XLRI Jamshedpur BM interview experience
Venue: ITC welcome Hotel, 46, Richmond Rd, Victoria Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025
XAT18 Score : 99.08 %le
XAT18 GK : 22.498 %le (I know)
XLRI program selected : Business Management
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 32 completed months as Software Engineer till March 2019.
No document verification happened. There was only 1 panel, 9 candidates.
We were directly taken to a small room for WAT+GD.
WAT Topic :India will benefit immensely when Walmarts of the world acquire Flipkarts.
WAT was for 15 minutes with no word limit. A big A4 sized sheet was provided and we could write on both sides.
WAT timings : 1:52 PM to 2:07 PM.
WAT prep : 3/5
WAT performance : 2/5 (Good points, poor presentation.)
GD started at 2:10 PM. I started, put 3-4 points but it was a complete chaos and looked like a fish market.
GD timings : 2:10 PM to 2:25 PM.
GD prep : 1/5
GD performance : 2.5/5 (Good points, good start.)
I was the first to be interviewed in the panel. Total 9 candidates were to be interviewed by my panel (which was the only panel).
There were 3 panelists, one male professor who was about 35-38 years old, another male professor of about 30 years of age and a third male professor about 40-42 years old.
I was asked for the documents which I was carrying as soon as I sat.
Q1: Your designation and where do you work?
And : Told. Started explaining in detail, they stopped me.
Q2: Do you know about the business model of your company and revenue figures?
Ans: Yes. Started explaining in detail, they told, don't explain unless asked.
Q3: Why leadership in most software companies from US and not Indians, we locals are never promoted?
Ans: Sir, I think my company is truly global....
Was cutoff in middle and asked to answer what was asked. Told them Indian head is Indian. Gave a few examples, they sounded pissed. (Also told, my product's senior management is in Ireland.)
Q4. Let's say I want to invest in a company, where should I invest given 2 choices, a country with high inflation or a country with low inflation?
And : Tried answering, they cut me in between. They said I was wrong. I told them I don't know the answer. They persuaded me to think of some points. I said something, again was attacked. I said sorry and again was pushed into thinking.
---5 mins done, nothing fruitful happened------------
Q5: What do you think are the bad qualities of your manager as thought by your colleagues?
Ans : I turned on my thinking mode. Said, 'His farsightedness might have hurt people's short term goals.' The youngest panelist, who was in middle, was not impressed. He said that is the most stupid and diplomatic answer he has ever heard. I was like oh.. and moved back a bit. He was sitting 2-3 feet away from me. I was scared by then.
They asked another point. I said, 'his firmness on ethics and vision..' was not able to complete the sentence and he again shouted, do you think I am stupid? These other 2 panelists are stupid? I started sweating by then. He said,'You are a fool' twice.
I was shocked. Third prof came in.
Q6 : What did you study for this interview??
Ans : Explained. He asked if I was taught all this in a coaching? I said no. I joined as a test series student but never joined any coaching for GDPI prep. He asked the names of test series which I joined, I named 2 (IMS+TIME).
First prof comes in now.
Q7 : How much do you rate yourself as being ethical?
Ans : 6-7. Why? Told 1 incident from office. Started narrating other experience from internship, they said we don't want internship experiences.
Q8 : How much do you rate your colleagues as being ethical?
Ans : Same. 6-7. Why? Started with reasons. The middle prof started getting angry and shouted, 'Do you think we are stupid? We are fool? You are making yourself look like a fool.
This is where I lost my calm and started shaking.
Prof 1 again.
Q9: What makes you the current day Mayur?
Ans : Told 2-3 points, he asked for more. When I started explaining, he grilled me by saying that I just want points, not explanation. I told a total of 5 points. He said, nothing about family? I said that was point number 3.
Some random small questions which I don't remember have been left. I was in shock after the treatment I received.
I was also asked what will I do if someone slaps me in washroom in office and I was unable to see him, what will I do?
Tried explaining and they laughed.
Profs : We are done. Thanks a lot. You can take a toffee. Picked one, thanked them and walked out.
PI Prep : 4/5
PI Performance : (god knows)/5
PI Duration : 23-25 mins
Verdict : NOT OUT YET. (But still, it is going to be a reject)
Update :
Verdict : WL-88, but converted in second wait-list movement, won't be joining.
