Monday 3 June 2013

CUSAT MBA GD PI Experiences CUSAT GD Topics CUSAT School of Management studies SMS GD PI CUSAT MBA interview questions

Hi friends,I had my GD PI at CUSAT on June 3 2013.

Please find the process below

1.Document verification-You just need to bring CMAT Admit card and score card for this.Marksheet not needed.

2.Profile page:You will be asked to fill the profile sheet given by them.Some of the questions in the sheet were

  • Strengths and weakness
  • Areas in reading and Books
  • Why MBA
  • Hobbies
  • Extra curricular activities/achievements/Social contribution
  • Places visited outside India

Please be prepared with this answers as they will be putting marks based on our answer.

3.GD-A topic will be given and each of them has to speak about the topic for 1 min.They have to write the same in a paper as it will also be evaluated.After the real discussion starts which was be around 10 minutes in my case.After that we will be asked to write the summary of the GD in a paper.

GD Topics:My topic for the day was "Cricket is spoiling other forms of sports"

4.Interview:Some of the questions asked in interview were

 Tell about yourself,why MBA,Why CUSAT,what is derivatives(i was working on derivatives),what is islamic banking etc.Basically the working people will be asked about work related questions and others they will grill you with academic questions!

All the best for the GD and PI at CUSAT!



NL Dalmia GD PI Experiences 2013 dalmia PGDM GD PI Experiences

Hi All,please find the Dalmia PGDM GDPI Experiences below.This post will be updated everyday with the latest GDPI Experiences.Check this out for the latest GDPI experiences.


Varsha Dalmia
 to start with i first had essay writing, essay topic was "should sport bodies be allowed to be headed by poltical leaders?" we get 15 minutes to write and max 200 words.... then i had gd, my gd topic was " can business be ethical?" 5 mins to jot down your points, 15 mins for discussion and 30 sec each to summarise.. my gd went ok types.
for pi i had panel one, dean himself and prof bhatia, prof bhatia is considered to be the god of finance by seniors. dean is very nice, and i heard proff. bhatia asks completely technical ques, luckily in my time he had to leave for some work. the dean asked me about capital budgeting and seriously if you dont know the ans, tell you dont know, he would explain you..

Monish Kamdar
hi guys to starting with my pi i ad two biggest faculty of finance prof bhatia n dean himself.. lucky me hardly any technical stuff it was nice on the whole... if u do not know say don kno sir explains beautifully...
then i had my document verificatn and then essay topic was- should college consider only cmat scores for mms admission? then my gd topic was- primary educatn-backbone of indian education? gd was smooth went for exact 14 mins.. on the whole noce experience

Mufaddal Dahodwala
 gd topic-shld india adopt 1 child policy? it was fish market..got 1 warning also from panelists..interview was easy with general questions on fmly,hobbies nd all..very little finance questions asked..nd essay was "shld sports bodies be headed by political parties?"
finance questions--wat is ebit,market value,option,future,stocks,capital budgeting,equity,operating profit,net asset value..

Vikas Sundaram
Hey guys..finally done with the GD/PI
1) we had to get our doucments verified which hardly took 5 minutes
2 ) In essay writting 15 mins were given ,topic -the impact of electronic media on the psyche of indian youth
3) for GD there were 12 candidates and the topic was FDI retail in India- a boon or bane,the topic was quite gud but 12 candidates and 12 mins to speak it was bcoming a fish market ,for such a big group i think more time shud hav been given for discussion and in the end every one was given 30 secs to summarize

4 ) PI-this was a bit dreadful ...Since i had IT experience i was asked difference between Struts & hibernate,serialisation etc , hobbies and then since i had told i wanted to do MBA in finance i was asked y finance, interest coverage ratio,treynor's ratio , BASEL III  so PI was quite grilling  nw lets see wat happens and yeah results will be out on June 18th ,2pm

Kayur Asher

Dalmia Experience 4th June

GD topic : In the age of Google Maps and such other social websites is a ban on photography in places of historical, religious importance and security infrastructure RELEVANT (14 students in batch, 5 min to note points, 20+ minutes, each person was asked to summarize and was given 30 seconds to do so)

essay: Journey in 2nd Class of local train during peak hours (200 words, 15mins)

Pi - I am frm Commerce background.. so was asked to write down items in balance sheet as per schedule VI of Cos. Act, Some questions on ratios, why dalmia 

Overall good experience, It was well managed, didn't have to wait for long

All the Best to all who are yet to appear for GDPI !!!


