26th March, 2011
9.00 AM
St. Xaviers, Mumbai
GROUP DISCUSSION
Topic: Australians were sledging till now, so they won. Now they don't, so they lose.
This was just a day after India beat Australia in the quarter finals of World cup (2011).
Some good points brought up by a few people. Many of the points were repeated though. There wasn't much to speak about and everyone was out of quality content. I spoke about how the Australians were trained to demotivate their opponents even during the worst of situations. Spoke about the team spirit and said that its important to fight till the last moment.
We were then asked to write our review on the GD as to how the whole process went about and also a summary of the GD.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
There was a panel of 3 people. One of them was the Prof of International operations at LIBA, with an industry experience of about 25 yrs! The other one was a Prof of International marketing, earlier associated with an American university. Third one was a priest, he spoke nothin and was only observing my body language.
P1: So tell me something about urself?
i: blah blah.....gave a brief intro.....told him about my hobbies n interests....also about my ambitions n how aggressive i can get in achieving them.
P2: So why do you want to do MBA right after grad and not opt for work-ex?
i: Told them about my long-term goals and how an MBA after grad would help me in achieving them.
P1: Do you know what is social media?
i: "Of course sir!! It has played a major role in the recent 'Jasmine revolution' in Egypt and Tunisia."
P1: So now tell me what is the co-relation between the way a message is sent through routers and the the way a message sent through social media?
i: (Dumbstruck for a second!! Didn't know where to start!).....explained the whole process briefly in simple language without using any technical terms as I wasn't sure if I was making sense!
P2: Why the drop in performance in the 5th semester?
i: Told them that I was working on a research paper on 'Weather derivatives' which was to be presented in an International conference just 2 days after my engineering exams. They seemed convinced.
P1: So you are an electronics engineer. What was your fav subject?
i: Mobile communication (Honestly speaking i did not like any of the subjects. I said mobile commn coz that was one subject which I felt I could speak on)
P1: Good. So tell me the difference between GSM and CDMA?
i: Went on and on. Explained the basic differences.
P1: (with the 'not convinced' look on his face). Don't tell me the what is the outcome, explain the technical aspects.
i: (I was in a fix. Hadn't read anything about that in the last 1 yr after engg) Tried to explian CDMA with the help of TDM and FDM.
P1: Can u explain it with the help of graphs?
i: (That was it. I wanted to kill that guy) " Well sir, let me try......"
Drew 2 graphs showing the frequency bands. P1 was finally convinced.
P2: Tell me something about Rishikesh? What does Rishikesh mean?
i: Told him about the city 'Rishikesh' in North India. Also said that Rishikesh is one of the 1001 names of Lord Vishnu, mentioned in the Vishnushasranaam.
P1: Good. So thats it from our side. Any questions for us?
i: Well sir.....I would like to say something about the GD, if u permit..
P1: Yeah sure, go on!
i: Told them about how the GD was revolving around the same point....the importance of aggression in a team leader in order to motivate his team members.....the importance of having a 'Never say die' attitude......
P3: (finally enters) With a wicked smile on his face....."So everyone should be like Abhimanyu"
i: "No sir. You need to channelise your aggression in the right direction. Else, its of no use"
P2: Ok Rishikesh. We are done with the interview.
i: Thank You sir. It was a pleasure talking to you!
