From which area will the bus pick up and drop facility will be done? I am actually looking for a hotel and want to know which area should I be staying at?
All the best for GE/PI for people having tomorrows slot. 
Seniors, when I try to print my annexure, some text is getting cut. How can we change the page setup.. Kindly Help.
The call letter doesn't mention suit/blazer as a part of dress code.. ....so if we want to wear suits.....is it ok or strictly not allowed??
@Archangel7 It is ok if don't wear tht..my GEPI got over yesterday and I saw people with suit/blazers and many not..So upto you
Anybody else at 12.15 PM today? Biggest headache is have to tie the Tie!
@sam1810 It was good, GD we had 2 ..One they gave us a sheet which had these political cartoons. It had congress, BJP and anahazare..So we had 3 minutest to look at it and write down whatever comes to our mind ( all in 3 minutes) and after which we need to read out exactly what we wrote..SO all will get an oppurtunbity. Second GD was on a general topic like Change in education system to avoid student suicide and in my case became a fish market with all trying to shout down each other :). PI was cool. It was 2 member panel they just ask questions based on what u wrote in ur annexure..So be prepared on whatever u wrote on Annexure..After all this there was an extempore whoch is quite easy,,I got a topic about Budgets ..Ya that was it ,,It was good :)..All the best..
As mentioned in the call letter the bus pick up facility will be available from Symbiosis Society, Opposite Passport Office, SenapatiBapat Road, Pune 411004 to SIBM campus
There are two different slots :
Morning slot & the afternoon slot.
There are 3 buses which have different timings (with a gap of 15 minutes each), starting from 7.00 - 7.30 a.m & afternoon slot from 11.15 - 11.45 a.m.
As my interview is at 12.05 p.m, I need to know the time it takes to reach from Senapati Bapat Road to SIBM campus. Will the 11.15 a.m bus reach the campus in 30 minutes?
Bcoz, catching an early bus at 7.30 a.m to attend interview at 12 in the afternoon would be too early.
There are two different slots :
Morning slot & the afternoon slot.
There are 3 buses which have different timings (with a gap of 15 minutes each), starting from 7.00 - 7.30 a.m & afternoon slot from 11.15 - 11.45 a.m.
As my interview is at 12.05 p.m, I need to know the time it takes to reach from Senapati Bapat Road to SIBM campus. Will the 11.15 a.m bus reach the campus in 30 minutes?
Bcoz, catching an early bus at 7.30 a.m to attend interview at 12 in the afternoon would be too early.
@stalwart2012 : GE was based on small adv snippet from times magazine and we were asked to write about it for 3 mins and then discuss it as a case study...2 nd GD was on a topic they gave .. both were for about max 30 min in total . Interview was trivial with few questions on ur UG background and annexure based .There was extempore on the topic which was to be picked by each and we were given a minute to structure our thoughts.Interview panel are very friendly , they made me at ease from the moment i entered.(Opinions may differ )
Any reasonable hotels near SIBM? Budget is around 1500
can anyone please tell me which is a better college sibm banglore or siib ?? guys please help
Hi all,So here it's my time to contribute to you Pagals since I have gained so much from you all.
Ahh finally the day arrived when I had my first GD and interviews for my MBA. It was at SIBM.
Kudos to ART and management done and specially to my co-ordinator Divya who was a complete sweetheart and fun to talk to. We were felt at home. Process started with verification of our documents and a video on SIBM was shown.
Breakup of marks : 40 marks SNAP, 6 marks 10th 12th marks, 20 (10+10) GE 34 PI !!!!
GE 1 : On an A4 sheet there were two cartoons drawn one with title previous issue with a cartoon of Manmohan Singh as smiling face and the adjacent was again Manmohan Singh but with a sad face. We were told to write in that sheet itself and then we read what we had written out there. Then the sheet was collected topic was given:
"Manmohan Singh then and now. Does he has time to change anything"
We discussed. Group was good had cool discussion.
By the way the group---> Out of 9 people 7 were present all engineers and only one fresher but he was truly brilliant chap. Ironically he wasn't sure about doing MBA and had just come to take an experience. Other guys were were experienced ones like Sr construction engineer at L&T; and at Bajaj plant etc myself from TCS.
GE 2 : Group discussion. Topic was "The Indian budget is always more people friendly than economy friendly."
We were very civilized group and had an outstanding discussion which was praised by panel.
Panel----> One lady and one guy. Both very experienced like 20 years or so. Lady was from another institute or industry and sir from college.