Jigyasa Sahni
hey wassap .. i must say Dalmia well done with crowed management......... our buddies were very helpful awzm infra yar .......................! oohk to strt with had a morning slot 10am got to reach by 9 am 1) Essay (My Criteria to rank Management college ) 2 ) Document verifications n all that 3) GD (Should government improve the minimum age limit for marriages in India) Healthy discussion , at time even fish market but good over all every 1 had to memories for 30 secs 4) PI a lot on my past company future plans ? Y MBA in marketing ? How will you be useful to the college? & P's of marketing & BCG Matrix and its x & Y axis , also they tried convincing me to go for HR instead of marketing

Kayur Asher 
Hi all,

Had GDPI today at 2 pm slot, GD was ok ok, PI was great, was asked very few questions answered them correctly, Had got Panel 1 consisting of Director Prof. Pyarelal Arya and HOD Finance Prof. Bhatia, Essay topic was "Journey by local train in 2nd class during peak hours"  that went fine as well


Overall Good experience  nt good experience with snacks though

Noufel Nanethan Backer
GDPI Experiences-8th JUne 10 am
First of all thanx a lot for all the frnds who had posted their GDPI experiences!It helped a lot in preparing for my GDPI

The process was the same as told by other people in dis group

I had GD first,followed by DV,PI and essay writing

GD had 14 participants with 15 minutes for the discussion and 30 sec each for summarising the GD.

Topic was:Old is not gold!

The GD was smooth with no fish market and i was the one to initiate the topic :)

DV was smoooth but had to wait for some time for others D to get over.

PI was the coolest one for me...As i had work experiences,they asked(i drived them to ask:-P) about derivatives which i was working on..i explained well..thn they asked why rupees is deprecating,what is CAD? i explained the answer...then they asked whthr u r taking dalmia rite now..if i am going to give admission nw itself :-P,i said yes!!

Essay writin topic was:My college days and it went smooth..only problm was the time wasnt enuf to xplain all!

Overal dalmia GDPI experience was very good and i am hoping ositive results on June 18th :)

Those who have not yet posted your GDPI Experiences please do comment below

Saturday 1 June 2013

nl dalmia gd pi experience nl dalmia pgdm gd pi experiences NL Dalmia Group Discussion and interview topics nl dalmia pgdm gd pi experience

Hi All,i have compiled the last years NL Dalmia GDPI experience from Dalmia FB page  https://www.facebook.com/groups/dalmianl/.Hope it will be useful for you.All the best!

Jyotsna Wadhwa
DATE - 8th June' 12 ... 10 pm slot ... 
Course - PGDM in HR
 
Essay Topic - fundamental rights and duties as citizens ...
 
GD Topic - Housewives v/s Housework should come under the ambit of compensation and benefit ..
 
In PI I was asked .. Why HR ? Why not marketing ? Why HR at dalmia ? Where else have you applied ? Calls from any colleges? Difference between empathy and sympathy. Name a few theories of HR. Explain maslow's hierarchy of needs in detail with examples . Name the three theory of needs given by Mc clelland .. What is name of the theory given by Mc Gregor ? Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line ? What aspect of HR you like the most?

Ankush Rajput
date f gdpi - 9 june 2 pm finance
pi panel - 7
gd group - E
essay writing - my favourite teacher...had too much to ryt but limit was 200 nly
gd topic - go green to save mother earth...healthy nice discussion..no fish market at all
PI - a lady nd old professor.started with acads..then y finance...they said bout finance sector is down so told them bout lomg term...nd discussed all bout greece nd eurozone...so they asked bout PIGS..actually i drived it toward that..it was good try..nd then bout RBI FUNCTION nd its governer..told both well..then they asked to tell 1 Nationlised bank, 1 private bank nd 1 foriegn bank in india..replied correctly..though dat was easiest evr....then a sum related to compound interest in d end...it was a nice experience....nd in d end volunteers wer too supportive!!

