IIM Ahmedabad PGPX 2018 | PaGaLGuY

Hi,


I have couple of questions, 


1. I am applying for PGPX round 2. I have taken GMAT already, but IIMA was not in my default selections for GMAT score. Do I have to officially send the GMAT score to IIMA or will the pdf copy of score will be good enough.


2. I have 5 year of full time work experience. But for last one year I am working as a freelancing consultant. I work for 5 weeks and earn 5 weeks off. The contract i get pays me for the 5 weeks I am working. I have been on this rotation for a year now. How do i consider this work-experience. Fulltime or parttime. I sent an email to "[email protected]" 10 days back but no reply yet.


Any help will be highly appreciated.


Regards

Please help in evaluating my profile for IIM A PGPX


GMAT : 660


 Total Exp : 7.5 years

Exp Type : Product development (HVAC products, Consumer durables)

Company 1 Hitachi : Designation Design Engineer
Company 2 LG Electronics : Designation Assistant Manager
Company 3 Carrier Corporation : Designation Manager

Education :

10th : 75 % ( CBSE)
12th : 62 % (CBSE)
BE (Mechanical) : 58 % , Distinction( University of Pune ).


Hi Puys,


Any tips on preparing for interviews?


Are there any links to previous years interview experiences?


Thanks,


R1 GMAT-710 8yrs IT experience.  Need help for Interview

Had my interview on 6th Nov 2016, Delhi --


Their list had around 30 people. Most of them turned up for the interview. I was one of the last ones to be called for the interview. I enquired about the rationale behind this and was told that they are calling people according to their application number. 


My panel had three members and all of them were professors. When I asked for their names, they told me to check them out at the website. I wanted to protest but I kept quiet. :P 


Interview started with Extempore topic in which I was grilled a lot. They asked my opinion on various things. Then moved to my job profile and asked me questions. Then some more questions on my hobbies and other things that was mentioned in the profile. I was grilled on everything. I couldnt convince them much on anything. I made them laugh as well. It was like a conversation but a grilling one. 


Why PGPX was asked and that was my last question. And I did leave with grin on my face. 


No idea about how it went. Also, they didnt check any of the original documents 

Hi,


Can someone please shed some light on the capstone project which is a part of the pgpx programme?


Thanks,

Count call for R2 candidates on PG 

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  • 650

  • 650-670
  • 680-700
  • 710-730
  • 740+

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I got a call today from PGPX office asking me that due to some unavoidable circumstances my interview has been preponed from Sunday to Satuday, and can I attend the interview on this date. Since my flight tickets are booked already, I politely asked if I can still take the interview on the scheduled day. that is Sunday itself. The person agreed and said okay so your interview will be held as per schedule.


Did any of you get such a call?

Any feedback is needed to submit after interview....????

how many intvw invites are made for R1..any rough count based on intvw locations...? Assuming they continue with 90 seats only ....


Interview debrief- Location - Campus, Two profs The interview was quite relaxed. It started with the extempore topic. Spoke for a minute , after which P1 cross questioned on a few points. P2 then asked me to guess the number of potholes in ahmedabad. Seeing my face go blank, he supplied me with some data on road network and population after which I was able to manage. Some cross questioning on the significance of the number at which I arrived. Then I was asked to present my views on demonetization - no cross questions on this. Lastly, they asked me a few questions related to my profile. Overall the experience was quite good. The duration must be around 20 minutes.

This question is regarding the R2 for PGPX 2018. When is the tentative date for folks to recieve any intimation for R2 interview? Will a score of <650 for 12+ years of experience is okay? 



Guys, I am from the current batch. For those of you who had a R1 interview already, did anyone get offered a piece of candy on the way out? Especially those who came down to campus. Do respond back here. 

Unable to access PGPX website: is it just me or others also facing same issue

Any grp for R2 /R1+R2 interview shortlists?



General question wrt gmat score report : when the official report gets sent to the school, does that school get a view of the four other programs that we have chosen to have the gmat score sent to? 

Hi. Any applicants out here who scored more than 700 in gmat but did not get shortlisted for the interview?

Hi all.  I applied in R1. They said that your application is put on hold for round 2. The status is still unchanged. Is the full list of R2 shortlist out.

Hi, Here's my debrief of the PGPX interview for round 1. Hope it will be useful for some of you in round 2.


Date : 20th Nov 2016 @ Ahmedabad


There were 2 profs in the panel - One bearded prof and other a bald one. The topic for extempore was - Networking is more essential than Academics to succeed in life. The prof asked me to replace the chit if I was uncomfortable with the given topic (thats a very tempting scenario btw, because not only you are blank about the current topic, but also equally unsure about the next chit too). I decided to stick the current one. There was a notepad and pencil and they gave 3 minutes to prepare and jot down my points.

I jotted down a couple of points about both academics and networking (pros and cons of each) and luckily remembered couple of examples of people who succeeded via both (Zuckerburg, Lalit Modi etc). Managed to speak for around 2-3 minutes, after which I was asked a few more questions on the same topic. One of the questions was - For winning a nobel prize, what would be most essential - Academic or Networking? I tried to strike a balance by throwing some garbage at them (e.g. initially you need academics to reach certain level but later on its more on how you network your resources etc). But they must have caught my bluff because they then asked me to choose only one :D - This time I went with Academics (right or wrong, no idea).

Next question on same topic - So what about the movie industry then, does talent matter more or networking? This time I sided with networking, saying most of the new stars are starsons or people who are already priveleged in some way. He further asked - What about longevity, do actors who come to industry via networking last longer than those who stick by merit? Here too my answer remained the same, I explained actors who have good network continue to occupy good enough roles till they fade out as compared to lesser known talented actors. No more questions on extempore after this.


Later most of the questions were my work profile related. What I do for a living, what are my daily duties, about the various cost by which customers are charged (fixed cost, time and material etc). If a customer wants a combination of both fixed costs and T&M costs in my your project then what would be your proposal, etc. Majority of the discussion ran on this part and though there were many counter questions on my answers, good thing was they allowed me to finish my answers all the time.


Then why PGPX was asked. Whatever I answered it seemed they were not really interested in it (it was anyway a standard mugged up answer). 


Lastly, they asked a question about something I wrote in my profile (in fact the only question asked from my application). I had been finalist at one of the humorous speech competitions, they asked me to create something humouous example from the extempre topic. I struggled for some 30 seconds before coming up with some shitty example about my school life. 


both said thank you and that was it.

Hi Kindly give valuable suggestions for me. My profile 10th 62% 12th 49% Graduation 56% 02 years MBA 73% Work experience + 5 years 02 years as executive marketing & 03 years as an ASM Currently working as Branch Manager For a Returnable packaging Solutions company. Got promoted this yeas as Branch Manager No any extra degrees.