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Aashish Soni

Hi everyone,

Name:- AASHISH SONI

Reg. No. : MM09-11101

Div .: SBS Finance -I

Institute: (BIMM)

Academic year: 2009-2011

Specialization: Finance.

Campus Placement Probably the most compelling reason for most us to join an

institute to pursue our higher studies. To be frank this reason was not that

compelling for me. I was in a dilemma after completing my graduation whether

to go for MBA/PGDM or go back to home and join family business. I decided to

go for PGDM. Reason behind joining BIMM was to become a better person in all

aspects than what I was at that point of time. So as everyone else of 09-11

batch of BIMM & BIIB, I joined on 8th June 2009 and the journey of turning

“Unturned Stone” begins.

The days spent at SBS were full of fun and lots of learning, which would always

remain with me throughout my life. Learning is a never ending process in one`s

life, you get experience during the process and you develop skills after

completing the process. One of the best things I learned in SBS is patience and

self motivation. Friends MBA is all about self learning, it's about how you could

learn by yourself, do not depend too much on others. Those 2 years passed

very quickly and in between those two years I made my decision to build my

career in corporate world.

Coming to the point I had to sit for 3 companies before I got placed. Currently I

am working with a leading bank in the country. Every company where I didn`t

get place, taught me something or the other. The first company “A” was a

leading company in SAP implementation, the recruitment process was divided in

4 parts,

a) Aptitude test.

b) Written test on SAP (FICO).

c) GD

d) PI


I cleared both the written test and headed for GD, we were given a case study “

A company had only one residential quarter and 5 candidates for that quarter.

1. A handicapped employee,

2. An employee working with the company for last 20 years.

3. A new comer.

4. The best performer of the year.

5. Relative of a politician”

Question was who should get the quarter and why?

The Group discussion went very good everyone presented expressed their

choice along with the justification and so did I, but I made a mistake, which I

realized after coming out of the room, I said something against the company

while talking about the CSR, and you can guess what would have happened

after that. I was out of the race for that company. Never mind it was my first

company and as you all would be familiar with a dialogue from Dabbang “There

is always a first time and there is always a next time, so next time.” I posted it

as my FB status. All this happened in the month of Sep 2010.

Learning: - Think before you say, let your thoughts go through the mind before

you go for expressing it. Be specific, speak within the scope of topic and do not

say anything if it does not make sense to you.

Second company “B”, a mid size IT Company, came to our campus in December

for SAP (FICO) profile. Process was

a) Written test

b) GD

c) PI

I cleared the written test and by god`s grace I was able to clear the GD round

also. A strange thing happened in GD, the facilitators took our PI in the GD

itself. They asked around 2-3 questions to each one of us and asked us to wait

for the results. The company did not disclose about the package they were

offering till GD. They declared the result along with the package they were

offering to us. Unfortunately the package offered was below my expectation, so

I went inside and talked to HR and politely declined the offer because of some

personal issues.

Learning: - Know your worth and do not sit for a company if you are not

satisfied with the package they are offering. Please ask about the break up very

politely at the time of pre-placement talk. CTC is a vague term.


Days, weeks and months passed by, most of my colleague were placed but I

was not worried, I was enjoying the prolonged internal exams (Oct to Jan) and

I was not worried at all, I had a gut feeling that I will be placed, if not in Feb

then in March, if not in march then in April but I knew I was employable.

In January we were informed that there will be 2 companies coming to our

campus on same day but later we came to know that we have to go to some

other institute for the process. I started preparing myself for both the

companies. Since both the companies were from banking industry I brushed up

the concept and latest development in the banking industry.

We all (all shortlisted candidates) were eagerly waiting for the company and

finally the Judgment day came and we went for the process to an Institute

situated in vicinity of our collage. Most of us (from SBS Finance-I) had cleared

the written test and then we got a call from placement coordinator that 2nd

bank will be in the campus within 45 minutes and all the candidate who were

shortlisted for 2nd company were instructed to leave the process and reach the

institute as soon as possible. I along with the other short listed candidates

reached there at institute and we waited for a while before the officials from the

company came in the PPT room for pre-placement talk. We were offered a

pretty good profile, decent package and a fancy designation. I was the first one

to go in for interview. So there I was in the interview room facing 3 top guns of

the organization each being head of their dept.

Q:-1. Introduce yourself. (A common question asked by almost every

interviewer and answer to this particular question decides your chance of

getting that job).

Q:-2 Why did you chose finance as your specialization?

Ans: - Sir, I had an inclination towards finance since childhood, and being a

marwardi finance is something which I feel I am good at.

Q-3 Why banking?

Ans:-Sir, I am interested in working in financial sector and banking is the

“Mother of Financial Sector”. This is the best option available for someone who

wants to contribute towards the growth of organization and there by

contributing towards the growth of nation.

Q-4 Questions regarding My Summer Internship.

Q-5 Questions regarding various aspects of banking and their conceptual

understanding.


Q-6 Question regarding latest development in Banking.(Financial Inclusion)

Q-7 Are you comfortable working in rural areas or any other places (which are

not in your preferred location)

Ans: - Yes sir, I am comfortable with any location in india, outside india, rural

etc.

Q- 8 Is it ok with you, If we post you at Haryana.

Ans: Yes sir,

My interview lasted only for 7 minutes 30 seconds; I came out of the interview

a bit relaxed. We had our 3rd Sem. Final exams going on and after 7 days on

1st feb 2011 the result was declared by PAT office and I was placed.

I thank each and every member of Sri Balaji Society for facilitating to become a

better person than what I was before joining this institute.

Advise for Juniors:- Friends I will not be touching upon those points which has

already been mentioned by many of my colleagues. Friends if you are studying

for the purpose of passing the exam then you need to change your orientation.

Study to gain knowledge, have a conceptual understating, and most importantly

work on your basics as often as you can. You all are in safe hands. Strive for

excellence, work on improving your skills, be kind and be happy.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous life.

Thanks & Regards,

AASHISH SONI,

Date: 21.03.2012

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Abhiman Nikam

I am Mr Abhiman Nikam

Registration Number MM-09-11431,

BIMM Batch 2009-11

Passed out April 2011.

My specialization is in Operation.

I have basically two years of experience in MNC, So far this company is concern

it comes into fortune 500.

My qualification is BE Mechanical & MBA in operation from BIMM.

I would like to share experience in details & I am very sure about it, this will be

beneficial to everyone.

During My placement time I thought in this competition how I would be getting

placed.

This question was troubling me day & night, but I was just thinking on it with

no possible action on this question.

I decided I will do the best project in company & get place over there only.

I made the action plan, in that two months of intern I focused on every day and

I interacted with every department head with all curiosity & humbleness.

I introduced My self to them and told them I want to understand the Business

model of your company, because I wanted to do the project.

Before going to any project in company it's very important to understand the

business model and ground level operations.

There are so many tools & technique that we have actually learnt in college but,

How to use the same into the application it's a big task. I draw the graph by

considering the small part or it is called as' Sub- assembly' part. This graph is

called as Current value stream map, this gives us the idea which area we should

focus inside the organization.

Organization has so many problems but, if you want to find out the major

problems then this value stream map tool is very effective. That will give you

the major constraints inside the organization. Very important thing here is that,

I got the time of 2 months during the intern time and I managed My time and

took the sub-assembly part for the project in that manner,

Here we go, I did it.

I got major problems inside the company, but during project time don't expose

your idea and don't tell to any employee of the company that you are going to

find out the problems in their company.

They won't like it & they will not provide you the necessary information.

I remembered these points.

I gave the presentation with full of evidences, if you are giving presentation on

project inside the company, give them evidences & speak , they will not come

up with any objections I am damn sure about it. Do it everything very

confidentially and secretly, open everything during the presentation time.


This all together will impress the organization people so much, they'll come to

know where they are facing the problems exactly, My project created the

awareness inside the organization, I got the offer for job from the same

company.

I resigned the same organization due to location constrain and started

searching another job.

But, in My previous organization My plus point was so many references and My

impressive project, now I am not having anything like that.

The first question came in front of My eye was “How to search a job?” With best

profile, location & fantastic policies & security.

I close My eyes and decide not to take any tension and just focus on searching

job.

If you want something very badly, the important thing is you should have

intense desire to get it.

I put balance in My mobile and stated calling companies but, that was very

frustrating.

I always remember this bold words stated by Bala Sir “Problems are

opportunities”.

I again took the list of My dream companies and called them “ Just you need

introduced yourself in that call for inquiring vacancies.” This is very effective

believe me. At the same time use this online website for searching job.

1.www.naukri.com

2.www.monster.com

3.www.indeed.com

4.www.simplyhired.com

If you want more interviews call so search in this website for job of your skills

and requirement & call them, put your resume over there.

Daily update your resume on this website, it's very important your resume

directly comes on top & get viewed by employer.

I would suggest you very very important thing here” Target your resume as per

job profile”, it means you will structure your resume as per job profile.

(Call employer and connect through receptionist to HR and ask for E-mail id.

Send your resume on it and follow up.)

Next step would be telephonic round” Be confident & nature here remove all

pressure & tension from your mind “Speak in this interview what they are

looking for in the candidate.”

How to face interview?

I did the same for this I have done a lot of research on this question?

1st question would be in maximum 90 % of interviews

Tell about yourself.

Best Answer:-

My Name Is...........

Tell about your hometown & education


Speak on profile if you are much targeted for profile job, match your skills as

per the profile and speak like that only.

Tell your strong points

Tell something about your skills & expertise, if you have any certification this is

the best time to mention.

Why you are quitting your last job?

Best Answer:-

It's very tricky & tough question.

Control your emotions for giving answer of this question.

Speak all positive about your previous employer, it's like two line rule ' everyone

has good and bad but, some people are famous and some are not...reason is

they only focused and added good qualities into it. Do the same here speak

good about previous employer and you will get back good response.

Tell them the motivation behind quitting previous job is I want to use My

expertise and skills in this new profile, right now I am not into it. I want grow in

this profile and contribute a lot into the organization.

So far as other questions are concern that was on My technical knowledge it's

different for everyone. I got many questions on SAP as well.

SAP questions:

Tell different transaction codes?

Write the procedure for WM model?

Write the procedure for S & D Model?

How to negotiate salary?

I would suggest you during the interview time don't speak on this question, tell

them it depends on responsibilities and your policies.

Once you are confirmed and got the offer letter you can discuss on it.

By using the above method I got interview call from...

7 big companies and converted 3 into offer letter.

I am now in My new company, with My dream profile.

Thank you very much...for further assistance call me on 09421777126.

Abhimanyu Singh

Hello Everyone,

Name – Abhimanyu Singh

Reg. NO.- MM09-11002

Div. – A (Balaji Institute of Modern Management)

Academic Year – 2009-2011

Specialization – Marketing


Dear Bala Sir,

It is a great opportunity to share my campus experience to one and all. The 2

Years of journey in SBS was a great learning both in terms of knowledge and

values. One of the important concern of joining a good business school is

getting placed to a good company and the tag of placed comes with lot of

learning, anxiety and experience.

MY PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE:

It all started in the month of September, when the leading FMCD company ABC

visited the campus. There was great excitement among everybody reason being

the very first company with a huge brand value, lucrative profile and package

was in the offering and more than that almost entire marketing batch was

sitting for that. The process started with GD rounds with 10 people in a group,

the whole of my GD turned out to be a fish market and I was among the 3-4

people who spoke the least, soon results came and as I was expecting my name

was not there. The main reason behind mentioning the first company

experience was it had acted as an eye-opener for me and to many people.

Though I had started my placement preparation earlier but the real preparation

for getting placed started only after this. Mock GD's, current affairs, industry

analysis and more of a introspection was the way out and for all this I

appreciate the serious efforts put down by the respected Bala sir and SBS.

COMPANY 2:

The second company for which I sat was a retail giant named , in the

month of November as I was not able to sit in many company in between due

to negligence on my part to clear backlog paper, though this had provided with

ample time work on my skills and upgrade my general and business knowledge.

In this company also I failed to crack the GD.

COMPANY 3 :( Where I got SELECTED)

The day was 26th November 2010, Friday and the India's largest private sector

bank named XYZ was in campus with lucrative offering both in terms of profile

and package. Though the selection process for the same had already started

few days back with psychometric test (around 150 sat for it), those people who

had cleared the psychometric test had to appear for group discussion and

personal interview (around 80).

So, basically the selection comprised of:

1. Psychometric Test

2. Group Discussion/Case Study

3. Personal Interview

GROUP DISCUSSION/ CASE STUDY:

The journey began with dividing the groups into 12 people each after the

DEF


company presentation; I was in the 3rd group.There was 2 member panel and

to our surprise instead of group discussion there was a case study, panel asked

us to introduce ourselves and then they gave a case study where a ” Chinese

multinational bank wanted to enter Indian market and based out of

details of that bank what according to us would be profitable for them

to enter initially i.e. private banking, loans, credit cards, retail banking

etc. “ They gave 2 minutes to think and then start with the discussion, initially

the discussion started in normal manner and I was the second person to enter

in it but soon it turned out to be a fish market, everybody was trying to make

his/her point and at this point panel member interrupted and asked to stop the

discussion because it was heading nowhere, then they provided 2 min time to

each and asked individually to put their views forward, I realized that it was a

good opportunity to showcase the banking industry knowledge which I had. I

particularly focused my views with the huge opportunity which banking sector

has in terms of penetration to rural market in India. To everybody's surprise out

of 12 people 7 people including me was selected for next round of personal

interview.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:

This was the round which I am always comfortable with so I did not have much

fear entering the room, there were same two member panel which earlier had

conducted my group discussion, so I was a bit relaxed. They made me

comfortable and as expected started with the question :

1. Tell me something about yourself which is not mentioned in your CV.

2. Why you wanted to enter banking industry.

3. Development of Bihar (where I belong to) and condition of banking sector in

the state in the recent time.

4. Increase in purchasing power in the hands of rural sector in India, how

relevant is this with respect to growing economy in India (question related to

my graduation subject).

5. Question from the summer internship, like what exactly I have done there

and what benefit the company would have from my study and what was my

learning over there.

6. Where do you see yourself 5 yrs down the line.

These were some of the main question which they asked from me, and my

interview went on for nearly 25-30 minutes, almost they had covered everything

like my background, graduation subject (economics) , question related to

summer internship and knowledge of banking industry. Question relating to the

graduation subject actually made me comfortable, in between they had also

asked for my hobbies.

At times during the interview I was uncomfortable with their sudden

intervention in between when I was answering but as I was confidently

answering everything went right.


Finally the results came and it was the time to celebrate, my name was the last

name out of the 26 people selected for the company, it was the great sigh of

relief. I can safely say that it was the day when everything went right for me.

SUGGESTION FOR JUNIORS:

From the whole placement process what I can conclude that beside the basic

hygiene of current affairs, general knowledge, your specialization subject

knowledge, summer project knowledge, mock GD'S, interview there are couple

of important things which helps a lot during the entire process are introspection,

patience, belief in oneself and be aligned with the institution (SBS) and Bala

sir's system and values. Once placed don't think you are through its nothing but

the beginning of another journey. Wishing you all the best.

THANK YOU.

I am AbhinavJain ,

BIMM Systems - 2009 -11 Batch.

Dear Friends,

I am really sorry it is too late to share my experience about placements because

already some of my juniors are going to be my colleague soon. I am from

Systems 09-11 batch. I am selected in in a leading IT company of India. It

comes in month of November for the Students who have experience less than 2

years.

Regarding my placement Experience, I would like to say, for any IT company

you have to be good in your Aptitude skills. Aptitude is nothing but it is your

attitude to solve the question in the given time frame in effective manner. In

Aptitude the question were quite tough. We had 35 questions which need to be

solved in One Hour. The entire questions were good Analytical Questions. Some

question (Very Few, So no worry for Non Science Background Candidates, You

can skip that one) were from physics.

I tried to do the Questions about which I am sure So as to get less negative

marking.

After Clearing Aptitude test we had our interview after 7 days.

I had two round of interview 1) Technical Interview 2) HR interview

1 ) Technical Interview : In technical interview , it was panel of two members

from different fields. As I entered in the in the interview, initially I was quite

nervous but when I greet them, they responded with a smile and allow me to

sit. Then one member starts to look at my file and other member asked me to

Abhinav Jain


tell me about yourself. This is the question which we need to prepare very well

and please don't mug the answers of this question. You can change your

answer in different situation. Sometimes you need to elaborate more about

yourself in other interview. And try to tell about yourself which is not mentioned

in your CV. Until Interviewer doesn't stop you in between you should keep

telling about yourself. Because nobody knows about you more than you, so you

can tell any past experience and your future plan. And remember when one

member shoot a question to you that it doesn't mean that other member is not

listening or not paying attention towards. He is simultaneously analyzed your

skills and way of communication .While answering, look to all the members in

the panel. Now they ask me some questions:

A) Why you have chosen BIMM to pursue your MBA? I emphasize more on

BIMM 3 D's concept an I relate 3D's to my personal life and told them how is it

important for me and how I got change after entering in BIMM. They were

impressed with my answers.

B) Then they ask me some technical stuff from marketing. If you can try then

try to direct your interview according to you. They asked me question related to

Value chain analysis. In between I started to talk about some manufacturing

concept related to SAP. So they started to ask me question from manufacturing.

Then they ask me to apply the Value chain analysis in manufacturing industry.

As I was prepared for that question already so I start to talk about the concept

thoroughly. They were very happy with my answer.

C) Then they start to ask some question regarding my internship that what is

you learning in Internship. I explain them what is the good about company, why

I like the culture and what I learnt from my seniors during internship. And if you

have face any problem in the internship, doesn't matter it is because of

company's system or policy, share with them frankly. They will definitely provide

the solutions.

D) As we had SAP SD in or course curriculum so they asked some question from

that also for e.g. Define scheduling and what is the importance of it in

manufacturing. They were keenly interested to link the entire question with

manufacturing.

E) Then they ask me if I had any query for them. I asked that “what will be my

career growth in company? They explained me the hierarchy of the company

and different types of designation accordingly. Thereafter they allowed me to go

outside the room and give their wishes for future and for HR interview.

After waiting for an hour I was called for HR interview. Please be relaxed while

going for the next process in the same company. Because One must remember

that you are the one who cleared some of their round so you are a eligible

candidate for that company and they are interested to take you in the same.

2) HR Interview: In HR interview there was only a member. He had already my

CV and my evaluation form of last two rounds .HR interview start with the same

repeated question.


A) Tell me something about yourself?

B) Why you want to be consultant? I share that I want to be an SAP consultant

since I was in 12th. One of my brother is SAP consultant so I was already aware

about that profile and the problem does he face during his Job . Feel free to

share all your experience and knowledge whatever you have with the HR. It

shows your confidence and openness. He was impressed with my experience. I

got to know with his face that now I have more chances to get selected. It

increases your confidence level. Even I show more enthusiasm that I will be

happier if I would get an opportunity in your company.

But suddenly he counterstrike with a question

C) Why I would hire you for this profile? Why won't I select a Candidate who is

having more experience than you and having exposure of industry?

I thought and replied “Sir, Definitely he would have an edge over me but one

day he would have been a fresher like me. Once you will give me an

opportunity to work with you then I will learn all the processes which is needful

for the company and project. Then he realized that I am more interested in this

job and want to work for the company. Then HR was impressed and asked me

to shoot some queries. I asked one question:

What would be the future of an SAP consultant once the cloud computing will

be coming and capture the market? He gave me some explanation and asked

me that “Are you satisfied with justification? “ If you are not agree with the

reply so directly say no and explain him what things in your mind have. I did

the same and Explained him with a numerical analysis and some market trends

which I prepared when I was preparing for interview. After listening me he told

me “I don't know about that. You should ask this question to your supervisor

once you join the Company .” This was the indication from HR that I am

through in the interview. But still he told me to wait outside. But on that day

they did not announce the result. Next day the name of Shortlisted candidate

got the mail about confirmation and got their offer letter.

That's all from my Side friends.

All the Best you Guys.

Thanks & Regards,

Abhinav Jain

BIMM 09-11201.


Abhishek Singh

I am Abhishek Singh

Registration No.MM09-11202

from Dual A, BIMM,

Specialization :PGDM(IT &Marketing)

Batch :-2009-11

(Ref . to my previous post with word count <1000)

It gives me immense pleasure to Sharing my Campus placement experience

which has been a roller coaster ride!! The two years journey has helped me not

only grow professionally but personally as well. A lot of companies visited in our

campus, and almost all the companies have more or less same process. I was

eligible for campus placement right from day one of Placement season by virtue

of attendance record above 95% (which was for the first time in my academic

career )and no backlog till 2nd semester, but ironically I was among the last to

get placed but with India's leading Telecom Company in Marketing department

and that too through off campus interview, Prior to my MBA I had 2 years of

work experience coz of which I was very choosy abt job profile, Brand where I

could utilize my technical competency and management skill ,package offering

and the location, I remember their use to be a session with our PAT Team

where we were told that we should stop being so selective in our choice of

companies as it was pretty late in the season and very few companies in the

pipeline, then it was in the month of April after completion of final semester

(Officially session 2009-11 got over) that I came to know about job opening and

after screening and short listing of my profile(Criteria being : Electronic

Engineer + MBA with 1st class academic record ) I was called interview process

on 26th April 2011 that comprised of :

1.) Aptitude Test

2.) Technical Interview

4.) Personal Interview.

5.) HR Interview

Each being elimination round !!!

Out of 250 candidate appeared for aptitude test sharing few question I

remember

1) How many trailing zeros are there in 99!

2) ABCD x E = DCBA each of them are unique a is non zero find ABCD

3) Five pirates have 100 gold coins. they have to divide up the loot. in order of

seniority (suppose pirate 5 is most senior, pirate 1 is least senior), the most

senior pirate proposes a distribution of the loot. they vote and if at least 50%

accept the proposal, the loot is divided as proposed. otherwise the most senior

pirate is executed, and they start over again with the next senior pirate. what

solution does the most senior pirate propose? assume they are very intelligent

and extremely greedy (and that they would prefer not to die).


Somehow I manage to clear aptitude test got selected for Technical interview

and after long wait for around 2 hour post lunch around 3:30 PM. I appeared in

front of panel comprised of 5 member including Network planning & commission

Head& marketing vertical head my technical interview went for around 45

minutes & question Related to my engineering degree & programming

language,& Market research were asked sharing few like PCM(pulse code

modulation) USSD , WAP, subscription services, logic gates difference between

GSM & CDMA technology ,IN, VAS ,3G technology network, cloud computing,

VPN,,What do you mean by CRM? Can you give me some live examples of CRM

applications in companies? And so on….. I was pretty confident with the

Interview as I had properly brushed on the subject knowledge, it being my area

of interest & somehow I manage to answer maximum question to convince the

panel honestly I could not answer all the questions. In fact the questions which

were not answered by me, the interviewer himself started explaining them to

me. post technical interview I was told to wait for next round of interview.

Finally name of shortlisted candidates were declared & only 10 were shortlisted

& I was among them .we were called for Personal & Hr interview next day i.e

on27th April 2012 I had a sigh of relief. Phew! Next Interview was with VP – HR

which comprised of question related my academics, interpersonal skill, long

term goal & short term goal, Value addition in my MBA , STP Were you placed

during your BE, where and why didn't continued there, I was drilled in other

question like Why this company? Any specific reasons for the interest in the

company or sector? Hobbies & interest & what have you done for your hobbies?

Which is your dream company & why? A question relating to your summer

project . They threw a spate of questions. I answered back with sheer honesty.

Trust me I just loved the conversation I had with the HR at the end of the day I

was told that result would be communicated by mail very shortly .My over all

interview was smooth and finally it was on 3rd May 2011 I got my offer letter!!

For the time being I found really hard to believe that I was selected This day

came in my life after slogging for almost after 6 months appearing for many

processes & going through many GDs & interviews, learning from my peers

,faculty & spending quality time of two year in BIMM. Getting placements

through campus is one of the easiest ways to get into corporate, make most of

it but one has to introspect whether they have given their best in their efforts.

Piece of advice:

In Interview be assertive rather than being very aggressive.

Read business newspaper, good business magazines, current affairs, good

reference books, group study, leadership roles in the college, initiative to do

things without even saying to do, positive attitude, confidence makes lots of

difference to you favor.

Aside Set your own vision and Mission based on your inherent and acquired

competency which will help you to identify your strength and weakness and


analyze how you can be a viable fit for the organization /job assigned in

industry of your interest

Always prepare well about company 's history ,key people of organization about

job profile you 'll be offered your key traits that makes you suitable for the job

always ensure that you go through your CV well before personal interview that

boost your confidence

Be yourself, n stay cool!!

Remember Patience and calmness pays in long run!!!

“Never worry for the delay in your Success as compared to others. Because

construction of “Wonders” takes more time than Ordinary Structures....”!!

I wish u all a very bright Career ahead. All the best!!

Regards

Abhishek Singh MM-0911202

Name - Achin Kapoor

MM 09 – 12203

Branch - IT and Marketing

2009-2011 Batch

Dual A

They say “Enjoy the journey and Destination will take care of itself”.

By now you(Juniors) also must be aware about the journey in SBS society , it's

not easy ..But looking back you will enjoy every bit of it and miss it like

anything. But never to forget, this journey is building the foundation of your

destination which is why we all came here for.

This college made me do things which i had never imagined that i would be

able to do and brought so many changes in me which are now helping me in

corporate world.

Things like 3 Newspaper a day , 95% attendance , sit in a class for 12 hours,

Dane on a podium , to show my creativity in Bam sir's presentation and many

more.

It actually lives up to its 3 D's (Discipline, Dedication and determination).

To start with my “Placement Experience “....

Like everybody else “To get placed in some good company on a good package “

Was also my destination.

But i was not sure which sector i want to go in but being Electronics engineer i

was bit inclined toward Telecom Field.

Achin Kapoor


Given the “uncertain” scenarios during the placement session i took chances with

few companies.

I opted for consumer durable company which begins the placement session in

our campus, but failed to crack the GD.

Later, i opted for few more companies , most of the times cracked the GD but

couldn't get through final stage . Life was at standstill. That was my testing time.

No matter what is happening and what had happened , one thing i knew was

“Not to give up” and i was confident on my capabilities.

The basic funda was to get prepared every time, you never know when

“Preparation meets opportunity”.

And My D day came.

The criterion of the company was,

1. To have 60 % throughout in your education till now.

2. You needed to be an engineer and that too an Electronics and Communication

Engineer.

I had fulfilled both the criterion.

The dignitaries arrived in the campus and started the process.

Process was as follows:

1. PPT.

2. Short listing CV's based on the qualification criterion.

3. Case study

4. Personal interview.

The panel consisted of 3 corporate stalwarts from XYZ Company along with 2 HR

managers.

In PPT, company had brief us about its working and operations and had very

normal interactive session. I was participative.

After that they have grouped the people for their GD rounds.

After facing so many GD's before and clearing most of them successfully my

confidence was high and that's how i entered the GD room with full of energy

and exuberance.

Group discussion round was actually based on case study.

We were given 5 minutes to read and 3 minutes to think.

We were given a Case Study to read and discuss our Ideas. Basically they were

checking the communication Skills and Thought Process. We were to design a

supply channel for our company which was in dire straits and had to improve its

profitability which was really being hampered by competition. Many companies

gave topics related to marketing, positioning and also topics on advertising and

general current affairs and awareness about day to day life in economy and

corporate.

I entered in the GD at the 3rd place and spoke for about 3 times in the GD.I


suggested few ideas to improve the supply chain process and also how to take

advantage of the Competition. The fundas of Supply Chain were quite clear in

my mind because the college provided one of the best faculties of India in

supply chain. Reading of newspaper also broaden my practical point of view to

deal with the topic.

When the result of GD came my name was there. There were in all 75 students

in the GD each group comprising of 15 students. They have selected 4 students

from each totally comprising of 20 students. This was a great relief and I geared

myself for the interview.

Next was the Interview Round—

1) Tell me about you?

2) Next was about My Hobbies.

3) What do you mean by BCG Matrix and please draw and explain.

4) Why do you want to join this organization

5) what are your career plans next 5 years?

6) Why this company.

7) There was a also a situational question which was related to the concerned

profile. It was as follows “You have gone to acquire a site in a village area then

how will you approach the owner and if some point of time the situation gets

out of control, then how will you manage the condition at the site”.

This question I supposed was the key question which made the impression of

myself in front of the interviewers. I answered it promptly.

All these Questions were asked and some related to your family members. Yes

the most effective was about your Internship –

Where you have done your Internship and what knowledge you gained from

that.

Share some relevance here

How you would apply that learning in future.

And finally the result came, one HR person came outside and announced the

names... and YES...my name was there. That was a magical moment of my life

which i will never forget, because these things actually builds the foundation of

your life and i was super happy.

Few suggestions to my juniors:

1. Keep preparing and be ready for every opportunity. You never know when

your time will come.

2. Have a stable mind set and do not jumble upon rumours.

3. Be confident and presentable.

4. Whenever you will feel low during placement session, think about few

successful personalities around u. Bala sir is our own example. Take the

inspiration.

I had a very good experience of Placement session i hope u people will have the

same.

I wish you good luck .


And one thing which never to forget during this placement session is , “ENJOY

!!!!!” Because I lived life in SBS which was tough enough but in that also I

Enjoyed to my fullest.

Achint Kumar Jain

Reg No : MM09-11442

Division: Finance, BIMM


Specialization: PGDM (Finance)

Dear Sir,

My placement experience begins with a nervous start to the day(16th

November, 2010) when XYZ Co. came to our Campus. The process began with

the Profile Presentation & description by the Company HR's & other Officials. I

made up my mind to sit for the process which had the first hurdle of written

quantitative test, and then Group Discussion followed by an extempore,

psychometric tests & technical round of interview. Each round was an

elimination round. I was confident that I shall clear all the rounds except for the

quantitative tests, as I was competing with brightest of engineers as my

colleagues. The test consisted of 40 questions with a time limit of 30 mins, I

attempted the test very tentatively & waited for the results. After an hour's wait

the officials started announcing the names of the short listed candidates, I

waited patiently through the names in optimism & the lady called “Aanchit Jain”,

well! probably the first time in my life when I was not bothered of someone

mispronouncing my name. I was excited, as I had overcome the only round of

which I was not confident. The selected candidates were then asked to gather

for Group Discussion, the agenda for our discussion was “Obama's visit to

India”, my points were well registered during the discussion. The results were

shortly out & as expected I cleared. Then we headed towards extempore where

the candidates were given a topic on the spot & they had to speak on it for 2

mins. The topic on which I was asked to speak was “Wisdom”; I tried to

attempt it calmly, got selected. Then I cleared the psychometric test & geared

myself up for the Technical round of interview. There were two interviewers on

the panel who started asking me questions about trade finance, receivables

management, ratios et al. I answered the questions very carefully with

explanations as required by the panelists. The interview lasted for around 25

mins & I was confident of a good result. The panelists took a long time to come

Achint Kumar Jain


up with the final list while it was already post midnight. We were hungry ,

nervous , tired & were eagerly waiting for the final short list of the selected

candidates. The moment finally arrived , the HR's started announcing the

names of the selected candidates, the list ended without my name in it. I was

shocked & felt miserable, the good-run which started with the day had ended

with the day.

Life reverted to its normality & I took this set back as a reason to work even

harder. I continued reading books, newspapers , browsing the internet to be

aware of the latest happenings as I did not want to leave any stone unturned

before my day arrives.

In the midst, several companies visited the campus but I did not sit in the

process. The next Company which was much anticipated to visit the campus for

their recruitment drive was one of the leading banks of the country & I did

almost everything to prepare myself for the process. We had already taken

online Psychometric tests as assigned to us by the Bank from which the bank

had selected 70 odd students to sit in the recruitment process.

My placement journey went ahead to 26th November 2010 when XYZ Bank Ltd.

Visited our campus. I reached the campus at 7:30 am; the process began at the

Auditorium with the Profile Presentation & description by the Company HR's &

other Officials. I was ready for the process to start. The selection process had

several hurdles, of which the first one was a Case Study Analysis, then a Group

Discussion followed by an interview both technical as well as HR rounds of

interview. Each round was an elimination round. The candidates were then

divided among 8 groups to go ahead with the Case Study Analysis.

The case given to us for analysis was of a Chinese bank looking to start its

operations in India, we were given its background. We had to discuss & analyze

its chances to succeed in a market like India. I kept my view in the discussion

pertaining to the challenges a Chinese bank could face in a competitive Market

like India & its probability of failures. My points were well registered in the

group discussion which lasted 15 mins. After a short while the HR announced

the candidates who were short listed for the next round. I was there in the list

& started preparing myself mentally for the interview rounds. A day prior to the

placement process I had already drafted notes about the company profile which

included banks businesses, its strategic business units, its business propositions,

its operations , revenues, share prices , market capitalization , promoters, Top

management et al. So, I was ready for the interview & entered the hall to face

the panelists. There were two panel members who started the interview by

asking me to tell about myself. Later they started asking me questions

pertaining to financial analysis, questions related to financial ratios their

implications & reliance over decision making. The interviewer also presented a

case of a trader who has approached the bank for a loan, what parameters

must be kept in mind to calculate his eligibility. I gave my views & facts to the

panelists for computation of eligibility for a loan. The other panelist then started


seeking explanations over functioning & usage of derivatives, which I explained

& clarified by stating examples. The panelists then asked me about the Bank's

subsidiaries & sister organizations which was anticipated by me & I was

prepared for this question. So, this ended my interview with the bank & I

eagerly waited for the results.

A few hours later the HR came out with the list of short listed candidates , I

kept my fingers crossed & finally the list started with the name “Aanchit Jain”,

Yes again! But my happiness was enough to ignore it.

Thanks BIMM, for making me attend classes for 10 hrs a day, 365 days a year ,

90% Attendance, No holidays, Exams on Diwali. It's worth it!

*****

Name: Aditya Nair

Dual: B

College: BIMM

Registration No. : 16 - 1274

Roll No. : MM09 – 11102

Specialization: Marketing

Date of Placement: 18/12/2010

My Placement experience started rather horribly as I was told that I had

managed to get a backlog in QT. With college rule stating that we would not be

able to sit for our placements with a backlog, my prospects of a good placement

were looking bleak.

But as they say “Luck favors the brave” so after braving two attempts of that

dreaded subject which to my honest confession still sends shiver down my

spine, I managed to pass it with some decent marks. The first company to visit

the campus was Co. A and the entire college sat for it as there was no criteria

of backlog, which meant people like us could also sit for it. They say there is

method in madness and that is exactly what I witnessed in my first ever G.D

where everyone spoke but none got heard. And for some strange reason the

H.R seemed to be more interested in what her colleague was saying rather than

us unfortunate Souls who were about to get thrown out.

Believe me we had some of the strongest speakers in that group but I guess we

could not compete with the moderators H.R Colleague who beat us hollow .I

guess that is what happens if you get caught in the last G.D group of the day.

Aditya Nair


Anyways I guess the end result is obvious … Yes we could not clear the G.D.

With about a decade old experience in public speaking and clearing interviews

the result that came my way had to hurt and boy it did!!!

And then came the agonizing wait, since I was not eligible as I had the privilege

of getting a backlog I had to be a mere spectator of the carnival of emotions

that took place every single day as people got placed and some got rejected.

Every day the same story. Many companies came and went and there were

celebrations all over. During this period I witnessed a very different side of me.

The wait had taken a toll on me and I had become very distant from the rest as

if trying to fix the broken wheel so that I may be race worthy again. The wait

also taught me that sometimes whatever happens - happens for the good .I

struggled with my Q.T but finally perseverance and downright slogging beat the

monster called Q.T.

Finally I was eligible!!!! Having tasted first blood with my Co.A interview I was

raring to go, and there was something which I had always wanted, Yes I know

it gets a little clichéd here but what the heck!!! Yes my dream company the Co.

X. Having dreamt about being a part of it for so many years I really wished I

would get a chance to be a part of it someday.

So the first Company I sat for after my eligibility was Co. B I guess it was more

excitement than thought that made me sit for it. Half way through the process I

realized that i would not like to be a part of the banking sector as It doesn't

interest me, also it is always better to take some advice from people in the

industry before you take the jump. The other thing that put me of was the fact

that they had a two year contract which to be honest made me very

uncomfortable. So out went Co. B and the wait continued.

All this while I had heard rumors that Co. X might come to campus and the

prospect of sitting for my dream company overpowered my common sense and

I waited for the company to come. The risk I was taking was huge as everyday

there were companies coming with good profile and packages and many of my

friends were getting placed but there are a few things in which you very

strongly believe and this was one of them.

Then came Co. C, The profile and the industry were both very tempting as

logistics was always a subject that I liked and yes they were giving some insane

amount of money which made me think why not give it a shot. The process

started with a GD and I got stuck with my friends from the Executive batch.

These guys are very good with numbers and usually take the lead in the GD but

what I also came across is that if you get caught in a situation you can use a bit

of common sense to get around the situation. May not work all the time but it's


the best bet you have got. I could clear the GD and the next round but right

before the interview we had something called as a Thomson test which has a

very narrow passing ratio as it has a lower as well as an upper cutoff. I could

not clear the Thomson test and dream DHL was over

Then finally came the D-Day.

I was told that Co. X was coming and I had made the cut. The eligibility criteria

was 65% and above and I managed to clear it because I had secured 83 in QT

which propelled my Percentage to 69%. This is the reason why I feel that

whatever happens – happens for the good. There were 67 of us who had

qualified for the process of Co. X

The first round was the GD and the topic was Indo – China in the coming

decade. The entire GD group (with a strength of 12 people) was talking for

China and I was the only one who spoke for India, Not a very wise move many

would tell you but it worked for me as I was able to put my points aggressively

and convincingly to the group and I guess that is where I stood out from the

rest of the crowd.

For the next round just 12 of us were left. There were two interviewers in

separate rooms. I had the distinction of going last and that made me very

jittery. As my turn came after a long, tense and agonizing wait I was told to

wait some more as both the set of interviewers wanted to take a look at me.

So after a while I was called in.

The first few minutes were spent in pleasantries and I sat like an unassuming

and innocent lamb that was going to get butchered. And finally it started

I was shown a bell the one which you wound up and press to call somebody

and was told that the interviewing panel was an American delegate who think

that the product kept in front of them is cheap and useless and also that it is

very rude to call somebody by the bell in the American culture and so they don't

need the product. So I was told to sell that product to them.

To begin with I was totally blank and clueless so I started with the basics to try

and get me some time. I started with explaining the features of the product and

how good it was in quality but I was shot down in my very second statement

with a comment that they did not require the product. But my strategy had

worked and I got those precious few minutes to make up a plan.

So I began by explaining that since they were top management who spend

considerable amount thinking, when they require the assistance of somebody

they would have to break their line of thought and pick up the receiver and call


somebody in which makes them loose time. As they say time is money I made

them release how much money they were losing in doing this frivolous activity

that could be easily eliminated with the help of my product as it doesn't even

require a fraction of a second to press a button and the person would come in.

Secondly my product costs a fraction of the cost of the already existing EPBX

exchange, which they were using thus they would be able to save on that cost

as well. This sold my point clearly and I was successful in making them believe

that they needed the product.

But that was t easy part. They now started saying that although they need the

product, it is still considered rude to call somebody by the bell in their culture

and they don't want to offend their employees by calling them by the bell.

The solution came to me like a bolt of lightning from out of nowhere and what I

told them was that I did not agree to them and that one of the most loved

professions in the USA which is the American Fire Fighters are always called by

the bell so how can it be rude or demoralizing for the employee when you are

actually giving him respect.

I think they really liked my idea as they bought the product. But it sparked off

their curiosity and during the course of my 1 hour long stress interview I had to

sell 6 products to them, which to my good luck and a small amount of common

sense I could manage.

They finally wrapped the interview with the most important question:

“Co. X???”

I was expecting the question so I was prepared with the answer and could

manage to convince them.

And finally I got placed on the 18th of Dec 2010.

Name -Agatha Paul,

Roll No-mm0911501

(BIMM-PM&HRD, 2009-11)

My campus placement process started with a hospitality based industry. Their

selection process included company presentation, followed by GD and then 2

rounds of PI for the selected candidates. The GD topic given to us by the panel

members was – ''Are the increasing number of MBA Colleges reducing the

Agatha Paul,


importance of an MBA degree.” Most of the GD topics given by them were

based on general day to day topics.

After this the second company for which I attended the selection process was a

large consultant. It had a very different process as compared to the other

companies. Their selection process had 5 rounds. After the company

presentation there was an English grammar test, after this there was a voice

and accent test and then they had GD followed by 2 rounds of PI. Each round

was an elimination round. The GD topics were majorly based on the current

affairs, current trend in HR and various theories of HR that we had studied.

After this I attended I the selection process for companies like IT and Retail

companies. The selection process for each of these companies was quite similar.

It comprised of one round of GD followed by 1 round of PI. The GD topics for

were based on mostly current affairs or on current HR trends and HR issues

prevailing in the industry. There were topics like implementation of 5 S in HR, 6

Sigma and HR, Balance scorecard and HR. These topics basically checked our

ability to put theories that we had learned into practice.

My campus placement journey ended with an IT giant. This company had a very

different selection process. Unlike the other companied this company did not

have any GD rounds. Their selection procedure started with writing our SOPs.

SOP (Statement of Purpose) Writing: We had to write our SOP based on a few

questions sent by them and send it to the company 15 days prior to the

process. There were question like:

Tell us something about yourself.

What matter to you most and why?

What shaped your personality and made you the you are.

Situational essay- Is all that drives you today to succeed is taken away from

you what will you do.

Please provide with an example of a team failure of which you've been a part.

If given a second chance, what would you do differently?

Based on the SPOs candidates were selected. The selected candidates then had

to go through 2 rounds of PI. Each round was an elimination round.

First PI Round: The first round of PI was for 30 minutes. In this the questions

asked were based on current affairs and also on subjects that we had studied

and the topics that we like the most. As I had motioned recruitment as one of

my favorite topics I was asked questions based on the entire recruitment

process.

We were asked questions based on:

Introduce myself to the panel

Labor Laws

The recruitment cycle.

Competencies of a recruiter

Prior work experience


In brief discuss my summer internship project.

Why did I switch from science to MBA- HR

Second PI round: The candidates shortlisted in the first round of PI had to go to

go through the second round of PI. This was the final round. Second PI was

again of 30 minutes and was more of a general discussion. In this round the

panel was basically checking our communication, attitude and practical

approach towards the various HR concepts that we had studied.

In this round I was asked to introduce myself and briefly tell the panel about my

background (educational, professional as well as my family)

Questions asked were:

Do I have any location constraints?

Learning from these 2 years of MBA that has helped me to become a better

person.

How would I measure the effectiveness of a recruitment cycle.

How does Marketing differ from HR

5 most important competencies required for being a good HR professional

Give examples of team success and failures that I was a part of and what had I

learned from them.

I thoroughly enjoyed the selection process of each and every company. There

was a lot to learn from each rejection and it also helped us to understand the

areas of improvement. This ensured that we continuously work towards

improving ourselves so that we could performance better than the last time

every time.

Some take Aways:

There are a few things that I want to share with you based on my entire

campus placement process:

A strong hold on all the subjects is very important. A strong hold on all the

subjects will not only ensure that we can speak confidently about any topic in

the GD and the PI but also ensure that we secure good marks in the exams.

This is important because most of the companies do have a minimum cut off as

their eligibility criteria.

Sound knowledge of current affairs related to political as well as economical

issues. Without updated current affairs knowledge it is almost impossible to

clear any GD round as well as have an intelligent discussion during the PIs. For

this it is very important that we read newspapers everyday and also jot down

important events. We can then quickly got through these points before or GD or

PI rounds. This will help us to recollect these points easily

Develop a practical approach towards the subject and also understand the

practical applicability of all the concepts and theories that we study in the

books. For this it is very important that we read other books related to the


subject apart from the prescribed course books. Reading such books will also

make us aware of the recent trends and practices followed in the industry.

Strong hold on communication. It is important that we can communication what

we want to say fluently and confidently. This will help us in creating an

impression on the panelists.

These are a few points that wanted to share with you all. Hopefully this will help

you to understand the selection process of the companies and thus be

completely prepared.

Last but not the least I am extremely thankful to Bala sir because without his

support, motivation and guidance this wouldn't have been possible. Also I want

to thank the entire faculty of BIMM and each and every member of PAT for

working so hard to ensure that we walk out of this college with an offer letter in

our hands.

Dear Sir ,

I am Akash Thakur,

Registration Number MM-0911304,

Division D from BIMM, from the academic year 2009, passed out on 2011

Specialization- IT & MARKETING

When I took admission in BIMM from the very first day I had in my mind that I

will have to crack ___ and from the gods grace it happened after one and half

year

Placement Team Experience: - I am writing down my experience with placement

team because it played a important part for getting placed in company and

overall exposure that I have experienced of being a part of Placement Team ,

But How?

When I was thinking for going into CRT many of my seniors and friends

suggested me to take my step back all because acc to them I mean they told

me, you will not get the time for your studies and you will lose your friends

group in college ,but one thing I will say at the end of the day it's your call , one

has to make his/her decision for life , and I was pretty sure about myself, so

according to me getting placed in the company which you want is not the one

day process ,you have to strategies and work according to it

I have coordinated more than 150 companies that means meeting with 150

corporate Brains according to me that's the biggest exposure for an individual,

me and my placement friends use to stay back in college till 12 am sometimes

till 3 am

Akash Thakur


I can remember how I use to strategies myself when I am suppose to escort

the corporate people , believe me that is the most crucial time for one, because

that time you are the face of college , one has to be smart and prepared , when

I use to go for escorting I always use to prepare about the company and about

the industry , this enhances your knowledge and gives you a confidence

I was offered to complete my interns from ___( Automobile Industry ) , because

I was the one who escorted VP IT from ___( Automobile Industry ) so in the

mid way while coming back to college he offered me to complete my interns

from ___( Automobile Industry ) so nothing gets waste you just need to give

your input

Final Placement Exp :- 19th of Sep company 1 Came to our campus and I was

in coordination so for me it's like a daily routine , technically I have prepared

myself and being a part of placement team meeting with cooperates was not a

new thing for me ,

1st Round GD :- The topic given to us was “Print media has more impact in

rural as compare to electronics media “, there are two things in GD whether you

start G or keep quiet for some time and listen others , I wasn't the one who

started the GD but I was listening to everyone so I can generate my points and

then I put 3 points and I kept quiet and when result came I was through

According to me GD is the round where not only you are suppose to put your

point of view but how much you are involved in conversation, and how well you

can structure you point of view , finally I was through with GD round

2nd Round was Psychometric round in which there was around 400 question

and I believe no one can prepare for this round because the question asked in

this are situational and everyone has way of dealing with situation, I was quick

in this round because I was just going through the questions once and marking

it

3rd Round was Interview round with HR :- I don't know about others but for me

it was a pure conversation round , I mean no rapid fire and no questionnaire

round with me , we talked about lot of things , like they asked me what have

you seen in the company presentation given in the morning and believe me my

answer was very disappointing I said “ Sorry Sir I was busy in the coordination

so could not able to see the presentation “ but whatever the answer I gave was

very genuine I mean I was not fabricating my answers , all you need to do is

just be genuine and consistent with your answer , more you fabricate more

trouble you will create for yourself not in this company with very company this

is the scenario


Finally after the interview out of 18 student 12 have been shortlisted for final

round

4th Round with VP HR of the company: - This is the round where I have

prepared a lot because it was suppose to be after two days so we have to be

prepared , I was the first in the list for interview

Final round was more technical, what all things I have prepared I can share

because it helped me in the same way

Revision of my interns

Read about Branding

Marketing Research as it was a part of my interns

And some of case studies

I entered in room, I was bit afraid but I managed to boost up my confidence

There were three people sitting in the room and then they started asking me

question

Tell me about yourself

What do understand by word Brand

Which brand Do you admire & why ?

Then they asked me about my interns , around 10 min they talked about that

Why some companies are category specific and some have multiple category (

Like HUL ( Multiple product range )& Honda ( automobile) )

Then they grilled me in marketing research ( Factor Analysis and multi

dimensional analysis because I used these methods in my interns )

Then they asked me to draw 4P chart for consumer durable Company , and

asked me to explain it

And finally they asked -Do you have any

Thanks & Regards,

AKASH THAKUR


Akshay Dhagat

I am AkshayDhagat

Registration number: MM 09-11305

BIMM 2009-2011 batch.

Specialisation: IT &Mktg , SYSTEMS

My Experience : 29 Oct 2010

This was my first company.

This xyz company Was basically related to the field of NExt generation Internet

Consulting..

A day before wen we got the notice about the company , we heard and read

various Negative Comments for the company in various Forums as We searched

for the Company on Web.Especiallyi was a bit worried and concerned about the

negative matter. but somewhere in my mind i also had a thought that These

Cmmnts can be Varying w r t conditions prevailing and also the company itself

will be monitoring these activities and there might be some reasons WHY

company dint took any measures for removal of Negative Comments.The

Companies' Profile was very good and the pkg was also impressive.

On the selection day when Company Arrived and gave their Presentation , Many

of the relevant questions were asked.. But at the end No One came up asking

the Negative pOsts on the Net.

The HR Manager himself took up the same issue and also told that I was

Expecting this question , as we are transparent enough to explain this and we

deleberately dint removed the Posts from various Forums.. He explained the

Rigorous Work Culture of the Organisation and also cleared that IF u r not in a

mood to work hard n smtimes under extreme conditions then this is nt the place

for U..The profiles Given By the Company were> Associate Project manager/

Scrum Master> Business Analyst> IT consultant.

The process included the Steps: CV Scrutiny / CV selectionWritten Case Study

Techincal Interview 1Technical/ Funcational Interview 2HR interview

the above process were broadly classified as

CV Selection / case Study / PI1/ PI2

After Short listing of CVs we were given the case studies to solve. There were

10-12 different sets of case studies. The one which I got was more or less the


case of an IT firm wherein they had mentioned the current scenario of the

company has been grown, and asked us to suggest more ways for increasing

the productivity as well as customer and employee satisfaction.

After that in the Technical interview they asked questions related to my

Engineering Project , a few questions from Marketing ( as my project was in

marketing) and then the interviewer gave a real life scenario and asked me to

apply 'oops concepts' in it. Then few questions related to the profiles they were

offering like business analyst and IT consultant (to know my understanding of

what exactly they do). They asked me to redesign the facebook page for mobile

and draw the same on the white board. I could not do muchJ

The Process started at 1030 in Mrng.They Gave us the case Study to Solve with

10 different Sets of case studies and provided with a Standard Format to giv the

responses Especially the format was IT based.

format was Like this:

Problem StatementSolutions For the Problem (relevant

reasonings)ActionitemsAssumptions (if any)

They Shortlisted the CVs w r t to case studies and CV scrutiny Process at the

same time..

Around 40 People (approx.) were Shortlisted and they were callled for the

interviews.

The Process of interview was a bit Jumbled as All the 4 guys(Company) were

handling all the Process themselves based on Various Permutations and

Combinations.

The Student was called for Interview 1 and If he/she was found proficient

enought then only he/she was trnsferred to another interviewer n HR..

There were 3 Functional Interviewers and 1 HR Manager who was VP(HR).

Personal interview Sessions :

Interview 1,2 : The Interview was Fully real time and technical.

1. The Guy asked me to redesign the Front Page of Google Search engine as

per My Convinience and asked to draw it on White Board.2. He also asked me

toodo the Critical analysis of a Webpage Designed by one of the Student.3. He

asked about the Various Latest Trends Prevailing w r t technology ... (Answers:


Like AJAX , WEB2.0)4. He asked about the Operating Systems in MObile

Platforms (Answers : Symbian, iOS, Bada, Google Android, Linux Maemoetc)5.

He asked the questions related to my CV and Projects.6. Parallely I was Over

with my HR interview also as the HR himself was sitting.(No special QUestions)

Interview 3: After a Long time i was suddenly called for the next round that was

a bit complex One :) ... that Guy was handling 3 parallel Interviews in 3

seperate rooms.

Additionally I was asked to sell a chair,so first of all I asked him about the kind

of chair he is lookin for then after knowing that he is looking for office chairs I

explained him ten different features of my chair. After he got convinced he

asked me to draw GE matrix which I did perfectly ,then he asked me that he

wants to launch Mach 4 razors and he need a complete project plan.I did the

complete STP for the product and the interviewer was satisfied with my answer

then he asked me about marketing concepts like viral marketing,Ambush

marketing and some finance concepts like formula for Profitability,Leverage

,which I answered perfectly .

As I was satisfied with my answers I was pretty confident that I will be called

for the next round and as per my intuition my name was called for the next

round.

He asked me to do the Critical Analysis for the top 5 telecom companies in india

using matrix based methodology..theni explained him the matrix n all.. The

questions were all too Real time. It was Your Previous Knowledge and Common

Sense which will lead to a satisfactory answer.the Interview was a bit On Stress

Mode. but later He was satisfied with My Answers. the time was 10.10 Pm :) ...

they Declared the results 10.pm or More..

they shortlisted 15 candidates for diff profiles and the Process went over at

11.30 pm.

The total students were 15 from Society11 from BIMM, 1 from BIIB, 1 from

BITM, 2 from BIMHRD.and being a SYSTEMs guy total 7 were student from

Systems(BIMM).

Regards


Aman Sharma

Name-Aman Sharma

Registration Number-MM09-11427

Specialization-Marketing

Division-E,BIMM

Executive Batch(2009-2011)

Dear All

As it has been rightly said that Rome was not built in a day so is the case with

my Campus Experience.Being a Pharmacy Graduate and having work

experience in Renowned Pharmaceutical Companies I was always looking for

more learning and growth in life.Moreover Pharmaceutical as a sector was not

appealing to me in terms of growth and also satisfaction which I was looking

after working in Pharmaceutical sector for more than 2 Years. The result I came

to conclusion to do something different henceforth planned to do PGDM and

gave CAT .With a good percentile of 89 in CAT I planned to join Balaji Society in

the Marketing Executive Batch of 2009-2011.

It was a totally new experience for me as I was exposed to legends in the

Corporate sector with their expertise and learnings…Be it BalaSir ..or Bam Sir

…Be it PrantoshBannerjee Sir …or Nimkar Sir …all were supportive and helped

in embarking guidance and knowledge to me to the Core.

The day I came out from BIMM I am surely a different individual ready to face

the corporate sector benevolently. With rigorous Exam Schedules…Rigorous

Studying hours …and Rigorous Mentorship has surely Polished me to the core to

become a Diamond whose Cost can be enumerated by the Corporate Sector.

PREPARATION FOR CAMPUS PLACEMENT

Being from Medical background I was always not in touch with Arithmetic and

Statistical subjects which were always looming as a ghost in front

of me during exams. Believe me friends….the Examination Papers in Balaji

Society are never sparing to any one …be it the SHOCKER in FIRST SEM. of

PPM when the WHOLE PAPER was from 1st CHAPTER or be it the FM Exam

which was held in 4 partitions in order to help the students…I was determined

not to get upset with my backlogs and had faith in my abilities.

I was having backlogs in some of the papers hence I was not allowed to sit for

the First 50 companies which visited the Campus though I strived hard and

gave my 100% from Beginning till End .

Preparation for the Campus Placement basically included going through the

newspapers and current affairs…Brushing with the Marketing and other

Subjective knowledge of my Curriculum Subjects…interacting with people who

were already placed and seniors and taking help from them .

Besides GD skills were improved by regular GD sessions which were held in the

Auditorium by the Legend BALA SIR.


->First Company:When the First Company came to the Campus which was

Open for all I had literally decided to give my best..i performed really well but

then as it is said when Luck is not with u ..u can't beat the weakest

even.Neways I always knew something good is waiting for me sooner or later.

The best Motivating factor was support from my Parents and also from my

Friends who were all Engineers staying with me and helped me whenever I

needed them.

->Very honestly speaking I am not able to recall how many companies I sat for

later but I was always clearing all hurdles and moving to Final rounds easily.

Sometimes the negotiation on the package and sometimes the location were

always keeping me to move out and give way to others and I was waiting for

that one Company where I can see Growth and also Mentorship ..besides a

perfect location for my social life was always at the back of my mind. Friends I

know when u think so much u literally tend to get Confused and If “s and But”s

literally don't allow you to move forward .Same was the Case with me.

->Many companies I always dreamed of getting into be it IT Sector or

Automobile Sector were always Putting a Requirement of “ENGINEERING

DEGREE”. Being from PHARMA Background and doing PGDM basically to change

my PHARMA Sector and for Growth in future was always at the back of my

Mind.

Patience..Patience and more Patience….i kept on waiting and even attending the

classes in the 4th Semester when most of the People were getting placed in

front of my eyes .I never lost hope and was always gambling with time as it was

nearing March end now.

->Finally the day came where I was selected in not 1 but 2 companies on the

same day 31st March 2011 as the Results came all of a sudden.

Now it became really tough coz you never know which cake would be tastier

when u are given a choice to pick from the two.

Still I had a hard believe to go in a Sector which was promising me Growth and

Learning in long term since one company was of Pharmaceutical Sector and

other was from Automobile Sector where the entry barrier for NON

–ENGINEERS especially people like me was More. Hence I prepared myself to

take up the Challenge and Join the company.

THE PROCESS:

The interview process basically included 3 rounds: Aptitude Test,GD,Final

Interview

1)Aptitude Test-The Aptitude test basically involved a series of 100 questions

related to Quant,English,Reasoning and there were almost 150-200 candidates

who had come including 3 other colleges .

I was determined to get into this company basically for the reason it was a MNC

and from a different sector then Pharmaceuticals..i.e. Automobile where I


always saw Growth and a Long Term Prospective thus more Opportunities to

Prosper.

The Aptitude Results were declared and I was amongst the 15 Candidates who

were selected for the GD Round.

2)GD- I was always good in GD and had a uncanny knack of clearing almost all

GD'S in most of the companies I sat except a few where luck didn't favor me.

Hence going by the past I cleared the GD and was amongst the 11 candidates

who were called for the Final Round Interview.

Here I would like to suggest that the GD topic was –India is a bigger

superpower or China??…

3)Final Interview-Final Interviews are always nervous and leg shaking but here I

was confident and filling to the brim that I wont let this Opportunity go which

was knocking at me.

I was interviewed by a panel of 3 people where 1 was from HR…1 from Sales

and Marketing and 1 was from Finance.

The questions which were put forward were definitely Stress Ridden:

Tell me something about yourself-This was the most common question which

any 1 expects hence I answered.

My past experience-I told that I was basically from Medical Stream and had

done B Pharmacy and also worked in Renowned Pharmaceutical Companies.

Why in Automobile Sector-I told honestly and to the core that I was always

excited and wanted to enter this sector but was never given a opportunity to

express my Talent and Aspirations due to the Pharmacy tag word attached with

me which had always been a hindrance to enter either Auto Companies Or IT

Companies.

What u know about the Company-I had prepared about the Company and its

various products, competitors hence it was

never difficult for me to answer this question.

Summer Internship details-I told about the summer Internship details which I

did with a renowned company and also told my performance measurement

which was applauded by the Project Trainer during my Internship.

Launching of Product in Untapped Markets and Use of Marketing skills-I was

asked by one of the Interviewers to launch one of the products in a untapped

market full of Competion.How you would survive in those Markets ??And also

increase your Market Share??I explained to then Segmentation..Targeting and

Positioning Concept with the use of Statistical tools of Market Research,

Advertisement promotions and reaching to the masses in the Rural Areas with

the use of IT,Media,Telecom Coverage.

Location Preference-I was always willing to locate to any area but as I was

always looking for a long term and wanted to have a social circle intact. I clearly

told about this idea and also that what matters is performance and I won't leave

a stone unturned. The interviewers looked positive with my response and I

thought that my answer was pretty satisfying and I would get what I desired.

Ultimately the result of the Interview was announced on 31st March 2011 where


I was amongst the 5 candidates finally entering the Automobile Sector. Balaji

Society gave me for what I had done PGDM for…A bright Career and Future

Growth with location of my Preference.

Interview enhancement dosage for Juniors from my side will surely be-

Proper Preparation about the Company and its Products from Internet.

Knowing about the Sector where the Company belongs to.

Knowing about the Competitors and their Product Portfolio.

Knowing about your Projects done and Work done if u have some Work

Experience.

Knowing about your Subjects in the PGDM curriculum and applying them

practically

in the field and corporate sector.

Proper General knowledge and Good Communication Skills to handle Stress

Interviews.

Belief in yourself and confidence to give your 100 percent.

Offer Letter:

The offer letter was handed to me after I completed Training at the

Manufacturing Plant

of the Company with the location of my choice .

Note of Thanks:

This Campus experience can never be so much happier and satisfying without

thanking BALA Sir.

Under whose guidance I have been groomed. His words always strike me

wherever I go

“BE SELFISH” for yourself and for your bright future.His 3 D”S of DISCIPLINE,

DEDICATION and DETERMINATION have

Always and will surely keep me helping in my ladder of Growth in the Corporate

Sector.Moreover here I would take an opportunity to

Specially thank the Directors of respective institutes, teaching Faculty and all the

others members of the Society for their help and support

And making the 2 years PGDM Experience really Wonderful and Special to

Cherish throughout my life.

Thanks and Regards and hoping to visit SBS Society as soon as Possible

AMAN SHARMA

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE,MM09-11427,BIMM(EXECUTIVE BATCH 2009-2011)


Amit C Sharma.

Dear All,

I am Amit C Sharma.

Registration Number MM09-11428, from Class Executive, Division – E From

BIMM, from the academic year 2009 to 2011, passed out on April 2011.

My Specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in Company A.

I still remember the first day of college when I reached around 10 am on 8th

June'2009. All the students went on for the Pooja of lord Ganesh so as to have

a bright start to our new career with bigger challenges in life ahead.

Then all the junior batch students were instructed to move ahead towards the

auditorium. It was a very warm welcome by our seniors with the corporate

claps. Followed to it we had the Traditional dress competition in which I was

shortlisted but unfortunately could not win the prize.

After this we had the introduction with the person who was so practical in his

approach. Heard a lot about him but seen first time in his presentation to us.

Bam Presentation, the first and one of the best exercises practiced at SBS

removes the hesitation of the students and encourages their creativity to

perform better and different. My topic was: “Adversities are opportunities to

learn in life.” My score was 119.

First semester started and the schedule was excellent. I never had any problem

with working days or schedule, holiday was never a concern.

The same performance and schedule continued and I found myself better

intellectually. The discipline increased greatly and helped increase

professionalism in me.

Best classes of PGDM:

1. Marketing Management, 1st semester taught by Prantosh sir

2. Market Research II, 2nd semester taught by Prantosh sir

Summer Internship :-

I did my summer intership from XYZ Organisation, Pune.

I myself searched & applied for it & got a chance to do my summer project on a

live project of HCV. My Topic was “ Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning of

Heavy Commercial Vehicles”.

It was a live project of 4 months started from May 2010 to August 2010 ending.

Duration for the project was only 2 months. I requested to the college

management to extend my project tenure but it was rejected. It was a tough

decision time for me as I had to take risk of leaving the college for my project

purpose.

My friends helped me a lot during this tough time & I use to study from them

daily whatever they have learned by attending the classes.


At last I successfully completed the project. Overall it was a very good learning

experience for me.


When the placement season started I got a set back by the management

decision that I won't be allowed to sit for the first 50 companies visiting our

campus. At last the rules are rules & we have to follow. My Core interest was in

Automobile Industry only so i started taking things very seriously. I craved for

information and knowledge. I would read the whole newspaper and note the

details, figures in my notebook. I tried to study all the current issues. I wanted

to build such a knowledge base that no topic in GD could be a difficulty.

Simultaneously, I strengthened my fundamentals in all subjects. I also practiced

numerical and logical reasoning to clear the written test if I had to face it.

The Experience that I cherish:-

1. First Company :-

Company decided to take both the Colleges Symbiosis & BIMM for the process

together. I went till the interview round of the first company in which I applied.

7 students cleared the 1st round of GD & Interview and I was one of those. I

always knew that I would clear the GD round. But soon I realized the mistakes

that I made in the interview. I could not make it and missed it by a whisker.

2. Second Company :-

Our Director of Placement Mrs. Dimple Saini called me to apply for the Company

placement procedure, I was not interested but Ma'am encouraged me to sit for

the process & so i finally decided to sit for the process.

I pass on every interview round of the Company & at last 2 candidates

remained for the final Interview. After a long wait results were announced & I

got rejected again. Felt very bad. I was very much depressed & was unable to

understand why i am getting rejected again & again.

3. Third Company :-

It is always better to learn and move forward. Above all never regret on past. I

sat for this company & was offered a job but the package was very less so I

refused to take the offer.

4. Fourth Company

I left many companies then and finally sat for a company that came in the

month of

March 2011.

There were 3 to 4 colleges from Mumbai & Pune participated in the process.

After a series of Interview from the various functional heads only 4 students

were selected for the final interview with the CEO of the Company.


For this interview we were called to the corporate office.

I was bit nervous but I have decided to crack this interview at any cost as this

was my last

Chance to get into an automobile industry.

I was the 2nd candidate to be interviewed by the CEO. He asked the following

Questions based on which my answers on that are listed below.

Tell me something about yourself

- In this I started with my name, age, native place, past qualification, my

professional experience in the organization I have worked. My Hobbies,

Interest, What I am best in, my family background etc.

My past Work experience details

- In this I explained my company product line, our Customers, Job profile,

Responsibilities, Functions in which I have worked. Various Projects &

assignments handled by me.

What do you know about our Company?

- In this I explained them Establishment Year of the Organization. Its various

Product Line, Presence in the Global Market.

- 2 to 3 years companies' performance in India.

- Competitors of the company in India.

Summer Internship details

- Project Title, Scope & Objective of the Project, and Initial Study of the

Commercial vehicle industry.

- Sample Selection for the project.

- Research Methodology adopted for the project.

- Observations & Findings of the study.

- Recommendations & Conclusions.

- I explained my summer project in a very detailed manner.

Launching of a New Product & Classification of the Market

- In this I explained the New Product development Concept.

- Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning Concept.

- Market Research Concept.

- Use of Various Advertisement Tools etc.

- Market Classification based on Geographical area, Markets, competition.

Benefits of the Business Process Quality & IT in the Automobile company

- IT serves as an efficiency channel to all the functions of the Automobile

Industry.

- Efficiency in terms of communication, accuracy, fast, & reliable information.

- Business Process Quality governs the existing business processes in the

organization.

- BPQ Empowers the Business as per the future requirements by incorporating


new innovations in the Business.

Tell me Three good reasons that we should not reject you

- In this I explained him the following things.

- Skilled Professional with utmost dedication & Passion for my work.

- Belief in Continuous learning new things & enhancing the knowledge

- My Professional experience & the most important thing my passion for

Automobile Sector.

If selected which department would you like to join

- Initially I Express my desire for Sales Dept Exposure so as to have the actual

experience of selling a product & then would like to join in the Marketing dept.

All the above questions were stressful questions. My interview lasted for 25 - 30

min.

I kept my cool & tried to give the answer in a clear specific manner.

From 31 candidates I was the only selected candidate.

My suggestions to the Junior friends is that don't bluff or Misguide the

interviewer because he can judge you within 5 to 10 min what depth of

knowledge & experience you carry along with you. So always be transparent,

keep your cool & give best efforts. Nothing is Impossible.

Bala sir has always been there for his students otherwise who stays away from

his family at an age of 70 plus? He deserves respect and a salute for what he

does for his beloved/dear students.

“Tough time does not last long, but Tough People do last”

The best thing is to carry the knowledge gained through the tough phase of life.

OFFER LETTER:

The offer letter was sent to me via email. I signed my acceptance on 11th April

2011

Thank you so much Bala Sir for making me Responsible, dedicated & disciplined

& overall a good human being for the society where I can contribute for the

growth of the country along with my personal growth.

I will always cherish the moments I lived in BIMM throughout my life.

My best wishes to all the Junior Friends.

Thanks and Regards

Amit C Sharma

Management Trainee, MM09-11428 BIMM(Executive Batch)


Amit Dandhare

Hii everyone ,

I am Amit Dandhare

MM -09-11209

2009-2011 Batch

IT and Marketing

Dual A.

No matter what we say about “MOTIVE“ to take admission in any college our

1st motive is to get placed in some good company on a high package.

Same was the case with me.

I joined BIMM thinking that all these things of Discipline are just to write in the

broucher and creating the branding for itself , but i was wrong. It was more

than that.

To my surprise, we have been grilled from the very 1st day of college and it was

an never ending process. “Expect the unexpected” was the mantra which we

needed to adopt.

And then started the presentations of Mr.Dilip Bam...the aura of this personality

is just different.

These presentations build up base of your journey in BIMM.

Now to get back to the main thing that is “Placements”.

To be very honest, initially i was not sure about which sector i wanted to go ,

but i had inclination towards Advertising and Automobile .

Given the “Insecure” Circumstances i even opted for Consumer Durable firm

.But Failed , Luckily.

Opted for Advertising firm , but there also failed.

Over the time , we got to know there are few Automobile companies which are

lined up ,and they prefer Mechanical Engineers for their profile . Probably that

was the 1st time since engineering i was feeling Proud of my degree.

I knew few days before that XYZ company would be coming on some tentative

date.

And that was the time to pull up ur socks. The finale which we were getting

prepared for.

We might not have studied by now , doesn't matter . Study Now, That was the

situation.

And The D day came.

The criterion of the XYZ co. was

1. You should have 60% marks in your 10th,12th and graduation.

2. You must be Mechanical/Automobile Engineer.

I was qualified in both the criterion.

The pre – planned schedule of the placement process was

Company presentation was supposed to be in BIMM and Rest of the process will

be done in SIMS, Pune.


We were called on 8:30 Am in one of our conference hall.

To our Surprise presentation actually started on 8:40 AM (So Early,

Contradictory to my previous experience with other companies.)

It started with general discussion and went on to question answer session.

HR and Zonal sales Manager of XYZ co. Was conducting the session.

HR started by Asking, Tell me about the company?? Even though iKnew and

wanted to give the answer, someone had already started the mission. And same

happened in 2nd question too.

But then i have realized its high time to grab the attention and i grab the 3rd

opportunity and later i became more participative in the discussion.

One question i still remember which HR asked and nobody could answer...

What is the “Toll free” Calling program XYZ co. had started for Indian farmers??

And then she asked us to find the answer by the time interviews will b held.

After the presentations were over , we have been asked to assemble at SIMS ,

Pune by 11:00 AM.

With all our belongings and study material , we reached at SIMS.

There were only 2 Rounds:

1. Group Discussion

2. Personal Interview.

There were about 16 students from BIMM and 10 from SIMS were participating

in the Placement Process.

2 groups were formed for Group Discussion.

I was in the 1st group.

Before they revealed the GD topic , HR asked us to introduce your neighbouring

Person.

It was just to see ur presentation skills while presenting somebody else.

Then HR told us the topic, it was “Tata Nano – Success or Failure “

I did not start the GD as i was not much aware about the details of this topic. It

was just Newspaper Reading and General discussions which we had about Auto

industry saved my day.

I was 3rd to participate in the group discussion, and i continued my talk for 45

seconds.

My stand on the Topic was, “It's been just 6 months Nano has been lauched , so

there is no point in taking stand toward Suceess or failure because in Auto

Industry generally it takes more than a year to establish a product . But i had

proclaimed that As a concept NANO has been HIT “

I was much vocal and articulate while putting my point, considering the fact

that Company expect more Confidence and passion from the freshers.

In Group discussions, Generally, i used to relate any topic with four things

(Social, Economy , Technology and Political).

We had detailed discussions on the topic and i had concluded the GD.

I was confident on my GD performance and was sure that i would crack it.

And luckily when they announced the list, my Name was there.


9 people were selected for the final interview. 5 from BIMM and 4 from SIMS.

I was 6th to go for an interview and a bit nervous. (buti feel , Positive

nervousness is good , it keeps u on toes).

I was very much confident while entering the room and that confidence had

came from preparation which i had done for this company.

My Interview started with..

Q.1 -Tell me about youself.

Answer – i had explained all my Personal, Educational details. My strength and

weaknesses, Details about my Internship, My projects in engg. This was very

much open ended question and an opportunity to sell urself. I took full leverage

of it.

Q 2 – How would u launch the product??

Answer - i referred to few product launching strategies from Kotler and then

gave elaborative explanation of their own product launch.

The answer was explanatory and brief which build up my confidence.

Q 3 – Explain your Engg. Project.

Answer – as i had studied that project in brief my answer was explanatory.

Q -4 – What is BCG Matrix and plot few products on the matrix.

Answer – i have done it successfully.

Then they asked me about Positioning and branding differences of Scorpio and

Tata Safari , which i answered successfully.

And they concluded the interview by asking my personal details.

Before finishing i also posed one question to panel , and that's how my

interview was over.

We were told our results would be announced tomorrow.

And the very next day i received call from Placement co-ordinator that 3 people

have been selected from BIMM and i m amongst them .

And that's how “Mission accomplished.

Few tips:

1. Have patience and persistence.

2. Before going for Presentation/GD/Interview...study the company and its work

completely.

3. Be articulate and present yourself confidently.

And finally enjoy this phase of life!!!!!!!

Regards

AmitDandhare.

MM 09 – 11209.


Amit Kanhere

Hi,

I am Amit Kanhere

Registration Number MM 09-11357, from BIMM, in the academic year 09-11,

passed out on May -11. My specialization is in Systems. I am placed in Company

A, one of the leading IT companies of INDIA.

I still remember the day when I got placed. It was 21st December and it was

one of the most exciting days of my life. All this started in the month of October,

when the first company for Systems came to our campus. I sat for few

companies but couldn't get through. In the third week of December we were

shown the job description of this company. I really liked the profile it offered. By

this time three months of campus placement was over. I was excited and full of

enthusiasm because this company brought lot of hopes in me. I had fully made

up my mind to get into this company and do whatever it takes to be a part of it.

There were three rounds in the selection process

1. Aptitude Test

2. GD

3. Technical and HR Interview

Aptitude test

On the first day all the shortlisted candidates were invited for Aptitude test. This

was an elimination round as large number of students had come from different

colleges of SBS. First of all there was a brief introduction about the company. As

the requirement was for a core systems profile, so we all were prepared for

technical questions. There were 20 objective type questions to be answered in

15 mins. I didn't face much trouble in answering the questions, because most of

them were based on networks and database.

GD

After the written test we had a 30 min break. Then we again gathered for the

2nd round. 8 students were there in each GD round. The GD topic given to us

was about the Commonwealth game scam. I could speak well on this topic as it

was one of the hottest topic of those times. The other topics were like Obama's

visit to India, Arrange marriage or love marriage. I am able to remember these

many topics only. GD went well. I was quite satisfied with my performance in

both the rounds. I had all reasons to believe that I will be called for the final

round. So I started preparing for the interview questions. After two days the

names of selected candidates were announced.

Interview

It was 20th December. There were more than 100 candidates called from

different colleges for the interview process. After waiting for 4 hours I was


called for the interview. Holding my nervousness and anxiety I entered into the

room. I greeted the interviewer and took my place. The questions asked were:

1. Tell me about yourself.

I briefly discussed about my academic career and the achievements. I kept the

answer simple and short.

2. Who are there in your family? Why are you not joining your father's

business?

In my introduction I mentioned that I was actively involved in our business

during graduation. These types of questions are generally asked to know about

our future goals. I tried to be totally honest. I explained that I want to have 4-5

years of corporate exposure before joining my father's business.

3. What do you know about company C?

This question gives you an opportunity to show your interest in the company

and I mentioned some details like company's vision, area of operations, some of

its biggest clients and its competitors in the market. One can expect a question

on the senior management, share price of the company, or even the exchange

in which it is listed. Fortunately I was not asked any further question on this.

4. What is a project management?

After making sure about my future plans, he started with the technical

questions. I explained project management to the best of my knowledge.

5.What is firewall?

Having interest and knowledge in information security, I could best explain this

question. The interviewer was impressed on my answer and asked me the

question in greater depth. I could successfully answer all the question and won

half of the battle there only.

6. What is ITIL?

Having studied about ITIL service delivery framework in classroom, I could

satisfactorily explain the framework. I explained him why ITIL framework is

useful in service industry and how it is used to reduce the cost and optimize the

operations. I also impressed him with some incident management stuff. He

asked further questions to test my understanding on the topic. I tried to explain

in the best possible way. We had a healthy discussion on this topic which lasted

for around 10-15 mins. Finally he was impressed with my answers.

7. What is the use of VLOOKUP in Excel? Explain “Nested IF” in excel with an

example.

These were some of the questions asked related to excel. I had given the below

example to explain Nested IF. Obviously I had to write it down on a paper.

=IF(A2>=50,IF(A2>=80,IF(A2>=90,"Excellent","Very good"),"Good"),"Fail")

9. What is the relation between interest rate and Bond price? and why?

There is an inverse relation between Bond price and the interest rate. For

example if the market interest rate rises, there will be a similar change in the

required rate of return for the investor. So a higher discount rate for future cash

flows will pull the bond price down.


He also asked some questions on DBMS and Linux, as was certified in these

areas.

After almost 45 mins of interview I came out of the interview room.

Result

21st December 9:00 AM. I was still on bed. I got a call on my phone. One of the

members of PAT team called me and said “Congrats...you are placed.” It was

like a dream come true. Getting placed in this company is my biggest

achievement. Now I am delivering my services as a Project management

Trainee for one of the top ten IT companies of India

I would like to thank Bala Sir for his support and PAT members for all their

efforts for bringing this company to our campus.

Thanks, AmitKanhere

I am Amit Kumar

Registration No.-MM09-11401,

Division-PGDM (Executive),

Specialization- BIMM Operations batch (2009-11)

I, had 5.5yrs of exp in food manufacturing sector prior joining SBS. I always

wanted to have an MBA qualification. It was pleasant and awesome experience

in SBS; the environment, the campus, the faculties, the auditorium, the

canteen, the hostel.....etc.In my two years at BIMM I learnt how to take a step

towards achieving this goal. This learning came in various forms of

management seminars, presentations, and cultural activities. The time spent at

BIMM has provided me a new perspective in life to deal with any situation and

be thoughtful of how to come out of challenging situations.

The best thing I have learned in SBS is to be disciplined in your life wherever

you go. I have really enjoyed a lot the classes even in the fourth semester. I

was the one in my class who has maintained more than 80percent attendance

in fourth semester. But the most satisfying thing for me was I haven't got any

backlog in any subject in all four semester even though I have gone back for

study after 6 years.

From the days of our inductions the time flew by so smoothly that we didn't

realized the most awaited part of our college life – The Placements. The college

took all efforts to prepare us from repeated stress being put on reading

Amit Kumar


business newspapers daily so that we are updated on current affairs to mock

GD practices is a confidence booster. Campus placement was an unforgettable

part of life at SBS. Today it gives me immense pleasure to write my experience

about my Campus Placement. During preparation for campus placements I

knew my strength was technical knowledge. My communication skills were not

up to the mark. So I was rejected in GD rounds of some of the companies I

applied for. I could not clear the GD round. All of a sudden GD seemed like this

huge mountain that I could not surpass. The preparation went down to zero for

the technical part as the feeling came if I clear the GD then only all the

technical knowledge would be of help. I got the feedback from the classmates

with whom I sat in the GD as to what is it that I was doing wrong. All the

students of my operations batch (of 30) have been place except four (me and

other 3) of us. Sometimes I got the feeling that I will not going to be placed

from campus because I have started sitting in the campus from the month of

October'10 but could not get place till the month of March'11. In the month of

April I finally got placed.

Since I am a Chemical engineer I always wanted to go in a manufacturing or in

an FMCG sector. My first choice was always FMCG Sector but I was always open

for any other profile related to Operations or Supply Chain.

Finally the day came when company “X” visited the campus

The Process

They first have taken telephonic round and the President of the company has

told us to write a report of your choice on supply chain (I have written a report

on Food supply chain challenges in India).

Then the company visited our Campus, made presentation about the company,

and job description. I was really happy that there was no GD round and

Company was looking for a candidate who has got some industry experience.

The president & GM directly called us one by one for interview.

Personal Interview

It was taken by the Vice president and G.M of the company.

o Tell me about yourself?

o Tell us about your previous experience?

o What are your achievements?

o My interest about writing since this profile's involves lot of writing.

o Why do you want to join a consultancy after working 6 years in

Manufacturing?

o Preferred Location.

The interview went satisfactory. Company told us that result will be announced

later.

Then again we are informed that we will have to Bangalore office for final

round. After reaching there we were again told to write a report on the spot of


your choice without any help. I have written a report on Operational Excellence

since it was my favorite topic and I had so much experience in this field. After

checking of our reports by the chief editor of the company we are again called

for interview.

Interview lasted for about 15 minutes. The VP & GM was impressed by my

answers.

Result came just after interview was over in Bangalore office and I was the

luckiest one to be selected.

In sort the entire process was-

Telephonic Round

Write a report on supply chain

Then the company visited our Campus, made presentation about the company,

and job description

Personal Interview

Then we are called to Bangalore office

On the spot report writing on a topic of your choice.

2nd round personal interview

Final result declaration

I would like to thank respected Bala Sir and all faculty members of BIMM who

taught me and made me this better. I want to suggest all juniors who would be

appearing for their placements

to read newspapers and keep awareness on all topics

to be ready for hypothetical situations in GD and interview

keep mind open for discussions, do not be over confident but rather be well

prepared

Be thorough in concepts of your specialization

Try to be calm and compose, maintain a pleasant personality throughout the

interview and avoid any unnecessary hand gestures or facial expressions.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS COMMUNICATON SKILLS. IT SHOULD

NOT BE GOOD BUT SHOULD BE EXCELLENT.

One of the destinations in my journey, The SBS was exciting, memorable in fact

Immortal.

At last I would like to say that college days are the best and most beautiful days

of our life. I wish I could relive those days….!!!

Wish all the very best to future aspirants.

Thanks & Regards

Amit Kumar

BIMM Operations

MM09-11401


Ancy Thomas

I am Ancy Thomas

Registration number MM09-11005

PGDM- Finance

BIMM

2009-2011

Firstly I would like to thank Bala Sir, Inamdar Sir and the Placement Committee

for all their efforts to bring such reputed Companies to the Campus.

Its an amazing feeling to again recollect those days of tension, joy, frustration,

achievement, nervousness and pleasure of going through and bringing on

papers the feeling of getting placed after the tough and rigorous process of

selection. And this experience gives a new shape to our futures and helps us to

take our first step out in corporate world.

Before I recollect my placement moment I want to put forward one message

that I have learned at SBS from our beloved Bala Sir that “Problems are

opportunities” so always remain positive. Your actions should always have to

have constructive objective. Nobody can pretend that life is bed of roses and

there is no reason why it should be. Daily ups and downs are perfectly normal.

Even curves of ECG report, representes life. Straight line in ECG report describes

death. After being rejected by 5 companies, I still stood strong, and I made it to

the company which was way better than the previous 5 companies I sat for. We

should never loose hope. You never know, there might be something better

waiting for you.

A job with good profile in a growing company paying great salary was all what I

wished to have. And I got it, I got selected in Company A.

Company A is supposed to be the growing company for finance students as it's

a growing sector with lots and lots of opportunities. The criterion is minimum

60% in all you academic records. Since it was the good company I was trying

for I was too excited as well as worried. On one hand I was happy that I was

among the lucky students who were free from backlog and were eligible to sit

for the process and on other hand I was confused whether to go for it or wait

for other companies who will provide me hard core finance profile Finally, I

decided to sit for the process.

We had a small pre-placement talk with company. They gave us detail about

company A . Then the interview process started. We had GDPI round and it was

a knock -out round. It started with group discussion. It was very interesting and


the topic was US economy and its effect on Indian market. We were

around 160 students from 6 colleges including somes colleges of Nagpur and

other from pune. We were divided into 16 different groups with 10 students in

each. I was in group no. 8. My turn for GD came almost around 5 30 pm and

results took a time of 2 hours.

After group discussion we were hardly 32 students left. HR announced the

names of students who cleared the GD round and were eligible for an interview

round. Next round was of stress interview, where a panel of 4 interviewers was

taking stress interview. Out of these 4 panelists 2 people were from HR and

were only focusing on body language of the interviewees. One of the panelist

was the program manager of the company who was basically interviewing the

students on there marketing skills and the 4th panelist was asking technical

questions related to banking and finance. For our interview we also had

competition from 5 different colleges. They were also giving interview with us.

One day before the interview I started reading all my notes and books which I

had gathered since my graduation. I went through banking books too. I

prepared very well for my interview. But there is a saying 'Always Expect the

Unexpected'. During the interview the interviewer asked me about my summer

project. And whole interview was based on my project only. There was a reason

behind it. Company A wanted to see is how much did you learn from your

internship. They asked me to give summary of my summer project. I did well

just because before me few students were asked same question and I had

sufficient time to prepare for it. I am thankful to all of them.

This interview had both technical as well as HR questions. There were questions

related to banking. And after them I was asked about my family background, 5

years down the line where I see myself, will I prefer to work in mumbaietc.i

tried to convince the HR to post me to my home town. The product manager

asked me by why do I wantto work in my home town, are you afraid of

challenges to work in the city like Mumbai and Bangalore etc. I countered him

by replying that I can use my contacts and networks for the growth of the

company and since Raipur is a growing city I can perform effectively but

somewhere I realized that he was basically requiring candidates for Mumbai and

other metros, so I switched my gear and started talking to the interviewers

about taking challenges. I started speaking what the wanted to listen and

somehow managed to gain momentum and come back on track. The product

manager took my interview took around 25 mins and since HR took huge time

to announce the result. Every minute seemed to be very long. We were going

through process since 2.00pm. At 9.30pm HR finally called us in a room to

announce the results. I was very nervous after giving my last interview. I really

prayed to God that I won't be able to face such situation again and again. God

heard my prayers and I got selected on 12 of feb , 2011. Only 3 students from

our college got through it. We got offer letter too late.


I wish all the very best to all the juniors. Hope all of them get the best jobs. Do

not get worried if you are not lucky as others to get through in one go. Also

don't forget as said by our beloved Bala sir “Problems are Opportunities"

Thanks & regards

Ancy Thomas

MM09-11005

PGDM Finance.

Name-Ankit Arora

Roll No. MM09-11106 class : PGDM FINANCE from BIMM from the academic

year 2009-2011 passed in April 25.

My journey at BIMM started on 8th June 2009. The two years in this college

have taught me so many things which are helping me in my professional and

personal life. Getting a good job after joining MBA is the first priority for a

majority of students in any MBA college. Similarly I also wanted to start my

corporate career with a good campus placement. I had started sitting for

campus placements from the month of January though companies had started

visiting campus from the month of October. This was because I had a few

backlogs which I was not able to clear. In January the criteria for backlogs was

opened and I sat for my first company. I was feeling a little nervous but in my

first company itself I had cleared the first round of GD which made me a little

confident but I was not able to clear the next Personal Interview round.

Subsequently I had started to sit for other companies but I faced problems in

getting shortlisted for the first round of company because I did not have an

aggregate of 60% in PGDM but I always used to sit for the companies which did

not have such a criteria but I was also concerned about the company's

reputation in the industry, moreover I was also selective about the profile

offered by the company and the work culture of the company. Also, I looked

upon the factors such as, my growth in the company as an employee and the

place of work and the package it offered.

After failing in GDs I realised my weaknesses. I used to read a lot of journals,

magazines and newspapers because of which I cleared a few GDs. I have also

attended the processes that were off-campus from college itself in Mumbai and

Pune.

Generally most of the companies go for the following selection processes:-

Group Discussion

Ankit Arora


Technical Interview

HR Interview

But still the procedure differs from company to company on the basis of their

job requirement.

The Group Discussion round is one where one can show ones impact on the

recruiter. This is the first stage for many companies and is an elimination round.

If one does extremely well in a GD then there are fair chances for the student

to get selected for the company.GD is not about who speaks first or who speaks

the most, it is only about talking about the topic in such a way that you are

called an outstanding performer. Sometimes when one is not sure about the

topic then from my experience I can say that the candidate should wait for one

or two persons to speak and then after understanding the topic properly one

can contribute to the GD.

Topics that are generally asked in a GD:-

Measures that India and China should take to improve the GDP of Asia

Common Wealth Games

Black

Inflation and India

However the topics differ from company to company. Sometimes there can be

topics like TEN or Black which are abstract and sometimes the topic can be on

current scenario of the country. So one should read a lot of newspapers,

journals and magazines to improve GDs.

Days were passing by but things were not happening the way I had thought the

way they should have been but I never lost that one hope I had in me.

Thereafter in the month of April I was shortlisted in one of the company that

visited the college. In this company there were two rounds-one was on campus

and the other was off campus in Pune. The first round was for around fifteen

minutes. The questions asked in the first round were as follows:-

Introduce yourself

What are your long term goals?

Why did you choose to sit for the company?

How much compensation are you expecting?

Tell something about your summer intership

The first round of interview was held for about 15 minutes. After this I realised

the importance of summer internship. After this the second round was held

after six days in Pune office of the company which was supposed to be a

technical interview. The following were the questions asked in the second

round:-

What are your long term objectives?

What information do you have about the company?

What did you do in your summer internship?

Why do you choose to start your career with this particular sector?


There were many other questions relating to current news that were asked to

me. The interview was held for around thirty minutes. When I came out of the

office I felt good and at the same time I was also nervous about the results.

Well I came back but the next day I got to know that I was not selected by the

company. I was a little disheartened at that point of time.

Unfortunately after sitting for about 7-8 companies I was not placed in any of

them. The final semester exams were also over but I still waited in Pune. After

waiting in Pune till the mid of June and not getting placed anywhere I decided

to go back to my hometown. After thinking for about 2 months I decided to

start a business of my own. Currently I have started my own business in my

hometown. I am trying to expand my business also. I know this journey is not

easy but I have full faith that one day I will be successful as an entrepreneur.

May be I have failed in my past endeavours but my two years at SBS and then

not getting placed have taught me a handsome amount of lessons. Starting a

business was a tough decision but I listened to myself and I hope that I will be

successful at it.

I just want to say that one should never be disheartened in life, just trust you,

Keep trying never give up, hope for the best & prepare for the worst. Keep

updating yourself with current news & technology. Take help of your friends &

faculties by taking regular feedback. Keep working upon your weakness try to

use your weakness as your strength. One very important aspect of placements

is the work one has done in summer projects. One should be able to answer

any type of questions relating to summer project. Visit company's website

before going for an interview. And have an in-depth knowledge about your

subject and field. Be confident while speaking.

Lastly, I would like to thank PAT team and my friends who supported me

throughout these tough but eventful times. I totally appreciate Sri Balaji Society

for taking this wonderful initiative of getting the write-ups of placement

experience from everyone, so that our juniors learn from our ups and down.

Lastly I would like to thank SBS, my faculty and friends at SBS.

Regards

Ankitarora


Ankit Sharma

Hello everyone,

Name : Ankit Sharma

Reg. No. : MM09-11307

Div. : Dual C ( Balaji Institute of Modern Management)


Specialization : IT & Marketing

Dear Bala Sir,

Please find below my experience of getting placed in Balaji Society :

Placement in any organization doesn't depends on once knowledge or

percentage in the examination but also on representation of that knowledge

and other soft skills like communication, body language, listening skills etc.

Balaji institute helped us a lot in grooming these skills through seminars, GD

Session and workshops and made us think out of the box.

It is very important for a person to know his weakness as well as strength. It

helps in improving our weakness and work on strength. I was quite confident

about the GDs as I was able to speak well in GDs and make an impression on

the jury. I was facing problem in interview which affected my initial interviews

but later on as I got much experience by facing them, they became my

strength.

My Journey of placement:

Company 1: My Campus placement experience started with the biggest brand of

electronics in India, for which whole college was exited and competition was

very tough. I was not able to clear the group discussion process as the topic

given was “Corporate scams” and I was not aware of it at all.

Company 2: After two days only, I appered for another company which was

basically a consumer behavior firm. I was not able to clear the G.D. of this

company also. The group discussion topic was: Impact of consumer behavior on

marketing.

Company 3: This company came with the sunshine for me as I cleared the G.D.

process and appeared for the interview. The topic was “ obama visit to India “

and cleared it in a good way. Though I didn't cleared the interview but got a

good experience of facing the interview.


Company 4: This company was the leader in logistics worldwide and came to

our college for the first time. I cleared the G.D. Process as I was confident till

that time for clearing the G.D. The Gd topic was “Reservations in the Private

Sector”. The interview also was very good and I got selected for the final

interview which was going to be held in Mumbai with the GM of the company.

The questions which were asked:

Q1. Tell me something about yourself?

Q2. Why do you want to enter logistics industry?

Q3. How will your biology background help you in this industry?

The jury was impressed by the confidence I was having while giving the

answers. It was a different thing that I was not able to clear the final interview

process.

Company 5: This Company was a Retail giant and came for recruitment at sales

level. I cleared the Gd and faced the interview but couldn't make it in the

interviews. The GD topic was “FDI in retail industry”.

Company 6:- My selection day

The day was November 26th 2011. It was the day full of anxiety and

nervousness. I had faced 4 personal interviews previously but didn't crack any

of them. My group discussion preparation was good and I was able to clear

most of them but facing interview was challenging for me. Many of my friends

were already selected in good companies and that was also creating anxiety in

my mind that where will I end up with. With all these thoughts and flickering

confidence I prepared myself for the selection process and reached the college.

The selecting process was only for BIMM. This gave any many of us little relief

that competition is between small number of students. We all assembled in the

auditorium and waited for the HR team from X Bank to come with the

presentation about the company. A panel of 4 HR professionals arrived within

few minutes and briefed us about the selection process. The process consisted

of:

1) Group discussion

2) Personal interview

I was in the first group of GD with 12 of my friends, mostly from my section

only. The group discussion was basically a case study with 3 questions to be

discussed in 10 minutes time. The GD started with a blast fro all the sides.

