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Hi guys,Please post your interview experiences in the following format... Date of Interview:Location of interview:Name:CAT percentile:10th, 12th , grad %:Work Ex :Details of the panel & Duration of the PI:Questions and your answers
All the best, future managers 😃
i made a request for centre change as interview dates are clashing . i even sent you attachment but i have not got any reply it has been a week. please help @Cheena_Pasrija
hey..my interview is schedule in morning slot.
by what time latest I will be free..??
No interview experiences from Mumbai folks yet 😐
I had my PI today at mumbai morning slot. The process is pretty smooth and there were no issues whatsoever. DO CARRY A PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH. They have not asked to bring it but there they ask for it(though it is not compulsory)
PI are not first come first basis. They have a list and they go according to that. I was last on the list and so my pi was last.
There are 3 panels and each panel has 3 panelists. Things to prepare:-
1) Acads:- They will look at your marksheet and ask anything from any subject on that marksheet
2) Work ex: know your job role, About your company history etc.
3) Current affairs: I was asked about NITI ayog, World's largest refinery.
4) Standard ques:- Well not much is being asked. Tell me about yourself is the thing which was asked and that to not too many people. others like Why MBA or why should we select you etc. is not being asked that much.
My Pi lasted for hardly 10 min. Others pi also ranged from 10-15 min.
Other current affairs asked to other people were of US-Cuba, Modi, Environment related opinion, delhi elections.
VERY IMP for CA:- Prepare political current affairs and opinions about it.
Overall i don't know what to make of my PI. So fingers crossed.
Hey Puys, I have my IIM-S interview on 15th. Is there an FB discussion group or whatsapp group for this ?
HI.
I m third year of banking and insurance.
Had my IIM Shillong interview in the morning.
Number of interviewers in the panel:3
Length:15-20mins
Questions asked PI: Current affairs 50%,Acads 50%
They bombard with your from questions from right ,center,left. 😛
Can someone list down what all we need to carry? Or where can i get the same mentioned? I couldn't find the list in any of the emails I have received from their end.
Guys who have already had their interviews- How much depth is the acads being looked at?
Interview date : 5th feb mumbai morning slot.
no of panelists=3(p1,p2,p3)
most of my interview was on current affairs and i hardly could reply to any 😞 !! very few questions on acads and that too very basic as i guess he was not aware with my engg. only one question on job role.
current affair questions by p2- reason for dip in oil prices, US-cuba & us-Vietnam relationship( point blank ) , eurozone crisis ( was cut in between because i guess i was leading in a wrong way) ,
qs from p1 was on hobbies - tell me about yourself, which sports do u play, autobiography of alex ferguson( point blank) , drought regions in gujarat as i was from gujarat( point blank)
qs from p3 on tech - describe your job role, drew one figure and told me to explain the process ( very simple)
interview length - approx 15 mins ( given the weightage of 70% criteria how do they judge the person in so less time, well anyways as i replied dont know to many of the questions they were done with me 😛 ) but seriously no question on acads or work ex was a big let down. my interview current affair based and as i said no to many qs is where i lost iim shillong itself 😁
PS: was offered a chocolate in end which implied that "Beta ham terko admission to dene se rahe please ye chocolate rakhlo aur khush raho."
I have my interview on 26th Feb in Kolkata at 1.45 pm and I have my interview at IIT-B the next day at 7.30 in the morning. Can anyone please tell me by when the PI process will be over so that I can book my flight accordingly?
when do delhi people have interviews? I have on 5th April. Isnt it too late??
what topics are important for mechanical engineers? Not possible to study all the subjects in the transcript. 😞
Done with my Interview.
Interview Date and Location : 7th Feb , Mumbai (In a Hotel Management Institute)
Around 25 aspirants turned up and as per the Sir, who was doing the registration Part, It was a good attendance.
Things to take positively: Call Letter, Print-out of Filled in Form, ID Proof, a Photograph
At registration, they were informally interacting with us and they asked everyone what other calls do we have.
My Experience: Traveled in the morning from Pune to Mumbai for the Interview, reached at 11 a.m for 1.30 p.m interview. Nice that they had a fully air-conditioned waiting room, relaxed there for 2 hours 😃
I was the 1st one to be interviewed , was called for registration. Realizing I'm a bong, the Sir at registration desk started chatting with me in Bengali and also asked what would be your preference of Institute for Joining ( had multiple calls).
Interview: 3 panelists (p1- Current Affairs Guy(Middle aged, tough to understand what he was saying, different accent), p2- Acads Guy(Smart Stud, No-nonsense guy), p3- Work-ex Guy(Very very old professor, he must be in his 80s)
Moment I entered,
p3: Hi XXXX, How many times have you wrote cat before?
Me: 2 Sir, this is my third attempt
p3: Didn't you get through before?
