Reserve Bank of India needs no introduction and needless to say, it is the most sought-after place to work for any finance aspirant. Out of 750 applications, 30 students were shortlisted for interview process at Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad.
After the failure of CAT/XAT 2015, I had decided to give these exams one more shot, amidst all the hype & hoopla of MBA exams, one which uniquely stands out is MICAT, the format itself is quite different and tries to bring the best out of a candidate while checking almost each and every aspect which makes him/her suitable for the management course. The exam is of 190 minutes, yet by the end of it, you feel surprisingly refreshed instead of frustrated or overwhelmed, that's the beauty of MICAT.
2015 is the year that had really changed the way I perceive the world and this is the year that will change the world’s perception for me in the forthcoming years.
IIM L WAT PI Experience Mumbai center 14 Feb There I was, in panel 6. WAT topic: The government has no business in running businesses.
Two panellists. They don't introduce themselves but it looks like one was a senior professor in agribusiness while the other one is either alumni or a junior professor who was there just to negate all my answers P2(junior one): is Shoaib Mohammad a cricketer? Me: yes Shoaib Akhtar and Malik are P2: so you are not good in cricket P1: why don't you play cricket regularly (because I said in last one year I was unable to play cricket) P1: so how from mathematics to management especially in agribusiness P1: suppose I give u an offer to work with our team from tomorrow how u will aid that team with your background. (I mentioned importance of science and technology in growth of agriculture and give examples of some reports and practices in country like Israel especially their cross pollination by using bee) P1: but cross pollination is neither physics nor chemistry or maths (I said I taught bio to 9 & 10th class students so I know it) P1: what kind of career prospects do you see in this field (Here I came in trap I mention price of potato and chips) P1: what do you think - how this 10 rs potato becomes 180 rs chips? you are a "mathematician" just take a pen and paper and calculate (I did not take paper and pen since I don't know how to calculate) P1: do you know how chips are made P1: just suppose 90 % of potato has only water so how much it cost after you dry it and then add ingredients and boil it. (Although a potato has only 60-70% water so cost don't increase as much as it can be with 90% water but that time I don't know it so I accept that this rate difference is justified and I am a gullible who believed in media reports) Then P1 told P2 to ask me about maths P2: what do you know in maths (since in BSc most of the maths is theoretical than calculating so I there was not too much they can ask so I told them about some matrix decomposition methods like LU and LLt method) P2 you are focusing more on a single topic give me something else so that I can ask you Me: sir I was a correspondence course student so unable to attend classes and did not get too much knowledge of maths by self-study. In coaching also 90% students were from Hindi medium so teachers teach in Hindi and just dictate statements in English) P2: what did you do that you were unable to attend classes P2: oh correspondence course so he is from MP and college is in Rajasthan ( I said no it is in Ratlam district of MP) I said u can ask me anything in physics and chemistry ) P2: what topics do you know Me: relativity, nuclear physics quantum mechanics P2: OK, tell me about quantum mechanics P2: no no you are mixing thing (Although I know I am right so stick to what I said and try to convince him that it is true) P2: no you are mixing what is a photon it is a particle Me: no sir it is an energy packet which has dual nature particle as well as wave P2 no you are mixing things Me: because sir things had mixed in quantum theory you can check it on net or any book P2: OK what type of news you follow (I said history politics sports...) P2: OK what u know in history Me: Mohenjo Daro era , Chandra Gupta Era
I am not in Danger. I am the danger. That’s the kind of attitude everyone wants to build up before the big day. An advice to be confident put in a #serialoholic way. Here let me share my experience of my 5 IIM interviews briefly and how they were all not so cliched and I proved that I am the one who knocks at all the doors! I am writing this article to prove that it is only how well you present yourself at that moment with the weight of past and the dream of future that decides your fate. By “Present yourself” I mean the words you chose and the strength you muster to speak it up – Your Courage. So here it goes:
Millions of students give an average of 10–15 interviews before landing a job in their placements session while pursuing their undergraduate or post graduate degree. But there always are a few students who manage to bag high-end jobs that break university records. They say it’s a secret, they say it cannot be revealed, but it isn’t so. The fact of the matter is that employers visiting to recruit look for the most basic of etiquette's and mannerisms.
I remember, not so long ago, when I was in that very position. When our MBA training institutes, hell bent at making us learn our ‘HR answers’, had convinced us that there’d be veritable dragons sitting on the panel who will look at everything – from the crease on your collar to your missing dupatta! And then there were all the legends, who someone had heard from a friend’s friend, of panels with over 10 dignitaries from various fields asking you questions with no correct answer possible just to test your mettle! Obscure riddles and situations – from an interviewer breaking a glass and asking you to count the pieces to someone asking you how many stars are there in the sky! Everything had made its rounds.
