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 ans…
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 in the PI:Overall Experience including your view of your performance:
Any suggestions to others:
All the best everyone 😃
Date and location: 5 Feb, Kolkata
Name: sourav
CAT percentile: 99.94
10 : 94.86, 12:92.16
Grad: 8.42, civil engg, IIT (BHU)
Work Ex: 7 months, NHAI
Extra currics: nothing worth mentioning
Details of panel: Only 8 people turned up for the interview, so only one panel was conducting the PI, there wer three profs taking interviews, and as many as seven sitting surrounding us in a semicircle on the left hand side, popping an occassional question here and there.
Duration: 25-30 mins
P1(youngest, he was the one asking most of the questions): so sourav, where are you coming from now?
Me: about how I have been moving because of my job in NHAI, currently where am I deputed, etc
P1: so NHAI! Did u get through campus interview? How do they usually recruit?
Me: about how they recruited for the first time from IITs, they recruit through UPSC, blah blah blah
P1: hmmm, so u got lucky! Good for u! What does NHAI do? What do u do?
Me gyan about how they outsource all the work, do only paperwork , etc
P1: then why is NHAI needed? Where does ur salary come from?
Me: more gyan, random stuff, didnt know exactly about the assets of NHAI, told them
P1: differnece betweem civil engg and structural engg, does transportation engg include only highway engg, how do u assess the safety of a bridge after it is built!
Me: gave some gyan, but was not convincing, could not remember the technical details ( lowest point of my PI)
P2(oldest of them, never seemed to smile, seemed irritated) : here is a statement. Speak on it for a mi ute - india is not suited for parliamentary democracy
Me: it is not totally right to say we are not suited for it, we are a very young democracry, only 65 years old, give is time, we are in the process of ironing out and smoothing our shortcomings, we are thriving not in spite of democracy, but because of it, blah blah
P2: Hold on, you are speaking only against the motion, say something in favour of it
Me: as a parliamentary democracy, we have to respect the parliamentary procedures, debate every motion , take evrybodys view, respect the coalition dharma, it slows things down, projecting a weak leadership( i was going offtopic)
P1: what are your views on the upcoming general elections?
Me: gyan , blah blah blah
P1: tell us about your interests
Me: i like reading books, mostly contemporary indian and pakistani writers, about the life in south asia. How in spite of all differences, we are rooted to the same cultures, grounded in the same soil. I read popular fiction also, mainly forsyth, etc
P2: tell me the essence of " the reluctant fundamentalist", you have read that surely?
Me. Yes sir, (told them the story instead)
P3 ( who had been going through my certificates): why was the author of train to pakistan in news recently?
Me: khushwant singh, but not sure why he was in the news. This year he would turn 99, maybe that was the reason
P3: yeah: ok u may go
as i was stood up and turned to go, one of the seven profs surrounding called: ok last question, which book are you going to read next?
Me : moth smoke, sir
ok u may go!
I did not answer as confidently as I could, but nevertheless, felt good!
for others, all the best guys , be confident! Thats all it takes!
Date of Interview: 7/2
Location of interview: kolkata
Name: Siddarth chowdhary
CAT percentile: 99.46% ile
10th and 12th Marks: 83, 86
Work Ex : 26 months in diverse sectors
Details of the panel & Duration of the PI: 3 panelists, 2 young 1 oldie, 20 mins
Questions and your answers in PI:
1) why management?
2) where have u come from? Time taken?
3) world champ tt .... Indian players?
4) tech stuff.... ( cudnt answer)
5) why this job? Explain disconnect..... no use of engineering?
6) 5 places which u hv contacted which are not tht reputed....
7)what does ur comp do?
8) competitors?
9)Gave one maths puzzle..... easy one....
Couple of More questions I Don rem....
Overall Experience including your view of your performance: avg Imo.... One person with 99.94 had a 5 min pi .... rest is open to interpretation... 😃
Any suggestions to others: stay calm n confident 😃
Date of Interview: 8/2
Location: Kolkata (Kenilworth)
Profile : E&ECE;, fresher
PI: 3 panelists; 1 young(P2), 2 middle aged(P1 & P3) P1-GK, P2-General, P3-Core
P2:Q1: Started with my weaknesses, defended them, then two counter questions.
P2:Q2: How does FB generates revenue?
