IIMI Interviews

It was held in People Education Society(PESIT) campus, Bangalore. We were again split into 10 per batch.

Case Study discussion:

The case for the day was about a clash in management styles. A young MBA in the marketing team closes two important deals but with crucial deadlines. The Operations team is headed by a senior person who always thinks long term and fears he would have to compromise on quality if he had to work with such deadlines. There comes the clash of egos and the production manager escalates the issue to the chairman and recommends for the young fellow's transfer.

I made decent contributions overall. Cases are my forte and let me skip the points.

Interview: Indore is known for its mimicking of IIMA. Right from the Data forms to the cases to the drilling in acads, they just love doing it the Latter's way. Mine lasted about 25 mins. There were two people, a lady about 45 and a techie guy about 30.

1. The lady started of with the cliched tell me about yourself.

2. What are your interests?

me: I started off with my favourite, gaming, graphic designing. Talked about team gaming back in college. My contributions during college fests and symposiums. { I had developed my department's wensite too.}

3. So you have your own website?

me: Of course mam. I had developed one during college but never hosted it. Then the emergence of freewebs and blogs made it simpler.

4. what is its address?

me: She noted it down as if she s definitely gonna see it. { Got lot of work to do now :) }

5. What books do you read?

me: I prefer self-improvement, science and non-fictions. I rarely buy some famous fictions suggested by my friends.

6. What was the recent non-fiction you read?

me: The world is Flat by Thomas Friedman

The interview went similar to IIMK. But much more deaper. Thank God I had done my homework after last interview. Was able to give a clear picture about Globalization, Glocalization, flatteners etc. I steared it into Stiglitz's views on TRIPS/pharmaceuticals etc.

7. What is a patent? How is it different from IPR?

me: Answered. Also mentioned that India had only process patents. I said i Wasn't sure product patents has been implemented in India or not. She mentioned it has been implemented recently.

8. How do you think product patents will affect Indian Pharma companies?

me: I said the basic business models of Indian pharma like Ranbaxy. How it exploits expired patents and cash-in on cost advantages.

8. What else do you do in free time?

me: Hope she was looking for movies and music stuff. Said i watch movies of all genre. I am a die hard fan of steven spielberg. I Also mentioned that i have the full collection of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and watch it often.

9. What was the latest movie you saw?

me: Blood Diamond.

10. What does it mean?

me: It is also called as war diamonds/conflict diamonds. The movie brings to light the illegal diamond smuggling in some of the crisis ridden countries of Africa and how it is used to fund the war in the region. Sierra Leone, Angola, congo are some of the countries linked with it. I also mentioned about the links with Liberia, Kimberley and Europe.

11. Who were the cast?

me: Di caprio and Connely. Not sure about the african.

12. What is the next big thing almost similar to diamonds? It is also called a Blood something.

me: I was clueless. Guessed it could be Ivory since there is lot of poaching. Also said oil could be another but not as much as middle east. Its found only in gabon.

She said Ivory was a good guess. But its cocoa. Blood choclolates was the answer. { Gosh she knew everthing i brought up }

{Over to the techie} :((

13. Ok we'll start with electronic devices. Tell me how potential energy is converted to kinetic energy in an electronics device.

me: I started of with a diode and later realised i couldn't pluck anything with that. Then decided to use a simple voltage source to explain how it has potential energy. Basic law from eletrostatics. Then how its is converted to kinetic energy when the terminals are shorted or a network is connected to the source.

14. Have you done soldering? what is it made of?

me: Said i had done during a mini project in first year. It had 50% Tin but forgot the other half. { It was lead }.

15. Why is tin used?

me: Said because it binds easily with copper.

16. Is it just binding? There is something else.

me: Not sure sir { of course it was its low melting point.}

17. I will give you pure iron, copper and aluminium. Which of these transfers heat faster?

me: { Material science sucks }. I said I had forgotten the physical properties of metals. There must be some coefficient for that. Tried explaining how heat is actually transfered through collision and constant emission and absorption of EMW by atoms in conduction band.

18. It was a simple GK question. you have complicated it.

me: smiles

19. What is a microprocessor?

me: Phew at last . Blasted off with all i knew about uP an uC. Said I had done two projects in uC itself.

20. What is MRI?

me: Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

21. Thats it? How does it work? Why some people are adviced not to go for it?

me: Said I haven't read about it anywhere. It is used for brain scans and tumours.

22. You have got an 'A' in Medical electronics and you say you haven't read about it???

me: ( poor me. we definitely didn't study that. but when i said that he gave a harsh reply that he knew evertything in AU syllabi. :((( }

23. Explain microwaves using some application.

me: Talked about the obvious microwave oven. Its functioning. How water molecules are oxidised. Why we cannot heat food without water content. Caution to be taken while heating pure water etc etc.

24. This anybody using oven will know. What do you know as an engineer from a premier institute Sir?

me: { great insult } I described the freq range. Its uses in communication. Adv: Directivity and high energy. Disadv: Multipath fading etc. { I forgot to mention the whole concept of waveguides and applications. may be he was expecting it }

25. Thank you. Do you have any questions?

me: I had already got up and collected my file. So decided to leave peacefully. :)))

Lesson learnt:

1. Acads, acads, acads.{ Why didn't I give CAT back in college.}

2. I was saved only because the interview focussed on my interests. If it were to be current affairs i am royally screwed.