Monday 23 April 2012

How to use OMET?


It is easy to study on OMET. Providing you the links of dedicated threads on OMET where you can study concepts, solve questions and discuss them separately, topic wise with nothing missed. Everything which is posted on the group related to that topic will be available on these threads.
Format
Topic, Type of the thread (Concept, Questions/Problems/Discussion related to that topic)
Rules:
On Concept Threads - Please post concepts on them, no spamming, no querie etc
Question/Problems Thread - This is just a question bank, dedicated and made for practice stuff
Discussion Thread- Discuss all your queries, questions (on problem threads etc) with their serial no., and all other related discussion.

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  1. Number System
  • Official Thread Number System Problems
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  • Official Thread - Number System Concepts
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  • Official Thread Number System Problem & Concept Discussion
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  2. Geometry
Thread Code 2A

3. Time Speed Distance

  • Official Thread Time Speed Distance- Concepts
Thread Code - 3A

  • Official Thread Time Speed Distance- Practice Problems Repository
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  • Official Thread Time Speed Distance- Problems & Concept Discussion
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4. Modern Maths
  • Official Thread Modern Maths- Concepts
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(Topics : Functions, Graphs, Set Theory etc)

  • Official Thread Modern Maths- Practice Problems Repository
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(Topics : Functions, Graphs, Set Theory etc)

  • Official Thread Modern Maths- Problems & Concept Discussion
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(Topics : Functions, Graphs, Set Theory etc)

5. Permutation, Combination & Probability

  • Official Thread Permutation, Combination & Probability- Concepts
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  • Official Thread Permutation, Combination & Probability- Practice Problems Repository
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  • Official Thread Permutation, Combination & Probability- Problems & Concept Discussion
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6. Reading Comprehensions
  • Official Thread Reading Comprehension- Concepts
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  • Official Thread Reading Comprehension- RC Repository
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  • Official Thread Reading Comprehension- Discussion
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7. Parajumbles

  • Official Thread Parajumbles-Concepts 
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  • Official Thread Parajumbles-PJ Repository
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  • Official Thread Parajumbles - Discussion
Thread Code - 7C

8. Paracompletion
  • Official Thread - Para Completion - Concepts
Thread Code - 8A

9. Algebra
  • Official Thread - Algebra - Concepts

12. Official Mocks Discussion

  • Official Thread - Discuss TIME Mocks
Thread Code 12A

  • Official Thread - Discuss CL Mocks
Thread Code 12B

  • Official Thread - Discuss IMS Mocks
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  • Official Thread - Discuss Test Funda Mocks
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  • Official Thread - Mock Score Repository
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13- Live Sessions -
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Saturday 7 April 2012

OMET Schedule

Session                                              Mentor            Date                          Timings                  Venue
Logical Reasoning (Basic)             Ankit Dikshit       Apr 8, 2012(Sun)      10:30 PM               OMET
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Thursday 5 April 2012

Wiki-Veer seeking to become MICA-Veer!! \m/


It started at the Hyderabad airport, I was searching for guys/chicks looking like MICAspirants. I remember some of the Hyderabadi's discussing 4th April. In my search for them, I got hungry and started searching for food instead, found KFC and incidentally (Yeah Right!) found @Ravi Teja with some guesswork ( Chicken Popcorn, Headphones and Alone). So we got started discussing things about MICA and soon we were at Ahmedabad, parted ways. I was lucky to have the hospitality of a friend and one of my relatives, night. Dreams of Success and Nightmares of failure made it difficult to sleep, but eventually I won over them. 

8:30 a.m MICA Ahmedabad. Realized I forgot my CAT scorecard, but wasn't much of an issue, thanks to Luv Thakur Sir. I was hungry, was thinking of ideas to sneak out for a bite when we were cut into groups for the GE.

GE: We were a Team of 6. 5 Engineer Boys and 1 BBA/BBM Girl. 2 of them Assertive, 2 Obedient and 2 Creative! We were asked to make a Bicycle Model for Middle Aged Women. We went on to conceptualize a Hybrid model with a bunch of features, it was called Heroine's Featherlite :D . I used some of my long-useless Engineering Drawing skills finally, it was satisfying... the experience.. but for being pegged back by your own team mates when asked to Summarize. 

Then we walked into the famous and boy o boy! didn't we like the place, some of them fell in love with it so much that had to have a nap before being called for the PI. Slotted 13 in Panel- 4, after a painfully boring 5 hours, meeting Sneha I walked into my the panel, smiling.

