CAT 2017 Queries and Discussion- PaGaLGuY

XISS Ranchi..



 All Those People who have Applied in Rural Management (RM) , you are from which CATEGORY in XISS Ranchi ???



Only RM people...


And Do Share Your Percentile 


  • OBC
  • GENERAL
  • SC
  • ST

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iim lucknow experience

bangalore center

2 interviewers - interview was taken mainly by one guy who had an american accent . he knew a lot given he had a foreign accent 


so you have a calcutta connection - no sir my parents live there i am from odisha (native) currently working in bangalore .


asked where in odisha - told . mother from here father from there


what does jp morgan do - its a investment bank . it investes basically in securities . securities can be of different types depending on the market .


what is a depositary receipt - told (this is my work related). explained the whole life cycle .


what is your current role - i am working on the dividends project as an applications developer . we see that the announcements are made for the dividends or not and update the same with the market .


asked about motilal nehru - told he was a freedom fighter . participated in the indian revoulution for independence . ( i am  from motilal nehru national institute of technology )


who was motilal nehru related to - jawahar lal nehru


who is jawahar lal nehru - first pm of india 


who was the second and the third pm - told


asked about allahabad - told anand bhavan , prayag sangam , allahabad university , architecture of allahabad university , kumbh mela


some follow up questions on kumbh mela - how often does it take place , have you been there . told


asked about sangam - i said coming together of three rivers ganga yamuna and saraswati . saraswati is invisible . he asked where does saraswati come from . from heavens or from inside the earth . laugh moment . told its a myth .


asked does saraswati exist - told yes ( blunder ) . but in newspaper some days back it had come that saraswati exists in some other form .


so do you know about the red corridor in orissa -  no sir not aware .


you belong to a tribe , what can be done to improve the naxal situation there - told that government has already initiated a lot of peace talks . they adhere and they again start the bad work . looting , hijacking of buses . (trying to beat around the bush here )


your tribe , is it naxal - no sir it is non naxal . told about my  tribe origination in odisha . relocation by government and all .


have you applied to iim sambalpur - no


what other calls do you have - told


overall a positive experience .


iim calcutta experience

bangalore center

3 interviewers , one jovial lady and two old jovial professors. 

1 senior male prof was impressed by my profile . i have represented india in under 17 chamionships in a sport ( team ) in japan .


I> so , there is a picture infront of you ( a picture of angel baby with some relation to genetics ,  something related to sex and science (heading of the magazine ) ) . what do you think are the pros and cons of genetic engineering . take a minute and start speaking . she also said that feel  free to comment if you are comfortable with it . i dont know why she said that  

--- > using genetics would break the natural order of this universe . we should just follow the natural process of reproduction . 


I> are there any other instances where we have broken the natural order ?

--- > yes encroachment of animal habitat . gave example of chennai floods as what would happen of over encroachment happens .


I>genetics will have advantage as we can remove irregularites from baby ?

--- > it will have its own set of pros and cons . maybe some cons which we are not able to see now but maybe in the future .


I>in the flight they give a short version (talking about size ) of business newspaper . why do they give that ?

--- > (took time to understand the question . actually did not know what to answer) . maybe because the business class wants something to do with the business news . got interrupted . said this was economy class . and indigo airlines is very very cheap . they started discussing among themselves what flight they have been booked in while going home :-P laugh moment .


I>do you think the price of times of india is 4 rs ? how is it priced ?

--- >the actual price would be low . but they are running a businees , they have to pay the reporters , for the press , for the electricity , revenues . that is why they charge more . the price would be regulated by the government also as they cant charge exorbitant for something small . got interrupted - does gpovernment regulate it . said - well they cant charge 100 for a piece of news .


I> what is the business model of e commerce websites??

--- >told about the offers , cashback , building a customer base . holding onto them .



I>where are you from ?

--- >sir born in gujarat , brought up over a lot of places (delhi , haldwani etc long list ), parents in kolkata , sister in kharagpur , working in bangalore . graduated in allahabad . natively from odisha . senior school in hyderabad .

male prof said stop stop. what do you say when ppl ask you . fun moment.

sir i am from odisha.


I> what do you think about the health problem of naveen pattnaik ? cm of odisha ?

--- >not married , no one to carry the battalion of party , told about his party , told when he came to power , told he wasnt into politics before . told about his father .


I> what do you think about this situation ,, that national parties do not have clear succesor , particularly bjp ?

--- >told that they can groom young leaders who are clean and willing to work as the youth today resonate with the youth . told them about STEAL . steal good willing working members from other parties .

WAS particularly asking about bjp - i tolf , if something happens to modi than they have parrikar , jaitley , rajnath . (interrupt - jaitley lost in his constituency, i did not know that. ) told people have faith in him (jaitley) .


I> what is the problem of west odisha disintegration? wanting to dieintegrate

--- >no idea sir.


lady prof > so you are a computer science graduate  ? draw a 3x3 matrix and write a algorithm to fill it as sudoku ??

