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Aakanksha. Kashyap

I am Aakanksha. Kashyap Registraion number : HRD 09 6101.Class - PGDM.Division - "B".BIMHRD 2009-2011.

I am finally placed with XYZ company as Territory Sales Executive.On 15th December 2010 as usual I along with my other friends came to the campus as there were 2 companies in the campus for recruitement that day. I had appeared for the GD round for some companies prior to this & even got selected in the GD round for 2 companies but was not able to make it in the interviews, so I was a bit nervous .

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

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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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. It was also a learning period we got to know about too many companies and their business. It was also a time to enjoy others victory and to participate in their rejections. We all were used to get ready in the morning in our dress and to go auditorium with full of confidence and with a dream that today I will get the job. Then gradually time passes and some people got selected and some were left to join the job. And 3rd semester exams also started. It was very difficult time to manage both the study and the placement. After that continuously too many companies visited the campus. Glad to write my placement experience, can't forget that day when again with all the hopes went in the auditorium, all emotions come into play this time.

Firstly, they started with a seminar, a small introduction about the company. All the details & job description was explained & each & every querry of all the candidates was solved.

Then as the first round of the placement process, they conducted an aptitude test & GD. There were 50 questions in the aptitude test to be attempted in 30 minutes so time management was very much crucial for every section.

Test was an easy one with all reasoning, logical &english questions. I finished very well in time & was quite confident of the answers. Since there was no negative marking, so I attempted all questions.


I had given my best this time so i was very much relaxed after written exam. After half an hour results were announced. And i was one of the lucky ones who were selected for the next round.

For clearing written exam, i will suggest it is better to leave the time consuming questions even if you can solve them& to attempt the english section first as it consumes very little time.

GD: In every group there were 10 students. There were four members on the panel & they all were listening to the GD. There were total 70 students appearing for the company. The topic given to my group was " Which sales person is better - One with product knowledge or One with selling techniques ?" When such a topic is given to Marketing students , they all want to speak & that happened initially in our group too. But in no time every one realized that this won't work & we had a healthy GD with every one keeping their point .

After the GD was completed we were asked to wait so that they can compile the result & come up with the shortlisting. We waited till 9 pm in the evening & then they called all of us in a room & declared the shortlisting.

They shortlisted 15 students on the basis of both Aptitude test & GD, and fortunately I was among those selected ones . Then we had Personal Interviews. When I entered the room they made me feel very comfortable & started with

the questions : 1. Tell us about Yourself? 2. What is your area of Interest? 3. Do you like sales ? 4. Can you travel in Mumbai local? (This question was asked by every person on the panel as they were offering me Mumbai location for Sales). 5. Where do You see yourself 5 years down the line ? 6. Weakness & Strengths? 7. Why you want to join this company? 8. Your learnings from the summer internship ?

They also asked me why should they hire me 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 then just cleared myself on the job role .


Then they also explained me my work, my tenure as a trainee, my work profile and their expectations from me.

After this they left the campus & said that the name of shortlisted candidates would be sent to the college PAT. I was waiting for the result anxiously. Then 1 week later the shortlisted candidates & I too was shortlisted . Then we had a online Psychometric test. After that the shortlisted candidates were called to Mumbai at the Head Office & we again had a round of GD, PI & Situational analysis .

At the end of the day there were 2 people selected from the group & I was one of them. I had a wonderful experience and was quite lucky to get my hand on one of the MNCs. I am very grateful to Bala Sir, my colleagues in PAT and my friends and family. All the very best to eveyone !!!!!!

Thank you,Aakanksha. BIMHRD 2009-2011HRD 09 6101.

Aanchal Goel

Name- Aanchal GoelRegistration number- 09-6102Dual- B- BIMHRDAcademic year- 2009-2011My specialization is in Marketing I got finally placed in TTT the MNC on 20th December 2010

My journey stared in BIMHRD with enlightening sessions of Mahabharata, unforgettable sessions of Bam sirs' presentation and a deep rooted dream of getting placed. Before sitting in the process of TTT, I sat in few more companies A,B,C . The notification of this company was one of the earliest in our college for the Marketing batch. I was super excited and super nervous at the same time. My confidence was pretty low when I gave my first GD for company A. But gradually my confidence level elevated by clearing more rounds for company B,C. Before this company I got selected in the interview for two


companies but failed in the final selection. Then a company named TTT came in our campus. As usual we got ready and were called in the Auditorium for the Company / profile presentation. However that day there were two companies in the campus , one was TTT and the other was BBB in the banking sector offering a profile of hard core sales of accounts, policies etc. but I was little confused in making my selection. But finally I decided to sit in the process of TTT.

The process of company TTT consisted of 2 rounds 1. GD 2. PI1. GD There were 8 people in my GD group and there were 2 panelists to conduct the GD. The topic of GD was THE GREATEST INVENTION OF MANKIND.

I thought of initiating the GD but truly speaking I didn't. I wanted to see the flow of the group and I spoke at third number. Major inventions being discussed were 1. Computer stating as it is one of the way which has minimized the time of communication, calculations, etc. 2. Some talked about modes of transportation like automobiles and aircrafts etc. 3. But I spoke of Elecricity by Thomas Edison – I related my point to the working in the organization. Wheather ii is computer. Internet or any tesings for engines for automobiles the main element present in all this is electricity, the electric current by Michael Faraday. I related this as backend operations to run front end operations in the organization like tech support , financial support , marketing support which are backend operations and are very much necessary for frontend operations which is SALES.

Then everybody started speaking in support or against the point. Then I entered again and give two more points in support of the topic.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 supporting my words at last.

My GD got over. I was somewhat sure of my selection. Finally result came out and I was selected. They took 2 students out of my group. Now second round….


2. PIThe moment I entered the PI room , I was little nervous as it was my third PI prior to this I alredy faced two interviews of A & B company. There were two interviewrs , one was an HR and other was Head of Operations. Questions – Tell me about yourselfStrengths and weaknessThey talked about my game Basketball in which I was district level player. They talked about my interst in social welfare acitvites as I mentioned in CV. They discussed about my backend and frontend operations viewpoint as discussed by me in GD.They asked me if I am comfortable with night shifts so I replied that because of globlisation we need to work as per the time zone of other countries too. So I am flexible. They gave me a chance to question them- So I asked little more on my job role. I asked about the attrition rate of the company I asked about the hierarchy of the company. Scope of growth in the company. The interview went very well. Throughout the interview I was confident. I was well prepared for it. It went on just like I had anticipated. It lasted for 20 minutes. After the interview round we were waiting for results..After waiting for 1hour I got the confirmation that I have been finally selected. During the complete campus experience from the first company in the campus to the company in which I got selected I realized that one has to excel in few dimensions which include 1. Communication skill2. General Knowledge3. Awareness of your interests and strengths4. Confidence and conviction power5. Patience

My Suggestion:: 1. Keep yourself Abreast of the current happenings in the world. Majority of GD topics are from current affairs only. 2. Don't panic even if you don't know anything about the GD topic. Be a good listener and take clues from what others say. 3. While in a GD, never get involved in one to one argument. 4. Prepare yourself well for the Interview. Be as specific as possible. Cracking or goofing up an interview is in our hands.


5. Be confident & Smile. Everyone likes to see a pleasantpersonality.

6. Even if you are rejected never get disappointed as it is not the end of the world.

7. Prepare your CV well. Give only that information from where you want the questions should be asked & fill every column as far as possible.

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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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. It was also a learning period we got to know about too many companies and their business. It was also a time to enjoy others victory and to participate in their rejections.

Really it was a wonderful experience to be a part of BIMHRD where I got exposure to showcase my strengths, got support to work out on my

weaknesses, got lifetime friends to cherish forever and got to understand the importance of Discipline, Determination and Dedication in all aspects of my life, which is helping me a lot in enhancing my personality and to perform better in my professional life.

I wish all my juniors a great career ahead.

RegardsAanchalgoelBIMHRD- 09-61022009-2011


Mr. Abhijeet Singh

Hi

I am Mr. Abhijeet Singh

Roll number: HRD-09-603

BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch.

Specialization: Marketing, PGDM- B

I am placed in company which is in Healthcare segment

While embarking on the path of management education one dreams of having a

prospering career; in my two years at BIMHRD 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 BIMHRD has provided me a new perspective in life to deal

with any situation and be thoughtful of how to come out of challenging

situations.

Today it gives me immense pleasure to write my experience about my Campus

Placement Experience

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 sat for 8 companies before being

selected for this company, so I was under tremendous pressure but I was

confident that I was doing well & somehow was not crossing the final line.

Finally the day came for me & it was 2nd April when India crunched its second

world cup & I also got the news of my selection in the company.

According to me, the process for this company was not that grilling. I could sail

through the whole thing calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. I enjoyed

the process and took everything as it came.

Glad to write my placement experience, can't forget that day when again with

all the hopes went in the auditorium, all emotions come into play this time.

I was a little optimistic about my selection as the company priority was person

from healthcare background.

The panel consisted of 3 people.

There were 3 rounds:

1) GD

2) PI


3) Video Conference Round with the Business Head In Head Office

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 second last group and My GD topic was an abstract one" Prevention

is better than cure”".

We were 11 people in the group and as the coordinator shot the topic most of

the students in the group started speaking and there was a chaos for few

minutes, then I heard some points and decided to pitch in the 3 or 4th minute

and took the lead by saying that "To make sure that all are heard please speak

one by one” try to suggest such power statements in such situations, we should

grab the opportunity and take lead. As it was an abstract topic the coordinator

expected the participant to be as creative as he/she could be, so I tried the

same and came up with some creative points. After about 7 -8 minutes the

coordinator asked to stop.

Then the results for the first round were declared and 5 of us had cleared the

round, as soon as I heard the result my mind popped up with questions like

"What will they ask me in interview"?

"What is that they looking for "?

Then started the PI.

As the company had come for the “Area Business Manager Profile” & Job

description said that person has to generate leads & convert them into sales, so

communication were the key points which they were looking

Interview started and it was very cool as the questions asked were very general

like:

1) Tell us about yourself?

2) Why do u want to join the company?

One of the questions which I found a little tricky was

3) Why have you applied for this profile ?

I had to give an answer which should convince the panel that despite being a

non tech person i have the capability to learn and grasp fast and would try to

put 100% so that I learn the work and perform, I answered in the same way

and the panel appreciated it.

4) My Hobbies and Weaknesses?

5) Feedback about the process?

The panel members were asking simple questions but were watching the body

language and the confidence, the command over English etc, very minor points.

At 12:30am they come out with the list of 6 names for the final video

conference round & I was one of them

Video Conference Round at Company Head Office


In this round I interacted with the person who has 30 years of experience in

various sectors retail ,pharma he asked very basic but logical questions which

are to check the presence of mind of the person that how intelligently a person

can talk to retailers in all aspects in which analytical is the most important part,

he asked about my family background, he asked about my summer internship

Piece of advice:

My suggestion

One should have sound knowledge about the company and market dynamics.

He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specializeds into;

your internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical

knowledge;

A person should have an attitude of learning;

The final suggestion is that “Things do not happen we have to make the things

happen”.

So don't get worried about you being rejected/ not selected, just try to learn

from each interview and mold yourself according to the interviewer questions.

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

Abhijeet Singh

BIMHRD(2009-2011)

HRD096103


Abhishek Kumar Pandey

Hi EveryoneI am Abhishek Kumar PandeyRegistration no. HRD-09-6001 Division –A, BIMHRDI am a pass out of academic Batch 09-11, my specialization is Marketing and I got placed in a leading Market research and Business Intelligence company. It was my 5th company in placement process.I appreciate this wonderful opportunity of sharing my placement experience. All the companies I appeared for placement followed the same process that is Aptitude test followed by GD Round and Interviews. My first company experience was full of leanings. I could not clear the GD round in that company. But it was a good experience as I got a glance of selection process and it aids me to decide what I should do for the next company process. I learned that I have to polish my GD skills to crack this step of selection and I started working hard on this. I took feedback from teachers and my seniors and the tips given by them proved very helpful in following processes.For GD one thing has to keep in mind that one has to have new ideas to put forward in any kind or subject of discussion. So I stared to read more and more news papers and opinions on varied kind of subjects. All these things helped me a lot in increasing my knowledge base and improved my performance in GD. For personal interview I learned just simple things like remain calm and focused during the process and just present the true face to the interviewer. The selection process of the company in which I was placed was same as other companies. As it was a market research company, it selected the candidates for its different verticals. A PPT was shown in the beginning to describe the profile of the company, profile that would be given to the students and package. They told us about the different verticals of the company and the scope and growth in the company. As we knew the company and we researched about the company we found it good enough to start our career. After the PPT around 100 students applied for the company and appeared in the different processes which were as follows: Aptitude Test/ Written Test Group Discussion Final Interview ProcessAptitude Test/ Written TestThe process of selection was really methodical and streamlined to select the type of candidates that will best fit with the company. The process started with the Aptitude test. It was divided into two parts, first one having multiple choice questions answers based on Quant, Data interpretation, Reasoning, English and Computer knowledge mainly of MS-Office.


The questions were not very tough and could be cracked with simple logic and presence of mind.The second part of Aptitude test was based on the English writing skills. We were given 4 topics and were asked to choose one of them pen down our thoughts within 300 words. Group DiscussionThe second round of the selection process was a king of Group Discussion but it was different from normal group discussions where a topic is given and then the group is asked to start discussion.Here the different part was that a topic was given to the group and one of the members of the group was asked to give his point of views on the topic. Now the rule was that no one else can interrupt until his/her views were completely different form that person, and when someone is having different point of view he/she has to raise the hand and then moderator will give the chance to that person and now he/she has to first give the proper logic and reason for having different point of view and then present his/her own thoughts. And the same thing continued. The key in this process was to listen the views of other fellows very carefully and use your own logic and reasoning to present your point of views. Final Interview ProcessThe third round was personal interview with expert form the Market research industry, It was more of a domain specific interview. Some general questions asked were like, 1. Tell me something about yourself?2. What are your strength and weaknesses?3. Why this sector and this company?Some domain specific question were like-1. How would you estimate the market size of 4 wheelers in China only having secondary research sources?2. What are the important websites where you can find the data about the countries their economies?3. What is the marketing research process and how it is applied on a specific market research problem?After a long time I finished my interview. I had good feelings about my process and I waited for the result but after completing all the interviews, he informed the CRT member that the result will be declared after 2-3 days. We all waited and after 3 days we got result from CRT team that six of us were selected by the company. The feeling was overwhelming, I felt I am on the cloud nine and I felt thankful to all family member, friends, CRT and college because of them I got this wonderful opportunity and I grabbed it.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. I wish all the very best to all my colleges and hope that they achieve a great success in their career.There are some thing to keep in mind during the process outlined as:


1. Be clear in your mind about what you say in the interview?2. Have the complete knowledge about the company and sector, the company belongs.3. Be assertive and put your thoughts with complete logic and reason.4. Keep a smiling face during the interview.I had a very great experience and I am very grateful to Bala sir, Hemendra Singh Sir, my colleagues in CRT team, and my friends and family.I wish all the very best to all my colleges and hope that they achieve a great success in their career. Thanks and Regards, Abhishek Kumar Pandey

I am Abhishek Mahajan

Registration No: HRD 09-6002

BIMHRD

Batch: 2009-2011

Specialization: Marketing

Campus Placement Experience:

Placement was the thing on top of mind of everyone once they joined SBS.

Everyone dreamt of being recruited in top companies of the country. Finally the

day came and on campus was one of the world's leading companies. Everyone

was excited mainly for three reasons: firstly, a chance to enter a big MNC with a

huge brand name. Secondly handsome package. Thirdly and most importantly it

was the first company on campus. Excitement was high and with it tensions.

Finally, I, entered the G.D.room. Heart beat increasing with every passing

moment. Finally topic was given and what I feared the most actually happened.

We all members of the group showed exemplary team work and messed up the

topic to the extent that panel had to intermediate and bring things under

control. Well normalcy returned after that but somewhere everyone had that

sinking feeling. Surprisingly for me I was selected for the next process

.Excitement rose to a level which cannot be explained. However moments of

happiness were short-lived. Next morning I was rejected in the preliminary

interview and with it began the tough times.

There is a saying that nothing in this world can take the place of Persistence.

Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent.

Abhishek Mahajan


I went hovering around with over 14 Companies, before finally I was successful

to get placed. However what happened between first company on campus and

my placement was tough.

It was difficult to go to auditorium every morning on regular basis with high

hopes and then find that either you are not interested in the company or in the

profile offered. Then came the news that my dream company would be coming

soon. My bad luck was though at its best those days. Company changed the

criteria and only engineers were left in the race.

The thing which was however worrying me a lot was that I was unable to crack

interviews after passing through most of the group discussions. My analysis of

many past interviews helped me to identify what all was going wrong for me.

There were basically two reasons:

1) I was not able to hide my excitement in front of interviewers

2) I sometimes made mistake of speaking more than actually required.

Best example of this was a company where after clearing all the tough rounds I

made this particular mistake and got rejected. This was a case where I was

even offered the location by a very senior official of the company. But in the

final round , a more of a formality round, where entire panel ( panel of 9) of the

company was sitting , I unnecessarily raised a certain point and was rejected.

Many times it was disheartening to know that few big brands specifically in the

IT sector were actually demanding only engineers in our college. But you had to

bear all this and look for best opportunities available. Further it was time to

prepare little harder. I started preparation all together from a scratch. Here are

few details of my preparation which though very basic are very important to

have that cutting edge over others especially when you are competing against

500 odd students. I started reading news paper on daily basis I found it boring

so I preferred reading news over internet and search for various kinds of review

for the same piece of news. I used to maintain a diary of some important news

and note down important points related to that news. Note down few data such

as national income, GDP, population, inflation, employment ratio etc. these data

will be always helpful not just in clearing the GD but also at various stages of

life. It's always good to talk in numbers rather than speaking vague.

Discussions with friends do help a lot. We get to know various view points for

the same topic before the real group discussion. You actually get time to

analyze your thought. As you discuss more and more with people and read

more and more articles about various different things happening around you get

to know more and it gives you confidence and many material to talk about.


I even started sitting for all the companies which were having aptitude test as I

did not want to take any chance for a company in which I really would like to

be. And in this process I learnt a very important lesson of life.

The less pressure you take in your life the better you perform. I sat for this

company just for the sake of appearing in aptitude test. I cleared it and had to

appear for the group discussion. I was not much interested in the company and

hence was not under any pressure. So talked with great confidence and got

through it. Subsequently I cleared first round of interview and then another at

midnight.

This was all despite my sincere efforts not to clear even group discussion. But it

was a great learning day as I came to know that one reason for my not being

selected was the undue pressure I was taking on myself.

This learning helped me a lot in my future processes.

Another learning which came out of one such process was the importance of

being patient. I had a great process on that particular day. Everything was

going my way. I cleared a reasonably tough aptitude test.

I also cleared a very interesting group discussion which continued for over half

an hour, longest in my life. Then I also cleared a very long interview which was

to be followed by a final interview. Here I made a big mistake.

I was highly excited about being selected. This actually affected my

performance. In my excitement I made a mistake. When interviewer said that it

is done from our side I immediately got up from my seat not recognizing that I

should not have done that .Interviewer had to actually ask me to stay back and

ask few things from them. Lack of patience actually cost me very good company

and a very handsome package.

With all these experiences I finally went to the interview of my current

company. The interview was organized at a hotel in Aundh.

The interview was scheduled only for 15 minutes. I had to prove myself in those

fifteen minutes. With my learning from all past interviews I finally cleared the

final hurdle. I was finally selected.

I could feel that special feeling. That brought an end to a long tough journey.


Abhishek Nagar

I am Abhishek Nagar

Registration No. : HRD09-6104

Class - 2009-11 Word count:1002

BIMHRD: Dual-B

Academic Year: 2009-11

Passed out in: April 2011

Specialization: Marketing and IT

I am finally placed in 7th company

My Campus Placement Experience

The experience during my post-graduation was splendid and overwhelming at

BIMHRD 09-11.

It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience with you all.

Time flies and 2 years at Balaji Society were perhaps my best days. I still

remember the day when I stepped into the campus with loads of mixed

feelings. The only question that dreaded me was would I get into a good

company because I had always dreamt of getting a brand and of course, with a

good profile and package. But dreams at SBS do come true and I was no

exception.

I was the person who actually learned to come on time because I was known

for coming late in the morning; in born trait of the ENGINEERS, just a humorous

part of engineers. The college took all the effort to prepare us to remain

updated on current affairs for GD practices. I really want to thank to the strict

and disciplined environment of SBS which helped to be punctual and diligent.

During the lecture of Ramashashtry, I always used to tell the news or snippets

on Cloud Computing. I was always supported by professors and classmates

during presentations and solving out case studies.

I really miss those days of my DUAL-B, BIMHRD. It was rocking and awesome

every day.

Playing movies in the afternoon session

Solving the Case Studies and making presentations till late in the night

Rocking Parties at SBS

Cultural and Sport Events

Placement Season

Parties at my room when I got placed


After this, students with more than 90% of class attendance and no backlogs

were eligible to sit for the next 50 companies. I wasn't lucky enough as I had

one backlog. I was not lucky enough to get into it as the competition was

intense.

It was really a magnificent experience to the corporate world and had clear cut

vision to join IT firm and never wanted to go in banking, insurance,

manufacturing or any other sector. One of the important days of my life was

6thJan 2011. I got placed in Persistent Systems Limited as one of the team

member in Marketing Team. It started in morning and went till late evening. I

went through 4 rounds.

Company Process:

According to me, the process was grilling. I could sail through the whole thing

calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. I enjoyed the process and took

everything as it came

1. Essay Writing:

a. It was the elimination round. Around 200 students sat for the Essay writing.

The topic which was given to us was to write about yourself, you hobbies, what

have done till now in your professional career. Also tell us about your aspirations

and what you want to become 5 years down the line in the corporate world.

Justify every statement with some experience and learning you had at that

moment. In addition to it tell us about your strengths and weakness'.

b. In this round they shortlisted 50 students and removed others. So it hardest

nut to crack. I got through it and took a very big breadth.

2. Group Discussion Topic:

a. Again it was the elimination round. I was really worried at this stage but I

maintained According to me, this process was grilling. I could sail through the

whole thing calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. The group discussion

topic given to me us “Technology trend in China and India”. Fortunately I was

having the information on this topic so I came out with some important points

which and initiated the process and concluded the GD Process.

b. In this round they shortlisted 20 students and removed others. After this I

felt confident and start thinking that I can crack now.

3. Interview Questions & answers

a. This was the third round was that to judge business acumen and

communication skills. It was conducted to evaluate language and literacy skills.


We were sent to different rooms and were asked to call up on the number

provided by them. It lasted for about 30 minutes. They asked be lot of

questions.

I. What is cloud computing?

ii. What are the enterprises?

iii. What you have learned from engineering background?

iv. What are you hobbies, interests etc.?

b. This is

4. HR Round

a. In the HR round, all in my entire interview went really well. I was pretty

much satisfied with the answers that I gave and the interviewer seemed to be

satisfied as well. But still, you never no.

The panel had interviewed all the 20 candidates. But few of my colleagues were

again called by them. Don't know what was going on in their minds but that

made us little nervous.

Finally the results were declared and they picked up only 1 student from the

marketing stream. I was one of them. What a moment it was!!!!

The panel congratulated all of us and then they gave the offer letter. Also, they

gave us some extra information as to when would our offer letters be

dispatched etc.

Some important points to ponder:

See the website of every company

Find out the market size and financial figures

Tell about the intern-ship

Always have the attitude of learning

Now, working for almost 13 months as Associate Analyst for Persistent Systems,

I'm proud to be a part of such organization where I had fair exposure to the

corporate world, meeting the top notch and decision makers of big

organizations, where I get to learn every day, bring my theories into practice.

It's all because of the faith that college showed in me and effort taken by

placement team

At the end I would like to thank Bala Sir and whole of Sri Balaji Society for

giving me an experience of a life time

Thanks and Regards,

Abhishek Nagar


Abhishek Nainani

Hi I am Mr. Abhishek Nainani, Registration Number HRD 09-6105, from Dual B BIMHRD, 2009-11 batch, passed out in April 2011. My specialisation is in Marketing. I am placed in Company A.

It was a very special day for SBS. Well it had to be because the first company was on campus for the 09-11 batch. I was not happy because was thrown out of the very first G.D. But at the same time I faced the reality that how can anybody go to a level of aggression just to clear the G.D. Anyways it was just the beginning of the game and there were many more companies to come.The very same day I asked the Legend (Bala Sir) “Will Life sciences sector hit the campus or not?”, because that was what I desired for. The reply was simple “Son we will try our level best but do not keep waiting because you never know”.

It was than a month's long wait before the next company came. The preparations were all started on a large scale. Practice G.D. sessions were organized by the college where everybody got a chance to prove their worth and get evaluated. The panel of course was from the industry and had some renowned personalities. I still remember the key points they used to tell us:

1. Think before you speak 2. Keep it simple and to the point3. Try to listen to others4. Throw some numbers (real)

And above all the Golden Rule: understand the difference between a Summary and Wrapping up.

We also started discussions at the classroom level and believe me it helped to understand some topics for which I absolutely had no idea. A whole kind of placement exercise was given to us not once but twice in the form of “Assessment Centre”.

I think no other college spends heavily on organizing assessment centre for Marketing Specialization.

It also helped me to face strange situations where in everybody was fighting for the grades because they were to be used for screening of students.


Fortunately I had 100% attendance and a spot in the top 5 of the assessment rankings I thought it would be a joy ride for me. But when the season started and it was pouring companies on SBS I was still searching for my Sector.

Initially there were no companies from the Life sciences sector. I kept cool and frequently went and requested our CRT team for the hunt of Life sciences companies. But then there were really some good brands that diverted my mind and I was attracted towards them.

I sat in 13-14 of some good brands and gave my best but the result was same.

I was not able to reach to the interview round. I.T. and Finance were the 2 sectors from which the major companies came.

And for both of them I had no interest. Time passed by and it was January when some Life sciences companies knocked the door.

I was excited and at the same time was prepared to fight.

But the real test was to accept the fact that the salary bracket and profile was same as that of a Medical Representative.

Even though I sat but again was not able to make to the final round. I started thinking that is there something wrong in me or is it my bad luck.

Time does not wait for anybody. It was the last week of January when “A” company was announced. The package and profile were both good but then again there was a fact that no body from SBS was able to make into this company from past 3 years.

To state in the words of our CRT “washed out”. I thought why there is a catch in everything which I intend to do? Well after the initial screening it was a preliminary process of 3 knockout rounds in Mumbai.

This time I reached to the 3rd round but then the catch came again.

The results were to be sent in college and believe me it took almost a week to get the result and this whole 1 week was like a nightmare.

I gave my 100% in all the rounds and was worried as to what next?

Fortunately the result was positive but again there was a twist. There was 1 final round in Hyderabad at the Corporate office and from all over the SBS they had shortlisted 3 students.

When I reached Hyderabad the number 3 turned into 5 and when we reached the Corporate Office the number 5 turned to 9.

Now how would one feel If the competition increases by 200% in just a passage of time.


Well after the grilling interview for around 35-40 minutes I came out of the room and started speculating. When all the candidates were interviewed we were told that the results will be send to college.

Again it was like a nightmare but it lasted for just a couple of hours. Thanks to the CRT team of my college who informed me in a very strange manner.

I reached to the point of extreme nervousness when I was asked by CRT member “did you do something bad in the interview?”

I was completely blank and thought I had wasted 1 more opportunity but the twist came again and I was told that I was Placed.

On top of my mind I thanked God, Parents, Bala sir, friends and everybody. It was a happy feeling to cherish about.

Dear readers it is just a matter of time how things from an unfavorable situation turn into favorable. We should never give up.

If the Legend himself at this age can do wonders we are just a tiny creature in front of him.

I request all my juniors to have patience, faith and confidence because “Problems are Opportunities”.

