IIMK mis-adventure

[Abhinav Sarangi]

My IIMK mis-adventure...
i had one of the most weird interviews of my life... on Feb 20, 9:00 am at IMI, Delhi

Profile:
Xth: 89.4
XIIth: 90.6
B.Tech: 8.043 IIT Roorkee

CAT overall: 99.91 (all 6 calls)

GD/PI Topic: something about the relevance of history, philosophy, sanskrit in today's education system. the GD was a classic case of what not to do in a GD, a proper fish market, everyone speaking, no one listening, i made 2 points but kept quiet most of the times. One of my worst GD performance ever, along with that of many of the group members.

Now to the weird part. i was the last to be interviewed. the person who went just before me was a senior from IIT Roorkee, Ankit Kapoor, and why am i telling this, you will know in a few seconds. there were two guys in the panel, both relatively young, lets calls them P1, P2, and me.

P1: So, are you Ankit or Abhinav (that's me)? (what about introduce yourself ans stuff!!!)
Me: Abhinav, Ankit was just in here.
P2: ok, we got confused between you two. So tell me, do you want to be Ankit, will it be advantageous for you if we got you confused with Ankit?
Me: Sir, i would rather be Abhinav.
P1: What is wrong with Ankit? Are you telling us that we should not take Ankit?
Me: (launched into a diatribe giving all the positive and negative points about Ankit, thinking all the while why they could not have just asked Ankit this question, he might have answered better. )
P1: ok, so Ankit... (both start laughing)
Me: Sir, Abhinav.
P2: So what is Web 2.0?
Me: some globe about user generated info... social networking, blogs etc.
P2: What is Moore's law?
Me: told.
P2: Will it be true for the future?
Me: told something about nanotechnology, and that it might go on for some time still... (was thinking they still think that i am Ankit, coz he is from electronics, while i m from metallurgy..)
P2: So how is steel made?
Me: (finally...) told.
P2: what is cast iron? is bessemer converter still used?
Me: Told
P1: so, you are from Orissa? Who is the brand ambassador of Orissa?
Me: had a discussion for the next 5 mins on Orissa, it's religion, tourism, poverty etc.
P1: Recently, i was in Cuttack and i was accosted by mad beggars, is it common in Orissa?
Me: gave some globe info about our culture and lack of proper hospital facilities. (he seemed satisfied)
P2: (with a big grin on his face) So how is this interview different from you previous interviews?
Me: Told. previous was more about technical stuff, this is more about background.
P2: Are you satisfied with the interview? Did it meet your expectation?
Me: I did not come with any expectations. I realise that you have different methods to judge a candidate, whether it is about tech stuff or background, you will make a good judgement. So was not worried about what you will, and you should ask.
P1: Good luck for the other interviews...
Me: Thank You

Seniors, feedback please, on what was a weird sort of an interview. No Why MBA? nothing on acads, or current affairs, did not even see my file, so no questions on extra-curriculars. don't know what to make of it

--
Abhinav Sarangi
B.Tech (IV) year
Metallurgical and Materials Engg.
IIT Roorkee

[Saurabh Sancheti]

seems pretty decent
all the best

--
Saurabh Sancheti
PGP, IIM Ahmedabad (2007-09)
B Tech(Elec & Comm.), IIT Roorkee
Phone +91-79-66327624
Mobile +91-9974331343

[Ankit Kapoor]

Mine was the worst interview in the history of IIMs, thats Y this mis-adventure title is apt for me.

GD-> totally arbit..
all other 8 ppl except me n sarangi were having 4X2 Conversations..
no one was letting me speak even once, n everyone went quiet when the lady from LSR started some uber-crap about 5 year plans n literary rate..
i made 2 points..
(i) classify all these subjects as arts.. n in philo etc u cant have right or wrong. but in science u can have binary marking.. right or wrong..
n then some uber moron sitting next to me started shouting that its not about getting marks :(
(ii) i was talking that in sciences, hypothesis leave room for doubt.. n then the bell rang.. n i shut up right then..

but i think when i made my 1st point everyone was listening..


i/view..
Bloody madrasi profs tried some gimmiks...

