hi puys, please use this thread to share your LIBA GD-PI experiences. Please mention: * 1. call details 2. ur profile (acads & work-ex) 3. XAT score 4. GD topic 5. PI (the more detailed, the better) 6. any oth…
hi puys,
please use this thread to share your LIBA GD-PI experiences.
Please mention:
All the best !!! 
hi puys,
please use this thread to share your LIBA GD-PI experiences.
Please mention:
- call details (PGDM or PGDM-RM)
- ur profile (acads & work-ex)
- XAT score
- GD topic
- PI (the more detailed, the better)
- any other info, u feel like sharing....
All the best !!!
Dude a Small correction.. Liba doesn't have PGDM-RM..
copy carefully
profileacads r tik-tak bt consistent kinda
n they dnt chk my extra curricular activites at all
for d PI they jus look hw comfortable ur...n if wt ur talikn makes sense
GD
topic was sumtin like-economic power is more important thn morals n ethics
quite an easy topic..der was a consensus abt dt bt stil v ended up as a fish market.luckily i managed to make my point 2-3times
tthe coordinators had to ask d students who did nt speak much to say sumtin in the end
5mins 2 think abt d topic
abt 20 mins 2 discuss
4mins 2 writ a summary
PI
they took abt 10-20mins per guy
3panelists
p1->nice lady from HR i guess
p2->d questioning guy
p3-> a quite observant guy i guess he was a priest
et me
p1-tell me abt ur self?
me-blah blah..done al my education in...(interupt)
p2-...all??..dts means u done wit ur education??
me-sry sir..contd blah blah
p2-u think being creative is more imp thn dealing wit competition??
i doubt u'll be able 2 survive in liba
students der do anytin 4 marks...wt wil happen of u if u enter?
me-justified sayin its nt competion i'm scared of...etc etc
p2-y mba?
p2-wer u see urself sum yrs down d line
me-5yrs down d line..
p2- no take 2yrs first...
p2-tell me abt ur family
p2-u'll travel all d way 2 chennai?
how wil u adjust
p2-which specialisation?
p2-in a company wt will u do abt being an HR manager n creative
HR guys r often bad-mouthed wt wil u do?
p2-wt do u ve 2 say abt d reservation bill 4women?
p2-r u into reading alot of business news?
p2-wt have u heard abt liba?
p2-u know any1 who did their mba frm liba?
...n done :)
all d best 2u puys!!
n they dnt chk my extra curricular activites at all
for d PI they jus look hw comfortable ur...n if wt ur talikn makes sense
GD
topic was sumtin like-economic power is more important thn morals n ethics
quite an easy topic..der was a consensus abt dt bt stil v ended up as a fish market.luckily i managed to make my point 2-3times
tthe coordinators had to ask d students who did nt speak much to say sumtin in the end
5mins 2 think abt d topic
abt 20 mins 2 discuss
4mins 2 writ a summary
PI
they took abt 10-20mins per guy
3panelists
p1->nice lady from HR i guess
p2->d questioning guy
p3-> a quite observant guy i guess he was a priest
et me
p1-tell me abt ur self?
me-blah blah..done al my education in...(interupt)
p2-...all??..dts means u done wit ur education??
me-sry sir..contd blah blah
p2-u think being creative is more imp thn dealing wit competition??
i doubt u'll be able 2 survive in liba
students der do anytin 4 marks...wt wil happen of u if u enter?
me-justified sayin its nt competion i'm scared of...etc etc
p2-y mba?
p2-wer u see urself sum yrs down d line
me-5yrs down d line..
p2- no take 2yrs first...
p2-tell me abt ur family
p2-u'll travel all d way 2 chennai?
how wil u adjust
p2-which specialisation?
p2-in a company wt will u do abt being an HR manager n creative
HR guys r often bad-mouthed wt wil u do?
p2-wt do u ve 2 say abt d reservation bill 4women?
p2-r u into reading alot of business news?
p2-wt have u heard abt liba?
p2-u know any1 who did their mba frm liba?
...n done :)
all d best 2u puys!!
