Hi,
X: 69.0
XII: 96.1
Bsc: 78.3
XAT: 88.01
Topic: Privatization worked in India
It was a pretty cool topic and everybody were made to give an opening statement. As soon the opening statements finished a literal fish market started. Did not try to enter it at all, luckily I knew the names of the two who were in the fish market. Addressed them with their names and told that privatization is important as x told, having said that y point is valid, so there should be a blend of both and gave a couple of good points about the operational cost of railways going high and they are looking to prioritize it, coz private sector is performance driven. GD was real good and I was very confident.
I was the 11th person to go for the interview. Everyone before me spent more than 25 minutes for the interview. I went into the interview.
I1: Middle aged sir
I2: Female
I1: Why don't you introduce yourself?
Me: Answered in detail and also covered why MBA...
I1: So, what's your major's in BSC,
Me: Electronics sir
I1: You also had physics, so what's Raman effect?
Me: (Doomed) can't recollect it sir
I1: It's basic right...
Me: Sir, it's been long and couldn't exactly get it. I did not concentrate that good in grads, that's y I want to do a residencial course so that I can get complete insight into what I study.
I1: seemed convinced (don't know how big a mistake this is)
I2: Tell me about your job
Me: Explained in great detail and how it will help mba
I2: so what's challenging in your job?
Me: explained again in detail
I1: Your name is new, what does it mean
Me: Gave my version with a bit of humour, both laughed
I1 and I2 looked at each other and told you can leave and the lady told GOOD LUCK
All this happened in just 5 to 7 minutes while others were interviewed for a long time. It's me who spoke major chunk and they were just listening. Don't know what to interpret. Seniors please PM me your feedback. Thank you.
Today's first GD Topic from GIM , Sanquelim
"Legalising Homosexuality in India"
Here comes deceptively simple bouncer GD topic from GIM,sanquelim :
Legalizing Homosexuality
Enjoi
Hi Guys,
Posting this for the benefit for others (although i'm feeling strangely empty)......
Location : Bangalore
Slot : 8:30 AM
GD topic - Legalizing homosexuality in India - a victory for the basic right to privacy
The discussion was good and all of the participants agreed on the above topic. We had to give an introductory speach followed by GD and then by a conclusion. After conclusion we had to write a short essay (200-250 words) on our understanding after the discussion.
PI - One gentleman and One lady
I was asked about myself. I told them all about it. My acads, workex and extra-curriculars. They picked my paper presentation on Google's search algorithm for questions. I was well prepared on that and was able to answer all the question satisfactorily....
Then came the nemesis...
Why MBA.... Try hard as i might, i was not able to convince them... They kept on saying that they were not convinced and i should stick to technical field. I kep on trying to convince them.... Thats all...
Feeling my dream insti has just slipped away.... Just feeling empty....
Good luck everyone
Another Topic from GIM, Sanquelim
"Governance in India has reached a new low"
MY GIM experience,
SLOT:28th feb 8:30 am, Venue : sanquelim campus.
profile;
XAT :91.95%
10th :80.57%
12th :75.80%
Grad :71.62% (B.E in Electronics and communication)
Work-ex : NIL
Here goes my GIM experience.
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I had my GD/PI scheduled at Goa Institute of Management at the sanquelim campus. I had done so because I wanted to see the
campus. The campus, though in Goa, is located in hills. The sanquelim campus has one batch of PGDM and the new batch will be
studying in the new campus only. The campus is still partially under construction and when the construction will be
complete the site of the campus will be marvellous.
I reached quite early at the campus and my reporting time was 8:30 am so I had a great view of the campus.
There were no seniors but then they showed up and we were sent to a hall where we were told to wait.
There was no presentation about the college.
GD:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After a little wait, we were taken to a room and there were three panelists. One thing about the GD is that the
arrangement of the benches was such that the position of everyone mattered a lot.
The panelists were the same for the interview. The panel consisted of a Sir(R) and two madams(Ra and D)
We were given 1 minute to think and roughly 10 minutes for discussing the topic.
Every body had to make an opening statement and a closing statement at the end of the GD.