Me: Displaying Ads on profiles of people. Per view, they earn some income.
P2:Q2.1 So if u r the company, then will u invest?
Me: I'll do the market research, P2- How? Me: info from white paper or some standard paper of fb, P2: but it will be biased.. Me: Then I'll hire some consulting firm... P2: So cut it short- u don't know, ME: ya
P2: OK, communicated to other two that he is done and prompted them to ask ques.
P3:Q1: What r u studying- EC & electrical
ME: I corrected him that I'm studying Electronics & Electrical Comm
P3:Q1.1 What is this course about?
Me: put a vague reply... literally for the 1st time I realized that I'm not totally aware of my course.
P3: so u r comfortable in what? ME: all
then P1 asked me 3-core related very basic questions, to which I didn't know any..
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P1: Ask something about Arvind Kejrival, replied to it..
P1:Q1: What u have learned from ur POR(position of responsibility) that will help u as future manager?
Me: replied with 3 decent points.
P1:Q2: what is the difference between Freedom & Independence?
Me: Independence is subset of freedom. We have rights like Rights to speech... he cut me and asked
P1:Q2.1: What do u call those rights?
Me: I don't remember the exact technical term, but they have been granted to us by Constitution of India. They are 6like right to speech, ....(didn't able to recall others so shifted the focus) -->
- initially 5, basics one but one is added later.. P3- What is that? Me- RTE(Right to education)..
P1- What is that? Me- explained it-- Right to basic education, that if children (up to 14 year of age), if guardians are not capable then Govt. should fund their education.
P1: Q3: who is the IT minister of India?
Me: Not sure,
All- U can leave.. Take candies if u want.
Suggestion - for freshers do focus on academics..
Hi,
Sharing my PI experience with IIM Shillong :
Profile :
IT Engineer, 2011 pass out
28 months of IT experience in Infosys.
Date : 8th feb,2014
Venue : Kolkata
There were a total of 3 panelists : P1: guy in early 30's, P2: guy in early 40's, P3: a senior one.
Interview went around roughly for 25 mins.
P1 welcomed me in after we sat, questions started.
P1 : So what is this toastmaster (Club a Infosys, I am part of)
Me : Answered what the activities we do.
P1 : Is this not the international Toastmasters club?
Me : No this is internal to Infosys
P1 : Tell me about your experience with Infosys..
Me : told about work culture, employee cares, infrastructure, nature of work.
P1 : Do you work with the same set of people as you started with, why not , where they moved, Infosys attrition rates.
P1 : Name some people from higher management who moved out of infosys? Why?
Me : Was not able to recall Balakrishnan's name 😞
P1: Why are they leaving? Do you think Narayan murthy is involved? How ?
P1: How do you see Infosys at a global level.
P1 : Who do you think will win the Lok Sabha Elections this year ?
Me : Told conditions state BJP, and then some statements to back what conditions.
P1 : Why not congress?
Me : Started speaking, was interrupted.
P1 : Any other alternative other than BJP and congress.
Me : Told about AAP.
P1 : Who are the key people in AAP?
Me : named some leaders
P1 : What are there backgrounds ?
Me : told about arvind kejriwal, kumar vishwas. Was only able to recall backgrounds of these too. 😞
P1 : So do you think poets are good enough to run an economy ?
Me : Thee is a seven member panel working as an advisory committee for economic related activities. Other experts from industry also joining in.
P1 : Do you feel AAP is going on a recruitment drive without a salary with out any kind of other checks?
Me : Told about the huge 12 page form required to be filled in before joining the party which includes various questions.
P2 : What do you do in your free time?
Me : Said cooking
Then got some questions on types of cuisines, traditional bengali food.
P2 : Who were the key persons involved in the amendment of Indian Constitution
Me : Could recall only B.R.Ambedkar
P2 : What the rights and duties? How do you differentiate?
Me: told about 2-3 rights and a duty about paying taxes, abiding by the law.
P2: If I as a citizen of India find you are not paying taxes can I sue you in the Indian Penal court?
Me : Not sure
P3: Looking at my marksheets.. Tell me about operations research?
Me : A subject I had in 5th semester but forgot everything. Was not able to speak a word.
P3 : OK..so What have you learnt in engineering that you are applying in Infosys?