P1) : the guy who was just before u dint want u to get selected, thats Y he kept the chair this way.. so that u ll sit on it with ur back in front of i/view panel..
<wtf, are u a retard?? >
me: sir he might have done this involuntarily while on his way out. i think it was not a delibrate action. n i can just rotate the chair 90 deg ... 180 deg clockwise.
some prof: 90 degrees clockwise or 180 degrees
me: 180 degrees, clockwise or anticlockwise, u ll get the same r esult.
prof: sure??? just try it..
me : sir?! (try it? wtf?)
p2: yeah.. try it.
then i got up, n showed them how to rotate a chair.. basters.

P2: so ankit, have u seen the national flag..
me: yes sir
P1: what r the 3 colours
me: Sir, Saffron, White n Green.
P1: what all these 3 colours signifies??
me : SIr, white signifies peace n harmony
P1: (cutting me short, n obviously i dint know anything about the colours)
 Green Signifies Muslims, White Christians n Sikhs.. n Saffron Hindus..
me: No sir.
P1: do u think its ok if i have my kind of represenatation.
me: No SIr, India is a Secular Social Republic, n its not justified to discriminate ppl based on caste or creed.
P1: (looking at my data form) ur grades have been consistently low..
   then Y have u filled this upto 5th year.. u r in Btech..
me: gave some crammed ans.
P1: so r u recovered?? ( wtf, euphemism is dead from this world??)
me: deifinitely sir..<< gave some crap>> for example, my gradesheets 'd show i have taking Comp N/w course for the past 4 years.. n blah blah.. n in the last series of exams conducted scored highest in a class of 80(a blatant lie)
P2: Which subject??
me: comp n/w
P2: whats TCP/IP?
me: answered correctly
P2: whats Ip address?
me: told him,. about masking n all
P2: so what can e the IP address of google?/?
me(wtf): Google servers??
P2: yeah, what can be it??
me : sir, i wont be able to answer it.

(by the way, as soon as he saw my grades, he put away my form, n now it was sarangi's form which was on the top).

SO abhinav(me: sir Ankit), if you were to have a website, what will it be called??? abhinav.com/ abhinav.org
me: Sir, i m not a commercial entity, so it cant be com,  an organisation either.,
but some sites like microsoft allow ppl to upload web pages.
p1: whats .tv domain??
me: sir i think its a loive stream/media domain, like neosports.tv where for eg u can livestream cricket matches.
p1: are u sure??
are u sure its not some country??(which infact is the right answer acc 2 wiki)
me: (moron) i think tv here stands for television only
P2: are u sure? then if we can have tv then can we have newspaper/radio also.
me: sir tv is a 2 letter popular abbreviation :D
P2: nooo, like np for newspaper.
me: sir i think its coz tv is more poular.(which is again worng, coz there is some .am/.fm also)

P2: thank u ABHINAV...(abe it ankit)
are u happy?? (WTF)
me: sir i dint get a chance to showcase my extra-curricular achievements..
bloody basters, i m obviously dead if they dont open my file, where i have plethora of farji certis.. n conspicuous BBC certi obviously looks good)
P1: u must have filled this in the data form , we ll read it from there.
me(Liar prof): <<sir file to khol hi lo>>
prof: i think we are running short of time.. n best of luck..

N thats Y those damm profs were asking sraangi all the arbit loads of info..

Anyways.. Optmism rules, its better to get really screwed in K, not in the big ones..


They dint ask any tech/ any hobbies related Qstns, which is my stronghold.
Hope A & C will have more systematic I/views in this regard.

[Sugeet Miglani]

K profs have a habit of asking random stuff... last year mine was half maths... the other ppl also had such random stuff... and all of us got through... so there really is no need to worry...

