Hello friends I could not find any IIMB GDPI experience. Anyone has gone through it pleasse post here.
Hello friends I could not find any IIMB GDPI experience. Anyone has gone through it pleasse post here.
It is gonna start from 12th Feb i.e. next Monday. I have it on 13th. It would have been better if this thread was started on 12th.
well.. like already mentioned, this thread cuda been started on Monday.. however now that it's already been started, hope this continues to remain the only one for this year's IIMB experiences and duplicate threads dont pop up 😃
i m having call on 15th.hope to get some of the experience beforehand.
:grab:
I have mine in 13th.Wish me Luck
Best of Luck to all you guys with B interviews.... Crack the interview pguys
For the benefit of everyone concerned, please keep the format like this:
Venue: Delhi/Bangalore/Mumbai/Calcutta/Other
PROFILE:
Acads:
X
XII
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age
Work-Ex:
NIL/Sector - Number of Years - Country
CAT %ile:
DI
Quant
Verbal
Aggregate
Any other special thing abt u:
GD:
Topic:
Number of Ppl present
Time:
Brief Snapshot of Discussion:
Other Salient Details: As whether summary was asked to be written or not, Time given, and other stuff.
PI:
Panel Members Intro:
Questions:
MISC.
Any other relevant detail like they r checking certis, taking attested copies or else.
We will be waiting for GD/PI experiences from:
BKD.bakait
tobhupi
anjali
mrinalk
narendersonu
chaseurdreams
jack_theripper
abhishek85born
ragini
dilipp
medicinyash
all from Delhi center (thanks to Bangalore Bandh) but from tomorrow onwards Bangalore junta will take over (they are the most active).
nicodemi SaysIt is gonna start from 12th Feb i.e. next Monday. I have it on 13th. It would have been better if this thread was started on 12th.
r u fresher or work ex.plz reply
Venue: Bangalore IIMB Campus
13/feb 9 am
PROFILE:
Acads:
X 91%
XII 94.75%
Undergrad Major - 9.01/10 cgpa BE (EEE)
Work-Ex:
18 months in IT (banking domain)
CAT %ile:
DI 98.x
Quant 99.x
Verbal 95.x
Aggregate 99.5
Any other special thing abt u:
GD:
Topic: case discussion - in short this is what the case had, a young accountant's directed by one of the directors of the company to cut a check for 25lacs for a charitable trust, without any approvals. This high amount is not justified considering the company's financial performance. how does he handleit??
Number of Ppl present 8
Time: 10 to read, 15 to discuss and 15 to write summary
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: the decibel levels kept goin high on and off.. overall a gud discussion.
PI:
2 very courteous profs. a lady and a guy.. make you feel comfortable right from the the start..
my interview was too customised to my profile so the questions wouldnt be of any consequence to anybody..
so i'll not waste effort typing the intricate details but here's a brief overview.. the discussion was on my extra currics (been actively involved right from my college days) then moved on to how I've continued now that i'm working.. then moved on to work life balance.. then specifics of my team size and the nature of my work.. more about extra currics and then it ended.
(if anybody needs any more details let me know)
MISC.
we were only 8 called for interviews today.. all 8 engineers:-) our names were already pasted outside the room for the interviews.. we all were there by 8.45 the profs walked in by 8.50.. 9:00 they called us in briefed about the GD process, followed by GD, and summary writing.. all of us were done in around 10 mins!
we were told that we'd be called for the int in the same order as mentioned in the notice outside, also we were told the interviews wud last 15-20 mins so the junta who had interviews later cud take a stroll around campus and return after a while.. I was the second so didnt have the luxury of takin a stroll..
Overall gut feel - chillmax panel.. be sincere in what you say and you'll feel like just another coffee conversation with a friendly duo..
13/feb 9 am
PROFILE:
Acads:
X 91%
XII 94.75%
Undergrad Major - 9.01/10 cgpa BE (EEE)
Work-Ex:
18 months in IT (banking domain)
CAT %ile:
DI 98.x
Quant 99.x
Verbal 95.x
Aggregate 99.5
Any other special thing abt u:
GD:
Topic: case discussion - in short this is what the case had, a young accountant's directed by one of the directors of the company to cut a check for 25lacs for a charitable trust, without any approvals. This high amount is not justified considering the company's financial performance. how does he handleit??
Number of Ppl present 8
Time: 10 to read, 15 to discuss and 15 to write summary
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: the decibel levels kept goin high on and off.. overall a gud discussion.
PI:
2 very courteous profs. a lady and a guy.. make you feel comfortable right from the the start..
my interview was too customised to my profile so the questions wouldnt be of any consequence to anybody..
so i'll not waste effort typing the intricate details but here's a brief overview.. the discussion was on my extra currics (been actively involved right from my college days) then moved on to how I've continued now that i'm working.. then moved on to work life balance.. then specifics of my team size and the nature of my work.. more about extra currics and then it ended.
