The grilling session-2

It was a bright Saturday morning, just 3 days after the April Fools day.I got up at 9 o'clock with the sentence running at the back of my mind repeatedly,"dude,are you ready to face the IIM SHILLONG interview??" and my careless attitude replying,"cool man,leave it".I went through both TOI and ET ,line by line.Then prepared myself with some important documents to leave for IIMB campus for the interview.

Now after waiting for 30mins at the corridor near to interview rooms,some dignitary personalities(looking like this) called out the names in each group and told us the process in brief.In my group,7 out of 8 students were present.Then it was time for case study....

case study in brief:-

Chandu singh is PM of India.He is going to attend an international conference (like G20) in Geneva.All the countries in that conference are divided in two groups:-(1)the EU group, (2) non EU group or cairns group.Now there were two paragraphs dedicated to describe the motif of these two groups.Finally,it was asked,if u were chandu singh, then which group you would prefer??

15 mins discussion and 5mins to write the summary of it.

INTERVIEW started one by one.I was fourth in the group,so had to wait 1 hr for my turn after case study.There were 3 profs as the panelist(2 profs from IIMA and one from IIMS).

p1,p2,p3:-come , come inside(in unison).
me:-good afternoon sir(looking at all of them in a time sharing fashion).
p2:-So,you are a product of NIT rourkela.good.which branch??
me:- electronics(sir, don't ask me full branch name i.e. Electronics and instrumentation...bhagwan bachao)
p2:- OK.what is your favourite subject in engineering??
me:-Sir,digital electronics.
P2:-Any other subject??
me:-Sir, communication Eng.
p2:- what kind of communication??
me:- mobile communication.Then described him 3 varieties of communication(with pen and paper).
p2:-Tell me how mobile communication take place??
me:- described him fully(ye to achhe se pata tha yaar)..
p2:-How mobiles pollute the society??
me:-Sir,now market is flooded with mobiles.Even,a person with low income can by a 10k mobile in second hand for cheaper cost.So, its a kinda garbage like plastics, which pollute the environment.
p2:-why scientists are telling not to keep mobiles in shirt pockets,rather to put them in pant pockets??
me:-Sir,because the antenna used inside mobiles is high powerful ones,which can receive signal at any corner of room.Also the electro magnetic radiation may affect human body.
(he wanted the exact effect...so not satisfied).
p2:-any other forms of communication??
me:-sir,optical fibre.
p2:- tell me, how the infra red or blue tooth communication take place.what instruments inside mobile does it??
me:- (confused)...sir not have much idea about it.I am now working in VLSI field, not in communication.(all smiled along with me..:))
p3:- Lets come to politics.Who are in THIRD FRONT??
me:-BJD,CPI,CPM,.....(interrupted by p3)
p3:-what is the party chandrababu naidu belongs??
me:-(yaar yaad nahin aaya TDP us time)...sry sir not able to recollect.
p3:-Who are in fourth front??
me:- SP,RJD n party belonged to Ram vilas paswan.
p3:-Ram vilas paswan is from RJD only.
me:- no sir,i am not getting the party name.But its different.(then there was chaos about his party)
p3:-asked the family hierarchy of VARUN GANDHI, NSA act,His affiliation,His relationship with MK Gandhi??
me:-answered everything correctly except his father's name ..(i was only thinking...rajiv,sanjeev..sanjay Gandhi yaad hi nahin aaya)
p3:- who is union health minister??
me:- sir,ambumani ramados.
p3:-are you sure,ramados??
me:-Not sure sir...(after interview i came to know that he has resigned before one week).
p1:-(he gave some comments on my command over English language).then asked me about "the major event i faced in life".
me:-answered him properly.
p3:-which company are you working with...then why are you leaving this much salary,you may not get it after passing out of MBA??
me:-gave some gyan about passions,interests like stuff...(then we have some debate on it).
p2:-what kind of shares you buy...what do you advice to us to buy in this situation....how much you invested??
me:- blah blah blah....
p1,p2,p3:- done,you can leave now.
me:- thank you sir...(oho over..)

That grilling session was continued for 3o mins.For every student,they spent 30 mins on average .Now its time to wait for the result,which i think is based on "PURE LUCK"...

The grilling session

I was made a victim of this grilling session to get a berth in the 2 yr PGDM programme offered by SPJIMR .Though i was skeptic about Group Interview kind session,give-it-a-try attitude made me cool during a scorching tension.

Call: Finance
TIME:- 9am (first batch)
Venue-IIMB,
Date:- 22/03/09

The show went like this:-
GI 1:- 7 students(one guy from microsoft,one 4 yrs work ex with HCL,one 2 years work ex with TCS,moi 1.5 years work ex with a small reputed indian firm,3 ladies with work ex somewhere in india)
3 interviewers(1 prof from spjain,1 alumni,1 key personality from TATA executive board looked like T-BAG character from "prison break" .)

Everybody was told to market themselves for 2-3 mins by presenting the answer of “tell me about yourself”.Then they asked,” what is your opinion on honesty in workplace”…2/3 guys gave their opinions.The guy sitting beside me used the word “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE”…they suddenly asked me the regulations of investment banks and corporate governance.As I am from Orissa, I was asked to answer few GK questions on Orissa,politics in Orissa,religions in orissa.Few people were asked “why MBA”.One guy (Microsoft) was asked about his innovation @ Microsoft.Then they asked me about my hobbies for 10 mins.few people were asked,” whom they like most and whom they hate most and why”??Like this it was a general round continued for 1 hr 15 mins.

Result:- 6/7 got through in my group

GI 2:-8 students(5 guys n 3 gals) and 2 interviewers(one lady prof and one psychologist)

They told we won’t take your interview,it will be just a friendly chat with you.That mam was smiling all the time during interview,but putting questions like fire on the student’s ass.Each student was interviewed for around 20 mins.
We all were asked about our hobbies and family back grounds.
sometimes they used to ask people to give their view on the answers given by any other groupmate.
One general question was asked to take opinion of people "what is that thing you will notice first for development of india”??
Then we were asked “what will you do if your BEST friend is cheating in the exam hall sitting beside you”??
Another question was,”what is your opinion on JAI HO song getting OSCAR AWARD”?? .
I was asked ,"If you are given an opportunity to meet the newly elected CM of orissa,what are the 3 most important things you want to tell him and why ?".
Then few questions and debates on ethics and moral values.Few people were asked to sing songs and do mimicry,draw a picture as part of their hobby.That’s it..This session continued for 2 hrs 20 mins...i got back pain...Overally the process was a memorable experience ..no stress at all...