Technical Sir, Nice Mam, Really Nice Mam!

TS: So what does Mechatronics mean? I'm meeting a student from this background for the first time.

Me: Explained History, Definition and Blah Blah

TS: Explain the working of a Solenoid then.

Me: Sir, it slips my mind as it's been 3 years since I read about them and I've been doing a lot of other work (hoping for a diversion)

NM: Stop turning on that chair. Doesn't that noise irritate you?

Me: Apologies ma'am. I thought the noise was external :/

RNM: So you say you're a poet photographer and a musician here. Can you recite one of your works?

Me: I'm not a memory guy but if you want I could write one now, on anything that you ask.

RNM: What would you write on? *gives paper and pen*

Me: My experience so Far in MICA? *nods*

I walked in here, with confidence and apprehension,A sense of belonging, a few deja-vu clues,

*tell sir that I lost my footwear outside the audi*

Meanwhile, footwear lost, laughter and Tension,Didn't I'd be in here as me, but in someone else's shoes.

*Panel Laughs*

NM: Are you comfortable in these shoes?

Me: Yes mam, As long as I don't get caught. 

*More laughs, a few jokes, about how important it is to not get caught when you steal*

TS: So what do you think about Mom's making career decisions during inter and school days?

Me: They always look for the what's best for their children..blah blah... but they tend to fall prey for popular opinions...so on. *convinced*

TS: What is Global Warming?

Me: An ecological phenomenon, greenhouse gases.. blah blah...

*Grilled on the same* ** Substantiated**

RNM: So which specialization?

Me: I haven't zeroed in on one as I have parts that I like in each of the specialization that MICA has to offer and I believe I would have the time to make an informed choice, but if I had to pick one now. I'd say account managing/ planning as it has a higher % of creative aspect involved; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Panel : Sure. 

*See them, Discuss, Exchange expressions*

RNM: This picture really tells a story.. doesn't it?

Me: Yes. Mam. It's called The Fallen Flower and I based it on poem that I wrote which talks about the feelings of a flower if it were the last one.

Me: If you like it, you can keep in mam. Because they are postcards and it would be my pleasure to give them out to you. I feel it's a lovely but a dying tradition and wish to keep it alive.

TS: So how would you keep the traition alive?

Me: Sir, if you could tell your students how an aspirant had made a postcard of his picture and given it to you during an interview there's a good chance the tradition goes viral again.

REALLY NICE MAM!!: Since you've shown me work that I wouldn't have seen with my own eyes. Can you sign this for me please?

Love and Hope,Raghuveer Nishtala

RESULT : Listed for Consideration.
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Monday 2 April 2012

Tushar Sharma's XL Expereince

XLRI HRM interview-> (Very very bad :x)

GD-State of Indian agriculture - Why and How to improve?

(Dre were guys with 7 years of work-ex and maaried + guys wid 3 time XL reects, came to know it after GD so least bothered of them while GD)

-> Started d GD, actually jst read agriculture editorial yesterday and dat was too out of the box .. Was filled wid points dat even 1 hr was not enuf for dem..
Started wid we have 17% of world's population and we produce 17% of total food production, still one-third of our population do not get 2 meals a day..
Was knowing well abt malnourishment percentages in rural India, added to dat was knowing well abt world bank report on how 60% of food by PDS was not reaching d right person..
Brought very good points how Green revolution has curbed our Indian agriculture in long term.. dre is too much dependence on rice and wheat , while Millets of which we are the largest producer in world
and it used to be a major sorce of ovr energy in 1970's, its use is only done for animal fodder now...

unexpectedly my too much knowlegde advantage turned out against me..My urge to present the whole world of agriculture in dose 20 mins made me dominate the GD, which I was later informed by my peers... Dose last year XL rejects even 
pointed u shd not do as such in XL HRM GD.. I was filled wid guilt, was feeling like as if to leave PI and go home.. Badh main jaye XL ab.. Still maintained my compusure !!

