SCMHRD GD/PI Experiences - 2006

Hey all. Had my SCMHRD GD at Pune 2day. Got shortlisted for PI. :: . PI to be held 2moro morning. Well actually not a GD, we had a case study and a VIDEO CLIP exercise. :: Panel of 2. (cool, young, casually dressed working profes…

Hey all.

Had my SCMHRD GD at Pune 2day. Got shortlisted for PI. . PI to be held 2moro morning.

Well actually not a GD, we had a case study and a VIDEO CLIP exercise.

Panel of 2. (cool, young, casually dressed working professionals, unlike the usual scenario !!)

The case study was regarding a business school where the 2 departments - Management & Accounting, are facing a rift between them, bcoz 1 department earns more revenue (through research activities), and the HOD's of both departments keep passing snide remarks on each other !! The situation worsens to such an exent that, the 2 HOD's start expressing their derision in front of the students.

We, as a group, had to dicuss what the dean of the college should do to make things better. We had a good discussion 4 about 15 minutes and suggested various solutions. I had 4-5 decent entries.:)

Then the next activity, and a very pleasant one !!

An exercise based on video clips wherein we had to come on a consensus regarding who, out of the characters in the clippings, would make the best SALESMAN !

Clip 1 - From the movie Patch Adams, where the doctor tries to liven up his patient by dressing up as various characters, and providing some humour in the boring life of the patient.

Clip 2 - From the movie Sound Of Music where Marie, the governess, deals with some children who are boistrous, and not very friendly towards her.

Clip 3 - Shahrukh Khan !! DDLJ !! Where he tries to win hearts of various people he meets at his friend's wedding, and how he changes his ways of interaction, with different people.

No marks for guessing that the group zeroed in on the baadshah and came to a healthy consensus in about 15 minutes.

Then we moved in to the waiting room, waiting for the results to be announced.

Finally, they announced, and I had made it !!

Then the selected candidates moved to another room for ESSAY writing. Topic - " Be a man of action in your thoughts, Be a man of thought in your actions. "

Then, another long wait, for documents/credentials/marksheets verification.

We then got our PI schedules, and that was it.

Overall perception- Very well managed and systematic process. Very Helpful seniors.

Groups of 8/9. And no fixed number of candidates to be shortlisted. 2, 4, 5, 6 and ZERO were the number of people shortlisted from various groups today. (There were many, many more groups, but I happened to interact with various people from different groups and this is what I came to know.)

All the best to all.

Hey, got my PI 2moro morning 08:40 AM. Wish me luck !!

congrats mate...
ours was a case study wherein we had to we had to come out with a plan to improve the training process of the company and the video clips were from yuva(ajay devgan)...braveheart clip where he encourages his soldiers and d 3rd one was from swades where shahrukh khan aka mohan asks the entire village to improve their thinking...
we had to decide the best among the 3 who would fit into the role of a manager in a risk management company...

WELL MAN best of luck on clearing the first hardle.....well i hv some queries to u .....essay......kitne words ka tha yaar....i hate essay......

wht u think wht is the selection criterion for them also pls post ur profile it will help us to evaluate our self....looking forward for ur feedback....and wht is this verification of marksheet and credentials....sab kooch chk kar rahe hai kya.......( so i hv to carry all the originals )

Good luck, styleguy.

styleguy, thanks for sharing ur experience in detail yaar . All the best for ur Pi .

One dowt were the discussions smoot hya fish market ?

apocalypse, hw was ur discussion ?

I m having on Thursday , shll post experience ,

Thanks,
Sree

thestyleguy, thanks for sharing ur experience in detail yaar . All the best for ur Pi .
One dowt were the discussions smoot hya fish market ?
apocalypse, hw was ur discussion ?
I m having on Thursday ,
Thnaks,

the quality of students in ma grp were very good..not a fish market at all...but ppl do pounce the instant one stops talkin....
Hey all.

Had my SCMHRD GD at Pune 2day. Got shortlisted for PI. . PI to be held 2moro morning.

Well actually not a GD, we had a case study and a VIDEO CLIP exercise.

Panel of 2. (cool, young, casually dressed working professionals, unlike the usual scenario !!)

The case study was regarding a business school where the 2 departments - Management & Accounting, are facing a rift between them, bcoz 1 department earns more revenue (through research activities), and the HOD's of both departments keep passing snide remarks on each other !! The situation worsens to such an exent that, the 2 HOD's start expressing their derision in front of the students.

We, as a group, had to dicuss what the dean of the college should do to make things better. We had a good discussion 4 about 15 minutes and suggested various solutions. I had 4-5 decent entries.:)

Then the next activity, and a very pleasant one !!

An exercise based on video clips wherein we had to come on a consensus regarding who, out of the characters in the clippings, would make the best SALESMAN !

Clip 1 - From the movie Patch Adams, where the doctor tries to liven up his patient by dressing up as various characters, and providing some humour in the boring life of the patient.

Clip 2 - From the movie Sound Of Music where Marie, the governess, deals with some children who are boistrous, and not very friendly towards her.