Me: Answered (Seemed convinced)
p3: Engineering in Chemical, working in analytics, mis-match, why?
Me: Answered
p1: Obama in news again after India visit. Why?
Me; Answered
p1: Asked about something- couldn't understand what me meant(accent and also never heard anything close to that)
Me: Don't know Sir
p1: Muslim population in Bengal?
Me: Don't know Sir (What was he thinking?)
p1: Should Indian and Bangladesh join together?
Me: Answered
p1: What are the advantages?
Me; Thinking- He comes back with another question
p1: Recent Nagaland-Myanmar border issue
Me: Never heard about it Sir (Was he serious?)
p1: What impact would India have to have friendly relation with Myanmar?
Me: Answered(He looked convinced)
p1: I'm done, hands over the baton to p2
p2: Heat Transfer and mass transfer related questions
Me; Sir, long time, not in touch (I'm having 20 Months work-ex)
p2: Smiling, atleast what are the modes of heat transfer?
Me; Answred
p2: write the equations
Me; Wrote for 2 out of 3 of them
p2: Y Victoria memorial is turning yellow?
Me; After some thought, tried to answer
p2: tell from a chemical engineers point of view
Me: Answered (Seemed satisfied)
p2: Draws a graph, asks to write the equation of the same
Me : Done
p2: I'm done, passes the baton to p3
p3: Compared to 10, 12, graduation marks less
Me: Explained
p3: I see a Subject called statistics in your grade card, Can you tell me what you studied?
Me: Hypothesis testing.......
p3: Directly?
Me: No Sir, initially types of variable
p3: What is that study called?
Me: thinking
p3: Scale of measurement, he explained y. How many types are there?
Me: 4, but could name only 2 (Damn me) and also couldn't explain the exact definition (Felt very very bad here, was in my domain, should have answered it smartly)
p3: What work you do?
Me: Explained (Talked a lot here)
p3: tried to grill, asking why and how in between.
Me: Answered (He seemed convinced initially but at the end, looked exhausted)
p3: List 3 things you learnt from your work-ex?
Me: Answered with example
They were having a casual reply to every learning
Okay XXX, we are done. P1: take a candy
About to leave, p2: Do you know any of your college senior in IIM-S?
Me: after some thought, No Sir!
p2: Okay, Thank you
My Take:
Being the first one, the interview went for quite a good amount of time. The faculties were not that interactive, I was speaking a lot throughout the Interview, they were more/less listening. Once each of their part was done, they were busy going through my Certis. p3 seemed tough to satisfy, p2 stopped him at the end, else it seemed p3 would still go on quizzing me. I felt the overall experience was good except the Stats part, I should have smartly answered that. it made me feel very very bad the moment I left the center.
Puys, I don't know, what to take from it? What do u guys think?
@Dante_ftw1 @Cheena_Pasrija : What do you all think about the PI?
Hope it helps the other puys!
I am currently in the final year of Bcom, and am also a CA finalist. What kind of questions can I expect? Any recommended preparatory material for people from a commerce background?
Any commerce guys here who are done with their interviews and would like to share their experience?
Thanks in advance 😃
PS- For some reason, I'm not able to post my queries on the synapse forum.
Urgent
My interview date for IIMshillong is 17/2 and same is the date for 6 new IIM. I sent an email requesting for change of date to IIMUdaipur and also went to their office to give my details and request for a change in date. Request was denied. Meanwhile I also sent an email to IIMshillong and they have not yet responded to my email. Is anything possible now?
if anybody has given interview then please tell me is interview conducted only on personal form which we had filled earlier?
IIM Shillong PI
Slot: 13th Feb, 1:45 PM
Venue: Hotel Mantra Amaltas
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Profile
10th 87.85%
12th 94.20%
Final Year B.Com.(Hons.), Delhi University: 76.5%
CAT 98.45 percentile..
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Verification Process
The waiting area was pretty cool what with a pool and all 😁
Only one guy came in to do the verification. He called out the names one by one and he checked the:
Call Letter.
Form.
Identity Proof.
That's it.
The weird thing was he was matching the photo in the form with the id for like 10-15 seconds. Everyone who was wearing glasses was asked to take them off for the 'photo matching'
Also some informal chit-chat about other calls, India's chances in the world cup.
After that we were asked to wait. Candidates were called in batches of 6-7 at a time for each panel, there were three floors. Panel A,B,C respectively on floor 1,2,3.
Once our name was called we were taken to a second waiting room. Candidates were being interviewed one by one out of the 6-7 and the others had to wait. So, if your name is 5th or 6th in the group, then good luck, because you're going to be waiting for a long time.
Interviews ranged from 20-30 minutes.
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Interview
Panel C
Three panelists.