You have come to a right place and you won't regret your decision. This 9-6.30 schedule believe me will help you in the industry to remain active when you have to sit and work for long hours.

SBS is a unique organization and I think there will not be any other like it because there is only 1 Legend on this earth and he is in Pune shaping the future of students year after year.

Thank you Bala Sir and the whole SBS for making my life special.

Stay connected !!

Yours,Abhishek NainaniHRD-09-6105PGDM-B, [email protected]


Ada Sodhi,

Hi, I am Ms Ada Sodhi,

Registration Number. HRD 09 6005,

from Dual A, Division Marketing and IT, from BIMHRD

from the academic year 2009,

passed out on 2011.

My specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in Company X.

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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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.

Anywas, my story was long and have shared it with you. I was clear about one

thing right from the beginning that I won't go for a company which will offer me

sales profile. No matter how big the company is or how good package them

would offer, I won't go for it. So many companies got rejected.

X company had come during the month of feb. X at that time was amongst the

few who came with a this profile of Research. Frankly speaking, I felt that since

the profile is of Research, so the preference would be students who are good

with numbers or with a background of maths as they are required to make

questionnaires at the end and its Research after all, but the day before the

company was suppose to come in the campus, my name appeared in the list of

shortlisted 25 candidates for it.

The day it was suppose to come, that day HCL Technologies had also come. I

was eager to get through it as it was IT and moreover the profile and package

was also good, but unfortunately I was unable to clear the GD only. That was

pretty dejecting, but then I had to gear up to face X, and after long hours of

wait, it was announced that it because of late process in ISBM, it would come

later. Again a bad day.

Finally the interview was on 21st feb, it was a telephonic interview, all the

selected students were there in the PAT, waiting for the HR to call. Out of the 25

students I was interviewed first. Was really nervous, as I was looking forward to

this profile...and after this company, no other company of research was coming

to the campus. The results of the shortlisted students were out with in a week's

time, and I and Mamta of Dual C got shortlisted for the round in Delhi.

So now there was a hurry to get the tickets booked for Delhi.

The process began around 11-11:15 am .The process had 2 phases- Interview

and Aptitude test.


In PI, it started with very obvious question...tell me something about

yourself...followed by two –Why Marketing??? , Why not HR ?? Why Research?

What do you know about qualitative research? How would you judge a

particular advertisement? What according to you is a good or a bad

advertisement? Then few advertisements were shown, and asked how would

you rate this ad? did you like it? How do you think did it impact the consumers?

The personal introduction, and then he gave me two situations one related to

human traits and the other to sales of seasonal products and then it got

finished. Do you think this ad did a good branding of the product? Then there

was a marketing and sales question – about the dealer engagement programme

and the selling traits and after all selling of a product. And then everything went

smooth afterwards.

After the process got over with the interviews of all students, two students

followed by one after the other went in for the aptitude. At that moment, it

gave the feeling that we all are out of the league now and amongst theses 2

only, they will give offer to 1, because the company briefed that they would take

only 1 finally. But none of us left from there as we were told to wait. And during

that time i was conversing with my roommate (who was also in amongst those

40) that – can the company think of taking one girl at least for marketing,

once?? That was a sigh of relief and that happened what I was telling to my

friend.

On 16th March, I got a call from PAT saying that I and Mamta have been

selected for company X. I can't tell you how I felt; I was reading a novel that

time which fell from my hands after hearing the news. I called my family and

close friends to inform them. The best part was when friends, classmates were

calling and sending messages to congratulate me. It felt great. A very special

and a proud moment of my life.

So this was the crisp experience that I went through. And today I am content

with the exposure which the company offers, the profile and the work.

I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.

To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your

best all times, but as a suggestion- do prioritize the sector you wish to pitch in

for. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.

In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During

Interviews- be frank and if you are from business family, then don't let the

panel know about it, because they want to see guys who will be joining their

company for at least 2 yrs and would not run back to their family business. This

is the case that i have seen with my peers during many company panelists.

And don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good

takes time and patience.

Best of luck!!!


Aditya Soni

I am AdityaSoni ,

BIMHRD 2009-2011

HRD-09-6343

Specialization: Finance

I got placed in company 3.

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!

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 sem 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.

The students from FI/CO batch were not allowed to sit for campus placements

in non-FI/CO company, so I waited for the FI/CO company. I still remember the

auspicious day of Dhanteras when company 1 visited our campus. I cleared the

combined technical & aptitude test. The second round was Group Discussion

where I think I performed well but unfortunately not selected after GD.

Dear friends it will happen many times that even after introspection we cannot

find where the real problem is or what mistake did I made? The answer to this

question is, do not think much in such cases & wait for your day to come.

It was December end and then I started thinking whether any SAP company will

visit campus or not. Friends this happened because of unfruitful discussion with

friends, also beware of rumors during the placement season. Let me tell you

that after December 2 more companies visited the campus for SAP profile.

In January company 2 visited campus for SAP profile. We have been told that

company is asking for early joining and those who really wanted to join the SAP

company are excited. The first round was simple aptitude test which constituted

basic logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude. Around 50 students appeared

in company 3 and 20 got selected in the test. We have also been told that the


requirement is of 10 students. The next round was Group Discussion round. The

topic for group discussion was Skilled Manpower Shortage in India. The

discussion was good I also contributed in the discussion with different points

stating that there is need to retain the talent in India. Also we need to develop

more advanced institutes and colleges providing the particular skill/knowledge

to the students.

I remember that it was 21st Feb when company 3 visited the Campus. It was 2

day process, on day 1 we went through the aptitude test followed by power

point presentation (summer project). The panel asked me few question related

to my project.

The panel members were impressed as I used animations and hyperlinks in my

presentation. The use of hyperlinked made the presentation easy to understand.

The panel member told me that use of such ideas like hyperlinks and animation

was not expected from freshers.

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 question were simple like:

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

Why I would hire you for this profile? Why won't we 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 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.

Finally the results were out and we 6 got selected from last 15.

Piece of advice:



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.


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,

AdityaSoni

BIMHRD (2009-2011)

HRD09-6343


Akanksha Pandey

Hi,

I am Akanksha Pandey

Registration No:-HRD09-6007

Operations

BIMHRD 2009-11

Word count:1000

passed out on 24th April 2011

At the very start of my experience, let me tell you all that this “PLACEMENT

SEASON” in every college comes as a phase of tension, excitement, happiness

and relaxation. All kind of feelings go hand –in –hand and covering various

rounds of GD's & Interviews gives you immense exposure to know different

industries and also gives you a feeling of your strengths and weaknesses , but

then you come out through this with a great confidence in YOU!!!

Anyways won't drag this further and would share with you my overall

experience on this. I was eligible from the DAY -1 so had started sitting for

various companies, but was very clear that i won't appear for Automobile

companies. I had a strong inclination for IT & Telecom sector and for the

location in western region because of family priorities. So when the companies

started hovering in the college, I sat for those for which I was clear in the mind

.There were things in my mind, but I never wanted to sacrifice on the Profile

being offered by the company, that was the Most Important parameter for me.

The experience of the major 3 companies for which i gave the best and was till

the end, but did not turned for me goes as follows.

The 1st company for which I appeared, I greatly wanted to push in for the

same as it was offering the profile of SAP consultant, but then when I was not

amongst the shortlisted candidates for the interview, i was too dejected for it,

because it was FMCG and a good company. But then i had to move on. But in

that phase of disappointment also, i did a party for my friends who got through

after the final round of interview.

After day zero that many companies pushed in for which i did not sit for various

reasons. Then 2nd company came down for which i was confident. There were

ample students who sat for it. Till the end I was there and found that the

panellists were also impressed by me, so was confident enough that today

would be my LAST day , and in my final round of interview, there was my good

friend also who was there with me. We both had mix feelings but were

confident for each other as well and knew that both of us would crack it, but

the situation turned out in his favour as when the final names were announced,

his name was there, but not mine. Frankly telling that i was too down that day

but then too happy for my friend and we celebrated his success that night to

the core.


After 2nd Company, I sat for another company which was offering decent. I

was really bent upon it, but again couldn't cross the GD round. Then another

day only, there was a new company which came in. This also turned a NO for

me.

As the days were passing by, my tension was growing up. It was a time of

mixed feeling, when your near & dear friends sometimes through the interview

& sometimes when we ourselves not.

Then came the next company which gave me a great disappointment and was

not my Cup of Tea .It is because I had my summer internship over there. SO I

thought I would be able to pass through it. But it again turned me NO. That day

I was really shattered down. But the panellist had a word with me later on &

then they said dat location offered by them is in the remote area . So then I

thought may be something good might be waiting for me. I started analyzing

that why things are not turning positive for me and why there are rejections

happening all way.

Though all this created pessimism in me, but still it was the time to perform

and you can't let things go out like that only.

Then, I became choosy regarding the companies and then i only sat in for this

company where I got placed. It has come first time in the college. After sitting

also i wasn't much sure about it but after a quite research about the company

and its clients, i thought that it's not a bad shot and after all it is the telecom

sector. The GD and the interview went on smooth. Finally the result time was

there. And my name was there in the list. I got through it. This was a

turnaround this time .I was really too happy and relaxed. But then this gave a

great feeling of happiness and so i celebrated the success that night with my

friends. Post result they told that there could be early joining for same. So I

thought now to spend more & more time with my friends. Finally the offer

letter came on my hand on 20th jan'12. It was a great feeling which

cannot be explained. Finally my posting came in Ahmedabad which is very near

to my home. And here is what I am writing this by sitting in office.


best all times. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.

But I have learnt a very special lesson in my placement experience that

“patience is the virtue”, its always a new day for us and opportunity can come

anytime we should give our hundred per cent in every situation, as “opportunity

comes once in a life time”.

Placement is one experience that made me more confident and hardworking.


Interviews- be frank and authentic. And learn from all times and don't be afraid

if you all still not placed till March because anything good takes time and

patience.

ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF YOU!!


Kala Akesh Kumar Jain

hi....I am Kala Akesh Kumar JainRegistration No. – HRD-09-6129Class- Marketing & IT I am from academic year 2009-11.

Iam Placed In An Auto Mobile Industry Which Was My Dream To Work In That SectorI am going to pen down my placement experience which is not anExperience rather it is a good learning for me. Once the placementSeason started and companies have started getting lined up in collegeI was not in a hurry to get into any company that comes to college.From the beginning I was interested only in automobile/mechanicalRelated companies. So I was very selective in sitting for gd/pi inOnly very few companies. During my time the placement was going atGood phase and most of my friends were getting placed in the initialStages. But I was still waiting for some automobile/mechanicalCompanies to visit the campus. Then it was First Company inwhich i have attended the process which was an off campus process heldat SIMS. The gd topic given to our group was "launch of Toyota etios"and there was too much aggressiveness seen among the people from otherinstitutes during the discussion. So after a good debate also I didn'tget through for interview.So then after that I prepared myself more on the day to dayTopics and knowledge about the market and the happenings in businessWorld. The knowledge gained by reading Times of India and businessWorld newspaper daily helped me a lot during my gd& pi. Then I wasWaiting for my next companies to come and it 2 company fromChennai after a long time gap. But after giving a very good outputFrom my side still I was not able to crack the interview. So only twoPeople were able to get selected in that company. But during all thistime there were so many other companies visiting campus from the fieldof advertising, banking and fmcg,IT related.

Then 3 Company Visited Campus. I Heard That There Are Opportunities For Engineers. Around 100 Student Managers Got Shortlisted .Then The ProcessBegan.There Were 3 Rounds.2 GD,1 PIGD Topic Was 50-50 vs 20-20.It Was General Topic There Were Lot Of Things To Express.Finally They Asked Each One Of Us To Conclude.


Results Came I Cracked GD. After There Was One More GD RoundIt Was Abrast Topic Then There Was Personal Interview Round. UnfortunatelyI was Not Selected.

Then after that I concentrated even more on how to groommyself and prepared well with many gd topics and also got moreknowledge from newspaper dailies. As time was passing by it was nowend of December but still not placed. But that didn't make me to gettensed and I was not making myself under pressure. Then it was one ofthe best company in which people from mechanical engineeringbackground would like to enter. It was Fourth Company whoseoffice & factory is located in pune itself. The process took place ata three star hotel in pune. It was a full day process from 10am to 8pmconsisting of six rounds. I got an opportunity to attend all the sixrounds as there was no elimination in any of the rounds. There whereonly those people with mechanical background called for the interview.And finally after all the process four from my institute got selected.But still I dint get through this company also even after giving mybest. The topic given to us during the gd process was "red or black"and in the final interview the questions were mostly based on salesand marketing concepts only. In Final Interview They Asked Me To Make Cost Analysis Of Pen And Asked Me How Much Profit Will BeGenerated? They Asked Me To Calculate Break Even Point Of The Product.

Then after that it was the next company in the month ofJanuary which was My 5 Company which also in my field of interest andit was only one round of gd and one round of interview. The majorconcern for the company was to look out for experienced candidates. Sofinally three people got selected in that company. Then by now thenumber of people with mechanical engineering as background got reduceddrastically. By this time I was in a condition to get some pressurefrom many sides like from parents, friends and the institute. Thenonly four mechanical engineers were left out and I was enquiring aboutthe next company visiting the campus.

Then it was one fine day I got the information that this auto group is coming for placements and that too theyrequire only students with mechanical engineering background. So Iprepared myself with all the details about the company thoroughly. Sosince only four of attended the process there was no gd and it was adirect interview but two rounds of interview. Once was a technicalinterview and the other one was a general interview. There were twopeople in the interview panel and I was the first one among all ofthem to attend the interview. There was a little tension in me thistime as I was very eager to get into this company and don't want tomiss this opportunity.


The interview this time was not a difficult one as I wasable to answer to all their questions easily. They then got somegeneral information from me and about myself and why mba? Why pune?And whether I know Hindi language? And they asked me to speak withthem few sentences in Hindi. I was able to manage that without muchdifficulty. Then after the interview got over and from the responsefrom the interview panel I was much confident that I will getselected. So after the interview got over for all four of us they leftthe college mentioning that the results would be announced in twodays. So the final good news came after two days that I was selectedin that company. That was the day when I felt very happy and washearts full that I have achieved something great. So from that day Iam an employee of this automobile company. So I should thankBala sir for this opportunity and for the institute which gave me thisposition today.

Akhilesh Ingle

Registration number: HRD-09-6031

BIMHRD

2009-2011 batch

Specialization: Operations

I'm placed in company 10.

My campus placement experience:-

In our Project management lectures we were taught that a “project is a

temporary endeavor with a definite beginning and a definite end, undertaken to

achieve unique goals and objectives”. It is sometimes observed that although

the project is completed it is a failure as it does not achieve all the goals and

objectives it was meant to achieve. After passing out and looking back I can

even term my two years management course in SBS as a project because of the

following reasons:

It had a definite beginning with our induction day

It had a definite end with we being awarded the diploma after successfully

passing the exam

It had a temporary duration of 2 years

It was unique as there is no one way to complete the course (1000 ways@SBS)

And of course it was undertaken with a goal of entering the corporate world

armed with the right training and knowledge to have a successful carrier

Akhilesh Ingle


My MBA project would have been a failure had I got the diploma but not the

placement from college because it was the most critical goal and the very

reason to undertake the MBA project. Getting placement from the college is

much more satisfying and fulfilling than getting the diploma on the convocation

day.

I have a mechanical engineering background and right from the day one I was

clear that I wanted to do the MBA in operations specialization. I was a part of

SBS operations 9-11 batch with strength of 30 students. All of them were

engineers and nearly 60% of the class had a prior work experience mostly in

core sectors unlike me who was a fresher. So the level of completion was cut

throat to say the least in the class itself as every other guy had a nice resume

with a good academic background and work experience.

Myths @SBS Placements :-

The start of the placement season broke my following myths:-

Having a prior experience or good grades would “guarantee” you a job. 1st

company selected 2 freshers and 1 student with work experience who had 4 live

backlogs.

There are friends inside GD room. It's every man for himself inside the GD

room.

The placement assistance team (PAT) members of respective colleges are

favored. I personally know 2-3 PAT members who were amongst unplaced

students when our final exam had commenced. They were as mortal as the

non-PAT students at SBS.

The preparation:-

Good subject knowledge is a must when it comes to technical interview and

when it came to HR round one should know why he wants to join that particular

company and how he think he would add value to their organization. Basically

it's like merging your life and professional growth with the goals and future

plans of the company which they would disclose in the PPT.I made it a point

that I would have 4 subjects which I would know very well when it comes to the

basics and technical knowledge. I choose SCM, logistics, operations

management and Production technology as these are the subjects I was

interested in and they more or less cover most of the areas from which the

technical questions would arise for an operations guy. Also I always made it a

point to have a look at the website of the company the night before it came on

the campus. Basically it helps to give the inputs like what is the future plan for

the company and one can use it during the interview stage. Besides this I read

usual HR questions from the book of interview questions which is very easily


available on the internet and had my answer ready for the most common

question. I never wrote the answers down because I wanted my answers to be

spontaneous rather than by hearted. I never read the newspaper in details, just

the front page headlines that's it.

The Disappointment:-

But in spite of the preparation the result was the same, I could not clear the GD

round. The result kept on repeating for not one, not two, not three but for the

next 9 companies!! I just could not clear the GD of any company. 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 and no one could point out anything unusual. In fact they

were also clueless as to why I was not getting through. I went through a phase

where I started questioning every word I spoke in the GD. I tried initiation of

GD tried summarizing them but nothing worked. Good companies were slipping

way and I didn't had a clue as to what I was doing wrong in the GD. I didn't

know whom to consult or talk to regarding this GD barrier. At this stage of life I

only had my friends as the support system as I never discussed placements

with family for the obvious reason of me being the only son and expectations

being very high back home.

Sweet taste of success:-

Finally the day came 17th dec, when company “X” visited the campus. I vividly

remember 7:00 AM was the reporting time in the auditorium and I showed up in

time like the ideal candidate but the company was late. The process began with

PPT and then directly my “favorite” round the group discussion. I Waited

patiently for 3 hrs to enter the GD room. The GD began but this was not the

usual GD, this time the topic was technical in nature. It was about centralized

procurement pros and cons, and all 10 of us were told to discuss them. The GD

went on for quite a long time than the normal GD. 35 minutes had passed still

the GD was in progress with only 3 guys discussing the topic at length and I

was one of them. After 40 minutes we were told to summarize which we all did

one by one. Still the person did not seen to finalize who he like the most, he

gave another case study but told us to give a solution within 2 sentences, one

by one starting with the 1st student and I was the last, this was a disadvantage

since till the time my turn came all the solutions would have been already

stated. The case was “what will one do if the production capacity is full and still

we have to execute an order we cannot refuse”. Somehow I came up with 3

solutions which were the most logical according to me and the GD moderator


liked my solution along with 2 other batch mates which he stated before we left

the room. I was particularly happy with my GD this time but when I thought

about the past 9 GD's my hopes pretty much died. I only had one satisfaction

that in 45 minutes of GD I gave it my best and that is all I can do. I was

awaiting the result with very little hope that I can gather, at the back of the

head I had already prepared planned “B” that was to go and have a nice

evening nap due to the 7AM reporting. The names were called one by one and

to my surprised the very last name called was “Akhilesh Ingle”. It was a moment

that I would never forget; all the batch mates hugged me. I personally could

not believe it that I had broken the GD barrier.

While others were anxious to face the interview I just could not get over the

excitement of getting through the GD after 10 attempts. Somehow this joy

helped me in the interview as I was totally calm during the whole of the

interview. My interview can be broken into three parts:-

Technical questions. These were all from my internship project of line

balancing.

HR related question as to why I wanted to join the company and what were my

future plans.

There was a discussion on my place of posting. They wanted to make sure that

I was ok with plant location and I with my replies convinced them that I was

totally comfortable with it.

The total interview lasted 10 minutes and at the end i was pretty confident

about my performance. The result was declared at around 8 o'clock and I came

to know that I had just cracked my very 1st interview! It took 4-5 days for the

feeling to sink in and come to terms with reality that the journey comprising of

hard work, sweat, failure and tears has come to a successful end with a ticket

to the corporate world.

This was my placement experience but I would also like to mention here 3

things we were “MADE” to do against our will at SBS which are helping me at

my workplace:-

Sharp 9 O'clock gate closing at SBS: - Where I work it's a 10:30 reporting, even

if i punch in at 10:31 I'm marked “late come”.

90% attendance rule: - Even though we have a 30 Personal leaves but seldom

are we granted a leave unless we have a really strong reason to miss work.

8-8 schedule after the swine flu holidays:- Those classes gave me the attitude

and the training to work through 12 hrs of office on the days when the work

load is more.

With this I come to the end of my final assignment at SBS


Akshay Zamre

I am Akshay ZamreRegistration No: HRD09-6107Batch-2009-11BIMHRD Dual-B Academic year: 2009-11Passed out in: April 2011Specialization: Marketing and IT

I finally got placed in a software company. I realize one's worries and peer pressures once u enter into the 3rd semester. This is the time for your placement! But let me tell u there is nothing to be afraid of. If u don get into the first company u will definitely get into some! Who knows the last company might be the best package one!!!

Placement time is the toughest time to survive. You went through so many ups and downs that it is very easy to lose faith in yourself.

I had also gone through a grinding time and was one of the victims of low morale and frustration. During that phase I learned few things which I want to share with you people.

1) Always believe in your ability: Many times you think that you have given your best still you are not selected. It is very difficult to accept these situation, but we should keep in mind that companies always comes with a clear picture about what they want in their candidate. It's hard to believe but many times you get rejected because you are over qualified.

2) Don't rush behind companies and packages: Campus placement is not only about getting a job but also to survive in that job. If you get into a job which you don't find interesting you performance will get affected and you will leave that job sooner than later.

3) Try to be aloof from your peers as far as possible: If you keeps on looking at your peers like what kind of companies they getting into, what packages they are getting, it's only going to dent your confidence. There is nothing like positive inspiration when something very precious in on stake.

4) Be patient: Trust me, you are in Balaji and you will get a job for sure. If you fail in your first few attempts don't rush to get into any company that comes into the campus. Just focus on your plans and execute them well.


5) Want to change your field; you better have a very strong reason behind it. No matter how confident and brilliant you are, there is only one question which will decide your faith!! Why you want to come into this…..,field, when you have done so good in the…….sector.

6) Learn about the company thoroughly before sitting for the process: Don't bank on the company presentation for getting the information about the company. Believe me your changes of cracking an interview increases manifolds when you talk about the strong points of the company which was not there in the presentation.

7) GD and PI are going to be the part of campus recruitment process of almost every company. If you are planning to get into a technology company, be ready for an aptitude test. Type of Questions and there level in the aptitude test differs from company to company. Make sure you have enough information about the process beforehand so that you are not in for a surprise.

8) You are going to get only two kinds of GD topics in the process. One is classic and other is contemporary. In classic you are going to get topics like “Consumer is God in today`s market”. In contemporary you may get topics like, “Is the protest of Anna for Lokpal Bill only a camouflage of BJP to derail Congress”. GD topics also depend upon the kind of the company. For eg: If you are sitting for a Bank Process you may encounter a classic topic as “Use of force by banks to recover loans”, or a contemporary topic like “Stock Market crash-Sub prime crises in US”. If you are not a habitual reader and find it difficult to comprehend ET, do yourself a favor and at least read the editorial page of papers like TOI, HT and Hindu. It will definitely get you through the GD`s.

9) You can only be sure of two questions in an interview, “Tell me about yourself” & “Why you want to join our company”. The answers to these questions should be well rehearsed. Don't find yourself wanting against these questions. Another most frequently asked question is about your Summer Internship. Prepare a concise explanation of what you did in your summer interns with maximum focus on your achievements, finding and valuable inputs given to the company.

10) Some small inputs: HR round: .The first thing knock the door before entering then enter. Act professionally and don`t be very sophisticated but be modest at the same time! As soon as you enter see him and wish remember always to have direct eye contact. Usually they will face you while talking but as for me my interviewer was busy looking at my resume but still talk to him and answer do not stop until you are asked to. First he would ask you to introduce yourself. Remember that before coming for the interview you must sit and think


about yourself and prepare well for this question to avoid any stammer or overhead thinking! and remember he asked about you ,so must be in track to talk only about you and not your family background ! u can also mention your strengths and weakness but see that you tell your weakness optimistically. The HR round is just to see your communication skills, doesn't matter how your accent is or pronunciation as far u wear a smile and be presentable. Finally when they extend their hands for handshake, give firm shake and leave saying thank you!

I am sure that whatever I have shared with you is already being talked about by Bala Sir and other faculties. But I know we hardly listen to our teacher's right, it's more of a preaching rather than teaching for us. As I faced the processes myself I realized that every word of advice given by them was so very helpful. Guys they have enormous experience and you better take a good advantage of it. Signing off with lots of wishes for you guys. Go on rock the campus interviews and come out with flying colors.

Have a happy placement seasonAkshay ZamreHrd09-61072009-2011 BatchSales TraineeHealthcare sector

Name :AkshayaZanzad (BIMHRD 2009-11)word count:1310

Registration No. HRD09-6108,

SPECIALIZATION – MARKETING AND IT (DUAL B)

Corporate Relations Co-ordinator BIMHRD 2009-11,

Placement Co-ordinator, Student Council (BIMHRD 2009-11)

Don't believe in God,

If you don't believe in yourself!!

I am purposefully writing that I was from CRT and Student council. My name

and batch 2009-11 is enough to recognize me as an alumni of this college but

many students have perceptions in their mind that students from CRT and

council get placements very easily and they get a “DREAM JOB”

I have no intentions to prove above mentioned perception “Wrong”. I just want

to share my experience. Even I had same perception that “Now I am in CRT I

Akshaya Zanzad


am going to get place within a month after the placement season has begun.

NOT because we are close to management and we ourselves are CRT members

but we were “Well groomed” to face an industry challenges.

Now let's talk about THE PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

I was very particular about the profile and industry which I wanted, so I

appeared for selected companies. But when the scenario was “No selected

company was lined up” I had to sit in all the companies.

My all the team mates and almost all the classmates were placed and I was

unplaced. I was about to break down but someone just told me that I have to

believe on myself. There is no point praying to God and all of sudden believing

on him too much unless you don't believe yourself.

Sentiments:-

It is not giving me immense pleasure to write “my experience” but I sure got

immense pleasure reading everybody's placement experience. I wish nobody

should experience what I have experienced. I was pretty sure to get place in 1st

month of placement season because I never had doubt on my capabilities. One

month passed, then in 2nd month- of course I am going to get place in a good

company but I didn't. Months passed away like this, and then I made a

benchmark that I should be placed before31st December. It didn't happen too.

Then came the convocation of seniors, it went away too. There was someone

who was continuously motivating me so I never got depressed. My next

benchmark was “my birthday”. Now this was the high time and I was little

depressed by that time. Birthday passed away too in 1st week of May, things

were constant but somewhere I used to feel that, placement for sure going to

happen from this college.

Few companies were under processes to visit campus and pick up students. And

my wait for those were on. Fortunately my CV got shortlisted for one of the

Public sector Banks and my interview was scheduled on 24th May. I had started

preparations long back for the same. BUT again fortunately one more Public

Sector Bank planned to visit campus on 23rd May. And now that was like a

shock for me and I was going through so much pressure that I have to get

placed in any one of them. Because both the banks were leading banks, biggest

organization one can imagine and were offering very attractive salary too.

Experience :- (Interview)

May 23rd – CV was already short listed and since the bank had short listed 11-

12 CV there was one an interview. My interview was on 2nd number.

3 General Managers of the bank, very senior person age wise and post wise too.

They started asking me questions about me 1st.

Questions :-

Tell me about yourself? Where are you from ? About your family ?your interest

etc, etc.

Now you are from Maharashtra , will you be able to locate yourself anywhere ?

Ans. Definitely sir, why no ?this bank is giving me golden opportunity to work ,


why would I reject it because of location.

What if we put in Kanyakumari ?

Ans. NO issues sir. You put me in any part of country.