Finally they told us to ask any questions and they dropped the "BOMB"
The topic was :- "Demographic Dividend for India is an overstreched Idea"
KaBBBBOoooooooooommmmmmmmMMMMM.
We were 12 or 13 in the group and I guess noone had any clue about the topic.
I had to make the opening statement(I would have never started this discussion but my name was first in the list)
in the group(poor me). I tried to save myself by defining what demographic dividend means.
Then all of them made the opening statement and then the discussion started.
I came up with two to three points and I guess the GD was completed in less than 10 mins.
After that we were told to write an essay based on what we discussed during the GD.
PI:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The panelists were same for the interview as well. Fortunately they did not ask about what happened in GD.
They panelists will be R(Sir), D(madam) and Ra(Madam) and me.
Here goes my interview.
Me: may I come in?
R,Ra : Please do , sit down.
(D asked for my file and started looking at it and Ra started to ask me questions, R was busy observing me for the time-being)
Ra: So you come from Bhavnagar, Gujarat. tell me what is Bhavnagar famous for?
Me: Gave some points.
Ra: Okay introduce your self.
Me: Introduced. Included my hobbies
Ra: So you play guitar so why dont you make a career out of it?(Indirectly "Why MBA?")
Me: Gave some Gyan.
Ra: you read novels, Which have you read recently?
Me: Told.
Ra: Ohk So why did applied in GIM? you like Goa?(Indirectly "Why GIM?")
Me: Told.
Ra: Do you know somebody who is currently in GIM?
Me: No. I checked your website.
Ra: If you dont make it in GIM, what are your other options?
(Enough of HR, and here comes the academics.)
D : What are your electives in your final semester?
Me: Project.
D : Can you explain your project? what are you doing in your project?
Me: Told.
R : You mentioned about closed feedback control mechanism in your project. Can You explain
What are the kinds of feedback mechanisms?
Me: Gave some technical stuff.
D : You had a subject digital and analog communications in your course can you explain in
layman terms what is this communication all about?
Me: Gave some technicalities like AM, FM, PM
D : Explain me how do we recive radio signals on our radio, why do we need to do tuning?
Me: Gyan
D : You studied about satellite communication in your engineering, Tell me what did you study in it?
Me: Gyan
D : Why satellite phone cannot be tracked.?
Me: Again, Gyan
R : What is the difference between Transistor and FET?
Me: (Oh God!!) Took some time but then answered correctly.
R : What is fourier transform?
Me:(I wanted to say "Sir, ask that once again and I will leave the room" I hate fourier stuff!!)
Gave a generic answer and told I am much inclined to digital electronics rather than communication side.
R : What is a capacitor?
Me: told.
R : What is its function?
Me: Told.
R : What is an inductor and what does it do?
Me:(Blank) -----??(I should have known that !!)
R : Ok, do you want to ask us any questions??
Me: Asked.
D : Gave a detailed answer..
Ra: Added some more.
R,D,Ra : Thank you
Me : Thank you Sir, Madam.!!
The interview lasted for approx 15 mins and I think it was okish expect the inductor and fourier questions...:(
P.S : 1)Seniors please PM me what can happen in this? What are my chances...?
2)Rest can PM me for any questions, dont clutter the thread.
3)For those who have got sanquelim as centre and are not from Goa, I have a piece of advice for you,
You will not find any hotels in sanquelim so kindly find a hotel in bicholim which is like 7 kms from sanquelim.
The place is a little isolated so leave for the campus early enough.......
4)Goa people are really nice, I got lift twice. :)
BEST OF LUCK TO THE FELLOW PUYS FOR YOUR PROCESS......!!
@rahul....
Hope is the only thing that keeps all things afloat......so have a hope whatever little it is and Have A Faith.....
all the best......because no all the best button is there....
Regards
MAHi
Hi Puys,
I had my GD/PI today at Goa Niwas Delhi. I am writing down about my experience and think it will help who are still to appear for the process.
So here we go.
