IIM-Lucknow Group Discussion / Interview
Interview date : 21st Feb
Time : 10:00 AM
Venue : IIM-Bangalore
Same routine .... Got up @ 7:30 ... Had tiffin at a small eatery ... Ding (also known in literary circles as Manikandan) dropped me at the venue .... Had trouble finding out my interview location ;-)
An acquaintance pointed me down the wrong direction and I happily roamed around looking like a child lost in a fare (idhu konjam too much dhaan .... but, it is ok!)
Came to the right spot. Lot of people whom I knew were there .... It was like as if they decided to call all Chennai students today .... 2 friends from my batch @ Ascent .... 6 or 7 have-seen-their-faces-know-not-their-names from TIME .....
Chit chat .... Gyan .... Fundas ..... FCCBs .... Debentures .... GDP .... GNP .... definitions ....
Roll call :
9 guys in my panel ... no ladies .... I was 5th in order within my panel .... Profile of others
1. A 99.99 percentile chap - Anna University - CSE final year
2. A mining engineering chap
3. An Anna University - ECE final year chap
4. An Anna University - Chrompet campus final year chap
5. A classmate of (4)
6. An SVCE final year chap
7. Another fresher
8. Do not remember
9. Me
The candidates in my panel was predominantly freshers ....
GD
Format : Topic is announced . We have to write about it in a piece of paper, with a predetermined number of lines, in 150 words within 10 minutes. Submit the sheet. Discuss for 15 minutes. Exit and wait for interview.
Topic : Parliaments are a waste of public money.
Opinion : Neither an agro GD nor a peaceful one ... Average ... Everybody got a chance to view their opinions .... Dec. 13th attack on parliament ..... parliamentarians getting bribe for lobbying specific issues during question hour ..... education level and refinity of the people making it to the parliament .... how to make it better .... how to make them more accountable ...... how opposition is important to democracy as a structure .... how is it happening in other democracies .... were some of the factors discussed ...
Pretty decent .... got to start the GD .... contributed every now and then ... not a bad performance .....
Interview
Candidates called in the same order as the GD order .... So, am 5th in my group of 9.
2 panelists .... they were pretty cool .... were quite friendly .... let me lead the interview .... asked questions based on my answers types ....
P1 = Panelist 1, P2 = Panelist 2
P2 starts examining my certificates.
P1 : Tell me why do you wanna do MBA .... give me a different answer ... not one of the prerecorded ones .... Did you go to any institute to prepare for CAT ... What did you gain out of that institute.
Ans : Yes, I had been to Ascent Education .... Started with CAT .... how they helped me ... how personal attention was a strong point .... About GD/PI preparation .... About doing presentations on global topics of interest, which other institutes were not doing .... blah blah blah
If you notice, I never got to answer the "WHY MBA" question .... it started off with the institute and never went back ....
Kedar Naik, remember you were praying that you get this question !!! I hope you got this question in your interview today afternoon.
P1 : How much did you pay for it
Said
P1 : What excites you ....
Told about biking
P1 : What bike you ride ....
Told
P1 : What is the world's most popular brand
A: Harley Davidson
P1 : What do you know about it
A: Told that in the west it is more a way of life that just a bike that they drive ... the community, the cult, their own bars, their own dressing style ..... blah blah blah
P1 : Is it good
A: Blah blah blah .....
P1 : What is India's most popular brand
A: Told
P1: Why is Hero Honda named so?
A: Told
P1 : Who is the founder of Hero?
A: mmm .... not able to get it off the top of my head .... just remember that he was the Economist entrepreneur of the year .... (Actually I suppose he was the Entrepreneur - life time achievement award winner ...)
P1 : If there were 3 things that you want to improve about yourself, what would they be?
A: Told
P1 : Why is it (I told something about work life) relevant to you. You are a fresher, right? Checks form. Realizes that I am working.
Topic moves towards work related aspects.
P1 : What are the issues with Delegation.
A: Told
Sometime now, do not remember when, P2 takes over.