It was all related to Bank policies, base rate, CRR, SLR, inflation, deflation, what

so and what not.

Ans. My answers for all these questions were right to extent except for one.

The whole interview became so stressed, because on that one wrong ans. An

interviewer caught me and said “ your CV says that you are BBA- Finance

student, and you don't even know this.

Since you have done Diploma in French Language, let's have conversation in

French.

Ans. We interacted few sentences in French as well. I was good at this.

Your project was in Advertising and Branding- how will you advertise or brand

Bank's product in ruler area where population do not even know about them.

Ans. My ans.for this was pretty long including conduction camp, CSR and all.

They were still not fully convinced because the interview happened to be “stress

interview”

You have written your hobby as Photography and you have won some awards

too in that, which was the first DSLR camera ??and what is the difference and

benefits of Digital and Film cameras.

And the conversation went on for complete 45mins. I was not satisfied after

giving an interview because the one word “ you are a finance students madam

and you don't know this” piched me a lot. I was very very depressed and

convinced myself that I have missed the bus yet one more time.

When I came out of Interview hall, I was so stressed and at the same time Bijju

sir crossed, he asked me what are you doing here ? Sir my interview was there ,

just done with it. His reply ..are you yet to get placed ? Surprising. And then he

shook my hand and said don't worry you will get through in this company.

That motivated me but I only had an idea that what had happened in an

interview.

I studied for all the questions which were asked me in an interview for next

day's interview of another bank. While studying I realized I had answered all

the questions correct and the panel created stress intentionally.

2nd interview went very good and I was pretty much sure that this time I have

not missed the bus. And I came back to college happily.

Both the banks were going to give results orally on 24th Feb. And I made it. I

received acceptance from both the Banks. Offer letter came very late and I

joined even late that's a different story but the Oral confirmation was very much

enough to made my “whole 2 years of MBA a super success and very

adventurous.

The Mistake:-

One mistake which I made and I don't want any one of you to do it is – putting

a benchmark to get placed in certain time. Absolutely wrong, it will only


increase your depression and stress and might create insecurities. I have

realized when one has to get place he/she will. Its all about your “D DAY”. It

might me during beginning of placement season or at the closure of placement

season. My day came and I got offer from 2 PSU. And trust me Bank's job is my

dream job.

P.S

In a race, one has to win and one has to lose. NO . I fully disagree this.

One has to win and other has to LEARN. And you learn so much. No never

consider any rejection as a “Failure”.

I still have much more to write but due to constraints of word I can't write

much.

I am placed with PSU bank and posted in Pune itself not in Kanyakumari. Very

Happy. I keep visiting college too.

Special Thanks to – BIMHRD CRT team ,Gunit Ma'am (CRO-BIMHRD) , Dimple

Ma'am (DCR) , Bala sir and all my dear ones.

I am Akshi Agarwal

Roll no.: HRD 09-6008

College: BIMHRD


Division: Dual A

Batch: 2009-2011

I always believed that if god is testing you , he has got better and bigger plans

for you. My placement was a great learning for me as it imparted the true

meaning of patience in me. Patience is not how long you wait but how you react

while waiting and I am proud to say that SBS has imparted such a learning to

make me patient enough . I take immense pleasure to thank the whole Balaji

society and specially Bala sir for grooming us with hand on knowledge from his

golden experience and teachings to nurture the managers within us. Now I can

relate my office desk with my class room where every assignment was a new

challenge and performing well within time limits was the question of proving my

efficiency and simple appreciation from my mentors used to be the most

awaited performance appraisal. With every semester passing by, the sense of

achievement used to give me a sense of promotion.

In office where we are required to perform with enhanced efficiency along with

additional responsibilities without losing the enthusiasm to learn for it is rightly

said that success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Akshi Agarwal


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.

So finally it was my day, I got placed in one of the biggest brand in Travel

and Tourism industry

The day started with company PPT followed by Group Discussion ,Aptitude test

and Personal Interview.

There were 2 gentlemen, expertise in their verticals were representing the

company. They started with the companies broad business structure and

different portfolios of the company in like Foreign Exchange ,Corporate Travel,

Outbound, Visa and Passport services, Financial services and Inbound. The

salary package was decent enough for a fresher and POP was any where in

India .

The selection process consisted of the following rounds:

Group Discussion

Aptitude

Interview

After the PPT, it was the time for GD round. More than a GD it was a one on

one view point session about the topic given to us. The topic given to my group

was :- Flexible timings are better to work or standard. Each Candidate was

given 1 min to speak on this topic. I performed well and crossed the first

hurdle. Out of 350 applicants only 11 got shortlisted. For GD preparations,

always keep yourself updated with current market scenarios, and if you have

valid facts and figures(along with the source) put them. But see to it that u

don't start putting only figures.

Points to remember, Do not stop yourself to speak even if you are unaware of

topic because most of the industry will look for your communication not for your

content. And in consulting job communication plays vital role so you have to

speak. Yes do care about your behavior that how you are carrying yourself, the

expression etc. The convincing styles of yours speaking would definitely

impressed them. Proceeded. The next round of aptitude test(non elimination

round), questions were based on General Knowledge , Quants and some

subjective questions on customer relations.


The final round was Personal 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

The pattern was that they were asking the basic questions like Tell me

something about yourself?? Why service industry?? Why this company?? Which

quality make your apart from your competitors?? the whole Interview was

taking about 15 min or so to complete.

I was the 8th person to go for interview, which extended exceptionally 45 min

long as compared to the average. They asked me to settle down. I was

confident enough to answer them as I was thorough with my service marketing

concept and the interview started:-

Q 1: Tell me something about yourself??

Keeping my CV in my mind I started telling my qualifications ,my internship,

achievement, my hobbies and how I was a part of Corporate relation interface

team.

Q 2: how you used to search for corporate while working for the team???

I told him the process of our searches and so.

Q3: Tell me something about your internship??

I gave details of my projects, findings and probable recommendation.

Q4: why should we choose you???

(The same old question which every recruiter asks to read a candidate like an

open book). I told them about my qualities and shared my experience of

customer interaction and my inquisitive nature to know more about people

around me.

Finally they choose 4 student managers and welcomed us in the family.

The 3 mantras of SBS :-Determination ,Dedication and Discipline helped me in


my days of struggles and most unforgettable moments of my life to cherish.

Truly it was hard to go through with the tedious and challenging phase. Where

everyone is equally competent and running for the same thing. But don't

dishearten yourself after rejection rather try to work on your weak areas. Please

make group of friends for discussion and sharing the things happen during

selection process.

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. Special Thanks to all my

friends for supporting me throughout my journey and be there whenever I

needed them.

Best Regards

AkshiAgarwal

BIMHRD (09-11)

Hi all,

I am Alok Goyal

Roll no. HRD09-6203

College: BIMHRD

Specialization: PGDM (Marketing & Finance)

Division: Dual C

Batch: 2009-11

Well !!

This experience of getting placed was a tough and can seriously be described as

the most testing time of my life. 2 years at Balaji Society were perhaps my best

days. I still remember the day when I stepped into the campus with loads of

mixed feelings. The only question that dreaded me was would I get into a good


good profile and package. Lot of hard work was put into it. People from the

corporate were invited every now and then to give us light on what actually

happens in the corporate world. Reading newspapers, magazines, solving case

studies etc. were few of the steps taken by us to make the foundation all the

more strong.

I started my placement journey with the first company of SBS where life is

suppose to be Good, able to make through GD, Aptitude but finally got rejected

Alok Goyal


in the final PI and it finally came to end with the company which is naturally

aligned. i.e a leading FMCG brand in India. Now, From beginning to end, I was

very choosy and didn't sit in a number of companies. But with the period of

time the pressure of getting placed was building, like a hundreds of elephants

sitting on my head, which sometimes gave a feeling of “am I capable of getting

placed??” but stay calm and cool..thats the key 2 success.Seriously speaking

guys never let this pressure to build up. Keep yourself rejoicing. If You cant take

the pressure of unplaced just become “desperate”..Youll be placed in a week.

I remember waking up every day trying to cope up with this reality. Every battle

started with a group discussion, which I cleared most of the time except for a

few, but then something always went wrong and I always couldn't clear the last

round. Understanding the topic is the bare minimum requirement for clearing a

GD. “DO NOT SHOUT IN GD” just be loud and clear and put 1 or 2 valid points.

MOST IMPORTANT THING is try to make eye contact with the panel, it gives u

confidence. If your group is a fish market in GD's , be cool and calm and give a

gentle smile looking to the panel . This helped me in clearing in no. Of gd's.

For GD preparations, always keep yourself updated with current market

scenarios, and if you have valid facts and figures(along with the source) put

them. But see to it that u don't start putting only figures. Some of the GD topics

which ifaced :

In the selection process of my company . It was more or like same as other

processes that I have been attending. There were 3 rounds in selection process

as follows

1. Company process commence with the pre placement talk in which company

gave the presentation about the company , growth hierarchy, package and

culture of the company .

2. After PPT first round was the personal interview with VP sales and marketing

and I was the first one to get interviewed .He started with a

QUES 1: TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF. I started replying and I told him that I am

from Rajasthan and Agarwal also than he questioned me that am I a Marwadi.

Than I told him yes and he questioned me further about my family background.

QUES2. Was about My summer Internship, which I replied at my best,

explaining whole project in detail.

QUES3. Was related to ability to sale in 44 degree temp, which I replied saying I

am from Rajasthan where temperature in summers is almost 44-45 degree, I

am just eager for opportunities and money. Temperature is never a issue for

me.

QUES.4. What is the difference between sales and marketing? And I Hope, in

BALAJI SOCIETY each and every student manager is capable of giving excellent

answer for this question. So I did. VP impressed and smiled


Ques5. Have you got any experience in sale?? I shared experiences of my family

business which I was seeing not full time but part time.

Ques6. Where you want to see after 5 years from now?

I simply replied ,I don't know where I would be but atleast on a package of 15-

20lakh, he smiled and at the same time one along with VP asked me is that only

package matters to u, I Replied sir I am not grown enough to say that I would

become CEO or marketing head, I could just say the package and I hope

designation is the mirror image of package. MY VP Supported me.

QUES7. Do you have any ques???

I asked about the single product policy of the company, their future plans for

the brand extension ,new product development. He replied all my questions and

bounce back another question for me. Do you have any suggestion for new

products?

Difficult to suggest to such a senior person but I replied him that Company can

enter into healthcare business as a part of brand extension as we are already

have a presence in skin care.

Fortunately I got cleared this interview and sent for another interview

3. Second interview of mine was with VP HR. It was a very short interview and

he asked me

a) Family background.

b) Being a CSE engineer why you want to opt for FMCG and not for IT? I

simply replied there is a difference between interest and doing…till the time I

was doing and now I am interested in things. He laughed.

c) About My stock market interest.

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.

Two days later, I got a call from college, confirming my selection.

Atlast I would say…stay calm, stay cool. ALL The best to all my juniors.Enjoy

!!!!!!!!

Thanks & Regards

AlokGoyal


Amar Changulani

I am Amar ChangulaniRegistration No- HRD 09-6204Batch: BIMHRD – 2009 -2011Specialisation: Marketing & Finance (Dual C)Placed in 8th company i sat for

MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE- XYZ LTD.Date: 18 Nov 2010It was 9 am and we all were sitting in an auditorium, waiting for the company executives to come and deliver the PPT, which basically includes company's services, industry, market presence, growth component and work culture, job profile, location and at last but not the least is the package. Suddenly the Assistant Manager – Business Research and a senior analyst entered the auditorium and to deliver the PPT. Luckily, the Assistant Manager happened to be the Alumni of first batch of ICMHRD (2004 – 2006).I was pretty interested by the job profile Analyst – Business Research and Consulting, because I have my own interest in knowing about companies, their strategies, management structure and doing a market research across industries and geographies with the help of primary and secondary research. I have a solid reason behind my interesting in doing so because it enriches my knowledge database on daily basis throughout my career. So, this job profile was a perfect match for me and I finally made up my mind to sit for the company process. Many people asked me that why am I going for a small private company which nobody has ever heard of. But my dear friends, it's not at all necessary that you should sit only for big brands and leave the other companies which come to the campus. I have seen couple of people who didn't sat for the companies at the start of placement season by make their own preferences of a big brand and handsome salary along with a good job profile and hometown as POP. All four preferences are very hard to find in a single company. I would just like to say one thing is that please do not judge a company based on the package which they offer or the location. Also one more thing I would like to tell you is that you get to learn a lot if you start your career from a small company because there are not much people at the senior level and ultimately you are given a golden chance to work on several major projects, which is not the case in big companies where you are on probation for at least 6 months to 1 year. Coming back to the company process, now we went to our HRD floor where the process for the day was conducted.Round 1: Aptitude TestAround 70 students sat for the aptitude round. The aptitude test comprised of the 30 questions to be solved within a time period of 30 minutes. It was basically for testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning, quantitative applications and verbal ability.


Here one thing which I would like the student managers to work out is that they should take out some time to prepare for the aptitude test apart from all the classroom sessions, corporate and cultural activities. This is the first ladder which only if cleared; you are allowed to move further for the next rounds nearing the final round of interview.

Within an hour the results of the aptitude were there and list of students who qualified for the next round was read out. On the basis of merit, out of those 70 students, 40 were selected for the 2nd round. I was a part of those 40 selected for the next round of GD.

Round 2: Group DiscussionFour groups of 10 each were prepared for the GD to be conducted. I was a part of the 1rd group. We went inside the conference hall and I was sitting on the chair just next to the panel (Assistant Manager). 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.

My GD topic was “Commonwealth Games”.We were 10 people in the group and as the coordinator shot the topic most of the students in the group started speaking and there was a chaos for few minutes, then I heard some points and decided to pitch in the 2nd minute, made 4 valid points with the valid reasons and then give the others an opportunity to speak. After 8-10 minutes, the panel said,”any one of you please conclude”. I took this opportunity and concluded the GD covering all the points that were discussed over the last 10 minutes.As soon as the first GD round was over, the panel gave us one more topic which was: “What matters is......” I took the lead by starting the discussion and made an entry once more in the middle of the discussion and again at last concluded the same.We all were sitting at the reception office on the 1st floor of BIMHRD building, eagerly waiting for the results of GD to be announced. The results for the GD round were declared and 10 of us had cleared this GD round out of 40. I was lucky enough to be amongst those 10.Now after the GD results were declared, my mind popped up with questions likes "What will they ask me in interview"? What is that they looking for? Will I match up to their expectations?

Round 3: Interview with the Assistant Manager – Business ResearchMine was the 5th turn and the student managers who went for the personal interview before me told that it's just a normal HR round. I became more confident after listening to this. My turn had come; I went in with a smile on face and greeted the panel with a hand shake. Interview started and it was very normal, as my friends told me outside and the questions asked were very general like:


1) Tell us about yourself?2) Why do you want to join us?3) Are you comfortable with the profile and location?4) Ho will you go for a doing research on a particular company or a sector?5) What was your on intern project on and what was the overall objective of study?6) What is your learning out of it?7) What are your expectations in terms of salary?8) Any questions you have to ask on anything related to the company, job, profile etc.?

I came out happily because I had a feeling from inside that i have made it, as there was nothing which went wrong inside. The results were to be announced in a short while, my fingers were crossed and the heart beats speeded up.

5 people out of those 10 were selected. The 4 names were called up and my name was not there. I was bit nervous but the panel before declaring the 5th name said “and off course Amar Changulani”. On my face was a big smile. I thanked god for being with me and helping me throughout the process.

But, the battle was still not over and fully won. There was still one more final round with the CEO of the company at Bombay. I received a call from the PAT team on 21st that we have the final round with the CEO on 23rd November 2010, at Bombay.

Round 4: Interview with the CEO at Bombay23/November/2010: It was morning 6'0 clock and I left from Shantiniketan hostel to catch a bus for Mumbai from Indira College.

Throughout the journey, one question which kept on coming several times to my mind that whether this round is just for a formality or this would really be a game changer?

Reached company's office by sharp 9:30 am. The CEO arrived around 12 pm. Until that time we had some snacks with tea. I was the first one to go inside the CEO's cabin for the interview.

The interview began with the same question again, tell me something about yourself. Then, he opened up the same aptitude sheet in front of me which I solved earlier during the 1st round.

He asked me on 2-3 questions as if how did I approach or how did I solved those particular questions, so as to check that I have not simply did a “akkaad bakkad bumbey go” and checked out one out of four multiple choice answers given there. I came to know, that on the back of cheating done in the aptitude


test by the SIMS student managers, their college was disqualified from any opening in the company henceforth.

Thereafter, he asked me how I will go about, if I want to arrive at a number as to how many auto rickshaw are there in Bombay or Pune. I told him the process how will I go for doing a market research on the same. He appreciated the same.

Made a hand shake with him and came out. I took me 35 minutes inside the CEO's cabin equipped with AC, but still when I came out, I was literally sweating.

Within next 45 minutes, the remaining four candidates also finished up their interview with the CEO. Now it was 3:00 pm and the final hiring results were to be announced in a short while. We were told to wait as they wanted to hand over the offer letters to the selected candidates then and there itself.

Now, my mind was just blank and I was just remembering god and requesting him that god please whatever you think is good for me, take me in that direction.

Finally, three candidates were selected and I was among them. The offer letters were handed over to us there itself, with immediate joining on 27th November 2010.So this was my personal experience that I went through. I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT, the college for all their efforts through this and at last but not the least my lovely parents without whom I lie nowhere in this world.

To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your 100% all times. Give importance to Profile, then brand, then compensation and at last place of posting.

At last I would like to share with you the two most precious learnings that Bala Sir taught us and i am sure even you are aware of this. Throughout your life wherever you land up, do remember:1) To be Selfish and 2) Problems are Opportunities.

Good luck!!!!!! Thanks & Regards,Amar Changulani


Amit Jain

I am Amit Jain,



Specialisation: Operations

Placed in my 1st company

The phase of placement comes as a great feeling of excitement, anxiety,

confusion and last but not the least tension, till we get placed. Placement

Season is another phase of learning in our life during which we experience

various Ups and Downs. All this makes you tough to handle difficult situations in

your life. However, it was avery very short period or duration that I had

experienced.

For this Placement Season, students of Balaji Society maintain 90% of

attendance to get an opportunity to sit in all the companies which comes in our

campus for Placements. I was a bit lucky to have an aggregate attendance of

90.3% at the start of Placement season. I became legitimate to contest my

ability for JOB.

This was the first company which visited for Operations and came just after

four days of our completion of Winter Training. Till the end of thewinter training

we were not aware of the scene of placement for Operation batch. So, I had

planned to visit my home to celebrate Diwali with my Family, which was on 5

November. On 31st October my flight was at 5 PM from Pune. At 12 PM, I got a

call from the PAT team that this company is going to visit our campus on 2

November and you are shortlisted for the first round. All my excitedness to go

home and celebrate Diwali with my Parent's shattered. I cancelled my trip.Then

I sat alone and thought about it, I got the feeling that this is going to be one of

the best gifts of my Diwali in the form of my Placement. And, then I decided to

give 100% of my effort.

I cleaned my well maintained Blue Corporate Suit which sat quietly and

undisturbed for most of its life. There were three members in the pre placement

talk. There was a PowerPoint presentation regarding the Company's details,

business growth, opportunities, turnover, roles they were going to offer tous

and then there was question answer session.

Earlier, the Company had shortlisted 95 CVs from the SBS, all Specialization. I

felt great that my CV was amongst the shortlisted CVs.

After their presentation, we were asked to go for an Aptitude Test. In the

aptitude test there were 35 questions, all were mathematical questions. The

duration of the aptitude test was one hour. The questions were little tricky and

lengthy. I had solved almost 29 questions, out of which I was confident that

atleast 25 were right.

The result of the aptitude test was declared at around 1 pm. The result of the


test was very shocking and surprising.Shocking was because out of 95

candidates only 8 were shortlisted for the next round. The result was surprising

because I was one of the shortlisted who was selected for the next round.

As there were only 8 students who had cleared the first round, the next round

was going to be a Technical Round& HR interview. There was no GD round for

us. Then we were told that the team which was going to take the interview was

not going to make it today. So were asked to come on 7th November, which two

days was after Diwali.

For the Technical round I had gone through almost all the subjects related to

Operations.

In the Technical round, there was only one member who was going to throw the

questions to me. He started the round by introducing himself and then he asked

me tell about myself. And then he started throwing questions to me. He asked

me about my interests, my favorite subjects. Then, he asked me questions

related to almost all the subjects of operations. Then he asked me about my

Summer Training during Engineering. After that he asked me about my MBA's

Winter Training. He asked me about my learning and my inputs to the company.

Then he asked to draw the layout of the Plant where I undergone the training.

The Technical round went for about one and half hour (1.5 hr.). During this

Technical Round he also shared his experience in Operation Field. He also said

that I made good decision to choose Operation as my Career. All his words just

boosted my energy.

Then i went for the HR Round. There was only one member for this round also.

It was a very simple round because I had been preparing for this round since

Engineering. This round went for about 30 minutes. She asked about my

adaptability to different location than my hometown.

We were told that the result was going to be declared by 6 PM. But at 7 PM we

came to know that the result was going to be declared next day. Next day at

around 12:30 PM, I got a call fromthe PAT team that the Company has selected

5 students and I was one of them. I jumped in the air, thanked God and called

my Parents. I felt good because this was the first company I sat and cracked

I got my offer letter after 3 days of confirmation.

So, this was the experience I went through. And today I can say that I have

chosen the right company to begin my Career. I am getting the exposure real

corporate world. I had a wonderful experience and was quite lucky to get my

hands on one of the biggest brand of MNC. I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT team,

my Colleagues and the college for all these moments.


And to my juniors, I would wish you All the Very Best for your corporate career

and personal life. At the time of placement, be Patient; give 100% of your

effort. “Kamyabikhudchalketumhare pas ayegi”.

Though Group Discussion Round is very unnerving, try to put right points. Have

your vocabulary and oratory stronger enough to put you in a good position at

the end of Group Discussion Round. Do not try to raise any issue during GD

session. And, at the time of Personal interview, try to be yourself. Be frank to

the Panel Members. And never under-estimate yourpotential.

Regards,

Amit Jain

Ph-9637374897

Hi

My name is Amit Juyal.

My College Roll no. Is HRD 09 6109.

I specialized in Pm &Hrd 2009-2011 from Balaji Institute of Management and

Human Resources Development..

I got placed with (Company NO. Last). I am rejoiced to share my campus

experience here.

Before I begin, I got to make a candid confession...the reason I was putting this

whole MY CAMPUS EXPERIENCE rigmarole on the backburner is that recalling all

those moments of agony and triumph is a bit taxing on my aging gray

cells.....nevertheless the news of losing my caution money has made me buckle

up for this excruciating task..and BIMHRD,,, I bow down to your maverick

attempt yet again in kicking my indolence out of the bed..

Okay, Lets rewind this edgy recorder called LIFE.... forgive me for my inability to

bring forth the exact dates, but as far as my consciousness recounts, it was last

November when my colleagues and I began on this journey called placement

season clad in that blue corporate attire conjugated with the look of anxiety on

our faces which definitely gave us the appearance of aspiring candidates vying

for a piece of corporate dream. Though it took some time for me to join the

herd because of my depleted attendance but surely the bell did toll for me

pretty loud and sooner than i expected.

Amit Juyal.


By the time I became legitimate to contest my abilities, a portion of my friends

and foes were already basking in their new found glory called JOB. They got

placed, went home, came back with more vitality leaving us the unplaced

species in the air of uncertainty and putrid smell of black leather shoes.

The season kicked off for me when this gem of a towel company hung open its

doors for every disillusioned and disheartened soul without any legitimacy

criterion. My well maintained BLUE COPORATE SUIT which sat neatly and

undisturbed most of its life got a chance to embrace me. I shrug off that feeling

of being down so long and brought myself to this grand edifice called

Raththilathammal Auditorium. The whole gathering had a delirious appeal to

it..nervousness taking a toll on nails of even the most dauntless...

Then breaking the commotion of the entire crowd, came up on stage, this

chipper girl right out from the Corporate Relations Cell...announcing the delay in

arrival of prospective hirers. The announcement did stark opposite of what it

was meant to do. After several hours of agonizingly long wait, people did find

solace in the comforting words of this man who brought forward the possibilities

of employment and moreover repayment of their surging loans. Then came the

loathsome moment when the entire assemblage was divided into what they

thought were manageable units for commencing the group-chaotic-discussions.

I too got to be a part of the group where words flew superfluously and never

met content or issue and vice versa. Though I've always found group

discussions unnerving but given my talent for words and oratory i've always

scraped through each one of them. In fact, by the time i landed with 99 percent

possibility of getting a job, i sat for 14 of those and effortlessly aced all of them,

come what those hordes of girls with incongruous rationality.

Taking off on higher grounds from those group discussions, my flight pretty

much got grounded every time in the successive rounds. Maybe it was because

of the fact that i could not get out of group discussion mode and found myself

in verbal duels even with the interviewers. On those occasions I firmly stuck to

my gut leaving me with lesser room for employment. But then that's character,

hard to conceal.

Then came the days filled with obscurity, the days of nothingness. Waking up

every day with the exasperated breath of last days failures.Sticking the phone

close by in hope of getting that elusive call which might buzz away my

gloominess. I saw my fellow people losing hopes deep in their hearts but still

carrying on the fight with their zealous and fake smiles. I saw myself in

them..torn, worn out, debilitated, dejected but still keeping the spirit ignited for

walking a few more steps showing no signs of giving up. The days kept rolling

on but everyday felt just the same.


Very soon winters gave way to summers but still the placement season didn't

budge a step for me and for the others of my creed. We literally tried every

possible platform to raise our chances of employment from surfing unknown job

portals to visiting the underbelly of shady job consultancies. Reality gave a hard

punch on our dreams and our will got punctured. But all that while there was a

constant buzz echoing in my ear, telling me softly that it's darkest when the

dawn is near. And yes the dawn was faring close.

Throwing the towel in was never ever a viable option for me. So when the last

entrant for the placement season arrived at our grandiose campus premises, I

was ready to give it a one last shot....a shot which would blur all boundaries of

pain and defeat. For last 13 odd attempts i was getting asphyxiated at the very

last juncture as if all the hirers were innately telepathic in knowing my

unconventional ways.

So for this last attempt i decided i'll let my neck do much of the talking and

send my ludicrous mouth out on a sabbatical. The trick worked like a charm.

Ensuing days made me choke even more as my fortune was at the door in the

form of Offer Letter but the poor old door got jarred with a rusty angry bolt

called Backlog. I've never had a chance to walk on quicksand but the feeling

would not be any different and i can vouch my dusty old pair of socks for that. I

saw nervousness at a blinding distance.

Somehow i managed to buy some time out for myself in terms of joining date

so that i could get rid of my academic transgressions. I crammed in as much

financial knowledge that could just take me over the finishing line and in the lap

of employment. I scored a meagre 50 but felt like a mighty 100.

Today when i occupy no more than 2 arm's length of office space, a pile full of

mundane files and just sufficing pay check, i wonder if it was all we were losing

our sleep for.

Rather i would trade this life for the phase when anxiety and uncertainty fed my

days and nights were laden with endless senseless conversations and bursts of

lunacy with my good old friends.

AMIT JUYAL (HRD 09 6109)


Amit Ranjan

I am Amit Ranjan

Reg No: HRD09-6301

Class: PM&HRD

Division: D

BIMHRD

Academic year: 2009-2011

passed out on: April, 2011

After hearing the announcement of a manufacturing company (XYZ) coming for

final placements, for the HR students, I was excited and made my mind to sit

for it. Before this company I sat for 4 companies but unfortunately was not able

to get through the final interviews. 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.

The company XYZ came for the campus placement on 27th November 2010 for

every specialization. Finally the company arrived our campus at 10 am and the

pre placement talk was delivered by the Vice President HR of the company at

PPT hall. After this, groups were formed for the group discussions by the

company. HR students were in the same group. All the marketing students were

interviewed first and we were waiting for our turn. For the whole day all of us

were waiting for our chance of the GD. In the evening time one of the panel

members came to us and asked to submit our CVs to them because they were

winding up the day as they have to leave for Mumbai. All the HR students were

highly frustrated due to the long waiting and lost the hope for this company.

