@Kvijay...
U narrate nicely man! I loved reading it and blv u me more or less this is the same PI story for every1....it reminds me of Armed forces interview round where they shoots numerous ques at one go to piss u off and harass u...
Ny everything will b considered for the final list as it seems. ATB! relax....
I know Abhilasha Srivastava, she worked in Infy before joining this course.
I talked to her..feedback was really good.
Thats good man!
Had my GD-PI today.... GD was okayish... and made only 1 point which no one touched upon.
Started the GD and moderately chipped in between...
PI was horrible.
I was the second last or third last person to be interviewed at Hyd.
I wasnt sure whether the panel was atleast bothered to conduct the interview...based on the way the intw went about...
few q's
1) Quickly and very shortly introduce urself...
2) Then they asked me about my hobbies and topics on which i blog (had mentioned blogging as hobby)..
3) Then immediately, they asked about my work...explained..
4) Next was why MBA and why risk mgmnt? answered it well ... asked about my XAT score and call details...told
5) a hypothetical question...what if i am retrofit to IT? paused for 10-15 seconds..replied im not sure and need some time to decide
Now fun started.... lights went off... room was completely dark. Panelists started grilling me in the dark..why not IT and what do I know about banking..? even after answering the panel gave their understandings and came back to the question..why banking... somehow i blurted out that i am inspired by CEO's and CFo's of my clients who were finance people... then he lectured about HR and IT people also becoming CEO's and CFO's..and he himslef generalised i was driven by ambition. He made it worse by saying i didnt have any idea on what is the expectaion from mba-banking... i didnt reply back... and The room was still dark.
Out of the blue... "What are your passions?"...told them about cricket and cooking... then the previous panel member again shooted say something about icici and NIIT... mentioned few things which i knew.... suddenly the lights came on... and they asked me if i wanted to ask them something...
Knowing how bad the intw went... i thought why not play for sometime and started questioning back....
1) How credible is the program...and how does it fare when compared with Tier-1 mba colgs?
2) Why arent students allowed to pursue electives of their choice apart from regular courses mentioned on the website../
3) Last... i made a comment "This mba is as good as training given to an icici employee rather than an MBA... " Thank you sir and left.
I was completely p*****d off the way panel treated the interview.... i mean its ridiculous to conduct one when panel is least interested and adding to that conduting intw in a room which was so dark that no one could see who was in the room... bad bad exp.
ATB to everyone.... somewhere i heard feb24-45 the results may come...not sure abt the credibility of the news...
Hi Vijay,
Can you put across answers of your questions.It will help us to predict about their veiw about this program.
Had my GD-PI today.... GD was okayish... and made only 1 point which no one touched upon.
Started the GD and moderately chipped in between...
PI was horrible.
I was the second last or third last person to be interviewed at Hyd.
I wasnt sure whether the panel was atleast bothered to conduct the interview...based on the way the intw went about...
few q's
1) Quickly and very shortly introduce urself...
2) Then they asked me about my hobbies and topics on which i blog (had mentioned blogging as hobby)..
3) Then immediately, they asked about my work...explained..
4) Next was why MBA and why risk mgmnt? answered it well ... asked about my XAT score and call details...told
5) a hypothetical question...what if i am retrofit to IT? paused for 10-15 seconds..replied im not sure and need some time to decide
Now fun started.... lights went off... room was completely dark. Panelists started grilling me in the dark..why not IT and what do I know about banking..? even after answering the panel gave their understandings and came back to the question..why banking... somehow i blurted out that i am inspired by CEO's and CFo's of my clients who were finance people... then he lectured about HR and IT people also becoming CEO's and CFO's..and he himslef generalised i was driven by ambition. He made it worse by saying i didnt have any idea on what is the expectaion from mba-banking... i didnt reply back... and The room was still dark.
Out of the blue... "What are your passions?"...told them about cricket and cooking... then the previous panel member again shooted say something about icici and NIIT... mentioned few things which i knew.... suddenly the lights came on... and they asked me if i wanted to ask them something...
Knowing how bad the intw went... i thought why not play for sometime and started questioning back....
1) How credible is the program...and how does it fare when compared with Tier-1 mba colgs?
2) Why arent students allowed to pursue electives of their choice apart from regular courses mentioned on the website../
3) Last... i made a comment "This mba is as good as training given to an icici employee rather than an MBA... " Thank you sir and left.
I was completely p*****d off the way panel treated the interview.... i mean its ridiculous to conduct one when panel is least interested and adding to that conduting intw in a room which was so dark that no one could see who was in the room... bad bad exp.
ATB to everyone.... somewhere i heard feb24-45 the results may come...not sure abt the credibility of the news...
It was same old story for everyone. I am IT guy they asked me how will handle Lending money,what will be your priority, how can you decide? Mine was very very stressful. For some time i think when it will over.
