[Official] 2015-17 XLRI GDPI Experiences Thread HRM/BM/Global MBA

[rohansharma94 (Rohan Sharma)]

24th Feb, Delhi, BM

XAT: 99.77, GK: 1.25 :/

Xth: 92.8

XIIth: 87.8

Entered CGPA: 6.62, Current: 7.11 (GEM, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus) (EEE)

GD: NITI Ayog is just another name for the Planning Commission.

Most civilized GD I've been in. Points by everyone, ended just on time.

PI: P1, P2 ,P3 , Me (R). I'll be brief, Duration: 25 minutes.

P1: Justify falling trend of marks.

R: Told. Also told that now it is 7.11, an improvement.

P2: What branch are you from? Aren't you sitting for campus placements?

R: Told. Have secured a job at ZS Associates, a sales and marketing consulting firm.

P2: What's your role there?

R: Business Analytics Associate, explained.

P2: Okay, so you say that BAAs work on more unstructured problems. Tell me the difference between structured and unstructured with an example.

R: Told.

P2: How would you classify Social Media as and why?

R: Told. 

P3: What would you classify Microwave as, electrical or electronic equipment?

R: Began with reasoning, interrupted and told to just classify. Said Electronic.

P3: What happens when you place a metal in a microwave and heat?

R: (Lag gayi) Sir, I don't know exactly. Explained the working principle of a microwave and then said maybe it has some deleterious effects on the metal :/

P3: And you're doing EEE { :O} Okay, can you boil an egg in a microwave?

R: Sir I'm not aware, but I think the egg may burst, but if you ask me to give you an answer then I'll say that it can happen.

P3: Okay, go try it at home.

P2: What are your hobbies?

R: Fitness, Powerlifting, Guitar playing. Told about them.

P3: What is the material of the strings?

R: Sir, the lower strings are an alloy and the upper ones are geberally made of copper because their frequency of oscillation is more towards the bass frequencies.

P1: A puzzle is on the board. He explained, told me to solve.

R: (Whatever the hell is that!?) Tried my best. Definitely it was wrong, they asked for my reasoning, and during my explanation, said okay let's move on.

P3: Rohan, so tell me what is the shortest path between the west and east coast?

R: Sir, mode of transport?

P3: Ocean.

R: Let's assume we're going from Gujarat to W.B...

P1: Why is W.B. called West?

R: Told. So sir the only path that comes to my mind is go down and take a U along the coast line.

P3: There's a problem with that, think.

R: Territorial/Coastal disputes? Chinese presence in SL?

P3: No.

R: Sir can you give me a hint?

P3: Think of a project.

R: Ah, the building of the Ram Sethu bridge?

P3: Of course, how can one cross a bridge? Tell me are you sure of that name?

R: Yes.

P3: What is the gulf between India and SL called?

R: Don't know sir. {:/}

P2: What are the transmission losses in an electricity line?

R: Based on my knowledge of High Voltage Direct Transmission, it's less than 10%.

P2: Are you taking into account electricity theft?

R: Sir, HVDC transmission takes place over distances more than 1000 km. Moreover, the voltage is around 400KV. Also, the height of the towers is very high. So, these lines are not open to tapping. {Phew.}

P3: Why are transformers kept above the ground at a certain height?

R: Talked about corona effect during faults..

P3: No, I don't want to hear about the corona effect!

R: Sir, then I'd say that since the transformation is from high voltage levels like 200KV to 22KV, it's mainly a safety hazard. The fault current can electrocute someone.

P3: Okay, we're done.

P2: Have a nice day.

R: You too sirs.

End

Verdict: Straight Convert!

[warchild (Ayush Sharma)]

25th Feb, Bangalore, BM

XAT: 98.51, GK: 9.5

X:89

XII:81.6

UG:8.52/10

PG(if applicable):N/A

Work ex: organisation /role/ work ex in months :Samsung research India,Bangalore,20months

Other major achievements : N/A

Any achievement / USP of yours :N/A

Gd topic: Is the Indian education system responsible for lack of innovation in India?

Gd description in short : ( how did it go?): Time allotted was 30 minutes but ideas dried up by 20 mins so the moderator ended the discussion in 25 minutes.Not a controversial topic so everybody was in sync that changes need to be made.Nothing great as such but everybody spoke about their points with ease.

PI experience: out of three people in the panel, only two asked me questions and the one sitting in the middle was just smiling, laughing ocassionaly. Q1. Tell me about yourself (told)

Q2.What is the good thing u like about coding(told)

Q3. So you like things planned and in place.Give an example where things were chaotic and you were involved and worked it out(told)

Q4.The other guy asked me about dropbox(Samsung project).How do dropbox earn money

Answer: discussion then through this answer shifted to other topics like drug sellers and then pharmaceutical companies etc. Q5. Any hobbies(told)

Q6. Asked me about Manchester United and how their earn their revenue(told)

Q7. Gave me a case if Man utd had to earn max through sponsers wud you replace the area of club's badge with sponser's logo? Answer: I said no, as if would hurt fans' sentiments etc..blah blah

Q8. Any questions from us That's it folks!!

The interview was very general, when I came out of the room, I couldn't contemplate whether it went good or bad.So just hoping for the best.

Suggestions:Just stay confident, keep smiling and should know what you are speaking.All the best

[tejeshwar.nitrr]

20th Feb, Bangalore, BM

X - 86.8

XII- 81.8

UG-7.8/10

PG(if applicable)-NA

Work ex: organisation /role/ work ex in months - CTS/Programmer Analyst/18 months

Other major achievements : NA

Any achievement / USP of yours : NA

Gd topic: Reservation should be made mandatory in the private sector.

Gd description in short : Started on a good note, discussed a lot of dimensions, but no one concluded. Abruptly ended.

PI experience:

P1: Name of your school?

P2 : Why you joined IT firm when your branch is metallurgy?

P3: Why can't companies hire class 12th students and give training to them?

P2: Difference between education and training.

P1 : what is open culture?

P3: What is open culture in work place? And are you open ?

P2 : Difference in the cultures of Hyderabad and Raipur(my home town)?

P3: What is encapsulation (I am java developer)?

P2 : Difference between class and group?

P3: How can you analyze who needs reservation (They wanted straight points . This was related to gd I guess).

P1 : Your manager has been fired . How will you convey message to him? (They started laughing after asking this)

P2: One thing which you don't like in others?

P3: What you improved in yourself in past two years?

P1: what is the goal which you have achieved?

P2: what's your stand on opening of new IIMs? How will it affect the literacy rate?

P2: Opening of 200 new IIMs will be fruitful or not?

P1: What is important for you; reaching the goal or the path through which you reach it?

Any other info that you wish to share that might be of importance/relevance :  Panel  was really cool . They were patient and gave me enough time to answer all the questions.

