2011-13 IMI GDPI Experiences

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Hello Prospective *IMIains *, As from today , GDPI for the IMI are starting. Please post your GD/PI experiences here. Do follow the below format. *CAT %le (OA, QA, DI, VA): Work-Ex: Graduation Score & Stream: XII score: X …

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Hello Prospective IMIains ,
As from today , GDPI for the IMI are starting.
Please post your GD/PI experiences here.

Do follow the below format.

CAT %le (OA, QA, DI, VA):
Work-Ex:

Graduation Score & Stream:
XII score:
X score:

Any other Achievements:
GD/PI center:
GD/PI (date & time):
GD/PI experience:
Any Suggestions:

Course Applied: PGDM/ HR/ BOTH

I hope through this thread it will help other aspirants to get to know wats in store for them. Also we will b there to help u in any queries related to ur GDPI

Looking forward to read to some exciting experiences
All the Best !!!

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CAT %le (OA, QA, DI, VA): :drinking::drinking:
Work-Ex: none

Graduation Score & Stream: economics, du
XII score:
X score:

Any other Achievements:
GD/PI center: delhi
GD/PI (date & time): 14/3/11... 9am

GD/PI experience:
we first had the written evaluation.. a topic was given.. blank A4 sheet.. 15min flat to think and write.. no word limit.. extra sheet can be availed of if required.. we were told that we can get our topic changed if the majority says so. however, we can not revert to the first topic if the second is equally difficult.

well the topic was something related to the women reservation bill.. i am not very good at writing.. so will rate my essay as average..

next up we had our gd.. out of the group of 12, 9 were present. we were guided to a small room where the 3 panelist were waiting for us.. again for the gd, we had a choice of getting the topic changed.. but we can not revert to the initial topic.. my topic was something related to the NREGA scheme.. the gd went well for me.. the group as a whole performed well.. lots of facts were brought in and everybody chipped in with their views and comments. the volume level didnt rise at all, and it was the most SOPHISTICATED GD i'v ever been a part of. So overall, GD was good..:cheerio::cheerio:

we were told to sit on the chairs outside the room. one by one, we were called by the PI..
The PI didnt go well for me. wasnt able to word my answers properly, and hence couldnt present my ideas well enough.. the panelist were looking for short and crisp answers, and i had the opposite to offer.. just 2 ques on acads, answered 1 and had no clue abt the other. rest we discussed abt my college, placements, etc.. was told me tell in brief abt my goal.. was also asked abt what drives me crazy.. the PI lasted for just 7-8min... overall, PI was bad..

the entire process lasted for abt 2.5 hours.. :cheerio::cheerio::cheerio:

P.S. none of the guys from my group faced a stress interview..:w00t:
P.P.S they hardly touched acads..
P.P.P.S they didnt ask anyone about other calls/converts..
P.P.P.P.S would request abhimukh saar to also include the point COURSES APPLIED FOR (pgdm, hr, both) in the above format

@seniors if cat score is not to be considered at this stage, then why were our cat score cards provided to the panelists??

newaz ALL THE BEST TO EVERYBODY...

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Hello everyone
CaT %ile 97

Center Delhi IMI

Today was my GD/PI

A nice experience all i can say

The college people were very polite and helpful

The topic for Essay was Women reservation in Parliament, women empowerment
We were given a time of 15 mins for writing
Then there was the GD
the topic for GD was

"Recession and its impacts on India"
As expected, due to a debatable topic everybody made a fish market out of it

Hardly anybody's voice could be heard clearly
Could spoke only two to three times but everybody started shouting after that so was interjected most of the times

The interview went nice i guess for nearly 10 to 15 minutes
There were three panelists, one of them was just looking at my reactions all the time, and towards the end raised some basic HR questions
No stress at all at any point
Was not grilled at all anywhere
Asked usual questions regarding, introduce yourself, Why MBA, and why not MA Eco since i m from eco background
A few more basic questions were asked
Answered them esily and they were all smiling all the time
They asked me any one topic on which i was comfortable
I said Stock Market
They asked a couple of questions and easily i answered them
No academics was asked
They also asked that how did you find the GD and i told them not good at all as people were just trying to gain max opportunities without letting anybody else
Finally they shook hands with me and asked me to go

Senoirs please advise how it was??
What chance do i have after such PI

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cat %ile:95.3

X:89%
XII:89.6

Centre:IMI Delhi
Date: 14/3/2011 9 am slot

essay writing was fine.topic:women reservation in Parliament & women empowerment

GD:had a panel for 13 ppl,bt 4 were absent,so were left with 9.
topic:should Indian education system be changed?
quite easy topic,so lots of points to speak.bt eventually it turened out to be a fish market & hence our gd was stopped midway,& then each student was asked to speak for a minute(had actually thot he wud cancel our gd bt thankfully he jst converted its form)