Everyone was trying to provide his view for the case and I found myself lost for

initial 4 minutes and was not able to utter a word. In the 5th minute of the

discussion I kept my points and concluded in the last minute. I was thinking


that the jury will consider my points or not as I was not able to speak much in

the discussion . But I had created the impact and was selected for the interview.

Out of 200 students 60 students were selected for the personal interview round.

Everyone was trying and finding the way to know about the banking terms like

Base rates, PLR, Repo rates, Reverse Repo rates etc.

After the GD, I was preparing mainly for the HR round as I was not comfortable

with the questions like Why this industry or why this company etc.

Finally the time came for the interview: the jury was compromising of three

panel.

The questions asked were:

Q1. Tell me something about yourself?

Q2: Why do you want to join banking industry?

Q3: Who is the CEO of : SBI, ICICI Bank Etc.

Q4: the details of summer internship?

Q5: About Hobbies and command over languages?

I was able to clear this interview due to my confidence and knowledge of

business world. The results were announced in the evening and were feeling on

the 9th cloud.

Key to the selection:

According to me, the main thing required to clear the placement process is the

confidence which you carry at the time of the selection process. One should be

properly dressed and should be free from any kind of stress. These things boost

your confidence level and give you an extra edge over the other competitors.

I hope my experience will throw some light on the placement processes and

help in selection in placements.

Thank you.


Ankit Singhai ,

Hi,

I am Ankit Singhai ,

Registration No. MM09-11177

Class Dual A From BIMM

Specialization - Marketing

Sir this is my experience which i have experienced at the time of my placement

I am feeling ownered to share my experience with my juniors. To get selected in

a company is one of the most important day of someone's life . But till the time

someone not get selected, it is a time of patience ,preparation , hardwork. The

same experience i have undergone at my college placement time. I would like

to share my experience under following points.

SENTIMENTS

Getting a job is one of the best feeling in the world. Going through mental

stress, handling pressure, enjoying with friends at the time of there placement ,

working hard to get placed . Psychologically balancing the mental pressure,

these all sentiments every MBA students have to go through at the time of

placement, but i must say that i really enjoyed the placement process after

getting placed in the 107th company. It was unforgettable after getting placed.

Friends congratulations, family blessings and a mental relief ,these all memories

are unforgettable. Also when you pray for your friends placement ,that brings

you close to your friends which someone can never forget.

EXPERIENCE CHERISH

Placement experience is one of those kind of experience in which students like

me learn a lot, and also get strong emotionally to face any challenges in life. I

am really thankful to my placement cell for helping me in getting one of the

best company of India. Today from past one year I am working in X company

and really I have learned a lot which will help in building a safe and secure

career ahead .

Getting placed in a company makes a student tough to face challenges in life

also helps in building relations with the outside world. Placement pressure

makes student tough and flexible to adapt the outside world challenges. About

my placement team ,really for 1 years my placement team worked for days and

night to get all of us placed , for that on behalf of my fellow colleagues I am

thankful to my college and my placement team.


COMPANY PROCESS

A lot of companies visited in our campus , and many companies have the same

process. Very rarely there were some companies who have different process.

From morning to night the long placement process goes on. At the end of the

day some students make it but some students have to wait for the next

company. But I have seen in our campus that waiting for the next companies

does not disappoint the student, it motivates the student to prepare more for

the next company. But all companies way of looking to student was different.

Some companies want a very enthusiastic student so some companies want a

good personality student. Some want a candidate who has futuristic vision , so

some wants who has a leadership quality. Companies came with different

profile. Some came with management trainee profile, so some came with a

manager profile. If the student has some year industry experience so

companies look at that candidate with different approach. Also company have

different packages for student. Students with experience are always offer more

package as compare to students who does not have experience. As Company

process are as follows

Written Test

Maximum companies follow the written test procedure. These kind of process is

followed just to check the IQ level of students. After this process only 50-60%

students get shortlisted. Written test include Psychometric test, general

awareness test, political knowledge test, current affairs test. The written test

covers the testing of knowledge of the student in all areas of life. It also tests

the speed of completing the test on time, patience, way of thinking, and also

the accuracy. Written test helps the companies to know about the student,

there way of thinking.

GD Topic

All companies follow GD process. This is one of the most important process at

the time of selection. Maximum companies reject 80% students at the time of

GD discussion. Companies take GD process just to check students

communication skill , way of delivering , pronunciation etc. But at the time of

GD discussion some topics are so sensitive that the discussion becomes a word

fight in the GD room. Every student have to present there point in short time of

15-20min. But attending the GD process was fun. It improved my pronunciation,

my way of presentation, my way of expressing my point ,and also it helped me

in increasing my confidence level. Some GD topics which i faced at the time of

my campus placements are:

LOVE MARRIAGE & ARRANGE MARRIAGE

IS T20 SHOULD BE SHRINKAGE TO T8

PEN IS MIGHTER THAN SWORD


INDIAN POLITICS

Interview questions & answers

Personal Interviews are the most important part of selection . Companies select

or reject student on basis of there personal interviews. At my interview time i

was been asked about my family, marketing question and also some logical

reasoning questions .Please note juniors always at your interview time always

answer positively. Companies look for student who have a positive approach in

life. Companies also select student who try to solve the problem and has

leadership quality. Never show your negative side. Companies does not like

student who have a negative approach. Try to always talk point to point at your

interview. I have been asked some of the following questions.

Where you see urself down the line 5 years from now.

Why you want to join our company.

What is the difference between marketing and sales.

Like I was given a product X, and they asked me how I will market that

product. What strategies I will use.

Also the company asked me that I have to tour a lot of time. Is I am ready or

not.

What are your hobbies? Which sport u like?

Who all are there in your family?

These are some question which I have been asked at my interview time.

Offer letter

Offer letter are the best part of campus selection . Students like me learn a lot

in the campus selection procedure. I still remember my date of placement ,it

was on 7th JAN 2011. Receiving offer late after having patience for so many

days , also experience all such stages is a very good experience. Offer late is

the award , achievement which a student has received for his hard work in his

carrier. Always be positive in life.

I am really thankful to myi Society for giving me such a good experience and

also making me strong to face all difficulties.

With Regards

Ankit Singhai


Ankita Chakravarty,

Hi,

I am AnkitaChakravarty,


Class Dual A From BIMM

Specialization - Marketing

Sir this is my experience which i have experienced at the time of my placement

I am feeling ownered to share my experience with my juniors. To get selected in

a company is one of the most important day of someone's life . But till the time

someone not get selected, it is a time of patience , preparation , hardwork. The

same experience i have undergone at my college placement time. I would like

to share my experience under following points.

SENTIMENTS

Getting a job is one of the best feeling in the world. Going through mental

stress, handling pressure, enjoying with friends at the time of thereplacement ,

working hard to get placed . Psychologically balancing the mental pressure,

these all sentiments every MBA students have to go through at the time of

placement, but i must say that i really enjoyed the placement process after

getting placed in the company. It was unforgettable after getting placed. Friends

congratulations, family blessings and a mental relief ,these all memories are

unforgettable. Also when you pray for your friends placement ,that brings you

close to your friends which someone can never forget.

EXPERIENCE CHERISH

Placement experience is one of those kind of experience in which students like

me learn a lot, and also get strong emotionally to face any challenges in life. I

am really thankful to my placement cell for helping me in getting one of the

best company of India. Today from past one year I am working in X company

and really I have learned a lot which will help in building a safe and secure

career ahead .

Getting placed in a company makes a student tough to face challenges in life

also helps in building relations with the outside world. Placement pressure

makes student tough and flexible to adapt the outside world challenges. About

my placement team , really for 1 years my placement team worked for days and

night to get all of us placed , for that on behalf of my fellow colleagues I am

thankful to my college and my placement team.


COMPANY PROCESS

A lot of companies visited in our campus , and many companies have the same

process. Very rarely there were some companies who have different process.

From morning to night the long placement process goes on. At the end of the

day some students make it but some students have to wait for the next

company. But I have seen in our campus that waiting for the next companies

does not disappoint the student, it motivates the student to prepare more for

the next company. But all companies way of looking to student was different.

Some companies want a very enthusiastic student so some companies want a

good personality student. Some want a candidate who has futuristic vision , so

some wants who has a leadership quality. Companies came with different

profile. Some came with management trainee profile, so some came with a

manager profile. If the student has some year industry experience so

companies look at that candidate with different approach. Also company have

different packages for student. Students with experience are always offer more

package as compare to students who does not have experience. As Company

process are as follows

Written Test

Maximum companies follow the written test procedure. These kind of process is

followed just to check the IQ level of students. After this process only 50-60%

students get shortlisted. Written test include Psychometric test, general

awareness test, political knowledge test, current affairs test. The written test

covers the testing of knowledge of the student in all areas of life. It also tests

the speed of completing the test on time, patience, way of thinking, and also

the accuracy. Written test helps the companies to know about the student,

there way of thinking.

GD Topic

All companies follow GD process. This is one of the most important process at

the time of selection. Maximum companies reject 80% students at the time of

GD discussion. Companies take GD process just to check students

communication skill , way of delivering , pronunciation etc. But at the time of

GD discussion some topics are so sensitive that the discussion becomes a word

fight in the GD room. Every student have to present there point in short time of

15-20min. But attending the GD process was fun. It improved my pronunciation,

my way of presentation, my way of expressing my point ,and also it helped me

in increasing my confidence level. Some GD topics which i faced at the time of

my campus placements are:

LOVE MARRIAGE & ARRANGE MARRIAGE

BARACK OBAMA'S VISIT TO INDIA: SRTATEGY OR FRIENDSHIP

MOON OR SUN


INDIAN POLITICS

Interview questions & answers

Personal Interviews are the most important part of selection . Companies select

or reject student on basis of there personal interviews. At my interview time i

was been asked about my family, marketing question and also some logical

reasoning questions .Please note juniors always at your interview time always

answer positively. Companies look for student who have a positive approach in

life. Companies also select student who try to solve the problem and has

leadership quality. Never show your negative side. Companies does not like

student who have a negative approach. Try to always talk point to point at your

interview. I have been asked some of the following questions.

Where you see urself down the line 5 years from now.

Why you want to join our company.

What is the difference between marketing and sales.

Like I was given a product X, and they asked me how I will market that

product. What strategies I will use.

Also the company asked me that I have to tour a lot of time. Is I am ready or

not.

What are your hobbies? Which sport u like?

Who all are there in your family?

These are some question which I have been asked at my interview time.

Offer letter

Offer letter are the best part of campus selection . Students like me learn a lot

in the campus selection procedure. I still remember my date of placement ,it

was on 2ND april 2011. Receiving offer late after having patience for so many

days , also experience all such stages is a very good experience. Offer late is

the award , achievement which a student has received for his hard work in his

carrier. Always be positive in life.

I am really thankful to sbs for giving me such a good experience and also

making me strong to face all difficulties.

With Regards

AnkitaChakravarty


Asfia Ansari

I am Asfia Ansari

Registration NumberMM09-11404

Class PGDM – Marketing & IT

BIMM Academic year 09-11.

My specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in leading Telecom

Company in India.

It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience with you all.

I was quite selective for applying to companies. I was always confused whether

to go with brand, profile or package.

With my experience let me tell you that you wont ever get a combination of all

the three. So I would recommend that please go for companies wherever you

find any of the two matching your expectation.

So the permutations and combinations might be a profile + brand, profile +

package so on and so forth.

I was going with the same mind set and applied to a few companies at campus.

However, later I got placed in one of the most reputed telecom company of

India.

Prior to sitting for the company, I was carefully going through all the current

affairs which may fall in the GD. I also collected a lot of facts and figures which

I may throw in the GD.

Throwing figures bring immediate attention not only of the moderator but also

of other group members. But one has to be sure whether you are good at the

numbers or else someone better than you will easily take away the pie leaving

you with nothing.

The company was on campus .

It started with Pre Placement Talk followed by a GD & PI. The pre placement

talk itself lured me to sit for the company as I found it meeting two criteria –

Brand and Profile. Though the package wasn't on the higher side but the profile

was good.

A lot of students applied for the process.

The selection process was divided into two phases:

1. Group Discussion


The groups were made of 10 students each.

My GD topic was – India 2020. The GD began with everyone shouting and

howling making the moderator confused. I held a nice grip on the GD with the


fact and figures. I focused around whats the status of India now and what is

expected in 2020 and whether the current rate is it achievable or not.

I put forward figures from the World Bank, Human Development Index etc-. I

also compared the growth of other countries like Japan who instead of being hit

by Nuclear attacks were a stronger economy than ours in almost the same time

span.

All my points helped me a lot to gain attention.

The result was out and I cleared the GD with one more group member.

The next step was the PI. Many a times I was not comfortable with the personal

interview and therefore I practiced significantly.

One thing I always made sure that I know each and every word written in my

CV and have a supporting story to each of them.

I was little nervous during my PI session, but the interviewers made me feel

comfortable.

The interview lasted for around 30 mins. I cannot recall all the questions out

from the interview but few of them were:

Personal Interview ( duration 35 mins) :- probably the most crucial 35 mins...

Personal interviews had the same questions as always.

1. Tell me something about yourself?

But this is the question which allows you to win the battle & win over the

interviewer

Because this is the question which allowed me to take the discussion to the the

level I wanted to & arouse curiosity about my good aspects in the Interviewer.

I kept my calm & put in front of the interviewer my good points & competencies

relating it to things I had a fair understanding about. I remember once in an

interview of a Finance company, I tried to act smart with finance beinh from

marketing back-ground , finally getting rejected at the interview round, whereas

my class mate who clearly admitted they had no knowledge about the subject

,got selected as they had been true at that point of time.

Presence of mind “the most important “ in an interview as it shows how well

you can manage, can say that because it did prove correct again during my

review interview in the company some days back. I moved the discussion to

those aspects of retail I had a fair bit of understanding & was emotionally

connected to so that the passion showed in front of the interviewer.

2. Why should we select you?

Being humble & will never ever try to act smart in this question because if

wrongly answered ends the race then & there itself.( happened to me once).

3. Why did you choose to sit for this company?

Being true to your self in interviews always work in your favour (was my take

away when I got selected), as I replied very simply that the company was the

biggest retail company in retail in the country and its always good to start with

the biggest & the best available .

Some other questions were like:


Who is the father of scientific management?

Asked some questions regarding to my roles and responsibilities in my previous

organisation as i was earlier also with telecom giant.

What do you know about our company?

How flexible was I with the job hours and location?

They were very informal. They were actually testing my patience & my

commitment towards my career.

They also asked a few personal details like :

1. In how many years are you planning to get married ?

2. How many brothers and sisters you have ?

3. Tell me something about your family?

4. Tell the meaning of your name.

I got to know the results after 2 weeks.

This period of selection in progress with no results and announcements is very

deceptive as you are unsure whether to apply for other companies or you

should sit back and wait for the result of your previous process.

Atlast three students got selected n got the opportunity to work with the

company. I was happy that I wont be alone in the new organization I am

moving into.

"When there is a will, there is a way"

Well, this phrase is apt for most of the situations in our life. It teaches us not to

give up our hopes and faith in our self through the ups and downs of life, coz

nothing is impossible when we have that determination n confidence.

Thank you.

I am Ashish Gadiya

Roll number: MM 09-11008

BIMM 2009-2011 batch.(Stalwarts)

Specialization: Marketing , PGDM- A

My Placement Experience -------

Campus Placements, undoubtedly the most important reason amongst all other

reasons for joining this institute, this society.

SBS helped us in many ways in preparing ourselves for the Campus Placement

Season by conducting GD practice sessions in Auditorium under the Guidance of

experienced faculty and Industry Experts from around the country. It broadened

our mind set, helped us knowing the rules of the game and at the same time

filled us with the confidence.

The Campus Placements Began in September,2010.It all began with my dream

FMCD company ABC Ltd,I sat in the process with energy and positive mindset

Ashish Gadiya


.But I could not crack the GD. It was a kind of wake up call for me, because i

had been dreaming big all this while but i was not upto with my preparation.

The second thing irealised was the fact that it would be a tough journey going

forward as being a part of SBS, the competition would be huge and the margin

of error doesn't exist.

There was a decent lag between the first and the second company. It gave us

the chance to re evaluate ourselves. Personally speaking, this was the time

when i found my feet. I began evaluating myself. From Sector to Profile, from

Company to package, i started analyzing things. Its very important to introspect

when you are confused. Once you understand yourself well, you know it, want

you want. I decided that banking is going to be the sector for me.

I started Preparing in this respect. I had joined a couple of Bank's training

programme which were conducted in the campus itself. After the training

program, i felt much confident and much better prepared.

Then came the first bank in our campus. This was actually the first company i

was really targeting at and the same time prepared for.The process included a

ppt to be given in a group of 6. My group had 4 girls who had fabulous

presentation skills. From each group, 2-3 students were chosen for the next

round and as expected, i couldn't make to the PI round. It was a big

disappointment for me as i thought i had the skill sets which a Banker is

suppose to have but it was a sheer tough luck that i unfortunately was the part

of such a group which was actually too good.

I am amongst those lot of people who have a fear for public speaking and i was

a little tentative about the PIs too. The reason why i am discussing this is the

fact that some of you reading this might also have the same fear, and believe

me friends, its just a fear. The more you will try to be in your comfort zone ,the

lesser you will come out of your fear. The best way to combat fear is... FACE it.

Then came an array of IT companies. I sat for a couple of them, cleared the GD

in one of them but never had that conviction to go for an IT Company. So,

therefore iopted not sit for those companies/sectors where i am not interested

into.

A few days later came the good news of one of the leading Banks of India

coming to our campus for placements and that too with a handsome package

which raised the eyebrows of almost everyone.

Another Bank, Bigger Brand, Better Package.... I was all Set !!!

The Process had 3 rounds :


Psychometric Test :

It was an online test. It consisted of some 150 questions which we were

suppose to answer in 90 mins. My strategy was to be myself and not to

manipulate with the answers. ( nothing or everything )

A few days later, the Bank came up with a shortlist of candidates who had made

up for the next round.

It was the “D” Day for me as the next two rounds were suppose to be

conducted on the very same day. I could sense a different kind of energy

flowing through me that day. Probably it was the positive mindset, focus and

self confidence.

Case Study :

It was kind of a surprise for me as all of us were prepared and were expecting it

to be a GD round but it turned out to be a Case Study. My past experience of

GDs in SBS made me learn one thing, whatever the Gurus of GDs say, you got

to speak in a GD to make an Impact here. U surely cant make an impact by

being silent or speaking a line or two. This was a high risk game which i decided

to opt for. The moment the case study was handed over,i went through it in a

relaxed manner and jotted some bullet points. As the case study discussion

went on, i kept shooting relevant points and kind of made an impact by finally

concluding it. Finally, i got through the Case Study.

Personal Interview :

It was always going to be tough for me in PI. But as mentioned, that day ,i was

in a different frame of mind. I didnot let any negative thought come to me for

the whole day. Friends, for positives to happen, you'v got to think positively. I

always thought them to be copy-book statements, but now i believe these

things as they paid off for me.

The interview panel had 2 members. One of them was the head of the HR

team. Dark complexion, beared and spectacles on, just like a villain of hindi film.

He started shooting questions at me. Describe Yourself, why Banking, Why MBA,

Why not Modeling. After this he started with next set of questions which were

situational based. He demanded explaination for each of my answers. All this

while the other fellow kept observing me, but i was answering by looking at

both of them . Then he started with Why Sales, Why this particular bank. He

seemed to be by and large happy with my replies.

Then suddenly the other fellow stated with POP. Are you ready to work


anywhere. Then they finally asked me if i had some querries. The PI went along

very smoothly . They finally thanked me with a smile and told me that they are

done.

After waiting for 2 Long hrs, the Panel finally came out with the results. I was

so damn happy to hear my name. It was an emotional moment as it gave me a

sense of achieving something in Life, something my parents would alwaz be

proud of !!!

Finally, I would like to thank our Beloved Bala Sir, All faculty members and

Supporting Staff. My thanks to Mrs. Dimple Saini ma'am and Bimm PAT team

who toiled really hard for us.

I cherished each and every moment i spent here with my respectable seniors,

my lovely juniors and my dear batchmates.

My special thanks to my flatmates, Saurabh, Sumit , Candy ,Vasu, Veeren ,

Shindu and Govind.

SBS has given me 2 Wonderful Years of my Life and an experience and journey

which would go on till eternity.... ( Nostalgic )

Thanks to ma Alma Mater !!!

Wish you all Gudluck and success in your life ahead…!!!

Ashish Gadiya

I am Ashoka Priyadarshi



Specialization: Marketing , PGDM- B

I am placed in a Bank in Mumbai.

The entire experience of campus placement was a profusion of learning for me,

although I didn't have to wait long for my D-day. I would like to share change

state of students at the time of placement session, all were a bit excited and

nervous, every one was preparing for their own good. Almost similar situation I

was also facing, campus environment was all shake up.

Appeared for ten GDs/Interviews of companies, before the one which came for

me.

Ashoka Priyadarshi


I was looking for the banking career and this was the second bank in campus.

This was the day when I promised myself that I had to make it with full dogma.

Finally got placed in bank. I'm gratified that I got recruited in one.

Before coming to the collage campus, bank asked all the candidates applied for

this bank

to appear for aptitude test. Aptitude test consists of 250 questions, all questions

was compulsory, in 90 minute time. Before clicking the start on screen for

aptitude test I prepare myself, that I am the best.

After two week, finally bank came for recruitment with shortlist for branch

banking. they shortlisted the students with best academic track record and no

backlog. This bank came only for BIMM marketing and operation.

They conducted a brief PPT session wherein they disclosed all the required

details about company, job profile etc to the best possible extent.

CVs were then handed over to the coordinators.

There were around 77 students who got shortlisted for the process.

The selection procedure consisted of two rounds- GD and PI.

It took entire day in completing whole process but the good part was that result

was announced at the end of same day. 7 GD group were formed, each consists

of 11 candidates. My group was fourth to go for GD, in GD room all 11

candidates were asked to sit in a semi circle, chairs are arranged in that fashion

only, the GD topic for my group was “private bank vs public bank”. During GD it

was all messed up, we created fish market there so HR asked to stop GD and

put our opinion individually one by one.

After GD we were asked to sit in a room a wait for result.

Within half an hour of completing all GDs, coordinators came with GD result, as

everyone I was very thrilled and nervous. We got one hour time after the

announcement of GD result, in all 40 plus people were selected for the interview

round. But this time one thing I had in my mind that no matter how tough the

competition might be, I must go home with a job. I realized that the reason I

wasn't selected until this time was the lack of confidence during my previous

interviews. The interview round started late evening. There was four panel of

HR taking interview so it got over in two hours.

Before going for interview I went to library and tried to get all the information

of banking industry.

I entered the 1st interview room and greeted the interviewer of the bank with a

confident smile. Two HR were sitting on other side of table, they asked me to sit

and also tried to make me comfortable by cracking joke, one was asking

question from academic and other was asking general questions.

They scanned my CV & asked related questions.

Questions ranged from my background to education to hobbies. Rather no topic

in the CV was untouched.


Then they proceeded to ask the following questions -

1)What is the meaning of your name?

Ans.

The person who always make other happy, the person whose presence make

other happy. And it was also one of the name of smrath Ashok.

2)Why bank?

Ans.

Because my inclination is towards banking career and I believe that banking

industry is going to grow at speed of 20% per annum in India.

3)Who is a leading bank both in private and public sector?

Ans.

Private sector: ICICI Bank

Public sector: SBI

4) Are you ready to work anywhere in India?

Ans.

Yes, sir.

5) How can you prove this?

Ans.

If I can come 1800 km away from my home town for studies then obviously I

can work in any part of world not only India.

6) If you have to choose one in career and marriage, what will you?

Ans.

I will not choose one, I will try to balance both of them in best possible manner

both are important for me.

I responded to all the questions to the best of my ability. The interview went on

for not more than 10 mins. It was the very good lifetime experience for me

which I am sharing with all.

Soon the HR announced a few names finally selected for the bank. I was one

amongst them, it was the moment for which I was praying, just can not express

it.

After two month I got the offer letter, job location was Mumbai. Joining date

was 5th of April.

My Suggestion for juniors:

Be careful about what you mention in your CV, HR scans it all, they quote

question from CV.


Before setting for any company, please try to know in an out about that whole

industry. Specially about that company.

Job profile is always more important than package, if you want to work for long

in that company.

Be confidence through out the process, confidence is the first which got noted.

Brush up your academic knowledge also, in technical round you will be screwed

for this, very important.

All the very best, give your best.

I would be grateful to Sri Balaji Society, and appreciate for all the endeavour's

to bring hundreds of excellent companies in the campus for recruitment

purpose.

Wishing thousands of luck to my juniors. I believe placements would be even

better for years to come, as Sri Balaji Society & the students would work

together for it.

Regards

AshokaPriyadarshi

Contact 9619805801


Aveek Das Chaudhuri

Name: Aveek Das Chaudhuri

Reg No: 14-1603

Roll no: MM09-11311

College: BIMM, Pune

Batch: PGDM Systems 2009-11

I am Mr. Aveek Das Chaudhuri, Registration Number.: 14-1063, Roll No: MM09-

11311 from Class: PGDM, Division: Systems from BIMM, from the academic year

2009-11, passed out on 28 April 2011. My specialization is in IT & Marketing. I

am finally placed in Company 2. I am providing my Campus Placement

Experience below:

1. The Sentiments

I was a fresher candidate, no job experience after my engineering. Like many

others, I was anxious about my placement. Moreover I had only 86%

attendance. So I was not eligible for first 50 companies coming to campus. But I

was allowed to sit for the first company which visited for Systems; Company

1.We had to appear for a written exam comprising questions on SAP for

Company 1. I didn't clear the test. Moreover companies coming to BIMM

exclusively for Systems were less compared to marketing companies, that's was

another worrying factor. I knew I didn't have lot of chances and so I prepared

well in advance. I was waiting desperately for the break and that came on 6th

Dec with Company 2, my current employer, coming to Campus.

2. The Experience that you cherish

I prepared myself well by going though the Aptitude books and Company

Profile. The Company 2 was an Indian MNC specializing in its own ERP software.

I went through my Project Report as I was sure they will ask regarding my

project. Next I browsed the company's website, got in touch with the seniors

they recruited previously from our college, read about their businesses and

solutions and services. I sat down with my friends to discuss GD Topics.

Company 2 was open for marketing branches for all other colleges also and so

there were many candidates vying for the job.

3. Company Processes

Company 2 came to our campus on 6th Dec, 2011. They offered the Post of

Business Analysts and Business Developers with a package of Rs.4 Lakhs. It

was a 2 Days Process. On 6th Dec, there was Written Test and on 7th were GD

and PI. There were about 150 students competing for the process.


The PPT:

The Company 2 made a very clear and to the point presentation detailing the

Company's founding members, the businesses of the company, its position in

Indian IT sector, its revenue, its offices in India and abroad, and lastly the

position and package offered to us,. The HR representatives from the company

were very friendly and answered our questions on the growth of our career in

the company and the responsibilities and areas in which we were going to work

if selected in the process. We attended the session with all attention and then

got ready for the test

Round 1: Aptitude Test

The selection Process started in the evening with the Written Test first, It

comprised of Data Sufficiency and English Language Comprehension Questions

mainly. We appeared for the exam. Finally when we got the result we found out

that about a third of us who appeared for the written exam made it to the next

round. Most of my friends in systems batch had made it. We prepared ourselves

to face the GD and interview scheduled next day early morning.

Morning we all gathered at BIMM building for the GD Process. About 50 odd

students were waiting for the GD process. Another comforting factor which

helped was the presence of the placement coordinators (our friends who were

already placed before us) for the Placement Process who helped ease our

tension.

a.) GD Topic

There were 3 people in all from the Company 2 who were there to review our

performance in the GD. We were ushered into the room in a group of 10 and

started our GD which was to last for 10 minutes. The topic of our intense

discussion was India China Relations. I started with crucial points detailing the

salient features of India China Relations. Here I must mention that I had

gathered a lot of knowledge from Wikipedia, the best online source of

comprehensive data on the net these days. Then 2-3 guys spoke after me.

Meanwhile I also kept note of other's points and made it a point to draw my

lines from others views. While speaking I kept on making eye contact with all

the people present in the room. Results came and I made it to the next and

final round. Again a third of us, about 18 made it to the interview.

b) Interview Questions & answers

Round 3: Personal Interview


As I was waiting for the Interview outside the PI room, Our Director and

Professors from our institute enquired whether everything was fine. They

wished us best of luck. When my turn came, I went I with my resume and the

file containing my Academic certificates and the Project Report. There were two

of them in the Interview Panel. I introduced myself and the questions followed I

was asked about my engineering background and technical questions from

Oracle, SQL, ERP etc. After that they asked questions about my project which I

answered confidently. I stressed on my experience in the project and convinced

them about my knowledge of basic ERP and mentioned that in our systems we

were trained in SAP modules. They then asked some questions about family and

the area of work where I was interested in. I told aviation and added it up with

my knowledge of Company aviation solutions and many well known customers

of the Company's Aviation Solution like AAI, air India etc. The PI continued for

half an hour more for others. After it was over, we were called into the PI room

where we waited with lot of anxiety as the HR slowly announced the results.

One of the coordinators who were a closed friend of mine indicated to me with

a thumb up that I had made it before they announced my name. I was one of

the final 5 students who made it to the finalists. We came out overjoyed; our

tension vanished in a jiffy. I called up my parents to inform them the good

news.

c) The offer letter etc

The Offer Letter detailed our package and employment details like probation

period and codes of conduct and terms and conditions of the Company.

We were offered the Grade 7/ Business Analyst Post and we were to join the

company on 16 May 2011. We got a photocopy of the letter from the Placement

cell and we got the final copy later in a grand ceremony where we were handed

the letter personally by the Dean Prof Col S Balasubramanian and His Wife in

the presence of Directors and other dignitaries, and students, seniors and

juniors from all 4 colleges of SBS. Later at our Home in Kolkata, I saw the ad in

TOI featuring the photos of ours receiving the offers letters was published and

our names too. Truly this College takes pride in its students and leaves no stone

unturned to get more than a thousand of students placed well in reputed

companies all over India.


Bhanwar Govind Singh Rajawat,

Hello everyone !!

I am Bhanwar Govind Singh Rajawat,

Roll No - MM-09-11313,

Dual C, BIMM,

Academic year-2009-11,

My specialization in IT & Marketing

I am placed in Company XYZ

My Campus Placement Experience:-

This is a detailed description of the experience, which I went through during my

campus placement in SBS. Before I start off from the very beginning from

where I started preparing for my placement interviews and group discussions, I

would love to say that my path has been very different, to achieve one and the

same goal that we all dream of, and i.e. to work in one of the best Brands in the

market. I was also told to have one of the best CV amongst others with proper

work experience, and being an engineer has lots of projects as well. But there

was lot of weakness with me like I was not good speaker that's why hard work

and practice was very needed for me and I did whatever I could.

The preparation for WAR begins. I always wanted to join service industry. So I

was always collecting information regarding these companies. For GD, one has

to be in touch with current affairs, be it Politics, sports, art, cinema, etc. I still

remember one thing that Bala sir aptly explained that we, as student managers

know how to speak. We will be able to crack any GD just on speaking skills, but

what one thing will get us ahead than our competitors is Information, right

information. Hence, I never ever tried to work on GD skills as such, but hone

my current affairs, etc. We went through weekly GD's organized by our institute

for our practice. And as I observed, the main problem most of the speakers

facing was one, which is lack of apt information. Hence I started to focus on

that only. I also received valuable insights about the kind of topics which one

gets in group discussions and how to go about framing the content. I realized

that to be a good speaker in a GD four things are very important: -

1. Good communication skill.

2. Be a keen observer and good listener.

3. Good judger as when to enter in a GD and when to leave.

4. Have relevant content.

5. Speak with poise.

I also never forgot to brush my marketing skills as a number of questions in

interviews will be asked on my main subject only. Hence I will ask my juniors


and future battlers to be always in touch with basics of your main subject, be it

Finance, Marketing, HR, Systems, etc. This helps in keeping the basic

fundamentals in mind.

In total, I applied for many Companies including one which was open for all, the

first Company for marketing students. Now main thing was that I had more

than 90% attendance so was able to go for my desired Industry.

In 4 companies, reached till last round where I was told that I am not selected

because I was lack of confidence. Also, was told that this profile is not meant

for you, hence I had to rethink my strategy about my preparation for PI's. 1 day

prior to “ZERO DAY”, on 7th March, 2012. We attended the PPT of the company.

This company came mainly for the Profile of Operational Analyst (Finance

Batch), HR executive (HR batch) and few for Business Development Executive

(Marketing Batch). I knew that competition will be fierce as hr marketing and

finance students were asked to be in same groups.

I had done some background study regarding the company. I gathered the

information regarding the vision, mission, history, logo, turnover etc from the

website of the company as these details are sometimes useful during the

interviews. But before PI, it was GD, a big hurdle.

Stages of Selection Process:

1. Written Test.

2. Group Discussion.


Written Test:

The Eligibility criteria of the company were the candidate with throughout first

class. After Preplacement Talk they conducted written test there were four

portion in written test a) Economy and banking knowledge, b) Quantative

aptitude, c) Verbal ability, d) Reasoning . There were 25 questions in each

portion. I got very good marks in written test because that is my USP. They

declared result after some time they selected 25 candidates out of 50.

Shortlisted candidate were then called for Group Discussion.

Group Discussion:

It was a group of 12 people where in we were asked to opt for a single topic

out of the given two choices for the discussion. Both the topics given were very

simple and were in general so that every member of the group could contribute

to the discussion. With mutual agreement we decided one of the topic to be

discussed upon. We were given 10 minutes for the discussion and 5 minutes for

summing up nut in actual the GD lasted for about 20 minutes after which

conclusion took place. The GD was very smooth and was carried out in a


peaceful manner throughout the time where in every person got an opportunity

to put forward their points. Topic of the GD was “IS INDIA A SOFT NATION OR

NOT”. I was favour of the GD I kept my points four time in between GD I gave

some example for favouring GD like Kasab and Afjal guru. I was very confident

after GD for short listing to next round. GD's result was announced shortly they

selected ten student for next round and candidates who got GD cleared were

called for interview.

Personal Interview:

They called us at a consultancy company for personal interview. Before start

interview they did scrutiny of all documents. There were two members in

interview panel. One was HR head and second one was marketing chief

manager. I was 5th person to get interviewed that day. The first 4 persons had

mixed experiences about the PI, Some were grilled during the interview and for

some it was easy. I was happy after my interview as then I belonged to the

latter and not former category of experiences. My Personal interview was very

crisp and belongs to my application form they asked most of question from my

application form. The question asked were very common like:-

Introduce yourself

Your family background

What do you know about banking in India

What is SLR, CRR, Repo rate etc and other banking terms

Why banking after Engineering and MBA

What is Your Strengths and Weakness

Why your marks consistently average

Are you ok if you are posted anywhere

Where would you like to sit in a hall for conversation

News from today's news paper

One thing, either for fresher's or for Work experienced people, maybe we are

choosers, but choosing does not mean, that we create a package to buy, it's

what company is offering and if you find yourself at the match, go for that.

Never show reluctance for any city, place, and concern for travelling as if once

you in corporate world, one has to fight it out.

Also, never ever try to scrap an interview as you think that this company is not

right for me, as now, you have taken a place of other deserving student, who

might have got that job. So please never take such steps, as it's bad for you as

well for someone else too.


After the personal interview round finally five of us were selected for the final

job offer with the Company and me being the sole from SBS chosen for

Operational profile.

So, I got placed when the results were announced after the completion of the

personal interviews.

There are few tips which I would like to mention which should be kept in mind

while appearing for a group discussion and personal interview: -

1) While in a GD try to be precise and relevant. Always have a stand as to

whether you are speaking for the topic or against it and also try to understand

as what is being asked in the topic.

2) While entering the GD/PI room try to display confidence in your body

language by the way you walk and sit.

3) When you greet the panel members greet them with a smile. It helps making

a good first impression.

4) While speaking in interviews try to maintain an eye contact with the panel

members.

5) Sit straight, do not lean on the table and avoid sitting crossed legged.

6) Displaying confidence is very good but avoid acting in an over confident way.

7) Never try to manipulate your answers as one should always be Honest.

8) Have respect for others too as well as believe in your own ability.

9) Lastly, either you get selected or not, believe that you have done well, it's

just that you are not meant for this profile and remain positive for future.

With this I would like to end my note. Overall my campus placement experience

was a great learning experience. Some of the insights which I received from my

faculties and seniors helped me a lot during my interviews and group

discussion.

And I would love to give a deserving appreciation to my CRT team, i.e. all 4

teams as they work dedicatedly for 1000 students of SBS day-night, tirelessly.

Another thanks to my Society for providing me an opportunity to learn new

aspects of life, my friends, family, God and Bala Sir for his confidence in his

Kings and Queens.

Thank you,

Regards, Bhanwar Govind Singh Rajawat MM 09 11313


Bidisha Deka

I am Bidisha Deka

Roll No- MM 09 11010

PGDM Finance from BIMM

2009-2011

My specialization is Finance.

Placement is altogether a mixed feeling in everyone life. We all join MBA course

to end up with a good job. Everyone fights for the same. But before and after

everyone gets their goal to be in a MBA Institute.

This phase of PLACEMENT comes as great experience in every student's life. We

all go through the same feelings of anxiety, tension, confusion and excitement

till the time we are placed. But all this comes as a great learning as this makes

you tough enough to handle all situations and gives a feeler of various

industries through various rounds of GD's and interviews till the end.

As the placement season started I felt that everything that was told to us like

keep reading news paper, keep your data updated and all those wise advises

which I ignored started to turn true. I was regretting that why didn't I do this

and all kind of things started to come in my mind. Anyways before I could

understand all these things happening around it was too late. I saw myself

surrounded by lack of general knowledge, eligibility criteria etc. It's not like if

you have these entire thing then only you can qualify placement process. Luck,

attitude, your behavior in those circumstances, contacts etc are also a deciding

factor. There is no point of losing hope whatever may be the circumstances, as

per Bala Sir's word “problems are opportunity”. Gradually you get to see

happiness and sadness around you, someone is getting placed and someone

getting rejected, but all these are a part of selection process.

The real placement season began in November 2011.With companies coming in

full swing; I could get a chance to appear for the personal interview only after

being thrown out of Group discussion in few companies. The journey of first PI

when begun, the topic for Group discussion was social network best way of

marketing. It was almost a prepared topic for me. I made the entry twice but

with unique points which I stated firmly. The interview went well. I was

expecting a positive result but then no selection. May be something better was

in store

Placement experiences are pretty much the testing times of a finishing school.

The prime concern is to work with an organization so to utilize the knowledge

gained in due course of academics and thus diligently achieve a platform in the

corporate world. Thus it was not an easy decision which company to go for and


which one no to. There are two things which you can do, first is to listen to

yourself and second was to be swayed away like a group. There are three

things again which help you in making your decision package, job description,

and brand name. you would be fortunate if you get all of these.

While recollecting memories of those days when 100s of things going in mind,

friends fighting in the GD room, fake smiles on everyone's face, I feel like that is

a phase of life that everyone should experience. One of my flat mates did share

these things as he was an engineer and has already gone through this, but

watching it live was more of learning. Anyways I can just say that was a real

experience.

Getting placement was like the final hurdle in finishing the 2 year marathon of

post graduation to which GD was the first step.

Group discussion

My topic was US economy and its effects on Indian Market. We were also asked

to speak on some political issue that was currently in spotlight. I had some idea

about the issue as I was reading news paper before entering the GD room. I

just took 1 entry and spoke for about 1 minute and in the end I summarized the

topic. Nothing much, just spoke what I knew was 100% correct. All this landed

me to the interviewer's room. Not a big deal because half the group was

selected for the PI.

Waiting for the turn and asking people who were coming out that what they

asked inside. The responses that were coming out were, about the company

and yourself were few common questions. I was second last on the list

Now the next round was face to face interview where they asked me the

questions like:-

- Tell me something about yourself- this is a question he asked me to get relax

- What difference you can make if we will hire you- where they were checking

my level of interest and the knowledge about the profile.

- What is your short term Goal?- Which is same like where you see yourself 5

years down the line

- They mostly raised question from my summer internship and discussed in

details what the reason of taking this project was. What was the learning from

project?

Will advise all my juniors to have faith, be a fighter, fight till the end and never

give up. The current affairs are something as students and later as corporate

citizens we need to know.


Struggle is a part of Life, some struggle less, some more.

Some struggle in the beginning, some towards the end, so today when I sit

here typing my experience, I recall all the sweet and bitter memories .

There are people who support you, people who pity you and some who

encourage you.

Just be yourself and you will sail through .all the ups and downs.

It is the best way to end this essay:

We all were sitting in the auditorium ,Bala sir asked

Biju sir to take out a 1000 rupee note ,which he told him he found on the road .

He asked

“whose note is this “?

Nobody answered.

There was a pin drop silence.

Then again he asked Ok, since it belongs to no one then I m offering it, how

many of want to take it?

Everybody raised their hands.

He folded the note and again asked now how many of you want to take it?

Everybody raised their hand again.

He crushed it, and asked us the same question yet again.

Then he said, no matter how many folds I put and how much do I crush it, it

will never lose its value .

Each one of you sitting here is like this note, no matter how many times you get

rejected; you will never lose your value.

Each one of you has something special, so remember this whole your life.

Regards

BidishaDeka

MM09 11010

PGDM Finance


Chaitanya Arvind Gadiyar

Name: Chaitanya Arvind Gadiyar

Reg No: MM 09 – 11068

Class: Marketing

Division: Executive Batch

Academic Year- 2009 – 2011

Passed out- April 2011

As I had come to Sri Balaji Society after working for two whole years at a

“leading IT outsourcing company offering web development, offshore

development, application development, software development in India”, I valued

the importance of attending lectures, as I missed them very much during my 2

year corporate stint. Hence, I had an attendance of 95%+ throughout my stay

at Sri Balaji Society. I could sit for possibly every company which attended our

campus, even the Electronics Giant, Company A, which was the Day Zero

Company on our campus, and everyone was eligible to sit for the process.

But I was very clear about the role which I wanted to get into. That's the

beauty of doing an MBA with two years of work experience. You have a glimpse

into the corporate world, and have a fair understanding of the rights and

wrongs of career decisions. It was November already, and close to ten

organizations had visited our campus with very good compensations, albeit with

a Sales Profile. Because of this reason, I did not sit for any company. My fellow

Student Managers in the Corporate Relations Team often came to me and asked

why I was not sitting for the process. My response was “I have set my goals

clearly, and want to go into a Techno-Managerial Profile” and all the companies

which visited our campus had come with a sales profile.

It was November 1, and the company which I was waiting for eagerly, had

finally visited our campus. It was Company D, the largest professional services

organization in this World. Almost, all the eligible students sat for the

presentation. However, when the compensation was revealed, close to half of

the student managers backed out. Even my fellow batchmates from the

Executive Batch asked me repeatedly as to why I was sitting for the process, as

they “believed” that I deserved a better package. But I was hell bent to get into

this company. As our beloved Bala Sir says “Problems are Opportunities”, I

followed the same mantra. The fact that lesser people were sitting for the

process, in fact made it easier to sail through. While sitting through the

presentation itself, I had an intuition that I would definitely get through this

Firm.

At around 12 noon on 1st November 2010, we had the first round, which was

the Aptitude Test. The questions were in the range of Medium to Difficult, in


terms of solvability. Along with the Aptitude, there was an essay to write on the

topic “Knowledge is important in today's age”. And lastly, there was a

business scenario specified, and we were asked how we would handle the

situation.

By 3pm, the results of the Aptitude Test were out, and I made it through along

with 80 more Student Managers. At this stage, we were formed into groups of 8

to 10 members, and were asked to design a website for the Indian Travel and

Tourism Department. As it was a pooled campus process, we had completely

unknown faces in our team, who were in fact Student Managers from other

Prominent B-School in Pune. We all brainstormed for close to 30 minutes, and

came up with our presentations. The Panel judged us on parameters like

Fluency in English, Clarity of Thought, and the Body Language, at large. After

this round, the panelists shortlisted close to 30 of us who would be considered

for the final round of Interview.

Before the interview, all the selected students had to go through a round of the

Versant Test, which basically tests our knowledge and fluency in the English

language. We all got shocked when we heard that they were testing our English

skills, and there were gossip mongers who spread rumors that it was a call

center type of a profile. But the HR came to the rescue and cleared all of our

concerns. Almost all of us cleared the Versant Test with flying colors, and we

were told that the final interviews would be carried out the next day morning.

It was 2nd November 2010. The D-Day had arrived, and you could see the

nervousness in all the candidates. Student Managers flocked at the SBS temple

early in the morning, and were found wishing fellow candidates the very best.

Around 12 noon, the personal interviews commenced. The names were called

out in alphabetical order, and were sent to respective panel groups. I was lucky

to have just a single panelist take my interview…

Finally, my interview began at 1pm. The panelist first made me comfortable by

asking me water, thus helping me cool down from my state of excitement.

There were typical questions asked like “Tell me something about yourself”, “my

Strengths” , Weaknesses” , “any questions from my side” , etc.

One tip for aspiring candidates is that be true in whatever you speak, and also

do NOT bluff things in your resume. The panelists have vast experience, and

can make out very easily if you are bluffing. For example, I had mentioned that

my hobby is “watching movies and sitcoms”, so I was grilled to the core on that

subject. I was asked which genre I watch, my favorite actors, what I like and

dislike in movies etc. So, the bottom line is “Be Honest”, and be very fond of

your hobbies/beliefs etc. Never say things which are ambiguous, always be

specific. Eg, avoid saying that “i like watching movies”. Instead, say “I love


watching American movies, which have an essence of Romance and Comedy”.

This helps you in leading the interview and taking it to your comfort zone.

As I mentioned, have clarity in your thought process, and be very specific while

replying to their questions. Lastly, when they ask you “Do you have any

questions for me?” this is the time when you can either make it or break it.

Don't just bluntly say that I have no questions for you, and turn away. Instead,

do some research on their organization, and ask particular questions like what

their strategy is over the next 5 years, or what is the career ladder in the firm,

etc. In this way, even they will feel that you care for them, and have not just

come here for the job.

The final results were announced at 3 pm, and mine was among the first names

to be called out.

One suggestion for the SBS management is that they can allow the Student

Managers (with relevant work experience) to negotiate the compensation

offered, rather than discouraging them to do so. It was probably the only

reason why many eligible and deserving students backed out of this wonderful

firm.

Lastly, I would like to thank Bala Sir, and the Corporate Relations Team for their

unending efforts in bringing the firm and getting students placed in such large

numbers.

Regards,

Chaitanya A. Gadiyar

Name-Chetan Sexena

Dual B BIMM

MM09-11220

IT & Marketing

All the crowd of students coming to the gates of Balaji Society has only one

dream, the dream of getting a good Job.

I was one amongst those, not very special and not too simple. A student who

can be considered more than average.

Initial months of SBS were hectic. Each one here wanted to run away from

here. But none of them was knowing SBS is actually heating the iron to get

moulded in the best shape it could be.

Chetan Sexena


The 3rd sem passed and everyone was at the door of the placement hall of

Campus. We were on the phase where 100-1000 companies were waiting for

us.

Each student had a dream, some wantedto go to mechanical background, some

banking and some IT. Some student got what they desired but some did not.

Initially I was one of them. I did not had a specific choice. I judged an offer

based on three parameters:

-->Package offered

-->Profile offered

-->Company's reputition.

I thought if I could get even 2 of the above in a company then I would love to

grab the oppurtunity.

In search of these two points, the journey of my carrier was started.

Before my post graduation, I was already recruited by a company based on my

graduation but i choose to leave that offer as doing MBA was my dream since

time. Hence I including my family had a small fear in the corner of my heart :

"What if I dont get something the best or even the better placement here???""

In the fear of this, i lost the very first company for which I almost cleared the

process. I got through the GD and the interview panel even asked me for the

place of posting. But i asked him to change the profile they were offering. They

said its not possible for them and they did not selected me.

Its said if you think if you think negative then the vibrations surrounding you

will surely do something in your life that you never thought of.

And yes something happened. I got my 2nd sem results and I had got a back in

one of my subject.

The Fist Failure of my life.

This failure turned out to a loss of more than 20-30 offers, amongst them 6-7

did fulfilled my criteria.

But due to the strength of my loved ones and GOD's grace, I got cleared

through the exam the second time. That too with good marks.

Hence I would like to guide my Juniors, to take there exams seriously. In the

middle of the campus mostly students take their exams for granted, but any

such failure in your life may loose a very nice offer from you.

I cleared number of Group Discussions rather all the GDs those I appeared to.

But somewhere something was still not working.


The GD topics I faced and cleared were as below.

-->Some generic topics:2G scam, System Breeds Corruption

-->Abstarct Topics: 10, If fishes fly

-->Debatable topics: Do what you love or love what you do, India China.

I remember my best GD among the above was 10.

We had a company in the month of Feb 2011, which fulfilled all my criteria's. It

gave good money, was a government firm and lastly the best profile.

I gave the interview , it was satisfactory and I was pretty sure that I will get

through.

The panel asked me the general questions on my introduction, my hobbies and

my family background. They noticed that my parents were from Government

firms and hence they asked me what are the pros and cons according to me

being a gov. employee.

The results were awaited for 10 days. Only I know how I passed those 10 days

which actually turned out to 15 days as the result got delayed. finally it was

there and I was not selected.

I was shattered that day. That was the second failure of my life. I was totally

demotivated.

My juniors should learn from here, to not to put all of your hopes on one

company cos for you the company is one but for the company you are many..

Putting your hopes on one company can make you lose your self

confidence.Which is most important for you during the campus placement.

This was not enough, through these days I got to know that my father had

asevere heart attack a month ago. I was not even informd about it as my

mother thought it will ruin my carrier. A mother can only think in such a way for

a son.

GOD was with me and my father was alright now.

I could not even get a chance to visit my hometown due to the placements

going on everyday.

Because of all this I also had a pressure that i have to acheive something as

good which can eqqualise the pain and the sacrifice my mother went through all

this. The moments my father passes being on the hospital bed and talking

casually to me on phone, pretending everything is as cool as ever there.

Many of us may find such ups and down in life during this time but the only

thing one should keep is Pateince and confidence in you and GOD.

Whatever is written for you, will be at your door soon.

Gradually the zeal and the excitement of the placements was going down. My

batch mates were getting placed day by day. Most of the well known companies


already visited our institute.

We completed with our 4th semexams.The session ended in June 2011. My

flatmates were all placed. They went home and I thought now I will have to get

a job from outside.

I collected all my strength and positive energy left in me and again started the

2nd phase of the journey to my campus.

Suddenly I got a call from my college placement cell that a company which

again fulfilled all my criteria's is coming for recruitment.

This was very rare in the month of July 2011. I thought I can't afford to loose it.

If this is lost, I will be lost.

My interview was at some other campus. And their I got the third failure of my

life. The interview was as bad as I could have . I lost all my hopes.

I did my internship in Loan Against Property, and hence seeing the topic the

panel asked me lots of questions on Mortagaged loan.

You should be well versed with your internship topic. People usually dont take

their internship seriously. Its human nature getting 2 months holiday from

BALAJI Society, most of us enjoys. But believe once you paas the hard time

here for 2 yrs then you can have the best time of your life.

I thought to join my college as a faculty. Something my institute was offering

me since months.

Any of my juniors getting this oppurtunity, grab it as soon as possible.

In the mid of September 2011, I joined BIIB as a faculty. I managed CPS there

for couple of months.

One fine day I got a call from placement cell. I thought it would be a usual call

from my office for soemthing related to CPS stuff I was handling.

I picked up the call and the voice on the other side said: " MrChetan, you are

selected.."

Ohh My GOD!!! the third failure of my life was actually a success. I got through

the interview that was as bad as it could be. It was actually good, rather

PERFECT!!!

Currently I am working here and I want to bring in to everybody'd notice that

other than me, my family and my friends, BALAJI SOCIETY was the one who

constantly bear the pain of me being unplaced till Oct 2011.

Just to summarize, My juniors should concentrate more on the internship part,

should be good in technical questions.

They may give you case studies, or throw questions like where do you see 5/10


yrs from now?

I was the Second last placed but yes, the placed student of my Dual.

And I can never pay my debts for the 2 months shelter provided to me by the

college as my 1st employer.

Thanks to the organization for taking such a good care of myself.

You summarize your life not in years but the moments. I can say I have lived 1

such great moment..Coutsey SRI BALAJI SOCIETY....

I am Deeksha Prakash

Roll number:MM09-11012

BIMM 2009-2011 batch (Stalwarts)

PGDM-A

Specialization in Marketing

My Placement Experience……

“DONOT RUN AFTER MONEY, SEEK DEMAND AND CONQUER EXCELLENCE

MONEY WOULD SOON FOLLOW, HAVE PATIENCE IN LIFE”

Coming from a technical background, having done my engineering in computer

science I had always wondered if would be groomed the right way to get the

right kind of a job that perfectly fits my interests and the educational

background I come from…

The placement season began, tension was in the air, students dressed in their

formal attire( which I really miss now), running here and there to attend

interviews , seek help and advice from teachers just because everyone wants to

be placed at the earliest, I was no special, every company I sat for, no matter

FMCG, Retail, Construction at that point in time, the sector really dint matter, i

wanted to get placed with a good brand to kick start my career, with full faith in

myself , I always thought no matter which ever company I join I will have to

learn from the scratch.

Then came a big finance consulting firm, very skeptical about the package they

offered, as they offered us something below the average packing during that

Deeksha Prakash


time. I always a mixed feeling of being placed at a better package later,

however the old saying of a bird in the hand is always better than two in the

bush always in my head. Finally I sat for it the only reason for me to go for it

was it being in Hyderabad, which happens to be my home town….

Still not able to decide to sit for it or not I decided to call my father, he said

something that I even remember today and think that it would inspire all of you

as wee , he said,

“DONOT RUN AFTER MONEY, SEEK DEMAND AND CONQUER EXCELLENCE

MONEY WOULD SOON FOLLOW, HAVE PATIENCE IN LIFE”.

It gives me immense pleasure to share my experience firsthand with you, I

hope to inspire you at every step I can.

I am and have always been an 7 pointer throughout my life. Nothing too big, no

extra certifications, not a state topper, not a college topper, I was just like and

other student out there. However inspired by a lot of movies I had somehow

learnt to bream big. Every person has the right to dream so dream as big as

you can that was something I did day in day out involuntarily.

I had never even thought that I would join BIMM at the first place , I was too

keen to get in to some college in Bengaluru, however having submitted the

form in BIMM I had attended the interview, and this came to me (if I could

exaggerate) “ an offer on a silver plate”

SBS/BIMM was the best thing that happened to me , I had never been to hostel

before, and in SBS hostel I made friends for life, glimpses of the getting up in

the morning going down for breakfast, fighting to get into the bathroom first,

running to get into the college before 9:00am, bargaining for attendance,

watching cricket matches in the SBS mess, cheering for the volly ball matches,

dancing in dristi, doing the night duty, running back to get inside the hostel gate

before 9:30 are stilll fresh,

Whenever all of us sit back we usually have on common topic to discuss that is

the SBS Hostel.

At this point I would like to take a moment to thank Bala Sir for making SBS

what it is today. Thank You Sir!!!, May god bless you.

So I sat for two other companies before the one I am currently in , as usual

success takes its own time before it comes, I did absolutly bad at the first one,

come on what do you expect the first company on campus , all 1000 students

sitting for it, to tell you the truth I wasn't expecting anything from it, it came

and it went with out making much of a difference to me , but somehow we

started realizing that its now time to get serious in life


Then came the second company it was DAY ZERO for BIMM I did fairly well in

this one , I cleared the written test, did well in the group discussion and even

got through it, but was filtered out in the end, the feeling was so bad , it was

beyond words and to add fuel to fire, my roommate got placed on the same

day. A mixed feeling, dint know whether to celebrate or cry. I thought destiny

had its own plans for me

Then came a big bigbig financial consulting company, the brand name was as

big as it could be. It was 1st November, 2010 all eligible students had to attend

the PPT. I was pretty sure after all the discussions I had had with my father that

that I wanted a good work culture so I decided that this company would be a

good choice for me.

I got placed with a big Financial consultancy firm in Hyderabad. As per my

experience, process was not so tough to crack. Overall I enjoyed the process.

The panel consisted of 4 Team leaders from company accompanied by 2 HR

personnel.

In total we had 5 rounds and first 4 were elimination round.

1st round was of Aptitude Test which had almost 40 questions in 45 mins based

on Quant, Data Interpretation, Reasoning and English. Test was easy it had

sections like See Profit & Loss, Speed time Distance, Work & Time, DI,

Comprehension, questions. On the basis of this aptitude around 67 students

were short-listed.

In the 2nd round, we were asked to write an email stating the postponement of

project deadlines due to some problem. It was to check the writing abilities.

In the 3rd round, These short listed students were divided in groups of eight for

the next round which was a case study round and my groups topic was to

develop a tourism sight for a state”. It was very exciting and interesting as we

were given chart papers and sketch pens to do the same, it was different than

the usual process companies had . Our group performed well.

The 4th round was that of Versant which was a quick spoken English test. It

was conducted to evaluate language and literacy skills. The panel was quite

impressed with the performance of the students. You have to just answer some

phone recorded questions; they just check whether you have a good accent,

your sentence building, grammar etc. It was around 11'o clock in the night till

all these four rounds completed. So they called it for the day and the interviews

were scheduled for the next day.

On 2nd November 2010 morning, we all gathered near the BIMM building for

the final judgment of our destiny.

5th round was of personal Interview. Only those were eligible for the 5th round,

who cleared all the above 4 rounds. I was one of them.

Before I went for my interview I did a massive research on the company and

their culture. Some of the questions asked were-

1. Tell me about yourself

2. Mention your strengths and weaknesses


3. Areas of academic interest

4. Why our company?

5. Why should I hire you?

6. why did you choose marketing after computer science, why not systems??

Suggestions:-

- be a frank as possible ,donot try to manipulate

- remember the pannel is in the business for quite some time

- if you think you have done your homework well, the pannel is an expert at it.

- be confident and positive

- be ready to take up opportunities and learn from the sratch

Finally the results were declared and they picked up 11 students from the

marketing stream. I was one of them. I can't forget that day. It was just like a

dream come true. It was the day of reward of all my hard work and efforts put

by the college at every single day of my PDGM journey.

I had a wonderful and unforgettable experience and was really blessed to get

one of the biggest brands. From the bottom of my heart, I am very grateful to

Bala Sir, Seema ma'am, my colleagues in PAT and my friends and family.

I wish all my Juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their

endeavors.

Thanks & Regards,

DeekshaPrakash

Hi Everyone,

I am Deepali Budhabhati

Registration no: MM09 – 11113

Institute: BIMM

Division: Dual B (Marketing)

Academic Year: (2009- 2011)

As to start off with the placement season for the batch of 2009-11. The

personal experience I had with the placement team and companies is

something I will never forget; it was a mixed experience and taught me ways of

being tactful, competitive and alert when most required. The placement season

started in the month of October 2010. Thankfully my attendance was above

90% and I was eligible to sit for the first 50 companies. I got placed in my 8th

Company through the campus placement process.

Deepali Budhabhati


The hassles I faced while enrolling for two companies who visited the campus

on the same day was one experience I will never forget, running for group

discussions that crashed at the same time and being boggled by the topics that

kept hovering in my mind to keep myself updated. This experience helped me

to perform multiple tasks under pressure.

I sat for 7 companies but unfortunately wasn't able to go beyond the group

discussion and twice was rejected after the final interview of 2 companies. It

was a time where the level of pressure was equally on everyone, all trying their

level best to make it to big brands. The group discussion in a company process

was never less than a fish market everyone cutting each other point, not

completing their sentences. It leaves a bad impression on the HR of the

companies that visited the campus.

I was sitting for my 8th Company. The session started with a Pre-placement talk

by the company executives - company's services, market presence, growth

component and work culture, it covered them all. It was followed by a brief

explanation of the skill sets required for employment and the procedure the

company will follow for the ensuing recruitment. The Eligibility Criteria of the

company was pretty relaxed. 60% and above in 10th, 12th & graduation .No

pending or active backlogs. The CTC offered was 4.1 L. A total of 210 appeared

for the placement procedure, 90 were shortlisted after the 2 rounds of GD, after

which we had interview round which included both technical and H.R, finally we

were shortlisted as 15 members.

The groups were made and GD rounds started being held. It was a normal GD

process with 12 candidates in the GD group. The GD was supposed to last for

around 20 minutes. I vaguely remember I was in the 9th group. Before the

start, candidates were advised to allow everyone to speak. No other norms

were specified as such. The topic was “THE CORRUPTION IN COMMON WEALTH

GAMES” .It was one of the most common GD topics .The group discussion was

unlike the “fish market” that one hears of. The participants were composed and

everyone got a chance to speak. There were moments when two people began

speaking together after a momentary pause but someone or the other would be

polite and ask the other to continue. The topic was such that it put everyone at

equal footing as it didn't involve any technical knowledge. As such, everyone

spoke and the discussion was calm and civil. I kept my points firmly and

precise. The moment you walk out of a GD, you are thronged by points that you

could have mentioned.

I think I could have added few more points during the discussion. I waited for

the result and was lucky to clear it.


Now I had to gear up for the second round which was tougher than the first.

The second round of GD began and the topic was given to us was “THE

FUTURE OF MNC's IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY “luckily I and few people

had the knowledge over the topic. I stated few but strong points & maintained

a calm composure throughout. The process was conducted in all fairness and

continued till everyone had made their points.

Finally the moment arrived and the list of students qualified for the next round

was read out. I was very happy to hear my name in the list of selected

students. There were signs of disappointment and screams of joy. Then the

necessary instructions for process of interview rounds were read out.

Once the interview gets under way the chill running down spines is palpable. As

friends come out, quick counselling is forthcoming to give a sneak peek into the

interview panel and the questions being asked. There is last minute flipping

through books and discussions. There are some confident and some nervous

and shaky exits from the interview room. However at the end of the day, all are

sure that they gave it their best shot.

After waiting for 2 hours. I was called for my technical interview. This was the

most crucial round of the recruitment process. No level of preparation is

sufficient for this round as the scope is wide. As I entered the room then I saw

that there were 2 persons sitting to take my interview. I greeted my

interviewers with a smile and was asked to have a seat.

My resume was asked and then began the questioning part. The interviewers

were very warm and friendly. Firstly I was asked to introduce myself. Next they

asked me 'Why MBA in Marketing?' Before answering I was again asked, 'What

you know about our company?' I inter related both the questions. By the

answer they knew I visited the Company website and they were impressed. Few

other questions asked to me by the panel were:' what subjects have u studied

till now? Name them', 'Which one of these is your favourite subject?',' What are

the effective ways of creating Brand awareness with a Retail store?'.'Tell us

about your projects'.

Being a marketing student i was supposed to know in detail the concepts of

Retail management, brand management & various marketing models.

I felt that the panel was satisfied with my response to the questions asked.

Next was my HR Interview. Some of the questions asked in the HR round were:

- Why do you want to join this company and not any other company?

- What are your strengths and weaknesses?

- Tell me something about your family?


- Will you be comfortable if you get posted anywhere in India?

- Some situational questions were asked too.

I was able to answer the questions comfortably.

My interview lasted for around 20 to 25 minutes. After the Technical round I

had started feeling very comfortable about the process which made the HR

interview like a cakewalk for me.

The Interviewer was very happy with my answers and asked me to wait for the

result.

The D-DAY

The results were announced on the same day. Finally after waiting for a long

time the process for all the students was completed. It was nearly 10:30pm

when the whole process came to an end.

Around 11:30P.M the results were announced and I was among the 15 selected

people. Following the formal announcement the selected set of future

employees were welcomed by the company.

I was extremely delighted to find my name in the list. It took the announcer

less than one second to utter my name, but that fraction of a second made the

day most memorable for me.

At the end all I want to say is 18st December 2010 will always remain the best

day of my life! The feeling of making to this level was truly amazing and a great

achievement for me even though I couldn't be a part of the company due to

some reasons.

But the knowledge and experience I have gained from SBS has helped me to be

a part of a prestigious company in abroad... My job is a direct result of the

academic and leadership training I received at SBS.

I am grateful to Sri Balaji Society for giving me an opportunity to share my

experience of the most memorable day in my life so far.

Here's wishing ALL THE BEST to the future aspirants…..

REGARDS

DEEPALI BUDHABHATI


Ms. Deepi Agarwal

I am Ms. Deepi Agarwal

Registration number: MM09-11317

From class PGDM-IT & Marketing

Division C from BIMM

From academic year 2009-2011

Passed out in 2011

My specialization is in IT& Marketing

I am finally placed in a consumer durable company.

My campus placement experience is as under:

I sat in two companies and got placed in second company.

Our campus placements started with a consumer durable giant coming to our campus.

Everybody was excited to get into this company, so was I. Everybody had prepared for

the company as it the first company on the campus and were trying hard to get into this

company.

It was last week of September, everybody was ready for the process in the morning.

The company had shown the PPT about the roles and the company two days earlier,

soon the company representatives came and the process started and the groups were

formed. There were 10 people in each group. I was in the third group.

Our GD topic was, ''why are companies going rural''. I started the discussion and put in

some valid points and was able to make an impact, and I was quiet confident that I will

make it, but when the results were announced for the GD, my name was not there.

I did not loose heart and started to prepare for the next companies, I kept on reading

the business news and updating myself on the current topics.

Then came other consumer durable company.

It was 22nd October and we had three companies on campus. We were asked to come

to auditorium at 8:15 in the morning.

The company I got selected in was the second company on campus, it is a well known

consumer durable company.

The representatives of the company came after 9:30, they were three people.

One of them gave a brief presentation about the company, the profile which the

company was offering and the compensation and asked for questions if any. Students

asked about the company, growth prospects, salary and all sorts of questions, which

they answered gladly . After the question answer session, the process started.


The process consisted of GD and PI.

And soon the groups were formed. Each group consisted of 10 students.

I was in the third group.

Every body was nervous.As our turn came, we entered the GD room and made

ourselves comfortable. Soon we were given the topic for discussion.

Our GD topic was ''Was class room teaching relevant with your summer internship''

I did not start the topic , infact I was the 4th one to speak. People spoke and presented

there point of view, some in favor and some against the topic.

I spoke in favor of the topic, like how we used the tools and techniques taught to us in

market research and also mentioned some of the techniques which were used during

the summer internship.

While we were speaking, one of the HR person was standing, he was watching the body

language of the candidates.

I spoke thrice and concluded the topic.

After the GD was over I was quite satisfied with my performance.

Once the first process was over the names of the people who were selected for the PI

round were announced and I was one of them.

we were more than 20 people who were selected for the next round. After a break of

half an hour personal interview round started.

PI:

As we were in the room, waiting for our turn, we were very nervous. Whenever any

body came out of the interview room, we all used to ask him what were the question

that they asked, so as to get an idea about the interviewer.

I was the 12th person to appear for the interview.

I entered the room, with three of them sitting there. I wished them and they told me to

make myself comfortable.

As I sat, they started to ask me questions, one by one.

The questions general HR questions,

My family background,

Why I came out of Delhi for higher studies

And some theory questions.

After I answered all these questions upto my satisfaction, they started with the general

awareness questions and the political situation in Kashmir.


I also answered these questions to may satisfaction and told them about the entire

political scenario in Kashmir, about what youth wanted, as I was a regular reader of the

business newspapers.

Then before leaving, one of them asked me; 'you look very gentle, will you be able to

shout at anybody'

I answered if the need arises I can.

He repeated the same question thrice and every time I said yes.

Then he repeated the question for the forth time, will you?

I said yes sir I can ( in a louder tone).

The last question he asked me before leaving was; ' if your subordinate has done

something wrong which is against the interest of the company, will you fire him?'

I first answered that I will see what the situation was, only then I will be able to take

any decision.

He told me I want the answer in yes or no,

And my answer was yes I will.

And thus my interview came to an end. My interview continued for 20-25 mins, and I

enjoyed every bit of it.

The process continued till 8. The results were announced at 8:30, and by that time I

had already left home.

The coordinators called me up and informed me that I had been selected and that I

need to come back to the college for the HR addressal.

I rushed out of my room and came back.

Nine people out of SBS were selected, six girls and three boys.

When I came back, HR gave a speech about the company, about our induction and

probable joining dates. Then HR congratulated Us and welcomed Us to the company.

I used to read newspapers daily and was updated about the current affairs, that helped

a lot during my GD's and also in the interview.

My advice to the juniors, is to take there academics seriously and yes read newspapers

daily.

That not only increases your knowledge in current affairs but also gives you an edge

over others when it comes to speaking in a group discussion and putting some valid

points.

Be adaptable to the change and accept it.


I sincerely thank Bala Sir, for giving us an opportunity and exposure to step in the

corporate world.

I am Faris Abubakar

Registration No: MM09-11405

Dual: PGDM Executive

BIMM

Academic Year 2009-2011

After my Engineering I was working for an IT firm. Slowly I started realizing

that I need to grow much in a Business Angle. I was loosing interest in the

Programming Field. Job seemed to be routine, nothing challenging. I took a

great decision then “I Quit My Job”.

It was a long time dream to start a business of my own. I was ever ready to

take “RISK”. Within few months I with the help of few friends in the same field

started a Small IT firm. Later while I was managing the same the need of a

formal Education in Business Management was felt evidently. With great quest

for Knowledge I Joined BIMM Executive Batch. Job was not my only aim. I had

immense interest in Marketing Subjects.

I am extremely thankful to Our College for providing such great Faculty. I fondly

remember the classes of Mr. Pranthosh Banerjee and each session of his was an

experience in itself. There is no one who can match his proficiency in the

Subject. Abhijeet Nag was also an excellent faculty. It was great pleasure to

interact with such faculty who has so many years of industrial experience. They

talk from their earlier success and failures which gives us more clarity of

thoughts. Such sessions also have shaped our judgmental ability.

Placement season started, I was very choosy, and I would have sat for 4

companies. While I was short listing companies my main focus was on the

profile. I was looking for a pure sales or marketing profile as first few years I

would like to get the feel of the sales or Marketing.

I never believed in shouting and making noise in GD, it happened in almost all

the GD which I attended. Points which were told by those who were selected

from GD were irrelevant and repeated. This kind of choices which they make

somewhere gave me a wrong identification and different meaning for GD

process.

Faris Abubakar


Few things which I would like to share from my experience which would be

useful for my juniors are as follows:

Keep a good amount of knowledge about the company whose process you are

going to attend.

Read news papers regularly, it should be a habit, forcefully if you read it would

not help you. Knowing what is happening around you will give you confidence in

talking about any topic.

Marketing basics have to be at the tip of your tongue. You can't give excuses

for not giving appropriate answers. It's what you are expected to know as an

MBA graduate from BIMM.

There are few Questions which are expected in any Interview like:

o Tell me about yourself?

o Why after doing Engineering you wanted to do MBA?

o Family background?

o Are you ready to re locate?

o What were your findings from your summer internship?

Finally it was my Day,

There were two companies on campus the day I got placed, one was a retail

giant and other was XYZ Ltd. I am fully prepared in the mind that I am going to

sit for XYZ Ltd Since it was an electrical company and my Engg. Degree can add

value to it. Since I am an Electronics & Communication Engineer I was almost

sure they would be asking certain questions based on my Bachelors Degree.

The company arrived at the campus around 11.00am.

There were three stages in the Placement Process

1. A pre placement talk (PPT) in which the company gave the presentation

about the company , growth hierarchy, package and culture of the company and

the job role that we are suppose to perform after the selection.

2. GD with a group of 11 Members

3. Panel Interview with VP – Marketing and Sales and Marketing Manager.

From the pre Placement talks, the profile was clear and it was a pure Sales

profile, which was exactly matching my interest. They had quite a good

requirement as they were planning to extensively expand their business all over

India.

Second Stage : GD

The GD was very different from any other which I have gone through.

Before the GD started he was clear of what he expects from us. All will be given

equal chance to speak on the topic; no cutting each other's points, no shouting

all this will just not add any value to the healthy discussion. I was indeed moved

by his views on how a GD should happen and his effective evaluation. He also


made a point that I have many years of experience and I have seen lots of sales

people talking loud giving many promises. But when they come to work, none

of their promises and big talks help, they hardly perform.

Firstly he told every one to speak a few things about oneself, he asked for the

following information:

Family background, in detail about parents, siblings, their profession.

Educational details as where and which Course?

I answered my best.

Then he spit out the GD topic “ Corruption as a part of Politics”

I spoke only a point, corruption will happen in democracy, socialism, monocracy

or any other system but I was able to slightly get the attention of all with

certain good examples. Lately they asked each and every one to conclude the

discussion. It was a happy ending. This GD was most satisfying for me and that

clearly showen on the results.

I think even those who were not selected in GD would have had a feeling of

completeness as they could express their views on the topic.

Successfully to the second round, this was an interview by a panel.

Interviewer created a good rapport at the first Instance; he made me feel

comfortable with few general questions like how is the weather in Pune?

Technical Questions

Difference between Marketing and Sales?

4 P's of Marketing?

What is Service marketing and how does it differ from product marketing?

BCG Matrix?

There were also some technical questions from my graduate degree, which I

could not answer well.

After that they asked if I have any Questions or Preference, as they have told in

the Pre Placement talk that there are vacancies all across India I asked if it is

possible I would like to work in my Home Town.

For that they answered as we will consider your preference, but the Training

session for two months will happen in Delhi.

Discussion on salary also happened. They asked my expectation as I have two

years of experience.


I conveyed my prospect they offered me a Salary package which was very close

to my expectation. Place of posting was also the one which I asked for.

After my Interview was over I was waiting for my results and I started to

imagine about myself in being in the same shoes as my interviewer, I was

amazed to see how much knowledge and memory they have that they were

able to ask all types of technical questions. I was wondering whether I would be

able to perform as good as they did, that is when I understood the importance

of repeatedly teaching the core subjects from different angles by different

faculties.

That has helped me a lot in understanding what actually Marketing is.

When the results were announced I was among the few who were selected. It

will be an unforgettable moment throughout my life. All my friends and the

institution has played a huge role in shaping my future, I would never ever

forget my days in the college

I sincerely thank all those who have been on my side to make this happen.

I sincerely appreciate the effort to make our placement experiences to be

shared.

Febin T Lorance


BIMM Executive


Passed out in: April 2011


My Campus Placement Experience

I always wanted to write my placement experience but since I am lazy as

always I never had time for it. It is indeed good to remember the hardships you

went by when you have achieved something good at the end. And this gives me

opportunity to recollect those days.

By the time I became eligible to sit for placements half of my classmates were

placed and some of them even started working. I was never disappointed about

it as I never considered me in that first half.

When I joined MBA I had a plan of becoming an event manager, but the lessons

Febin T Lorance


I learnt during my internship made me say NO to event management and go

back to IT industry where I had 2 years of IT experience before joining MBA.

So it was clear that I will be trying IT ,ITes or some service industry but not any

product industry. But as I was not having much time left I also sat for some

product company as well. So out of some 25 companies I sat for 7-8 were

service based company and rest were mostly product based.

So I can say the IT company which I got selected was my 4th IT company I sat

. After sitting for 20 placements you become tough to handle any interview.

It was march and there weren't much people left to get placed and I was one

among them, and this company is coming and it is coming to campus for the

second time and last time when it came the students with experience were not

allowed to sit for it, so I was thinking I will not be eligible, but my friend got it

confirmed that experienced candidates are also allowed this time and it was

because of him I applied and the application were filled by friend as I was

attending another interview at that time and it was the last hour to submit the

application.

Even though I applied I was doubtful whether I will be allowed to sit or not. I

started preparation as the first round is online aptitude test. As you get this

companies aptitude test paper form fresher's world the preparation became

easier. It had 35 qns and 1 hr. so I decided I will attempt qns only I am sure

and I could attend only 20 qns and some of them had attended more than 30

qns. So I did not had much hope as the number of qns I had attempted were

less in number. But to my surprise I was one among one who was shortlisted.

Before to the test it was not clear whether there will be interview on the same

day or not. So I had only prepared for the aptitude test not for the interview. As

I wished the interview were scheduled for a later day and we were asked to

send resume directly to the company, as they need to verify my experience.

They verified my experience and I was cleared to sit for the next rounds, which

were tech interview ,Managerial interview and HR interview.

Along with me two of my classmates were also shortlisted form the aptitude

test. The interview was scheduled two weeks later sometime around march 21st

.by that time out of the two one got placed in another company . so it was two

of us from my class and some 30 other students from other colleges . twoweeks

time gave me enough time to prepare for my interview and I had mock

interview with my friends to build confidence, at least I have attended 4-5 mock

interviews with my friends and each interview made me stronger and stronger.

First round technical interview: it went for 40-45 minute, but I never realized I

was interviewed for 45 minutes time just went by.

They asked about by project, marketing, operations questions which I was able

to answer quite well. I always tried to explain each questions with examples

which I think made my interview easy. I was able to relate marketing questions

with real time examples. Even though this was the main round of elimination

nobody was eliminated and everyone was allowed to sit for the second round of


managerial interview. Managerial interview was mainly checking my suitability to

the role they are looking for, they were looking for people with enterprise

solution .and I was very much interested to go for it. Apart from which he asked

me about that daysnews paper headline. After both this round of interview I

was confident that I have performed well and there is high chance of getting

selected. but you cannot predict anything and anything can happen. There was

one more round of interview which was HR round which was more of a

formality. I was expecting the results would be declared on the same day. But

they just said they will inform.

I started become anxious as this was my last hope. one more failure , I cannot

think of that. But my friends prepared me in to accept anything whether it is

good or bad. And they always said this is not the end. But I wanted to get it.

Finally on march 24 that news came, I am selected. there were not much

people left in the college at that time to share my joy, only few of friends were

there and that day I celebrated my joy with the Mother Teresa Orphanage

which was located opposite to our college,

Which other college gives you such an opportunity to sit for so many

companies, I am a proud Balaji student.

Thanks Balasir,Dimple Mam, Shabana Mam and all my friends who helped me

get this job.

Febin T Lorance

MM09-11406

2009-11 batch

Assistant System Analyst

I am Gagandeep Kaur

Registration NumberMM09-11441

Class PGDM – Marketing & IT (EXE)

BIMM

Academic year 09-11.

I am placed with one of the leading banks in the private sector in India.


I was one of the confused and scared candidates wondering whether to go with

brand, profile or package and the fear of facing the interviewer. With my

experience I would like to advise you to lease go with the profile that you are

looking for, it's too early to decide whether this brand is the best for you and

whatever package you could earn, and everything seems less after a while.

So be very precise in the profile you would want to start with.

LG was the first company I had applied for, I was selected till the second round,

Gagandeep Kaur


however that did not work out till the final selection. With this I got the first feel

of appearing for a group discussion and a personal interview. This helped me in

the further companies I applied.

While the placement season started, all our friends used to sit and shortlist

topics which were likely to be asked in group discussions. Always remember the

more factual you are, the more noticeable you are. The interviewer wants to

know the knowledge you have outside books and the level of confidence you

can display while you talk. Prior to sitting for any company, I was carefully going

through all the current affairs which may fall in the GD. I also collected a lot of

facts and figures which I may throw in the GD. But one has to be sure whether

you are good at the numbers or else someone better than you will easily take

away the pie leaving you with nothing.

The company was on campus.

It started with Pre Placement Talk followed by a PRESENTATION & PI. The pre

placement talk itself lured me to sit for the company as I found it meeting two

criteria – Brand and Profile. The panel members who had come for perusal was

the chief peoples officer and the head HR, now ensuring you convinced them

was a big task. A lot of students applied for the process.


1. Presentation



The topic for the presentation was shared with us and enough time was given

to us to prepare. I would like to thank our renowned faculty who had helped us

prepare for the same. The presentation was well planned and well-rehearsed;

however the fear of difficult questions prevailed. The topic for the resonation

was, enhancement vs retention. The topic was crucial however with the

preparation we had done, there was very little chance I would stammer. The

presentation continued for more than 20 minutes, there were a lot of questions

they asked, we had to validate each and every statement we made. It was a

tough start however the entire presentation went smooth.

While all the groups were giving their presentation, the nervousness held

strong. The first elimination round was the presentation round. The first relief

was when I heard my name for the second round which was the personal

interview.

The first round of interview was taken by the head HR, she had been working

with the bank for more that 7 years then, a very highly qualified lady. One thing

I always made sure that I know each and every word written in my CV and have

a supporting story to each of them.

I was little nervous during my PI session, but the interviewer made me feel

comfortable.

The interview lasted for around 30 mins. I was asked everything from basics to


the recent current affair, I cannot recall all the questions out from the interview

but few of them were:

Personal Interview ( duration 30 mins) :- probably the most crucial 30 mins...

Personal interviews had the same questions as always.


But this is the question which allows you to win the battle & win over the

interviewer

Because this is the question which allowed me to take the discussion to the

level I wanted to & arouse curiosity about my good aspects in the Interviewer.

I kept my calm & put in front of the interviewer my good points & competencies

relating it to things I had a fair understanding about. Presence of mind “the

most important “ in an interview as it shows how well you can manage, can say

that because it did prove correct again during my review interview in the

company some days back. I moved the discussion to those aspects of retail I

had a fair bit of understanding & was emotionally connected to so that the

passion showed in front of the interviewer.


Being humble & will never ever try to act smart in this question because if

wrongly answered ends the race then & there itself.( happened to me once).

3. Why did you choose to sit for this company?

Being true to yourself in interviews always work in your favour (was my take

away when I got selected), as I replied very simply that the company was the

biggest retail company in retail in the country and its always good to start with

the biggest & the best available .

Some other questions were like:

Who is the father of scientific management?

Asked some questions regarding to my roles and responsibilities in my previous

organisation.

What do you know about our company?

How flexible was I with the job hours and location?






3. Tell me something about your family?

4. Tell the meaning of your name. they asked me questions like” why I wanted

to join this organisation?', Would I be comfortable if they shifted me to a

remote location, what additional preparation had I done during my entire 2

years, where I wanted to see myself in the next few years, etc.

I got to know the results after 2 hours as I was the first one to be interviewed. I

was interviewed twice, the second one was with the chief peoples officer. He

basically asked real time questions where he had put forth certain situations to


understand how you would react in such times. Sharing those questions would

not be of any use as answers vary from person to person.

Finally after 2 hours the results were announced and I was glad to hear my

name.

Seven students got selected n got the opportunity to work with the company. I

was happy that I wont be alone in the new organization I am moving into.

"When there is a will, there is a way"

Well, this phrase is apt for most of the situations in our life. It teaches us not to

give up our hopes and faith in our self through the ups and downs of life, coz

nothing is impossible when we have that determination n confidence.

Thank you.

I am Gaurav Jain

Roll no: MM09-11224

Class: BIMM (Systems)

Specialization: Systems (IT & Marketing)

Batch: 2009-2011

My Campus Placement Experience:


Season by conducting GD practice sessions in Audi under the Guidance of


our mindset, helped us knowing the rules of the game and at the same time


More than anything I guess what the placement process teaches you that Life is

not fair & that sometimes luck matters more than ability but never leave all the

things on your luck & don't leave your preparations till the last second of your

coming opportunity & always be positive.

The placement season almost reached at the end & those who had not placed

they were much tensed & the worst experience but for me experiencing it was a

totally different experience. The difference was much more than I had imagined

it to be.

To be fair, I had decided that I wanted to get a technical job with a good brand

name & I was not able to crack some companies.

Gaurav Jain


it was very frustrating but soon I began to realize that learning from own

mistakes & self-confidence are the two pillars that I would recommend to

anyone. I was not able to clear GD round in some companies, aptitude I always

cracked. Then I realized the importance of Economic times, general knowledge

and there was a 15 days break in company in which I got placed and started

preparing for GD with all of my roommates.

It helped me gain such valuable experience. I saw my confidence growing as

well as improvements in my communication skills. It gave us the chance to

reevaluate ourselves. Personally speaking, this was the time when I found my

feet. I began evaluating myself. From Sector to Profile, from Company to

package, I started analyzing things. It's very important to introspect when you

are confused. Once you understand yourself well, you know it, want you want.

Overall experience of my company process was very exciting. I received a call

from PAT team that this company is coming after 3 days. That time only I

decided this time it's mine. I started searching about the company, talked to

seniors and easily I could analyze from all I came to know that this company is

majorly looking for analytical skills in GD and there will not be any aptitude test.

The profile, package and brand everything was perfect. So I decided this time

there will not be any mistake.

The company came and gave presentation. After that the executives described

the profile, package and basic policies of company which I knew already as

result of my research. This gave another boost to my confidence.

There was three rounds basically:

1. GD

2. HR + technical.

3. Final technical.

First Round: GD

GD Topic: Was Obama visit to India valuable for India or not?

As soon as I heard the topic I related it that How I can show my analytical skills

here. So when everyone was giving data and facts I was giving interpretation of

that data or fact.

I was fully confident about GD and when results came out of 10, 6 student

managers were selected.

My Main hurdle of GD was cleared that day so I thought I won't let it go. My

confidence and luck was with me.

Second Round : HR + Technical

In this round one person from HR and one person from technical background

was there.

In technical field he just asked about my work exp as I have got two years of

work ex as Software developer that time. So He simply asked me to describe

my profile, what all I did there?

I started from very beginning and took him through ERP solution which I


developed there, Explained him each and every function/module.

Then I asked him “Should I show you the diagram?”

He Replied no, that's enough and asked HR to take my interview.

HR Simply asked me that my technical was good but will I be able to work in 24

X 7 model and also if I am ready to sign a 15 months agreement with company.

I replied positively then he discussed my salary as for work exp people that

have extra offer.

Then He asked I might have another technical interview, So I was supposed to

wait.

Third Round: Technical Interview

After a long wait I was called for another interview. Here The interviewer gave

me a Case-Study and to create pressure on me he asked if I am able to answer

I will be through else this company is over for me.

I was also confident, and accepted the challenge.

Question 1: A client is having an Application which can be completed in 9

months by our company, but client is saying to cover it in 3 months. In this

situation what will you do?

Answer: Sir, I will try to convince the client that it cannot be done as there are

some technical issues, which we have to understand and it will take time. So

please increase dead line.

Question 2: No the Client is denying to increase, now what?

Answer: Sir, I will say that fine we can complete it in less time also but in that

case we will have to compromise with quality and being a good brand in market

we can't compromise with quality. We have some standard process. Also if we

do this early later on it might create issues for you because of quality.

Question 3: No the Client is denying still and saying the application has 15

parts?

Answer: Sir, then Its fine as I will take the priority of the client on 15

Applications and start delivering in order of priority. Once I will deliver First I will

ask him to check/ test and during the time he will be busy in testing that I will

give second one. So simultaneously he will be able to work and we will be able

to deliver. And once he will start getting parts he will also increase the timelines

according to work progress.

That's it! He was satisfied with my answers and immediately said to me

“Welcome to organization”.

Then he discussed about that whether I have any problem for going onsite?

Also It will be a

24 X 7 X 365 Model Job. Will I be able to work into that.

I replied all positively.

I was too happy but Results were going to declare on next day so I hide my

emotions till next day.

When results were declared they took 5 from Systems, 2 from Marketing, also 6

from telecom.


The most important thing to be kept in mind during any placement process is to

be yourself and let the company decide if you fit with their requirements. And

patience is the most important virtue when one is dealing with placements. One

should be prepared to face any kind of results.

Finally, I would like to thank our beloved Bala Sir, all the faculty members and

Supporting Staff.

Thanks to my Parents, my Friends, my well wishers& the whole SBS family.

Gaurav Samant

Sri Balaji Society, Pune -

My Campus Placement Experience - ForumI am Gaurav Samant, registration Number MM-09-11014, from PGDM Finance batch of BIMM is a pass out of April 2011 from academic batch of 2009-11. My specialization is in Finance. I was placed in company 8.

It is a wonderful opportunity for me to share my placement experience. As I got placed on 22nd Jan 2011, but it took a lot to get through it .Initially I had backlogs so I was not allowed to sit for the companies. I missed some good companies because of my backlogs but later I cleared them and became eligible for campus placements. I sat for few companies and cleared initial stages like aptitude and group discussions but couldn't get through the interview. Then I introspected myself and found that personal interview is the area where I need to concentrate. I discussed with my seniors and received valuable feedback. So juniors please take care of interview section. You may have fared well in written test and group discussion but the only impediment to your dream company is the personal interview. A piece of advice to juniors, a personal interview could actually be challenging and fun if you just relax and remain focused. Think it as conversation between the interview panel and yourself, so enjoy it thoroughly.

During our placement briefing this IT company's job description was shown. Everybody knew that it offers one of the best profiles for finance. I had fully made up my mind to get into this company. First our CV's were shortlisted then we were called in the company's premises to start with initial rounds.Firstly we had a written test which comprises of 20 questions. The pass mark was allotted as 14. Questions were related with Bonds, Debentures, Forfeiture of shares and also few journal entries related to securities.

Secondly we had extempore round in which we were told to choose any topic


under the sun and we have to speak on it for 3 minutes. I decided to take "money" as my topic so that I can elaborate on it. When my turn came, I started with money and its evolution and then touched different types of money. Time was getting over so I quickly wrapped up. Later the results came and I was selected for the interview.

Lastly we had technical-cum-personal interview round. It started with personal interview and later turned into technical interview. The question asked were:-

a) Tell me about yourself? This is the basic question which is asked in almost every interview. The main objective of this question is to know the candidate apart from what is written in his curriculum vitae. This question is always like "Ball in one's court". One has to be very true to oneself to answer and should never bluff. Based on my experience start with your personal details like your name and where you are from and then instead of telling about your family members jump to academics. Start from your highest qualification and tell them about any extracurricular activities. Be very descriptive while telling about your extracurricular activities. Since this is often the opening question in an interview, be extra careful that you don't run off at the mouth. Keep your answer to a minute or two at most. Cover four topics: early years, education, work history, and recent career experience. Emphasize this last subject. Remember that this is likely to be a warm-up question. Don't waste your best points on it.

b) Tell me about your interest?The most important task for the interviewer is to evaluate the candidate's specific competencies for the job, when asking about your interest he keens to dig deep into your personal life. The employer has a simple yet vital reason for bouncing off this question. They want to get a broader perspective about you. Your life outside work may tell a lot about you. If you haven't impressed the interviewer yet, you might even turn the game in your favour by talking about some impressive hobbies. What you do in your free time may highlight interesting aspects about you. You wouldn't want to miss this opportunity. Ideally, you should describe a hobby or interests that add value to the job in consideration. Perhaps, you have interests that drive attention to your positives in building personal relationship or you may have hobbies that prove your analytical skills.

c) What is your future career plan?Recruiters look for your ability to manage your own goals and also want to gain some insight on your short-term / long-term goals. While answering this question keep in mind that the long-term goals you talk about are not the personal goals but those career goals which relates to or somewhat identifying closely to the offered position or division's objectives or perhaps the overall vision of the company. While answering this question also keep in mind that you


could be asked for the short term projections as well. Your short-term and long-term goals must be on similar lines and not totally divergent else cross-grilling and consecutively dishonest statements could result from your side. Ensure that whatever you prepare to say relates to where you want to see yourself as a successful individual in the future. An honest reply may bring success and accolades than a fabricated one on which you have some chances of tripping over when you counter yourself with other inconsistent answers. Try your best to tie in the answers to the company's interest and objectives.

Then technical questions such as:-

a) Bonds and its relationship with the interest rate.When new bonds are issued, they carry coupon rates at or close to the prevailing market interest rate. Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship which means when one goes up, the other goes down. Investors constantly compare the returns on their current investments to what they could get elsewhere in the market. As market interest rates change, a bond's coupon rate which is fixed becomes more or less attractive to investors, who are therefore willing to pay more or less for the bond itself. Hence there is an inverse relationship between bonds and interest rates.

b) Credit Default Swap and its mechanismI explained them that it is a financial swap agreement that the seller of the CDS will compensate to the buyer in the event of a loan defaulter or other credit event. The buyer of the CDS makes a series of payments to the seller and, in exchange, receives a payoff if the loan defaults. In the event of default the buyer of the CDS receives compensation and the seller of the CDS takes possession of the defaulted loan.

c) Yield curve and its various typesI explained them the basic definition of yield curve and later they jumped into different types of yield curve. I was comfortable on this because I studied types of yield curves while preparing for the interview. I answered four types of yield curves such as Normal yield curve, Steep yield curve, Flat or Humped yield curve and Inverted yield curve and briefly described each one of them.

d) Difference between Fiscal and Monetary policyI was thrilled when the interviewer asked this question because I had discussed this earlier with one of my friend. Monetary Policy is being implemented by the central bank i.e. the RBI where as the Fiscal policy decisions are set by the National Government. Both these policies are adopted to control the economic growth of the country. Fiscal policy deals in Government spending and revenue collection by the way of tax whereas Monetary Policy is a process which controls the demand and supply of money. In the end they asked me to conclude which policy is more important and as per my knowledge I chose Fiscal policy which


was indeed right.

Finally my interview was over and within few days result was announced and I was selected. I could not express my feelings after hearing my name. It felt like everything has stopped for a moment. Thank You Bala Sir for such an awesome journey.

Gurinder Singh Cheema

Dear Friends,

I am Gurinder Singh Cheema


BIMM 2009-2011 Batch.


FMCD company ABC Ltd,I sat in the process with full vigour.But I could not

crack the GD.We had to start our preparation from the first day.The college

really helped us with GD sessions inth Audi and bringing top faculty to judge us

accordingly. Before I recollect my placement moment I want to put forward one

message that I have learned at SBS from our beloved Bala Sir that “Problems

are opportunities” so always remain positive.

It was really a challenge to make my through all the competitors in our

BalajiSociety.There was always a healthy competition between all.So everyone

took a leaf out of the other person's book to outperform in GD's and

interviews.This kind of learning culture cannot be found in any other college

except our SBS.I am really proud of my Directors and Bala Sir.