Any suggestions:  Just relax and all the best everyone.

[umi7 (Seek CK)]

26th Feb, XLRI Jamshedpur, Afternoon session, HRM

General, Engg, Male

X - 72.8

XII - 66.77

UG - 7.58/10

PG(if applicable)

Work ex: RIL /Maintenance Manager / 45

Other major achievements :

Any achievement / USP of yours :

Gd topic: Organizations that prohibit couples working together in same organization are doing the right thing.

Gd description in short: Initial instruction was given for GD to be concluded within 30 mins, with 1 min thought gathering in the beginning. Cue to start the GD was given by senior most panel member by saying that, any one could start the GD. As soon as I heard that, I jumped with biggest gun in my hand. The first point that I forwarded was that the company was violating one of the key practices of modern employer "the equal opportunity" by prohibiting couples working together. People chipped in with their favoritism and frolicking (made panel laugh) counter arguments. I countered later the favoritism with 360 appraisal method. Supported the argument of decreased fringe benefit to employees thereby less overhead spending by employers with example of company owned car, HRA etc. Did some ogling of professor activity in the meantime and prof TS caught me in the act of checking her out. At some point, people started listing pros and cons and started to thrash out the issues with possible suggestions to negate them, as if we were asked to give possible solution to organizations to persuade them to allow couples working in their org (by the way I think we were not). We just had to state the pros and cons, not to put forward a solution. I was looking at the watch before and alerted the team to conclude the GD with ample time to finish. We finished with a minute to spare. GD ended with a lighter note from prof JS, that this problem wouldn't arise at all, if employees never got married in the first place.

Professor's description in brief: (names of the prof, specialisation, the way he conducted/took the process forward)- Three professors sitting in a power setting, middle senior most Prof J Singh, to the right, the henchman from south (M. Srimannarayana), and to the left was lady Tina Stephen gracing the occasion. As expected, Prof Singh started the PI process followed by henchman and then lady prof.

PI experience: JS - So, local boy, eh. Attending a nearby college, then IIT Kharagpur. What all degrees you have?

Me - (Dual Degree) B.Tech - Mechanical Engg. M.Tech - Manufacturing Systems Engg.

JS - You joined RIL afterwards. Why is company in news recently.

Me - Damn you RIL, guess you can leave your job behind but can't leave company reputation behind.

JS - What should be the next logical step to avoid such incidence from happening again?

Me- Government should get its house in order first, and then try the accused as per the law in IPC.

JS- What RIL should do? Do you think that Management is aware of these practices?

Me - (Put your thinking cap on, now is the time) Gave a diplomatic answer that internal enquiry should be initiated with full co-operation to government investigating agency. (Prof JS seemed happy at first, yes crucify'em).

JS- What motivates you to join HRM course?

Me- I was able to get the discussion in the direction that I wanted. Swiftly, we arrived at employee incentive and bell curve. I and Prof JS were having a cordial discussion on employee performance and bell curve. I was against using bell curve, but the discussion ended with prof explaining to me, statistical importance of bell curve and saying that problem with the bell curve starts when every employee starts to think that he is better than anyone else.

(In the meantime, Prof MS, the henchman briefly held my certificates and may not have gone through all of them, as he was quick to put it back down, zipping back the file; as if you are good to go home, not to XLRI)

Prof MS and TS started at the same time after JS, but I guess due to the hierarchy TS retracted herself.

MS- What is the hardest decision that you believe you have taken so far in your life?

Me - I started with generic answer that, I have been taking one hard decision after another in my life, but I guess he did not wanted to extort before going for the final kill shot. I believed he wanted explanation for question #5, but I had already narrated that incident nicely in form, so, I cunningly answered another one of my hardest decision to prove my earlier point. He asked me then why did I narrated the other incident nicely (his words not mine)? I justified with opportunity, risk, degree of uncertainty being a factor and pending final outcome for potential reward. MS - What other calls do you have in your kitty?

Me- HRM.BM, and GM from XLRI and IIMA... (cut short ok,ok) (Fine, you don't need to know everything).

That concluded MS interaction.

TS - What specific theory that you intend to learn in HRM here.

Me - Being specific was the call of the hour, so started straight Job evaluation, OD etc.

TS - Don't you think that these things are done in RIL.

Me - Maybe, but it's not visible to employees. HR policies in companies like this are shrouded with mystery at best.

TS - RIL is best place to work.

Me - Strongly objecting to her statement.

TS - Modifying her wording now, to learn these principles in actual setting, don't you agree?

Me - Yes, there is a lot of opportunity to improve, given the vastness of resources and difficulty associated therewith. TS - Then why did you choose to come to us?

Me - You can strive to change something, when you know about it. How can you change something that is intangible?

TS - (Sensing that he has done HRM homework) Have you taken any online course on HR?

Me - No.

TS - Don't you think, you are taking high road to learn HRM, given your current position?

Me - Agree.

Verdict - I think they had already gone through my form and other details and the way interview went, I think they agreed to deny me a chance. Interview was short and sweet, going by the performance in GD, it's a fair chance. But the panel seemed distant, disinterested and cold, going by the perceived panel behavior.

Any other info that you wish to share that might be of importance/relevance: Bring your own writing pad for GD, or else you would have to write on A4 paper to jot down the points.

Any suggestions: If your panel comprises of these three professors, try to enforce your candidature, by dictating the direction of discussion. They would give you ample opportunity to do that.

PS - This effort is dedicated to my friend @nuke_deal. Hope you are happy now. (It took more time to draft than the actual ordeal)

[justmihir (Mihir Sangodkar moohpoint.blogspot.in)]

26th Feb, Bangalore,: 1:45 Slot BM/ Global

XAT: 99.56 /(GK 6)/ decent essay)

X - 88

XII- 82

UG-9.01/10

PG(if applicable)-NA

Work ex: organisation /role/ work ex in months - Business Analyst/32 months - Deloitte

Other major achievements : NA

Any achievement / USP of yours : NA

Gd topic: Joint Family is the solution to today's ailing society.

Gd description in short : Started on a good note, discussed a lot of dimensions. I was able to contribute nicely. Concluded on time.

My rating 4.5/5

PI experience: (Stress Adjacent Interview)

P1: I see you are from Goa. How are Goan Beaches different from the Surathkal beach?

Answered well

P1 : I see you have excellent grad scores. How is CFL different from tubelight?

Answered

P3: How do you measure illumination? 

Did not remember

P1: Tell me something you learnt from Deloitte.

(I gave functional and technical points)

P2: No personal growth?

(Answered): Adaptability and instilling work culture like adhering to deadlines.. interrupted

P3: Didn't you have deadlines in college?

Answered: Sir, the deadlines in college affected just my scores. Here I have to be responsible for Deloitte's delivery to Client. This require a better work ethic than the Jugaad oriented ethic in college

P3: What is jugaad?