Me : Told about Java and SDLC
P3 : Name some SDLC models
Me : Waterfall, iterative waterfall..stopped
P3 : Take up a scenario of a project and apply waterfall model to it.
Me: told about various phases.. Got questions with feasibility, design phase.
P3 : Difference between data mining and data warehousing.
Me : Told, although he dint seem satisfied.
P3 : What is SAP? ( I used it while answering the previous question)
Me : Told a little bit.
P3 : You also had Industrial management as a subject, what did you learn there?
Me : Hardly could make any here.
P3 : Thank you, Looked at the other..do you have any questions..they said no.
P1 : Thank you, have a candy.
Me : took 1, Thanked them, wished them a good day ahead.
Overall interview did not satisfy me much. Missed some key names !! 😞 Hoping for the best.
Date of Interview: Feb 8
Location of interview: Kolkata
CAT percentile: 99.43
10th, 12th , grad %: 91.2, 79.5, 7.29 CGPA
Work Ex : 34 months in NTPC and 5 months in a start-up that was starting up from scratch.
Details of the panel & Duration of the PI: (Panel-3) P1-cool guy in a T, P2-reserved, P3-only panelist in suit, 20-30 minutes
Questions and your answers in PI:
P3 opened the door for me and P2 offered me to sit.
P1: So, you have work-ex. Why did you leave NTPC and join a start-up?
Me: I wanted some knowledge in business before pursuing MBA and my job lacked that.
P1: Please be honest, we want an honest answer.
Me: Sir, what I mentioned was a real reason. But there was another reason also: my job was getting monotonous.
P1: How did you know that.
Me: ...blabbering....
P1: Tell us about your job.
Me: Told about my job as a maintenance engineer and how I have to manage workers.
P1: That must be challenging to manage them!
Me: Yes....(some blabbering)...Told how workers were a little resistant to orders because of lack of rotation among them to different work-locations and my role in modifying that.
P1: So your job was challenging, not monotonous.
Me: No, for the first few days it was not. But after that rarely I was learning anything different.
P1: OK. What were your favourite subjects in your BTech?
Me: IC engines and Power plant engg.
P1: what are the difference between petrol and diesel engines?
Me: Main is the ignition method. Another is the compression ratio.
P1: How is vibration measured in IC engine?
Me: I don't know sir. I've seen vibration probes being used in NTPC to measure vibration, the reading was in mm.
P1: Why was it in mm...what did it measure?
Me: It measured the displacement from the mean position.
P1: So, was the vibration in axial or any other direction?
Me: Actually, vibration generates wavy-zigzag motion in machines....(I was lacking clarity )....
P1: OK....( P3 takes over)
P3: What is compression ratio? Why is compression more in diesel engine, why not petrol to that level?
Me: Ratio between the pressures of pressurized gas and non-pressurized gas inside the engine (blunder 😞 )....some random stuff about the high boiling point of diesel....
P3: What is knocking?
Me: The uncontrolled ignition of fuel that leads to blasting effect(could not remember detonation).(As I was not sure, told about knocking in both!)
P3: Why is diesel engine more costly?
Me: Diesel engine requires better design and material strength.(missed the point on fuel injector)
P3: Then why do people go for expensive diesel engines?
Me: Because people are mainly concerned with mileage and diesel gives better then petrol. Also, on the long term, diesel engine is more economical.
P3: (looks somewhat satisfied) What are your hobbies?
Me: Playing football and photography.
P3: What camera do you use?
Me: Canon and told the model name.
P3: What is the zoom available in that?
Me: ...told...
P3: What time of the day would you prefer to take a photo?
Me:...my best reply of the interview... 😁
(P2 takes over)
P2: Who are the 2 people who received the highest award of India and what is the award?
Me: It's the highest civilian award of India, Bharat Ratna and SRT and CNR Rao got it.
P2: What do they do?
Me: SRT is the God of cricket and CNR Rao researches on the field of solid state chemistry(told I don't have much knowledge about his work )
P1 intervenes: What is contribution of SRT?
Me: More than 15000 runs in ODIs....interrupted...
P1: Is that why he got the award?
Me: No, he got it for promotion of sports and encouraging youth(seemed the most probable reson, was not sure of the exact reason)
P2: Have you heard about aadhar?
Me: Yes.
P2: Who was the man behind it?
Me: Nandan Nilekani.