Few marketing students were given the offer on the same day and they were

very happy for their selection.

After this company there many companies come to our campus for HR students.

Although these companies were paying a good CTC but they were not a

manufacturing company. It was my decision to start my career with the

manufacturing company because I had a great interest in labour laws.

The month of December was a mixture of frustration and tension. Mean while

DRISHTI 2011 started, and it grabbed my whole attention. Strategy formulation

and practices for the events started in the college which was more interesting

for me than to sit for the campus placement. Finally we won DRISHTI 2011on

21st Jan 2011. On 23rd Jan 2011 I got a call from the CRT that there was a


process for the same XYZ Company in Mumbai for the HR students. Three of us

from the society went for the process carrying our law books so that we can

read it in the bus while travelling for Mumbai. But we were not able to

concentrate on the books and I realized at that point of time what we learn

before the placements from day Zero of our college is the actual preparation for

the placements. Finally we reached the office of the company and we were

made comfortable by the co-coordinators of the company. There were also few

other students present for the process and altogether there were 8 or 9

candidates from different colleges including our society students.

The selection process started by the aptitude test 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 in it as

there were sectional cut offs and negative marking. After the test, few of the

candidates were eliminated as they didn't score the required cut off marks. After

the aptitude test, directly the PI started. There was no Group Discussion in the

procees so we were a bit relaxed.

I was the first 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 I found a panel

of five members who were ready to conduct the interview. The panel introduced

themselves to me and similarly asked me to introduce myself. They made me

absolutely comfortable by initiating the interview in a humorous style. Then

gradually the panel started asking me the questions related to the theories.

The questions asked to me are as follows:-

1. Teel me something about yourself?

2. Why did you choose HR?

3. What do you know about our organization?

4. How did you come to the office?

5. Who were your professors?

6. Questions regarding the OB & OD (Motivation Theories, Leadership Model,

Skill Matrix questions)

7. Questions related to PF, ESIC., Bonus and Gratuity.

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. 20% of 80 & 80% of 20, which one is greater?( Answer: Always equal)


13. Can you work in any location especially in Kerala? ( To check my flexibility

of the job location)

14. Few situation based question.

Few questions related to current affairs & general awareness was also asked to

me for which I don't know the authenticity of my answer.

I gave the answers of this question as per my understanding of the theories. At

that time I didn't know that how much the panel was convinced by my answers

but for one thing I was sure that the panel was continuously testing my

patience level and confidence level in order to clarify the fitment issue in the

organization.

At the end of the day when everyone's PI was done, we were asked to leave

and they said that the results will be informed within a day or two. After two

days I got a call from the corporate relation team and they confirmed regarding

my selection at XYZ and I was the only candidate to be selected .

The amount & quality of training and grooming at Sri Balaji Society has helped

me a lot specially the assessment centres and mock interviews. The benefit of

reading the newspapers are huge when the questions related to current affairs

& general awareness are asked.

My Learnings from the Interview:-

1. To do the homework of researching about the company.

2. To remain confident & Cheerful because I was selected at the end of the

January when almost all my friends were placed.

3. 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.

4. To remain what I am at the time of interview because the selection is the

matter of fitment and not incapability.

5. The panel also knows that the student is not 100% percent perfect for the

position as lots of learnings are yet to come.

6. The internship plays a very vital role in the selection process as it reflects the

amount of effort, thought clarity of the individual.

7. As the interview is of a very limited time, one has to create a positive impact

on a panel but this impact should be very powerful and natural and not a

manipulated as it is easily noticeable.

At last I would like to advise the juniors by the virtue of my experience to stay

confident, calm & compose throughout the process and in GD even if you speak

less, make it sensible because it's no use of speaking non-sense.

Regards.


Amritanshu

Hi,I am Mr. AmritanshuRegistration no.- HRD 09-6010Class- MarketingDivision- A from BIMHRDFrom the academic year 2009-10 passed out on 2011.My specialization is in Marketing & IT.

I have been placed in a satelite television company . It was for the second year that this company had came to our our campus.

This company came to campus in January and the CVs had been asked from the interested students.And it was my first company , provided I had to wait a bit longer to wear that blue suit . Considering the nature of industry this company represents , which is a unique mix of both consumer durables as well as FMCG kind of distribution , I was really interested in this company. To my surprise, not many of my friends and other batch mates had opted for this company. The company had finally come to our campus for placement process somewhere around 20th January'11. That was the peak of our placement season and the same day we had 2-3 companies in our campus and I had applied for one more of them (this company was from banking sector). There were some 70 students who applied for the company process based on our CVs and it was a mix of different backgrounds .

The first round was GD and 8 groups were made each with the strength of 8-10 students. The groups were also made based on our CVs and the company representatives had made those groups themselves. The result was that I had got the 6th group with 10 batch mates. I had finished the process of other company which I had applied for that day as there was only one interview that too for just 5 minutes and it did not get well. I think one should not opt for more than one placement process in a day as it divert the focus and if one process does not go well, you feel disheartened for the second one. I was also feeling a bit nervous then and waiting for my group to be called.

Finally, the 6th group i.e. mine group for GD had been called and the topic given to us was “Emerging avenues of development in India in coming decade” Interestingly, I had read some article on the same topic few days back. But still, I restrained myself from being the first to start the GD , as I always had this notion that if you are the opener in a GD, you will get the maximum encounters from others in the GD. I preferred to listen few members of the group, made


the points I wanted to counter with and then as in every GD, there comes a silent point, I picked up from there. We as a group discussed about the condition of development and sustainance mecahnism at every level and strata of India , the drawbacks and loop holes in the system, how they affect the development goal at all the level and some very new concepts coming into picture now a days to elevate the quality of development. All in all, the GD was good and healthy. Surprisingly, there was no verbal fight of heated argument in GD which we usually face in any GD. The first round was over and we were waiting for the results to come.

I was among 15 qualified for the next round i.e. first round of interview and I was given the last slot for the interview. If you are the last person in an interview round, it may be the best opportunity to showcase yourself because till your turn comes, you get the feedback from other mates about the interview questions and interviewer nature and also the interviewer also expect something new as a last call. It was my first real interview given it was my first company placement process. Before that I had only sat for interviews during summer internship placement processes. The company representatives asked very basic questions like why you want to join satellite telivision industry, what are your future plans, how you got quite a bit less marks in graduation etc. I think if you have the genuine answers of such question, you can easily get through such interview. No one expect you to be the master of all the things in the final year of your PG and that's why there are training programs in every company to train you for getting result the company wants from you in future. When the result got out, I was one of the 6 batch-mates who were finalized for the last and final round of interview and again I was the last one. The final interview was off-campus on around 29th January. The schedule allotted to me was around 3pm but due to some change in the timings of company's representatives, the interviews of mine as well as those before me were shifted early. I reached at the venue at 1pm. If you are the last person, you don't have to see many nervous faces roaming around in the hall, outside (/inside) washrooms and it helps you to keep your moral high. I think there should be some kind of confidence boosting exercise from the college side during the long placement processes to keep the students rejuvenated. The interview was conducted by two of the top level officials of the company and unexpectedly, the questions were simple and straight forward. The interview started with the summer project. They asked about everything related to the project and I found myself with almost appropriate answers of most of the questions. The thing to be noticed is that the interviewer does not ask about what you are going to do? He will ask about what you have done and how you have done it? As in my case, there was not a single question from the concerned industry and most of the examples I had given, were from Automobile industry as my summer project was market research in the same area.


The result came in next two days when I was in college and one friend from placement team gave me one of the happiest news of my career. I was among the 4 batch mates who were finally selected to join the company. 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. Do not pretend that you know everything about the company and the market because the person sitting in front of is in that field for past 20-30 years in which you are trying to enter. if you want to sustain in the industry, it's necessary that your abilities match with the company's requirement.In short, the best preparation for any placement process in campus is to brush up what you have done in past, read a bit about the company for which you are appearing , and present yourself as you naturally are , to the company in the best manner.

Name: Anil SharmaRegistration Number: HRD 09-6111 Batch: 2009-11PGDM MARKETING Dual BBIMHRDHiThis is Anil Sharma. My placement experience is like you need 6 runs at last ball of final match.I got placed on 25 APRIL and 24 was our farewell day. I was very sad on my farewell party because everyone was getting their offer letter but i was waiting for it, but on the very next day i got good news from the company and i scored 6 runs on final ball.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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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. It was also a learning period we got to know about too many companies and their business. It was also a time to enjoy others victory and to participate in their rejections. We all were used to get ready in the morning in our dress and to go auditorium with full of confidence and with a dream that today I will get the job. Then gradually time passes and some people got selected and some were left to join the job. And 3rd semester exams also started. It was very difficult time to manage both the study and the placement. After that continuously too many companies visited the campus.Glad to write my placement experience, can't forget that day when again with all the hopes went in the auditorium, all emotions come into play this time.

Anil Sharma


Journey:Till November 17 i was not eligible for placement criteria. After November 17 i started My Journey to get placed.I am an engineer and at that time i had work ex of 8 months in infrastructure sector. From the Initial months of my MBA i want to join Industrial marketing. I Waited for 2 Months for industrial marketing profile. But that time no one was offering Industrial marketing. In Between January 15 To march 15 i seated for 15 Companies. In those 15 Companies out of 5 companies i was rejected in first round (Written) and in 4 companies i was rejected in Second round (GD).But Still i was having the same spirit and energy that i had on my first Company. As time Passes i was becoming More and More Desperate to get Industrial marketing Profile. But When I was rejected for 4 Consecutive companies in last round (Final Interview). All My friends started saying me that ARE YAR JO MILE WO LE LE.But even at that time i was confident that i will get Profile of industrial marketing.And Finally My CV was shortlisted for an MNC for Industrial marketing. We were called for Final Interview.

My Interview:When I entered the room they made me feel very comfortable & started with the questions :1. Tell us about Yourself?2. What is your area of Interest?3. Do you like sales ?4. Can you Travel to Rest of maharastra.5. Weakness & Strengths?7. Why you want to join Industrial marketing.

They also asked me why should they hire me 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.The interview went very well. Throughout the interview I was confident. I was well prepared for it. It went on just like I had anticipated. It lasted for 20 minutes. After the interview round we were waiting for results. However the result was not declared on that day.

Then they also explained me my work, my tenure as a trainee, my work profile and their expectations from me. Finally He told me Anil thank you. I will send your CV to our HR department and we will get back to you within 1 week.


And from that day i again started waiting for my lucky day, i was confident that i will definitely select for this profile.

Finally it was my last day in SBS and I enjoyed my farewell party with my friends at that moment i was much tensed but still I was hoping for my best. Finally Morning of 25 April came with lots of pleasure and happiness for me. And finally I got placed with my desired profile.

My Suggestion to All Juniors:

Be real to Interviewers.Be confident about what you are saying.The day was different from the other days. I maintained the calmness. Not only me but my mates helped me a lot. Normally we find a tense faces during this time. But we were just enjoying those moments with a light jokes & humorous talks.

In a Interview, there are few points to take care of:Grooming is essential to leave a pleasing impression & landing the job you want. This is the most neglected part when it comes to man.

Demeanour is the most influential factor in the hiring decision be responsive, attentive, and remember to smile. Even if you tend to be shy, or are just a bit nervous, do your best to radiate confidence. Sit up straight, don't fidget, and make eye contact periodically throughout the interview.

Few Takeaways:Please update yourself with basic information of Company coming for Placement.

MS Excel is must for every field. Give some time to excel & power point.Be strong in your favourite subject.

Thank you,ANIL SHARMABIMHRD2009-2011HRD 09 6111.


Anindita Nag

Name-Anindita Nag,HRD 09-6012I am Ms Anindita Nag, Registration Number. HRD 09-6012, from Class Marketing, Division A from BIMHRD, from the academic year 09-11' passed out on may -11.

My specialization is in Marketing. I am finally placed in Company A.My campus placement experienceI still remember it was 7th December 2010 when I got placed with Company A. At 1:00 am.I was a core Corporate Relations Coordinator of BIMHRD handling Mumbai Region, but I was not able to sit for placements right from the beginning because I was not eligible. The first company I remember I sat for, was Company “X” which is open for all and everyone can sit for the process, where I cleared the intial group discussion, then the psychometry,and then the interview which was for 45 minutes. The only thing that was going on in my head at the time of the interview was that, this is it.. this is the company I have to crack it because I don't know when would be the next opportunity to sit for a company who will offer equivalent package and a good profile. Though my interview went on well and I thought I have made it.. I was not selected because the kind of profile they were looking at, I did not fit in there. I was heart broken, in shock but somewhere down the line I knew that even if I start putting in efforts right from now also, I ll make it….Next 3 months were very tough… that was September, October, November when the placement cell and all the co-ordinators put in all their efforts to get companies on campus and get themselves and the batchmates placed. I remember each day i sat on my seat calling for companies knowing that wont be able to sit for the same company I am calling in for, which was tough and little painful. But rightly said by our own Bala sir,“Problems are opportunities” Made me little more stronger but more then that I believe patient. These 3 months I gave in all my efforts to get companies on campus,co-ordinated a lot of process but did not sit for them though I wanted to..I got eligible in the month of December and all most many of our batchmates got eligible at the same time. Students who got placed before December were lucky enough, because it was their hardwork and they were eligible and had less of competition. In my case scenario changed completely when I got eligible, more competition, more pressure, more eagerness…. No words to explain..It was 4th December when I was sitting in my placement cell and had got the confirmation that Company “A” is coming to the campus on 7th December. It was me who had got the company on campus and I remember, and I was the one who was making the notice for all my batchmates to announce it in the auditorium. I ll share the notice which I made..


NOTICEName of Company : Company “A”Company Code : (CODE: 53)Stream : Marketing and Finance only. Profile : at the time of PPT CTC : 4-5 Lacs p.aJob Description : at the time of PPT.POP : at the time of PPT

SELECTION PROCESS SCHEDULE Date : 6th December, 2010Time : 9:00 amVenue : Auditorium Eligibility Criteria : Campus Placement criteria For Marketing all eligible can apply For Finance only Engineers can apply No operations.04/12/10 Corporate Relations TeamThe only thing that was going on in my head at that point of time was that I was following this company since so long, and finally the day arrived when its coming to campus and I was looking forward and I had made up my mind that I ll give my 100%. Couldn't sleep the entire night on 5th December, because 6th the company was coming. Finally, 6th December morning Company “A” was on campus. And we had over 200 hundred students who applied for it… the moment company was on campus, things went little haywire. Lets start from the beginning 6th December there were 2 more companies on campus and all the students wanted to sit for all most all the 3 companies. It was big challenge for the entire placement cell BIMM corporate relations team,BITM corporate relations team, BIIB corporate relations team and BIMHRD corporate relations team to handle so many students at a time and make sure that nobody misses a single process. Which we were successfully able to do it…. Students running from this building to that building lot of chaos.Now it was BIMHRD floor where Company “A” had the process. I was on my toes right from receiving the team to conveying each and everything to my batchmates. And I was tensed at the same time that I have to get selected. The group discussion round started. Around 200 students sat for the 1st group discussion round out of which 80 students were shortlisted for next round. Then the next group discussion round started out of which 25 students were shortlisted for the personnel interview round. This was the 5th company I sat during the season. And all the companies I appeared I use to clear the group discussion rounds because the kind of gromming we had got was unbelievable and at the same time I use to make sure that I participate well in the GD'S and make valid points but during the interviews things went wrong all the time.


As was co-ordinating the process right from the morning I was tired though but I had my smiles on, on my face which does make a difference. During the process the HR team tested my patience at a lot of places like, the lunch which we usually get from our SBS mess they didn't have that, they wanted something else, they wanted different GD sheets, different GD tags, a lot of things which were taken care at the earliest.. keeping patience was one thing that time..I was the last one to be interviewed at 12 in the night. I got into the cabin with a nice smile, and they were very pleased with the hospitality and the way things were taken care of and made their work easier and smoother. I was asked to make a sales call at the time of my interview.. which I made and they were very impressed that though it was 12 in the night,the energy level and the spirit was high.And the only response I got from them was “ we are looking for people who have fire in their belly to achieve something” and they said which you have it….Suggestions for the juniors:Clear all your backlogs when you have time and before the placement season starts… and the hardwork you put in never crib about it because it pays you off…. It is for all the situations though takes time but it does pay off.

Hi,

I am Ms.Anjali kushwaha

Registration Number BIMHRD09-11 6302 Word count:1060

Division PM&HRD from BIMHRD

I joined XYZ compny, on 1st of March

Dear friends,

I would like to share my campus placement experience and part of my life

experience.

My real journey started when I joined Sri Balaji Society. Two years in Sri Balaji

Society were fully fun and placement was a very small part of this journey

which went quiet good for me. It was a nice experience joining this institution

and seeing new life with Sri Balaji Society.

I enjoyed life at Sri Balaji Society, but good had to end and the real tough

things was laying ahead “PLACEMENT”.

My placement ended before I could actually think of taking it seriously. I could

hardly attend any group discussion or any interview, as I became illegible for

placements, when already 100 companies had selected best candidates from Sri

Balaji Society and gone. My attendance was below 85%, so I was not allowed

to sit for placements. When my roommates used to go for interview, I used to

sleep. I was happy when my classmates were getting placed, but never cared

for my placement or any thought of being unemployed bothered me.

Anjali kushwaha


When I got eligible for placements, I faced selection processes of very few

companies before I got placed. Sitting for group discussions was a nice

experience. I attended group discussion of only three companies.

In company A, there were 7 participants in each group. The topic on which my

group spoke was “Live-in Relationships”. I spoke against the topic mentioning

the culture of India and purity of relationships. Very good points were put

forward by all the participants and everybody spoke very well. I didn't clear that

round.

In company B, the GD topic was 'Education in India Vs Western countries'. I

spoke about the IITs and the best universities India have, where foreign

students come to take knowledge. Our people are hired by foreign companies;

they go out and work, as they have the best education gained by the best

'Gurus'.

GD topic in company C was a political topic, about which I had very less

knowledge. So I spoke only once that to I just repeated the points of others.

That time I realized reading newspaper and keeping yourself up to date is very

important.

For company D, there were two rounds. First was to write some answers of the

question which were based on our life and career. We had to send them to the

company online. I wrote those answers very well. 25 candidates were selected

for next round based on their answers. I was also there. Next round was face to

face interview. That was 4th interview of my life which I faced, so I was very

nervous. There were two interviewees to take my interview. They mostly asked

technical questions like:

What is performance appraisal?What are the types of appraisal?

How a company conducts performance appraisal?

They also asked about Provident Fund Act, Bonus Act, the amendments in the

Acts, etc. The questions were easy, though not very clearly but I answered all

questions except about amendments. After the interview I was happy, but

somewhere I knew I won't get selected, and I didn't.

Most of my friends were placed, when I went to attend the interview of XYZ.

There were only four candidates for that interview from our institution. It was

not a proper professional interview at all, but apart from our expectation, it was

a kind of discussion. For most of time the HR manager was speaking and I was

thinking when the interview will start. I didn't get any chance to actually answer

any question. We all four were selected for the job. The salary offered was 4.2

LPA and profile was HR generalist. It was not exactly a happy moment but a

confusing moment because we all were in dilemma whether to join the

organisation or not. I thought to take this risk with my other two friends to join

XYZ, as hardly any company was coming for placements.

I started my placement journey late, somewhere in January. But before I even

realized, I was in Mumbai to join that XYZ compny, on 1st of March. Placements

were still on when I started working in that Organisation. My first working


experience turned out to be horrible. The profile turned out to be marketing

profile and salary was variable depending on performance. Whatever I learned

in that organisation was useful for my life but added nothing to my career. I left

that organisation in four months.

Good things never come easy and fast. I never cared to practice for interviews

or group discussions and took the easy path which paid off in nothing. of course

I never regretted this because when we lose something we learn something.

There is a long way to go on the path of gaining knowledge and skill. Though it

didn't affected me much, I would tell everyone to take placements seriously as

they help you kick start your career. Everyone needs a

launch pad and that's placement.

Thanks to placement cell of our college that they have struggled so much to

place all the students of my batch. Sri Balaji Society has been the best

experience in my life, including placement. At this juncture of my life, I have got

a few really good and unforgettable friends because of SBS. Stories of my life at

SBS are unforgettable. At least now I can give tips about GD and interviews to

others, though it was never followed by me. This institution has taught me a

few things which I will surely implement in further heading life. And don't have

a lot to say, I just expressed what I have experienced in this college.

To summarize it all, make your moves, learn from everything what comes your

way, and do take placements seriously. I have some of my friends which are

really at good point of their career. I have learned a lot from them also. Even

I'm satisfied where I am.

I don't have any aim such because I don't want to limit my goal.

I just want to go on wherever my life takes me. I just want to learn, to grow, to

live.

Thanks to all for being part of my wonderful life.

Regards

Anjali


Anjanikumar Nagoriya

Hello everyone

I am Anjanikumar Nagoriya,

Registration Number - HRD09-6110,

From Class PGDM (Marketing)

Division B from BIMHRD,

From the academic year 2009-11 passed out on April, 2011

My specialization is in Marketing

I got placed through off campus in Xyz Company

With immense pleasure, I am sharing my campus placement experience with

you all, hoping that it may help you

The 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

experience

Placement Season started in October 2010 for marketing students. As we all

know that when we see ourselves as an individual then we feel so confident but

at the same time when we see ourselves in SBS crowd then somewhere we

start losing that self-confidence even though we have the competence and

knowledge to succeed. Same things happened with me too but slowly I learnt

that first of all I have to trust myself because God helps those who help

themselves. After it I sat for some companies I don't remember the nos.but, I

didn't get through. I would like to appreciate the PAT team members & Dimple

Mam &Bala Sir & all other who worked day and night so hard to get in the

companies to our college

To get into a company one needs to have academic knowledge and to 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 & affairs. 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. One should go through the company's

profile before sitting for any company. A good profile with a good company

helps one grow in the right direction. One should be wise enough to judge the

credibility and reputation of the company in the market. Just be prepared well in

advance and you will win the war. Taking tension only mitigates your

performance.


If I talk about company process in general, the session used to start with a pre

placement talk by the company executives, growth component, work culture,

market presence etc. Then 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.i.e. HR round, technical round etc The entire

campus placement session gives you time to groom yourself, to know where do

you stand, to maintain your cool under immense pressure and competition, to

keep your motivation levels high. Always Follow SBS' 3D Discipline Dedication &

Determination that direct you towards your success

My placement experience was average as sometimes I was able to go ahead

and clear the GDs and then not selected in interviews. I really tried my level

best in the interviews but don't know what used to go wrong. May be it was the

matter of time. The GD topics were equally related to politics, general topics,

and Sales & Marketing topics. My heartily thanks to our beloved Bala Sir's

continuous push to read more newspapers and discuss the same because of

which I was able to share my knowledge in GD's in company's processes. I

remember some following topics

1. India Vs China

2. Education in India

3. 2G Scam

4. Is Consumer really king in India?

5. Women are the better manager than men

6. Wikileaks

7. FDI in India

8. Common wealth games

9. Indian premier league

In interview you should be honest & sometimes reply diplomatically according

the profile you applied for.I faced the following questions in interviews.

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Why Marketing after B.Tech?

3. Tell me something about your Strength and weakness?

4. Why do you want to join our company?

5. Tell me something about your Family Background?

6. Why are you interested in this profile?

7. What is your Hobbies and Interest?

8. What is difference between Sales & Marketing?

9. What is the product life cycle?

10. BCG?

11. What do you know about the company?

12. What is Segmentation..brief with an example ?

13. Are you comfortable for any location?

14. Question related to my previous job


15. What are the learnings from your summer project?

During the placement time I was very selective since I feel that one should go

for the right choice, have patience and go for the one which you desire. It's

better to be unemployed than going for a wrong choice because if you don't

love the work which you do then you cannot grow and would ultimately leave

yourself in the road where you cannot turn back and have to continue doing the

same work

Which you don't enjoy. Money or compensation should be the last priority. I also

suggest that always 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. 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.

This was my campus placement experience... The two years in this college have

taught me so many things which are helping me in my professional and

personal life… here's wishing you ALL THE BEST for your future and Placements

….may you get all the success, happiness and glory you deserve.

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

Thanks & Regards

Anjanikumarnagoriya

HRD09-6110

Hello friends.

I am Ankit Jain

Registration no. HRD-09-6205

PGDM Dual – C

BIMHRD

My specialization is in Marketing & finance.

I was placed on 22 Dec. 2010.

As I begin to write my placement experience it brings a smile on my face

remembering the high and lows of my journey in Sri Balaji Society and entering

into the corporate world.

Ankit Jain


I hope this placement experience comes in handy.

To begin with most of us come with a certain aim and mindset as we enter into

Sri Balaji Society and I was one of those who wanted to get placed in Sales that

too particularly with a FMCG major from the first day only. What should be the

priority for selecting and screening for a job. Should it be package, profile,

brand. Only a few of us get the best of all.

I was eligible from the first day only and truly speaking was well prepared for

both G.D and P.I. and I was very patient to wait for the right company.

I was placed in my 5th company although it was the 86th company on campus.

1st company: ( knocked out of G.D. round)

2nd company: ( again couldn't clear G.D.)

3rd Company : ( cleared G.D. but the interviewer was getting late and least

interested to take my P.I. )

4th company (just one day before my placement ): ( couldn't speak a word in

the G.D.)

5th company : ( They say when its your day Its your day and rightfully so )

During the period of placement, most of us want to get placed on the very first

day, but the worth is to get you the profile what you want regardless of the day

you get placed and there will be n number of times when people around you

and even you yourself will start to doubt your abilities but the trick is to have

patience and back yourself till the end.

They say that the darkest hour of the night is just before the dawn so whenever

you are in doubt back and trust yourself and the toil that you have put up to

reach this place.

I was placed on 22 Dec. 2010. Here under I have tried to summarize the entire

process.

The Process was as follows:

1. Presentation by company

2. Group Discussion

3. Aptitude Test

4. Personal Interview

Presentation by company: The presentation was about the company

background, businesses of the company details of all the SBU's and there was

one senior from each of the SBU's explaining about the business carried out by

them, the profile they offered i.e. the growth prospects , work we have to do ,

package details. The compensation details were given at the same moment it

was quiet straight forward nothing was hidden in that. Most of us were

concentrating on the package, I remember few of my friends not sitting for the


company due to the low package. But I knew that this would probably be one

one of the best FMCG brands to visit our campus and I had to crack it.

Group Discussion: 110 people turned up for the company including me.

11 Groups were made each comprising of 10 candidates; the topic given to our

group was “Developed Nations are exploiting Developing Nations. I am a very

strong supporter of globalization so I went against the topic and successfully

put valid points across my group and thankfully people who were for the topic

also lastly agreed to my view.

I was sitting at the 3rd position and spoke 3 to 4 times in the G.D. To my

surprise out of 11, 10 went for the topic and started to criticize the developed

world which actually helped me score. I remember to draw a distinction that the

topic referred to developing nations not 3rd world countries.Developing nations

have market and labour to offer and developed nations have technology and

capital to offer. So it's a win win model for both. It resonated with my group

members

After Lunch the results of Group Discussion came out and approximately 30-35

candidates were shortlisted and we were then asked to assemble in the

computer room for the next round.

Aptitude Test: Finally, when we assembled in the computer room, the test was

online this process was outsourced to the company named SQL, separate login

ID and Password was given, the test was bit difficult in calculations and

calculator was not allowed. Before the final test we all were asked to go through

a sample mock test so that we get an idea of the level of questions. Questions

include more of quantitative techniques, reasoning. The result too came from

SQL only, and it was announced late in the evening.

Personal Interview: I had developed quite a reputation among my friends in

leaving companies and not sitting for them. They knew that I will sit only for a

FMCG major and not many FMCG major were lined up to visit our campus after

this.

