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GD/PI experience at SJMSOM 2010 XAT, SNAP, IIFT & Others

sagaranjos
Hi friends,
Hope you have had a gud time at the GD/PI process at SJMSOM, 2010.
Though we have tried our best to make the process as smooth as possible, we are sure you must have felt somethings could have been better. Any feedback would go a long way in making the process much more efficent...
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rsriram84
09:23 AM, 08 Mar '10
08 Mar '10
SJMSOM rocks and there are no two ways about it !

First, a snapshot of my profile-
X- 81.6
XII - 75.4
B.E- 82.9
JMET rank- 321
Work ex- 33 months at the time of interview.
Sector-duh.. IT, what else

I attended the interview on the 6th and everything- right from the accommodation to the verification process to the GD-PI process was managed in a fantabulous way !

I had my interview scheduled in the afternoon. Reached SJMSOM at around 1:30 PM. We were divided into 7/8 groups with 12 people in each group. After that, we attended a presentation on SJMSOM and life at SJMSOM. We were given a profile sheet to fill . This was followed by the document verification process. During this process, the seniors in-charge got into a conversation with all the candidates - educating us about the school, the do's and dont's in the interview, etc. A special note of thanks to seniors-Rajesh and Bala for addressing my doubts at this stage.

Coming to the case study.
There were four panelists- Prof.Dinesh Sharma (G1) , a legal aspects prof (L1), a lady (L2) and another gentleman(G2).The panel was the same for the interview too.

case study:
Something on employee retention An FMCG company provides training to 16 of its sales employees with the aim of increasing targets,etc. The 1 1/2 month training costs 2 lakhs per person. Some months after the training,one of the employees(Alok) decides to quit. He has a lucrative job offer from another company but he is willing to continue if he is promoted. But the company does not have a vacancy to promote Alok. The manager Vinod is in a fix. Alok had been working on an important project and if he left, this would lead to a 10 month shortfall. Other employees would also follow suit if Alok is promoted.

Q1. Is it good for the company to impart training and then let the people quit the company? what guidelines should be implemented for the benefit of employees as well as the organisation?

Q2. what should manager of alok do to retain him?
Q3. Moi don't remember too :P

The discussion went on for around 10 minutes. The discussion headed to a fish market on a couple of occasions but thankfully, people exercised restraint. I chipped in with 2-3 points but couldn't get the group to discuss on those points. Overall, it was an okayish discussion.

Then it was the turn of my interview. A special mention to senior Yash. He encouraged, motivated and pacified all the candidates in my group before one went into the interview room. :thumbsup:

The best part of the interview was that the panel did not cut anyone short when he/she was speaking. They were ready to lend an ear to everything that we had to say. Another thing was that acads related questions were conspicuous by their absence. Perhaps, it was a conscious decision on the part of SJMSOM to go easy on acads and thank God for that !

As for the interview, mine went on for around 15 minutes i guess.

Moi (M)- Greeted everyone.
L1: Tell me something about yourself.
M : blah
L2: Why MBA when you are already doing well
M: blah blah
L2: lot of cross questioning on the B plan that I had spoken about.
M: blah blah blah.
L1: U said you have won some shlok recitation competitions in schoool. Do, you still recite shloks.
M: blah blah blah
G1: Have you read any religious scriptures.
M: blah blah.
G1: What is the biggest problem that India is facing and should be working on..
M: this being a general question, I ranted about illiteracy.. Sarv shikshya abhiyan, mid day meal scheme, PPP, yada yada...
G1: some questions on the same. what would you do if you are empowered to bring about changes.
M: hitwicket out:banghead::banghead: ! Couldnt come up with an impressive answer. G1 gave some hints which I later capitalised on.
G1: why your company product and not your competitor X.
M: blah blah.
G2 who was silent till this time comments- " He is here to market his company ";
G1: passes a comment on the same and there is laughter all around. I joined in.
L2: role model in life
M: blah
All: thank you.

It was a feel good interview but it was the case with everyone. So, don't know what to make of my chances.

A loooong wait now till the 21st of April. Till then, I will be breaking my head and cursing myself on how I could have answered questions in a better manner.

Anyways, it was an enjoyable experience. I have attended my fair share of B school interviews.. This was one of the best conducted processes. Kudos to the ADCOM for putting up a GREAT show and all the seniors (especially Meghna, Sagaran and Nandini) for answering our queries on PG !
Good luck to the people who have their interviews lined up.

P.S- We didnt get a table at Leopolds on Saturday night :banghead:. I hope SJMSOM gives me a reason to come back and visit the place and go and :drinking:

P.P.S- IMHO, SJMSOM is a little hard done by the rankings. There is more to the school than what the rankings depict. People who attended the interviews will vouch for this !
Cheers!


Update (21/4/2010) - SJMSOM results out. I am waitlisted at 20 (General). In all probability, I ll make the cut

Update ( 07/05/2010 ) - Offered admission. But due to some family reasons, opting for IIFT-D instead of SJMSOM.. But very very happy that I have converted the call of one of my dream colleges ..
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