Venue : BIT, Bangalore
Date : 15th Feb, 12 30 slot
CAT 97.43(DI - 89.45, Quant - 93.9, Verbal - 95.22)
X: 89.4
XII: 86.1
BE(Electronics and Communication): 73.27
Decent extra circulars
Work Ex in IT(19 months - Accenture)
1030 hrs: me and a fellow puy(now a good friend) take a cab to BIT.
1115 hrs : Reach venue.
1200 hrs: Have a quick coffee knowing that registerations will take a while
1345 hrs: Registerations finally done. Told GDs would start from 1415hrs.
1450 hrs: My name called for GD.
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TOPIC : Consumer is God in today's market.
Group: 14 guys and a pretty lady :P (turned out that many of us , correction all of us :), let her speak even in the close-to-fish-market GD that followed; )
Ground Rules: 5 mins to think. 8 mins to discuss and 1 min for an oral summary from each in random order. '2 min'(for sure it was less than 80 secs) to write down summary before the papers were submitted.
Overall GD Quality: 4/10(lots of good points, but too noisy to hear them )
Moi: 5/10 (came in three times with examples)
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1530: GD over. Wait for PI begins.
1645: My name called for interview.
G1-gentleman1
L-Lady
G2-gentleman2(not so gentle as i found out!)
G1: Gestures at me to enter.
L: Sit down(stares down at my imt form for a good min . Now i start feeling like a criminal applying for a parole )
L: So you did engineering from Hyderabad?
me: Yes(kuch galat kar diya kya!)
G1: Which entrance exam?
me: told AP state board's EAMCET.
G1: So why not MBA right after engg?
me: answered, G1 seemed satisfied.
G2: But you did waste two years in IT then!
me: Countered that statement with some gyan about exposure to corporate culture....being a team player...blah blah
G2: Whats your job profile?
me: Told.
G2: Asked me a ques about a customer having multiple credit cards, in different banks. How would I handle the data operations for our client( my profile being data transferring)
me: Told something about customer having one account in our bank and multiple credit card numbers associated with the same account and only one of which is active. Gave some funda of front end and back end and how data moves from the customer to database and vice versa. Mission accomplished !! got G2 confused or was he?
G1: (looking at my form) So you are a son of a Brigadier. Army ah! How has that impacted your life?
me: (jumped with joy hearing this..was waiting to talk about this..) Told abt my schooling across ten diff schools all over India. Got in some well choosen words adaptable, versatile ...blah blah
L: So bullet is your hobby? (she thought i was into guns, lol)
me:I own an Enfield Bullet and enjoy going on long group rides...
L: Do you read books
Me:Used to read sometime back
L: Read newspapers?
me: every now and then
L(smiling and for some reason looking at my tie): Which brand is your tie?
me:(you cant be serious....arre yaar tie mere dost ki hai...brand tho maine dheka nahi !)
me: smile back and say I dont know, feeling foolish
L(smiling): Ok you can leave. Send the next guy after 30 secs.
edit : Converted this call. Got PGDM-FT the course i wanted :gm:
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