(if anybody needs any more details let me know)
MISC.
we were only 8 called for interviews today.. all 8 engineers:-) our names were already pasted outside the room for the interviews.. we all were there by 8.45 the profs walked in by 8.50.. 9:00 they called us in briefed about the GD process, followed by GD, and summary writing.. all of us were done in around 10 mins!
we were told that we'd be called for the int in the same order as mentioned in the notice outside, also we were told the interviews wud last 15-20 mins so the junta who had interviews later cud take a stroll around campus and return after a while.. I was the second so didnt have the luxury of takin a stroll..
Overall gut feel - chillmax panel.. be sincere in what you say and you'll feel like just another coffee conversation with a friendly duo..
Venue: delhi
12/feb 2:30 pm
PROFILE:
Acads:
X 90%
XII 93.6%
Undergrad Major - 7.87/10 cgpa BE (E&ECE;)
Work-Ex:
12 months in Communications
6 months in EDA
CAT %ile:
DI 96.x
Quant 98.x
Verbal 95.x
Aggregate 99.27
Any other special thing abt u:
GD:
Topic: case discussion - in short this is what the case had: A very bright student Gyani, perform exceptionally well as sum Management College (SIM), goin to get gold medal in a few days. Classmates accuse him of cheating. but proffs not ready to take it. just bfore gold medal day, Gyani caught cheating in job exam for software company. proffs decide to not support Gyani in participatin in jobs from college. but classmates ask not to give gold medal to him. Chairman of college to decide wat to do.
Number of Ppl present 8
Time: 10 to read, 15 to discuss and 15 to write summary
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: very peaceful, ample time.. overall a gud discussion.
PI:
2 very courteous profs.
very general questions asked to all of us. no acads. sumtimes work-ex.
my questions:
1. abt myself
2. (interrupted in my answer) y a job change
3. wats gud abt EDA
4. competitors of the company.
5. (work ex related) wat is compression, difference between mpeg2 nd mpeg 4, wat areas in which research goin on in these areas, wat r the areas of improvement. wat r USPs of camcorder.
6. (backgrn related) u heard abt fake encounters in J&K; for medals. wat do u think.
7. if u were chief of army staff, wat will u do.
8. (deadliest of them all) y MBA (this moved on to y not prime minsiter, y not god and wat else...)
9. hobbies
10. one quality of urs which make u stand apart.. (wat can i say :()
It was a 35 min affair.
That was it. a dream interview kind of thing, but i messed up things big time.
Suggestion: Think bfore answering. U may b knowing a wonderful answer, but organize ur answer well. Ibig-time messed on this aspect.
Thanks a lot.. can you give some details abt domain specific things since me too have a similar profile?? That will be helpful..
Venue: Bangalore IIMB Campus
13/feb 9 am
PROFILE:
Acads:
X 91%
XII 94.75%
Undergrad Major - 9.01/10 cgpa BE (EEE)
Work-Ex:
18 months in IT (banking domain)
CAT %ile:
DI 98.x
Quant 99.x
Verbal 95.x
Aggregate 99.5
Any other special thing abt u:
GD:
Topic: case discussion - in short this is what the case had, a young accountant's directed by one of the directors of the company to cut a check for 25lacs for a charitable trust, without any approvals. This high amount is not justified considering the company's financial performance. how does he handleit??
Number of Ppl present 8
Time: 10 to read, 15 to discuss and 15 to write summary
Brief Snapshot of Discussion: the decibel levels kept goin high on and off.. overall a gud discussion.
PI:
2 very courteous profs. a lady and a guy.. make you feel comfortable right from the the start..
my interview was too customised to my profile so the questions wouldnt be of any consequence to anybody..
so i'll not waste effort typing the intricate details but here's a brief overview.. the discussion was on my extra currics (been actively involved right from my college days) then moved on to how I've continued now that i'm working.. then moved on to work life balance.. then specifics of my team size and the nature of my work.. more about extra currics and then it ended.
(if anybody needs any more details let me know)
MISC.
we were only 8 called for interviews today.. all 8 engineers:-) our names were already pasted outside the room for the interviews.. we all were there by 8.45 the profs walked in by 8.50.. 9:00 they called us in briefed about the GD process, followed by GD, and summary writing.. all of us were done in around 10 mins!
we were told that we'd be called for the int in the same order as mentioned in the notice outside, also we were told the interviews wud last 15-20 mins so the junta who had interviews later cud take a stroll around campus and return after a while.. I was the second so didnt have the luxury of takin a stroll..