Don't worry just be +ve
pkonduri SaysI had a really good GD, but screwed up royally in PI. Some how they only talked about finance. They did not allow me to talk about my accomplishments in IT. I tried to Mange somehow pull them into IT related questions.They did not ask me any OPQ related questions or anything on resume! can I assume that I have no chance at all ??. I dont think they read my supplementary form. I clearly mentioned IT was my first preference. It was a really stressful interview. Trust me! Only good thing is before ending my interview I spoke for 5 mins on how important this opportunity is for me and told them that I have the enough capability to adapt. I just wanted them to understand that I did not want to give up and consider this course & job opportunity are important for me because I honestly feel so!
any chances for me? no?? any thoughts?
Hello Everyone ..
I belong to Delhi but my GD and PI was held today in Pune since i work in Infy Pune.
The day started off really well with me reaching the center on time . The only problem was that there were a lot of buildings in the center and no one to communicate where the proceedings were being held which was a bit confusing.
So finally reached the center and had the document verification done . They asked for the work exp certificate but as it wasnt mentioned in the email that we all received i did not show it to them .. However they were pretty ok with it.
I was in the 9:30 morning batch and hence i was summoned very early to the GD Round .
We were a group of 10 and were given a topic of the cement firm and providing of the loans to one of the two companies. Instead of 30 mins i am sure we were just given 20 mins to pen down our thoughts. After this we were sent to a room and we were given a minute each to speak which i am sure was spread to more than a minute each . The best part was that everyone was unanimous in their decisions. All wanted the loan to be given to Cement Corporation as it was a clear winner.
Next came the GD round and to my astonishment it did not turn out to be a fish market ... All of us were coordial enough to give each other a chance. The GD lasted the whole 20 mins and a healthy discussion was done however since there were no counter views hence it was not a great fact that it did not turn into a fish market.
The Results came out and i was shortlisted in my group along with 4 others.
Before the interview i was made to wait for a compelling 3 hours which was really hard ...
However below are the sample list of questions asked to me
1 About my Work Ex
2 Why MBA ?
3 Tell something about ICICI ( and i really had a horrible time here . dont know how but i somehow told the panel the CEO as Ms. Smita Kochar instead of Chanda Kochar.. Am sure i will be rejected )
4 What do you know about the banking Sector ?
5 If given a choice between Risk Management and the Corporate Banking which one would you choose and why ?
That was just about it .. The interview got over in no time literally. It only lasted about 15 mins . I am sure that i will not make it thru coz of my biggest mistake in the interview . However it was a good learning experience.
Wish everyone all the very best for the results. May the best people be selected.
hi i had t same exp in hyd. i think i was t last to get interviewed.
Panel was very casual for sake of interview ...
i was telling them i am a B tech guy and suddenly t question comes which direction is ur college from here .
why MBA , my answer was learning and good money at t end of course to tht there reply tomarrow some other course would come u would join.
t panel was least interested and they were having fun over there.
Anyways icici is chor bank. after 2 years of mba + 3 years bond.
Any techie with 5-8 exp can easily earn 10-15 lakh.
ctc 15 l would consists of hefty variable part and top of it if u r put in sales ur life would screwed
Corporate Banking,
Global Market,
Commercial Banking,
Risk Management,
Retail Credit and
Information Technology.
which of these is basically meant for sale, friend??
yest i gave my GDPI in ICICI tower, gachibowli, hyd.
My GD experience: it was very amazing, I enjoyed my whole day.. my timings were 9:30am, reached by 9 am. as soon i reached, i met with an infotech guy. on reaching registration process hardly took 5 mins and we both wre assigned to a group of 10 people for GD. GD Topic was case study on popcorn.. i spoke well, gave couple of valid points..and 5/10 got selected..luckily i was in the selected group:clap: Infotech guy was out.
We 5 selected people started talking and I came to knw that out of 5, 4 were IT guyz including me from Infosys,rest are from Accenture, deolitte, etc and one from mechanical Background....
i waited fr 2-3 hrs and my then there was my turn for PI.
My PI experience: It was more greater then GD experience. Panel has 3 senior guy. 1 HR, 1 from NIIT university and other one highly experienced in finance.. i came to know that the people from banking domain, unki to bahut le rahe hai..:| but for me, it was very smooth.
They welcomed me with smile. took some time to go through my papers, and then canon of questions got started firing on me.
Questions:
1) Tell me abt urself
2) why this program? why not regular MBA?
3) tell me ur till date ex in IT?
4) if you are so good in IT, y u r shifting domain?
5) you are manager of ABC retail company.? wat wil you do to increase sale of your product?
6) As my experince is in BI(business intelligence) domain in IT.. they asked me
about BI concepts and y is it important for any organization
7) wat do u do wen you are free.. means abt hobbies.
tell me abt your role in your project..