Vaibhav Maniar
GDPI: DATE 7TH JUNE 2012; - 2 PM SLOT 
FIRST - ESSAY - MY FAV MONUMENT -- DONE THAT
SECOND: GDPI - TOPIC - SHOULD GOVT BAILOUT COS BE IT PVT OR PUBLIC -->>> ENTERD 4TH BUT EXPLAIND WHATS BAILOUT -- KEY ASPECTS WHY BAILOUT ITS EFFECTS ETC - PANEL ALLOWED ME TO GO ON FOR 4 MIN OR SO >>
THEN IT WAS KAOS ALL WERE DISCUSSN AVIATION SECTOR AIR INDIA AND KINGFISHER -- THEN TOOK IT GLOBAL LEVEL SPAIN BAILING OUT A CO RECENT ONE THEN ADDED SWOT ANALYSIS THEN TAX PAYERS ISSUES THEN TOOK INTO FINANCE AS TO WHAT PRODUCTS CAN BE TAKEN UP LIKE CREDIT SWAPS AND ALL >> IN ALL GOOD GOOD >> SUMMARIZED WELL
 
THIRD : PI - 2 PANEL - YOUNG FEMALE AND OLD MALE :
q1 - Accounting Concerns -- then REPO RATE -- EXPLAINED -- WHY IS IT CALLED REPO FULL FORM -- NO ANS -- THEN SCHEDULE VI BALANCE SHEET -- EXPLAINED THOROUGHLY THE NEW VIS A VIS OLD FORMAT -- THEN GDP -- PEN IT DOWN IN NOS -- THNX TO A EARLIER POST HERE DONE THAT -- THEN TAX RATES THEN GST AND DTC -- EXPLAINED ALL IN DETAIL
 
AT END PANEL WAS VERY HAPPY SAID YOU HAVE PERFORMED WELL AND YOU KNOW THNGS WELL AND LIKELY TO GET GOOD MARKS BUT UR LOW CET SCORE MAY NOT HELP U CONVERT

Leticia Quintina Varel

Date -8th june 12 .... slot 10.00 am
Essay writing topic: fundamental rights and duties as citizens
Gd topic :ways to tacle the problems of maoists
den PI : pannel 2 :1 old man and young female
the female was very nice ... the male was like too much
they started off wid case study .. like in a chemical company there is an engineer who is a chain smoker he smokes in the premises of a company , he has been given repeted warnings the othrs wid him who were working in the same co who were found smoking were sacked wht would you have done in this case being an Hr manager ??/
what are the indoor and outdoor games you like to play?
den the lady started what are the components seen in the salary slip?
as i had an work ex she asked me under which tax slab do you fall??
what are the limits of falling in the tax slab mention in general and othrs also wid the rates ??
thats it you can go have a nice day ... overall it was a very nice experince :):):)

