Anyone from Pune who have attended the GD/PI ? how was your experience? what topics you all have faced?
Some popular personal interview questions
1. Do you know yourself? Tell us something about yourself.
This is perhaps the most commonly asked question & is a question that one should always be prepared to answer. Some of the things you can talk about here are-
a. Your educational and/or professional background that is, where you come from?
b. Your interests & hobbies, that is to do with your personality, who are you?
c. Your strengths, that is a glimpse for the recruiter into your profile and how that will benefit any organization that you work for?
Don't repeat what's already there on your Resume. The question is thrown at you, to test your communication skills, body language, confidence and how you make sure you are giving the most brilliant first impression.
2. Do you have a Resume with a 6-second impact? Can you walk me through your resume?
This is a very challenging question as it requires you to be aware of your strengths and key experiences. It basically tests your ability to present and talk about the highlights of your profile.
3. Do you know where you're headed? Where do you see yourself 5/10 years from now?
Another popular question that keeps recurring in the MBA personal interviews. You should try to be honest while answering this one. Don't say “In your seat”! It's outdated and long foregone. You should have a relevant and appropriate answer ready! For instance, if you have applied for an MBA in finance, you should see yourself in a managerial position handling responsibilities in the finance vertical of an organization. You can also substantiate your answer with the industry, field that you want to go into. You can also talk about a vision for your personal life or a self-actualization need here. Your ultimate career goal must be in line with your specialization and your choice to get an MBA.
4. Have you done your SWOT? What are your strengths & weaknesses?
A SWOT is a detailed analysis of your-self. It's a cool feeling to analyze oneself like a subject. The most challenging aspect of a SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats, is the W. It's really hard to come up with Weaknesses that you can share with the recruiter who is totally judging every word you utter. Also, need to simultaneously make sure that strengths and weaknesses are not contradicting each other. For instance, don't say in one instant, that you are emotionally stable and then in another, point out your short-tempered nature. Also, stay away from the clichéd way of presenting “strength” as your weakness. For example: “My weakness is that I'm a perfectionist”. Come up with a genuine weakness and then quickly move on to talking about how you strive to tackle it and take it to your advantage. Interviewer is aware that no one is perfect so trying to outsmart the recruiter here is a bad idea. For example: “I can be disorganised at times & thus miss important events. I've started maintaining a planner & leave reminders on my phone to help me keep track of important deadlines, events etc.”
5. Do you know the purpose for your being there? Why MBA?
This answer would be tailor-made to where you're coming from or your background. If you are a fresher, your answer could be that an MBA would be your ideal launch pad into the corporate world.
If you are someone with prior work-experience, you would have different reasons for pursuing an MBA. Answers as abstract as “To make more money”, “To gain more knowledge” should not be on your list.
6. Can you reason your willingness and potential to be where you're applying for?Why do you want to join this B-school?
In an interview for B-school X, a person was asked to choose between X & Y while B-school Y is better than X. The candidate faced a dilemma wrt the perspective to answer such a question. Clearly, this is your chance to impress them! You should know about the institute's history, its flag-ship programmes, ranking, placement records, faculty members etc. It would be good if you can get in touch with a few students of that institute before your PI. Apart from giving you an idea about the kind of panel you would have to face, they can give you valuable insight into the college's academic & extra-curricular activities. Your answer should reflect that you've done your homework well & that you're keen to pursue your management degree from that particular B-school.
7. Do you have a strong hold on your learning curve? Questions about the Course you are pursuing or pursued.
This is about knowing the fundamentals of your course material well. Don't assume that there would be no experts from your field in the panel who can quiz you to selection/rejection. Be well prepared!
8. Are you well-read? Questions related to your Profession
You should go prepared knowing all about your job profile, your KRAs (key result areas), your organisation, its performance in the markets, your industry, your organisation's competitors.
