[2013-2015] New IIMs PGDM WAT/PI experiences _ IIM Raipur

Dear Aspirants, This thread is for posting your New IIMs PGDM WAT/PI experiences. Please follow the following format while posting your experience: Date & Slot : Location: Cat percentile: Work Ex: WAT Topic : WAT Experience : …

Dear Aspirants,
This thread is for posting your New IIMs PGDM WAT/PI experiences.
Please follow the following format while posting your experience:

Date & Slot :
Location:
Cat percentile:
Work Ex:
WAT Topic :
WAT Experience :
Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :
Questions asked in PI :
Interview Experience :
Any other details you want to mention :
Verdict :


Last year experiences Thread:

http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/2012-2014-new-iims-pgdm-wat-pi-experience-25078385/3260827

All the best guys. Mine is scheduled on March 6th. Wish you the very best people

@venkatesh561 : Me too scheduled on Mrch 6 . ru from chennai ??
@All : all the Best Guys .. Do welll 😃 😃
@gugan1987 Yes I'm from Chennai, March 6th 1:30 pm. At nungambakam :)
@venkatesh561 SAME TIME 😃 SAME LOCATION 😃 😃
Date & Slot: 15 Feb, 2013
Location: Mumbai

Cat percentile
: 98.43
Work Ex: 27 months (IT)

WAT Topic:

A close association between professional institutes and industry would improve educational standards. Do you see any inherent dangers in this link ? Give your views.

WAT Experience: Wrote a very generalized essay. Okayish, not sure how it went.

Details about interview panel:

3 members. P1 & P3: Two middle aged guys, P2: An elderly aged guy

Questions asked in PI:

P2: Tell me about yourself, so that i don't have to look into this personal interview form of yours.
Me: Told about the educational background, work-ex etc in general.

P2: Why did you leave your job ? (This came because i recently resigned in December)
Me: Prepared answer :)

P2: What did you learn from your job at infosys ? How is it different from college life ?
Me: Told about the learnings from my job i.e. team work, perspectives etc.

P2: What exactly was your job ?
Me: Explained in detail.

Now P1 comes in

P1: So did you use any programming language ?
Me: No sir, we prepared sequence diagrams on Microsoft Visio and Data maps on excel sheets

P1: Ok, so what functions you used in MS Excel ?
Me: Named a few functions.

Now P3

P3: Where is kudankulam ?
Me: Tamil Nadu

P3: What's the issue going on there ?
Me: There is a nuclear plant set-up there and people are protesting against it.

P3: Why are they protesting ?
Me: Because of the problem of nuclear waste disposal and also people are skeptic about the chances of a disaster happening as in Fukushima, Japan.

P3: Yes, Safety is one issue. But, what is the actual problem of nuclear waste ?
Me: No sir, I am not aware about the details regarding the problem of nuclear waste.

P1: So, you are an IT engineer. What all do you remember from your engineering studies ?
Me: Java and a few other programming languages.

P1: I'll ask you questions from C, C++. What is a string ?
Me: answered

P1: What is struct ?
Me: answered

P1: What is pointer ?
Me: answered

P1: Is there any difference between memory location and physical address ?
Me: answered

P1: What all sorting techniques do you remember ?
Me: Bubble sort, quick sort, heap sort.

P1: Explain bubble sort and quick sort.
Me: Explained.

P2: You don't seem to have much of extra-curriculars. What's the reason ?
Me: Sir, actually i have participated in extra-curriculars, but not at a higher level. So i do not have certificates to show. That's why, i haven't mentioned.

P2: Ok, what all did you do ? Tell us in brief
Me: answered

P2: What do you do in your leisure time ?
Me: answered

P3: Give me some instances where you have shown leadership skills.
Me: answered

P2: Which of the 6 IIMs is your preference ?
Me: Sir, I haven't started comparing colleges as of now. If I convert, then probably i would start comparing. Right now i am trying to concentrate on the job at hand :P

P1: That is a very diplomatic answer. You must be having something in mind.
Me: No sir, seriously. I haven't decided.

