GD-PI Experiences (RM)
Congratulations everyone for reaching the GD-PI
stage. Below are the GD-PI experiences of some of the students who
cracked the process last year(in 2011) and are currently studying at XIMB(RM). Hope it will give everyone a fair
idea of how the process was conducted last year.
All the best to everyone. Hope you make it to XIMB.
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XIMB GD-PI Experience -1
Name:
Ankita Pande
Call
detail:
PGDM-RM
GDPI
location:
Bhubaneswar
Profile: B.Sc
(Agriculture), G.B.Pant
University of Agriculture
and technology, Pantnagar ( Uttarakhand)
XAT
percentile:
79.8
GD
topic: Women
empowerement ( although I don't remember the exact topic but it was in
the lines that how important is economic empowerement of women for overall
their overall empowerement)
PI
Details: My
interview was a very short one (10 minutes). Few questions that i
remember are:
1.
Introduce
yourself
2.
Why
do you want to pursue a course in rural management? Why did you apply only for RM
through XAT? Reason for your keen interest?
3.
What
are your expectations from this course and where do you see yourselves 7-8
years down the line?
4.
Frame
a livelihood plan for a rural area that will majorly employ and support women.
A
few technical questions related to my graduation were also asked.
I was also
asked about my state, and about the condition of agriculture there.
Towards the
end the interviewer had a sort of discussion regarding the
condition of women in my state ( Uttarakhand) and their major
problems.
As I said my
interview was quite short,so this is all I remember.
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XIMB GD-PI Experience -2
Name: Gautam Bhut
IRMA SCORE: 80
percentile
Call –PGDM RM
Center – ST.Xavier’s collage, Mumbai
Slot 10th march 11 AM
GD Topic - "Rural Market - A myth or reality?"
We are 8...we didnt get any time to think..Panelist said start. It was an average gd. I spoke once.
Panelist asked us to summarise on paper. He also asked if some of us (Those who didnt get the chance to speak much - including me.)
I was fifth in interview.
My profile - I am a BE(Food Processing Technology) having experience 19 months.
There were 3 Panelist. P1 is definately there for stress int. P2 is cool. P3 is just 'laughing silently' yes laughing throughout my interview, not smiling!
So P2 starts;
P2 - So gautam what did other told u? (P1 also chipped in : what are the questions they told u? (All three laughed)
Me - Sir the last guy told that he was asked about bollywood films. DABBANG n all. He told me that it was the nice interview. (All smiled)
Suddenly
P1: ok Gautam, coming to the point, what are you here for , I mean tell me about your self, your work.
Me: Told him .told that in my second organization "Vadilal Industries" we used to get work from villagers not with automatic machines..
P1 with surprize : Is it so? is it profitable?
Me: Ya.
P1: Thats why Vadilal Ice cream is cheappest. He told P2 n P3.
Me: No sir, that cheap ice cream is actuly Frozen dessert. Not ice cream.Vadilal manufactures both.
P2
h..I forgot what is the difference. Please
tell Gautam what is the diff. between...
Me- told him that Ice cream contains MILK FAT n The other VEGETABLE OIL.
P1- Thats y it is chipper? How did u pack manually?
Me- Told.
P2 (Suddenly with mentose effect) - a66a, ab pata chala..usme veg. oil hota hai.good.
P2: Where do u see yourself after 5 years.
Me - told.
P2 again : Your back. is Food technology ha. tell me what is the different between Dahi n Yogurt.
Me: told. Sum disscussion on it.
P2: ok. what are the main crops of gujarat?
Me:cotton, peanuts...
P2: peanuts..good.How much MPs are from Gujarat?
me: 5 (how can i forgot that?)
He laghs, in fact all three.
I get the point n told sir the seats are based on population. I dont know.
P2 - DONT GUESS GAUTAM.WHEN YOU HAVE DONE WELL IN FIRST HALF,DONT SPOIL IT BY GUESSING.