PI-> 
I was knowing it dey won't be much interested in me.. So was not in a mood to give better interview..
R,M,L 
L- So tushar u are d first guy I met who did Xth at the age of 14.. Was dre parental pressure ?
Me- (kya observation hai yaar :O .. ab ya batana thori fudging hai, 1 saal badha di gyi hai birth date wld be wrong) No No sir, dre was no parental pressure.. I joined school early and my parents were quite supportive in dat.
L- So why u dropped after 12th ? I mean girlfriend or jee or oder family issues ?
Me- No sir, not a girlfriend case..Actually Sir i dropped coz I thought I deserved a second chance to try my hand in national exams.
L- So wat are u doing after graduation ?
Me- Sir few family issues.. And also I got placed in Birlasoft , bt my joining was deffered from Nov, 2011 to April, 2012.. And I was pretty clear of doing an MBA so I prepared for it in the mean time . .unfortunately I cldn't prove myself last time..

L- So u got shortlisted for IIM kashipur ?
Me- No sir I was not shortlisted..
L- So how is IIM kashipur ?
Me- Sir although a 200 acre campus is being alloted to it bt currently the classes are being held in a sugar factory.. And also accomodation of students is quite far from classes so
dey are facing a problem in commuting.. Although It wld develop as a good MBA colg in near future bt currently it is facing problems.
L- So dont u think u will face problems if u come to XLRI ?
Me-(wtf, y wld I :O) No sir relocation is not a big deal .. I can adapt to new places well and modify my requirements as per the availabilities ...

L- So tushar, wat is your favourite color ?
Me- Sir as I hail from uttranchal which is a lush green place wid lot of forests, So I love Green color..\

M- ok so if you have to chose director of IIM kashipur from among us , how wld u chose ?
Me- :numb:
M- take ur time and take a notepad and write points ..
Me(wrote for 2 mins bt any new point was not striking)
M- yeah so lets start
Me- Sir firstly I wld see the academic eligibility to fit into the role..Dan the past roles u held and how dey were performed.. Dan I wld also take into account the faculty feedback of the college u worked wid..
(I needed a innovative point desperately :x) 
Me- (for adding some innovation, did pagalpanti :x) Sir Dan I wld also give preference to a guy who is more acquainted wid d local area and have more knowledge abt its problems
R- oh so how wld u chose me dan ?
L- He is from ANDAMAN..
Me- (wtf :O) .. Sir obviously academics and past roles wld play a bigger role bt wat I mean is if dre are two guys at par, I wld choose d one more acquainted wid d region.(sigh)
R- (convinced)
R- wat are the fundamental duties ?
Me- Sir dre are 11 fundamental duties of which I remember like to abide by constitution, to achieve excellence in watever we do, to respect culture and regions and Arr..
R- So dese are the ones which u remember ?
Me- yes sir I remember only dese as of now..
R- tell me can police catch me if I do not follow dese ?
Me- No sir dese are jst directions to the people of this country and u can not be made accoutable for them. Dre are oder laws like criminal laws,civil laws etc. which cld be used to prosecute.
R- ok tell me before people use to smoke in trains , dan it was banned and now people are not allowed to even eat and drink in public places in metro.. Is it not infringemrnt of ovr rights ?
Me- Sir I as an individual believes dis world is a higly irrational place with no logics attached to it... Dre have to been some rules and directions given to people which serve the whole society.. Like in metro I myself saw today a man eating dre in morning, bt dats a public property and damaging dat or creating unnecessary disturbances
for oder people doesnt serve the society.. So dese laws are important and serve the society.

Now,
M- ok tushar design an expert system which will automatically select candidates dat fit into the role
Me-(wtf) Sir can I tell the parameters 
M- yeah tell the parameter and implement them
Me-(I was like implement in wat) i started wid keyword based approach that is also followed in us and uk .. we wld pic a keyword which describe our role and wld match wid d CV of d desired candidate.
M- implement it in Artificial Intelligence
Me-(wtf, how) Sir is it, A->★keyword★ , dis wld match the keyword wid d whole CV where ever it is sitated.
M- Else
Me- I wld take revenve per employee into account in past projects
M-implement using if - then.
Me- did bakwas ..
M- ok go !!
Me- Thanx sir ..
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Thursday 29 March 2012

GD/PI Experiences of Ankit Dikshit


Hi Friends,
After a long wait for around four years I could go to attend few of my dream colleges' GD/PI calls.. This year sure of doing an MBA I filled most of the colleges where I would have taken the admission and luckily got good number of opportunities in the form of GD/PI. Few of those experiences , I have shared here and will update other experiences soon. Hope, it would be interesting to read and learn.. 