P2: Who is he?
Me: Past executive of Infosys and the chief officer for aadhar. (could not remember his post)
P2: Have you heard of UID?
Me: Oh yes. Nandan Nilekani was the chief of UIDAI.(still could utter the word CHAIRMAN)
P2: Do you know Kiran Bedi?
Me: Yes, she was an IPS officer and was a part of the Team Anna in the Jan Lokpal movement.
P2: Other than that do you know anything about her or you know her form that only? (laughs)
Me: Frankly, though I knew her before Jan Lokpal, I read about her mostly for these reasons.
P2: Ok.....thank you.
P1:Thank you for being honest.
P2 & P3: One question. What other calls do you have and given an opportunity to choose where would you like to join? No diplomatic answer.
Me: K and new IIMs. I am not going to join new ones because I've heard from my friends that they lack infrastructure. Between K and S, I can't compare.
P3(other join in chorus): We will not let you go out of this room unless you give us an honest answer.
Me: Sir, really I can't tell which is better on the basis of my knowledge!
(laughter all around...they thank me and ask to take toffees)
Overall Experience including your view of your performance: Not bad-not excellent, no grilling, initially I was a bit nervous...but it vanished soon.
Any suggestions to others: Keep your cool. Don't panic. Keep smiling. And don't lose your composure even if you are not able to answer questions from your strong fields. Do brush up acads and a basic knowledge in GK is what they expect.
Panelists:
P1:http://www.iimshillong.in/academics/profile-santosh.asp ‚Ź €š
Feb 9- kolkata
99.56/ 88.6/ 89.8/ fresher
3 members. Very cool
As I entered
P1- It`s so good to see you wearing nehru jacket. Suits u. good sense of styling.
Me- thank you sir.
P1- so tell me, what do you do in free time.
Me- read books, economic theories
P1- what are giffin goods?
Me don`t know
P1- elastic curve of "some" goods..
Me- don`t know
P1- WPI and CPI
Me- answered in detail. seemed satisfied.
P1- google bought motorola, sold it to lenovo. microsoft bought noki, should it sell it too.?
Me- No sir. Maybe it was a strategy of google that didnt worked quite well with the revival so it had to sell it to lenovo. Nokia however is a brand with tremendous brand value and can be a huge asset to ms.
P1- how many seasons of IPL have been played?
Me- 6
P1- no I think its 7
Me no sir it is 6.
P1- most successful team
Me- CSK
P1- next
Me- MI
P!- ok
P2- You have scored well in all subjects except core civil engg subject. Do you think you made a mistake by choosing civil engg.
Me- No sir. The lower grades are due to strict marking pattern of the college. Told them that i rank 7 in my department and have fared reasonably well. I do not regret my decision.
P2- tell me about sub base and top materials used in construction of roads.
Me- bitumen and concrete.
P2- which one to be used in summer.
Me - answered correctly
P2- y?
Me- answrd corrctly
P2- which one should be used in roads with lesser traffic condition.?
Me- concrete
P2- and if road serves livestocks mostly?
Me- still concrete because hooves can do a lot of damage to bitumen road
P2- will it hurt livestocks feet.
Me- (just smiled a bit) then explained him how concrete layer is covered with a thin cement paste layer and the roads are smooth enuf to not hurt livestock`s feet,
P3- What is your percentile in CAT.
Me- 99.56 sir
P2- Thank you. You may pick up a candy. Smiled and said good luck.
Me- Thank you sir.
Overall a good experience. Initially faltered a bit on economics questions, but then went well with course of interview. Hopeful ia...
Date of Interview:Location of interview: 10th Feb Kolkata
Name: Saikat Mondal
CAT percentile: 95.5 (SC)
10th, 12th , grad %: 85, 76, 77
Work Ex : 2.5 IBM
Details of the panel & Duration of the PI: three guys, one person were very senior. Everyone is pretty much cool.
Questions and your answers in PI:
1. Do you think a person should need a SLR camera to be a photographer?
I told about creative part and quality .. (should have told better, was very tensed that time)
2. What is the full from of a SLR camera? (told them)
3. What do you mean by quality? (I told them about focusing etc.. )
4. Who got the Lifetime achivement oscar award? (I told them Ray)
5. In which year (guess the answer as 93-94, correct is 92)
6. Who was is favourite photographer? (I don't have any idea)
7. What is planning commission? (I told them)
8. Who is the head of it? (clueless, missed an easy one)
9. How many countries share boudaries with India? (I told them with the name of the countries)
10. What is the capital of Bhutan (I told them right)
11. Where do you find one horned Rhino? (I told them Assam)
12. Where in Assam?
Me: Khajiranga
13: Do you know any other forest in Assam apart from Kaghiranja?