---> was trying . told them a adhoc method (brute force ) . she said is it efficient .? told no but wold get the job done .



I>so what is your role at jp morgan,, what is depositary receipt ?

--- >blah blah blah answered ,


overall a postive one


7 month experence tech analyst  in jp morgan chase

76.17 percentile ( st )

calls l , c , k (no a,b) others did not apply

nit allahabad 7.2/10 computer science

10-84.5

12 - 83.2


chances ?? 

Hope it helps .

Aggregate 72 percent. Is there any chance to convert IIM KOZHIKODE call?

Is anyone up for TISS PIT_PI or done with it?

Chances of converting IIMA: OA:94.58 , X/XII/Grad : 86.61/86.67/71.65 3.5+years exp. AWT was nice. PI was a disaster 😢 

Profile 

OA: 94.58  X/XII/Grad : 86.61/86.67/71.65 

IIM A – Mumbai 

AWT topic: An argument on the current film industry. We had to criticise/ strengthen the argument.

Maths test: 3 questions on 2*2 matrix, differentiation, integration.

2 Panelists 

P1: Early 50s 

P2: Early 60s 

P1: Good morning! Have a seat. So you are a mechanical engineer with 6 years of exp. 

Me: Sir, Am a Mechanical Engineer but with 3.5 yrs of exp. 

P1: What do you do in your current job and where do you work. 

Me: Told. 

P1: Which subjects you liked in undergrad? 

Me: IC Engines and Thermo. 

P1: Draw Carnot cycle.

Me: Couldn’t remember it so drew Carnot engine and explained. But I couldn’t recall much about the engine.

P2: What is the efficiency of Carnot engine? 

Me: Told but didn’t look convinced. Couldn’t tell why the eff is not 100%.

P1: Draw the TS diagram for Carnot engine. 

Me: I couldn’t recall it sir.

P2: What are your views on the Punjab election?

Me: The anti-incumbency sentiment has toppled the previous govt.

P1: That cannot be the sole factor.  By this logic tell me about WB and TN.

Me: Sir, I don’t follow other states politics in depth.

P1: So what do you follow?

Me: Sir, I follow music. I am self-taught musician and multi-instrumentalist.

P1: Ok tell me diff types of guitars.

Me: Couldn’t answer all. He cross questioned me and I felt like I don’t know anything about guitars.

P1: You mentioned steel guitar. Where is it used?

Me: Blues maybe, I’m not sure. I have seen it somewhere, maybe in a folk song. P1: Difference between a Hawaiian and a Spanish guitar.

Me: Told. Couldn’t convince him.

P1: Tell me about guitarists who use specific guitars.

Me: Pink Floyd guy – (P1 told his name )uses telecaster. Mark knofler – Stratocaster.

P1: Any other ? Me: Buccket head – strat.

P1: Don’t tell me about that. Which guitar does Eric Clapton use?

Me: Black strat used in laylaa. (was not sure)

P1: Which math topics do you like.

Me: After a few seconds I said matrices (Why did I have to say that!! I could have said geometry)

P1: Okay. What are matrices?

Me: Told. (I was not sure about the answer. They grilled me a lot on this. I was about to cry.)

P1: What is the significance of a determinant?

Me: (Completely blank) I don’t know sir.

P1: Tell me about your exp.

Me: Told.

P2: How many people you handle.

Me: Told.

P1,P2: Okay we are done. Have  a toffee.

Me: Took a mentos as a consolation prize, wished them and left the room with no hopes of getting into IIMA.

guys a below avg. pi and decent wat (in cap round )can fetch me which all iims

 77.33 percentile , x/xii/ug-78/70/56- sc category  

I have Iitkgp Interview on 21 ..Kis kis cheez par focus karo revision ke liye ??

Any student from commerce background to share their interview experience of any IIM? Help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance

Can someone please provide me the link to track this year's list?

Thanx in advance.

Which is better option wrt to Placements, diversity, learning and inclusive environment, quality of teaching etc

  • VGSoM IIT Kharagpur
  • Can’t say
  • IIT Delhi
  • IIM Ranchi HR
  • DoMS IIT Madras
  • IIM Rohtak
  • IIT kanpur

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According to Pagalguy.com @fms , about 19 students (SC) scored between 98-100 %tile . is it true ??

anyone with FMS Delhi SC tracker plz post the link ....

Can someone tell me the total no of seats in IIM(A,B,C) for SC cat?


I am yet to decide whether i have to attend FMS EX/PI or not. 


My % is 83.61 and CAT 85% is 25.42

How many sc candidates would be above 98 percentile...any rought idea?


Cat 71.05, Shortlisted for all 9 CAP IIMs. WAT was good and PI was average. Is there any chance of conversion?? 

We need to email the admission cell the scan documents which we were not able to generate at the time of watpi for CAT?

Does anyone know about how waiting list moves in IIM ABC and FMS? Please do mention your thoughts about this.

What was the waitlist movement of Shillong last year?

Anyone here got email from IIM Sambalpur?