My Preparation: From the preparation point of view I was thoroughly prepared

with the current events and the latest GD Topics. I went through the company's

website and studied about its products and services ,history and latest news

about the company. I always used to make a regular diary of news and events

from the economic times which really helped me in come up with innovating

one-liners and start up points to influence the GD judges.

I came across Many good brands also good profiles and companies offering

Money too.I was lucky to face Interview rounds and finally I got in my 24th

Company and got a Brand Name in which I am Placed.


The D day came, The PPT of the company began in Auditorium and we all were

sitting quietly and understanding the profile and other related things.For Me it

was a Big opportunity because It was fitting My criteria of Brand,Profile and

Money.The Place of posting was Delhi.The PPT ended we had to clear the

following rounds—

1) Case Study

2) Personal Interview

We were given a Case Study to read and discuss our Ideas.Basically they were

checking the coomunication Skills and Thought Process. We were to design a

supply channel for our company which was in dire straits and had to improve its

profitability which was really being hampered by competition.Many companies

gave topics related to marketing,positioning and also topics on advertising and

general current affairs and awareness about day to day life in economy and

corporate.

Next was the Interview Round—

1)Tell me about Yourself?

2)Next was about My Hobbies.


4) Why do you want to join this organization

5) what are your career plans next 5 years.

6)Why this company.

All these Questions were asked and some related to your family members.Yes

the Most effective was about your Internship –


that.


How would you apply that learning in future.

The interview lasted for about 20 minutes. Till the time all candidates were

done with their technical round it was 7:00 pm.

After a half an hour wait, all candidates were called in a room and names of the

selected candidates were called out. As they started spelling out the names, my

heart started sinking… had no hint what's going to happen

Two things helped me achieved what I am today –

The first thing which helped me to reach where I am today was the constant

perseverance towards achieving my goal of getting placed at a good package

and brand.Also,the ability to learn quickly not only from my mistakes but also

from otherzs mistake helped me.One more advice to you Juniors as Please start

reading News Papers . My Personal suggestion is that Current knowledge is very

necessary for G.D .Also be prepared about Abstract topics given sometimes by

the interviewer.. I would like to say to all juniors that please be prepared for all

the subjects of your interest before sitting for any company, please stay calm

and motivated you will get ample opportunities to prove yourselves. Because

only in SBS,we can hope of so many companies coming to the campus because


of our strong Corporate relations team.I would like to thank BalaSir,Dimple Mam

and all our faculty who always found time to gather us in the Auditorium and

bring us on the right path when they thought we student managers were

drifting from the focus on our Goal.My special thanks to Mam Seema Singh

Zokarkar for her valiant efforts to join as Director of our Batch(BIMM) and really

working hard so that BIMM can get placed and maintain discipline which was

somewhat dwindling when she came to join as director.Thank you Mam for your

Hawks Eye on us students so that we could achieve our Dreams in the

corporate.I wish all the very best to all my collegues and hope that they achieve

a great success in their career. Be serious during PPT and clear your doubts.SBS

WILL HELP YOU LIVE AND FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.

Finally my dear juniors I would like to say that do not lose your hope and do not

get de-motivated. Have patience and work on your weak areas and be confident

of your strengths. Every stage is a learning stage. Everyone in Balaji Society will

be placed because Bala Sir and Our Placement Team will leave no stones

unturned. Believe in your ability; do not go for companies just based on

package. Study well about the company for which you are applying and please

update yourself of the business environment and current affairs. Really BALAJI

college gave me wings to my dreams and provided me the best platform, where

almost all the giants companies landed up..

I am extremely thankful to my colllege,for giving me the best environment, best

exposure i could ever get.. My advice for all the aspirants will be …….. Brush up

your fundamentals and don't loose Your Patience….. Something good is planned

for Everybody so always be ready for Grabbing the good opportunity.

Placement experience is not just about written tests, GDs and Interviews it is

also about learning to deal with successes and failures. It broke my heart to

know that I couldn't make through the first company because I lacked

something. But I regained my composure and prepared myself to succeed by

working on my weak areas. Among equally competent competitors you cannot

expect to get through each company no matter what your strength is and so

the trick is to maintain your calm and take each day as a new and enriching

experience. Companies came and companies went, some were placed and some

were not, there were happy days and there were sad ones too but we at Balaji

as a family lived each day to its fullest.

My Suggestion for juniors:


question from CV.


industry. Especially about that company.

Job profile is always more important than package, if you want to work for long

in that company.

Be confidence throughout the process, confidence is the first which got noted.





I would be grateful to Sri Balaji Society, and appreciate for all the endeavor's to

bring hundreds of excellent companies in the campus for recruitment purpose.

Wishing thousands of luck to my juniors. I believe placements would be even

better for years to come, as Sri Balaji Society & the students would work

together for it.

Wish you All A Great Career Ahead.Best of luck.

Thanks and Regards

Gurinder Singh Cheema

(MM09-11227)

Name: Happin Joe Paul



I am from executive batch and I had a work experience of around 3 years in

software industry. But I am one among the last few who got placed from our

batch.

I had attended around placement process of around 15 companies and out of

that I reached till last round for 8-9. Most of the time, I got eliminated in the

last round. I was very much confident for most of the interview but didn't

understand at that time what's happening to me. I got little bit demotivated

after these experiences but still had a belief that my day will come.

Placement started in September and I got placed in March. During this period I

have gone through mixed feelings. But by god's grace, in the end I got placed

in 3 companies.

The story starts like this...

During the placement process, I applied for some specific companies, which I

thought I can perform well in those ones. During sem1 itself I used to read

newspapers and I had a fair idea about the market and industry. Also the

concepts of marketing were clear for me. But when it comes to interview, my

experience was a little bit different. Most of the interview which I attended, the

interviewer rarely asked any questions regarding marketing. They normally

asked about my experience, engineering background etc. This created a lot of

confusions to the interviewer I guess. I did my B tech in Electrical and

Electronics Eng., Worked as a software engineer, Did PGDM in marketing, profile

Happin Joe Paul


which I usually opted were Sales. Even though I performed well in interviews, I

think because of this background they keep me aside. After a series of

interviews, I thought about this seriously. You need to have a strong and

convincing statement to connect all these dots and express the interest in

desired profile. When the time goes off, obviously the number of students yet to

place will decrease and pressure among the rest will increase. :) I was also one

among them.

But after all these I realized all my weak points, brushed up all the marketing

management principles (Pranthosh sir's notes were by heart for me, line by line,

word by word) motivated myself. After all these exercises I was ready to face

the placement process of rest of the companies. The first company after that

were 'X'. The process is like this.

1: GD - Topic was like Quality and its importance in current industry. I spoke

only 2-3 sentences in that. Started with definition of quality, Quality cost

relationship, Quality standards in different countries etc.

2: Interview: This time they asked about marketing definition, 4P's, and

sequential order of 4P's. I explained about all and interview went good. During

that time, they asked about the profile which I am interested. I told them that I

prefer business analyst profile as openings were there in that domain.

3: After 2,3 days result were announced and I got call from pat that I got

placed in company X for the profile of sales and marketing. But I informed pat

that I opted for business analyst profile and the profile which they offered me is

not ok with me. After that I had a call with HR manager in company X and

informed regarding my disinterest regarding the profile and I rejected that offer.

They have taken another one instead of me.

After 2, 3 weeks I came to know that one of my dream companies is coming to

our campus. Name it as company Y. I collected all the information regarding the

process, gone through the company profile deeply and I prepared well for the

process. Only engineers were eligible for the process. The selection process is

as mentioned.

1: Aptitude Test: It consisted of mainly quantitative and vocabulary. Negative

marking was also there. Normally negative marking were not there for the

aptitude tests of the companies. It was a little tough and I attended only half of

the questions which I was confident.

After that they announced the names of those who cleared the test and from

BIMM, 3 were there and I was one among them.

2: Next round was creative writing, in which we got a topic and need to write 1

page about the topic. My topic was "India in 2020" I explained with data

regarding the Indian economy and the projections, Current growth, positives

and negatives of current economic scenario.

3: Next round is interview. 3 were there in the panel. They asked me about

almost everything from my schooling itself. Graduation, Work experience,

Marketing, Why this company?, sales skills demonstration, for that they asked


me to explain the uses of a water bottle (placed on the table) which we can use

for sales. As I was prepared about my career path, I explained clearly and told

them that this is my dream company. Also I mentioned that I am only interested

to work with a company who are into engineering products. The interview

lasted for around 45 minutes.

4: After that round they announced the names of the students who cleared that

round and my name was also there in that. There was one more round of

interview for those who cleared that round. In that the panel consists of 4

members in that all were senior regional sales managers. They asked about

strength and weakness. I told them that I am clear about marketing principles

and I think that helped me a lot. In this company there are different divisions

and they asked about my preferred segment. I told them regarding that. The

explained the locations where the openings were there. I am from Kerala but I

told them that I am interested to work in Northern region and they asked why?

I told that it will be challenging and a new learning for me. I think they were

impressed with that. That round was for 30 mins.

5: After that round they announced the names of those who cleared the round

and it was the final list of those who were selected. My name was there, but

there were 2 guys who opted for the same region and department. So we have

been informed that there will be a telephonic interview tomorrow and they will

select one from two. This was a tough time for me. At that

night, I have gone though company website, the department which I opted for

also I had a friend who worked with this company earlier. I collected more

details from him.

6: Next day I attended the telephonic interview from college. The RSM of the

Northern region called me and he asked about my background, experience, My

main project during Engg, and I still remember one question which is " How will

you sell a comb to a bald man?" My answer was not exact for that. He told me

that "best thing is that sell him a wig first, then the comb" Also he asked me do

I have any problem with Hindi language. For that I answered in Hindi that I was

in Pune since last 2 years and I don't have any issue. That clicked well. He told

me that he hope we can meet soon.

These result they didn't came that day. Next day we had another company on

campus. Name it as company Z. As the results were not announced for

company Y I participated in that process. The profile was for marcom.

1: round one was GD. Topic was "The relationship between sales and

marketing" That was one of my favorite topics and I explained based on

Pranthosh sir's note and I did well.

2: I cleared that round next was interview. In that, they asked about Brand,

Brand elements etc. I explained everything about brand based on Kotler and

they were very much impressed. During the interview itself they told me that I

am selected. They briefed about the job location, asked about my preference

etc.

After that they announced the results and 3 got selected from SBS and I was


one among them. I was happy, my friends, everybody showered wishes. But I

was more keen to know about the result of my previous interview.

Next day I got a call from pat that I cleared the interview of company Y and I

need to select one between company Y and Z. I was a little bit confused. Both

are fortune 500 companies. I consulted with my friends, well-wishers and finally

decided to go with my dream company Y. Next day I came to pat office and

gave the written letter that I have decided to go with company Y.

Finally after all those tough times, I got a reason to smile. Now I am working

with company Y and I think my decision was 100% right and I believe it's one

of the best place to work. I thank god for not getting placed in the previous

companies, which I attended.

My suggestion to all my juniors (specially marketing) is that don't loose heart if

you didn't get placed in the first few companies. Build your base, be strong with

the marketing concepts and be strong by mind. One day you can also smile

I am Harsh Rastogi


from Dual B, BIMM,

Specialization :PGDM(IT &Marketing)

Batch :-2009-2011

Currently placed in company A, working as an Advertisement officer.

When life at SBS began I didn't know what to expect or how things would turn

out to be. I came with a baggage of mixed feelings, anxieties, happiness,

stress, pressure and competition. They say whatever happens, happens for the

best and today when I look back I see that Balaji society has given me much

more than what I would have ever desired. Apart from knowledge, it has given

me the strength to keep going on without getting tired. It has taught me very

basic yet very powerful lessons of life. The pain which we took that time is now

a blessing for us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my mentors

for giving me courage to stand where I am today. It was indeed a wonderful

experience to be at BIMM for two years. It gave me the exposure which will

surely help me to grow and progress not only in my career but also in personal

life.

The Campus Placements began in September 2010 with a leading consumer

durable company ABC Ltd. I sat in the process with full vigour but could not

clear the GD. We had to start our preparation from the first day. The college

Harsh Rastogi


really helped us with GD sessions in the auditorium and bringing top faculty to

judge us accordingly. Before I recollect my placement moment I want to put

forward one message that I have learned at SBS from our beloved Bala Sir,

“Problems are opportunities” so always remain positive.

Getting Placed was the hope with which all of us entered college. On the way to

fulfil this hope we have learnt so much, made friends, learnt to accept rejection

believing that the next day would bring forth a better company.

My Placement experience was rather eventful. Because of my low attendance I

was not allowed to sit for the first 50 companies. By the time I was eligible a lot

of my friends were already placed and some had even joined their respective

companies. The fourth company I sat for happened to be my company.

Though I was among the last to get placed but I was lucky enough to get

through India's leading and most respectable Newspaper Company, in

advertisement department. I was very choosy about job profile, brand where I

could utilize my competency and management skill ,package offering and the

location, I remember there used to be a session with our PAT Team where we

were told that we should stop being so selective in our choice of companies as

it was pretty late in the season and very few companies were left in the

pipeline. It was the month of April after completion of final semester (Officially

session 2009-11 got over):

But then we all have that day when your faith is restored and absolutely nothing

goes wrong and everything works out in a rather seamless manner.

The Company had requirements in their Mumbai office. They had already

shortlisted students before coming to the campus for interview. In all there

were 15 students who were shortlisted and I was the 5th to go for the

interview.

I appeared in front of a panel comprised of 2 members, 1) western region head

and 2) Pune Branch head. The interview went for around 45 minutes &

questions related to my Summer internship, market research were asked and of

course questions on their industry.

I felt that the decisive question thrown at me was, “Why would someone

choose to advertise through our Newspaper when they have a cheaper and a

more popular medium i.e.SUN TV Channel?” I replied that though the popularity

of Sun TV is huge and the relative cost per slot is low, the advertisers still come

to newspaper because of its round the clock visibility where as television

provides visibility for a given time slot. Also it is easier to escape advertisements


on TV as compared to newspaper. If interested the consumer can get more

detailed information through the newspaper which is not possible through

television. The customer may not be able to get the required information at the

first time. I got through the first round of the Interview and with me there were

4 more students who were shortlisted.

The second round was personal interview. I was asked about how I feel about

Sales, where do I see myself 5 years from now, my summer internship

experiences and whether I was comfortable relocating to Mumbai. After the

interview I was told that the results would be announced later. On the whole it

was a very pleasant interview and I was pretty satisfied with my answers. Next

day I was called to the Company's Pune office with all the documents for

verification. The feeling of victory came after 15 days of the process when I was

finally recruited.

My over all interview was smooth and finally it was on 16th May 2011 I got my

offer letter!! Getting placements through campus is one of the easiest ways to

get into corporate world. Make the most of it but one has to introspect whether

they have given their best efforts.

Piece of advice:

1) Set aside your own vision and Mission based on your inherent and acquired

competency which will help you to identify your strength and weakness and

analyze how you can be a viable fit for the organization /job assigned in

industry of your interest.

2) Always prepare well about company's history, key people of organization,

about job profile, your key traits that makes you suitable or the job.

3) Ensure that you go through your CV well before personal interview. That

boosts your confidence.

4) In an interview be calm and composed and yourself rather than trying to be

somebody you are not.

5) Read business newspaper, business magazines, involve in group study,

leadership roles in the college, be proactive and have a positive attitude.

6) Be yourself and stay cool.

7) Remember Patience and calmness pays in long run!!!

“Never worry for the delay in your Success as compared to others. Because

construction of “Wonders” takes more time than Ordinary Structures....”!!

I wish you all a very bright future ahead. All the best!!

Regards

Harsh Rastogi

MM 09-11119


Hiteshika Sawhney,

I am Hiteshika Sawhney,

Registration Number MM09-11017,

CLASS Marketing,

DIVISION Dual A,

2009-2011 BATCH,

Passed out in April 2011.

Specialization is in Marketing.

I am finally placed in TATA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED.

PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

Nothing is impossible, Believe in yourself.. Work hard and no body can stop you

from succeeding. With this in mind i started my journey towards success in

September when LG came to our campus. With lots of hope and determination

all of us stepped into the campus, However only few were selected by the

Company. But, instead of getting discouraged, I started preparing for GD

because i had realised my weakness.

I was very selective in sitting for Companies, because i always wanted to work

in IT sector. So, I waited for IT Companies to come to our campus. and on 16th

November 2010, the most awaited day finally arrived. We came to know (on

12th Nov 2010) that TATA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED was coming to campus

with SAP and CRM PROFILE and an attractive package and incentives. Since, it

was an IT firm, nice profile and a big brand name TATA, most of us wanted to

get selected and so did I.

The company had an eligibility criteria: 1.) Overall 70 % in academics up-til

MBA.

2.) No gaps in academic career.

3.) No backlogs.

Two days prior to 16 Nov, our resumes were forwarded to the company, Out of

which they shortlisted nearly 300 -350 candidates(from all four Institutes) which

included me as well. So first step crossed.

Finally on 16 Nov 2010 morning (at 7.30 am), just like everybody else, I also

went to campus with strong determination to clear all the rounds with

dedication and finally get selected in TATA.

The Process started. It had 5 rounds: 1.) Aptitude

2.) GD

3.) Technical Interview

4.) HR Interview


5.) Psychometric Test

The aptitude test started at 8.30 am and was of 1.30 hrs having 90 questions

(basic aptitude and reasoning).*(R S Agrawal can help you to prepare for

aptitude)* The level of test was easy. Results were out at around 12.30 and

around 120 students were shortlisted.

After Aptitude, We were divided into groups of 12 each. There were 3 panels

addressing 3 GD groups simultaneously.

The topic of my GD was "Are Reality shows a marketing gimmick?"

Each of us was given a chance to speak. Though it is always good to either start

or conclude the Group discussion, but I neither did get a chance to start the GD

and nor to conclude it, still i managed to make 2 -3 valid points which gave a

direction to the discussion.

Finally, 37 candidates were selected (inclusive of Marketing, Finance and

systems). Next was Technical interview.

But to our surprise, The panels decided to have extempore for the selected 37

candidates (Another elimination round added on the spot).

We were given 1 min to speak about the topic selected at that spot. I was

fortunate enough to get topic " Sachin Tendulkar" on which i managed to speak

for more than 1 min. This round took another 2 hours. Finally at around

7.45pm, the list was announced of those candidates who were selected for

Technical Interview round (Approx 21-22)

Immediately, The Technical Interview round started.

I was the second to be called for interview.

TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

I entered the room confidently and wished the team of 3 ready to start my

interview.

Me: Good evening Sir

Interviewer: Good Evening Hiteshika. Nice and Unique name. So, you have done

Engg in CSE (Computer Science Engineering) and MBA in marketing. Why so?

Me: Sir, Thoughi always wanted to work in an IT Firm, but when i did my Engg,

I realized that i don't want to do programming and development. And being a

CSE grad i was offered job with Prog Profile, Soi decided to come here for MBA

in Marketing.


(1 interviewer left)

Interviewer: Your resume tells that you have done a project in Core JAva. Can

you describe your project quickly.

Me: Yes Sir of course. I explained each bit of my project and also the

applicability of it in real life.( interviewer was impressed)

Interviewer: You have attended Patent Awareness Workshop as you have

mentioned in you resume, What was that?

Me: Sir, Actually my dad is the nodal officer at Patent office, Soi got this

opportunity to learn about Patents in this workshop hosted by him and i

grabbed it.

It included everything related to what are patents,how are they filed, forms to

be filled in for filing them, validity n all.

Interviewer: Do you know anything about SAP?

Me: Sir, being honest to you. I don't know much. (gave a rough description of

what all i knew) But i am looking forward to learn, if i am given this opportunity.

I am a keen learner and will definitely never let you down.

Marking my words "will definitely never let you down."

Interviewer:Are you so sure that you will be selected?

Me: Yes sir, i know i will be selected.

Interviewer: Do you want to ask anything?

Me:Sir, I dont have any knowledge in SAP, Do i need to do any homework

before i join for the company?

Interviewer: No we will teach you once you join.

*(There were many other instances in the interview which I cannot recall.

The interview lasted for around 18 mins)*

Immediately after Technical interview was made to write Psychometric test,

which was a 1 page test( front and back). It had 30 questions. Each question

had 5 words, and we were asked to mark the word which describes me the best

(for first 15 questions) and word which describes me the worst (for last 15

questions)

After Psychometric test, i was sent to HR Interview. The elimination was done

by clubbing the performance in both technical and HR round.

There were 2 people in the Interview panel; One was head HR of Tata

Technologies Limited and other was BIMM Alumni working in TTL as an HR.


Interviewer: what does Hiteshika Means?

Me: Told the meaning of my name.

Interviewer: do you know about the locations of this company??

Me: yes sir.

Interviewer: You are ready to travel anywhere?

Me: Yes sir, because i know i will be given a project which i deserve the best( as

was shown in the ppt given by the company before the placement procedure

started).

I am ready to travel anywhere.

Interviewer: Do you want to ask anything?

Me: Yes sir, You told that you can tell about the personality of the people by

reading there Psychometric test. So, please read mine, and tell about me.

Interviewer: Since you are the first one for HR round, I will tell you but promise

me that you are not going to tell that i told you about your personality.

Because then everyone will ask about there personality and iwont be able to

answer as it is already 10.15pm and we are running out of time. Me: sure sir.

Interviewer: *(told about my personality)* One thing hiteshika, you have one

strong Point in you that is your compliance factor, because of which you are

most suitable employee for an IT Co.

Me: thank you sir.

Interviewer: It was nice talking to you Hiteshika

Me: Same here sir, Pleasure meeting you both.

After about 1.5 hours.. At 11.40 pm Results were out, Total of 14 candidates

were selected ( 9-BIMM , 2-BITM , 1-BIIB , 2-BIMHRD).

It was finally the moment of joy.With friends waiting back home to celebrate.

At end end would just like to add a point.

Be sure about the Industry Sector where you want to work. I see my friends

getting frustrated in their jobs(because of wrong industry selection or profile)

and they are just waiting for one year to complete and switch to other firm. But

if i see myself, I am happy in my Company and the project that i have got.

Decide on the Profile and industry where you see yourself and then start sitting

for Campus placements.

All the best to all of you preparing for placements...


I am Ishan Gupta,

Hello Friends,

I am Ishan Gupta,


from Dual C, BIMM,

from the academic year 2009-11

passed out on 25th April 2011.

My specialisation is in Marketing & IT

I am finally placed in ABC Ltd.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. Same was the case with me

and eventually this experience came handy in me getting a job of my domain

and expertise. I joined SBS on 06th of June'2011 with a clear cut aim of

learning the nuances of Corporate culture and to make an entry into the

Corporate world to explore myself to the fullest. Also I had a feeling at the back

of my mind to become an entrepreneur after getting a glimpse of how

corporates manage things and how the feeling of working under someone is

like, so that when I get an opportunity to manage people working for me, this

job would surely help me in understanding their needs. BIMM proved to be the

perfect B school as it gave me so many platforms to perform and see where I

belong. I still remember the day when Bala Sir taught us the Corporate Clap

and that gesture became regular in presentations, guest lectures and seminars

to follow. Bam Sir presentations were the best thing that could have happened

to any B-school and I thank Bala Sir for arranging the same as it helped student

managers to overcome the stage fright and to become a good orator.

Being a software engineer, I was more focused towards the IT sector but I also

applied to the jobs pertaining to diverse sectors like FMCG and Retail to keep

my chances open. Mock GD sessions held in the auditorium and listening to

worthy news media like NDTV kept me abreast with all the recent happenings

and developments across the World. Business quiz section in semester exams

also motivated me to develop an interest for Business World and trust me I love

to read economic times on weekends.

The placement statement kicked start off in September with the reputed PQR

Ltd. (A consumer durable giant) and a regular visitor to SBS campus for

placements. I still remembered how Prof. Dimple Saini encouraged everyone to

participate in the GD process in huge numbers and finally after a cut throat

competition 26 students were selected from SBS. To see two of my flatmates

and seven of my classmates (BIMM DUAL C) bagging offers with the same gave

me the required thrust and motivation for me to start working hard and I

started brushing up my concepts each day. Somehow I had managed to keep

my attendance over 90% and had no backlogs which meant I could apply to


companies from day one itself. I started going to Auditorium for the JD briefing

in the evening and then carefully started applying for the jobs keeping in mind

my interest and domain.

The first company I had applied to was a retail major. I was fascinated by the

growth of this retail group and wanted to work for it. During their pre-

placement talk they gave so many location preferences for people who have

problem working out of their towns. I was one of them. Feeling of being close

to my family and friends, I could never apply for companies who were not from

North India, preferably New Delhi/ NCR. Around 200 students from SBS had

applied for this job and around 20-22 groups were formed for the Group

Discussion. This was my first GD and I cracked this one and was called for final

interview. That interview I still remember was a kind of debate. The interviewer

initiated by asking me one question- How can you implement your graduation in

IT in retail sector? Someone told me that the interviewer is a pass-out from a

near-by B-School and was a mechanical graduate, so I just said if a Mechanical

engineer and Marketing & IT post-graduate can do that, I can also do that. I

had no fear of getting interviewed at that time. Later, I realised why did I

question him. Interview went for 20 minutes but unfortunately I was not among

the selected few by the Company. I started working hard to prepare and even

sat with my flat mates for mock interviews. The companies kept coming in all

thanks to untiring efforts of CRT team and I kept applying for the jobs which

deemed fine to me.

Next came a private bank, in which again I cleared the GD and then was called

for an interview. After listening to the roles and responsibilities, I decided to

make a choice of asking the interviewer for my home location. They said they

cannot commit right now but in most cases you get a chance of getting your

preferred location. Finally the results came out and I was among the rejected

few cases. I congratulated all the 26 students for getting placed. Till then I was

confused of which company to work for and even if I want to work for any

company of my choice what if they don't filter me into their requirement.

So here comes another company of my choice who was a Paint giant. Many

students applied for the role and the package they offered. I was again among

the applicants and wanted to break this company by any chance. Well prepared

on most of the on-going topics and well dressed in my college uniform, went

into the GD room. For the first time I was feeling so afraid of entering into the

room, thought the panel would be taking into consideration how we walk, how

we sit that really comes under our body language. For the 3rd time in a row I

cleared by GD which gave a kick to my confidence and a gut feeling of going

home with their offer letter. We waited for 3 hours and then began the call for

interviews. I went through all the web links and their website in that duration

and shared the highlights with all those 9 odd students who cleared the GD.

They called my name and I went inside, asked if I could sit and then questions

came to me from different directions. I was so nervous at that time as the panel


consisted of 1 top-shot, 1 HR Head and 1 Sales Head. Introduction went good

and then they asked questions related to my father's business. I couldn't tell

them the truth about my father's profession, a trader-cum-manufacturer of

Industrial Polyester Yarns, thinking if they would reject me. Many companies

don't take people who have a family business which was running all over my

head. So I decided to tell them that my father deals with property in our area,

out of I don't know what this came to my mind at that time. And that is where I

lost my chance of getting recruited that day. After a long discussion on other

marketing related things, I came out of the room. Results were announced and

I was not among the 2 students. I then went back home and that day I

consulted my sister who herself is an HR in a consumer durables major on what

to say and what not to say.

Many companies came and we were nearing to the end of the year 2011. On

15th December, me and my roommates planned to go to Goa on the New Year's

Eve. I then took a pledge of either getting placed before 31st December

otherwise I won't go to Goa.

Then came an IT major headquartered at NCR. After the panel disclosed the

profiles and the package they were offering, I discussed with many people and

then gave my resume to the CRT team member from BIMHRD who was taking

care of the process. There were 2 profiles offered to the students:

1) Management Trainee for Business Acquisition Group (Sales Team)

2) Project Management Trainee (Service Delivery, Project Management Office,

DC-Ops etc.)

The process was:

1st Round- Group Discussion

2nd Round- Technical Interview

3rd Round- HR Interview

My name was announced by the co-ordinator and then a group of 10 students

were asked to sit in the conference room as per our allocated serial number for

that batch. Mr.X, Manager BAG Team was already waiting for all of us to settle

down. We were all set and then Mr.X gave an option to all of us to take their

choice of topic for the GD. Everyone started convincing each other on their own

topic as students used to prepare on few topics and wanted those topics to be

discussed. But I compelled all of them to go with something that we have not

spoken on till now. After I said this, Mr.X gave a topic of his own : “Is IPL

helping Indian Cricketers show their talent”

And the discussion lasted for 20 minutes. I was quite sure that I would crack

the GD as I used to follow few mantras to crack a Group Discussion. Do's and

Don'ts to crack your GD:

1) Be the first one to open the discussion as you don't have to wait for someone


else to stop. Don't take a pause when you speak.

2) When you are unable to start as some else did that, in such cases try to

enter into the discussion when you have a very solid/exceptional point to put

forward.

3) Remember to keep an eye on your watch and mention the time left for the

discussion, which always helps you to gain points on Time Management.

4) Be polite and don't stand and speak to show your aggression. (Specifically for

a sales profile)

5) If you could not manage to make your point, better ask the panel, very

politely, if you could end it up with a conclusion and conclude taking your

exceptional point first and then a consolidation of what all the students said.

6) Maintain decorum of the GD room and don't look at the panel while

discussing.

On implementing all the above mentioned, I managed to crack the GD here

also.

I was now told by the CRT co-ordinator to get ready for the 2nd round-

Technical Interview, for which Mr.X was waiting for me inside the room. I asked

if I could sit and then started the real game. He asked for an introduction,

followed by questions based on C++. I was under an impression that I would

answer to his question as it was related to C++ coding. He wanted me to create

a pyramid using numbers that was completely out of my reach. I did that during

my engineering years and had no idea how to start with. I asked for his help

and he gave me some hint. After spending sometime on that query I could

manage to create that pyramid.

1

12

123

1234

12345

Still cannot imagine how “I” could make that!!! It was the D day…

Results came out after a short while and I was shortlisted in the technical

interview round. After 5 minutes I was told to go for one more Interview. Mr.Y

asked me which profile are you interested in.

I got to know from someone that sales(BAG profile) in IT is not the right career

to start with, I was wrong at that point of time. So I said, I am interested in

PMT profile only. Mr.Y wanted me to take MT as a profile but I thought he is

confusing me, so I went through the roles and responsibilities again in front of

him and said No to MT for BAG Team. I wish I would have opted for MT

profile…!!

They asked me to give them sometime to finalize for me as I was from


Marketing background and also because I insisted for a PMT profile rather than

a MT profile for BAG team. So, after this interview round got over I was told by

the co-ordinator to go home as the results would be disclosed later in that

week.

I went home and as soon as I stepped inside my flat where I used to stay, I got

a call from the co-ordinator to come to college asap. I had another interviewer

waiting for me at 12.00 midnight. This time it was altogether a different

interview. I went inside and the first question that he asked me was- would you

be comfortable working in Chennai. My base is Faridabad, a town which is part

of NCR and very close to their headquarters in Noida. He wanted me to

convince him on how I would manage things if they send me to Chennai. I

could convince him on this and he said very happily that we will meet in ABC

Ltd. now. It was a stress interview when he started and then things went easy

for me. In order to crack this final round, I couldn't ask for NCR now and said

yes, still I regret for saying that YES!! Interview got over and I was told to wait

for an email from their side. While going home I greeted everyone from the

panel. I could very easily make out from their faces that they have selected me,

but then the fight for PMT profile was there.

Then a FMCG major based out of Northern India came to the campus after 2

days. The offer was good and the location preference was also there. I cleared

the GD and the following round was personal interview in front of a 5-member

panel. One question came from every member asking me about their

departments. I made a choice of doing sales in their horticulture department.

We all were waiting outside the room, and they came out and disclosed the

names of the lucky few. THIS TIME I WAS ONE OF THEM. I was so happy and

called my mother and father in the next minute of listening to my name. I took

the offer letter and partied all night with my friends.

The very next day, I got an email from the HR-Sales Force of ABC Ltd. That I

have been selected. I got a call from CRT team to come to CRT and choose any

one company, as I had received 2 offers and they wanted me to reject one of

the offer. For the FMCG major in which I got selected, they had also kept 2

students on hold. I asked Ms.DimpleSaini to give me sometime as this decision

had to be taken in few hours. I called up my father and asked him what to do.

He said just one thing, IT. I thought of nothing else and signed the offer letter

from ABC Ltd. That also gave clearance to one student getting a job in FMCG.

So being the first one in our campus to bag 2 offers was me.

Now I am in Chennai and working for ABC Ltd as a Project Management Trainee

in Service Delivery for US. People, language, food, way of working,

organisationbehaviour, etc. is very different from where I belong to. Anyways I

love my work and would stay here till my assignment gets completed.


Keep few things in mind, prioritize your preference, viz., Sector, brand, profile,

package, place of posting. Placement is very easy to get but what you want is

difficult to identify when you are in college. So walk ahead of your group, enjoy

this time to the fullest.

ALL THE VERY BEST to all my juniors...!!!

Hi everyone,

Name: Ishank Sharma

Roll no. - MM09-11121 (Dual B)


Institute: BIMM

BATCH 09-11

It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience. My

memorable journey with SBS started with Mr. Fresher tag at the time of

induction, very first day and getting a reward boosted my confidence. In SBS

society each individual gets the opportunity to know his weakness and strength

from the very first day of induction which includes Dilip bam sir presentation,

inter dual competitions and the most exciting and awaiting event Drishti. I took

the active participation in most of the events right from the idli eating

competition to basketball and western dance and can proudly say I won those

events along with the team efforts.

Life at SBS was not so easy, every morning my workout starts with the 100

meters race sometimes skipping breakfast and then desperately waiting for a

break. Those hectic schedules in college really helped me in keeping my

patience in office.

The placement experience was a pretty tense period. In fact I haven't been this

tense since a long time. LG was the first company I faced. To be fair, I think I

was well prepared for the placement process. But I got a shock of my life and

realized many things are still left, I was fighting the battle with outdated

weapons. I was lacking with the content, which I started building from the very

next day.

I sat for seven companies including LG before I got selected for my current

company. I was not eligilble for most of the companies as I was having backlog

although it got cleared at the right time but still suffered the loss of missing

Ishank Sharma


reputed companies. I remained positive with my approach and was keeping

patience that my time will also come. In those seven companies I cleared GD's

for six but somehow got stuck with the interviews.

My first company was LG. Every student aspires to get placed with such great

brand and in that the marathon I was not fortunate enough to reach the

destination. The GD topic was “youth in politics”, I went well with the GD but I

think what I was saying was not weighty.

Second company X. Was also a leading brand in cement, I cleared the aptitude

test and GD but got stuck with the interview. The GD topic was on wiki leaks

creating nuisance. Some of the interview questions asked by the panel

include:

1. My general introduction

2. 7 p's of marketing and how do you align them with their brand

3. My strength my weakness.Etc

4. How would you contribute to increase the sales for the product from x to y

volumes in particular market

I answered well for all the questions and was also confident, but I was not

selected. One lesson I learned never be so sure about the end result it may

disappoint you sometime. Life is not fair and that sometimes luck matters more

than ability.

In Company Y, Z, A, B some of the GD topics were:-

“Grass is always greener on other side”

“World cup cricket followed by IPL is too much cricket”

“Corruption”

“Surrogate Ads: Boon or a Bane”.

It was the great experience but now by this time all of my roommates got

placed. I was little tensed but my friends always supported me by visiting GOA

and enjoying at their best. But they really cared about me. Every night they use

to call and ask about my next company and tell where they are clubbing that

particular night, really tough days. I miss them the most but now it was my

time

My last company I sat for was “d”- a market leader in its segment in

automobile.

Process:

1. After the addressal by the HR's of the company we were all distributed into

groups and then the GD followed.

2. First step for the selection process was Group Discussion. (15-20 mins)-

Topic: Education and success-Is there a correlation?


Always have a basic knowledge of sales and marketing as they tend to ask you

that than any other thing and they expect you to know the basic things.

Always have an example ready because it fetches you a lot of points.

Be confident and have a clear speech.

They also observe the way you talk you gestures as well as postures so be very

careful.

3. 1st Interview was after the Gd.

During this round a close eye was kept on general awareness, leadership

capabilities, listening skills, speaking to the point.

Asked marketing related questions.

Asked about the family background and interests and hobbies.

Then asked the thing that I like the most in sales.

What make me to choose marketing?

Why this company & more generalize question were kept before me.

4. 2nd interview was after this.

This interview was taken at the head office PUNE and was taken by the

Marketing Head.

Marketing related questions were asked again a little more in-depth.

Since this company was expanding in rural market I was grill on the rural

marketing

Some of the questions asked were.

How would promote the product in rural market.

What all promotion activities can be done for seeding the product etc.

Confidence is one thing that every company looks for in a candidate as sales

and marketing people can do well only if they have good sales knowledge,

communication skills as well as confidence.

5. This was followed by the selection call that we received from the PAT office.

6. We finally received our call letter and joined the company on 27nd of April

2011.

After I received my joining letter only one thing came in to my mind “patience

pays”. pheewwww

I would like to thank my Parents and friends for boosting my confidence for

every time I called them and my sincere thanks to all faculty members at BIMM

especially to dear Bala Sir for giving us this platform. The saying “problems are

opportunities “has been always a strength during the two year journey at BIMM.

I still say to my boss “problems are opportunities” but he always say we are

screwed Ishank.


Itti Sabharwal

I am Itti Sabharwal

Roll no.-MM-09-11516

BIMM(PM & HRD)

Batch-2009-2011

A Bag of Mixed experiences

My first Placement was quiet a hammering experience as was absorbed by

Vanilla Sky in the month of November which was the second company I applied

for & got through the same and declared joining date was 9th June(Mumbai) . A

batch of eleven students from SBS had joined Vanilla Sky with high Hopes but

got a shock of a lifetime when we were laid off by the company within 15 days

as the company was suffering from financial crises. But never lost hope and

always remembered Bala Sir's Success Mantra PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNIES

and started exploring new avenues .Also phoned Bala Sir immediately & went to

Pune for a meeting with him .By then CRT had already started their work and a

leading IT co. was the next company in Campus. All of us were in Pune for the

process and sat for the company.So, this is how my ABC co.'s journey began……

The session started with a pre-placement talk by the company executives -

company's services, market presence, growth component and work culture, it

covered them all. This is followed by a brief explanation of the skill sets required

for employment and the procedure the company will follow for the ensuring

recruitment. The process started with a round of group Discussion for which the

topics were

Experience v/s Education

How does a B school help in making better managers..?

For the First topic I chose a neutral approach by saying that experienced people

have an upper hand as it is easy for them to apply practical knowledge into

theory and have a better understanding of Business.

For the Second topic,I started the discussion by the following statement

“Managers are made not born.”and continued to explain the importance of B

School in Personality Grooming, building upon business & Domain Knowledge

,Corporate Exposure & a better understanding of Different Approachs through

various sessions,casestudies& presentations.

Post Group Discussion, two rounds of interviews were conducted

HR Round

Technical Round

HR Round

HR Round was an elimination round where HR asked about :

Educational Background.(Was quiet lucky as they had asked for Commerce


Graduate)

Tell me about yourself?

Ans>My Answer was: I call myself a Team Player as I possess good

Interpersonal Skills. As a person I'm an ambivert who mingles with people

gradually. I have also shown my dexterity in various events(named all the

events).My friends know me as a person with a good sense of humor and

positive attitude. My Father is an Army Contractor and Mom a homemaker. My

younger brother is in the first year of graduation studying BCOM(HONS).

And then, I kept on speaking about my educational background and

achievements till the HR stopped me.

Where do u see yourself 5 years down the line?

Ans>I want to be socially recognized through my professional and TCS will

serve this purpose.

Expected Salary?

Technical Round

Technical Round was quiet interesting and my manager took good 45 minutes in

the interview.

Why did you choose HR?

Ans>I took HR because I drive my energy through people .Also; I used to teach

during graduation & from there I understood if people are getting whatever I 'm

teaching then I have an ability to train people.

How much planned and organized are you as a person?

Scenario based Questions.

What are your Achievements?

Post this, we were informed that we have a final round of interview with the VP

in Mumbai on 7 th July.

After we reached the office, an aptitude test was conducted and were briefed

about our Salary packages.

Interview with the VP was for a very short span where he focused on our

problem solving,Behavioural& Managerial Skills.Also asked what interests me in

HR.

After a 15 minutes wait, all candidates were called in a room and names of the

selected candidates were called out. As they started spelling out the names, my

heart started sinking.. Yes…!!I was placed with my dream company…!My

Happiness was at a peak level. That moment was filled with a euphoric feeling.

I felt so satisfied that finally I got a company with brand name & good package.


I got a sense of relief by being placed in a reputed company. All the burden of

being without any job was over.I would like to thank all the

faculties,directors,Dimple Ma'am &ofcourseBala sir for giving us such an efficient

corporate training & also giving me an opportunity to sit for another company .

Few tips to the aspirants:

Do not lose patience & make up your mind before applying for any company

i.e.decide beforehand which profile interests you.

Brush up your technical knowledge before the process which is very important

to get you through any company.

Always remember Job Profile & Company is important for your career ahead, do

not sacrifice on these two for anything else.

Keeping yourself updated with the current affairs around the world, business by

reading newspapers always helps.

Always be composed & calm during the placement days & keep yourself

prepared for any company.

Don't get bogged down if you failed to get through any company as there will

be many other opportunities where you prove your mettle.

Always be confident of who you are and show the same during the process.

Be thorough with your CV before an interview as most of questions are asked

from the CV.Don't put false information in the CV.

Work on your weak areas & showcase your strong areas during the process.

I would like to wish all the best to the junior Student Managers for their

placement.Always believe in your abilities & don't get tensed about the

placements as Bala sir & Dimple Ma'am will leave no stone unturned for getting

you all placed.Don't compromise on your academic knowledge ever .

I wish & pray Balaji Society grows by leaps & bounds & placements get even

better for years to come.WishingBalaji Society all the luck & success.

Thanks & Regards

IttiSabherwal(MM-09-11516)


Jatin Saini

Hello Everyone,

I am Jatin Saini

Registration Number. MM09-11359,

from Class C from BIMM from the academic year 2009, passed out on 2011.

My specialization is in MARKETING. I am finally placed in Company 16th.

My journey of campus placements began on 7th July 2009, the day I joined

BIMM...I had these big dreams of becoming a corporate guy working in some

big MNC(although more inclinations were towards PSUs)... There was also a

craving desire to make my hopes and support of my family packed in my heart

my MBA program began...

I had been an average student in BIMM but thing I assured- daily reading of all

newspapers given by the college. Many things hereto be done prior to the

commencement of placement season. I had backlog in QT. Studied hard, failed,

studied harder, cleared with 80% marks, just few days before the zero day. My

attendance was 89.7% and 90% was required to sit for companies (we were

allowed to sit for the dream company).Therefore I wasnt allowed to sit for first

50 companies. I was sad but

I never let this negative emotion overrule me. I kept myself motivated... I kept

moving...

In the meanwhile we were given practice GD sessions on Thursdays. I can still

recall when my name was announced in the auditorium for the GD session,

butterflies got stuck in my stomach... But that one GD boosted my confidence

and prepared me mentally for the rest. Valuable inputs given by the judges

helped me in improvising my GD skills. At the same time, I was reading books

on economics and contemporary

history of India. I road books on AmartyaSen, Gurucharan Das,

RamchandraGuha. It helped me to buil data and broadened my viewpoint on

different issues. I prepared for the topics given to us by the college in the form

of GD list, surfed internet, maintained diary of important events, issues, news,

data. It was almost 2 months after which I became eligible for thecampus

placements, GDs were going good but then interviews. I always pondered what

interviewers look for. I sat for ACC, BILT, Ranbaxy, Tata Capitals, etc. I never

lost hopes. There was never a doubt about fulfilment of my dreams. On each

failure I believe God had bigger plans for me. It aint about how hard you are hit

but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take

and keep moving forward...

size of the students who appeared for this Company was 100 The various

processes were GD & PI. Each GD had 10 members and in interview there were

2 interviewers.The CTC offered to me by the company was 6l


Here are the few GD topicsin which I took part-

Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order?

Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment?

Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become

fatally addictive in larger doses.

Government should clean its own hands before pointing finger at the private

sector for corruption.

Reforms have to grow up.

Globalization vs. Nationalism

Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of development will lead to

growth and prosperity

Should businessmen run the finance ministry?

Should important services like transport be left to market forces?.

Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies?

What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory bodies.

Trade can help the poor?

Water resources should be nationalised

Are Co-operatives Relevant in Today's Global Environment?

Indian villages - our strength or our weakness?

Space Missions are a Wastage of Resources for a Resource-Starved Nation like

India

Satyam Scandal would Impact Foreign Investments in India

Private Participation in Infrastructure is Highly Desirable

Developing Countries need Trade, not Aid


Poverty in Third World Countries is due to Prosperity in First World Countries

Indian Economy: Old Wine in New Bottle!

Is Globalization Really Necessary?

What shall we do about our Ever-Increasing Population?

Banning of Trade Unions will be Beneficial in Growth of the Economy

Why can't India be a World-Class Player in Manufacturing Industry as it is in IT

& BPO Sectors?

We Need Drinking Water and Not Coke & Pepsi in Rural India

Rise of Regional Blocs Threatens Independent Nations like India

Should the public sector be privatized?

And then my company was scheduled to visit our campus. The GD topic was

"Whether the Indian economy is an agrarian economy or the service economy.”

I was well conversant with the topic and spoke well. But my name was not

shortlisted with other 14 students... Hopes crashed, negativity embraced me, I

was numb with sadness.... I was lying in my hostel bed when PAT office called

me to inform that I have been shortlisted for the interview.. There was one

more guy shortlisted. So now the count became 16... The interview was

scheduled for 5th Feb, I took holiday on the previous day. Missed my third sem

exam, studied about international trade, foreign policy, read about the company.

The interview panel was of 8-10 members. Questions asked were on Indian

economy, current issues, terms related to international marketing, procedures

involved in business transactions, HR questions on achievements, on myself.

The HR questions asked to me us are


Start with the present and tell why you are well qualified for the position.

Remember that the key to all successful interviewing is to match your

qualifications to what the interviewer is looking for. In other words you must sell

what the buyer is buying. This is the single most important strategy in job

hunting. So, before you answer this or any question it's imperative that you try

to uncover your interviewer's greatest need, want, problem or goal.To do so,

make you take these two steps: Do all the homework you can before the hr

interview to uncover this person's wants and needs (not the generalized needs


of the industry or company) As early as you can in the interview, ask for a more

complete description of what the position entails. You might say: “I have a

number of accomplishments I'd like to tell you about, but I want to make the

best use of our time together and talk directly to your needs. To help me do,

that, could you tell me more about the most important priorities of this position?

All I know is what I(heard from the recruiter, read in the classified ad, etc Then,

ALWAYS follow-up with a second and possibly, third question, to draw out his

needs even more. Surprisingly, it's usually this second or third question that

unearths what the interviewer is most looking for. You might ask simply, "And in

addition to that?..." or, "Is there anything else you see as essential to success in

this position?: This process will not feel easy or natural at first, because it is

easier simply to answer questions, but only if you uncover the employer's wants

and needs will your answers make the most sense. Practice asking these key

questions before giving your answers, the process will feel more natural and

you will be light years ahead of the other job candidates you're competing with.

After uncovering what the employer is looking for, describe why the needs of

this job bear striking parallels to tasks you've succeeded at before. Be sure to

illustrate with specific examples of your responsibilities and especially your

achievements, all of which are geared to present yourself as a perfect match for

the needs he has just described.

What are your greatest strengths?

You know that your key strategy is to first uncover your interviewer's greatest

wants and needs before you answer questions. And from Question 1, you know

how to do this. Prior to any interview, you should have a list mentally prepared

of your greatest strengths. You should also have, a specific example or two,

which illustrates each strength, an example chosen from your most recent and

most impressive achievements. You should, have this list of your greatest

strengths and corresponding examples from your achievements so well

committed to memory that you can recite them cold after being shaken awake

at 2:30AM. Then, once you uncover your interviewer's greatest wants and

needs, you can choose those achievements from your list that best match up.

As a general guideline, the 10 most desirable traits that all employers love to

see in their employees are: A proven track record as an achiever...especially if

your achievements match up with the employer's greatest wants and needs.

Intelligence...management "savvy".Honesty...integrity...a decent human being.

Good fit with corporate culture...someone to feel comfortable with...a team

player who meshes well with interviewer's team. Likeability...positive

attitude...sense of humor.Good communication skills.Dedication...willingness to

walk the extra mile to achieve excellence. Definiteness of

purpose...cleargoals.Enthusiasm...high level of motivation.Confident...healthy...a

leader.

What are your greatest weaknesses?


Disguise strength as a weakness. Example: “I sometimes push my people too

hard. I like to work with a sense of urgency andeveryone is not always on the

same wavelength. Drawback: This strategy is better than admitting a flaw, but

it's so widely used, it is transparent to any experienced interviewer. BEST

ANSWER: (and another reason it's so important to get a thorough description of

your interviewer's needs before you answer questions): Assure the interviewer

that you can think of nothing that would stand in the way of your performing in

this position with excellence. Then, quickly review you strongest qualifications.

Why should I hire you?

By now you can see how critical it is to apply the overall strategy of uncovering

the employer's needs before you answer questions. If you know the employer's

greatest needs and desires, this question will give you a big leg up over other

candidates because you will give him better reasons for hiring you than anyone

else is likely to…reasons tied directly to his needs. Whether your interviewer

asks you this question explicitly or not, this is the most important question of

your interview because he must answer this question favorably in is own mind

before you will be hired. So help him out! Walk through each of the position's

requirements as you understand them, and follow each with a reason why you

meet that requirement so well. Example: “As I understand your needs, you are

first and foremost looking for someone who can manage the sales and

marketing of your book publishing division. As you've said you need someone

with a strong background in trade book sales. This is where I've spent almost all

of my career, so I've chalked up 18 years of experience exactly in this area. I

believe that I know the right contacts, methods, principles, and successful

management techniques as well as any person can in our industry.” “You also

need someone who can expand your book distribution channels. In my prior

post, my innovative promotional ideas doubled, then tripled, the number of

outlets selling our books. I'm confident I can do the same for you.”

My heart pounded heavily when I was asked

about the place of preference, it was a hint...

After half an hour the list was announced. Suddenly my heart beats increased,

there was peace in my mind but legs were shaking. My dream

had come true...


Karan Dhore

I am Karan Dhore

BIMM 09-11

Marketing Dual B

MM09-11122

The campus Experience is one of the phase in my life where I had lots to learn.

The day we all joined BIMM our struggle started…be it at the hostel breakfast

queues….be it the attendance….be it examinations or…be it back logs.

I had a backlog in one subject so was not eligible to sit for few companies but I

cleared the backlog in November end. Right from the starting i never knew in

which company to sit for and what profile to look for but i always knew where i

did not want to go.

The first company I sat for was my dream company but unfortunately I did'nt

clear it. But Though I was not eligible I was a part of their process which helped

me prepare for the upcoming companies.

Then I started with my struggle. I sat for selected companies but was getting

rejected in the final rounds. My friends played an important role to motivate me

and groom myself in all possible ways. I started learning what I lack and also

started to work upon it.

D day was 15th April when I sat for XYZ company . PPT presentation

The process started with PPT presentation, the MD gave a small briefing about

the company profile and briefed us about the selection process. PPT lasted for

around half hour wherein he briefed us about the policies, culture, operations

that the company follows and then started question answer session during

which we were allowed to clear our queries regarding the job profile,

compensation etc..It was radio station which was hiring for marketing and sales

profile. Initial days corporate sale was the role. He clarified each and every

queries for the students.

Aptitude Test

I would say it was not very easy aptitude test, the difficulty level ranges from

medium to high. [The questions were similar as in the book called “Aptitude

Test by R.S.Agarwal”.] There were 40 questions and time limit was of 30

minutes with no negative marking. Questions were from verbal as well as from

mathematical section. Honestly speaking I could not solve all questions; in fact I

could not read all the questions just because of meager time. I was

concentrating to pick the right question and solve it correctly.


After an aptitude test, we discussed our experience of an aptitude test. And I

come to know that most of us could not attempt all questions.

After 30-40 minutes, the result was out and I got through. As per my

knowledge the cut-off for this aptitude test was 20 out of 40.

In 1st PI round each individual had to give a short introduction about self in

exactly 1-2 minswhich should be creative as well as innovative and should not

contain the details mentioned in the CV.

I did well by starting with a humorous quote and then talked about myself as an

individual keeping in mind that i should not take more than a minute. I laced my

answer with a blend of my learnings in different phases of studies, extra

curricula activities and also my passion towards my hobbies. I also shared the

reason of joining job though being from a political background.

The 2nd round of PI where the basic HR questions was asked.

1. Tell us something about your family.

2. Are you ready to relocate anywhere in India?

3. How ready are you to take up a frontline sales/channel management profile.

4. Do you have any relative or friend working in the organization?

5. Which other company selection process did you attend before this?

6. Why don't you join family business or politics as your brother?

I am not mentioning the answers because all the answers were quite straight

forward. There was nothing new in this. But one thing I did was I illustrated and

justified each answer w.r.t to the company. I didn't give general answers.

After a very interactive session with the MD, he asked me to submit a

presentation on” Radio sales”. He also said that the selection would be based on

the presentation.

My presentation was based on:

Introduction to Radio industry

Facts and figures

SWOT analysis

Growing oppurtunities

Ad sales: Overview

Channel members

Process

Future visionaries

Based on these rounds the MD shortlisted few students and asked for a

presentation. I was confident in answering the queries he had and also

explaining my viewpoints on my presentation. I just had one motive……I need

to prove myself….I will bag the job today……

My confidence and zeal to get through took me to the next level when I was

asked to visit Mumbai HQ.


The day I came to Mumbai, I was excited , nervous , and really can't describe

the moment…somehow I knew from my heart I was selected but had the fear

of …….” If I get rejected….” Situation.

I reached the office and waited for sometime when the MD himself came and

called me inside.

After a few lines of conversation he just slided something in front of me….that

was a offer letter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just can't describe how I felt at that point of time………I was overwhelmed

when he said “Welcome to XYZ “

The company was looking for confidence, basic knowledge, personality and the

eagerness to mould oneself to the cultures of the organization. They believed

that if the candidate has the right attitude he/she can be groomed to the

company requirements.

That was the day when I made my parents, friends , and my well

wishersproud.Thanks a lot to SBS for helping me grow and groom to the


Its really true that SBS works really hard to get the best placements for the

students.

Thanks to the Placement team and above all Bala sir for getting such good

companies and help us secure a wonderful future…..!!!!!!!!

All the best juniors……Go get your dreams!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Few suggestions which i would like to give you all which i learnt from my

experience

1) Keeping reading newspapers (any), magazines or articles on net without fail.

2) Keep yourself motivated always no matter how much of adversity you are

facing.

3) Be honest and avoid faking because you would eventually get caught.

4) Prepare well for your interview questions and also for the company you are

applying for.

Best wishes to you all.....

Regards

Karan Dhore


Karthik Pissay

Name: Karthik Pissay

Registration Number: MM09-11020

Institute: BIMM

Specialization: Finance

Academic Year: 2009 – 2011.

A wise man once said: “The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose”. Or was it

a wise woman? I don't know! Anyways, almost every one of us wants to live a

life of purpose and do something and become someone in life. Most of us do it

by trying to do what we think is best in our life. Our decisions are based on

what we know, and what we think is right. There by the more we know, the

better we are equipped with the knowledge of making decisions. And what can

be possibly the best source of knowledge in ones lives: Education. Time and

again, we as individuals and society as whole have given importance to

education in our lives. An MBA from Sri Balaji Society was on such decision of

mine to gain this ever more insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Before doing my MBA, I was an engineer working for an IT company. I got into

BIMM and took up finance as my specialization cause of the interest I had

towards it. And hence my thirst of knowledge in life continued as I ventured

into a new phase of my life. I spent two years in SBS. In these two years, SBS

made me a better person, gave me ample knowledge, both bookish and

general, and equipped me with better decision making. I am really thankful to

my alma mater for this.

Coming to my campus placement experience, I was never really a bright person

or a topper of my class. Coming from a work culture of more than 2.5 yrs, I

found it difficult to sit and write long essay answers during our 3 hr long exams,

used to mostly end up sleeping after lunch hours during classes. And mostly

used to end up bunking classes! Yes! A lot of classes. So much so that my

attendance went below 90% and I could not sit for the first 100 companies

which came to our campus. But the strange thing was that I never really felt

strange or tensed about it. I know when my time and chance would come; I

would end up doing well and giving my best. That time came in the late autumn

of January. My first company was a leading PSU bank. Their main requirement

was that it wanted specialized officers for its niche operations. The CTC of about

6.8 lakhs was the best that was offered in the industry and the highest in the

finance domain. It sounded perfect for career goal. I wanted to get into a

banking industry as I was from finance. I wanted to get a profile which was

core finance. I wanted the best of the CTCs being offered in our campus and I

also wanted a brand name to go with. I know, I was being too selfish and


asking for all-in-one package, but if a company is offering this all, what's wrong

in trying it?

So, there it was. My first company placement opportunity! I was tensed and

nervous, I had already seen my friends disappointment when they came so

close and yet so far. Excitement and curiosity had filled by thoughts. I had

already been shortlisted among 106 other finance batch mates as per marks.

The D-day had come. My hands were sweaty, my tie refusing not to settle in

place no matter how many times I tied it, my hair too shabby no matter how

many times I combed it, I looked myself in the mirror, smiled at myself and

went to college where the pre-placement seminar by the bank was conducted.

Since the company was a bank, I had brushed up my banking knowledge and

was up-to date with all the latest development in the banking sector. Also, I had

to keep abreast with all the interest rates which RBI keeps announcing from

time to time. I entered the classroom and took my seats with my classmates

whom I was thinking to be looking far more presentable than me. Nervousness

had taken the better of me. Finally the bank came, gave its presentation and

asked us to wait outside with all our documents so as to start with the interview

process.

My number was third and I was asked to keep my documents ready and wait

outside. There I was, outside the interview room, waiting patiently for my

chance to come. The other two before me came out with an exhausted look on

their faces (or at least that's what I felt). Finally my name was called and I was

asked to go in to the room.

I knocked before entering, opened the door slightly and said “may I come in.?”

I could see the interview panel was of four members all seating on one side of

the table in the far end of the room. Finally after hearing what I thought was a

yes from one of the panel members, I walked towards them and took my seat

on the other side of the table. Finally, I sat down after greeting each panel

member with a 'hello' and giving them my resume.

Then, my interview started. The second panel member from the right started

talking. He went through my resume and asked me general HR questions, as to

my education background, what I had done before joining my MBA, where was

I working, my family back ground and all. Then, he started asking me questions

on basics of finance, how the financial industry was divided in our country and

who the major regulators are for it. I knew the answers to all their questions

and told them confidently.

Then the gentlemen towards his right took over and asked me what my favorite


subject was in finance. Since I was from an engineering background and my

math and reasoning skills were better off, I told them that my favorite subject

was Security analysis and portfolio management (SAPM). He asked me

questions on CAPM model and risk adjusted beta. Again I could answer to all

their questions.

Then there came my stress interview. The panel member to my extreme left

started off asking me about the insurance industry in India and its implication to

the lives of the people. I say it was a stress interview because the panel

member was not ready to hear to my answers. The moment I started to answer

his question, he would start off with his next question. This did irritate me to an

extant but I kept my cool and whenever I got a chance to answer him, I always

did with a smile. Finally, the last panel member had taken over. He had gone

through my resume and was asking questions mainly related to my prior work

experience. At last my interview was done and I took my leave from there. As I

came out of the room, I realized that the whole interview lasted for about 20

mins, while all this time I was thinking that it was for only about 5-10 mins.

That was when I really appreciated the beauty of Einstein's theory of relativity.

Finally after about 10 days the results were announced and I came to know that

I had been selected by the bank. I was immensely happy because that was my

first company and I got placed right away.

So my friends, though I still am in the search of my purpose, the 2 years in SBS

and my campus experience is something that I will never forget for the rest of

my life. All the best to all, who like me, have a thirst for knowledge.

Name: Keshav Prasad Aggarwal


Class: BIMM Systems

Dual: C

College: BIMM

Batch: 2009-11

Passed out in May 2011 and my specialization is in Systems.

We all enter the college with lots of dreams in our eyes and the day it gets

realised is one of the most remarkable day in our lives, same is with the day i

got placed.

But this journey was not an easy one as i appeared for 7 companies before i got

placed.

Keshav Prasad Aggarwal


Each of the company i sat for was in itself a different experience and learning.

The placement was at a point challenge as i was from systems and there were

limited number of companies which would come to recruit our batch hence the

competition was more and the companies less.

But one thing which i learned is that you get it when it is your day and my day

was 7th December 2010. The feeling of getting placed is in itself is a feeling of

joy and success.

Before appearing for the first company i always had a perception in my mind

that the GD preparation is not of great importance but as i faced the GD's

irealised the importance of being well prepared with the various topics , not only

the current topics but also the abstracts, this was the biggest area where i

lacked and after the first company for which i sat i cleared the written test but i

was not able to clear the GD , than onwards i started preparing in a very

synchronised manner for the companies.

Before that i used to think that clearing the GD is mere luck , if you get a topic

about which you know you can clear it else not, but then irealised that “Luck is

when Preparation meets Opportunity”.

After this i started preparing for GD as well as interviews and after that i cleared

all the GD of the companies for which i sat for, but still i wasn't able to clear the

interviews of the next two to three companies which were some of the

companies for which everyone would like to work for but unfortunately i could

not get through.

No matter how much positive i was but now a sense of insecurity was coming in

to me as there were less number of companies for the systems and there was a

perception that now hardly two to three more companies will come for systems

batch and now i had to be very well prepared for the every company for the

systems treating it as the last company.

Soon came day for the third last company for systems and i was determined

that have to set through this one. I started preparing for the company properly

focussing on the area they were working on and the core products they

focussed onto, along with GD preparation ifocussed on the interview preparation

too.

The day came and the selection procedure started for the company with an

aptitude test, the result for the aptitude test was declared late in the night and

the whole day i was concentrating only upon the preparation of GD and the

interview, understanding the company, its core product, core area etc.

The company was into cloud computing, hence i concentrated on understanding

the cloud computing, it's type, usage, applications etc. The result for the

aptitude was in my favour, the next day was my d-day, we were asked to report

in the college early morning at 6.30.

The GD started and i was able to clear the GD, the topic for the GD was luckily

related to cloud computing

“Emergence and Challenges of Cloud Computing in India”.


I started the discussion and was able to clear it but just clearing the GD was not

it, the next round the interview was the area where i had to showcase my

capability and had to clear it.

The round of interview started and the panel consisted of 3 members (1 HR, 1

Sales Regional Head and 1 Implementation Head), before the interview i was

nervous as I didn't wanted to lose this opportunity, before entering the room I

concentrated onto the company products, and as always taught to us the

posture and the various interview techniques we had learned.

I entered the interview room with full confidence. Then started the interview,

the three members were continuously asking me the questions and all three of

them were asking me entirely different questions from various areas as they all

were from different areas.

The interview started by HR asking tell us about yourself; about the company

products and services; the specific areas where the company is working into ;

products ; cloud computing ; my goal ; why MBA after doing BTech?; why

systems as a specialization?; Why should we hire you?; If u were given an

opportunity to unlearn something then what would you like to unlearn that you

can share with us?; Few questions related to ERP and how it can help an

organisation?; How cloud computing will change the market for ERP in India?

The interview got over and then was the toughest time that is to wait for the

result of the interview, I was impatient and then the result was announced and

my name was announced, the feeling of joy and success was at the heights and

this was one of the most joy full moment of my life.

Getting placed and specially in the area where you want to be indeed makes

you feel great and same was with me, this made me realise that you get it only

when your day comes and that just comes only you have to be prepared for

that day .

Before getting into the company i faced many rejections but each rejection

made me learn one or the other thing and all my mistakes helped me to

improve myself and gear up myself for the next.

Earlier i was weak at my communication skills i worked upon it a lot as this is

one of the biggest problems i have faced many time, to overcome it i used to

read newspaper , the economic times and read books as well to improve myself.

The first company made me realise that i need to be good at my communication

skills and i worked upon it , but working on that i somewhere gave less concern

to my aptitude and then the third company which i sat for was the first and last

company whose written exam was not cleared by me. After that irealised my

mistake that in order to work upon my weak area i lacked my concentration on

my strong area. Then i started working with more effort on all the areas GD,

interview n aptitude and finally i got into the company and the profile i enjoy

working at.


I would just like to say that it is more important to concentrate on the profile

that you want to work for, this placement journey was full of ups and downs but

ultimately many learning i would like to cherish my entire life.

I am Ketaki Deshmukh

Registration No - MM09-11519

From Specialization - PM& HRD

BIMM Academic Year - 2009-2011

I take it as a privilege to share my explorance through the placement scenario.

Starting my professional life with Sri Balaji Society was something like that only.

My journey to the campus placement is full with lots of different emotions at

each stage.

I was eligible for the campus recruitment process from day1 and was ready with

lots of preparations. When campus recruitment season started I was very

excited to attend it with my whole enthusiasm. Now companies started to visit

the campus, Interactive Pre Placement talks helped us in many ways, such as

what is this company all about… what they do… how they do… etc. and these

informations helped us in deciding whether we want to go for this particular

company and profile or not. On other side companies had started their keen

selection procedures using various techniques and rounds as per the

requirement of their industry, corporate culture and the profile for which they

were present in the campus.

I can still recollect the anxiety felt on every time after completing each round to

the time PAT members come with the list of shortlisted candidate for the next

round, at the time of attending the company process.

Although ,faced a series of interviews and campus placements assessments,

finally luck talks at X Cmpany . Balaji institute of Modern management is a great

launch pad which laid the foundation for my learning , enhancing and upgrading

my skills .

It showed the roadway to different assessment processes ,rejection/selection,

sorrow/happiness, opportunities ,experience and enthusiasm.

Gaining an experience of 6 months at Bangalore in one of the consultancies,

finally got to serve L&T IES as management trainee HR .

The selection process had following rounds:-

1) Aptitude Test

2) First round of Personal Interview

Ketaki Deshmukh


3) Second round of Personal Interview

Around We all were told to sit in the Conference hall & were given a application

form Blank to fill. It was a very long form. I was not expecting much today. I

was not at all thinking of the fact that this is the last golden chance I have got

for a job with one of the best Brands in India. Then the panel came &

introduced themselves to us & gave us some information about the position.

Even after the introduction, I was still not feeling the importance of this

opportunity. Then the Process started.

Aptitude Test –

Firstly, it was an aptitude test as the part of process. The test was of 70

minutes with 70 questions (Quant, English, and Logical Reasoning).

I am very good in Logical reasoning & mathematic question. So I was quite

confident of it. I started the test & I was able to solve the questions at a very

fast pace. I was totally engrossed in the test. I finished with LR , quant section

pretty early & then devoted more time on English. I was able to complete all the

questions on time.

One important tip for cracking Aptitude test is that one must practice the topics

related to Logical Reasoning, Quant (Trains problem, time speed distance, Age

problems, Pipes & Cisterns) from R S Aggarwal. This book is very useful for

preparation towards Aptitude test.

The results were announced & to my shock I was the lucky one to have cracked

the Aptitude Test

Then I was asked to wait at the reception for the Interview. Now was the time,

I understood the importance of this opportunity. I started revising all the typical

questions like tell me about yourself, Why our Company, What do you know

about our Company, Strengths & weakness.

1st PI – The First Interview was very generic in Nature.

Q . Kindly take me through your Profile rather than myself reading it?

A. Gave an introduction about my qualification and educational background,

hobbies, city which I belong to.

Q. Give me about brief about your job profile you were working on.

A. Explained about the roles and responsibilities performing in the current

organization.

Q. What was the package offered there?

A. Told him the previous CTC

Q. Where did you do your internship & what you did in that?

A. explained them the whole work I did in Interns at Forbes Marshall

Q. Will you be comfortable working in Mysore?

A. yes


Q. Are you fine with the profile?

A. Yes, will be glad to do that, explained them that I have done the same in

Interns.

Q. What salary are you expecting?

A. I am expecting a CTC what your company offers in a good Campus

2nd PI – It was after a few days. It was with Head – Learning Management

Q. Tell me about yourself?

A. Gave the introduction

Q. What you did at interns?

A. Explained them about my internship at Mahindra REVA.

Myresponsibilities were:-

1. Providing the employees with a Training Reading material regarding

PROBLEM SOLVING.

2. Putting a Questionnaire regarding Competency Level Selection

3. Calculating the Overall training feedback

4.Coordinated an End to end Customer Training Program

5.Maintaining the Records of training material up to date

6. Booking the Training Halls

So I had touched and experienced many aspects of HR starting from

Competency Model up till implementation of Training Program

Q. Explain the Training cycle completely?

A. Started with training need Identification, TNA and then Training being

conducted ( factors reqd.), effectiveness.

I had to explain all the steps in details.

Q. What do you know about Kirkpatrick Model?

A. explained the full model

Q. Tell me your 3 strengths & 3 weaknesses?

A. Gave the strengths & weakness with situations

Q. You will remain in this function till what time (1 Year)?

A. As long as I am learning something.

Advice to Students:

Brush up your fundamentals & along with that stay updated with what is

happening in world.

Now I am serving as a Management Trainee in Learning Management team

Thanks to Sri Balaji Society and all faculties, family and friends.


Khusboo Verma

Name: Khusboo Verma

Roll No: MM 09-11232

Dual C-Marketing

Basic Qualification: B.Tech (Electronics & Communication)

Dear Sir,

Placement from BIMM was one of the unforgettable experience

in my life. As I along with my close friends tried a lot to get the best

placement. We started our preparation for placements from 2nd semester of

PGDM. I along

with my close friends like Nikhil, Avinash, Anant,Gaurav, Pooja, Akanksha,

Kuldeep, Seema and Ashish(Mundu) formed a Group for GD.

We used to meet twice in a week. We in advance choose the topics for next

week's discussion. All of us with full sincerity and dedication used to collect the

facts and figures on the topic decided and then we conduct time based GD in

SBS Lawn or at Ganesh Temple. Basically all current topics we try to discuss by

dividing ourselves in groups of two or three. The collection of all facts and

figures was interchanged with each other and the data base was made for quick

recollection.

Once we started our 3rd semester, we started meeting every day in Ganesh

Mandir of

SBS and discussed all General Topics and Current Affairs Topics. We were

having the list of 300 Topics out of which we used to discuss 2-3 topics every

day. All the topics were discussed with the time limit of 10 Min and we conduct

this activity as if we all friends were in actual GD of the company.

Sometimes we wrongly interpret the Gd topic and as a result we start discussing

in wrong direction. When the assigned time for discussion got over, we used to

have detailed discussion on the topic which we discussed and still if we were

not satisfied with the discussion, next day we take the help of our professors

and take their views regarding the same.

My aim for placement was to get into consumer durables industry. Knowing the

fact that LG would be the first company on campus, I started to collect facts on

consumer durables industry from the day I started to prepare for GD. I try to

gather as much knowledge I can and try to retain maximum of it by making

best use of my abilities. I use to cut the newspaper articles related to LG,

Samsung, IFB, Videocon, Sony, Whirpool and other companies and save them

for further reference.


I got placed in second company which came to our campus. My inclination for

placement was for the consumer durable industry as I am an Electronics

Engineer and I was fortunate enough to realize it. Though I sacrificed on the

package part but I was sure that I aimed for this profile in this industry.

On the day of my placement three companies came to our campus. I was

shortlisted in all the three companies.

First company's placement process started little late as per the schedule. My GD

happened very late, I did well in the GD (Topic was: Common Wealth Games),

as all were congratulating me that I spoke well, even I was confident that I did

well.

Then we were asked to go for second company's process again it took lot of

time as I was in the last group. By the time I reach for my company's GD i.e.

the third company which was in BIIB building, the cordinators said that GD is

closed.

The company people didn't wanted more groups for discussion. Along with me

there were 12 more students who were already waiting for GD having no clue

that there GD is cancelled. I requested cordinators to conduct one last GD but

they strictly said it's not possible, company will black list our college.

I saw Mr.Inamdar standing on the same floor. I requested him to talk to

company people but he said very rudely said that he won't, neither he will allow

me to do anything. I replied to him-"Sir, no matter what I am going to request

the company to conduct one last GD, I am not worried about its consequences

whether u black list me or do anything against me.

I without giving it a second thought very ferociously inspite being stopped by

director and cordinators, went into the room where the company people were

conducting GDs. I very politely requested them to conduct one last GD but they

said they cannot as they are already late. I still tried to convince them by telling

my aim. I also said--"Sir, kindly just conduct the GD just for the sake of it,don't

select me. But please conduct the GD, otherwise I'll regret it for my entire life

that I was not given the chance to prove myself inspite of trying it so hard to

make it. Please do me a favor Sir".

Then, they all agreed to conduct one last GD. I can't tell you, how I tried to

control my tears and immediately sit for GD. When GD got over, we started

moving out of the room but suddenly the company people asked me to stay

back. They asked me why I got so emotional? I explained them my aim and

what all happened during that day, how I got late without my fault, how I

reached to them. They all smiled and said" Tum sabki leader thi". I reciprocated


them with a smile and went off the room. Finally they selected 3 from our group

for PI.

After sometime PI process started, my turn was last. They asked me very basic

questions: what I did in graduation, family background, moreover I already felt

that they like me as a candidate.

Technical questions which they asked during PI:

Difference between Sales and Marketing

Difference between ATL/BTL marketing activities

What is the importance of Marketing for a consumer durables company?

So it was basically pure HR interview which was for 25mins. Results were

announced and as per my expectations I was selected.

I felt great, as if I did all to make it happen. Honestly, from the bottom of my

heart I thanked Bala Sir because to do all that, I got courage from him only. To

me he is the man who has always inspired me by going that extra mile for what

he wanted badly without any fear

Love u Sir

Regards,

Khusboo Verma

I am Kriti Arya,

Registration Number MM 09-11520,

Class: PGDM -PM & HRD,

BIMM, 2009-2011 BATCH,

Passed out in April 2011.

Now working with a leading IT company in Mumbai.

A person can excel in his career with hard work and determination towards his

goal. Though a little bit of luck plays a positive role but I believe that hard work

is the key to success. In fact if only luck is to be considered, no one would work

but just wait till their luck shines up.

Here I am sharing my Campus Placement experience. I had joined SBS with a

Kriti Arya,


set career goal and wanted to see myself working with a world leading

company. And here is the experience of how I had succeeded all in my way.

Though every day was a day with new learning's and challenges since we had

started our MBA but the period after Summer Internship was the most crucial

time for all of us as the Placement period had started. Companies had started

visiting to the campus for recruitments and now was the time to prove our

capabilities and show our potential.

This was the second company in which I had appeared for the process and got

through the same. I always wanted to work with an IT company and here my

dream came true, I got exactly what I wanted.

The company had eligibility criteria depending on which they had shortlisted

students to appear for the whole process: 1.) Overall 70 % in academics up-till

MBA.

2.) No gaps in academic career.

3.) No backlogs were allowed during MBA.

4.) Only two re- attempts (semester wise) were allowed during Graduation.

Based on the above eligibility criteria, they had shortlisted students for the

process. As it was pool campus process, so more than 1000 students were

shortlisted from around 6-7 Institutes (Including all four Institutes under SBS).

The whole process was as follows:

1. Pre Placement talk

2. Aptitude Test

3. Group Discussion

4. First round of Interview

5. Final Interview

1. Pre Placement Talk : It was around two hours discussion round in which

company HR had briefed about the Company, its Vision, mission and Values,

Position Offered, Job Description, Career path, Compensation, etc and then

students had asked their queries.

2. Aptitude Test: This was an elimination round as company came for Pool

campus process and more than 1000 students appeared for the same. Aptitude

test consisted of around 200 questions related to Quantitative Analysis, Data

Interpretation, Verbal Ability. I had cleared the test and was selected for next

round.

3. Group Discussion: Students who cracked Aptitude test were divided in groups

of 10 each. 10 minutes were given to each group to discuss on the given topic.


They only had given us the opportunity to decide on a topic with common

consent. They had clearly mentioned that they were looking for following

qualities in the candidate:

a. Communication Skills

b. Knowledge about the topic

c. Applying MBA knowledge in the GD, How it relates to the topic.

d. Team work.

Our topic for Group discussion was – “Significance of Ethical Values in today's

Corporate world”

I spoke for two to three times with valid points and got through the GD round.

Just after the discussion, names of shortlisted candidates were announced and

one form was given to fill with few required details.

4. First round of Interview: Generally first round of interview is HR Interview

and Interviewer judges the candidate on the HR aspects. But as I was from HR

Background only, so the interviewer had asked general as well as Technical

question quiet well into depth. It started as this:

a. Tell me something about yourself.

b. Why have you chosen HR as your career?

c. What all HR functions are there from very starting?

I had started from the scratch i.e. HR Planning, Recruitment and Selection,

Induction, Performance Management, Compensation, Statutory Compliances,

etc.

d. Then he asked questions going deep down into every HR concept. For e.g.

What is HR planning, Why it is done, What is the significance of the same, What

are the methods by which HR Planning is done, What are the challenges in real

world and so on and so forth.

e. Then Questions related to Laws were asked i.e. The Bonus Act, The Shops

and Establishment Act, The Provident fund Act, etc.

f. What are psychometric tests? What is its significance? Give some examples.

g. Then he asked about the location preference and flexibility relating to job

location. What if they give Chennai as my job location in case they select me.

5. Final Interview : The final round of interview was a mix of Interview and

discussion about the role and job responsibilities. It went for around long 2

hours but it didn't seem like it though.

Interview started with technical questions related to HR totally depending on

the HR concepts as asked in earlier Interview during first interview.

Then interviewer had asked few very difficult situational questions with practical

significance. This was the most difficult time during the interview as every

question had many answers, out of which nothing was right or wrong. It totally

depends on the situation and how you handle it.


After the question and answers round, he briefed me about the process and

how things flow in IT industry. This was the most amazing and interesting part

of the interview.

Then he discussed about the profile, job responsibilities and challenges on the

way. It was more of a discussion between two associates of an organisation

instead of an Interviewer and Interviewee relationship. At last he asked me if I

had any questions about the company, my role, etc and told that they will revert

back to college as per process. I was quiet optimistic about the result as the

interview went quiet well and here it goes, on the very next day I got a call

from PAT cell intimating me about my selection!!!

I was on the ninth cloud as this was something achieved with my hard work and

blessing of all my loved ones. I would like to thanks my Parents, Bala Sir, Dimple

Mam and whole PAT team, my lovely Friends and Teachers for their support all

along the way!!!

Best wishes to all...!!!

I am Kriti Choudhary

Roll no. MM-09-11233

CLASS: DUAL-C

Marketing & IT

Sorry for being late.

Kindly find below my campus placement experience.

x was the first company and I wanted to get selected in some

branded company.

The GD topic was 'Branding - An Innovative Way to Tell A Lie"

I started late and could not clear the GD.

The next company was Y, Which was a bank. we had to give

presentation..but unfortunately i couldnt able to make it...but one

good thing happened and after that I realised i that banking is the

sector in which i want to work..

After that I only sat for banking and finance companies.. In the midst, several

companies visited the campus but I did not sit in the process. The next Company which

Kriti Choudhary


was much anticipated to visit the campus for their recruitment drive was one of the

leading banks of the country & I did almost everything to prepare myself for the

process. We had already taken online Psychometric tests as assigned to us by the Bank

from which the bank had selected 70 odd students to sit in the recruitment process.

My placement journey went ahead to 26th November 2010 when XYZ Bank Ltd. Visited

our campus. I reached the campus at 7:30 am; the process began at the Auditorium

with the Profile Presentation & description by the Company HR's & other Officials. I

was ready for the process to start. The selection process had several hurdles, of which

the first one was a Case Study Analysis, then a Group Discussion followed by an

interview both technical as well as HR rounds of interview. Each round was an

elimination round. The candidates were then divided among 8 groups to go ahead with

the Case Study Analysis. first round was GD. They gave us one case study and told us

to find out the solution. But again I dint get through..this time i

was really very disappointed..

After that Y capital came..They i had round of GDs luckily i cleared

one GD..which gave me some confindence..These company came in

November..Then for the all Month of December I dint sit for any

company because i decided that i will sit only in banking companies..

*Lessons learnt from above failures:*

* *

From the above experience of GDs I realized that it was important to

have thorough knowledge about the topic another important thing is to

initiate the GD

properly and with 2,3 convincing statements , there are high chances of

you clearing the GD. You should have thorough knowledge about that company..

You should be well versed for your personal interview round.

XYZ bank came in the last week of january in the campus.

The company came only for marketing and finance students of BIMM.

After the initial round of screening of many hundreds of CVs, very few were

shortlisted (around 10 from marketing) and I was the lucky one. Their

main criteria was percentage during MBA..So it is very essentials to

attain good marks in MBA..

As i told earlier that i desperately wanted to work with bank..this

time I decided that I will not let ant stone unturned.. I studied like

anything about banking industry..about that particular company..about

other competitive bank..i waas daily reading about the banking news..


And finally My "D" day came..i can never forget that day in my life..

XYZ bank came on 22nd january 2011.. There was only interview round in

selection process.

The Interview Round.

I was the 4th one on the list to be interviewed. . If you are at number

4th or 5th you get to know the level and the type of questions asked by the

panel and the answers beforehand. So you get time to adapt.

The interview round started with the basic question of 'Tell me something

about yourself'. Tell me about your family.When i told them my father

is also working in a bank..they asked me one question that insipte of

knowing the drawbacks of banking industry you still want to work with

bank.. then they asked how would you sell products in service

industry..then they asked me some technical questions related to

banking..

. The last thing the panel asked was: which newspaper do i read and

that was the bingo question for me..i told them all the things which I knew about

that..then they

asked me to tell about recent banking news..and when i started telling

them they stopped me in between and said we are very much impressed by your

knowledge..At that moment only I realized that this time I will really get through. Our

result came after 15 days. I can never forget that day, I was giving my third semester

exams. After completing my paper when I came out of the examination hall, I checked

my cellphone, there were some missed calls from our Pat department. When I called

them again they told me that I have got selected for that bank, at that point of time I

felt like I am on the top of the world.

The interview went well and I was quite optimistic that I would clear it. And I was right

this time I got selected for this leading public sector bank. I was Very happy as I turned

my dream into reality.

* *The two years in this college have taught me so many things which are helping me

in my professional and personal life. Getting a good job after joining MBA is the first

priority for a majority of students in any MBA college. Similarly I also wanted to start

my corporate career with a good campus placement. My experience made me

understand that when it comes to campus placements, a cardinal rule that works is

knowing your goals and what you want to achieve. Often we succumb to pressure

when we see friends and peers getting placed day after day. One tends to lose focus of

the goal and give in to what glaringly seems to become the best logical choice at that

time. The one advice which I feel would be appropriate for any student sitting for their

placements would be “Patience”.


What I am mentioning below is just my personal opinion.

* *

The interview is the final round which is when the recruiters make their final decision ,

here a candidate is tested on various aspects which include domain knowledge, overall

attitude, personal details etc. It is very important that the selector sees a positive

attitude and the willingness to work in a prospective candidate as these form the most

essential aspect in the selection process. This teamed with a good knowledge of the

domain make a winning combination.

Whenever you are answering to an interviewer question, one should be alert

of the last statement of his answer. Because it is this last statement of

your answer that is important, the one that lingers in the mind of the

interviewer, and there is a high probability that the interviewer will

generate his next Question based on the last statement of your answer. You

could use this to your advantage by closing the answer with something you

know.

That's all from my side.

All .

Kriti Choudhary

I am Kuldeep Singh



Specialization: Marketing , PGDM- C

My Placement Experience -------

Campus Placements, undoubtedly the most important reason amongst all other

reasons for joining this institute, this society.






Kuldeep Singh






The second thing irealised was the fact that it would be a tough journey going









I started Preparing in this respect. I had joined a couple of Bank's training

programme which were conducted in the campus itself. After the training

program, i felt much confident and much better prepared.
















therefore iopted not sit for those companies/sectors where i am not interested

into.



which raised the eyebrows of almost everyone.

Another Bank, Bigger Brand, Better Package.... I was all Set !!!



Psychometric Test :









self confidence.

Case Study :






to opt for. The moment the case study was handed over,i went through it in a





It was always going to be tough for me in PI. But as mentioned, that day ,i was

















done.




proud of !!!






My special thanks to my flatmates, Nikhil, Divik , Pratik ,Vikas, Ankit .





Kuldeep Singh



Specialization: Marketing , PGDM- C


Kumar Gaurav

Dear All,

I am Kumar Gaurav

Roll Number MM09-11410, from Class BIMM (Executive Batch)

Academic Year 2009-2011, Passed out in April 2011.

My Specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in an Automobile Company.

The selection process included following Steps:

1- GD

2- Technical / HR Interview

I was clear about my sector of Interest and It was manufacturing and

predominantly AUTOMOBILES. There was nothing strange about the sector

rather this was a repercussion of engineering worm and Pre PGDM work

experience in manufacturing. My sincere thanks to the real gems of class “My

Back Bench Classmates” where the preparation begins and all of us made to

Automobile Industry. A great example I would say for unanimous Vision. The

very first company visited campus in September 2010 and there was hue and

cry in campus to make to this company. The day when Navrang became dearer

by few thousand bucks just by securing exclusive rights to print CV in the

required format. Nonetheless few friends were through with this company and it

was a party time with them to cherish those moments. It was a month of

September and there after a small pause and a ruffle of panic in anticipation of

“companies draught in campus”. The Corporate Team keeps on calling and AUDI

filled with deluge of crowd to have a firsthand look on JD of company. I was

patiently waiting for my cup of tea and finally the day arrived when the quest

came to end and JD flashed on Audi's screen.

There was a short listing from the company based on several criterion like 65%

throughout in matriculation,12th ,graduation and post graduation. As I was

fulfilling the criteria, I was allowed to sit for the company. The very next day

morning on 30th November 2011, when we all assembled in the auditorium for

group allocation for GD process, I found my name missing from the short listed

students of 60 …I was patiently waiting for the company of my choice and I

suddenly found my dream being shattered…My name was nowhere in the list…I

enquired about the same and I came to know that students from PM&HRD were

proposed from the college to sit for the process and number of shortlisted

candidates has to be 60 only (five groups of 12 each), the criterion was revised

and the revised qualification was 70% in graduation.

For a moment I thought that I have lost the battle without fighting and and

decided to go back…


Suddenly one of my batch mate who happened to be my good friend called me

from back and asked me to talk to the company selection process team to allow

me for the process as I was a mechanical engineer and I was having a

automobile field experience. I thought to give a try and it worked. The HR team

for selection process agreed to my request. My sincere thanks to my friend who

showed me the way…

GD Process:

Now the time came and we, a group of 12 students sat for the GD. The topic

was ”Can India surpass China in 2020?” I promptly noted down the topic and

GD started. I put my points for the topic. I made three points in 10 minutes of

GD process and fortunately I made it through the process.

My confidence boosted up as it was half battle won. I knew in my interview I

could use my work experience as a tool to make myself a suitable choice for the

company I was sitting for (as my previous work experience was also from auto

sector).

Interview:

In my interview a team of two very senior executives (one of them happens to

be my super boss where I am working currently) asked few questions:

1. Tell me about yourself (I was expecting it)

2. What is BCG matrix (fortunately this was the best question I could have

answered; courtesy Prantosh Sir)

3. The nature of work I did in my previous company (This was the question I

was waiting for)

4. I was asked to explain what all I know about the company for which I am

sitting (I already knew something about the company as I was interested to go

in this company only right from first day of my college and I previous night I

gathered the financial details of the company from the website)

5. Which is the best advertisement on TV and why? (It was something

unexpected…I took some time and described the ZOO-ZOO advertisement from

vodafone)

Then there was a silence in the room. My heart was beating. I was asked to if I

wanted to ask any question from the interviewing team (although I was not

willing to ask but I gathered some courage and I asked if I get selected, would I

get posting of my choice. The answer was No.)

I was not at all disappointed because I just asked a formal question which I had

to ask anyhow.

The result came after all 12 selected candidates were interviewed and my name

was there in the list.

I sincerely thank Sri Balaji Society for providing me a great opportunity to work

in a reputed company.


MY SUGGESTIONS:

Be confident and believe in yourself.

Be true to yourself

Be abreast with current affairs and the industry of your interest.

Prepare for HR questions and have sensible knowledge of your subject.

All the best!!!

Name: Kumari Kusum

Reg No: MM 09 – 11521

Class: PM&HRD

Academic Year- 2009 – 2011


My 2 years of journey begins with the start of, wonderful welcome with all my

seniors and faculty members. Everyday I see some new and different style of

teaching methodology to groom myself in SBS starting from Bam presentation ,

enlightening session of Mahabharat, HR meet, workshop by great faculties and

no doubt wonderful infrastructure have always been motivation factor. Apart

from these I also get chance to develop my talent in different cultural activities.

but the ultimate aim of my joining this college was to get a good job in a good

company.

Our placement session begins in the month of November. I do not have any

sector preference, the reason i made my mind to sit in each and every company

and take up the opportunity which come along the way. Here I am discussing

only about the company in which i appeared and not those where my resume

was not shortlisted for the process, as many company came which was only for

engineers, many of those where they have only shortlisted candidate which was

70% throughout their academic, some of were those who got shortlisted

according to their assessment rank and few which shortlisted only students who

have clean records( No backlogs) in the past.

1)The first company I sat was company "A". which has total of 4 rounds for

selection process. Process started which the group discussion. there were total

50-60 students, who appeared for the process.

They made total 7-8 groups. GD topic for my group was "Color of cat doesn't

matter as long as it catches the mice".

I cleared 1 round but got rejected in the second one.

Kumari Kusum


2) Second company was company "B" which started their process from group

discussion. we were given a abstract topic ( Don't remember the topic) to

discuss and put individual view in 10 minutes. there were total 10 members in a

group. I was the 5th one to discuss about the topic.

after a long discussion for 10 minutes the result came out. i was rejected. the

reason i was not fully prepared , lack of knowledge and confidence.

3) Third company was company "c" which again started with GD. the topic

given was "3G scam". which was a mixture of marketing and HR students. all

started speaking at the same time , no body was listening to each other. it was

a complete mess. i put my suggestion but when result came i was not selected.

4)Fourth company was company "D" which again started with GD. The topic

was "Does HR play an important role in an organization"? This time i had a clear

mind set that today i will be more confident .when the GD started I was the first

one to initiate the topic , i spoke in favor of the topic and spoke so relevant and

to the point. there were total 8 members in our group. All were in support of

me. when the result came my name was there in the list I was so happy and

thought that this time i am going to clear my interview round as well. My name

was at the second no.. They shooted few questions:

Interview questions:

Q1) Tell me something about yourself which you have not mentioned in your

resume?

Q2) Give me an example which proves that you can work in team?

Q3) About Family background?

Ans1) Gave my introduction which include from where I belong, my education

qualification, hobbies, areas of interest ,explained both my projects i.e MLL

Project and winter project.

Ans2) I gave example of my internship that we were total 10 members in our

team and worked on one project together, where I worked hard and supported

my team members and briefly explain about our project.

Ans3) Gave details about my family background.

I was quite satisfied with my interview. we all were waiting for the result. I was

so nervous and excited to know the result. but when the result came out and

they have selected only 1 candidate . i was so socked to hear that my name

was not there. The reason of not getting selected (may be the other was more

better than me).


5)Fifth company was company "E". They have divided us in groups. one group

consist of total 8 candidates. we all were given a brochure which has one story

mentioned in it and 5 question to solve. we were all asked to discuss it for 30

Min's and make a group presentation. when we read the story it was full of

calculation and were so lengthy. Earlier we were reading it individually but after

seeing the length and difficulties we all have decided and ask one to read and

other to listen carefully to save our time. but still it was so difficult and made all

of us so worried and confused. then any how we have given the presentations.

the panels were throwing back to back questions and this time we were giving

chance to speak others . All of us has tried our best to convince panels . At last i

was asked to summarize the presentation. I was explaining them something ,

but didn't know what it was. I was damn sure I will be out from that group.

After the presentation we were asked to wait for the result. Inspite of knowing

that I spoke useless yet I was waiting to hear positive result. I was so socked to

hear my name in the list and called for the PI at first. There were total 3

members in the panel . All the 3 were shooting questions back to back and few

at the same time. I gave all the answers one by one.

Following were the questions asked:

Q1) Tell me something about yourself and your family?

Q2) explain motivation theory?

Q3) explain full cycle of training?

Q4) was also asked to sing a song?

Ans1) Gave all details about from where I belong, about my education

qualification, my hobbies, areas of interest, my extra qualifications, explained

about my projects in detail, about my family background,

Ans2) They were trying to confuse me in between, but i was thorough with the

concept so i was very confident.

Ans3) last night i read full training chapter, so was lucky and relax to answer

this question.

Ans4)Being a classical singer i asked them if they want me to sing any

preference song, they were open to listen any song.

soi sung one old song.

After my PI they told me to wait for the result.

Earlier we were told that there is GD and one PI for the selection process. but

when all have done with their !st PI and were waiting for the result. All of a

sudden one junior( student manager) came , who was coordinating the process

and informed that again they have shortlisted the candidate and there will be

another round of interview. i felt this time unlucky that my name was not there

for final shortlisting, as i was full prepared and gave 100% from my side. and

thought better luck next time.


6) Sixth company was company "F". As we appear for any company's process

we were given a code to apply. I got a call from PAT office that i have to go mg

road and attend their process in their company. there were some students who

already appeared for the process and got to know that they are not offering

"HR" profile . so I called in the PAT office and asked them to cancel my name

from the list. But i was informed that this is not possible , and i have to go and

attend, failure to which my name will be out from the list and considered to be

placed .