XAT Percentile: 95.**
Profile:
10th: 72
12th: 68.**
Graduation: B.E. (Computer Science) - 68.**
Work-Ex: 42 months
My reporting time was 1:30 but I reached at 12:30, already 3-4 guys were waiting there. Two guys from morning batch were also there waiting for their PI as they had completed GD round. Topic of GD from their batch was -- Homosexuality ....... (already mentioned in other posts)
Gradually people started turning up and then we were asked to move to third floor and wait there.
At 1:40 one professor from GIM finance dept. took us to conference room where we were briefed about the complete process. which is
Process:
1) One minute to think about the topic and then everyone has to give an opening within timelimit i.e. 30 seconds.
2) Then open discussion for 20 minutes and then summary by each and everyone ( time limit: 30 seconds)
3) Then we have to write summary of the discussion, which the called Essay. As it is essay they strictly asked to not write view in points. It needs to be free flow of the thoughts as it is to check 'written communication skills', people doing really bad in Essay will be out of the selection process while who are not so good will be asked to join some classes before regular classes.
4) Personal Interview
Then we 13 people were divided into two groups i.e. 8 and 5.
GD Topic: Government in India has reached to a new point.
Panel : Panel consist of one senior professor and one middle aged faculty, both I think from GIM only.
Overall it was a descent GD and everyone got enough chance to speak.
PI: Same panel (P1 - Senior faculty, P2 - Other faculty, Me)
P1: Tell me something about yourself
Me: Did
P2: He was looking my folder and suddenly asked something about ethics and all in the company I work.
Me: I tried to give him some example, he we convinced I think.
P1: You already have job then why do you want to do MBA?
Me: Some fundas
P2: Why don't you ask your company to get you some training and then you can move to the field you want to.
Me: Tried to convience, but not convinced fully
P2: Do you want to ask something?
Me: I asked one question.
P1: O.K. Good Luck.
Me: Have a good day.
Any other interesting thing:
People in other group were grilled on technical things. Even work-ex people were asked technical questions.
My suggestion to puys is 'Please be real self and be cool and composed.'
Good Luck all 
10th : 84 %
12th : 88 %
profile : Comp Engg (Fresher)
date
1 mar 2011, 1:30 pm
venue
delhi, hotel ginger
gd
governanace in india is all time low
interview
Profs :2
All Questions asked by One proffesor only
which college? private/public
why mba ?
so comp sc engg, what is cloud computing?
which project have you worked on in final year?
so b.tech, u know both software and hardware?
tell me difference between B.Tech and M.Sc? :banghead:
any other calls? Told SCMHRD, did not convert? asked me why ?
budget 2011? (was asked by guys before me but not me)
Frankly speaking: didnt went very good, an average gd
lets see
Good Luck to all
Profile:
10th: 87.86
12th: 78.67
Graduation: 59.15 :|
Work-Ex: Nill
Batch of Interview: Mumbai-1st March- 8.30 am
Before GD the two professors interacted with us nicely and cleared some doubts among the people regarding GIM!!
I remember one comment: 3 girls in our group of 11 were sitting at number 1,2 and 3 number chairs respectively, he (one prof) said "so all the flowers together"
So nervousness was less due to this light chat with them!!!
GD Topic: Legalising Homosexuality in India: a victory for basic right of privacy??
Overall good discussion, topic was never deviated!! I personally believe that i did very good job there and happy about my performance!! :D
Essay on the given GD topic was also good!! Managed to be precise and sharp while writing!! Happy in this section too!! :cheers:
PI:
I must admit that this was the disaster and could not perform well at all according to me!!!
There were two people in the panel, same who were observing our PI. One bearded man (P) and one electronics guy (E) {my assumption} and me (M)
I was third to go for PI, it went like this:-
E: what is PCB?
M: something circuit board used for mounting components and used for testing purpose....
E: what is PCB?? P stands for something
M: (luckily clicked) Printed Circuit Board sir!!
P: what are your hobbies??
M: told
P: who according to u is the greatest actor in marathi theater??
M: Mr. Sriram Lagoo sir!! :cheers:
P: WHY??
M: could remember some of his plays and told the reason
P: so u r working?
M: no sir!! passed out in 2010 and working with an NGO!!
E: what NGO? wht do u do? where?
