Hi All, Kindly start posting your GD PI Experiences here. Post your profile, GD topic and the interview flow 
All the best to All 
Hi All,
Kindly start posting your GD PI Experiences here.
Post your profile, GD topic and the interview flow :)
All the best to All 
Hi Puys,
Best of luck to all of you. Hope all of us here at Pagalguy make it to FMS this year :razz:
Eagerly looking forward to reading the first interview / GD experiences.
Cheers
i guess i m the 1st 1 to post the GD/PI experience.....
1) MBA- GD topic- Actual GDP growth of India is not what it reveals...
1 min to think,,, 10 mins for open discussion,,,, 1 min to conclude....
went on really well ,, no fish market.
PI- 5 panelist leaded by A.S.Narag.
extempore topic----- "i m the best, so u shud take me"
ppl were getting nething from this world ,,,, so b prepared.
like---- black beauty, silence is golden, malbury(evn i m not aware of this).
PI is generally for 10 mins, nd very generic.... i mean no acads, no work ex...
2) MBA(MS)-GD topic- shall we continue to subsidize Agriculture Sector.
same format as MBA.....
this time it was a litlle fish market.
PI- 4 panelist leaded by Mamkoottam .
extempore topic----- "last but not the least" as i was the last to be interviewed for the day.
again not very stressful PI ..... why MBA,,,,MS...
few Qs on FDI,GDP, demand supply prize....again for just 10 mins.....
nd lot of thanks to the Seniors...(vishu, amit and Gaurav).....they were very supportive nd helped in making us comfortable with enivronment...
rest all was cool.....
ALL THE BEST PUYS
i guess i m the 1st 1 to post the GD/PI experience.....
1) MBA- GD topic- Actual GDP growth of India is not what it reveals...
1 min to think,,, 10 mins for open discussion,,,, 1 min to conclude....
went on really well ,, no fish market.
PI- 5 panelist leaded by A.S.Narag.
extempore topic----- "i m the best, so u shud take me"
ppl were getting nething from this world ,,,, so b prepared.
like---- black beauty, silence is golden, malbury(evn i m not aware of this).
PI is generally for 10 mins, nd very generic.... i mean no acads, no work ex...
2) MBA(MS)-GD topic- shall we continue to subsidize Agriculture Sector.
same format as MBA.....
this time it was a litlle fish market.
PI- 4 panelist leaded by Mamkoottam .
extempore topic----- "last but not the least" as i was the last to be interviewed for the day.
again not very stressful PI ..... why MBA,,,,MS...
few Qs on FDI,GDP, demand supply prize....again for just 10 mins.....
nd lot of thanks to the Seniors...(vishu, amit and Gaurav).....they were very supportive nd helped in making us comfortable with enivronment...
rest all was cool.....
ALL THE BEST PUYS
Thanks a lot goldyfunky.....Its a really a good gesture by u for posting ur experirnce......
All the best fa results...........u can relax now......
Wish u good luck
Originally Posted by goldyfunky View Post i guess i m the 1st 1 to post the GD/PI experience..... 1) MBA- GD topic- Actual GDP growth of India is not what it reveals... How did you go abt discussing this topic A few insights would be wonderful
Also, it'll be good if you post what u spoke in your extempore's
Date - 13th march
Venue - FMS campus
Batch - 1.30 pm
Profile :
Xth - 91.9%
XIIth - 94.0%
B.E.(Computer Science) - 78.7%
Work-ex - 20 months at IBM.
Reached the center at 1 pm.
There we were given a data form to fill. It had some very simple details like graduation stream, percentage etc.
The morning batch at 11 was running late.
So finally at 2.30 pm we were called in.
There were 10 in a batch. As 2 in my batch were absent, we were 8 of us.
After we entered we saw there were chairs with numbers allotted to them, we were asked to sit in the order in which they called out the names.
They asked one of us to pick up a chit from the box, that would be determining our topic for the GD.
The GD topic we got was "RTI has changed the way we live".
We were given 1 minute to think, later a bell was rung indicating us to start.
GD was pretty cool, everybody spoke, gave some very good points and there was no fish market at any point of time.