I thought may be others are getting selfish and don't want us to attend the

process. why don't we go and check by our self. After we reach, we saw some

of our classmates have already reached and was attending the PI. I was waiting

for my PI. During my PI i get to know my friend was telling right .they were

actually not offering us "HR"profile. That was an "X" company(different sector)

and was offering us job for non HR profile. Finally they have selected all of us

who went to attend the process. But we all have rejected the offer.

After the process we came to PAT office and informed Ma'am about this.

7)Seventh company was company "G" and "H". which held at the same day and

was happened out of town .We all have given choices to attend only one as the

date cant be shift. I choosescompany "H" and went to attend the process in

mumbai. There were total 15-20 students who attended the process .Process

started with the aptitude test. My name was not their in the list who cleared

aptitude test. But unfortunately the "H" company have washout all of us.

8) Eighth company was company "I" .where total 16-18 students have attended

the process. They started their process with the aptitude test. which was

cleared by only 3 candidate. I was not among them .

9) Ninth company was company "J". where total of max. 12-15 students have

appeared. selection process consist of 2 PI. Following were the question asked

in PI.

Q1)Tell me something about yourself?

Q2)What do you know about our company?

Q3)How soon you can join our team?

Ans1) This time i was so irritated and demotivated to repeat and answer the

same question. But i again gave my full introduction .again with my education

qualification, explained them about my projects, my hobbies and my interest.

Ans2) I had only few knowledge about that company .


Ans3) I gave my answer only in one sentence. "sooner the better".

Again my name was not their in the shortlisted one.

10)Tenth company was company "k". there were total of 13-15 students . Firstly

we all attended the company's PPT. then call for PI. Following were the

questions asked .

Q1) Do you have interest in IR?

Q2) what would be management step if labors has done strike on certain issue?

Q3)Do you have any location preference?

Ans) Yes, i do have.

Ans2) If i have to decide from the management side , firstly i will look into the

whole matter and check is that strike is legal or illegal, if that strike has done

through illegal way, there is no point of discussion from the management side ,

result (issue of charge sheet ). but if strike is legal we will first look into the

matter thoroughly and discuss it with the management and do collective

bargaining and so on.

Ans3) No, i am open to all location.

But when the result came.it was again not in my favor.

11)Eleventh company was company "L" . It was high time and I was

desperately looking for job. It was off campus and we were asked to go to

attend the process in other college. It was 5:00am .we booked a cab and went

to attend the process. It took more than an hour to reach the given venue.

Process started with the company's presentation followed with the online

aptitude test . There were total of 8- 10 students from our college. I cleared

aptitude round and called for PI. It was for 45 Min's.

Following were the question asked :

Q1)Why you have applied for this job?

Q2)Explain training module?

Q3)2 case study.

Q4)Do you hold any offer in your hand?

Q5)Why you were not place yet?

Ans1) To be very honest, The very first reason I want to get placed and econd

the kind of exposure your company is providing is no doubt excellent , consist of

greast learning and experience which result in my personality development and


great exposure in the field of "HR" . The third reason, your company is

recession free which provide job security.

Ans2)Explained full training module.

Ans3)Solved one case study and got confused in the second one. Then I replied

Sir, i was currently not getting in my mind , will solve as soon as i recollect.

Ans4)No.

Ans5)I get bit nervous in my interview which develop lack of confidence result

in rejection.

Result came after a month and i was not selected.

Now it was june'11. hardly any company has visited in this month. i was offered

to joined college as a Asst. professor.

Later on I have joined college as a asst. Professor in the month of july. In

between One company came name company "k". wherei was not shortlisted as

they were only selected candidate who never had backlog in their academics no

matter if they cleared .

I worked 3 months as a Asst. Professor In BIMHRD. and finally got selected In

company "XXXXXX" in the month of September through off campus, located in

gurgaon and working here as "HR Executive".

My learning was:

Be confident,

Should have deep knowledge about subject.

Before attending any process, read about the company in detail.

Don't be nervous thinking by are you going to get select in that company or not.

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Thanks & Regards,

Kumari Kusum


Lokesh Khandelwal

Name : Lokesh Khandelwal

Reg. No. : MM09-11361

Div. : Dual C ( Balaji Institute of Modern Management)


Specialization : IT & Marketing

Placement season is a mixture of feeling such as competitiveness, fearness,

nervousness, excitement etc. For Management students, It is a days of anxieties

to choose one employer and leave the rest. All in matter of one minute, not to

forget with so many choices, It is really a tough job to choose one out of

several. And in one second your destiny will be changed.

September 2010: Placement season began.

My First company was the one of the best brand of our college and but I was

not able to clear the GD of that company, After the process I pointed out the

weak point of mine in which I need to exertion. The Topic of GD I got was

“WOMEN ARE GOOD MANAGER THEN MAN”. I failed here to take a stand. I

think that taking a stand will help to keep your point in better and effective way.

In company Y and Z, i cleared my GD. My GD topics were 1) OBAMA'S VISIT TO

INDIA –GAIN OR LOSS & 2) QUALITY IS A MYTH IN INDIA. This topics i have

kept good point and convince the panel members. But somehow not able to

make out through Interviews. Anyways GD became one of my strengths as

compared to Aptitude tests and interviews.

Company 5 : These company came with one of the best package around 7+

lacs.p.a. The process was of two days. I succeed to Cross the first day Rounds,

Which include Aptitude, GD, Management Games & Technical Interview. At the

end Out of 25, 5 were shortlisted in which 5 were shortlisted in it. On the

second day psychological interview in which I couldn't make it. Only 3 out of 5

were confirmed.

Company 6: Cleared written test, which was more of Aptitude type but could

not clear the interview. As there were many question were asked in that

interview like

Introduction (Tell me about yourself)

Family Background

Why join them?

Which marketing Add/ Campaign I like the most?

Question from my CV About my Achievement & Summer Internship.


They asked me which concept of marketing I like the most in my MBA course?

They Discussed about the Package they were offering.

Then finally when major chunk was placed and confidence levels were

decreasing day by day I literally never compromised on several aspects like

profile & brand. I was very sure that I wanted to pursue a career in Marketing &

Some where my dream company is waiting for me.

After series of efforts in every nook and corner ABC Vehicles Pvt Ltd., Pune

came to rescue concurrently. I was not shortlisted for ABC initially as they

shortlisted only enginners for the first time, So I lost the hope as these was an

automobile company & I am having an B.com Background but my endurance &

fortune paid me. ABC co. visited again to our college and this time they were

looking for non-engineers guys. so I got shortlisted.

The selection process:

1. Pre placement talks

2. Short listing based on the certain criteria (In my case 60% throughout)

3. Aptitude test

4. Group Discussion


1) Pre Placement talk: This is the very important process and first phase of

interaction between students and a company. Where students can decide

weather to go ahead or not. This is the very important process in terms to

understand company, which includes their values, work culture, their presence,

HR Policies, etc. Thus its my personal opinion to always sit in all the companies

Pre Placement talk.

2) Short Listing Based on the certain criteria: This is the very important aspect.

As in the beginning i have told that to prepare for any placement activity it is

not a one day activity but it is a regular activity. Thus one should maintain three

things:

> 90% Attendance

> Good percentage in exams (60% throughout)

3) Aptitude test: This test contain very generic question of Mathematics, logical

Reasoning & Grammar.

4) Group Discussion:The panel was of 5 member and my group was of 18

member,The time allotted to us was 20 minutes. The topic they given to us was

“INDIAN VILLAGES - OUR STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS”. I was bit prepared with


the topic as Rural is one of the most untapped market and every company is

looking rural as an gate of opportunity. So I was able to make it out.

5) Personal Interview: The personal interview was in their office with the

marketing head of the company. The major question of the interview were

asked to me was about my FAMILY BACKGROUND, SUMMER PROJECT, RURAL

KNOWLEDGE & They asked me to sale a product in rural market. So I took the

help of some of the marketing concept & Impress them with the Solution.

They kept the result pending as company were looking into other colleges also.

I waited for the Results with my figure crossed.

Trust me these three things are keys to unlock the pressure.

Aptitude test: Not all the companies took these type of rounds, but one should

always be ready to face any kind of obstacles. Thus refer RS Agarwal, best way

to crack any kind of Aptitude test.

Group Discussion: (GD 's are done generally to understand how good team

player you are & how well can you manage the group. It is also to check the

communication skills.)

several groups accordingly to the total no. of students, were formed for

conducting group discussions with around 10 to 12 students in each group. they

were been asked to select a topic for themselves or they give the topic.

Students were judged on the following parameters:-

o Ability to lead the group

o Communication skills

o Your understanding of the topic

Group discussion are generally for 25-30 mins and the discussion went in a flow

as

These Discussions include :

1. Introduction of the topic

2. Pros and cons of the topic

3. Students were ask to summarise the discussion in their own words

4. Conclusion

Group Discussion is considered as a process of rejection, because in every

group their are soo many students, With good Speaker You should be good

Listner also.

Generally they select students on the basis of :


1. Communication Skills

2. Clarity of thoughts

3. Managerial skills (Ability to manage the group)

Last but not the least is

Personal Interview: If you are able to come this way long, then relax you are

just 75% through and you have to cover up just 1/4th Distance.

(PI is done to understand the confidence, knowledge, communication & attitude

of the candidate. Even if you are not good in communication but carry a positive

approach, chances are that the recruitment panel will take you because the

positive attitude & confidence is more pleasing.)

The selection process of ABC:

First Round- Aptitude Test

Second Round- Group Discussion

Third Round- Personal Interview.

I cleared ABC. The results of ABC were declared on 25th April on the result day

their were three company in our college and I have applied for 2 of them,

Result came after 2 weeks of process.

As rightly said by someone my situation was like “Last bullet Last man”. Your

confidence level goes below sea level at this stage but still I consider myself

lucky to have been placed with ABC. It keeps me on my toes round the clock,

have loads to learn and deliver its challenging and interesting.

Few things to keep in your mind:

Problems really are opportunities

Alumni are your best advisors

Only when you start working you know if u like it or not. U can't just reject

things even before experiencing anything

Be optimistic, that reflects in your interviews and in your personality

Always keep Patience

Compromise only when you're getting something best in return of better.

It was the best feeling ever. It was undoubtedly a proud moment for me.

I sincerely thank God, my parents, our beloved Bala Sir & last but not the least

Vignesh Sir. It was a lifetime experience to be a part of SBS Family. Bala Sir, you

really brought the best out of us. The kind of efforts you put in for placements

are commendable. We had a wonderful learning experience & yes, we actually

lived those 2 years.

Best wishes to all my fellow juniors!


Mahendra Shrivastava

Hii, Student Managers

I am Mahendra Shrivastava


Division: Executive Batch, BIMM

Specialization-Marketing & IT


I am placed in Company X, Working as a Regional Marketing Officer.

I would like to take this opportunity to share my Campus Placement experience

with you all.

First of all I would suggest you to please maintain your attendance at least

above 90% as our college is very strict about it. I my self got this in hard way. I

had to miss initial few companies coz my attendance was only 89%.

However, I was always taking the details about those companies from my

friends and preparing for the GDs and PIs with my friends. I attended

approximately all the company presentations and appeared for 8-9 companies (i

don't remember the name of all the companies) before Being Selected in this

company. Package was decent but the main attraction was its being the Public

Sector Organization.

First of all i would like to discuss my experience with other companies. The first

company that came was a big It-BPO company, with lucrative package and

every body was in two minds that whether to go for that company or not. But

even then no body gives any chance to others in the GD. I had been preparing

for mock GDs but the taste of real GD was completely different and I found my

self totally uncomfortable in that chaos. After that I started participating in as

many GDs as possible that gave enough confidence to me. My preparations

were improving day by day and I was getting close and close to final selection

but the final punch was not coming. Though I was working hard and preparing

the GD topics from internet and new papers etc.

After few days this particular company came and they shortlisted top 30

candidates based on the percentages in PGDBM till date, my percentage being

good, I got the selection for the PI round.

As many say that every thing fall in place when your day comes, the same

happened with me as I got selected in the final interviews rather easily as

compared to some other companies where I could not.I being from the

Executive batch and having prior work-Ex might helped me in selection and the

company panel selected me without asking much questions.

The interview process was as follows:-

1- There were four members in the HR panel, two were asking questions and

other two were just watching my body language.


2- There was more focus on the enthusiasm and attitude part rather than the

course and knowledge part.

3- The HR head was rather discouraging me to join the Organization by

indicating good career prospect in other private companies/ other sectors and

other panel members were just noticing my response to these negative

questions.

4- Through out my interview I was quite positive and enthusiastic and was

showing my keenness to join the organization.

Questions asked in interviews were not at all related to course and were more

focused towards personal life and future plans. I would like to share some of

the question that were asked to me:

1) Tell me something about you.

2) You have good qualification and experience in pharma sector, why don't you

go there?

3) Why you want to join this particular organization.

4) GovtVs Private organization?

5) Discussion about my prior work-Ex and ill-practices in pharma industry.

7) Questions about my future plans?

8) Questions regarding my stability in this particular job?

9) Are you open for relocation?

10) Have you read all the terms and conditions regarding the job?

I found the interview quite interesting and had an impression that the panel

was happy with me. As expected, i got selected in the company and now m

greatly satisfied and happy working here.

Pl Note: Below are some suggestions for my juniors:

The most important learning is to maintain good academic percentage and

attendance, both comes quite handy at the time of placements.

Prepare well for the GDs, carry out mock GDs with friends and be well

conversant with all the frequently asked topics in the Gd.

Don't trust anyone in GD. People try to fix the GD outside the room but as soon

as GD starts every one forget the promise.

Be confident about what you are saying. If you don't know simply say that this

thing you don't know. People appreciate one who knows about oneself and who

is sure about what he/she knows and what he/she does not know.

Be ready with one topic that you know everything about. This works as

medicine to all your miseries

Refresh your marketing knowledge

Improve your GK and knowledge about finance and what is happening in the

world of finance

They were judging basic knowledge of marketing not very much detail. So

need not to worry.


Be calm , focused and relaxed for the whole selection process. The candidates

should be well Right you hobby very carefully and choose the one about which

you have at least some knowledge Be versed with the current issues of the

world and also their field of Interest.

They should not be over confident or boast about themselves. This can leave a

bad impression on the Interview Panels.

One last think i would like to suggest to all the Juniors that please follow

whatever Bala Sir says, finally you will realize that whatever he says or do is in

the interest of all of us only.

I thank Bala Sir for giving me an opportunity to share my placement experience.

This was the wonderful experience that I had in Sri Balaji Society. From

traditional day to convocation day, from Mahabharata series to HR meet, from

Dilipbhaukitapri to SBS mess, all the moments that I spent in SBS has a given

me an immense pleasure and added life time memories to my life. I enjoyed

each and every moment, every festival, DJ parties …… We at our college are

groomed and conditioned to be future Corporate Leaders. All the skill sets are

either imbibed in us through the education system followed by our college or

through circumstances around us.

While writing this I completely went into in to flashback. This was a pretty good

experience and i really miss those great moments.

I missed watching first smile on the faces of my other good friends when they

got placed,. Anyways that is it from my side. I will always miss those beautiful

days of SBS.

I wish all my juniors all the very best. I am always open for any kind of help or

guidance to any of the junior. Thanks BIMM for all the wonderful experiences

and learning. I am proud to be a Balajian.

Regards,

MahendraShrivastava

MM09-11438

Marketing & IT (Executive Batch)


Ms. Megha Pandit,

I am Ms. Megha Pandit,

Roll No: MM 1012633, from Class PGDM(PM & HRD),

from BIMM, from the academic year 2010-2012 and will be passing out on 25th

April,2012. My specialization is in PM &HRD.My Journey in BIMM started on 28th

June 2010. I am finally placed in Company A after appearing in only one

company.

The first company in which I appeared was a leading consumer electronics

brand(Company X).First of all, the company X gave its PPT in the morning and

after that an interactive session was done by the panel members in which they

asked questions related to their brand , products they produce and the names

of the people in their management like MD of the company,CEO etc.

There were three rounds for selection.

1) First shortlisting was done on the basis of our resumes and as the Company

X was looking for only people with previous work experience.So, I was the few

lucky one's who got shortlisted as I have a previous work experience of two

years in an Information Technology Company.

2)The next round was the Group Discussion.In this round we were around

twelve students and three panel members to judge our GD.We were given the

topic “Employees First or Consumers First”.We were given 20 minutes to

prepare for it.The choice was given to perform it in a form of GD or Skit.All of

the 12 students of my group thought of communicating the Idea in the form of

a skit and we assigned a role to each of us in the skit.So, when all of us entered

the GD Room,the panel asked us to introduce ourselves and one line which you

follow in your life.So I gave the general introduction and the one line which I

follow in my life is “Good Better Best ,Never Be at Rest till your Good becomes

Better and Better becomes Best.”After that they saw our skit that we have

prepared on the topic.Then they gave us a problem between Labour and

Management.One's Personal Understanding of the issue and the solution given

by each student to the problem was adjudged by the panel.

3)I also got through the GD Round and the last hurdle was clearling the

Personal Interview.But by god's grace,it also went fine.In the interview the

location preference and Salary Expectation was asked.

I was waiting for the results of company 1 and in that time an another renowed

company(Company A) came to our campus for the first time with the efforts of

our Corporate Relation Team.This company is a brand in itself and the profile

and package they were offering was great.Here also resume shortlisting was

done on merit basis and I got through in that.So with a positive mind, I went

ahead and appeared in this Company A.Since our resumes were already

shortlisted,so the only round we had to clear to get a job in this company was

Personal Interview.


Getting a job in this company at such a profile and package was a dream for

me.So,I attended their PPT in the morning.They were very punctual and came

exactly on time.They told us the job profile and the vertical where we will be

employed.Then the interviews begin and I was the first one who was called in

the Interview Room 1.As soon as I entered,I saw two panel members there who

were going through my resume.They gave me a smile and asked me to sit.After

that they asked me the following questions

1) Introduce yourself.

2) Why HR?

3) Why have you moved from being a software engineer to a Management

Professional?

4) What subjects you have studied in your PGDM?

5) Which is your favourite subject?

6) What qualities you think you possess to be a good HR Professional?

7) Tell us a pressure situation which you handled nicely.Give example

8) Tell us your daily routine?

9) How is your life at Balaji Institute?

10) Why should we hire you?

11) What is that one sentence which keeps you motivated?

After this question-answer round they asked me that whether I have studied

Organization Development as a subject.I said- “Yes,in third semester

only”.So,they gave me a real scenario problem where an OD Consultant is hired

by the Organisation to solve the problems faced by the it.But when OD

Consultant comes to work,he faces resitance by a high performing employee

who has been with the organization for almost 15 year.So,this employee donot

welcome the suggestion given by OD Consultant rather he discards them.

So I had to do a role play as an OD consultant and how would I convince that

employee.This role play was actually to test my Knowledge in OD along with my

convincing skills.

After this role play ,they said Thankyou and I came out of the Interview Room.

One offer was already made by the company before I went for interview.So,I

kept my fingers crossed.

My Interview took place around 11: 30 a.m in the morning.Then after lunch

break around 3:00 pm I was called in an another panel who asked me another

set of questions which were

1) Would you like to come back to software after doing an IT job already for 2

years?

2) Are you sure about your decision?

3) Do you know anybody already working in the company?

I answered all questions with confidence and yesss……..there came one of the

precious and most desired moment of my life..I got the job in Company A with

the package of 7.1 lakhs/annum..This auspicious day was 15th November


2011.The feeling of being placed after a hardwork of two years cant be

expressed but felt.

All those tiring seven days classes,noholidays,maintaining 95% attendences to

get the bouns 5% marks in exam paid off.

In the end I would like to say that one should Keep brushing his academic

knowledge and should keep updating current news &technology.For HR specific

more stress is given on Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Development

,Human Resource Planning and Labour Laws during interviews

Also,I would like to thanks to our Authorities of giving any opportunity to write

my campus experience. It was good recalling those memories.The three D's

taught by SBS i.eDiscipline,Determination n Dedication are for life and if one

follows them seriously in their lives then success is not far off from you.You will

definitely achieve whatever you aim at in Life..Good Luck to All..!!

I am MsMeghaPandit, Roll No: MM 1012633, from Class PGDM(PM & HRD),

from BIMM, from the academic year 2010-2012 and will be passing out on 25th

April,2012. My specialization is in PM &HRD.My Journey in BIMM started on 28th

June 2010. I am finally placed in Company A after appearing in only one

company.

The first company in which I appeared was a leading consumer electronics

brand(Company X).First of all, the company X gave its PPT in the morning and

after that an interactive session was done by the panel members in which they

asked questions related to their brand , products they produce and the names

of the people in their management like MD of the company,CEO etc.

There were three rounds for selection.

1) First shortlisting was done on the basis of our resumes and as the Company

X was looking for only people with previous work experience.So, I was the few

lucky one's who got shortlisted as I have a previous work experience of two

years in an Information Technology Company.

2)The next round was the Group Discussion.In this round we were around

twelve students and three panel members to judge our GD.We were given the

topic “Employees First or Consumers First”.We were given 20 minutes to

prepare for it.The choice was given to perform it in a form of GD or Skit.All of

the 12 students of my group thought of communicating the Idea in the form of

a skit and we assigned a role to each of us in the skit.So, when all of us entered

the GD Room,the panel asked us to introduce ourselves and one line which you

follow in your life.So I gave the general introduction and the one line which I

follow in my life is “Good Better Best ,Never Be at Rest till your Good becomes

Better and Better becomes Best.”After that they saw our skit that we have

prepared on the topic.Then they gave us a problem between Labour and


Management.One's Personal Understanding of the issue and the solution given

by each student to the problem was adjudged by the panel.

3)I also got through the GD Round and the last hurdle was clearling the

Personal Interview.But by god's grace,it also went fine.In the interview the

location preference and Salary Expectation was asked.

I was waiting for the results of company X and in that time an another renowed

company(Company A) came to our campus for the first time with the efforts of

our Corporate Relation Team.This company is a brand in itself and the profile

and package they were offering was great.Here also resume shortlisting was

done on merit basis and I got through in that.So with a positive mind, I went

ahead and appeared in this Company A.Since our resumes were already

shortlisted,so the only round we had to clear to get a job in this company was

Personal Interview.

Getting a job in this company at such a profile and package was a dream for

me.So,I attended their PPT in the morning.They were very punctual and came

exactly on time.They told us the job profile and the vertical where we will be

employed.Then the interviews begin and I was the first one who was called in

the Interview Room 1.As soon as I entered,I saw two panel members there who

were going through my resume.They gave me a smile and asked me to sit.After

that they asked me the following questions

1) Introduce yourself.

2) Why HR?

3) Why have you moved from being a software engineer to a Management

Professional?

4) What subjects you have studied in your PGDM?

5) Which is your favourite subject?

6) What qualities you think you possess to be a good HR Professional?

7) Tell us a pressure situation which you handled nicely.Give example

8) Tell us your daily routine?

9) How is your life at Balaji Institute?

10) Why should we hire you?

11) What is that one sentence which keeps you motivated?

After this question-answer round they asked me that whether I have studied

Organization Development as a subject.I said- “Yes,in third semester

only”.So,they gave me a real scenario problem where an OD Consultant is hired

by the Organisation to solve the problems faced by the it.But when OD

Consultant comes to work,he faces resitance by a high performing employee

who has been with the organization for almost 15 year.So,this employee donot

welcome the suggestion given by OD Consultant rather he discards them.


So I had to do a role play as an OD consultant and how would I convince that

employee.This role play was actually to test my Knowledge in OD along with my

convincing skills.

After this role play ,they said Thankyou and I came out of the Interview Room.

One offer was already made by the company before I went for interview.So,I

kept my fingers crossed.

My Interview took place around 11: 30 a.m in the morning.Then after lunch

break around 3:00 pm I was called in an another panel who asked me another

set of questions which were

1) Would you like to come back to software after doing an IT job already for 2

years?

2) Are you sure about your decision?

3) Do you know anybody already working in the company?

I answered all questions with confidence and yesss……..there came one of the

precious and most desired moment of my life..I got the job in Company A with

the package of 7.1 lakhs/annum..This auspicious day was 15th November

2011.The feeling of being placed after a hardwork of two years cant be

expressed but felt.

All those tiring seven days classes,noholidays,maintaining 95% attendences to

get the bouns 5% marks in exam paid off.

In the end I would like to say that one should Keep brushing his academic

knowledge and should keep updating current news &technology.For HR specific

more stress is given on Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Development

,Human Resource Planning and Labour Laws during interviews

Also,I would like to thanks to our Authorities of giving any opportunity to write

my campus experience. It was good recalling those memories.The three D's

taught by SBS i.eDiscipline,Determination n Dedication are for life and if one

follows them seriously in their lives then success is not far off from you.You will

definitely achieve whatever you aim at in Life..Good Luck to All..!!

REGARDS

MEGHA PANDIT


MOHIT CHAUDHARY

I AM MOHIT CHAUDHARY

Registration no.- MM09-11027

DUAL-A,BIMM

BATCH - 2009-11

Specialization - IT & MARKETING


FMCD company ABC Ltd,I sat in the process with full vigour.But I could not

crack the GD.We had to start our preparation from the first day.The college

really helped us with GD sessions inth Audi and bringing top faculty to judge us

accordingly. Before I recollect my placement moment I want to put forward one

message that I have learned at SBS from our beloved Bala Sir that “Problems

are opportunities” so always remain positive.

It was really a challenge to make my through all the competitors in our

BalajiSociety.There was always a healthy competition between all.So everyone

took a leaf out of the other person's book to outperform in GD's and

interviews.This kind of learning culture cannot be found in any other college

except our SBS.I am really proud of my Directors and Bala Sir.

My Preparation: From the preparation point of view I was thoroughly prepared

with the current events and the latest GD Topics. I went through the company's

website and studied about its products and services ,history and latest news

about the company. I always used to make a regular diary of news and events

from the economic times which really helped me in come up with innovating

one-liners and start up points to influence the GD judges.

I was clear with my area of interest and in which sector iwants to begin my

career. i was waiting for this company to come for recruitment in our

college,started studying marketing research class notes before hand ,i talked to

seniors who was working with DMV research at that time, had done little

information gathering exercise about the company and its work culture so that

ihv good idea with what kind of skills they look out for.

The selection process was conducted in 3 knockout rounds

1. APTITUDE TEST AND EXCEL PROFICIENCY TEST

Aptitude test and technical test: Aptitude test consisted of 3 sections Quant,

logical reasoning and English section. Quant and logical reasoning questions

were quite easy provided you have practiced some of them before. I solved

practice papers of RS Agarwal for preparing which really helped. English section

basically consisted of sentence completion and one passage, which were quite


easy to crack provided you have the time as many of my friends felt they were

short of time while solving the passage.

the excel proficiency test was basically to judge you on basics of excel and

office. this test was carrying 20 qs. related to various commands and functions

in fill in the blanks pattern.

2.GROUP DISCUSSION

We were 10 in our GD group ,the topic was "economic downturn and the way

forward".

discussion started on healthy note 1 person started it and i was second to enter

, i made three four quick points in the middle and gave others chance to make

their point as well.

3. PERSONAL INTERVIEW

I was 4th candidate for the interview ,i came to know that interviewer is asking

qs. from marketing research ,we shared our knowledge about the subject

matter standing outside while waiting for our turn,i was little nervous but the

moment he started with qs that who is your favorite teacher?,pat came the

reply mr.prantoshbanerjee , INT- why he is your favorite? ME- the way he

taught us MR we started loving this subject , we enjoyed his classes with felling

of some value addition.

INT- what is sampling? what are the steps of new product development ? how

will you develop new motorcycle for rural & semi urban area.All these Questions

were asked and some related to your family members.Yes the Most effective

was about your Internship –


that.


these are the some qs. he asked me in interview which i responded well

enough. i was feeling confident after interview got over.

the process completed around 10 pm and results were announced after 4 days .

The limited point is be clear about your area of interest and narrow down your

choice of sectors which is very critical for your career .Two things helped me

achieved what I am today –

The first thing which helped me to reach where I am today was the constant

perseverance towards achieving my goal of getting placed at a good package

and brand.Also,the ability to learn quickly not only from my mistakes but also

from otherzs mistake helped me.One more advice to you Juniors as Please start

reading News Papers . My Personal suggestion is that Current knowledge is very

necessary for G.D .Also be prepared about Abstract topics given sometimes by

the interviewer.. I would like to say to all juniors that please be prepared for all

the subjects of your interest before sitting for any company, please stay calm

and motivated you will get ample opportunities to prove yourselves. Because

only in SBS,we can hope of so many companies coming to the campus because


of our strong Corporate relations team.I would like to thank BalaSir,Dimple Mam

and all our faculty who always found time to gather us in the Auditorium and

bring us on the right path when they thought we student managers were

drifting from the focus on our Goal.My special thanks to Mam Seema Singh

Zokarkar for her valiant efforts to join as Director of our Batch(BIMM) and really

working hard so that BIMM can get placed and maintain discipline which was

somewhat dwindling when she came to join as director.Thank you Mam for your

Hawks Eye on us students so that we could achieve our Dreams in the

corporate.I wish all the very best to all my collegues and hope that they achieve

a great success in their career. Be serious during PPT and clear your doubts.SBS

WILL HELP YOU LIVE AND FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.

Finally my dear juniors I would like to say that do not lose your hope and do not

get de-motivated. Have patience and work on your weak areas and be confident

of your strengths. Every stage is a learning stage. Everyone in Balaji Society will

be placed because Bala Sir and Our Placement Team will leave no stones

unturned. Believe in your ability; do not go for companies just based on

package. Study well about the company for which you are applying and please

update yourself of the business environment and current affairs. Really BALAJI

college gave me wings to my dreams and provided me the best platform, where

almost all the giants companies landed up..

Hi Everyone

Name: Mohit Mundra,

Registration number: MM09-11125

Class Dual - B BIMM, 2009-2011 batch.

My specialization was in Marketing as a core subject. Here on I will be sharing

my placement experience. I got placed in the month of November, 2010. Here is

my story of getting placed.

I sat in the campus placements from day 1. The first company I faced was LG. I

got through the GD round and got through the written test. But I could not

crack the interview. In the next company, the same thing happened, similarly

few more companies went like that and I was very disappointed. The

disappointment continued for some more days until my company showed up. I

had never heard of the company but as it had big brand name attached to it I

thought of giving it a shot.

Mohit Mundra


The company did not come to the campus rather there was a pool campus

scheduled for the students who could clear the telephonic interview round. In

telephonic round normal questions were asked such as tell me about you? Why

do you want to join this organization? It was pretty easy and I could clear the

first round of interview and the next rounds of the recruitment had to take place

in Delhi as the company is based out of Gurgaon.

But then an issue came up. The dates of next round and exams clashed. As the

exams were not the final once I decided to go for the next rounds in Delhi.

In Gurgaon there was whole lot of rounds which I had to get through if I

wanted the Job. There was no GD round in the process. But there were two

written rounds which were really tough and required good knowledge of all the

fields, that is, current news, financial news, general knowledge, logical

reasoning, English, and aptitude.

The first round was written test followed by an HR interview. I was pretty

nervous for this round as I could not clear the interview for last few companies.

But then I thought let's give it the best shot and don't worry about the result.

There were two people who were sitting in the room to take the interview and

by looking at them I was even more nervous.

The questions in this round were:

- Tell me about yourself

- Your likes/dislikes

- Ambition/career goal

Although these were the normal questions but the round was really grilling and

was kind of a elimination round. 75% of the students were rejected in this

round.

After this round another written test had to be faced. This test was like one in

the CAT. It contained 5 sections and each section had a cut-off. The questions

were also very tough and the test was for 60 minutes. The 2nd written round

was also an elimination round and only 25% of the remaining students were

selected for the next round of interviews.

The next rounds took place the next day.

There were two interviews which were grilling and thrilling. These interviews

were taken by the top officials of the company.

In the first round they asked me about

1) The current financial scenario.

2) Mergers and Acquisitions.

3) Equity and debt.

4) GDP and GNP.

5) And not much about marketing.

They asked me why I would like to join the company. And when I said I am


logical in taking decision they asked me to prove it. Then started the next

round.

The questions asked in this round were—

1) Tell me about you?

2) Next was about My Hobbies.


4) What is your career plan for next 5 years?

5) Why this company.

6) There was a also a situational question which was related to the concerned

profile. It was as follows “You have gone to acquire a site in a village area then

how will you approach the owner and if some point of time the situation gets

out of control, then how will you manage the condition at the site”.

This question I supposed was the key question which made the impression of

me in front of the interviewers. I answered it promptly.

All these Questions were asked and some related to your family members. Yes

the most effective was about your Internship –


that.


how you would apply that learning in future.

After this I was told that the results will be communicated to the placement

officer of the college. I was excited to know the results but I had to wait. Finally

in night when I was traveling back to Pune I got a call from one of the friend in

PAT saying that you have cracked the company and I jumped with joy.

Few suggestions to my juniors:

1. Keep preparing and be ready for every opportunity. You never know when

your time will come.

2. Have a stable mind set and do not jumble upon rumors.

3. Be confident and presentable.

4. Whenever you will feel low during placement session, think about few

successful personalities around you.

5. Trust in your abilities. There is some reason why you got selected in this

institute and why you are there sitting for these placements.

6. Never lose hope. Don't feel de-motivated. There is light towards the end of

the tunnel you just have to be patient to walk through the darkness

7. Stay focused. This is one of the factors that will distinguish you from your

peers not just in the current phase but also in your organization

I had a very good experience of Placement session i hope u people will have the

same.

I wish you good luck.


And one thing which never to forget during this placement session is,

“ENJOY!!!!!” Because I lived life in SBS which was tough enough but in that also

I enjoyed to my fullest.

"I am Moizali Sethjiwala

Registration Number MM0911028

From Dual A BIMM Batch of 2009-11

My specialization is in Marketing

I am finally placed in Bank

To get into Balaji Institute Of Modern Management was one of the best

decisions of my life.

I am a B.com Graduate and wanted to get into Banking and financial sector.

I wanted to go for Marketing and was targeting for some of the best pvt Banks

in India.

One of the top pvt Bank visited our Campus. It was the first co. to visit the

campus. But the recruitment process was one month long.

The Process

The process was different from the other companies. The company conducted a

Joint certification program with the college where the faculty from the college

used to provide us theoretical knowledge of the banking industry and the

faculties from the banks used to provide us practical and hands on experiences

which would help us to get into a good bank.

The process ended after a month with presentations and interviews on the D-

day and final selection was done on the same day.

Pre placement talk ( college campus)

Bank conducted a test for selection of candidates for joint certification program

(college campus).

Joint certification program(JCP) :duration 1 month (college campus)

Presentations on the topics given on the d-day( college campus)

Personal Interview 1 on the d-day (college campus)

Personal Interview 2 on the d-day(college campus)

Final result declaration on the d-day (college campus)

Pre Placement Talk

The HR had visited the college for pre Placement talk which included the

description of the Bank, its work culture, the compensation offered by them, the

growth hierarchy etc. It was done in a presentation format.

Moizali Sethjiwala


Then a test was conducted on the same day which had questions based on DI,

Logical reasoning, Grammar etc,

A group of 35 students was selected for the joint certification program.

Joint certification program

There was a group of 35 students attending the joint certification program. As

discussed above college provided with the faculties who used to guide us about

the norms and rules of the banking industry. The bank also used to send the

faculties from their side that were working with the bank and used to guide us

with the practical and hands on experience as to what are the requirements of

the banks. After one month of JCP the trainer from the bank selected 6 teams

containing 6 members each. All the teams were given some cases and were

asked to make a presentation which was scheduled after a week on the d-day.

Presentation: on the d-day(25th oct'11).

The presentations were conducted by the HR and the Regional head marketing.

There was a lot of tension as everyone wanted to get into that bank because

everybody had worked very hard. All the teams made presentations on the

topics given to them. Each and every student was evaluated during the

presentation by the evaluators.

Evaluation was based on the following factors:

Confidence

Communication

Knowledge of the case .

Way of presenting the case etc.

After the interview some candidates were shortlisted for the next round that

was a personal interview.

Personal Interview 1

The first personal interview was conducted by the HR which. They asked

questions like,


I spoke about my educational background, my hobbies my family background,

my interests etc…….

Why banking sector?

As I am a B.com graduate I always had an inclination towards the banking and

financial sector……..

Why our company?


Because it is the one of the biggest pvt Bank in the country and a lot of job

satisfaction is there…….

Why marketing profile?

Marketing is an exciting profile, helps you to understand the needs of the

consumer, also helps you in interacting with the people……

The interview went on for around 20 minutes.

Personal Interview 2

The short listed candidates from the first PI were asked to wait for the second

PI.

This PI was taken by the Regional Head Marketing. The questions that were

asked were:

Difference between an introvert and an extrovert?

Explained the dictionary meaning of both………….

Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

I said if Introvert means a person who speaks only when its required then I am

an introvert………...

If I offer you a non sales job with the same package would you like to go for it?

I said I would prefer the sales job, opportunities ot learning are more

there………

Do you like interacting with people?

Yes…

Why this Bank?

Because it is the one of the biggest pvt Bank in the country and a lot of job

satisfaction is is there. Also because of its brand name………….

Final result declaration:

All the students present on the D-day were called in the director's cabin, they

said all the candidates appeared for the interview were excellent. They said the

selection of the final list of candidates are done on a lot of criteria.

Then they declared the 7 names of those candidates who were selected. Mine

was the 5th name. It was one of the most happiest day of my life.

My suggestion

Must be confident during the interview and show your willingness to work for


that organization.

Must have the knowledge of the co.

Must have knowledge of the current affairs

Should avoid negotiations with HR because they are clear about the profile and

package. Unnecessary negotiations may create a wrong impression.

Most important you should be very clear about what profile and co. you want to

go for because the college offers placement only once and you should not just

excitedly get into any co.

At the end I want to give my sincere thanks not only to the placement team but

also to all those people who worked hard for the placement.

Thanks

Moizali

I am Muskan Anand,

From BIMM Finance

Batch 2009-2012

Firstly, I would like to say that overall the campus placement experience was

very good though it was not easy. Patience is the key to success. So, a small

suggestion for all my juniors that please keep patience till you get placed.

When life at SBS began I didnt knew what to expect or how things would turn

out to be.

I came with a baggage of mixed feelings, anxieties, happiness, stress, pressure

and competition

They say whatever happens, happens for the best and today when I look back I

appreciate the same

I had chosen Finance as my specialisation. Bala sir gave us an option to change

to other streams many a times, as placements in Finance was a big headache.

But as balaji society is not a placement agency i was prepared for the worst too.

So stuck on the same decision to stay with finance despite bala sirs repetited

persuasion. Afterall problems are opportunities

After only a few weeks, Bala sir brought an exclusive opportunity for the

Finance Batch. It was an opportunity to work along with studies. We were so

Muskan Anan,


excited with idea itself. The company carried out the placement process, which

consisted of a Presentation, A written Test, and Interview. And 10 of us got

selected. Fortunately I was one of them. That was a BIG confidence booster for

all of us. Unfortunately, it did not work out for the company. It was a little

heartbreaking for all of us. But the positive thing about this incident was that

our fear had gone and we were sure that many more opportunities are waiting

for us ahead.

To start of with my experience, the first finance company to visit our campus

was on 1st November 2010, and I was very excited and wanted to get through

it but unfortunately I did not. But I was optimistic because companies were

lined up. However, I did not clear any of them because most of the companies

had GD and I was not good at that. It was January and till then I was not

placed all though I sat for around 15 companies. I was worried and thought all

the good companies had visited the campus. During that period, we came to

know that banks are also lined up among which this xyz Bank was one of them

who provided with a sound package and above all a finance profile whose the

recruitment process had 2 rounds:

1. GD

2. Technical and Personal Interview

The bank had also sent the details of the policies, package and post and also

what is expected out of a candidate. It comprised of accounting concepts, bond

market, financial management and derivatives. I was very excited and wanted

to crack it.I had also appeared for one company and cleared the written test. I

was selected for the interview of Bank which was scheduled on the day in which

one more Bank's process was also scheduled. So, I was a bit worried as to how

to appear for both the companies. However, with having such a nice placement

team, I was able to appear for this xyz Bank's process and I was confident to

get through the GD. The GD in which they were just checking fluency and

subject matter. I spoke thrice but with different and valid points. Then the

results were out and I was selected for interview. Interview was all about

accounting entries, bond, financial management, ratios, banking and

derivatives. It went well and I was confident to get through. Then after two

days of the interview the final results came. And I did not get selected.

I went very sad that day. I had high hopes that I will crack it. But something

might have gone wrong which I had no idea off. Friends, this can happen. This

is nothing unusual. It might happen not once but many times. But one should

not get dis hearted or discouraged. We should always remember what Bala Sir

says, Problems are opportunities. A funny way of looking at it is, the company

didn't deserve you, or the company couldn't understand your potential. There is


something better waiting for you out there. That was the attitude I carried, and

it helped me. I boosted back my confidence and sat for more companies

searching for a company which fits my requirements.

After about a month, a company came, for which I was waiting for a long time.

I liked its profile. I made up mind. This is it. And I prepared my self rigorously.

And got myself ready to crack it.

Day 1:

A brief company presentation, which includes the company profile, market they

hold and what kind of candidate they are looking for.

Then starting off with a written test, which was not a conventional Aptitude test

but was a mix of logical and calculation based questions. 50 questions in 30

minutes was the target with no negative marks. In this round, your speed with

accuracy was tested. The candidates who cleared this round moved to next

round.

Next round was a 5 minutes presentation. The Panel consists of 4 members: 2

from HR team and 2 from senior management of the company. The

presentation was bifurcated into two parts, first was a personal introduction of 1

minute and second was to give a brief about your summer internship for 4

minutes. Here the Panel was trying to look for the presentation skills, the

confidence level of the candidate and the way you express your views about

any point. It was more like judging somebody's professional/personal traits

rather than looking for the theoretical knowledge of the project. If the

candidates can present themselves in the best way possible, then even an

internship project which might be average compared to others can have that

edge what companies are looking in you. This was a nice opportunity to portray

your strengths and your fitment for the company. In this round, the panel

members were more considerable about your confidence, time management

and the way to respond to the questions you will encounter at the end of the

presentation. Keep a cheerful smile throughout the presentation, by doing this

you can dilute your nervousness and can impart a positive energy to the panel.

At the end of first day, the names of the people who cleared this round was

announced and they were told to come for the HR/technical interview round

next day.

Day 2:

After the happenings of the previous day, we appeared for the interview next

day morning. This was the moment when the feeling comes that it's just one

more step to go. At that particular moment you actually go blank; there are no

words to explain the feeling but it will happen to all of you at that particular day

itself.

The Interview panel consists of 2 members, and they were very friendly from

the starting. Just keep a smiling face throughout with confidence.


Question 1

Why did you choose finance as your career option

Answer 1

I chose Finance because of my interest, capability and dedication towards the

subject

Question 2

Do you have any kind of practical experience in this field?

Answer 2

No Sir. Not yet.

Question 3

Then why should we select you and not the experienced?

Answer 3

The reason why you should select me is because of my knowledge base and my

will to learn. I am very confident of my potential, and I am sure you wont regret

if you give me a chance to display it.

Question 4

Ok. Lets test your Knowledge Base.

I will throw some topics on you and you have to speak about it till I throw the

next one on you.

Answer 4

The first topic he gave was SUBPRIME CRISIS, then Indian GDP, FISCAL Policy

and the last one was Microfinance

I spoke well about all the topics.

The interviewers were quite impressed . Interview is all about how you can

make the interviewer ask on what you know best. This boosts your confidence

when the ball is in your court and then you can make the interview lead in the

direction you want. In the end, some HR formalities about the personal details,

remuneration and benefits and I was done. Finally, I thanked the interviewer for

their time and left the room without seeing back.

Next day was the result. And for obvious reasons, I was afraid and nervous

again. Was waiting anxiously for the company to declare the results.

23rd Feb was the day when we got our offer letter & we were extremely happy


because only 2 of us were selected by the bank. So, overall it was a very nice

experience.

Suggestions for my Juniors: Please read newspaper everyday i.e, the key to

crack any GD. Do not bluff in GD. Just speak to the point and use examples and

as much facts related to the topic as possible to explain your point.

Speaking all through the GD wont help much if it does not contain any matter.

Give chance to others to speak. Be CONFIDENT & PATIENT and you can crack

any company.

Lastly, I would to thank Bala Sir, Seema Ma'am and all the faculties for their

extended support in our 2 years of association with Balaji Institute.

Regards

Muskan Anand

Name-Naman Dhariwal

BIMM 09-11 batch

Roll no. MM09-11032

Dual A

Hello All,

This is the placement season friends and by the blessings of Sri Balaji to get

selected in a company is one of the most important day of someone's life. But

till the time someone not gets selected, it is a time of patience, preparation,

hard work. The same experience i have undergone at my college placement

time.

Getting a job is one of the best feelings in the world. Going through mental

stress, handling pressure, enjoying with friends at the time of their placement ,

working hard to get placed .I was placed and I wish to share my placement

experience with you all, though it is off campus but It was really a good feeling

to be placed after facing a number of GD,PI's . All you need is to be believed in

your-self and have patience.

The session starts with a pre-placement talk by the company executives -

company's services, market presence, growth component and work culture, it

covers them all. This is followed by a brief explanation of the skill sets required

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for employment and the procedure the company will follow for the ensuing

recruitment.

The panel of judges consists of 3 honorable members of my company: Global

VP, Branch Manager and Deputy HR.

That day, everything was going in my favor. And this boosted my confidence

even more.

Friends, the company in which I was Placed had the most 2 common processes:

1. GD

2. PI

GD topics were Telecom Driven-

Utility of VAS in next 5 Years.

Telecom network reaching village and farmers

Our GD Topic was – Utility of VAS in next 5 Years.

Well friends, my answer to this was there are many ways by which we can

make aware of the VAS Utilities.

Firstly, we can have regional/rural heads that are well trained with VAS Utilities

and applications so that they can demonstrate and educate farmers, so that if

there's any difficulty then the farmers have a person to easily approach.

Secondly, pamphlet and banners can be made available, stating certain packs

such as Banking Services, Railway ticket enquiry, Doctor Helpline, News,

Devotional etc. in the district Banks, Zila Schools, Hospitals, Local Mandi etc.

where the farmers frequently and usually go.

I cleared GD with little struggle. Anyhow I was through with one of the process

half battle won But PI the most important was being left.

Around 7 students were being selected for final PI in which around 5 of us were

completely interested to get in to it.

Before entering the interview room I was making up my mind that inside the

room I will be confident to answer all the questions

The interview started with my basic introduction after 5 min .They asked about

my internship and i tried completely to convince about my project in a good way

and handled all counter questions.

The interview went well because I answered confidently.

There were few questions that I noticed were generally common for others and

me, such as-

Tell me about yourself-This should be a bit brief, as in 3 sentences summing up

clearly your name, home-town, educational background, hobby (if you have

definite things to say eg. state level badminton champion).

Your positive and negative sides-Well friends you need to be smart while


answering this, as you need to portray your negative aspect in a very positive

manner.

The 2 months summer Training-what did you learned from it, how did you apply

your MBA skill in your summer internship?

Your place of preference (POP).

Interview held for 20 minutes approx. so it was giving a positive ray that I can

get selected.

Result announced. 3 people were selected and I was one among them. But

came to know that there would be one more round Psychometric test I was

unaware about it that it's going to happen. After hearing it then again thought

it's definitely going to be one more elimination round for 3 of us who got

selected after PI . But part of process you can't get rid off it. Then I completely

left on God .It was a written test basically to test our psychic and behavior in

specific situation.

I went back to the common room with mixed emotions where all the candidates

were sitting. All around one can see pale and fatigued faces – fallout of the

excruciating test and the unnerving wait. The waited moment came and the

moderators announced the result one by one they called out the names ,the last

but not the least was my name , a strong impulse ran down from my ears to the

brain ah it was me, but truly said after failure success is there and it was true in

my case. The formal announcement was done and the selected set of future

employees are welcomed by the company.

Then it was only us shouting, celebrating, congratulating, hugging, crying,

Placement bums .

That's pretty much as to how my Experience was and the journey of it. 3 pages

of word document cannot summarize the efforts behind it, efforts of the past 20

years of Academic life, you would have to experience it yourself, and believe me

you would enjoy every bit of it.

Here's wishing you ALL THE BEST for your future and Placements, may you get

all the success, happiness and laurels you deserve.

Take care, be happy, Always remember “Problems are Opportunities”

Enjoy life.

I would like to say to all juniors that calmness shows emotional maturity, being

calm in a job interview is a difficult proposition, but then that is where it is

required! Calmness does not imply being unenthusiastic or apathetic during the

interview, but knowing that you are nervous and not letting it come in the way.

A clear verbal communication implies clarity of the thought process. One should

also watch out for the impressions made in non-verbal communication. Body

language and facial expressions can assist you in establishing a good rapport

with the interviewer

I would like to thank Almighty first of all. And secondly all my well-wishers for


bearing my emotional struggle day in and day out and for motivating me to the

core. It's all because of them that I am selected.

I am loving my job.

Warm Regards,

NamanDhariwal

BIMM-09-11 batch

MM09-11032

hi,I am Namrata Singh

MM09-11126 PGDM-A

It is actually a great opportunity to share my campus placement experience to

one and all. It actually makes me nostalgic and takes me to one of the best

moments of my life..It was 2009,when I joined BIMM, a reputed management

school with lots of aspirations and expectations of a good carrerahead.Initially it

was tough for all of us to adjust with the changed atmosphere but gradually we

adapted and started liking our college and came into next year of our college.

Year 2010 was crucial for all of us as our aspirations were going to come

true.Beinga average student I knew I had to work hard and I with my friends

started preparing for group discussion from octoberitself . L.G being the first

company on campus was a eye opener for us as we understood the amount of

efforts we would have to put in. Being a commerce graduate I was interested

into banks and then we got the news about HDFC and I decided to go for it. I

attended all the classes and then with my group prepared for the presentation

with the help of our faculties.Though I got selected in the first round but could

not clear the final round, it was really bad to accept it but then we knew we had

more options to prove our metal. Started preparing and then Kotak Mahindra

bank came on our campus with a package of 4.25 lacs, Sounded good so I

applied for the company and got shortlisted. After getting shortlisted we were

supposed to give an online test of HR values which consisted of 50 questions.

When I came to know that it could be a eliminating factor, I took the help of my

friends and four of us sat together and gave the examination with best of our

knowledge. Then came the d-day 23rd of november, 2011. Got up early in the

morning and went for the process at 8:00 am. I was actually very restless as

one of my roomie who had also applied for Kotak Bank was not shortlisted. So

went for the process and waited for the company people to turn up. It was 9:00

am when the company came on campus .In the presentation by the company

there were 6 people and they all made us aware about the bank, our

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responsibility and the compensation break-up. The process started at 11:00 am,

although I was tensed I decided to be calm. It came as a surprise that on the

basis of the examination on values that we had given only 50 people were

shortlisted from the 125 people and thank god I was one of them. Groups were

made and I went for G.D. The topic given to our group was managers are made

or born?..and I talked about Dhirubhaiambani and gave good examples as I was

of the view that managers are made and not born, there was a good debate

and people actually spoke well .After the discussion I sat tensed and praying for

the best and then the result was announced and I was one out of 20 people

shortlisted for Personal Interview. There were three rounds of interview as

informed to us by the moderators .I was second to go for interview and I was

so tensed .As my chance came I got up and went inside the room boldly. There

was a keen looking man sitting waiting for me to grill me up .He started asking

questions firstly from my educational background and then asked questions

about Law of demand,80:20 rule, monetary policy, markets, inflation and I

being a commerce graduate answered it well .I don't know but somehow I

became very confident and was answering all the questions confidently .I was

asked about my internship and what all I did during my internship and I

confidently gave all the answers .The interview went for for an hour and when I

came out people were like what were you doing? I was sitting tensed when I

saw pooja one of the moderators walking towards me and she said that I was

supposed to go for the second round of interview and I felt ok. .good I can do

it. When I went inside I came to know that he was the RBM for entire ROMG

and I was like wat ??But he was good and knowledgable. He asked me

questions about banking and I gave good answers. Then I was asked what is it

that you learnt from your internship and what is the major difference between a

Private sector bank and a PSU bank? I said that during my internship I observed

the behavior of customers in a PSU bank and it was quite different. The major

difference sighted by me was that the people generally don't believe the Private

sector banks as much they believe a PSU bank as they feel it is backed by

government. The person seemed to be impressed and so I was a bit happy

.After coming out I went for the last and final round with the HR. he was a

sardar very bold and outgoing personality. I was asked a pool of questions

ranging from family to location preference and all and then I came out. Sitting

in the room waiting for the results we were all so tensed, just the I saw my

friends walking in the room to support me and smile came on my face. Then

within half an hour the moderator walked into the room with a sheet of paper

with names written on the. As he started announcing the names my heartbeat

went up and when my name was announced I could not just believe on my ears

and we all bursted with happiness. I was among the 8 selected from the

campus and I was on top of the world. We all came out and then everyone

around congratulated and wishing me was like a dream come true. Just cannot

explain the feelings in words because it is just amazing..Thanked god, my


parents and our college for giving me the first break of my life .Called up my

parents and they were so happy that I was like wow. At last I just want to say

that efforts are awarded and i am really blessed to be placed from campus and

still.

I am Ms.Neetu Chauhan,

Registration Number- 19-1454

Class-Marketing, Dual" C" BIMM

Roll no: MM09 11238

Batch 2009-11

This is an awesome platform to put my signature on the golden book of BIMM

Campus Placement Experience.

Before starting my campus placement experience would like to thank beloved

Bala Sir and Dimple Madam to make the journey smooth and happy. One thing

which I always admire in both of these people is their level of energy and

positive vibrations which comes out of their august presence.

Being a BIMM placement coordinator, placement was fun and tension always,,,I

still remember how we use to call the HR's to get the dates from them.

Whenever somebody gets placed, and comes to the pat cell we use to clap and

bang the tables. I have placed around 90 students (Just missed the

century,,hehe)

I sat for the very first company which every year comes to our college, but I din

clear the first GD round as I was quite nervous so was bit aggressive towards

my approach and hence was not selected, was little bit sad as this company is

dream company for many marketing people in the college. After that i was not

eligible to sit in companies till December, as I had a back log in QT, oh God that

was a big tension, placement was not that big tension as compared to getting

pass in QT, I gave this exam thrice and thanks God, finally I passed it in

December.

After that I started sitting for companies, the next company I sat for is a very

well known Indian bank, and was coordinated by me. The first round was a

online test of 150 questions, the whole day I coordinated the process more than

115 people gave the test from BIMM, the company was only for BIMM. At last I

was remaining, and then I gave that test with Kuldeep and sheetal Bhatia, we

three of us were giving the test at computer lab on first floor. Finally we

wrapped up for that day. After two days the result came and it was a short list

Ms. Neetu Chauhan


of around 97 people for the next round which is PI, and when I saw that list of

the company, I was shocked - my name was not there, I felt very bad, as my

test went very well, but I don't know what went wrong , why my name was not

there, anyway being a coordinator I have to go to the auditorium at 5 PM in the

evening to announce the short list to the students and make the announcement

for the forth coming companies. I announced the names and came back home.

I was really depressed, and was thinking what went wrong. Anyway the day

came when the company finally came to the campus for the PI, there was a

team of around 6 HR people from this company, everyone taking the interviews

of the students simultaneously. The whole day the process went on, in the

evening the results were announced and 26 people got placed, there started big

celebration on the floor, everybody was shooting and happy, as this was the first

company which took people in bulk and at a nice profile and package. I was

also happy that I placed so many people. I congratulated all and they thanked

me and the rest of our floor coordinators, pat cell, and dimple madam.

I came back home, and started looking forward for another company to come

for me, in between I coordinated many companies coming on the campus. Then

came one more company which again I was coordinating and is a Retail Giant in

Indian Market. There were 3 rounds 1) GD 2) interview with a panel of three HR

and 3 students at a time and 3) one on one PI. My GD topic for this company

was Commonwealth Games. I cleared the GD and went to the second round, in

the second round it was me, Ritwij and one more girl. There the HR asked

many questions, I don't remember all but few were like tell me about you, what

is cloud computing? Difference between marketing and sales. Etc. my interview

was good, but I could not answer well for the question on cloud computing so

was quite aware about my rejection chances, and so happened. I was not there

for the final round. Again that day 19 people got selected, and in the night I

came back home from the process. Again I was bit upset though I was not

much excited to sit for this company as retail was not a sector where I wanted

to get in.

Then came one more company in which I was not selected, I was out of the

final interview. Then the very next day one more company came on the

campus, quite decent package and marketing profile. I was not sure that I will

be sitting for this company, but I thought that I will decide after seeing the

presentation in the auditorium by the HR. after going through that session I was

still not sure to sit, but I submitted my CV just for the sake of the practice of

the GD. I was called for the GD, and my topic was India and China – Economic

power. I was good at it, as I have already prepared on that with facts and

figures. My GD went well and finally I was through in the first round. Then is

the second round that was the PI. I was bit nervous, I entered the room, the

HR asked me to be comfortable, and then he asked me to tell him about myself,

I answered that, then he asked me to explain BCG matrix, I did that also very

well, then he asked me to sell the interiors of the room in which we were

sitting, and I tried to sell that at my best, but he was not convinced, then he


asked me to sell anything I can sell my best, he gave me 1 minute time to think

and then sell it. And here comes the engineer mind, I tried selling a CD to him

as I was a computer science engineer, and told him each and every aspect of it.

And then he was convinced and happy, and so was I, he shook the hands with

me and said see you. And asked me to send the other person in. I came out of

the room and was very happy as my interview went fantastic, and I was very

sure that I will get through. After finishing with all the students the HR came

out with the short listing he had with him. He said I have short listed 5 people,

out of these 5 people I may take all 5 or I will take 3. He said I will send the

final list to the placement id by tomorrow. I came back home, was happy but

curious too to know about the results. I whole night I hardly slept. The next day

morning I came to pat office as my normal routine. The company was

coordinated by BIIB, so they were supposed to get the short listing, and I was

waiting for that. Finally one girl came to dimple mams cabin with the short list,

and then dimple mam called me in, and said, that total 3 people got through

and I was one of them,,that meant I WAS PLACED. Oh God I was placed and

was really happy, on top of the world, finally I got what I wanted, and so

distributed chocolates in the pat office. Was really very happy that day. I came

back to my flat and I was the first person to get placed in my Flat, my flat

mates were also very happy, we have done a cake cutting ceremony at my flat

with my lovely flat mates.

Then my tension of getting placed was released and has started to focus more

on the placements of other people. Slowly I helped people getting placed by

calling companies on campus for them. Then I was having one more option to

sit in other company as a part of policy for PAT cell people. And I was waiting

for an IT sector company to come with a good profile. Then came my company

currently in which I am working. The first round was the GD round and the

topic was Horizon. I was in full form that day as I was already placed was not

having tension or pressure like others. So I gave my best shot that day with full

confidence. I cleared the GD, and then was the PI, My PI was for 5 minutes,

and the HR just asked me about myself and BCG matrix, and my preferred

location of working. And I came out of the room. I was very sure that today I

am going to make it, and hence when the results were announced 2 people got

placed and I was one of them. Again I was on the top of the world, and this

was the last company on the campus I sat for.

At last my Campus placement journey was good and fun, I really cherished each

and every moment of it, I have seen the numbers of students getting placed

going up every day, we use to every day keep a track of people getting placed

and striking down the numbers, it was fun.

I hope this experience of mine will help my juniors to thrive success in their

placements happily.

"Believe in yourself and All the Best”


Neha Kewalramani

I Neha Kewalramani

Roll no:MM 11527,

Class: pgdm (pm &hrd) from BIMM

from the academic year 2009-2011 passed in April 24.

My campus experience has been very challenging, had great learnings from

every process & had new experiences. The experience can seriously be

described as the most testing time of my life.

Never in my life, have I felt so vulnerable and under-confident.

I remember waking up every day trying to cope up with this reality.

Every battle started with a group discussion, which I cleared almost every time,

but then something always went wrong and I always couldn't clear the last

round. I cleared GD in 10 companies to be specific and learned one thing

gradually. So, here is a pointer for all of you who are struggling with GD's. It

really does not matter how many times you speak until and unless you really

make sense. So try to understand the topic clearly and make one or two valid

points loud and clear. My First company process was in October 2011, where i

reached till the end of all rounds, but finally could not make it. From then, I was

very confident that i can easily clear rounds of the company process. As the

placement season started, & companies came, where in many students used to

sit for GD, i lost my confidence when i used to see others performing better

than me.I used to make excuses to myself rather than recognizing my

weakness. This attitude went for quite a long time, as a result of which I missed

many good companies. It was a very bad feeling when u see your peer getting

placed before you. So, I had a lot of pressure & expectations from everyone

including my family, friends, colleagues & my teachers. Nevertheless, it was not

too late, & i started studying for it, had given my best in all the rounds of the

process, read business newspapers, awareness about the economy, studied HR

related subjects etc. Slowly & slowly, i got confidence when i sat in Gd & Pi as i

had already made myself so thorough with my class subjects & about general

knowledge. I sat for almost more than 20 companies in my campus,& I was

never choosy about the companies or package. I just wanted a good company

& decent package, so I used to sit for every company that used to come in our

campus. i also got the opportunity to travel other cities like New Delhi,

Bangalore, Mumbai to attend the company process & compete with other

colleges.

I was also in touch with Bala Sir & other managerial staff of our college. They

had always supported & encouraged me, assured me that i will get job in a

good company.

Finally, I got through in last 2 companies, Company 'A' & 'B'.

I could not believe I got placed in Company 'a' as I had never expected that I


will get such a big brand plus a handsome salary & a nice location. It was like a

dream come true for me. I was proud of myself & happy that I waited so long

for the best. But unfortunately, my joining got delayed due to some reason &

the HR in tat company had asked me to go back home & would inform me

about the day of joining. The same day, when I heard the bad news of my

joining being delayed, I also got the good news of getting place in Company 'B'.

I got a sigh of relief when God showed the another door of opportunity. The

best part about this company was that it is a Banking Sector, where my parents

wanted me to work & the location was near my hometown. So, I was well

satisfied to go for Company 'B'.

PROCESS IN COMPANY B:

We had 3 rounds, out of which 1 aptitude test, followed by GD round & final PI

round.

50 students sat for the process,

Aptitude test was of CAT level, where you had to clear all the sectional cut-off,

Then during GD round we were 12 people, our topic was Importance of

Advertisement-advantages & disadvantages. My GD went very well, as I

was confident of what I spoke & was well versed with topic. I was shortlisted in

the cumulative score of both aptitude test & GD which was conducted in May. I

had my Final PI round in July.

The questions asked were:

Tell me about Yourself?

About banking concepts & terms-what is repo rate? Crr rate?

What if you have to leave company B, if your in-laws don't allow you to work?

What if you have to do sales in this profile?

What if you get transferred to anywhere in India?

I realize one's worries and peer pressures once you enter into the 3rd semester

or final year of PGDM, because this is the time for your placement! But let me

tell you my juniors, there's nothing to be afraid of, if you don't get into the first

company you will definitely get into some . Set your own criteria but don't be

very choosy regarding the company & the package especially at the end of

placement season because at that moment pressure on all the unplaced

students is very high. Go for the company & the package even if it is not in your

choice list, because you always had the option of changing it later. At that

moment what matter is entering the corporate world.

One thing I have noticed is that, your hard work counts a lot but more than that

is your LUCK, which counts. So, do not get afraid, don't be sad for what is not

coming to your way, be positive & think that there are best & better

opportunities coming your way.

Trust yourself , it is not your fault for not getting placed it depends upon the

company requirement , state of mind of the interviewer last but not the least


God Wish. Keep trying never give up, hope for the best & prepare for the worst.

Keep updating yourself with current news & technology. Take help of your

friends & faculties by taking regular feedback. Keep working upon your

weakness try to use your weakness as your strength. Keep practicing aptitude,

logical reasoning , English vocabulary & General reasoning. Be confident but

never be over confident, keep motivating yourself & if required avoid the

company of negative people around you. Keep brushing your academic

knowledge. For HR specific give more stress on Organizational behavior, Human

Resource Planning, Labour Laws. Well, hard to decide where to start, what to

write, what to skip…

So, let's keep it simple and honest.

,Finally, I got the opportunity of having 2 jobs in hand in the month of July

2011. This 8 months of campus experience has given me great learnings, seen

good & bad phases of life. Life is tough when you move out of College life &

experience the outer world.

Thanks to Balaji Society for good guidance & support. I am very much satisfied

with my Job.

Please draft my cheque to my Company address as I have got transferred:

49, Shivalik Vihar,

Zirakpur, Tehsil:Derabassi

Dist: Mohali

Punjab:140603

Name: Nikhil Dey

College: BIMM

Specialization: Marketing & IT

Roll No: MM09-11336

I would not restrict my campus placement experience from the time I sat for

company and cleared it rather, I will start from the time I joined the institute.

When I look back at the day when i joined the institute and we were having

those induction sessions which included BAM Sir's Presentation, and several

other who came and taught us. Probably at that point of time i did not relate or

either understand what significance will these table manners or my knowledge

of world or these presentations and classroom exercises will have on being a

successful MBA or getting a good placement. But in the hindsight i realize that

laid the foundation for me and the institute facilitated this exposure to people

from the Corporate, Education so as to make me more equipped.

Nikhil Dey


Campus placement for me was never to just go and crack the interview. It was

to choose the right profile and the right company, and this decision is not easy

and it cannot be taken over a flip of a coin. For this you need to have a

thorough knowledge of the sectors and various industries. Keeping a track of

sectors that are growing and how have they been doing recently in the market.

Talking to seniors and alumnus helps a lot.

Initially you can't decide the profile so you can only try to make up your mind

over various verticals like sales, marketing, finances, planning etc. Now the

question is how to go about knowing all the industries, the best and the easiest

way is ET, I started with reading the business page of TOI and gradually moved

to ET and other business magazines and news papers. This really helped me to

become aware of the various industries and understanding certain dynamics of

how businesses work..

I also used to participate in as many presentations and case solving in class.

Giving presentations and solving business cases not only make you comfortable

and confident to present your content but also helps you to tactfully handle the

queries ultimately helping you in your interviews.

Now coming on to campus placement experience the first thing that I did when

I got to know that company X was visiting, was to gather as much knowledge

as possible of the company. It included recollecting what all do i know about the

firm. The industry, its competition and what stage is the company presently in

the market. Its future investments plans, expansion plans, what products it

offers. The most important thing is to determine if there are seniors in the

company and how are they doing. Seniors can actually tell you if it's worth. I

spoke to my seniors and understood about the work culture and profiles that

are offered to MT's.

The whole placement process was divided into a set of 4 rounds

1. GROUP DISCUSSION

2.PSCHOMETRIC FOLLWED BY AN INTERVIEW

3. FINAL INTERVIEW

GROUP DISCUSSION:-

We were a group of 12 people and the topic that was given was “Is

advertising a diplomatic way of telling a lie”.

I started the discussion with explaining what advertising is and before directly

jumping to the conclusions we must discuss all the points, and eventually all the

members joined in, I put forth 3 points during the discussion, I made sure I

listen well, and speak to the point so that no one can interrupt me before


completing and in the mean time everyone in the group gets a chance to speak.

There were many people who spoke well but I was the only one who got

through, I believe it was my preciseness and content knowledge and starting

the GD did help; because it gave a direction and structure to the whole GD,

total 18 of us from BIMM got through from the first round of GD.

PSCHOMETRIC FOLLWED BY AN INTERVIEW

In psychometric test various tools were used to analyse the personality we all

fell into, total of four such tools were used, I performed the test imagining how

would I react if I were actually in that situation.

Basically, the tests are to check your personality type. All the different test

results should show symmetry in results and that's what makes you clear this

round.

The interview was basically a conformity check of the psychometric test results

and kind of personality we project in the interview. In addition to that a lot

many questions were asked.

I did my interns from an FMCG company and was associated with the sales and

distribution department. Thus the interviewers being from an FMCD major

hovered a lot around my learning's from the interns and the understanding of

the business.

Other than that I was asked the some concepts of marketing

How many P's of marketing(I explained about the 4p's and 7p's with mega

marketing concept)

3 C's

What is market penetration? And can it be greater than 1(or 100%)

The whole interview lasted for some 30-35 minutes, my answers were precise

and to the point since I had a hang on those topics. Some behavioral questions

were asked with situation reaction tests.

Suggestion- You must do your homework well with the crisp of spontaneity.

Out of 18 of us finally 12 people got through, and then we were left with the

final round of interviews to happen.

FINAL ROUND

The final round happened 2 days after the primary round of selections, this time

the interviewer was the VP HR of the organisation.

This time three colleges of pune came for the final round of interview I was 6th

in line for the interview. This time the panel comprised of VP HR and the same

panelists who conducted the first round of interviews.

The interview started with a firm hand shake (A MUST!) with everyone, and I

was asked for a brief introduction, I was then asked some questions about my

family background. Then they moved to my internship and asked about my


learning and what did I do in that. Then I was asked about my favorite subject

(I chose marketing) and then was asked to deliver an extempore (on Sales)

standing at a corner of the room. I was told to speak until I was asked to stop

and conclude. I believe this was done to check my confidence and command

over the subject. I spoke for one and half or two minutes. Then they asked

about some preferences in location and so on with this the interview came to an

end.

Finally when the results were announced out of 12 from the previous round, 9

got through and were selected and were given the letter of intent.

I would like to wish loads of luck to the aspirants.

Name-Nikhil Joshi


Division: Dual B, BIMM


My specialization is Marketing & IT

I am placed in Company A, Working as a Junior Research Analyst.

I would like to take this opportunity to share my Campus Placement experience

with you all. I appeared for approximately 6-7(i don't remember the name of all

the companies) companies for Marketing before Being Selected in this company.

Package was decent.

First of all i would like to discuss my experience with other companies. The first

company that came was a big electronic company and the atmosphere was

crazy to get selected in that. As far as i can remember there was hardly any

student who did not participated in the process without thinking if they want to

make any career in this business including me. I did not get selected in that

company but later on i found that was a blessing in disguise. I was not made

for that kind of business and job that was being offered and later on i chose the

companies which were offering the job of my interest.

I chose this company because of my interest in field of research and above all i

like their no non-sense attitude which was quite visible from their asking

questions that actually could judge a right candidate for the job, unlike asking

time pass question like tell me some thing about yourself and all.

Entire process was divided into 4 parts.

1. First short listing was done on the basis of academic results. Their cut off for

qualification was 70% in 10th, 12th, Graduation and PG

Nikhil Joshi


2. Next round was carried out in our college, which was objective question

round, for which around 30 students were selected. Question were basically

logic, simple mathematics and GK based

3. Next round was the interview round. In this total three interviews were

taken, out of which two were technical interviews and one HR interview.

Technical interviews lasted for about one hour each and HR interview lasted for

about five minutes.

Questions asked in interviews were related to marketing models including

Portor's five forces model and financial question. I would like to share some of

the question that were asked to me:

1) Developing Portor's five forces model for Indian Telecom industry

2) How to calculate number of traffic lights in a city

3) Preparing a SWOT analysis on Indian banking industry

4) Names of the CEOs of Indian banks

5) Calculating how many balls can come in a plane

6) What is CAGR

7) What is repo rate, reverse repo rate and bank rate

These technical interviews lasted for 1 hour each. Thankfully i was able to

answer all the question and was subsequently shortlisted for HR interview

In HR interview simple questions were asked. These include:

What do you know about this company

Why do you think you are the right candidate for this job

Why did you choose MBA

What is the main business of the company and who are the main customers

I was not able to answer most of the question as i had not read anything about

the company and i shared this thing with them.

Pl Note: Below are some suggestions for my juniors.

Another most important learning and that was don't trust anyone in GD. People

try to fix the GD outside the room but as soon as GD starts every one forget the

promise. As Bala Sir Say, be selfish

Be confident about what you are saying.If you don't know simply say that this

thing you don't know. People appreciate one who knows about oneself and who

is sure about what he/she knows and what he/she does not know.

Be ready with one topic that you know everything about. This works as

medicine to all your miseries

Refresh your marketing knowledge

Improve your GK and knowledge about finance and what is happening in the

world of finance


They were judging basic knowledge of marketing not very much detail. So

need not to worry.

Be calm, focused and relaxed for the whole selection process. The candidates

should be well

Right you hobby very carefully and choose the one about which you have

atleast some knowledge

Be versed with the current issues of the world and also their field of Interest.

They should not be over confident or boast about themselves. This can leave a

bad impression on the Interview Panels.

One last think i would like to suggest appearing candidates that please don't

just sit in a company for just experience. You might be taking it as just practice

but there might be people who really need this job, so in that process you are

eating away some one's job

Then salary part. They describe the salary structure that this will be your fixed

part and this much will be your variable part. Also, described about working

hours and working days in a week.

No elimination after this round.

I still remember the time when the final list came for selected candidates. I was

sitting in the process for another company and this was after four days of

selection process. We were listing the company presentation from the HR of

that company. Suddenly i got a message on my mobile that the final list has

come. I asked back that who all got selected. He said only three student got

selected and my name is not in that list. I was very disappointed as i was very

sure of my selection. I came out of auditorium very sad and i met one of the

student who got selected in that company and congratulated him, then he

congratulated me back. I told him i have not been selected then he told me that

my name is also in the list and there are four student who got selected. I ran to

PAT office and saw the list and i was happy like anything and thanked all the

team of PAT. That experience was really amazing. Thanks BIMM and BITM PAT.

They gave us early joining on 16th May as Research Trainee (6 months).This

four month was counted as my probation period. And after our appraisal I was

given designation of Junior Research Analyst.

I believe that package was not very much great. But the learning and the

confidence in terms of secondary research I have earned is much more than

anything else. We usually die to get placed in a big company but the fact is if

we really want to grow we should start from a small or medium size company.

Learning and growth opportunities lie in small or mid size companies too.

Juniors, If you want a long term growth join a small or medium size company.

There is a huge amount of learning lies in such companies. Best of Luck.


I thank Bala Sir for giving me an opportunity to share my placement experience.

This was the wonderful experience that I had in Sri Balaji Society. Dawn was

with curiosities and apprehensions, day was full of surprises and fun, and night

with a tear on a pillow, that is to sum up the two years of SBS.

From traditional day to convocation day, from Mahabharata series to HR meet,

from Dilip bhau ki tapri to SBS mess, all the moments that I spent in SBS has a

given me an immense pleasure and added life time memories to my life. I

enjoyed each and every moment, every festival, DJ parties …… We at our

college are groomed and conditioned to be future Corporate Leaders. All the

skill sets are either imbibed in us through the education system followed by our

college or through circumstances around us.

While writing this I completely went into into flashback. This was a pretty good

experience and i really miss those great moments. I missed watching first smile

on the faces of my other good friends when they get placed, I was not there

with my best friend when He needs me the most during this tensed placement

season. Anyways that is it from my side . I Will always miss those beautiful days

of SBS.

I wish all my friends all the very best and Proud to be a Balajian.

Regards,

Nikhil Joshi

I Am Nikhil Srivastava,

Registration No.-MM-09-11334

from Division C of BIMM from the Academic Year 2009-2011,

Passed out on April-2011. My Specialization is in Marketing.

Its a roller coaster ride for me during our campus placement. The G.D

preparations for Campus Placement started 2 months before the first company

put its foot in our campus. We a group of 7-8 friends who do mock Group

Discussion daily during our lunch break so as to prepare ourselves for the big

fight. The start of the Placement Season was not that good i got rejected in the

g.d round of first Company(A), after the G.D i feel that somewhere i lost the

confidence of being outspoken & Logical which ianalyse during the G.D. I have

the honor of not having 90%(It was 89.6%) attendance, hence i was not

allowed to sit for the other companies My Past holidays started haunting me

and i have to run through director's office to consider about my attendance, but

Nikhil Srivastava


since BIMM runs on Discipline, Dedication,Determinationi was not allowed to sit

for other Companies, but as there was a famous saying”god is everywhere and

he heard u whenever you are in trouble”, I got some good news after 10 days

of the start of the Placement Season and the news is that those students who

have attended HR meet will be given 10 extra attendance, & after adding those

10 attendance my attendance stands at 90.1%, which is the eligibility criteria

for sitting in campus placement, so after 12-13 Companies i got chance to sit in

the campus interviews. My first G.D after this incident was with Company B, i

got selected in Aptitude as well as G.D round, Apti was quite simple, G.D was

also ok they just check ur confidence and the topic was also simple about Love

and hectic life....i cleared that G.D and i was there in front of the

interviewer...the questions the interviewer asked me were totally based on

operation management topic and i failed that interview big time(although i feel

that i do not have any excitement for this company only “$” was a big

Motivation as they told us they will send us to some foreign shores in a 2

months time) .....from the Start i was more interested in FMCG companies &

waited patiently for the right company...the first FMCG that came to our campus

was Comapny C and my name was not in the list of candidates who got selected

to face the interview, this time the interview and G.D Session was in

Bombay(this is one of the biggest Setback during my campus

Placements).....Company D another FMCG based was another setback, and as

the time was running by ,i started losing my patience finally another FMCG giant

Company E came to our Campus for Hiring Trainee's

The process Started with The PPT from Company E employees in which General

Manager Marketing and 4 other officer ( 1- Head HR and others i don't know)

tell us about the Company and our Growth Path inside it. The salary they

offered was G lacs which i feel was less as compared to others, but somewhere

the FMCG word keeps me motivated and i decided to sit for the Campus

Recruitment process.

The 1- Round was a GD round (elimination round)

The GD was conducted on various subjects....kindly note FMCG's give main

emphasis on your marketing knowledge and how good are you in

Communication Skills...a suggestion for future candidate try to use Marketing

Gimmicks in the GD like PLC,SWOT etc. it will be beneficial...

The topic of GD was

1-India as a superpower in 2020 with 40 cr. poor people

2-Sachin or Bradman who is the greatest cricketer

after Gd...

they select 30 candidates out of 160 ,so the ratio is approx. (1:5) then they take

an online aptitude test, which is of 60 min and calculator is allowed in the

test..The problems are based on numerical ability and data interpretation the

level of the aptitude test is very high and the problems are really tough, on the

basis of online aptitude test they selected 16 candidates out of 30 ,the ratio is


(1:2) these 16 candidates are called for interview

The interview panel consist of 5 members

My interview questions are:-

1-Tell me about yourself

2-What is FAB

(FAB stands for features, attributes &benifits)

3-How can you sell a product based on its benefits.

4-What is a niche market

5-Tell various strategies to enter into niche market

6-Define STP

( Segmenting , targeting , positioning)

7-How to use STP for fruits and vegetables

8-Who is your fav. Politician and why

and some hr related questions that if after 3 yrs you have been given an offer

from some other company what will u do like simple hr stuff after all the

interviews gets over, results were declared 6 out of 16 were selected (1:3) and i

was one of the lucky candidates who got the offer

All the best for future candidates

I am Nikhil Tabhane

Roll no -MM09-11335

Class - BIMM (Systems)

Specialization- Systems(IT & Marketing)

Batch-2009-2011










coming opportunity & never think in life “You can't do it.




Nikhil Tabhane


it to be.

To be fair, I had decided that I wanted to get a technical job & so didn't apply

for the other job profiles offered by the companies.

First of all, when placement season started, I was not eligible to sit for the first

few companies because I was short of attendance criterion. Then after being

allowed to sit for placement, I failed to crack 4 companies.

After not able to crack some companies, it was very frustrating but soon I

began to realize that learning from own mistakes & self-confidence are the two

pillars that I would recommend to anyone. It helped me gain such valuable

experience. I saw my confidence growing as well as improvements in my

communication skills. There was a decent lag between the first and the second

company. It gave us the chance to reevaluate ourselves. Personally speaking,

this was the time when I found my feet. I began evaluating myself. From Sector

to Profile, from Company to package, I started analyzing things. It's very

important to introspect when you are confused. Once you understand yourself

well, you know it, want you want.


from PAT team that your CV has been shortlisted by XYZ Company and they

want to have a discussion with me. Then the day came when they called us for

Video Conferencing Interview. There were total 10 students whose CV got

shortlisted. I was the third student to go for interview. There were 3

interviewers on the other side (2 – technical & 1 – HR).

Before the technical interview I was bit nervous but once I entered into the

room, I gave the confident smile to my interviewer and able to create a lighter

mood. He asked me to “Introduce Yourself”. After introduction he asked me

some technical questions. Some questions to the best of my memory I am able

to remember are:-

1) Where do we use RFID technology (They asked me about this because my

engineering project was on RFID technology)

2) What are the subjects in your MBA?

3) What are 4Ps?

4) Why you chose to do MBA as I was working earlier for 2 years in IT company

5) How do you rate yourself on the scale of 1 to 10 for Oracle, Excel, Linux as

we learned these subjects during MBA?

6) What was your Internship project?

I was able to answer most of the questions.

I had answered some of the questions & relate some questions with what I

know. I would recommend try to keep interview in your hands and give closed

ended answers so that a little room left for the interviewer.

As it was Video conferencing Interview, once technical questions got over, they


asked HR to ask some questions.

The first question HR asked is “tell me about yourself and about your family”.

Then HR went on to ask other questions. Some HR questions are:-

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Why did you opt for Systems?

3. Are you comfortable working in anywhere in India?

Yes, that will be a great opportunity for me to roam around the world - I

answered.

4. What are your interests & hobbies?

5. Questions related to my curricular activities.

6. What is your native place?

7. As I am from Nagpur and one of the interviewers knew some places in

Nagpur, he asked me - what all good places are there in Nagpur?

8. My future plans that will affect my workability with them.

Then He told but it's very difficult to stay other countries, they have different

culture, eating habits & living standard etc.

I replied “but they are also Human Being like us” & “Every difficulty is an

Opportunity”. Then they finally asked me if I had some queries. I asked what

will be the exact work which we will be handling (Can you elaborate on which

project we will be working?)

They replied that it's a Telecom Billing project. You will be responsible to deliver

project and sometimes you need to work late night and all (I was OK with the

details/information provided by them). The HR interview went along very

smoothly. They finally thanked me with a smile and told me that they are done.

After a week or so, I again received a call that I am shortlisted and they want to

have telephonic interview. It was just the formal interview like when can you

join and the job location..





Finally, I would like to thank our Bala Sir, All faculty members and Supporting

Staff.

Thanks to my Parents, my Friends, my well-wishers & the whole SBS

family................................... :)

“Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success

won't happen.”


Nikhila Reddy

Name-Nikhila Reddyfrom BIMM 09-11 Marketing Batch dual C and I got placed in a manufacturing MNC on 29 dec 2011.From day one in SBS, the 2 years went on like a roller coaster ride. Specially second year was completely filled with excitement and anxiety. The only discussions students get into is about “ Campus Placements”. All our instructors helped us with the preparation for selection processes. We underwent special sessions for group discussions , direct corporate meetings etc. I managed to maintain a good and decent attandance . I was eligible to sit for companies from very first day. the first company was open for all . I also attended for the process but had no hopes of getting through because of the size of the group, it was almost 600 students eligible for that first on campus and considered as dream company for SBS. Some of my classmates were selected and inspired the whole class.Companies started flowing into campus and all my roommates started getting placed and by dec 15 all were placed except me. I chose to go for only manufacturing sector in which I can justify my mechanical engineering degree. I was not very strigent on package but to profile. My rommies gave me very good support and kept my spirits high all the time.Finally one evening ,a list of companies were announced in auditorium in which one MNC manufacturing company was there for which mechanical engineer with marketing PGDM was the eligibility.I made my mind to give a tough fight for this one and started to do research about the company on internet. I started brushing my mechanical subjects for the selection process.I sat for my company without any preoccupations in my mind and completely without any expectations.The process started in a hotel in pune with 14 candidates from SBS. HR People started with introduction about the company. The ppt went on for 1 hour and at the end we had a small quiz from the PPT.1.The first task of the D day ( December 27th) was a written test consisting purely of thermodynamics, electrical engineering and fluid mechanics. Then they disclosed that the process would be a assessment center for whole day.Then started with Group discussion. We had only one group with all 14 students together.2.They gave us two topics :i. “chaltahai attitude upto what extent”our group started the discussion with some students saying “this attitude is not acceptable at all” and some saying “ this attitude is acceptable upto such extent it does not effect or harm the fellow people and the society.” I was in the second set of people.


ii “the role of media in bringing justice to people”. 1.This discussion is about news channels broadcasting news without proper , complete information and misguiding society. Almost the whole group went with single mind that there should be some control on media so that they give only news but not their opinions, Finally people should be given the chance of making the judgments.There was no time stipulation and Both the GDs went on for 25-30 mins each.3. Third round was to make some model with the stationary provided and sell that to them at profitable price.I made a cup with a cardboard sheet, did some paintings on it and created some USPs for it. Iam supposed to sell that mug/cup to the interview panel. They asked me to start the activity after explain ing me that I have to create a situation and do the selling. I explained them the situation that they have come to my own boutique or a shop which was opened newly In which I make hand made mugs with customized messages embossed on them. That was my USP. I created some accessories along with the mug. The conversation ( 5 to 1) went on quite comfortable ,I could able to sell it at profitability and finally I presented the mug to one of the panel member. (who turned out to be our mentor during induction)4. Forth round was the Personal interview with 5 member panel business head, marketing manager, hr manager and corporate communications manager.I was the first candidate to go for it. The panel was cool and made me feel comfort. They started looking to my Resume and started asking general questions like “ why did I choose to come to pune”,” why I chose to do marketing”,” tell us something about your family background”,” explain us why u said so in GD ( on first topic)” ,” how comfortable iam to work in manufacturing sector”, “ are you willing to job in any location”….and the list continued upto “ will you be doing job after your marriage”.I had given answers very much being me and no fake answers .This whole process took us almost a whole 12 hours. From 8 AM to 8PM. Then HR told us they will inform about result to college the next day.Next day we got an intimation from our placement that we are required to go to head office the next day. There were 5 of us from our college and one guy from another institute. We reached the office on 29th evening at 6.30, after that day's series exam was over. We had our interviews scheduled with the General Manager.He looked into my hobbies column in which I mentioned “cooking” as a hobbie which was a big big lie. He asked me “ what is the proportion of urad dal and rice for making a idly”. i answered for that question , he crosschecked it with his subordinates and asked me to wait outside.After all of us were finished, the HR called 5 of us inside his cabin, 4 from our college and 1 from another institute.He congratulated us for getting selected in the company and started saying our respective POPs. It was unbelievable. I was placed in a manufacturing company, an MNC, a market leader at it.

That was DEC 29. Finally I had a rocking New Year.


Ninad Panchbhai

I am NinadPanchbhai


BIMM, Dual C

Specialisation: IT & Marketing

CAMPUS EXPERIENCE

I still remember the date 24th Sep 2010 when I got selected in XYZ, the first

company for campus placements for our batch. Getting selected in India no.1

Consumer Durables Company was due to the blessings from my parents, friends

and well-wishers. I sincerely thank SBS for arranging GD sessions, before the

start of campus placements, which helped me a lot in gaining confidence in

group discussions.

19th Sep was the day when XYZ came to our campus for placements. They

started with the ppt, telling about organisation and its growth since its inception

in India, company's policies, compensation etc. They explained in detail about

the selection procedure and eligibility criteria for attending the process.

The final selection process consisted of 4 rounds.

3 rounds on first day and final round on 24th Sep.

First day rounds were:

1. Group discussion

2. Psychometric test

3. Personal interview

Out of these, GD was an elimination round.

Since everybody from marketing was allowed to apply for this company, around

18 groups were formed for the GD.

Topic given to my group was “Will India surpass the china in economic

growth”. I didn't initiate the discussion but entered into the discussion in the

group twice and also I concluded the discussion.

I got selected from my group and I guess, they were looking for knowledge

regarding the topic in this discussion.

Psychometric test:

This test was for 45 min, to check mental ability and personality. There were 4

sections in the test viz. Firo-B, verbal ability, numeric ability, and personality

test.

Personal interview:

Question 1: Tell me about yourself

My answer: My name is NinadPanchbhai. I belong to Nagpur. I am a B.E

Mechanical from Nagpur University. My strengths include flexibility to adapt any

change, working in challenging situations, open to feedback. My hobbies are

listening to music, swimming, playing volleyball.

Question 2: Flexibility to adapt to any change? Could you please elaborate?


My answer: I can very proudly boast of my ability to work in tough condition

and perform better under pressure. I can adapt to changes quickly and pick up

my learnings.

Question 3: Why you want to join XYZ?

My answer: XYZ is market leader in consumer durables in India. It will be a

good start to my career if I start with brand like XYZ. Also, year after year, the

way XYZ is growing; I really want to become part of XYZ group.

Question 4: Where you see yourself 5 years down the line, if you get selected in

XYZ?

My answer: Sir, designation wise, I can't comment on this that where I will be

but I want to grow as the company progresses and want to give my best for

achieving the company's objective.

Question 5: Why you have taken marketing for your MBA?

My answer: Sir, Marketing is diversified field with so many profiles. So one can

choose his/her area of interest as he/she gets to know about that specialisation.

Question 6: What is your area of interest?

My answer: Sir, I want to start with sales as a profile.

Question 7: Why you want to go for sales?

My answer: Sir, sales profile includes ground job. You get the opportunity to

understand customers well. How they behave, how they talk, what are their

requirements etc. Also it is very important to understand the ground realities,

end-customer expectations, MOT to be able to succeed in any organisation.

Question 8: What is your preference for POP?

My answer: No preference sir.I can go anywhere across India.

Question 9: Ninad, please mention some points that you don't like about XYZ.

My answer: Sir, it is actually very difficult for me to criticise XYZ, during this

interview, but honestly I actually believe that still XYZ is perceived as brand for

masses and not for classes. I sincerely feel that the company still need to work

very rigorously on improving its brand image as amore of a premium brand.

Feedback: Good, we actually wanted you to share your thoughts, both positive

and negative about our organisation, which will help us improve our brand

entity. You will be told about the further process in some time.

12 out of 15 were selected for the next round.

Final interview on 24th Sep:

Final interview was just for 5 min.headed by 3 panel members:

Question 1: Tell me about yourself

My answer: same answer as before

Question 2: You are a BE mechanical. Why do you want to get into an alien field

of sales, which has no connection with engineering.

My answer: Sir, I have very high regards for our educational system. But what I

see as a trend in our country, there are lot of people who are working in field

out of their educational domain. I sincerely feel that it is very important to

pursue a job of ones interest, rather than going by the conventional way of

getting a job in ones educational domain.


Question 3: OK. Tell me, what is positioning with regard to product?

My answer: Sir, positioning is creating a unique image of the product in the

minds of consumers by communicating differentiating features of the product

through different media.

9 out of 12 were finally selected.

After the results, company invited us for the party in sun n sand hotel where we

met other company officials and letter of intent was issued to us.

I really consider myself very lucky as I cracked the first company for campus

placements. I want to thank SBS for nurturing us for corporate world, providing

best faculty, doing HR meets and all, which really helped me a lot.

Some tips for juniors students:

1) Keep yourself up to date about business knowledge

2) Attend all GD sessions which college organises

3) Select your industry you want to work for

4) Do your summer internship well as questions are asked from the project.

5) Most important. Be Confident. Be Happy during your campus placement

season.

NinadPanchbhai

Nishant Tiwari

BIMM Dual B

Batch 09-11

MM0911172

Marketing & IT

Dear Bala Sir,

Thanks for giving us everything that made this possible.

I am placed in XYZ , this company visited our campus on 21st of October for

ppt and they took our CVs for short listing , i applied because they were

giving city of our preference and as this industry is still in its nascent

stage so more chances of growth. on 23r they came back with shortlisted CVs

and 16 students were shortlisted , we were called for the GD in the group of

8. after some formal talk they gave us 4 broad sectors to choose from i.e.

Bollywood, politics, economics and abstract , we opted for abstract and then

panel members (2) gave us the topic *if I were the union education minister

of India *then discussion started very smoothly each one us got the chance

Nishant Tiwari


to talk , I discussed the GDP of India growing at a rate of 8% and

agriculture is growing at a rate of 2.5% instead of growing at 4 %

difference is because of education and various other points were discussed

it lasted for 30 mins.

After that total 4 people were shortlisted for first round of interview and

i was the first one to go for that, i greeted him and he responded well by

offered me to sit and then question started:-

HE: tell me something about yourself.

ME: sir am Er. nishant tiwari basically from rewa madhya pradesh , did my

grads in electronics and communication and told him about my family

background.

HE: tell me something about rewa.

ME: sit it is the place of rajas and rajwadas and first white tiger that

world has ever known came fron jungles of rewa only.

HE: work ex?

ME: yes sir, i worked for RSCTL as a trainee engineer in quality deptt. for

9 months and i also explained him my work over there .

HE: why mba after engineering ?

ME: because it will help to understand people much better as i can

understand numbers i can talk of their profits and all together its a value

addition as i am technical till now i can understand technical part of it

but after mba i can understand end customer also.

HE: after engineering mba now y education sector

ME: sir its a technical product so being a engineer i can understand it well

, with mba i can understand customer and as my entire family is into

education sector i know to deal with them.

HE: why balaji ?

ME: because my brother suggested me this college even though he was from

sibm

but he said u need to be more disciplined and u will same faculties as we

get here and my dad supported that so balaji .

this was the first round of interview.

after some time results were out and out of 8, 3 of us were called to Mumbai

for final round of interview on 25th.


we reached there at 10 am and again i was first to be called for an

interview with the CFO of the company i was bit nervous thought he would

ask all about finance

i entered his cabin and greeted him and he offered me tea. to make me

comfortable he asked it would be painful for us to travel early in morning

, i said no and told him about our college timings and no holidays pattern, he

smiled and questions started:-

HE: tell me all your subjects ?

ME : i told him all.