Ajinkya Jadhav

GD topic : age bar for drinking 25 and voting is 18 ..why ...( something like that ) 
essay : india can be a super power ( i stuffed so much stats that they will have to google to cross check just like i did in my gd :P )
P.I made 2-3 friends ( volunteers ) and i knew famous ppl from dalmia ( i knew famous people from top 6 colleges so i use that trick everywhere to get my interviewer on a friendly note ) and i knew both the people taking my interview by name and their qualifications and subjects they teach there.
mohite sir : tell me something about urself ?
me : told .. when i was speaking about networking marketing ruchika maam ( marketing woma :P ) took charge .
ruchika maam : tell me about network marketing .. def. and few concepts
me : explained + gave some examples and how i implemented them in real life and how it worked.
both : what were u doing for this one yr 
me : doing few computer courses, studying for cet and other exams and guiding people on forums and all that shit :D
Ruchika maam : what guidance ?
me : about colleges courses and what not blah blah 
ruchika maam : what did u tell them about our college ?
me : told 5 famous personnas from dalmia ( included their name .. that lit their faces and they were smiling ) their events 
ruchika maam : how u know so much about the college ? 
me : i know some 5-10 people from college . ex and present students standing outside .. some of them were quite famous so both of them knew .. like knew where they stay and what they did and they do .. ( after this it was all friendly )
they asked me why marketing ? i was about to answer but they only took on the person ka name and started laughing. and some more things like what does he do now .. how u know him.. his dad and what not crap lol
then maam stopped mohite sir let me ask him sir 
asked me the GDP told the meaning and the rate and everything .
sir asked no tell me the figure 
i told 1.73TN nominal and 4.45 is ppp. they looked at each other and mohite sir was like write it down on a paper for me 1.73 tn
done !
now convert it into rs. 
so i told him an hour back i checked rupee rate was 55.82
sir : take it as 50 and convert
done !
now tell me that amount in lakhs 
done !
ruchika maam interrupted saying ' sir wo marketing wala hai kya aap finance leke baithe hai ! '
*laughter*
they asked about my family , swimming, and then he said u only tell me what should i ask u nw... ok. b.com kiya hai .. commerece and economics se kuch poochu ? haha i was like sir anything took few chapters ka name also and told him ask def. or diff. or formulas but he didnt ask
asked about cet gdpi kidhar hua and then bole itna accha gaye fir bhi KJ wale marks nahi denge terko. and asked kaha kaha fill kiya hai forms and experience there and more casual talks.
then ruchika maam asked tell me those concepts u were talking about 
i explained them the golden circle of life and law of diffusion of innovation in short i doubt they understood lol... but they look impressed. 
thank you and good bye. :D*sigh**phew*

SAurabh Garg
5/6/2012.....
reached on time...
registration done...
ESSAY- my ambition in life....(easy....)
GD topic CHINA IS MORE THREAT TO INDIA THAN PAKISTAN........something like tht....
no fish market...every1 put their points.....30 secs for every1 to summarize...
PI time.....2 people 1 old 1 young....
asked basic acads.....y marketing......blah blah....sell this 500ml kingfisher water to me.....did it thanx to Rav Singh Cetking.......
y rupee devaulating so much......wat to do to get back....india gdp....write and show....convert to rupees.....
all this was asked by 1 old guy only.....
the other young guy was juss a poster boy whole interview with a stoned expression....!!!!!
in all it was good....!!!!!!!

Dalmia PG
Time : 2 pm
Got 2H code
That is 2nd panel and H code for GD and Other process
Mine was 1st Document verification
2nd essay writing
3rd GD
4th PI

But dont know why they sent me for PI 1st
Osum PI ...dint grill at all
 
followed by technical and logical question and abt family and miself

Document verification done in 10 mins

Essay writing
Topic : A journey By train

GD : china can be threat to india more then pakistan
12 candidates
4 Girls ,8 boys
Made 3 points and then summarize the GD in 30 sec
2 panelist
Both old guy :)
Overall it was nice

Shweta Marathe
done with gdpi...
EW: My Best Friend(damn easy...)
GD: Should advertisements be based on facts and figures>>
PI: Majority of ?s were based on academics...
finally done with the long procedure...:)
what a relief.....

DrAman Raj Gupta
done with gd pi
ew was my best friend
gd was shld child molesters and rapist be hanged to death
ew was tough but gd was good
pi was totally based on my profile
best of luck to all
Sonal Vartak
Dalmia 31st may 2 pm
Reached venue at 1 pm
Registration. U will allotted a group. Then you will have to list down your schedule.
Gd: should organ donation be compulsory? It was chaotic. Too many ppl spoke simultaneously.
PI: two old men (later I came to know one of them was an IIT IIM A guy). Totally crazy. Asked full engineering stuff. He also asked properties of steam. He then went to VanderWal law n 'moleluar' it's not molecular. Something related to mole.
Overall ok.
Essay writing: why do I want to do MBA? Nice.
Document verification then.
Done in 1.5 hrs.
And yes result is on 18 th June
Dhruv Bhimrajka
Hi Had my gd pi at dalmia today 10 am
Essay - multi parties in india is a hindrance to growth
gd- measures to tackle the menace of black money
PI (the best !!!!) - 1 prof (age55-60) and 1mam

questions based on acads be thorogouh with it !!
crr,repo,rev repo, all % of these,SEBI fullform, chairman of sebi, BSE, MD of BSE, RBI, governor of RBI /(full name), (he played a rapid fire round of 10 Q's !!!!!!!) Thanks Rav Singh Cetking hats off to u :-)