Me: I can't recall
14: Did you heard of Ratan Tata? What is his position right now?
Me: He retires from the Tata Group
15:Who replaced him?
Me: God I forget the name time (a blunder might be)
16: Give me some views about "Greed snaches a man's wishdom"
Me: Five to six sentences with agree and disagree. Concluded with "Greed is a necessary evil in human character"
17: Do you work in IBM? In sector five? Can you speak bengali?
Me: Yes for all answer
18: What is your role?
Me: Blah blah blah
19: You sounds like more of an administritive role...
Me: Not likely.. blah blah blah..
20: Give me three example of your work?
Me:Blah Blah Blah..
21: Have you ever heard about AS1000? (something like that, I can't recall)
Me: No sir.
22: What is surrogate server?
Me: I don't have any idea
23: What is DB2?
Me: I dont have any idea apart from it is related to database
24: You have Network communication as your subject? Can ou recall anything?
Me: SOmething on mobile communication
25: We are useing cell phone? Why it is named so?
Me: I told them why.. (I know the right answer!)
26: What is the size of the cells?
Me: Hexagonal sir
27: Why those are hexagona in shape? Why not round?
Me: If it will be round, there will be gap between cells
28: What is the difference between loop antenna and Short dipole antenna?
Me: I forgot sir
29. Take candy
Me: Thank you and have a nice day sir
They wished me best of luck and smiled. I thanked them again
Is there only a PI?
Is any one going to attend PI @Mumbai on 17th ?
Hi guys,
Sharing my PI experience with IIM Shillong
Date of Interview:
Feb 11
Location of interview: Kolkata
Details of the panel & Duration of the PI:there were 3 panelists,P1 was very senior and was wearing spectacle,P2 was in the middle and was serious type,P3 was the only one who was wearing coat and was calm.(15-20 mins)
Questions and your answers in PI:
I was the 1st candidate to be interviewed on that day in my room as there were 2 separate rooms for the interview,P3 opened the gate for me,i asked for the permission to come in,greeted them and they asked me to have a seat.
P1: So Nikhil you have already completed your b.tech in 2013,so are you working??
Me: No sir
P1: Then?
Me: Sir currently i am already doing MBA form XYZ and just have completed 1st sem.
P2: XYZ is in itself a world renowned university then what are you doing here(Probably was just telling as was not seeking my clarification for that)
P2: ok Nikhil,introduce yourself in such a way that you don't have to mention things which are already there in the form.
Me: Started telling.... and by the time i approached to my hobby P2 suddenly stopped me.
P2: ok who is your favourite singer?
Me: Sonu Nigam
P2: Can you tell me the song in which he sang a song in the movie related to Subhash Chandra Bose?
Me: after 2-3 secs,sorry sir but i cant recall.
P2: ok tell me the north eastern states of the country.
Me: Started telling that there are 7 sisters and again P2 stopped me.
P2: Tell me those 7 sisters.Me: Told
P2: How many states and union territories are there in the country?
Me: told 28 states and 7 union territory.
P2: what are the 7 union territories?
Me: was able to tell only 4 of them.
suddenly P3 entered into the sceneP3: Ok Nikhil tell me the subjects of your b.techMe: told
P3: ok do you know what is benzene? draw its structureMe: (i was like itna easy ques bhi koi poochta hai kya ) drawn and P3 said ok.
P3: You now what is periodic table,why it is called periodic table? why periodicity?
Me: gave fundaas,told them about atoms,atomic number,mass number,periods.P3: what you are telling its ok,but why is it periodicity term used?
Me: explained and at last said sir i know only this much about it.P3: Can you tell me the use of poly-ethelene
Me: told
P3: why it is called insulator?
Me: told and he was very much satisfied.
suddenly P1 told me in the middle,where have you mentioned the purpose of doing MBA,you have written NO PURPOSE.