After 8 minutes, the bell was rung again indicating we had 1 minute to conclude. At this point I felt too many people tried to speak in our group and as I had already made 4 good entries I decided to not contribute.
My slot number was 2, so I was called second for the interview.
When I entered there 4 male professors and 1 female professor(P5).
Wished everyone and took a seat.
P1 - So Ms.XX, how you feeling today?
Me - Very well sir, thank you.
P1 - Ok so your extempore topic is "Idol worship is a bad practise". Start right away.
They started a stop clock.
Me - Went on for 1 minute, then the alarm rang, I stopped giving a conclusion.
P1 - You look too prepared for this topic, had you practiced this before?
Me - No sir, but I used to participate a lot in extempores in my school days. SO maybe the practice is showing now.
P1 - Ok good then, I shall ask you for another extempore.
Me - Sure sir.
P1 - Can you speak about XXXXX.
Me - I beg your pardon sir, could not get that.
P2 to P1 : Don't think she understood that, lets give her a different topic.
P2: Ok your topic is "Nano", starts the stop clock.
Me - Started speaking and stopped when the alarm went.
P1 - So what exactly does the word nano mean.
Me - Sir nano has different connotations in different contextx. But it typically means to scale down something sir.
It is scaled done 10^-9 times, 1 billionth part sir.
P1 - So what is a nano metre?
Me - Sir, it is one billionth of a metre.
P1 - Are you sure? I think its one billionth of a centimeter.
Me - No sir I am quite sir.
P1 - So what are your hobbies?
Me - Sir I sing bhajans, like doing sudoku and I like reading the works of Sir Artur Conan Doyle.
P1 - But did you not just say idle worship is bad.
Me - Sir I said, service is better.
P1 - Ok.
All of them are smiling now.
P1 - Ok XX, tell me people who don't like you, what 5 words they use to describe you.
Me - Told 5 words and explained why they would not like it. Mentioned that I like punctuality and people don't like it that I don't like it when they don't maintain time.
P2 - SO you must not be liking us, because we are running late.
Me - No sir, if the dealy is due to practical reasons , it is permissible.
P3 - Which sector contributes most to the GDP?
Before I could answer,
P1 - Ok which other calls do you have?
Me - Sir I have calls from MDI, XLRI and S P Jain.
P1 - SO what is the probability that you well get through XLRI?
Me - Sir 0.5. Explained a bit there.
P1 - But what about the outcome when you are waitlisted.
Me - Sir it is a temporary state, ultimately it will either get converted or not.
Some grueling about probability.
P1 - What is the probability that it will snow today?
Me - Sir almost 0 zero.
P1 - How can you say that?
Me - gave fundae about past history, taking a larger sample to be more precise etc.
Guess this was what he was looking for, stopped talking about probability after this.
P5 - SO do you read newspapers?
Me - Yes madam, I genrally read TOI, but I f prefer following news online.
P5 - What was on the headlines yesterday/
Me - Told.
P1 - So tell me any book of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Me - Sir, Hound of Baskerville is quite famous.
P1 - SO is he called with the name Sir or ar eyou saying it.
Me - Sir he is referred to so.
P1 - So is this book copyrighted?
Me - yes sir it is.
P1 - For how long are these copyrights genrally valid?
Me - Told.
P1 - SO is there any book you are planning to read?
Me - Yes sir, "inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai. Spoke about her and told why I wanted to read it.
P1 - Have you read her mother's works?
Me - Sir I have heard about Anita Desai and read her book reviews but never chanced upon reading her books.
Ok XX thank you, and yes you are truly an extrovert.
Thank you Sir, have a great day ahead.
Venue - FMS campus
Batch - 1.30 pm
Profile :
Xth - 91.9%
XIIth - 94.0%
B.E.(Computer Science) - 78.7%
Work-ex - 20 months at IBM.
Reached the center at 1 pm.
There we were given a data form to fill. It had some very simple details like graduation stream, percentage etc.
The morning batch at 11 was running late.
So finally at 2.30 pm we were called in.
There were 10 in a batch. As 2 in my batch were absent, we were 8 of us.