Answered

P3: Tell me some firms that employ jugaad.

Answered

P3: But this firm is in financial crisis.

Jugaad need not always pay off.

P3: Tell me a Jugaad way of cleaning the street outside.

Answered: The garden has sprinklers. I would direct the flow of water towards the street early in the morning to avoid traffic disruption.

P2: I see you blog. How is your blog different?

Answered: Satirical stile of writing.. off  pitch articles, people participation.

P2: So what was the last article you wrote?

Answered:  Transfer window and predicting the impact of the players

P2: Is this the only article you contributed to sportskeeda?

No, I have written about 20 last year.

P2: readership?

answered: 3500-5500 depending upon the topic and teams involved

P3: I will read a statement: companies should follow no incentive no penalty system for employees.

Answered: Employees need a carrot to keep them motivated. Complacency is the enemy of quality. etc.. etc,,

P2: What is Bribery?

Answered

P2: so how is bribery different from the incentives you are paying?

Answered with money laundering, ethical issues etc.

P1: What is money laundering?

Answered

P2: Is bribery dirty?

Answered

Satisfied with the interview. 

What do you think are my chances?

And ATB for the upcoming interview 😁

[trishasinha]

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[sarcusstic (V)]

28th Feb, Delhi: 8:45 Slot

BM

XAT: 99.12 percentile (my only hope) /GK 3.25/ okayish essay

X - 81

XII- 85

UG-69% ( pursuing B.Tech, CSE)

PG(if applicable)- NA

Work ex: NA

Other major achievements : NA

Any achievement / USP of yours : Satirist. 

GD topic: 360 degrees (Yes, just this. Everyone was like whaaaaa!)

GD description in short : Everyone rambled. Sort of. But covered everything. From Philosophy to GDP to planets. No conclusion coz no time. But even if we had the time, I don't know what would've been the conclusion coz we discussed like 3000 million things.

My rating: 3.5/5

PI experience:

Let's call the leftmost guy P1, centre one P2 and the right one P3.

Entered.

P1: So you are currently pursuing B.Tech. Which stream?

Me: Answered

P1: So do you like CS?

Me: No. I thought I'd like it but enjoyed my freedom in college for a way longer period then I should've and hence ended up with a faded interest in CS. I liked the third year though.

P1: Where are you placed?

Me: Infosys.

P1: What's the revenue of IT sector?

Me: i don't know.

P1: What's the workforce of Infosys?

Me: I don't know but I can take a guess.

P1: You are in Infosys and you don't know the workforce? Take a guess.

Me: 20,000?

P1: No. Take three more.

Me: 60,000.

P1: No.

Me: 1 lakh?

P1: No

Me: 7 thousand (Idk why the hell I said that)

*P1 starts laughing* *P2 interferes*

P2: So you are a satirist?

Me: Yes, sir.

P2: Frankly speaking, I don't see a reason why you want to do MBA.

Me: Rata hua answer chepa. But ended it with I know it looks like a rata hua answer but I seriously feel that MBA would help me in my personal growth.

P2: So how would XLRI help you in your long term goal of opening  satire organisation?

Me: Sir, I'd get to understand Business Dynamics and everything and spoke for a minute.

P2 stops me in between and asks: Tell me in two sentences how will we help you?

Me: Explained it in 4 sentences.

P1 enters from nowhere with his rifle of questions.

P1: Name three cartoonists of India.

Me: Answered RK Laxman and FN,NTMN and some guy on twitter, couldn't remember his name.

P1: In which country you can't write satire about any politician?

Me: I don't know but I guess Pakistan.

P1: How many guesses do you need to answer any question?

Me: Depends on the type of question.

P2: Summarise GD in your funny way since you are associated with stand up comedy.

Me: Sir, GD was going 360 degress about the topic and we talked about everything inside and outside the world except Business considering it was BM's GD.

Everyone laughs.

P3 wakes up from his slumber.

P3: What do you mean by outside the world?

Me: Sir someone talked about sun.

Everyone laughs.

P3: What are your other hobbies?

Me: Sir, listening to music. 

P3: What kind of music?

Me: Sir, I have explored all kind of genres nearly. A bit inclined towards metal.

P3: What's the difference between metal and heavy metal?

Me: Tried to explain, he wasn't satisfied at all.

P3: What's death metal?

Me: Explained.

P3: Why is it called death metal?

Me: Whaaaaa! Sir I don't know.

P3: Try taking a guess.

Me: Sir, it sort of killed metal. Hence death metal. Maybe.

*nobody laughs*

P3: I see you mentioned about Pi Charts in your GD. Draw me the Pi chart of India's GDP sectors.

Me: Remembered only three sectors. Drew.

P3: Draw properly.

Me: Drew again.

P3 stands up and comes to my side. 

P3: I said draw properly.

Me: Drew again.

P3: Can't you draw properly?

Me: I can, I am trying. Drew again.

P3: You can't draw a straight line.

Me: I am trying.

P3 to other panelists: I am done.

Meanwhile P2 stops smiling because his jaws must be hurting.

P2: Tell something about the board (the panel, he meant)  in a funny way.

Me: Sir, the board was like 10th CBSE board. Students don't want to get serious but yet they end up getting serious. (I could've done much better but he liked how I used board as a pun)

P1 laughs. I thought the guy couldn't but yay.

P2: That's it, boy.

Me: Thank you.

Interview lasted for 17 mins and I think I fucked it up.

Any thoughts?

[mrsunnysantosh (sunny santosh)]

26th Feb Bangalore :1:45 slot HRM

Xat: 94.xx (bleh)gk:4(bleh again) okayish essay

X:89

XII:94

Ug:77% (chemical engg)

Work ex: 18 months family business (training institute )

Part time teaching in engineering college as well

Achievements/USP: anti ragging squad ,college fests etc and also cleared ssb interview 

Gd topic : labour mobility benefits the organization more than the employees 

Gd description:

Tricky topic one must say we were a group of 8 people (2absent) ! I started the gd..gd went on for 20 mins but we could not conclude .overall decent performance ....chipped in 4-5 times

Prep: 1/5 performance:3.5/5

Pi experience:

I was slotted to go in fourth ! But there was a strange gap I must say after the 3rd person was done with ! I had to wait like half n hour before I was called ! (Made me jittery a bit)

Profs : p1- middle aged sir who was trying to stress out 

P2:slightly elder sir who was going through assessment form and grilled me  in between 😛

P3: middle aged ma'am who was primarily going through my file in detail and just asked me a couple of questions 

Me: good evening 

P1: good evening ! Please have a seat ! So your name is yasvi right ?

me: no sir my name is yashasvi santosh 

P1: okay so what do people call you ? 

Me : anything is fine :p 

P1: okay ! Where do u work ?