HE what is the difference between B2B and B2C ?

ME: in B2C we try sell to the end customer

and he is the decision maker but in B2B we sell to buying centre where each

and every one is having its own priorities like finance person will look

into costs , technical people will look into technicalities etc.

HE: why you people are having IT and what subjects u cover into this?

ME: i told them the subjects and said as we are managers we must know

something about IT as if we need to have some work related to it we can

prove we are not dumb and we can easily build on our basics .

HE: what is your five year plan?

ME: i said for first 3 years i like to be in field so that i can understand

the customers and after that for 2 years i like to be in corporate so that i

can consolidate all my learning's and learn few things form corporate also

and after five years i again want to go to market again to give back what i

have learned in those years .

HE: why specifically 3 years ?

ME: because understanding consumer insight is a time taking process and i

dont want to get it wrong so i want to spend more time with them .

HE: why you think you will succeed in this ?

ME: because its a technical product and being an engineer i can help them

to help themselves.

HE: great.

ME: thanks

HE: do you think its easy to sell this?

ME: no, its not very easy to take money out from any body's pocket and its

more difficult when amount is huge .


HE: so how will you go with it ?

ME: sir as i am fresher i don't have any practical knowledge about selling,

what ever i know, i know from my teachers and my book , and i dont say from

the first day onwards ill sell everything u will give but i try to learn

from the team you will give and after sometime i will perform beyond

your expectations.

HE: do you know our competitors?

ME: yes sir, i named a few .

HE: as u know you have to travel for 20 days in a month and even in three

tier cities are you comfortable?

ME: sir am basically from a tier 3 city and travelling is not a concern .

HE: can u please sell me this diary?

ME: yes sir , and i tried to sell him by telling the emotional importance of

diary writing.

preparation for final interview

i talked to the our senior who is in same company, placed last year.

Collected lots of data on education sector and 3 hours discussion

with Mr. vinod srivastava helped me allot .

Preparation for GD

GD sessions in college helped me in shorting out my problems during GD and

also gave me lots of input.

that was all

Thanks & Regards,


Nitika Bansal

Name : Nitika Bansal

Reg. No. : MM09-11034

Div. : Dual Finance ( Balaji Institute of Modern Management)


Specialization : Finance

I was a student of MBA finance 2009-11 Batch. I was very clear about the

financial career which I wanted to opt from the starting only. I wanted to have a

career in corporate finance or commercial banking. I was very particular about

the companies which were coming in the college for placements. I was choosing

the companies on the basis of their financial background, growth prospective

and work culture. The companies for Finance students were very few and my

selective approach delayed my placement to the month of January. But my

dedication finally paid off when I got placed in a leading bank of India with my

desired profile.

My placement journey started late as compared to other students of marketing

background as the initial companies were for marketing only. I appeared in

selection process of 4 companies with almost same selection processes, which

compromised of:

1. Short listing on the basis of credentials :

Many companies shortlist the candidates on the basis of their pre-defined

criteria's. These criteria are may be:

- Academic performance.

- Gap in the academics

- Age etc.

2. Group discussion:

A GD is a methodology used by companies to gauge whether the candidate has

certain personality traits and/or skills that it desires in its members. The group

of candidates is given a topic or a situation, given a few minutes to think about

the same, and then asked to discuss it among themselves for 15-20 minutes.

Some of the personality traits the GD is trying to gauge may include :-

-Ability to work in a team

-Communication skills

-Reasoning ability

-Leadership skills

-Initiative skills


3. Personal interview:

These interviews are taken by jury member which may be one to many. There

may be different rounds of interview taken by different members. The

interviews judges the following:

-Technical knowledge of the candidate

-Soft skills like communication and body language

-Situational responses

-Convincing abilities

-Responses in Stress and pressure etc.

Company A:

This was my first group discussion as a selection process for placements. I was

feeling excited and nervous at the same time and was thinking of the current

topics which can be discussed in the GD. I was surprised to see the topic which

was chosen to be discussed in the GD as it was a general topic i.e. “India in

2020”. Everyone was shouting in the Gd but I was able to put my points

precisely and was selected for the personal interview. I was prepared for the

banking terms and questions on academics. The questions which were asked in

the interview were:

1. Introduce yourself?

2. Views on inclusive growth in the country and role of finance in it?

3. What's the difference between IRR, NPV and Payback?

4. When would you take a project with a negative NPV?

I was able to give most of the answers but not selected in the company.

Company B:

This company was a leading bank in private sector. The GD was in the form of a

case study which needed to be discussed within the group. There were 10

groups with 12 members. I was one of the three selected for my group. The

Interview went well but the profile they were providing was of Marketing so I

chose to look for other opportunity.

Company C :

This company was a major IT company in India. The selection process was

having Aptitude test as the first step towards selection. The test was quite

tough and only few candidates were able to clear it and I was one among them.

After the aptitude test there was a Group discussion which I didn't clear.

Company D : the final selection.

After the experience of few selection processes, lots of preparation, mood

swings from up and down and watching all friends getting selected, my luck

shined and I was able to crack the Interview and got selected in a leading bank

of India.


The Short listing of the candidate was the initial process which was based on

the academic performance. I was easily selected as I was good in academics. I

was well prepared this time with knowledge of banking terminologies and

financial terms. The selection process consisted of interview only. There were ---

-members in the panel and following questions were asked to me:

Q1. Introduce yourself.

Q2. What did you learned from your summer internship?

Q3. What do you know about commercial banking?

Q4. What are CRR and Repo Rate?

Q5. Explain Tandan Committee recommendation and CHORE Committee

Recommendation?

Q6. Differentiate between Financial inclusion and micro finance?

Q7.Do you know about the microfinance issue in Hyderabad?

As I was able to answer these questions as per the jury's expectation, I cleared

the interview and got selected for the company.

Learning's from the Experience:

“You Drive your Interview”

At the time of interview it's the candidate who drives the interview not the panel

members. The candidate by selectively and knowingly should choose the points

which he/she wants to put in front of the jury. The candidate should give more

stress to areas in which he is strong and should not highlight the weakness

during the interview. The panel members pick out the points from your answer

and frame their new questions. Prior to any interview, you should have a list

mentally prepared of your greatest strengths. You should also have, a specific

example or two, which illustrates each strength, an example chosen from your

most recent and most impressive achievements. You should, have this list of

your greatest strengths and corresponding examples from your achievements

should be well committed to memory.

Few most desirable traits that all employers love to see in their employees are:

-Honesty

-Good fit with corporate culture

-Positive attitude

-Good communication skills.

-Dedication

-Enthusiasm

-Confidence level


I hope my experience will others to learn and perform well in there placements.

All the best for your Future.

Thank you.

I am Ms. NupurGirdhar

Mm0911555, PM and HRD

BIMM 2009-11,

I am now placed in Company D

Now what has the number FOUR to do with the title, so here is goes...

Always believed number Four was lucky for me, and believe you me, yes it

was...

Nov 1st , Company A off campus ,I had come all the way for the interview from

Nagpur where i was enjoying my post internship holidays, it was one and only

chance for me to try my luck, as i would not have been eligible for next

complete month my attendance being low by some points :( though i hated this

system in college , but then this experience taught me the way to Perseverance,

Building hope and Trust in oneself..anywaysi sat for the initial Aptitude

test.there were around 30 students , the level of aptitude test was average and

everyone cleared the test, but me and another guy, felt like a loser at that

moment but moved on...for others the aptitude test was followed by another

two rounds of interviews.

Now for the next one month, when everyone one else was going through the

torture of GD's ,apti and PI's , i was sitting at hostel asking myself "mera

number kabayega!!??" all my friends , some used to come with that heavy heart

again and some with those happy tears in their eyes...the time of suffering

passes so slow... that one horrible month finally passed...

Dec 2nd week, Company B arrived, a good number of candidates had applied, i

was not too sure about my willingness and I say when your heart is not happy

the time runs ahead of you and i ended up getting thrown out of the GD, we

had around 16 people in the GD and and the topic was “Application of new

practises in HR”!!!I had not very well prepared myself for this topic, it is very

important to be well versed with the new developments in your area if interests

.I realized how it feels to be first getting out of APTITUDE and then out of GD!I

then started reading about all that i did not know, for that matter knowledge

never goes waste. Though I was li'l disappointed but again moved on...

Dec 3rd Week, Company C marked its presence and yes that day i was so happy

because after having moved on i did learn how to clear the GD, we were around

Ms. Nupur Girdhar


37 people from our class, and in Gd session we were 2 people.The topic of

discussion was “Can Women be better Entrepreneurs” and yes i was shortlisted

for the Interview :)... what i learnt here is "you definitely should learn from your

mistakes and also make sure you dnt make more every time :P" so the day

arrived when the Panelist shivered the hell out of my spine, i was asked few

questions on Hr , there was just one panellist, and I was very nervous for some

reason and could not give my best and i was thrown out of the PI, so now it

was once thrown out of APTI, then GD, then PI!! soi had been thrown once out

of every process, its hard to accept this after a month long wait...but then again

moved on ...

The Beginning of new year , had decided this time, i have to turn any hurdle

into opportunity so came

The 5TH JANUARY, Company D was in campus , we were shortlisted for the 1st

round of interview around 13 of us from BIMM and 7 from BIMHRD after filling

the STATEMENT OF PURPOSE ,the statement of purpose had questions like

1. What has been you greatest achievement?

2. Have you ever worked in a team , how had been the team co operation, what

role did you play in the team activity, what has been your contribution to the

team?

3. Who is your inspiration in life, why ?

4. What are your Strengths and Weaknesses? What have you done for your

weaknesses?

emotions involved here were discomfort, restlessness , hope, positive attitude,

never had such combination of good and bad in me before...the number of

shortlisted candidates were around 20 something, my turn for interview came

there was just one panelist and trust me that was my lifetime experience, I was

asked few general questions like my interests and hobbies, followed by my

academic background and how has been my journey till now,We spoke about

movies , Three idiots, Nagpur oranges, laws ... it is very important you dnt fake

yourself during your interviews, just be yourself and be very proud of how and

who you are...my academics were not that great but whatever i knew i

answered with confidence and what i could not i accepted with confidence, i

was sure of my making it to the next round of interview, and yes i did...my next

round of interview the second one had three panelist and there was not much

nervousness there anymore, i was asked about my project , few concepts in HR,

and about me and my not so happening academic history :) the panelist were

very impressed with me so were they with others, most of us came out with a

hopeful smile...but deep inside my heart i knew MERA NUMBER AGAYA HAI...my

friends had already started celebrating , i had posted on FB before my interview

result from college lab "Darrsabkolagtahai , gala sabkasookhtahai" and i was

waiting for my results to post the next lines so eagerly, and there came the

results, i posted " Darrkeaagejeethai!!" trust me MOVING ON DOES HELP!!still

look back to that day...My day....and here is how the number FOUR proved


lucky , the fourth company was mine but it was the 5th day of Jan! and it was

LUCK BY CHANCE...i am thankful to Sri Balaji Society to have gifted me this day

in my life, i feel proud to be associated to this place , it is the rigorous

classroom sessions , the T and D exercises and everything I learnt here... today

i feel happy and contented...i feel like The BALAjian...thank you Bala Sir

....Thank you so much!!

Name - Parineet Bagga,

Registration Number – MM09-11036,

Division - Dual - A (BIMM) .

Academic year -2009 – 2011 .

Specialization – Marketing .

My Placement Experience:

I would like to begin with a learning that I got from my campus placement

experience. “It is not always the fast and the furious who win the race but the

ones who are steady and focused towards their goal ”. My experience made me

understand that when it comes to campus placements, a cardinal rule that

works is knowing your goals and what you want to achieve. Often we succumb

to pressure when we see friends and peers getting placed day after day. One

tends to lose focus of the goal and give in to what glaringly seems to become

the best logical choice at that time. The one advice which I feel would be

appropriate for any student sitting for their placements would be “Patience”.

The placement season for batch of 2009-2011 started with LG being the 1st

company on campus and even though we were happy for our friends who made

it, there was a sense of anxiety and tension which gripped everyone. There was

just one question on everyone's mind, which is the next company on campus

and will I be the next one to be placed. It was indeed a roller coaster ride but

one which taught me a lot.

I followed a methodical approach in order to achieve a goal for getting placed in

a company of my choice. My preparation began a few months before the

placements began, which included reading about the current and business

affairs so as to know about the current economic and business trends,

understand all aspect of the current business markets and have a holistic

opinion based on the facts presented to us through the various forums of the

media. This would in turn help me when I am having a group discussion as I

Parineet Bagga,


would be able to make a sound argument based on my understanding of the

topic and the various levers that affect my judgment and opinion.

Group Discussion:

The Group Discussion is the first step towards reaching the company of your

choice wherein the recruiters would like to understand how an individual thinks

and what forms the basis of their opinion and whether or not he can stand tall

and defend themselves. This round is also used by the recruiters as an

elimination round which decides who moves on to the next round of

assessment. This makes group discussion a very critical stage of the placement

process. The group discussion demands that the prospective candidates are

abreast with the latest news and happenings, have a fair idea of the topic and

be able to interpret the topic in a wide range of scenarios like political,

economical, social and technological arenas and come up with a plausible point

of discussion. This showcases how does the candidate thinks and in turn

assimilates his thoughts so as to put across his/her point in the most effective

manner.

Once the topic is presented the candidates are given 5 minutes to gather their

thought and note them down on a piece of paper. Hence listening is a very

important skill in a group discussion. This presents a very lucrative opportunity

to understand a fellow candidate's point and build on it to put across a valid

argument which takes the group discussion further. In a span of 15-20 minutes,

the candidate is checked on several parameters such as mannerisms,

vocabulary, pronunciations, body language, fabric of argument, ability to defend

point of view etc. Therefore it is very important to have a strong presence of

mind while in a group discussion, so as to present ones facts in the most logical

manner and be able to defend them by taking into consideration all the facets

of the topic at hand.

Some of the topics which I had participated in a series of group discussions

during my placement process are as follows:

1. Is the budget beneficial for the common man.

2. Do cosmetic products really make a difference in our way of living.

3. Surrogate Ads: Boon or a Bane.

4. Chinese products against our indigenous industry.

5. Should there be privatization in Indian agriculture.

Abstract:

1. The Color Black.

2. What came first an Egg or a Hen.

3. How important is victory.


4. Dead yesterday, unborn tomorrow.

5. Green or Blue.

Extempore:

The extempore round is used only by some recruiters, usually this round judges

on the spot and quick thinking. It is the best way to analyze a candidates

thought process and how they are able to express their point of view. This was

the second round in the company I was selected in, In this round we were

asked to describe ourselves by comparing oneself to any non living object in the

universe. The description of which would be the closest to our personality. I

compared myself to a cell phone stating my positives keeping in mind a phone.

Written test:

Written test include Psychometric test, general awareness, political knowledge,

current affairs, quantitative ability, verbal ability etc. The written test is for

testing of knowledge of the student in all areas of life. It also tests the speed of

completing the test on time, patience, way of thinking, and also the accuracy. I

personally was never very good with written tests, Quantitative Ability was my

weak area but I tried to cover up for it in the verbal ability and the current

affairs section.

The Interview:

The interview is the final round which is when the recruiters make their final

decision , here a candidate is tested on various aspects which include domain

knowledge, overall attitude, personal details etc. It is very important that the

selector sees a positive attitude and the willingness to work in a prospective

candidate as these form the most essential aspect in the selection process. This

teamed with a good knowledge of the domain make a winning combination.

The interview process also has an HR round, the best advice I can give is to be

true to yourself and not pretend to be someone else during the interview. They

want to basically check your flexibility, commitment and if u fit the job profile or

not.

My interview lasted for 5 minutes. The first question the recruiter asked me was

to tell him something about myself and two things that were not present in my

CV. The second question he wanted me to briefly explain my summer internship

project and the third he asked me why I felt I should be selected for this job. As

soon as I finished answering the third question he said thank you and i looked

at him with a puzzled expression because I was expecting more questions,

that's when he smiled and said I made up my mind in the previous round itself

but just wanted to be sure.


Overall I learned a lot from my campus placement experience and for all those

of you who think getting placed is the finish line and the end of the race, well it

is just the beginning of a brand new race so always believe in yourself and have

faith in your abilities.

I am Mr. ParveshKakkar,


from Dual C, BIMM,


passed out on 25th APril 2011.

My specialisation is in Marketing & IT

I am finally placed in XYZ company.

MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE:

Final Placements is the most important phase in the two years of life of a

student manager pursuing his/her MBA. Two years of rigorous training provided

by SBS leaves no stone unturned for a student manager to choose a career of

his/her choice as the whole glittering gamut of Corporate spanning all the

sectors turn up at the doorstep of SBS for Final Placements. Being a Mechanical

Engineer, I was crystal clear and single mindedly focused on paving my entry

into Automobile sector. The campus placement started with a zero day company

visiting our campus in as early as September and the prominent visitor to the

campus, a leading Consumer Durables company had selected 26 of the

brightest stars of 09-11. Among the selected 26 were two of my best friends

and many familiar faces. The game was definitely on from there on and the

onus was on each on every individual to perform centre stage and live his/her

dream. And then came the mock GD sessions which Bala Sir had taken pains

and arranged for us in the splendid auditorium to get the real feel of all the

action before the actual action kick starts. Truly speaking I was not too keen on

participating in GD sessions as in the back of my mind it was there that I had

never been eliminated in any of my previous GD's at graduate level. But life

surprises you when you least expect it and I started feeling the heat as soon as

I entered my first GD after being on bench for 50 odd companies as I could not

sit and apply for campus placements because of a backlog in Quantitative

Technique subject in which majority of SBS had scored abysmally low marks.

Finally the XYZ company had come to our campus on 28th Nov 2010 and

Company had shortlisted 60 candidates out of the comprehensive list sent to

Mr. Parvesh Kakkar


them by Corporate Relations Department of BITM. I was one amongst them and

it was D day for me when the company came for selection process and pre

placement talk was done by the selection panel members and soon after that

groups were made by company officials. Total of 60 students were split in to six

groups of ten each. Each one of us was given a tag on which the number

depicted the order of seating in the group. We were briefed about the rules and

the timing of the group discussion before the discussion started and lasted for a

good 30-35 minutes. The topic for the discussion was "Is IPL boon or bane

for Indian Cricket”. Two to three minutes time was given to everyone to

gather their thoughts and to debate on the same. I as usual started to pen

down my thoughts on the same and I was the third to enter into the discussion.

The mantra to success in a group discussion is to make a valid point , listen very

carefully to what your peers are saying and to stay touch base on where the

discussion is heading. The good thing about a 30 minute GD is that it offers

ample time in healthy participation of everyone and making an impression. I

spoke about how IPL has helped in making careers of less known cricketers and

made them shine centre stage and in bagging them national caps and realising

the dream for playing for the country while on the other hand I had stressed

that BCCI should not allow the established players to play in this league as too

much cricket leads to injuries and curtailed careers of the existing over

burdened cricketers. As soon as GD got over, the results were out and to my

surprise I was not selected amongst the final 24 to be interviewed. I packed up

my staff and left for my home thinking that I was done for the day and that I

have to pull my sleeves up and prepare hard for the next automobile company.

But then the miracle happened and I received a call from the student manager

who was co-ordinating the campus placement of XYZ Ltd. and asked me to rush

to campus as one of the student had withdrawn after getting selected in GD

due to location constraints. I grabbed this opportunity with both hands and got

dressed up and went to college for the interview round. The very fact that I had

got this opportunity was the threshold I needed and I was charged like an

electron to make it to the next level. I was the last one to be interviewed at the

fag end of the day and the interview was a cakewalk for me as I had gone

through the website 2-3 times before appearing for the process and all the

questions asked to me were from there despite being 1-2 basic HR questions

about myself nd my background. Some of the questions were :

Why automobile sector ?

Product range of XYZ Ltd, ?

Which car I liked the most and why ?

Family background ?

After my interview, results were declared and 13 of us were shortlisted for the

final round of interview which was scheduled on 30th of November at an off

campus place where candidates from other college also came for the same.

Interview was conducted by Corporate VP (HR) and SBU Head. The questions


were completely related to subject matter emphasizing on Sales & Marketing. I

gave confident replies on each and every question asked and was interviewed

for a good 15-20 minutes. The results were declared and 6 students from SBS

got selected for the job at Chennai location and again to my surprise my name

was not there. But as they say " If fate does not make you laugh you just don't

get the joke" . I decided to move on and started preparing for the next

automobile companies slated to visit SBS in near future and I was astonished to

say the least when I received a mail from BIMM CRT saying that the XYZ Ltd.

company had again shortlisted me and some other students for the final

telephonic interviews for their plant at Kolkata. I told myself , This is it ! and I

have to make it count and on the day of telephonic interview , another

Automobile giant ABC Ltd. had come for campus placements and I had also

applied for it. ABC Ltd. had a long selection process and it comprised of two

lengthy group discussions followed by Thomas assessment test. By the time the

process of this Company was over and I was selected for the final interview to

be held in the week to follow ,I had already missed my slot for the telephonic

interview of XYZ Ltd. My whole heartedly appreciation goes to the dedication of

BIMM CRT Team who again scheduled my telephonic interview late in the

evening on the same day. I apologised to the gentlemen on the other side of

the phone( currently my boss GM- Marketing & Sales) for turning up late for

interview. I was asked some tricky questions about Sales in particular which I

dealt with my marketing knowledge acquired in the past one and a half year

and was contended with the answers I gave. The D moment arrived when I was

munching Vadapav and tea at Dilipbhau'stapri in front of college gate and my

friend from BIMM CRT told and hugged me that the results of XYZ Ltd. for

Kolkata regions were out and I was one of the three students selected for the

job. The jubilation was unending and I was over the moon. So friends I wana

end this experience by quoting the famous lines from " The Alchemist ". It says

- " When you know what you want ,the whole world conspires you to achieve

it". So my suggestion is Stayfocussed, Think positive and the World will be

yours.

All the very best juniors

With Best Wishes & Good Luck

PARVESH KAKKAR

BIMM 09-11243

DUAL C


Pawan Kumar Gupta

I am Pawan Kumar Gupta

Roll no: MM09-11362

Class: BIMM (Systems)

Specialization: Systems (IT & Marketing)

Batch: 2009-2011



Season by conducting GD practice sessions in Audi under the Guidance of


our mindset, helped us knowing the rules of the game and at the same time





coming opportunity & never think in life “You can't do it.




it to be.

To be fair, I had decided that I wanted to get a technical job & so didn't apply

for the other job profiles offered by the companies.

First of all, when placement season started, I was not eligible to sit for the first

few companies because I was short of attendance criterion. Then after being

allowed to sit for placement, I failed to crack 4 companies.

After not able to crack some companies, it was very frustrating but soon I

began to realize that learning from own mistakes & self-confidence are the two

pillars that I would recommend to anyone. It helped me gain such valuable

experience. I saw my confidence growing as well as improvements in my

communication skills. There was a decent lag between the first and the second

company. It gave us the chance to reevaluate ourselves. Personally speaking,

this was the time when I found my feet. I began evaluating myself. From Sector

to Profile, from Company to package, I started analyzing things. It's very

important to introspect when you are confused. Once you understand yourself

well, you know it, want you want.



from PAT team that your CV has been shortlisted by XYZ Company and they

want to have a discussion with me. Then the day came when they called us for

Video Conferencing Interview. There were total 10 students whose CV got

shortlisted. I was the third student to go for interview. There were 3

interviewers on the other side (2 – technical & 1 – HR).

My technical knowledge has always been a strong point and I had prepared a

lot for the technical round, I was confident before the technical interview but

was bit nervous too. Once I entered into the room, I gave the confident smile to

my interviewer and able to create a lighter mood. He asked me to “Introduce

Yourself”. After introduction he asked me some technical questions. Some

questions to the best of my memory I am able to remember are:

What is TCP/IP Protocol and layers involved in it? (They asked me about this

because my engineering project was on a Secure Communication System)

What are the subjects in your MBA?

What are 4Ps?

Why you chose to do MBA? You could have gained an work experience of

couple of years and then had done MBA?

How do you rate yourself on the scale of 1 to 10 for Oracle, Excel and

programming concepts as we learned these subjects during MBA? (I answered

8.5 intentionally to divert the interview towards technical. He the asked me why

not 10? I said politely, there is always a scope of improvement and one should

always strive towards learning and make that improvements ;))

I was able to answer most of the questions.

I had answered some of the questions & relate some questions with what I

know. I would recommend try to keep interview in your hands and give closed

ended answers so that a little room left for the interviewer.

As it was Video conferencing Interview, once technical questions got over, they

asked HR to ask some questions.

The first question HR asked is “tell me about yourself and about your family”.

Then HR went on to ask other questions. Some HR questions are:

1. Why did you opt for Systems?

2. Are you comfortable working in anywhere in India?

Yes, that will be a great opportunity for me to roam around the world - I

answered. Then he asked, how would you live in Chennai as you are from North

India? I convinced him at last.

3. What are your interests & hobbies?

4. Questions related to my curricular activities.


5. What is your native place?

6. My future plans that will affect my workability with them.

Then He told but it's very difficult to stay other countries, they have different

culture, eating habits & living standard etc.

I replied “but they are also Human Being like us” & “Every difficulty is an

Opportunity”. Then they finally asked me if I had some queries. I asked what

will be the exact work which we will be handling (Can you elaborate on which

project we will be working?)

They replied that it's an IT project. You will be responsible to deliver project and

sometimes you need to work late night and all (I was OK with the

details/information provided by them). The HR interview went along very

smoothly. They finally thanked me with a smile and told me that they are done.

After a week or so, I again received a call that I am shortlisted and they want to

have telephonic interview. It was just the formal interview like when can you

join and the job location.





Finally, I would like to thank our beloved Bala Sir, all the faculty members and

Supporting Staff.

Thanks to my Parents, my Friends, my well wishers & the whole SBS family.

I would like to quote a quote, that I have experienced personally “Make your

passion your profession, you won't have to work a single day”

...


Pawan Kumar

Name: Pawan KumarCollege: BIMMSpecialization: Marketing (Executive Batch)Roll No: MM09-11446

The sentiments:

I was not on time.I came nearly 10 days late in the campus. Just after 2 days the very well known BAM presentation started. I was not regular in the classes but suddenly I was made part of Discipline committee and I was bound to come on time,First semester started and the schedule was excellent. I never had any problem with working days or schedule, holiday was never a concern. I maintained good attendance and timetable but I always use to come at 8:55- 8:59 am.The same performance and schedule continued and I found myself better intellectually. The discipline increased greatly and helped increase professionalism in me.


1. Life Cycle(Marketing Management, Istsem taught by Prantosh sir)2. Supply Chain Management (By Mr. Nag Sir)I always had more than 90% attendance apart from first sem.PREPARATION FOR CAMPUS PLACEMENT

After my summer training, I started taking things very seriously. I craved for information and knowledge. I would read the whole newspaper and note the details, figures in my notebook. I tried to study all the current issues and the historical issues. I wanted to build such a knowledge base that no topic in GD could be a difficulty. I studied all- political news, business news, sports news, rankings, and different indexes(Human Development Index etc). I also used internet to know more about topics like: List of all the Presidents of India. List of all the Prime Ministers of India. All cabinet ministers.

The emphasis was to know things in detail and not at superficial level. I thought, I should be able to stand and face the toughest interviews where I would be grinded for my knowledge. Simultaneously, I strengthened my fundamentals in all subjects. I also practiced numerical and logical reasoning to clear the written test if I had to face it.I must admit, I felt I had maximum knowledge during that time and was so confident that I could face anybody and any GD.


The Experience that I cherish:

1company A was the first company for which all were allowed to appear irrespective of attendance and backlog criteria. I was also very excited to crack this company. That was the first chance to get placed and everyone was more than willing to crack this company.The company had three rounds for selection each one being an elimination round.1st Group Discussion 2nd Interview3rd Final Interview.

For the GD round groups were made of the 10 students each and out of 21 groups mine was the 14th group. GDs have always been my forte so I was not tensed at all.. My group entered the GD room. The topic of our GD was “Impact of US crises on Indian economy'', It was an easy topic as I had read a lot about it in the newspapers. I wanted to speak first but could not start up. I took some which I think was wrong. Hence, always try to take the first step. However, it does not mean that one must just speak anything because one has to. You must take your time, understand the topic and then speak relevant points. Also, you will have to be quick else the ball will go in someone else's court. One must also remember to give your colleagues appropriate time to speak too. The GD went pretty well. I expected a positive response as this was an elimination round. However, to my disappointment I was not selected. But than I kept my confidence high and I sat for 4-5 companies after that,.I wanted to go for the IT companies but after sitting for 3 IT companies when I was not selected. I started to introspect.I was not very keen to go for the non tech companies hence I was not sitting in the Non tech companies. But as I was not getting selected so I got nervous and thought of going for other companies as well. I came to know that company Z is coming to campus. PAT team was also very much excited about this company and lot of students from PAT team also sat for the company.

COMPANY PROCESS The company process was a three stage process.The first part was online test.Almost 20 % got rejected in the first part.I was very happy to be selected in the first part. Moreover my friends also got selected. So excitement was more.Now everyone was waiting for the company to come to the campus. The company came to the campus and the process started. We all got excited to see that our senior herself came to the campus for recruitment. The process started with the presentation of the company and we all felt great as we were going to be part of one of the largest company in India. The process started…..Group discussion: The Hr manager gave us few scenarios and we were asked to debate on them. I started the GD and I do agree that I was one of the 10


persons who was very aggressive in the interview and talked more as compared to other students. I was selected along with 50 other students after the GD.

Interview (HR executive):

The Interview started.There were 3 panels so the process was fast but I was last one to be interviewed. My interview was very long and it went for approximately 45 Min. I am discussing few of the questions.Q: Why you want to join our company.A: Sir, Your organization is one of the fastest growing organizations in india and I want to be part of the growing organization as it will give me chance to be with the future leader.Q: You are an engineer then why you want to change your field:A: India is a growing economy and the growing economy gives chance to the Basic sectors to grow at much faster pace…..Q: How will you sell Hockey to a Handicapped person?A: hockey is our national game so to show his patriotism he should buy hockey and also he can use it as a support for walking……Lot of other questions were asked. My interview went for 45 min.The interview was over and I was the last person. When I reached the main hall I found all the aspirants were already waiting for me. They started clapping as I entered the room as they were relieved and were sure that the result will come shortly.TheHr manager announced the names and my name was also there. I felt like I am on seventh haven after getting placed.

OFFER LETTER:

The offer letter came to the PAT department and I signed my acceptance in May and I got my joining date as 5 April 2011,Thanks and RegardsPawan Kumar, MM09-11446

Please send the cheque on the following address:

Pawan Kumar, Wealth Management,ICICI Bank, SomShank Chambers, Near City Pride, Pune-Satara Road, Pune, 411009.Maharastra.

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Payal Jain,

I am Payal Jain,

Registration No. is 01-1208,

Roll No: MM09 11321

BIMM (2009-11)

Dual C - IT & Marketing

To start with I would like to thank BIMM institute for giving us such a

memorable experience. The two years journey has helped me not only grow

professionally but personally as well.


I got placed in a bank, one of the biggest brands visiting our campus in the

month of December. It was the first company I sat for an interview and

successfully clearing all rounds got through it & was placed in a well-known

brand I ever wished too.

The day started with the PPT describing about the company profile, job profile

& the description about the same& compensation as well. As the selection was

for 2 different profiles-Acquisition Manager & Customer Relationship Manager

both the profiles were clearly explained and also all the queries were answered

then and there so that we could make a decision on which profile we can go

ahead, we had to make a choice between the two and mention before the

selection process itself on a sheet for the profile I was opting for and then

accordingly the all the candidates were divided into groups and then the

selection process started.

The stages of the selection process are as follows:

1. Group Discussion

2. Interview (Technical round & HR round)

Group Discussion:

Being an off campus placement process there were around 50 candidates. The

groups were divided in 7 candidates in 1 group, thereby forming 7 groups for

the same. Being in the 2nd group I did not had to wait much for my round of

group discussion and within 20 minutes I was on the hot seat. The topic 'A ship

docked in harbor cannot face the storms' which was given to us was very

simple. But most difficult part is you can't build this substance in a day. You

have to be in touch with all happening in the world. Be it a corporate affair or

social affair. And just knowing the data and figures is of no use. But knowing

things and having an opinion on that thing are two different aspects. And also


you should present your opinion properly which could be heard and understood

and appreciated by everyone in the group.

The discussion went for 20 mins where every candidate got a fair chance to

speak and it went on very smoothly weighing to be a healthy discussion. This

was different from all the GDs I have seen or attended because everybody got a

fair chance and opportunity to put their point forward and also it was

appreciated by the person who was judging the group.

The Group Discussion was carried out for judging the candidates on the following

criteria:

1. Communication skills.

2. Leadership skills

3. Team player.

4. Understanding of the topic.

5. How focused one is, that means what is the flow of thought in the mind

6. How clear & crisp the points are

7. How effective is the communication ( It's not just about speaking fluent English, It's

about making your point is a very precise & clear manner

The above criteria play a very important role in judging the person ability to perform in

the corporate environment.

Clearing the group discussion round now it was time to fight the last battle of the field

(The Interview Round).

Interview:

The panel consisted of 2 interviewers one from the technical field & the other from the

Hr background.

1. Personal round:

Major questions asked in the interview. The first thing which they noticed was my

resume and they interviewed on my hobbies & interests and the following were also

asked.

The panel asked me the following questions:

Take me through your resume

Family background

Education qualification

Prior work experience & Internship

Project details during the tenure of my PGDM

Future goals

Why should they consider me for selection?

Where I see myself 3 years down the line.

Are you willing to relocate?

After this the technical round of interview followed it.

2. Technical round:


The panel asked me the following questions:

Was asked about my understanding of the job profile

Finance related questions were asked.

Current marketing scenario related questions

Some questions related to marketing were also asked.

What do you understand about Customer Relationship Management?

What are your aspirations beyond this job?

Why did you choose this particular career path?

What challenges are you looking for in this position?

Also there was an important question they asked me, important because it was a major

factor in the 'Relationship Manager' profile they were offering. I was to explain

Working Capital Cycle in detail. You can say it was luck that I was well versed with this

particular finance topic and I could explain the same in detail and they were satisfied

with the answer.

Also since in this particular profile they were looking for a combination of Finance and

marketing and also since I had done engineering in Computers, they were also satisfied

with education qualifications it was according to the job profile requirement.

One advise I would like to give the juniors is that while answering in the interview you

should be confident about what you saying and also it should be in crisp and clear

manner because the next question depends on the answer you answered for the

question before that.

The interview lasted for 15 mins and the wait for the interview was too long.

Then after the interview round was over which was around afternoon. I had to wait till

the evening for the final results to come up.

And then in the evening the results were declared and my name was announced and it

was the happiest and proudest moment of my life. I was really happy after the news

that I have been placed in the company.

I learnt it during my practices that, “there is nothing called 'Selection' or 'Rejection', it

is just a match and mismatch of the requirement and the capabilities”.

My suggestion for all the juniors who are in the phase of placements would be to be

updated on the daily news and business news, know about yourself, your strengths and

areas of interests. Read the company's website and also about the competitors. Also

understand the job profile and whether it is of interest to you and then only go forward

with a clear and firm frame of mind.

Once again I would like to thank Dear Bala sir and the placement team for all their

support and for providing such a wonderful lifetime experience and opportunity.

Warm Regards,

Payal Jain (Batch 2009-11)

MM09-11321

Email id- [email protected]


Pooja Shrivastava,

I am Pooja Shrivastava,

Roll No. MM-09-11166,

from Class-PGDM, Division-B (Marketing),

from BIMM,

from the academic year-2009-11, passed out in April 2011.

My specialization is in Marketing Management.

Since the very advent of stepping into Sri Balaji Society, the focus for everyone

was to have a respectable job in the corporate world or in the words of Bala Sir

to be respectable and responsible corporate citizens. BIMM is one of the most

prominent institutes to pursue a management education in marketing. While

embarking on the path of management education one dreams of having a

prospering career; in my two years at BIMM I learnt how to take a step towards

achieving this goal. This learning came in various forms of management

seminars, presentations, and cultural activities. The time spent at BIMM has

provided me a new perspective in life to deal with any situation and be

thoughtful of how to come out of challenging situations.

It gives me a nostalgic feeling today to write my campus placement experience.

When I started preparing for my placement I primarily targeted the FMCG and

banking sector and prepared passionately for getting a placement in either of

the two sectors. I prepared on all the topics current and strategic related to

both the sectors from various newspaper, magazines etc. and thoroughly

prepared all the basics of marketing for both the sectors. I had done a market

research based project during my interns and thus it helped a lot to understand

how a new product is launched in market. I prepared well for any questions

related to my project.

On my D-day of placement the corporate stalwarts of the organisation came for

placement for roles in Sales, Marketing and Exports & HR. They conducted a

brief PPT session wherein they briefed about the organisation, job profile,

locations etc. After short listing of resumes' there were around 150 students

who were short listed for the placement process.

The selection process had two rounds of interview – 1) Sales/marketing

Interview & 2) HR Interview. Taking into account the number of students that

had to be interviewed, it took the entire day to complete the interview process.

I was the sixth person to enter the interview room. Before me only one

candidate had been interviewed for over 20mins. I was feeling a chill of cold

running through me. I controlled my anxiety and prepared myself to face the

interviewer with a warm smile and confidence. I entered the interview room and

greeted the interviewer with a confident smile. The interview began with

questions related to my background, hobbies etc.

Then the interviewer proceeded to ask the following questions: -


1) Tell me one marketing campaign recently done by any company which you

like the best. Why?

2) Looking at the current portfolio of products we have, what other products do

you suggest we should add?

3) How would you convince a customer to buy a product 'Y', given a situation

he/she uses a 'X' product?

4) In what ways can you increase visibility of any FMCG product in a retail

outlet?

5) What are the various theories of market research for launching a new

product?

6) You have done a project on market research, pl. explain what was your

project in brief details.

7) What are pricing strategies? Did you use any in your project?

8) In a given situation of Festival season to increase sales what strategies will

you suggest?

I responded to all the questions to the best of my ability. The interview took

place for over 20 minutes. After I walked out of the interview room I was

confident that I will make it to the HR interview and waited patiently. When the

placement coordinators announced the names of students shortlisted for HR

interview; my name was also shortlisted. I felt confident and started to prepare

myself for the HR interview. I entered the HR interview room & greeted the HR

of the company. The HR interview was mainly focused on testing the attitude

and flexibility of the candidate for the job role. The questions were:-

1) Why are you interested for a job in sales and marketing?

2) What are your future plans?

3) Are you comfortable with travelling and do you have any location constraints?

4) Do you have any location preference for among the locations as informed in

the presentation?

The results were held back by the company to be disclosed later. After two days

the CRT informed all the selected candidates of their selection and I was among

those selected by company.

I cherish those moments that taught me to be patient and calm. The best thing

to do is to channelize the pressure prevailing inside you and put your 100%

effort towards achieving your goal in those tough times by being in a state of

positive mindset.

Each and every day and moment lived at BIMM will truly be alive in my life

always. All the teachings received from the distinguished faculties and respected

Bala Sir at BIMM I believe will help me carve out a beautiful management

career and be my guiding light during my journey. I would like to thank

respected Bala Sir, CRT and all faculty members of BIMM who taught me and

made me this better that I could crack my placement process and achieve a

career in the field I always wanted to.

Also would ask all juniors who would be appearing for their placements


1) To read newspapers and keep awareness on all topics

2) To be ready for hypothetical situations in GD and interview

3) Keep mind open for discussions, do not be over confident but rather be well

prepared

4) Be thorough in concepts of your specialisation; know your areas of strength

and always try to push the interview towards that area

5) Be clear in whatever you say, an advanced preparation on certain HR

questions can be of immense help.

6) Also, try to be calm and compose and maintain a pleasant personality

throughout the interview.

7) Never underestimate the panel; even they do their homework before coming.

Here's wishing all the future aspirants a Best of Luck!

Regards,

Pooja Shrivastava

I am Pooja Solanki

Batch : 2009-11 (Stalwart)

Roll No. : MM09- 11339 DUAL C

BIMM 2009-2011 BATCH

“----“ was my goal & I achieved this with good planning &hardwork. I didn't do

something special but just only I was very consistent with my studies. Being

regular to the classes & being attentive in the classes paved the initial stepping

stones for me as it really built my foundation strong. I really need to thank

College for providing such fabulous faculty like Vinod Sir, Dr. PrantoshBanerji, Dr.

C Y Nimkar, Dr. Rajesh Deshpandey, Dr. Abhijeet Na. The interest they created

in me for marketing keep me working hard. Apart from Class room studies I was

engage in other reading habits also. Regular with reading newspaper, magazine,

marketing Books. Regularity is the most important thing.

Towards the end of the first year my second motive was to get a summer

intern.I put up my best efforts by following my mentor where i did my interns in

Gurgaon, corporate head office. In addition to my own work like field visits,

market research, presentation & project report preparation, i assisted my

mentor in his report preparation & presentations which helped me to learn the

complete insight about the execution of market research in the corporate in the

segement of my interest. After Internship I gave my best effort For the

placement. Placement experiences are pretty much the testing times of a

Pooja Solanki


finishing school. The prime concern is to work with an organization so to utilize

the knowledge gained in due course of academics and thus diligently achieve a

platform in the corporate world. Thus it was not an easy decision which

company to go for and which one no to. There are two things which you can

do, first is to listen to yourself and second was to be swayed away like a group.

There are three things again which help you in making your decision package,

job description, and brand name. you would be fortunate if you get all of these

19th September 2010, was the day I wrote first success in the path of my

career. I would like to elaborate upon my experience of the “D Day”. Lucky i was

to get through the GD as it was a real tough call. 18 were selected in GD (topic

was 'Youth in Politics'), from BIMM. According to me GD is the round where

not only you are suppose to put your point of view but how much you are

involved in conversation, and how well you can structure you point of view ,

finally I was through with GD round . Gd preparations were made easy by the

college's weekly GD sessions which gave me a lot of insight and added value to

my overall personality, which in turn helped in being the professional I am

today.Another initiative which my college took. They provided newspaper on

daily basis which helped me to upgrade my knowledge base. The group

discussion was normal, we were asked to speak on some political issue that was

currently in spotlight. I had some idea about the issue as I was reading news

paper before entering the GD room. I just took 1 entry and spoke for about 1

minute and in the end I summarized the topic. Nothing much, just spoke what I

knew was 100% correct.I was secound entrant in the GD and made two points

both based on facts & figure & relating it with live example of Rahul Gandhi,

Sindhiya, umar Abdulla etc..Its very imperative in the GD to have conviction in

your idea & deliver your points with conviction. After successfully getting

through the GD round I headed towards psychometric test and then an HR

interview &i was the one among 12 who were selected out of 18 seething with

the fear of the "D Day".

2nd Round was Psychometric round in which there was around 400 question

and I believe no one can prepare for this round because the question asked in

this are situational and everyone has way of dealing with situation, I was quick

in this round because I was just going through the questions once and marking

it. Be honest

3rd Round was Interview round with HR :The first interview round was

comparatively an easy call for me as i was regular in classes & I was able to

answer all the things with confidence.They asked me everything related to

marketing. I answered everything well with giving example & showing my

passion for this field.My answer proved my enthusiasm for this job & this not

only helped me for my placement but also after my joing it helped to get nice

profile.I used to read a lot & I used to support my answer with numbers

because everything is nil without facts & figure. Getting familiar with facts &

figure take time But once you have control over them. Your points will be


validated & you don't have to speak much. Concise &strong.:- I don't know

about others but for me it was a pure conversation round on

marketing.Marketing was mu strong point & that helped me to clear the

interview.

Finally after the interview out of 18 student 12 have been shortlisted for final

round

4th Round with VP HR of the company: - This is the round where I have

prepared a lot because it was suppose to be after two days so we have to be

prepared , I was the first in the list for interview Final round was more

technical, what all things I have prepared I can share because it helped me in

the same way.

Interviwer asked me regarding branding,Marketresearch,Stratergy,& finally the

HR question;

List of Question:

1) Where do you see yourself after 5 Years?

2) Please tell us about your Stength&weekness.

3) Please give one example which prove that your are very adapltable.

5) Please speak on Branding

6) Which Brand inspire you the most/

7) If you want “---“ Co to change strategy what you will suggest.

8) Please brief regarding marketing revolution.

9)Brief regarding 4P To 7P.Why this transition.

10)Finally, How long you want to stay in this co.

Finally I got selected in the Co & for that I thank my college & professor.

To all Juniors:

1) Be very regular with Studies & give them top priority till the time your not

placed.

2) Be focus &choose industry first then Co.

3) Compromise on Package but not on Profile & learning.

5) Keep Basics strong.

6) Regularly read newspaper. Keep your self up to date.

Last but not the least, Journey never end once you are placed.You should help

your other friend to get placed. Help your college in what so manner you can…

LASTLY HAVE CONVICTION IN YOUR YOURSELF……………………………..


Ms. Pooja Verma

I am Ms.Pooja Verma,

Roll Number: MM 09 11559,

from Class PM & HRD,

from BIMM

from the academic year 2009-2011 passed out on April 25 , 2011.

My specialization is in PM & HRD.

My journey in BIMM started on 8th June 2009.

These two years have been a great learning experience I am finally placed in

Company A. I sat for total 10 companies, reached Personal Interview of 7 and

finally cleared in February. 2011. I have been sitting in companies since

November 2010, right from the time we came from internship program. I must

appreciate the College for getting such good quantum of companies.

Initially a huge amount of crowd used to sit for companies. But as the months

went this reduced . Total 23 students sat for the company "A", i got through.

This company was one of the most awaited one on our campus as it paid well.

It had a standard process: Shortlist the CV's based on criteria, conduct Group

Discussions and finally select through Personal Interview. Two groups were

formed of 12 /11 each and a case study was given. In our room the topic was "

Role of HR during Merger & Acquisitions" We were given 10 minutes to speak as

a group and 2 minutes to think over the topic before the start of the discussion.

I was not the first one to start, but i knew what they want. I showed good team

spirit, relevant data and lot of innovative inputs.Out of 23 students they

selected 3 for P.I. All were shocked as all people who were good at G.D were

selected. Only one P.I to get through this brand. One HR and one production

Manager were sitting for my interview. The first question was tell me about

yourself. Followed by some technical questions in HR. I responded to the first

question explaining what I studied and why i did HRM. For the technical

questions like: What is Industrial Relations, Is Union necessary, how we

calculate P.F i told all we read in law classes.I think the interview was tough, as

they asked questions which would conclude something about your thinking

style. No direct technical questions. All was filled with situation based questions.

In the entire process they did not asked even a single GK question nor any

bookish question. The company believes that a person can be trained if he has

that zeal. and they look for zeal to learn and grow. I think confidence was the

key to my selection. Whenever i had doubt in answering any question, i

reserved my comments and whatever I knew, I explained it well. After all

interviews got over, we all were really very anxious. There were no regrets as

such as I knew I have given the best shot i could. Till now the experience had

been really good at every stage. All the time i came out i knew i am through. I

think the institute had given us really good exposure over the two years. But


yes, if some mock G.D's and interviews would have been conducted, it would

have been great. Even for the companies who visit us early the experience

would have been better as more no. of students would have answered them

well and probably they would selected a bigger number. The areas to be

covered in G. D should be related to your specialization and current affairs. The

training given at college helped but i feel PAT experience was the more effective

as we interacted with all kind of recruiters over the year that during our campus

placement, we knew what was required. I was offered 6 CTC at the beginning. I

think i our college very well practice what they preach through their 3 values.

The process were completely fair, no management push at all. I did not face any

problem during my campus as i was regular with my attendance and had not

backlogs. I learnt from each experience to perform better in the next process. I

would like to share some additional points also.







logical reasoning, English vocabulary & General reasoning. Be confident but



knowledge. For HR specific give more stress on Organizational behaviour,

Human Resource Planning, Labour Laws. Well, hard to decide where to start,

what to write an d what to skip. Also not forgetting what the interviewer

expects. It is obvious that interviewer will always give some hints like nodding

more on some lines and showing a little set back on the other. You need to

catch that and make your way through.

I would also like to state that life is short and mysterious. Sometime we think

that if we don't get this, we may be the most unhappiest one's. But it is not

true. I believe in a simple quote " This too shall pass". What matters in not the

end result but the effort into it. I sat for 10 companies. I cried after rejection in

first three and after that i took a lesson that i need to improve more rather be

depressed. And it worked out well for me. Even in my interview they asked me"

Why are you remaining still?" I simply said, for something worth. And then i

rolled the entire conversation to me being waiting for a manufacturing giant .

You should know how to lead your interview session. If you can't, start

practicing in small conversations with friends and then see how it goes. Learn

as much as you can and practice it, nothing is impossible.

Opportunities are ample, guess your right fit. For some one retail is dream, for


other IT. See what you want. Life is full of challenges and this Campus

experience is just the beginning. We have a good library, good faculty, good

leaders. Make the best out of them. After a rejection just sit and think" Why I

failed". Over a period you will understand the "Why" and there is where you

start the first move to success.

I would like to end with thanking the Authorities of giving any opportunity write

my campus experience. I was fun recalling those memories.

Regards

Pooja

Name- Poulomi Deb

Reg. No. MM09-11170

Dual B-Marketing

BIMM '09-'11

The entire experience of campus placement was a plethora of learning for me.

Learnt to have patience most importantly.

My D-day didnt come easily to me,nor did I give up hope easily.

Due to attendance criteria issue,could not take part in first few companies.

But then still a lot more companies were there where I could try my luck.

Jouney began!

I started appearing for GDs/Interviews in several companies.

Despite possessing good communication skills,conviction is what I lacked many

a times,which led to my rejections, I believe.

But it is never late to start.Debating& discussing in so many GDs helped me to

speak with conviction eventually.

Finally,the day came when I promised myself that I would make it anyhow.

Honestly,would have been very disheartened if I had not got selected that day.

I got placed with an FMCG company.

Working with an FMCG company have been my interest & I am glad that I got

recruited in one.

Poulomi Deb


The organisation came for recruitment for it's Sales division, Marketing division,

Exports division & HR division.

They conducted a brief PPT session , wherein they disclosed all the required

details about company,job profile etc to the best possible extent.

The initial place of posting was Chennai.After a month's training,location could

be anywhere, which they did not disclose then.

After the PPT & prospective candidates' queries were over,all the interested

candidates remain seated.

Rest left the hall.

CVs were then handed over to the coordinators.

There were around 100 students who appeared for the process.

The selection procedure consisted of two rounds of interview –

Sales/marketing Interview & HR Interview.

Taking into account the number of students that had to be interviewed,it took

the entire day to complete the selection process.

Luckily my turn came after 12 persons had given their interviews,which was

rather early.

I noticed that except for two candidates,others came out of the 1st interview

room in less than 10 minutes.Anxiety ran through my veins as I created a

perception that less than 10 mins interview means the interviewer wasn't

impressed possibly.

I entered the 1st interview room and greeted the interviewer VP-Sales &

Marketing of the company with a confident smile.

He scanned my CV & asked related questions.

Questions ranged from my backround to education to hobbies. Rather no topic

was left untouched in the CV.

Starting on a light note,he asked –

-How comfortable you have been staying alone in Pune for 6 yrs?

-What is different in Pune compared to my hometown Silchar?

-Are there no good colleges in my hometown that you chose to come so far to

study?

-What do you have to say if asked if coming to Pune has made you a more

responsible person?

These were subjective questions to which I answered with proper reasons.

Then he proceeded to ask the following questions -

1)Tell me one marketing campaign recently done by any company which you

like the best.Why?


2)Looking at the current portfolio of products we have,what other products do

you suggest we should add?

3)How would you convince a customer to but your product,given a situation he

uses 'X' soap?

4)In what ways can you increase visibility of your products in a retail outlet?

A few more technical questions,and it was over!

I responded to all the questions to the best of my ability.

After I gave answer to all the questions ,the interviewer then shared his insights

in response to my answers,which was quite interesting.

The interview went on for around 25 mins.I was then hoping that I get

shortlisted for HR interview round.

Soon the coordinators announced a few names shortlisted for HR

interview.Thankfully,I was one amonsgt them.

Simultaneously, 1st round of sales/marketing interview was going on as the

number of candidates were many,but most of them were interviewed for around

5mins.The ones who would clear that round would be passed on for HR

interview round.

Around 25 candidates were shortlisted for HR interview round.

I entered the HR interview room & exchanged greetings with Head- HR of the

company.

He asked me about my hobbies,mynature,my family background mostly.

Questions were-

-What do you think you have in you which would convince me to take you?

-Tell me about your family.

-How have you been living here in Pune all these years?

-Are you keen in learning new things?Tell me what all you have done apart from

what I can read from the CV.

-You seemed to be interested in dancing &singing.So what if you are asked to

take classes some days in our organization?

-You might be posted in one of the unlikely places.Are you okay with that?

One thing I noticed he was more keen on understanding my flexible nature. I

believe I had put across my flexible nature pretty well in front of him by quoting

some real incidents,where I had actually exhibited flexibility.

A few more general questions and that was it!


HR interview was done.A brief one, but good one!

My interviews were over.

But there were many more who were yet to be interviewed.So had to wait for a

few hours for the result.

Unfortunately,the day ended with the news that results would be announced

later,which only disappointed us.

Only one candidate for exports division was selected till then & they announced

his name.Lucky him!

He did not have to anticipate for two long days.

Two days later, I got a call from college,confirming my selection for marketing

division.Another girl got selected for the same profile.

In all,7 candidates were selected.

2 candidates for sales division.

2 candidates for marketing division.

1 candidate for exports division.

The journey since then has been pleasant.

I would like to convey my heartiest thanks to Sri Balaji Society for taking all

efforts to bring hundreds of excellent companies in the campus for recruitment

purpose.

Wishing all the best to my juniors.I believe placements would be even better in

the years to come,as Sri Balaji Society & the students would work together for

it.


Pranab Dutta Chowdhury,

Name: - PranabDuttaChowdhury,

Roll No: - MM-0911434

Batch: - 2009-11

Class: - PGDM Operations

College: - BIMM

It is with feeling of great satisfaction and achievement that I am writing this, to

convey my heartfelt thanks to my college and the Faculty without the

cooperation and inputs of whom the struggle to achieve my dream would have

been much more difficult! One major learning from my 2 years of study is that,

an MBA degree doesn't create in us a person to conquer the world but it instills

in us the confidence to make our first step in that direction. I had, in the 2

years of my stay at BIMM, the company of some of the best brains as my

classmates.

I was in the Operations batch of BIMM. I had worked in production in M&M for

2 years prior to joining at BIMM. So my wish had always been to get in to an

Auto company. MY company where I am currently in was the first IT Company

in Automotive domain. I had prepared well for the interview, gathered some tips

from some of my friends, faculty and family. I read about the company and the

IT industry before going to the process. I always had the confidence to crack

the interview before going to the process. The process was a little lengthy, but

the HR personnel of the company managed it so very well.

The first step was the Aptitude test which was a cake walk for me. It was a

three section questions and each section was very tricky designed so that there

in no over lap of questions between each of the sections. Each section forces

you to think independently and the thing which should be borne in mind is that

we should not carry our past experience of previous section to the next section.

This thing I kept in my mind very well which helped me to clear this section.

The questions were not very tough and I was short listed for the next round.

The second round was Group discussion, and my group's topic was on

Corruption. We had a group of 6-8 people and I managed to do well by

contributing 4, 5 strong points. The panel was more interested in more logical

arguments then just boasting around. I made it a point in my mind to see that

the points I kept in front of the panel were logical and they did not seem to be

just face words, I did not though speak much but always made valid points

through out. A couple of counters to other's points and finally summing it up to

conclude in a smooth way.

The third stage was Extempore. I realized it is tough to speak on something

without a big pause continuously for 5 minutes. My topic was on "shadow" I

spoke reasonably well, but not as well as I would have liked. They were more

interested in to check the level of presence of mind, they were focusing to see


weather we could speak continually with out any break, and what was the

content of our words. I had added a lot of good points in my extempore from all

perspectives. I spoke logically and in was informative. Thus I had an intuition

that they liked it which I could make out from their facial expressions. Hence it

went good all together every stage was an elimination round so I was pleased

to have been called for the technical interview.

The interview was the toughest part of the whole process. I was grilled on

various topics ranging from my school fundamentals, my summer internship

project. I was also asked about my previous company, my profile, role

description, certifications and Key achievements.

The next round was a Psychometric test and there was short listing done after

this stage. It was a rapid fire round and we had to respond in a very short

period to time. The questions were very tricky and all the questions look more

or less similar, hence it was very difficult to identify hem from one another, hen

it was the natural intuition which came out and one could not really play around

with words and one had to be true to himself. Thus it was bit tricky too but I

managed some how and finally cleared the round. The questions were mainly to

judge people in their relations are with their peers, friends and ethics in

personal life.

The last interview was a HR interview for which only a handful of people were

called, it was a kind of formality to fill and sign some documents. The HR lady

was very friendly and asked if I had any preference for job location. I still

remember it was they day previous to Christmas, so the office was well

decorated and the mood was fun filled. I along with my fellow mated were

waiting for out turn to be called inside. It was a great day for all of us as it was

the last hurdle to be crossed and there after it was the ultimate success. Then

came my turn. The HR said that in this Christmas you will be having good news

to hear. This gave me the entire hint which I wanted. Then there was some

general questions which were asked like my preferences my likes and dislikes

etc. then she finally said to wait outside. The results were to be declared later

on. The next day the results came finally to college. I came to know from the

PAT team, that they had received our results, and I was finally told that I was

selected. The quality of Faculty, the classes and hard work all helped. As they

say, when you desire and really want something to happen, from the core of

your heart, and work towards it with dedication and determination, the whole

world conspires to help you achieve it. I felt it was my day and everything fell in

place perfectly that day. I attribute my achievement to the very knowledgeable

faculty, the almighty, my parents and a little hard work from my end.

Thanks and Regards

PranabDuttaChowdhury


Prashant Karanjgaonkar

Name: Prashant Karanjgaonkar

Roll No. : MM09-11137

Class: BIMM Operations-Executive Batch 2009-11 Batch


First of all I would like to thank Respected Bala Sir, all the faculty members of

SBS and placement cell for preparing and grooming me well to have a

successful campus placement.

Placement season for operations batch started in the beginning of month of

November 2010 with IT companies coming in the campus. I being an engineer

with good amount of prior work experience was looking for the role of

responsibility where I could use my experience and acquired set of skills which I

gained during my course of study at BIMM.

Though I was not very sector specific but I had a natural bias towards service

sector and IT sector so I had shortlisted IT, Banking Operations and Logistics

/SCM sector.

During second week of November itself a leading bank came to our campus. We

have been called by placement cell and Respected Dimple Ma'm briefed us

about the profile, role, package and brand. After going through all the details I

found it upto my expectations and decided to go for it.

There were four rounds in the selection process :-

1. Uploading of basic details, education details and work experience details in

company's career portal,

2. Psychometric Testing,

3. Group Discussion,


Now I will explain each round in detail.

1. Uploading of CV:

We have been given a link to upload all the details like Basic information,

Education Details and Work Experience. College had made arrangements to fill

up the online form in one of the labs so that all the students can complete this

step in a hassle free manner.

2. Psychometric Testing :

After the first step, we have been informed by the placement cell that we have

to go through an online personality assessment test. Psychometric Testing was

conducted in computer lab. It was a two hrs test comprising of 110 questions in

it. The questions were designed to test the candidate's personality traits. In

those questions they asked about the behaviour in public, what kind of

personality you have-introvert or extrovert, leadership style, are you a broad

based or detail oriented person type of things. It was not very though to go

through the test and almost 90% of us cleared the test.

I must say here that the personality assessment which was conducted by the


college before our winter internship was very helpful to tackle this kind of test.

3. Group Discussion:

Groups of 8-10 candidates were formed and in our group they have given us a

small case to analyze and then suggest a strategy for a Chinese Bank which

wants to enter India in the following segments:

-Salary Accounts

-Private Banking

-Business Banking/Corporate Banking.

The facts and data which was given in the case were as follows,

-Salary account segment was dominated by leading three private banks in India

and they collectively have a market share of 80%.

-Private banking is a space where leading foreign banks which have presence in

India are doing well and Indian private banks are also going aggressively to

make a strong footprint into this space as it is a high revenue business.

-Corporate Banking customers are loyal are they are with state owned banks for

quite a long duration. Also leading private banks made it to win some big

corporate.

With this data we have been given 5-7 mins to think and draw a strategy for

bank to enter Indian Market.

After the given time was over the GD started. I did not opened however I spoke

in the middle and concluded the GD. It was a very productive discussion,

everyone contributed. I suggested that the bank should enter in Private Banking

first as it is a highly profitable segment and simultaneously acquire salary

accounts of clients and after stabilizing these segments bank should make an

entry into business banking. While concluding I summed up all the discussion

and put up the general consciences of the group. 80% of the group got selected

in GD.

4. Personal Interview:

There were three panels of interviewers who were taking PI GroupWise. In my

panel there were two members one from business and other from HR. My

interview lasted for around 30 mins and they asked me questions regarding my

education, work experience, banking Industry and Financial Planning.

Now I will share Interview questions and the responses I had given.


I started from my basic information then professional work experience and at

last my set of skills like Six Sigma, Financial Analysis and Operations

Management.

2. What do you know about banking Industry in India? Name top three banks in

India in terms of balance sheet.

I gave a brief idea about idea about banking industry in India starting from

history of banking industry, Regulator-RBI and at last top three banks in India.

3. Do you know about RTGS and NEFT.


I replied them that RTGS and NEFT are used for interbank Fund Transfer in

India. RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement and NEFT stands for

National Electronic Fund Transfer. RTGS is used for transfer of funds more than

Rs.2lacs while NEFT is used for transfer of funds less than Rs.2lacs. RTGS and

NEFT is governed by RBI.

4. Being worked for 4 yrs we suppose that you must have some idea about

planning about your personal finances. Tell me how do you manage your own

finances.

I told them that I have a fair idea about Mutual Funds, Direct Equity and Debt

instruments and I use this knowledge for managing my own finances. During

my job prior to MBA I have saved a sufficient amount through Systematic

Investment Plan to fund my fee and maintenance expenses throughout these

two years. And I use Systematic Withdrawal Plans to regularly withdraw the

amounts I need.

They were convinced by my responses and briefed me about workplace

pressures, targets etc. Finally they asked me if I have any questions, I asked

about learning opportunity and they assured me about certifications and regular

training programs. They gave me thanks and told me that you will be intimated

about the results shortly.

After sometime results were declared and I was selected. During this whole

process I experienced that being yourself, simple and original helped me to get

through.

I would like to say here that regular reading of ET and BL provided by the

college throughout the course helped me to gain confidence on current business

affairs and kept me up to date in terms of GD and PI.

I am Prateek Mishra

BIMM

Roll No- MM 09 11244

PGDM IT & Marketing

Batch - 2009-2011 (Stalwarts)

My specialization is SYSTEMS.

The sentiments attached to job, career and life are of the most adorable thing

for all. While writing mine I can feel all these things so lively in front of me as

well.

Prateek Mishra


After completing my B.Tech, I pursued job with a very small organization of 12

employees as a system engineer. I had great learning and humongous job

responsibility. I learnt things faster and as per the guidance of my then superior

I decided to complete my MBA degree, although I had plans to do the same

after 2 to 3 years of work experience.

By the passing time I came across the value one's career has after having a

MBA degree with a Bachelor of Technology degree. All this learning came as a

gift to me with the year of experience I had after completing B.tech.

In pursuit of getting into a good college I appeared for CAT and MAT and finally

selected to join SBS aster interview rounds at Raipur. Before joining BIMM, I had

come down to pune from my native place to see the infrastructure and facilities

that are required for pursuing a good MBA degree. I already heard a lot about

SBS and when I reached here, everything I heard was found to be correct and

satisfied me to join here.


After going through rigorous schedule of 9 to 6, in SBS, finally we all were

geared up for campus placements during our 3rd semester. As I had interest in

IT systems and being an engineer, I always wanted ti take IT as my major, I I

did the same here. For getting into SYSTEMS batch also we had to face written

examinations and interviews, and basing on the mark and merit students were

selected for systems batch.

During our campus placements, I have gone through placement process of 3

Companies. As an IT major, I always wanted to join an IT Company. My first

two companies were among the major players in this industry. But somehow I

was less prepared to grab those opportunities. Yes after that I's disappointed,

felt bad, but it was the time my parents, my friends, my teachers and most

importantly my SBS family stood with me, encouraged me. Finally I got through

in India's one of the major Consumer Durable and Home Appliances Player, in IT

department as a SAP Support consultant, in Management Trainee cadre. It is

among those few Indian companies, those have established them as Multi

Nationals.

A day before when I got the notice about the company, I heard and read

various mixed comments about the company in various forums, from our

seniors, who are placed in this company. Especially I was a bit worried and

concerned about the negative matter such as Heavy work load, even work on

Saturday & Sunday and the salary issue, but all these things were secondary for

me at that point of time. The primary focus was profile and kind of work and


Bala sir's Mantra “Problems are opportunities”. I clearly understood that if I join

a place with work pressure, I may get few opportunities to showcase my talent.

Friends let me share an important thing that, I was having less than 90%

attendance. So before appearing for any placement process, I lost opportunity

to sit for 50 companies as per criteria and policy lead by SBS. As a result till the

time I was eligible to sit for placements, there were very less hope for IT

companies to visit our campus as the industry was coming out of recession and

majority of them had already visited. So I went for this company as the profile

was good.

COMPANY Campus Selection Process:

The Selection processes included in the company I was placed were:

CV Short listing

Pre- Placement Talk

Group Discussion

Technical Interview

HR Interview

Before visiting our campus the company has already asked for CVs from our

college placement co-coordinators and shortlisted them basing on the criteria of

theirs.

On the D-day, the company started the placement process with their Corporate

AV. The AV was shown to all aspiring candidates in our Hostel Common Room.

Their Head HR, Recruitments, explained the company structure, Management,

company board, area of business, hierarchy and other things about the

company.

They were offering a profile of SAP- Support as well as Business Analyst profile

to Systems Specialization.

After the Corporate Av was over they have formed groups of 10 each for all the

aspiring students for conducting Group Discussion. This was basically a rejection

round.

In GD, they were mainly asking about the actual-scenario topics. In my group

we got the topic of “Promotion of Flat Panel Displays during world Cup Cricket”

.as world cup cricket was round the corner.

All the GDs were over by 5 O'clock in the afternoon and from systems batch two

people were selected.


Overall selection was around 60 from SBS.

MY Personal interview sessions:

My interview took place around 5 PM ON 8TH of JAN, on the same day of

process. It was a mix of sales, technical & HR panel who were taking interviews.

They ask real time, technical & functional question.

I was asked about the process of sales in SAP, basic configurations and my

confidence to train people on basic processes. They stressed on process

knowledge rather than configurations as the job profile included end user

training.

My HR interview was not so much tough. They were very friendly. We talked

about my background, my salary expectation and Place of posting. They

confirmed me about any relocation problem, travelling as the profile demands

extensive travelling to branch and factory locations to train people.

The entire process of my company went till 1 o'clock in the night. We celebrated

the B'day of HR in our campus as his B'day was on the same day. After

interviews, they told that the results will be available after a weeks' time.

Final result was declared a week's later as promised, in which I was selected.

Offer letter came in another week's time and ours was early joining. I joined on

5th Feb and in the induction program was awarded the 1st price along with a

trophy for my best performance. Then I joined Corporate office and till now

continuing there only.

The total SBS students selected: 10

At last wish you all a very happy and pleasant placement season and wish you

all a very rewarding career too.

Thanks to Bala Sir, for visionary guidance and support at every step.

Sir, this is my 4th communication regarding the same. Hope this time it gets

updated in your records..

Regards,

Prateek Mishra


Pratik Agrawal

I am Pratik Agrawal

Roll No- MM0911169

BIMM Finance (2009-2011)

First and foremost I would like to give a breif insight of my journey in SBS.

When life at SBS began Ididnt knew what to expect or how things would turn

out to be.

I came with a baggage of mixed feelings, anxieties, happiness, stress, pressure

and competition

They say whatever happens, happens for the best and today when I look back I

appreciate the same

I had chosen Finance as my specialisation. Bala sir gave us an option to change

to other streams many a times, as placements in Finance was a big headache.

But as balaji society is not a placement agency i was prepared for the worst too.

So stuck on the same decision to stay with finance despite balasirsrepetited

persuasion. Afterall problems are opportunities

After only a few weeks, Bala sir brought an exclusive opportunity for the

Finance Batch. It was an opportunity to work along with studies. We were so

excited with idea itself. The company carried out the placement process, which

consisted of a Presentation, A written Test, and Interview. And 10 of us got

selected. Fortunately I was one of them. That was a BIG confidence booster for

all of us. Unfortunately, it did not work out for the company. It was a little

heartbreaking for all of us. But the positive thing about this incident was that

our fear had gone and we were sure that many more opportunities are waiting

for us ahead.

After a about a year Bala Sir came up with another opportunity for us.

SAP(FICO). We were told that we wouldnt be allowed to sit for any other

finance company except for those with an SAP profile. Again a problem which

later turned to be an opportunity.A tough fight with my heart and mind and i

decided to put my foot in SAP shoe.

But somewhere i had the confidence that it would prove to be the best for me.

I would like to thank Bala Sir for inspiring and motivating Finance students to

take up SAP (FICO).His passion towards our wonderful careers ahead was so

inspiring for us .It was only because of his inspiration that I got placed in a IT

firm and in a profile of my choice(SAP FICO Consultant).

I realize one's worries and peer pressures once you enter into the 3rd sem or

final year of PGDM, because this is the time for your placement! But let me tell


you my juniors, there's nothing to be afraid of, if you don't get into the first

company you will definitely get into some!

I discussed with some of my senior friends & got really valuable inputs. The

discussion with the seniors can be concluded as, the important thing is

good/desired profile & not dream company. Also make sure that do not discuss

unnecessary points related to placements/package with your friends. The only

thing which is important is your preparation (Aptitude, GD/PI)

As we joined 3rd seem after our summer projects Bala Sir advised to join the

SAP (FI/CO) batch, which is the first FI/CO batch in SBS. I joined this batch

after discussing with my friends into SAP.

I still remember the auspicious day of Dhanteras when Xyz visited our campus.

It was a company for which all the SAP students were waiting for. It was the

best company for that profile. I wasn't expecting it to come during that festival.

I was off to my hometown to celebrate Dipawli with my family. And that's the

reason why I couldn't sit for that company's placement process. I cursed myself.

I felt like a fool to be at home that time. My advice to you juniors is, please

keep yourself away from such temptations for some time. You never know when

the right opportunity will knock your door. And you got to be present behind it

to open it.

After Xyz it was December 3rd , the Abc company visited our campus for SAP

FICO profile.

It was the first company I was sitting for. I had made up my mind that I am

going to crack it at any cost.

I made the final preparations. brushed my academics. And the most important

thing. I slept a peacful night.

It was very important to sleep well the previous day. It makes you look fresh

and confident.

One thing we all should remember is Interviews are less about academics and

more about how you present yourself. So make sure you take good care of what

u wear that day. You should look like you are a manager already.

They should be able to imagine you working in their company with them


THE D DAY

It was 2 day process, on day 1 we went through the aptitude test followed by

power point presentation . The panel asked me few question related to my

project.

35 out of 90 applicants got selected in test & around 15 cleared the

presentation round. On day 2 we have the process of personal interview. The

panel asked simple question like:

Tell us about yourself?

Why do you want to join this company?

My Hobbies and Weaknesses?

The panel members were asking simple questions but were watching the body

language and the confidence, the command over English etc, very minor points.

Finally the results were out and we 6 got selected from last 15.

Piece of advice:

Know your areas of strength and always try to push the interview towards that

area, never get drained out, and keep a smile on your face. Believe me it makes

a difference. Believe in your ability, Don't rush behind companies for package,

Be Patient, Learn and read thoroughly about the company you are applying for.

Be thorough with the current affairs.

I had a wonderful experience and was quite lucky to get my hand on one of the

biggest brands. I am very grateful to Bala Sir, my colleagues in PAT and my

friends and family.

I wish all my colleagues ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their

endeavors.

Regards

Pratik Agrawal

BIMM (2009-2011)

MM09-11169


Pratima Batra

I am – Pratima Batra

Registration No. -MM 09-11138

Class- BIMM Finance

Academic Year- 2009-2011

I am placed with one of the leading Private Banks.

My campus Placement experience:

Journey in Sri Balaji Society has a wonderful experience to share with. It was

the first time that I had been out of home; Bala Sir has always been like a

father to me and hostel like a home. It was so much fun in the hostel. Respect

for Bala Sir commences the respect for Sri Balaji Society.

It has been always a dream for a student to get a decent and respectful job

after the end of his/her hard and continuous study after a span of two year time

in MBA. A student comes up with full hopes and aspiration to a management

school and frame itself with the help of Teachers Alumni and people around to

get ready to hold a reputed Job. It has a dream company to join.

It was the second bank I sat for. I had sat for many other companies as well;

fortunately, sat for all the good brands, name it ITC InfoTech, Darashaw, Wipro

technologies, Standard Charted etc. After giving GD/PI's of so many companies

I realized GD is my forte, where I need too work upon is Personal Interview.

To get placed with renowned bank has always been a dream for me.

12th February the day I got placed with one of the banks. It made my dream

come true. I was well prepared. The process started with presentation.

Company's presentation was wonder full. The panel members were presentable

too. I was impressed with the presentation and panel members.

It was continued with the round of Group Discussion. I got through the group

discussion.

Around 400-450 students sat for the company. 35/40 groups were formed for

GD. Every group was give different topic for GD

The following were the topics of Group Discussion.

If I was alone

If apples were oranges

Is M.B.A a must to get a reputed job?

Etc.

It's a great feeling when you are selected for even 1st round.GD round was

quite entertaining. It boosted my morale that my points have been considered;

selected for the round and have been called for the next round.

Points that should always be remembered during GD:-

Give Valid Points, talking too often in GD does not make much impact as


compared to making reasonable points.

Make second or third entry in GD

Do not let fish market happen. Even if it happens stop in the middle and ask

team members to give their points chance by chance.

Then was the final round of interview. I had no hopes that will be selected for

the bank. I thought that i had screwed the HR round. I sat in the lobby where

rest of the students for the process was sitting. It was a long process I could

not sit any long over there. I was not so happy with my performance in my

Interview. I went back home with the hope to prepare and perform well in next

company. The process happened till 9 in the evening; when I got a call from

one of my friend that I have been selected. It was unbelievable for me for a

fraction of time. But finally it happened, I was placed, it was a great feeling,

difficult to express in words. Called up my parents, telling even I have done it. I

went to college, got greetings from the panel members of the company and

friends. Place of posting Pune was an added advantage for me. I was offered a

package of 4.5 lakhs pa. I recalled my entire journey with Sri Balaji Society and

it proved to be a great success for me.

I was been asked by the bank to come and visit all the branches in Pune, see

the office where I will be working. I went to the bank after receiving my offer

letter, saw my office, asked about the work that I will be handling, I was told

just to go through Companies website, study it well rest the training will be

provided. I'lget to know and learn properly after joining.

The questions during the interview were the following:


I briefed them about myself starting with

Where I belong to

My name

Qualifications

Hobbies and Interests.

2. Where you did your internship?

I did my internship with bank of Maharashtra in Credit Risk Management.

3. What did you learned during your internship?

I mentioned that I learnt the process of rating the project proposal and project

management. Different project proposals had come and it requires proper

analysis on the basis of both qualitative and quantitative parameters and rating

was given to different proposals according to the points decided for different

parameters. And finally on the basis of total points it has to be decided whether

to accept or reject the proposal.

4. They cross questioned me about certain statements that I made during GD;

that was just to check my confidence level.


5. What do you know about Portfolio Management?

I explained advising clients to invest in different investment structure depending

upon their risk appetite.

6. Would you like to be Credit risk Manager?

I answered have done my internship in the same profile and have keen interest

in the same.

Questions on whatever has been mentioned in the curriculum Vitae were also

asked. Study of Curriculum Vitae properly will help to attempt interview well.

Getting place of posting in Pune was an added advantage.

There was different process for both finance and marketing students. I

presumed that both marketing and finance people will be given the profiles

accordingly after joining I came to know every one has been given the same

profile of selling the investment products of the bank.

Every job has challenges to face with. Be ready to face the challenges at every

moment of life.

So my request to all juniors ask your profile and job role in detail before joining

any private bank or for that matter any organization. My campus placement

experience will be a guide for you.

Prepare well and all the best. Have a great career.

Regards

Preeti Sarkar,

I am Preeti Sarkar,

Roll no. MM09-11040

Dual A(IT & Marketing)

BITM(2009-11)

I am writing my campus placement experience

I got placed in Earth Moving Equipment and Heavy Industrial and Marine Engine

selling company on 11th March 2012. Company is basically dealing with Sale of

Heavy Engines and Machines and providing service to its customers in India.


Entire placement experience was a blend of enthusiasm & tension. "Of course i

don't need to explain tension about what. As days passed on the level of

tension and frustration increased among everybody who were not recruited.

Though every body knew that sooner or later everyone will be placed but

tension was somehow visible. It was a great journey, with lots of ups and

downs. Were I believe every one of us has spend ample amount of time with

our own selves to know own strengths and weaknesses. We worked on

ourselves. The level of understanding increased considerable. lot of confidence

was boosted by the placement team, with an assurity that something good is

waiting for all of us. Last but in no mean least Lot of thanks to Bala Sir &

Dimple Madam for taking so much pain for us. Thank you SBS.

Feeling was nostalgic, on one hand i was happy about getting a job and my

offer letter, but then on the other hand there was a fear of coming out of a very

protected shell. College environment was cozy, &i knew corporate world won't

be a luxury at all. When I passed on the information of getting recruited to my

parents they were really happy & proud of me, I think that was the happiest

moment for me.

Company Processes-

PPT:

PPT was very detailed & throwing light on every aspect on business where one

can be posted. It also described the different groups the company is into.

Respected panel member also gave a clear understanding about the functioning

of their respective field. The PPT also demanded candidates to be

Flexible

Determined

Confident

APTITUDE TEST:

Aptitude test consist of around 60 question which were to be answered in 60

minutes. Most of the questions were from :

Logical Reasoning

Quantitative ability ( specially probability)

Out of around 60 students, only 12 students had cleared the aptitude test. Only

one GD group was formed.

GD Topic:


Corruption in India(History, Present corruption examples & necessary steps to

eradicate it-time limit 20 mins)

Once GD got over every one was asked to conclude. What they were looking

for:

How focused one is, that means what is the flow of thought in the mind

How clear & crisp the points are

How effective is the communication ( It's not just about speaking fluent

English, It's about making your point is a very precise & clear manner )

Interview Questions & answers:

Marketing based questions:

o Michael Porter's five force model.

o 7 P's of Marketing

o 4 C's of Marketing

A case study on Caterpillar & JCB market in India. How to improve Caterpillar

market share in India.

HR questions:

o Hobbies

o Family background.

o Summer internship & experience

Although the company deals with highly technical products ( Products from

huge Machines to huge Engines). But they were looking at the energy and

passion one possesses to join the company and they were looking at the people

whom they feel to have long term relationship with the company. I am an

electronics engineer and even belong to the region where the company does

not operate than also I was selected due to my eager to join an engine and

huge earth moving equipment selling company.

Q1: What is the Profile that we are offering?

Q2: Describe the profile?

A3: (Listen to PPT carefully to tackle these kind of questions)

Q4: What was your summer project?

Q5: What role did you play in your project?


Q6: What was your summer project in graduation?

Q7: Are you willing to relocate?

Q8: Some questions related to the place you belong.

Q9: What are your strengths?

Q10: Now they'll ask you to ask any question if you have?

It was around 45 min long interview.

Offer letter was handed over then & there as soon as the names of the short

listed candidates were declared, with a salary breakup in it.

Preetinder Kaur

Hello I am Preetinder Kaur

Registration No.: MM09-11245

Dual C

Academic Year: 2009-11

My Placement Experience ----------------

Well starting with my aspiration of placement…. I was more of inclined towards

getting into an IT Company and so I got it from BIMM.

I had appeared for IT Companies at maximum except for a few. So basically

there was a lot of learning apart from what I have learnt spending crucial time

in SBS. When I appeared for the very first company on campus, there was a lot

of pressure of getting through the group discussion itself. Competition was at its

heights among 1000s of people. But this was the very first time I realized the

way of getting through group discussions which really had helped me further.

Soon around October, IT Companies had started visiting our campus. The

experience was really wonderful.

Company A is the one where I was able to make it. The process followed was:

1. A presentation by Company A people.

2. Group discussion

3. Two rounds of interview i.e. technical and HR.


Group Discussion:

The first group of 10 people including me was sent for the discussion which was

started in the morning itself at around 10 am. The topic was “Should gay

marriages be allowed in India or not?” It was quiet an interesting topic where

people had lot to speak. I started at number three and spoke for only three

times throughout the discussion (at the starting point, middle way and at last).

In the end each one of us was supposed to conclude the topic. My views were

more or less very broad and I spoke in favor of both highlighting the psychology

of people. It went on for around 15-20 minutes.

Interview

After the group discussions were over, selected candidates were called for the

interview rounds. The interview was started at around 8 pm. As there were two

rounds of interview, I was quiet lucky this time that my interview was taken

only once as both the technical and HR guy were there in one room. My

interview was completely HR based and no technical questions were asked. It

started with my introduction and the extra value added activities I did in my life.

One thing that helped me here was my role of “Student Project Coordinator”

that I had played in BIMM. This role had somehow reflected my convincing

qualities there. Then whole of the session moved on around my MOBILITY only.

I was asked about travelling in India and abroad in different manners. And

throughout my response was positive and very confident.

At last, the results were declared the very next morning. They had selected 17

people from our society out of which two were on hold. After five days they had

confirmed these two people as well which included me.

It was a big relief when I got to know that I was in for this company as it was

my dream to get into IT Company.

My experience with Company B and Company C was amazing.

Both the companies had visited our campus the same day. The process for both

was the same that included group discussion followed by the interview. In the

morning itself the group discussion was started. Company B had shortlisted

around 30 or 40 people only for the GD. I had appeared for Company B GD first

because of less number of people being shortlisted. I went into the third group.

Before starting with the GD, we were asked about the varieties of alcohols

individually and also if we use to drink or not. An interesting question but I was

really blank at this point of time. The topic for discussion was marketing based

something reflected on the latent needs of the customer. I started at number


two but was able to make an impression on the viewer. It went on for 20-25

minutes and everybody was so good in putting up there marketing points. After

this discussion again we were given one marketing topic somewhat related to

the previous topic only to discuss for another five minutes. This time I was the

one who initiated the topic with good examples. I started with the identification

of customer's latent needs with an example of ATMs.

After the GD, I went for the Company C GD. At some point of time you make

few decisions under pressure and this is the example of that. I was least

interested in retail industry. And this was the second time Company C had

visited our campus for the same batch. I did not appear for the process earlier

but this time I did. I appeared for the GD but I was silent there. I spoke up just

once. At the discussion end I was asked one question i.e. if it is good to be

silent sometimes in the discussion when people are fighting over it? My answer

was positive and I got selected .

Soon I got the call for Company B interview and I was the first one to go for the

interview round. It was the best interview I have ever faced so far in my life full

of marketing, retail, brand, sales and consumer behavior concepts. I don't think

if they had left any important subject which we have studied in our curriculum.

Everything from understanding the customer to convincing the customer to

marketing a product to selling the product to branding the product and of

course consumer behavior was covered with examples from the current market.

To highlight few questions that was asked are:

1. As I had mentioned in my CV the role of 'Student Project Coordinator' that I

had played in BIMM, so they asked me to call them there itself and sell my

institute.

2. The very next question was how will you brand a particular product based on

consumer behavior?

3. Another interesting question: How will you promote iphone and ipad

individually? What strategy will you follow for this?

There were many more questions that skipped out of my mind this time but on

and overall all were based on marketing subjects only.

I was feeling very excited when they were interviewing me. Even the HR round

was included in the same interview. The interview went on for one and a half

hour. But somehow I was not the one for Company B. Probably this is because

my answer towards the mobility questions was bit negative. And this mistake

was not repeated by me in Company A where the whole interview moved

around my mobility.


After this interview, I went for Company C interview in the evening.

The interview went ok and the interviewer did recognize me as the silent girl in

the GD. Fortunately Company C did not select me but unfortunately Company B

also did not select me. Though I was more of inclined towards IT companies

but Company B brand in itself made me fall in love with the profile and brand

they were offering.

At last I am happy for what I got as it was my dream that came true. I whole

heartedly thank Bala Sir, Dimple Saini mam, our directors, faculties and my dear

student mangers friends who all supported the whole batch of 2009-11

throughout the two years we had spent in Sri Balaji Society.

Thanks & Regards,

Preetinder Kaur

I am Priyanka Gupta

from the Stalwarts batch (2009-2011) of Balaji Institute of Modern Management

Specialization- PM&HRD

Roll no. – MM0911118

I still remember the day I joined Sri Balaji Society & it started with traditional

day which was the First cultural Function of the College. Sri Balaji Society is no

doubts one of the brightest chapter of my life not just because I lived the best

days of my life but also I have aspired to be a known HR professional. The next

biggest excitement was Bam presentation but frankly speaking BAM

Presentation & the MAHABHARAT was one among the most memorable days I

have ever lived in SBS.

These two years have been a great learning experience I am finally placed in

Company

“A” I sat for total 7 companies, reached Personal Interview of 5 and finally

cleared in January'2011. I have been sitting in companies since November 2010,

right from the

time we came from internship program.

Initially a huge amount of crowd used to sit for companies. But as the months

went this reduced.

PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE:

I remember very well abt the very 1st company I sat for , A big name in

hospitality sector . Aah the journey to come for this company's interview was

full of excitement . 2 days before when I got news that “B” company is coming I

was doing my internship in my hometown It was late evening 7 pm &finallyI

Priyanka Gupta


decided to sit for this company . But obviously it was sure that I wn't get train

ticket so came through Bus all the way completing 24 hrs journey.

Then with one old resume in my hand I went for company process having lots

of hope in my mind.

It was an open campus process in Indra College. It stated with company

presentation followed by GD &PI . GD topic was “Womens are better manager”

one such topic in which forum always become fish market.

I became one among 3 students from SBS who cleared GD . This created lots of

positivity in me. I faced interview but not able to crack it but was a great

experience, learned how to handle stress interview , kind of questions can be

asked etc.

Though I was disappointed but I gotlearning which help me a lot in my future

interviews.

My second company was “C” , One big name in consulting sector.

One company for which I was not keen to join but its selection process excite

me , I cleared till GD & was happy enough to have experience.

My Third Company was “D” , during company presentation they told that they

have IR profile & it is one profile in which I was actually interested. But to my

bad luck ,I was not able to clear the GD. My Topic was “Values are fixed or

change according to situation”. I was disappointed but later got to know

theywer preferring Mechanical Engineers.

My forth company was “E” , I got GD topic as “ Profit is only business motive”.

But I didn't cleared the GD.

My Fifth company was “F”, my GD topic was “downsizing v/s Rightsizing “ I

became one among who got selected for Interview. My Interview was good but

not shortlisted but I didn't lose my hope.

My sixth company was “G”, one big name in beverages industry, I reached till

interview & was quite good also but to my surprise I was not selected.

My seventh & last company was Co. “A”, 9th JAN was the day in 2011 when the

company came for selection process and pre placement talk was triggered by

the selection panel members and soon after that groups were made by

company officials.

GD PROCESS: The Group Discussion is the first step towards reaching the

company of your choice wherein the recruiters would like to understand how an

individual thinks and what forms the basis of their opinion and whether or not

he can stand tall and defend themselves. This round is also used by the

recruiters as an elimination round which decides who moves on to the next

round of assessment. Now around 60 students were split in to 6 groups of ten

each. I was in 3rd


group and given the GD tags by the coordinators. This indicates the place of

seat in group. We were called in for GD and as soon we occupied our seat, a

brief introduction was triggered by each and every candidate as requested by

selection panel. This was the time everyone was curious to hear the GD Topic

from the panel & It was “Business Ethics”. Soon after the announcement of

topic everyone starts chirping like birds as GD topic was quite common and the

Expected one. A minute was given to streamline the thoughts and as usual

someone fired the first bullets as they gave signal to start. As it was the

common topic and everyone know or have some or other point to speak, so it

converted in to chaos. Understanding the situation, the panel stopped the

discussion after 5 min and ask everyone to put there point one by one. I already

made my mind and ready with the Points which I want to speak. I was not in

hurry as it was pertinent from the time frame that everyone is going to get time

to speak on topic. I was the sixth person to speak in a group after almost 10

minutes and putting forth my views. Everybody was through with the stuff

available with them and selection panel asked everyone to start again and sum

up the discussion in next 5 minutes.I knew that I will be through. Soon the

results were unveiled and 30 candidates were called for PI. I was one among

them.

INTERVIEW PROCESS: I was interviewed at 1 PM. It was a normal interview

started with “Tell me something about yourself”. I have given my introduction

started with my native place, education, family. I spoke about the strengths in

synch with the learning's I had and how did it help. This question was almost

stretched to 5-7 minutes. The other questions were:

Why did you choose MBA after Biotech ?

Why this company?

Tell about Companies profile?

What First thing comes to your Mind when you see or hear Videocon?

What Ten Thing U will ask as an HR while recruiting?

Ten ways of Cost Reduction?

It was a smooth transition and I was grilled on same.

In the End, He asked me do u have any query

I said , Yes I want to know About my Take Home Salary??

This query suddenly gave them idea to ask me to make my structure myself in

White Board.

& till date I remember that moment where I was making my own structure &

now convincing

100's of candidates on this salary structure.

Finally Interview ended by 1.30 Pm & we were told that result will be

announced in4-5 days. Finally I got good news after 11 days on 18 jan 2011 I

got news that I got placed.

It was a great lerning& experience altogether.


“Thanks Bala Sir always to be so supportive”

I would like to share some additional points also.







logical reasoning, English vocabulary & General reasoning. Be confident but



knowledge. For HR specific give more stress on Organizational behaviour,

Human Resource Planning, Labour Laws. Well, hard to decide where to start,

what to write an d what to skip. Also not forgetting what the interviewer

expects. It is obvious that interviewer will always give some hints like nodding

more on some lines and showing a little set back on the other. You need to

catch that and make your way through.

I would also like to state that life is short and mysterious. Sometime we think

that if we don't get this, we may be the most unhappiest one's. But it is not

true. I believe in a simple quote " This too shall pass". What matters in not the

end result but the effort into it. I sat for 10 companies. I cried after rejection in

first three and after that i took a lesson that i need to improve more rather be

depressed. And it worked out well for me. Even in my interview they asked me"

Why are you remaining still?" I simply said, for something worth. And then i

rolled the entire conversation to me being waiting for a manufacturing giant .

You should know how to lead your interview session. If you can't, start

practicing in small conversations with friends and then see how it goes. Learn

as much as you can and practice it, nothing is impossible.

Opportunities are ample, guess your right fit. For some one retail is dream, for

other IT. See what you want. Life is full of challenges and this Campus

experience is just the beginning. We have a good library, good faculty, good

leaders. Make the best out of them. After a rejection just sit and think" Why I

failed". Over a period you will understand the "Why" and there is where you

start the first move to success.

I would like to end with thanking the Authorities of giving any opportunity write

my campus experience. I was fun recalling those memories.


Punit Samtani

Name: Punit Samtani

College: Balaji Institute of Modern Management

Class: Executive Batch - Marketing

Roll No : MM09-11413

Hi, everyone before I tell u about my placement experience let me introduce

myself, I am PunitSamtani& I have done my Engineering in Information

Technology and I had work experience of 3 years with Capgemini. I had scored

more that 75+ percentage in all the 3 semester before I sat for the process. My

attendance was 98% and above for all the 3 semesters and I was amongst the

topper of BIMM.

My journey to success had already commenced the day I decided to join Sri

Balaji Society. I had prepared myself to give the best in every sense so that I

take myself close to what I had decided for myself. Then the D-day began when

“Placements” started and it is only me who knows how badly I was waiting for

this to arrive to prove my metal.

Right from the beginning I knew in which type of companies to sit for and what

kind of profile to look for i.e I always knew where I did not want to go. I was

very clear of what I wanted to do coz this was the only thing on the mind for

last 1 year.

Finally, the company i wanted visited our campus as the first management

consulting organization and that too for a role of Business Analyst/ Management

Consultant. This was 5th visiting college campus and my first company.

Company interview process was never a pain area for me because I have

always cleared my interviews. It might me during engineering, campus

selection, internship or job change.

It is a Pune-based mid size Indian IT Company. Founded by Mr. L. C. Singh in

2000, it describes itself as a global consulting and solution integration

organization that uses a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Its

operations span Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA. It has

portfolio that consists of both IT services and products. It is a SEI partner and is

allowed to deliver SEI services like CMMI trainings and appraisals.

Profile: Business Analyst

Process: Pre Placement Talk

Group Discussion

Personal Interview


HR Interview

Company HR initially ran us through their corporate presentation, which was

good and gave a good incite about the company and later about the role once.

During the company presentation HR told us clearly about the profile of

Business Analyst and the compensation to be offered (3.5 lacs). They were also

ready to negotiate if they find a student manager with relevant previous

experience. POP was however PAN India..

This was the only company which came up with a consulting profile for

management students and I could see my aspirations being fulfilled.

Total 150 students appeared for the company test I kept my patience and

preparations throughout. Their selection criteria included the students who were

Engineers with more than 60% in their SSC as well as HSC and I was already in.

They were also checking if the students had scored more than 60 % in their 1st

year MBA

Test 1 was an aptitude test consisting on

English Questions

Logical questions

Aptitude

This was a 1 hour test, this was quite interesting and the questions were

challenging, however I was later glad to know that I had cleared the 1st round.