Me - ok sir I will nt.
P2 - what is the food market of india?
Me - Dont know.
P2 - Where india stands in milk production?
Me - 1st.(Again a big mistake - the ans is 2nd.)
P2 - tell me the range of literacy in rural area.
Me - I ve guess here.
Than he told P3 to ask.
P3: Do you know which type of companies recruit RM students?
Me : ya. Told them.
P2: ok thats too much questions we are asking. Now u ask. do you have anything to ask?
I asked about internships.P2 told that P1 handles it . He will decide where u will go.so he is the best for answering.
P1: give some gyan but conclusion is, based on your background and where u want to go.
P2: To gautam, aur kya hal chal hai? suddenly smiling. .Asked me if I am nervous.
Me:Sir I cam from DADAR directly by AUTO. There was too much trafic so needs to reach early so came fast.
P1: ok ok Gautam.We have done. Thanks.
P1=Jeevan Arakal, P2= Neeraj Kumar, P3= Rahul Thakurta. !!
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Call –PGDM RM
Center – ST.Xavier’s collage, Mumbai
Slot 10th march 11 AM
GD Topic - "Rural Market - A myth or reality?"
We are 8...we didnt get any time to think..Panelist said start. It was an average gd. I spoke once.
Panelist asked us to summarise on paper. He also asked if some of us (Those who didnt get the chance to speak much - including me.)
I was fifth in interview.
My profile - I am a BE(Food Processing Technology) having experience 19 months.
There were 3 Panelist. P1 is definately there for stress int. P2 is cool. P3 is just 'laughing silently' yes laughing throughout my interview, not smiling!
So P2 starts;
P2 - So gautam what did other told u? (P1 also chipped in : what are the questions they told u? (All three laughed)
Me - Sir the last guy told that he was asked about bollywood films. DABBANG n all. He told me that it was the nice interview. (All smiled)
Suddenly
P1: ok Gautam, coming to the point, what are you here for , I mean tell me about your self, your work.
Me: Told him .told that in my second organization "Vadilal Industries" we used to get work from villagers not with automatic machines..
P1 with surprize : Is it so? is it profitable?
Me: Ya.
P1: Thats why Vadilal Ice cream is cheappest. He told P2 n P3.
Me: No sir, that cheap ice cream is actuly Frozen dessert. Not ice cream.Vadilal manufactures both.
P2
h..I forgot what is the difference. Please
tell Gautam what is the diff. between...Me- told him that Ice cream contains MILK FAT n The other VEGETABLE OIL.
P1- Thats y it is chipper? How did u pack manually?
Me- Told.
P2 (Suddenly with mentose effect) - a66a, ab pata chala..usme veg. oil hota hai.good.
P2: Where do u see yourself after 5 years.
Me - told.
P2 again : Your back. is Food technology ha. tell me what is the different between Dahi n Yogurt.
Me: told. Sum disscussion on it.
P2: ok. what are the main crops of gujarat?
Me:cotton, peanuts...
P2: peanuts..good.How much MPs are from Gujarat?
me: 5 (how can i forgot that?)
He laghs, in fact all three.
I get the point n told sir the seats are based on population. I dont know.
P2 - DONT GUESS GAUTAM.WHEN YOU HAVE DONE WELL IN FIRST HALF,DONT SPOIL IT BY GUESSING.
Me - ok sir I will nt.
P2 - what is the food market of india?
Me - Dont know.
P2 - Where india stands in milk production?
Me - 1st.(Again a big mistake - the ans is 2nd.)
P2 - tell me the range of literacy in rural area.
Me - I ve guess here.
Than he told P3 to ask.
P3: Do you know which type of companies recruit RM students?
Me : ya. Told them.
P2: ok thats too much questions we are asking. Now u ask. do you have anything to ask?
I asked about internships.P2 told that P1 handles it . He will decide where u will go.so he is the best for answering.