M: told
P: how do meet ur expenses? do they pay u?
M: No sir its voluntary work
P: so how can you work for such organisation?
M: sir i wanted to... (was stopped)
E: For which coaching class did u go?
M: TIME test series!! (then he was staring at me like if i have done some crime :shocked:)
E: whats semiconductor? tell difference between diode and triode
P: what is IC? what is has replaced? What are gates? for what purpose they are used??
During above mentioned 5-6 questions i was just like
:oops:
:lookround:
Could only say 8-10 words and dont remember anything now!!!:shock:
Questions were coming like bullets and they killed me!!!
P: ok tell me how to explain "difference between electronics and electrical" to an 8th std student!!
M: started and stopped again
P: we are not 8th std students
M: :shocked:
P: ok what do u want to be?
M: told
P: why mba? just to frame the certificate and put it on the walls????
M:
but told them my answer confidentlyE: why HR?
M: told
P: what is GDP?
M: told
P: what is included in that??
M: told
P: so did u contribute to GDP last year??
M: No sir
P: WHY????
M: :splat:
:drinking:P: who, according to you will be the next prime minister?
M: Mr. MM Singh
P: He is not going to live for 100 years
M: so... (stopped again)
E: so why he should be the next one?
M: told decent reasons
P: but job of holding all parties is done by sonia gandhi. why should she be PM
M: foreign born
P: LK Advani is also foreign born, WHY DONT U OPPOSE HIM AS A CANDIDATE for PM??????
M: (somebody help
:banghead:) (Dharti maa mujhe pet mein le lena apne 
)P: So do you want to ask anything to us??
M: No sir. (bahut ho chukaa
:lookround::oops:)E: so send XXX for next PI!!
M: Ok sir, Thank you!! :lookround:
Any other interesting thing: There were just two professors and they handled it whole process!! Interesting and nice thing!! No problems at all!!!
Slot: 1st march,1.30pm Sanquelim campus
GD: Governance in India has reached a new low
Discussion: Was pretty good, not much deviation from the topic.. took a stance that it was satisfactory and provided some facts on the same and stuck to it till the end
Essay: The summary was pretty good,also took into consideration some points made by others.
PI: Three panelists L1,L2(both females),L3(male babua) :)
I was the last one to be interviewed :shocked:
L1:(Aao bhai samosa khao chai vai piyo ) ...so we made u wait for long ah
Me: Not at all mam
L3: What were you doin for so long
Me: Sir time pass..class mein senior bhaite te unki batein sun raha tha..n yeah also listening to experiences of people who had just finished their PI.
L3: Oh is it so what did u experience from their experiences
Me: Sir that the interview mainly focuses on the technical aspect of the work or academic profile.
L3: You are right my boy (all of them have a hearty laugh).. Not pick a subject from college you would like to be questioned on.
Me: Computer networks
L3: What is a network address, How is data transferred over a network, What is an IP address, How will u identify a computer over a network...
Me: Sir ..answered them to the best of my knowledge.
L2 The ever smiling lady was boosting my morale..wasn't getting nervous thanks to her :)
L3: I.T. ....hmmmmm tell me about your company..
Me: Gyaaaaaaaaaaan ...
L3: Your role in the company
Me: (Ohhhh hw cld i miss this one)...Gyaaaaaaaaaaan :)
L1: Beta academics are on the lower side batao kyun
Me: Tried to explain in the best possible way..was not counter questioned..seemed satisfied with the justification
L1: How many calls do you have apart from GIM
Me: Bata diya
L1: How serious are you about converting this call
Me: bahut bataya :)
L1: Are you interested in GIM only coz its in Goa?
Me: Nooooooooo... told them how passionate i am about joining GIM and would have applied and tried converting the call evn if GIM was in any other part of India.
L2 smiles again :)
L1: Do u have any questions for us
Me GIM ka flagship course kya hai is it marketing..and asked them whether IT/Operations will be offered as majors(pooch liya nahi toh bol dete bete ne kuch nai poocha 😃 )
L3: De diya Gyaaaaaaaaan and smiled :)
L1,L2,L3 : So that is it and best of luck :
Me: Thank u sir ,mam,mam
Overall: Was a very nice experience... campus badiya hai.. shaping up really well..