Later round two was a group discussion topic of the GD was Arrange Marriage

VS a Live in Relationship. I am person with clear thoughts and knew what I was

going to say, I cracked the GD too I had put forth my points for Arrange

Marriage.

I was through and now my confidence was boosted. I could see my placement

dream vividly now.

Now what I had to look forward to was Technical interview.

Questions asked were:

1. Tell us why do you choose this company?

2. What does Business Analyst means?

3. Are you ready to travel onsite?

4. What is SDLC? Stages?

5. What is Business Consulting & Business Analysis?

6. How would you rate yourself ,out of 5 ,on account of IT knowledge?

7. About my previous work experience?

8. I was asked to sell the interviewer a smart phone.


This was a stress interview. I was given 2-3 situations and was asked to

respond accordingly. Some questions on strategy for specific situation were also

asked. I was asked queries from company's website also. Above all, the point

was how you handle the situation in pressure.

Second round with HR


2. Tell me about your family background?

3. Which was the last movie you saw?

4. What you feel private owned or family owned business, which one works

better?

5. Why this company?


7. One thing you do not like about yourself.

8. Where do you see you are self after 10 years?

9. Discussion over the last book I read

10. Are you ready to travel onsite?

11. Do you have a passport?

12. Salary Negotiation

Results came out and I was selected out of 180 which I was the lone from

BIMM "it was my first company in which I sat and that to a profile of my choice"

however what I regret is college authorities did not allow me to negotiate else

would have handed with a better package. My interview went in this way. I kept

all my answers straight and to the point. In any case, I am proud and very

happy to be selected as Business Analyst.

Few suggestions which I would like to give you all, which I learnt from my

experience

1) Everyone will tell you to read newspaper, don't be a fool, don't read

everything, read only what you are supposed to read, you are interested in.

However, read that stuff thoroughly.

2) Develop interest on a particular sector or domain. Increase your knowledge

on that.

3) Know yourself well, there is no one who know you better than yourself. If

you don't want to go for a sales job stick to it. Do not choose a wrong career

option under pressure.

4) Prepare well for your interview questions and for the company you are

applying for.

5) Earn a job. Don't just clear the interview.

6) Do not mention ANYTHING in the CV that you cannot back up. Be it your

achievements. Hobbies (most important), co curricular etc. trust me you would

be caught.


At the end of it Thanks a lot BIMM,Thanks a lot to all faculty members and my

friends and to my parents whose motivation helped me to have my first job of

life.

I am Ms. Purba Sengupta.

Registration No- MM09-11041

PGDM Finance from BIMM

2009-2011

My specialisation is Finance.

I am placed in Company A.

When I joined MBA like everyone my dream was also to get placed in a good

company with a good package. Though I sacrificed a bit with the package but I

am placed with a top MNC of my field i.e. Finance. I am placed in Company A.

My profile is US Taxation.

This Company was the 1st company in the campus for the Finance students and

their criteria was that only B.Com graduates and those who have 60%

throughout can sit for the process. I was a bit confused whether to go for it or

not as they were offering a lesser package compared to that of others but

finally I decided to go with the brandname and came out of the dilemma of

package and brandname.

The Process:

The process was not so simple. They started with a small Pre-placement talk

where they brief us about the company, the profile they have offered, its growth

and the work-culture over there and they also cleared all our queries in this

briefing. After this briefing the process started.

We had six rounds in total and need to clear all of them. Every round was an

elimination round. It continued for 2 two days. It required enough effort from

our side to clear all the six rounds.

On the first day i.e. on 1st November, 2010, the panel was consisted of a HR

Manager and a few Professionals working here. On the 2nd day i.e. on 12th

November, 2010, there were four members in total, two HR Managers and two

Managers from the Taxation Department.n All the four rounds were

computerised rounds and MCQs i.e. Multiple Choice Questions and the cut off

for each round was 60%.

1st round- First round was Vocabulary round where they gave us 40 to 50

questions in total based on English usage, grammar, antonyms and synonyms.

Comprehensions were also there. Letter writing and one paragraph writing with

Purba Sengupta.


a specified time limit and word limit was also there. The questions were not that

tough. Anyone who reads newspaper regularly can solve them. Its based on day

to day English usage.

2nd round- In this round we had a test on financial techniques that consist of

basic finance knowledge, accounting concepts and very basic financial and

taxation terminologies like difference between deferred assets and liabilities,

what do you mean by pre received income, tax treatment of charitable

contribution, what do you mean by Trial Balance etc. In this round we had a

test on excel as well. For eg some excel commands and the functions.

3rd round- In this round we had logical reasoning and data interpretation test

where we were tested with reasoning ability and the presence of mind. This was

just like the test we had during MBA Entrance exam like in CAT, MAT.

After 3rd round we were left with 18students.

4th round- The fourth round was Versant which is a telephonic round where the

panel was very impressed with our performance. In this round we were tested

with the English understanding where we were asked to repeat a sentence after

it is coming from other side of the telephone. In this round they have checked

our command over English language, accent, and our compatibility of U.S.

accent as we need to work mostly with US Professionals and clients. This was

also a computerised telephonic round.

The 5th and 6th rounds were technical and HR round where we were asked

some technical questions and about our internship. They were very focussed on

what we have learnt during internship because they invest a gud sum of money

in providing training to the new-hires and that is the reason they want to check

how much we can retain and how much we are eager to learn new things.

In HR round they asked us typical HR questions like Introduce Yourself, Your

strengths and weaknesses, then why you want to join us, if our competitor

comes and pays you more will you join them etc. The HR also asked some

internship related questions as well. The HR gave me few situations and asked

me what action should I take in those situations like the HR asked me how will I

explain the facilities of a mobile phone to my grandfather who is totally against

this as he hardly knows the benefits. The HR also asked me where do I want to

see me five years down the line and as I am from Kolkata why do I want to

work in Hyderabad and whether i am comfortable in doing that. If I get an offer

in my hometown will I switch or not etc. In technical round they asked few

questions like what have you learned in internship, how that profile will help you

for your final placement etc.

I cleared all the six rounds and after the final round the result was declared

where they had selected 7 finance students from our batch. I was one of them

and was very happy after getting selected by the first company who visited the

campus for the Finance Batch.


Some Suggestions to the Juniors :

Don't be nervous and if you are then also try to face the interview with a smile.

Present yourself the way you are. Don't try to fake yourself.

Always try to show your weakness as a strength.

Be confident whatever you say. The interviewer may confuse you but you don't

get confused as they want to check your confidence level.

Always make your basics clear and show an attitude that you have a keen

interest in learning new things.

If you are a fresher then be clear and confident about what you did in your

internship.

Always write those points in CV for which you should be ready to face cross-

questioning.

All the best for your career ahead!

At last I want to thank Bala Sir and all my friends and family for supporting me

and making my dream come true to work with one of the best brands in

Finance Field.

Hello,

I am Mr. RachitVij,

Registration no. MM09-11246,

Dual - B,

BIMM from 2009-11

Passed out on April,2011

Date - 27th Nov,2010

There were three companies on this day, but my focus was on the second

because of its brand name and the profile and compensation offered. I was one

of the 40 students whose CVs were short listed by that company. . Before this

company I sat for four companies but unfortunately was not able to get through

the first rounds only. In the third company everything went fine but, it was not

my day and as a result my other batch mate got the chance. Like everyone I

was a bit upset but one thing I observed and realized that it's not the matter of

extra intelligence to convert the final interviews because everyone was having

the same talent and competency. The only thing which matters a lot is how u

showcase your learnings of the entire two years.

Mr. Rachit Vij


On the D-day, we were supposed to wait in the PPT room, the company came

for the campus placement on 27th November 2010 for every stream. Finally the

company arrived our campus at 12 pm and the pre placement talk was

delivered by the Vice President HR of the company at PPT hall. and as usual,

the company officials were late. The company's VP (HR) along with his team

was there and apologies for being late also came out .After this, the GDs

started, i was confident that day and there was a feeling coming from within

that today is my day.Five groups of 8 students each were created out of the 40

students. My GD topic was “How are sales and marketing different from

each other?” I took my time and chipped into the GD after two members;

spoke two sensible and crisp lines and some more after a while. The Gds were

held for every speacialization starting from marketing and finally ending up with

the HR students. The confidence level was increased now after the Gd got over

and few students were already congratulating before the results were out.

Results were announced and 8 students were short-listed, and as expected, I

was one of them.

After a gap of 1 hour, the interviews started with the marketing students while

the operations and HR students waited for their turn throughout the day but

unfortunately didn't got the chance to get interviewed and later they were

called at the company's Head Office in Mumbai.

Now, during the interviews of the marketing students. I was the fifth person to

be called for the personal interview. This increased my heartbeats a bit but

somehow I managed myself and showed that I am confident enough to face the

interview. I entered the room and saw all the three members sitting who were

there during the pre-placement talk.

In the PI following questions were asked to me...

1. Teel me something about yourself ?

2. What will you get after dividing 100/16 ?( The VP-HR asked me this question

thrice and all the time i gave the wrong answer that too confidently, final he

asked me to take paper –pen and find out the answer )

3. Is 20% of 80 or 80% of 20 is greater ?

4. What do you know about our organization?

5. What do you mean by BCG Matrix ?

6. Do you know about balance sheet ?

7. Few other finance questions

8. Where you did internship?

9. What was the topic & what were the recommendations given by you?

10. Why did you think that this is the appropriate recommendations and will

solve the issue?

11. The approach & methodology adopted during the internship project.

12. What do you know about the telecom market ?

13.What strategy should be adopted by the different players in this sector ?


14. Can you work in any location or is there any preference ?

15. If we give you your home town as your final posting , what would we your

reaction ?

16. Few situation based question.

After a few minutes, I, along with a batch mate were called in the PI room,

giving me a thought that we were finally selected, but surprisingly one of the

panel member told us that we both had to undergo an aptitude test now.

The aptitude test was of 15 minutes. The number of questions asked in test was

25. There were three different sections in the aptitude test.

1. Verbal Ability

2. Logical Reasoning

3. Quantitative ability.

The questions in the aptitude test were not very difficult. Although it was a very

basic level test but speed and accuracy was a very crucial factor and i think it

was also taken so as to judge the student'scriteria

And, finally, after an hour, around 5pm, the VP (HR) intimated that I was finally

selected and was given the offer letter instantly. The other guy was kept on

hold although later he also got through. I was the only Marketing student from

SBS to get selected that day. This feeling was the greatest of all in my two years

of college ……I was on cloud number nine.

Learnings from the Interview:-

1. To do the homework of researching about the company.

2. To remain calm and composed during the interview so that one can answer

the tricky questions in a very logical manner & the responses given in the

interview are authentic and natural.

3. To remain what I am at the time of interview because the selection is the

matter of fitment and not incapability.

4. The panel also knows that the student is not 100% percent perfect for the

position as lots of learnings are yet to come.

I would like to share two things with my juniors....Stay confident throughout the

process because the people sitting on the other side of the table are much

interested to know whether you are confident or not rather checking your

technical knowledge and even if you speak less, make it crisp and clear.

Best of luck

RachitVij


Rahul Chaurasia

Hi AllRahul ChaurasiaRegistration no :MM09-11011BIMM FINANCE

Placed in First Company

The auspicious day was Dhanteras when i got selected for campus placement since it was the first company I just believed in myself and gave it my best shot to get through.

I only realized my ultimate goal of am MBA once I entered the 3rd sem specially after internship of PGDM, because this is the time for my placement the reason for my MBA , But you should only believe in yourself , if you don't get into the first company you will definitely get into a good company as the is a constant flow in SBS, just have confidence in your self and your own capabilities ,its got to be your day and you got to give it your best shot.

I discussed with people in the industry and my senior and got valuable inputs.And as Our professor and Anand Sir was having number of years of experience in SAP and had visited many countries and seen number of roll outs we got a practical and experiencial learning for them.They suggested us various SAP forums for us to get knowledge from the industry experts and the way they resolve the issues. Anand Sir also motivated us to get through the first company and was there during the entire process to guide us through.

This phase of PLACEMENT comes as great experience, tensions, excitement in every student's life.We all go through this till the time we are placed and are happy and relaxed with the same. But all this comes as a great learning and is very important to go for the right choice, have patience and go for the one which you desire. The most important thing is good profile and company which is in abundance in Balaji Society with its good name and reputation with Bala sir and strong Alumni, So never give up hope and have faith.

When we returned from internship and joined 3rd semBala Sir advised Finance students to join the SAP (FI/CO) , I had worked on the same during internship and i was really interested to get placed as an SAP Consultant.The FI/CO batch were not allowed to sit for camps placements in non-FI/CO company, so when the first company visited our campus I was focused to get into that as it was a good profile and company for the FI/CO.

The selection process was a combination of 4 Rounds:Aptitude test


1. Quantitative Aptitude ( 10 marks)2. Reasoning (15 marks)3. English (15 marks)Total time 45 min

FICO Technical test

Group Discussion

Personal interview

After that 7 of us got select for the final PI with two of the panel members.It started with my general introduction, they asked me about my summer internship at XYZ corporation Ltd. Company feedback , PPO.

Then they asked me why I want to join their SAP FICO company having a good Commerce background (ICWAI Inter, M.com, B.com) which is very good for Corporate Finance & Banking Business.I told them that they have core finance work in FICO and one of their PI panelist was a CA head of FICO at company which gives me more motivation and scope to my career in finance & FICO.Then they asked me general questions about my family background, any relatives in Company , Medical history etc.After this 6 of us got selected and they gave general feedback to all who got selected that they had a tough time for evaluation of the whole process and were very happy about the FICO technical test which was not very easy but most of us wrote very well. They told us to read a lot on FICO as we will be the only fresher's when we start working with company . They also told us to improve our personality development skill as we have to interact with a lot of their client.

My suggestions to my Juniors is that don't bluff or Misguide the interviewer because he can judge you within 5 to 10 min what depth of knowledge & experience you carry along with you. So always be transparent, keep your cool & give best efforts. Nothing is Impossible.Bala sir has always been there and his belief problems are opportunities I will carry always.“Tough time does not last long, but Tough People do last”The best thing is to carry the knowledge gained through the tough phase of our life. Patience is the key, Go for the profile and be very particular about the sector you want to enter. If you are good you will get what you want and money would automatically follow you. Be confident about yourself, continue doing hard work, success will ultimately follow you. Don't get disheartened by the rejections, instead learn from them to improve.


My message to all juniors who are there and yet to come . Do believe in yourself and follow your dreams. Do some good homework about company, take feedback from seniors who got placed in the same companies and work on your weaknesses. Only in SBS you will get so many chances in no other college or in life. You will definitely reach the destination but remember that the world which is waiting for you after college is much tougher than the interview room.

Overall the full process was very good and challenging as each round was an elimination round. I would like to thank our Director BIMM , Prof. Anand& Prof Rajiv for giving us all the valuable input and knowledge about the subject in such a short span of time and last but not the least Director Corporate Relations & the CRT team for coordinating the company so well and making my dream to become the Corporate Citizen true.

Lastly I would like to thank my alma mater for all that that i have achieved in this past few months in the organization all the training and vigorous work schedule seems like a part of our daily life now.

RAHUL KUMAR CHAURASIA

Rahul Kumar Choudhary

Hi everyone

Name: Rahul Kumar Choudhary

Reg. No. : MM09-11139

Div.: Dual B (Balaji Institute of Modern Management)


Specialization: Marketing & IT.

My journey of getting placed was a long one as I could not sit for the same in

initial stage due to attendance shortage. I was very much tensed since very few

companies were left. Besides this the next worry was that which type of

companies should I go for, being a fresher I was totally ignorant about the

working scenario. This problem of mine was solved by talking to the faculties in

our college and reading about the business environment. Thus I decided that I

will not leave any opportunity to sit for the company offering good profile.

It was 9th April'2010, Company “XYZ” was visiting our campus it was a MNC

which had just entered Indian market. It was after browsing and knowing about

the profile and company thoroughly, I decided and said to myself that it's now

or never. As the company was open for all the colleges so the competition was

very tough but still I made up mind that whatever happens I have to give my

best shot.


The panel from the company consisted of 4 corporate stalwarts accompanied by

an HR manager. The Stalwarts as I got to know later were the expert handling

various departments very successfully.

The company had three rounds for selection each one being an elimination

round.1st group discussion 2nd and 3rd Interview.

For the GD round groups were made of the 10 students each. As natural I was

very nervous of the GD round as thus with each GD group coming out after

their discussion I was asking about the topics and what all they said and how is

the scene inside the room. My group entered the GD room and our GD was

taken by the VP Sales himself. Every group was telling their topic to be either

about India-China relationship or recession Or India 2020 so I was also revising

all the necessary facts regarding these topics itself. As expected, the GD topic

for my group was a bit different one and it was “Impact of Indo-China

relationship and its impact on India economy”. The GD went pretty well and I

spoke a lot with suggestive numbers and figures to support my points.

After our GD round small briefing was given by the Head HR about the interview

round and he clearly stated that questions in this round or the next interview

round for all the students will be word to word same and will be very general

questions. Also he said that “now it's the time to think about yourself and show

us the real person in you, thus if you want yourself to succeed you will maintain

the secrecy about the questions.”

As obvious I was very nervous about the interview round but still was confident

that I need not to portray myself as someone else, I have to show the real me.

Now came the 2nd round after a lot of wishes from friends I entered the

interview room. HR gave a brief introduction about him and also created a

friendly environment which boosted up the confidence. This interview round

was a rapid fire. 5 questions were asked which were supposed to be answered

in min time.

Questions asked were –

“where do you see yourself in 5 years down the line?”,

“What are the 3 things you learnt in last 2 years?”,

”What according to you is the Best achievement in your life till date?”,

“why service Industry?”,

“why Company “XYZ” to start with?”.

Though it was a rapid fire round but you were expected to give a logical answer.

Just an advice, whenever you are going through the rapid fire round, don't give

the answers for the sake of giving, take few seconds to think, before you speak.

Otherwise it will create a wrong image in the mind of the person across the

table. Luckily these were few of the questions I had asked myself a night before

and was clear about the where and the whys.


Results for this interview round had to be declared and the tension was

increasing as no one could say that the interview went well or bad as the

questions were general. But it turned out to be good for me as I was selected

and out of the 32 students 18 were shortlisted for the next round. Finally we

moved on for last and final round of interview. Head HR again came to brief us

and gave us certain advice to perform in the interview and told us that the

questions will be profile based and will be same for all of us. Now the 3rd round

of interview started, it was taken by 2 panel members. One member was

observing the body language and the facial expressions; another member was

listening to answers carefully. The first question asked to me was a very casual

one and it was what did I have in my lunch I was surprised but I answered truly

that due to nervousness I had very light one the HR understood it and thus to

relieve the tension he cracked some jokes which really made the environment

very friendly . Then he explained how the complete interview is going to be, I

was asked to consider myself as a sales manager of the area and have to solve

the issues arising during the selling process.

Some given situations were – “If an employee who is achieving all his targets

and is a very good performer but doesn't come to office on time. Warning has

been given to him that he will be under observation for coming 15 days

otherwise he will be asked to leave. What will be your action plan for such an

employee?”

“There is a loyal customer who comes to you with the pricing error due to

system malfunctioning, how will to tackle the situation. “

“If you realize a customer is trying to forge the documents to get discounts and

you are to deal with it without making a scene on the floor.”

“The price on the bill exceeds the price of the service and a customer who is

annoyed brings this to your notice and demands an explanation.”

I tried to answer these questions putting myself into the shoes of a manager

and as well as a customer where required. This round was a tricky one where

there was no right or wrong answer as such. It was the presence of mind and

the tactful use of the terminology that was tested.

I answered all the questions as per my understanding. This round went on for

almost 15 to 20 mins. The questions and the situations were same for everyone

and as expected there were lot of discussions before and after the interview.

After finishing all the rounds, the students were asked to assemble in a room

and results were declared. Results were based on a 5 point scale, 5 being the

highest and 1 being the lowest. The minimum acceptable score was 3 and those

who were able to get 3 and above as an average of all the 3 rounds were

selected.

At the end of the day, results were announced and 5 students were picked up. I

was one of lucky 5. It was a really cherish-able moment when my name was


announced, I was on the top of the world and very much relived. It took me a

while to sink into this that I was placed. All my hard work for one and a half

year was paid off.

Again a small briefing and a welcome note to enter into the service industry was

given. Overall it was a great experience I had and all thanks to the Placement

team and Bala sir, for making my journey as the success story.

Thank you

Regards

Rahul Kumar Choudhary

Hi..!

Rahul Nagpal

Roll No- MM 09-11071

BIMM (Dual-A)

MARKETING

Batch - 2009-11.

Well, the placement season had commenced this journey taught me some

important lessons of life. To stay calm during stress, to keep patience & most

important thing was the faith in GOD which I learnt during that time. I knew

whatever little things I could learn during the classes but It was the faith in

GOD which gave me that all needed boost that day. So let me take you through

“THE DAY”. It was the month of December when I became eligible to sit for the

companies. . I was not allowed to sit for the first 50 companies because my

attendance was less than 90%. . I really don't remember for how many

companies I sat for but I do remember one thing very clearly that I didn't get

through a single GD. The session used to start with a pre placement talk by the

company executives, growth component, work culture, market presence. This is

followed by the brief explanation of skills set required for the employment. The

actual recruitment process starts with GD, then the rounds of Interview, and I

was sincerely not aware of the rounds of INTERVIWES, I had just heard of

various rounds of interviews. i.e. HR round, technical round , psychometric and

many more.. as I have clearly mentioned above the reason for the same .Then

begins the seemingly long( but actually only a few hours for me), unbearable

and intriguing wait of the results. A number of students discuss answers and try

Rahul Nagpal


to self-evaluate their chances of getting through. Some recite their last however

never ending prayers, while some try to avoid all the adrenalin rush by taking a

power nap. As the time for the announcement of results nears, waves of

students start inundating the auditorium once again. All around one can see

pale and fatigued faces Finally the moment of reckoning arrives and the list of

students qualified for the next round is read out. There are signs of

disappointment and screams of joy. In my case it was always a sign of

disappointment till 14th March 2011. But finally after waiting for so long, the

day had come when my dream to enter into the Corporate world turned into a

reality. Date : 15th March…

That day itself was different from the normal one. I had to leave for Mumbai for

the process, started my day at 5.30 am, and reached office at 10.30 AM,

carrying various weird thoughts in my mind. Somehow in the back of mind I had

already registered it .THIS IS MY DAY. I know this statement is sounding

completely illogical but believe me its true. It all started with a brief about the

company & then we were told that the process would start in sumtime..

Process:

GD & Interview

Then I experienced something new, it was the experience of “The joy of Getting

through the first round, THE GD ROUND”. Then I started telling my friends &

parents “This is my Day”.

Topic for my GD was :Common wealth games : How will it affect India in

future !!

As I was sitting nearby the moderator, he asked me to start and luckily I had

the complete knowledge on this topic.

Being very clear and calm, I put down my points in front of everyone without

any run.

Then, everyone gave their opinions and we discussed on this topic for about 15

minutes.

At the end, he asked everyone to conclude. This is the best part in any GD

because there are some cases where you don't get a chance to speak

throughout the discussion but while concluding you can actually make a good

impression with your logical points and summarizing skills.

Now I was eligible for the most awaited round (exclusively for me) i.e Interview.

Now second round was 35- 40 mins of interview with the national head of the

company. Since this was my first experience , so obviously I was super excited.

As soon as I entered, I dint even wait for those four polite words” please have a

seat”.. I sat with all the enthusiasm, excitement and happiness.

First question which was asked..Actually I should not consider this as a


question, it was merely a half said statement by the interviewer.” You seem very

enthusiastic”…and I interrupted him in between..” yes I m super excited, as this

is first time ,I am sitting for the interview ,that too after clearing GD” . I shared

my previous failure with him . He burst out laughing .Again totally

unpredictable.

Then he asked, the most difficult question to answer” tell me something about

yourself? ”after having an intense look onto my CV.

The most difficult question to answer, I smiled, and again fired back a question

to him (politely), “my name, qualification, my hobbies, achievements, my aim,

my previous project have already been mentioned in the CV so what exactly you

want to know about me??” again he laughed at me. Suddenly that interview

converted into a candid healthy discussion. He started sharing his XLRI days

and gave me lots of GYAAN. Finally that question remained unanswered and he

moved on to the other .Again unpredictable.

Few more question which were asked to me.

Ques: what is your learning from summer internship?

Ques: What is your aspiration in life?

Ques:Why do you want to work for this company?

I was being very honest while answering those questions; somehow I managed

to deliver answers without exaggeration. While I was answering the last

question, he interrupted in between and told me” Be prepared to work hard, all

the best and told me to send the next canditade. I was happy & was waiting for

the results.. Finally the results were out after 2 hours. HR came out &

announced the names my name being the first in the finally selected students….

This was unpredictable.isnt it??

welcome aboard” this is what the HR told us. .

Some Gyaan for the Juniors…..

If you don't get selected in the starting phase then just don't give up. There is

always a day fixed for everyone. When that day will come then that would be

only yours.

Last but not the least, I am very grateful to Bala Sir for encouraging us at each

stage by saying that “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES “.

I wish all my friends all the very best and hope everyone succeed at every path

of their lives.


Rahul Parmanand

Name: Rahul Parmanand

College: BIMM

Specialization: Marketing (Executive Batch)

Roll No: MM09-11435

The sentiments:

I still remember the first day of college when I reached around 10 am on 6th

June'2009. Our reporting was on 8th June'2009. On 7th it was the Best Dress

competition,

Bam Presentation, the first and one of the best exercises practiced at SBS

removes the hesitation of the students and encourages their creativity to

perform better and different. I chose the topic: “How to balance perfectly the

corporate culture with personal life” My score was 127.


with working days or schedule, holiday was never a concern. I maintained good

attendance and timetable.





1. Life Cycle(Marketing Management, Istsem taught by Prantosh sir)

2. Cluster Analysis (Market Research, II ndsem taught by Prantosh sir)

I maintained more than 97% attendance in the first three semesters and an

aggregate of more than 65% marks.


After my summer training, I started taking things very seriously. I craved for

information and knowledge. I would read the whole newspaper and note the

details, figures in my notebook. I tried to study all the current issues and the

historical issues. I wanted to build such a knowledge base that no topic in GD

could be a difficulty. I studied all- political news, business news, sports news,

rankings, and different indexes(Human Development Index etc). I also used

internet to know more about topics like:

List of all the Presidents of India.

List of all the Prime Ministers of India.

All cabinet ministers.


The emphasis was to know things in detail and not at superficial level. I

thought, I should be able to stand and face the toughest interviews where I

would be grinded for my knowledge. Simultaneously, I strengthened my

fundamentals in all subjects. I also practiced numerical and logical reasoning to

clear the written test if I had to face it.

I must admit, I felt I had maximum knowledge during that time and was so

confident that I could face anybody and any GD.


1company A was the first company for which all were allowed to appear

irrespective of attendance and backlog criteria. I was also very excited to crack

this company. That was the first chance to get placed and everyone was more

than willing to crack this company.


round.

1st Group Discussion

2nd Interview

3rd Final Interview.

For the GD round groups were made of the 10 students each and out of 21

groups mine was the 9th group. GDs have always been my forte so I was not

tensed at all.. My group entered the GD room and our GD was taken by the

Head HR himself. The topic of our GD was “Recession and the Indian

economy'', It was an easy topic as I had read a lot about it in the newspapers.

I was the one to initiate the topic with a nice punch line. I strongly believe that

the one who takes the first step in a GD is capable of giving direction to the

discussion. Hence, always try to take the first step. However, it does not mean

that one must just speak anything because one has to. You must take your

time, understand the topic and then speak relevant points. Also, you will have

to be quick else the ball will go in someone else's court. One must also

remember to give your colleagues appropriate time to speak too. The GD went

pretty well. I expected a positive response as this was an elimination round.

However, to my disappointment I was not selected. But than I kept my

confidence high and I sat for 4-5 companies after that, Being from a non

technicalbackground(hotel management) I was basically looking to sit for banks

and hotels. But as the uncertainty is always there and somehow I thought I was

perfect in gd but in 2-3 companies I got eliminated from the gd round, the

reason I analyzed was that I was becoming too much aggressive in gd and then

I actually learnt from all the gd experiences that you have to maintain a proper

balance in the gd ,on perfect times in the gd you have to be aggressive and on

perfect times you have to keep calm, I than decided to work on this strategy.

The other thing was that as I enquired in PAT there was rather no surety of


coming of hotels or if they would come also they would come very late, so I

decided to sit for a leading private sector bank which came 2nd time after joint

certification programme,It was a pool campus happening at ibspune campus in

aundh,The other institutes participating were indira,sadhana,BIMM,ibspune,so

there were almost 250 students participated in that pool campus ,

COMPANY PROCESS

Group discussion: As it was a pool campus there were 250 students from 4-5

different colleges in the process, we were divided in the group of 10 students,

All the regional heads and other people from HR were the moderators for the

GD,My topic was “Is it socially acceptable to express love in public

places in today's india”,I initiated the GD and made 2-3 good points, There

was another student from indira who was also making a good impact ,In the

middle I became a little bit aggressive and again made 2 good points, in the

end I summarized the GD,I was pretty sure that I will get through the GD

round,

After sometime the results were announced and as par my expectations I got

through the GD round.

1st Interview (Head HR direct sales channel):

Question: What do you know about the company? Answer: I answered the

business, verticals and evolution of the company.

Question: What do you understand about the business? Answer : I explained

him the industry broadly, the scope and why the industry is growing, where will

the industry will lead to in future, changing trends etc. This industry was totally

new to me hence I did not know much about the products and features.

He also asked about my past experience, summer internship and interest for

profile.

2nd Interview (Regional head direct sales and HR executive):

This interview was more rustic. He asked about practical situations.

Interviewer: How can you sell your products when the people do not want?

Answer: Sir, we will design products for different segments and target it to the

right market. I explained him using few examples, what the industry is doing

and a few examples of what can be done. The interviewer told me that there

was a huge difference in theory and practice. He wanted to show me the tough

side of sales.

Interviewer: what will you do if you are unable to close any deal Answer: Sir I

will consult my immediate boss and take him with me to close the deal. He was

quite happy with the frank answer given by me.

The results were announced within half an hour and as par my expectations I


got through, only 14 students got selected out of 250 students from different

colleges and I was 1 out of those 14.

OFFER LETTER:

The offer letter came to the PAT department and I signed my acceptance in May

and I got my joining date as 23rd may 2011,

Thanks and Regards

Rahul parmanand MM09-11435

BIMM(Executive Batch)

Dear Friends,

My Heartiest Greetings to one and all,

Hi, I am Rahul Solanke MM09-11247 PGDM-B

It gives immense pleasure and makes me nostalgic while sharing this

experience. I still remember the day I landed in Sri Balaji Society and the

prologue of this “OFFROAD” Journey begin with a traditional day and the whole

society was depicting a MINI INDIA. You can substantiate the famous phrase

“Unity in Diversity” in a glance. This was followed by aaddressal from Bala Sir

and the Great Introduction of Bam Sir. The panic was created for Bam

presentation as if a blackout is declared amidst world war but candidly speaking

BAM Presentation was one among the most memorable days I have ever lived

in SBS. That was the day and there after I never looked back in SBS. Every

morning brings a 100 meter Olympic sprint for me from hostel gate to BIMM

entrance. Many times I felt unfortunate to miss the Olympic medal by a fraction

of second and penalized for this loss by sacrificing attendance of first half and 3

lectures really matters a most in a college where 90% is a criteria for

placements. Nevertheless this goes on and on and never ending story of

experiences in SBS…..

Now I would directly come to my placement experience. I was clear about my

sector of Interest and It was manufacturing and predominantly AUTOMOBILES.

There was nothing strange about the sector rather this was a repercussion of

engineering worm and grooming in PGDM made my bend towards the

manufacturing sector. My sincere thanks to the real gems of class “My Back

Bench Classmates” and my roommate where the preparation begins and most

us made to Automobile Industry. A great example I would say for unanimous

Vision. The very first company visited campus in September 2010 and there was

Rahul Solanke


hue and cry in campus to make to this company. The day when Navrang

became dearer by few thousand bucks just by securing exclusive rights to print

CV in the required format. Nonetheless few friends were through with this

company and it was a party time with them to cherish those moments. It was a

month of September and there after a small pause and a ruffle of panic in

anticipation of “companies draught in campus”. The Corporate Team keeps on

calling and AuDi filled with deluge of crowd to have a firsthand look on JD of

company. I was patiently waiting for my cup of tea and finally the day arrived

when the quest came to end and JD flashed on Audi's screen. There was a

shortlisting from the company based on several criteria's like top 10 performers

from Assessment, Academics, work experience etc. I was fulfilling all the

criteria's and the shortlisting of 48 students given to college. I was one among

them and on 30th of November was the day in 2010 when the company came

for selection process and pre placement talk was triggered by the selection

panel members and soon after that groups were made by company officials.

Now 48 students were split in to 6 groups of ten each. I was in third group and

given the GD tags by the coordinators. This indicates the place of seat in group.

We were called in for GD and as soon we occupied our seat, a brief introduction

was triggered by each and every candidate as requested by selection panel.

This was the time everyone was anxious rather curious to hear the GD Topic

from the panel and It was “Visit of Obama to India”. A minute was given to

streamline the thoughts and as usual someone fired the first salvo in a brisk of

second after the topic was revealed. Everybody started speaking Pro Visit

agenda and I already made my mind to speak in favor of the topic. A time of 15

minutes was given to us to speak on this topic and I was not in hurry as it was

pertinent from the time frame that everyone is going to get time to speak on

topic. I was the third person to speak in a group after 2 minutes and putting

forth my views. Soon I realize that the discussion was going in both the

directions and rather than countering my fellow group mates I picked up the

weakest links in discussion and took advantage on that. This served dual

purpose. One I was successfully able to communicate my viewpoints and

second the discussion remains harmonious rather than berserk. Everybody was

through with the stuff available with them and selection panel asked everyone

to sum up the discussion in two lines. We were done and patiently waiting for

other groups to finish as GD was an elimination round. Soon the results were

unveiled and 12 candidates were called for PI. I was one among them.

I was waiting for my turn and I was eightth in line. I was called and everyone

extend their best wishes. I knocked the door and seek permission to enter. I

greeted the panel members and asked to sit. The very first question as

expected “Tell me something about yourself”. I have given my introduction

started with my native place, education, family, work experience and my

learning's in these stages. I spoke about the strengths in synch with the

learning's I had and how did it help. This question was almost stretched to 10


minutes. The other questions were:

Why did you choose MBA ?

Why Automobile Sector?

Why this company?

Why Sales or Marketing?

Thereafter the interview was diverted to my prior work experience as the

interviewer was aficionado of my educational background. It was a smooth

transition and I was grilled on same. I was then asked about marketing subjects

and I was being judged how I can co-relate it with practical aspects and with that

of Maruti.

After the interview was over, everyone was waiting for the results anxiously.

Suddenly comes a call from the HR and they asked for a second interview for one

candidate and it was me. I was being again grilled on questions like

How will I contribute in Maruti'sperformance ?

Why you choose your project in manufacturing and what was your learning in it ?

If you won't be selected then what would have been the reasons for you non

selection.

Finally after the grilling session I was being releaved

And then after 5 minutes results were announced.

I was done and same day the results were revealed and I was one among 2

selected candidates.

MY SUGGESTIONS:

Be confident and believe in yourself.

Be honest with yourself and lie in aarticulative manner.

Be abreast with current affairs and the industry of your interest.

Prepare for HR questions and have sensible knowledge of your subject.

My Best wishes to all my juniors

SkY is The Limit and in every situation have the ability to come back with flying

colours.

Regards

Rahul Solanke

BIMM PGDM-B (2009-11)

Marketing-11247


Rakesh Kumar Jha

I am Rakesh Kumar Jha



Specialisation: Marketing , PGDM- A

I am placed in company which is in Electrical Segment.

Today it gives me immense pleasure to write my experience about my Campus

Placement Experience

17th December, 2010

I was still unplaced and my all roomies were placed in good companies. I was

on the verge of depression and I thought I would never be placed as I was

rejected from 8 cos. before.

BUT I believe “Every day is a new day so always start the day with full

enthusiasm”

There were 2 rounds:

1) GD

2) PI

GD

The GD round was a little different from the usual ones as in this the panel was

checking the communication as well as the speaking style of the person. So i

was in the first group and My GD topic was an abstract one" MBA---“Jack of

all Trade and Master of None”".

It was 20 people in the GD and we started giving our introduction. I was seated

in the NO. 1 position so the introduction initiated with me.

As soon as the Topic came, I started first without thinking a second, as the

panel also told us that the topic need not any seconds to start and we did the

same with my initiation.

I spoke for total of 4 times:

1. I used the example of the Panel Head only of that co. about his experience of

3 decade in sales. I said that we can also see the experience of sir who has the

experience of 3 decade in sales which also says that U should need the mastery

in one whether u have the jack of all trade or not.

2. I also emphasize on the thing that we all should be JACK of all as well like we

studied so many subjects of so many fields other than sales and marketing

which shows that we should know about other thing as well. I focused on my

topic “MBA IS JACK OF ALL TRADE AND MASTER OF ONE” RATHER THAN


NONE.

3. I acted as good receptive as well and I was also agreeing on others point.

Then I discussed with my friend's point about the fact that We are studying a

lot many subjects in MBA because we should have the knowledge of everything

(All Trade) but we, the marketing guy are always focused in our field, sales.

4. Lastly I spoke about the topic in general and concluded by my own and in

that conclusion I summarizes approx. every points mixed with my points and

concluded he topic by saying , we all should be act like “ JACK OF ALL TRADE

AND MASTER OF ONE”

Our group behaved very decent and we all were speaking one by one and the

time was also sufficient. Out of 20, 6 got selected from our group

PI

I entered the room after I got the permission to get in.

There were 4 people sitting in front of me. One was the All India sales head,

one was Branch head and the two was the head of dept. for other trade.

Interview started and it was very cool as the questions asked were very general

like:

1) Tell us about yourself?

2) Why does u want to join the company?

3) My Hobbies and Weaknesses?

The panel members were asking simple questions but were watching the body

language and the confidence, the command over English etc, very minor points

Soon after my intro, I was asked about my summer project in detail. Then why

this company? It was tough as I cannot say it was my dream company or the

brand name fascinates me,. I had been very honest and told that it's not that

it's my Dream Company or sector. It's a growing sector and I have interest in

Electrical Segment.

In the introduction, they asked me about myself starts from my childhood to

present and about my family.

Then Sir asked me about my nature as he was told by my friend (she escorted

him) that if u are not selecting Rakesh, then u are not taking the “GEM” of our

college.

I told them about myself as I am very helpful and very friendly in nature and I

also manipulated some points to sales part as the team want to pick us for sales

only.

My entire interview was mainly focused on my families, my friends, my

relationship and my circle as they want me for core sales. They also asked me

that if u are very friendly in nature then u can give much discount to customer

and may be u can hit loss to company. My reply was in Hindi that “GHODA


GHASS SE DOSTI KAREGA TO KHAYEGA KYA”.

I gave my PI 80% in Hindi and 20% in English. I did well and I was confident

enough to get selected in that company and the same thing happened at 8 PM,

when I was announced as the selected candidate in that company.

I understood how important it is to be spontaneous and intense when you

reply; because that 10-15 minutes encounter will fetch you thestairs to climb

you dream cloud. However individual have their personal identity and If

someone is unable to get into some specific round, it is not that he/she is not

good enough, it is just that the compatibility factor doesn't get a perfect match

between the job and the seeker.

I learnt it during my practices that, “there is nothing called 'Selection' or

'Rejection', it is just a match and mismatch of therequirement and the

capabilities”.

The first thing which I did after my placement was to call my parents and make

them feel proud on their decision to make me join SBS.

My suggestion

One should have the KNOWLEDGE about Company in which he/ she is sitting,

market dynamics, summer projects, General Awareness, Current affairs.

I will never forget this place and specially the tough schedule of college because

it is really helpful in corporate world.

I am proud to be a Balajian and will be throughout my life.

I wish all my colleagues ALL THE VERY BEST.

Regards:

Rakesh Kumar Jha

BIMM(2009-2011)

MM09-11042.


Reetika Singh


Name: Reetika Singh

College:- BIMM,

Roll No. :- MM09 - 11142

Dear Friends,

It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience with you all. I

would like to start with my overall campus experience and then placement

process. The two years I spent at Sri Balaji Society were one of the best I've

lived so far.I've learnt so much, not only in terms of knowledge and aptitude but

also in terms of managing my personal and professional life. To all my juniors,

I'd just like to say that live and enjoy your college as much as you can, these

days are never going to come back again.

Campus experience:

It would not be correct if I say I started the preparation since the very first day.

The first year was very jubilant as we came into a new ambience with new

dreams and ambitions, but at the same time it was very hectic and tiring. But

these hectic schedules proved to be a boon to us when we went for our interns.

I did my interns in a FMCG company. There I realized when other interns were

frustrated due to overload of work; I was able to easily sail through it because

of our corporate commando training.

My first and lifetime learning in BALAJI which got started from the very first day

was to have patience. Initially I did not like the long hours of classes, sitting

from 9am to 6:30pm .We all were so impatient that we can't sit for long hours

then after first semester I realized the change in me. I became more patient

and focused. Which are the most required qualities for a manager.

I am very thankful to the faculties provided to us who did not even teach us but

shared their valuable industry experience with us, which helped us a lot to know

the market scenario.

I still remember the line said by Bala sir at the beginning of the Placement

season that “We all are gold, we will be sold” this line always kept me

motivated.

Placement Process:26th October 2010

A Retail firm was going to visit our campus. As usual, all eligible candidates had

to attend the PPT. I was pretty skeptical about sitting for the company,

nevertheless I attended the PPT . the company was a giant in the retail sector

and had my loyalty as a customer since the last 10 years so I decided to sit for

the placement process.

It was a pooled campus placement so colleges like Sadhna and ISBM were also

there in our campus. The company came with a big panel of 4 corporate

stalwarts accompanied by 3 HR managers. The Stalwarts as I got to know later

were the expert handling various departments very successfully.


The company had three rounds for selection each one being a elimination

round.

1st group discussion

2nd Interview



groups mine was the last group. groupGDs hd always been my forte so I was

not tensed at all.. My group entered the GD room and our GD was taken by the

Head HR himself. We were the first group so had no clue of what the topics are

going to be, topic was declare “Recession and the Indian economy'', It was an

easy topic as I had read a lot about it in the newspaper,one thing that helped is

my Economic Times reading habbit , Reading ET religiously had increased my

confidence .The GD went pretty well .

After all GD rounds small briefing was given by the Head HR about the interview

round and he clearly stated that questions in this round or the next interview

round for all the students will be word to word same and will be very general

questions . Also he said that “now it's the time to think about yourself and show

us the real person in you , thus if you want yourself to succeed you will

maintain the secrecy about the questions.”

This was the rapid fire round, where in you had to answer at the spur of the

moment, minimum time was given, so that we couldn't think that much, but

was a good experience as my main motive of cracking the GD was achieved ,

after which I had decided I want to clear all the rounds and get placed, the time

you decide this you start getting nervous, following were the Questions asked in

my 1st interview round.

Questions asked were –

“where do you see yourself in 5 years down the line?”,

“what are the 3 things you learnt in last 3 months?”

”What according to you is the Best achievement in your life till date?”,

“why Retail Industry?”,

“why Company “A” to start with?”.

Though it was a rapid fire round but you were expected to give a logical answer.

Just an advice, whenever you are going through the rapid fire round, don't give

the answers for the sake of giving, take few seconds to think, before you speak.

Otherwise it will create a wrong image in the mind of the person across the

table. Luckily these were few of the questions I had asked myself a night before

and was clear about the where and the whys.

Results for this interview round had to be declared and the tension was

increasing as no one could say that the interview went well or bad as the

questions were general. But it turned out to be good for me as I was selected

and out of the 32 students 18 were shortlisted for the next round. Day ended

on a positive note for me as the next interview round had to be conducted the

next day.


Here comes “D-day “ 29 th October Friday, 10 am and 18 of us reached the

room for our final interview . Head HR again came to brief us and gave us

certain advice to perform in the interview and told us that the questions will be

case study based and will be same for all of us. Now the 3rd round of interview

started , time slot were given and mine was fourth , I was the 5th person to be

interviewed. It was taken by 2 panel members. One member was observing the

body language and the facial expressions; another member was listening to

answers carefully. The first question asked to me was a very casual one and it

was what did I had in my breakfast, this interview was based on the situations,

and how would I react if I was there, the questions were too logical, they would

put me certain situations and see I would react, Some given situations were –

“If an employee who is achieving all his targets and is a very good performer

but doesn't come to office on time. Warning has been given to him that he will

be under observation for coming 15 days otherwise he will be asked to leave.

What will be your action plan for such an employee?”

“There is a loyal customer who comes to you with the shoes he bought for

replacement but the exchange period is over, how will to tackle the situation. “

“If you realize a customer is trying to steal or has stolen something and you are

to deal with it without making a scene on the floor.”

“A customer who visits your store every week and gives you good business;

unknowingly breaks a small article but doesn't accept it as his/her mistake and

is not ready to pay for it.”

“The price on the label exceeds the MRP of the product and a customer who is

annoyed brings this to your notice and demands an explanation.”

“A pregnant lady who gets stuck in the elevator, how will you deal with the

family and the nearby customers?”

I tried to answer these questions putting myself into the shoes of a manager

and as well as a customer where required. This round was a tricky one where

there was no right or wrong answer as such. It was the presence of mind and

the tactful use of the terminology that was tested.

I answered all the questions as per my understanding. This round went on for

almost 10 to 15 mins. The questions and the situations were same for everyone

and as expected there were lot of discussions before and after the interview.

After my interview was done was done I went home, as there were 25 odd

students after me, I had started feeling the anxiety from within . This was the

first ever interview of my life for a job..

Then went to college back by 4, they declared the results at 6 total of 8

students from our college were selected, one of the memorable day of my life.

All close friends were there with me during announcement of result.

One thing I would like to say –' Its not about how early you get placed, its

about how well you get placed' ,so never lose hope if you don't crack the

company there might be something better in the store for you.


Thanks & Regards,

Reetika Singh

BIMM(Marketing)

Batch2009-2011

Hello everyone,

I am Richa Dogra,

Reg. No. 01-1057

Roll No. MM09-11535,

BIMM.

While some get placed on the very first day of placement season, many have to

wait for their big day for long.The entire period of placement season is a

struggle in itself. But it indeed makes you much stronger in life. As far as my

placement experience is concerned, I struggled for 2 months to make it to one

of the best companies on campus that year.

My Experience :

1. The placements for HR students started as soon as we got back from our

internships. One of the biggest IT companies , was the first to recruit from our

batch. They shortlisted some odd 30 students from MM & HRD. We were called

to their office for the process as students from other colleges were also called.

(CTC-4.75 LPA)

The process was divided in 3 stages;

a> Witten Test

b> PI-1

c> PI-2

The written test had questions based on HR,general MBA subjects, aptitude,

English and GK.

Around 25 of us managed to clear the written test and were called one by one

for the next round.

My interview was based on the internship project I had done and about my

personal life. I, unfortunately wasn't shortlisted because of my carelessness. I

wasn't prepared well on my project and thus couldn't make the interviewer

understand my not-so-common project in HR.

The first rejection came to me as a shock & prolonged disappointment. I was

very upset with myself for not having prepared for my PI.

Richa Dogra,


2. The next company to come was from logistics sector and offered more than

an average package.

The process was not made clear and they started with GDs. ( CTC-5.5 LPA)

The topic was- 'change'

I spoke twice or thrice but wasn't selected in the GD- may be the content was

not so good.

Second rejection added on to disappointment.

3. Another major IT company came on campus with a very tough and long

process.

They had the process divided in 3 steps

GD,PI-1, PI-2 ( CTC- 4.8 LPA)

The GD topic was “Performance Mgmt.” and everyone started rambling on

without understanding the topic !

I spoke only twice & was one of the two people shortlisted after GD

I had a 45 mins long PI post that and was asked situational questions about

recruitment, etc.

I was lucky this time to manage to crack PI-1 but could never understand the

reason why I wasn't selected after PI-2 in which I was asked only 2 questions.

I. Tell me about your family- I told about my family

II. Any location Preference – I had no preference

Two very simple questions. However, I was rejected and the other two selected

candidates were told that they'll have one more round of telephonic interview

post that.

4. One more rejection was lined up . This time again I was rejected in the GD.

(CTC- 4 LPA)

5. The fifth was the one with which I did my internship. I was hopeful to

convert it. (CTC- 4.5 LPA)

The process had only two rounds, GD and PI.

I lead the GD and had a very good round of interview.

Well, I converted it this time !

As I was in the Campus Placements Team ,I had another chance to sit for

campus. I am thankful to Bala Sir for recognizing the contribution and hard

work done by the CRT team and giving them the opportunity of multiple

placements.

6. We had a very big player in the Alcohol and Beverages Industry coming on

campus for the first time. I wanted to try my luck with this big fmcg because of

the big brand name it has.

The company first came only for the marketing students and picked up two of

our bright batch mates. After recruiting them, the company decided to come for

the HR batch too. We had our interview on 23rd Dec 2010. The team was late


because of some delay in their flights and the process had to go really fast as

they had return flight the same evening. ( CTC – 7.5 LPA)

The process started with a GD round – 35 of us were shortlisted as per a cut-off

of 65% through out.

Two GD groups had 16-17 students and it was very difficult for one to make a

point in such a big group. However, the panel gave fair chances to everyone to

speak in the GD.

Around 15 students were shortlisted after the GD and called one by one for

interview. We also had 5 students from SCMHRD for interview round in our

college.

As soon as my interview round came and I sat on the Hot seat , Mr. EVP-HR told

me that he won't be able to take my interview as they're running short of time.

I was told that the interview would be conducted through a VC. 6 of us had our

VC round after a couple of days. My VC round was too short to believe that I

had converted the company !!

Today ,I am proud to be associated with my company !

My Gyan :-

1. It is very important for students to have a thorough knowledge of the Sector

of the company coming on campus.

2. Don't give importance to CTC – it's the company and profile which should

matter. I have seen students giving the first preference to package offered by

companies;-they ended up compromising in the end.

3. Please go through the company's website before sitting for the process.

4. Don't sit for the processes just for experience if you're not interested, as it

ruins other's chance of getting the offer at times and you might end up getting

the unwanted offer!

5. Group Discussions – Please remember, GD topics are meant for discussion;

hence, a very important part is to LISTEN! – Please listen to what your

counterpart is talking.

6. Follow KISS rule in your PIs.

7. Some people have the competency to clear GDs but they can't clear

interviews because of the lack of subject knowledge. It's very important to have

the proper subject knowledge.

8. Tell me something about you is a very commonly asked question – nothing

wrong to be prepared beforehand.

9. As I always say , companies don't pick the best candidate , they pick the best

fit. Everyone's day comes, you just have to be patient and keep faith in yourself.

My placement experience taught me a lot of lessons which will be helpful for me

through out life.

I am grateful to Bala Sir for his efforts towards making the campus placements

better every year by visiting hundreds of companies. It is because of his

hardwork that we get such big brands in our college. Last but not the least ,

Prof Dimple Saini , who has been leading the CRT team with lot of passion and


hardwork.

It was great to be a part of the CRT team and SBS.

Warm Regards,

Richa

Name - Rishabhkalsi

Registration No - MM09-11536

Specialization - PM & HRD

BIMM

Academic Year - 2009-2011

Here I would be sharing my CPE and I believe, it should be of some help to the

juniors.

The sentiments - My campus placement experience has been really an enriching

one. In the beginning of the third semester, I was really worried about

placement just like everyone else. Throughout my academic career i have done

fairly well, but i won't say i was an extraordinary performer in my academics.

In our class also, I have always been active in speaking, giving presentations

and asking questions, which helped me improve for the better. . As far as my

preparations are concerned, i have been reading Business news throughout.

Firstly I was placed in an overseas Recruitment firm on 23rd November, 2010.

But when I joined the firm, due to some pre-major concerns of the company,

the offer letter was revoked. So I had to return to the college in June 2011.

This time I got a chance to go through the process of Indian MNC. I knew it

would be the last chance that I may get. So I knew I have to give my 100 %.

The Process had following rounds:-

1) Aptitude Test

2) First round of Personal Interview

3) Second round of Personal Interview

Around 8 students from SBS went for the Process in Mumbai. There were some

more students from other Mumbai MBA colleges & 2 candidates through

referrals had also come.

We all were told to sit in the Conference hall & were given a application form

Blank to fill. It was a very long form. I was not expecting much today. I was not

at all thinking of the fact that this is the last golden chance I have got for a job

with one of the best Brands in India. Then the panel came & introduced

Rishabhkalsi


themselves to us & gave us some information about the position. Even after the

introduction, I was still not feeling the importance of this opportunity. Then the

Process started.

Aptitude Test –

Firstly, it was an aptitude test as the part of process. The test was of 70

minutes with 70 questions (Quant, English, and Logical Reasoning).

I am very good in Logical reasoning & mathematic question. So I was quite

confident of it. I started the test & I was able to solve the questions at a very

fast pace. I was totally engrossed in the test. I finished with LR , quant section

pretty early & then devoted more time on English. I was able to complete all the

questions on time.

One important tip for cracking Aptitude test is that one must practice the topics

related to Logical Reasoning, Quant (Trains problem, time speed distance, Age

problems, Pipes & Cisterns) from R S Aggarwal. This book is very useful for

preparation towards Aptitude test.

Soon after the test got over, I went for having coffee. All were saying it's a very

difficult test.

The results were announced & to my shock I was the lucky one from the whole

group to have cracked the Aptitude Test

Then I was asked to wait at the reception for the Interview. Now was the time,

I understood the importance of this opportunity. I started revising all the typical

questions like tell me about yourself, Why our Company, What do you know

about our Company, Strengths & weakness.

1st PI – The First Interview was very generic in Nature.

Q . Kindly take me through your Profile rather than myself reading it?

A. Gave an introduction about my qualification and educational background,

hobbies, city which I belong to.

Q. Your profile seems to be quite good, then why are you not placed yet?

A. Sir, I was placed with an Overseas consulting earlier (6 months back) &

joined it as well. But then due to some financial crisis in the company, my offer

letter was revoked. So now I am again in the campus looking for placement

when most of the companies have already visited & hired students.

Q. What was the package offered there?

A. Told him the previous CTC

Q. We will not offer that much?

A. I am fine with that sir. I have understood it's not the CTC which matters, the

Brand of the company matters the most.

Q. Where did you do your internship & what you did in that?

A. explained them the whole work I did in Interns at Forbes Marshall


Q. Will you be comfortable working in Mumbai?

A. yes

Q. Are you fine with the profile?

A. Yes, will be glad to do that, explained them that I have done the same in

Interns.

Q. What salary are you expecting?

A. I am expecting a CTC what your company offers in a good Campus

2nd PI – It was after a few days. It was with Head – Learning Management

Q. Tell me about yourself?

A. Gave the introduction

Q. What you did at interns?

A. Explained them about my internship at Forbes.

My responsibilities were:-

1. Providing the employees with a Training Reading material regarding

PROBLEM SOLVING.

2. Putting a Questionnaire regarding Competency Level Selection

3. Calculating the Overall training feedback

4. Coordinated an End to end Customer Training Program

5. Maintaining the Records of training material up to date

6. Booking the Training Halls

So I had touched and experienced many aspects of HR starting from

Competency Model up till implementation of Training Program

Q. Explain the Training cycle completely?

A. Started with training need Identification, TNA and then Training being

conducted (factors reqd.), effectiveness.

I had to explain all the steps in details.

Q. What do you know about Kirkpatrick Model?

A. explained the full model

Q. Tell me your 3 strengths & 3 weaknesses?

A. Gave the strengths & weakness with situations

Q. You will remain in this function till what time (1 Year)?

A. As long as I am learning something.

Advice to Students:

Brush up your fundamentals & along with that stay updated with what is


happening in world.

Now I am serving as a Management Trainee in Learning Management team

Thanks to Sri Balaji Society and all faculties, family and friends.

Rithina Valsalan ,

Registration No. MM09 -11537

Batch 2009 – 11 BIMM ( PM & HRD)

Life is journey - success is full of hardship,

RithinaValsalan's

(My) journey into the corporate world kick started with an entry in a very

natural way in “XYZ COMPANY”

To begin sharing the success story, I would like to thank Bala Sir and the CRT

team who were a constant source of inspiration to keep the spirit going till

success finally hit me. As like my other flocks I also was thinking of a good

placement from campus and was eagerly waiting for the big day. I was excited

as I fulfilled the so-called benchmarks (no arrears) in the college exams to be

eligible for the Campus Interview and even attendance favored me.

Infact, I would have attended more than 15 Campus placements, with some big

names also but for me it was all flattery.

Most of the times, either the company was not good enough or the profile was

not good matching my caliber, which made my energy level come down

answering the monotonous questions put forth to me. Anyway I had my own

instincts teaching and telling me how to prepare for Interview and it is like this,

I would,

a) Read almost everything which is available about the company.

b) Brush up the basic HR fundamentals

c) As I specialized in Labour Laws, I expected the questions will be fired from it.

Later things were moving fast, pressure started to build up, being aggressive in

the GD became difficult for me even though I had good points to share with. I

have seen lots of my fellow mates getting through GD with very irrelevant

answers, but loud enough than me and stood taller than me with. This made

me to introspect myself as to where I am and why I am on the losers end. To

become more focused I started reading newspapers and started googling,

gargling and spitting all current affairs.

It was the NEVER SAY DIE attitude of my CRT team, which helped me

rejuvenate my lost hopes. I still fondly remember Ms. Dimple Sani calling us and

motivating us to attend the possible interviews that come up and not to be

finicky and it is then I realized how much effort the CRT is making to get

companies reach our campus to see ourselves being placed.

Learnings came the way, as how to be on an interview, not to imitate but to

Rithina Valsalan


portray one's oneself strength and not the weakness too much. To be honest

from my heart it's a wrong practice that we have cultivated reading too much

on interview tips. The interviewer's experience will catch us red-handed when

we bluff and it does not give overall a good impression about us. Putting forth a

really good question to the interviewer when a choice of us is given will create

an impact in the minds of them.

While many of the chickens hatched, we were still waiting to hatch; it was then

that our college chose Ms. Sumitra Das who gave us more warmth through her

session which gave us the thought of the other side of table , as what they

think when we answer some common asked question.

Few GD topics which were discussing during my placements are:

1. Is reality shows like big boss shaping a different culture for the new

generation?

2. Air fare hike, is it justifiable?

3. Are Women better leaders than men?

4. Is GD as a process in interview helps to find the right candidates.

5. Corruption.

6. Is globalization really necessary?

7. Ethics in business in a passing fad?

It really made us feel more revitalized and we were all ready for the Big D-Day.

These questions which many of us hate hearing “tell me about yourself” and tell

about your projects and the learning from them, and any suggestions that you

gave were imparted, were thrown to me during my interview and I happily

answered because it was all icing on the cake.

Those final countdown moments which I cherished; it all started with

1. A pre placement talk (PPT) in which the company gave the presentation

about the company , growth hierarchy, package and culture of the company and

the job role that we are suppose to perform after the selection.

2. After the PPT, first round was the personal interview with Head – HR

a) The nervousness got relieved when my Head-HR asked TELL ME ABOUT

YOURSELF. For a moment I smiled at him and I started replying that I am from

Kerala and I brief about my education and family background.

b) The second one was about My SUMMER INTERNSHIP, wherein I told about

my project which I did in ACC Concrete on “Employee Engagement “ and he

asked about my findings on the projects and about the concept in details.

c) The third shoot was about my MS-office proficiency. I replied saying that I

have done a short Term course named DIFA (Diploma in Foreign Accounting)

which covered Basics like Ms-Excel, Ms-Word and also Dac Easy, Peachtree, Tally


and other accounting software which gave an edge.

d) The fourth bullet shot on me was on the labour law, which he asked when

was the year of Factories act formulated, which I answered right as 1948.

e) The fifth was do you have any experience in recruitment? I answered saying

that during my internship I did have done to a small extent and I the process of

it, which he got satisfied.

After which Head-HR explained about the company structure and their

requirement s, through with I got a fair idea of the profile which they are

looking for.

I had a doubt if the posting will be in their plant or in corporate office, and I

asked and got it clarified that the opening was for the Corporate Office.

The SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEW was with VP – Sales & Marketing

He asked me about my Educational Background and about my language

proficiency?

He was surprised to see me knowing Kannada and I did spoke a couple of

words in Kannada, and also knowing Malayalam, Hindi, and English.

The next big question was what is your weakness?

Admitting once weakness never comes, rather I told I am a bit more emotional

and compassionate on people which in turn will result in sympathy and empathy

their difficulties.

Last and my most unforgettable question - are you ready to join our company?

I told yes certainly, and told that I will be glad to be part of the XYZ COMPANY

Family.

Having shared all my hardships and emotions I went through during my

placement, I am glad to have joined XYZ COMPANY as a HR-Management

Trainee.

I once again want to thank all those who stood with me making it happen and I

also wish my juniors to be part of the “XYZ COMPANY “

Thanks for giving me an opportunity to share my Placement Experience.


Rohit Agarwal.

I am Rohit Agarwal.

Registration No- 11-1063

Roll No- MM 09-11047

Class- BIMM Finance

I am from academic year 2009-11.

I am placed in an IT Industry.

This was my 1st Company.

It was November, placement season had just commenced but we being from

Finance, were waiting for Finance Companies to come.

Finally one company from IT background hits our Campus. As per rule, this is

first company for Finance so everybody is allowed for this company (though I

am not officially eligible).

We waited for the same and listened to Pre-Placement talk but didn't like the

kind of profile they are offering. Finally I backed out.

After few days, just before Diwali time, our backlog results are declared and I

cleared all my backlogs.

In the evening I went for company briefing. I came to know that I am

shortlisted for company and the company is visiting campus very next day

morning 8:00AM. This is Second Company for Finance. From all the four

colleges only 109 students are shortlisted from the company side. I have no

idea how to proceed.

After completing all the formalities, I reached campus at 8 AM. It was Aptitude,

though began little late everybody is well prepared for the same.

The Aptitude is online and consist of 36 questions with one correct each.

Negative marking is also there.

As soon as I started the test, it's full of Permutation and Combination. I thought

I should start from the end but didn't able to recollect. I am kind of depressed.

Finally I took a deep Breath, remembered the Golden Words of Bala Sir

“Problems are opportunities..” and again started the paper. Now in single

attempt I made 30 problems and time got up.

After coming out of the Examination Hall, when we all friends meet, everybody

told me that they were even unable to read 24 questions, how am I able to do

30 questions. Again I am confused a bit, waited for results.

After half an hour break, the HR started announcing results, they told us that

from a crowd of 109 students only 11 students cleared the paper. They showed

concern whether we find this test as out of context or is it really difficult. The

list started with my friends name from Finance, after 2 names only marketing

names started, we all are hopeless. Suddenly at 7th position my name

announced, I am like on cloud 9. Bala Sir's Mantra really worked for me.

Now the HR announced that they want to talk to all the selected candidates,

rest all can leave.


HR Congratulated all of us. They told us that due to unavailability of Technical

team, interview will be conducted later. They gave us two dates one before

Diwali and One after Diwali (7th Nov), everybody opted for 7th Nov.

HR told us to prepare well for the Technical Interview.

I thought we are getting some time for preparing for Interview, if the

interviewer asks for what I have specially prepared with respect to Company

during this GAP, I thought I do a mini-project on this company, comparing its

financial results with other IT majors of India. I consist of History of the

company, company's financial results in graphical format and finally Comparison.

This is a great initiative.

Now on the interview date, we all were quite worried because this is my first

company officially and first interview. Finally the interview panel is at place,

ready to interview us.

Finally my chance came for Technical Interview. I entered the Interview Hall,

showed the respective gesture to the panel, greeted the panel (One Sir and One

HR) and took my place.

They asked me these sets of question:

- Introduce yourself.

- Family background.

- Why MBA?

- After engineering, why you opted for MBA and that to Finance?

- What all subjects do you have in 1st and 2nd semester?

- What are you good at?

- Let's discuss something about Global Financial management…

- Really drilling questions on Forward contracts, ways and formalities involved.

- Questions on Corporate Finance.

- Then Interviewer suddenly moved on general awareness.

- Asked lots and lots of questions on International and national Topics.

- Specially do you favor Globalization and why, explain with strong reasons.

- Last but not the least, as expected, interviewer asked me what “Extra” have I

done over others during this GAP and this is the time I shared my Mini-Project

on company. He appreciated me on this and he was quite happy with my work.

During this time, HR person is just looking and analyzing me. I involved her into

discussion and also during my conversation with interviewer we got involved

into some serious kind of discussion. My interview went on for around 45 min.

After this, when I came out, I am a kind or confident that I have performed my

level best there but also double minded that what interviewer felt about me.

Anyways now I have gone for HR round. Seriously speaking, person is really

from very high cadre of Company, very serious person.

He tried to ask me different kinds of HR questions which are interrelated to

each other's, basically he is trying to confuse me but I took that very calmly and

answered in relaxed manner. He also is very impressed with me. He also told

me that you have made some kind of project on Company, he also appreciated


me on this and told me that you are the only one who has done this kind of

activity. He introduced himself, he is working with Company's Innovation lab at

a very senior position. He told me that I'll be happier to meet you in future. I

didn't recognize the statement at that point of time as I am in pressure.

Obviously I am nervous as I am appearing for one of the biggest Asia's Largest

Software Exporter Company.

Any how my process is completed and they told me that as soon as they

announce result they let us know. Finally some moments of relief are there for

me. But there are some tensions about the results.

Next day passed on there was no information on results. We were quite

worried. In the meanwhile, we got the information that another company is

visiting our campus on 9th Nov.

On 9th Nov, we were attending the Pre-placement talk of the company. At the

same time, my friend pinged me that I am selected for Company and I am on

Cloud No 9 but as I have not seen the results I am unsure for the same. As

soon as the presentation ends, I rushed to PAT office, meet my friend and

asked him to show the result.

Finally I am the lucky one who was now a part of Largest group of companies.

It's the great celebration day for me as it was my first campus placement.

Tips to junior:

- Always prepare yourself with open-mind.

- Be prepared for all your curriculum subjects.

- Keep your attendance level atleast more than 90%.

- Never fake in Interview, if you don't know anything commit yourself, don't

even dare to bluff.

- Try to be yourself, although you doesn't have any hobbies it doesn't even

matter.

- Keep your concepts very clear.

I would like to thank Bala Sir and the CRT for their consistent efforts towards

bringing such a great company to our campus.

Thanks,

RohitAgarwal (Functional Consultant, IT Major, Pune)


Rohit Agarwal

Hi,

I am Rohit Agarwal

Registration no. MM-09-11144

Section B-BIMM

Specialization Marketing

Balaji Institute of Modern Management was a journey of a lifetime from learning

management,

managing constraints to making lifetime friends to a dream job...

1.5 years in to college and the day came when everyone was fired up to crack

the first of companies with the best of brand names with the best of the

packages...

I knew what i wanted and did not run after the best of companies and packages

but the best of profiles and waited for them to come. I knew i wanted to do

something in advertising/event management.

I waited for such profiles and once in a while companies with such profiles came

and i started sitting for those companies.

GDs were something i was never comfortable with. Bottom Line is that i was

never able to clear my GDs not even for the first round.

Being very selective in terms of profiles, very few options were available and 4

months in to the placement season i realized that this was not working.

But one thing i was very proud of myself was attending the info session on

companies the previous evening daily and attending the presentation of almost

all companies wether they were useful or not. what made me do that was i was

at least learning different business models and i may tell you this i attended

ppts of almost 150 companies.

My not clearing the GD problem was worsening things for me and i decided to

prepare hard hence forth and speak aggressively, the practice i never used to

adopt.

When the options were becoming less and placement in advertising seemed like

a farfetched dream, i started sitting for all good names and packages but then

too no success.The same story, out of 1st round of GD. I had appeared the

process for around more than 25 companies with GD success rate equal to 3

and then getting rejected in the 2nd round.


Frustration was rising but yes i knew at the back of mind that i won't

compromise for something which i don't want to do.

I was confident of my interview skills as its a one on one platform to show your

ability and passion for something but i was never able to reach at that stage.

It was somewhere in march when My Company came to our campus for a

profile in online advertising (market leader around the globe). It was a dicey

role as there was rumor in the campus that it is not the Company itself but a

subsidiary of it.

I was hesitant and was not in a mood to sit after all that no success. But my

friends forced me to attend the process and i took their written tests held in

campus.

I gave it half heartedly.

Luckily i cleared the written round and it was again time for the Verbal battle-

GD as it was the case with all the companies. It was 5th of April 2011 almost 8

months of fascinating campus placement season being passed away and most

of my friends and room mates placed. My Company came to campus and it was

announced that they will interview all 70 shortlisted candidates. That time i

decided that this is an opportunity i will not miss at any cost and give my best in

the interviews.

There were 3 rounds of Interview. One after another in 2 days time.

All 3 were grilling interviews about 1 hour each. They asked everything about

you whatever they could from HR type questions to general ability to team skills

to analytical ability to your past education to future plans to judging your soft

skills to academics to check something which they call Googliness in their

culture which tells whether a person has that sense of their culture or not.(I

realized this when i was joined My Company a few months later).

Some of the questions that they asked were as follows:

⁃ HR:

⁃ State instances from your life where you shown leadership, team player,

mentoring skills?

⁃ How much ambitious are you?

- How much is winning important to you?

Technical:

⁃ If you will have to promote Cricket in China, How would you go about it,

Prepare a whole Ad campaign for the same?

⁃ How big is the Online Ad industry in the world and in India?


⁃ What is the future of online advertising in India?

⁃ What is cost per click and cost per thousand impressions in online ad industry?

⁃ Randomly how many handshakes would take place if a 7 people shake hands

with each other?

The 3rd interview was the toughest and grilling as it was taken by a senior

member.

My Company takes n number of days to announce its result. We were just 3 left

in the end who were asked to submit our previous academic records by My

Company.

Wait started to get selected in the worlds best Internet Company.

Meanwhile it was never sure that you would get selected, so i still sat for

companies which came after My Company No success in them too.

Final exams got over. Officially session 2009-11 got over but no success. No job.

No result from My Company yet.

It was 17th of may when all hopes for a campus placement were lost and i had

planned to leave Pune and go back home to join father's business.

The Judgement day came and My Company called and told me that i was

selected. i would be the happiest person on earth at that time.

September 2010 the 1st company on campus and May 2011 more than 8

months of struggle, fight, processes, frustration, exams, learning. nothing could

have been better than such a good ending after everlasting perseverance and

the immense support from my friends. as they were my strength in my bad

time. and no one else.

In the end a big heartily thank you to the CRT team to put up such a great

show to place their college mates. All is well that ends well.

Thank you Juniors for all your support and help. Really appreciate for all what

you have done.

Keep up the lively spirit.


Rohith M V

Hai Everyone,

Name: Rohith M V


BIMM 2009-2011 batch (Stalwarts)

From : Dual A- Specialization in IT and Marketing. Campus placement

experience comes only one's in a life time and for me it was on 13th Dec 2010.I

was placed in one of the leading electrical companies (ABC Ltd.) in India.

As the placement season started from August Initially I used to feel tensed by

seeing the huge crowd in the Auditorium and the amount of laziness in me adds

to it. But it began to change as people getting placed were my friends whom I

never expected.As time goes on, I am going through a tough phase when the

number of persons getting placed starts increasing and tensions on others

including me rises.

On Dec 13th there were two companies on campus one was a retail giant and

other was ABC Ltd. I am fully prepared in the mind that I am going to sit for

ABC Ltd Since it was an electrical company and my Engg. Degree can add value

to it. For thefirst time after my Engg. I started brushing up my electrical

fundamentals. The company arrived campus around 11.30am.Hardly around 70-

80 people sit for the process since it was open only to engineers. They were a

team of around 5 people including the V.P of lighting Division. The way he

presented the company attracts me more and regarding marketing he

mentioned that I am marketing my company in front of you. This is the thing

you have to do in your whole life. Even Though his words were simple it means

a lot.

Prior to this company I sat for around 7-8 companies and cleared G.D only

twice. G.D was my weakness particularly when Abstract topics were given. For

this company also G.D was the first round. A total of 11 students were made in

a Group and I was in the second Group. As I entered the room I found they

were a total of three moderators and chairs are arranged in a V shape and I am

the eleventh person. As I watched the whole group I saw two of my roomies

along with me that bring me little bit of confidence.

First he asked to Introduce ourselves. As I am the last person I was searching

for words in my mind that used to be different from others. But when my turn

comes I introduced myself in simple words but mine voice was sharp and clear.

After that Topic for G.D was given. It was about 'Corruption as a part of

Politics'. I was the third one to participate. As people talked more about 2G

scam I took a more generalized stand regarding the topic. I talked about CWG


scam, mining scam across the nation in favor of corruption in the nation. As the

whole group was going towards the topic I entered my second time with a more

live example of my state regarding our Present Defence Minister as a point

against the topic. As I introduced that my friends also supported me that brings

an different insight into the topic. I entered only thrice but when I entered the

second time I was able to make an impact into the whole group.

At last moderator asked us to give our individual briefings. To my surprise he

asked me to start with. I was little bit tensed but I am able to conclude in a

generalized way.

After the G.D I was thinking why he asked me to conclude first .Questions

started raising in my mind and was not able to reach a perfect answer.

As the time goes on around 4pm the results for the G.D came. I was one

among the person to get selected. A total of around 13 students were selected

and from my G.D group me and my friend was also there.

After sitting for around 7-8 companies It was the first time I am getting selected

for a P.I that anxiousness and tension was there in my mind. But my friends

gave me confidence to handle the situation.

As time goes on, tension on me rises. At last my turn comes and I entered the

room with a sweet smile.They were a panel of three including the V.P of lighting

division, Branch head from Pune and one more Person.

1. First question was to introduce myself?

2. Why ABC Ltd.?

Next question to my surprise comes from the Branch Head.

3. What do you mean by positioning?

All my friends prior to that told that only general H.R questions were asking. But

this question gives me an opportunity as I was about to explain the answer very

well. I thanked Pranthosh Sir in my mind as his notes helped me to answer this

question.

4. Difference between sales and marketing?

Next question was regarding the company 5. As a person from south India and

company has got a strong presence there, can you explain how many verticals

the company is operating?

I was not able to give a correct answer but I was aware of the major verticals

they operate.

They were happy as I was to give all major verticals

Next question comes from my C.V 6. How many languages you are

comfortable?

My answer was Four including Hindi. I explained as a person from Kendriya

Vidyalaya I learned Hindi earlier

At last they asked me any preferences for location?

I am happy to answer to that as my response was immediate to give me any

location in S. India.

As I came out my friends were covering me and asked the different questions I

answered.


Finally around 7.30 pm they announced the results and 7 got selected from SBS

and I was one among them. Adding to my joy my friend also got selected. All

my friends, everyone present at the campus showered me wishes. I was proud

to call my parents and say that I am placed and their decision to sent me to

SBS was right

Now I am working with same company and successfully completed one year of

my corporate life.

My wishes to all my Juniors (Marketing) is that never lose faith in yourself.

Always build your base, be strong with the marketing concepts and make your

make mind strong.

One day you can also cherish.

I am Rounzeet P. Brahmachari,

Registration Number 19-1871,

Roll No. MM-09-11145,

from Class-PGDM, Division-Operations,

from BIMM, from the academic year-2009-11,

passed out in April 2011.

My specialization is in Operations Management.

While embarking on the path of management education one dreams of having a

prospering career; in my two years at BIMM I learnt how to take a step towards

achieving this goal. This learning came in various forms of management

seminars, presentations, and cultural activities. The time spent at BIMM has

provided me a new perspective in life to deal with any situation and be

thoughtful of how to come out of challenging situations.

When you dream about your college life, Placement seems to be the best

chapter of it. Campus placement was an unforgettable part of life at SBS. Today

it gives me immense pleasure to write my experience about my Campus

Placement. During preparation for campus placements I knew my strength was

good communication skill and so I wanted to make first impression through GD.

To achieve this I prepared all current topics and certain abstract topics which I

had heard from friends who had already faced certain GD's. I also took time to

prepare thoroughly on my strength areas of my specialisation.

I sat for my campus placement on 06-Dec'10 at BIMM. This was my second

company. I was clear from the beginning that I wanted to join a company from

the manufacturing sector offering a job role in supply chain. There were 12

Rounzeet P. Brahmachari,


senior management representatives who came for conducting the placement

process.

They gave a PPT on the company, the industry, job role, salary and perks and

other details. The most exciting thing about the PPT was the clear description

about the management trainee development program at the company for

grooming young managerial talent within a specific timeline. After the PPT

resumes were collected from all the students appearing for the placement

process. 16 students were shortlisted from the operations batch for the process.

The process started with the Group discussion. The GD panel constituted of two

judges. My GD topic was "What will you do if you were to become the

coach of Indian Hockey Team". I spoke thrice in the GD and finally we all

were asked by the panelists to give individual conclusions. I comfortably cleared

the GD from my group. The next round was a personality assessment test. In

this test there were various questions to test the individual personality for the

job-role. We had done many such tests in our HR and OB classes so that was

also very easy to clear.

After this two processes were over 8 students from the operations batch were

shortlisted for the personal interview round. I was the second person to go for

the PI.

The PI began by personal introduction from the interviewer himself. The

interviewer then asked me the following questions:-

1) Pl. give a brief introduction of yourself.

2) What do you know about Pulp and Paper Industry?

3) Why operations management?

4) What do you know about Supply chain management?

5) What are the various price negotiation types?

6) A simple numerical on discount pricing and negotiation.

7) Do you know the job role we are looking for in operations management

stream?

8) What have been your achievements till now?

9) Will you be comfortable working at a remote location?

10) What is your career plans for the next three- five years?

The answer to last question ended my personal interview. We were expecting

results for operations batch. But the company decided to conduct a second

round of PI. Only two students from operations were called for the second

round of PI. I went in first for the second round of PI. All the 12 senior

management representatives were seated on a round table. The GM HR started

the second round of PI by asking me to give my introduction. Then there were

questions related to job role, questions from the PPT and about first PI


experience. Then other panelists asked questions regarding supply chain

visibility, vendor development, vendor rating and analysis. I had said in first PI

that I had read a book called "Machine that changed the World" which signifies

"Toyota Production System", so one of the panelists asked questions from the

book. After this I was asked to wait outside for the final result. I was very

confident that I would have cleared the process; and my belief came true when

the results were declared and I had cleared the selection process. The panel

called all the selected candidates inside and congratulated them.

I cherish those moments that taught me to be patient and calm as the second

PI took place at 11 pm and result came around 12 am. The best thing to do is

to channelize the pressure prevailing inside you and put your 100% effort

towards achieving your goal in those tough times by being in a state of positive

mindset.

I would like to thank respected Bala Sir, CRT and all faculty members of BIMM

who taught me and made me this better that I could crack my placement

process in the very second attempt and achieve a career in the field I always

wanted to. Also would ask all juniors who would be appearing for their

placements

1) to read newspapers and keep awareness on all topics

2) to be ready for hypothetical situations in GD and interview

3) keep mind open for discussions, do not be over confident but rather be well

prepared

4) be thorough in concepts of your specialisation

5) remember an interviewer puts questions to you and judges you from what

you speak so be true and know yourself and what you want to achieve very well

and

6) try to be calm and compose, maintain a pleasant personality throughout the

interview and avoid any unnecessary hand gestures or facial expressions.

At last I would like to say that college days are the best and most beautiful days

of our life. I wish I could relive those days….!!!

Wish all the very best to future aspirants....

Regards,

RounzeetBrahmachari

Batch 09-11, Operations, BIMM


Ruby Jain

Hi,

I am Ruby Jain


from Finance Batch, BIMM (SBS),


passed out on Aug 2011.

My specialisation is in Finance.

It is a dream of each and every student to get successful in life,to earn good

fame and name in the society and to make their family and friends happy and

proud. In order to achieve this, my journey begins from the first day of the B-

School.

Then our decision making skills are tested in the third semester where we are in

a tough situation of choosing the right Company. This has a major impact on

our future and thus has to be the perfect one. Through out the Placement

Process we have questions running in our mind like "Will we get the best

Company, best job, a good package and so on...". Also I was one of the lucky

ones from College to get an early joining in my dream company.

My selection process was very simple. It consisted of the following stages:-

1. Pre Placement Talk

2. Aptitude Test.

3. HR and Technical interview

4.Final interview at Head office with CFO.

Pre Placement Talk: Pre Placement talk was arranged in the college auditorium.

In the briefing, they started from inception of the company, then they told

about their various groups of the company. They talked about company's

values, Company's work culture, Company's Spread, Work Force, HR Policies

etc. It lasted for around 1 Hour.

Observation about Pre Placement Talk: By attending the Pre placement talk we

came to know everything about the company in essence and simultaneously we

also came to know about the Companies expectations from us.

Aptitude Test: After the Pre-Placement Talk, all the qualified students (around

70) were then tested on their aptitudes. Out of these, 7 candidates were

shortlisted and I was one of those lucky ones.

Personal Interview: In the personal interview 7 students were shortlisted; they

were called for the interview on the same day.


The list of questions asked:

1. Introduce yourself

2. About your family and native place

3. About My Academics

3. About My internship Project

4. Questions relating to logical reasoning etc.

After the PI, 3 students were qualified for the final round of PI with the CFO of

the Company and were called to Mumbai for the same.

In the final round of interview with the CFO, I was asked questions relating to

my Educational and Personal Background, Internship Project, Projects submitted

in College, Mutual Funds etc.

They asked me details regarding my College projects which was related to

Beta(Risk) calculations. They asked me the source of information and the

procedure of calculating the risk factor. After discussing about my project, they

asked me about my views on the various investments that the Company will be

profitable to undertake.

They also asked me in detail regarding my summer internship. I did my summer

internship from Piramal Health Care, Mumbai. My project title was "Break-Even

Analysis of All Loss Making Pathology Labs". I made various dashboards during

that period which helped the Senior Management to undertake efficient

decisions.

I was also tested on my basic skills of finance, my knowledge about the present

world and current issues.

My interview lasted for about 45 minutes.

Result: After two days, we were informed about our selection from the PAT

office verbally. But the written confirmation was received after 10 days in which

the joining date was mentioned after 4 Days i.e. 25th November, 2010.

My journey of Placement in this leading company was like a dream come true.

The credit for fulfilling my dream goes to one of the best B-School in India-

Balaji Institute of Modern Management(BIMM) and to my President Mr. A. Bala

Sir. It taught me how to handle stress and work in the most stressful situations

and win. I did have to go through a lot of difficult situations which had brought

down my morale but my dream kept me going. I was head strong that I have to

achieve this for my Institution, Family and Friends and most importantly myself.

Achieving this goal has made me more confident, responsible, mature and has

given me the ability to stand strong in any situation that may come in my way.

The best part about my Placement was that I got the field that I had opted for

and also got a great starting package. I was the only one from my College to be

selected in this prestigious Company.

My company has given me a great experience and an amazing exposure to the


outside world. I have been employed with the Company for more than a year

and in this 1 year itself I have achieved great success. I also won many awards

and have received lots of appreciation from the CEO and the Senior

Management for my hard work.

Tips for students gearing up for campus placements:

Be calm, focused and relaxed for the whole selection process. The candidates

should be well versed with the current issues of the world and also their field of

Interest. They should not be over confident or boast about themselves. This can

leave a bad impression on the Interview Panels. A very common question that

may arise in the candidates minds at that point of time would be "If this is the

Dream Company they were always dreaming to work with." The solution to the

same is very simple- Just think practically whats right and what you want. Just

be yourself.

People at campuses are driven more by what is perceived as a good job at the

campus, But what should be considered is the relation between the person's

strengths and the company.

The choice is a tough one and a person needs to consider his long term goals

and the company which will help him develop the right skills to get there.

If your match with the firm is right, you will definitely get through.

I wish you all a very bright future ahead. All the very best, do well. Make your

Institution proud.

I am Ruchira Sinha,


from Division PM & HRD from BIMM,

from the academic year 2009-2011,

passed out on 14/01/2012.

My specialization is in HR.

I am currently placed with Cognizant Technology Solutions as part of the Talent

Acquisition Group.

I have always believed that,unlike most courses one can do, MBA is not about

what you learn in the classroom so much as it is about what you learn from the

Ruchira Sinha,


people around and situations that you face during that time. Because at the end

of the day, if I want to become a manager in the corporate- I have to first learn

to manage myself – my time, my resources, my emotions & my responsibilities.

That said, my own learning started right from our induction – which would

include waking up earlier than I had ever done in my life to wear a sari,

squibble over washroom time with my roommates & somehow manage to make

it by 7:00 am sharp.

Oh yes, we Did crib about it all – the saris, the timings, the Strictness with

which these timings were followed( there have been a couple of times when the

doors were slammed right on our faces for being 10 seconds late), washing our

own clothes, a 365 day routine, the humoungous syllabus, the GK questions in

the exam...you get the drift.

But in retrospect, I realised,as am sure most of you will....how character-

building how all of this really is. The process makes you grow up. And that is

indeed the first step towards becoming a manager.

Coming to my placement experience, it certainly had its share of trails &

tribulations. I was always amongst those ones with a gift of gab...you know,

those folks who can talk about anything under the sun? Debate champion,

assessment topper, compeering favourite..all of that. So naturally, I never

anticipated all the struggle for placement.

Oh yes, I used to clear all the GDs effortlessly enough. In fact, I was soon

christened the GD Queen in my college as it was a known fact that I would clear

any GD that came my way. And I did, whether it was a pooled campus with

other colleges or not, I somehow always made it to the last round.

And that is where the problem began. To my frustration and my friends'

astonishment, I sat for 7 companies in a row where I went through the same

drill. I would always make it past the GDs,the aptitude tests,preliminary

interviews...but somehow couldn't make it past the final frontier.

Yes, to a large extent I agree to the fact (especially since now I am a recruiter

myself ) , rejection need not necessarily mean that the candidate is bad or lacks

something. It can be as simple a reason as the person just does not fit the

job,role or company culture in the opinion of the panel(who are by the

way,usually very seasoned and experienced)

Having been somewhat rather casual about studies, for the first time I started

taking it seriously. It is not just marks or rank, but yes,technical knowledge is

extremely important & is certainly a prerequisite to get selected in a good

company.

Being an HR student, I decided the major categories that I wanted to focus on

– the various functions of HR – Recruitment, Training & Development,

Compensation, Performance Management, Labour Welfare, as well as OB. I

started handy notes on each of these, not just textbook jargon but external

insights on these topics as well-such a latest amendments to the acts, best

practices in the top companies,etc. I also started reading the news everyday &

got serious about my GK.


Finally,what you prepare may or may not be asked during placement. But yes, it

certainly gives the confidence at the very sub-conscious level to go out there

and give your best! Some of the most common questions that I remember

facing during my interviews are as follows:

GD Topics: India Vs China- who does this century belong to?

How relevant are the performance appraisal systems in the companies today?

Gandhianism – relevant to today's generation?

Men or women- who make better managers?

What differentiates a leader from others?

Interview Questions:

5 paremeters to judge the efficiency of the recruitment process in a company.

How can L & D be taken more seriously in the org?

Laws & amendments – PF, Shops and Establisments, Gratuity

If a woman is unmarried, is she still entitled for Maternity Benefit? (The answer

is yes by the way!)

What is the one thing people hate about you?

What is one thing that is unique about you?

Situational/case study based questions.

Questions on project & recommendations given

Ironically enough, the company I finally got placed in had NO GDs (to my

disappointment & othersdelight ). It did, however, ask us to to write answers to

some questions in their screening form, followed by 2 interviews.On the day

before the interview, I also managed to get bad case of food poisoning &

reached the interview in a state of utter misery. That re-inforces my belief that

when it is YOUR day, nothing can stop you!

The day of placement is naturally the most exhilarating one ever- more so, as

you see your friends and family being happier for you than you are for yourself!

The key is to stay internally motivated, stand up each time you fall, ask for help

if need be & take each experience as a learning one. Also,it is of utmost

importance to take your internship seriously & learn as much as possible about

the corporate world in those two months.

So all said and done, there a few simple & handy tips to walk away with that

dream placement – think positive, stay healthy, prepare well, use your friends

as sounding boards and share each others' experience, learn something out of

each experience, ask your seniors/faculty for advice, they shall always be more

than happy to help, and stay aware of current happenings in the world.

I got placed in my dream company & I know it for a fact that all the struggle I

faced to get there was necessary to make me stronger, humbler and determine

what I really wanted for myself!

I wish all my juniors all the very best for the placement season ahead!Do get in

touch if I can ever be of any help at all. God Bless!

Sakshi Mitra


Name: Sakshi Mitra

Regs No: MM09-11540,BIMM

Specialization:PM&HRD

My C2C: Campus to Corporate Transition

I Sakshi Mitra got placed in “XYZ”, a FMCG Sector.

To share with you my journey, I will start with respect and gratitude towards my

Parents; I owe myself to them, the entire fraternity of Sri Balaji Society for their

untiring efforts for grooming us to become corporate stalwarts and especially to

Bala Sir, for keeping steadfast faith in us.

There is a saying that nothing in this world can take the place of Persistence.

Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent.

I went hovering around with over 24 Companies, before success finally hit me

from “XYZ”. So, it's a hard earned success, after much long slogging and

patience, I got placed finally in XYZ on 3rd May'2011.

I kept records of all the Companies I sat for, the list had 24 names in it and the

reasons for rejection, to analyze where what went wrong. I analyzed that I

need to work out more on GD and Interview Skills.

My approach for preparation was entirely different. I was much focused on

organizing, analyzing and scrutinizing my experiences from the Companies I sat

for, in my very own “learning manual”.

I prepared presentations on the GD topics, which were generally asked,

specifically dividing into:

a). NEWS section – Current news /discussions of the season

b). HR topics – Include topics from the HR realm

c). General Topics- Includes abstract topics

The basic mantra to crack any GD will be spontaneous reflex and reminisce and

to present it in a concise and precise way in a spur of the moment which is

easily understandable by audiences, and this required intense preparation. I

timed out my thought process and tried to improve my presentation skills. In

GD, Body language does also influence the audience at large, so it was also my

focus.

Then for Interviews, I prepared a list of Questions which an Interviewer

generally asks, which can be segregated into:

1). Personal: “Tell me about yourself”, “Why HR?”, “Hobbies”etc.


2). Subject Knowledge: Anything from your favorite subject, or, anything from

any subject.

3). General: It can be anything under the sun, basically to check your apt

thinking ability and your presence of mind.

For this I brushed up my Basics really hard, I had prepared presentations on

almost every subject and also on topics I found relevant to the current industrial

trends.

My basic Mind Block in the Interviews was that the interviewer is there to assess

ME. It should generally be noted that NO one can assess YOU completely in the

interview no matter of how much time the interview be, what they assess is

whether you will be able to fit in their culture or not and is your attitude aligned

with the Co. and the job .

Though the subject knowledge is necessary, however more important is your

attitude. Bala Sir always says “Attitude defines your Altitude”. Well in those two

years in Balaji, I learnt that, no amount of knowledge/talent can take you

ahead; it's only your Attitude in life that will take you places.

What a man can do and should do is to honestly do his/her work and then to

leave the rest to GOD who decides ones destiny and I did my part really well,

and, I waited anxiously for His part.

On the D-Day “3rd May'2011”, I arrived late for the process and was not able to

attend the Company presentation, over and above that I did not get the time to

read about the Company on the website even(last min rush those days).

There was no GD, and start was with the First Round of Interview with the

Head - HR, First question he asked (25th time for me) was “Tell me about

yourself”, but this time I hold myself up and said that's it now no more being

Nervous.

I just asked in return “Sir you really want to listen to me” and he said “Yes Of

course”, I asked that just to reaffirm my faith in the importance of my words to

the interviewer.

Then I spoke my mind for about 15-20 mins, I spoke About Me, My Internship,

My projects, etc.

Next thing he said was as I assumed, meet me for the Next Round, I got it, I

knew it, there and then, that I was in.


The next round was with the Vice President – Sales & Marketing. It was for a

brief span of around 2 mins. I was perplexed “Just 2 mins.

That's it!!” How can he assess me in those 2 mins? I went back home

disappointingly.

On reaching home, I got the news from my friend that I was Selected. I was

damn surprised….How could that happen? The next round was for just about 2

mins.

I realized he was not checking my HR knowledge but my attitude with the

questions he asked, “Will you be able to strive in Chennai, which is difficult for a

North Indian, as there are Language, Food, Culture constraints, as all will be

very different??”Though I answered in affirmative, but the point to be noted

here is, it's not what you say that matters, all that matters is How you say It!!

Here my Attitude counted, neither knowledge nor any talent was judged, just

my attitude was checked.

The commandments they teach you at B-school though will make you a good

professional but it is your own personal attitude which will make the difference

in your life.

My advice to future Corporate Stalwarts, “If you want to take a Job, do gain

knowledge but if you want to make a Career, better build up Attitude which will

last for you throughout your Life.”

Last but not the least a quote from Norman Vincent Peale for your life “Any fact

facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our

success or failure.

The way you thing about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything

about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

I once again thank all those who stood besides me in the most important phase

of my life.

Thank you, Sri Balaji Society for giving me a platform to share my placement

experience.

Best Wishes

Sakshi Mitra


Samervir Singh

Hello everyone,SAMERVIR SINGHBIMM-EXECUTIVEMARKETINGROLL NO-114152009-2011

Dear sir,when it comes to the experience and the kind of life we have lived in SBS,for a moment we stop and start thinking can we live those moments again?and it makes you emotional.......!!!!!!!