Me: ( I was like ye kase ho sakta ha) told them every things happens for the reason and that is why i am here.
and then P3 told P1,here is his form,that is the form of some other candidate and they apologized for that.
P2: Tell me about the strength and weakness of Barack Obama.
Me: Told about strength that he is a very good orator and calm and composed.
P2: What about weakness?
Me: (woh toh mujhe khud nahi aata tha) Somehow i told sir,he is such a big personality and i dont find myself suitable to comment over his weaknesses.
P2: Don't you think now a days his popularity is being decreasing,whats your opinion regarding that?
Me: Explained my perception and he said ok.
P2: your hobby is singing naa,so tell me why the early decade singers like Rafi,Kishore Kumar,Manna Day has been completely vanished and what could be the reason behind only 5-6 prominent singers in that early decade?
Me: Told the reason justifying with western culture dominance,political interference in bollywood and at last mentioned the talent hunt programmes like Indian Idol,Sa re ga ma etc are quite frequently be seen now a days which were missing in earlier decade and he seemed pretty much satisfied.
Overall Experience including your view of your performance:
Was surprised that there were no ques like why MBA,any economic issues,why you want to leave FMS BHU etc. There were mainly basic ques.overall experience was good but has to wait till the result.
VERDICT- Awaiting
Any suggestions to others:
Stay calm and confident,they just want to check how confidently you answer.If you dont know the answer simply say you don't know,but never ever bluff with them.
ATB 
okay guys..sorry for the delayed post.....my IIM-S interview was on 7th Feb, 2014 in Kolkata..
CAT Score: 97.46
Background: B.Com (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata)
Additional: CA Inter, CFA (level 1)
Work: Family Business (garment retail outlet)
PS: I'm only mentioning the questions..and a few answers which were countered by a question
P1: asked questions on general knowledge and opinion based questions
P2: asked acad related questions
P3: asked hobby and business related questions (and a puzzle)
P1: so, you are a partner in your firm...earning Rs.xxxxxx. Why do you wanna do an MBA?
P1: What is the difference between FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE?
Me: Decent answer..mentioned somethings about the fundamental rights
P1: How many fundamental rights are there in the constitution? Which was the last 1 to be introduced? Who is the architect of the Indian Constitution?
P1: If I say "India is not yet fit to be a Political Democracy", what do you have to say on it? (and Y?)
P1: There should be an increase in the number of women working in workplaces?
Me: I said YES..and justified...counter question asked regarding how the FAMILY will run
P1: T20 is dampening the spirit of the game of cricket...(i had mentioned cricket as my interest)
Me: It is not...the spirit of the game is still in test cricket
P1: But there are so many countries that are playing T20
Me: That is because it is so simple in comparison to Tests, where only a few teams play
P1: So dont you think more countries should be given a chance to play tests?
Me: Mentioned BCCI, ECB and ACB's plans regarding ICC and their proposal regarding Test teams
P1 over....no more questions asked......
P2: What is Efficient Market Hypothesis? (Damn my life I could not remember) (CFA Related)
Me: I'm not entirely sure, sir.
P2: Why does ths Balance Sheet always tally? How come the Assets are Always equal to the Liabilities?
P2: Suppose a company has made a profit of 1000cr., but the Cash-in-hand is only 200cr. Where did the rest of the money go?
Me: Co might've bought some fixed assets
P2: How will I know that?
Me: Sir, you will have to check the Cash Flow Statement
P2: Which Part?
Me: Cash Flow from Investing Activities
P2: What do you understand by Beta? (CFA related...not entirely though...also there in CA)
P2: Are you Familiar with the CAPM approach?
Me: Answered and gave the formula
P2: What is Risk Free Rate in this (CAPM approach)?
P2: What is IFRS...Why is it used?
P2: What is Accounting Standard 2...Accounting Standard 4?
(I'm glad I knew both of them)
P2 over...no more questions asked...
P3: Asked about the Retail Industry..then about the Garment Retail industry..
asked whether International Sounding Brand Names attract more consumers or not...asked about a brand which has the logo of an ALIGATOR (there are 2..crocodile and lacoste)
asked where both these brands are from...
asked a puzzle.....
