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please reply who will have gd/pi of lucknow at noida

3-March IIML 1.30PM

Scmhrd Out

Here also the list is category wise?

wl-132 sc any chance

waitisted at 7 not joining SCMHRD

All Those who converted Scmhrd... Plz comment with ur percentile !

Guys do we have any tracker fir snap here

28wl. Any chances for SCMHRD?

At WL 37 what are my chances ? also when is the next list expected ?

TIA

finally done with Indore interview. wat topic - can India be in a bright spot in entertainment , sports or politics. write on any one of it.interview - 3 panelists , 2 male , 1 female. -tell me about yourself

told that I work in a video production house which handles advertising of startups etc blah blah blah

-tell me who designed modi's campaigntold about ogilvy and mathers and Madison media

-your grad score are not very good. tell me the subject you remember.told macroeconomics asked about gdp etc.

told-

asked me to compare Pepsi and coke, why advertising is important. if advertising adds to cost then why are do we use it. answered satisfactorily-

ask me if there is any relation between supply and demand.told that there are factors that affect both. if price increase than demand less and supply will be more.then they asked me if price increasing because of advertising then will you supply more. told that if cost side factors contribute to price then you cannot charge much. if there is demand side price increase then you can charge more.

-asked me to sell the mobile phone.this i kinda screwed up.-random questions about cricket, told i don't watch. Oscar told not into that much into movies.

-asked me about books.told harry potter animal farm etcthey jokingly said that you are still in the kids phase.

- asked me about last news you read.told them about provident fund tax thing.asked about what budget is allocated to health sector. told swatch bharat thing etc etc.

 -asked me questions on game theory could not answer but then diverted the question how advertising costs will be taken into account.-asked me about advertising firms and add gurus

-asked me why apple don't has advertisements still sell a lot. told them it differs from company to company. major expenditure is done by fmcg sector. talked about patanjlai and hul -

asked me about gst - told

last question was why should we take you. told i will be a good alumni and then they started talking about donations made to the institute.overall nice panel. asked questions from every field and not just acads .

Interview for almost 30 min

Converted SCMHRD (IM) at 55%ile... Shocked and surprised! sirf 5 baccho me kaise aa gaya frst merit list me 😛 Wont be joining though, waiting for IIM (new) converts... Hope its a wise decision. 😃

IIM Kozhikode interview 

2nd march, 1:30 PM, panel 3, 1st candidate to be interviewed :'(

TL;DR - royally screwed!!

Long (really) version - 

WAT & GD - something on Indian's success in non-conventional sports is here to stay or is a flash in the pan kind of thing..

P1, P2

P2 - Hi Prateek, Introduce yourself

Me- Started off my intro.. I am pursuing civil eng.

P1 - don't say that you are pursuing civil eng! Your grades are pathetic!! how can they be so bad??  I mean you have almost failed!! ye bhi koi grades hai?

Henceforth, P1 is sarcastic throughout the interview

Me - Yes sir, I know.. I had some backlogs.

P1 - passes some more snide remarks.. 

P2 - continue

Me - blah

P2 - tell us more! we really want to get to know you more!

Me - That's about it

P2 - Yeah yeah, go ahead

Me-  Told about 3 projects

P2 - What else?

Me- Sports, musical instrument, quizzing etc..

P1 - You couldn't do civil eng. for sure! Do you know who's the prez of India?

Me - yes sir.

P1 - Who is he?

Me - Prez. Pranab Mukherji

P1 - I think its Hamid Ansari

Me- Sir, he is the VP of India 

P1- Are you sure

Me- Yes

P1 - Do you know who else is on the council of ministers?

Me-  Yes Sir

P1 - Who handles

Me- Don't know.. maybe

P2 - laughs.. its

P1 - Where are Gowda's from?

Me- no idea! maybe

P1, P2 laugh

P2- you said you did

Me- quizzing is more than trivia and more on the lateral thinking

P1- who else? railways minister?

Me - Mr. Suresh Prabhu

P1 - Do you know Math? Can you answer some questions on math?

Me- Yes sir

P1 - Draw e^x

Me- did so

P1 - Draw log x on the same graph.

Me- did so

P1 - so you know differentiation? Differentiate this.

Me -  did so,

P1 - what is it's definition?

Me - gave definition

P1 - give the limits formula

Me - That

P1 - I don't want that. you know Integration? Solve this.

Me - Yes sir, Solved

P1 - its definite or indefinite? what is the difference b/w them?

Me- Answered

P1 - You know statistics?

Me - Yes Sir

P1 - mean median

Me- Answered each one

P1 - Normal distribution function ka formula

Me-  Can't remember.

P1 - Where are you from?

Me-  nowhere in particular.

P1- you are from nowhere?

Me - Yes

P1 - Why did you say

Me - *Sudden (WTF bro??) look on

P2 - Because he is irritated by your silly questions..  haha

Me - no sir, just came out wrong. Can I have a glass of water?

P1-  pours me a glass and gives it to me.. :P

P1 -  So you don't know Civil eng. so tell me what are you good at?

Me - I've read much about Finance and management in general.

P1 (with over the top sarcasm) - Oh?? Finance

Me - Yes sir. I've done so and so in

P1 - What is a derivative? What is an option? What is a call option?

P2 - Put

P1 - If he knows call then he would probably know put too...

Me - told all the answers.

P1- Which other calls do you have - 

Me- told ACLIKS

P1 -OK, Why MBA?

Me- As I'm not good at civil eng. I looked at other avenues to learn something and found management interesting. As I told you I have considerable knowledge and coursework by Online Learning so I'm interested in pursuing it further via MBA.

P1 - Yes, you should definitely drop civil eng.

Me - That's why I'm here. 

P!, P2 - Thank You

se KAT GAYA 

Anyone shortlisted/applied for SJMSOM?

Please tell my chances of conversion of Old IIM's I had interview conducted by all old IIMs. CAT OA :95.36 acads 85/87/63 (B.E) Fresher Cat:ST PI was fine answered 70% of questions answered related to acad and gk WAT was gud.

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