I was one amongst some 100+ people who sat for XYZ Company,

To begin with, I find it worth mentioning that this company was the first and only company I sat for my placements. Reason? Backlog! A 1st sem stats back which fell in love with me. As a consequence of which I got eligible for placements on 25TH of Nov,2010. This company came on 26th.During the PPT company explained about the profile and rest of the qualities they were looking for,and the compensation to be offered (6.54 lacs).

So, basically the selection comprised of:1. Psychometric Test2. Group Discussion/Case Study3. Personal Interview

Psychometric Test:this was the first step of the placement process where in we were given a Psychometric Test(online) of 45 min consisting 60 questions assessing the personality of a candidate,there were 3 different sets of test consisting 20 questions each.and they were trying to confirm the same personality traits in each test from different situations and the conditions.having had the experience of the same,i finished it in 10 min.then we were asked to wait for the next step of selection..having said everything,i would like to mention some observations to help my fellow juniors.its very easy to get through this test if one is vigilant..Reason?they try to reconfirm the same personality traits again and again by putting up different situations and different challenges..and if one is vigilant of what he have done in the previous set of questions for a similar situation then i believe clearing of this test would not be an issue for him.

Group Discussion/Case Study:After the ppt all the eligible students were divided into the groups for GD. Each group had 12 students.


I was in the 3rd group and the moment we entered into the room where GD was taking place,I could see three gentleman staring at me,although the time was different and place too,but the situation wasn't new for me as i had already seen such situations manier times.And now the countdown starts,one of the panel member asks us to introduce ourself one by one,i was the 5th one to start with.i talked about myself first,who am i?workexperience,curricular,co-curricular,extra-curricular activities and my achievements in sports.then we were given a case study of one of the chines bank(multi national bank) en trying into Indian market and which segment the bank shall enter into.privatebanking,creditcards,retail banking.we were given two mints to think and design our strategies for the same followed with a GDon the same.And now the GD begins with the same old stuff like everyone wants to show their skills and just get selected and how better they can speak(content doesn't matter) in spite of having trained by the who's who of industry in a session organized by the institution that how take part in a GD.

All the efforts putt in by Gr8 Bala sir goes into vain...no one wants to listen to each other,

Believe me i was just began to think on the same lines what Bala sir says "problems are opportunities",and in that fish market i jumped in and asked every one to do justice to the topic rather than fighting with each other,whilei was doing that grace fully one of the panel member smiled at me.i just began to putt forth my point and the same thing started again.then one of the panel member asked us to speak one by one.

theni grabbed this opportunities with both hands and started with my point of view and started like this..dear friends since we are a multinational brand and very well known in the market so we shall enter into the private banking space and build a good client base then we will be able to fight with the likes of citi and hsbc,not only that we can also cross sell the credit cards to those premium clients and then surely think of en trying into retail banking space.now one of the panel member says next...and every one gave their point of view one by one and most of them were aggreing to what i have said.finally GD gets over and we were asked to wait for the result,and 44 of us were selected for the next round(interview).

Personal Interview:every one was tensed and wanted to know as much as they can,they were going through google and the banks website.


I was just trying to calm down the situation and cracking some useless jokes to divert our mind..and it helped to some extent!then as soon as someone comes out of the interview every one was right behind him to ask what they have been asked...and they very telling like they have been asked this,they have been asked that....

after waiting for two gud hours finally i was called for the interview,as soon as i could enter into the room,one of the member out of three of them asked me that you cant wear that 'Tie',andi was not surprised because i worn that services Tie purposely.i made a story then and there, that how that Tie was gifted to me from one of my commanding officer when i was in NCC and i wear that with proud and honor discussion went on for gud 5 mints on my Tie,then they asked me some basic question about my family..what they do,where do they live etc.and here comes the last question in Hindi..."yaartu xyz bank kebaare me hi batade".and in our consumer behavior class we were taught the whole banking history and about this gr8 bank.the moment i started from 1950's,they just stoped me and said yaaritnataohamebhinayemaloom.and my interview was over.we waited for so long for the results and finally 26 of us were selected with the 2nd largest bank of India as ASSISTANT MANAGER-II and it was the time to celebrate.it was the great sigh of relief.I can safely say that it was the day when everything went right for me.

SUGGESTION FOR JUNIORS:From the whole placement process what I can conclude that beside the basic hygiene of current affairs, general knowledge, your specialization subject knowledge, summer project knowledge, mock GD'S, interview there are couple of important things which helps a lot during the entire process are introspection, patience, belief in oneself and be aligned with the institution (SBS) and Bala sir's system and values.my fellow juniors.."just listen to what Bala sir says,you will be better placed",and make it a point that you read 'ECONOMIC TIMES' every day,that will differentiate you from others when it comes to GD/Interview.

Finally i say with my experience that enjoy every bit of your stay in SBS.dont get dishearten with small-small things which does not matter in the last..what matters is that,that you will never get this time again in your life to cherish(and you will always want to live those moments again and again but you will be helpless at that time)!make the best use of it,read as much as you can,, make friends for life,be in the company of good people.life outside is not that simple..

Once placed don't think you are through its nothing but the beginning of another journey.....!!!Wishing you all the best.THANK YOU.


Sanket Sharma

Name :Sanket Sharma

Registration no : 19-1460

Roll No : MM 09 – 11149

Operations Batch (BIMM)

Academic Year : 09-11

Phn : 9975369885

My Placement Experience:

Taking admission in BIMM was the stepping stone of my success, college which

strive hard, put stringent efforts keeping in mind three pillars of their credentials

i.e. Determination, Dedication & Discipline, aims at improving every budding

manager, prepare him/her to launch into market with finishing is what had

helped me and many individual's like me to get placed in a very reputed firm.

Every Student live there life with ambitious dream webbed in it and college

understands their students and their dreams wisely and actions accordingly.

THIS PAPER COMPANY was my Second company to sit for campus recruitment.

This company came for Campus Placements in SBS on 6th Dec 2010. A panel of

9-10 corporates came for the scrutiny. The placement procedure included 4

stages:

1. Group Discussion

2. Psychological test

3. Personal Interview (Functional)

4. Personal Interview (HR round)

16 students were selected after scrutiny of the resumes from Operations Batch.

Students were divided in 2 groups.

Both the GDs were on the Current issues going in news. My Groups GD Topic

was "Education System in INDIA- Does it needs to be reformed" Thanks to SBS

and Bala sir that he inculcated the habit of reading newspapers and Economic

times. The tests on them in Exams helped me alot in quoting the facts and

figures and tats what helped 6 students out of the 16 to clear the GD round.

Psychological test was good and we all 6 batch mates cleared it.

Then came the PI round. 1st round of Interview was based on all the functional

knowledge. Interview Panel was of 2 senior level Managers, I was the 4th

Person in the line to be interviewed. The interview lasted for an average of 20-

25 minutes. All three before me who came out from interview had been grilled

and barbecued inside by both interviewers on the technical and functional Cases

and questions which my batch-mates were able to answer and resolve.

Then came my chance. The very first thing said to me by them was "We would

start the interview later, but first we would like to discuss about the syllabus


that you have studied". After I had discussed and told about syllabus and cases

we had studied & been taught from our lecturers, they were pretty pleased.

The whole interview went on the syllabus and changes that are needed in the

educational system of India at Graduation level and also at Post Graduation

level.

The interviewer had smartly clubbed all the questions about supply chain and

Purchase in the discussion about syllabus and changes needed.

After coming out of the interview I was very fresh yet confused about what

might be Interviewers point of view about me, weather he would select me or

not.

After we all 6 Balajians were through with their PI, we were told by the

interviewer panel that they would let us know about the results later. Till this

point none of us were aware that there was going to be the second round of

the PI. Even our friends from PAT team got busy because another company who

was supposed to come earlier in morning was late due to some reasons so even

PAT people coordinating us couldn't notify. But what i got to know later was that

the corporate s hadn't told them that there would be a second PI round.

Till now the time had been 6pm. An another company's process had also started

now. Few us had gone for the process of this new company. I on the other side

had a plan for my friends party as he was placed a day before. So we friends

were partying at other end of the city and at 9.30pm (as by this time they had

finished interviewing our Marketing Friends) i got a call from my friend asking

me of were am I and I am urgently called in college for the second round of

interview. And I was in the list of first 2-3 students. I was blaming my luck.

Here i am celebrating my friends placement party instead of being at college for

2nd round of PI.

I left the food and rushed back to my room changed to College uniform and

reached College at around 10.30pm. There i inquired and found out that i was

second on the list to be interview and my name had been called back long back.

Interview panel had then shifted my name at the last and i was sitting there

looking and asking to the students coming out of the interview room about how

did it go? Inside was the panel of 9-10 people, sitting in a semicircle and all

were asking questions irrespective of the functional field (HR, Marketing,

operations, Supply chain). I had made up my mind, i would not loose hope &

will give my best shot to clear the interview and if God wants i will get this job.

I went inside and saw the whole panel sitting and Pizzas, Coke bottles kept in

front of them. There i was asked, "We were expecting you earlier but we heard

you were not here, what happened?" I told them about the party and all and

then the Question answer round started..


They asked me about the company, What are the current news about this

company?

They asked me about how well you know the paper manufacturing process?

Which I answered as i had gone through its process in the afternoon.

Questions related to Operations and Supply chain were also asked on which

they tried to confuse me and asked me to explain why not the other answer,

and thanks again to the Professors who taught the basics so well that i

explained them the reason from the basics and thats the point where i saw that

confirmation smile on the face of the intervierers who is now my BOSS . I got

their message and became more confident in the next upcoming questions.

Then at 11.45 pm finally we 5 students from among many other SBS students

were called in and told the news for confirmation.

That was how i got placed .

Juniors, I would suggest please focus on current affairs, have your basics &

fundamental very clear and lastly don't ever bluff the company be always

honest in giving your answers and seek clearance for doubts if any.

All the very best!!!

This is Sanya Kapoor

MM0911541

Dual C- IT and Marketing

2009-2011


The placements season had started with electronics Major Visiting our Campus.

Everyone was super excited, someone talking to seniors in the company,

someone to faculties, some students to whoever available. Everyone wanted to

be as updated as possible, so was I. The company came, process happened,

and I didn't even clear the GD.

I consoled my broken heart, partied along with friends who got placed, and

realized that the Feast had started and it's up to you what you want to have.

Unfortunately I was one of the few students, who were not eligible from the

beginning of the season so I had to hold my horses until I was eligible.

I gave myself a target to at least clear the GD of the next company that comes

Sanya Kapoor


in. Then on October 22nd three companies made their way into our campus and

all big names.

Everyone wishes that their first employers should be one of India's stalwart

business houses, so were we. They had set in criteria of 70% throughout which

actually gave opportunity to me as the competition was less. I remembered my

target. I gave the GD for all the 3 companies and hoped that I get through

today to at least one. I cleared, an insurance major's interview, it was, but the

job was not to come easy to me. I had completely messed up the interview, I

knew the result.

It wasn't easy to accept that all three attempts were resulting into a failure.I

took it as a learning phase, and knew that yes, I can if I want to. I started to

prepare for the obvious HR questions like something about yourself, why not CA

being a commerce grad? Etc. I thought next company and I should be through,

but destiny had something else in store and that was rejections. Four had

already rejected and there were others.

It was 7th of December when one of India's biggest IT firms came to our

campus. There were 2 GDs which I cleared and later 2 interviews. The results of

those were to disclosed later after a week. I waited with a hope in my eyes and

meanwhile sitting for a dozen other companies and watching my friends and

classmates getting placed 1 by 1. Finally on the 16th f dec, they decide not to

pick up any1 from the campus. It was a heartbreak.

9th December 2011, a BFSI company was visiting our campus, I sat for the

process.

My friends were teasing me “why are you sitting , how many placements do you

want….”.

I replied “It's not official”, hoping that soon the news will come that you are

selected in wipro. I told to myself today you should return with a job.

Meanwhile Tata Capital gave its presentation. The presentation which changed

the mind of many, it came as one of the best paymasters to the campus. They

had a simple GD /PI process. I remembered how I had defaulted last time with

so many other companies, this time there were no margins for error. So, I was

determined to give in everything I had this time.

My group in GD had only one girl and 11 boys. The panel gave her a chance to

choose the topic. This was actually a googly to check her group skills. She

jumped on to a topic which she knew, (actually she should have consented

others, is what the panel had expected.) The topic she chose was on the Adarsh

housing Scam. I just had certain figures in mind relating to the topic, that

helped. I cleared the GD. Finally there were many of us who cleared the GD

round, so the panel decided that all those who have cleared the GD will have a

GD in themselves and a final short listing would be prepared on that basis.

Well that was the second Googly. They gave us a very dicey and a controversial


topic. ” Euthanasia.” This topic came from a recently released movie Guzaarish,

thankfully I had seen it. I don't know what had happened to me this time, I

spoke my heart out, I was almost in tears speaking on the topic. The panel

noticed me and my points. Finally I was through along with 3 girls and 1 guy

also cleared. There were 2 other eliminating interviews which I cleared and in

the end it was left upto me and my best friend dhirendrabashani. Last grueling

interview which now if I think about, I could have done so much better,

dhirendra was selected and I quiely snuck out of the hall while dhiren was

carried away on shoulders by cheering friends.

Time passed and it was almost the end of the year 2010 and in between there

was a session with our placement incharge where we were informed that we

should stop being so selective in our choice of companies as it was pretty late in

the season and very few companies in the pipeline.

We braced ourselves for whatever was ahead and sat for almost every

comapany's presentation but at every ppt reminded myself, it's a life decision, I

can't make compromises with that.

28th of dec, people who were placed were making new year celebration plans

and I had lost all hope of getting placed that year. Mid semester exams were

going on and I had bigger things to worry about, like clearing my exams.

Months of the same processes and GDs went on until one day a friend of mine

called up to ask if I'd like to work for an IT company. I jumped at the

opportunity, I'd become that desperate by then. The company was the IT and

ITeS owned by one of India's biggest business families, I sent in my CV and had

my first interview within the week. It's a strange feeling, making your way

through a company that you might end up working for. And this was my first job

so it wasn't like I had any previous experience to guide me through this. But the

company took care of me. I went through 4 rounds of Personal Interviews,

where i was asked one outlandish thing about IT after another. Thankfully, the

conversation veered towards my interest in communications and marketing.

There were some situation analysis questions also that focused on developing a

B@B marketing plan. My interest in Business Development and Relationship

Management came through and i was asked about my experience growing up

as an Army child. The fact that i had learnt to adapt and travel was perfect for

the role of an Alliance Manager. Later, i was told that it was my acceptance of

knowledge and my willingness to absorb and learn that helped my selection.

The final round, with the VP of Sales for MEA SAARC convinced me that this is

what I wanted to do. I wanted the excitement of a corporate along with the

challenge of sales. I had my HR interview the same day, and a week later, on

the 6th of April, 2011, I celebrated my first day at work


Sanyog Garg

Once again!!

I am Sanyog Garg

SYSTEMS 09-11 Batch

Roll No: MM 0911437

Following is my CPE that i have already shared through mail and i was told that

it has been accepted!!

The process included following Steps:

1- GD

2- Technical / HR Interview 1

3- Technical / Functional Interview 2

4- Most awaited part - Results

Without wasting of time, let me share the process in detail and my

experience of that memorable day.

1- GD:

The day was very long and started with batches of GD. SYSTEMS batch

had to wait till afternoon to get their turn. Finally we were called

for the GD round and I was feeling very excited that I got my turn. We

were 12 people in our GD group and there were 2 panelists to conduct

the GD. There was rectangular table in HRD building and I was sitting

across the judges. Topic of GD was:

“WHAT ARE THE PROSS AND CONS OF SET UP THE ORGANIZAION ON SHORE

AND DO

THE BUSINESS”

Major discussion points:

I was just thinking that where to start with and I decided not to

speak first (honestly speaking). I wanted to see the flow of group so

I started on third no and following are the major points out of

discussion:

First member started with the support of on-shore

Second member picked up and said that we can do better business by

remain in off shore

Then I started on third and said that “let me start with some idea

of on-shore and off-shore to set the boundaries of this discussion and

then let's try to reach on some valuable take away.” Then I spoke 2

lines on on-shore and off-shore and left the discussion in the flood

for 2 minutes or so.

Then again I spoke 2, 3 points in support of on-shore by keeping in

my mind that HCL has its assets in different countries and doing good

business by setting up their building in other countries too.

Honestly speaking, I was not 100% sure about whether I should go


with on-shore or off-shore. I decided to pick up on-shore just because

of the reason I explained above.

Then we all were given few seconds to conclude the topic. I took 2,

3 good points of my group member by recognizing them and support my

on-shore thing in last.

With, GD got finished. I was not sure of my selection and was thinking

that what is on shore exactly!! Finally result came out and I was

selected. They took 6 students out of our group. Now second round….

2- Technical / HR Interview 1:

There were 2 interviewers in the room. I knocked and entered into the

room. One of them asked me to sit and I settled down quietly by a

smile and thanks. They both were looking into my CV.

Interviewer A: Tell me about your prior experience?

Me: I told him in a very organized way as I had prepared in my mind.

There was nothing special in that.

Interview B: Tell me about IT infrastructure management?

Me: Very specifically I told that – When an organization comes in a

contract with another organization to manage and run their business

based on agreed terms and conditions by setting up all resources.

They both nod down their heads and said that we are not satisfied yet.

Explain a bit more with example.

Me: Then I explained by taking the example of HCL itself. I was not

sure. But I tried my best to explain them with whatever I had in my

mind.

Interview B: Can you tell us about your family and income resources.

Me: I explained very clearly and honestly.

Interview A: Are you comfortable to work 24x7, preferably in night shifts.

Me: At this point of time, I am not 100% comfortable in night shifts

but I am not resistant to work in night if the work is not monotonous.

Further I explained in this way… Now days, organizations are working

day and night so I will have to adjust myself for that culture too.

Interviewer B: Tell us about your hobbies if you really have some.

Me: I like bird watching and roaming. They both laughed and commented

as “very interesting”… Then I said that I also like cooking,

travelling and to play cricket.

Then they discussed something between them and told me that we are

referring you for next level of interview. Congratulations!!

I was smiling and my heart beat was up in the sky… With greetings to

them, I came out and had some water..

3- Technical / Functional Interview 2:

I was last person to be interviewed and the time was 1 o'clock in the


night. When second last person came out of the interview room,

interviewer also came out and shocked to see me standing in the

corridor and asked coordinator that do I need to take one more

interview??!! Then he saw me and said r u sure, u want to give

interview… I smiled and said – sir, if you are tired then we can have

half an hour break!! He smiled and asked me to wait in the interview

room. He entered 2, 3 minutes later and started to ask –

Interviewer: Tell me about yourself?

Me: I gave very general description as everybody gives.

Interviewer: What have you done special?

Me: I tried to convince him with my marks, some extracurricular

activities and finally with my daily routine of getting up early and

do worship. But he didn't react anything and ok let's move forward.

Then he asked some technical questions…

Interviewer: Tell all TCP/IP layers?

Me: I told as I knew that this would be the obvious question.

Then there were few more questions on this TCP/IP thing and then he

created environment tensed…

Interviewer: If I select you and send you Chennai then you won't be

able to manage there so why should I take you?

Me: Honestly speaking… I felt like I am blank and nothing to say. Then

I said – sir, If you are saying this then there must be some reason.

But let me tell you sir, I belong to UP and did my graduation from

Roorkee and stayed in Mumbai for 18 months and then I am here in Pune

for more than 12 months. So I do not have any problem in adjustments

in new city.

Interviewer: I am still not convinced.

Then he tried to put more pressure on me by saying that the language

is not at all understandable in Chennai. You stayed in UP and in MH

that is not tough part. You will not be able to manage. Then he asked…

Interviewer: I am going to speak something in my language and you just

have to repeat that.

Me: I said ok sir, I will try my best.

Interviewer: jkkasfksakmnkasjalkksjdfklsjflkassjkfj jlkjjo234234nnnnsa

Me: I tried my best but could not repeat as it is. But I spoke

everythingtootafoota and he laughed with the words I used.

This was the turning point of the interview. He said that do you know

what you repeated. I said no sir, I can't even repeat what I just

said. He again laughed and said that alright!!


After that, environment was very light. He asked me about my family

and my interests. Then he asked are you comfortable working in night.

I said yes sir.

With this, he said me all the best and let's wait for the results that

would be displayed by your placement coordinators tomorrow.

4- Result:

Frankly speaking, I could not sleep whole night. I got up late in the

morning and started my normal routine and walked towards Ganesh temple

in our campus (as I regularly used to do that).

In the middle of my way I received call from one my classmate that

congratulations buddy!!

I asked and overwhelmed to hear that I am selected in xyz company.

I was in front of Ganesh Temple and was very delighted with that news.

I still can feel that moment!!

cheers!

Sanyog Garg

Hi Friends,

I am Shilpa Chaudhary,

Registration Number MM09-11543

BIMM - PM & HRD


A B.Sc graduate with a fair inclination towards management, I always wanted to

do a MBA. Hence I prepared well for the CAT & MAT exams. Luckily I scored

well in both of them & the next step was to get into a good college. Entering

into BIMM was the beginning of the most memorable and enchanting

experience of my life. Being from a far away city Jaipur, I had never imagined

my destiny will take me to Pune.I always wanted to get into HR & this college

gave me what I wanted.

I still remember the First Day of SBS, students from all over the country with

different backgrounds, different culture, different aspirations but the same goal

of initialization of Corporate Career.

Shilpa Chaudhary


It all started with Bam Sir's presentation sessions which actually helped me to

overcome my stage fear.

And Ofcourse , the Mahabharat sessions which gave me the patience to

continuously sit for 12 Hours which I now feel was important for the Corporate

Career.

Initially when I joined the college , I was very lazy but with 365 days working

and 90% attendance, this prestigious institution changed me and my attitude

towards my life. I gradually became more punctual and was thoroughly enjoying

this new change in me.

I have always believed “Whatever happens happens for the good “. Though

Pessimist by nature SBS taught me to be Optimistic & no matter what, it made

me a true fighter & helped me to deal with the various complexities of life in

some or the other way.

Campus Placement time is one of the toughest time in any students life. All the

student managers had some dreams about their Placements in terms of getting

placed with the top notch Brands, the Sector or the industry they wanted to get

placed in. For me the brand as well as package was the Priority , I always

wanted to get into IT or manufacturing sector as this is the only sector where

an HR can get a good exposure . I was eligible for placements from the first day

.I had scored well in the assessments and hence was called for the top notch

companies selection procedures which happened over the campus. I was quiet

choosy when I came to sit for the companies. I was clear in my head as of what

I wanted. In around November a FMCG company came to campus & I was

really excited about it. I successfully cleared the two GD rounds and one

interview round. But could not clear the final HR Round for the same. But this

firm was not the one destined for me. Then, a series of good Companies came

to our campus. But I always failed in cracking the GD round no matter how

much I spoke or how good my content was. We started having GD Sessions

among friends so as to improve and find out more content on a topic. Such kind

of GD sessions helped me groom my personality in many ways. For cracking a

GD thought is very important. In a 15-20 minutes GD when you are given 2

minutes to think whatever comes in your mind in those 2 minutes decides

whether you are in or not. It is always precautionary to prepare good & current

topics in advance.

I started reading more and more about Current affairs, common GD topics and

most Important Economic Times. Then the very critical thing in a Group

Discussion is how you convey this thought Process of yours, how you present

your thoughts, and most important the listeners and the Interviewers should be

able to understand the same what you want to convey to them.

It was January already and for the first ten days I didn't sit for any company in

the campus. On 28th day of January 2011, I sat for one of the Top Telecom

Brand & somewhere I felt that this is the end of my struggle This day for the

first time I thought I was close to my Placement finally, yes indeed I was. I was


not even aware of the Profile & Package as I missed the PPT. The process

started with the Aptitude test followed by 2 rounds of Group discussions & a

round of personal interview. These all rounds were conducted on Video

Conferencing(VC). Finally 4 candidates including me were called to the Mumbai

Campus for the final Interview round the next day.

I cleared the aptitude test quite easily. There were more than 6 GD groups as

around 120 student managers sat for this. I was in the 3rd GD group and my

first GD topic was “Inflation” which I had an idea about as I already had gone

through this topic before.I emerged as a star in that GD round 1. The second

topic of Group Discussion was “theory vs Practical” which I managed quite

decently. I spoke only 2 points but quite impactful which made me noticed. It

was my best shot ever in any of the Group Discussions.Then came the result of

GD & I was among the shortlisted candidates . I was on the seventh cloud & my

heart beat rose as the next round was the interview. I was well prepared &

hopefully my Interview went well.The questions that were asked were quite

obvious like "Tell me something about yourself?", "Why HR?", What are types of

Recruitment?" Finally, the final 4 were called to Mumbai Campus for the final

interview round. On reaching the campus, what came to our surprise was ,

there were still 5 rounds to get into such a topnotch brand. At that moment , a

negative thought rushed into my mind that may be I will not be able to make

up to this Company. But one thing is for sure, if you are destined, then nobody

can stop you from reaching your destination. And yes, it was in my kitty. We

had an Essay writing on Telecom Industry followed by an Extempore. An online

test on “Organizational Behavior” & “Human Resource planning” was conducted

to check our knowledge base. And finally , the biggest of all the Corporate

Inteview round. The questions which were asked were "Tell me something

unique about yourself?", "Why HR?", "Why should we Hire you?","What is the

principle of Natural justice?", "What are types of Attitude?", "What is Maslow

Hierarchy Theory?" & finaly "What are your strengths & Weaknesses?". And

thankfully I was able to answer each question satisfactorily.

I was amazed to see the Infrastructure , such a huge Company, felt as if the

dream came true. For me the Corporate interview held for 50 minutes & I was

completely sure that it will be cracked by me as the interviewer was quite

impressed. I returned back to pune with hope of getting to this Company

comfortably. And yes, awaited for the results desperately & finally that moment

came on Feb 2 when the offer letter was in my hand. I was speechless and only

one thought that came to my mind “All is well that ends well”. I got what was

best for me.

Last but not the least for my dear juniors.. Never stop chasing your dreams , as

the dreamers are the one who get have the ability of changing the world for a

better tomorrow.

Regards

Shilpa Chaudhary


Shiney Joseph

Hello everybody,

I am Shiney Joseph

Registration Number:- MM09-11150

Class PGDM – Finance

BIMM

Academic year 2009-11

'There's no right time to get placed, rather one needs to find the right place to

fit in.'

The basic principle that one should adopt to get the right placement is to find a

company where he/she fits the best. Getting placement is not only about

getting a good brand or a high package, but also about placing yourself in the

right place where you can develop both professionally and personally.

Therefore, the first step for getting a good placement is to understand one's

own potential, interest, requirement and accordingly selecting the industry and

company where he/she wants to be placed.

There are various criteria's for selecting the right organization, and they are as

follows:-

Industry – make sure that you select the right industry in the 1st go itself,

because your future will very much depend on the initial steps that you take.

Brand – It's always better to start with a good brand, since a good brand will

have a good work culture which will help you a lot in future.

Package – Understand your true market value by comparing yourself with the

crowd and see where you stand. Everybody wants to take a higher package but

eventually people end up taking less packages, only because they don't want to

take further risk. Being managers we are taught to take calculated risk, likewise

analyze whether taking a risk is worth it or not. Just remember one thing in life

that - 'First deserve and then desire.' If you are able to apply this concept to

yourself then you will always succeed in all your endeavors.

For each and every point I have laid emphasis on future, as we being managers

are suppose to consider the future before making any decision in life. These are

the basic criteria's which would help you in selecting the companies that you

should go for.

Being a Balaji student you need to keep in mind about the attendance and

backlogs, because these two things can make you lose some very good

opportunities. Keep yourself updated with the latest news and make sure you

have enough knowledge about the things going around. As the companies are

not looking for book worms but for students who can grasp well and actually

implement what they have learnt.


I overall sat for 5 companies out of which for first three I was not sure whether

I should go further but those companies helped me to gain a lot of experience

about the selection processes, 4th was the first company for which I was

completely sure, but eventually I got placed in one of the best Multinational

Banks and I really feel great to be a part of such a good organization and all the

credit goes to the institution which gave me this opportunity.

Initially there's always a lot of confusion in everybody's mind regarding which

company to go for. Likewise, I was also reluctant to take risk and wait for good

companies. Being a Finance student it was even tougher to decide, out of the

very less opportunities we had. But I would really appreciate the placement

team as they were able to bring some very good brands even for Finance

students.

Generally most of the companies go for the following selection processes:-

Group Discussion

Technical Interview

HR Interview

But still the procedure differs from company to company on the basis of their

job requirement.

Group Discussion

Majority of the companies go for group discussions as their first round in the

selection process. The GD round is more of an elimination round. Where your

first impression is your last impression, if you are not able to prove yourself in

those 5 minutes then nothing can be done. Therefore, you need to make sure

that you are fully prepared to participate in a GD.

Firstly, to understand what a GD is, it is not about who speaks more, rather who

makes more of sense and adds value to the discussion that is going on.

Generally a GD turns out to be a mess, but one needs to understand that a GD

is a discussion and not a fight.

Your entry into a GD should be perfect because that is the point which attracts

the most attention of the panel, if you are not confident enough then wait for 1

or 2 people to initiate the topic and then you can go forward by putting your

point. But one should always remember that it is important to be assertive but

not aggressive, understanding the difference between these two words is the

key to win a GD.

Topics that are generally asked in a GD and that came as my topics are:-

Inflation affecting the common man

Common wealth games

What I do when I am Idle

The topics in the GD differ from organization to organization. Generally the GD

topics depends on the type of company you are sitting in, for example; a


financial institution will put topics on the financial markets, effects of Inflation,

Repo rate, etc. Remember not to deviate from the topic which often happens in

a GD, and in case if it happens then you should be the one reminding

everybody about the topic and the basic purpose behind discussing the topic, by

doing this you can gain some extra points for yourself.

The company that I finally got selected is a bank (as I have earlier mentioned)

and the topic which was asked at the time of my GD was – 'Inflation affecting

the Common Man'. I explained the various factors affecting the inflation and

how the inflation directly affects the Common Man, came up with 3 or 4 valid

points first explaining the topic and then further discussing the topic further.

Personal Interview

Once the first level of elimination is over the companies go for technical or HR

interview. Mine was more of a combination of both, we had a common interview

which included both technical as well as personal questions. Generally the

questions asked are on the basis of the CV, be sure that whatever you mention

on it is true and be 100% confident talking about yourself. The technical and HR

questions asked were as follows:-

What is Repo and Reverse Repo Rate?

What is a Forward Contract?

What is Basel 2?

What were the findings of the internship?

Why opted for ABC bank?

What is an option?

Family history?

How much comfortable with the locations?

Brief introduction about yourself?

What is CASA?

what is Carbon Credit?

The above mentioned are the type of questions asked from finance students.

The ultimate mantra is to be confident and think before saying anything. Don't

rush to get placed but be patient to identify the right place for yourself. So

identify your true talent and then prepare yourself accordingly. That's all from

my side.

All the Best,

Thanks for Reading

Regards,

Shiney Joseph


Shivangi Kant

HiMy name is Shivangi KantReg. No- 17-1051Roll No. MM09-11052PGDM-ASpecialization- MarketingBatch of 2009-11BIMM

I have been placed in one of the largest financial institution of the country. This write-up is out of my own experience of campus placement which was rather a roller-coaster journey filled with anxieties, competition, stress, pressure, learning and finally HAPPINESS. These experiences have helped me evolve as a much stronger and confident person. Indeed “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES”. Once the placement season started and companies started getting lined-up in college everyone was gearing up for getting into the best companies. However I was not in a hurry to get into any company that comes to the college. . So initially I was very selective in choosing companies. As the placement was going through a good phase, most of my batch mates got placed in the initial stage. But I was still waiting for some good companies to come. I realized my mistake very late when I failed to crack processes of some of the companies and half of the college got placed.

I faced 18 companies during the placement season before I finally got picked-up. In most of the companies I appeared I failed mainly in the interviews. But I also believed that behind every failure there is another step for success. Well things continued as I was able to clear GDs but somehow I as not able to impress the interviewers despite giving my best shots and having good interview sessions. Slowly and steadily I started getting more confident with the rounds for selection. Learning from my mistakes I prepared more and more on the day to day topics and knowledge about the market and business world as well as current events. I concentrated even more on personal grooming, body language and overall appearance. However time was passing by and many companies came but story remained the same. It somehow brought me down to face the reality. I started to get anxious and a doubt also started creeping in. What if? There was one thing that kept me going that is my positive attitude and confidence. I knew there was one company that would come to the campus for me. . So all I was doing is preparing for it and waiting patiently. But the thing I was unable to figure out was why in final rounds I failed. Knowledge wise most questions I answered well but yet somehow placement eluded me .So a bit downtrodden with slightly morose mindset I came for my 18th company.


Process:The selection process consisted on CV screening and short listing and Interviews. There was no Group Discussion.

1st Round: CV Short listing-CVs of interested students were sent to the company. The CVs were critically scrutinized by the company bases which the candidates were short-listed for the next round. I was super thrilled as the first step was passed.

2nd Round: Telephonic interview- There was first telephonic round of interview for which there were 21 students got shortlisted. The interview was taken by the Head of Operations of the company. As I was rejected mainly in the interviews so I was quite nervous but I put my best effort to stay calm and focused. The interview started by the interviewer briefing me about the company and the business in which it is. The friendly attitude of the interviewer helped me regain my composure and shed all the fears, apprehension and anxieties. Questions being asked were very general in nature mainly related to my profile, summer internship project, hobbies, skills, likes & dislikes. All the questions were being answered with a careful thought. Every reply of mine was in a very structured manner and precise way.After the round total of 10 students were shortlisted for the final round of interview and I was one of them.

3rd Round: Final interview-For this round all the short-listed candidates were called to the company's office in Mumbai. While I was waiting for my number for the interview, millions of thoughts were running through my head. All I wanted to do was to be clam and composed. Finally my name was called for the interview. Leaving all the anxieties I entered the interview room with confidence and clam mind.The interview panel consisted of 3 members- the HR Head, Head of Operations and SVP-BD and Sales. I greeted the interviewers with a smile and the interview began. This time I was confident of my preparedness for the interview but tried not to sound over-confident. The interview stretched for about 45 minutes. Initially I felt that the interview was the replica of the first interview round as the questions being asked were similar in nature but soon I realized that the panel was looking for consistency, clarity of thought, my promptness in the responses (as the profile being offered was for Client Relations) and communication skills.Other factors that were looked out for were: Clarity and tone of voice Patience Good listening skills Confidence Presence of mind and promptness Readiness and commitment to handle difficult situations.


The PI was a mix of technical, general and HR questions. Questions like- Introduce yourself- I replied about myself, education, internship & projects, hobbies, skills, family background and so on but I avoided information overload. I kept my answer very precise and to the point. Some questions were related to my hometown, family background and hobbies. As the job was based out of Mumbai I was asked whether I will be able to adjust in the city. My reply was simple and backed by example of my summer internship as it was also done in Mumbai.I come from a Science background (my graduation subject is Botany) so I was asked how this will help me in the financial services industry? My reply to this was well balanced. I supported my answer by saying that Science is a very versatile and dynamic field based on sheer observations, trend mapping and practical knowledge and application and this is what required to be successful in a financial industry. The next question was very tricky. They asked “If you are selected for a profile in the back-end operations in our company, considering the fact that you are from marketing background, would you join our company and why?” My reply was-“Yes, I will definitely join because it will broaden my horizon of learning. I have learned the basics of marketing so working with back end operations will help me learn something which is completely new to me. So I see it as an opportunity and not as a restriction.” The panel was clearly impressed with the answer.Then I was asked “why marketing field requires you?” My answer to this was based mainly skills, strengths and my ability to understand customers' needs.Next question was “why do you want to join this company?” The answer was simple and honest-“When you are getting a chance to be with the best, why go to the rest.” Last question was “why we should select you?” my reply was “Because of three reasons- 1) My ability to LEARN, 2) My hunger to LEARN and 3) my right attitude to LEARN.”After a lengthy interview session, I came out satisfied and positive. As it was friendly and general I was relaxed. This is it, I thought to myself, inner voice saying I had got the job, mind trying to be practical and preparing for rejection if at all. The whole process took nearly 15 days and after a long wait, the result came out and finally I came to know that I am the part of that reputed family. Finally it was my day!!!!!My suggestion for all those who aspire to get placements, keep yourselves updated on the daily news and business news specially, know about yourself, your strengths and areas of interests, not only to get a job today but for a larger picture in life. Ignorance is no longer bliss. Just believe in yourself stay focused, work hard as there is no substitute for hard work and leave rest to God.

Regards,Shivangi Kant


Shivi Prabhakar Khatri

I am Mrs. Shivi Prabhakar Khatri

Registration no. MM 09-11053 of

Dual A marketing from the batch 2009-2011 and

I am finally placed in ABC, XY group company.

I'll start with my overall experience of the MBA days, it was full of knowledge

and learning as there were a lot of sessions of corporate lectures where

stalwarts from across the industries were invited to our campus to share there

learning curve and the challenges they faced and how they recoverd hence

boosting our confidence in ourselves and litting the fire more to do something

extra in life to achieve desirable and grow as a person and not only as a

professional. Also there were GD preparation sessions where again corporate

leaders were invited to judge us which was indeed an experience as it was

among all the four colleges from where the groups were made and we had to

discuss on topics on stage in front of all the rest of the students. There were a

lot of extra curricular activities too which helped everyone of us in becoming

multi talented as all had an opportunity to discover there passion apart from

studies and follow that too along with the studies which was of course the main

focus. But all of them were an aaded advantage and result of which was seen

during the interviews as many learnings of that period was used during

interviews and GD and also in corporate world today as I work as a corporate

citizen for a corporate house.

The first company visited our campus in september and I got selected on 18th

dec-which was long period and I was among the students who got placed late

in the campus placement season but neverthless my experience was great and

was full with loads of learning as I appeared only for 7 companies out of all the

companies visited my campus as I was very selective and had my priorities set-

as I wanted to be a part of the world leader and specifically wanted to get into

core marketing profile.Out of 7 I opted out from 5 of the Interviews and 2 did

not select me but all the comapnies I appeared for were the market leaders in

their respective spaces and constituted of the panel which were very

experienced and knowledgable and hence each process was a very good

learning experience. In all the companies I appeared I was among the few

students to reach till the final interview.

The entire campus placement period was very exciting and sometimes

frustrating too as with every interview there were many things to improve on

but with rejection it was a demotivator too, as again I had to go through the

entire process of selection.


ABC came on 18-Dec-2010 to our campus exclusively for BIMM and shortlisted

41 students from the batch based on PGDM percentage which was 67% and

above.

There was one other compnay on the campus that day but I decided to sit for

ABC even when they were not very keen on taking female candidates as they

mentioned this before they came for campus mainly because its liquor Industry

and its usually percieved that its a challenging atmosphere for females to work

but I always believed that

The Gd groups were of 10 people and the topic was "Should surrogate

advertisement be allowed in India or Not"

My GD group was the first challenge itself as a lot of good speakers were there

in my group but I was determined to not only clear the GD but also the entire

process of the company as that day for the first time during the entire

placement season I wanted to get in to this company anyhow.

The way the GD was conducted was little different than the other processes i

appeared for. Here the pattern was that out of 10 mins, for 7 mins we had to

put forward our point of views and then for left 3 mins we had to speak against

our point of view. I was in favor of the topic for first 7 mins as I believe Indian

society is still not developed to a level where parents and children can see ads

about all topics on TV. I was the only one who was in the favor of the topic

hence for last 3 mins it was tuff for me to counter the others and also it was

really important that I did not contridict my own views during the last 3 mins

hence I had to actually think and speak very carefully where I said that the

Media is the real player in today's society and hence with oits evolution and

development it offers an opportunity to broaden our views that is the upcoming

generation- the new decision makers and influencers which will affect the

society and hence will lead to the opening of the new and modernized thinking

gateways allowing all sorts of ads on TV , but I was determined to clear the GD

hence it was really fun to counter myself against all others who were just

harping on the fact of highly influencial media.

Out of 41 who appeared for the process, 10 were shortlisted for the interview

and surprisingly 6 were girls. 3 people came from the company for the process

they swapped candidates for next round. Hence all had a chance to judge the

candidate. I was 3rd to go for the interview. The interview lasted for approx. 1

hr and was all about marketing and sales knowledge and skills. I was told to sell

apple i-phone to a blackberry distributor given all the flaws apple has in its

product, after sales and margins, I convinced the dealer at the end to buy i-

phone by putting forward points like that Blackberry highest seeling phone is at


the price range of 11k approx. and if he seels one i-phone it'll actually cover up

for 3 BB phones and also he should look for investment by investing into apple

its by the money he gets from selling BB hence expanding its business reach,

consumer base and hence the overall image of its outlet which will in turn lead

to higher returns.

After this They asked me to do STP for yahoo when they entered the market

also decide on the no. of target audience and why? after which they asked me

to STP for Google considering that yahoo already exists, I knew that Google has

a USP over yahoo which is in its search returns it shows local information first as

against yahoo which gives US information only.

They also asked me one thing which I don't appreciate about Philip Kotler and

one thing which I do, On this I replied I like vals-2 framework on which they

asked me to do lifestyle based segmentation of Internet users.

After this they asked about my family in detail ans also about the academic and

personal interests. Then they ask me to ask questions if I had any doubts so I

asked about their training program and schedule.

After all the interviews were over they again had an interview for me and one

more girl, guess it was the deciding interview between two of us.

That interview was taken by all 3 and that was more of sales oriented, I had to

sell bottle water to a corrupt account being ethical so I had to remember at all

time that I don't have to say anything which appears as a a bribe.

They also asked mt to consider myself as a brand and brand myself so that they

pick me up and hence tell something unique about me of all.Based on which the

sales ionterview was directed and conducted.

Post this they selected Me out of the 2 girls they had second interview for. And

out of 10 , 2 of us were selected.The result was declared by 5pm and the

process started in the morning 9 pm.

The process was quick and really good as the interviewers were very

experienced and knowledgeable.

The overall experience of the entire process was really good and was very

different as the company was my dream company and was also the market

leader.


Soni Khandelwal

Name: Soni Khandelwal

College: BIMM

Specialization: Marketing (Dual A)

Roll No: MM09-11056

The sentiments:

I remember the first day of college when I reached with my parents at around 3

pm on 5th June'2009. Our reporting was on 8th June'2009. On 7th it was the

Best Dress competition, befor that we took the oath to excel at our fields

Followed with Bam Presentation, the first and one of the best exercises

practiced which helped me and amny others like me, remove their stage fear

and encouraged to creatively perform better and different. I chose the topic:

“MY favorite sport ” My score was 119.


with working days or schedule, holiday was never a concern. I maintained good

attendance and timetable.





1. Life Cycle(Marketing Management, Istsem taught by Prantosh sir)

2. Cluster Analysis (Market Research, II ndsem taught by Prantosh sir)

3. Operation management (By Balajireddie)


After my summer training, I started taking things very seriously. I craved for

information and knowledge. . I tried to study all the current issues and the

historical issues. I wanted to build such a knowledge base that no topic in GD

could be a difficulty. I studied all- political news, business news, sports news,

rankings, and different indexes(Human Development Index etc). i used to read

about market affairs and issues published in HBR

The emphasis was to know things in detail and not at superficial level. I

thought, I should be able to stand and face the toughest interviews where I

would be grinded for my knowledge. Simultaneously, I strengthened my

fundamentals in all subjects. I must admit, I felt I had maximum knowledge

during that time and was so confident that I could face anybody and any GD.



There is a company which always is the first company for which all were

allowed to appear irrespective of attendance and backlog criteria. I was also

very excited to crack this company. That was the first chance to get placed and

everyone was more than willing to crack this company.


round.


2nd Interview





Head HR himself. The topic of our GD was “Advertising is a myth'', It was an

easy topic as I had read a lot about it in the newspapers. I waaneconomys the

one to initiate the topic with a nice punch line. I strongly believe that the one

who takes the first step in a GD is capable of giving direction to the discussion.

Hence, always try to take the first step. However, it does not mean that one

must just speak anything because one has to.

One must also remember to give your colleagues appropriate time to speak too

but this never happened, every one wanted to be heard out, so it became a

mess.

I didnt expect any response as this was an elimination round. However, to my

fate I was not selected.

But than I kept my confidence high and I suddenly i met with an accident and

count sit for a few companies after that, Being from a non technical

background( BBA) I was basically looking to sit for banks and FMCG companies.

But as the uncertainty is always there and somehow I could recover and i sat

for my 2 nd company on 25th november, I gave my best shot in the gd as it was

education and politics, one of my favorate topic in the gd ,on perfect times in

the gd you have to be aggressive and on perfect times you have to keep calm, I

than decided to work on this strategy. the gd was perfect and was selected for

the second round, the questions asked were tricky and the interviewer asked

tell me 20 things you can do white piece of white paper without drawing or

using a pen, i told him 10 things, then he asked hat would you change in big

bazar, my fluency on other languages, i know and other, ididnt think i was good

enough and got disappointed. but was surprised that i was selected. there was

a 3rd round and it was on fundamentals. it was my best round, they asked

about multi level marketing and sensory marketing. i had expexted that i would


be selected but i told that that select me only for kolkata, so they didnt select

me as told by the head hr of the company

The other thing was that as I enquired in PAT there was rather no surety of

coming of hotels or if they would come also they would come very late, so I

decided to sit for a leading private sector bank which came 2nd time after joint

certification programme,It was a pool campus happening at ibspune campus in

aundh,The other institutes participating were indira,sadhana,BIMM,ibspune,so

there were almost 250 students participated in that pool campus ,

COMPANY PROCESS

Group discussion: As it was a pool campus there were 150 students from my

college in the process, we were divided in the group of 10 students, All the

regional heads and other people from HR were the moderators for the GD,My

topic was a case study “on farmers hould be given micro finance”,I

initiated the GD and made 2-3 good points, There was another student from

indira who was also making a good impact ,In the middle I became a little bit

aggressive and again made 2 good points, in the end I summarized the GD,I

was pretty sure that I will get through the GD round,

After sometime the results were announced and as par my expectations I got

through the GD round.

1st Interview (Head HR and regional head):

Question: What do you know about the company? Answer: I answered the

business, verticals and evolution of the company.

Question: What do you understand about the business? Answer : I explained

him the industry broadly, the scope and why the industry is growing, where will

the industry will lead to in future, changing trends etc. This industry was totally

new to me hence I did not know much about the products and features.

He also asked about my past experience, summer internship and interest for

profile.

he also asked about my learning from the internship i did.

one important question asked was will you follow the management decision or

follow what you decide, I said that companies have made management

practices with experience but i will do proper research and if the solution is right

would put it forward to the top management

they were impressed and asked my choice of location and thanked me.

The results were announced after4 hours and as par my expectations I got

through, only 26 students got selected out of 150 students from and I was 1

out of those 14.


OFFER LETTER:

The offer letter came to the PAT department and I signed my acceptance in

March and I got my joining date as 04th April 2011,

Thanks and Regards

SoniKhandelwal

MM09-11056

BIMM(Dual A)

Name-Sonia Gandotra

Roll No: - MM09-11155

Class: - BIMM Finance

Academic Year:-2009-11

I got placed in US based service organization and one of the strongest

competitors in Big 4's company.

It is always difficult for me to share my experiences, but I try my best to

comprehend my campus experience in a well—mannered way which can help

juniors to remain positive at the time of placements. Friends, before writing

anything, I just want to tell you, “If you have determination, you can achieve

anything.”

Well, It was first company for me and also to the campus for finance people.

It was in the mid of October when the company approached to the campus and

I was bit confused that whether I sit for this company or not. I have heard from

my seniors that there are very few good companies who approached to the

campus for finance people. That made me insecure for my future. But at that

time I didn't take any hasty decision rather I introspected myself and made

some decisions like:-

1. What actually am I looking into a company, is it a good package or good

profile or both?

2. Is the area in which I am getting the job, is of my interest?

3. What are the career opportunities for me in the company?

4. Is the company employee-friendly?

5. Who all are the competitors of the company and so many internal questions

Sonia Gandotra


about the company?

When I got the all satisfactory answers of the above questions, I made up my

mind that I want to get placed in this company. But before sitting for the

company, I contacted many seniors who are already placed in this organization

and enquired about the working culture and nature of work there. And I got

many positive replies which increased my enthusiasm for the company.

This was the first company for finance people so everybody was allowed to sit

according to College rules. A total of around 50 students applied for this

company from BIMM and BIIB finance. There were a total of six rounds and

every round was elimination. It was scary but a company of my dreams and

choice, so no looking backward.

About the Process:-

There were a total of 6 rounds. First round was of vocabulary test. It was not

difficult at all. It consisted of daily usage of words, grammar, synonyms and

antonyms, errors, omissions, fill in the blanks etc. To get the grab on this test, a

daily newspaper reading is more than enough. I prefer ed The Hindu

newspaper, as its articles are very informative and contains many difficult

words. Their motive is to test whether you can effectively interact with the

people, can understand the meaning of words in-between the lines or in the

organization can write the mails effectively to the colleagues and seniors.

At the end of first round, they made us to leave the room and waited outside

for the results. Then after ten minutes, the result came out. I got selected and

scored 80% and I think 9 students were out of the competition because they

were not able to meet up the minimum requirements of 70%.

Then the second rounded started after ten to fifteen minutes and that was of

financial technicalities. It was a test which consisted of basic financial terms like

royalties, ledger, general ledger and cost accounting terms and so on. There

were fill in the blanks, match the following and questions of many other

patterns but all based on accounts more rather than finance. This test was very

easy for people who have a commerce background. But trust me not difficult for

engineers too.

I scored 100% in this test. I was very satisfied with my performance and only

two students got eliminated from this round.

Again a wait for ten minutes and the third round started and that was Data

Interpretation and logical reasoning. This was the round of my interest as I love

to solve mathematical problems and puzzles. Basically, it was a test to check

your analytical skills. And if you score well in this test, it helps the Company to

know about your decision making skills and spontaneity. I scored 95% in this


test. Then again at the end of the round some 15 students were out of the

round.

Then fourth round was Versant test and favorite of mine. In this test, we need

to talk to an American and followed her. This was the main test of their

Company because most of their clients are from US. The main aim of this test

was to check whether we can understand their language and grab the underline

meaning of their statements.

At the end, I was cleared with all the four rounds. Wow, what a feeling and the

day ended like this. I called my family and told them about my experience and

clearance of rounds. Then after twenty days, the company again approached to

the campus to complete the procedure. Two rounds were left, HR test and

technicalities of finance.

In the morning, they presented a presentation about the company to all the

students who were selected in the earlier rounds. But irony was that, not only

Balajian students were there for the two final rounds, there were students from

Sadhna College also and it was nerve- wrecking. In the presentation, they asked

question, “Tell me something about the Company?” This was a great

opportunity for me to impress them and show to them how much I am well

prepared for the company. So, two people raised their hands, but I got the

chance. I answered them in a very informative way and they got impressed.

At the end of presentation they enquired whether anybody has any questions. I

again took the advantage of the situation and asked a very tricky question to

them about merger and acquisitions, which they answered in a very nice way

and they like my question also.

Then the HR round was started after two hours. Mostly in the HR round, the

questions were based on my summer project. And the interviewer was asking

about my passions, interests, means mostly focus on extracurricular activities. I

got through that round also. Then the last round was of Finance. He asked me

questions like:-

1. Why do you want to join our company?

2. Why do we choose you?

3. What is the one area in our company in which you want to work

passionately?

4. Any questions that you want to ask us?

5. Who are the competitors of our Company?

Then the result declared after one hour. Oh my God, everybody's breath was

stopped. The panel started declaring the names of selected students and my

name was taken. That was an amazing moment. I was in the shock, how I got

placed so easily in the company.

Tips to juniors:-

1. Always read a newspaper. Don't just go through the newspaper but try to


understand the news and what its effect on our daily lives is.

2. Maintain good networking but not buttering

3. Always prepare for every challenge

4. Bring some discipline in your life

5. Instead of grabbing, understand the concepts

6. Don't try to impress the interviewer but show them your actual knowledge.

In the end, I would like to give a very special thanks to Bala sir, PAT team and

to my professors. Because without them, I won't be able to attain my goal.

Thanks,

Sonia Gandotra( Tax Consultant, Finance, Hyderabad)

Contact No:- 7702201478

Hi Friends,

I am Sonia Sharma,

Registration Number MM09-11545

BIMM - PM & HRD


The Dream of post graduating was always on the cards after becoming an

Electronics Engineer but always wanted to get into a good college.So started my

journey by joining IMS and entering into BIMM was the begining of the most

memorable and enchanting experience of my life. Being from a small city like

Karnal, I had never imagined my destiny will take me to Pune.I always wanted

to get into HR & this college gave me what I wanted. I still remember the First

Day of SBS, students from all over the country with different backgrounds,

different culture, different aspirations but the same goal of initialization of

Corporate Career.

It all started with Bam Sir's presentation sessions which actually helped me to

overcome my stage fear.

And Ofcourse , the Mahabharat sessions which gave me the patience to

continuously sit for 12 Hours which I now feel was important for the Corporate

Career.

Initially when I joined the college , I was very lazy but with 365 days working

and 90% attendance, this prestigious institution changed me and my attitude

towards my life. I gradually became more punctual and was thoroughly enjoying

this new change in me.

Sonia Sharma


I have always believed “Whatever happens happens for the good “. Though

Pessimist by nature SBS taught me to be Optimistic & no matter what, it made

me a true fighter & helped me to deal with the various complexities of life in

some or the other way.

Campus Placement time is one of the toughest time in any students life. All the

student managers had some dreams about their Placements in terms of getting

placed with the top notch Brands, the Sector or the industry they wanted to get

placed in. For me the brand as well as package was the Priority , I always

wanted to get into IT sector as this is the only sector where an HR can get a

good exposure . I was eligible for placements from the first day .The first

Company that came for HR was an FMG firm and I was not available for its

process. Then, came a consultancy firm , the Dream Company for the HR

professionals & what came to my surprise was I cleared all its rounds in one go

& was the only candidate from BIMM who got shortlisted for the final interview.

But this firm was not the one destined for me.

Then, a series of good Companies came to our campus. But I always failed in

cracking the GD round no matter how much I spoke or how good my content

was. We started having GD Sessions among friends so as to improve and find

out more content on a topic. Such kind of GD sessions helped me groom my

personality in many ways. For cracking a GD thought is very important. In a 15-

20 minutes GD when you are given 2 minutes to think whatever comes in your

mind in those 2 minutes decides whether you are in or not. It is always

precautionary to prepare good & current topics in advance.

I started reading more and more about Current affairs, common GD topics and

most Important Economic Times. Then the very critical thing in a Group

Discussion is how you convey this thought Process of yours, how you present

your thoughts, and most important the listeners and the Interviewers should be

able to understand the same what you want to convey to them.

It was January already and for the first ten days I didn't sit for any company in

the campus. On 28th day of January 2011, I sat for one of the Top Telecom

Brand & somewhere I felt that this is the end of my struggle This day for the

first time I thought I was close to my Placement finally, yes indeed I was. I was

not even aware of the Profile & Package as I missed the PPT. The process

started with the Aptitude test followed by 2 rounds of Group discussions & a

round of personal interview.

These all rounds were conducted on Video Conferencing(VC). Finally 4

candidates including me were called to the Mumbai Campus for the final

Interview round the next day.


I cleared the aptitude test quite easily. There were more than 6 GD groups as

around 120 student managers sat for this. I was in the 3rd GD group and my

first GD topic was “Inflation” which I had an idea about as I already had gone

through this topic before.I emerged as a star in that GD round 1. The second

topic of Group Discussion was “theory vs Practical” which I managed quite

decently. I spoke only 2 points but quite impactful which made me noticed. It

was my best shot ever in any of the Group Discussions.Then came the result of

GD & I was among the shortlisted candidates . I was on the seventh cloud & my

heart beat rose as the next round was the interview. I was well prepared &

hopefully my Interview went well.The questions that were asked were quite

obvious like "Tell me something about yourself?", "Why HR?", What are types of

Recruitment?" Finally, the final 4 were called to Mumbai Campus for the final

interview round. On reaching the campus, what came to our surprise was ,

there were still 5 rounds to get into such a topnotch brand. At that moment , a

negative thought rushed into my mind that may be I will not be able to make

up to this Company. But one thing is for sure, if you are destined, then nobody

can stop you from reaching your destination. And yes, it was in my kitty. We

had an Essay writing on Telecom Industry followed by an Extempore. An online

test on “Organizational Behavior” & “Human Resource planning” was conducted

to check our knowledge base. And finally , the biggest of all the Corporate

Inteview round. The questions which were asked were "Tell me something

unique about yourself?", "Why HR?", "Why should we Hire you?","What is the

principle of Natural justice?", "What are types of Attitude?", "What is Maslow

Hierarchy Theory?" & finaly "What are your strengths & Weaknesses?". And

thankfully I was able to answer each question satisfactorily.

I was amazed to see the Infrastructure , such a huge Company, felt as if the

dream came true. For me the Corporate interview held for 50 minutes & I was

completely sure that it will be cracked by me as the interviewer was quite

impressed. I returned back to pune with hope of getting to this Company

comfortably.

And yes, awaited for the results desperately & finally that moment came on Feb

2 when the offer letter was in my hand. I was speechless and only one thought

that came to my mind “All is well that ends well”. I got what was best for me.

The only message to all my juniors is “you may not always End up where you

thought you were going but you will always End up where you were meant to

be”.

Regards

Sonia Sharma

MM09-11545


Soumya Ranjan Pradhan

I am Soumya Ranjan Pradhan



Specialisation: Marketing , PGDM- B

I am placed in a company which deals with cements and aggregates Business.

It's my immense pleasure to share my placement experience with all my juniors

who are also in the path of marrying to the corporate.

Before getting into the placement experience, I want to share some thoughts of

mine which are being in culminated within me during the struggle days.

Attitude is the top most priority of my life, attitude to accept the defeat, attitude

to scale the defeat, attitude to go for the next without any repercussion of the

past and of course last but not the least attitude to handle the SUCCESS. Trust

me guys the last attitude is very arduous to tackle.

Never undermine anybody nor yourself, The Best can be put forth by anybody

and it can be you as well.

Flow with the time, never ever try to swim against the flow of time.

And lastly, keep smiling….As it fuels you to overcome any kind of tough situation

and pave the way towards the solution.

10th September,2010

LG Electronics India Limited visited our campus, the very first company visiting

to the SBS campus and all student managers were free to sit for the process, as

this was the first company Bala Sir wanted to give each person a fair trial. So

like all, I also pulled my socks to give my best. But in such a huge flock of

talents my spark was not that prominent and by the end of the day battered

badly by my concede I returned to my room. Frankly speaking this was not my

first set back in life but due to a lot of anticipation, I was being upset. So never

ever anticipate too much from any circumstances in life, just thank your God for

providing you such a good opportunity and give your best.(First learning in my

Placement process)

27th December, 2010

I was talking to my friend, it's high time I should be placed by this time, Let's

try best for the tomorrow's Company which already been a shortlisted company

in my list of Companies that I made.

28th December(D Day),2010

I set for the college in usual manner that I had come for the last 10 companies,

no butterflies in belly or any kind of huge armored preparation.


There were 2 rounds:

1) APTITUDE TEST

2) PI

3) Holcim online test (After 1 month of my selection)

APTITUDE TEST

Aptitude test was being conducted by an outside consultancy that was being

hired by the company. There are 100 aptitude questions consists of numerical

,reasoning and another 50 questions from Marketing. Trust me guys the

Marketing Questions were very basic and tricky. You must have your

fundamental clear in Marketing to solve those questions. Numerical part was of

moderate kind, so that was not my matter of concern.

Some marketing questions I want to share

What is disruptive marketing?

What are the basic elements involved in a service marketing?

We were 20 candidate those are being shortlisted for the PI round.

PI

It was a 4 member interview panel, with two from Sales Function, One from

Performance Management Function and One from logistics Functions. I was the

fourth candidate to enter the room. The panelists were very conducible and

cooperative.

The PI was something like this….

-Introduce yourself.

-How to tackle a competitive business scenario?

My answer was implementing Michael Porter 5 force model and improving the

value chain etc etc..

-Where did you have your summer internship and what was it all about?

I have an edge in it over the rest of candidates, as I have done my summers in

SAIL ( Steel Authority of India Limited), Rourkela. So they took keen interest

and asked me about my experience and views about the commodity market. As

I have done my summers religiously, it was not a tough task to give them a

clear cut outline and outcome of my Project. They were quiet satisfied with my

answers. There only I realized the importance of the summer project, whatever

the Company may be, you are doing summer internship do it religiously with full

conviction. Summer Internship shows your management skill understandings

that you have acquired from your B-school.

-I left the room with a gentle wish to the panel. I was quiet satisfied with my PI

which was of 15-20 minutes.

After the all interviews were over the result came out at 8:30 PM where I was

called first and I was on cloud nine. I thanked my Parents and God for their

blessing on me. And of course Bala Sir for being a spontaneous guide to all of

us.


3) Holcim Online test

This was only a formality test that was being conducted by an Australian

consulting firm.

The test was 2 Hrs 30 Mts long and consisted of arithmetic, logical reasoning,

verbal reasoning and passage.

As we four already being conveyed about our confirmation, this test was not so

important.

Although we were selected in the company the final confirmation being mailed

after our medical report being approved by the company doctor.

Last but not the least everyone should not have any kind of backlogs when they

are joining to the company.

My Suggestions

One should have the KNOWLEDGE about Company in which he/ she is sitting

for, market dynamics, summer projects, General Awareness, Current affairs. it

seems to all only business knowledge and study things are relevant for the

placement, but it only contribute to one prospective of your career to emerge as

a dynamic personnel you must know to sip ”KNOWLEDGE” irrespective of it's

utility.

Believe in yourself and the enormous latent capability within you.

Life can never be a bed of roses, know how to avoid the thorns to reach the

ultimate ROSE.

SBS is not merely an Educational Institute that train their student pedagogically

but also it entrain it's student to be a samurai to overcome any kind of

shortcomings in life

I am proud to be a Balajian and will be throughout my life.

I wish all my Juniors ALL THE VERY BEST.

Regards:

Soumya Ranjan Pradhan


Srishti Rai

Hii Everyone,

I am Srishti Rai

Registration Number. MM09-11345,

from Class C from BIMM

from the academic year 2009,

passed out on 2011.

My specialization is in MARKETING.

I am finally placed in Company 17TH.

“Campus placements”, these two words on every ones mouth come with a lot of

emotions-anxiety, dreams, fear happiness, pride, curiosity and what not….

My journey began with the first company on the campus, termed as the dream

company of the SBS campus….The college has geared us up by series of group

discussions on every Thursday before this campus visit. We missed Thursday as

our weekly holiday…lots of frustrations…

So there were group discussions, debate, ET reading, CV updates and lots of

pounding hearts before that. I still remember the day before the LG company

visit, we were instructed to have the CV as per SBS format and that too on SBS

formatted paper. There was a long queue in the Navrang store. So finally with

my print outs done I reached home at 11pm.

I sat for campus placement in Dec 2010;

size of the students who appeared for this Company was 600 The various

processes were 2 GDs & 2 PIs. Each GD had 10 members and in both interviews

there were 2 interviewers. Topics for GD were “ what did u learn from

Munnabhai MBBS and “has India moved away from Hindu Muslim riots? There

were no direct questions on marketing but yes few on retail marketing and on

engineering since I am from this background. Both the interviews were a

mixture of HR, marketing and engineering questions. PI) D the institute has

given me good enough training. The CTC offered to me by the company was

4.35l

GDs were not new to me, I have encountered them a lot during my graduation

days and I feel pretty confident about them. But still I couldn't get through

many of them during the placement season. The list of companies included in

my struggle list are IFD, Bharti Axa, Nerolac Paints, TCS, ITC, each one of these

had their own reasons of rejecting me. The question which tickled me the most

was “why from Electronics Engineering to MBA Marketing…. It's an irony that

belief, faith and hard work are yours but decision makers are others, you have

to convince those who don't even know our capability…

Well, its destiny….on the perfect day, everything falls into the right place no

matter you try or you don't, it's just your day… Future Group rejected me at

their first campus visit but selected me in the second..


I am writing down the questions which were asked to me in the interview with

mine suggestions for there respective answers..

Question 1: Why Do You Want To Work For Us?

It's rare for an interview not to include this question.

The good news is that it's an easy one to prepare for.

Most companies want to recruit people who are enthusiastic about the company

and its products. They don't want people on the team who “ended up there by

accident”. So this is your chance to show why working for the company is

important to you and why you think you will fit in.

They will be looking for evidence that you can make a contribution and will be

able to grow into the role they are recruiting.

This question is designed to screen out candidates who aren't serious about the

company or may be using it as a stop-gap, while they look for something better.

It's also your chance to make the most of the company research you have done.

You can use this opportunity to add comments that show you understand the

company's position in the market place; the role of its competitors and any

challenges it may be facing.

Sample Answer: “I'm not looking for just another pay check. I enjoy my work

and am proud of my profession. Your company produces a superior

product/provides a superior service. I share the values that make this possible,

which should enable me to fit in and complement the team."

Question 2: What interests you about this job?

When you're asked what interests you about the position you are interviewing

for, the best way to respond is to describe the qualifications listed in the job

posting, then connect them to your skills and experience. That way, the

employer will see that you know about the job you're interviewing for (not

everyone does) and that you have the qualifications necessary to do the job.

For example, if you were interviewing for a Human Resources Manager job

where you would be responsible for recruiting, orientation, and training, you will

want to discuss how you were responsible for these functions in your past

positions, and why you are interested in continuing to develop your expertise in

Human Resources management.

Another example would be if you were interviewing for a Programmer / Analyst

position. In that case, you would mention your interest in learning and excelling

at new technologies, your experience in programming both new applications,

and your interest in and your ability to problem solve.


In all cases, you will want to convey your enthusiasm for the opportunity to

interview, along with your solid ability to do the job.

Question 3: What do you know about Our Company?

A typical job interview question, asked to find out how much company research

you have conducted, is "What do you know about this company?"

Prepare in advance, and in a word, research, so, you can provide relevant and

current information about your prospective employer to the interviewer. Start by

researching the company online. Review the "About Us" section of the company

web site. Google the company, read blogs that mention it, and check Discussion

Boards and social networking sites.

Use the information you have gathered to create a bulleted list of relevant

information that you can easily remember during the interview. Taking the time

to research will help you make a good impression with how much you know

about the company.

Question 4: What challenges are you looking for in this position?

A typical interview question to determine what you are looking for your in next

job, and whether you would be a good fit for the position being hired for, is

"What challenges are you looking for in a position?"

The best way to answer questions about the challenges you are seeking is to

discuss how you would like to be able to effectively utilize your skills and

experience if you were hired for the job.

You can also mention that you are motivated by challenges, have the ability to

effectively meet challenges, and have the flexibility and skills necessary to

handle a challenging job.

You can continue by describing specific examples of challenges you have met

and goals you have achieved in the past.

Question 5: Why did you choose this particular career path?

Sometimes in interviews, you will be asked questions that lend themselves to be

answered vaguely or with lengthy explanations. Take this opportunity to direct

your answer in a way that connects you with the position and company, be

succinct and support your answer with appropriate specific examples.

Sample Answer: "I chose advertising because I have always been a strong

communicator with a good eye for design. I have a particular interest in

creating dynamic eye-catching pieces that support a new product being

introduced to the market. I also like the fast-paced high-energy environment

that seems to be commonplace in the advertising industry."

Advice: Your answer needs to convince the interviewers that your skills are

exactly what they want. They want to know if you have a realistic view of what


it is like to work in their industry. Be specific; show them that their industry and

your career goals are in sync.

Question 6: What are your aspirations beyond this job?

Again, don't fall into the trap of specifying job titles. Stick to a natural

progression you see as plausible. How should this job grow for the good of the

organization? Then turn your attention once again to the job at hand. If you

seem too interested in what lies beyond this job, the interviewer will fear that

you won't stick around for long.

Sample Answer: Beyond this job as a marketing assistant, I see myself moving

up through marketing analysis into brand management and eventually running

a category. I'm aware that there are several skills I need to develop in the

interval, and I believe with your continuing-education program and my own

motivation for self-improvement, I'll have those skills when the opportunities

arise for greater responsibility. That's why I'm determined to learn from the

ground up, starting as a marketing assistant.

Question 7: Why do you think this industry would sustain your interest in the

long haul?

What expectations or projects do you have for the business that would enable

you to grow without necessarily advancing? What excites you about the

business? What proof can you offer that your interest has already come from a

deep curiosity-perhaps going back at least a few years-rather than a current

whim you'll outgrow?

Sample Answer: The technology in the industry is changing so rapidly that I see

lots of room for job enhancement regardless of promotions. I'm particularly

interested in the many applications for multimedia as a training tool.

Question 8: Tell me about yourself?

This is not an invitation to ramble on. If the context isn't clear, you need to

know more about the question before giving an answer. In such a situation, you

could ask, "Is there a particular aspect of my background that you would like

more information on?" This will enable the interviewer to help you find the

appropriate focus and avoid discussing irrelevancies.

Whichever direction your answer ultimately takes, be sure that it has some

relevance to the world of your professional endeavours. The tale you tell should

demonstrate, or refer to, one or more of your key behavioural profiles in action-

-perhaps honesty, integrity, being a team player, or determination. If you choose

"team player" (maybe you're the star player on your team tennis group), you


can tell a story about yourself outside of work that also speaks volumes about

you at work. In part, your answer should make the connection between the

two, such as, "I put my heart into everything I do, whether it be sports or work.

I find that getting along with teammates--or professional peers--makes life

more enjoyable and productive."

Or you might describe yourself as someone who is able to communicate with a

variety of people, so give an example from your personal life that indicates an

ability to communicate also at work.

This isn't a question that you can answer effectively off the cuff. Take some time

in advance to think about yourself and those aspects of your personality and/or

background that you'd like to promote or feature for your interviewer.

I am also mentioning the topics of those GDs in which I took part during

campus placements.

How to Deal with High Oil Prices?

Multinational Corporations: Are they Devils in Disguise?

Are Indians Less Quality Conscious?

Ethics in Business are just a Passing Fad

Is the Consumer really the King in India?

Commercialization of Health Care: Good or Bad?

Is there any Point in having a Business Strategy when the World changes from

Month to Month?

Is the Patents Bill Good for India?

Is the Business of Business only Business?

Public Sector being a Guarantor of Job Security is a Myth

Capitalism is a very Flawed System but the others are so much worse

How can a Business get rid of the Bad Name that it has earned?

Government Pumping Money into the Economy is not the Solution for our

Economic Problems


Is the Budgeting Exercise of any Use?

Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

Is MNCs Superior to Indian Companies?

Advertising is a Waste of Resources

Privatization will lead to Less Corruption

Should India break Diplomatic Ties with Pakistan?

Use of Force by Banks to Recover Loans

Skilled Manpower Shortage in India

Technology Creates Income Disparities

In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking

rather than doing.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Campus placements don't go smooth and they shouldn't…it's the most exciting

phase of one's life-adrenaline rush, jealousy, hard work, desperation, tears….

But there is nothing like preparing hard for your dreams, sharing it with your

true friends and enjoying the success….

Hello friends!

I am Subhendu Choudhury,


from Dual A from BIMM, from the academic year 2009, passed out on 2011. My

specialization is in Marketing. I was finally placed in the 15th Company which I

sat for. I was placed in one of the foremost retail companies of India. The

company was visiting the campus for the second time with two different

profiles-one was for Sales & Merchandising and the other was for Department

Managers for one of their store formats. Retail being one of the fastest growing

sectors generated a lot of interest among the students and a large number of

students sat for the process. In fact the panel which came for recruitment was

surprised by the overwhelming response of the students for the retail sector.

Subhendu Choudhury,


The company visited the campus on 18th of December, 2010. Nearly four

hundred students from all the four institutes appeared for the process. The

company conducted two rounds of GD and two rounds of PI. The topics for GD

were all from current affairs. Out of the fourteen previous companies which I

sat for before this company I was able to clear the GD round in only one

company. Clearly GD was my area of weakness. I started preparing for GD by

making notes of GD topics in a separate notebook. Reading of newspapers

really helped me in this regard. Economic Times, Business Standard and

Business Line were of great help. I also referred to the website

theviewspaper.net for information on various GD topics.

The first GD topic was “Consequences of Corporate Lobbying”. Everybody

gave their views regarding this topic and the discussion was intense. Some of

were of the view that industrialist use Corporate lobbying to gain undue

advantage from the government. Many of them said that industrialists should

not use these tactics to gain undue advantage and those who have done this

should come forward and say sorry to the nation. Some were of the opinion that

since investigation into the leaked tapes was going on therefore it was unfair to

say that some industrialist got favours. The topic was intensely debated and

when the result for the first GD was announced I was happy that I cleared the

first round.

The second GD topic was “FDI in retail”. The group discussed the pros and

cons of FDI in retail. The points discussed were creation of large number of

employment, making the supply chain more efficient and effective which would

ultimately lead to reduction in food wastage which India faces currently, giving

the consumers a greater choice and making products available at a cheaper

price. The points which were discussed against FDI in retail were small kirana

stores would be wiped out. Thousands of middlemen in the supply chain side

would be affected. No credit facilities would be available to the consumers.

Farmers would be exploited by big retail chains. The topic was debated at depth

thus bringing out both the positives and negatives of the same. I cleared the

second GD also.

A total of 95 students cleared the GD round and were selected for the 1st round

of PI. During the first PI the following questions were asked to me:

1) Why MBA in Marketing?

Ans- I did my MBA in marketing because it's marketing which is always the face

of any organization. I always wanted to be the face of any organization I join

.Beside this marketing is also the driving force of any business. Marketing also

helps me to understand consumer behavior closely because consumer behavior

eventually makes a product or a service successful or unsuccessful.

2) Difference between product and a brand.

Ans-Product is anything which can satisfy a need/want. The components of


product are physical good, service and idea. Explained these three components

with examples. Then I discussed the five levels of products-core, basic,

expected, augmented and potential. Explained these with various examples. A

Brand is a name/ term/ sign/symbol design or combination of them intended to

identify the good/services/ ideas of one seller /group of sellers & to differentiate

them from these of competition. A Brand may convey up to 6 levels of

meanings-attributes, benefits, culture, personality, values and user.

3) Which comes first –product or brand?

Ans-Product always comes first. It is the product which is always born out of

some idea. It satisfies a need or a want. Brand is created around a product by

giving it a name/term/symbol/design etc. Then the six levels of meanings is

associated with the product to finally create a brand.

4) What is the role of IT in the retail industry?

Ans-The role of IT in the retail industry has increased these immensely days. IT

plays a major role in the supply chain side of the retail industry. Supply chain is

the backbone of retail industry and IT makes it robust and efficient. IT also

plays a major part in the front end in areas of billing where new billing software

are being developed so that billing can be more efficient and error free.

5) What is Cross docking?

Ans-In Cross docking, goods arrive at a warehouse from manufacturer, are

transferred to vehicles serving the retailers and are delivered to retailers as

quickly as possible. Goods spend very little time in storage at the warehouse.

This system limits inventory cost and decreases lead time by decreasing storage

time.

6) What is category management?

Ans-Category management is the management of an entire category for

example fashion category, looking after each and every aspect of that category

which includes deciding on the nature of stock, buying of stock, delivering of

stock to the stores, pricing, deciding on the visual merchandise required to sell

the stock, special events to increase the sales of the stock etc.

After a very long wait the results for the first PI was declared and I was relieved

to find my name in the list. Nearly 20 students were able to clear the 1st PI

round. The second PI was conducted immediately and the following questions

were asked:

1) Introduce yourself

2) How would your engineering knowledge help you in the retail industry?

3) Are you ready to relocate anywhere in India?

Finally the Head-HR of the company declared the results and the first name

they called out was of me. I was thrilled to be selected. A total of 19 students

got selected. The company gave the offer letter immediately. It was a moment

of joy and relief. It was a result of the blessings of God, family and friends.


Sudipto Ghosh

Name-Sudipto Ghosh

MM09-11547

PM HRD

STALWARTS dispatch

Greetings to you Sir!!!

Just like every apple that ripens on the tree, either falls to the ground or as luck

would have it-is poked by the birds, similarly My campus experience was gravity

in the process.

HR colleagues were getting placed in the best of campuses with their efforts

paying off in the best way, and also few of us had a tough time-actually torrid

time to ward off the test of time and patience that the process of getting the

dream company brings!!!Having qualified into the final rounds of the diverse

organisations as TVS Motors, VEDANTA, and Larsen and Turbo ITES, my profile

finally came.

17th March the XYZ Life Insurance company arrived in the campus. I had to

juggle two campuses at the same time and had to indeed make it as well.

The event of campus recruitment is etched into my mind like a memory

unforgettable...

Round 1-

Power-point presentation-

The Vice President HR was the person who delivered the presentation. It was

an eye opener and a truly inspirational experience because Insurance is a brick

burner of a Service Sector.

He was truly articulative in trying to match his requirements and the expectation

he had out of the process whilst selecting the HR Managers for the prestigious

organisation.

The points covered in the presentation were-

a. Origin of the Business.

b. Requirement of the Business strategy.

c. Role of HR in the sales team.

d. Posting and Location of offices

e. Headquarter and global operations

f. Upcoming Projects

g. CTC and fringe benefits

h. Layout of the campus process.


The presentation was an hour programme and was followed by 2nd Round.

Round 2

Personal Interview-

The Personal Interview was the 2nd round. There was initial screening based on

Short listing of the C.V. I was called 2nd for the interview line up.

The following questions were asked to me-

1. Intoduction as part of HR team you have worked for?

2. Why is HR a staff function?

3. Is there a scope for the HR's to play the role of Line Managers?

4. What are the regulatory institutions of Insurance companies?

5. State and explain Shops and Establishments Act?

6. What is the difference between Industry and company?

7. Why HR after graduating as a MECHANICAL Engineer?

8. What other companies did you sit for?

9. What are the vital fields and legends of curriculum vitae?

10. If you are selected, are there any location constraints while training?

11. Who will win the World cup this time?

I was selected into the next round to be held at the headquarters Mumbai.

31st March 2011 was the day of Final round of Interviews.

3rd Round- 6 of my peers were selected for the 3rd round of interviews that

were to be chaired by Vice Presidents and the Head HR.

The Team greeted us with a short round of introduction and the team dynamics.

The round began post lunch.

I was interviewed as the 4th candidate.

1. What is HR operations and Back office management?

2. Employee engagement concepts are relative to every function. Explain?

We had a fair bit of argument and debate regarding this topic.

I voiced my words saying that even when the employee is stationed at his work

place doing his work, he may not be fully engaged. To be fully engaged he

needs to have the right tools and operation manual in his hand with the right

frame of mind and attitude to work as a selfish employee who gives his best.

They relented by saying how would you measure engagement indices of two

employees who are working at different locations?

3. Is attrition responsible for the salary hikes in the industry?

4. Where do you see yourself in the next 3-5 years?

5. What is your remark on the Financial Budget 2011? What are the salient

features of this budget?


6. Did you see the match yesterday?(It was the world cup Semis between India

and Pakistan, and the Head HR had actually gone to Mohali to view the match...

and thus was the excitement in his words to know if I had watched the match

too?

7. What are the regulations that have been regulated by the IRDA with regard

to the Mis-selling of the Insurance Policies?

8. What are the types of Insurance policies? Who are the key market players in

the Insurance sector?

9. What is the recruitment process in any organisation? How does it differ for a

Manufacturing sector/Service sector?

10. Can HR play a key role in Business Implementation or should it be out

sourced to the core players?

11. What do you know about “VENDOR Management”? Also specify if Head

Hunters are good way to hunt down professional Executives?

12. Is it right that you work for the Boss rather than the company?

(Actually I had remarked that often the employee relationship at his work place

is more about “Boss Management than anything else)

This point was appreciated owing to the Honesty that lied behind this statement

and that too for a fresher)

The Head HR was actually a very diversified personality and he had a huge bank

of knowledge...

Actually he started off his career as a Marketing executive and gradually shifted

his vision onto Human Resourcing and Management.

He mentioned that he was the Head HR of a prolific camera Manufacturing

company and was the prime mover in the manufacturing unit.

13. The question that was a bit tricky to me was “Do you want to turn into an

entrepreneur in a short time after joining the company”?

Actually he remarked that I seemed too ambitious to work for a flagship

company and turn its business on and they offered me if I was comfortable with

Marketing and Business Strategy in the Insurance Sector...owing to the

tenacious front line management queries I had seeked to answer with my own

limited knowledge.

As always they dropped the bomb of a Professional HR...

Why did you choose HR after graduating as a Mechanical Engineer?


I finally had to answer that being an Engineer gives me the wire mesh model of

thought process and helps me understand what actually lies behind the curtain.

An engineer is an artist who designs his own techniques and compliments it

with the existing system.

An HR needs the similar insight to every problem that lies in-front of him...also

it helps understand the employees who are actually working at the work station.

Scientifically Engineers or for that matter Science students are more creative

and inclined towards problem solving in a Logical way than other backgrounds.

Choosing HR was purely out of academic interest and an investment in

understanding a subject that has its own pitfalls in the industry, which cannot

be taught anywhere else except class room and then practice.

Thus, Engineering made me Powerful with numbers-helps with Accounting and

Finance, Business Planning, and also Marketing skills are inherent to the field to

sell off your qualities.

HR needs practice and needs academic interest and will power to overcome the

Human behaviours and Dynamics.

I was the only Campus recruitment for the company this season and offered the

post of Regional Human Resource Manager, looking after the operations of the

Sales Tied Agency across the Western India and Central India houses.

I remembered 3 things my beloved Bala Sir projected for me when he

interviewed me during the screening and admission.

1. Choose HR and you shall be thankful to me for Life!!!

2. You are aggressive and I am not so sure you will work well in a Team during

the PAT Selection process?

3. Discipline and Hard work are the two things that makes human extra out of

the Ordinary...

And truly this is how the campus experience projected in the Interview with the

Head HR... and today my bosses are my best friends...

Regards,

SudiptoGhosh


Suhani Khandelwal

Name-Suhani Khandelwal,

Registration number: MM-09-11326


Specialisation: Marketing & IT, Dual- C

Some have clear cut goals and some are confused. Once the placement started,

all i could be was confused. But then had to settle down with my priorities .I sat

in five companies ,would pass the written easily but I would not utter a single

word in Group discussion ,which was unlikely of me. I have always been good in

GD's but somehow I couldn't utter a word .But in my sixth company I found

myself speaking and making sense and that was just the beginning. I cracked

second Group Discussion and then two interview rounds .Everything set aside

what really matters is your own confidence in your own self .Since on that day I

cracked one Group discussion, the amount of confidence in me was immense

and I knew there would be no stopping back. Bala sir always said “problems are

opportunities”, during the time when I didn't get selected this ,this thing kept

me going .During placements you need to be optimistic as much is going

around this time. Your friend getting placed ,your dream company rejecting you,

celebrations happening which you don't feel like going to ,but you need to be

optimistic and I m sure something great is waiting for you.

I always loved reading, so newspaper was something that came easy to me .ET

took some time to settle down though but after few days of reading even which

seemed like a puzzle started solving. For preparation i prepared two subjects in

and out. When it comes to interview all they want is confidence and what you

know.

On the d day I had two process lined up ,I actually would have missed future

group ,as I was the last girl to enter the group discussion room. To be true I

literally ran up the stairs to get onto time.

The process were following:

The Process

The process started as same as that of others with a Pre Placement Talk. Thus

the entire process can be summed up as……

Pre Placement Talk (College campus)

First Round Group Discussion

Second Round Group Discussion

Personal Interview 1 (Technical)

Personal Interview 2 (HR Interview)

The Pre Placement Talk included the description of company and the various

areas they operate into, in such an interesting way of PPT. The presentation was


good enough to help us understand. The PPT talked about India's

economy,Status of India's retail industry, Competitive Positioning of the

company , the working environment of the company, demographic profile etc.

1)GD-1

12 people in a round.

Topic: India vs china

I am really bad at stats and figures so I hate topics like this .As usual the chaos

begin as it's the fav topic in GD. People prepare this GD from the day they get

into MBA.So for the first two minutes there was chaos but I kept listening on

what people had to say .So finally I decided to speak ,since I had no idea of the

topic so I collated all the points send by all the members and gave the GD a

new direction.

So when you have no idea about the topic , just be quite and listen what other

people are saying and think what sense can you make when all arguments are

taken ,this will show you are a good listener and thinks on feet.

2)GD-2

10 people in a round

Topic for second round of group discussion was Abstract Topic, “GOD EXISTS

OR NOT”. Abstract topics test your lateral thinking and creativity. These topics

are not given often for discussion, but their possibility cannot be ruled out.

Since no one knew what to speak ,there was silence in the beginning but

eventually everyone started speaking.

Finally results came out. All selected people for second round of group

discussion were eligible for first round of interview.

3)PI-1

Panel of 2.

1)Your introduction.

2)Knowledge of excel.

3)Since I had IT in BE some technical questions about DBMS.

4)questions on my project of BE and questions on internship.

5)Then there were questions on marketing.

More of technical and subject knowledge.

4)PI-2

The final round was very drilling. There was a panel of 3 members with head

HR sitting in the middle.

The questions that were asked related to-

1.What do you know about the company?

2. What do you know about the profile?

3. Are you willing to relocate/travel?

4.What do want to be?

5.why us?

6.what is the meaning of your name?


It was the longest interview I had witness by now which took 1 hour. The HR

was so impressed with me that he started chatting.When I was leaving the

room he said” it was nice to meet you suhani” I said “same here”.I knew that I

should get selected,but then you really don't know what is going through a

interviewers mind. Due to this I had become more nervous but by now I had

done my part and was waiting for the results. After all the interviews were over,

all the panel members came to our room where we

were waiting for the results. Nearly after 7-8 people my name was called out by

Head HR & it felt like you have won a war .As tears rolled down my cheeks after

hugging a friend .I realised it was my moment

Tips for preparation:

1)Please don't sit for last minute reading .Prepare slowly and steadily from day-

1 of collage.

2)Be confident in interview.

3)Don't lie in interview.

4) Know your subject .

5)Be positive.

The most important thing is not losing faith in your own self.There will be

moments when life will seem tough and hard on you.But then we don't

understand the meaning of happiness unless and until we know what pain is. So

when you will get placed you will understand all the pains you have gone

through. One more thing which was said in three idiots but in different context

“If you friend doesn't get placed it hurts but if he gets placed before you it hurts

even more”. Friends are forever ,always love them.All the best and keep smiling.


Sumeet Dewangan

Hi!

Name: Sumeet Dewangan

Registration Number: MM09-11254,

Class PGDM – Marketing & IT

Dual B

BIMM


My specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in leading Chemical

Company in India.


I was quite selective for applying to companies. I was always confused whether

to go with brand, profile or package.

With my experience let me tell you that you wont ever get a combination of all

the three. So I would recommend that please go for companies wherever you

find any of the two matching your expectation.

So the permutations and combinations might be a profile + brand, profile +

package so on and so forth.I chose profile and learning.

I was going with the same mind set and applied to a few companies at campus.

However, it was in the month of October 2010 when I got placed in one of the

most reputed chemical company of India.

Prior to sitting for the company, I was carefully going through all the current

affairs which may fall in the GD. I also collected a lot of facts and figures which

I may throw in the GD.

Throwing figures bring immediate attention not only of the moderator but also

of other group members. But one has to be sure whether you are good at the

numbers or else someone better than you will easily take away the pie leaving

you with nothing.

It started with Pre Placement Talk followed by aptitude test, GD & PI. The pre

placement talk itself lured me to sit for the company as I found it meeting two

criteria – Profile and a lot of learning. Though the initial package was low, but

as I joined the company I got a hike of almost 40% due to salary revision in

company and I was selected at Head Office which fetch me good sum of money

at the end .


A lot of students applied for the process.


1. Aptitude

2. Group Discussion



My GD topic was – India 2020. The GD began with everyone shouting and

howling making the moderator confused. I held a nice grip on the GD with the

fact and figures. I focused around whats the status of India now and what is

expected in 2020 and whether the current rate is it achievable or not.

I put forward figures from the World Bank, Human Development Index etc-. I

also compared the growth of other countries like Japan who instead of being hit

by Nuclear attacks were a stronger economy than ours in almost the same time

span.

All my points helped me a lot to gain attention.

The result was out and I cleared the GD with one more group member.

The next step was the PI. Many a times I was not comfortable with the personal

interview and therefore I practiced significantly.

One thing I always made sure that I know each and every word written in my

CV and have a supporting story to each of them.

I was little nervous during my PI session, but the interviewers made me feel

comfortable.

The interview lasted for around 15 mins. I cannot recall all the questions out

from the interview but few of them were:

1. You are from Science background and you have did well in academics. Why

you went for management not further Scientific Studies ?

2. You have done engineering in Mechanical. Why don't you opt for Mechanical

company ?

3. What do you think is you strength ? Do you have any evidence to prove this ?

4. Where do you see yourself after 5 yrs ? Be specific in position and company.

5. Who is the CEO of Biocon India Ltd ?

6. Why was Ranbaxy in news recently ?

7. What problem do you think is Greece facing ?


8. How will the sub-prime crisis in America effect India ? Will it hit only the

software sector or other sectors too ?

9. Which paper do you read ? Why don't you read Economic Times ? Tell me a

business headline in the last 5 days.

10. Why do you think you can make it big in the chemical sector ? You don't

have any relevant experience ?

11. Explain the 4 Ps and is there anything else you would like to add in these Ps

in today's market scenario?

12. If given a choice which option will you prefer – sit back and work or

travelling for work ?

13. Are you comfortable with the location that we operate from ?

……………and there were many more.






I interacted with people as and when they came out from the PI room and

everyone looked happy. This made me skeptical. But then the reason of

happiness might have been the informal nature of the interviewers. Everyone

was waiting with anxiousness for the result and the process went on for long.

At around 6 PM in the night the officials told that the result will be declared

after some days.

This period of selection in progress with no results and announcements is very

deceptive as you are unsure whether to apply for other companies or you

should sit back and wait for the result of your previous process.

Luckily, this period didn't last much long for me and on a beautiful morning of

02nd November 2010, I got a call from my PAT team that I was placed in the

company.

Few others also made it along with me and again were all were friends. I was

happy that I wont be alone in the new organization I am moving into.

The entire credit goes to my Parents, Bala Sir, my college & my friends.


Sumeet Gujral

Name : Sumeet Gujral

College : BIMM


Roll No: MM09-11015

Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to thank Bala Sir and the entire SBS

family for all their efforts to bring such reputed companies to the campus.

It is indeed an amazing feeling to recollect those days of tension, joy,

frustration, achievement, nervousness and pleasure of going through and to

pen down the feeling of getting placed after the tough and rigorous process of

selection. And this experience gives a new shape to our futures and helps us to

take our first step out in the corporate world.

I have realized that one's worries and peer pressures increases, as you enter

into the 3rd Semester or final year of PGDM, because this is the time for your

placement. But let me tell you my friends, there's nothing to be afraid of, if you

don't get into the first company you will definitely get into some. There is

something for everyone, just the right time and patience is required.

“Problems are opportunities“ It is rightly said by our beloved Bala Sir, so always

have a positive approach towards life. Your actions should always speak on your

behalf. During the placement period I had lots of discussions with the seniors,

teachers and their inputs can be concluded as a very important part in

preparing for placements. However, one must remember that this is the first

step in the corporate world and a gateway to our dream company..!! Also make

sure that do not discuss unnecessary points related to placements/package with

your friends. The only thing which is important is your preparation, self

confidence and attitude.

Company A was the first company for which all were allowed to appear

irrespective of attendance and backlog criteria. I was also very excited to crack

this company. That was the first chance to get placed and everyone was more

than willing to crack this company.


round.


2nd Interview






Head HR himself. The topic of our GD was “Recession and the Indian economy'',

It was an easy topic as I had read a lot about it in the newspapers. I was the

one to initiate the topic with a nice punch line. I strongly believe that the one

who takes the first step in a GD is capable of giving direction to the discussion.

Hence, always try to take the first step. However, it does not mean that one

must just speak anything because one has to. You must take your time,

understand the topic and then speak relevant points. Also, you will have to be

quick else the ball will go in someone else's court. One must also remember to

give your colleagues appropriate time to speak too. The GD went pretty well. I

expected a positive response as this was an elimination round. However, to my

disappointment I was not selected. It shattered my confidence and I felt I have

lost everything and I will never ever get a chance again to prove myself.

However, I was wrong.

As Bala Sir had rightly said when we joined the college “You all are Gold and

you all will be sold”

Exactly after a week after this disappointment, my life was about to change.

To give you a brief about the same, there is a concept of JCP (Joint Certification

Program) which is conducted by one of the leading Banks only for BIMM. It is

approximately a course of about a month wherein people from HR and

Marketing of one of the leading Banks come to the college and teach you basics

of Banking. However, to get into the same, one has to clear an aptitude test.

This is exactly like giving a CAT. But this exam is simple as compared to CAT. I

very well remember that out of 130 of us who gave the test, around 70 of us

were shortlisted. I was luckily one of them.

After clearing the aptitude test, there were classes conducted by that Bank. This

was about once or twice a week for about 3 hours at a stretch. They gave us

around 30 hours of training. In between, we had a senior person of the Bank

who came down all the way from Delhi to conduct two sessions. She divided us

into several groups consisting of 7-8 people. We went through several activities

like role plays and group presentation.It was told to us that this entire activity

will carry weightage in the final selections. At the end of these 2 sessions which

went on for 2 complete days, we as a group were given one more topic for

presentation. However, this presentation was very crucial as we had to present

the same to the panel who would come for our placement. We were given

about a week's time to prepare the same.

