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Venue: Bangalore IIMB Campus 13/feb 9 am

PROFILE:

Acads:

X - 86.66(ICSE)

XII - 84.55(State Board, Bihar)

B.Tech (IT) - 79.48(Cochin University of Science and Technology, CUSAT-Cochin) Work-Ex:

6 months in an MNC in Hyderabad, healthcare domain. CAT %ile:

DI 89.8 Quant 96.96 Verbal 98.4 Aggregate 98.64 Lone call: neutral:

Reached the venue quite early at arnd 7:30 am with my dad...and was surprised to find one guy already waiting der ...he was a friend of my friend and so we had good time discussing bout our calls, his last interview experience, about our common friend and other stuffs before we were joined by the handsome hunk, jurarnamo ...slowly, the remaining junta also started coming in.

There were only 8 Ppl in the batch for the 1st half (very less as compared to what I read bout

K)...predictably all enggrs...3 freshers and 5 Ppl having work-ex...I had the minimum work-ex among them...3 had all 6+2 had 5+2 had 3 + and I was the only lone call getter there(kya group main daala hai bhai)

GD

Case Study

The topic was "Art of Refusal"...jurarnamo(he was in my batch) has already described it in detail....a pretty good discussion..everybody chipped in with different points....I started off the discussion and kept coming on at different times with points, which was duly discussed by the group .discussion never looked like losing the steam before it was stopped by the moderator...overall me thoroughly satisfied by my performance after some not so inspiring ones in the mock gd's.

we were initially given 10 mins to go through the case (not very big...was of decent length) + 15 mins to discuss on it + 15 mins to write the summary (it was to be written in running English in the sheet provided)...so altogether a 40 mins process.

after the GD we were given a 15 mins break and the interview process was to start in the order of our names. mine was no.7 and the panel told us beforehand that it wud b approx 15-20 mins on each candidate...so I understood it’s gonna be a long wait of 2 hrs for me before my turn comes.

then after some time process started and the first guy went in...he was inside for arnd 20 mins and then came back smiling...got the nerve soothing news that the panel is very cordial and they r talking very generic and HR stuffs...most importantly thry r not asking the most dreaded acads at all ..wow that was a news for all of us, especially because first guy was a fresher ...the panel went on building their reputation candidate after candidate before my turn came

Characterisation -

Myself(V)

a very kind lady (I will call her Tai, 'coz she resembled my tai a lot) and a kind gentleman(he has to be Tau now)

V: (smiling) a very good afternoon to u ma'am and a very good afternoon to u sir

Tai: so V, u have a very unique profile in the sense that u have done ur entire schooling in bhagalpur(bihar)

and then u came down to cochin to pursue ur graduation(me smiles)...travelled the entire length and breadth of the country..eh?!...can u tell me the difference in the cultures of both the places?

V: (wow...expected q tha...last yr IIFT main bhi Isi type q se start hua tha) lots of bakar on bihar, problems

currently grappling bihar...did a mistake by focusing more on the negatives of bihar...didn’t maintain the balance...but was speaking the truth and they had to agree with it...then went on to cochin and spoke a lot of good things about it

(compensate kar raha tha)...used a term like -ve brand of image of bihar..and pat came the next q

Tau: and what leads to the -ve brand image of bihar? V: again did some bakar...

Tau: don’t u think lalu has added to the misery of bihar?

V: (sirji...fultoss mat phenko...1 bihari se lalu ke baare main poochh rahe ho)...long bakar on last 15 yrs of

misrule and blah....both had to b satisfied

Tai: so did u visit other places in Kerala?

V: (aur maine 4 saal kiya hi kya hai)..yes ma'am...to munnar, tvm, kovalam beach, alleppey, kotayam,

trichur, etc...

Tau: was it ur first visit to Kerala or have u been here before?

V: ma'am...been here before with my dad....he is a banker and hence once in every 3 yr he gets a chance to go

on a tour...but for the study purpose I’m coming outta bihar for the first time...

Tai: but still how did u land up in cochin?

V: gave gyan on the common entrance test of cusat also being known as CAT...this being a central unit,

about no state quota over there and a very low fee for free seats...hence it had an equal opportunity from Ppl from all states.

(Tau was very satisfied and he was quite surprised to find that there is no 50% reservation for state Ppl unlike in NIT's)

(bahut hua HR q..ab thoda kaam ki baat ho jaye)

Then for some 10 mins or so the discussion centered completely arnd my current project, healthcare domain, my company in general , comparison b/w Indian and global centres of my company, kind of work my comp does here, its similarity to work done by IBM/Accenture, etc.

I think I did a pretty good job in all these qs....

Fumbled on one q :(when I was asked the basic diff b/w healthcare sector of UK and India...told everything about their operational model and blah blah..but forget the basic thing :(..damn it...I’m such a stupid : (....but soon regained my composure and added something more to it...Tau reacted by saying, "yes, yes and as u said...."...(chaloat least they know that I knew the stuff)

was once asked that it looked as if I’m desperate to get outta this IT field that I am goin for MBA?(sachhai to yahi hai sir)...told him about my willingness to do MBA due to value addition, acceleration of career growth and blah....

Tau was surprised that it looked as if I had no option that I opted for my grad in IT...again gave a long Gyaan on that it was due to my sheer interest in it....at that time IT bubble had burst and everyone was going back to traditional Engg branches but I stuck to IT 'coz of my love for it(thank god...mere love pe mere ko kuchh grill nahi kiya ..warna to waat lag jaati)

Tau again asked if I had such a less work ex, how come I had decided so clearly bout my career plans...told him about my manager being an IIM-B pass out ...my frank and open discussion with him which helped me a lot...he then asked me whether I wud come back to CSC after MBA?...did some bakar over here sending positive vibes

Tai then asked me which stream I wud choose in IIM-B?(ma'am...to kya aap mujhe le rahi hain apne coll main?)....told of my interest at that point of time but reiterated that had no qualms in returning to the IT field(kitna bada jhooth bolna pada)...Tau replied to this saying that the trend in IIM-B is exactly opposite to what u said (sir aap bhi to sachhai jaante hi hain)

Tau then asked on the designation offered to MBA's in my comp and their career growth ladder...fumbled here :(...told him some designation, to which his reaction was " r u sure?"...I stuck to it saying yes I have met coupla person with that designation in my company ..Tai then told maybe it must b different over there....Tau asked me do I know the kind of work they do, to which I had no clear answer..fumbled and tumbled for few secs but finally after a long time I claimed my ignorance :(..."sorry sir, have no idea of this"....(aakhir phansa hi diya Tau ne )

(ab phir se track change)

Tau: so what do u do in ur free time after from coding ?: mg: V: bakar on which there were no cross qs

Tai: so how do u feel about ur performance in gd? V: was really happy and so I said

Tai: yes--yes..u were off the block the moment we said start ....so how was the group? V: again bakar and told the entire group did well.

Tau: do u think starting off gives u some brownie points

V: again some Gyaan on quality start rather than simply blurting out something.... Tau: u did a good job

V: ..thanks sir

Tau: so have u got ne qs? V: no, thanks sir

IIM Bangalore - Year 2008