Advice: If your goin to GIM aur yeh panel mila toh apna academics pe thoda zyada dyaan doh..technical bahut poochtey hai. For work ex guys apart from your work profile ek subject ke basics toh prepare karna..like the commoly asked questions coz guys frm our batch who had work ex wer asked questions of amplifiers,transformers ...
All the best 
Slot: 1st march,1.30pm Sanquelim campus
GD: Governance in India has reached a new low
Discussion: Was pretty good, not much deviation from the topic.. took a stance that it was satisfactory and provided some facts on the same and stuck to it till the end
Essay: The summary was pretty good,also took into consideration some points made by others.
PI: Three panelists L1,L2(both females),L3(male babua) :)
I was the last one to be interviewed :shocked:
L1:(Aao bhai samosa khao chai vai piyo) ...so we made u wait for long ah
Me: Not at all mam
L3: What were you doin for so long
Me: Sir time pass..class mein senior bhaite te unki batein sun raha tha..n yeah also listening to experiences of people who had just finished their PI.
L3: Oh is it so what did u experience from their experiences
Me: Sir that the interview mainly focuses on the technical aspect of the work or academic profile.
L3: You are right my boy (all of them have a hearty laugh).. Not pick a subject from college you would like to be questioned on.
Me: Computer networks
L3: What is a network address, How is data transferred over a network, What is an IP address, How will u identify a computer over a network...
Me: Sir
L2 The ever smiling lady was boosting my morale..wasn't getting nervous thanks to her :)
L3: I.T. ....hmmmmm tell me about your company..
Me: Gyaaaaaaaaaaan ...
L3: Your role in the company
Me: (Ohhhh hw cld i miss this one)...Gyaaaaaaaaaaan :)
L1: Beta academics are on the lower side batao kyun
Me: Tried to explain in the best possible way..was not counter questioned..seemed satisfied with the justification
L1: How many calls do you have apart from GIM
Me: Bata diya
L1: How serious are you about converting this call
Me: bahut bataya :)
L1: Are you interested in GIM only coz its in Goa?
Me: Nooooooooo... told them how passionate i am about joining GIM and would have applied and tried converting the call evn if GIM was in any other part of India.
L2 smiles again :)
L1: Do u have any questions for us
Me GIM ka flagship course kya hai is it marketing..and asked them whether IT/Operations will be offered as majors(pooch liya nahi toh bol dete bete ne kuch nai poocha 😃 )
L3: De diya Gyaaaaaaaaan and smiled :)
L1,L2,L3 : So that is it and best of luck :
Me: Thank u sir ,mam,mam
Overall: Was a very nice experience... campus badiya hai.. shaping up really well..
Advice: If your goin to GIM aur yeh panel mila toh apna academics pe thoda zyada dyaan doh..technical bahut poochtey hai. For work ex guys apart from your work profile ek subject ke basics toh prepare karna..like the commoly asked questions coz guys frm our batch who had work ex wer asked questions of amplifiers,transformers ...
All the best :cheers:
What did the panel say? flagship course kya hai?
thy said its general management and there is nothing called a flagship course in GIM...said thy jus offer different specializations like Marketing,Finance etc... etc... and as far as IT/Operations as a major is concerned it is in the process she said but not yet finalized 😃
Profile:
10th : 87.5%
12th : 95.7%
Graduation : 76.1%
Work-Ex : 32months with Infosys in training department
Batch of Interview : March 1st, 1:30PM, Bangalore
Pre GD: In Bangalore center, you have to sit in the lounge in ground floor near reception and when the time comes, your panel will come and call you for GD. Today there are around 24people and divided into 12 each. I am into the panel of Ajit Parulekar(Marketing faculty) and Aishi Sengupta(HR faculty). Find more about them here:Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar Goa India, India's premier Management Institute.