PI was really pathetic for me.worst PI till date!3 panelists.
P1 was speaking the most(& sorry to say bt I found him very rude,jst wasnt leting me speak .only wanted short,direct answers!)
P2 was a gentleman sitting quietly all the tym
P3 was a lady
P1: y u chose this colg
me:explained tht basically wanted my field
P1:any placements?
me:no
P1:y
me:new colg
P1:have u applied from outside?
me:yes.hav couple of interviews in few days
P3(luking at the marksheets xerox):u have datawarehousing as a subject.tell me abt t.where is it used.
me:(couple of mins answered her queries abt the subject)

P1:wht do u read in business?any magazines?
me:nt much
P1:then y MBA?
me:being from a business family....
P1:which business?
me:import of wireless components..
P1:from where?
me:CHina & Singapore
P1:wht documents r required for tht?
me:dont remeber the term for tht sales doc
P1:how do u pay?whts china's currency?
me:dnt remember
P1:Singapore's?
me:singapore dollar
P1:so u pay directly in tht
me:no US dollars.acc to exchange rate
P1:who decides the exchange rate
me:world bank
P1:which 1?
me:no idea
P1:wht tax u pay in importing
me:excise duty(y the hell didnt I remember Customs!!! )
P1:u dont now the basics of business,y r u here
me:(tried to explain I hav no intention of joining family business,bt he jst wont let me complete!)

At the end,he literally commented:we give Master in Business,nt bachelors.gt ur basics right before coming!!go!

it was the worst of my pi experiences!
didnt even touch on any of my strengths!every1 in my panel was asked technical questions.& I was well prepared for it.instead I was askd this crap!!
damn my bad luck!

anyways...ATB to all aspirants.I'm sure u'l do much better than me.IMI is gone for me!

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Hey,

I have my interview tomorrow at 9 am.... Could you tell by what time will I get free?


that actually depend on ur sequence in the panel.most probably it wud be between 12-1 pm.bcz lunch starts at 1
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I was second to be interviewd
i got free by 10.30, so you should be free by max noon
ATB

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P.P.P.P.S would request abhimukh saar to also include the point COURSES APPLIED FOR (pgdm, hr, both) in the above format

@seniors if cat score is not to be considered at this stage, then why did u provide our cat score card to the panelists??

newaz ALL THE BEST TO EVERYBODY...


Suggestion taken mate 😃 thanks

Well Cat percentile was one of the basis you made it here , so they definetly have the information , yes but no weightage to CAT scores

Just to give u an example , i had 95.15 last year and cut off was 95 ,but i still made it first list of both HR and PGDM and 99%tilers came through waitlists :)

Nice to see people coming forward with their experience , great to see u guys here :)

All d best to everyone 😃
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cat % :94.84
XII :80.80
X: 87.20

CENTRE :IMI
DATE :14 MARCH

ESSAY: womens reservation in parliament and womens empowerment

good topic. Had read abt it so wrote the main points

GD: effect of recession on indian economy

PI: i was the first one. 3 sir in my panel .P1,P2,P3 i think P3 was from HR

vry nice and welcoming ..asked me to sit and relax.
P2: do you think being the first one is an advantage?
i replied yes n answered
P2:why mba?
answered
P1; you are so good acads and also the topper why do you wantt to go for mba why not progress in IT sector
answered
P1: what is cloud computing?
had a very little idea but answered well.:oops:
P1 and P2 asked P3 to ask some ques
P3: what do u think about leadership? are you a good leader
answered gave example :)
P3 : how do you scale yourself on the scale of 1 to 10 on
1.intelligence
2.streetsmartness
3.fooling others
4.hardworking

P2:ok thankyou no more quesns

PI went well and no acads quesns wer asked..