P1: But still, which one would you decide ? (He was hell bent on getting an answer)
Me: Sir, I don't have the know-how about each of the 6 IIMs right now. So, if I have to choose one, Location-wise I will choose Udaipur because it's my mom's native place :P

P1,P2,P3: Ok, Thank you. We are done.
Me: Thank you sir :)

Interview Experience:
Again okayish... not sure about the performance.

All the best everyone...:)
Date & Slot :15TH FEB FORE NOON
Location:BANGALORE
Work Ex:17 MONTHS
WAT Topic :SHOULD THERE BE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ARE THERE ANY DISADVANTAGES.TELL UR VIEWS
WAT Experience :AVG......GIVEN 30 MIN AND 300 WORDS
Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :3 (2 MIDDLE AGED 1 OLD)
Questions asked in PI :
P1:TAKE A TOFEY...
TOOK AND SAID THANKYOU
P2:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF?
TOLD
P3:TELL ME ABT YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND?
TOLD
P2:SO UR FATHER IS A BUSSINESSMAN SO U WANT TO TAKE HIS PATH??
SAID MAY BE AFTER 10-15 YEARS BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT BUSINESS PLAN
P2:WHAT ARE UR STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESS?(grilled me a lot on this)
STRENGHTS- SMILE, ADAPATABILTY AND FAMILY VALUES
WEAKNESS- HAND WRITING AND SOMETIMES I GET ANGRY FOR SILLY REASONS.
P1:THEN THEY ASKED WHY ARE YOU NOT SMILING?
BIT NERVOUS I SAIDAND I LAUGHED.
P1: NOW UR SMILING.
P3:U HAVE 17 MONTHS EXP WHAT WORK DO U DO
TOLD ABT MY PROJ RELATED TO PLM AND SAID DATS Y MBA.
P2:BUT OPEARTION'S IS JUST A SUBJECT IN MBA HE SAID?
EXPLAINED DAT I GET TO LEARN SCM, BRAND MANEGEMENT AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING TOO.AND RYT NOW I AM WORKING IN S/W RELATED PLM BUT I GET TO WORK IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DAT WOUD BE A BIG PLUS
P2: CAREER GOAL?
TOLD THE SAME THING ABT STARTING A SESAME OIL EXTRACTION PLANT 10-15 YRS DOWN THE LINE.
P1:WHAT GAMES DO U PLAY?
TENNIS AND SHUTTLE
P1:ROLE MODEL IN SHUTTLE
NO ROLE MODELS JUST PLAY FOR FUN.
P3:DO U READ NEWSPAPER?
I JUST READ THE HEADLINES AND MOSTLY SPORT NEWS.I AM STILL DEVELOPING THE HABBIT OF READING NEWSPAPERS.

EVERYONE STUNNED I DONT KNOW Y AFTER I TOLD THIS.

P3:WHAT NEWSPAPER DO U READ?
THE HINDU

P1 AND P2 STARTED SMILING AT P3 SAYING UR NEWSPAPER

P1:FROM WHERE U CAME AND HOW U CAME?
ANSWERED
Interview Experience :AVG
Any other details you want to mention :panel is just looking at ur document there is no thorough checking
Verdict :fingure's crossed...

I have my interview tomorrow.bt i havent taken out the printout of personal details form.The site http://210.212.152.137/iimraipur/pgpadmn/index.php is not working.wat should i do?

Hi all,

Date & Slot : 15thFeb,2013 08:30AM PGDM
Location: IIM L Noida Campus

Cat percentile: 98.89
Work Ex: 20 months

WAT Topic : A close association between industry and professional institutes are good generally. Do u see any inherent wrong in this association.

WAT Experience : 25 min , 300 words. Unfortunately, in my panel they asked us to stop writing 5 min before. So do not waste time.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 Sirs and 1 mam (sweet smiling), overall its very cool and composed and gave me good enough time to explain things.