Clip 3 - Shahrukh Khan !! DDLJ !! Where he tries to win hearts of various people he meets at his friend's wedding, and how he changes his ways of interaction, with different people.

No marks for guessing that the group zeroed in on the baadshah and came to a healthy consensus in about 15 minutes.

Then we moved in to the waiting room, waiting for the results to be announced.

Finally, they announced, and I had made it !!

Then the selected candidates moved to another room for ESSAY writing. Topic - " Be a man of action in your thoughts, Be a man of thought in your actions. "

Then, another long wait, for documents/credentials/marksheets verification.

We then got our PI schedules, and that was it.

Overall perception- Very well managed and systematic process. Very Helpful seniors.

Groups of 8/9. And no fixed number of candidates to be shortlisted. 2, 4, 5, 6 and ZERO were the number of people shortlisted from various groups today. (There were many, many more groups, but I happened to interact with various people from different groups and this is what I came to know.)

All the best to all.

Hey, got my PI 2moro morning 08:40 AM. Wish me luck !!




Congrats bro.....

and best of luk for tmrw!

Cheers
Param
hi had my GD today morning at 8am.... sorry for posting so late ....

the first was a case study based on a company called AFCO started by the kothari couple ... thereafter they got their children in the business ... after the death of their father sumit the elder became the MD of the company and jagdish his younger brother was made VP .... therafter it went on ala RELIANCE and the bickering between the two brothers.... we had to decide what sumit did to jadgish was professionally and morally justified

the second was 3 clips one each from
1. the court scence from SCENT OF A WOMAN where lt col SLade was defending charlie
2. the second where in GODFATHER don corleone is talking with johnny about getting him a role in a movie
3. the third from GOOD WILL HUNTING where robbie williams is advising Matt Damon
we had to come to a consensus as to who amongst the three would make the best mentor

after this from a total of 7 groups of 9 each 29 people were selected for PI

initially we had an essay to be written maximum in 10 lines on THE INPORTANT THING IS - NOT TO STOP QUESTIONING

finally i had my interview ... it was a casual interview no stress lasted about 20 minutes
mainly HR questions
1. tell us something about yourself
2. strengths and weaknesses
3. best moment in school life
4. what do u expect to learn at SCMHRD
5. bigggest failure and how have u overcome it
6. why MBA
7. something about my family who are you more closely attached to your father or your mother
8. acads - about grades in my school and college
9. leadership qualities
10. how have displayed leadership qualities
11. what the good qualities of a manager

thats about it no questions on work experience .....
anyways waiting for results now
all the best to u guys keep your self calm and also arrive on a consensus in your GD

by the way some more information 1700 shortlisted and roughly 45 percent thats around 800 will make it to the PI stage

in my group out of 29 shortlisted 16 were girls


Hey , maniack seems u had a kool PI man .
Keep ur fingers xed.
BTW, hw much workex do u hav ?

Can any of the u guys please tell me...How long was the process????? How long did each of the rounds last and how long did the total process take..


@maniack - dude, u had ur interview the same day????? Which batches have their interview the same day... please reply.... its really necessary for me..... please.....

Fantastic Guys! All the best......May we all get in!!:)

Congrats To U Guys Whu Made It!:)

N A Million Thanks To U For Posting In Detail Abt The Procedure.........

the morning batches i had my GD at 8 am
they started with the GDs by 8:30
we have 55 minutes for both the case study and the clips
thereafter a 30 minute wait for results...
the 10 min essay
and finally verification of marksheets...
finally interview slots are given between 11:20 and 3pm for the morning batches 4 panels each of 2 members guess the 9 am batch also had their pi on the same day



I have mine at 10:15 in the morning... do u have any idea if i'll have the interview on the same day... Have an exam the next day... Will have to miss it if interview is on that day..... please... is there anyway in which u can find out.... or for that matter can anyone help...
maniack Says
ithink you may have it on the same day but the last batch between 6 and 7 pm but not cent percent sure for it



thanks..... need to have some luck for that..... by the way... whom did u choose in the video clip round... and how was ur performance in each round... I mean how many times did u chip in each time???
lt slade from scent of a woman
6 plus intoduction in the case study ...
around 6 - 7 points and angles in the second
my group was 8 people and no fish market so guess was lucky 4 out of 8 from my group made it to the PI



Hate fish markets myself man... Usually I'm the one who gets cut out..??: Thanks anyway... Best of luck
Great job guys.. ATB StyleGuy for your PI and Maniack for the results..

9th Feb.. in Bangalore. Thanks.

@styleguy:- ATB man..with the PI tomorrow...and do post ur experience for ppl...nice job done so far......

Thanks a ton Guys.. whew... nice to know that they are not having stress interviews...
Cheers and best of luck to all.
Here I come SCMHRD!!!!

plz note

they HATE fishmarkets! you get to meet your group well in advance so mutually decide that it wont be the case.

also they LOVE consensus. so get along very well with each other and all of you may be selected!



chow!