We had good lunch and then final verification of marks allotment of 10th and 12th 3 each.
PI : The big guns !!!
one lady from industry and one professor (was later told that he is a famous professor from marketing)
All the guys from my group went to some panel who was asking generic questions like describe yourself, why MBA, what do you do and what do you want to do. Only I was guided to some different panel. When I entered we exchanged greetings. Lady : L Professor : P
L : Whom do you share your name with?
Me : My father. She laughs.
L : which famous personality?
Me : Ohh... director vijay anand great Devanand's brother.
L : ok. She smiles.
P : what different work do you do?
Me : told...blah blah...
L : What is difference between sales and revenue.
Me : I thought both are same defined revenue stuck in sales...
L : stressed and confused me.
P : What would you change at your workplace?
Me : told..
P : What id industry attrition rate?
Me : told.. (maybe wrong but with confidence)
P : who has lowest?
Me : told..
P : how come you say so?
Me : told.. that I have read the report.
L : some more questions....
Me : told..
P : what are your hobbies?
Me : told.. pen collection
P : Tell me 4 uncommon pens which are not heard of..
Me : told.. he was impressed here
In the end extempore was there.
Told to pick up a chit.
Got topic " Good Economics and Good Politics."
Some more questions....
asked I was nervous told them they boosted my morale that we are same family etc..
Could have gone much better but still hopeful to enter this. Campus was awesome but too much far from city. Waiting for results to be out
Ahh finally the day arrived when I had my first GD and interviews for my MBA. It was at SIBM.
Kudos to ART and management done and specially to my co-ordinator Divya who was a complete sweetheart and fun to talk to. We were felt at home. Process started with verification of our documents and a video on SIBM was shown.
Breakup of marks : 40 marks SNAP, 6 marks 10th 12th marks, 20 (10+10) GE 34 PI !!!!
GE 1 : On an A4 sheet there were two cartoons drawn one with title previous issue with a cartoon of Manmohan Singh as smiling face and the adjacent was again Manmohan Singh but with a sad face. We were told to write in that sheet itself and then we read what we had written out there. Then the sheet was collected topic was given:
"Manmohan Singh then and now. Does he has time to change anything"
We discussed. Group was good had cool discussion.
By the way the group---> Out of 9 people 7 were present all engineers and only one fresher but he was truly brilliant chap. Ironically he wasn't sure about doing MBA and had just come to take an experience. Other guys were were experienced ones like Sr construction engineer at L&T; and at Bajaj plant etc myself from TCS.
GE 2 : Group discussion. Topic was "The Indian budget is always more people friendly than economy friendly."
We were very civilized group and had an outstanding discussion which was praised by panel.
Panel----> One lady and one guy. Both very experienced like 20 years or so. Lady was from another institute or industry and sir from college.
We had good lunch and then final verification of marks allotment of 10th and 12th 3 each.
PI : The big guns !!!
one lady from industry and one professor (was later told that he is a famous professor from marketing)
All the guys from my group went to some panel who was asking generic questions like describe yourself, why MBA, what do you do and what do you want to do. Only I was guided to some different panel. When I entered we exchanged greetings. Lady : L Professor : P
L : Whom do you share your name with?
Me : My father. She laughs.
L : which famous personality?
Me : Ohh... director vijay anand great Devanand's brother.
L : ok. She smiles.
P : what different work do you do?
Me : told...blah blah...
L : What is difference between sales and revenue.
Me : I thought both are same defined revenue stuck in sales...
L : stressed and confused me.
P : What would you change at your workplace?
Me : told..
P : What id industry attrition rate?
Me : told.. (maybe wrong but with confidence)
P : who has lowest?
Me : told..
P : how come you say so?
Me : told.. that I have read the report.
L : some more questions....
Me : told..
P : what are your hobbies?
Me : told.. pen collection
P : Tell me 4 uncommon pens which are not heard of..
Me : told.. he was impressed here
In the end extempore was there.
Told to pick up a chit.
Got topic " Good Economics and Good Politics."
Some more questions....
asked I was nervous told them they boosted my morale that we are same family etc..
Could have gone much better but still hopeful to enter this. Campus was awesome but too much far from city. Waiting for results to be out
@Aniket97 Hi Aniket. I had my interview yesterday. I some how missed to submit the current information form. Please suggest me what to do now. If possible plz pm me my coordinator contact number(Manik). Waiting for ur reply..
hiii what is current information form mentioned in documents? is it like resume or we need to download from somewhere??? regards
what are the timings of buses which will drop us at SB Road in the evening