Me: answered 

P1: we personally don't like to take teachers because I'll tell you there are many reasons ! Teachers have ego ! They won't listen to another teacher 

Me: tried to justify saying teachers themselves prepare for classes and teachers are students first and there is no question of ego 

P1:(still not convinced ) so is preparation before the class good ? Tell me from both teachers and students point of view 

Me: answered trying to justify that core principle of learning remains the same ! Its just that while teaching you go with the flow 

P1: ( still not convinced ) so you mean both teachers and students prepare in the same way ? *looks at me and p2 simultaneously * and asks me how many subjects I will have to study in xlri 

Me : I am not sure sir but taking 6 subjects per semester around 24 ? 

P2 (chips in): around 26 ! 

P1 : so you see learning 26 subjects is different from preparing for a single class .still teachers are selfish . why would teachers share everything ? To keep the class gripping they won't share anything 

Me: answered saying content is more important and I personally never did that and you give more than what you know when you are teaching ! Quoted some examples of my experiences . they seemed convinced 

P2: asked a question related to assessment 

Me: answered *p2 seemed okay with my answer *

P2: can you tell me if ragging is good ? 

Me : ragging is definitely bad sir but I also feel it depends on peoples perception ! Like asking bio data and all is fine to me but it won't be the case to a person let's say an introvert ! So there is absolutely a thin line between ragging and interaction 

P2: okay tell me advantages of ragging ? 

Me : answered giving example of how bonding with seniors improve and again mentioned it might not be the same for all 

P2: again ! Disadvantages ? 

Me: answered torture trauma etc

Now p3 after going through my file in detail : 

P3: how do you rate yourself in gd ? 

Me : I give myself 7/10 

P3: but we at xlri don't take people who have below 8/10 . what do you say now ? 

Me : ma'am I still stick to it 

P3: where do u think you could have done well ? You were the opening batsman who started the gd right ? (Glad they observed that :D)

Me: ma'am I was actually noting down points from everyone and I wanted to conclude !I had some very good points but couldn't keep track of time .

P3: I'll give you two maths problems solve them 

Me : took a while to solve one and couldnt solve the other 

P1 and P2 : you are a maths faculty why did u take that long to solve this problem 

Me: sir I wanted to be 100% sure ! 

P2: think about the other question later as well 

 All three smile ! I shake hands with everyone and come out 

P3: your hands are so cold ! Nervous ? 

Me: smiled

Overall a decent interview ! I am still angry at myself for not solving that maths problem :|.but overall a pretty smooth experience !

Prep : 2/5 performance: 3/5

Any suggestion :

Just keep your cool and sometimes they might just test you on how you react to situations

*Given 65% weightage to xat score and a poor gk score my chances look bleak ! Still gave my best in gd and pi ! Fingers crossed ! Any suggestion /input most welcome 😃

[madhukar001 (Piyush Madhukar)]

Puys, any update on global MBA? anyone done with GMBA interview? Please post your exp. 

[rudank (Rupam Frank)]

28th Feb, 1:45 Slot; BM, New Delhi

XAT score: 98.1 pc

X: 83%

XII: 94%

UG: 68% :banghead:

Work ex: 27 months, Research Analyst, The Smart Cube and GoJavas

Other major achievements : INSPIRE Scholarship, Awarded in office, etc.

Any achievement / USP of yours : Tech-blogger

Gd topic: MBA education is killing Engineering in India (or something like that)

Gd description in short : 8/10 people were present (only one lady in our group). We were given 30 mins. The GD started off smoothly with everyone pitching in once in a while. I was the 3rd person to speak. There were a couple of instances when it looked like becoming a fish market. But thankfully, the group managed to stay civilised. The group reached a conclusion, however we could not summarize the GD in time. I had 4-5 entries myself. I'd rate myself 3.5/5.

Panel: Lets call them Left (who, I was informed, was the one grilling you), Middle and Right

PI experience: 

I entered the room and greeted them with a smile. No smile from them whatsoever! 😞

Middle: Please sign the sheet and have a seat. You can hand over the file to him (pointing to Right)

I did so and Left starts off immediately 

Left: You come from a good college (St. Stephen's, Delhi) however your marks are not that good. Why is it so?

Me: Explained about losing interest in the subject in 2nd year and developing interest in other fields such as economics and also getting heavily involved in societies and clubs. Gave a full description of the situation and justified by saying that I always scored well in the final assessments. Also mentioned how I decided in my second year to lean towards the corporate and started preparing myself for that.

L seemed somewhat satisfied

M: So you worked with The Smart Cube (TSC), what does the firm do? What was your role?

Me: I answered and explained my role as a senior analyst.

M: So you were part of a team and never led a team?

Me: No sir, that is not the case. Initially I was just a part of a team. But as I progressed in the firm, I was given a few projects to handle on my own as you can see in my CV.

M: Looks at the highlighted project in my CV and asks me to explain the project

Me: Explained thoroughly.

M: So after 20 months you got bored with TCS?

Me: No sir, I was not bored with the work but the framework of the work. Etc. (gave funda about getting past the learning curve, regulated frame work of projects, limited scope, etc. told them anyway this was supposed to give me a taste of corporate and how i was ready to explore other fields)

M: So then you shifted to GoJavas.. yes? What was your role there?

Me: Yes, I was on a similar role (analyst) however there was more freedom in terms of work. I helped the directly by providing insights, etc. etc. (talked about a few projects which had to do with middle east, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc.)

R (Jumping in): Saudi Arabia? What issues were there in Saudi at that point in time?

Me: Started to explain but M explains it to him and they settle it among themselves.

M: Ok, I am done. Looks at R.

R (Straighaway): Should Railways be privatized?

Me (Slightly taken aback): Explained the situation of railways in India. Told them India cannot shift the sector under private because a large chunk of the population will not be able to afford trains. Profitability will increase but, it will become a luxury expense rather than the necessity is currently is. (blah blah)

R: Do you remember Lalu Prasad Yadav once said that the Railways under him are doing well and in fact was profitable? How did he claim so?

M to R: That was 4 to 5 years ago. He won't remember it.

Me (taking the cue): Sir, I remember the incident however I do not recall the exact details of his plan at that point in time.

R: No Problem. Tell me, what do you have that your friends don't?

Me: Assumed that its a "Strength" question answered it. Panel seemed satisfied. But they didn't smile! Not once.

R: Ok. You are from St. Stephen's right? Who was he?

Me: Answered. Told them the story of how he was stoned to death.

M: What was special about his martyrdom?

Me (No clue): I do not recall that sir. (later found out he was the first martyr of Christianity :banghead: )

L (jumping in): Can you tell me the objective of your life?

Me: Restated the answer 1 from assessment (owning a tech website)

L: You can do that now itself? Why an Mba?