Reserve Bank of India needs no introduction and needless to say, it is the most sought-after place to work for any finance aspirant. Out of 750 applications, 30 students were shortlisted for interview process at Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad.
After the failure of CAT/XAT 2015, I had decided to give these exams one more shot, amidst all the hype & hoopla of MBA exams, one which uniquely stands out is MICAT, the format itself is quite different and tries to bring the best out of a candidate while checking almost each and every aspect which makes him/her suitable for the management course. The exam is of 190 minutes, yet by the end of it, you feel surprisingly refreshed instead of frustrated or overwhelmed, that's the beauty of MICAT.
2015 is the year that had really changed the way I perceive the world and this is the year that will change the world’s perception for me in the forthcoming years.
IIM L WAT PI Experience Mumbai center 14 Feb There I was, in panel 6. WAT topic: The government has no business in running businesses.
Two panellists. They don't introduce themselves but it looks like one was a senior professor in agribusiness while the other one is either alumni or a junior professor who was there just to negate all my answers P2(junior one): is Shoaib Mohammad a cricketer? Me: yes Shoaib Akhtar and Malik are P2: so you are not good in cricket P1: why don't you play cricket regularly (because I said in last one year I was unable to play cricket) P1: so how from mathematics to management especially in agribusiness P1: suppose I give u an offer to work with our team from tomorrow how u will aid that team with your background. (I mentioned importance of science and technology in growth of agriculture and give examples of some reports and practices in country like Israel especially their cross pollination by using bee) P1: but cross pollination is neither physics nor chemistry or maths (I said I taught bio to 9 & 10th class students so I know it) P1: what kind of career prospects do you see in this field (Here I came in trap I mention price of potato and chips) P1: what do you think - how this 10 rs potato becomes 180 rs chips? you are a "mathematician" just take a pen and paper and calculate (I did not take paper and pen since I don't know how to calculate) P1: do you know how chips are made P1: just suppose 90 % of potato has only water so how much it cost after you dry it and then add ingredients and boil it. (Although a potato has only 60-70% water so cost don't increase as much as it can be with 90% water but that time I don't know it so I accept that this rate difference is justified and I am a gullible who believed in media reports) Then P1 told P2 to ask me about maths P2: what do you know in maths (since in BSc most of the maths is theoretical than calculating so I there was not too much they can ask so I told them about some matrix decomposition methods like LU and LLt method) P2 you are focusing more on a single topic give me something else so that I can ask you Me: sir I was a correspondence course student so unable to attend classes and did not get too much knowledge of maths by self-study. In coaching also 90% students were from Hindi medium so teachers teach in Hindi and just dictate statements in English) P2: what did you do that you were unable to attend classes P2: oh correspondence course so he is from MP and college is in Rajasthan ( I said no it is in Ratlam district of MP) I said u can ask me anything in physics and chemistry ) P2: what topics do you know Me: relativity, nuclear physics quantum mechanics P2: OK, tell me about quantum mechanics P2: no no you are mixing thing (Although I know I am right so stick to what I said and try to convince him that it is true) P2: no you are mixing what is a photon it is a particle Me: no sir it is an energy packet which has dual nature particle as well as wave P2 no you are mixing things Me: because sir things had mixed in quantum theory you can check it on net or any book P2: OK what type of news you follow (I said history politics sports...) P2: OK what u know in history Me: Mohenjo Daro era , Chandra Gupta Era
I am not in Danger. I am the danger. That’s the kind of attitude everyone wants to build up before the big day. An advice to be confident put in a #serialoholic way. Here let me share my experience of my 5 IIM interviews briefly and how they were all not so cliched and I proved that I am the one who knocks at all the doors! I am writing this article to prove that it is only how well you present yourself at that moment with the weight of past and the dream of future that decides your fate. By “Present yourself” I mean the words you chose and the strength you muster to speak it up – Your Courage. So here it goes:
Millions of students give an average of 10–15 interviews before landing a job in their placements session while pursuing their undergraduate or post graduate degree. But there always are a few students who manage to bag high-end jobs that break university records. They say it’s a secret, they say it cannot be revealed, but it isn’t so. The fact of the matter is that employers visiting to recruit look for the most basic of etiquette's and mannerisms.
I remember, not so long ago, when I was in that very position. When our MBA training institutes, hell bent at making us learn our ‘HR answers’, had convinced us that there’d be veritable dragons sitting on the panel who will look at everything – from the crease on your collar to your missing dupatta! And then there were all the legends, who someone had heard from a friend’s friend, of panels with over 10 dignitaries from various fields asking you questions with no correct answer possible just to test your mettle! Obscure riddles and situations – from an interviewer breaking a glass and asking you to count the pieces to someone asking you how many stars are there in the sky! Everything had made its rounds.