XIMB

The story of XIMB was all about dreams, aspirations, honesty, grilling, poise, patience and perseverance.Venue: ISI, Lodhi Road, Neew DelhiSlot: 11 AMGroup: 7/8 MembersGD: 2 min to think, 7-8 min to discuss, WAT 5 min.GD Topic: “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
I was not first or second to contribute but I made strong points one of such points was ‘You walk, there is a risk, you travel, there is a risk, you breathe risk is still there. But not taking risk is the biggest risk.’ Quoted some examples of Alexander the Great, Chanakya, Shivaji. Put forward the point of calculated risk and to wait till storm in the sea poises. Overall decent in 7 min time :DPI: Went for 12-13 min.Three panelists. Two young dudes, who were comedy king and one uncle Sam, some tragedy type but very knowledgeable.  P1, P2, P3 respectively.P1: Why very low marks in grads?Ank: Sir, I contributed to other fields in parallel. P1 What kind? Ank: Sir, I launched a monthly magazine ‘LITC’. P2: Can you tell me how it was? Ank: Sir, if you allow can I present few issues here. P2: Sure!(I let him feel the touch, I started selling) We discussed the business model.P2: Do you know the girl on the front page of your magazineAnkit: No Sir. P1 then how did you print her. Ankit: Sir, it was on internet. P2: So, you can print like this?Ankit: Sir, no. There is a website which sells pictures. There are few pictures which have been used so many times that they make them free. I took it from there. :D (Shot!!)P3: Very Good!They also discussed about you are an ECE Engg, joined Media, thn IT and thn back to media… I justified this..P1: OK, Tell me how microwave oven works.  (the way I replied could be analyzed that he did not dare to ask another technical question :P )P3 (Daddy):  Why MBA?Ankit: I want to learn…..x P3 : don’t tell me the mugged up answers. I need your reason to do an MBA!Ank: Sir, the magazine in front of you, worked really well in Meerut. But when I tried to replicate it, I could not do that. So, I want to develop a business system which could be replicated. And only an MBA can take me that way.P3: So, what are your future plans, ankit?Ankit: I discussed my b-plan in detail, related to rural management and marketing.P3: It is a beautiful plan. I don’t think you need any MBA. Believe me, you are awesome and you really don’t need any MBA.Ank: Sir, as I told you replication is the reason. If I could do that, I would have done it long back in 2007.P3: But, you can earn millions in these two yearsAnk: It’s not about money, sir.P3: If it is not about money than either you are a fool or a liar.Ank: I firmly believe, if I create value to the society money will follow me. I do not want to work for money, I want money to work for me. And if money would matter to me, I would not have left IT where money is supreme.P3: Very Good. I like the spirit.P2: CAT Score? XAT Score? Why so low XAT Score? (Smiling)Ank:  (broke the series of smiles and Grinned) I really don’t know sir, how it happened :DP1: What other calls you have from CAT?Ank: Fore, IMT G. P1: You did not fill MDI and you preferred XIMB? Why?Ankit: Sir, I am after XIMB for last 2 years. I could not attend the call in 2010 and see; the destiny finally took me in front of you again. It was written, sir.P1: Did you fill RM? Ank: No, sir. P1: And you filled PGDM and HRM. What is your pref?Ankit: I am comfortable to either. I believe both add value to the organization.Panel: OK, ankit. It was nice meeting you. You may leave now.Ankit: Thank you sirs. Same here. Thanks for your time.  IMISlept at 2:30 at night and woke up at 6. Reached IMI at 9 and they started with the ppt part. They said that you have reached here and CAT score will not have any value from now on, you all are equal here. I immediately asked ‘Sir, if such is the case, then why you asked us to fill our CAT score on the IMI form’ As expected I got a void answer.Then they started with an Essay: ‘Global Warming is an inevitable consequence of Economic Development’ 20 minutes. I would say my attempt had a good start and a perfect blend of data and opinion with a streamlined flow. :satisfied:Next was a 15minute Psychometric Test followed by document verification.Then came the role of perseverance. It took another 5-6 hours to get in front of panel (being #13 with an avg PI time of 25-30 min and 1 hour lunch break). It started headache, Mudit, student co-ordinator of the day was very helpful and arranged coffee and disprin, thanks man!!PI: There were two people 1- Dr Himadri (Dean, Academics) 2- A lady faculty. They asked approximately everything.  Timings: around 25 minutes.H: So, you have to wait for so long.Me: It’s ok sir. You were doing a very important task and future of many aspirants like me depends upon this only. I believe this was worth investing.H: He started with my 1st job, and then he came to discuss my life and project at Infy. Unexpectedly, he knew much about Business Intelligence. He asked many questions on it. Then we switched to my present job, discussed approximately everything on it.  Then he asked me to speak about my band Tatva (later I come to know it was an extempore: P, I spoke well: D).He asked the capital of Manipur, I don’t know why I said Agartala, he immediately asked and Tripura?Me: Sir, its Agartala. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar, Nagaland Kohima, Assam Dispur and I told him all other capital-state of NE.H: So, you did not know only Manipur!Me: Co-incidence, sir. :DH: What is Euro Crisis.Me: I started explaining. But was not much comfortable and I honestly said, sir I mugged it up.H: So, what you have not mugged up.Me: Sir, you can discuss WTO, Iran, Middle East, History of India, China etc.H: Tell me no. of constituency in Meerut? Who was last selected from Meerut? What are your projections?Me: (Took little time for second question) but explained the projections on the basis of past and demographics.H: What about UP Polls?Me: (I watched TV in the afternoon, so new how SP was heading and spoke well, SP was leading by then by 198 seats)H: So, how SP will make it to 202+? Will it take help from congress?Me: I don’t think so. This is a small gap and could be filled by neutral candidates.H: Will Ajit Singh support him?Me: As per past record Ajit Singh can support because state politics has importance. But, congress has played a good game and made him an aviation minister. May be this was meant for this day, only :DL: What are recent trends in advertising?Me: I discussed about internet, direct marketing by FB, google ads  etc.L: As you know advertising is an unethical field. Even you people insert your newspaper in TOI, HT and people think that your newspaper is a part of these newspapers. So what is your take on it?Me: Madam, we have no where mentioned that we are part of them. Even, we explicitly said that they are our competitors.  And we pay the hawkers for insertion. Even, if it would be anywhere unethical, then these newspapers would have sued us in court.L: What is this OMET?Me: I discussed about the principle of ‘Divide and Conquer’. How this idea came into my mind. What we are doing these days on it? What are our future plans.L: You have mentioned that networking sometimes turned to be negative for you, how?Me: Mam, I spend more than desired time on it which I think I should work on.L: What other social networking sites you visit.Me: Mam, Orkut is an old story now. I sometimes visit Linkedin.L: How many friends you have on both?Me: Linkedin 300 around. FB 1750+.L: 1750? Where do you heard about IMI?Me: I told her two sources.I could not answer the following questions: Governor of UP, Commerce Minister. but I replied to who was and is Telecom Minister, HRD, Governor of RBI, President of Mauritius.--over-- 