Mitesh Jain
GD: Western culture influence is the reason for increase in violence against women.
Essay: Indian Ethos in Management
PI: Worst PI ever, He asked me Jesus, about Jainism, made me solve few sums and quiz n wat not but no why mba or much bout work... Phew!!!
 
Saumya Singh
there were 4 rounds 1)document verification in which original documents were checked 2) essay writing in which 15 min time is given to write d essay nt more than 200 wrds mine topic was "how youth help to create better society "3)gd - 12 candidates in gd 2 female panelist easy discussion mine topic was "credit card are boon or bane" i discussed 4 boon 12 min gd in which last 30 sec were given to candidate to summire d gd.. last was pi it was ok ok mine specialisation was marketing so they asked question abt marketing like wats is market segmetation , plc, step to avoid decline stage in plc, demarketing , my family background, product targeting & positioning and how they r diff from each other wid examples.. they were 2 interviewer 1 female nd 1 male they were good .. process ended u will b gives 80rs coupon were u can eat anything from canteen acc to yr choice.. end
 
Krunal Padh
N L DALMIA 1st June 2.00 PM Batch.....
Reached venue at 1.00 PM...they checked the hall ticket and gave gd and pi group...Mine PI batch was 7 and GD group was J....First was my PI... i was the 1st for my batch...2 panelist..One old sir and one young madam(don’t get excited she was not that young )..(sir was a engg + mba..too intelligent as told by the volunteers)..
Me- Good Afternoon Sir, maame...They asked me to sit and the sir started...
Sir- What was ur final ur Project?
Me- told.... then he asked me few question related to my project...technical stuff...
Then Sir asked me few question related to my activities and my ngo...
Then asked few questions on marketing...what r types of marketing and various medium for advertising...etc etc 
Sir- what is need, demand & supply, product differentiation?
Madam- what is PR?
ME- told all bullshit...toh she was like don’t tell me what a PRO does..tell me PR as a Function...
Me- Maame i am still to learn lots of things about marketing so i cannot tell u text book definition of PR...she was like ok ok no problem...
Inshort interview was good ...No GK, No why mba,why marketing,why dalmia..

Then i had essay writing..topic was- Whom would u like to emulate ?
The funny things was most of us wrote about MS Dhoni....

Then had GD at last – only 7 ppl in the group..Topic- Women make better managers then men...
Initiated the GD and had a good discussion...no fish market...
At last went to canteen and enjoyed the food coupons :) (Eat Noodles they are nice)...
 
Krunal Shah
Had GDPI today in morning 10 am batch 
PI was one of worst PI's comparatively to other I hav appeard for grilled me completely dey neva got satisfied wid ny of my answers infact d panelists dint even smiled in whole interview for once it was more of lyk stress interview for me.. Even wid oders students whom i communicatd sum very bizarre questns were askd 2 dem so i thnk dey grilling quite a lot of ppl.. so Tips for dose who are yet to appear is jus b prepard dey cn ask u ny damn thng
 
Pratik Mahalle
Date 31st may
Gd- maoist are outcome of poor developement of tribes. Nice discussn. Every1has to summarize.
Pi- kind of grilliing. Panel7. He was engineer, n me too, so lot of technical and logical questns. 
Finance ppl were sayin they askd lots n lots of questions on finance...
(PREPARE WELL FOR PI)
Essay- why u want to do mba? 200 words. 
Doc verification- easy process. 
Nice experience.
 
