XLRI Interview

XLRI

XAT: 99.28
10th: 68.6 % (CBSE)
12th: 86.25 % ( TN – Matriculation)
BE Mech Engineering : 78 % ( affiliated college – Anna University)

Work Ex: 22 months with Whirlpool in manufacturing sector

Calls : IIM ACLIK, XLRI- BM

Venue: LIBA, Chennai
Date and time: 9th March 2008, 04:40 pm

P2 comes out to call me inside…

P1: Pl hand over your file to sir ( pointing at P2) and take your seat.
Me: Wish them and sit down.
P2: Have you already learnt what questions were asked to earlier candidates.
Me: No sir. I did not interact with them.
P1: Why did you not interact?
Me: Actually there was only one person who had finished his interview and was not too keen on knowing what questions were asked.
P2: but there were a lot of people waiting there.
Me: Yes sir, but they had come for the PMIR interview
P1: So wats PMIR?
Me: Told..
P1: So You have got a call for that also right.
Me: No sir, i did not apply.I felt HR was not my cup of tea.
P1: Your cup of tea or your cup of coffee.
Me: (smiling) coffee or tea, i felt that HR did not suit me.
P1: When people ask me, i tell them that i prefer Brewed filter coffee over instant nescafe. So it was a calculated adult decision was it.
Me: yes sir.
P1: You are from Chennai and so ans so college… where is it?
Me: Told them
P1: You work in Whirlpool, what do you manufacture in your factory.. and questions like Turnover of company, turnover of factory, No of employees in Whirlpool, Whirlpool India and Our plant, New projects etc followed.
Me: answered quiet satisfactorily.
P1: so what are the critical components in a washing machine?
Me: Told..
P1: Where do you get them from.
Me: Told some suppliers name from china.
P1: He knew about one supplier and was asking about that supplier.
Me: Answered.
P1: Ok.. Thats it from My side..
P2: So Arun, Your Scores are not very good.. esp in engineering,, Why?
Me: Answered.
P2: What is Special about Whirlpool washing machines… and asked a few more questions on Whirlpool products
Me: Answered them all ( after all I work there.. so i knew what ever he was asking.. )
P3: What Do you know about Mutual Funds?
Me: I don’t know sir.
P3: But you must have heard about it in TV ads.. Do you know about Nifty, sensex….?
Me: I knw a it about Nifty and sensex,,, Told them what little i knew.
P3: What is six sigma ?
Me: Told.
P3: What is its disadvantage?
Me: It takes a lot of time to analyze data..
P1: No..
I think for some time and say i cant think of anything else.
P2: Please sign the sheet.
Me: I sign it and ask them what the difference is..
P1: 6 sigma standardises evereythin and leaves little scope for invention.
Me: Oh.. actually i knew it as the difference between the Japnese and US way of working.. Thank You sirs

Result: Converted