P1: give some gyan but conclusion is, based on your background and where u want to go.
P2: To gautam, aur kya hal chal hai? suddenly smiling. .Asked me if I am nervous.
Me:Sir I cam from DADAR directly by AUTO. There was too much trafic so needs to reach early so came fast.
P1: ok ok Gautam.We have done. Thanks.
P1=Jeevan Arakal, P2= Neeraj Kumar, P3= Rahul Thakurta. !!
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XIMB GD-PI Experience -3
Name: Joslin Jose
Graduation: B. Sc. Agriculture
Work ex: NIL
IRMA score: 87%
Course: PGDM-RM
GDPI location: Chennai
GD topic: Discuss on’ Bail granted to Hasan Ali Khan’ (The Bombay High Court had granted bail to Pune stud farm owner
Hassan Ali Khan, arrested for alleged
involvement in money laundering scam .This was the newspaper
headline of my GDPI day)
PI: My personal interview was
quiet smooth and friendly. The duration was 8 minutes. Prof. Soosai Peppin, Fr.
George Joseph and Prof. Sanjay Mohapatra were in the panel. I was the 5 th to
be called in my slot and it was almost lunch time. They themselves told that we
are breaking off for lunch so will not grill you at all with the questions.
They started off with the basic question, ‘tell me about
yourself’ and tell me about your family.
The questions were mainly aimed at testing my interest in
the domain. After 4 years of my involvement with rural India, why I again want
to go back to the same sector?
Why I want to do RM and why not IRMA and all.
And since I belong to Kerala, they asked me something
about the peculiarities of Malayalees and would I be able to cope up with
totally new climatic and cultural conditions?
Who all are my college seniors in XIMB? Have they told me anything
about JLTs’?
The only content based question was about hypothesis. The
panel asked me to define hypothesis and thesis.
Altogether it was a stress free and relaxed PI atmosphere.
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XIMB GD-PI Experience -4
Name: Vrinda
Kapur
Call: PGDM-RM and
got a call through IRMA. My IRMA percentile was 87.8 and my GD/PI location: Delhi.
Academic profile:
Academic profile:
Year
|
Degree
|
Institute
|
CGPA / Percentage
|
2013
|
PGDM-RM
|
Xavier Institute of Mangement, Bhubaneswar
|
Pursuing
|
2011
|
B. Tech (Computer Engineering)
|
Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan
Technical University)
|
71.1 %
|
2007
|
XII (CBSE)
|
St. Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School, Jaipur
|
81.2 %
|
2005
|
X (CBSE)
|
St. Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School, Jaipur
|
85.4 %
|
GD: Who can prove to be a better Prime Minister of India - Narendra Modi, L
K Advani, Mayawati
PI: Was taken by 3 RM faculties - Dr. C Shambu Prasad, Prof. P. K. Mohanty,
Fr. Chandy
I was asked to give a brief description about myself highlighting information that is not given in the CV. Then I was asked about a number of villages of south and as far as i understood that question was to put me in stress because those villages were very uncommon. I was also asked about some handicrafts and where they are made.
The next question was on why RM after engineering and I was also asked why i did not join an IT company even after being placed. I was asked as to what the company does and its relevance and all sorts of IT related questions. Next i was asked about 3 G scam and Commonwealth Scam and also about the infamous Gurjar Andolan of Rajasthan.
All in all it was a nice and a speedy process.
I was asked to give a brief description about myself highlighting information that is not given in the CV. Then I was asked about a number of villages of south and as far as i understood that question was to put me in stress because those villages were very uncommon. I was also asked about some handicrafts and where they are made.
The next question was on why RM after engineering and I was also asked why i did not join an IT company even after being placed. I was asked as to what the company does and its relevance and all sorts of IT related questions. Next i was asked about 3 G scam and Commonwealth Scam and also about the infamous Gurjar Andolan of Rajasthan.
All in all it was a nice and a speedy process.