 




Tuesday 28 May 2013

DTE CAP Round process in detail details about the DTE process taking cmat scores

DTE CAP round counselling for admissions to MMS/MBA 2013-14 : Will try and answer your queries regarding the CAP rounds counselling procedure.
The ranks will be given to the students based on their scores in CMAT. If two students have the same rank then the students who has scored higher marks in 12th will be given higher rank. If the 12th std marks are the same then the student with higher 10th std marks will be given higher rank. After this date of birth will be considered to give ranks. 
Othe exams liek CAT/ XAT .. .etc are mentioned but will play very little role in admissions to the top 20 B schools so it can be completely ignored. For other exam they will not be converting it to equivalant CMAT scores but will compare the percentiles you have received. so if you have a 99.5 percentile in MAT and another student has 99.49 percentile in CAT, then student with 99.5%ile will be given higher rank. But this is not important as it will not make a difference in admissions to the top colleges. 
The cutoff marks which I metioned earlier stands and will remain the same for various colleges. I will put the list for reserved candidate students tomorrow morning and will discuss the same again tomorrow when I will hold another event for any further queries.

source:https://www.facebook.com/groups/492953627394100/568466143176181/?notif_t=group_activity

Saturday 18 May 2013

CMAT sample Aptitude questions with answers Part 2

1.The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:
A. 12 years 
B. 14 years
C. 18 years 
D. 20 years

ans:20

2.  1,4,2,5,3,6,4, ??

a.) 1
b.) 7
c.) 5
d.) 0

ans:7

3.Clock A ticks 50 times in 1 hr and clock B ticks 100 times in 1 hr. If they tick togther at 12 noon, wat is d time wen they will tick together again ?
A- 12:01:40
b-12:01:12
c-12:00:40
d-12:00:36

4.what is 20% of 60%? 
a.) 12
b.) 3
c.) 12%
d.) 1/3
e.) None of this.
ans:12%

5.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
A. 15 
B. 16
C. 18 
D. 25

6.A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
A. No profit, no loss 
B. 5%
C. 8% 
D. 10%

ans:B
26*20=520
30*36=1080
and if he sells 56 kg rice @30/kg 
=1680 .. 
80rs profit .. Den 80/1600*100 =5%

7.what % is 22 of 40 ?

a.) 40
b.) 44
c.) 45
d.) 55

ans:55

8 2, 6, 10, 22, ____

ans:42

2*2+2=6
6*2-2=10
10*2+2=22
22*2-2=42


9.In how many ways letters of the word PASSION be arranged such that it starts with a vowel and ends with a consonant?
ans:720
when ends with S = 3C1*5! 
when ends with other than S = 3C1*2C1*5!/2! 

total 720

10.Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present?
A. 16 years 
B. 18 years
C. 20 years 
D. Cannot be determined

Ans:16

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Top 10 Colleges taking CMAT Scores

CMAT is the common entrance test done by AICTE for admission into management courses.Here are the list of top 10 Colleges taking CMAT Scores

1.JBIMS(Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies)
2.K.J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research(SIMSR)
3.Sydenham Institute of Mangement Studies,Research and Enterpreneurship Education(SIMSREE)
4.Goa Institute of Mangement
5.Wellingkar Mumbai
6.Chetanas Institute
7.Department of Management Studies-PUMBA
8.ITM-Munbai
9.N.L Dalmia
10.SIES


CMAT 2013 sample questions cmat previous year questions with answers and explanation

Here are some of the questions that appeared for the previous cmat

1.A watch is so placed that at 4pm the minute hand points towards north-west. In which direction does the hour hand points at 7pm?

ans:South East

2.In what ratio must 3 kinds of rice osting 12/-, 14/-, and 16/- per kg
be mixed so as to find a mixture worth 13/- kg...???????
ans:4:1:1

3.A cube is cut in two equal parts along a plane parallel to one of its faces. One piece is then coloured red on the two larger faces and green on the remaining, while the other is coloured green on two smaller adjacent faces and red on the remaining. Each is then cut into 32 cubes of same size and mixed up.