DSE (MHROD/MIB)

 Mar 7, 2012. 11 am slotIt started with a very casual form filling and document verification session. Then we were a group of 9 people queued for a GD.It started with a round of introduction of each member.Topic:  ‘Foreign aid is dangerous drugs that can be stimulate in small dozes but become fatally addicted in larger dozes.’It took more than 2 minutes to write and understand what topic is. Somebody started with FDI, FII and the discussion went on. We also discussed about Greece and Euro Crisis. But the discussion was more focused towards FDI/FII rather on foreign aids which I believe was a blunder. It was a fish market and I also shouted like a dog as others were doing :P.PI: Started after lunch break. Went for around 9 min. There were three people in the panel:  a lady, and to other professors. P1 – Please have a seat and tell me about yourself.Ank: blablabla ‘LITC’P1 – What is LITC all about?Ank: explained.P1: so, is it working now. Ank: No, Sir.P1: So, it is ‘Dead in the city’? : )Ank: Creative name sir!P1: What do you mean by business?Ank: It is a system built for creating values.P1: I am here and creating value. Am I into business?Ank: Sir, you are employed. Business is a function which ideally should not be human dependent but system dependent.L1: Which course MIB/MHROD?Ank: Sir, I am comfortable with either. But if you ask about my preference, as I have inclination towards marketing so I will prefer MIB.L1: But both the courses are different and require different traits.Ank: It’s about flexibility. Both could be learned and are required for a business to grow.P1: What is HR?Ank: Sir, human resource….P1: But how can you call human a resource?Ank: Sir, anything which is used to get a desired output is a resource. So, are the humans. And as I have worked with Infosys, even their client and our managers use to call us resources. Human is the only resource ….. 'Human is the only resource which, if motivated and appreciated, can give more than its 100%. I understand people's emotion and my past experience while working in team says that I can do well as a HR. Though my marketing exposure and experience says that I have inclination towards itP1: So, you are not employed now?Ank: I work with blablabla..P2: In stock market on what factors does stocks price can go lower.Ank:  1- Sir, if a business system is not working as per the their expectations stock price may go down.2- Even due to govt policies and other external factors e.g. Decisions regarding  FDI in Retail witnessed change in stocks prices of Retail Players like Pantaloons, Vishal MM etc.P1: Do you invest?Ank: No, Sir (lie ;) )P1: I advice you do not go into it.Ank: OK.L1 again asked the preference and I repeated the answer. 