"Jack goes to a shoe shop owned by John. He buys a pair of shoes costing $12. He gives John $20. John does not have any change so goes to his neighboring shop and gets change against those $20. John then keeps $12 with himself and gives Jack $8 change. Jack takes the money and the shoes and goes away. After a while, the neighboring shop's owner comes back to John and says that the $20 note is a fake, and demands that John return his $20. John pays.......What is the total loss incurred by John?"
P3: asked about my hobbies/interests other than cricket...
Me: I mentioned music...western soft rock....Band called COLDPLAY....
P3: (With a smile) What exactly does PITBULL do?
Me: I started laughing...I said he raps and I'm not at all inspired by his work..etc etc
P3: asked me about where I think my business is on the PLC (S-Shaped curve)
P3: Asked me about Tirpur...and Aboout Gokul Garments...(never heard of either) 😞
End of interview.....
Thank you for reading 😃
All the best !🍻
Is there no WAT this time??
sorry for the delayed post.
Date of Interview-6/2/2014
Location of interview-new kenilworth hotel,kolkata
CAT percentile-98.98
10,12,grad-92,91,8.1(final year eng..)Work Ex-fresher
P1:tell something not mentioned in your CV
ME : told about a project i did which got published bla bla....(10 minutes no interruption was able to explain the project fully)
P1:why is mobile phone called a cell phone
ME : didnt know mumbled something..was partly correct
P1: problem with Indian Cricket Team
ME: told
P2: asked me about campus placements
ME : told.
P2: so why mba now.is the company going to wait for you.why dont you go and enjoy your job and come back later. 😲😲
ME: gave my prepared answer (no bias ,more energy,in the learning curve,do justice to the course etc etc)
P2: did you tell this in your campus placements and did they still give you a job?😁
ME: gave my prepared answer (no bias ,more energy,in the learning curve,do justice to the course etc etc)
P2: did you tell this in your campus placements and did they still give you a job?😁
all three have a laugh.
ME: No sir i didnt but then sir it was my first job interview and i was desperate to have a sense of security before pursuing my dreams.......
P3: we understand,you did what's right.ok tell me something about the telengana issue
ME:told
P3: 5 states which have developed the most in last 5 years
ME: told something what i felt (was grilled a bit)
P3: why narendra modi or rahul gandhi?
ME:told
P3:who is going to win the elections?
ME: told
P3: WHEN IS THE ELECTIONS GOING TO BE HELD?
ME: TOLD( was wrong though)😠😠
P1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Hung parliament(i had mentioned before about no party getting a clear majority)
ME: answered
P1: any famous professor you know who lives in your area( i live close to iimc)
ME: answered the two people i knew(not sure whether the people i mentioned were the one he wanted to hear)
P3:ok,all the best,you may leave..take a chocolate though( i had refused sausages before)
all the best 🍻🍻
Date of Interview: 08-02-2014
Location of interview: Kolkata.
Name:
CAT percentile: 99.89
10th: 91.5 12th: 96.5 , grad: 8.06
Work Ex : 18 months , Telecom Industry
Details of the panel & Duration of the PI:
P1: 50+ ; P2 : 35-45 ; P3: 25-35
Went on for around 15 minutes
Questions and your answers in PI:
1. P1: Name , How that surname
2. P1: Tell us about Guwahati.. What do you like about the place
3. P2: Tell us about Telangana , What's your take on it
4. P2: Hobbies, which book, author, other books, other authors
5. P3: Work-ex, which company, whats your role, your contribution, your interactions with manager and team
6. P1: Why did XYZ Dome in Ahmedabad collapse during the 2001 earthquake! (screwed this one totally)
7. P1: Why did you move to infosys after studying civil engg. for 4 years! And then P3 corrects him.
Somehow, they did not look satisfied and all of a sudden P2 asked me to leave. I was so shocked that I forgot to thank them all and left the room
Overall Experience including your view of your performance: I just screwed it up. I know that I would be grilled for sure on that civil--> it---> mba . Yet did not prepare. I welcome any of your suggestions in tackling this question. No hopes of converting it.
Any suggestions to others: Body language is important. After five minutes , I realised that I wasn't looking at all, so started moving my eyes
All the best rest of you
Did anyone appear for interview at mumbai venue?? if yes please share ur experience of that venue??
IIM SHILLONG
DATE: April 17th
VENUE: Bangalore
TIME: 2-6
If they didnot offer us a candy it means we are rejected??
will the panelists be same for all cities?