After we entered we saw there were chairs with numbers allotted to them, we were asked to sit in the order in which they called out the names.
They asked one of us to pick up a chit from the box, that would be determining our topic for the GD.
The GD topic we got was "RTI has changed the way we live".
We were given 1 minute to think, later a bell was rung indicating us to start.
GD was pretty cool, everybody spoke, gave some very good points and there was no fish market at any point of time.
After 8 minutes, the bell was rung again indicating we had 1 minute to conclude. At this point I felt too many people tried to speak in our group and as I had already made 4 good entries I decided to not contribute.
My slot number was 2, so I was called second for the interview.
When I entered there 4 male professors and 1 female professor(P5).
Wished everyone and took a seat.
P1 - So Ms.XX, how you feeling today?
Me - Very well sir, thank you.
P1 - Ok so your extempore topic is "Idol worship is a bad practise". Start right away.
They started a stop clock.
Me - Went on for 1 minute, then the alarm rang, I stopped giving a conclusion.
P1 - You look too prepared for this topic, had you practiced this before?
Me - No sir, but I used to participate a lot in extempores in my school days. SO maybe the practice is showing now.
P1 - Ok good then, I shall ask you for another extempore.
Me - Sure sir.
P1 - Can you speak about XXXXX.
Me - I beg your pardon sir, could not get that.
P2 to P1 : Don't think she understood that, lets give her a different topic.
P2: Ok your topic is "Nano", starts the stop clock.
Me - Started speaking and stopped when the alarm went.
P1 - So what exactly does the word nano mean.
Me - Sir nano has different connotations in different contextx. But it typically means to scale down something sir.
It is scaled done 10^-9 times, 1 billionth part sir.
P1 - So what is a nano metre?
Me - Sir, it is one billionth of a metre.
P1 - Are you sure? I think its one billionth of a centimeter.
Me - No sir I am quite sir.
P1 - So what are your hobbies?
Me - Sir I sing bhajans, like doing sudoku and I like reading the works of Sir Artur Conan Doyle.
P1 - But did you not just say idle worship is bad.
Me - Sir I said, service is better.
P1 - Ok.
All of them are smiling now.
P1 - Ok XX, tell me people who don't like you, what 5 words they use to describe you.
Me - Told 5 words and explained why they would not like it. Mentioned that I like punctuality and people don't like it that I don't like it when they don't maintain time.
P2 - SO you must not be liking us, because we are running late.
Me - No sir, if the dealy is due to practical reasons , it is permissible.
P3 - Which sector contributes most to the GDP?
Before I could answer,
P1 - Ok which other calls do you have?
Me - Sir I have calls from MDI, XLRI and S P Jain.
P1 - SO what is the probability that you well get through XLRI?
Me - Sir 0.5. Explained a bit there.
P1 - But what about the outcome when you are waitlisted.
Me - Sir it is a temporary state, ultimately it will either get converted or not.
Some grueling about probability.
P1 - What is the probability that it will snow today?
Me - Sir almost 0 zero.
P1 - How can you say that?
Me - gave fundae about past history, taking a larger sample to be more precise etc.
Guess this was what he was looking for, stopped talking about probability after this.
P5 - SO do you read newspapers?
Me - Yes madam, I genrally read TOI, but I f prefer following news online.
P5 - What was on the headlines yesterday/
Me - Told.
P1 - So tell me any book of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Me - Sir, Hound of Baskerville is quite famous.
P1 - SO is he called with the name Sir or ar eyou saying it.
Me - Sir he is referred to so.
P1 - So is this book copyrighted?
Me - yes sir it is.
P1 - For how long are these copyrights genrally valid?
Me - Told.
P1 - SO is there any book you are planning to read?
Me - Yes sir, "inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai. Spoke about her and told why I wanted to read it.
P1 - Have you read her mother's works?
Me - Sir I have heard about Anita Desai and read her book reviews but never chanced upon reading her books.
Ok XX thank you, and yes you are truly an extrovert.
Thank you Sir, have a great day ahead.
Is it that nobody had an experience worth mentioning
Guys please come down and do this social service as it will help getting a good picture.