At exact 1:30, Aishi ma'm came to place where we are sitting and called few names and asked to follow into the GD hall. Ajit sir has introduced themselves and told about the process which is same as the previous posts.(1Min to think + 1opening statement + 7-8min of discussion + 1concluding statement + Essay of 200-250 words). Opening statement first has to be given by first person and proceed further and closing statement in the reverse order as mentioned in the previous posts.
GD Topic: Same as above. "Governance in India has reached a new low".
There are 9people(3 are absent) in our group with a lone lady. The seating arrangement is good(4+4+4) and chairs are comfortable :-P. It is a good GD as the topic is kind of a general one. People talked about scams, role of media, failure of Govt. etc. Though it is not a fish market, I could not enter the discussion apart from opening and closing statements. Tried 2-3 times but failed. Remaining time, I was more of listener than a speaker :splat:. Wrote an essay better than GD. Strictly no bullet points as mentioned in earlier posts.
Arrangement is according to XAT IDs. I was the 4th one to be interviewed.
PI: Panel consists of the same two people who conducted GD(Ajit and Aishi). I have to say Aishi ma'm is my saving grace. I am interested in HR only and luckily Aishi ma'm is in my panel.
AJ : Ajit Parulekar
AI : Aishi Sengupta
Me : Myself
AJ : Give me your file
Me : Gave
AJ : Tell about yourself
Me : Started with a low voice. Interrupted by AJ and asked to speak a little louder
Me : Again started and told about family background, little about academics, how selected to Infosys and nature of I do. Here I have used a term called "Management profile"
Till now AI is seeing my file. After hearing the above word, she asked to explain about the word
Me : Explained
AI : More grilling on that...
Me : Explained and in between I told I am interested in HR and told how I got interest in that and what I wanted to do in future(So here I have covered mostly Why MBA? Why HR?)
AI : Tell about 3 HR policies which diff. your org apart from competitors
Me : Told
AI : More questions on that
Me : Answered
AI : If you are HR of your company, which is one thing that you want to improve?
Me : Told
AI : Why?
Me : Told
AI : If you are selected into HR, which section of HR you want to work with?
Me : Told and before she asks why, I gave explanation also
AI seems satisfied. I am feeling happy as I was questioned more about my strengths like HR. But then came the bouncer :splat:
Till then AJ is observing me only. Once AI looks satisfied, AJ starts asking questions.
AJ : So Hemanth, you are a Mechanical Engineer(they have the sheet which we have filled during GIM registration), so tell me how the AC in this hall works?
Me : (Gone) Answered a little and AJ interrupted
AJ : Why Mech to IT?
Me : Told
AJ : (Back to tech again)What are fins and what will they do?
Me : Told something
AJ : What is compressor?
Me : Used to increase the pressure
AJ : What is the use of compressor in AC?
Me : Don't know sir. Actually I know basic working and usage of AC but not internal details. And told about diff. between AC and Cooler. AJ seems not satisfied
AJ : Ok. Tell about Heat Exchangers
Me : Sir, frankly speaking I have lost complete touch of it as my nature of work is different.
AJ : More grilling on that
Me : Somehow managed to answer but not at all satisfactory.
During this technical time, AI is smiling. Finally after defeating me in Acads, AJ asked AI any more quests. She said no. Then both of them said that they are finished the interview and asked me to leave. Took around 20Minutes.
Actually I have to consider my interview as 2 parts. Part 1 is completely asked by AI and Part 2 by AJ. Gave a decent performance in part 1 with too much details about HR. After the interview, I wondered, what would have happened if Aishi ma'm was not there in panel? :shocked:
By 4PM, I am out after completing the process. The first lady has finished by 2:40PM. So total process time depends on your number in the GD.
Any other points:
Regarding the docs need to be carried, as mentioned in other posts and website, carry all originals. They will have a look at those.
Regarding the dress code, just be in formal wear. Wearing coat/tie is optional. In my center, only 2 came with coat and half of them came without tie. So point is, you should be comfortable in whatever you wear.
For people with center in Bangalore:
For people who are going to center from Majestic, city buses are there from Platform 11 and series of buses is 215-. The bus stops exactly opposite to Brigade Millennium(BM). Woodrose club is the second building on the left hand side after entering the BM. There is a one hotel, Aditya with decent food at a decent price opposite to BM so that you can have your lunch/breakfast there.