The topic given to my group was “To evaluate the Value Added Benefits and

features being offered to the High Net Worth Individuals under the Relationship

Management programs being run by Indian Banks” We had taken our faculty's

help for the same, whose help and guidance help us made the best

presentation. All groups were allowed to take the faculty's help. The panel who

came for placements were very impressed with the quality of presentations

made by most of the groups.


After putting in efforts day and night in the presentation for around one week,

finally the “D Day arrived”

25th October, 2011

The day of placement is naturally the most exhilarating one ever- more so, as

you see your friends and family being happier for you than you are for yourself!

The key is to stay internally motivated, stand up each time you fall, ask for help

if need be & take each experience as a learning one

This was the day that changed my life. One of the leading Banks who run the

JCP in BIMM had come for placement.

Since most of the evaluation was already done during the JCP, we made the

presentation which was an elimination round. After that, there were 2

interviews, one technical and one HR.

Questions asked in Technical Interview :

-Explain the Marketing Mix

-Explain the process of Selling

-If I have a Blackberry phone and you are an employee of Reliance, how will

you convince me to buy a Reliance phone from you?

-What is AMFI, NISM etc

-Features and roles of SEBI

-MD/CEO's of various banks in India

-How will you deal with HNI customers

Questions asked in the HR interview:

-What are your hobbies?

-Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line?

-Once you are married, will you still pursue your career?

-Will you be fine with a rural location of placement?

-What role does ethics play in your life

Finally, the results were declared at night wherein 7 of us got selected. Hearing

my name first in the list filled my eyes with tears. That moment will be

cherished for life..!! With God's grace, my parents faith in me, the guidance of

teachers and the support of all my friends I finally emerged victorious. It was a

feeling of achievement which honestly cannot be expressed in words.

In my 2 years of MBA life, especially during placements, I have learnt that one

must know your areas of strength and always try to push the interview towards

that area, never get drained out, and keep a smile on your face. Believe me it

makes a difference. Believe in your ability, don't rush, be patient, learn and read

thoroughly about the company you are applying for. Your confidence will show

in your attitude.

I wish all my colleagues and juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they

succeed in their endeavors.

Thanks and Regards,

Sumeet Gujral


Supreet Kaur Saini

Hi Friends,

I am Supreet Kaur Saini

Bimm- PM & HRD

Roll No. MM09-11550

Academic year - 2009-11


A one liner is enough to express my Camus Placement journey and if very

precisely I have to put this is words then I would say that “When going gets

tough, tough gets going.” Let's go a bit in to flashback and I would like to recall

June 2009 when I landed in Pune for the first time and became a part of SBS

family. It was a lively atmosphere and vibrant vibes flowing everywhere perhaps

this was the “09-11”batch effect. Jokes apart I would say it always happen

when the new session begins and it was unprecedented situation for me where

I have to present me in a traditional dress on the very first day in college and it

was depicting a snapshot of India where everybody was giving a flair of each

and every part of country. There after BAM presentations arrived and those

days became eternal part of life. Those presentations and sessions were equally

conversant and fun loving. Then came the Mahabharata session and I would say

we don't realize the importance of the session then but down the line in PGDM

journey the intention behind the former is understood and I would say

Mahabharata is mother of strategy. Then we had lots of workshops on soft skills

and simultaneously enlightened evenings with corporate honchos. The life was

hectic but joyous. Then down the line we were getting accustomed to 8 to 8

culture and I am highly grateful to SBS for inculcating that resilience in every

Balajian which makes us unique in industry.

Now I would like to express my placement journey which was full of upheavals.

There are no two ways about the fact that every first company in campus hires

Marketing graduates. Lucky chaps Hmm. It was September 2010 when JD for

first company was flashed rather the formal announcement was made in the

college auditorium. Yes it was formal initiation of placement season for 2009-11

batch. The fellow students were vibrant and putting their best efforts to get

through this company. Then there was a big pause and there were only JD

flashing on auditorium's screen but no formal communication about any

company's arrival. This created panic among all the fellow mates and the lean

phase lasted for almost one and half months. The jinx was broken in the month

of November when again companies started coming in campus. It was a revival

feeling among students. But on the flipside HR guys were desperate because

half month was through and no company visited for them and thereafter first

company came for Pm & HR. I decided to sit because it was a MNC and a Brand


name. Almost everyone sat for this company because the placement criteria

were waived off for the students being this company was a first one for HR. I

cleared the GD of the company and was very optimistic for PI. The topic given

to me was Intrinsic Growth is required to excel India. I spoke about three pillars

of economy Industry, Agriculture and Services sector. Then I spoke about need

of improvement in PDS and focus on agriculture. I quoted some examples from

rural India and initiatives like Adhar from Godrej playing vital role in intrinsic

growth. The PI for company was lasted till midnight and it was a debacle for

me. I would say I could not prepare myself well for the PI and I fumbled a lot

while answering which could be a cause of elimination. Then I decided to go

back to basics and work on my lacunas. I started brushing up academics and

current affairs o brace myself for upcoming companies. I didn't knew that this is

a beginning and long way to go from here. Thereafter I sat for almost 15

companies and I was eliminated either in GD or PI and by that time I have

almost lost all the hopes. I was so perplexed that I could not able to figure out

where I am messing up. But at the same time I had to keep patient during that

lean phase and had to hold the nerve. It sounds superficial but believe me very

tough to experience when you have all your friends getting placed in one or

other company and you keep celebrating for them yet waiting for your day. It

was April and final exams were ahead and almost placement season was about

to last. By this time even I had made my mind to go back home after writing

final exams and try to figure out something off campus. Again thanks to SBS

when after final exams college has given the opportunity to all the unplaced

students to work for them in placement cell and help each other for placements.

It was like reinventing the wheel but a great learning experience and a true

epitome of team work. There is a saying that you reap the fruit of your karma

and this stand true for me. After such a great patience and hard work I was

shortlisted for two companies. I appeared for interview straight away for the

first one which is a BPO and following questions were asked:

Tell me something about yourself

I told about my education, hobbies, strengths, weakness and how I am working

to overcome my weakness.

Why I chose MBA

I told to grow in career and at the same time have to enhance my skillset with

the specific set of business knowledge and build upon this to answer this.

Thereafter PI went on academics and I was tested almost from

Organisationalbehaviour to Industrial relations on every topic. It was a detailed

and lengthy PI. I have given my best shot and result of the company was due 7

days from the PI date.


Mean while I had GD for the second company where I was shortlisted. The topic

given to us was Can India Surpass China by 2025. I decided to spoke

against the topic because I had sizeable information to support my statements.

I emphasize upon past three decades GDP growth of both countries where

china has consistently grown at a 10 % rate and Indian started grown at a 7-

8% rate from last five years. Then I came up with the infrastructural supremacy

of china over India and this is the reason why they are cost effective. Then I

spoke about the China GDP which is 3 times the size of India. The comparative

PPP of China and India. I was through with GD. The PI dates were yet to come

and In the mean while the result for my first company came. I was through and

emotions could not stop rather flowing through eyes. The day finally came and

my efforts and hardwork paid off well. I joined the company and posted in

Mumbai. It was almost a month after I joined the company, the interview dates

for latter company came. I decided to attend the final interview because this

was a great name from BFSI sector. I appeared for interview and following were

the questions:

Tell me some thing about yourself?

I replied the same as above

Why do you want to take up the role of PO after MBA?

I answered that being a commerce graduate I have good concept knowledge of

finance and MBA helped me in acquiring business knowledge. If I club together

the functional knowledge and business knowledge then I can create value for

the organization and bring justice to the job. Being a HR graduate I can switch

roles down the line in organization and would like to work on talent acquisition

and management and create value for organization because managing

manpower is the most critical KRA for organizations these days.

They tested me on Financial terms like Repo rate, Reverse Repo rate, CRR, Bank

Rate etc

They asked me about Europe downturn

I explained them the whole story of Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain.

They asked me about demand and supply curves etc.

I answered every question confidently and tackle hesitations diplomatically.

After all the credit goes to my learning from failures. Finally I was through with

the BFSI company as well and I decided to join this company because of my

relevant academic background.

Finally I would say “Tough times never last but tough people do”


My Suggestions to juniors:

Be confident and honest

Revive your basics

Have good knowledge of academics and current affairs

Keep yourself abreast with knowledge of your interest of industry.

All the best for your future endeavours…

I am Swapnil Thakare



Specialization: Operations

I am placed in a company situated in Mumbai.

Campus experience was profound learning experience for me. Campus

placement started in early of Sept with first company for marketing, being

operation batch we were also similarly excited for the first company in campus.

Within few days we had the first company in campus for the operation batch.

Before the one in which I got placed, I sat in only 2-3 companies process but

my interest was in Automobile sector. X was one of the first company from

Automobile sector who visited to Campus. When details of this company shown

in JD,I was very excited and applied for company.

Company came with shortlist of students meeting to its criterion. Fortunately I

met their requirement and got shortlisted. HR of company gave brief

information about company and explain overall selection process.

The first round was Group discussion. Coordinators made groups of 6 students.

I was in first group hence our group was unaware about what can be the GD

topic, technical or general. When we entered in room, moderator mentioned

that GD will be of 10 min for each group, and this 10 min is the only opportunity

to prove our confidence and knowledge about topic.

The GD topic was “Indian Education System” for our group. Thanks to Bala sir

to emphasis us to read newspaper specially ET daily, which added lots of

knowledge about current scenario and provided confidence to discuss on this

topic, because of this moderator got really impressed with our group. There

were total 5 groups, it took around one hour to finish all the GD's. After GD

Swapnil Thakare


session HR decided to take 1 hour break for lunch. During this period we were

waiting in classroom with tension of GD results in our mind. After break results

were declared and I cleared GD. Then coordinator announced there will be next

round i.e. interview and sequence for it.

For interview I was the 3rd to go. There were two interview panels. When first

two candidates were in interview room and I was waiting outside of interview

room, it was really very tensed situation. After interview when first candidate

came outside everyone who were waiting outside gathered around him and

asked how was the interview and that fellow provided feedback that panel

members are friendly, that boosted my confidence.

Then I entered in interview room by taking permission to come in and with

smile on face. Panel was consist of two people. I wished Good Afternoon to

them. They also replied good afternoon and shacked hand. They told me to sit

and I handovered my CV to them. Interviewer scanned my CV and asked

questions as-

1) Tell me about yourself

Ans. I have given him brief information about myself and took care that it

should not be too much long and should be relevant.

2) Why this company?

Ans. It is one of the oldest and prestigious automobile company in India,

working with such company will provide boost not only to my career but also to

my Knowledge and my capability.

3) Which subject you like most?

Ans. Supply chain management

4) What is basic difference between SCM and Logistics management?

Ans. Logistics management is part of SCM ( immediately he stopped me and

said OK )

5) Do you have any relative in Chennai or Kolkata?

Ans. Yes, My uncle is in Chennai

Then Interviewers said Ok and asked me to wait outside for results. Overall this

was Technical cum HR interview. The interview round got completed in two

hours and after that interviewers decided to take half hour break before

announcing the results. After half hour coordinators announced the result and I

got shortlisted for 2nd round of Interview.

Second round was after 2 days in one hotel of Pune. We were told that it will be

taken by some senior person from higher management of company.

Coordinators circulated time slots of everyone who were shortlisted for this

round. My time slot was from 1 PM to 2 PM. I started early to ensure that I will

reach venue well before time even if there is any traffic jam and I reached at 12

noon. As interviewer for this round was from senior management we were


somewhat nervous. As per given timings exactly at 1 PM coordinators asked me

to go inside. I entered the room and handovered CV to interviewer.

Questions asked by interviewer are general type, these are as follows-

1) Introduce yourself

Ans. I have given my Introduction.

3) what was your project in Internship?

Ans. I have given brief idea about my project

3) Are you ready to relocate?

Ans. Yes

Then interviewer said ok and ended the interview with positive gesture. After

completion of interview I returned back to college where result was announced

and only five out of the people given interview were got selected and I was one

of them.

After two months I received offer letter with joining at Mumbai.

My Suggestion for juniors : -


question from CV.


industry. Specially about that company, in interview you will come to face it.

Job profile and company is always more important than package, if you want to

work for long in that company.

Be confidence through out the process, confidence is the first which got noted,

after all you all are the king and queen of Balaji society.




I am grateful to Shri Balaji Society for providing a platform which require to

start my career in better way. Also I would like to wish juniors 'All The Best ' and

hope that next year placements will be more better.

Regard,

Swapnil Thakare

BIMM-Operations,

MM09-11160

Batch 2009-11

Mob no. 09867925030


Sweta Agarwal

I am Sweta Agarwal

Roll no. is MM09-11551,

Batch- 2009-11.

Department is PM & HRD College

from BIMM (Balaji Institute of Modern Management),

Currently I am a part of ABC Company as Corporate HR in Hyderabad.

It gives me immense pleasure to share my dream in this forum with everyone

who was directly or indirectly associated. It is a matter of added privilege for me

as I have two experiences to share.

After lots of ups and downs, finally my the day also came. It started with a

written test which constitutes of Aptitude section, Verbal Ability section,

reasoning section and General knowledge section. For this I went back to

CAT/MAT preparation scenario and brushed up the basics. For General

Knowledge kept updated on the current affairs. Written test was not an

elimination round. Post written test, Group discussion was conducted in

batches. Each batch had 9-10 students for the discussion. After waiting for a

long time my turn came as I was in last batch. For group discussion there was a

panel of 3 members to assess us. The topic for discussion was “Indians are

Cost conscious rather than quality”. Time allotted for discussion was 2

minutes. Each one of us has put forward our view on the same, and at the end

panel asked us to conclude this discussion. I took the opportunity and

concluded the discussion.

The day ended with a note of shortlisted candidates for further process. I was

there in the list shortlisted candidates. There was no intimation about the date

for next process but one thing was sure as the company is conducting the

process PAN India so it will take time.

In the meanwhile, I applied for another company (XYZ) offline. This is one of

the leading organizations in India and abroad as well. But for one reason or

other till then the XYZ Company did not came to our campus for recruitment.

Anyways, over there again it was tough competition, as lots of aspirants from

different B-Schools with diverse intellects form the part of competition. The XYZ

Company had 6 rounds of short listing process, wherein each round was an

elimination round, which makes the whole process much tougher. The very first

round was an initial shortlisting based on CV and 2 minutes face to face

discussion with every candidate. Initial face to face discussion was organized to


verify the content of resume, like hobbies, interest and inclination towards the

specific industry and organization. Followed by initial shortlisting, an aptitude

test was conducted. The aptitude test had 60 questions, to be completed in 40

minutes with negative marking as well. Post written test after waiting for 2-3

hours result was announced. Then group discussion took place for those who

had cleared first two rounds. And at the end of the day group discussion result

was announced. Shortlisted candidates have been asked to come next day for

further process.

On the second day, there was face to face interview, the interview was

bifurcated into two divisions, one was behavioral and other was technical round.

The first round was technical round. After waiting for long hours, finally my

number came. There was a panel of two members sitting on other side of the

table. I entered the room, greeted them and took my chair. The interview

started with a light note to make me comfortable. They asked me the meaning

of my name, how many siblings I have and so on. Then it was a rapid fire of

questions from all ends. Questions comprises of labour law, human resource

management, organizational behavior, etc. Few of the questions are like current

minimum wage of Maharashtra, current trends in recruitment, types of

leadership, current scenario of HR, etc. Apart from this lots of situational

questions were also asked.

Then in the behavioral round attitude was tested based on situational attempts.

Post which shortlisted candidates have been asked to come next day for final

round of interview with head HR through video conference. In the next day,

there was a video conference with Head HR from Head office. It was more of

fitment test in terms of cultural fitment, location fitment, mobility testing and

organizational fitment. Then the day ended with a note that selected candidates

will be informed in two weeks time.

In the meanwhile the final interview date for ABC Company came, and interview

was conducted. Over there panel consists of 2 members. The questions were

more on current affairs and general knowledge like who is president of India,

who is the head of planning committee, what is the full form of IRDA, etc.

Fortunately, I got selected in both the companies. I decided to join XYZ

Company and start my career.

Now I am glad to inform that this year, two of my juniors have got the

opportunity to do their internship in this company, which our college had not

tapped before.

Moreover, 5 juniors have been recruitment in the company this year.


I am really thankful to be a part of Sri Balaji Society, where I have been

groomed, polished and nurtured to become a glowing precious stone. But I

would request respected Sir and Madam, please consider all 1000 students as

equal and have faith in each one of us irrespective of committees. Even a single

student can make difference to the college and its prospects.

P.S : All my juniors (current as well as forthcoming) one thing I would like to

say, and believe me it is out of my own experience that “ Work hard and have

strong faith in yourself and in your destiny”. You can change the world by

perceiving every problem as an opportunity and following the 3 Ds- Discipline,

Dedication and Determination. These are not just the words, but mantra to

success for lifetime. Corporate World is much tougher than what it seems to be

and our college perfectly moulds us to that environment.

Keep yourself updated with current scenario, read lots of articles, have open

discussion and broaden your area of reference which will ultimately helps you to

think out of box.

I am Titikshya Chakraborty



Campus experience…..once in a lifetime experience in BALAJI……

Actually it starts from the day we enter to SBS….attendance criteria……no

BACKLOGS!!!!!!

But I was unfortunately fortunate that I had to write a back paper and was not

eligible for the first few companies…..and believe me I would never regret

that….That is why I got into my dream profile, perfect package and the perfect

job……. Management Trainee- ADMINISTRATION at XYZ LTD.

My experience had been a lot easier than most other people from the first

round…..I was called to the Placement office and was asked if I would like to sit

for a BPO for a admin profile. Though at first I was a bit skeptical but when I

went through the profile I felt that this is my job….no targets, no field work and

at the same time, full utilization of my knowledge earned during MBA and

bachelors degree…

The first criterion was: Hotel Management background and I was lucky enough

to be the only one in BIMM.

Titikshya Chakraborty


The D day- 27th November,2010 I came to college fully decked up for some

rigorous interview and GD. Perfect attire and full confidence was how I entered

the auditorium. The panel of two members arrived at around 11 am.

They started off the conversation by asking “ So all are prepared??Do you know

who is the MD of the company?” They asked us some basic questions and

wanted to check our knowledge about the company, being well prepared I

answered some, the best way is to go through the Company website one day

prior to the interview. The company website has a lot of information that can be

used during the interview, knowing which indicates that you are genuinely

interested in being a part of the organization.

I was glad I had done some research before sitting for the company. Few

students walked off after knowing that it is a BPO and many students like me

stayed to give it a try.

The first round:

The first round for students for marketing profile was a GD round and We, the

students for Admin profile was asked to wait. At around 1.30 we were told that

there was only a PI round since we were very few in number. I was the last one

for PI.

PI round:

The moment I entered the PI room I was greeted and asked to sit. HR panelist

asked me :

The meaning of my name:

I generally answer this question whenever I meet new people so it was a good

start for me.

Next, Tell me something about yourself that is not written on the resume:

Fortunately I was very well prepared and designed my introduction with the

learnings that I had in different phases namely school, graduation, job life and

post graduation. It was well laced with my extra-curricular activities as well.

After that she got a call and she asked me to move out and I was so worried

that she didn't like me and that is why she asked me to go out. But after few

minutes she called me inside and continued the next round of interview which

was HR questions and few based of marketing background.

Questions that came up were:

What have you learnt from your previous organization?

I shared my experiences and the ease with which I can handle customers. They

were very impressed to know that I have worked and stayed alone in different

parts of India.

She was probbing me to talk about topic such as customer service ( since I was

into the retail sector)and management skills that is required to lead a team to

work towards their goal.

They asked me some questions on whether I know how the industry works, and


whether I would be comfortable in relocating from one place to another.

I said I was quite flexible and would not mind travelling to places and relocating

as career is more important and these initial years are the ones which make a

lot of difference in shaping your career. Moreover the option for placement were

Bangalore and Mumbai- I was fine with both the metros.

We were told that the interview for that day was over and need to wait for the

next rounds. With no idea about what 's going to come next we returned home

and the next day we came to know that me and Ayesha from BITM was

shortlisted for the next interview and that is a telephonic round. Two days went

by when we didn't get any news about our next round of interview. I was very

nervous thinking about the telephonic round, in which the VP of my vertical was

to interview me. I was wondering whether he will be convinced by my approach

and answers over the phone( It was my first telephonic interview). But

somewhere I knew I need to give my best and get placed. And this confidence

helped me to clear the rounds.

The telephonic round : It was scheduled on 29th November 2010 with the VP

admin for XYZ LTD.. He asked questions about

strengths and weakness

rating against people skills and job orientation

situation analysis

general knowledge about MIS and report making

Service sector knowledge.

I was a little stuck when it came to strengths and weaknesses but the interview

went off well.

We were awaiting results and it was just before our Midsems for Marketing

Management when I got the news…….I AM PLACED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Firstsource solutions Limited had recruited me as MT- ADMIN….perfect job…role

and package to add on….I got what I wanted….what more could I ask for!!!!!!!

The company was looking for confidence, basic knowledge, personality and the

eagerness to mould oneself to the cultures of the organization. They believed

that if the candidate has the right attitude he/she can be groomed to the


Thanks to the Placement team and above all Bala sir for getting such good

companies and help us secure a wonderful future…..!!!!!!!!

All the best juniors……Go get your dreams!!!!!!!!

Thanks


Toolika Sharma

Toolika Sharma

PGDM Marketing

Batch 2009 – 11 (Stalwarts)

Roll No. : MM09-11060,

Sharing here with my Campus placement experience.

Life is a big bag of experiences & teaches us many sweet sour lessons as we

move ahead in it. And if the goal is in the mind from the very onset of a journey

then achieving it becomes an easy game. I joined SBS on 8th May 2009 & it

was a tremendous learning as i moved about through a stint of 2 years of MBA.

The most enriching experience being the campus placement. Competing among

1000 people to secure a respectable position & a company for yourself was not

an easy task. The feel of competition was always there whether in classes,

during inter & intra classes or college co-curricular competition & many more

occasions. With the sense of this heat of competition i began my preparation for

my 'D day' from the very beginning of college i.e. by being attentive & regular in

classes which was of great help towards building my concepts strong. The live

examples of the corporate relating to the topics which were taught in the

classes by various prof. like Dr. Prantosh Banerji, Dr. C Y Nimkar, Dr. Rajesh

Deshpandey, Dr. Abhijeet Nag and many more were of immense use. I really

thank the administration for providing the best faculty in & around the town.

22nd December 2010, was the day of my final victory, which was marked at 1

pm in the night with the final sigh of relief & pride that i will be self sufficient

soon. This day came in my life after the rigors of nearly 3 months after

appearing for many processes & going through many GDs & interviews, but non

the less the experience which goes behind this trauma is tremendous & for a

lifetime. I had decided to appear for only nice brands. I knew GD was my

strength, & i was required to work for my interviewing skills. I made GDs my

strength by being very regular with current affairs through Economic Times. I

used to make notes of all the current topics which proved to be of great help till

the end which i handed over to my roommate after my placement for her help.

Some of the tips for GDs are as follows:

1. Be well averse with the latest happenings.

2. Be a voracious reader.

3. Collect nice articles & make your own notes.

4. Don't stress on starting a GD unless you have a very strong & sensible point.

5. A third or fourth entry into GD is also farely nice but supplemented by a

strong point, with facts & figures.

6. Strong points automatically give you a centre stage in the GD.


7. Try not to cut others points.

8. Be assertive rather than being very aggressive.

9. Say your points with clarity.

I would like to share the experience through the day of my 'D Day', the various

rounds i cleared. To begin with the first round was Group Discussion; the topic

was “Importance of B-schools in making professionals for corporate World”. I

started the GD with the point “A very Good morning to my knowledgeable

friends & the panel members, as to make a beautifully shaped pot a nice mould

is important likewise the groundwork for making a professional for the ever

increasing competitive corporate world a basic training is important, the B

schools not only provides the basic education of various strategic & marketing

subjects but also frames one's personality in interpersonal skills, communication

& forming a more practical & developed mature individual thus i support the

fact that B-schools are important to make more corporate adults with the right

mind frame for the real world outside ”. My second entry was after 3 more

participants made their points with the point that: “It is true that over a period

in corporate world one can gain the right amount of corporate insight but the

insight which one can have by peeping into the knowledgeable brains of

faculties and the meets organized with the corporate stalwarts make a

groundwork for the future, moreover such courses are real boon for the fresh

pass outs of the under graduation courses. There are approx. 3000 MBA

colleges across India which are a great success in landing students into

respectable corporate responsibilities among which a good example is our

college moreover it becomes easy for finding nice pool of able employees for

corporate to recruit from at one place.” The GD went on for 10 minutes i made

two points only & i was selected for the second round.

Second round was analytical aptitude test in which approximately 30 students

appeared from which around 16 students were left for the final interview round.

The questions for interviews asked were as follows:

Interviewer: Tell me something about yourself?

Answer: I am Toolika Sharma B.Tech Biotech graduate from Sardar Vallabh Bhai

Patel Univ. I hail from the education hub Dehradun. My father is Scientist in

Central Silk Board, & mother is a homemaker. I have one younger sister working

with IBM after pursuing a degree in B.Tech Biotech. To pursue a corporate

career i chose to pursue an MBA, my first brush with corporate was in summer

internship which i did from JSW Steel, corporate office Mumbai, which was a

major success and a very good learning. I have been a good performer in

academic front always. I like to participate in co-curricular activities too. I have

participated in various dance competition, debate & quiz competition during my

graduation days. My hobbies are dancing and reading novels.

Interviewer: Why MBA after B.Tech Biotech?

Answer: I always wanted to pursue a career in corporate world and being a

science student i had interest in the subject also & while fetching a college for


graduation i landed in nice government college where i can gather science

knowledge so i chose to go with it.

Interviewer: Formulate the strategy to sell imported apples?

Answer: As the world's concern for health is increasing and likewise the price of

fruits is increasing thus we should focus on upper upper segment for selling

apples & should bring the fruits in nice presentable packing that can help in

attracting the consumers interest towards the fruit. The emphasis should be on

the looks of the fruits, the stale fruits should be recycled timely.

Interviewer: Why sales?

Answer: I feel the amount of market knowledge and consumer insight one can

have by being in field cannot be gathered confined in office

Interviewer: How long you are planning to stick to sales?

Answer: Not more than 3 years as that much of knowledge in field will be

enough for me to fetch a nice market insight and further it will depend on my

personal life also

Interviewer: Will you prefer sales or marketing after three years?

Answer: Marketing.

Interviewer: Did you appear for other companies too?

Answer: Yes.

Interviewer: Can you assure that you will stick to our organization for at least 3

years then we will give you letter right now?

Answer: Sir the world is so unpredictable that i cannot say what is going to

happen to me the very next moment then to give an assurance for the next

three years will be difficult for me.

Interviewer: If you find a nice opportunity in other company will you leave this

organization?

Answer: Everyone searches for better opportunities in life & i am no exception.

Following are the learning for an attempt for a nice interview & rest it depends

to a great extent on how the interviewer perceives you & is more of a personal

perception & having a right fit in the company:

1. Write down all the probable questions & your best answers for them.

2. Questions like tell me about yourself, strengths & weaknesses should be

prepared so well that you don't have to think or fumble in front of the

interviewer.

3. Some other questions are:

1. Why this company?

2. Any specific reasons for the interest in the company or sector?

3. Hobbies & interest & what have you done for your hobbies?

4. Which is your dream company & why?

5. What do you think is your biggest achievement till date?

6. Questions relating to your summer project.

7. Questions related to academics.

4. During interviews be what you are don't try to pretend.


5. The answers of strengths and weaknesses need not be very frank they can

be diplomatic but well thought of.

6. Be confident & don't fumble.

7. If you don't know any answer then frankly say that "i beg your pardon but i

don't know the answer".

8. Don't beat around the bush to answer any question.

9. Stick to your answers confidently.

10. Lastly always bear a smile & a congenial demeanor.

I have gone through a real tough time during placements but it's good to join

the company where you find your best fit. Constant efforts to the final

destination lead you somewhere but those efforts should be consistent.

All the best

Toolika Sharma

Udit Phadke

Name – Udit Phadke

Roll No. MM09-11162

Institute - BIMM, Pune (Marketing)

Year - 2009-2011

Starting with my experience with my campus placements, I would like to start

from the point where I sincerely started to prepare for my placements. It

started for me once the first company was over which was LG. LG came to

college for placements and there as a kind of chaos all over the college, first for

getting the CVs printed, then what will be the placement process like, and so

on. For me LG just came and went as I was not even able to clear my first

round that is GD. Then was a big gap for me between my second company. I

had missed aroundfirst 75 companies due to my short attendance (please

juniors take a note of this). I missed lots of opportunities due to my casual

attitude. Though I became serious for my placements once I was not even

shortlisted after the GD of LG. I started reading a lot of news articles, specially

the editorial section as it helped me study experts views on different issues and

it helped me express my views towards any situation. Reading newspaper is the

best way to prepare for any Gd. One must not only have business knowledge

but also must have knowledge about the current affairs as every business


comes from the current situation of society. Read as much as you can, it just

helps you. Then came the final time around after 1.5 months after the first

company when I became eligible to sit for placements. My hard work paid of

and I was able to crack the GD round of the second company I sat in. Though

wasn't successful in clearing my interview in that case. Maybe I was a bit tensed

as I had missed 75 companies and couldn't focus well on the interview. Next

four companies I wasn't even successful in clearing the first round itself. But the

day had come, 4th January when I had to go for my placement process to

Indira college as company was holding the process there. Students from Indira,

PUMBA and BIMM were present for the selection process.

The selection process started with the presentation given by the HR and

marketing head of the company. They mention various points which students

are curious to know, being the salary structure the profile company is willing to

recruit for and also the place of posting likely to be offered. After the

presentation we were told that there would be 2 rounds which would be a GD

followed by an interview(only if GD round is cleared). We were divided in a

group of 11 students each where we had a mix of students from all the

institutes. I was in the very first group for the GD. Then the GD started and the

topic given to us was UID( unique ID) - Just a number or a significant ID for

Indians. It was the first company I saw who gave 20 minutes for GD and 5

minutes to think on the topic. All my colleagues had pen and paper to jot down

points but I went without anything. I believe one doesn't have enough time to

write all points on d paper in 1 minute which is usually given before starting a

GD. Also I believe it shows that one doesn't have even a good brain to recall the

points one has in his own minds. Also I have seen people carrying there notes

and diaries filled with data and quotes which they use there in the GD. I think

one must not try to read once in the GD as in the process you tend to skip the

point said by other member of the group. I entered the GD second followed by

one of my friend. He took the side that it is a good thing but I was against the

issue. I supported the view that UID is just a number. I included every aspect

which could be covered regarding the topic and once the GD was over I was

very confident that I would be short listed for the personal interview. I had

experienced one strange difference between the students of our college and

those from other institutes. The values given to us and the education given to

us in Balaji Society helps us being differentiated in the mass of people in a good

way. The confidence level which we had during the GD was missing from the

students from other institutes. Also the content presented by them in the GD

was only supporting the points said by us.

Then the GD results were out and as I had expected, I was short listed for the

PI round. My PI round was not as confident as my GD round was. I was asked

more HR questions as compared to the technical knowledge. The questions

asked to me are as follows:

- Tell us something about yourself.( Guys prepare answer for this question well


in advance and include points which you want the interviewer to know about

you. The interviewer will ask you that only what you want to tell him if you

prepare it well.)

- My next question was from my own description only, they had asked that how

do I say that I am a team player because I had said that I am a team player.

- Next they asked more about my family and how was my upbringing done

- What makes you feel that you are a suitable candidate for this job?

- What makes you feel we can reject you after the process?

- They see your confidence levels and to check that they had asked me to sing

before them.

I did fumble a bit during my interview which made a bit nervous also. But I tried

to calm down my nerves and answer them with confidence which I managed to

do. Somewhat around evening 7, all the interviews were taken and we were

asked to wait for the result. Before announcing the result, they called up 2

students for another round of interview which made me more nervous as I

wasn't called and I thought that I was not going to make it once more. But it

wasn't so. I did it, I was one of the 4 selected candidates from the company.

Out of 4, 2 were from our college. It was a day full of experience and joy for

me.

Some points I would like to suggest juniors to take note during there

placements and preparations

- Never ever get frustrated and don't let your morale down

- Don't doubt on the efforts college is putting for your placements, they are

putting there hearts out for you guys

- Start reading newspapers, only ET won't help so read Times of India too

- Be confident during GD, stick to the stand you have taken

- Be a good listener in the GD, it helps during summarizing and concluding a GD

- Don't be in a hurry to enter the GD if you haven't understood the topic

- Try to take a stand which most of them are not taking, its easy to cut points of

others if you don't have yours

- Try not to take a note book, it doesn't help much

- Have a good body language both during GD and interview

- Don't have an eye contact with the panel during the GD, you addressing the

group not them

- When go for PI, take permission to enter and greet the panel, and if a lady is

present, greet her first always

- Have a smile on face while in the PI

- Be confident if what you say, support your argument with strong facts even

during PI

- Don't have a smoke before your interview, no deoderent or mint kills the smell

of smoke


- Believe in yourself, hard work pays off some day and it might be your day

That's all I want to share with all my juniors. I wish all my juniors and college a

happy and successful placements season ahead.

UditPhadke

2009-11 batch

BIMM( Marketing)

Vaibhav Goyal

Hi,

I am Vaibhav Goyal


from Dual C, BIMM,


passed out on Aug 2011.

My specialisation is in IT & Marketing.

Placement season is an intense experience. For management students, it is days

of anxieties choose one employer and forget the rest, all in a matter of

minutes—make a wrong choice, and your destiny will be different.

Students constantly battle over whether to 'accept the offer on hand' or 'hold

out for the dream job.'

The day when Company visited, on the same day two other companies were

also in the campus, It becomes very difficult for a candidate to appear in the

selection process of three companies same day. However, being a Mechanical

Engineer i decided to go for this company as Competition was less, Brand was

good and offer was also good. Every One in the campus wants to sit for this

company only but unfortunately, they could not do so as there were few

mechanical engineers in the Campus, still on the request of Management

Company agreed to allow other candidates also to sit for the selection process

only condition they put was candidate must have engineering degree with

though out first division.

Panelist found that Non-Mechanical Candidates are also very good,

knowledgeable and easily adaptable for a manufacturing firm. They selected

total four Candidates and was the only mechanical engineer out of those four.


My selection process was very simple. It consists of the following stages:-

1. Pre Placement Talk

2.Short listing based on the certain criteria.

3. Group Discussion


Pre Placement Talk: Pre Placement talk was arranged in the college auditorium.

In the briefing, they started from inception of the company, then they told

about all the three verticals of the company. They talked about company's

values, Company's work culture, Company's Spread, Work Force, HR Policies

etc. It lasted for around 45 minutes.

Observation about Pre Placement Talk: By attending the Pre placement talk we

come to know everything about company in essence and simultaneously we

also come to know about the definitive list of the skills, knowledge, experience

and attributes that a candidate needs in order to undertake successfully the

responsibilities and duties of a position.We can also check alignment with one's

abilities and expectation with their requirement as well.

Group Discussion: The 2nd round of selection process as mentioned earlier was

GD. There were ten groups of approx. 10 students each. So altogether there

were 103 students from SBS.

My topic for Group discussion was “Management Vs Leadership”

This was a very common topic. Everyone was well equipped, as it was most

discussed topic in placement season. Everybody was popping new ideas

towards Forum, providing new aspects to GD.Many times there was chaos but

somehow GD continued.

I initiated GD. I put my points in a structured way for around 45-50 sec. Then I

kept quiet. Again After sometime I intervened and put forth my points for

another 30 seconds and gave chance to those who have not spoken yet. I was

neutral to the topic I convinced the group that Both the skills are necessary for

a management grad.

Observation about GD:

1. Language skills are important only to the effect as to how you get your points

across clearly and fluently.

2. Work out various strategies to help you make an entry like agree with

someone else's point and then move onto express your views.

3. Be assertive not dominating; try to maintain a balanced tone in your

discussion and analysis.


Personal Interview: In personal interview 25 students were shortlisted; they

were called for interview on same day.

The list of questions asked:

1. Introduce yourself

2. About your family and native place

3.About My Academics

3.About My internship Project

4. About My Past experience

5. Questions related to mechanical field, Like flywheel etc.

6. About Relocation

These were very generic Questions which was asked to almost each selected

candidate but the most shocking question was when one of the Panelist asked

me about Function of Flywheel, I kept quit for almost 10 Seconds as it was very

difficult to remember after Completing Engineering Studies. However, I

managed to reply as i think that was the only thing which iremembered from

my engineering Studies.

Suddenly, another bouncer thrown by another panelist when he asked me about

learning Curve, but thanks thanks to 90% attendance criterion, which helped

me out to recall about Learning Curve, I still do not know which faculty taught

us this and it was in which subject, but still i managed to reply and suddenly i

draw the curve as well.

Panelist were very impressed they told me that even they didn't expect that

some one can answer this.

They asked me to elaborate more on my GD topic. Regarding the relocation

they asked “What will be your preferred Location” I replied with North India or

West India They asked If we offer east or south Location will you go, i replied

with NO.

The answer was quite rebelling but as per panel member they liked the straight

forwardness which i shown in GD as well in PI.

Observation about Interview:

1. They were very impressed about my summer internship project. My interview

was focused on my internship project. I did my summer internship in ITW

Signode. My project title was Toanalyse market potential of packaging Solutions.

They asked me everything about my project like Pricing strategies for the

company, Outcomes of the project, challenges in expansion plans, creating

awareness about company's product portfolio etc.


Result: My result came next day. I got a call from one of a PAT member, that I

was selected. Total 4 students were selected from SBS. It was a really an

unforgettable moment of my life. which will remain with me always.

Tips for students gearing up for campus placements:

Be yourself.

Be calm; stop feeling so tense.

People at campuses are driven more by what is perceived as a good job at the

campus, But what should be considered is the fit between the person's

strengths and the company.

The choice is a tough one and a person needs to consider his long term goals

and company which will help him develop the right skills to get there.

If your match with the firm is right, you will definitely get through.

I wish u all a very bright future ahead. All the best

I am Vaibhav Raghuvanshi

Roll no. – MM0911163

Batch (2009-2011)

Balaji Institute of Modern Management Specialization- PM&HRD,

Sri Balaji Society is no doubts one of the brightest chapter of my life not just

because I lived the finest days of my life here but also because it made me

what I always aspired to be, A Corporate Citizen.

On the very first day of our session only Prof. Col. Balasubramanian informed us

about the minimum attendance criteria and made it clear to us that our

placement was in our hands. I think it was his lecture only which made me

maintain an attendance of 90% throughout thus being eligible for sitting into

companies from the day placements started.

Vaibhav Raghuvanshi


The first company that came for HR in the college was a big name thus excited

everyone but during the presentation when the salary structure was explained

the moral went down a little. I was ready to compromise on compensation for

getting that brand name attached with my name.

So I appeared for the process with full zest. The first test was to check our

familiarity and comfort level with English which most of us cleared.

After this, groups for the Group Discussion were made. At around 7 in the

evening we had our Group Discussion. It was more of a role play n we were told

that we are a part of the board room meeting of a company which is recovering

from 'Recession. I initiated the GD by explaining how Recession had struck us

and how good our recovery had been because of the efforts put in by our

people. This set in a positive base for the discussion which made our GD a very

cordial one. After initiating the discussion I moderated the discussion and made

sure that we do not create any chaos. I got through the group discussion and

was shortlisted for the interview.

I was called in for the interview around 10:00 PM. Two very well dressed men

greeted me with a smile and offered a chair to sit on. They went through my

C.V and asked about the types of books that I read and the authors I like the

most. The next was a question about the Bonus Act 1965- which by gods' grace

I was well read about. But God can't always be great to you. The next question

and the question after that were about laws I was not very aware about.

The results were declared around 1:30 in the night. I did not get through.

I was sad that I didn't get through but in the back of my mind I thought 'a good

start.'

Some days after this a big IT firm came to the campus looking for HR students.

I went and attended the presentation and liked it so I enrolled for the selection

process.

The group discussion took place just after the presentation. The group

members were made to sit in a semi circle and then were told the topic of

discussion.

Frankly to me the topic appeared to be in 'Hebrew' as neither understood

neither head nor the toe of it. To my fortune the moderator asked everyone to

give their views in brief instead of a discussion. I was sitting on the left end of

the semi circle, not knowing anything, sweating my nervous sweat to glory. But

god was kind to me and the sharing of the view points started from the right

end. By the time my turn came I had already heard 10 people thus had enough

material to speak and impress anyone. Although I didn't clear this GD but I was

just thankful to god for sparing me from all the embarrassment by starting the

GD from right.


The third company that I appeared for was although a part of a big organization

but I hadn't heard about it at all. The presentation was brief and short and the

package offered was huge and alluring. It is still a mystery to me why I didn't

clear the GD of this particular company. The topic given was 'should India

become an Open Economy like U.S? I did not initiate the GD but made the third

entry and put across my points on a very neutral level, presenting the data

supporting both the sides thus helping the group in drawing a conclusion. Five

candidates were shortlisted for interview and I was not one of the five. It was

the first time that any result had devastated me. More than anything I feel my

pride was hurt after not being able to clear two GDs in a row.

Just two days after this around 10:00 AM I was sleeping in my flat when I got

this call from a classmate of mine saying that one of India's biggest retail giants

is in the campus and is willing to look at HR too. As I had not attended the

presentation I enquired about the pay and perk which sounded decent. I ironed

a shirt put on my blazer and went for the process.

I did not have to wait for long as I got into the second group only.

The topic of discussion given to us was 'how to motivate the young staff in

service sector?’

I initiated the GD on a very light note by stating the needs and motivating

factors of today's youth. The light note was carried out throughout and the

discussion and it turned out to be a very enjoyable one. The results were

declared around 4:00 pm. I got through the group discussion.

The Personal interview took place after a gap of around two hours and lasted

only for 4 minutes. I entered the interview room, the interviewer smiled at me

and asked me about the professional anchoring that I had and which brands

had I worked for?

After that he asked me how much will a peg of chivas regal cost in a fine bar?

To which I replied Rs. 450 sir. After this the interviewer gave me some of his

insights about the work and the interview got over.

All of us gathered in classroom No.12 where we were to be told who all had got

shortlisted for the second round of interviews. Some 80-90 of us across

specializations were sitting in that room chit chatting among ourselves. After 15

minutes also when no one came with the results I thought it will take more time

so I went out of the room to get some fresh air. Went to the ground floor and

sat on the stairs of the entrance for a while. I thought of speaking to my father

and took out the cell phone. It was out of battery so I went back. I could listen

to the shouting and the noises coming from class no. 12. The results were

declared. The moment I reached the gate of room 12 Rachit,

Anbhav,Mohit,Ashish and a lot many other friends surrounded me. Rachit

shouted 'you got through'. I was happy to hear that I was in for the second


round. I Enquired 'when is the second round?' he shouted back 'dude..you got

through'..their is no second round for you.. You are selected.

The company shortlisted some people for the second interview but there were

four of us who were taken on the basis of their first interview only. With a

phone with no battery in my hand I did not know how to react what to

shout....basically I was overwhelmed. I borrowed a friend's phone called up my

parents and told them about it. No doubts one of the proudest moments of my

life....in just 10 minutes without me telling

Telling anyone all my friends were on the ground floor of BIMM academic block.

With all the shouting and sweets in the world my placement was celebrated that

night.

My overall placement experience thought me that one should always maintain a

positive outlook and not let any rejection affect one's self confidence or self

esteem because in the end 'God has a plan for everyone'.

My name is Vallari Joshi

Registration No,MM09-11350,

from BIMM-DUAL C, from the academic year 2009-2011,

passed out on 24 April 2011.

My specialization is in IT & Marketing. I have appeared in 3 companies.

Company1

Dear Bala sir & Friends,: As it was the first company that comes in Balaji, all of

us were excited, but I didn't got selected in Group discussion, it felt very bad. I

was little depressed.

Company 2: I sat for the one of the biggest IT company, but I didn't got

selected as well.

Company 3:(my day)

I still remember the day when I got placed, It was Friday, 26th November

2010,and the Largest private Bank was in campus.I Bank had come up for

AM_II grade and offering a good package of 6.5lacs per annum, all of us were

excited because it was the first company which is giving 6+ package.

The placement procedure had started with a brief description by the company

HRs in auditorium stating about the company. As largest private Bank had come

Vallari Joshi


only for BIMM ,we all were excited ,the company had shortlisted the candidates

based on psychometric test, I think we are in total near about 70-80 students

who got selected out of nearly 150 students who sat for it.

After the presentation, we are divided into 10-12 students in one group, our

was the fifth group and we were luckily to ask the first group that what is the

GD topic and all ,they told us that GD is based on case study, but it was

different from what we got, and the conductor told us to sit in a row outside the

GD room, my heart beat was at peak, little nervous, butterfly in my stomach

and then asked to go inside about 10 minslater, we went inside the GD room, all

were asked to give a brief introduction about themselves, I was the last second

from the group and sitting right in front of one of the HRs, they are keenly

watching our body language. Then all of us were given a case study (based on

marketing, I don't remember accurately but it was a case study of a multi

national bank entrying into indian market and which segment the bank shall

entre into.privatebanking, creditcards, retail banking.)it was written on a piece

of paper and each one of us was given that and given 3-4 mins to think upon

the solution, I was the third person to speak from the group, the GD started in

a normal phase but soon it became a fish market, all started to speak out of

their best,the group was shouting and I took it as an opportunity and started

with “can we put our things one by one,so that we all have the oppourtunity to

put our things infront of other members,than I spoke my point of view,as I was

speaking somebody from the group interrupted me,I told him,let me complete

first and put my point , we are 5 selected out of the group, there are 2 HRs that

are judging us, and I think they are looking for the people, who can

communicate well in the group, as the people who were shouting also got

selected. I contributed 3-4 times in the GD,the GD would be around of 30

mins.I observed one thing that whomever had spoke for about 2-3 mins got

selected.

Then came the personal interview round,I was interviewed by 2 interviewers,(I

very uncomfortable about the topic ,that why this industry(banking),as I am an

Engineer, and then into marketing and IT,but luckily they didn't ask me about it.

The interview panel consist of two HRs one of them was a lady ,who were

asking couple of questions starting with the favorite question “tell me about

yourself” and I spoke around 2 minutes,untill they asked me to stop, and then

she started to ask me about my family background ,”how many family members

are there in your family?”,I replied by givin a brief introduction about my family

members then she asked the third question, “whether I willing to work from

rural areas”, I told them, I can work from anywhere, she asked me,”you will find

problems if you work from say a village”, I told them that it will able me to get

best out of me, all things that were asked from me is basics, all together HR

questions and no technical questions were asked, only one question that the


other HR asked was “will you able to sell things”,I told them, if I know the

product, I can sell anything.The lady also asked me couple of things from my

native place,I think she might be knowing that place or wanted to,she had

asked quite a questions about the location and people .And, this way the

interviewed ended, they greeted me and asked me to go.

The process took the whole day and now the time had come for which each one

of us was waiting,they started taking names of the people who were

selected,seriouslywanna tell this,that time I was praying “hey bagwaan please

mujhe select karwadena” and finally my name was announced,I was so

happy,that finally I was placed and the moment has arrived for which I was

waiting for 1 and half years,and it went doubled as that time my brother's

marriage was there on 27th ,but I had cancelled my ticket as I was

concentrating on placements and just a day before his marriage,I got selected,I

went for my brother's marriage a nd enjoyed every bit of it.All of the 26

students have a blast that evening.For all the juniors,I want to say is that

whenever you are going for a interview, communication is the key point which

can impress the anybody,however physical appearance also weighs the same

points and also the confidence which you carry in interview time.I hope my

campus experience will help juniors for placements.

Last one thing,Iwanna share is about BalaSir,each and every time when I met

BalaSir,he use to tell me,tumhara placement bahutachchahoga,and see I am

placed in Largest Private Bank of India. Thank you Bala sir for your blessings.

All the best

Thanks.

Vallari Joshi

Name: Varsha Raj

Class-Dual – BIMM- A


Registration no. / roll no. - MM09-11061

Batch-2009-11

My Campus Placement Experience is just not an experience of mine but a

bouquet of thousands which I experienced during my tenure as a Placement

Team Member of BIMM. As a junior, I saw my seniors getting placed and as an

active PAT member I saw, my own Batch mates. I saw many going through that

Varsha Raj


rigorous regime of Group Discussions, Short-listing, Interviews etc, and almost

every other day of my second year MBA.

I wish I had the time and capacity to list them all here. But sticking to the

subject matter, I will enlist mine only.

It all started with my rejection at the first company at campus. As usual, after

effects were heartbreaking.

Moment of Truth had arrived, around 1000 students all over the society had to

be placed, and at once, each one had become competitor to the other. But the

struggle had just begun, and it was just the beginning of the mammoth task

ahead.

At that point Dimple Mam had taken all of the PAT members to task,"How many

companies have we lined up."

At the personal front too, it was a great fight. Keeping all the personal interest

at bay, we had to work selflessly for the batchmates.

Next came the rejection from Second Company on campus. That very day, we

had two companies on campus and I sat for the general insurance major based

out of Pune. Could not even crack the Group Discussion. It was shattering.

At this low frustrating phase I decided not to count on my rejections and stick

to the basics.

After a month, I had to confront the demons of doubting my own ability when

both my room mates were placed.

It was the time when I had to introspect and calibrate what were my

shortcomings and why wasn't I able to crack one company for myself, when I

was converting many at the PAT office? Why talking to HR's at the PAT office

was relatively easier than opening my mouth at the GDs? Why was I being a

failure at the front desk, while a success at the back end?

I thought for days, meanwhile many companies had come and I had lost the

count of my rejection.

Sadly there was no moment of truth for me; I learnt my shortcomings by unduly

painful and long process of several trials and endless errors.

By the end of it I had realized one thing that was missing in me, the conviction.

Conviction about what I really wanted to do. I was sitting in companies just for

the sake of getting a job for earning, rather than a career.

The next day a Private Banking Major was announced. The process was of three

steps, a psychometric, a group discussion, and final interview.


Psychometric test was of two hours and it was as usual a mix of behavioural

and situational questions. You just have to be who you really are, not trying to

frame answers because there are checks and double checks at every level. It

went well and I was through.

After some days, the shortlisted candidates were called for the final process

consisting of GD, followed by personal interview.

They had shortlisted 200 candidates all over society after psychometric test for

the final process to be held on 26th of November 2011. My GD topic was,

Relevance of Micro finance companies in India and the role they played in

development of rural India.

There were around 12 candidates in one group and the time for one GD was

around 10 minutes. There was enough time for everybody to speak and it was a

good GD with participation from all. Unlike other GD groups our was one of the

best and out of 12, 4 from our group were selected for the final round of

personal interview, I was among them.

This was the first ever PI that I was going to face. As usual I was getting frantic

just by the thought of facing a personal interview. The selected students had to

wait in the computer room. As we were waiting I started preparing for the

interview. There were 3 different rooms where the PI were taken. Each room

had two interviewers, one HR and other a Functional Head. In my case the

other person was the Marketing Head of Pune Zone.

The interview started with the most usual questions from the HR person eg. Tell

us something about yourself and why only this bank. As the interview

progressed I started getting in the groove and soon the HR round was over.

Now it was the turn of the Marketing Head. He started with questions like; the

role is of wealth manager. Would you be comfortable with travelling? How

comfortable are you with a pure marketing job.

I told him that choosing marketing as a specialization was a conscious decision

and I knew it always that it won't be easy at first. All marketing fresher

invariably go though the gruelling process of following targets, learning about

market dynamics etc.

The second question shot at me was regarding home loans. They asked what

kind of loans are considered best. The obvious answer was home loans, as they

help in building asset whose value appreciates over time unlike Car loans or

Personal loans.

In continuation to this he asked me about how the leads of home loans would

should be generated. To this I replied that the major builders and developers

could be contacted for the leads.


Other than these questions I was asked about the GDP of the country and

general questions on Banking Sector of the country.

And so my personal interview also ended. We were asked to wait. At about 6.30

in the evening the results were announced and 26 students were selected from

the campus which included me as well.

So this was my first campus placement experience.

Being a placement coordinator, I had the privilege to sit for more than one

company. Eventually PSU banking major had come to campus.

The process of this one was a short-listing by the company, followed by

personal interviews of the shortlisted candidates by a panel of 5 members.

Some 22 candidates were shortlisted by the company who were called for

Personal Interviews I was one of them, I appeared for the interview.

The interview spanned over various avenues, personal scrutiny then

professional fitment. The company had conveyed they were looking for

individuals both for Finance and Marketing roles.

The questions were a mix of informal and formal. I was asked why you want to

join a PSB, to which I replied the PSBs, as compared to any Private Bank offer

more stability in times of downturn. They are still working on conservative

model as in contrast with Private Sector Banks which are very aggressive.

Questions were also on financial inclusion and what major steps have the

Government of India taken in this respect. A lot of informal questions were also

asked as in case of marriage and kids, will you be able to sustain the job. To

this I replied as I am a trained management graduate for 2 years I would be

able to sustain it easily.

The results were declared after 2 weeks, I was selected.

So there were two companies for which I was selected. And I chose the latter.

So I would like to suggest to all my juniors never lose hope, it gets tough but in

the end your belief, confidence and perseverance pays..My greatest regards are

for Bala Sir, and specially my mentor at PAT office, Dimple Mam to give me an

opportunity to work under her able guidance , and all the teachers who

imparted me with the virtues of knowledge and right attitude to carve a career

in the Corporate Field...

Thank you all


Ms Vasundhra Rattan

I am Ms Vasundhra Rattan,

Registration Number MM 09-11552,

from BIMM, from the academic year 2009-2011.

My specialization is in PM & HRD.

Date of Placement-Nov 19, 2011

I am finally placed in Company A.

Placement time is the most crucial time in any student's life. That is the time

when one actually enters the outside world and faces the corporate challenges.

I had the same feeling – little scared and little hopeful.

I was a student of PGDM PM & HRD (2009-2011 batch). We had just got back

from our training (Sept.-Oct.). I did my internship in Nestle. After coming back

from the internship it was the second company on campus for HR. So, there

was a lot of excitement and fear for sure. Placements in HR have always been

challenging. So, nobody misses a chance to give their best shot for every

company.

I was not really aware of the company and its name and sector was also new to

me. There was a little apprehension as to should I be sitting for this company or

not. But, after going through the company profile on Google and on its site I

was convinced that this company has a lot of growth opportunities. I also spoke

to some people in that Sector and inquired about the company. It was not a

very big organization in specific but was a part of a large group. Seeing the

company values and reading about it I was convinced that this was one of the

best companies to start the career with. On the D-Day, around 50 students sat

for the process. We attended the presentation and were told all about the CTC

& profile that was being offered. The PPT was short and crisp with all the

required information. Also, the place of posting was not PAN India so we knew

the exact location. The PPT was short and crisp. Immediately after the PPT was

over, GD groups were made. There were around 10 people in each group and in

all 5 groups were made.

Selection Process -

Round 1 - GD

Round 2 – Technical + HR

Interview

The topic of my GD was - 'Can religious and spiritual teachings help remove

corruption in Industrial Sector?'

Time for the GD was 0 minutes. The topic was more to do with one's opinion.


Everyone expressed their say on it and the GD went on for 20-25 minutes. For

some students religious teachings & spiritual knowledge was of no help while

few said that there is no harm in checking their impact on corruption. In the

end everyone was asked to summarize the topic in their own words. This way

all got a chance to speak so did not get any while the GD was going on.

Result of the GD was announced and 6 of us went to the PI round. PI round

happened after an hour.

Technical & HR Interview – This was the second round of selection. There were

two people from the Company on the panel. First question that was asked to

me was what my favourite subject is and my answer to that was recruitment,

for sure. There was a long discussion on this topic and a lot was asked around

this subject. Few theoretical questions were asked related to Recruitment and

some were application based. Then, they gave me certain situations and asked

me how I would deal with them, eg, if someone was a high performer but

morally unsound how would you deal with such a person? And some other

questions. Being a girl they conformed as to when I have plans to get married

and all and whether location will be a problem. Also, basic questions like, tell

me about yourself, why this company, where do you see yourself after 10 years

down the line were asked. All in all the entire interview was very comfortable

and I could manage to answer all the questions. Staying calm, confident and

aware is the key. Also, quote as many relevant examples as you can. They give

more bases to your answers.

My opinion is to be ready for such questions and prepare the answers

beforehand. Your answers should not be a lie but an expression of your true

feelings. It is very important to have an opinion – right or wrong, does not

matter. Plus, your opinion should be based on facts so that you can quote

examples and justify your beliefs.

My interview went on for 45 minutes but inside that room it was as if just 5

minutes have passed. Time flies in that room. The other 5 interviews also went

on for around 45 minutes and all were asked different questions. Every one

gave their best shot.

After everyone's interviews were conducted, the company took some time to

come up with the final result. That was the toughest time to pass. All were

waiting for the result keenly. They declared the result in some time, around 4

pm. When they declared the result it was announced that I was the only one to

get through. The feeling was amazing and relieving. Finally I was placed. I

called my parents there and then. They were very proud of me. Also, my friends

were happy for me when thay came to know about the result.

That was the day I achieved something on my own. I was able to do that


because of this college and what it groomed me into. It would not have been

possible without the rigorous efforts put in by the college. From the bottom of

my heart I want to thank my college for giving me this opportunity and for

helping me make my career. SBS makes an individual an all rounder& fit for any

kind of situation at any time. All the rules and regulations, hectic schedule,

classes 7 days a week, exams, passing percentage, etc finally paid off. It was

worth the effort.

Thanks & Regards

Vasundhra Rattan

I am Veerendra Bajaj

Batch : 2009-11 (Stalwart)

Roll No. : MM09-11062

The journey to the destination begins on the onset of the zeal to achieve & to

prove your metal. A well planned motive & the guidance of right mentors helps

achieve the dreams. With these thought i started my preparations from the

classes itself. Being regular to the classes & being attentive in the classes paved

the initial stepping stones for me as it really built my foundation strong. The live

examples of the corporate relating to the topics which were tought in the

classes by various prof. like Dr. PrantoshBanerji, Dr. C Y Nimkar, Dr. Rajesh

Deshpandey, Dr. Abhijeet Nag and many more were of immense use. I really

thank the administration for providing the best faculty in the town & around.

Towards the end of the first year my second motive was to get a summer intern

in a FMCD company owing to my keeness in joining the same feild. I put up my

best efforts by following my mentors in Videocon where i did my interns in

Gurgaon, corporate head office. In addition to my own work like field visits,

market research, presentation & project report preparation, i assisted my

mentor in his report preparation & presentations which helped me to learn the

complete insight about the execution of market research in the corporate in the

segement of my interest. The midnight efforts & dedication proved a bliss &i

bagged a PPO, a day of great achievement for me, but i couldn't join because

they wanted me to join within a span of ten days which was not possible as still

i was not done with my entire MBA. I joined college again after the interns with

a new focus this time which was the companies which visit the campus annually

of my preferred segment.

Veerendra Bajaj


19th September 2010, was the day I wrote first success in the path of my

career. I would like to elaborate upon my experience of the “D Day”. Lucky i was

to get through the GD as it was a real tough call. 18 were selected in GD (topic

was 'MBAs vs MCAs'), from BIMM, unlike the many I was the second entrant in

the GD and made two points overall, firstly I emphasized on the overall

knowledge which the MBA courses helps to provide in the tenure of two years,

knowledge not only in terms of subjects taught in MBA but also practical

knowledge & the knowledge of what is going in & around the world. Secondly I

emphasized on the overall development which MBA courses helps to build like

the interpersonal skills, communication skills and overall personality

development. After successfully getting through the GD round I headed towards

psychometric test, and then an HR interview &i was the one among 12 who

were selected out of 18 seething with the fear of the "D Day". The first

interview round was comparatively an easy call for me as i was by the time

adept with the sector knowledge owing to my interns in the same field. After

my selection i helped my friends to achieve their share of success & happiness

by coordinating many companies & boosting their confidence, which gave me

an immense satisfaction of paying back to my college & society.

In the first round of interview following questions were asked:

Interviewer: Tell me about yourself?

Answer: I am Veerendra Bajaj B.Tech in Mechanical & currently pursuing an

MBA. I hale from the world's most beautiful place Udaipur. My father is a

Business man & mother is housewife. I have been good academically since

beginning & I carry a passion of gathering technical knowledge from all the

sources in and around. I am sincere worker & dedicated performer. I have the

weakness that until I finish off my target & my assignments I can't sit idle &

sometimes in the process I neglect my personal relations.

Interviewer: How LG is better than Videocon?

Answer: (As I did my internship with Videocon mostly questions were

technically focused) LG is a very trusted brand & carry high self esteem among

the eyes of consumers moreover LG is customer oriented & the strategies

adopted are very innovative. Also it focuses on after sales practices a lot and

thus maintains good relations with the customers by providing best services &

hence more satisfied customers

Interviewer: What improvement in LG will you suggest?

Answer: I would suggest that LG should focus on being an innovator rather than

being a follower. Moreover better display of products at the shop floor will

definitely increase the footfall thus LG should focus on this as well.

Interviewer: Tell me things u did not find good about LG?

Answer: As I already told in your previous question that LG should be innovator

this is what I don't like about the brand.


Finally the D day arrived on 24th September where i encountered Head HR, for

second round of interview, a real tough guy who took my 15min presentation

on me. He judged me on my presentation skills, confidence level, matter,

knowledge of the Industry & the company.

Interviewer: Give a presentation on yourself?

Answer: (They made me stand in front of them & then they told me o give

presentation). Presenting to you all Veerendra Bajaj, B.Tech from College of

Technology & Engineering Udaipur. I have one years experience after B.Tech

with TAFE, as sales executive. Being my first company this was huge learning

for me as I handled channel sales management which was more of a

managerial profile rather than technical which was the basic ground for me to

go for an MBA. I am a focused and consistent performer. I am very resourceful

thus I used to lead all the class activities relating to out of the class resourcing.

I believe in helping others and taking help from others as it maintains

relationship & I believe this attitude formation helps in building relations in sales

field too. I believe in working hard & partying hard as both balance makes the

spirits high & boosts for further interest in work. Sales is my passion as I enjoy

the day to day challenges with the distributers and the race of achieving the

numbers & the success at the end of the month boosts the interest for the next

month. Lastly always smiling whatever may be the situation is the type of

attitude I like & I appreciate myself to bear it.

Interviewer: What are your hobbies?

Answer: My hobbies are travelling, watching movies and watching & playing

cricket.

Interviewer: Can you work anywhere in India?

Answer: Yes.

Gd preparations were made easy by the college's weekly GD sessions, where we

were taught the tips of do's & don'ts of the GDs. In addition i was a regular

reader of Economic Times & Business line. Interviews were taken care of by the

online interview tips provided for the same in You tube & online articles.

I would like to give following tips to all the junior aspirants :

1. Be vigilliant& regular in classes.

2. Keep your basics strong.

3. Keep the knowledge of the corporate world up to date.

4. Select the industry of your choice very attentively.

5. Interns are the gateway to corporate world so be very serious about it.

6. Prior experience in corporate acts as a topping & makes the fight easy.

6. Be confident, & rely on your potential.

7. Never say die attitude.

Lastly, always bear a smile.

Veeren Bajaj.


Vikram singh thakur

I am Vikram singh thakur

bimm(Dual B) Marketing

mm0911256

Batch: 2009-2011

I got placed in feb 2011 but joined after the wait of 6 months and now finally

posted in pune. Before I got placed. I had appeared for the placement

procedure of around 8 companies. Apparently I had a set frame of mind that I

wanted specific company and particular location ( Mumbai & Pune to be

precise). It didn't matter to me that what if I was not placed till everyone gets

placed. I was trying for the banks and got placed in one of the psu bank .

I was shortlisted for the bank so went Directly for the personal interview .

In the panel there was General manager(Hr), Marketing Head (pune),Zonal

manager (pune) and Product manager(Ho). In begining of the interview I was

bit nervous but from outside i tried to be confident and succeeded to some

extent. My placement experience was quite good rather I would say average as

sometimes I was able to go ahead and clear the GDs and not interviews and

sometimes if I cleared GD unfortunately there were second rounds of GD. The

most challenging job in front of me was to crack GD's. The topics were equally

related to politics, general topics, India Vs China, topics related to education in

India, technical topics,2G Scam, telecom industry driven topics but here I

directly went for the interview.

It gives me immense pleasure and an opportunity to share my peers campus

placement experience with my juniors, who could surely gain some knowledge

to learn and unlearn things they did in order to mark their presence in the

corporate world. and to mention it, our alma mater is the best practical

environment to learn from. Even through the social networking forums, debate

in classes , curricular and co-curricular events happening you can gain

maximum knowledge which would be very useful for you once you step into the

corporate world and would realise that value of all small events and activities

that has reformed and shaped your outlook for a newer beginning.

Interview started for Finance executives and then later for marketing

executives. I appeared for marketing and was the second last candidate for the

PI.

There were lot of questions which they have asked ,some were straight forward

technical few were out of the course also personal details but i tried to give

answers to all with full honesty.


Some of them were-:

1 . Describe yourself?

This question was asked by every company, so I was prepared for it. I

Started with my personal detais including family then went on to describing my

graduation qualification then about my hobbies and aspirations.

2. Tell us about any current affair ?

As a part of our curriculum reading times of india on a daily basis helped me to

give answers to the current affairs and other related parameters also about

political situation in the country. . As a marketing student everyone has to know

about different brands their tag lines. I explained them about the 2 G scam in

full details .

3. why marketing ?

As a marketing guy we should be able to handle things tactfully .This is what I

did with the answer of this Q. I told them that although your bank is very

recognised one with government backing , still it need to be aggressive and

more competitive in future with more n more private players r coming into the

market. It is not about just survival , it is successful survival that should be

achieved. For that every Co. should concentrate more in their marketing

department.

5.Why this Bank

For this question it requires a lot of home work about the company, about its

balance sheet , its establishment , its presence , about its products which can

be acquired from the company website.

Two things that matters for you to choose any co.

1. Brand

2. Career Growth

Many Other Qs that can be asked during PI

Strengths and weaknesses.

Major setbacks and achievements.

Learning from them

Hobbies and interests.

Company of summer internship, project undertaken.

Where do you see yourself five years down the line?

How can you contribute to the growth of our organization?

Flexibility with regards to location.

Questions from branding and marketing?

How you can make your product different from others.

What is the gaurantee that u dont leave us after taking experience .


What all Company A products do you use If asked to review one of the products

what would be your strategy Live example of optimizing a client accountYour

likes/dislikes Ambition/career goal Why dis you shift from science to Marketing

and then to finance(bank).

Advice for my Juniors :

Life is a challenge & you have to work a extra mile for that success. It's a

constant learning arena where I learnt every second, adapted new

methodologies and with great determination went on for an extra mile

1. Never try to fake in an interview, if you don't know an answer say it frankly,

it'll be appreciated.

2. Be clear in whatever you say, an advanced preparation on certain HR

questions can be of immense help.

3. Know your areas of strength and always try to push the interview towards

that area.

4. Never get drained out, keep a smile on your face. it makes a difference.

5. Never underestimate the panel; even they do their homework before coming.

6. Read Times of India regularly . Don't get obsessed with economics times.

7.always try to take ur stance in situations and never back off from it.

8.Be honest about ur self.

Trust in your abilities. There is some reason why you got selected in this

institute and why you are there siting for these placements.

Never loose hope. Don't feel de-motivated. There is light towards the end of the

tunnel you just have to be patient to walk through the darkness.

Stay focused. This is one of the factors that will distinguish you from your peers

not just in the current phase but also in your organization.

I understand its easier said than done still this is what I experienced and I hope

it will help in motivating you guys.

It was a wonderful experience and very happy to have one of the biggest

brands. I am very grateful to Bala sir , Biju Sir, Seema mam , my colleagues in

PAT and my friends and family.

I wish all my juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their

endeavours . &

Always remember 3 D's

1.Discipline

2.Dedication

3.Determination

Thank You

Vikram S thakur


Vineet Baheti

I am Vineet Baheti ,


Dual B From BIMM

Specialization – Marketing

Date of Placement :- 26th Nov,2011


First of all, I want to thank BIMM Placement Team (2009-2011 Batch) for their

hard work during the whole Placement season. They worked day and night for

our Placement....Thanks A lot Guys! Without your efforts it would not have been

possible for us... !!!!!!!!!

THE WORD “PLACEMENT” IS THE MOST AWAITED MOMENT OF OUR LIVES.

YOUR YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE , SACRIFICE AND DREAMS COME TO LIFE,

WHEN YOU ENTER THE ARENA OF PLACEMENT SEASON.I AM NO EXCEPTION

EITHER

I still remember the campus days which were very gruelsome and yet very

learning for me. It is said that initially when the campus placements starts

everyone is filled with excitement and enthusiasm, but as the days passes by it

turns into anxiety and when months pass by it becomes a dark cloud. I was

placed with the company in the month of November.





The second thing i realised was the fact that it would be a tough journey going

























therefore i opted not sit for those companies/sectors where i am not interested

into.



which raised the eyebrows of almost everyone.\


Psychometric Test :









self confidence.

Case Study :






to opt for. The moment the case study was handed over, i went through it in a





It was always going to be tough for me in PI. But as mentioned, that day , i was

















done.




proud of !!!






My special thanks to my flatmates Yuvraj, Sumeet, Varun, Priyesh, Suhas &

Hemant..





Vineet Baheti



Specialization: Marketing , PGDM- B


Vineet Choubey

Name: Vineet Choubey

Roll No:MM09-11425

Marketing:Executive Batch

Prior Work experience:4 years(Sterlite Vedanta and Indian Railways)

-My preparation started with selecting sectors of my interest which is the most

imp decision of your caree...r,which prevents you from falling into the wrong

side of the road.

-First priority was Power sector.

-Second priority was Auto sector.

-My work ex was by and large of power sector so I waited for power sector

company but finally Dimple madam confirmed that no good power sector

company is lined up.

-I was very selective in applying for placement,applied for Maruti and Mahindra

& Mahindra.

-I was shortlisted in both the companies.

-M&M selection PPT was at BIMM and selection rounds were at Symbiosis.

-M&M general manager HR asked us what do you know about M&M

group?before starting the PPT.

-I initiated the answer and explained M&M group thoroughly and evolution of

M&M group from 1945 to 2011.

This answer of mine was like a bang on their minds and they quoted my answer

so many times through out the selection process and appreciated me.

-Topic of GD was "Tata Nano a success or a failure"

-Through out the GD I conveyed that tatanano should not be considered only as

a product, rather

It's a concept.Conceptscan not be judged on only numbers.nano concept will

revolutionize business and impact of this will be on every sector.

-In my GD group most of participants were comparing TATA nano with cars like

swift,bmw,Corola,esteem etc.

-I conveyed this thought that quality of cars belonging to different segments

can not be compared,

One can not get quality standard of car costing rs 6 lacs by paying rs 1.5 Lacs.

-Quality is conformance to the specifications and TATA nano is qualifying its

specified standards.

-We two were selected from GD group for interview from BIMM.

-Interview panel consisted of 3 person.

-First question was tell us something about your self?

I answered this putting seeds of my 4 years of work experience .like:


1. - INDIAN RAIL-Central Railways(Nov'08-Jun'09 on leave from CR)

Joined as Section Engineer-Signal

Responsible for Operations, maintenance of a signaling section of railways

Handled administration of concerned section office

2. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited(April'07-Aug'08)

Joined as Junior Engineer – Distribution (Class 2 Officer Grade)

Officer In charge of an Electricity distribution center of Domestic, Commercial

and Industrial consumer

In charge of 33 KV substation

3. Sterlite Optical Technologies Limited(April'05-dec'06)

Joined as Engineer-Maintenance.

Responsible for plant maintenance related activities, TPM initiatives.

Energy conservation projects,

Responsible for monthly /yearly maintenance budget for the plant.

Handled ISO 9001 certification, documentation of maintenance department.

-My second question of Interview was:

-Why did I choose to do MBA:

-I answered that I wanted growth in my career and i have managerial skills but

to win race you must be professionally qualified.

-MBA is a tool which helps you to be able to give your career an organic growth.

-My next question was Why you want to join Mahindra and Mahindra Group:

-I said M&M is a value based company ,value to the customer,value to the share

holder,value to employee,value to society,value to nation.

In M&M you get an environment where you learn ,you make mistakes,you

rectify it and move ahead in career.

-They asked me about my summer project :

I answered:

Firm: IMRB (Indian Marketing Research Bureau) Mumbai

Project undertaken: Study of field work in Marketing research firm.

-They asked me about my projects done in previous companies:

Project on overall study of High voltage direct current (HVDC) convertor station

Chandrapur in MSEB

Load Dispatch Center Ambazhari ,MSEB – 2 weeks training on centralized load

dispatch

1 month training on Programmable Logic controller(PLC) from Govt.

Polytechnic,Pune

2 days training on TPM organized by CII in TISCO,TATA Tinplate, TATA Motors,

Jamshedpur

-They asked me about my achievements in life:

2nd prize in National level speech competition held in Chennai, organized by

united schools of organization.

Received Star performer award in Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd, for year

2005.


1st prize in speech competition organized by Lions club.

Achieved 1st proze in extempore in Ramkrishna Mission Raipur

Achieved 1st prize in duet Song competition in BIMM –concoction 2009.

-They asked me about my family details:

-I answered one by one with their professional details,and education.

-My interview lasted for 20 minutes .

-I was quiet confident about my interview and satisfied also.

-My opinion for any GD or Interview selection process,give your best and never

hope for result in your favour.

-Even if you got rejected do not think that you are lacking in some quality .

Its about match..When your qualities relates with requirement of company then

only synergies are

Created.

-I applied for only two companies effectively.

-I was short listed in both Maruti and M&M .

-I applied very veryselectively .

-Do not get over worried for you selection because you are in BIMM.

The day you join BIMM you are already booked for a company ,placement is

99.99% certain.

-So take advantage of this certainty and opt for the company of your choice

,sector of your choice.

-Do not judge yourself with what your friend is choosing for her/him self.

-Do not apply anywhere just for the sake of friendship,Its your career choose

right things for your selves.

-Most Important thing do not compare companies only on the basis of salary .

-Consider most important things like background of company,work profile

,working environment,culture of the company.

-BIMM gives you a launch pad at different altitude but after that its up to you

how you leverage

That altitude .

-In the race ahead it does not matter that you have done MBA from IIM or

IIMM(BIMM).

-Most important thing have faith in your self,you are something special for

something special profile so keep your patience intact during selection process.

-I have submitted My campus experience in the above words ,and even a small

share of this if helps someone will be a great satisfaction to me ,hope it will

benefit my jouniors.

-Get ready for challenges and opportunities in life,all the very best for your

future


Vipul Kumar Jain

Name-Vipul Kumar Jain

MM09-11063,

PGDM- Finance,

BIMM (09-11) ([email protected])

My first two companies were IT companies & in both of these companies I was

not able to clear the first round of process (aptitude test). Being the topper of

finance, my own expectations from myself, expectations of my classmates as

well as of my family members were very high & the fact that I was not able to

clear even the first round of process twice was discouraging.

Yes, I was disappointed, but then after the second company I just sat quietly in

the night & introspected. I asked myself that who is the actual culprit? Instead

of blaming the situations, I found that after the CAT preparations, I have never

revised the basics of Aptitude, i.e., QM, DI, LR etc. And this realization was

enough to guide me for the preparations of next company. Then in next two

companies, I cleared the first round of process, but now this time I was not able

to clear the second phase of process i.e. GD, again, I found out that not only I

was lacking confidence but also there was a need to work on the

communication part.

What helped me most was my habit of reading newspapers for last 1 year. I just

reminded myself that I may not be at par with others in communication-skills

but yes I am good enough on the part of knowledge & when you are

knowledgeable then you automatically feel confident. Yes, I also started working

continuously on GD skills which helped me in clearing the GDs in next three

companies. And there came a time when I was selected for three interviews at

the same time. But then came the luck factor, all of these three companies were

postponing their interview-process for almost one month. But believe me

friends, instead of wasting the time; I just worked hard on HR questions and

the basics of finance. And all this preparation boost my confidence like anything.

And there came a time, when I was quite confident and started thinking about

choosing among companies.

Till now I was sitting in each & every process, but then I thought that in which

kind of industry/ company should I go? After getting pretty much clear about

my preferences, I just said 'NO' in one of the next interviews. And then in the

next interview, I got selected, but they had not given any written confirmation.

They did not send my result in writing for the next one month, by seeing this I

was allowed to sit in forthcoming companies. Then I sat in two more

companies, in one of them I was not able to get through the last interview & in


the second one I said 'NO' to them by not compromising with my profile

preferences. Then finally came Company ABC, which was offering one of the

best profile & best package to the finance people. Looking at this I decided to

grab this opportunity.

The interview with ABC ran for around 35 minutes. As usual first question was,

tell us about yourself. This question has always been remained my favorite one,

because I have a lot of things to speak on. I told them about my family ( I

belong to a service class family etc etc), educational background ( I am a

district merit holder student, I am finance topper etc etc.), extra co curricular

activities ( Have remained on the post of tour coordinator, fresher's coordinator,

farewell coordinator in my engineering college, than currently holding the post

of treasurer in student council & CR), awards (Have been awarded most brilliant

student medal at state level, 4 times awarded by society for academic

achievements, have been titled with Mr. Gaiety for being highest point scorer in

cultural in engineering college, currently awarded as the most creative student

of Balaji society) & finally about my hobbies ( Travelling & writing poetries).

By hearing such an elaborated reply for their first question, you all can easily

understand what will be their further questions. Yes, these were about “Mr.

Gaiety” (then I explained my whole journey of engineering, especially cultural),

“Most creative student of society” (then I explained about Drishti, Branding

etc.), “Poetries” (for which I read one of my best poetries). Till this time, the

interview went according to my wish and I created a good impression on the

interviewer.

Then they shifted on technical (Finance related questions) part. They started

from subprime crisis. Then they went ahead with microfinance crisis, self help

group concept, Indian GDP, Monetary policy, Fiscal policy, reasons we survived

in economic breakdown, etc. Believe me friends; I was able to answer all these

questions because of my sincere & constant efforts of last one year, i.e.,

continuous reading of Economic Times & deep interest in third semester finance

subjects i.e. economics & Banking.

Again they shifted their focus and asked me about my long term goal & asked

something about steps need to taken by bank to improve its marketing &

visibility.

Than they asked me some concepts of Financial Analysis (sem-1 subject),

Accounting, Corporate Finance, Derivatives, etc.

After the interview they just said, we want to see you soon in our board of

directors. And this indication was enough for me to ensure I have Made it!!

Friends, in the whole process of interview there were 3-4 questions for which I

was having no clue, For those questions I simply said that, 'Sir, I have no idea


about this'. I believe that in a stress interview (where 3-4 persons are there &

questions are asked continuously one after another), they ask questions for

which they already know that interviewee won't be able to give the answer, but

they ask these questions just because they want to see how you react & say

'no' to those questions.

I believe, any company don't look for a candidate who is perfect, but for the

one who is ready to be the perfect, the one who is having no barriers in his

mind, who is not a confused personality, one who is down to earth & wants to

learn & grow.

They want a personality, which can represent their organization. Yes looks may

help a person, but, in the end it's the knowledge & confidence which play the

real role.

A 'good' interviewer notices you from the moment you enter into the room. He

checks your knowledge & seeks clarity in thoughts. I used the word 'good' as I

have learnt from my experience that some interviewers are kind of moody,

some may have preconceived notions in mind or some filled with prejudices.

Friends, believe me getting a job is like an engagement, which matters for both

the parties.

If you are sure that you have given your best, even then you are not able to

make it, then just remind yourself that everything happens for something better.

At last, I would like to say:

- Friends, people say it's all about luck, but I will say luck favors those who have

given their best.

- Never ever lose your heart after any unsuccessful attempt, just look why the

efforts are getting short, do the self analysis, find your faults & work on those.

- Friends, before each interview, I always called my mother & took her

blessings. I know you all do the same thing. No explanation is needed for the

same.

- Be in the company of friends who believe in you & encourages you.

- Last but not the least believe in God, everything happens for a reason.

Vipul Kumar Jain,


Vivek Goel

I m VivekGoel

MM 09- 11064

Marketing

Batch – 2009-2011

It is a great pleasure for me to share my placement experience with all my

juniors which i hope will help them in their campus placement. it actually makes

me nostalgic while writing this as it takes me back to my golden moments of

life. yes, campus is one of the main agenda for which we try hard to take

admission in a good reputed college and same was the case for me and i feel

myself very lucky to get admission in such a college where i had learnt manier

things from our beloved BALA sir, faculties, and ma friends.

Now starting with my experience......

Discipline, Dedication and determination are the three pillars of this institute ,

which were lacking in me before i came to this college and it was not easy to

settle in such hectic routine of this institute.

I entered this institute with lot of hopes in my mind and was ready to work hard

to achieve my goal.

In the initial days, it was like in a complete different world. We were running

day and night and were building base of our career.

I still remember my days in Mr. Dilip bam sir presentation and award of d best

orator by madhavan sir's one workshop where i won the award of best animal

for being acting like Monkey which actually turned ma life. it will make you think

how the best animal award can change nyone's life .i'll tell u abt tis later on.

Now moving ahead...

all those were steps towards my main goal in this college...To get placed in

some good company.

When placement season started i was not sure which sector i wanted to go and

i was confused but being Electronics and tele communication engineer i was

more inclined towards Telecom sector, but scenario was uncertain. No one

including placement team was sure whether telecom companies will visit the

campus or not.

So i started taking chances in random companies. i was confident and sure

about my capabilities but sometime even though u give your 100% it may not

be enough. Still don't give up. Your time will come.

I took chances in Consumer durables, Real Estate , Ad agencies and more .

Sometime cracked the GD sometime i did not. I still remember LG was the first


company where all 989 students sat for tat company and like all i had also craze

for getting selected in this company .life will be different if every one gets what

they want. The result was that i had not cleared the gd round.

But it is said that “Failure is the good teacher “and when you get out of

something u get experience.

And that's what i got, and i will cherish that experience throughout my life.

I started working on my general knowledge and improved my GD skill ,me and

maroom mates always had a discussion and GD's on some or the other topics....

“Nothing is impossible” when u r in full momentum. after that i sat down in

more than 10 companies(lucky i had 95% attendance) and still not selected for

PI round. Then finally the day came where i cleared ma GD round in two

companies same day(abc& xyz) which brings a lot of confidence in me. always

remember “when the going gets tough,tough gets going”....

And finally My Day has come.

It was a normal morning but i went for a process with extra zeal. Because it

was different , 1st time i was appearing for the telecom sector company . andi

was damn excited and full of energy and enthusiasm .only 16 students from

SBS were selected for !DEA CELLULAR LTD. I was fortunate enough to be one

of them. There were many other colleges(indra,pumba).

The selection process started with the presentation given by the HR and

marketing head of the company. They started with the first line that “this is only

for the MH circle ,so only those who are interested in working here may stay

here and rest can leave”. I was in a big thought what to do as some of my

friends had quit. Then finally i decided to stay.HR continues ... They mention

various points which students are curious to know, being the salary structure

the profile company is willing to recruit for. After the presentation we were told

that there would be 2 rounds which would be a GD followed by an

interview(only if GD round is cleared). We were divided in a group of 11

students each where we had a mix of students from all the institutes. I was in

the 6th group .for the first i was not nervous in my GD round.GD timing was for

30 min. My GD topic was “passion VS hard work”.. 5 min were given to us to

think and 20 min were for the discussion and rest 5 min for conclusion. I was

second to present my view on this topic. I put down various points from

different angle and counter part “calmly & politely” in GD which is very

important..out of 3 i was one of them to conclude. After the GD was over i was

very confident about my selection for the PI round. Results were out after 1

hour and the results was the same as aspected. I was selected for the PI round.

I was called at 11th no.. as soon as i entered in the room i saw four faces were

looking at me...3 males(two were having the decent look,one was having the

devil's eyes continuously staring at me and was noting each and every moment

of mine ) , one female( with angel's eyes)...


My PI round started with HR questions. Some the them are:

1) Tell me something about your self?( be prepared for it and try to focus on

the point on what you want to make them focus on, i try to convert them on my

summer intership)

2) Why you had less marks in your 12th board?( for which i never had the

answer and still don't have but somehow i gave them the answer)

3) Tell me something about your family background?

4) Why you have not joined your family business? ( i was continuously praying

to ask me question about my summer internship)

5) What you have done in your summer internship? (yes,my turn came...i

thought tis is the time to show ...ball was in my court nw this was the to basket

. i explore as much as i can though after some time they were nt interested in

listening but i looked at the devil's eyes and continued...)

Ok thank you vivek, all the best for your future....lets wait for the result(golden

words from HR ,still Devil's eyes were continously staring at me without a single

word)...

After sometime when the results was supposed to be announced suddenly one

of my friends came and told me that 3 people were called once more for the

interview and i am one of them...i was very confused what to do ,what not

to...where to go...

After two my turn came ...i entered in the room suddenly a voice hit my ears “

aayiyeviveksahabaayiyebatiye”(golden words from HR)..

As soon as i sat down questions were fired at me like bullets...one question was

HR: is there any nick name by which you friends sometime use to call u.

Me: YES,”MONKEY” sometimes they use to call me by this.

HR: WHY?

Me: i had acted once like a in one of the workshop and won prize for that.

HR: can you act once more for us?

ME: YES,sure( i started ,jump on to the couche' throw the ladies purse, i again

jumped on their table ...snatched the bottle of water from sales head and

throwed on the ground)

HR: vivek ,calm down...have some water... ( they were seeing the energy level

in me)

They then started by asking some other question such as whether have interest

in share market nd many things.

After 15 min the results were out .on of my best friends(achin) came running

and hugged me (i was selected)..5 were selected ,3 from indrand 2 from

balajindndndi was fortunate ...blessed enough to be one of them ...

“PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES”: BY BALA SIR....freinds always remember

this.this actually helps a lot...it brings lot of confidence nd courage to face

anything. here comes the end of my placement journey...

Some of the points which ilike share :

Never ever get frustrated and don't let your morale down. From the whole


placement process what I can conclude that beside the basic hygiene of current

affairs, general knowledge, your specialization subject knowledge, summer

project knowledge, mock GD'S, interview there are couple of important things

which helps a lot during the entire process are introspection, patience, belief in

oneself and be aligned with the institution (SBS) and Bala sir's system and

values.

I wish u all the very best for your career..

Thank you!!!

Name:-Yuvraj Bhardwaj

College:-BIMM

Roll no:-MM09-11259

The following is my Campus Experience

CAMPUS EXPERIENCE

It was 18th of September, 2010 when our Bala Sir announced in the auditorium

that the journey towards our destiny would begin from tomorrow onwards, the

journey full of anticipation and anxiety, the journey of Campus Placements

2010.....

Then the day arrived, 19th Sep was here, the first Company was in the Campus,

a different mood was there of seriousness, of responsibility, for the first time in

the audi people were not asked to arrange themselves or asked to “settle

down”, it just happened and you could understand it, for sure something was

very different. The process started and i did not clear the G.D, for me it was the

first time I had not cleared a selection process in the maiden attempt and it was

very disappointing to say the least.

But then there was something else in store for me, something on the 22-10-

2010, Company A, it was the second Company in the campus and “It

Happened”, I got through-I was Placed!!!!

As usual in the beginning of that day all of us were full of apprehension,

tension, anxiety....the day began, and who knew that by the time it would end

things would change a great deal, a pleasant change.....

THE PROCESS

The Company A had already sent a criterion for short listing, apart from the

College's criteria of 60% marks throughout and 90% attendance, they had

asked for 70% marks throughout the PGDM course. As a result of which some

92 students were short listed.

At around 1100 hrs the Co. arrived, and we all were asked to submit our C.V's

and rush to the Seminar Room of TM building for the PPT (Pre Placement Talk).

Yuvraj Bhardwaj


The environment in that room was one of its kind, people were happy on

getting short listed yet tensed regarding the process, phrases like “Best of Luck

Yaar”, “Are tera tho is me ho hi jayeha”, floated around.....all were trying to

show that they were very normal by talking, laughing, but inside everyone knew

the tension levels were soaring sky high......

The officials arrived, our Director mam introduced them, and then the PPT

started, they showed us everything in complete detail, from the profile offered,

their latest Projects, the working hours, culture, ethics, and most importantly

the compensation part-the entire break up including the take away, or the in

hand salary.....

Then as usual we were divided into our respective G.D groups, mine was in the

second group the second person, everyone was tensed to say the least waiting

outside the G.D room sitting in a row waiting for our turn, co-ordinators helping

us out to ease our tension, “aaram se rahena”, “be yourself” were some of the

suggestions given to us by them.

Then our group's turn came, we went inside wished the panel, it consisted of

two of the three Co. representatives, one was the Sales Head, and one Mam of

HR. Then we were given instructions from them as to not make it a fish market,

take it easily and we were given the Topic of “Is Examination Killing

Education in India?” to discuss for 20 mins. Then we started, everyone

wanted to say something in the beginning only but after the initial nervousness

we were kind of settled, many points came like:

In Indian Education system the Application side is not given much preference.

Examinations should be a continuous process and not just a matter of 3 hours

Some said, they should be done away with.

Some said they are essential as what we can't measure we can't improve.

Some said they are essential for continuous improvement-Kaizen.

Finally the group individually concluded, and the consensus was reached that

examinations are essential for continuous improvement and they should imbibe

the Practical aspect too, so we winded up well within the specified limit and was

an ideal G.D where everybody got to express their point of view without making

it a fish market.

On the same day there were two other Companies in our Campus, after my G.D

i had gone to attend the Process of the other companies, as soon its G.D was

over i got the first part of the good news that i was shortlisted along with 13

others for the P.I (Personal Interview) round of Company A, i had cleared my

G.D!!

I rushed to the place where our P.I was supposed to be held, they had gone for

lunch and by the time we were asked to fill a Personal Profile Form. It was

much like our C.V with the additions like Strengths, weakness, and the

important question “Why Company A?” I think i answered that one decently

mentioning that i was well aware of the kind of work ethics, culture, CSR of the

group being from the city of Jamshedpur and coming from a family where my


Grandfather, Father, Mother were all part of the group only and i too in my

Engineering was selected for a similar group company and had done my CPS

also in the same group in short it was that company all the way.

I was the second one for the interview too. The first interview lasted for 25

mins or so believe me those were the longest 25 mins i had experienced. And

then finally that time came when my friend Pinky told me it was my turn next. I

entered, and who knew the next 45 mins would change the way Yuvraj

Bhardwaj would be known by his friends.

I went inside greeted the panel and was asked to take a seat. Then their

questions started the first one being the most anticipated one-“Yuvraj tell us

something about yourself”, then a sequence of them were fired at me like:

Why MBA after Engineering?

Why Marketing?

Difference between Marketing and Selling? (Bala Sir's favourite)

Do you think you can do Sales?

Your USP?

Your Strengths and Weakness and examples to substantiate them?

How do you think your strength will help you do sales?

Why Real Estate sector?

Why Company A?

Yuvraj tell me something you have excellent grades in Engg. Then why not

higher Studies in the same field?

Implement any one marketing concept in our Company.

Are you ok if you are posted anywhere?

Why did you not opt for the group Company during the time of your B.Tech?

What is the most important thing for selling?

Anything you would like to ask us?

These were some of the questions i was grilled with for 45 minutes or so and

then it ended, and then the long wait started for the results, i was out around

14:45 hrs and the result came @ 19:30 hrs.

We were made to sit in one of the Labs of the TM building as our process was

going on there only, then when the last person had gone each passing second

looked like a towering mountain, and more over the last interview lasted for

some 30 mins.

Then they said they would take some time to consolidate the “FINAL RESULTS”,

and then we were called in the room where our P.I was taken, 14 of us along

with Jacob mam, and this is what they had to say:

“We would begin by saying that you all were brilliant but we could not take all

of you as our requirement is limited, for the first time we are putting candidates

on waiting list as we liked them a lot, but would come at a later stage

depending on the countrywide requirement but since we do not want them to

wait for us we would not disclose their names. We wanted only 1 or 2 but we


have selected 3, and the first one to be selected is.....”-said our Sales Head, boy

were the heart beats thumping then- “thud thud!!”, we were now understanding

the real meaning of the phrase “having heart in our mouth”,

“And the first name is YUVRAJ BHARDWAJ!!!!!”- my name never sounded so

beautiful, soothing, exciting and mast to me i was selected- i am still getting

goose bumps as i write this- people were clapping saying congratulations, i

stood “stand still” saying thank you, nodding my head and smiling, the heart

beat still very fast, face red, feeling warm but believe me most importantly

feeling light, feeling relieved, then they announced the other two names- “Neha

Maheshwari (MM), and Priyanka Saxena (HRD), they had selected 2 girls never

before had they selected girls, they went on to say that they found them better.

Then came this line “So i guess this makes Yuvraj the Golden Boy”, wow what a

phrase yaar, maaza aa gaya. They then congratulated everyone said we would

receive our Offer Letters shortly and left.

Then it was only us shouting, celebrating, congratulating, hugging, crying,

Placement bums everything, my flatmates came, friends, Classmates

everyone.....

All saying the same thing, and i was responding with the same expression and

the same reply.

I called up my Family to tell them that their son had carried the Legacy of

serving the same group, and i could sense the happiness in their voice.

That's pretty much as to how my Campus Experience was and the journey of it.

4 pages of word document cannot summarise the efforts behind it, efforts of

the past 19 years of Academic life, you would have to experience it yourself,

and believe me you would enjoy every bit of it.

Here's wishing you ALL THE BEST for your future and Placements, may you get

all the success, happiness and laurels you deserve.

Take care,

Be happy,

Always remember “Problems are Opportunities”

Enjoy life.

Regards,

Yuvraj Bhardwaj,

MM09-11259

Marketing and IT

[email protected]

+91 9975752434

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