Me: Sir, 2 basic reasons why I require an MBA before I Start my own firm/website company.    1. I am from a science background with very little understanding of how businesses function which is why I started working for corporates immediately after college. Now, after gaining some basic concepts about such businesses I wish to build on that by interacting with the exceptional faculty of XLRI and the excellent peer group available.   2. I need some capital before I can start a full-fledged firm (blah blah)... panel seemed satisfied.

L: If there is one thing you would like to improve what would it be?

Me: told them giving examples of how I have improved

R: Give me 2 reasons why you won't fit into XLRI

Me: Gave him one (about my weird background > Physics). Discussion on that for a while. Forgot to ask me about number 2.

L (again jumping in): What did you think about the GD? Who was the worst performer?

Me: (Slightly taken aback) Answered. Gave reasons why I thought they did badly. They all nodded.

L: What did you think of No. X? He said he didn't get a fair chance to speak? Do you agree?

Me: No Sir, No. X had equal opportunity to speak in the GD just as much as any one of us had. It was a 30 min GD with 8 people in it and I think that is sufficient time for anyone to speak especially when the group did go quiet for a couple of short instances. Having said that, the group should have noticed that he was not speaking up and therefore should have asked him to conclude or something. 

L: So why did YOU not let him do that?

Me: Sir, I had already given opportunity to the lady to speak once when she was being overridden by No. Y. And I also had asked the group to let No. Z speak when he was bringing in a valuable point. As for No. X I did not see any intent on his end to enter the conversation.

(after that L had a discussion on "fair chance" and "democracy" with me

L: What did you think about No. Y? (Y spoke a lot but was not making much sense coz he was going around in circles and when anyone tried to bring in a new angle, he shut it out)

Me: Answered. (Again they looked like they agreed)

L: Where do you stay in Delhi?

M: Answered.

L: So your father works there? (in line with my answer)

M: No sir, I live alone. My father works in Assam. He is a doctor.

L: Oh I See. So you live alone in Delhi?

M: Yes sir. I have a flat. I live with a room-mate.

Suddenly all three look at each other and decide that the interview is done.

M: Did you already have your HR interview?

Me: Yes Sir.

M: Ok great. You can leave. Thank you (very coldly)

Me: Thank you Sirs. (Smiled but no response from them) :banghead:

Any other info that you wish to share that might be of importance/relevance : The panel seemed disinterested in me and I got similar feedback from other candidates. They looked too cold. The HRM interview was much more jolly comparatively. Dunno why the BM panel were so obtuse.

Any suggestions:

Just be honest with your answers. They aren't looking for some high-strung logic behind the decisions you took as long as it did not really bog you down in life. Just keep it simple. ATB

Verdict: Reject!!! but converted HRM!! woohoo....

[vultureprey (neelim goswami)]

2nd Mar , 1:45 PM Slot; HRM, Bangalore

XAT score: 99.75

X: 85.4%

XII: 87.8%

UG: 7.63

Work ex: 32 months, HP R&D

Other major achievements: College fest convener, football player(college + corporate),

Any achievement / USP of yours: Theatre Actor, Diploma from Ahmedabad Management Association.

Gd topic: Son of the soil approach in recruitment is what is required

Gd description in short: 4/10 people present :D. Everyone surprised including panel 😛 The GD time reduced to 15 minutes, average discussion , discussed india state wise properly but couldn't take the topic to a global scale .

Panel: 2 men and a woman. L -> woman , M-> aged guy , R->middle age guy

PI experience: ( it was close to 35-40 min , giving in short J )

R : 1) where you from 2) had your BM interview 3) what will you prefer BM or HR

Me: Already had my BM , will prefer HR because its aligned to goals .

R : why have you got pen ?

Me  Because in BM interview they asked me a question on theatre and I had to draw and explain .

R: you do theatre ? name famous playwrights ? which actor you like in Rang de basanti ( don't tell aamir )

Me: Yes have performed at theatres in bangalore. Named few playwrights, told liked atul Kulkarni because he had to go through complete character change in movie.

R: You like babel ?

Me: Yes it was intriguing but the 5th japanese part and the connection with the gun seemed a little far fetched. I like these movies, neo-noir genre is my favorite.

* Some more discussion about theatre.

M : you like football ?

Me : Yes I like and I play :

M : which position

Me: holding midfield in college 11 a side , corporate we have only 5 a side so at the back:

M: I have basic problem with football that fwds are getting all the attention midfielder and defender don't get praise. Can you do something

* This started a 5-10 min discussion which resulted in me giving 2 ideas

1)  keep good component of wages on performance basis and rate everybody out f 10 on the basis of position they play eg ( def rated on tackles ,intercept , 50 50 won)

2) Make the defenders and midfielders as faces of club while releasing t shirts and promotional campaigns.

L : you mentioned wage ,what is difference between wage and compensation ?

Me : random stuff i answered

L : Do you think we will ask you labour law related questions 😁 ( maybe she heard us discussing outside )

Me: Yes , previous GD and interviews say so

R : Where did you get them tv ,newspaper

Me: At the official XLRI sansarg call getters connect page in FB ( Sorry seniors if I got you in trouble 😁 )

R: hmmm..what is secret behind your smile

Me: you ppl have not put tension and have been good so I feel ok and relaxed

L: don't worry we are not going to ask you any labor questions

ME 😁 😁

L: but you come from a place with algorithms , give an algo to implement your solution you mentioned about wage

Me: Giving a phas gaya smile (R : he is still smiling J )

Me : Gave Algo : Let wage available be X .rate player out of 15 on performance and out of 5 on returns they are bringing to club ,like tshirt and tickes sales etc.

Suppose 15 players , each player will get rating out of 20 . Add all rating . Divide X by total rating. Then multiply number with indivisual rating ( Basically I was coming up with random crap J )

M : ok now suppose you want to add 10 more player.

Me : Need more wage if not there remove top three non performing wage earners but that will reduce performance.

M: if rival team is giving 10 10 points to performance and returns what will happen

Me: if superstars perform badly there will be unrest because they are getting a lot more

 L : ok (hands me file ) thank you.

Me about to get up ( most weird part of interview coming up J )

R : Wait ..What are your views on shop lifting

Me: hmmm ..its not cool

R : but people say they cant help it

Me: ya but ppl can cure it also so ya maybe first or second offence can be treated mildly but repeat offenders should be dealt harshly with because they are not doing anything to improve:

R : name one famous theatre personality who was a shop lifter

Me: Sir no idea 😃

R : ok thank you

Over :phew:

Any other info that you wish to share that might be of importance/relevance:

Had my profile in front of them and had underlined few thing .

Any suggestions: I was smiling the whole time, even when cross questioned, dont know whether it will help or not maybe you can try 😃

Best of Luck

[arpit210889 (Unlearning Relearning)]

Will the interviews being held on HOLI day i.e 6th March as well !!

