My First B-School Interview!!!
I had my GD/PI on 21st in Bangalore @ 9 AM slot. Moi reached there at around 7:30 AM but the process started at around 9:30 AM.
My Profile
10th - 80.86%
12th - 84.50%
BTech(CSE) - 81.15% (NIT Bhopal)
WorkExp - 19 months (Telecom Domain)
NMAT Rank - 1215 (approx)
Merit No on the sheet - 128
GD
For GD we were gicen 2 topics:-
1. Advertising agencies becoming aggressive & losing moral values & public opnions (dont remember the exact topic)
2. India can never become a world class tourist destination.
The majority picked up the 1st topic, and the GD was more or less a fish market but the moderators didn't interfered in between. So the GD was OK types.
PI
Moi was the first bakra in our group & so was called first.
In the panel there were 1 Guy (G), a lady (L) moi the bakra (B)
B: Good Morning Sir, Good Morning Mam
G & L: good morning Siddharth, have a seat!!!
G: So tell me something abt urself!!
B
thinking the usual kostin :biggrin blah blah blah some more gyaan!!!
G: What is the difference between GSM & CDMA and which technology is cheaper to deploy in India.
B: (arrey yeh kahaan se puch liya) told them whatever I remembered from my engineering days.... 
G: Do u think that was it justifyable on part of Vodafone to shell out som much money to acquire Hutchinson!!!
B: said abt the booming telecom market India & Vodafone being the largest telecom service provider wud also like to earn some profits
M: as u r so much successful in the industry why do want to do MBA!!!
B: blah blah blah some more gyaan!!!
G: Dhirubhai was so successful in life inspite of having a MBA degree??
B: told him abt his risk taking abilities, enterpreneurship etc etc!!!, he was satisfied with whatever I told!!!
G: Hav u heard of Skype!!
B: told hm what is it and how is it used!!!
G: Skype have recently made all the calls free in the USA, if it is implemeted in India will that impact the Indian GSM & CDMA operators!!
B: told him that the internet speed and the bandwidth which is receive in India is much less than the US at least we are 5 yrs behind them and some more gyaan!!!!After completing moi answer he nodded his head in acceptance!!!
G: Asked abt the current scenario of Indian IT Sector and the plight of the Indian programmer??
B: again some gyaan blah blah
G: asked which specialiasation wud u like to pursue in NM??
B: I thought he was asking abt my graduation and told Comp Science!!!
G: He said no in MBA??
B: I told I had applied only for the Core MBA prog and not for any other specialisation!!!
G: He told specialization like Finance, Marketing etc etc
B: I told obviously Finance and there was a
on his face!!!
G: asked L if she had some thing else to ask, she said no!!!
B: thank u Sir, thank u mam, have a nice day!!!!
This is what I remember from my PI. It lasted for 15 mins!!!
Regards
Siddharth
My Profile
10th - 80.86%
12th - 84.50%
BTech(CSE) - 81.15% (NIT Bhopal)
WorkExp - 19 months (Telecom Domain)
NMAT Rank - 1215 (approx)
Merit No on the sheet - 128
GD
For GD we were gicen 2 topics:-
1. Advertising agencies becoming aggressive & losing moral values & public opnions (dont remember the exact topic)
2. India can never become a world class tourist destination.
The majority picked up the 1st topic, and the GD was more or less a fish market but the moderators didn't interfered in between. So the GD was OK types.
PI
Moi was the first bakra in our group & so was called first.
In the panel there were 1 Guy (G), a lady (L) moi the bakra (B)
B: Good Morning Sir, Good Morning Mam
G & L: good morning Siddharth, have a seat!!!
G: So tell me something abt urself!!
B
thinking the usual kostin :biggrin blah blah blah some more gyaan!!! G: What is the difference between GSM & CDMA and which technology is cheaper to deploy in India.
B: (arrey yeh kahaan se puch liya
) told them whatever I remembered from my engineering days.... G: Do u think that was it justifyable on part of Vodafone to shell out som much money to acquire Hutchinson!!!
B: said abt the booming telecom market India & Vodafone being the largest telecom service provider wud also like to earn some profits
M: as u r so much successful in the industry why do want to do MBA!!!
B: blah blah blah some more gyaan!!!
G: Dhirubhai was so successful in life inspite of having a MBA degree??
B: told him abt his risk taking abilities, enterpreneurship etc etc!!!, he was satisfied with whatever I told!!!
G: Hav u heard of Skype!!
B: told hm what is it and how is it used!!!
G: Skype have recently made all the calls free in the USA, if it is implemeted in India will that impact the Indian GSM & CDMA operators!!
B: told him that the internet speed and the bandwidth which is receive in India is much less than the US at least we are 5 yrs behind them and some more gyaan!!!!After completing moi answer he nodded his head in acceptance!!!
G: Asked abt the current scenario of Indian IT Sector and the plight of the Indian programmer??
B: again some gyaan blah blah
G: asked which specialiasation wud u like to pursue in NM??
B: I thought he was asking abt my graduation and told Comp Science!!!
G: He said no in MBA??
B: I told I had applied only for the Core MBA prog and not for any other specialisation!!!
G: He told specialization like Finance, Marketing etc etc
B: I told obviously Finance and there was a
on his face!!! G: asked L if she had some thing else to ask, she said no!!!
B: thank u Sir, thank u mam, have a nice day!!!!
This is what I remember from my PI. It lasted for 15 mins!!!
Regards
Siddharth
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