Nirma WAT/PI Expereince

Mar 19, 2012, DelhiSlept late, woke up ultra-late.. subah aawaaz suni.. tum gaye nahi? I thought, it’s already 9 or 10. I even checked the result of IRMA in the morning (ki aa gaya hoga to nahi jaunga :P )But Twas 7. Reporting time was 8:45 and it takes 90 minutes (min) to reach to the venue. To add, I did not have either the print out of the form or passport size photograph. Could not find my clothes even (LoL) but somehow I managed to leave home by 7:45. On my way, metro got stuck for 15 minutes and added flavors to the delay.So, reached venue at 9:20., when they have already started the WAT at 9. Came to know there are 5-6 more people who came late, sigh of relief and they finally allowed us to take WAT (Remember I still don’t have photographs or form).WAT, Essay (500 words) Topic: Globalization, a necessary evil.So, after this I rushed for the print out and photograph part. PI number was 7, so managed that.  PI Panel 3, 3 panelist (Tom = Work Ex Question Bank, Dick = ‘bhadhe ka tattu type’ (aisa lag raha tha pan wala bitha diya he), Harry = seems to be a Prof at Nirma and a very sensible and genuine person)T: (asked about my first co., then Infy and thn latest co.)D: (he asked software development cycle, kind of C*** puzzle like how as a client I will choose your IT Co. I gave several answers but he got satisfied with Quality. He asked how we check this I said CMM, 6-Sigma, He started grilling on this. Then He started talking about in how many ways can you do advertisement on FB, told him)H: Asked about my band, what a rock is, types of guitars, guitar’s mechanism and technology (I described everything well) Then he asked few more question which I don’t remember and said thank you.Me: Sir, we had really good conversation in last 10 minutes. If you allow me I would like to show you few of my works which I did as an entrepreneur.H: Sure, we would love to.Me: Thank you sir, I think touch speaks a different language.H: You are right. It is doing actually. You know this is the best part in last 12 minutes.D: (in Hindi) ye tumhari he? Bahut professional lag rahi he.H:  He is a printer of that magazine ( and I knew that this Harry was a prof at MICA :D just recalled that)Me: Sir, I am a professional.T: (in Hindi) itne ads kaha se le aaye bhai?Me (in Hindi) Sir, marketing ki he.. sales team bahut strong banai thi.T: Ye ad kitne ka he?Me: Sir, barter he.H: It’s good, why don’t you join our entrepreneurship and family business?Me:  Sir, I have long term plan for entrepreneurship. I want industrial exposure as a manager for few more years, after my MBA.H: Our course is eligible for people who have family business.Me: Sir, I am a first generation entrepreneur, so, I think I won’t be eligible to that course.H: By the way, Can I take this magazine as I think we should show our management the potential aspirants coming to NIRMA. But but but, that does not mean that you will consider yourself as selected.Me: I am open for any decision you make, sir.H: What other calls you have?(told)D: Which calls will you prefer, if you get all convertedMe: Sir, it’s too premature to judge. I should not count my chicken before they hatch.D: Take 20, 30, 60 seconds to think and reply.Me: I will join TISS Sir.H: So, you want to do in HR?Me: Sir, I think HR or Marketing both serves an organization and I am comfortable to learn either.H: OK, Ankit. Thank you. It was pleasure meeting you.Me: Same here sir, thanks for your time. 