P2 : Tell about your role / responsibility @ work
A: Told
P2 : What is the product all about?
A: Told
P2 : How do you do impact analysis?
A: Told
P2 : What is the biggest problem that you face
A: Told about regression testing (I know my teammates are also going to read this post !!! Please do not feel offended .... This is not specific to just our team ... It is a firmwide issue .... And I have been the reason for this problem for a longer period than yours ;-))
P2 : How does a client get metadata from your system
A: Could not get the question. Tried to answer - but did not meet what he wanted
P2 : Clarifies on what he is looking @
A: Told
Thank you. You may go.
Came out - Wished the best for others.
A pretty cool process .... thanks to my panelists .... Do let me know your comment ....
IIML experiences of others can be checked out at : http://mbaforum.ascenteducation.com/viewtopic.php?t=450
Time : 10:00 AM
Venue : IIM-Bangalore
Same routine .... Got up @ 7:30 ... Had tiffin at a small eatery ... Ding (also known in literary circles as Manikandan) dropped me at the venue .... Had trouble finding out my interview location ;-)
An acquaintance pointed me down the wrong direction and I happily roamed around looking like a child lost in a fare (idhu konjam too much dhaan .... but, it is ok!)
Came to the right spot. Lot of people whom I knew were there .... It was like as if they decided to call all Chennai students today .... 2 friends from my batch @ Ascent .... 6 or 7 have-seen-their-faces-know-not-their-names from TIME .....
Chit chat .... Gyan .... Fundas ..... FCCBs .... Debentures .... GDP .... GNP .... definitions ....
Roll call :
9 guys in my panel ... no ladies .... I was 5th in order within my panel .... Profile of others
1. A 99.99 percentile chap - Anna University - CSE final year
2. A mining engineering chap
3. An Anna University - ECE final year chap
4. An Anna University - Chrompet campus final year chap
5. A classmate of (4)
6. An SVCE final year chap
7. Another fresher
8. Do not remember
9. Me
The candidates in my panel was predominantly freshers ....
GD
Format : Topic is announced . We have to write about it in a piece of paper, with a predetermined number of lines, in 150 words within 10 minutes. Submit the sheet. Discuss for 15 minutes. Exit and wait for interview.
Topic : Parliaments are a waste of public money.
Opinion : Neither an agro GD nor a peaceful one ... Average ... Everybody got a chance to view their opinions .... Dec. 13th attack on parliament ..... parliamentarians getting bribe for lobbying specific issues during question hour ..... education level and refinity of the people making it to the parliament .... how to make it better .... how to make them more accountable ...... how opposition is important to democracy as a structure .... how is it happening in other democracies .... were some of the factors discussed ...
Pretty decent .... got to start the GD .... contributed every now and then ... not a bad performance .....
Interview
Candidates called in the same order as the GD order .... So, am 5th in my group of 9.
2 panelists .... they were pretty cool .... were quite friendly .... let me lead the interview .... asked questions based on my answers types ....
P1 = Panelist 1, P2 = Panelist 2
P2 starts examining my certificates.
P1 : Tell me why do you wanna do MBA .... give me a different answer ... not one of the prerecorded ones .... Did you go to any institute to prepare for CAT ... What did you gain out of that institute.
Ans : Yes, I had been to Ascent Education .... Started with CAT .... how they helped me ... how personal attention was a strong point .... About GD/PI preparation .... About doing presentations on global topics of interest, which other institutes were not doing .... blah blah blah
If you notice, I never got to answer the "WHY MBA" question .... it started off with the institute and never went back ....
Kedar Naik, remember you were praying that you get this question !!! I hope you got this question in your interview today afternoon.
P1 : How much did you pay for it
Said
P1 : What excites you ....
Told about biking
P1 : What bike you ride ....
Told
P1 : What is the world's most popular brand
A: Harley Davidson
P1 : What do you know about it
A: Told that in the west it is more a way of life that just a bike that they drive ... the community, the cult, their own bars, their own dressing style ..... blah blah blah
P1 : Is it good
A: Blah blah blah .....
