10 a.m ……kOLKATA
It was 8 a.m, I startd from moi auntz house to Bhavan’s Institute of Management Science @ 9…….Offo found lotzz of people…tension built up ..talked to a lot of guys standing there..
Registration done in 5 minues ,met ma friendz who were from InfoSys Bhubaneswar….three batches left b4 me, of 5 people each, conversion rate 3/5 and 3/5 , I was pretty relaxed….
Now moi turn…..8 people in moi batch .. …….
F1 –Girl -Fresher
F2-Moi friend 4m Infosys 22 months
F3-an IIFT convert –Guy -TCS
M1- Guy ,fresher XLRI-waitiNg-list 4 ,and B,K calls , who was sittin with me @the hall 4m 9-10, Fresher
M2-lady, sales dept in her Family owned business,6 months
F4-ALIKcalls (I am nt sure of the number but had sum IIM calls)- Fatchaaa
M3-MOI yours truly-22 months
IM1-The only IM guy from IBM-not sure of ex..-we were chatting till the interview started
a senior asked us to feel relaxed n had an intro with all the people just b4 we moved into the room,….
InterBooo starts :Panel:IFP : Dr. Narain, Uma (General Management)
IMP : Prof. Mukhopadhyay, Jiban K. (Economics)
SR1: Forgot his name
Interviwerz asked us to feel relaxed n chill maar….the lady was all smilez…kewl lady n the professor was actually going through our profile sheets n noting down points.
1st Question: tell me briefly abt your hobbies, wat u do in ur leisure time and whoz ur role model, Dnt give me funda or gyaan…..
F1: I read books Gyan gyan n gyan ……
IFP: No funda please, tell me in bullet points wat do u actually do in ur leisure time..
F1: again funda , movies blah blah ..watched DEVD liked THE BEAUTIFUL MIND etc etc….
IFP: Not impressed, as the cross questioned stuff wasn’t answered properly…….Meanwhile
IMP: still noting down points from the profile sheet….
F2:moi friendz turn..he told he watches movies, books n all ..his mom happenz to be history proff,screwed on history , time when the modern period starts, ne movies on History he watched n all…Lil bit of screwin n all
F3- reads a lot of Business stuff like magazines, news paperz out of which I know only one THE ECONOMIC TIMES , he was asked a bit on that…..
M1:listenz to Rabindranath tagores poems or songs (sumthing), books etc etc and again asked on da same…
M2::censor: :moutshut: I seriously forgot..i was actually staring@ her….
F4- Cricket, Cricket ,cricket…was asked on cricket ,reg his avg in matches ..20-20 ya 5 day macthes..he said 5 day..
M3-Moi -Blah Blah Blah……….. professional leisure : personal leisure…
IM1:Origamy , the art of folding paper…asked him to a bit of it…!!!…..he did …
Then Mr
IMP Ji woke up :P and started asking questionz one on one..Y finance…Y marketing….Y Im?
IMP:u r a EEE engineering graduate, just abt 3 graduate from college, tell me y do u wanna get into finance..?
F1:gave sum gyan , n always was telling how good Finance iz.. BACKBONE of everything,Mother of Blah blah gave a lotof gyan…!!
IMP: I know that Finance is mother,father ,brother , tell me wat do u know of finance..!!
F1:Again funda, funda n lotzzz funda….!!
IMP:never convinced…….
F2(same question) : gave gyan on wat made him choose finance..we works with banking client , which brought intrest …hmmmmm
IMP: was impressed……..!!
F3:Gave sum explanation, n later told abt his NCFM certification n all….
IMP:convinced…
M1: Told abt sumthin.reg thechapter: marketing management in his College days, n started to like marketing n all....n read Philip Kotlerz Book n gave sum funda….
IMP: donnoo abt his opinion , was actually neutral
M2:She told that she was working in the sales dept of XYZ associates….which is a ductile
iron :mouthshut: I am not sure, 4got….(she was the gal who impressed me)..
IMP: Y don’t u join the FMB Family managed business course in our insitute……
M2: J smiles
IMP:Y Finance ?
F4:Gave sum gyan again n again n again I forgot wat he told but thiz guy was impressive @ least i found him impressive….
IMP:was abt to ask y marketing to moi but asked..wat do u do in office..?
Moi:Sir I do blah blah blah….
IMP:ticked beside moi name
IMP: Y Im..?
IM: Gyan , database providers, service providers….funda again
IMP: was convinced………
Now TAMASHA begins:
IMP: Ne questionzz ?
F3: no questionz but I found the interview selection process is very good,…..
IFP:yeah , the most transparent process…
F1: starts,y do u prefer work ex people to people without work ex….
IFP:patiently answered,ki guys experienced wil know pressure work etc…..!!
F1:starts asking ......wat criteria do u use in selecting people ?
IFP: got pissed off…..heee haaaa n asked us to move immediately….!!!
DONE with the 1st interview……
Meanwhile had fun with all the SPJAIN 1st year z.., discussions discussionz n more………….!!!They r really kewl n r very friendlyy..
10 Minutes: results out 3 out of 8 faired through the next round……..Met mr Mayur nayak, moi PG friend…started masti…both of us r chatter boxes….Started Blah blah blahhhhhhh n blahhhh………..We were talkin, talkin n talking n talking……..!!!
ROUND II :8 people :
F:fatcha..
M:Moi fraand Mayur..
M:Smiling ladyF-XLRI convert
M:nice lady Moi
M: :mouthshut:
F:IIFT convert :moutshut:
IM: Ma friend from IBM…..
INterview panelVery Old man….Old man, senior Nishant Rungta( who noted down wat ever v spoke)1st
Question: Hwdy doing folks..wassupp?
OM:hw do keep urself kewl..
Batch : gave sum funda n funda n funda…
OM: what in society frustartes u a lot ?
Batch:funda..funda..
OM:Media should it act as another industry or should it be socially responsible….
Batch:hee no no guesses again funda…
OM: Commercialising of hospital Industry…
Batch: gyaan
OM:Ur idol n y ?
Batch: again same gyan..
Thatz all I remember….
1st interboo…..50 min (approximately)
2nd Interboo….45 min(“)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Take aways: !st interboo :Do’s :be precise, upto the point,answer pin point,smile,be urself.. Don’t’snt fundufy, dnt try to b over smart, NO FUNDaz plz
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