[eliti (Ekansh Saxena)]

Ne mention of assessment or video in the PIs

[eliti (Ekansh Saxena)]

Do we need to carry the scorecard as well

[aj5 (aj k)]

what do we need to carry for the interview??

[pgaravindhsf (Aravindh P G)]

Slot : 1.45 PM, Bangalore

Specialization  : HRM

XAT score :  99.30/ GK Score 6.25

Work ex : 19 months, IT

Major achievements : Few Acads and Quizzing Achievements

Any achievement / USP of yours : District Topper in X

Reached the venue at 1.20 pm. Around 15 guys were waiting there. BM had 2 panels and HR had one panel. To my surprise only 4/10 ( 3 guys and a girl) had turned up for HRM. The panel waited for few more mins (😀  and told us that the GD will be for 15 mins. One guy asked the panelists to join them as 7 is a better number for a GD than 4 😃

Gd topic:  A son of the soil Approach is desirable in Recruitment

Gd description in short  :: It took me a while to understand the meaning of the topic. I chipped in only 3 times but spoke about Globalization, Bangalore and IT sector, Government Jobs. The other 3 people were talking a lot and i was just taking notes and trying to find out a new angle. The GD was moving towards State Reservations, Maharashtra and skilled and unskilled  labor. Later we spoke sector wise and finally when we started thinking outside India, we were asked to stop the discussion.

Prep : 1/5  Performance : 1-1.5/5

Panel : 3 profs. P1, P2 - Male profs around 50-60. P3 - Female prof

PI experience : I was the last one to be called. Since there were only 4 folks, they took around 25-30 mins for interviewing everyone. And there was a long gap before they called second guy for the interview.

P1 : So Aravindh, you are from IIT-X and u are currently working at What do you do there?

Me : Explained about my company and my project (Spoke about ObamaCare and Health Insurance)

P1 : Do they follow xxxx norms ( some IRMA or something)? (He kept on asking some norms and I just nodded my head.)

P2 : (He takes a look at my grade card and tells me that I have just converted into percentage by multiplying it with 10)

Me : Explained him that my college introduced a new conversion formula and I was unaware during my Application phase.

P2 : So why such a complicated formula. Why not multiply it with 10 or multiply it with 9

Me : Gave few explanations telling him that 10 CGPA doesn't mean that the person has 100% blah blah

(After sometime P1 takes over)

P1 : You spoke about  Globalization in your interview. Why do u think other country people are not working here?

(Wow. They remembered me from GD😁  )

Me : We have every one in India. From skilled to unskilled and top most to bottom most. We don't need people from other countries working here as we are self sufficient. but we do have people going out of the country

P1  : So why are they going out.

Me : Currency conversion rate. People mainly go out for incentives.

P1 : So, how was your BM interview. You had one right?

Me : Yes, Sir. On 27th.

P1 : So what all did the ask?

Me : Told him all the questions that was asked ( The questions were fresh in my mind as I had shared my interview experiences with couple of my friends😛   )

P1 : So what do you think about your experience there? Was it good? Me : Yes, Sir

P1 : Was it fulfilling?

Me : Yes, Sir

P1 : Was it Rewarding?

Me : Yes, Sir

P1 : Was it Promising?

Me : Yes, Sir

P1 : What? You are saying Yes to all the questions? Why do you think I asked you about the questions that they asked you during your BM? I may or may not ask them again. Is your answer still a yes? I will come back to all your answers.

Me : (smiling) yes sir.

P1 : So explain me why it was fulfilling?

Me : I had a good interview. I have been preparing for this for the past 9 months or so and it was a good experience that I had.

P1 : Rewarding why?

Me : I could take the experience that I had there towards my future endeavors. Positives and negatives.

P1 : Promising why?

Me : I think i will convert the call ( started smiling)

(P1 starts laughing)

P1 : Optimistic aren't you?

Me : Yes sir. (smiled)

P1 : So, which one you are gonna take? BM or HRM?

Me : Told him that I had a big confusion during my form filling. After thinking for a while I gave BM as the first option there. Told them my work ex is related to BM. And mentioned that I did not want to shatter the dream of 1000s of better candidates than me all over the India by taking HR.

P1 : Even BM course calls 1000s of people all over India

Me : But I am better suited for that compared to HRM. And the learning curve is steep for HRM but it is relative easier for BM. In HRM I need to learn a lot of new things.

P1 : Yes. You have to learn a lot in HRM

(P2 takes over)

P2 : So Aravindh, you mentioned about Mahabharata. Who do you think had a very unfair life in Mahabharata?

Me : ( Initially I interpreted the question wrong ). Told them about Bhishma and Draupadi.

P2 : No, Bhishma had a choice everywhere. I am asking you who had an unfair life

Me : (Forgot totally about Karna😒  ) Sir, in that case it is Amba. spoke about her(his) life.

P2 : So who do you think had a fair life? Everyone had a fair life right?

Me : No. Yudrishtra followed codes to the book but he had a very bad life. So in Mahabhartha almost everyone had an unfair life.

P2 : What about Ramayana?

Me : Sir, Sita there. 

P1 : But Sita crossed Lakshman Rekha. She did not follow the instructions and it was her mistake.

Me : Yes sir, She crossed the line and she struggled a lot for it. She was seperated from Rama and stayed with demons. She got reunited with Rama and when u think that it is a happy ending suddenly bad things happen. There was a twist in the tale. : 

P1 : (starts laughing) Twist in the tale? : (starts laughing) Twist in the tale? : (starts laughing) Twist in the tale?

Me : First Rama asks Sita to jump in fire to prove that she is pure. And later they got seperated. So it was unfair for Sita. 

( All this while P3 was jotting down something in her paper. After i was done, she kept her pen in front of me)

P3 : Give 5 unconventional uses of Pen ( All the while I was fiddling with my pen under the table. Just realised that and showed them my pen)

Me : This is an interview but I am having this pen in my hand. It releives my stress

P2 : No. Fiddling with a pen in interview is a common thing. Tell me something else

( 😛

Me : Sir, During my school, we used to play a game called Pen Fight. Explained the rules

P2 : ok. Some other uses?

( I opened the pen and showed them the tip)

Me : the tip of the pen is very sharp and it is used for making holes

(Then I ran out of ideas. After some 10 secs of staring at the pen I told them I cant think of anything else)

P3 : So, the next question I am gonna ask - You need a lot of time to think

Me : (gulp)

P3 : So u mentioned about Sita, Amba, Bhishma and Draupadi. Give an analogy to current Indian Politics 

Me : (Say what? 😰 ) Umm.I need some time to think about this.

P3 : Ok. let me make it a bit easier. Give me one analogy.