Overall gut feel - chillmax panel.. be sincere in what you say and you'll feel like just another coffee conversation with a friendly duo..
alok_nsit SaysThanks a lot.. can you give some details abt domain specific things since me too have a similar profile?? That will be helpful..
domain specific as in??
I wasnt quizzed much on IT, I was asked about the technologies I specialise in and the current trends in the specific tech..
with regards to banking I was just asked who are my customers(as in the actual bankers or business analysts or application developers etc) and what is the level of exposure I have to the actual bankers!
Honestly I'm not clear about your question, hope I answered it nevertheless, let me know if I've got your question wrong altogether..
Like I've already said my interview was mostly on my extra-currics 😃
Great going guys
Place - Delhi
Date - 13th feb 9.00 am batch
Panelists - 2.
GD - topic discussed earlier.. same as in Bangalore... Art of refusal.. How to refuse a strong member of Board of Directors a request of a 25 lac rupees cheque for donation to a trust.. The GD was good with everyone contributing.. I came in 4-5 times with 2-3 points taken by the group..
PI -
Questions:
Track 1: 10 mins
>Where did I do my schooling from?
>If someone wants to open an industry or a big shop of his own do he need to pay ransom/extortion money to ULFA? 😲 (I am from Assam)
>What did u do in the period from May 2005(college ending) and Nov 2005 (joining in company)? I joined as a volunteer in CIC, Community Information Center and worked for 5 months.
>How can we improved the performance of CICs?
>What is the difference between CICs and e-choupal?
>Is e-choupal entirely a CSR initiative?
>How to generate motivation for rural development among CIC operators?
>Does the farmer need a CIC to improve his farming techniques? Dept. of Agriculture is there for them.
Track 2 - 5 mins
>Name the dances of South India?
>How far have you gone towards South India? >Bangalore
>What do you do in your company?
>Difference between Routers and Switches?
>Difference between layer-2 and layer-3 switches?
>Name an Indian Company having Telecom products as routers and switches? I told Juniper.. They said its an American company.. I went on to say it has been started by an Indian.. :)) All of us laughed..
Track -3 5 mins
>Why MBA? from IIM?
>Plan in life?
>People from North East tend to neglect their region after making good for themselves(I told I would open an NGO sometime in the future in Assam)?
>You might have come prepared to create a sympathetic environment with ideas like NGO?
Overall:
Dealt with the bouncers carefully.
They seem to have a preconcieved view about NE people.(Or were they stressing me up)
An average performance overall.
Tomorrow IITKGP intv!!!
All the best to rest of the janta!!
Thanks a lot guys..hopefully more GD-PI experiences keep pouring in!
@ ALL
Thanks a lot for the posts on the GD/PI experiences
Keep posting:)
Center: New Delhi
13/02, Time 2:30 pm
Cat% 99.84
Quant 98.99
DI 99.92
VA 92.27
Profile: 2 years Workex as Software Engineer
Graduated from IIT Bombay 2005, CGPA : 8.69/10
Xth 88.60%
XIIth 85.4%
Case Study:
8 of us were there..
A company want to market its milk product. want to target youth . Company apprehensive whether to market it as a 'cool' product or to market it as a 'healthy' product. Discussions around how to market. Abt collaboration with CCD/Barrista.
GD went around for 15 mins. Sufficient time to read the case and make points, and also sufficient time to write the summary in the end.
PI:
Two profs, one cool, one not so cool :)
Talked about workex, How is my company's business line unique. Tried to stress me out by saying that ur company is basically making fool of you.
Guess I handled it well.
Then they asked about major exports and Imports of India, about India's GDP, about purchasing power parity.
I explained purchasing power parity, but goofed up a lil bit with USD to rupee exchange rate. 😞
Then they asked my about my hobbies, which Hindi movie I watched last..I said Traffic Signal.
Some problem with my connection.. will continue from where I left.
From Traffic Signal they came to Madhur Bhandarkar and then Corporate and Page 3.
My views about the movies.
Then they asked me, why should be take you?
Give me some evidence that you will make a good manager..
Didnt grill much on it, and it was over.
Overall I would say OK types.. I goofed with USD to Rupee exchange so I dunno how is it going to affect. Fingers crossed..
Adios.
I typed the whole interview experience few minutes back and then suddenly some connection problem propped up and lost all the data. Sorry guys. Going for dinner. Will try and come up with the detailed post hopefully by tonight or atleast by tomorrow.
P.S - Request to all the people who had their interview in Delhi, please mention the specific place at which interview was conducted as there are 2 centres in Delhi (I believe Shangrilla Hotel and Nikko Hotel) where interviews are being simultaneously conducted.