P1: Male professor. (Mid 40s)
P2 : Female professor. (Late 50s)
P3: Male professor. (Late 50s)
All three were warm and cordial.
Asked for my certificates, so I started unzipping the folder and they were like no problem hand it over, we'll see what to do.
SO, ARRANGE YOUR CERTIFICATES PROPERLY IN A FOLDER IN WHATEVER ORDER YOU DEEM FIT. But don't go in without arranging them. Would give the wrong impression. Include all the achievements, accolades, extracurricular certificates that you want them to see.
Anyway coming to the interview, my experience was so far from baseline that I wasn't even sure whether I should share it.
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I mainly talked to P1, a little bit to P2 and I don't think I talked to P3 at all😛
Things I remember that we talked about:
Tell me about yourself.
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They said if I am non-judgemental then what would I do if a team member was incompetent.
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Delhi elections and how if Arvind Kejriwal decides to take the city for a ride, how we can do nothing about it.They told me to suggest amendments in the constitution to ensure that doesn't happen.
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'Finding yourself'
They were like we know that's a supremely heavy question but tell us what have you really found out about yourself.
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Our place in the universe.
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They said we see your ethics but sooner or later you will have to kill your conscience to survive in the corporate world. What would you do then?
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Something related to compassion.
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Some other philosophy related things like asking the right questions on the level of the universe.Connecting the dots on a macro level.
Something about thinking so much at the age of 20.
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Also about how maybe my personal goals and professional goals don't align properly. They said you'll probably end up in a social organization sooner or later.
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Yeah also something about materialism and what money meant to me.
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Why not join IIM Himachal instead of IIM Shillong.
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What do you know about IIM Shillong?
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What is CAD? Why was it high last year? (Only question that was even remotely related to acads)
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Vivekanand's teachings. Whether I had read any of his books. (By the way I didn't mention or bring him up either in the form or PI 😲 )
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Something about three things in the Gita that lead to divinity. (Who knows such things 😁 Jesus)
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Interacting with different kinds of people, people with lives completely different from my own and getting kinds of perspectives from it.
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They offered a toffee at the end. For some fucking reason I said have a nice day when they said best of luck.(Why, why?!)
Way heavier discussions than I expected, P2 at one point was like okay wooh let's move down to something lighter. But we came back to it pretty soon anyway. Lol.
As atypical an interview as possible. Don't know what to make of it. Don't care that much anyway.
Only advice is to go through your form properly and see what they can bring up. Oh and arrange your certificates properly.
Best of luck to everyone 😃
Do well!
IIM Shillong PI
Slot: 14 February 2015, 8:45 PM
Venue: Delhi
Hotel Mantra Amaltas, Friends Colony (W), Mathura Road
(For people who have a problem finding it, its right on the main Mathura road. If one is going towards Ashram from Faridabad, it will be on the left about half a Kilometer before the Ashram red light. Use the service road to access it. A guy I spoke with, had trouble locating it)
Profile
10th: 85.16% (Had 6 subjects)
12th: 90.25% (Had 6 subjects) - Science with Economics
Graduation: 63.7 (Delhi University) - B.A (Hons) Economics
CAT 2014: 97.16 %ile
Work Experience: 17 Months with a world reputed Financial Research Firm.
ECA: I would rate myself 10/10 on this. I have been very good at extracurricular activities across all spectra right from school itself. Have won tons of competitions and have two files of certificates and stuff.
Waiting Area and Verification Process
There's a noticeboard outside which directs people to the waiting area in the basement. Pretty decent, had some books (Sort of a mini library), a non functional pool with very little (and dirty?) water (-1 for the Hotel Management). Parent's and guardians can also wait here along with the candidates.
Although the reporting time was 8:30, I reached by 8:20. The moment I stepped in, I saw that there were already 30-40 candidates already seated (Woah, you guys really are punctual! )
I had barely managed to seat myself in the front row (since all the back benches and other mid seats were taken 😛 ), then a guy dressed in a IIM Shillong T-Shirt came in and started the process.
The guy was extremely professional and polite. Wow just wow. I was amazed at this guy. He was the perfect opposite of a typical Indian college babu that I have dealt with through my college life, govt offices and SBI Banks :P.
He was cheerful, bright and extremely polite ( to the point of apologizing in advance in case he pronounced names incorrectly since he was from the North East and not very good at names). He made us feel very comfortable, offered tea, coffee to the candidates and the parent's/guardians. (+1 Respect for IIM Shillong)
He outlined the basic process of the interview. He would take the roll call and we had to approach him and present the Call Letter, the Interview Form and the Photo ID. He took the form but returned the photo ID and the call letter. We also had to sign the attendance sheet along with filling in our CAT IDs.