What is the number of cubes with at least one green face each ?

a.36
b.32
c.38
d.48


ans:48

4.In a certain code language, Kerala is called Manipur, Manipur is called Nagaland, Nagaland is called Orissa, and Orissa is called Punjab. If states are called only in this way, then Imphal is the capital of which of the following states?
(1) Punjab
(2) Nagaland
(3) Orissa
(4) Kerala
(5) Manipur


Ans:Nagaland

5.One afternoon, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Bhopal on M.G. Road. If Manisha's shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing ?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East 
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

ans:North

6.How many even numbers can be formed from the digits 3,4,5,8 and 9

7.how many times between 1pm and 9pm do both hands of clock are in line.

8.2189 is divide in 3 parts such that amt after 1, 2 ,3 years resp may be equal.
The rate of int being same.
smallest part is

9.A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is

10.X^3 = (-216), find the value of X ??

ans:-6

K J Somaiya Councelling update as of EOD 15 May 2013

--PG, IB & FS are taken up fully. 48 seats are available in RM & 50 seats available in Comm.

--All those, who could not take admission into any of the courses(due to unavailability of seats), will only have to give their order of preference for waitlist and sign an application to this effect at the time of counselling. The fees paid will be refunded and the actual fees payment details will be mailed as and when their admission is being confirmed from the waitlist - This procedural change has been effected on request of the parents and aspirants at the time of counselling today.

--For tomorrow's counselling, you will have to attend the counselling session if you wish to be waitlisted in any of the courses. But fees payment has to be made only if you get a confirmed admission tomorrow for RM/Comm, depending on availability and courses applied for.

--The procedure for cancellation and refund of admission will be made available on our website by EOD 20th May 2013.

--The waitlist movement will be as per the first preferences in each course initially and then the second preference list of the courses will be considered. Be very clear when you are choosing your course preferences for waitlist.

--The waitlist details of each aspirant will be made available at the earliest, as it involves consolidation of records after the complete counselling process only.

--Students above 1500 ranks - the counselling session for you will be decided based upon the availability of seats in any one of the courses at the EOD tomorrow.

Wednesday 8 May 2013

SIES GD-PI Experiences 2013 SIES Group discussion topics and interview questions

Sourav Soni

Had my GDPI at bhopal (Rajhans Regent Hotel).
time 12 .pm.
Was tense as there were too many candidates hopping & Popping every where.
we were given our respective batches.
moved directtly into gd room.
1 panelists for GD(shayad faculty of the college),
we were 12 candidates
Gd topic -- Stem cell banking as necessary as Life Insurance.
(blank mind -- we were also unknown & blank mind too)
gd initialy was horrible as nobody knew any thing bout the topic.
we were made start the topic one by one.
candidate#1. Mam actually i don't about the topic but .....blah blah blah.....
candidate#2. Mam actually i don't about the topic but .....blah blah blah.....
MODERATOR---- DOES NYBODY KNOW ABOUT THE TiOPIC ?
all the candidates ---- NO ??????
MODERATOR EXPLAINS HE TOPIC IN DETAIL......................................
we start discussing the topic for 15 mins.
then MODERATOR stops us.
says us to conclude himself on by one .
then asks ny body to conclude the gd
I conclude the Gd ,
with a phrase of Mr. J.F. KENNEDY.--"ASK NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY CAN GIVE YOU,
ASK WHAT YOU CAN GIVE THE COUNTRY "

PI was taken by same MAM who was MODERATOR.

PI was good . asked some profile based questions .
why sies
Why PGDM.
Difference btw MArketting & Sales.

OVERALL good experience .
MAM was good
Coordinator was also good.
RESULTS will be declared in 1 week of june (+2-3 days)


Noufel Nanethan Backer

Had my GDPI at Blore today, the process was smooth. The GD Topic was management education is only for the rich, this was the same topic some group had at mumbai, the discussion was a healthy one with me being the first one to talk :-). Interview was also ok with interviewers digging deep into the answers as usual :-P, some of the questions were why mba, Wat would you do if 70 of 100 team member takes a leave on the same day:-P, weakness, and etc.Made some good friends also there :-), overall it was a wonderful experience :-), hope to convert it! Best of luck for the upcoming GDPI!

