Well, I've been late in posting my Glakes GDPI experience. Here it is ...
Date- 15.02.2008
Venue- Andheri Recreation Club, Mumbai.
Time- 0800 hrs.
It was a relief kind of GDPI after the Machchi bazar IMT GDPI.
The GD started at sharp 0800 hrs.
GD:
10 participants , all present. The panel consisted of Capt. Yadav from Seaarland Shipping and another Unknown Sir. To assist them a current student was coordinating the GD formalities. The Student explained us the rules and told how the GD would progress.
Topic given - Aha !!! it was a case study...
The case was about employess of a software firm living in tier 2 city in TAmilnadu complaining that they were not getting equivalent remuneration and career growth as compared to their conterparts in Mumbai office of the same firm.
What should the firm do? Is the demand of employees in TN justifiable?
The initiator was a very smart fellow ( I think the name was Naidu). He gave us a very good start and the GD continued in smooth manner. I did a small goofup wherein I was pointed out by Panelists that I was not listening to my team members in GD. From that point I knew I had to crack it big time otherwise it was a lost game. I made it a point that now I would do the max talking . I noted down all the salient points being discussed and then tried to make an interim summary and quoted explicitly that " Sir I was intently listening to my friend X who talked about point Y and I think even Z's point Q was quite worthy for a thought." I wanted to make an impression that I am not a bad Listener. That helped me in breaking ice and I think my GD performance was good ( Atleast not bad) overall.
PI:
3 panelists,
p1- professor 1, this fellow was around 40-45 , slightly bald and seemed to very strict.
p2- prof 2 , an old and jolly kind of fellow...
L- only lady ( i think she was one of the current student, though not sure about this)
M- poor me!!!!
They read my profile for 5 minutes before calling me in .When I entered room, the jolly old guy stood up to greet me. That reminded me of Capt. Vaz in old MMD ( he did same thing in my 1st orals for 2nd Mate- He had failed me in all 3 functions). Well, coming back to the PI, I greeted everyone.
P2- So you are a merchant navy officer?
M- yes sir ...
P2- Ok , age old question for you.....Why did you join Merchant Navy?
M- I am fool , I am fool.....I was not ready for this. Ye question to Chanakya mein Placements mein poochhte the ( uth jaag musafir bhor bhayi...GMD)
Framed an answer on the spot and they seemed to be convinced.
P2- So now after 5 years in your shipping carrer you seem to be disillusioned with your Uniform...eh?
M- Well sir , that is a general perception. I have got a different opinion about my switchover to Corporate career and I would like to share the same with you sir .....
P2- please go ahead and enlighten us dear...
M- All blah blah of Why MBA.....( I left a cue for the next question...)
P2- hmm....nice reasons...What's your long term goal ?
M- Big funday, answered very energetically..... P2 stopped smiling ...L started smiling...
L- Well then how come an MBA help you in your Consultancy firm...You must leave shipping only after your Master'S License.
M- Gave nice reasoning....
L- Well in that case you won't need our placements ?
M- Ma'am I told that It's my long term goal and I would embark on to this only after some years in Corporate career.
L- Wat's your Dream Company?
M- I would love to work for a shipping company in a strategic profile handling operations and logistics of the firm .
L- Can you name anyone company ...
M- yes ma'am ...Maersk is there, P&O Nedlloyd, Stolt Tankers, Shell....
L- impressed by the answer ...smiling ....
P2- Ok you seem to be a weak person ......u r sensitive .....tell me an incident where your sensitivity was ....hmmm hurt ? ( ye kidhar se aayaa bhai ? this was surely to push me into the corner)
M- This was like deathknel....I was completeley lost ....what did he just say ? why did he ?ok .....the answer , I have to answer .....( i took atleast 20 seconds to start.....kasam se)
Blabbered an incident which i created impromptu...( here my throat went dry and my tongue literally started sticking.....shit!!!! I did not wan it to slip it out of my hand....I asked for a glass of water and they guided me to it )
P1 - Lets talk something about acads? ( this man made a late entry but was a real knowledgable and stern kind of person)
M- Sure sir...
P1- you seem to be a Maths Guy...Aryabhatta hmm....Maths Olympiad....? MAy I ask something from Maths?
M- Sir I would try my best to answer your questions.
P1- Wat is fav topic in Maths?
M- Sir , during my preparation for IIT JEE the fav topics used to Calculus, Graphs and Co-ordinate geometry. But since I have been away from it for a long time , i.e. around 8 years, you may find me uncomfortable with some typical questions in these areas.
P1- hmm....smart...!!!! chalo .....tell me something about Logarithms.....
M- mustered up whatever I cud ...
P1- Hmm....tell me something about someone who told total angle in a triangle is 180 deg.
M- Sir the name was Euclid, he was a Greek mathematician .....
P1- Ok, tell me something about a mathematician who died young in 20th century....
M- Sir, I would like to guess.....
P1 -go ahead
M- Srinivasa Ramanujam? ( I was confident but not100% sure)
P1- hmmm......ok ....What did he do for Maths ?
M- Sir He was in ......Cambridge.....and his guide's name was .........Prof. Hardy....And he did lots of contributions for maths ....he died at very young age because of ....tuberculosis....
P1- I asked you , what did he do for maths...?
M- Sorry sir , I don't have much idea of his academic accomplishemtns , just a general knowledge about him ...
( everyone was smiling .....)
L - I seee that this Mr. Vikas Pandey is all gaga about you in his recommendation letter , also the captain ....Sumanth ....right ......so what does mr . Vikas say to you .....after getting into IIM from shipping ?
M- Gave a beautiful answer .....
P1 - have u studied statistics in grads ?
M- no sir , it was during my school .....
P1 - ok what do you read in non - fiction .....( mind you ....i had written that i love Fiction novels)
M- Sir I like to read fiction novels , and i cover non fictional articles given in news and magazines .....
P1- you don't like Non- fiction ...?
M- sir I didn't say that , I said I read non-fictional articles given in Magazines , but never tried to read a whole book ....
P1 - who is your business idol?
M- Sir Dr. Narayan Murthy ( i had prepared it very well)
P1- what do you know about him ?
M- gave his full profile given in wikipedia....
P1- hmmm.......do you know the valuation of infosys when he shifted his base from pune to bangalore ?
M- sorry sir .....
P1, p2 and L together started lecturing and discussing about Mr. Infymurthy.....
L- ok tell me mr. narayan murthy embarked onto software growth , likewise what is going to be the field going to grow like software?
M- hmmm....Ma'am nanotechnology , .....
p1- what about ethanol?
M- sir I have read about it a lot while i went thru the global warming thing wherein it was said that ethanol is being used as alternative fuel and it will replace crude oil and hence its importnace in coming years ....
P1- ok i'm done ....( smiling ) you people want to ask any question ?
L- yes ....hmm....tell me the growth rate in logistics sector last year in india ....
M- Sorry maa'am , I don't know about this .....( jaaate jaate maar li meri )
L- that wud be all mr. Sinha....you may carry on ...
Thankyou Ma'am , thankyou sirs .....Have a good day ....
So that was all , the gd was ok and Pi was quite unpredictable kind of....
But I was lucky that I got through in main list of admits......Thanks to evryone who helped me.
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