BTW, i dont believe u missed the whole .tv (tuvalu/television) funda... its an old Lit question... :)

~~~ATB~~~
~~~cheers~~~

[Ankit Kapoor]

arre Sugeet Bhai, maybe the i/view sounds ok-ish on paper, but believe me, it was damm bad:(
n i m sure K profs will veto not to take me in  :D
n even i dont know y i missed the simple tv thing:(
n they also asked me more random stuff about indian flag, which obviously i dint answer.
no tech Qstns(i believe i ll be able to answer EnC tech Qs(which is ironical),then i can even claim that i have sound fundamentals even when my grades are low :D )
n no hobbies Qstns :(
no aged-bridge-playing-profs for me when my no 1 hobby is playing bridge:(
Though it doesnt matter much whether i get into K or  not, i just want to take it as a learning experience. which is i wont be leaving the A or C room if they dont ask me for my file:D, which was meticulously arranged by combined Mathew n ex-P sa'ab efforts.

Thanks

[Rahul Chaudhary]

Hey Ankit [:D]
Typical IIMK interview...start with something tht u dont expect (In my
case, they started with a question on Uttarakhand, I had abbreviated
it as UK) they ask whatever they know of your subjects in the first
half of the interview and spend rest of the time in
vellagiri...Talking of your birthplace, this and that...Infact, my
interview was exactly on the same lines.
So, going by past records, I'd say ur IN [:P]

Cheers,
Rahul

On Feb 24, 4:17 am, "Abhinav Sarangi" <abhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My IIMK mis-adventure...
> i had one of the most weird interviews of my life... on Feb 20, 9:00 am at
> IMI, Delhi
>
> Profile:
> Xth: 89.4
> XIIth: 90.6
> B.Tech: 8.043 IIT Roorkee
>

> CAT <http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/> overall: 99.91 (all 6 calls)

> Me: gave some globe info about our culture and lack of proper hospital

> facilities. (he seemed satisfied)
> P2: (with a big grin on his face) So how is this interview different from
> you previous interviews?
> Me: Told. previous was more about technical stuff, this is more about
> background.
> P2: Are you satisfied with the interview? Did it meet your expectation?
> Me: I did not come with any expectations. I realise that you have different
> methods to judge a candidate, whether it is about tech stuff or background,
> you will make a good judgement. So was not worried about what you will, and
> you should ask.
> P1: Good luck for the other interviews...
> Me: Thank You
>
> Seniors, feedback please, on what was a weird sort of an interview. No Why
> MBA? nothing on acads, or current affairs, did not even see my file, so no
> questions on extra-curriculars. don't know what to make of it
>

[Rahul Chaudhary]

Hi Ankit,

I think the tech part was pretty much okay (TCP/IP stuff) and one is
not really expected to be a quizzing wizard unless you have put it
down on the form.
So, you cant be rejected on those fronts but I'm not too sure about
how much you persisted with the .tv thing (I mean did they look pissed
off and all?) or what impression they got from the GD to ask such a
silly question first up...all in all, not a bad interview

Cheers,
Rahul

On Feb 24, 8:33 am, "Ankit Kapoor" <ankit.su...@gmail.com> wrote:
> arre Sugeet Bhai, maybe the i/view sounds ok-ish on paper, but believe me,
> it was damm bad:(
> n i m sure K profs will veto not to take me in :D
> n even i dont know y i missed the simple tv thing:(
> n they also asked me more random stuff about indian flag, which obviously i
> dint answer.
> no tech Qstns(i believe i ll be able to answer EnC tech Qs(which is
> ironical),then i can even claim that i have sound fundamentals even when my
> grades are low :D )
> n no hobbies Qstns :(
> no aged-bridge-playing-profs for me when my no 1 hobby is playing bridge:(
> Though it doesnt matter much whether i get into K or not, i just want to
> take it as a learning experience. which is i wont be leaving the A or C room
> if they dont ask me for my file:D, which was meticulously arranged by
> combined Mathew n ex-P sa'ab efforts.
>
> Thanks
>

> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Sugeet Miglani <sugeet.migl...@gmail.com>