Venue: ITC welcome Hotel, 46, Richmond Rd, Victoria Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025
XAT18 Score : 99.08 %le
XAT18 GK : 22.498 %le (I know)
XLRI program selected : Business Management
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 32 completed months as Software Engineer till March 2019.
No document verification happened. There was only 1 panel, 9 candidates.
We were directly taken to a small room for WAT+GD.
WAT Topic :India will benefit immensely when Walmarts of the world acquire Flipkarts.
WAT was for 15 minutes with no word limit. A big A4 sized sheet was provided and we could write on both sides.
WAT timings : 1:52 PM to 2:07 PM.
WAT prep : 3/5
WAT performance : 2/5 (Good points, poor presentation.)
GD started at 2:10 PM. I started, put 3-4 points but it was a complete chaos and looked like a fish market.
GD timings : 2:10 PM to 2:25 PM.
GD prep : 1/5
GD performance : 2.5/5 (Good points, good start.)
I was the first to be interviewed in the panel. Total 9 candidates were to be interviewed by my panel (which was the only panel).
There were 3 panelists, one male professor who was about 35-38 years old, another male professor of about 30 years of age and a third male professor about 40-42 years old.
I was asked for the documents which I was carrying as soon as I sat.
Q1: Your designation and where do you work?
And : Told. Started explaining in detail, they stopped me.
Q2: Do you know about the business model of your company and revenue figures?
Ans: Yes. Started explaining in detail, they told, don't explain unless asked.
Q3: Why leadership in most software companies from US and not Indians, we locals are never promoted?
Ans: Sir, I think my company is truly global....
Was cutoff in middle and asked to answer what was asked. Told them Indian head is Indian. Gave a few examples, they sounded pissed. (Also told, my product's senior management is in Ireland.)
Q4. Let's say I want to invest in a company, where should I invest given 2 choices, a country with high inflation or a country with low inflation?
And : Tried answering, they cut me in between. They said I was wrong. I told them I don't know the answer. They persuaded me to think of some points. I said something, again was attacked. I said sorry and again was pushed into thinking.
---5 mins done, nothing fruitful happened------------
Q5: What do you think are the bad qualities of your manager as thought by your colleagues?
Ans : I turned on my thinking mode. Said, 'His farsightedness might have hurt people's short term goals.' The youngest panelist, who was in middle, was not impressed. He said that is the most stupid and diplomatic answer he has ever heard. I was like oh.. and moved back a bit. He was sitting 2-3 feet away from me. I was scared by then.
They asked another point. I said, 'his firmness on ethics and vision..' was not able to complete the sentence and he again shouted, do you think I am stupid? These other 2 panelists are stupid? I started sweating by then. He said,'You are a fool' twice.
I was shocked. Third prof came in.
Q6 : What did you study for this interview??
Ans : Explained. He asked if I was taught all this in a coaching? I said no. I joined as a test series student but never joined any coaching for GDPI prep. He asked the names of test series which I joined, I named 2 (IMS+TIME).
First prof comes in now.
Q7 : How much do you rate yourself as being ethical?
Ans : 6-7. Why? Told 1 incident from office. Started narrating other experience from internship, they said we don't want internship experiences.
Q8 : How much do you rate your colleagues as being ethical?
Ans : Same. 6-7. Why? Started with reasons. The middle prof started getting angry and shouted, 'Do you think we are stupid? We are fool? You are making yourself look like a fool.
This is where I lost my calm and started shaking.
Prof 1 again.
Q9: What makes you the current day Mayur?
Ans : Told 2-3 points, he asked for more. When I started explaining, he grilled me by saying that I just want points, not explanation. I told a total of 5 points. He said, nothing about family? I said that was point number 3.
Some random small questions which I don't remember have been left. I was in shock after the treatment I received.
I was also asked what will I do if someone slaps me in washroom in office and I was unable to see him, what will I do?
Tried explaining and they laughed.
Profs : We are done. Thanks a lot. You can take a toffee. Picked one, thanked them and walked out.
PI Prep : 4/5
PI Performance : (god knows)/5
PI Duration : 23-25 mins
Verdict : NOT OUT YET. (But still, it is going to be a reject)
Update :
Verdict : WL-88, but converted in second wait-list movement, won't be joining.
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