IIT M

IIT M, Mar 9, 2012, 8 am slot, at IIT D, New Delhi.Most of us would not deny the fact that we have tried hard to clear JEE to get into IITs. Today morning, I visited IIT D campus after a very long time. Was sleepy but zephyr was speaking to me. I had wonderful feeling of going to visit an IIT for a final round of selection.It was the first day for GT PI process for IIT M and the people out there were more excited than we were. Wonderful people (prof (around 5-6 in number and students), full of smiles and energy.They divided the whole group into two parts and further into sub-groups of 6 each. We went for PI round first. I was really sleepy as slept hardly for 4 hours this stolen my energy to speak, aggressively. But this worked :D as Tamil people are really simple and peace loving. So, this added to my personality and I presented myself as a calm and cool fellow. ;) All people in my group were grilled on technical questions, as I said, I was lucky. Nothing technical (technical ki wajah se darra hua tha thodha)PIDuration: 11-12 minutes (wrt average PI time of 20 minutes)Panel: 2 people one lady and other Prof Ganesh LSL: Tell me something about you and your family which is not mentioned in the form. Tell something so that we can know you more.Me: Ma’am I am Ankit Dikshit. Blessed with God’s Gift in the form of a different structure of my hand.  I consider it as gift because due to this I am blessed and talented person. I would never be able to play guitar in my life with this zeal as putting my fingers of left hand on guitar was not possible and hence I thought differently and started strumming it with the left hand. Now, it’s been 10-12 years with the instrument and I am still in love with it. (I also told her about my family and how we were brought up and what I culture except the surname family has injected into me and how I am following them and ended this answer with.) We are the happy and peaceful people.L: You have done exceptionally well in your 10th and 12th but graduation marks is not that good.Me: (I gave reason of relative score, my involvement in extracurricular activity. The wrong thing which I said was ‘ I tried to balance’ and she asked what do mean by balancing? Are you sure you were able to manage the balance. I said no ma’m I was always inclined towards managing things and hence I kept myself busy in the field which keeps me busy and happy and I added) Madam, but I promise you, if you give me chance to study at DOMS IIT M then I will keep my academics strongest as management is something which steals my interest.PGLS: Why you want to do an MBA? And what you expect to learn from MBA?Me: I gave him the reason f doing business and how business can be expanded by using an MBA exposure. I also gave many points on learning.PGLS: But you can go for some entrepreneurship programme.Me: Sir, I have inclination towards management and want to learn, as much as I can, from all other management streams. I also want some exposure before starting my own venture 3-4 years down the line. So, MBA (General) will be my preference.PGLS:  (Asked me about my magazine LITC and about my current work experience and job responsibilities and then we discussed about my event handling capabilities and then we come to the band part)PGLS: So, what you band plays?Me: We were an Indi-Rock band.PGLS:  Do you play songs in Hindi?Me: Sir, Music in itself is a language. So, we are audience dependent. Most of our performances were Hindi oriented, though. PGLS: Do you play Western as well?Me: Yes, sir, We have played bands like Greenday, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, GnR etc..L: Do you know  or heard about Prof Ganesh on internet or somewhere? (Prof smiling and denying (may be he had some gut feeling that isko kaise pata hoga)Me: Mam, I have never heard about him. But, I am sure he has a strong music background. (both laughed and I could see spark in Prof’s eyes)PGLS: (Looking towards his fellow prof..) OK Ankit Thank you.Me: Sir, I you would allow me I would like to bring in front of you the works I have done in print media.PGLS: On sure, my pleasure.(I put LITC on their desks)Me: (While these fellows were going through my magazines I started describing my b-plan which is related to micro media and social entrepreneurship and I also said.. ) Sir, I believe that touch could be better felt than words. And hence I put this in front of you. I am a dedicated person and willingly interested to learn from you in IIT-M and if you give me a chance, I assure you, I won’t let you down.PGLS: It’s a wonderful work my friend. Thank you.Me: Thanks for your time and patience sir, mam.GT Topic: ‘You are a member of a team of senior executives of n FMCG co. Your company is facing major attrition problem and most of the people are leaving in their first year of joining. It is a difficult time for the company and you are required to maintain profitability of the co with lower attrition rate. Discuss how you can get twice amount of money as compare to their salary from each employee where each of them has undergone for a mandatory training of 3 months.’6 people, 15 minutes of cool discussion. No fish market (topic hi aisa tha).I took it more as a role play rather taking it just a case study.A wonderful start and put more points and behaved liked the CEOs of billion $ companies do.Over all IIT-M was a wonderful experience. Happy!Ooops.. I forgot to add the major part.. Prof asked me.. suppose you are performing live and a person from crowd comes and get on stage and kiss you hard on your mouth. I spoke something..Prof.. The person is done with it in front of thousands of people.. What will be your very next response. Me: Sir, I will behave how rock stars behave. I will smile and hold the mic and will say 'This is people's love for me which take you here right next to me.' Prof smiled and said what if the person is a girl. Me: Sir, I knew that you are going to ask this ( :D ) Sir, I will behave in the similar manner. They are my fans and like doctors, engineers and others fans also don't have genders. Prof- Very good. You know this has happened with me. And I behaved somehow what you said!   