For any more queries, PM me. I am more than happy to help. Thanks to seniors and to all puys who have contributed in GD-PI discussions thread.
I wish all the best to all and please share your experiences so that it will be helpful to others.
Regards,
Hemanth
Slot: 1st march,8.30 a.m,Bangalore(woodrose club)
GD:(spent the entire month mugging finance and economic terms..(being an engineer)..and ofcourse graduation basics 
..and did a thesis on the budget the previous day)And the topic is..tadaaaa.. Is Legalising homosexuality a victory of basic rights :shocked:...oh!
(9 of us.2 mns to think.10 mns to discuss)
Went on pretty well.Everyone got their chance to speak.Smooth.I Gave some valid points.Pretty satisfied.
The essay...wrote like 3/4 of a page.thankfully remembered the warnings from the previous year's posts about the need to write fast and inadequate time n all that..i finished 'round 3 seconds before time out.
PI!!!
1.Tell me about urself
2.Why the year break?You got a job..y didn't u take it up?
3.xat score not thaaaaat gr8 after dropping a year(89.62%..said i got 60% in the previous year..guage my performance based on my own abilities..similar gyaan..he congratulated me :splat:).
4.askd me to sing..did that..(singer)..said u have a very good voice
5.Asked about my dance work(Bharatnayam dancer).Thankfully didn't ask me to dance.(i wud have refused..would have lukd awful in western formals!)
6.Why Gim..bcos of goa?..
haha..very funny...answered that with unecc. intensity 
7.What other calls?blah blah
8.Link dance.music and mba.(actually prepared for this..i liked my answer.dunno bot them.:D.)
9.What qualities shud a gud manager have?do u have em?
10.Now comes the situation based questions
a)Do u have a boyfriend?:wow:..no..Ok assume u have a bf and he dumps u..how will u react?Basically how will u handle rejection?
b)Your boss is charmed by ur personality and wants to go on a date with u(and this will help u progress in ur career).will u accept the offer.
c)ur a sales person.have to sell a product.The person slams the door on ur face.what will u do?
Wow.i really enjoyed this bit!supremely interesting.Had fun answering them!:D
11.What does ur dad do?any siblings?career goals?
12.Had gud acads and a 9.00 gpa in engineering..didnt get any questions on that..he just raised his eyebrows when he saw that..(dnt wanna think 2 much about the implications)
13.You from Hyderabad.When u getting back(today..7.00 pm flight).
14.The campus is really far from the beach.Is that ok?!!..was that a question..cool..well im not much of a beach person neway..dsnt make a difference!said that..he said..gud gud!
15.THANK U!
so basically no finance(sniff..:banghead:)..no engineering gyaan..very different from what i xpected!).
At the end of the day i was just relieved!phew!it's over!!..
:cheers: all the very best to the others!Just go with an open mind and give it ur best shot!
thanks a lot for the experiences....i hope i do well with the acads part :|
why isnt anyone with kolkata centre posting...
have mine tomorrow 1:30 pm:cheers:
thanks a lot for the experiences....i hope i do well with the acads part :|
why isnt anyone with kolkata centre posting...
have mine tomorrow 1:30 pm:cheers:
Page 2 u will find one.Raj.Honour gave it from kolkata
oki so im the second to post the experience, very much relievd after the whole thing :)
XAT Percentile: 89
enggr freashr
Batch of Interview:28th feb 1:30 pm delhi
GD Topic: privatisation has not worked in india
two moderators ...both were very polite. we wer given 2 mins to think n make an opening statement. i was the first to start ..gave my opening statemnt den was cut short n made the 2nd person to start ...
aftr everyone made der statemnt ..it was open for discussion ..i took part 4-5 times.. gave few facts as well ..den conclusion was asked for ..evrybdy told der conclusion ..
