xlri pmir interview

8th March

Course applied for : (BM or PMIR)both...this is PMIR

Educational Profile:
X: 89.4
XII:78.8
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: 58.07
Any other professional certification or course undertaken:

XAT percentile: 99.49

Work profile (if applicable): zero
Number of years: Sector/Industry: none
Special achievements at work:
Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary): none

GD Topic:imagination vs experience.....fish market...
Number of participants: 10
Panelists' intro (if possible): isf, manoj thomas, s.bagchi....mumbai
Duration: 15-20 mins


PI Questions:
sb:so your father is a bank officer?
me:yes sir
sb:why dont you go for bank po...after 6th pay commission, it has become so lucrative?
me:but sir it is not all about money...bank job does not suit me...
sb: why?...are u an introvert?
me: no
sb: are you not good with numbers?
me: i am sir
sb: so?
me: but sir that is not where my interests lie..
sb: why pmir?
me: blah blah...abt my dad being hr manager...hr most critical etc...
mt: why not become an engineer?
me: am not good at it sir...
mt: what is the difference between consumer and customer?
me: consumer is anyone who is going to consume goods...services etc...customer is a consumer who is going to consume some specif goods or services from a specific organisation...
(ALL THIS TIME...SB AND MT WERE SHAKING THEIR HEADS WHILE ISF WAS LAUGHING...HORRIBLE!!)
MT: WHAT DO U DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?
me: i am a member of indian youth congress...am not active politically...but have been involved in other activities like awareness campaigns etc...
mt: do u see a political career for yourself?
me: i may like to enter one...but i dont think i'll survive in the present scenario...dont want to join any party and dont have the money/muscle power...
sb: ok...if u are the manager of a company and your workers have misused client property while working on site....what will u do?...the client wants them removed...
me: if they have broken any law...i will remove them...
sb: but if u dont have replacement...?
me: then i will ask for some time but ultimately remove them...
sb: who is more important?....customer or employee?
me: all stake holders in the organisation are important...be it customers or employees...
sb: more?
me: any organisation is for customers...but made up of employees...so i cant choose....
sb: ok if u are a worker...and u have some demands...which the management refuses to accept...what will u do?
me: if i believe the demand sare reasonable...i will convince all my colleagues....
sb: u have done that...u r the union leader...
me: will try to convince the mgmt..
sb: not working..
me: will use gandhigiri maybe?
sb: not working..
me: will take support of trade unions...but wud avoid violence...
sb: all u can do is sit for dharnas...nothing else...
me: last resort wud be mass resignation...
sb: no worries many workers available...
me: pause...........then maybe some labour reforms are needed to empower the labourers...
mt: have u heard of sewa dal?
me: no..
isf: tell me how did gujarat riots impact you?
me: blah blah
isf: which is the recent book u read?
me: india unbound...explained
isf: do u know prabhakaran?
me yes...explained
isf: what wud u do in the naxal issue?...do u like their idealogy?
me: i dont know in detail...explained the basics....then said that means to the end used is not correct...dialogue...development etc...
mt: your favourite leader?
me: p.chidambaram
isf: why?
me: explained...
isf: do u have bm call?
me: yes...tomorrow
sb: cat score?
me: 99.62
sb: calls?
me: iim-c
ok go...phe