I also wanted to give it my best shop. I was 6th in the interview list. All the

previous people had 15 mins interview.

I was called in and they asked for my introduction only. I gave my best

introduction ever and since they didn't ask me to shut up, went on and on with

the introduction explaining my part time job during graduation and internship. I

was hoping that they would grill me further be it on my subject or something

else. And they told me that we are done. My interview just lasted hardly 3 to 4

mins.


And after coming out of the interview room I knew either I am thoroughly

selected or completely rejected.

Result: Finally at around 11.30 they announced the results and I was the 2nd

one to be selected,

NOTE:- This was more exciting because it was a mere co-incidence that we

three i.e. me and my two other classmates , my hostel roommates , my flat

mates, got selected in the same company.

Friends enjoy and savior every bit of your college life and placement process

because it will help you evolve.

Enjoy life and always smile.

Regards:

Ankit Jain

I am Ankit Sharma

Registration no – HRD09-6013

Class – PGDM (Operations & SCM)

BIMHRD – 2009 – 2011

Like everyone joined the society with dreams in their eyes, I was not a different

case. Believing the past placement records of SBS, I was confident of getting

the job with ease and after getting transferred to OPERATIONS (09 – 11) it

seems to be much more easier as compared to our marketing counterparts. We

were just a small family of 30, all engineers, more than 50% are with work

experience and are specializing in a sector which has huge demand in the

market etc etc. however it doesn't take much to came out of the myth that

despite of the fact that all these factors are favoring us all depends on how you

perform on the so called “YOUR” day

My journey was not so longer regarding the placements. It was 1st, 2nd and

3rd December when I finally got the confirmation that I became a part of the

corporate world in one of the leading MNC specialized in different sectors. No

one can explain that feeling in words. That was perhaps one of the best

moments of life.

Ankit Sharma


I don't remember exactly but my placement journey lasts for some 8

companies. But to be very honest with who-so-ever reading this experience this

was the 3rd company I actually want to work with. From the very first day I

joined the college, I was very clear in my mind I'll complete my MBA in

operations and work only with a manufacturing organization. I worked in that

way and succeeded.

Our placements started with an IT major for operations. As this was the 1st

company I was so excited that I forgot the promise which I made to myself. I

also appeared for the placement process and cleared the 1st round of written

test. However I can't make it to the final PI rounds and was out of the interview

and that was the end for my 1st attempt of getting placed. Finally three of my

batchmates got selected and they opened the account for operations.

Being out of the process is one thing but this experience left me with several

questions and clarifications. The questions are when I had already decided that

I appear only for manf. companies why I came for this process? What makes

me to appear? Was I actually ready for any process? Whats my prepration? And

the answers for all these questions are negative. I had learnt one more thing

from this process. While going for the GD we so called brothers decided to give

equal chance to everyone in the discussion but in the battlefield it was only

about the survival, no matter how you make it till the end. I decided to follow

what BALA sir always tells us – BE SELFISH.

I continued my preparation with shortlisted 8 subjects (4 each from 2nd and 3rd

sem). I had also started reading newspapers which I had never done in last 1

year which actually started giving me an additional edge, started visiting the

websites of the company and ensures that I must know about the turnover /

ventures / position of the company in the global market and their future plans,

made a sheet of common HR questions out of which one is most common –

Justify your engineering with your MBA.

Several companies from different sectors like logistics, paint, shipping, F&B,

automobile etc visited the campus but the ultimate result was the same. I was

not able to make out where I was wrong. There were two companies in which I

reach the final stage and was rejected, I was very disappointed bcoz these are

the companies I want to work with. Frustration started building up as there was

nothing to do other than waiting for the next.

Then came 1st December. I was fast asleep at 12 noon when I received a call

from PAT that the company is in campus for the second time, this time for

operations. As this is a manufacturing company and offering a profile of supply

chain it strikes that this is for me. I was very excited and at the same time

conscious as I was already out of 2 such companies. We assembled at TM

building. Till this time 6 of the operations students had already been placed. We

are 24 who appeared for the process. PPT was shown but the biggest

disappointment came to us when the package was disclosed. Only 4 students


submitted their resume. Afterwards the package was revised and most of us

decided to go for it.

As the strength was less the company decided that they would directly go for

interview. It was a panel of two out of which one is the plant HR. Interview

started and I was called 4th for the interview which is a mix of HR + technical

questions. As both of them were non-technical I have been asked about my

subjects and ask some basic questions. Some of the questions asked were –

1. Very basic and favorite question - Define yourself.

2. BE electrical and MBA operations. – Justify – They were very impressed with

the answer. As the company has technical products what I had done was linked

my engineering and management knowledge with their products.

3. What is your strength and weakness ?Why ?Countermeasures for

weaknesses.

4. Few questions based on companies profile. – My sincere suggestion - Be

very attentive during the PPT. The questions from the PPT is not just to check

whether you know about the company or not but also to judge your

seriousness.

5. And few very basic questions about inventory as what is inventory, safety stk

, EOQ etc.

We were asked to wait till all the interviews got over. We were confused if there

is another panel ging to take interview or they are going to declare the result

soon after the interviews. However this doubt had been cleared soon when 4 of

us got shortlisted and were asked to report I Mumbai for two more rounds of

interview – one technical with the operation head and other with the VP of the

company. Well this was the time I was worried that the operations head would

grill me and I just had one night to refresh all my concepts.

Next day we reached the plant (where the interview needs to be conducted).

@approx 11:45 our interview starts, it was a panel of two people and as

expected it was a hard core technical interview. I was last and called for

interview at 1:30 PM. A set of approx 15 - 20 questions was already ready for

me out of my favorite subjects (which I have told HR the previous day). I was

grilled on my technical strengths. This was the toughest technical interview I

had ever faced. My interview lasts for some 30 minutes. Truly this was not one

of the best interviews and I was not able to answer some of the questions

taken to the core. One thing I was happy about is all 4 of us had the same

experience. It was difficult to remember the exact questions but I can recall

what its all about.

1. Very first question I have been asked is what are your technical strengths –

for which I answered all the 8 subjects which I was preparing for the interviews.

– This was a mistake as you should not tell so many subjects in an interview if

asked about your technical strengths.

Soon after the answer I had been given a pen and paper and now the it starts.


2. I have been asked to explain how to calculate the inventory cost.

3. EOQ / ROL / safety stk. – for EOQ I have been asked to explain the EOQ

with constraints.

4. Calculation for costing of a product – for both local and imports – landed

prices.

5. Taxation – import duties / excise etc.

6. As TPM is implemented in the plant. Major questions are based on the same -

what are the pillars / significance - sub pillars etc.

7. Internship project - outcomes - explain.

8. Planning for products where forecasting is nt possible – techniques to be

implemented.

9. six sigma / KANBAN / 5S

10. Case study on lead time reduction.

We had been asked to have lunch before proceeding for the final interview. The

overall feeling with all of us is the interview was so – so as we were not

prepared it. However we reached to the admin building where our final

interview need to be conducted where the VP is waiting for us.

Totally different of what we were thinking, It was a very casual conversation of

10 min with an IIM – A product. He was an amazing personality. Just 4

questions – define yourself / family background / role model in life / hobbies.

Knowing that I used to write poetries he asked – Ankitekshayri ho jaye. And

that was the end of the interviews.

We had been asked to leave after the interview and the result would be sent to

the college. As previously we had the same experience of companies taking the

interview and not declaring the results we were sure in our hearts that none of

us got selected and we have to start preparing for the next. Next day there was

no result declared and we went to the auditorium at 5:30 PM as which all

companies were lined up for the next day.

I went to my room when I received a call from PAT . It was ann (frnds name)

on the other side asking why I was not there in the auditorium today and they

are going to take disciplinary action against me. She told me “aapkal se

auditorium nahiaayogekyuki…..” Before she speaks anything my roommates

started shouting that I was placed. Ann was laughing on the other side. My

world changed all of a sudden. With tears in my eyes, smile on my face my best

buddies wished me. They had already arranged a celebration cake for me. I can

still feel the happiness. I became the part of the corporate world.

I had already mentioned my suggestions during my experience, however I want

to make some more points –

1. Never try to fool anyone during the interview, specially yourself.

2. Whatever you are learning is not just to pass exams / crack interviews. – I


am working in the industry for more than a year and I am using these concepts.

3. BE – SELFISH

4. Be very clear in your mind what you want to do in your life. Your success

depends on clarity of thought.

All the best to all my dear juniors.

Hello!!!!!

I am Ankita Lohiya

Roll no. – HRD09-6206

PGDM- C (marketing & finance)

A great thanks to SBS for giving us such a memorable experience which would

be cherished life long. The two years journey has helped me not only grow

professionally but personally as well.

I would like to appreciate the commendable efforts of our college and our peers

in Placement Cell who worked hard and made our campus placement season a

huge success .“PLACEMENT SEASON” in every college comes as a phase of

tension, excitement, happiness and relaxation. All kind of feelings go hand –in

–hand and covering various rounds of GD's & Interviews gives you immense

exposure to know different industries and also gives you a feeling of your

strengths and weaknesses , but then you come out through this with a great

confidence in YOU!!! Its pleasure to write that over 200 companies visited our

campus during placement season and it was a treat to see your friends getting

placed one after another.

So when the companies started hovering in the college, I sat for those for which

I was clear in the mind .There were things in my mind, but I never wanted to

sacrifice on the Profile being offered by the company, that was the Most

Important parameter for me. The sectors where my interest lied was banking &

media. Most of the banks arrived when I wasn't eligible to sit because of the %

criteria as it was below 90%, later on when the criteria was open there was an

slowdown period at companies arriving at the campus after mid december. My

all flat mates were placed except me by mid jan, I was happy for them but used

to feel bad for me as everybody else was getting their share of luck & hard work

and I was desperately waiting to get mine..

Ankita Lohiya





corporate world.

The placement season in SBS rolled-in. LG-Electronics,traditionally being the

first company on campus in October. It didn't turn out to be an easy cakewalk

for many of us. However, this dejection was followed by a spark with a rise in

the number of students getting placed in the successive companies on campus.

Placement season started off with lot of excitement and zeal to get through the

process of the best company and for the best profile and for the best pay but all

this got lost and faded away as the placement season progressed, as there was

a time when I felt like, it's high time now and only getting placed was looking

like a tough fight, no matter what the company is and the package etc, I just

wanted to get placed.

To get selected in a company is one of the most important day of someone's

life. But later on I realised that till the time it doesn't happen, it requires a lot of

patience, preparations, hard work &wait.The pressure on me was increasing day

by day nevertheless I dint gave up . Jan passed mid terms arrived, it was

difficult to prepare for exams with placement going simultaneously. It's a saying

that “ whenits your day, it is “ , 11th feb 2012 was mine and the best thing was

it was a media company, the field of my interest.

Just after writing the exams we had the company at the campus. Went through

various round of gd , interviews. It was tough to crack it , moreover dint even

think that I would clear it. As the mid terms got over and all my friends were

about to leave due to early joining, so to spend a beautiful time for the last tie

wid them we all went to goa. And who knows the trip to goa would turn into a

good luck. Got the news of being placed , that particular moment I was feeling

at top of the world. Friend's congratulations, family blessings and a mental

relief, these all memories are unforgettable.

Before getting selected, I have gone through many processes where I was

learning with every day. I used to read a lot about all the current affairs, news

papers,brushing up my technical knowledge and this habit I even carry it today

to keep me fit in this corporate world .

A lot of companies visited in our campus, and many companies have the same

process. 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. I don't

know based on which qualities they have selected me ,all I know is I got the

company as well as the profile both of my interest.

* *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”.

All I could say to my juniours is all the very best. The blend of patience & hard

work will pay you at the end. The SBS would do at its level best and the time

spend here would always be cherished and misssed.

Thank you SBS for wonderful experience of 2 years !!!


Ankita Sawhney

Hello everyone,I am ANKITA SAWHNEY Registration No- HRD09-6207 Dual “C” - Marketing & Finance BIMHRD (2009-11)

To begin this, i would like to mention that to pen down this Placement experience was not that easy as it seemed to be. It recalls back all that phase of anxiety, tension, confusion and excitement till the time we are finally Through a good company and a decent profile to back on...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.

Anyways on my part it was a short duration that I passed on regarding this. I was clear in the mind from the beginning only that i would first try in for IT companies and FMCG sector as the last, but it was a turnaround for me. Though my first company was an IT and the second which turned out to be the last and the final one to get through was FMCG.

This company at that time was amongst the few who came with a good profile and a sound package overall, but in the auditorium it was announced that it's only coming to take 1 candidate only. Frankly speaking I felt that since the profile is of Sales, so the preference would be to boys at the end and its manufacturing after all, but the day before the company was suppose to come in the campus , my name appeared in the list of shortlisted 40 candidates for it and there were many whose names I expected to be there , were not there and then we came to know through PAT that they gave preference to candidates with the background of Chemicals , and those who were interns with the same, and then I realized that my graduation was- Chemistry (Hons.),(from D.U), so my name was there in the list.

The day this company was suppose to come to the campus, that day another company was also there in the college. I was eager to get through it as it was IT and also because my previous employer and moreover the profile and package was also good, but unfortunately I was unable to clear the GD only. That was pretty dejecting, but then I had to gear up to face the next company, and after long hours of wait, it was announced that it because of late process in any other college in Pune, it would come later. Again a bad day.


Then finally it turned up on 27th Nov, 2010 and all of us were there in the PPT Room, when the panel came up and the intro and the brief of the company got started followed by a presentation. Within half an hour the introduction was over and GDs started.

We all – the shortlisted students were waiting in the BIMM building and the process started. I was not prepared for GD or Interview either from within because I was not keeping well since last couple of weeks, so did not got time to brush up marketing theories....but anywz had to face it now.

The process began around 11-11:15 am .The process had 3 phases- -Group Discussion- Interview -and an Aptitude Test for the finalists after the interview.I was there in the 1st GD group of 8. The topic of the GD was- “SALES IS NOT JUST ABOUT SELLING”.

The group started. I pitched in at the 2nd position and just spoke for 2-mins elaborating over 3-4 points. I gave chance to everyone to join in and then again pitched in around 6th-7thmin with 2-3 points and then at the end for a min i guess again. So overall my contribution was around 4-5 mins in that 10 mins of GD time. It went off well from my end, but then there were many more to go.

By the time the 3rd group went inside, there was an announcement of the names, who were shortlisted after 1st and 2nd groups for the interview, and fortunately my name was there. The 1st group was the only one who shortlisted 2 for interview, rest all gave 1 name further. So overall there were 8 of us who were there for the Interview to go through.

In PI, it started with:-Q1-Self IntroductionQ2- Why Marketing??? , why not HR as my prior experience was in the HR and it was mentioned in my resume. So the question popped up for this.Q3- How can you make dealer more engaged with the company apart from offering schemes??Q4- The difference between the selling traits and marketing traits?And then everything went smooth afterwards.

After the process got over with the interviews of all students, two students followed by one after the other went in for the aptitude. At that moment, it gave the feeling that we all are out of the league now and amongst theses 2 only, they will give offer to 1, because the company briefed that they would take only 1 finally. But none of us left from there as we were told to wait. And during that time i was conversing with my roommate (who was also in amongst those


40) that – can the company think of taking one girl at least for marketing, once??

While i was busy contemplating this, it was announced to all of us that the company has finalised with one guy only for the asked profile and after listening this, we all started walking back when it was again announced that – I and 1 more guy with me have been shortlisted for B2B Marketing, and they are suppose to appear for the final round in Mumbai at HO.

That was a sigh of relief and that happened what i was telling to my friend.Then finally on 7th Dec, I went for my final interview round in the Head office of the company- Mumbai which ran for around 35-40 mins The interview got started with the 1- Personal introduction2- Why FMCG?3- Why Mumbai?4- And then the interviewer gave me two situations one related to human traits and the other to sales of seasonal products Finally it ended on a sound note.

By the time i could barely reach 10 mins from office, I got a confirmation call from the company through PAT team.

So this was the crisp experience that i went through. And today I am content with the exposure which the company offers, the profile and the work. I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.

To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your best all times, but as a suggestion- do prioritize the sector you wish to pitch in for. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.

In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews- be calm and composed. And if you are from business family, and if you planning to join the same within a couple of months after your job, then don't showcase the same to the panelist as they want to see guys who will be joining their company for at least 2 yrs and would not run back to their family business soon. This is the case that i have seen with my peers during many company panelists.

And don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good takes time and patience.Best of luck!!! Have a great going...!!!! Take care.


Anshul Chugh

Hi,I am Anshul ChughRegistration No.HRD-09-6251 Class:- PGDM-C Specialization :-Marketing & FinanceBIMHRD(Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resources Development).Academic year: 2009-2011.To start with I would like to thank BIMHRD for giving us such a memorable experience. The two years journey has helped me not only grow professionally but personally as well.I am taking these sweet & sour memories from this Institution with me in my heart…I made life time friends whom I can't able to forget & I don't want to forget in my next birth too. I lived those moments of my life, which I think; I lived my life in those moments. And this all happened because of Sri Balaji Society. I would like to extend my hearty gratitude to my Alma Mater. And Sir, I would be blessed if I would able to do any kind of service towards my Alma mater ever in my life time.My journey of Placement in A company was like a dream come true. The credit for fulfilling my dream goes to one of the best B-School in India- BIMHRD and to my President Col. Mr. A. Bala Sir. He taught how to handle the critical situations and how to overcome from them. I was head strong that I have to achieve my goals 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 journey…The company could not conduct its selection process by coming to our campus, thus all interested students were asked to report at the SINHGAD Erandwane campus sharp at 9am.it was pool campus for SRI BALAJI SOCIETY and PUMBA, WELINGKAR. So mine was a more or less an off campus placement experience rather than an on campus one. I wasn't sure about this particular company but the profile they offered overshadowed all my doubts.There were 3 rounds.1:-pre placement Talk2:-GD3:-Interview

First round was Pre Placement Talk.

It was just a brief introduction about company.In the briefing, they started from inception of the company, then they told


about the. They talked about company's values, Company's work culture, Company's Spread, Work Force, HR Policies etc. It lasted for around 20 mins.Observation about Pre Placement Talk: By attending the Pre placement talk we came to know about the company in essence and simultaneously we also came to know about the Companies expectations from us.

Second round was GD.My GD Topic was ” Government Pumping Money into the Economy is not the Solution for our Economic Problems”..

Group Discussion: The day when I found myself so nervous, but I had prepared myself for the GD , As I had gratefully prepared my self for being a good speaker, but when I got myself around other candidates, for a once I lost my confidence. Then after a very interesting point of conversation, I got myself on the driving seat. I discussed lots of point after that, which impacts a great impression of myself over the interviewer.

Third round was Interview

The panel of judges consisted of 3 honorable members of my company: General Manager(HR) ,DGM(Pune) and AGM( HR)

Most common personal interview questions asked are. .

1. Tell me about youself.

I just gave brief introduction about myself like my name, native place and little about my internship.

2. Why did you do MBA after BCA.

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.

3. Why this particular sector.

In banks the work is almost independent. Even officers have not to interfere in the work of their subordinates. That is why there is not much of bossism in banks. The atmosphere quite cordial and it becomes homely as soon as the public dealings come to an end.

4. what is the future of banking in rural market,


Financial inclusion is seen as one of the means for overall economic development of a country. The growth of the rural retail banking industry fosters financial inclusion by providing financial products and services to people in the farthest reaches of the country. In India, even now the rural areas lack access to basic financial services. However, the recent emergence of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and non-banking financial corporations (NBFCs) in this sector has led to a commendable growth in the industry.

And some other questions related to my internship like:- About company from i have done my internship. What you have done in your internship. Learning from internship.At last they asked about my preferred location. And they said in banking you can be posted anywhere in india. it will be ok for you or not.

A piece of advice :

Enjoy the process as it comes because if we start taking stress then it affects the performance. Be calm, focused and relaxed for the whole selection process. Know your areas of strength and always try to push the interview towards that area. Be thorough with the details of the Company. Prioritize between- a good company, a good package and a good profile. Be patient in your endeavours.

I wish all my Juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their endeavours.

All I have to say is don't give up, be optimistic may it a rejection or a delay in placements. There is always a day fixed for everyone. When that day will come then that would be only yours.

Today I am happily working in the company I got placed with, and at a package competitive enough in the market.

I am thankful to the almighty and my family. Last but not the least, I am very grateful to Bala Sir for encouraging us at each stage by saying that “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES “.

Regards,Anshul ChughHRD 09-6251


Anshul Jhanjhari

Hi

I am Anshul Jhanjhari

HRD 09- 6115

PGDM: b

BIMHRD 9-11 batch

Specialization: MARKETING AND IT

Well time flies by when we are enjoying ourselves, we all have heard this, but

during my relation with SBS. I for the first time in my life experienced it

personally. Two year went by like they were two minutes, all the classes, the

lectures, the breaks and well how can we forget the parties. SBS was fun and

learning experience for me. 1 year just flew past me, enjoying the company of

new friends, carving out time for exploring the new city. Then came the most

crucial time of any students life “THE PLACEMENT SEASON”

Well in SBS to be a part of this season you have to clear a few requirements

those were of attendance, Percentage and backlogs. At that time those seemed

to be very harsh but when one looks backs now , he feels that those were the

things that make us stand apart from the rest of the crowd. That is what makes

SBS what it is. So when the time came for campus placements I was not eligible

to sit for companies because of my backlogs, Well very good companies came,

selected deserving candidates and left. To be true it used to hurt a lot when you

would see opportunity slipping away. But as Bala Sir say “ problems are

opportunities”

So I didn't loose hope and gave my backlogs, finally the day came when, I sat

for my first company and that too 'asian paints'. I was shortlisted for that

company. So the day came and I sat for it. They had a GD and then a an PI. I

sat for the GD the topic was related to sales, I froze in the GD couldn't speak at

all.

That was the end of my first company.

So this followed on for a few companies, I couldn't make out what was

happning. Then on 9 dec my roommate and a very dear friend got placed. I had

mixed feelings I was feeling happy for him but at the same time I was a little

tense about my own placement. So a few of our friends went to celebrate his

success.

We were all enjoying ourselves, when I got the news that the process for xyz

ltd. has began. And this was around 8 pm. So with the spirit that we all gained

in SBS, I dashed from the party to my room wore my uniform and then went to


the college. A good network of friends comes in handy.

BITM had called the company, It was amazing to see the campus was still

buzzing with life at that late hour.

We were all made to sit in a rooms groups were made so that we could be

taken for the GD's, Seeing my past track record I was a little nervous, that day

had a special feeling attached to it, I don't know why but I was feeling different.

We were all waiting in that room sharing latest news and topics that were asked

to be discussed in other GD's. whenever any candidate came out of the GD

room he was surrounded by other candidates, taking every bit of information

that we could from their experience.

Finally my name was announced, I was cursing my self for not reading the

newspaper's religiously .we were all asked to come in groups of 10. We all were

made to sit in a circle everyone was given no's. The HR that havecame to select

us were trying their best to make the environment in the room as calm as they

could, but one could really feel the tension in the room. All were eagerly waiting

for the topic of the GD. It was “corruption :a necessary evil”. The topic that was

all over the news and newspaper that time, so when we were all asked to start

the GD, there was silence in the room for about a sec people in confusion who

will start. Then someone initiated and broke the ice believe me a good start in a

GD means a lot. That led to arrays of discussion people putting down their

points, this time I didn't froze I finally added my points. Then the GD went out

of control but for our luck the time limit of the GD had ended. Here I would like

to add a point my friends that in a GD don't let things spin out of control. A fish

market of a GD could get the group disqualified, as it happened to some of the

groups. At the end we were all were asked one by one to summarize the GD.

Then we were all asked to leave the room. The results were announced and to

my surprise I made it to next round.

It was already 10pm , the selected people were quickly taken to the next room

for the next round that was psychometric analysis, In this round the selected

students were all made to sit in a room and a few pictures were showed to us

on the screen for a few minutes, we were all asked to write a narration on what

we saw in those pictures. The result for that round came out in some time, I

had made it to the next round the big one the PI. I was thrilled and there was a

confident air that had surrounded me.

It was late in night so all selected guys were called next morning for the

interview. That was a sleepless night for me, I don't know about other guys but

I couldn't sleep that night. The next morning we all assembled in the TM

building waiting for our turn, asking each candidate as they would come out the

the room that which HR was how. Finally I was asked to go for the interview


There was as panel to 3 people, two were the HR's From head office and one

was an area sales manager

Who was heading pune area. I was asked to introduce myself. Then he asked

me what was were the qualities required to be a good marketing professional. I

replied to questions in a very cool and composed manner. Then he tossed a

googly to me he said that the a salesperson should be resourceful, so I'll give u

2 mins go and find out what are the layers in the network.

This question was due to my enggbackgroung. I came rushing out of the room

and to my luck I was in TM, college of TELECOM MANAGEMENT so I got the

answer from a friend of mine who was a volunteer. I returned to the room with

the answer and a smile on my face.

The third and the last question was a task I was supposed to sell a space for

lava mobile to manager at croma. This question got me off balance but I

regained my composure thought of those marketing lectures on kotler and

started the selling. It took a lot of convincing.

Then to my releife the interview was declared to be over. I went out of the

room uncertain of what was going to happen one by one names selected were

being announced. I couldn't find my name there, but then me with two other

guys were called again to the interview room. I was all nervous that what was

about to follow. I entered the room, I was asked to sit, then the hr asked me

which part of india I would like to be posted at I replied I had no issues with

location. I was asked to move out of the room. Then finally they called my

name , boy I was on seventh heaven, cloud 9 I could not believe I made it. The

ordeal that started with a party would end with a party. And this time I would

be the host.

My final words to all the students reading this post, all the rules, regulations ,

regimes that we are made to follow in SBS are there for some reasons. I have

understood that when I passed out of that institution and found out what really

is the worth of SBS.

So lastly my good luck and well wishes to all my juniors. Keep fighting, we all

have been given a platform to rise high. Gud luck god bless

Regards

Anshuljhanjhari


Anson Jerrin mathews

Hi ,

I am Anson Jerrin mathews

Registration Number HRD 09-6304, from BIMHRD,

Academic year 09-11, Word count:2166

passed out on May -11.

My specialization is in PM &HRD .

I am placed in Company A, Steel &power company of INDIA.

MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

-Anson, which company you are placed in???

-Sorry sir, I am not placed yet!!

-Come on. Don't joke.

-It's the part of a joke sir, but I will be smiling till the last because I know the

eagle is still waiting.

Yes!! There are no added flavors to this note. Let me tell you, I have struggled

for exactly 5 months for THE PLACEMENT. Sorry, that's a wrong word. I must

say l for my PASSION. I was a hard core choosy guy. I had in my mind a

particular profile, in a particular industry for myself. Hence I didn't sit for many

IT giants which came to our campus

I was more in the profile than the package. I wasn't being choosy just like that.

But before making a choice I had researched a lot on almost all profiles. I had a

fair & good idea about the various Profiles & Companies and thus my choice

was rational.

On November 1st I had my first interview with an IT company. I didn't get

selected. I was one among the top ten during assessment (6th). I was waiting

for other companies to come. December has passed, slowly January February &

March. I thought I will be placed by March at least. But I was not. Usually God

gifts me everything at the last & I have to work very hard for the same..During

these 5 months, I was constantly given advices & suggestions by Dimple Ma'am

(Corporate Relations Director, SBS), Biju sir (IT Director, SBS) & our Dearest

Bala sir (Dean, SBS). I tried my best, but was not able to convert many

companies. For two companies, I didn't miss any of the questions & performed

well, but unfortunately I was not selected. I asked for the feed back to the

panel who was an alumnus of our college. He said to me-“You are over

qualified. We have a recruitment profile & we don't think you would like to work

for this profile for long.”

I used to clear all GDs & preliminary interview rounds of companies, but not the

final one with VP-HR.