overall: happy with the gd, no fish market :cheers:
then we were asked to write a brief about the gd topic and they mentioned that they want to check communication skills. 5 mins were given for writing
i was the first to be intrviwed
p1-a very polite n humbl sir
p2-very old sir
p1- so first one to be intervwd der are advantages of dat(with smile)
me- yes sir i will be free early
p2- what is privatisation
me- i explained
p2- he repeated the same thing in a diffrnt manner
me- i tried to say the same thng which he said
this happnd for a wile , toked about it for some time
i kept my stand so finally p2 said
p2-looks like u are on the debating team with us ( n he starts laughing)
me- im srry sir if i gave dat idea (apologetic smile) :splat:
p2- tell me something about urself
me- told ..i kept on tokin for atlest 4-5 mins( while p1 was checkin my file )
p1- asked me on what i told em about me
me- explained
p2-very less marks in 12th
me- gave my version y was it low ( 67 % only 😞 )
p2- and gradutaion only 63 %, in my collg 63 % were the lowest
me-
p1- wher is ur xat score card ?
me- told i fogot at home sir, i went half the way back but then due to traffic i had to drop that idea .
p1- what is ur percntile, with sectinals
me- told
p2- so u have a car ?
me-yes sir
p1- why mba ?
me- gave my version of why mba
p2- the reason u mention has nothing to do with enggr. so why did u go for it
me- blah blah bla
p2- so u wasted 4 years
me-tried to convince that i dint n gave brief of extra curriculars ..
this went on for few mins.
p2- do u have any question for us
me- sir, gim website says 30% weigtage for face to face evaluation, is it 50-50 out of 30% for gd and pi?
p1- we dont disclose the brk up of this 30%
thats it
wished them good day
pi lasted for arund 20 mins
happy with the whole process.. i have hopes now , would love to join the collg
:)
ps: any advise or feedback on my performance is welcome
(wanted to asked which collg sir, :|) i tried to explain its not that bad n around median only, they dint buy it 😛 ..
10th - 77
12th - 66.7
BE - 56.4
Xat - 81
Workex - 44 months
BAtch : Delhi 1:30
GD Topic: privatisation has not worked in india
GD n Panel Detail as told above by AMKA
Interview All by Old gentleman
Questions, why MBA after after such work ex, I asked bout elective so asked why, wat r future plans, will be able t manage wid d pool of younger batch...
lasted bout 5 min.
IMP - We were informed that an essay had to be written of bout 200 to 250 words on the GD topic that doesnt necessarily mean GD summary. It would be give a gud weightage though exact percentage not known.
Seems time to say BYE BYE GIM
sorry for posting late had FORE GDPI today...
10th- 70%
12th- 72%
B.Com- 55% :splat:
Fresher
Xat-95 %tile (balanced sectionals)
Same slot as Amka and allurin ecstasy.... Just that my mods were two young guys from GIM... and one of them was probably of software background (basing on the fact that he grilled guys from that stream)
GD topic same... Had an ok sort of GD... there were 5 of us and we kinda managed to put our views forward without making it a fish market.... the best part of the process was everybody was given a chance to start and end the thing and then we were required to write down an essay in a minute about the topic....
In the PI i was skeptical about being grilled cause of low acads but nothing of that sort happened i was 5th from the last to be interviewed so probably the interviewers were dead tired then
.. It lasted about 10 mins max.... was asked pretty general questions like Introduce yourself and since i hail from odisha there was a question on that too.. then they asked me from the subject of my preference and any other calls.... that's it.... dunno if the entire thing was good for or not... but must say the guys from GIM are really good and helpful (at least they came across so for me..):cheers:p.s: must say the ambiance of the venue which was goa nivas was excellent...:cheers:
thanks a lot for the experiences....i hope i do well with the acads part :|
why isnt anyone with kolkata centre posting...
have mine tomorrow 1:30 pm:cheers:
Go through my post on page 2...m from kolkata
Don't worry about the length of your PI. You do not get a call or admission on the basis of just a PI. Its a cumulative score so just give it your best for every round.
Last year, my GD was pretty bad according to my standards and my PI lasted just about 10 minutes. They did not ask me anything about my self or anything about why MBA or the sorts. So i thought, "gone are my chances of getting into GIM" . But here i am, One year later. So please don't worry about individual GD or PI and give it your best in everything. 