Slot-9.00 am
Date-12th March
Centre- St Xaviers, Mumbai
10th-84
12th-80
Grad-72
Xat-95.33
The 9o Clock slot had 15 students ,1st GD is conducted then followed by PI
The same panel takes the GD and PI
P1- Finance Mam(Forgot her name)
P2-Chandrashekhar Pandey
P3-Emmaneul Arokhiam
Group Discussion-
Topic- Quitting a secure job for an MBA isnt it stupid?
4 min to jot down points
15 min for discussion
5 min for GD summary
A pretty easy topic, the group was chilled out, thankfully no fish market situation
I spoke around 3-4 times with decent points, though it was a large group there wasnt much overlapping, 2-3 guys didnt speak at all, they were given a chance to speak at the end of the GD by the panelist
Then we had to write the GD summary, point discussed in the GD were to be noted down.
Then came the PI my number was 13th had to wait for quite some time
Personal Interview-
P2-Tell me something about urself
Me- Gyaan, by rote for almost all GDPIs
P2-Tell about your family
Me-Blah Blah
P3-Why MBA if youre working now?
Me- Blah blah
P3-Have you been to the south?
Me- yes sir, all the four states
P3-Which other calls?
Me-GIM,SIBM B,NM
P3-thank you ,u can leave
Me-Thank you sir
Pointers-
1)The panel is very chilled out ,they are not tryin to ask any stress Qs or for that matter any acads based Qs
2)All the guys in my slot were asked only HR Qs,not a single Q on acads
3)Almost every candidate was the Qs which were asked to me
Date-12th March
Centre- St Xaviers, Mumbai
10th-84
12th-80
Grad-72
Xat-95.33
The 9o Clock slot had 15 students ,1st GD is conducted then followed by PI
The same panel takes the GD and PI
P1- Finance Mam(Forgot her name)
P2-Chandrashekhar Pandey
P3-Emmaneul Arokhiam
Group Discussion-
Topic- Quitting a secure job for an MBA isnt it stupid?
4 min to jot down points
15 min for discussion
5 min for GD summary
A pretty easy topic, the group was chilled out, thankfully no fish market situation
I spoke around 3-4 times with decent points, though it was a large group there wasnt much overlapping, 2-3 guys didnt speak at all, they were given a chance to speak at the end of the GD by the panelist
Then we had to write the GD summary, point discussed in the GD were to be noted down.
Then came the PI my number was 13th had to wait for quite some time
Personal Interview-
P2-Tell me something about urself
Me- Gyaan, by rote for almost all GDPIs
P2-Tell about your family
Me-Blah Blah
P3-Why MBA if youre working now?
Me- Blah blah
P3-Have you been to the south?
Me- yes sir, all the four states
P3-Which other calls?
Me-GIM,SIBM B,NM
P3-thank you ,u can leave
Me-Thank you sir
Pointers-
1)The panel is very chilled out ,they are not tryin to ask any stress Qs or for that matter any acads based Qs
2)All the guys in my slot were asked only HR Qs,not a single Q on acads
3)Almost every candidate was the Qs which were asked to me
Slot-2.30 pm
Date-12th March
Centre- Indian Social Institute,Bangalore
Xat-98.28
The process consists of GD,Summarizing the GD and PI. There were 3 panel members for the entire process.
Group Discussion-
Topic- Terrorism-Who is responsible??Where does it leads to??
4 min for thinking
15-20 min for discussion
5 min for GD summary
Because of the amble time, the discussion was a peaceful one!!!
The panel rang a bell 2 min before the stipulated time to indicate that it is time to conclude the GD.
ESSAY WRITING
Once the GD was over,we were asked to write a summary of the discussion.The aim is to check our articulation skills. So better not use SMS language or bullets.
Personal Interview-
The interview was pretty cool as the panel was friendly and as they didnt go deep into acads!!!! Asked some pretty simple questions on acads like different modes of commntn,router vs modem etc.
The questions they were concentrating on:
#Why MBA??Why not after work exp??Why MBA after Btech??
#Why LIBA??
#Which specialization??
#Where do you see yourself 5 years from now??
#Will you be able to cope up with 12 hrs of work a day??