Atul Jain

Done with gd pi at bhopal @5 of may, topic was Capitwl punishment should be ban or not!!!
12 people were in a gd batch,, and ask to think fr 3 min and then everyone had to speak for 3-4 min,,then discuss,, but the group started shoting and moderator stopped in between and disappointed with d group,, tough i did well in gd.
PI- only one guy took d interview and it was damn simple,, only profile based question,nothing specific,, finished almost 15 interview in just an hour!!!!


Polepally Giridhar

Had my gd/pi here in banglore today. It was arranged well. No need of getng tensed. In the gd we gad given two topics to chose one. We chosed the topic 'engeneers are good at time in management' everxbody contributed their p part. At pi also the panalist asked in such a way wether the thing we tell them and our contribution towards it are matchng or not. My quertns include . Introduction, why mba, regarding my project, my goal, my plan to achieve the goal. Sme general technical questions in the view of mba.,


Litesh Mahakalkar

GDPI sunday 21st mrng at SIES navi mum.

gd topic:- management eductn is nly 4 rich. . .
our group didnt gt right points to discuss.
i have initiatd. . . it was ok ok type. .

PI:- it was lyk job interview for electronics engineer. .. fuly focusd on techincle. . .nt a single regular mba pi question.
my pi wasnt satisfied still hoping positively. . .
thanx to shiva bhaiya 4 his support there. . .

Pavan Kulkarni
Had GDPI round today at nerul 9:00 am.
GD topic was "Development or Concrete Congestion"
then in Pi there were two panelists,
the 1st question they asked was tell me something abt yourself..then went on to cricket related questions as i had mentioned it as my hobby.Thnk GOD only
1 technical question was askd ,and also what if we do not select you in sies...were the type of questions..the experience was quite good...the buddy was very co operative..thku Seniors :)


Saiprasad Shelke
had GDPI round today at nerul 12.00 pm
this time they changed the process..made simpler..
GD and only one PI..
after reporting to campus u need to collect batch.then move to auditorium where we waited for long time around 2 hours..refreshments were provided..they arranged Q n A session & presentation in between. finally the process begun at 2.00 . they assigned a BUDDY(student coordinator) for each group.
there were 12 people in my group.
Topic: IS THERE ANY POINT IN HAVING A BUSINESS STRATEGY when World scenario changes from month 2 month?
it ws ok for me..nt so good.

then in Pi there were two panelists,
Q:tel me about yourself?
Q:asked abt one weaknes which i had mentioned
Q:challenged faced at work?
Q:y MBA when ther r many people out there who manages everything abt degree/education?
Q:10, 12,graduation CAT/CMAT marks?

overall process was nice n yes BUDDY was so co-operative n helpful. thank u:)




Ravi Chopade
GD - Is Social Responsibility of Business is to make Profit ?

PI - Tell me somthing about yourself..
What is Team Efforts and how you contributed at your workspace ?
Which news are you following from many days and many question related to that.. (make sure you have enough knowledge and reading about particular )
Why you want to join MBA ?
Which specialization and why ?
Which are the other colleges u applied for and preference ?
Why SIES ?
What if you dont get admission into applied colleges ?
Goal in your Life and how MBA will help you ?
All these are basic questions and many sub questions were related to these were asked.. Please be clear about your thoughts and opinions..

The whole process was very smooth and all queries answered nicely..
Thanx to all Seniors :)




Karuna Punjabi
PI- temme smthng abt urself
Y MBA in finance
whats a triple column cash book
icic ceo
axis bank ceo
minsters... maharashtra n India
whats e banking n how would u remove branch banking completely in India?
if u were d PM of India how wud u eradicate corruption ?
whts a contra entry
merits of PSU's
wud u b a politician... if given a chance in future
does provisioning reduce profits?
do u blve in destiny?
hw wud u contribute to SIES?
SIES or welingkar?




Pravin Yedurkar
GD topic: Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt through experience.....
easy topic, 15 minutes given, everybody spoke but the topic was such that a lot of repetition happened...in the end two ladies in the panel asked 3 people to summerize

During my PI, interviewer was very experienced and knowledgeable...as I have done engineering in electronics, he asked all the questions related to that..no general questions at all..interview was around 15 minutes