Result : Converted
I had my GD//PI yesterday at IMI delhi. 10 class:90%
12 class:91.6%
final year computer engineering acads sucks
CAT Percentile : 99.41
GD TOPIC:The world is insecure because of one superpower. 3 minutes to think,12 min discussion and 1 minute summary. There were 10 people,no girl.
All were engineers,except one B Com guy.
I started the discussion and talked about what superpower is, military, economic. Then also chipped in with some data like 12 trillion$ GDP (I wanted that someone should interject because I did not wanted to blurt out all the points in one go) but continued and talked about cold war,dictatorship and big daddy kind of attitude of US president and also about fall of USSR.(I spoke for around a minute). After this i made 4 more entries and talked about kyoto protocol, NASA mission to mars and how it was beneficial for the whole world,also abt US fight against terrorism, NPT and CTBT.
Then summarized, I felt that I did not summarized well.
Iwas the last one (10) to be interviewed, I have to wait for 2.5 hours. There were 3 guys in the interview panel
L (bengali old professor), C (old prof but he appeared to be the boss), R (young guy alumunus from IIMC working in McKinsey).
Me:yours truly
L calls me in.
C: So you are the last one, how does it feel to u ?
ME : Sir it is ok and I am used to it.
R: Interjects, used to it?
Me: Yes sir during the placement time in college interviews take place even in the night (actually I wanted to
lead them to my good placements)
C: Ok just tell me what advantages you are having since you are the last one to be interviewed.
Me: Sir now I know the pattern of interview, and you are stressing more on general awareness, less on maths
and acads, and I also know that interviews are lasting for around 20 minutes.
C: Ok tell me what all questions we have asked?
Me: Sir you asked about President of India, Assam problem, questions on limits etc. R: So what should we ask ?
Me: (happy so that i could lead them to my strength areas) Sir you can ask about capital markets?
ME : Finance, Eco affairs.
R: What else?
Me: Politics (all were smiling), Maths R: What else?
Me: (finally i gave up and said) Computer Engineering
(I was expecting some tech question and I am pathetic in tech)
C: What else?
ME : About Presidents
C: You must have prepared this question now.
Me: You can ask about PM, CM, you can ask about Delhi C: Why delhi?
Me: Because I am from Delhi, but you can ask about Calcutta or India as whole or about the world also.
R: Why are you wearing a tie?
ME : Sir formal situation, big occasion.
R: So do you think that we will not consider, a person who is not wearing a tie for selection?
Me: No Sir, the dress could have only positive or negative impact, but it cannot be the criteria for selection. R: You seem to be a person who don't want to take risk coz u don't want to take risk by coming to interview
in casuals.
Me: Sir I am not averse to talking risk, even when when I will work in company I will be willing to take risk,
but it will be a calculated risk.
R: Tell me 3 qualities why we should select you?
Me: Goal oriented, team player and started telling them about my good extra curricular records. Told him
sponsorship secretary in college fest budget of 20 lac, VP of Rotary club etc.
R: So you have all the skills, then why do you want to do MBA?
ME : Gave him already prepared answer All of them appeared satisfied.
C: I was reading a newspaper few days back and read about e-choupal, can you please help me as i did not
understand what actually it is?
Me: (really happy) explained abt it, ITC etc.
C: Do u think it would be feasible for illiterate farmers to operate computer?
Me: I went global talked about US and technologies available to them. Short term benefits will not be visible
but in long run it is good. Also talked about manufacturing and agriculture sector, and govt rural education programs, mid day meal schemes etc.
L: He was going through my certificates and showed something in the file to other panelist. C: Do you think this mid day meal scheme is ok?
Me: Yes sir, really good and gave facts about poverty, kalahandi etc and also told them about for India to
progress it is very important for the rural India to progress.
L: Where is kalahandi? Me: Orissa
C: Have you heard about digital divide?
Me: Thought for second and told that people in cities have access to all technologies etc while the rural and
C: Do you think labour laws and mid day meal scheme is interrelated? Me: (I thought for a second or two) Yes sir.
C: How?
Me: Sir since mid day meal scheme is started by govt and it provides free education and meal to children and
on the other side it has made laws to prevent child labour. So both of them are complementary.
C: Will it work?
Me: I went global and said really important, coz people should realize that education is very important etc. C: How mid day meal scheme will help in curbing poverty?
Me: In addition to mid day meal other steps should be taken. L: No you tell us how mid day meal will help?
Me: People should send there kids to school and they should realize that child labour of their kid will lead to
spoiling his future, and should send kids to school so that he become engineer or what not and maybe do MBA from IIM Calcutta.
All started laughing.
C: And yes then all the kids will become MBA from IIM Cal. Me: Smiled.
OK thanks all the best
Me: Thank u .
Interview lasted for around 20 minutes. There was no tech, no maths
I think they want to check that how I take pressure by repeatedly asking mid day meal scheme. Throughout the interview they were smiling and seemed satisfied. I felt good after interview.