P1 : What is India's most popular brand
A: Told
P1: Why is Hero Honda named so?
A: Told
P1 : Who is the founder of Hero?
A: mmm .... not able to get it off the top of my head .... just remember that he was the Economist entrepreneur of the year .... (Actually I suppose he was the Entrepreneur - life time achievement award winner ...)
P1 : If there were 3 things that you want to improve about yourself, what would they be?
A: Told
P1 : Why is it (I told something about work life) relevant to you. You are a fresher, right? Checks form. Realizes that I am working.
Topic moves towards work related aspects.
P1 : What are the issues with Delegation.
A: Told
Sometime now, do not remember when, P2 takes over.
P2 : Tell about your role / responsibility @ work
A: Told
P2 : What is the product all about?
A: Told
P2 : How do you do impact analysis?
A: Told
P2 : What is the biggest problem that you face
A: Told about regression testing (I know my teammates are also going to read this post !!! Please do not feel offended .... This is not specific to just our team ... It is a firmwide issue .... And I have been the reason for this problem for a longer period than yours ;-))
P2 : How does a client get metadata from your system
A: Could not get the question. Tried to answer - but did not meet what he wanted
P2 : Clarifies on what he is looking @
A: Told
Thank you. You may go.
Came out - Wished the best for others.
A pretty cool process .... thanks to my panelists .... Do let me know your comment ....
IIML experiences of others can be checked out at : http://mbaforum.ascenteducation.com/viewtopic.php?t=450
posted by Naveenan Ramachandran | Tuesday, February 21, 2006
10 Comments:
"If there were 3 things that you want to improve about yourself, what would they be?"
Wondering what you 'TOLD'!!
and, one answer I can think you could probably have given is -Wine, Wealth, W-o-r-k... ;-)
Ha ha ha .... Good ones .... I gave 2 .... Did not allow me to give the 3rd ...
First was that I would stop procrastinating .... Second was that I have to improve on my delegation skills (Again, I hope my teammates who browse through these comments take it objectively !!!)
"You are a fresher, right? Checks form. Realizes that I am working."
Oh.Naveenan..forms check panni than freshera workingannu kanduppidika vendi irukku. Meesai valarunnu sonna kekuria..Why dont you try those 'sittukuruvi' versions on roadside :-).
The only disadvantage I see doing that is you might lose some priceless youthful bike rides :-P.
Machi,
You have boiled down to the core point ... You are right .... Absence of a mustache is making all the difference ....
But, I am afraid we are viewing the issue from diametrically opposing points .... I feel that it is proving to be a BIG BIG BIG advantage ... Forget the panelists ... Even the candidates outside were under the impression that I am a fresher ... Only when I told them, after the intervew was over, did they know about it ....
(Krishis, neenga enakku indha issue la support pannanum !!!)
We will keep exchanging notes on our life for a year's time !!! Based on the notes, same day in 2007, either I will grow a mustache or you will get rid of yours ....
Indha bloggai padikkara mathavanga dhaan saatchi .... Enna readiya ?!?
Naveen,
Eagerly waiting for the master piece " IIM Ahmedabad Interview Experience" dude ??? Good luck
Srihari
mr.naveenan, samanthame illame ennai yen pa naduvule izhuthu nakkal panre :-)
but maybe someday ... srivat shud try not having it :-)
yeah,
agree with krishis & naveenan.
srivat, when you think you wanna be popular, a sought after hero among girls, you can try that!!
naveenan, don't ever believe this comment from yadhvi is an appreciation ... vanja pugazhi nu kelvi pattu irukiya :-)
Thanks Srihari. I wish I had a better story to tell ;-(
Srivat,
Look - Yadhvi has recommended. Know what, Selvakannan has joined our clan. When are you going to ?!?
Krishis,
Yupper Yupper ....... I will be careful ...... "Vanja Pugazhcchi ani" is written ALL OVER Yadhvi's comment .......
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