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PI was really pathetic for me.worst PI till date!3 panelists.
P1 was speaking the most(& sorry to say bt I found him very rude,jst wasnt leting me speak .only wanted short,direct answers!)
P2 was a gentleman sitting quietly all the tym
P3 was a lady
P1: y u chose this colg
me:explained tht basically wanted my field
P1:any placements?
me:no
P1:y
me:new colg
P1:have u applied from outside?
me:yes.hav couple of interviews in few days
P3(luking at the marksheets xerox):u have datawarehousing as a subject.tell me abt t.where is it used.
me:(couple of mins answered her queries abt the subject)

P1:wht do u read in business?any magazines?
me:nt much
P1:then y MBA?
me:being from a business family....
P1:which business?
me:import of wireless components..
P1:from where?
me:CHina & Singapore
P1:wht documents r required for tht?
me:dont remeber the term for tht sales doc
P1:how do u pay?whts china's currency?
me:dnt remember
P1:Singapore's?
me:singapore dollar
P1:so u pay directly in tht
me:no US dollars.acc to exchange rate
P1:who decides the exchange rate
me:world bank
P1:which 1?
me:no idea
P1:wht tax u pay in importing
me:excise duty(y the hell didnt I remember Customs!!! )
P1:u dont now the basics of business,y r u here
me:(tried to explain I hav no intention of joining family business,bt he jst wont let me complete!)

At the end,he literally commented:we give Master in Business,nt bachelors.gt ur basics right before coming!!go!

it was the worst of my pi experiences!
didnt even touch on any of my strengths!every1 in my panel was asked technical questions.& I was well prepared for it.instead I was askd this crap!!
damn my bad luck!

anyways...ATB to all aspirants.I'm sure u'l do much better than me.IMI is gone for me!



I think purpose was to take a stress interview , and they were checking if you could hold your nerves mate , this is all a part of the process but that doesnt decrease or increase your chances but depends how well you handled your nerves


PS: if i am not wrong you were interviewed by one of the best professors for marketing in the country 😃
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cat % :93.6
XII :71
X: 86.4
Applied for PGDM and PGDM HR
CENTRE :IMI
DATE :14 MARCH

ESSAY: womens reservation in parliament and womens empowerment

GD: effect of recession on indian economy

3 professors in my panel .P1,P2,P3
Wasn't a stress interview. All in all an interesting conversational style.
P2: introduce yourself.
Talked about my passions and my career goal of being part of the football industry.
P2: your academics haven't been great..?
answered talked about analytical skills
P1: give egs of how you used those analytical skills
Gave egs
P2: asked about my extra cirricullar teach India specifically
Answered
P2: do you teach children about hygiene..what is the specific focus area teaching underprivileged kids?
Answered
P2: why did you join teach India?
answered how my parents are involved in education etc etc
P2: why mgmt then when your parents are into education?
Answered how even in education mgmt is required
P3: you say you play football
Sir I am an avg player
P3: what exactly do you want to do in football industry?
Answered well
P3: ok so tell me three things that you would do right now to improve it in India
Talked about educating organising camps
Improving infrastructure
Marketing and packaging the sport to Indian needs
P3: we don't get sports management firms here for placement and might not so?
Answered that I don't mind starting at other companies and acquiring knowledge and then use it in my field of interest
P3: hmmm...ok. You seem passionate about what you want to do, but for how long have you thought of it as a profession?
Sir I have always had a passion for the sport as a profession considered it only for the past year.
P3: and this specific question of the sport in India
Sir never before today
P3: yep looking at your passion I expected a little more so "You get through or not today I can't comment and we will see but you need to look at this question in more detail"
thank you
And that was it.

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CA;T %le (OA, QA, DI, VA):98.57,97.54,97.41,91.41
Work-Ex:nil
Graduation Score & Stream:ece 81.3
XII score:87.4
X score:89.6
GD/PI center:imi delhi
GD/PI (date & time):14/3 2 pm
GD/PI experience:
band bajaa baraaat*3
there were 3 prof
p2:tell me abt urself
m:3 min ki kahaani
p2:what after 12
m:engg in ece
p2:why ece
m:explained bt nt cnvinced
p2:what is d difference btw electronics and electricals.
m:gave a vague ans........told to answer like an engg,cud nt cm up wid the ans
p2:smthin abt volt
m:told abt 220 v etc
p1:if we place u in core company wud u be of any use dere?
m:yes definitely
p1:we dont think so....u cant ans basic q
p3:what d u read in newspapers
m:told abt libya...was asked abt qaddaffi rule duration........guessed as 2 decades..asked abt assange...told bt again ques on his ethics.
kept receiving the disgusting looks.....
p2: why do you wabt to do mba
m:told abt parents hospital dat i wanted to diversify etc.....
p2:four year of engg waste??????
m:no education can be waste sir,,,tried giving sm gyaan bt ridiculed...
p3:u applied to both hr and pgdm,(if u were so sure of doing hr)why?
m:told them about how i thought of doing dual specialisation if i gt any one of them and minor in other
P2:what oder calls d u have....wasnt even asked to rank dem...
p2:ok go and brush up ur academics!kuch poocha toh tha nhi fir bhi
bhayankar ....uth ke thapad maarne waale the..
Any Suggestions:i may come around as a complete buffoon bt want u all to know dat i was deliberately made one!!!!!!!!!
Course Applied:both
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I think purpose was to take a stress interview , and they were checking if you could hold your nerves mate , this is all a part of the process but that doesnt decrease or increase your chances but depends how well you handled your nerves