I gave all answer and panel was smiling wen i finished my interview.. from their expression it seems they wre happy frm my performance in the interview..
In the end they said to ask any ques.. I asked question - after completion of MBA fr this program, are we going to be ICICI regular employee or consultant basis... He said you wil b regular employeee,, so dont worry abt program...go and have fun..just b urself, be honest, and dnt speak any word fr which u r nt sure about..thy wil catch that word and then.... u better kno 😃 ATB fr all.
hi i had t same exp in hyd. i think i was t last to get interviewed.
Panel was very casual for sake of interview ...
i was telling them i am a B tech guy and suddenly t question comes which direction is ur college from here .
why MBA , my answer was learning and good money at t end of course to tht there reply tomarrow some other course would come u would join.
t panel was least interested and they were having fun over there.
Anyways icici is chor bank. after 2 years of mba + 3 years bond.
Any techie with 5-8 exp can easily earn 10-15 lakh.
ctc 15 l would consists of hefty variable part and top of it if u r put in sales ur life would screwed
Dear i guess these interesting facts about ICICI must be well known to you before applying to the program as well. Did they send you invitation to join the process?
Every organization has its own selection criteria and i guess we are not in a position to comment on that. Lets wait for the result, ATB to everyone!
Can any1 reply on this.........that will b highly appreciative
1) How will be the nature of job in the role of General Manager in each of following fields- (Just a brief overview as it will help me to choose the area of specialization)
Corporate Banking,
Global Market,
Commercial Banking,
Risk Management,
Retail Credit and
Information Technology.
2) What will be our market value after 5 yrs (2years of MBA + 3 yrs of bond period) in this post through this program?
3) How far can one go starting from this platform and by performing well in next 10years.?
waiting seriously for reply.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear i guess these interesting facts about ICICI must be well known to you before applying to the program as well. Did they send you invitation to join the process?
Every organization has its own selection criteria and i guess we are not in a position to comment on that. Lets wait for the result, ATB to everyone!
+1 buddy ............... ATB
Dear i guess these interesting facts about ICICI must be well known to you before applying to the program as well. Did they send you invitation to join the process?
Every organization has its own selection criteria and i guess we are not in a position to comment on that. Lets wait for the result, ATB to everyone!
+1 buddy ............... All the best to u too
when is the final result expected?
surinderchugh Sayswhen is the final result expected?
goin by the last 2 term trend it shld be around 20th feb
I asked from helping staff of ICICI(not the panelist of interview), they replied in a week time.
Is the application process still on ? Can i apply now ?
viktuli SaysIs the application process still on ? Can i apply now ?
not fr this session and the nest term notification might come out around june-july
Can any1 reply on this.........that will b highly appreciative
1) How will be the nature of job in the role of General Manager in each of following fields- (Just a brief overview as it will help me to choose the area of specialization)
Corporate Banking,
Global Market,
Commercial Banking,
Risk Management,
Retail Credit and
Information Technology.
2) What will be our market value after 5 yrs (2years of MBA + 3 yrs of bond period) in this post through this program?
3) How far can one go starting from this platform and by performing well in next 10years.?
waiting seriously for reply.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Puneet,
Please find answers below based on my knowledge-
1) How will be the nature of job in the role of General Manager in each of following fields- (Just a brief overview as it will help me to choose the area of specialization) - You cannot choose, ICICI will choose, they may ask for option.
Corporate Banking-Relationship management(Dream profile for anybody after this programme)-Managing big accounts of corporates.You will have bunch of associate relationship managers and product managers under your disposal.Stressful job but complete job, u will get money and visibility both.
Global Market-Might bw global market analysis(Not much idea but I think no specialisation is there as such right now in NIIT course)
Commercial Banking-Not much idea but I think no specialisation is there as such right now in NIIT course
Risk Management-Analysing risks of various assets in multiple disciplines.example credit risk,market risk,operational risk,analytics group.Will have associate risk managers under your disposal.Very hectic job but if somebody like analysis mainly quantitative then dream job.
Retail Credit-Not much idea but I think no specialisation is there as such right now in NIIT course
Information Technology-Everybody knows hehehe
2) What will be our market value after 5 yrs (2years of MBA + 3 yrs of bond period) in this post through this program? - Depends upon you + the learning u r getting in ICICI bcoz nobody will give shit to degree after 5 yrs work ex.If your work ex is gud then gud market value.
3) How far can one go starting from this platform and by performing well in next 10years.?-We will start as manager-2.In ICICI , generally u will get promoted in every 3 years n if you are extraordinary in terms of giving results then in every 2 years and heirarchy of ICICI is
Manager-2
Chief manager-01
Chief manager-02
Assistant general manager(If you are OK then you will be AGM after 10 years)
Deputy general manager
General manager(If you are gud then you will be GM in next 10 years)
Senior general manager
VP
Executive directers
CXO Level