( I took a paper. Wrote all 4 names. Started explaining about Sita with some lines)

Me : Ma'am. This is gonna be a weird analogy. But I want to compare JayaLalitha with Sita

( P3 starts laughing)

P3 : How? : How?

Me : Spoke about Jaya Lalitha and her initial Corruption charges. Told her that the last 2 years were good for her but when we were expecting a happy ending she recently got debarred from becoming a CM for the next 10 years or so. So this is equivalent to Sita's plight.

P1 : So what are you hobbies.

Me : Reading high fantasy fiction books.

(They did not press for it, They asked a small question and I answered it)

P2 : So what other calls you have

Me : A, B and C sir.

P3 : Ok Aravindh. Thank you and all the best for your results.

I thanked all of them and left

Verdict : W/L - 16  😁 

[chandanthakur19 (Chandan Thakur)]

3rd Mar , 1:45 PM Slot; HRM, Bangalore

XAT score: 98.38

Your profile : B.E.(EEE)

X 85.2

XII 74.60

UG 72.30

Work ex: organisation /role/ work ex in months Robert Bosch/Software developer/20 months

Other major achievements : Represented at national level in national child right's congress.

Any achievement / USP of yours : Poet

Gd topic: Do small companies have more harmony.

Gd description in short : Gd was smooth. Everyone pulled in their points regarding positives and negatives of small and big companies and the conclusion was that it depends on the company principles and ethics rather than the size of the company. But yes its easier to maintain harmony in small companies because of better communication.

Professor's description in brief: I dont remember the names of the professor. But they were soft in their approach. Wanted to know more about your personality. There were two males and one lady professor. I will name P1, P2 and P3

PI experience:

P1: So, chandan you are working in bosch.

Me: No, sir! I was working in bosch. Now I am associated with an NGO Matruchhaya.

P1: So, was it a part of your strategy to join an NGO and prepare so that you would get more time for your prep.

Me: Yes, Sir!

P2: How was your NGO experience and what you learnt.

Me: explained in detail abou self belief,optimism,etc...

P1: I can take from your things that earlier you were not able to see things and now you did.

Me: No, sir I grew more but this doesn't mean I didn't have those before.

P3(lady professor): So, chandan tell me something which you learnt in the NGO which wont be applicable in competetive world.

Me: there was heights of optimism over there and in real world you need to look the negatives as well.

P3: So, you mean optmism is not good.

Me: No mam! I just mean that you have to analyze both the aspects before coming to a conclusion. Everything has its two sides.

P3: something else other than this?

Me: At times you have to be a little diplomatic. there people were very original and franc.

P3: means francness is not good.

Me: No, mam! you just need take care what you speak. there is a saying in sanskrit that"Satyam bruyat priyam bruyat maa bruyat apriyam satyam"

Means speak the truth but don't speak a harsh truth. so, at times you have to be considerate.

P2: you told about celebration of birthday parties of old people. So, what did you learn.

Me: there is no age for living life. You can act as child whenever you want. Narrated about personal incidents at places.

P2: So, what will people of matruchhaya will remember you for.

Me: They will remember me for my connect with the people, my smile,my childish acts at times and more importantly they will remember me as a poet. I write in hindi and my local friends translate in kannada and i also translate in english.

P3: you are poet. Can you write four lines on what happened today.

Me: Yes, give me some time.

I wrote

Mila aapse to kaisa laga ye kya bataun,

Mann mein ghabrahat thi ki galat na pad jaun.

Chahat thi dil ki baaton ko bata paun.

Jaate jaate sabke hontho pe muskan laun.

All three of them: that was a very good poem.

P1: ok chandan can you tell me in this room we have so many pens.Can you tell me the reason behind it.

Me: Sir! I see everyone coming out of the room with a pen. So,you are keeping extra.

P1: yes that can be a reason but tell something else.

Me: may be the pens are cheap so you are keeping a stock of it.

P2: may be! I will give you a hint see the cap.

Me:there it was written appu paras. I told may be some small children in some ngos have made this.

P1: Chandan you are so much into NGO. Anyway it is just that everyday these hotel guys give us one and we are having interviews since 18th feb.

P2: tell me about what else you like.

Me: I enjoy cooking and there were some light moments after that.

All three of them: We are done with the interview.

Me: thank you all.

P2: So, you are having smile on your face at the last as per your poem.

Me: Yes ,Sir! I hope you all also have.

All three of them:Yes we do. And all were smiling.

P3(lady professor)(I was about to leave): please take your paper on which you have written the poem and keep it safe. It's yours and please never stop writing. It is really very good.

Me: Yes mam! Took the paper and thanked everyone and left.

Any other info that you wish to share that might be of importance/relevance : just be yourself. Don't try to cook up anything.

[pgaravindhsf (Aravindh P G)]

Slot : 1.45 PM. Bangalore, 27th Feb

Specialisation : BM/GMBA

XAT score: 99.30 / GK Score 6.25

Work ex : 19 months, IT

Major achievements: Few Acads and Quizzing Achievements

Any achievement / USP of yours : District Topper in X

Gd topic: A free hand to Ivy League colleges is the best way to shake up higher education in India

Gd description in short: 8/10 had turned up.People started talking about Ivy League colleges and IITs. I gave points on why students leave india, Research in India, Funding. Gave a point in between that why dont our IITs go out of India and open Colleges in US for learning experience😛  . Overall a Okish performance from my side. Later realised that my panel had 4 IITians including me 😐 

Prep : 2/5 Performance 3-3.5/5

Panel: 3 Males. P1, P2 - Male profs around 50-60. P3 - Young guy ( Alumni I guess)

PI experience: I was the third one to be called.

P3 : So Aravindh, what do you think about the GD

Me : It was good sir. we discussed about lots of points. (Should have been a little bit more specific😒  )

P3 : What do you think about upcoming budget

Me : Told them the expectations are high. First proper budget my Modi's govt.Even Railway budget was good as there were no price hikes.

P3 : Don't you think it is such a generic answer? Say something specific

 Me : ( ) Started blabbering something about Swach Bharath, Make in India. I wasn't convinced with my answer. Started panicking. 😓 

(And then my file came to my rescue😛  )

P3 : (looking at a newspaper cutting) So What is this?

Me : Mentioned about my X scores

(P2 Turns couple more pages and asks me about another newspaper cutting)

Me : yes sir. This was when I won a All India level Quiz competition

P3 : So, are you a quizzer in general?

Me : Yes, Sir. In School.

P3 : So Aravindh, You have such a good acads and achievements. People like you should go to MS with your profile. Why MBA? I know that you would have prepared an answer for this but we dont want that. Give a proper answer

Me : Spoke about my research and industrial intern and how my industrial intern was behind my decision towards MBA. I guess they looked convinced.

P1 : So Aravindh, You did an internship at Malaysia, what all places did u visit?

