more intimidating position)Venkatesh, after seeing your discussion and profile, I feel that you do not fit the bill of being a HR manager.

Me: (What the hell?) Sir what makes you think so sir? I dont see a reason why.

P3: No, its just an overall evaluation with your values, ideas etc, you dont seem to fit.

Me: Sir I bed to differ sir, but I dont see a reason I dont. Is there anything specific?

P3: Nothing specific. Just an overall evaluation.

Me: No sir. I think I am suited for the course and ll be able to do a good job wherever I go.

P3: Wherever you go I am sure. You ll do well in the course, come out in the top 5 ranks also. But somehow I dont think you fit.

Me: Why sir, do you think I exceed the courses expectations?

P3: (laughs)What do you mean by exceeding?

Me: What I meant was am I too good or not at all good for the course.

P3: Not the question of good or not good, its the question of being appropriate or inappropriate.

Me: So sir, what type of course do you think will be appropriate?

P3: Well maybe (thinks)
(Haha.. Didnt see this coming did you? )

P1 says something about NGOs etc.

P3 : Yeah maybe more philanthropic or something in that sense.

Me: Sir is it my rotaract experience that gives you such an impression.

P3 : No no. Its just an overall impression. More to do with your values

Me: Sir, according to me values are important to any company. Blah blah (I say something for about 2 minutes totally and then) Sir am I making any sense at all here??

P3: You are making a lot of sense Venkatesh. Thank you. You may leave.(And scribbles something on a paper)

Me: (Great )Thank you sirs

As I get up

P3: Do you have BM call also?

Me: No sir, I have only HR calls from here and TISS

P3: Oh when is the interview?

Me: Told

P3: I am sure you ll get through. Thank you

Me: (Getting up and about to leave) Sir do you mean here or TISS?? ;)

They look up with surprise and then

Me: Oh just nothing sir. Thanks a lot.

Throughout my interview, none of them made any eye contact despite my repeated attempts. They were eating chocolates, biscuits, drinking coffee, water during my interview. Someone was looking at his mobile, at the floor and at the mirror on the wall behind me.

It was a fantastic experience!!! I for a few days couldn't take anything from it.. Positives, negatives nothing.. Until the results were announced ofcourse..



Verdict : Converted!! ;):D

got through PM/IR.
Can smone tell me the total no of seats in PMIR?
Last year it was 60....... But I'v heard that this year they have increased it to 120....... I wd like the seniors to confirm....because one of my friends is waitlisted at 22 in PMIR.

Hi, the seats have been increased to 120 for PMIR.

This "should" increase waitlist movement since there will be a larger overlap.

People also move around courses... many people will have both converts and will now choose BM or PMIR.



PLEASE DON'T USE THIS THREAD TO ASK ANYMORE QUERIES.

I Guess we're all smart enough so understand the title of the thread.

Cheers.

Hi

I am wait listed at 34 (PMIR), Can any senior tell me what are my chances of converting?

Have they incresed the PMIR seats to 120?

got through PMIR.
Can smone tell me the total no of seats in PMIR?
Last year it was 60....... But I'v heard that this year they have increased it to 120....... I wd like the seniors to confirm....because one of my friends is waitlisted at 22 in PMIR.

hi puys
You Have Been Wait-Listed.

You have been Wait-Listed for the following Programme for which you have applied
to XLRI .

Programme Applied for : BM Your Waiting list No is: 2

The admissions office will send you a letter with all the details.


...Chairperson, Admissions
Hope all goes well and May I be an XLer

srikanth14 Says

hii results out...my 2nd waitlist of the season...i am Waitlisted at 53 for BM..seniors,can u please tell me if this will get converted or not?

going by last yr....and since seats got increased to 120 this yr...we gotta keep fingers crossd...

here's the thread....http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/other-exams-xat-fms-jmet/30146-thread-track-waitlist-movement-xlri-33.html

.: !! CONGRATULATIONS !!:.