9. Are you a fun person? Questions about your Hobbies
Make sure your interests and hobbies also give you an edge and help you stand out! If you've mentioned gardening as a hobby, you are expected to know which fertiliser works best for rose flowers! So make sure that you have in-depth information about your interest. If you have mentioned hobbies that are genuine, this should not be a problem. But if you've mentioned “reading” as a hobby, just to impress the interview panel, then you better do some R&D!
10. Are you really aware or did you just get lucky? Questions from your GD
It's quite possible that your Personal Interview panel could be the same as your Group Discussion. In such a scenario, be prepared to expect questions around your GD topic. They could probe you further about it or ask about a certain point you'd made in the GD. You should be able to defend or justify your point of view.
But, every personal interview is unique. You might or might not be asked one of these questions. At the end of the day, what matters is that you should be honest & thoughtfull
WHY MBA ---The most IMP QUESTION in INTERVIEW
Why Should You Do An MBA?
This is an invariable question in any MBA Entrance Interview. Getting this answer pat right is critically important because it shows how clear you are about your expectations from the course. It is imperative that you answer this question to yourself before you rush to fill up forms to various MBA colleges.
It is crucial on two counts: -
1. If you do qualify for a course and find yourself a complete misfit for the curriculum, it would mean you are actually not cut out for the management cadre in the corporate world. So you are likely to saddle yourself with a career that makes you unhappy.
2. An MBA course is an investment, both in terms of time and money; hence, wasting it is an offence.
Moving on, let's look at a few caricatures wherein an MBA degree can be handy: -
a) The Anointed Heir who wants to hold the keys to his/her kingdom. This guy is someone like an industrialist's son, who will have to take over the running of an existing corporate empire.
b) The Shop Floor Enthusiast who wants to sit in the gilded corporate office. This guy is typically someone who has devoted many years on the shop floor (it could also be in a lab... or in sales... or in data collection...), mostly a technical person who executes rather than strategises. This guy now wants to be a part of the strategic team.
c) The Intrepid Entrepreneur who wants to create an empire. This guy is someone who is all set to start his or her own business and wants to know the tools of how to do so.
d) The Power Seeker who wants to crack the management ceiling he/she has hit because of the lack of an MBA degree. This person is typically someone who is a part of management but sees many promotions pass by him/ her due to a perceived lack of managerial perspective. Most of the top management believe that a person with a management degree has managerial perspective.
e) The Money Player who would like to increase his/her pay packet. An MBA degree immediately increases your market value. If a post-graduate in Economics is offered say Rs. 7,000 per month as a starting salary, an MBA graduate is typically offered at least Rs. 10,000 to 12,000 per month.
f) The Reluctant Graduate who believes that he/she has learnt nothing at all that can get him/her a job. The non-professional graduate courses available today are not perceived to have any marketable value by the corporate world. These, therefore, need to be augmented to make the graduate 'market worthy'.
The underlying advantage in all the six caricatures is that an MBA degree immediately flags you off as someone who can be trained to take up positions of authority.
Apart from the positive boost that a person's career gets, an MBA degree also offers three side benefits. Some may argue that these are the main benefits: -
1. An MBA course is a hot-house where you are pushed to deliver. You are introduced to fierce competition. The conditions work on you in such a way that either you break-down and leave the course half-way, or you end up becoming a tough professional.
2. An MBA programme exposes you to a very wide area of experience in terms of subjects and people. You get exposed to varied subjects like macro-economics, consumer behaviour, psychology, marketing, cultural heritage, communication theory, operations research, quantitative techniques, finance, HR, etc. Most programmes cover over 30 subjects! Apart from exposure to subjects, you meet people from various backgrounds and places. This really broadens your outlook!
3. And last but not the least, an MBA course brings together impressionable young men and women, and you may just catch your soul mate while slogging over case studies!
Anyone from New Delhi has received the confirmation???
IF there is any restriction regarding the no attempt?.........I appeared for this program twice...both cases I got the call for gd pi.....in 1st time I did not clear the gd.....next time I clear the gd but not the pi.......but fr the last two times I applied fr this program...but I did not get any call fr appear in the written exam.....so please help me......