We understand you all must be tired, so atleast can you put these pointers:
GD Topic:
Extempore topic and reason for same:
PI type: (Tech/HR/GK/Stress/SOP Based)
Your profile: a) Graduation :(Engg/Arts/Comm)
b) Work Exp :(In month/Year)
c) Nature of company: (IT/Non-IT and domain)
Phuleeez come out with atleast ONLY this much info.This is your PSR(Puys Social Responsibility) and will be really thanked for by fellow puys.:)
Cool experience...or shld I say Kewl experience?:)
You seem to have aced it....
Just one query: did your group reach a conclusion? Or did the ppl hu concluded give only their views?
Date 13th march
Venue FMS campus
Batch 1.30 pm
Profile :
Xth 91.9%
XIIth 94.0%
B.E.(Computer Science) 78.7%
Work-ex 20 months at IBM.
They asked one of us to pick up a chit from the box, that would be determining our topic for the GD.
The GD topic we got was RTI has changed the way we live.
We were given 1 minute to think, later a bell was rung indicating us to start.
GD was pretty cool, everybody spoke, gave some very good points and there was no fish market at any point of time.
After 8 minutes, the bell was rung again indicating we had 1 minute to conclude. At this point I felt too many people tried to speak in our group and as I had already made 4 good entries I decided to not contribute.
Ok XX thank you, and yes you are truly an extrovert.
Thank you Sir, have a great day ahead.
Cool experience...or shld I say Kewl experience?:)
You seem to have aced it....
Just one query: did your group reach a conclusion? Or did the ppl hu concluded give only their views?
Conclusion meaning?
See the GD we structured in such a way that I started the GD and gave the definition for it and why it was introducded.
then we went on and quite some people listed the pros to it and quoted with examples. thenwe went on to discuss the cons. Then we also spoke about how its awareness should be spread to more and more people. In the summary all of this was listed. We did not need to reach a consensus and all, its just that everyone needed to contribute substansially.
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Conclusion meaning?
See the GD we structured in such a way that I started the GD and gave the definition for it and why it was introducded.
then we went on and quite some people listed the pros to it and quoted with examples. thenwe went on to discuss the cons. Then we also spoke about how its awareness should be spread to more and more people. In the summary all of this was listed. We did not need to reach a consensus and all, its just that everyone needed to contribute substansially.
I asked coz there is a subtle difference between a summary and a conclusion. In a summary, as the name suggests, all the points discussed till that point need to be included. No new ideas are permitted in a summary.
Whereas in a conclusion, new ideas can be easily brought in and the discussion is closed based on ones personal perspectives or perhaps those of the group's.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
double post
P1 Ok so your extempore topic is Idol worship is a bad practise. Start right away.
P1 You look too prepared for this topic, had you practiced this before?
P1 What is the probability that it will snow today?
Me Sir almost 0 zero.
P1 How can you say that?
Me gave fundae about past history, taking a larger sample to be more precise etc.
P1 Have you read her mothers works?
Me Sir I have heard about Anita Desai and read her book reviews but never
Brilliant!!..I feel:grab:
hi, whats ur background dude?
pulak.agarwal Sayshi, whats ur background dude?
Not dude...dudette.
I did B.E. (Computer Science) and now work for IBM SOftware Labs.
I think the probability questions came because in my SOP i had written i have proclivity for maths.
They spoke about books because i mentioned i like reading.
dudetee, mckinsey mein toh hi na kaam kar raha hai
Date 13th march
Venue FMS campus
Batch 1.30 pm
Profile :
Xth 91.9%
XIIth 94.0%
B.E.(Computer Science) 78.7%
Work-ex 20 months at IBM.
Reached the center at 1 pm.
.
Thank you Sir, have a great day ahead.
Hi KewlMBA..
Thanks 4 sharing the experience...can u plz thro sm lite on the points that u and the group discssd on the RTI topic in GD...??
Date 13th march
P1 Ok so your extempore topic is Idol worship is a bad practise. Start right away.
first of all.. congos on a great performance !! u are a shoo -in!!
anyways.. can u pls lemme know if we can also contradict the topic sayin i disagree that Idol worship is a bad practise thanks in advance.. btw do u have an MS call also?