Questions asked in PI :
Panel:- which branch? college?
me:- ISM
Panel:- CSE in ISM ?
me :- Explained them its now a full fledged engineering university.
Panel:- Explain us about cloud computing (as we non IT persons)
me:- explained.
Panel :- which specialization in CSE?
me:- tolad about my interest and a published research paper, then discussion on that..
Panel(now the sweet smiling mam asks):- leader are born, not made...
me:- gave some views of mine. Then a discussion on it. what qualities a leader must have and so on...
Panel:- name 2 contemporary leaders and then discussion..
Panel:- ok, any questions...
me:- clarified my doubts.....thanks

Interview Experience : Went fine, had a healthy discussion and interaction.

Any other details you want to mention : Be cool and composed , panel is very nice
Advice to other candidates :any thing can be asked....
@sonalc59 The admission team replied on facebook that they are looking into it and it should be up soon. Dont worry :)
Date & Slot : 15 Nov, Afternoon slot

Location: IIM L noida campus

Cat percentile: 98.13

Work Ex: 3 years

WAT Topic : Dont remember exactly. But somewhat like this : "India has potential for blue eyed growth according to Tablet manufacturers. Do you think frugal technique used by them in technical products will be beneficial ?"

WAT Experience : Was good. wrote in a coherent manner. Mentioned about aakash tablets .

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 1 Lady, 1 Gentleman
Questions asked in PI :
*You are from North East. Why do you think NE is lagging behind ?
* about china tryin to create a dam in Arunachal.
* why new iims ?
* What other iim calls ?
* long term goal
* ethical values that i possess
* a question and some discussion on innovation report that I submitted
* asked to look back. There were few paper cuttings. asked to pick any topic n say smthin
* few venn diagrams provided where ethical and legal aspects were shown. asked which venn diagram represents the present state of india
* questions on extra curricular

Interview Experience : All in all a smooth one. no hiccups.

Any other details you want to mention : Nothin much..be urself. and be alert.

Verdict : No clue. Keeping fingers crossed
@pras2407 said:
Date & Slot : 15 Nov, Afternoon slot

Location: IIM L noida campus

Cat percentile: 98.13

Work Ex: 3 years

WAT Topic : Dont remember exactly. But somewhat like this : "India has potential for blue eyed growth according to Tablet manufacturers. Do you think frugal technique used by them in technical products will be beneficial ?"

WAT Experience : Was good. wrote in a coherent manner. Mentioned about aakash tablets .

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 1 Lady, 1 Gentleman
Questions asked in PI :
*You are from North East. Why do you think NE is lagging behind ?
* about china tryin to create a dam in Arunachal.
* why new iims ?
* What other iim calls ?
* long term goal
* ethical values that i possess
* a question and some discussion on innovation report that I submitted
* asked to look back. There were few paper cuttings. asked to pick any topic n say smthin
* few venn diagrams provided where ethical and legal aspects were shown. asked which venn diagram represents the present state of india
* questions on extra curricular

Interview Experience : All in all a smooth one. no hiccups.

Any other details you want to mention : Nothin much..be urself. and be alert.

Verdict : No clue. Keeping fingers crossed
@mridulmalpani said:
Hi all,

Date & Slot : 15thFeb,2013 08:30AM PGDM
Location: IIM L Noida Campus

Cat percentile: 98.89
Work Ex: 20 months

WAT Topic : A close association between industry and professional institutes are good generally. Do u see any inherent wrong in this association.

WAT Experience : 25 min , 300 words. Unfortunately, in my panel they asked us to stop writing 5 min before. So do not waste time.

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : 2 Sirs and 1 mam (sweet smiling), overall its very cool and composed and gave me good enough time to explain things.