The final semester exams started. Giving exam amidst of this placement season

is very tough especially when you are the only person who is left in your room

to get placed. Everybody talks about CTC, HRA, & POP, & In Hand (Take Home

Salary) but I had nothing “in hand” at that time. But still I used to brush up my

subjects & laws & more than that prayed very hard to God.

We had an exam on 20th April & next exam was on 24th April. On 24th April we

had exam on Corporate Governance which was a tough one & on the night of

23rd we had farewell party. I had no second thought about going for farewell. I

had decided to go .My friends who were waiting for their jobs asked me that

Why I wanted to go & clap for those who were placed? It would make me even

sadder. Emotions always play hide & seek with me but I am a self –driven

person & I don't feel bad about anything.

During the time of these exams or towards the end of the month, no company

was in pipeline & placement season was coming to an end. I had made up my

mind & planned to stay back for one more month for the same. The loan that I

had taken for 7 lakhs always smirked at me whenever I used to open my pass

book.

On 20th April I got a phone call from MsDevinaKapoor (BIMHRD CRT member)

saying that there is an interview in Mumbai & it's a pool campus and she had

sent my name and said-“ I know this is your company”.

She didn't ask me whether I am interested or anything & when she talked about

the profile & compensation I didn't had any problem. So I decided to go for the

same. On 22nd April, ten of us reached Mumbai & we found around eight more

HR students were there from different institutes.

The first round was, aptitude test, I did fairly well. As usual I waited for the

result without any expectations. Without publishing any result they called us for

GD. The GD topic was,

'Privatization in India is boon or bane?'

We were 14 people in one group & everybody maintained the decorum. I was

the 5th person to speak & I spoke 3 times. I pointed out just the facts & figures

and also the developments in agriculture & manufacturing sectors. I also spoke

about SEZ which developed many rural states.

After that we were called for the Interview. The interview was with the Director-

HR. When I entered into the room he smiled at me. I also smiled back at him.

The question answer round started-

Ques: Could you take me to your profile?

I gave a short self –Intro

Ques: Why you have taken HR after engineering?

This was a well expected question. I had prepared answer for the same.

I said, “Sir during my engg. time I was into many Training activities & also

worked in placement cell. My mentor guided me to do MBA, as I had good

people management skills. Also, I thought if I do a management programme it

will fetch me a good career.”


After this question the next question which was bounced on me..

Ques: So you have done, just because of your mentor?

I said, “No sir. Everybody has a guide who eventually helps them to make them

realize their own potential & skills, for some people its experience, for some it's

friends, for others their parents & so on. He helped me to find out in which

profession my flair would be best suited. Also I am good at organizing &

managing things. I have mentioned in my CV about the events I have

organized”.

He asked me some questions on my Engineering Subjects.

About Capacitor & electrons etc …

I answered most of them. For a few questions I didn't have the answers. So, I

honestly told him the same.

He asked me about PF & some other acts.

I answered those.

Then he asked me-

How Allocable surplus is calculated?

I tried to answer that, but I was not able to come upto his expectations.

Then he suggested me not to connect many things, but to answer to the point.

When you connect many things in an answer, those will also come to you as the

next question. He was a bit disappointed while saying this

Next he asked me about Assessment, which I have written as my Achievement.

I briefed about the same.

Then asked specifically about Psychometric test & also about balance score card

I talked about Thomas Profiling & FIRO-B etc.

Then he asked me in depth about Thomas profiling, MBTI

I answered, “I don't know in depth about those tests.”

Suddenly he replied, “Without knowing these, how you can become a good HR

Manager.”

“Sir, I think, to connect with people or employees, one should have a direct

understanding other than through papers. This is one thing I learned as many

HR connect with employees though circulars, and that is the major drawback.” I

said.

He smiled at me& asked me-

Which is your favorite subject in HR?

I told him, it's T&D.

He asked about the Evaluation model of Training.

I told it's the KirckPatrick Model & I explained it.

Then he asked me about the TNA (training need analysis).

I explained to him TNA as well. He interrupted me in the middle and told me to

make it short.

I concluded in some sentences after that.

Then , he asked me about what addition college has done to you ???


I Elaborated. I always carry another resume which details my activities in SBS .

I showed that to him and explained the same. He again asked me to make it

short

I have mentioned about Students council & other details

Tell me Two Specialties of your college?

SBS is one platform where Students organize everything .A place where creative

ideas are always Encouraged. These words are not meant to please anybody

but I don't think in other colleges students make Budgets for the events , Meet

the vendors personally , call meetings , Organize each & everything right from

scratch.

Another part is that, the bond between juniors & seniors. The kind of events

that take place always cements the relationships. People who have passed out

of college are still connected with us. Apart from this, its one campus where

even Gen Management Subjects are taught by Experienced Visiting professors.

Interviewer: As you are from Kerala, it will be tough for you to relocate to

Chhattisgarh. Right ?

I told him, I don't have any location preference as I am a fresher. I am looking

only at the learning part.

He asked me whether I have any questions to ask him or not?

I replied, “At this point of time I don't have any, Sir.”

We shook hands and he said, “It was nice talking to you. Let's see what we can

do for you.”

I came out of the room after 45 minutes and was sure that I will not be

selected.

When I came back to the PPT (Pre Placement Talk) room, nobody was there as

everybody has left for food. I entered the lift & went downstairs for food. I was

not feeling like having food

I came back to room at night. I was so tired that I slept the moment I lied on

bed.

It was 23rd April. I took up Corporate Governance book to study. I had a feeling

that probably I will be selected. But this feeling was with me for some other

companies also. So, I concentrated on studies. At 10 O'clock(morning) I gave a

call to Nikhil in BIMHRD-CRT & asked for any news about the result. He said

nothing as such had come. After couple of hours, one of the candidates from

ITM Mumbai called me up & told me that he got selected for marketing profile .I

rang up college again & asked Manish Tolani (BIMHRD CRT Member), whether

the results are out or not? He said, “No sir, nothing has come but we heard

from Dimple ma'am that only one from BIMM has been selected..”

I said, “Okay Manish. Thank you for the same.” I hung up and continued

studying. In evening I got ready for Farewell. I went to the party. When I

reached there one of the juniors said, “Congrats Sirji”. I asked her for what she

was congratulating me.


She gave me a flower & said, “Nothing. You are passing out no? For that.”

I went into the party. All juniors came & hugged me. Manish had a bluff smile

on his face. I asked to Guneet Ma'am (BIMHRD CRT Lead) that, who was

selected from BIMHRD? She told me that she didn't know.

I insisted, “No Ma'am, you know it. Please tell me. Suddenly my phone rang

–”Biju Sir calling!”

I attended the call. He said, “Anson, you have made me proud on this last day.

Congratulations for your placement.”

I looked at him. He was coming towards me. He hugged me closely. I was

almost into tears. My friends hugged me. Distribution of Offer letters to the

students started. One by one almost everyone got theirs. After giving all, dimple

ma'am asked to the crowd, “Are we done with the distribution of offer letters?

My juniors shouted-“NO!!”

Then she called-“ Mr.…..Anson Jerrin Mathews.”

I went to the stage & bowed in front of Bala sir. He patted my back & said, “You

will do well in HR .I know.”

When I came out of the stage, Jacob sir hugged me & said, “When india plays,

nobody cares about those who had hit the centuries, but the once who Hits SIX

on the last ball & make team WIN will not be forgotten.”

This is my first month of job & I am writing this duing my luch time. I must

thank God & SBS for this job. The learning at SBS has helped me a lot. I got a

very good company & friendly work atmosphere. I have completed my First

assignment & moving to next assignment to my dream section:-T &D

I always believe in Bala Sir's favorite sentence-

“Problems are opportunities”

Constructive Criticism :- Speak to the point , don't connect many things

:- Carry a smile on your face , don't be so serious

:- If you don't know something ,accept it

Learning's :- Don't Panic. it's all about “the day” . Brush up the theories and hit

the Bull's eye.

Anson Jerrin Mathews

Batch:- 2009-11

Specialization:- PM & HRD

Institute:- BIMHRD


Anuja Zanzad

Name :Anuja Zanzad

Registration No. Hrd09-6117,

Specialization – Marketing And It (Dual B)

Batch 2009-2011

Today, finally I'm writing my placement experience. And this shows WE bankers

have habit of starting & finishing our task before 31st March. Yes, I'm working

with a Bank.

My name along with the tag “Twins” is sufficient to recognize me as alumni of

this college. I still remember it was 11th Feb, 2011 we had Brian Adam's show

and all the four institutes were all set to rock it. Never thought giving up on

Brian Adam's concert will fetch me My Day.

When everybody was well dressed and groomed to rock Brian's concert and

clicking funky pictures in the campus ground, I with few of my friends were

sitting in placement office and cribbing about not happening of our own

placements.

The same time i.e. 11th Feb, 2011- 5.00 PM “X” Company shot a mail to us with

shortlisted students. To my surprise “X” company was visiting our campus for

placement the very next day. And to my shock my name was not shortlisted. I

was Shattered! Couple of hours later another mail shot on our email window

from the same company stating “UPDATED SHORTLIST OF THE STUDENTS”.

Yuppiiee !!!and my name was shortlisted. Nothing else I read but only my

shortlisted name. There were further instructions attached with the same mail

which I completely ignored. The company wanted our updated CV and post

card size photographs beforehand. I along with my sister was asked to

coordinate the recruitment process next day. Even though my CV was ready,

post card size photograph wasn't there, rather was not clicked only. The panel

again announced to submit the CV along with two photographs, unless they

won't start the selection process. Being a coordinator for the day, one of us had

to be there with the panel to meet their requisites. And I was left with no other

option but to take advantage of being TWINS. I asked one of my friends to get

me a camera & two sets of formal wares from my hostel room. My twin sister

was also shortlisted for selection process and even she had to submit post card

size photograph which none of us had. And I wore a set of formals clicked

picture for myself in college itself. I wore another set of formals, changed my

hair style and clicked picture for my Twin sister. Sorry! But we were left with no

other option as one of us had to be with the judging panel, and she could come

the leaving everything aside. Thank to my friends, who were there to click my

photograph and get them printed quickly. Before the process begins I had my

as well as my Twin sister's post card size photographs on my hand. Whew !!!

Things seemed easy but actually they were not!


Selection process –

CV short listing

Group discussion

Interview of the shortlisted students from group discussion.

I was through with the 1st round. Heart beats were high when my name was

called for the group discussion. It was second group and total there were 7-8

groups. The group was a mixture of students from various competitive institutes

outside Sri Balaji Society. It was pool campus process. Even more challenging to

crack the GD as other competitors were snatching each other's chance to speak

in GD rather than having a meaningful discussion. Same happened during my

GD as well. I had already decided to keep myself cool. A silence of micro second

appeared during the discussion and I took that as an opportunity to put my

points. I was confident to get through this round as I had conveyed my points

to the panel. Sooner, shortlist from the GD was announced. Fingers crossed and

I was through with the Group discussion round. I always had this habit of

keeping my fingers crossed whenever I expect any good thing to happen. The

pressure was even more after getting shortlisted as I knew interview round is

going to be The Toughest. We got a break of an hour for lunch. Leaving behind

lunch and everything I started studying finance and banking sector facts &

figures. Ratios which I never learnt during semester were learned by heart this

time as I had decided by hook or crook I have to get through this company.

Interview:

Four people in the panel- 2 from HR & 2 functional heads.

Question-

Tell us something about yourself? Your family?Your background?

The very obvious question- Tell us, why should we hire you?

Answer- Sir I don't say I outstand from rest of the crowd, but I can confidently

say what you expect from a good candidate is surely more in me.

Next question- How? How can you say so? I was prepared for this question.

Answer- In a normal practice, you would expect a candidate to answer all your

technical questions and apply theories learned within four walls to apply in

practicality when they join any organisation. But you would rarely get a

combination of the candidates who have learned theories within four walls of

the classroom and have also experienced the practical application of the same. I

was a corporate relations coordinator for like 8-10 months. Whatever learning I

have got during performing that role is not there in the one who's sitting

outside for his turn of interview. With this answer one of the panel members

raised his eyebrows; I saw this from the corner of my eye.

Functional head started shooting questions on me one after another. Ratios

which I had prepared with so much of efforts were asked and answered as

correct as mentioned in the books. The panel even tried to challenge me on

some of my answers but I was sure with whatever I said was correct.

The interview took 40 odd minutes. And suddenly one of the panel members


said Thanks Anuja for your time. Take care!

I was out of interview room with confused mind. I didn't even realise as what

happened suddenly and they called if off. Although I was sure & confident of

what I spoke during the

interview. None but I was again called by 2 of the panel members inside the

room. It was a normal & informal chit chat they wanted to have to taste my

confidence level and they found it the same as it was during interview.

Lesson learnt- People sitting at the other side of the interview are smarter, so

never try to be fake. Be yourself, even they will be confused. If you can't

convince then confuse them.

Result- 12th Feb, 2011

AnujaZanzad- Congratulations and we welcome you on board. :)

I am placed with bank and posted in Mumbai. I work with same panel member

who grilled me during my interview. He's more like a mentor and friend to me.

Special Thanks to – BIMHRD CRT team, Gunit Ma'am (CRO-BIMHRD), Dimple

Ma'am (DCR), Bala sir and all my dear ones.

Hello

I am Anup Tiwari

Roll No. HRD09 6016

Class: PGDM A, from BIMHRD,

Specialization -Marketing,

Academic year: 2009-2011, passed out on 29th April 2011.

I still remember the campus days which were very gruel some 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 which

looms around oneself.

To start with, when Company 1 visited our campus honestly it was more of a

“Give it a try” scenario for me. After that only I realized that one has to be

prepared and be thorough then only one can crack an interview. So then started

my journey of sitting for various companies but then as luck would have it, I

was left out in one round or the other. But I remained optimistic throughout and

waited for the right time to come.

Anup Tiwari


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 “. I am a

positive thinker but SBS made me a true fighter to deal with the various

complexities of life.

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 was Priority, I didn't had any specific sector where I

wanted to work.

The company in which I got placed is one of the leading private sector bank in

India. I work as a Relationship Manager handling portfolio of nearly 500-600

customers. Bank has a built a good reputation in nearly 8-9 years & has got a

turnover of nearly 45k crores. It gives me immense pleasure to be a banker &

as I have learnt the two greatest things from SBS which I am implementing

over here i.e. ETHICS & INTEGRITY.

The placement procedure of company in which I got placed begins with two

online screening tests which consist of 2 Aptitude test in which nearly 600-700

students have appeared.

Company has screened out & selected the list of nearly 75 students. The

selection panel came down on 22nd Nov with 3 HR head & 2 Regional branch

manager in our campus.

First round consist of GD in which 7 groups were made out of which they

selected nearly 25 students.

My GD topic was “Leaders are born or made” I just started the discussion with

some positive note supporting Leaders are born & kept my point. I ended the

discussion with concluding the points were discussed by the group. And after

few minutes the list came down in which surprisingly mine name was also there.

The biggest factor in campus recruitment process for me was cracking GD &

hopefully I have given my best & that's it.

After that PI round begin with Head HR of Mumbai he asked me several

questions related to internship & then related to banking background. He asked

me some current scenario questions as well which was able to answer it


comfortably. Then he also explained me the job profile & given me situation in

which I need to deal with the client in which I guess I have not done very well

but still have shown my confidence & on a positive note I think somewhere I

have impressed him.

The second PI was with the Regional Branch Manager of Mumbai who asked me

banking related questions in which 1-2 I was not able to answer. But the basic

question I was able to answer because of continuous ET paper reading has

helped me & I am really grateful to college for making it strictly which we

always used to curse them. He asked many question related to my internship

which I answered it very well.

At last the last round was taken by HR Head & RBM of Pune who just asked me

few questions related to after doing BSc in Microbiology why MBA & after that

how come you are joining banking industry.. This was the toughest question to

convince them as they keep on questioning after my response but still I was

able to handle it & make them convinced that I am the right person for your

organization whom you are looking out for.

So at last after the long process of day selection panel came out with a list in

which they have selected 10 people & by default mine name was last.

So that's it company has decided to finalize me and then panel spelt the magic

words "You are selected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although there is overabundance of MBA colleges which boast themselves as

the institute providing the best MBA program, not many offer justified reasons

for the same. Also, professionals who look out for a reliable MBA program are

not choosy. Ideally, all they look for are basic features in an institute's MBA

program, which are as follows:

1. Certification of the institute

2. Flexible timings:

Flexibility to the working professionals to study as per their convenience

Does not put an extra strain on a professional to attend lectures on the same

day after office hours

3. Study support

Does not end the support by giving just course material and asking the

professionals to learn every chapter by their own

4. Quality of course curriculum

5. Reliable teaching methodology

6. Placement assistance


But Balaji, today offers many non-traditional opportunities to earn college credit,

such as internships, cooperative education, and volunteering. If you want to

work with well-known instructors, participate in groundbreaking research

projects, or delve into well-stocked libraries, Balaji has got all the resources.

Whilst talking about the placement department of the Balaji, it has very well

nurtured its liaison and good relationship with the company executives from the

Corporate.

Hence I could say at this moment that “THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS ITS ALL

DESTINY” all you have to do is “BELIEVE”. My bit of advice to all my juniors is

that never lose your patience and do Believe in yourself. All the best for the

future!!!

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,

Anup Tiwari

Name-Anusha Varshney

Registration Number-HRD09-6305

Class-PM&HRD (2009-2011)

BIMHRD

I am finally placed in XYZ Company.

A company process in general

The session used to start with a pre placement talk by the company executives,

growth component, work culture, market presence etc. Then 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.i.e. HR round,

technical round etc The entire campus placement session gives you time to

groom yourself, to know where do you stand, to maintain your cool under

immense pressure and competition, to keep your motivation levels high. Always

Follow SBS' 3D Discipline Dedication & Determination that direct you towards

your success

Anusha Varshney


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.

In the starting just like every other student I was fully charged energetic and

enthusiastic about placement. Companies started coming when we were doing

our internship. Since I was in pune only, I got to sit for the first company for the

placement and the battle begins…one after another each process taught me

something about my weaknesses or strengths. In the starting few companies I

was not able to clear GD rounds. I analysed my mistakes and after correcting

them I was able to clear GD rounds of almost all companies I sit for. Most

important thing to clear a GD is to know the topic and speak confidently just

once or twice in the group.one should be a good speaker as well as a good

listener. Your statements should make sense and should be relevant to the

topic. In some processes it was asked to give one on one view point about the

topic. For GD preparations, always keep yourself updated with current market

scenarios, and if you have valid facts and figures (along with the source) put

them. Do not stop yourself to speak even if you are unaware of topic because

some of the judging panel members will look for your communication not for

your content.

Though I was putting lots of efforts, something was going wrong and I was not

able to clear final interview of every company. 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.

Days were passing by and till april last I was not placed in any of the companies

.During those times its really very tough to prepare for campus placement

process as well as your semester exams. Any ways you have to keep yourself

balanced during those times and move ahead. As far as GD and PI preparation

is concerned I was getting more focused as the time was passing. But I had

strong believe in myself that something good will happen. On 30th April I got

the call from PAT office regarding Company X. The Company was on campus on

30th may finally .Probably it was the last company and last chance for me to get

placed through campus. During this time I was also hunting for companies off

campus but nothing happened.

Process in Company X:

Aptitude Test

Group Discussion

Interview


The selection for Interview was to be done on the cumulative score of GD and

PI. Written test includes general knowledge questions as well as reasoning and

maths problems. There was no negative marking.

After written test we had GD round with 12-15 students in a group. MY topic

was “IS CHINA IS A THREAT TO INDIAN ECONOMY”. The whole process of

written test and GD was conducted by a well-known consultancy and in the

starting of GD round panel made clear that on what points they are going to

judge us. Apart from content and communication skills listing to others was also

a factor they were looking for so I made sure that I spoke twice in the GD and

gave figures related to economy growth of both countries and also factors

affecting economy of India and China.

Results were Declared after 2 hrs. And I came to know that out of 11 students

shortlisted from BIMHRD I am the only girl who got shortlisted for final

interview.

I had my Final PI round in July.

The questions asked in PI were:

Tell me about yourself.

Your Family background and strengths and weakness,

Where and what did you do in your summer Project.

Basic banking terms like CRR, SLR , Repo and Reverse repo rates.

Apart from these questions my interview was wholly focused on that women's

should not work in corporate culture as they leave the job when family

responsibilities comes on them. Interviewer drilled me on the topic for almost

15 minutes and I had a hard time convincing him that girls too can work in

corporate culture.

Another major question was why MBA after engineering and then going into a

banking sector?? The interview was of 20 minutes.

After 15 days when I got the call from PAT office regarding my placement ,was

one of the happiest moments of my life. Finally for me the war ended on 26th

of July the day when I got placed.

Truly it was hard to go through with the tedious and challenging phase. Where

everyone is equally competent and running for the same thing. But don't

dishearten yourself after rejection rather tries to work on your weak areas.

Please make group of friends for discussion and sharing the things happen

during selection process.

For all those who aspire to get good placement, Please keep yourselves updated

on daily news, do lot of reading on all sorts of new political and business news

especially, know about yourself like strengths, areas of interest and be sure of

it.


Study the company website; it helps you answering the questions related to

company and also about their competitors.

Be confident in whatever you say, last but not the least Be Honest; don't fake

yourself and your answers.

There are few tips which I would like to mention which should be kept in mind

while appearing for a personal interview: -

1) when you greet the panel members greet them with a smile. It helps

making a good first impression.

2) While speaking in interviews try to maintain an eye contact with the panel

members.

3) Sit straight, do not lean on the table and avoid sitting crossed legged.

4) Displaying confidence is very good but avoid acting in an over confident

way.

5) Never try to manipulate your answers as one should always be Honest.

6) Have respect for others too as well as believe in your own ability.

7) 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.

Regards:

AnushaVarshney

HRD09-6305

BIMHRD

PM&HRD(2009-2011)


Arjun Birla

HIArjun BirlaBIMHRDHRD 09-6118 Marketing and financeIt is very difficult to express “The Roller Coaster Ride” I.e. the Placement Season of my batch 2009-11 especially in words. Everyone was with one common Goal/Objective/Aim/ Mission that's to achieve Best combination of 3P's of Placement life1) Best Package2) Best Profile and3) Best POP.

No one is ready to compromise on any of the 3P's of placement life. But the Hard work and Destiny has his own equation that neither of us can calculate before the Right time comes.

I knew it's gonna be tough as in marketing the fight is always at its peak in SBS, so from the starting of Third sem. I was damn focused about my placements… Obviously not like girls but the best part, I was very firm and confident that whatever the situation I won't lose my temper and will choose the best combination of 3P's.

My aim was not too big since the starting of placement season. With the first (1st) Company somehow I started thinking big and want immediate placement. No doubt my Dream to become part of that co. shatters like a dead leaf from the tree in summers. There I start feeling yes really “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITY” thanks to Bala sir.

Then I started working on myself to fulfill my dream to get placement1) Think always positive whether getting selected or not.( Best company for me is yet to come in campus)2) Be smart, active and alert …….listen to all but use your brain while taking decision(whether to sit for Particular company or not )3) Go step by step i.e. learn from your mistakes that you have done during written test or GD or PI4) Do practice daily for GD/ PI (No one knows which company is in your destiny)5) Look confident even if you know only a bit of GD topic (by taking others view about the topic then mould it in your words connect it with live examples and paste it in GD session).


6) In PI accept your mistakes if any and don't show your smartness here he can catch you even by your eye movements.

7) Lottt…. many Fundas but that vary from individual to individual so create your ownMy First Company for which I saw a Dream was known brand in consumer durables……but dint get through GD. Actually one get through “GD BATCH-09” ……Complete group of around 12 student was out not because the topic was Hard to Handle but it was very easy that create mesh and judges say STOP !!!!!………THANKS to everyone.

From that I learnt it doesn't matter how much content you have …..what are your skills to represent in front of HR .

What matter is what is written in your destiny……….. That was my way of thinking to be motivated unlike others. I thought that not “MY COMPANY”. But from inside I thought I have to make changes or a pathway to reach “MY COMPANY”.

On that evening I thought whatever I do but Fifth company from now onwards for which I will appear will be ”MY COMPANY”

And Seriously My destiny favours me and I achieved what I thought ……….cracked Written test, GD and PI for XYZ.

Before getting ds I practiced hard for written test. Daily practice online test so that I can improve my speed and accuracy. That helped me in cracking all written test attempted. To improve my GD content start reading articles that help me to provide my view on Hot topics in politics, economy and common GD topics. Before appearing for any campus I start reading and gathering knowledge about that company so that while facing Interview round I can be confident.

After my 1st company, I appeared for another giant in consumer durables nothing happen. I just got stuck in GD was not able to speak more than TWO line. I don't know what happened but that was very depressing than I analyze and think what next. Result came out like start preparing topics that are very frequent in campus placements.

My 1st step towards “MY COMPANY” or confidence came with my clearance of written test conducted for an Engineering company In that campus placement, four different colleges were taking part other than SBS. Out of 168 eligible


students only 37 students were selected and luckily I was one out of them that strengthen my aim to achieve “MY COMPANY”. In Group discussion I performed well, better than last time but nothing turned up. At the end I was happy because there was something in my hand.

My 2nd step towards “MY COMPANY” or confidence came with my 1st campus interview after selected in Group Discussion for a giant from IT company. Here every one was astonished along with me after hearing my name in short listed candidates (8 out of all eligible BIMHRDIANS).

Then I realized this selection was because the way I concluded and summarized the Group discussion that creates impact on my Judge.

I dint able to crack my Interview because I start thinking I am smarter than my interviewer and try to convinced him that I am different than others but couldn't make it coz I started confusing rather convincing. Here I learned be true to your interviewer he is much more experienced.

My 3rd step towards “MY COMPANY” or confidence came with my campus experience of automobile company that was very motivating. My Group Discussion topic was very simple “cricket in India” everyone spoken well but only two guys were selected (including me)on the basis of our summarization and group conclusion.

Here I dint get through Personal interview coz of lack of my knowledge about company and its strategies……from here I learned one should have thorough knowledge about the company. They asked me how we promote our Brand “PAJERO” from Mitsubishi??? I have no clue about it and that leads to my rejection.

My final step towards “MY COMPANY”…… was completely strategies and the strategy was not to repeat any mistake that I made in last four companies.Ohh I think that was my day and my company I got through Written test, GD and Personal interview all at one go…………. That was great day for me I did a bit compromise on my Package but not Profile, brand and POP. At the end it was a great journey and life time experience. ALL THE BEST ……think SMART.

ARJUN BIRLABIMHRD (SRI BALAJI SOCIETY)HRD09-6118


Ashmit Thukral

I am Ashmit ThukralRegistration No. – HRD-09-6119Class- Marketing & IT I am from academic year 2009-11.

I am placed in a freight forwarding and logistics company. It's a German company based at Schindellegi, Switzerland

Now coming to my experiences during campus placements, I have sat for 6 companies on a whole.It was a very special day for SBS. Well it had to be because the first company was on campus for the 09-11 batch. As it was the first company all of us were eligible to sit for the process. Like anybody else on the campus I was also desperately waiting for the beginning of placement season .I was not very much confident about clearing my GD as I thought I was very much worried about clearing GD. I was one of them who could clear the GD process of the company. It brought a sense of confidence and motivated me to work harder for my final interview. I started my preparations by enhancing my knowledge of the industry and the profile offered by the company. The next step was to brush up all the basic concepts. Finally the day of interview arrived but I was not able to clear the interview. I was disappointed but remembered the Golden Words of Bala Sir “Problems are opportunities”. I decided to work harder and started my preparations for the same by reading the newspaper and increasing my general awareness which would help me to clear my GD.Some of the topics that were discussed in the GD were- Leadership vs. collaborative working What if the sky was red? Should gay marriages be legalized? With whom should India maintain good relations China or USA? Do you believe in this statement “MBA's are over rated in India”? Is corruption a necessary evil? Is television an idiot box?