PS: if i am not wrong you were interviewed by one of the best professors for marketing in the country :)


ya..I had guessed it already.only an experienced person can be so confident in making the other person feel guilty of y was he thr!!!
anyways,no complaints nw...bt I still think,as every1 has told me,in MBA interview panelists want to knw abt u,in which areas u r gud,& bad....bt in this one..I was nt even allowed to speak anythng out of the bounds of his questions..all in all...a very learning experience,though at the cost of admission in IMI
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I was told in the interview that I showed all qualities that made me fir for HR, even though I specifically told them that I was more interesting in marketing, even tho I had applied to both its courses. I knw its too early to ask 😛 and they wont even gimme a call for either. but does this mean I shud rule out PGDM?

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angelic_knight Says
I was told in the interview that I showed all qualities that made me fir for HR, even though I specifically told them that I was more interesting in marketing, even tho I had applied to both its courses. I knw its too early to ask 😛 and they maybe wont even gimme a call for either. but does this mean I shud rule out PGDM?


My Bad.
*fit
*interested

Sowie
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angelic_knight Says
I was told in the interview that I showed all qualities that made me fir for HR, even though I specifically told them that I was more interesting in marketing, even tho I had applied to both its courses. I knw its too early to ask 😛 and they wont even gimme a call for either. but does this mean I shud rule out PGDM?


No i suppose i was also told that i should take HR but i said that i have inclination for finance, and i converted both

So dont rule out anything as of now
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Though the thread is meant for GD/PI experience but just thought to share this amazing piece of news through a corporate journal:


IMI Delhi:
Dr. Pritam Singh will join RPG Group, as Professor & Director General at IMI Delhi on 7th April 2011. Dr. Pritam Singh is a management guru who has devoted his life to the development of management who has devoted his life to the development of management education in India and abroad. As Director, IIM Lucknow and Director MDI, Gurgaon, Dr. Singh has contributed significantly. His distinguished services were acknowledged by the country when the President
of India conferred on him the prestigious 'Padam Shri' in the year 2003. He is on the Board of a number of Companies like Godrej, Hero Honda, Lanco, Dena Bank etc.
In addition to his role as Professor of the Institute, he will also provide leadership with the objective of substantial improvement in its ranking. Dr. Singh will also play a coordinating role and extend required administrative and advisory support to IMI Kolkata and IMI Bhubaneswar.


Now, you all can understand the focus of institute to attain an unmatched position in the intellectual capital. It is good to see, that people understand the quality of the institute & the difference in the way it is being perceived as, hence improvement in ranking gets a mention.
I am sure, anyone remotely linked to management would know the standing of Dr. Pritam Singh.

As a proud alum, I alongwith my other batchmates as well as the corporates who know IMI have always been more then confident about IMI's intellectual prowess (especially when you see input mechanisms of other high ranked B-schools). Now with a leadership of this calibre, I am sure IMI is heading for something big.

Regards
Ruchir Verma

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how many seats are there in pgdm and hr ,,and how many students are selected for gd pi round,

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CAT %le (OA, QA, DI, VA): 95.31
Work-Ex: Nil

Graduation Score & Stream: 84% CSE Engg.
XII score: 87.2%
X score: 90%

Any other Achievements:
GD/PI center: IMI, Delhi
GD/PI (date & time): 15th March, 9 AM

Essay Topic : Do MBA people need to be taught manners?
It was a very general topic. So didn't had much of a concrete content to write. Still I think I wrote an average essay.

GD Topic : Women Reservation Bill: Do we actually need it?

We were just 7 people in our group. So it was a healthy discussion. I spoke second and talked about the need to empower women first at the grassroot level rather than giving them the reservation in Lok Sabha. I spoke about women empowerment makes more sense if the education and health awareness in women is increased. Then I talked about how if reservation bill is passed, people like Lalu will field his wife and daughter as candidates and that will not benifit anyone as the main focus should be to give a good leader to the people no matter what. In the end I just pitched in with the point that if the bill is passed, reshuffling of the seats will have to be done and even if a leader is doing well in his constituency, he will have to leave it.

Overall I was satisfied with my performance :cheerio:(except that I fumbled once while speaking)

PI :
3 people in the panel.