Me : Kuala Lumpur, Penang island and Ipoh.

P1 : What did you do at your industrial intern that u mentioned before?

Me : Asked his permission and explained him on paper. Some thing about Resource Allocation. Answered a few more cross questions.

P1 : So, did u use Linear Programming?

Me : (Had no idea about that. Later learnt it is related to Op Research). No sir. (Started explaining about the factors that I considered)

P1 : Didn't you do operations research at your college?

Me : No sir. (All this while P2 was silent. He started smiling)

P2 : So, I am gonna ask you questions from Probability. Shall I ask you?

Me : Yes sir, I have not done a course on Probability but I have dne that on 11th and 12th class. You may ask me questions.

P1 : You have not dont any courses on Prob? I thought that was a compulsary course.

Me : No sir, Compulsary courses were Calculus 1 and 2. And second year we had 5 courses out of which we have to do 2 courses. Told them I did not do Prob.

P1 : Anyways, you would have read something in 12th. Answer P2's questions.

P2 : What all did you learn in ur school?

Me : Independent Events, Mutually Exclusive Events, Bayes theorem, Prob Distribution functions, Binomial, Poisson and Normal Distributions.

P2 : So, What is the difference between Binomial and Normal Distribution

Me : Gave example of tossing of coins and started explaining them about Binary Distribution in paper.I did not remember the formula and tried something. Told them that the scores in XAT exam follow a normal Distribution.

P2 : So, what is Random variable?

Me : Random variable? Umm..It is a Random variable ( slowly )

( P2 nods his head to P1 )

P1 : Okay Aravindh, we are done.

(Returned them their pen and paper. Noticed that the paper was my XAT score card😐  . Thanked them and left)

Prep : 3.5/5 Performance 3/5

Verdict : Goofed up Current Affairs. Not many questions on Work ex, Acads. No expectations again.

Actual Verdict : W/L - 149  😐 

[ameyak1994 (ak3994 Kalamkar)]

2nd March (Morning slot- Mumbai)

Specialization- BM and Global MBA.

Profile

X: 92.61%

XII: 91.83%

B.Tech: 9.03 (Final Year Mechanical, Pune University)

No work experience

USP: 10th school topper

         12th college topper

GD

It started around 9:15.

"Was AAP's success in Delhi a mere flash in the pan?"

9 participants. Was a decent GD, though we repeated a few points. Had to force my way everytime since there were a lot of strong speakers. However, everybody made their points and we could summarize in the end. (The panel showed no expressions :-// No way to judge how they though it was!)

PI

I was 5th in the list so had to wait for about 2hrs before I could go in.

Panel- A man in his 50s (I assume :-P) (P1). The two others are addressed as P2 and P3.

Experience

P1 asked me to sit down and sign against my name in the file.

P1 read my school name and my marks and nodded. Then he went on to my junior college and cracked some joke about it. (however I didnt think it was worth laughing :-P)

Then he asked me why my engineering college was named what it was! Why not some other name. I was stumped! again they had a good laugh though I managed some reply.

P1 : Which programs have you applied to?

Me : BM and Global MBA

P1 : What is the difference between the two?

Me : Started to answer but P1 took over and completed it himself :-D I kept nodding!

P1 : You forgot a major difference! The Fees!!

Me : Quickly blurted out the numbers. P1 seemed happy!

P1 : If I give you a choice of distributing the 34L (approx cost for the global mba) among poor people OR doing a Global MBA, what qould you do!

Me : Gave some witty reply and we all had a good laugh over it!

P1 : Why MBA?

Me : blah blah blah :-D

P1 presented a counter argument (quite a strong argument actually!)

I took some time to counter that, but id manage well in the end. He seemed impressed though :-P

Now it was P2's turn.

P2 : What do you do in your free time?

Me : Read, play cricket blah blah..

P2 : Tell me some things you don't like.

Me : Told.

P2 : your major project will throw many people out of profession! How do you deal with that? ( This was a tricky one )

Me : managed some answer. (He did not want a specific answer, was only looking for my take on it)

P3 : You have mentioned your internship in the assessment form quite a few times, is it lack of variety?

Me : The internship experience answers all questions specifically so I brought it up so many times! 

P1 : Alright, we are done!

Wow, that was one of the most chilled out interviews EVER! No technical, no current affairs, nothing!!

The panel kept cracking jokes to lighten the mood! 

I am sure this post will help the BM people reduce their tension! After all, SUCH A COOL INTERVIEW MAN!!

Though I have no clue whether I've made it! :-/

*Fingers crossed*

[muneeb.lateef (Muneeb Ul Lateef)]

Slot: 8.45AM

Specialisation: HRM

XAT: 99.2 GK: 7.5

10th: 87.4        12th : 81       b.tech: 65

Work ex: 24 months, IT

Major Achievements: nothing extraordinary

Achievement: District topper in 10th

GD: Should highly paid employees enjoy protection under labor laws

9 ppl. Nobody had much idea about the topic. Everybody came up with random points. No flow in the discussion. Made couple of points but was not to the point as the discussion missed the flow.

Performance: 2/5

Panel: 3 Males p1, p2, p3

P1: What did you learn from university you did your under-graduation from? P2 interrupted and asked to enumerate 3 points

P1: how do you relate these with HR?

Then ensued a discussion (with p1 &p2)with lots of counter questions- diversity(types and application in HR), ethics, logical thinking in HR issues etc

Tried my best to answer but was cut short with counter questions throughout.

P1: Supreme court has given its nod for third gender. What is it about?

P2: If you have to hire a transgender but some high performing employees have a problem with that, they are threatening to resign if you hire them

Again a debate with p1 & p2.....mentioned about sensitizing, rational thinking, understanding concerns of the employees etc etc

P3(was looking at my docs all through, asked for the first time): so if there is no way out and employees are adamant to resign if you hire transgenders?what would be your final decision?

Told about taking higher ups in consensus and....p3 cut me short and said you have been hired to take a decision...to which I replied if the employees keep behaving irrationally I would go ahead and hire the transgenders, I would not let injustice be meted out to them.

P3: did u apply for BM? ...replied in affirmation

P3: why did u apply when u want hrm?...said the options were there n I marked all of them..(p3 repeated in a sarcastic tone...acha options were there.)

P3: if you are interested in research(had mentioned the same in SOP) why mba? Why not fpm?

Tried to justify. Don't know how much I could convince them.

Looked towards each other and said thank you ...you can go..

Verdict: everybody in my slot was grilled for around 25-30 mins each(the guy who went just before me was grilled for 40 mins )...my interview ended in just 15 mins...No idea what to expect...:(.no questions on current affairs as such, nothing from academics, work ex, interests..(btw does comparatively short interview mean rejection?)

Advice: be thorough with your SOP.