Practice G.D. sessions were organized by the college where everybody got a chance to prove their worth and get evaluated. The panel of course was from the industry and had some renowned personalities. I still remember the key points they used to tell us:1. Think before you speak 2. Keep it simple and to the point3. Try to listen to others4. Throw some numbers (real)


And above all the Golden Rule: understand the difference between a Summary and Wrapping up.

Almost I cleared G.d of every company which I sat for not because of my communication skill or my knowledge base its just because of the tips given in those G.D sessions. We also started discussions at the classroom level and believe me it helped to understand some topics for which I absolutely had no idea. A whole kind of placement exercise was given to us not once but twice in the form of “Assessment Centre”. I think no other college spends heavily on organizing assessment centre for Marketing Specialization. It also helped me to face strange situations where in everybody was fighting for the grades because they were to be used for screening of students.

Final the day came where all things fell in place and I got placed. The first step was the pre-placement talk and we were being told about the profile and the expectations from us. I found the profile very interesting and was eager to get into this company I contacted my seniors who were already placed in this company, this proved as a great help as they told me the various area I should prepare. They advised me to enhance my knowledge on geography as it was a logistic company and demanded an expert knowledge of it.

The process for this company was very simple as the selection process also consisted of interview.The interview questions were Tell me about yourself?Tell them your name, the place where you come from, the college you are from, a brief about your parents is always appreciated, tell them about your hobbies (but make sure you have sound knowledge over them)2. What do you know about our company?3. Why should I take you? 4. Why should I reject you?5. I was grilled on geography in the company I finally got selected. It was a logistics company so they needed sound knowledge of geography. 6. I was asked about general knowledge, President, prime minister of various countries 7. I was asked to sell an empty water bottle on the spot to the interviewer.8. World economy, Indian economy, major trading routes, trading partners, export competency of our country9. Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line in our company?10. Why did you choose this stream in MBA?11. How will your graduation specialization, will help you in this job? 12. In what case you will leave this company


Well after the grilling interview for around 35-40 minutes by head HR, Region head and branch head I came out of the room and started speculating.

When all the candidates were interviewed we were told that the results will be send to college.

During the interview I got to know from their body language and informal questions that he started asking but still had to wait for formal declaration and I was told that I was placed.

On top of my mind I thanked God, Parents, Bala sir, friends and everybody. It was a happy feeling to cherish about.

Dear readers it is just a matter of time how things from an unfavorable situation turn into favorable. We should never give up. If the Legend himself at this age can do wonders we are just a tiny creature in front of him.

I request all my juniors to have patience, faith and confidence because “Problems are Opportunities”. You have come to a right place and you won't regret your decision. This 9-6.30 schedule believe me will help you in the industry to remain active when you have to sit and work for long hours. SBS is a unique organization and I think there will not be any other like it because there is only 1 Legend on this earth and he is in Pune shaping the future of students year after year.

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 commits yourself, don't even dare to bluff.- Keep your concepts very clear.-last not the least least figure out where u want to make your career

I would like to thank Bala Sir and the CRT for their consistent efforts towards bringing such a great company to our campus.

Thanks & regards

Ashmit Thukral


Atul A. Gupta

Name: Atul A. Gupta

Registration No. HRD09 – 6307

Dual / Class - PM & HRD

Academic Year – 2009 - 2011

“MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE”

The placements season started with Major Companies 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 first company which came for the HR

students was a leading Hotel Group (the process was not conducted in our

campus). In the process I cleared the aptitude test and the GD. I could not

clear the final interview.

Post that a IT giant visited us, the initial process for marketing students was

conducted at our campus. For the HR students the process was conducted at

their office. I could not clear this company also. Five of my colleagues were

placed in this company.

Companies continued to visit our campus. The number of companies that visit

for the marketing students were far more than those for the HR students. The

placement for HR students was slow but steady.

Then a company from the financial sector, to be more precise a company from

the NBFC sector (Non – Banking Financial Services), visited our campus. This

company was a part a major industrial group in India. A Swiss major

manufacturing unit had also visited our campus on the same day. The

manufacturing organisation had a pool campus, students from about seven

colleges had visited our campus for the process. We came to know that there

are only are only two HR vacancies in this company. The process started with

aptitude test, which I could not clear. Post the result announcement i rushed to

attend the second company. By the time i reached the presentation room, the

presentation had already started, irealisedi did not carry my CV. I went back and

brought a CV and missed the presentation. I got to know about the details of

the presentation form friends.

First round was GD, there were four GD groups with about 12-15 students in

each group. There were two panels conducting parallel GD's. I was in the third

group. Mine was the third group. I don't remember the GD topic but as soon as

the topic was announced my friends started debating about the same. I did not

get a opportunity to speak for the initial part, but later on I did speak. I counter

argued some points and supported some. The GD lasted about 20 minutes.

Later the results were announced, I was among selected for the second round –

Personal Interview (PI). Personal interviews were also conducted by parallel

interview panel. The order in which interviews were to be conducted was


announced. Being a engineer I had doubts about going to a financial company,

I had also missed the company presentation, but then thought of attending the

PI. The questions asked were: - Tell me something about yourself and my

family? As in many interviews I was asked, why did I choose HR after

engineering? What are my strengths and weaknesses? What is your favourite

topic in HR?

I don't remember why but i told my favourite topic to be Transactional Analysis.

There were many questions related to Transactional analysis. The interview

lasted about 20-25 minutes.

The results for the interview were announced after all the interviews were

finished. I was among the shortlisted students. This process was to be followed

by a final round of interview by the chief of HR of this company. The company

representatives did not announce the dates for the final interview at that time. I

went home and searched about the company on the internet. I also spoke

about the company with some of my friends and parents. After a few days the

corporate relations team announced the dates for the final interview. The

company is based out of Pune, everyone except me were sure that i have been

selected. I was super confused that post Engineering in Electronics and tele

communication) and then PGDM in Personnel Management and Human

Resources along with Masters in Labour Law, I was going for interview in a

financial company. I still went thought about going for the same. There were

Nine of my batch mates who could make it for the last round. The company

corporate office was about 25 kms form the college campus. I reached the

office form my home. My friends hired a cab and reached the office. We landed

there and we were excited to see the infrastructure of the building. We were

asked to sit in a conference room where we were told that there would be 2

rounds of psychometric test (Thomas profiling test) to test whether our profile

matches to the one they are offering. The test took around 15 minutes. The

final round of interview started with the HR head. The interviews were fairly

detailed – on an average each interview lasted about half hour. My turn came,

apart from other questions, the questions – why did you choose HR after

engineering was asked. The last question that was asked was “Who are the two

batch mates you would like to recommend for the job other than you”.

The day ended, we were expecting results to be announced, but the results

announced were delayed to the next day. Next day the results were announced.

My name was among the three announced.


best all times. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.


Interviews- be frank and be yourself. 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.


I thank Bala Sir, Director, Deputy Director, Teachers, Staff for the placement

experience. A special thanks to the corporate placement cell, for their tireless

efforts in the placements. A very special thanks to all my friends and the college

for some wonderful memories.

Thanks You & Best Regards

Atul Gupta

Hi,

I am Atul Sharma

Registration Number HRD 09-6081,

from BIMHRD(2009-11),

in the academic year 09-11 passed out on May -11.

My specialization is in PM& HRD.

I am placed in Company “F” which is in banking sector..

I appreciate this wonderful opportunity of sharing my placement experience. I

got placed in among the last companies that visits SBS , I got placed in month

of July 2011 but it was quite a journey I travelled.

All companies I appeared followed the same process that is Aptitude test

followed by GD Round and Interviews. The first company I sat was full of

experience but unfortunately I could not get through GD round but it was a

good experience as I got a glance of selection process and it aids me to decide

what I should do for the next company process. I realized that to keep up with

the pace of everyone I had to analyze my skills and update myself best on the

recent business and economy issues. I prepared for the GD round and I cracked

the GD of next 2 companies but I did not get through Interview process of

those companies. 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. Interview round is different than other rounds, one

may have done well in written test and group discussion but the only

impediment to your dream company is the personal interview. 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, one

on one. So present yourself as better as you can. Always enjoy the process as it

comes because if we start taking stress then it affects the performance.

The campus placement experience was really a once in a lifetime kind of

experience and it gives me colossal pleasure to share it with you all.

Atul Sharma


A PPT was shown in the beginning to describe the profile of the company,

profile that would be given to the students and package. They told us about the

different verticals of the company and the scope and growth in the company. As

we knew the company and we researched about the company we found it good

enough to start our career. After the PPT around 100 students applied for the

company and appeared in the different processes which were as follows:

Aptitude Test/ Written Test

Group Discussion

Final Interview Process

Part 1: Aptitude Test

The process of selection was really methodical and streamlined to select the

type of candidates that will best fit with the company. The process started with

the Aptitude test. It was divided into two parts, first one having multiple choice

questions answers based on Quant, Data interpretation, Reasoning, English and

Computer knowledge mainly of MS-Office.

Part 2: GD

The second round of the selection process was a king of Group Discussion but

it was different from normal group discussions where a topic is given and then

the group is asked to start discussion.

Here the different part was that a topic was given to the group and one of the

members of the group was asked to give his point of views on the topic. Now

the rule was that no one else can interrupt until his/her views were completely

different form that person, and when someone is having different point of view

he/she has to raise the hand and then moderator will give the chance to that

person and now he/she has to first give the proper logic and reason for having

different point of view and then present his/her own thoughts. And the same

thing continued.

The key in this process was to hear the views of other fellows very carefully and

use your own logic and reasoning to present your point of views.

The GD sessions which were held prior to the campus placement helped a lot.

Students of all the four colleges, who cleared the first round (Aptitude test),

were made to assemble in the hall and Groups were made randomly. Each

group had 7-8 students.

In my group there were 8 students; My Topic for the group discussion was

“Global Warming is the only threat in future”. As moderator signed we started

the GD I did not start the GD but I made some Strong points, I was not against

the topic as my thinking was there are many more threats in the coming future.

I stick to my point as I mentioned some other threats also and measure to

address them.


As they declared the result, I was one of the few students who cleared the

group discussion and got a chance to appear in the next round.

Part 3 : Interview

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.

Some question were based on banking sector, Indian economic policies and and

some financial terms. Most of the questions were related to stock market.

Fortunately I have a good understanding and handled most part of my interview

easily. It was stress free and a very comfortable one to one conversation.

After 15 days I received a call from PAT member that Sir, you are placed. You

will be receiving the written documents with in a day or two..

At last I would like to thank PAT team and my friends who supported me

throughout these tough but eventful times. Hope my placement experience get

acceptance from competent authority and I receive my security deposit cheque

as soon as possible at my permanent address


Avinash Kumar

I am Avinash KumarRegistration No: HRD-09-6182.Class:Dual B,BIMHRD 2009-11.Specialization is in Marketing & IT.I am placed in company X.I am sharing my campus placement experience with you.The company came in the month of April'11, we were very few students left, as many of my friends were already placed in the companies. We were lot many student managers in November, when the placements started and now were very few in the month of April to be placed. But strength & expectations were high, just because of the positive thoughts of our dean Bala sir & our PAT team.We were intimated a couple of days prior to the company's process, so that we can go through the concerned company and industry. We had to come to the company premises itself for the process which was in the city itself. There were two moderators in the panel. They briefed us about the company, explained the job profile, answered many of our questions.There were few other colleges also which participated in the placement process.The process consisted of :1. GD2. Personal interview3. Telephonic interviewGDWe were separated in the group of 8 students for the GD round. 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 “IPL:Success or Failure for the concept of game". We had a healthy discussion in the placement process and the moderators were looking quite impressed by our performance, when we were just getting up to leave the hall, one of the moderator said, “ now the second topic of your discussion is BETTING SHOULD BE LEGALISED OR NOT”, we were all shocked as none of the earlier groups had two discussions. So we started the discussion again, many of us were boys and we had good knowledge regarding cricket, so we all jumped into the discussion but also maintained the dignity, it ended well. We were also cross questioned regarding our comments in the GD, and were asked to justify them more. After the results only one student from my group were selected.I was the only one who got through the GD round. The contribution from my side in each of the topics were approximately same like for 3-4 minutes.The main points from my side were:1.) IPL has turned out to be one of the best sources of entertainment in theses years and one of the best ways to generate employment for various media sector companies as well as different inter related sectors.2.) The opportunity given to many emerging players of different districts were also enormous.


Of all the GD rounds,there were 8 students in all who cleared the process.PI: We were asked to wait in the loby outside the office, after that we were asked one by one for the interview sessions. Every one of us were excited for the same as it was the main chance for us to interact personally with the VP of the company. The questions included the technicalities regarding the industry related, its present scenario and its scope in coming future according to us. All of us gave their best in the questions answer session. In the personal interview round we were asked many questions so as to test our attitude, personality, behavior, analytical skills etc , the following are the topics on which we were asked to write our comments :1. Short term goals.2. Long term goals.3. The first thought which comes in our mind when we wake up.4. Strengths.5. Weakness.6. Key factors in growth of our career life.7. Knowledge about the industry.8. Willing to work in the weekends as well as long hours.I answered all the questions in the most positive and sincerely way as expected.Sir, wanted to check our thought process after every comment. After a hard 10 minutes wait, they declared that three of us are selected. I was very happy regarding my selection, as it came after a long wait, hard work, & continuous improvements on my mistakes. But, we were told that there would be a telephonic round as well for the final confirmation. Telephonic InterviewI was very much expecting that it would be a general formality short of round just for confirmation, and it came in the same manner. But, the main issue was that I was being offered the post in Mumbai, rather than in Pune, So I requested the concerned person that I was more interested to be in Pune as I had knowledge of the areas in and around Pune and I could give my best. After the telephonic round I got another call from the HR head of the company after an hour's time for the confirmation of my job.It is understood how important it is to be spontaneous and intense when you reply; because that 10-15 minutes encounter will fetch you the stairs to climb your 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.My suggestion One should have sound knowledge about the company and market dynamics. He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into; your intern-ship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical knowledge; A person should have an attitude of learning;So, Would just like to say my juniors that subject knowledge is a very important


part… & please do listen to faculty seriously & be attentive in classes as you never know what will click where… Wishing them lots of best wishes & a great future ahead.

One more thing, do not lose hope at any point of time at any situation of your life. Remember, a person becomes successful, if he believes in, whatever he is doing.

So friends, this was my placement experience, I hope you got some meaningful insights from this.My heartiest wishes to all my juniors for their future. I will never forget this place and specially the tough schedule of college because it is really helpful in corporate world.

At the end I would like to thank you beloved Bala Sir and whole of Sri Balaji Society for giving me an experience of a life time.Best Wishes & Regards

Avinash Kumar (Dual B,BIMHRD)

I am Mr. Ayush Jain

Registration no.- HRD 09-6017

Class- Marketing

Division- “A” from BIMHRD

From the academic year 2009-10 passed out on 2011.

My specialization is in Marketing & IT.

I am Placed in ABC Company.

I realise one's worries and peer pressures once I enter into the final sem, cause

this is the time for placement! But let me tell u, there's nothing to be afraid of, if

u don get into the first company u will deftly get into some!

This is out of my own experience in campus placement.

Prior to the D-day, I tried to brush-up the basis stuff, my internship project and

studied the company profile, its business, which really helped me during my

interview.

Company had 4 rounds including PPT, GD, PI& Final Interview.

Ayush Jain


We were all present in the auditorium early in the morning. The feeling of

undergoing a recruitment process for company was filled with excitement and

tension.

The first session was pre-placement talk which included the brief of the

company profile, as my previous night was sleepless i was yawning don't know i

slept during that session. In all i hardly listen to anything after company profile,

that gentleman said and was completely lost. Finally after 60-65 mins that

session ended i regained my conscious. Then I request one of my friend who

was conscious in the session, to brief me about the PPT so he gave me his note

book, then I came to know about presence of the company in India, role for

which we were going to be chosen for and the skill sets required for that role.

The second session, actual recruitment process started with the GD round. 8

groups were made each with the strength of 6 students. The groups were

randomly made by the company representatives. The result was that I had got

the 5th group with 6 batch mates.GD topic was The Indian democracy system,

It was my 5th GD experience everybody was trying to be a GD opener and no

one is able to hear each other's point. But as I had learned from previous

experiences if you the opener in a GD, you will get the maximum encounters

from others in the GD. I preferred to listen few members of the group, made

the points I wanted to counter with and then as in every GD, there comes a

silent point, I picked up from there. We as a group discussed about the Indian

Democracy system, the drawbacks and loop holes in the system, how they

affect the growth at all the level and some very new concepts coming into

picture now a days to elevate the system. All in all, the GD was good and

healthy. The second round was over and we were waiting for the results to

come.

Surprisingly, I was the first person from the group-5, to be selected for the next

round i.e. PI.

I was very clear about how to present self and how you communicate in PI. The

first thing, I knock the door before entering. As soon as I enter wish them with

direct eye contact.

The company representatives asked very basic questions, like

Introduce yourself?

Why you want to join our company?

What are your future endeavors?

Why graduation in Pharma?


Why mba& why mba in marketing?

Any preferences for place of posting?

The most tricky question,

Why should we hire you.?.

After PI, We all are waiting for results, when the result got out, I was one of 15

batch-mates who were finalized for the last and final round of interview.

The final interview was off-campus in a hotel as company was hosting a press

conference. The schedule allotted to us was around 11am. But we reached at

the venue at 9.30am. The interview was taken by Company representative and

questions were simple. The interview started with the summer project. They

asked about everything related to the project and I found myself comfortable

with answers of most of the questions. The thing which I noticed is that the

interviewer does not ask about what I am going to do? He asked about what I

have done and how? As in my case, they asked about Pharma& Health-care

sector. After all 15 interviews we all are waiting for results, but one of the

representative came out told us to wait for more time, and finally in evening

they declared that they will post the result directly to the college.

The result came after two weeks when I was in college and doing some

preparations for culturals and back stage. One of my friend from placement

team gave me call and told me to reach in front placement office. Once I

reached he was waiting and gave me the happiest news of my career. I was

among the 8 batch mates who were finally selected to join the company.

I am thankful to BALA sir, Placement team & SBS for giving shape to my life and

carrier.

Few important things to remember-

It is up to you how you present yourself and how you communicate. Act

professionally, and don't be very sophisticated but be modest at the same time!

Remember always to have direct eye contact. Usually they will face you while

talking but as for me my interviewer was busy looking at my resume but still

talk to him and answers, remember do not start or stop until you are asked to.

Remember that before coming for the interview you must sit and think about

yourself and prepare well for this question to avoid any pause or overhead

thinking! And remember he asked about you, so must be in track to talk only

about you. You can also mention your strengths and weakness but see that you


tell your weakness optimistically. The HR round is to see your communication

skills, doesn't matter how your accent is or pronunciations as far u wear a smile

and be presentable.

Finally when they extend their hands for handshake, give firm shake and leave

saying thank you!

Well, this is it, all the best and hope this helps you...

I am Bhawna GabaRegistration No. : HRD09-6022BIMHRD: Dual-AAcademic year : 2009-11 Passed out in : April 2011My specialization is in Marketing and IT

It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience with you all. Time flies and 2 years at Balaji Society were perhaps my best days. I still remember the day when I stepped into the campus with loads of mixed feelings. The only question that dreaded me was would I get into a good company because I had always dreamt of getting a brand and of course, with a good profile and package. But dreams at SBS do come true and I was no exception.

I sat for 2 companies before getting placed into X Company on November 2nd, 2010.However it was not an easy nut to crack. Lot of hard work was put into it.After returning from our Summer Internship, we were asked to socks as the Placement Session was about to set In.Our College played an immense role in getting us prepared for the D Day. People from the corporates were invited every now and then to give us light on what actually happens in the corporate world. Reading newspapers, magazines, solving case studies etc. were few of the steps taken by us to make the foundation all the more strong.

Finally, the 1st company came to the campus on September 19th,2010.I was not lucky enough to get into it as the competition was intense since none of the Placement Criteria were applicable.

After this, students with more than 90% of class attendance and no backlogs were eligible to sit for the next 50 companies. I was lucky enough as I had maintained my attendance with no backlogs.I sat for my 2nd company and was not able to clear the GD round. But that didn't disappoint me and kept the hard work going. And finally got placed into the 3rd company that I had sat for.

Bhawna Gaba


The company arrived the campus on November 1st,2010 with AVP-Knowledge Management,3 Thread Leads and 2 HR Managers. Following is what they had in store for us:Job Profile: Business AnalystPOP: Hyderabad/BangalorePackage:Rs.3.76 lac p.a.

The AVP walked us through the presentation and explained every bit of it.I was pretty satisfied with the job profile and had made up my mind to give it a shot. The whole process had following rounds:1. Aptitude Test/Essay2. Group Task / Presentation3. Versant4. Final PI

About the Process:

According to me, the process was not that grilling. I could sail through the whole thing calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. I enjoyed the process and took everything as it came.

1. Aptitude Test: Around 250 students sat for the Aptitude test. There were around 35-40 questions based on Quant, Data Interpretation, Reasoning and English. And the time limit was 30 minutes. The questions asked were not the tough nuts to crack. The key to solve them was a complete presence of mind and speed. Also, we were asked to write a composition on any of the topics related to Knowledge Management.

2. Group Task / Presentation:In this round, we were divided into groups and were asked to prepare a web portal for the Deloitte employees. The topic given to my group was Smoking Kills. Later on, we had to present our work in front of the panel members. It was a complete fun and our group did a good job. The panel judged us on the following parameters: 1. Leadership Skills2. Group participation3. Understanding of the Topic4. Communication Skills 3. VersantThe 3rd round was that of Versant which is a quick spoken English test is. It was conducted to evaluate language and literacy skills. We were sent to different rooms and were asked to call up on the number provided by them. It lasted for about 20 minutes. The panel was quite impressed with the performance of the candidates. Around 30 students cleared this round.


Disclaimer: Each round was an elimination round.

4. Final Interview:All the 30 candidates were called for the final round, the next day i.e. November 2nd.I was one of them. My PI lasted for about 20 minutes and few of the questions asked were:a.Describe yourself.b.What are your areas of Academic Interest?c.What is your understanding about Knowledge Management?d.Why do you want to get into this company?e.What are your strengths and weakness?f. What have you learnt from two years Of MBA?g.Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line?h. How will you rank the following as per your priority – Role, Designation, Package, Work Culture?

All in all my interview went really well. I was pretty much satisfied with the answers that I gave and the interviewer seemed to be satisfied as well. But still, you never no.

The panel had interviewed all the 30 candidates. But few of my colleagues were again called by them. Don't know what was going on in their minds but that made us little nervous.

Finally the results were declared and they picked up 11 students from the marketing stream. I was one of them. What a moment it was!!!!

The panel congratulated all of us and they also distributed X Company T-shirts to all of us. Also, they gave us some extra information as to when would our offer letters be dispatched etc.

Certain piece of advice for my colleagues:1. Never try to faff 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. Believe me it makes a difference.5. Never underestimate the panel; even they do their homework before coming.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, Hemendra Singh 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 endeavours.

Thank YouBhawna Gaba.

Hi All, I Am Biswadeep ThakurBatch 2009-11Hrd 09-6208DUAL C-MARKETING & finance

Placed in my 2nd companyI was bit late( 45 companies) in my placement experience because of unavoidable backlog in qt. But in those 45 ,company from my sector ( healthcare)was not there , so after clearing qt( with distinction marks ) I opt for sitting in XYZ( known for their paper and diaries) in order to feel the experience of placement . there were approx 500 student(no. of students increased because of wild card entry after clearing qt exam). I made it to the last round but was not able to clear the final interview( lasts for 35 mins).The reason I will tell u later.after that aprox 20 comp. came to our campus but i didnt try.(in some i was not eligible also),because i was clear enough for my taget.( sales + haelthcare) so finally anouncement was done that xyz company is coming to campus,first comp,from healthcare sector. So, I pulled my socks for facing the loud group discussions and pi.

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) personal interview 1 (college campus) personal interview 2 (next day at company premises) personal interview 3 (one week later at mumbai office)Pre placement talkThe pre placement talk included the description of company and the various areas they operate into. The presentation was good enough to help us understand. the ppt talked about the working environment of the company, job timings, demographic profile etc.After hearing the package many were confused whether to go for this comp. or not(of course pkg. was less) so the no. of students decreased to 24 frm 50 , so hr went directly for pi.

Biswadeep Thakur


Personal interview 1 it was taken by the two panel members that visited our college. the questions were like:1. Tell me about yourself?2. Why our company?3. Tell me about your learning during internship?4. Your strength and weakness?5. What do you understand by the profile that we are offering.6.They asked me about my location and why i want to go there .The interview was more focused towards understanding your confidence level, ability to learn and your exposure other than studies. along with the curriculum knowledge , they were trying to determine my mental ability and presence of mind by asking specific business related questions.

personal interview 2The short listed candidate from the first pi were asked to go to a company office in pune for their interview with the associate director

The questions that were asked related to:1. what do you understand about the profile;2. specific questions related to my case study answers;3. why not any other company;4. are you comfortable in travellingasked me if I have any questions, i utilised the opportunity and clarified my doubts regarding working environment and the training that i will need for the field lab instruments.

personal interview 3The result came after 1 week and i was asked to visit for final interview with the nsm in mumbai..During my interaction with the NSM, the questions were limited to only 41. How was your pune-mumbai journey;2. What do you know about the company;3. What do you know about the profile;4. Are you willing to relocate/travel.It was the shortest interview i had witness by now which rapped up in 15 mins.but after that we had some casual discussion like why I didn't opt for airforce (my father is in air force),then he told me that he post me in vijaywada., i told him I don't have any problem ,he also gave me few words of wisdom(don't opt negative ways for doing sales…..etc) approximately after 2-3 days the results were out and i was informed the goods news by placement cell.( at that time i was in ppt of another because it was compulsory for each and every one to attend). The very next day, HR of the company called up directly and informed me regarding my selection.


My suggestion one should have knowledge about the company and the profile he/she is sitting for; he/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into;also utilising your internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical knowledge;should have interest in activities other than studies;should have an attitude of learning;try to summarise your points in shortdon't get disappointed by seeing others getting placed and you still in queue. its just the right opportunity that is waiting to be knocked on to your door.

Most imp. things:( acc. to me) Always follow your passion dont go for only package if you are getting both then you are lucky enough.

First try to learn your work dont follow money ,money will automatically follow if you know the work .,other wise after spending 5 yrs in corporate world( changing 5 comp. ) you will not be sure where you are upto.

Be truthful because it will pay in long run .In my first company process I told the hr that I want to feel the process and its my first comp after clearing my back log I also told him that I am looking for health care sec.. He was impressed and till day he is one of my guide we are still in touch.

Dont try to speak more & more in gd(especially ladies...i don't know the present trend but in my batch it was there), because more you try to speak more you make mistakes I am quoting example. Prostitution should be legalized or not? All of us were discussing one by one but one extraordinary intelligent lady was continuously poking her nose in each ones discussion and later she came up with a point that prostitution should be legalized because it will increase indias gdp. now u can understand.... there are many other instances also.

speak up to the point allow others to speak and encourage those who are not speaking.

Dont loose your heart if u are not placed ....work on your weakness ..you will be through..All the best ,regards

BISWADEEP THAKUR


Charulata Saini

Hi,

I am Charulata Saini.

Registration No: HRD 09 6121

Class: dual B

Specialization: Marketing.

College: BIMHRD

I am finally placed in company ABC.

It was phase of continuous learning but what I learned during placements is still

the biggest lesson for me. I sat in many companies now I don't even remember

the name and finally I got selected in the Company. Process was good and

lengthy.

Before getting placed I sat for so many companies but couldn't get through. I

still can't not account any single reason for not succeeding. There were so many

reasons which I feel can be the reason for not getting selected in company.

Learning from the placement process:

1. Aptitude test is pure knowledge test where only your aptitude and knowledge

can save you. Simple basic maths and English will help here. Some companies

may ask MBA related questions as happened in one company. Some companies

may take psychometric test here only as my current company did some

companies may keep this as last round.