P : So tell me abt urself.
Me : Started well..bt god knows why got nervous in b/w but did not fumble. So i hope they didn't notice.

P : What is in the news recently? (Had said that i like to stay updated)
Me : Talked abt Japan earthquake and tsunami and now there is a danger of nuclear radiations in the area and how it will be a great threat to the people there.

P : Do you know anything abt the budget?
Me : Spoke for abt 2-3 minutes. Told them everything that I knew. :cheerio:

(Meanwhile one of them said what should we ask you, you dont even have work-ex):lookround:

P : Do you read anything else related to progress in your field other than the textbooks?
Me : Talked abt cloud computing for abt a minute.

P : Asked me about one of the things I mentioned in the form in academic achievements.
Me : Told

P : Has there been any incident in ur life when u have been looked down upon?
Me : Told something, not satisfied:oops:

P : So assume that u r working and u r one of those hard working guy but you dont get a promotion while one of ur colleague gets it with the help of his social skills. What wud u do?
Me : Told that I would go to my boss and show him the contribution that I have made to the organisation and the amount of work that I have done according to my skills etc. And then I would request him to consider my request, not emphasizing too much on taking the promotion back from my colleague. And if it doesn't work out, i would write to the head of the company abt the matter.

P : Dont you think writing to the head would turn ur boss against u?
Me : blabbered something :oops:

P : Now assume ur boss is taking credt of the work that u r doing. What wud u do?
Me : Thia is a kind of tricky situation. First i would discuss it with him about it and if it doesnot work out, I will have to look upon the feasibility of quitting the job. If my financial condition is well enough then I may consider this but if my family needs me to continue with my job, then i would put my family above all.

P : Why are u doing ur mba right now? Why not work somewhere?
Me : Told

P : Which are the top IT companies of India.
Me : Infosys and TCS

P : Have you read that book about Google?
Me : No (and then talked something about google)

ALL : Thank you so much.



I think i had an average essay, decent gd and average pi. Considering that i am fresher and 10% weightage is for the work-ex, my chances are slim. Still it was a good experience.:cheerio:

Kindly PM me for any comments.:

Course Applied : PGDM

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CAT %le (OA, QA, DI, VA): 97.84%ile OA
Work-Ex: 1 year (IT)

Graduation Score & Stream:74.33% -B.Tech (Instrumentation)
XII score:83
X score:83

Any other Achievements:
GD/PI center: IMI,Delhi
GD/PI (date & time):15th March-9 A.M
GD/PI experience:

Essay topic-Do MBA students need to be taught good manners !!

GD Topic-Telemarketing is beneficial for the society.

A group of 13 people (1 absent )
The group was the biggest in any panel .one panel had just 7 people.
Anyhow ,a total fish market ,moderators cut the GD in 8-9 minutes ,asked each one of us to summarize.They said many people who couldn't speak were the ones who had diff. points but alas some of the girls/guys just kept on repeating same points.

For the interview,it was getting extended to 30 minutes for each person,TILL it came to the last 3 including me.
Previous candidates had told it's very general ,not asking any acads ,not grilling .alas..

Personal Interview

A marketing professor(P1-male),
A general management professor(P2-female)
An Alumni(1987- batch of IMI) (P3-male)

P3-Sorry to keep you waiting for so long
Me-No problem sir, Good afternoon.
P3-Did you have anything tea ,coffee,lunch .
Me-No sir,it's okay.
P2-Great ,so we didn't have time to flip over your form ,please tell us about yourself.
Me-told about my hobbies and current work profile.
P2-Where did you visit lately as a trip(I had told I like visiting new unknown places)
Me-Told and explained what drives me to such adventures.
P3-You must be reading a lot of current affairs etc. ,what is the fiscal deficit projected.
Me-told
P3-What is fiscal deficit actually.
Me-the definition I knew.
P3-that's trade deficit you are talking about.What is fiscal deficit?
Me-tried to explain with exports and revenue generation but cut short(not convinced)

P3-What is India's tax to GDP ratio?
Me-Don't know the figure but tried to give some gyan about the definition(cut short)
P1-We have limited seats in PGDM ,tell us how you score over others.
Me-Related with my work ex. ,learning etc.
P1-Given a group task at IMI ,what will you bring to the group.
Me-told.

P1-don't give generic answers ,be specific,straight.
Me-tried to convince but

P2-Do you want to ask something from us.
Me-(Thinking-Where's the door :banghead:..)

Hosh ud gaye ..

ATB everyone

Suggestions-Know yourself as much as you can.

Course applied-PGDM