You have been selected in BM Programme for which you have applied to XLRI Jamshedpur.
Please wait for the official letter from the Chairperson, Admissions, XLRI Jamshedpur.

... Chairperson , Admissions

hii results out...my 2nd waitlist of the season...i am Waitlisted at 53 for BM..seniors,can u please tell me if this will get converted or not?

umang1 Says

How did u see the results m not able to open

check this link..... XLRI Interview Results 2009.

dunno if i can place links here...!!

abhileo Says

XLRI- Final results for BM and PMIR are .OUT..!!!...am waitlisted at no 52....any idea if i can clear it???

How did u see the results m not able to open

XLRI- Final results for BM and PMIR are .OUT..!!!...am waitlisted at no 52....any idea if i can clear it???

hey is d D-day today??????
well i checked d website still no clue of results...
when will d results come out????

Guys,

Kindly restrict your posts to only GD PI experiences...Please dont spam around..

might not be the right thread for this querry, but going by he earlier doubts, i post it here

How did the notification of the results come last year? I mean was it at the xlri website itself, or do we get emails etc. Might be good if some senior can elaborate on the experience and steps to be taken after declaration of the results. (Now plz.. dont tell me that I shd party hard, that I know )

Going through the last year threads, I could figure out that the result was posted on the same link which had the interview shortlist results......so in our case, MOST PROBABLY this link (my educated guess, nothing official about it) should have the final result too:
Shortlisted for Interview Results 2009: XLRI Jamshedpur.

@seniors, please guide!

might not be the right thread for this querry, but going by he earlier doubts, i post it here

How did the notification of the results come last year? I mean was it at the xlri website itself, or do we get emails etc. Might be good if some senior can elaborate on the experience and steps to be taken after declaration of the results. (Now plz.. dont tell me that I shd party hard, that I know )

srikanth14 Says

hii seniors at XL..ne idea as to when the results will be declared..i heard dat it takes 10 days for them to come up with the results after the last date of the interviews...last year it was declared on the 25th of march..was 15th march the last date of interviews? thanks in advance

yes. 15th was the last date of interviews last year. and going by that, this time the result should come around 23rd. So fingers crossed puys, lets hope we all make it

hii seniors at XL..ne idea as to when the results will be declared..i heard dat it takes 10 days for them to come up with the results after the last date of the interviews...last year it was declared on the 25th of march..was 15th march the last date of interviews? thanks in advance

Hmm.... only 100 odd replies...

Where are you guys? Share your experiences!!
Our experiences helped you guys prepare for your interviews...
So post your experiences and help your juniors.....

And please direct your queries on the proper thread.

Thanks,
seeds

venkatesh629 Says

Are placements at XLRI over ??? Any update on this years stats ?

The necessary updates will be given by the PlaceComm at a suitable time.

Since this is a thread meant to share experiences, I suggest that we stick to that purpose, and direct all queries to the 'Queries' thread.

Are placements at XLRI over ??? Any update on this years stats ?

Hi kfreak,

What you've heard is incorrect. Please refer to the placement figures available on XLRI's website for clarity.

Cheers.

hi seniorz....
i have heard that XLRI-PMIR students get very less pay..... got to hear that avg salary for PMIR student last yr was around 8-8lacs
what was d avg package of IR n BM last year.....

Hi kfreak,

What you've heard is incorrect. Please refer to the placement figures available on XLRI's website for clarity.

Cheers.

hi seniorz....
i have heard that XLRI-PMIR students get very less pay.....got to hear that avg salary for PMIR student last yr was around 8-8lacs
what was d avg package of IR n BM last year.....

Somebody should join a course for the interest in it rather than just the salary one gets........

AFAIK, XLRI PMIR is the best HR course in Asia, and if one thinks that he won't be getting the 'salary' he expects, he can very well not even apply in the first place....NOM!

P.S. I am no PMIR senior

hi seniorz....
i have heard that XLRI-PMIR students get very less pay..... got to hear that avg salary for PMIR student last yr was around 8-8lacs
what was d avg package of IR n BM last year.....