 IIT Kgp, VGSOM

IIT Kgp, 2:15 PM Slot, at IIFT, New Delhi.Ppt, GD & PI in that order.The feeling while attending the last call of the season could be related  to the feelings of  Alexander the Great before conquering his last territory (though he would not have been known that it’s his last, but I was lucky to know and feel that).  Woke up at 12 and reached there at 2:30. Without suit, just in simple formals, I entered the hall in between the ppt and settled and participated well in the questionnaire. Most of the questions were related to entrepreneurship cell etc.GD: The most  ‘faadu’ GD Topic/Case Study. Twas on 3D Printing and after a 10 sec pin drop silence on of the guy dared to start on it. I showed a :thumbs up: sign to him. It was a good discussion.5 minutes to think, 12-15 min to speak, 5 minutes to write the summary of the discussion.PI:Interesting one! The person before me was inside for 25 minutes. They kept me inside for  just 4-5 minutes! :OTwo Prof 1- Prof G(G), Prof C ( C ), Me (A)C welcomed me on door and asked me to get inside. I kept standing until they asked me to sit. JG- Sit down Ankit.G- Ankit, what are your calls and arrange them as per your preferences.A - (This was always the last question, how could it be the first :O, anyways) Sir, IIT Kgp, XIMB, IMT G, TISS, IRMA in that order. I got final calls from IMT & IRMA.G-  So, why IIT Kgp at the top?Me- Sir, because it gives me freedom for General Management & we have a robust entrepreneurship cell in the campus.G- why not IMT G thn?Me- It stands nowhere in front of the brand IIT.G- You left Infosys and joined a Micro Advertising Firm! You know few years back I have also left Tata Technologies and my office was also in front of your office. And even I can recognize your face, I have seen you loitering in Lemon Tree.Me- May be sir, I was a regular visitor there.G- You know why I became a professor and left Tata? Because money is not everything and peace is what I wanted.Me- And sir satisfaction!G- Yes of course! And you know very few men have audacity to leave that job and world. I can see myself in you. Very Good! Ankit, the profile you have is excellent and believe me during any admission season, this happens very rare to see the profile like yours. I am ready to take you, just answer my only question, why you scored so less in graduation? Padhai Nahi Ki Thi?Me- Sir, padhai ki thi. But, I engaged  myself in extracurricular activities.G- You have not even scored I-Division!Me- Sir,  as per my university norm 60+ means I division.G- (To Prof C and me) Please check his certificates.I opened the file and Living in the City’s copy was atop, inside.C (the only word he spoke after checking each and every certificate, newspaper cuttings etc) Very Good, Ankit.G- Is it the same magazine you wrote about?Me- Yes SirG- (he asked for the copy)Me- Sir, I understand that I my grads marks do not reflect my inclination towards technical subject. But, I assure you that if you give me a chance I will remain in the toppers club of VJSOM.G- You guarantee this?Me- Yes sir. 100% Guarantee. A chance, I deserve.G- We, at IIT are very much concern for academics. You know I understand that you should do well in your extracurricular but not by keeping your acads on stake. OK, I am giving you a chance. I am clicking your picture in my mind and be careful that once you enter into IIT Kgp, you should take care of everything with acads as prominent. OK, What if you could not made to that guarantee word?Me- Sir, you can kick my ass out of VJSOM, whenever you like.G (he laughed)Me- Sir,  I have proved that whatever interests me, I can do well. Take examples of my 10th, 12th or CAT %ile.G- Yes, CAT %ile of 96.9 speaks your bloody passion.Me- And sir, management is something I have dreamed for and I am living for. And hence I am sure I will do my best in it.G- You need not to explain your interest in management. You profile, personality speak what management mean to you. And I can see the spark for it in your eyes.G- Are you sure you will join IIT Kgp and it is your first preference?Me- Yes sir, absolutely.G- Start packing your begs and welcome to VJSOM. You can leave now and don’t speak to the fellows waiting outside for your narration.Me- Yes sir, sure sir. Thank you sir . Thanks for your time.     


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