I think that all one needs for LIBA's PI is a good introspection..
ALL THE BEST FOR ALL
Date-12th March
Centre- Indian Social Institute,Bangalore
Xat-98.28
The process consists of GD,Summarizing the GD and PI. There were 3 panel members for the entire process.
Group Discussion-
Topic- Terrorism-Who is responsible??Where does it leads to??
4 min for thinking
15-20 min for discussion
5 min for GD summary
Because of the amble time, the discussion was a peaceful one!!!
The panel rang a bell 2 min before the stipulated time to indicate that it is time to conclude the GD.
ESSAY WRITING
Once the GD was over,we were asked to write a summary of the discussion.The aim is to check our articulation skills. So better not use SMS language or bullets.
Personal Interview-
The interview was pretty cool as the panel was friendly and as they didnt go deep into acads
!!!! Asked some pretty simple questions on acads like different modes of commntn,router vs modem etc.The questions they were concentrating on:
#Why MBA??Why not after work exp??Why MBA after Btech??
#Why LIBA??
#Which specialization??
#Where do you see yourself 5 years from now??
#Will you be able to cope up with 12 hrs of work a day??
I think that all one needs for LIBA's PI is a good introspection..
ALL THE BEST FOR ALL
call details : Bangalore, 12th Mar at 8:30
profile (acads & work-ex) Be. 60.27%, 3+ Yrs of work EX
XAT score 96.07
GD topic Corporate Social Responsibilty is Hypocritical
4 min for thinking
15-20 min for discussion
5 min for GD summary
My group had one person who did the maximum speaking (so beware of those type.) else rest of the gang was peaceful one.
The panel rang a bell 2 min before the stipulated time to indicate that it is time to conclude the GD.
PI
I was 6-7 in the line. Most of PI were of 10 Min approx including mine.
I enetere
3 people. 2 guys(G1&G2;) 1 lady(L1). Though the lady was just observing and guys did the grilling.
G1.Hello,
Tell me about urself and what do you work on.
Me - Told
L1 - Why MBA
Me Told
L1 - So you want to stay in IT
Me Yes
L1 Than What?
Me - Finance
G2 - Why Finance
Me - Mumbled something (even added that the reccession mainly due to finance guys but still want to join finance. )
G2- Why LIBA
Me -Told about faculty, way of teaching,
G1 - Have u read today;s paper
Me - No
G1 - Yesterday's TV News
Me - No
G1 - You know Modi
Me -Who the IPL chief? Lalit Modi (IT's IPL time and today is inauguration so may be its about him in the paper)
G1, G2 and L1 (Together) - No
Me -Gujarat CM
G1 - smiling Yes. You remeber what happened in 2002 in Gujarat
Me - Yes the train burning at Godhara (Remeber the place name at nick of time)
G1 - what is your stand on the whole thing. was it ethical? tell us more!
Me - Killing of a single person is unethical leave alone so many who died and the report was also changed so many times.
G2 - where all you have applied
Me - GIM, LIBA, SP Jain and welingkar's
G2 - any conversions
ME - No
G2 - Interview given
Me - GIM and LIBA
G2 - Rest
Me - Interview calls awaited
They said thanks and asked me to go.. that it. Changes are good. lets see what happens.
a question to those who hv had their gd pi.......r they asking details abt the specialization we want to take?? like if i mention marketing thn shd i be aware of the typical terms n definitions related to marketing??
to santosh.sa :::
Why did they ask abt Modi....??? was it just becos of his presence in the newspaper or were u somwhere related to gujarat etc ???
Also are the details of the choosen specialisation asked???
We were to send the confirmation on their admission office ID for GDPI b4 5th march......did nyone receive any sort of revert frm them......cos I havnt as yet.
@ deeptir
no i too dint get ne reply of confirmation from them too....though i sent it twice...after 5 march i.e........
