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

IIM Kozhikode Interview

Institute: IIM Kozhikode

Venue: IIM Bangalore

Date and time: 4^th March 2008, 02:00 Pm

No of ppl in the Group: 9 + 1 absentee

GD topic: How corporate houses should help persons set up small entrepreneur ventures.

GD was ok sorts.. All of us had a few points to make and it was quiet peaceful. I too made two points. Nothing special otherwise. Feel every one made a decent entry.

Rating: 6/10

PI:

Panel Members:

Enter and wish them all.

P1: How tall are you?

Me: I’m 185 cm tall.

P1: What’s’ your height in foot?

Me: 6foot 1 sir..

P1: Which position do you play in basket ball?

Me : pivot..

P2: What do you do in whirlpool?

Me: Told..

P2: What is the turnover of your company? And he asked some other info about the

company..

Me: Quiet a lot of info about th company which I cannot put down here..

P2: So have you played basket ball professionally?

Me: No sir, I have played for my college and have played for a club in local tournaments.

P1: As a mechanical engineer I expect you to be strong in thermodynamics, but you seem to have an arrear in this paper.

Me: Told them that Our university did not consider the paper as an arrear and showed him the proof,,

P1: Give me the heat diffusion equation

Me: (Think for some time.) there are three different things for single dimension, two dimension and 3 dimensional diffusion. I don remember the exact formula, but I know it is a factor of the following – Temp of body, Surrounding temp, Surface area, conductivity of material, etc…

P1: So tell me what do you think that you studied in engineering, will you be able to use in your MBA?

Me: Operations will definitely be useful. Also some math we studied in our college.

P1: Gives me a 4 x 3 matrix and asks me to find the determinant value.

P1: So tell me what do you think that you studied in engineering, will you be able to use in your MBA?

Me: sir, this is not possible as the determinant value can only be found out for a square matrix.

P1: Tell me an equation that has positive value in first differentiation and negative in the second. Draw it on the paper.

Me: I take 2 min to think and draw a curve in the 4^th quadrant.

P1: I want it in the first quadrant.

Me: I take another minute to think before drawing the curve.

They both Look at each other and ask me to Leave

Rating: 7/10

Result: <will update once it comes>

IIM Lucknow Interview

GD:
You don’t have to be different to be good but you have to be good to be different.

We had to write a four page essay on the topic for half an hour. After that we had a GD on the same topic.
The GD was more of a Points sharing session than a discussion. All of us were just putting forth the points we had written earlier, and there no much of discussion.One fellow kept talking right through the discussion, but it had little good points and more of time wasting talk.

PI

I was the first person to be called..

P1: Pl take ur seat
P2: Can i have your file pl,,
P1: Who’s you role model in Life?
Me: My dad, He’s a freelance journalist..
P1: ( Interrupts…) so all freelance journalists are your role models..??
Me: (smiling) He was working in a bank before he took up..
P1: ( Interrupts…) so all people who worked in banks are your role models is it..??
Me: (smile again) Sir, i have not yet finished, and went on with the remaining part of the answer.
P1: What do you know about sting operations..
Me: Actually sir my dad is not into this kind of journalism.
P1: Thats ok.. Pl tell me.
Me: Told him.
P1: Don’t you think its unethical to conduct sting operations.. that is to tempt people with money and catch them red handed?
Me: No.. The people who are taking money are committing a crime and there’s nothing wrong in exposing them.
P1: But money is important. If i give you three rupees and if i give you three crore rupees, which will you choose?
Me: I’ll choose Three crore provided it is what i am entitled for doing my work. Anything above that is a strict no.
P2: ( Was looking at my file..) You are a mechanical engineer. Do you remember the basics of it?
Me: Yes sir.
P2: If i want to buy a car, which one’ll u suggest, a petrol or a diesel car.
Me: Gave some Gyaan on initial cost, maintenance, running cost etc….
P2: ( after i finish) But running cost would not be that different…
Me: No sir, petrol is actually 50% costlier than diesel and diesel vehicles tend to give more mileage.
P2: What is Knocking.
Me: Told..
P2: What should i do if i find that my engine has knocking.
Me: The best thing would be to take it to a mechanic. (all of us laugh)
Me: Then the mechanic would probably look at the following aspects.. and gave them some tech info and troubleshooting methods.
P2: Tell me about NBA (Narmada Bachao Aandolan);; you had mentioned it in the GD.
Me: told…
P2: Do you think these people have teh knowhow to decide what is good for them and what is not? ( at this time i wanted to say “if they can choose the people who run this country, think they also have the right to seek what they feel is right or wrong:”, but he continued) Why do you think they are protesting.
Me: Farmers will be displaced and ..more gyaan….
P1: but a survey says that 90% of the farmers will want to move to cities given an opportunity.
Me: Probably the survey was taken in famine or flood regions like AP of Maharashtra..
P1: No its a nation wide survey.
Me: Ok sir, I do not believe much in surveys as surveys are not always true. The decision changes when the actual situation comes.
P2: (smiling) but that’s what you’ll do after finishing your MBA. Take surveys analyze data..You should make the survey more intelligent and it should answer the right questions.
Me:

P1 and P2 look at each other… You can leave.

P2: (as i get up) what other call do you hav?
Me: Told..
P2: all the best..

staring it from the top

    A very warm welcome to all. Let me start off with what people and more importantly I feel about my hair(style).

    Back home, parents are very much against me growing long hair. I have a feeling that mom likes it, but does not accept it in front of dad; and often joins him in mocking @ my hair. They refuse to give me money to straighten it (my hair starts to curl once the water used for setting it dries up). Brother has been the only one from whom I get constant encouragement.

    Friends at college are no better. They are hostile towards accepting my ‘lamba baal’. Some of them( esp. roll no 1, and the notty boy who got his leg broken by E&I maddy) are feeling jealous, as they have already developed bald patches:)

    Also disciplinary committee members(i.e. watchdogs outside every building) barring our PD Mr. Milk(Tamil) have been bugging and sometimes threatening me to cut it off.

    In spite of all this heavy criticism and mocking, I remain focused on my goal( as any professional should) to grow long hair. I have overcome many obstructions like evading disciplinary committee members when I see them in the college and not getting caught. I’m also ready to face more obstructions of any other sort.

    I know my hair looks messed up now. But I want people to remember that this is the intermediate stage in the long process of hair growth. I request you all to be patient till it grows sufficiently long, for me to tie it up.

    Final word: if people are getting accustomed to seeing the ever bopped ‘female peacock’(Hindi jante ho?) of our dept, with long hair, Y NOT ME?

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