May it sound really weird.. but really want to know how many ppl slected for GD/PI were from IT background and how many from Commerce ??? ... please respond those who got calls from IT just type "IT" in the comment
Done With GD and PI today
First Things first the batches are formed on first come basis
register yourself as soon as you reach
Ppl were called in batch of 10 , 3 Judges (1 HR and 2 ICICI professionals)
After settling down in GD room a 3 page case study is distributed along with a paper to write down any points if you want .
20 minutes to go through the case study and write points
Case study:--
GREMCO, a Year 2000 HORECA startup [HORECA-Hotel, Restaurant & Catering]. Initially was in Coffee Plantation, in year 2005 forayed into horticulture to eliminate middle men thereby bring quality products at low cost. Cultivatres vegetables etc on 190 acre of its own land, out of which 84 acre is greenhouse cultivation for exptic herbs, fruits etc. Has won several award over the time.
FY11 Revenue - 177 crore, Net Profit - 19 crore, Gross Profit - 62 crore,
FY12 Revenue - 224 crore, Net Profit - 24 crore, Gross Profit - 94 crore,
[Approx figures].
Growth in Industry is huge ~ 22500 crore.
Due to increase in demand, they contact 120 local farmer & give them agriculture know how for quality produce & put up 3 collection centres to sort this local farmer produce and supply quality goods.
They approach bank for fund for this Aggregate Method for expansion. We are to suggest would we Fund them , the best solution, identify the challenges & risk & ways to mitigate them.
Discussion lasted about 20 minutes , and we were asked to take 30 seconds each to summarize .
Results were declared within 5 minutes and 3 out of 10 were selected (in almost all groups )
Waited long for PI , interview Duration was between 30 mints to 45 mints (mine lasted almost 40 mints )
Key Points to be studied for Interview
1,) Budget 2014 Highlights
2,) India's economic Crisis
3,) Why Banking
4,) What attracts you to this ICICI NUMBA
5,)Your Resume and Current company
6,) Do you read newspaper ? etc..........
Hope this helps ............
ALL D BEST
Darktim
Hi guys lets take a survey...
Plz post the date and no. of people cleared GD on particular dates...
Could not get qualified through GD.. Topic was good. But they were only looking for valid and up to the point remarks... No of candidate were also huge....
I had GD on 23rd at Mumbai...GD was well...4 out of 10 get selected including me.....PI was Good..but too short...only 15 minutes.....only 1 member asking the question...out of 3...She is countinuosly asking me.....without finishing earlier one she ask me new questions....bt I tried to manage quite good....questions
1)Current profile..achievement(If u said any achievement u should be able to tell how u achieved it.....she compliments me for the way I achieved...)
2)Budget..
3)What u know abt ICICI...
4)Difference btwn Private sector bank & Govt.Bank like SBI..
5)What u thing that if u get selcted then what u will do in Bank in ur working hours...
7)Hobbies....
8)Are u ready to shift....
guys!!...get ready for d excitement...soon u'll see that puys are receving emails for cibil...nd phonecalls for uploading the documents specially pan card...those who ll get these are close to final selection....fingers crossed!!
Chennai test buddies...i see that some of chennai guys have got gd/pi call for 24th july..i just wanted to know,when did you guys appear the written test? do i get a mail if i dont qualify in writtens? #please help.
How many cities were GD/PI centers any idea ?
Did anyone receive any call from the ICICI HR today regarding relocation for batch VIII?
Hi Guys, any updates...
Aynone got CIBIL report??
Anyone from Hyderabad who received a CIBIL email?
Hi, Has anyone asked HR if this CIBIL thing has to do anything with recruitment???
Hello Puys.,. I had a word with HR about CIBIL report and i told her that i didn't recieve any mail from CIBIL. She told me that there is no relation between CIBIL report and your selection for this programme.. so guys dont loose your hopes in case u r also sailing on the same boat with me... 😃
guys any call for the selection......