I received my call letter on 6th, so wasn't possible to confirm my presence by 5th. I haven't received an acknowledgement yet too, though I had asked for one 😃
hey puys, my very first post!
first off, wanna thank PG nd fellow puys cuz my intrvu was a breeze bcuz of y'all.. 
nyway, here's how my intrvu went ->
Xat-94
Date N venue - 13th march , Blore, 9.00Am
reached around 8.15. me was the oly gurl decked up in coat/blazer, nd so stood out like a sore thumb
. (but kinda served my purpose therefore , don't u think? )
GD- Economic power is the ultimate power. Nothing else matters - morals, ethics nor anything else.
There were 8 of us, 4 ppl were missing. GD went ok, best part was for the first time ever, i cud open the gd..nd that felt gr8 . it went on for abt 10minutes. cud interject with 1-2 diffrnt angles. aftr which we were given 2 minutes to jot down the summary of our GD.
Then came the PI. i was the 4th person in. it was short and succint. No acads. No stress. 3 panelists, the same who monitered the GD - P1(main prof who was doing majority of the questionin),P2(a serious lukin prof), and P3(a lady prof, mild nd sympathetic 
)
P2: so ur acads r gr8. impressive.
Me: tnx. 
P2: temme abt ur work.
Me: blah blah
P2: nah, make it sound intrstin
Me:(
huh?).. o..kaay, blah-blah
P2: k ,so y mba?
Me: blah
P1: wht do u mean by social responsibility?
Me: well, blah blah, giving back to society, blah, tending to the poor..blah
P1: dont u think the poor r poor cuz they'r lazy? so u "givin to the poor" isnt helpin ny1 any.
Me: No, i disagree, they arnt lazy . they live the way they do, cuz they dont know any better. concept of saving, nd workin with a goal, and for a brighter prospect isnt in them. so blah is blah the blah nd their education is paramount. nd u so providing in that area wud b beneficial. + more blah.( gave a sheepish cuz was startin to ramble on)
P1: (grinned bac a bit)
P3: ny extracurriculars?
Me: yeah not much, but had a stint in blah n blah
P3: nd wht specilization wud u choose?
Me: for my career goal, marketing is wht i'd choose.
P2: (droppin a mini bomb) if u had to pick ny1 frm ur GD to b eliminated, who wud u?
Me: (
aw, comonn!),,, i wudnt eliminate ny1 cuz cant assess capabilities with just a single discussion
P2: no, forget the GD, wht if u were the team leader, nd had to chuck out some1 frm ur team. who wud it be?
Me: well , jst for the case that XYZ cudnt push forward nd say coherent points, i'd prolly hav to choose him. but then again, i think as me being the leader of the group, i shd be able to draw him out of his shell, nd get his best outta him, rather then kick him out in the first get go.
P2: u dont have to be apologetic abt it. (nd all of us grinned. tho in retrospect, i think it lukd as if i lack in firmness in making a decision, so bit worried abt this part here
)
P1:any other instis u applied to?
Me: yes - blah
P1: nd got calls frm ?
Me: all
P1: how did they go?
Me: gud
P1: ok (nd smiled)
P2: i think thats it. thank you.
Me:( done!) Thank you!
nd off i went. i think it went ok, xcept for minor bloopers here nd there.
So, nyway the rest of u, go ther nd give it ur best. stay cool nd honest, nd ther wont b any glitches.
ATB!
anymore GD/PI experience people???
hay ppl when can we expect the final results of liba
hey no more gd pi experiances???????
Dear All,
Do we need to wear suits during the gdpi process. how many in your batch turned up insuits ??
To seniors @ LIBA
I have 3 years experience in a MNC but my XAT percentile is bit low ie 88.10 percentile. I have received GDPI call from LIBA. I am a general category candidate.What do u think about my chances of final conversion ??
Please reply.
LIBA Aspirant 2010
Hey puys has the gd process started in CHENNAI. Thanks in Advance.
Dear All,
Do we need to wear suits during the gdpi process. how many in your batch turned up insuits?
yes please help us on this.
Friends,
I m an aspirant like all of you. Its my second attempt and in the gd pi uptil now I have found that everywhere its a mixed lot. For instance if u are attending it in south india then more often than not people prefer not to wear a coat(humidity thing). The principal is to b comfortable in whatever u put on. So far as a tie is concerned, yes i think its pretty necessary for that makes u look better than otherwise(though its not mandatory).
ATB