Also he announced that before entering the interview room, we would be required to switch off our mobile phones, as failure to do so would result in disqualification. The interview panel may ask for your phone at any time and if they find it is on, you would be chucked out. Although we could use them while waiting.
Although my name was in the middle of the list, I asked him by what time my interview would be over (since I had to arrange for transportation accordingly), he surprised me saying that I would be one of the first.
I had barely grabbed a glass of water then one of the panel members came in and took 3 of us for the interview to the third floor. I was third in line and had to wait in an area adjoining the interview room which was spacious, airy and bright. I walked around the room and had a nice view of the area.
The interviews had started sharp at 9:00 AM and the first candidate was called in.
Now since I was one of the first, I can assume that there was only one panel as I barely had time to loaf around and check out what was happening. Although others on the forum have reported three panels.
Interview
P1: Male Professor (Late 20's - Early 30's) - The one who took us from the basement to the interview. Never smiled. Could not identify him later on as his photo was not on the website.
P2: Female Professor (Middle aged) - Warm and nice. I could later on identify her from the website. Smiling.
P3: Male professor. (Mid 30's) - Cordial and helpful. Smiled too. I could identify him later from the website as well.
M : Me (Yours truly, Bellator)
I was feeling confident, relaxed but with a few butterflies in my stomach ( normal for me 😛 )
I entered, closed the door and waited by the chair to be seated. Wished them while smiling and maintaining eye contact. They asked me to sit and then asked for my certificates. I had already arranged my certificates in proper order and handed them over.
P1: I see that you have been a quizzer, so you must be well updated.
M: (Smiled) I try to be, Sir.
P1: So spectrum has been in the news. Tell me about spectrum.
M: Spoke about the 2G allocation process by the previous government and the new one. Spoke how it is a resource for the government etc etc. Mentioned open tender and sealed bid auctions.
P1: What is the difference between this open tender and auctions by the different governments.
M: Explained well using examples. Mentioned Dutch auctions as well.
P1: Ok tell me about Nathuram Godse. Why has he been in the news?
M: Told about right wing Hindu groups installing an Idol and a mandir of him in Mathura ( Later on I checked and it was Meerut, but I guess it didn't matter much :/ )
P1: No. No. Leave that aside. Tell me more. Why has he been in the news for the past 6-8 months?
M: (Flummoxed as I had just told him!) Sir, As last year a right wing Hindu govt. came into power they would push for their agendas.
P1: (Not looking convinced at all): Tell me more.
At that moment P3 interjected. (Thank you P3!)
P3: Tell me your opinion on Nathuram Godse.
M: Gave a balanced answer as how some see him as a hero and how he moved people to tears at his trial vs how he took the path of violence and assassinated the father of the nation.
P3: Dont give me a politically correct answer. Tell me your views. What do you think?
M: I believe it is wrong Sir for anyone to take up the path of violence. He assassinated the father of the nation and I believe that the punishment and justice that was meted out to him was fully justified and I stand by that.
P1: I-S-I-S. What message are they trying to send?
M: Gave a full lecture on Arab politics, history, US Invasion of Iraq, Shia-Sunni conflict etc etc.
P1 nods to P3 who nodded to P2.
P2: So you are from economics background?
M: Yes Ma'am.
P2: Tell me about the Laffer Curve.
M: Aced this one. Told some nice trivia about it as well.
P2: How is the Laffer Curve different from the Engel's Curve?
M: Told her that its been a while since I have studied economics. But could hazard a guess. Told that Engel's curve deals with Income inequality which is very different from the Laffer curve which deals with taxation. ( I was partially correct, Engel's curve deals with Income and demand not Income and inequality)
P2: So where do you draw the line between Micro and Macro Economics?
M: (Took a few seconds to gather my thought and answered well)
P2 then asked about the Look East policy then a few hypothetical questions. Eg. If you were the central banker of this country which policy would you follow etc etc.
P3: Talked about my ECA after going through my certificates and publications, and how I manage my time etc. We had a nice chat about life, time and our pursuits and desires. Then he went on to ask me about my job, job satisfaction in it, what I had learnt from my job, my role, then mergers and acquisitions about my company and its parent which is based in New York. I was well prepared for all these and I answered well. He knew more about my company than I did but I somehow managed to dodge that bullet because a lot of events took place before I had joined!
They thanked me and asked me to leave, returned my certificates, and I thanked each of them in turn. (P1 did not even look at me, while the others smiled and were warm).
While I was halfway to the door, P2 offered me a toffee. I smiled and declined since I was almost at the door by then. (I think she looked a bit surprised that I had declined).
Overall I felt it went quite well, I was relaxed, smiled and maintained eye contact for the most part. I guess it lasted about 25 minutes and I was out by of the Hotel by 10:10 (pretty neat 😃 )
All the best to all of you who have yet to give their
interviews!