MDI PGPM/PGPIM

26th march 2007

Reached MDI at 9 ...and talked to few people there. After some time was put into group discussion… and was shocked by the group size of 14 being given 15 min only. As expected, 3 people started, showing their utter disrespect for each other. The same continued for my as well as others opinion. Meanwhile I did something right and I did something wrong…. Right was …I managed to write good amount of points on the sheet given for the same. Wrong was…I was not able to write my details in it as I thought they had asked to do it later after GD, but it was not the case. …. Anyways as per GD I was able to put forward few points at later stage to which group did listen.

Now the interview begin….. with P2 leaving in the beginning

P1… asked me how was your GD …

ME: I told him I wont rate it high

P1: why ? Do yo think it’s a fish market???

ME: It was not a fish market , rather on the brink of fish market (as they say be positive J ) . I was not able to make all of my points and there were fewer ears to hear and more mouths to speak (assuming two things …they read my points and they know that you cannot have a GD in a chaotic situation)

P1: are you going in a right direction

Me: Yes

P1: How?

ME : sir, . starred talking about how I have set my goals …and the way I am approaching things

P1: no no I mean to say are service sector growing in right way? If yes why?(ye professor direct question kyun nahi poochte or may be they do it to put you on the wrong foot)

ME : yes we are moving in a right direction. Service sectyor requires les amount of investment and policies are…

P1: cutting me in b/w asked something else

ME : sir now the money can be taken from the services sector as now its time to make growth more inclusive

P1 : cut me on something and I again tried to answer, and cutting were so abrupt that I don’t remember where the talk ended over services sector

P1: okk shall I talk about Economics

ME : sir you can ask, I will try to answer

P1: Something on GDP

ME : was answering , and was cut in between by him again…

Meanwhile P2 entered

P1 : asked something which I said in between the lines….

The process went on and on with both jolly professors were not letting me complete my point and kept laughing on whatever I was saying as if they have found a fool from somewhere. Then don bhai ko gussa aaya and i said

Me: Sir let me complete my point then we can get the whole thing linked

P1: Ok

ME: talked about all terms, inflation, GDP, monetization

Then P1 said give us an example by using these peanuts

ME: Sir as what I understood “ blah blah..” (SAB RAAPCHIK TAREEKE SE SAMJHA DIA…AUR P2 JO 100 RS KA NOTE NIKAL RAHE THE UNKE USS NOTE KO BHI INVOLVE KAR LIA,)

P2: Okk… have you seen 1 rs note

Me : yeah …sometime back

P2: showed me some thing on 100 rs note , is it there on rs 1 note

Me : I don’t know sir

P2: make a guess

Me: It may not be there as sum is rs 100 , not for rs1 … (I was wrong…he he)

P2: (KUCH AUR THODA BAHUT POOCHA)

Me: (BATA DIA )

P2: whats ur at score?

Me: bataya

P2: what all calls do u have ?

Me: AIK, MDI

P2: AIK?

Me: sorry sir its Ahmadabad, indore , khozikode

P2: how come these calls at this score

Me: I have a decent split

P1: then he has work ex (me wondering had they considered work ex I would have got call from Calcutta, nways didn’t retort to that)

P2: okk thank u

Me: thank you sir to both of them. (and Was bout to stand)

P1: You play volleyball as well? Who is the captain of Indian volleyball team?

Me : (By then every one was in jovial mood)… Sir I tried to find out but was not able to…

P2: well said….smilingly

So ended the MDI PGPM interview

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Well MDI PGPIM was more a formality so I made sure that I have fun before leaving...

In a GD we (5 ppl) were given 20 minutes to discuss some figures. I started the GD as well as , concluded the GD ,( was a complete opposite of what happened in the morning PGP GD, there were big time gaps to make ur points)

Anyways interview started , and as I felt that interviewers were not the professional, but their aura does signify their intellect. A lady and a gentle man in their retirement age were there and were giving a warm feeling with their attire..

Interview began with volleyball, went onto the family with talk about who bullies whom , me or my sis..as I said warm panel .. :)

Then panel realized they should talk business now, so they said, okk let come to main points… what is XYZ, why international MBA, why this , why that,

And as usual I tried to answer whatever I know

In the end they asked what call do u have?

Told them

Panel: If main course of MDI or IB of mdi , then what will u choose

ME: told them main course because it’s a generalized course , then IB course

A day before I was thinking that somebody will may notice my B'day on the interview day, well I think they were like any other human being , missing on the the small details (in the form) ...so a lesson from the interview....don't get bother about things you write on the the form.