IIM Kozhikode WAT-GD/PI
Slot: 16th Feb, 8;30 AM
Venue: Delhi
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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:
I was the first one to arrive. Was asked to sign an attendance sheet on arrival.
After that they asked for:
2 Copies of the Interview Form.
Call Letter
CAT Scorecard.
Final Year Proforma.
10th Mark Sheet.
12th Mark Sheet.
Grad Mark Sheet.
Checked the extracurricular certificates as well.
The guy wrote the panel number on the form and returned both of the forms.
GD and WAT started at 9:00.
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Topic: Package shouldn't be the sole criteria while deciding a job.
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I was like yayy!
I was expecting some weird niche knowledge based topic, so I was relieved on seeing this.
WAT went okay. Decent 3/5 type performance.
Everyone in my group was so nice! No one talked for a second time till everyone had at least talked once. It wasn't much of a topic because everyone agreed that satisfaction and contentment and long term goals and blah blah. Pitched in 3-4 times which was about the same as everyone else, except maybe a couple of people who spoke only once or twice. The moderator stopped us at exactly 9:30, didn't even let us conclude 😐
All in all extremely cordial and pleasant 😃
Performance same as WAT, 7.5-8/10 types.
There were nine members and I was the seventh to be interviewed, so interacted with a lot of panel 2 and panel 3 candidates.
Panel 2 was relaxed and the panelists were generally asking general questions, about life, future whatever. Basically non-technical stuff.
My panel i.e panel 3 had 2 male panelists and it was basically a good cop, bad cop type of setup. The one on the left was smiling and was basically like oh you poor child and the one on the right was grilling and he was saying things like:
"Itna bhi nhi pta!"
"Yeh cheezein toh 9th mein padhate hain!"
Everyone except me in my group was an engineer and they were being grilled in depth on acads. The guy on the right was tripping people one way or the other.
Some of the questions asked to the people before me:
"Name all the north eastern states and their capitals"
"Draw a map of India, then draw a map of Kerala and then mark Kozhikode on it"
"Name as many North American countries as you can"
"What's the relation between New Mexico and Mexico"
"How far is the parliament from here, what about Vidhan Sabha, itna bhi nhi pta, Delhi ke ho bhi yaa nahin"
And LOTS of technical stuff. Basically everyone before me was like "Yep. Grilled. Dhang se"
Finally my turn came.
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PI:Panel 3
I am going to refer them as G and B(Good cop, Bad cop)
G came to the door and said yeah come on in.
Asked about the meaning of my name. (NIkhaar). Told glow/shine whatever.. Said oh that's why you are glowing! I was like 😐
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G:Tell me about yourself.
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B was in the washroom at this point.
(I was like is this for real😲 5 min baad hi bula lete!)
Told him about myself.
Finally B sat down and he was like so you huh. I was like yep and for some reason I was smiling like an idiot because in my head I was like try all you want, see how much of your stress inducing techniques get to me 😁
B started asking about correlation. What is it, how do you calculate it?
Draw the graph of two variables that have correlation.
Did what they asked. Cross questioning.
Finally he gave me a data set that these are five values of height and weight. What's the correlation?
Drew a graph. Average sort of answer.
Every time I looked at B he was like😠 And I found that incredibly funny. Finally he sort of let down his guard and started smiling back 😁
Then G asked about law of demand, why is everything else assumed to be constant. Answered.
I think the fact that I am from a commerce background saved me, because they were like what do we ask him 😐
And by this point all three of us were smiling all the time for some reason!
I was like wtf is going on!
Then B started asking questions like
Who was the first PM of India?
How many terms did he serve?
Why did he not serve more? (What do I know 😲 )
Who was the second PM?
How many kids did Nehru have?
Why is Indira Gandhi ... Gandhi and not Nehru?
Who is the husband of Indira Gandhi?
Are Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi related?
I was like no, there's no correlation and because I used the word correlation and because earlier they sort of grilled me on correlation they were like "hahaahahahah no, no we are done with correlation now😛 "
I used the word correlation again in another answer and they laughed even more, and of course I laughed with them.
(I suspect by that point they were like we aren't going to select him anyway, why not have a few laughs at his expense!)
B became stern suddenly and I was still grinning because how does one suddenly stop laughing and I was literally about to say
Look at you all serious and stuff trying to scare me😀 (Remembered in time that I was at a goddamn interview and these weren't my buddies!)
Anyway B continued
How many members in Lok Sabha? Why 543 why not 552?
How many in Rajya Sabha?
How are they chosen?
Yeah that was it and then they asked each other all done naa?
Both nodded and started grinning again for some reason!
They said okay best of luck. I said okay have a nice day(because apparently I do that now 😐 )
And that wasn't all.
I came outside the room and the others started asking, "How was it, how was it?! and I started telling them about what all happened and B's voice came from inside the room:
"Don't listen to him!" and he started laughing!
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Jesus Christ! Such a weird interview! Don't know how they assessed it but it sure was fun! 😀