Questions asked in PI :
Panel:- which branch? college?
me:- ISM
Panel:- CSE in ISM ?
me :- Explained them its now a full fledged engineering university.
Panel:- Explain us about cloud computing (as we non IT persons)
me:- explained.
Panel :- which specialization in CSE?
me:- tolad about my interest and a published research paper, then discussion on that..
Panel(now the sweet smiling mam asks):- leader are born, not made...
me:- gave some views of mine. Then a discussion on it. what qualities a leader must have and so on...
Panel:- name 2 contemporary leaders and then discussion..
Panel:- ok, any questions...
me:- clarified my doubts.....thanks

Interview Experience : Went fine, had a healthy discussion and interaction.

Any other details you want to mention : Be cool and composed , panel is very nice
Advice to other candidates :any thing can be asked....
@santoshkadamat said:
Date & Slot :15TH FEB FORE NOON
Location:BANGALORE
Work Ex:17 MONTHS
WAT Topic :SHOULD THERE BE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ARE THERE ANY DISADVANTAGES.TELL UR VIEWS
WAT Experience :AVG......GIVEN 30 MIN AND 300 WORDS
Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) :3 (2 MIDDLE AGED 1 OLD)
Questions asked in PI :
P1:TAKE A TOFEY...
TOOK AND SAID THANKYOU
P2:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF?
TOLD
P3:TELL ME ABT YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND?
TOLD
P2:SO UR FATHER IS A BUSSINESSMAN SO U WANT TO TAKE HIS PATH??
SAID MAY BE AFTER 10-15 YEARS BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT BUSINESS PLAN
P2:WHAT ARE UR STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESS?(grilled me a lot on this)
STRENGHTS- SMILE, ADAPATABILTY AND FAMILY VALUES
WEAKNESS- HAND WRITING AND SOMETIMES I GET ANGRY FOR SILLY REASONS.
P1:THEN THEY ASKED WHY ARE YOU NOT SMILING?
BIT NERVOUS I SAIDAND I LAUGHED.
P1: NOW UR SMILING.
P3:U HAVE 17 MONTHS EXP WHAT WORK DO U DO
TOLD ABT MY PROJ RELATED TO PLM AND SAID DATS Y MBA.
P2:BUT OPEARTION'S IS JUST A SUBJECT IN MBA HE SAID?
EXPLAINED DAT I GET TO LEARN SCM, BRAND MANEGEMENT AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING TOO.AND RYT NOW I AM WORKING IN S/W RELATED PLM BUT I GET TO WORK IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DAT WOUD BE A BIG PLUS
P2: CAREER GOAL?
TOLD THE SAME THING ABT STARTING A SESAME OIL EXTRACTION PLANT 10-15 YRS DOWN THE LINE.
P1:WHAT GAMES DO U PLAY?
TENNIS AND SHUTTLE
P1:ROLE MODEL IN SHUTTLE
NO ROLE MODELS JUST PLAY FOR FUN.
P3O U READ NEWSPAPER?
I JUST READ THE HEADLINES AND MOSTLY SPORT NEWS.I AM STILL DEVELOPING THE HABBIT OF READING NEWSPAPERS.

EVERYONE STUNNED I DONT KNOW Y AFTER I TOLD THIS.

P3:WHAT NEWSPAPER DO U READ?
THE HINDU

P1 AND P2 STARTED SMILING AT P3 SAYING UR NEWSPAPER

P1:FROM WHERE U CAME AND HOW U CAME?
ANSWERED
Interview Experience :AVG
Any other details you want to mention anel is just looking at ur document there is no thorough checking
Verdict :fingure's crossed...
"
Guys, how long did you interviews last??? ATB ! :)

What time should one reach for an 8.30 am interview slot, in case of IIM-L Noida Campus?? @psmaurya

guys, wat all do we need to carry with us....?

ps: sorry for spam. i will delete this in a few mins

@sammba21 said:
"Guys, how long did you interviews last??? ATB !
around 20 mins on an average for every1
@sammba21 said:
"Guys, how long did you interviews last??? ATB !
around 20 mins on an average for every1
@huzefa5055 please tell me about max writing time for the WAT
@sonalc59 it works fine now.

Disclaimer: numbers in the bracket (1) - hints that no selection at all

Date & Slot : 1st day & Forenoon (830 AM reporting time )

Location: IIM Lucknow Noida Campus (36 km from my place..)

Cat percentile: 97.37% (1)

Work Ex: 19 months

WAT Topic : A close association between professional institutes and industry would improve educational standards. Do you see any inherent dangers in this link ? Give your views.

WAT Experience : Dont rmbr exactly but 11 students I guess in the pre-specified panel (Pre-specified 2 ). Wrote some decent points - CSR, yojanas by gov, education deficit etc etc., 1 line about right to education, developed and developing economies, industrial help- setting the aspirations etc etc.. 300 words - 25 minutes.. 7-10 minutes to think..

Details about interview panel (no of interviewer etc) : Same as the WAT - 1 Ma'm (Sweet - 35+) and Sir (early 40's)..

1st (in fact 1st for the day also) in the panel Bakra who got butchered (3 )

Questions asked in PI : (questions can vary a little and Subject to conditions )

No intro
Asked for my file and certificates (orginals + xeroxs)
You did ur grad, after that what were you doing for an year.. I was working sir
Why MBA if working good..
What are long term goals.. (tea for the panel comes in)...
Dont u want to start something of ur own (biscuits come in.. smiling looking at each other..)
Were more busy talking to bhaiya serving the morning snacks..Huhh..
Nobel prize winner in Physics last year - cannot recall the name (4 )
Heard of CV Raman, what was his contribution (5 )
Ohh.. Raman effect what is it- told.. then applications in BUSINESS WORLD and DAY TO DAY LIFE .. I mean what... Gave a philosophical path.. ohh leave it.. tell me the practical implementation... No idea sir (6 )
Why science and then this firm..
What 2 learnings you got when u joined in
What do u mean by values?
What are those values in u
Values at ur workplace- little and cut down
Give me an instance of honesty
Gave me a sheet with 10-11 Short forms (how many I knew- answered dont know about 5,6,7,8)- rest i know.. no further discussion on that..
Okay, turn around and 5-6 ads (from today's TOI only - saw when they were cutting them).. have a glimpse .. turn back... What if u were made the PM for a day..3 changes??
Education-infra development-women empowerment
Why is this order- wouldnt that create unrest in youth, increase sex rates, unemployment bla bla.. tried explaining.. (7 )
okay.. India u said, agri -driven economy.. how much contribution of agri in GDP (answered ~30% but correct is 17% - 8 )
Leadership skills.. what are those.. okay... let me rephrase it-- role/position..!! I said role... junior can also show those skills.. (9 )
What skills-- started but same moment was cut down!!
3 things you have learnt from workplace - again (clearly 1st time they were not convinced-- 10 )
What all calls do u have?- all the new IIMs ma'm..
New IIMs which, okay assume got through all.. then what..Hmmm..
Did u try getting in touch with students..?? bold question that was..
What did u learn from their experience.. (11
)
Isnt it a risk of opting for new IIMs and leaving this job.. (12 )
Okay, u have played these international tournaments.. where is the certi.. sir see.. okay.. explain.. (13 )..

Okay Good luck (Basically Screw U).. Bhaag jaa.. yahan se kuch nhi hoga tera.. kahin se bhi uth kar chaley aatey hain.. tumhari aukaat nhi hai interview deney ki.. (purely what i felt)..With a smile...:P ( - 14)

Stood up and TATA Bye bye (Dil ne fir se kahaa.. bhagwaan tuje har rahaa par hint de rha hai.. toh ek aur lele.. 15 )

Interview Experience :

Hahaha.. 15 hints that u cannot.. u cudnt... u shudnt.. and u wouldnt.. and what.. u .. shhooo away..


Any other details you want to mention : Its okay if u dont eat anything in the morning.. It would just take u 45 minutes inside the burner.. was the 1st one to get kicked..

Verdict : Arey clear hi hai...