2. In psychometric test be yourself don't fake otherwise they will be able to

catch you. In my current company PI HR was with my psychometric test result

and was matching my answers with my test result.

3. In GD take one side and put your thoughts clearly why you are on that side

and try to reach on conclusion rather than just speaking your points or just

opposing the others point of view without any solid reason. If you have data or

some research conclusion you can quote them.

4. Here you have to either show high interest in the company for which you can

take help of summer project or educational background. Other method is to

show interest in position they are offering and how it will help both company

and you in the longer terms.

5. In my current company all questions were to judge the person character and

positive thinking their criteria was different. After entering into company there

was 2 months training then I have to go through one more interview to choose

the department in which I want to work.


6. At last luck has also a big role to play in the whole process. So be positive

thought out the placement season. More positive you will be more chances to

get selected. Go without fear into process this is best strategy to get selected.

When my current company came in campus in Feb, 2011 most of students

were placed by that time. There first criteria was 70 % throughout the

academic (metric, secondary, graduation and MBA)

1st round:

Date: 9th February

Number of students was about 20 from all 4 colleges.

Aptitude test: psychometric test was included in aptitude. It was online test. It

was GK, English and maths test.

There was sectional time was allocated.

2nd round:

Date: 18th march, 2011

Number of students was 4.

GD round: as we were only 4 students so it was not tough. We have to convince

the others who were on other side. After clearing the aptitude round my

confidence was high.

3rd round:

Date: 18th March, 2011


PI round: it was complete HR PI not even single question were asked from

MBA. For interview I can say it was different from the previous interviews that I

have faced till now. All questions were situation based. Questions were written

on a sheet. HR was placing those sheets in front of me. I have to read the

situation and give answer. Then HR was asking question on the answer that I

have given. I have to defend my answer. After each question there was series of

question on the answer that I have chosen.

There were question on ethics, family values, honest, strength, what kind of

person I like to work and dislike to work and role model.

Questions were

What kind of people you like to work with and why?

I said I like to work with those people who are positive and always willing to

take risk.

What you will do when your manager is not ready to take risk?

Here I said I will show him if we can gain more profit with a little extra risk then

it is worth taking. Sooner or later you have to come out of your shell otherwise

by the time you will come out ither will be way ahead of you.

Who is your Role model and why?


I said Mr. Narayan Murthy, because he is ethical person.

What are your Hobbies?

Painting, reading book. I mentioned the book which I was reading at that time.

What if your competitor forgot their file behind what you will do?

If I have to win the deal I will win own my own not because of others mistakes.

There was no right and wrong answer I have to convince the HR that why I am

choosing that as my answer.

Interview was for about 40 minutes.

4th round:

Date: 23rd March, 2011


Thomas test:

My confidence level was high as there was only one round to crack the company

and pressure was also high as company came for first time in campus.

It is an online test. In this test there is no time limit but result is on the basis of

right answers and time taken for the test.

There were 5 rounds. Before each round there was demo of questions and 3

practice questions.

Test was simple rounds I don't remember all there was English, maths and

spatial intelligence questions.

All the training given to me was helpful in cracking the GD. As I sat in more

companies my confidence level was increasing which help me in cracking more

and more GD. It was not just about bookish knowledge but confidence that I

have gained throughout the MBA. In some interview I used bam sir's

presentation as one of my achievements. I was class coordinator for three

semesters which help me a lot in some interview. Maintaining 100% attendance

was proof of my being disciplined. Which I used in my current company

interview. Apart of these presentations which I gave in class for various topics

help me a lot in overcoming the stage fear. Reading newspaper help in keeping

me up to date which help indirectly. When you go in interview HR may not ask

questions from that knowledge but I used to feel confident as compared to

others.

In short I want to say all that I have learned in MBA helped me during the

placement season and it is still helping me in corporate world.


Chetna Sharma

I am Chetna SharmaReg No: HRD09-6018 Class: Marketing And FinanceDivision: DUAL CBIMHRDAcademic year: 2009-2011passed out on: April, 2011

When i got into the college i never knew that i will get a pre-placement offer. Even when am writing this all the time and work that i did during my internship becomes lively.

As the second semester came i started to look out for internship project and then i came across an internship call from a constructions company where i got selected from a bunch of interns as Assistant Manger for Finance. Though i didn't join the same but that was my first placement.like all my friends i didn't go through the campus selection process. Rather my selection process was quite a long one as i had pre placement offer, but there were many common things in my selection procedure.i went through the similar pressures and anxiety. there were moments when i felt i could't do it, but with time things became smoother. and on 22nd june i was cherishing my dream, and it was for real..

STAGE 1. TELEPHONIC INTERVIEWMy first stage of selection was telephonic interview with Accounts and Taxation Head who asked me a few questions about accounts, and they were as follows :1. what is accounting?2. what are rules of accounting?3. importance of fund flow with a practical example from day to day life?4. difference between cash flow and fund flow.5. what is current ratio ?6. what is the difference between current ratio and acid test ratio?7. how do we adjust bad debts which were not accounted before?8. how do we calculate net worth of a company? As i got through with this round smoothly i realized the importance of very basic questions which we often ignore.while preparing for interview it is very important to pay attention to definitions as it rescues you from getting choked while answering. don't mug definitions rather make it simple with key words attached to it along with some examples. give examples from real life situations as it shows that how do you relate theory with practical. adding numbers to examples may help you to explain better.


STAGE 2. INTERVIEW WITH FINANCE MANAGERThe process of the interview was held in the regional office of the company where i was interviewed by Finance Head. there were 18 candidates other than me an i was NO.17. for the first time in my life i got superstitious with no. 17. but the gentleman made me quite comfortable starting the questions with:1. tell me about yourself.2. what are your hobbies?3. how do i get to know about their internship program?4. do i know about the company's past performance?---> for this question i quoted some figures from their website and about their latest news about new bridges in difficult terrains of sikkim and assam. SO PLZZ READ COMPANY'S WEBSITE THOROUGHLY.

5. why do have i chosen finance project when i am having marketing as my major? ----> where i replied about my curiosity in having practical knowledge of finance and accounting.6. he gave me a messed up balance sheet and asked me to fix it up.7. why should we select you?8. are you suitable for this job?9. what are your expectations from the company? -----> for this i replied that i am expecting stipend and accommodation, as i don't have any relative in chandigarh.10. what is success for you?11. what if we reject you?as it took about 50 mins in this interview which is longest of all other candidates with me i became sure that i will be selected.

STAGE 3: CALL FROM HR after 2 days i got a call from the HR Department where they asked me if i had any issues working in chandigarh for which i said no. and they confirmed me of my selection for my internship with a nice stipend and lodging facilities from the company itself.

STAGE 4: INTERNSHIP AKA SELECTION PROCEDURENow the more difficult phase started as the final placement was dependent on the performance in the company. It was quite clear from their side that if i will get the work done i can get an offer for the designation of Assistant Manager Finance.My project was on Increasing Cash Credit Limit and analyzing Working Capital of the company. I used to work from 8 on the morning till late night, with no sun-day. I must say that the habit of sitting in college helped me a lot because may be i used to finish my work within normal working hours but for making my manager look at it and getting a node of yes for it was real pain.during my internship many topics of our curriculum were included and I sincerely thank our DIRECTOR HAMENDRA SIR who helped me in my projections and other


technical. On 20th June,2010 i had to give presentation at SBOP where my work got finished as the process of increasing CC limit to the company started.

STAGE 4: THE RESULT22nd June , 2010 morning 10 am i received mail from HR Department confirming me to join the company as Assistant Manager Finance.

PLEASE NOTE:Placement is not ONLY about packages, its more about what profile are you targeting at. one should be very focused with the decision about their profile. don't take a job under peer pressure or any other pressure as first step towards your job decides the direction of your career. may be you start with small today but eventually everyone grows and at the end of 1st year you will realize that you stand at more or less at the similar levels. do check for the profile first and then sit for the company. brush your fundamentals before going for interview and exhibit confidence, not over or under confidence. do the best you can do. don't think much about result as everyone of us are equally capable of getting a job. we may fail at sometimes but continuous perseverance and confidence will take you to your ultimate goal. be ready always.. ALL THE BEST...

Name-Deeksha SharmaHRD09-6020

I am Ms. Deeksha Sharma

Registration Number – HRD09-6020

Class: Marketing, Division – Dual A, from BIMHRD 2009-11.

Specialization is in Marketing.

I am placed in company W.

My campus placement experience

I'll quote my experience journey as-'You've gone for a smile, travelling a

thousand miles Seeking yourself in the dusk of past Finding your ways in you

own cast What holds you when you have nothing to hold Hold on with a will

which says 'Just hold on'.

My campus experience is like a beautiful journey still so fresh in my mind. I

think patience and perseverance pays. 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 business newspapers daily so that we are updated

on current affairs to mock GD practices is a confidence booster. As they were

Deeksha Sharma


one of the reasons for my placement, though Management knowledge is

important GK made us confident and GD practices made us firm and poised

about the main placements.Like some of my other classmates I was not sure of

the sector/ industry I wanted to join and my choice of company was more

focused on the profile and package offered and how much learning will I gain

from the same. L was the first company but I couldn't crack it and was thrown

out of the GD round itself. Then came company I were I had cleared all rounds

but my greed for more package lead me down. It took me three months since

then to realize the importance of profile and brand over package and I changed

my strategy likewise. (Though I regret my mistake and hoped that I was more

careful in beginning itself.) Without loosing hope I shifted my dedication

towards the next upcoming companies to be precise 20 companies and without

much effort I used to smoothly sail the Group Discussion, so much so that I

became the queen of GD's and same was the story with the interview rounds

and I was always told by the company representatives' you are the best but yet

hard luck, could not clear the interview. The thought boggled me for months

and my anxiety, anger and restlessness had no bounds seeing my fellow friends

making it to the placements and here I was still thinking 'If I'm good as told by

most of the companies then why am I still unplaced'.

From October till April, that's the length of my struggle, patience, hard work and

perseverance just seemed words to me. Keeping cool and collecting my strength

and regain focus helped me sail through the final placement. And then came

company W to campus during early April with two representatives. And they

were very clear on what kind of candidates they were seeking. They were

looking for someone who could balance the aggressive and at the same time if

the situation demands, be calm, poised and composed, update in current affairs

, good knowledge of the subject, most important a learner and lastly good

communication skills. In all around 150 people sat for the company.

The process they had structured was three fold:

1. Group Discussion- 10 students each was the size of each GD group. Though I

don't clearly remember the topic of my GD but it was related to pros and cons

of telesales and its importance in corporate world. The time allotted was 10

minutes. My main mantra in any GD is too first listen patiently to other and then

present my views (which in almost in all past cases were against the group). My

views were always supported by facts, use of right words and examples. Then

each student in the group was asked to give conclusion and I was the first one

to conclude. A word of advice to juniors when asked to conclude don't add new

points, support and summarize what you have already stated, because

conclusion is an important part of GD and I have seen students doing well in

the entire GD session failing miserably in conclusion leading to their exist from

the GD. Then the moderators announce the names of the students selected and

I was confident that my name would figure out in the list.

2. Sales scenario- By this round they had shortlisted 12 (approx.) students. We


were asked to represent any telecom company and sell any one of their product

keeping in mind all the sales theory, the knowledge of the product and how is

our product different from others. The process asked us to make a telecon to

the company Representatives (who had come for the placements) and fix an

appointment and then we went into the interview room for the sales

presentation. We were given 5 minutes to present. I had chosen V Company

and made my presentation with full confidence explaining them who I was,

which company I represent, what product I wanted to offer and how that is

different and better from others. This followed by some relevant questioning by

the representatives on the product I was offering.

3. Interview- Every student who was a part of sales scenario round was also a

part of interview round too. The representatives started my interview by asking

me to speak about myself. My content was structured from introducing my self,

gist of my family background, educational background, hobbies and summer

internship. Then they questioned me on my summer training- What I did, what

was the role I was handling, challenges I faced during internship and I

overcame them. Then I was asked questions in regards to current affair- more

related to technology, my achievements in life, my hobbies and I could I use my

hobbies in the progress of the company. Then they gave me a situation based

question related to corporate sales.

Unlike every other person my placement was little dramatic, initially I was told

by the company that they had finalized two students and one of them was me.

Then that very evening I was smashed back to the ground when the company

said they were planning on taking only one (who also happened to be my friend

and classmate) and that I'm not selected.

I too came across my share of joy and happiness after a week when I got a call

from the Director of Company W, and he again held a quick telephonic interview

which was more of one to one talk. He concluded the call saying that he

thought I had spark in me and a perfect balance of aggressiveness and being

content at the same time, along with impressive communication skills. He also

mentioned that he would not like to loose a good candidate like me. And finally

I heard those special words “Welcome onboard in the family of Company W”.

Now, working for almost 11 months as Business Development Manager for

Company W, I'm proud to be a part of such organization where I had fair

exposure to the corporate world, meeting the top notch and decision makers of

big organizations, where I get to learn everyday, bring my theories into practice.

It's all because of the faith that college showed in me, efforts of PAT and the

learning's, values, culture I was molded in.

At the end I would like to thank you beloved Bala Sir and whole of Sri Balaji

Society for giving me an experience of a life time.

Best Wishes & Regards

Deeksha Sharma


Deepak Pahwa

I am Deepak PahwaRegistration number: HRD-09(6250),Marketing & Finance (Dual-C)BIMHRD Batch 2009-11Placed in company ABC

Hi,Life is full of lot of happiness and worries. It keeps on rotating its phases according to the time. Our future depends on how we are responding to every moment of life.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, having patience working hard and going for the one which you desire. It's better to be unemployed than going for a wrong choice because if you don't love the work which you do then you cannot grow and would ultimately leads to other problem .Its like a creating new problem for ourself. I was a student who was always looking for a job in any Government Sector, specially Bank. Before even starting the placement I keep on thinking how many PSU comes to the campus. What are their criteria . But I was not so confident about myself. So I started my preparations and in placement process I was not able to crack even the G.D for the first approximately 10 companies at our campus. so I started find out all the problems, where exactly I am lacking ? with the help of faculties and my dear friends main problem which I found out that I am not able to communicate in proper way. so I started regular reading of newspaper, standing in front of the mirror continuously rehearsing for the current topics to increase my self-confidence, self- motivation was the greatest tool which I used.As LG was the first company in campus and all Marketing students were eligible so everybody was very much excited about it. this is a good strategy to keeping open for all first company.Initially I applied for any company which came to our campus only to practice for GD. So far there was a lot of improvement but till 15 companies I was not even able to crack first round. Still I was continue putting my efforts without caring of all this sitting for as many as companies, I became fully confident about the GD's. Slowly I started clearing GD's. in this time I used to crack GD rounds and in most of the companies. I was in final round. In so many companies it happened that I was not able to crack final round. It disappointed me a lot ,my friends who were already placed I started taking guide from them and also took the help of our college faculty


and started working on my weakness and improving my strength too. all my friend motivated me encourage my confidence to take stand very smartly on this situation.

It was the month of May most of my friends got placed. as some of them has their joining my friends Started moving to new places for their new job and still I was struggling to get a job . Hoping that One day I will get job I had faith on GOD regarding this, some how I was able to mange myself Then came the day, May 24th, 2010. I went to Mumbai for final round, As it was the interview for a PSU so I was already excited to give interview. I did lot of preparations before going there.

First of all there was a document verification process I went through as there were not many candidates so they started taking interview only

Questions Asked:Tell me something about yourself ?Answer :I described about my education background ,family background and my hobbies.

Why particularly Indian overseas bank ?Answer : Banking industry is growing very fast, and to make economy stronger bank must be growing with very fast rate which is happening in india and I want to grow my self with the industry and bank which is growing very fast. As it is a psu, place from where I belong government job considered as a high status symbol and regarded as a very high class job specially bank so It will be greatful for me to associate with such organization .

what are the strategies of making a product successful in market?Answer: Cost leadership and differentiation I gave example of Toyota is implementing JIT and differentiation so able to big to gain big market share

what makes a bank successful in the industry?Answer: Customer service. How much efficiently and effectively bank can respond to their customers.If you will be given POP in rural area will you be able to work ?Answer: I belong to a rural area. I have born up and brought up in a village so I can comfortably work and can achieve maximum result from there.

After all the interviews were over we were asked that soon we were getting result so we came back from Mumbai. I waited a lot for my final result in august I get to know good news of being placed in a PSU. So, finally I was placed and celebrated my success partying with my friends and all, placement was not only the reason of being happy but I went through a Government Bank which I had dream before even joining SBS family.


Heartly thanks to Bala sir, Guneet mam every member of SBS family ,placementco-ordinators, college faculties , all the authorities and all my friends.My Suggestions:Time is not stagnant it keeps on rotating it may good or bad for us, so we should not loose hopes we keep on trying what we are aim to and particularly about placement we should 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.

Thanks and RegardsDeepak pahwaRegistration no. Hrd 09-6250

Deepali Rawat

Deepali Rawat

Roll No. HRD09-6122

PGDM C, from BIMHRD,

Specialization –Marketing & Finance,

Academic year: 2009-2011, passed out on 29th April 2011

GOT PLACED ONE DAY BEFORE THE D DAY..this is 4 u juniors a part of my

experience which can help you, to sustain n win at last..

Something shifted inside me, when I pulled a chair n holded the laptop in my

laps ..as in everything started unfolding again..

I knew itsgonna be tough as in marketing the fight was high, so from the

starting of second year, I was damn focused about my placements…reading

news papers, jotting down important points, searching for GD topics and

preparing for them was some of my Modus operandi , but as the day arrived

looking at the crowd you feel you are nowhere.

It all started and I was not fully prepared in the starting but still better then

those who weren't allowed to sit for the placements, due to attendance issues

and some back logs, that I very clearly kept in my mind from the starting it self

that I won't be in those handful of students, so concentrated on the main

subjects which invited more backlogs like QT, accounts, costing, Stats and and

for some subjects there has to be complete knowledge so at the time interview

you will have the hold over it because generally these interviewers will ask you

about, where you are good at, but always you have to keep in mind that you

have to be good at the subject where you want to make your career, I was sure

that I need to make it in marketing, so I treated Kotler as my Bible. I didn't do

something special but 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 Ramashasatri, Ramky Sir,, Dr. C Y Nimkar,

Dr. Rajesh Deshpandey,. The interest they created in me for marketing keep me

working hard. Apart from Class room studies I was engage in other reading

habits

Some Points to let you know about my self and my experience :

Not among the toppers:

just a mediocre 67% avg. in post grads

Average in Academics (Little bit above to be precise)

LG the first company came in not able to perform …regrets confidence went

down.

Started to be presentable:

Remember one thing if you know doesn't matter ..u r intelligent doesn't matter.

You have to look smart and of course if u r a girl u should look beautiful too…

Don't listen to people who say:

Forget it I strive hard for 24 hrs n so not gonna concentrate on my looks….It

matters folks

Only Looks matter then you are wrong..its just if you are intelligent you have to

also look beautiful n in placements follow it like a religion

I cracked 80% of the GDS (The mantra):

Start preparing for d GDS yourself for various topics, practice in the washroom

to do the drill.

Look into the mirror to give some style of conviction.

Your points should be backed by facts n examples always think about PEST so

you can take GDs in diff-diff directions.

Failed in HR round:

Didn't knew what went wrong…So understand every company is not for

everyone

Broken down at certain point:

At this point talk to someone who can keep your morale high…n can watch a

movie but never forget to prepare for the next lined up company

NEVER ever choose a company in haste because the last day your flatmate or

roommate is placed:

Remember when something like this happens you feel good also n bad also

probably the weight-age for the 2nd is high when she keeps on sleeping n you

have to dress up for d placements ..sad feeling

Just Keep in mind what you like and don't Like while choosing a sector or a

profile, it matters!!

Always take the advice of a senior before sitting 4 d actual placement

procedure, provided he is a right mentor:

Company matters 30% profile 60% salary 10%

Always remembers this, it doesn't mean that you r working in a good brand as

a call center girl.


Below are Some more 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.

My Final company where I was Placed

Rounds which were conducted:

1) Written test:

Comprised of quant, some LR and grammar

2) GD:

My topic was which sector is doing good government or private?

3) Interview Questions:

It was all about describe your self, subject related questions, mostly the

questions were marketing related because I was offered marketing profile.

I did two round well but had a doubt about how I performed in my interview ,

my result arrived after 7 days and I got to know that I was the only one who is

selected for branding and that became my Hey day..

And remember a company is decided for you!!

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 BIMHRD for all the wonderful experiences and learning.

Deepika Agrawal

Name: Deepika Agrawal Registration Number: HRD 09 6212 Dual: PGDM C; BIMHRDAcademic year: 2009- 2011.Specialization: Marketing & Finance. I am placed in “Company A”.

I know the crucial time has started for you all. Many of you even got through good opportunities, & some are waiting for the same.Well, to share “My campus Placement Experience”, I would like to start with – everyone, rather most of you dream to get through in the 1st company that comes to our college – LG, but truly telling this was never my dream. I always wanted to enter into an IT industry.

The company, where I am today, was the 3rd company, I sat for. The 1st 3 companies were – 1. LG 2. DeloitteLG, I didn't take seriously, as it wasn't my dream company. And Deloitte, I somehow couldn't clear the aptitude test.

So, the story for the company where I am today goes like this – I gave confirmation for the same in the month of November, as it is the normal procedure. Next day we came to know that our resumes will get shortlisted, so that will be the first round of elimination. So Round 1, I qualified.


Round 2 – Aptitude Test: For this, we had a pool campus interview, wherein, around 1500 students sat for it. Among 1500, there were around 600 students shortlisted. I got through this as well.

Round 3 – GD – topic – “Does business demand Ethical values”. Panel wanted to check us on the following parameters – o Leadership skillso How one acts as a Team Membero Communication Skillso What marketing knowledge one brings to the table.In one GD group there were 8-10 of us. From my group, along with me 1 more student got selected.

Round 4 – Technical Interview – I had a doubt about this round, because I came to know from the candidates whose interview was done, that the panel is asking really very technical questions and is going into the details. When my turn came, I was asked about the RFPs (which mean Request for Proposal). One can define RFP as – when the client needs a solution (software solution), say for eg: “Implementation of SAP” and we know that we can provide the client with the same and want to bid for that deal, then we respond to the client by submitting an RFP. If we get selected then the legal formalities are done to make the project go live.

After I was done, I kept my fingers closed, as this round's result was going to be announced after 4 days. Till these next 4 days, I did not sit in any company which came to the campus, because unexpectedly this round went really good for me, as I knew that I answered his questions correctly.

4 days later, result was announced & I qualified..!! :) Round 5 – Last but not the least, PI.

For this, we were called at the company's office address (in Pune). From, BIMHRD, there were only 3 of us. For 2 of them PI was over in 15 mins each, but mine went for 1 hour 23 mins, I still remember. I was asked about the profile that the company was offering, which was “Business Development Executive”. They wanted to check whether I am aware of the work that a Business Dev. Ex.does or not. Also the panel gave me a brief intro about the company, what they do, where are their clients etc. So, after giving all my answers, and taking knowledgeable insights from the panel, I was really very confident and positive about my selection in this company.

When I came out of that room, I was so happy but also tensed. I was also curious to know that when the final results would be announced. 13 days later, on December 1st, I got a call from a BIMM friend, telling me that I am selected for this company. This was the funniest incident. Even before my PAT team (BIMHRD PAT team) telling me, that I am selected, I got the news. It was “D


Day” for me. Getting calls from so many friends, relatives, was feeling as if I am on top of the sky.

Also, this company had asked us to go for a medical check – up. Even this had a funny story.

We were waiting from so many days for the announcement date of Medical check-up, but it so happened that the day I booked my tickets for going to my hometown, next day itself I received a mail from the HR of that company, saying that there is going to be a medical check-up in Pune.

Again, I requested her to please arrange for my check up in Delhi, as it would be nearer to my place. She did that finally, I went. All the formalities were done and finally, all results went in my favor.

Then, there was an issue regarding the offer letter. The HR told that I will have to come to my college for collecting the offer letter. But, trust me friends I didn't even ask her once to send the offer letter to my place (home town), in fact I called her to say “Ma'am, I am in my hometown, so would take another 2 days to reach Pune, hence will be able to receive it after 2 days.”

That very moment, she called me back and said – “You need not go to Pune just for collecting the offer letter, I have dispatched the same at your permanent address”.

The moment I heard this I was really very happy. Finally, after 2 days, I received my offer letter and the excitement was full-on.

Friends, I would just say that don't lose patience & don't make any decision in a hurry. Also, never try to impose something on anyone, especially when you enter into the corporate world.

There is always a sweeter way of getting your work done. With this mantra, your work is also done, & you create a repo as well.

So friends - “ALL WILL BE WELL”…!!!! :) Good luck to all…!

Regards,Deepika


Devanshu Malik

Hello,

I am Devanshu Malik

Registration No. - HRD 09-6021

Class -PGDM Dual A (Marketing)

Academic Year - 2009 – 2011

Institute – BIMHRD

Placed in Company X Ltd as a Management Trainee.

“Experience” this word seems to be too meagre to jargonise what I and my

friends went through in that part of our MBA program. More than that it was an

“odyssey” fraught with ebbs and flows with each moment making us encounter

some glooms and blooms .It all ushered with LG when whole college was vying

to get placed in first company in the campus, so as to save oneself from the

trauma of rejection in the future. For few fortunate ones it was time to make

merry but for the better part of the college like me, it was not .But still the

world was not over for us , plethora of companies were still to come.

Time between LG and next company was like a lull before the storm after which

companies entered like roaring water stream every time soaking me with

pensiveness, melancholy and making me feel like a poor wretch. For first few

companies it was an utterly unpleasant experience but after that it felt like I

have become immune to such kind of emotions and became accustomed to it.

But as there is always a positive side to a thing, these dark clouds of rejection

also had silver lining. These rejections make you introspect what is actually

going wrong, which otherwise would go unnoticed .So the best you can do at

this time is to go for self contemplation and introspection.

Now all said and done, let bygones be bygones, then I also got placed.

Surprisingly, I was not that jubilant on getting placed but it was more a feeling

of relief, complacency and self-satisfaction. Because the loopholes tracked

during the placement journey were yet to be rectified. Therefore, more than

placement it's those causes which elude you from getting placed. Now the

company process details which I don't think are so imperative since aptitude

was not that difficult and the questions asked were also quite commonplace

normally asked in each interview. But the formalities are to be completed.

COMPANY PROCESS

1) APTITUDE- Some quant, data interpretation and situation analysis questions.

Shortlisting was based on the aptitude.


2) Personal interview-

Some part of the Personal Interview :-

I was first one to go for the interview, so I never got a chance what others will

have, at least to know what sort of questions were being asked. But I knew that

I had to be performing to my best, and leave everything else on God.

Now The interview :-

Q: Tell us about yourself.

A: I started introducing myself, my education, projects etc.

Q: Then I was asked about the Academic project in PGDM, project conclusions

& suggestions.

A: I explained about what was the objective of the project, methodology,

conclusions, suggestions, which tools I used during the projects & what was my

contribution to the team in which I was doing my project.

Q: Then they asked me some me some Quant questions (5 in all).

A: I tried to explain first 2 questions but couldn't and then I realised that I am

trying to bluff, which I must avoid further, hence from there on, clearly told

them, I don't know the solution.

Q: Then they asked Why this Industry?

A: I said that since my summer intern was also done in same industry, I

probably understand about this industry more than other industries now. (Some

more marketing terminology used)

Q: Then they asked me, “What is your favourite subject”?

A: I told economics. (So they asked questions such as diminishing marginal

utility, per capita income and economy of India)

Q: Then they asked me to sell product of their company to a Dealer.

A: I had read the complete profile of the company and products there feature

and use, so it was convenient for me to do this exercise). This exercise lasted

for nearly half an hour.

Q: Anything you want to ask you can.

A: I asked them for which location they are looking the candidates

They replied:- PAN India.

Q: Are you ready to relocate anywhere in India?

A: Yes Sir, I am open for all the locations.

It was very late as all 8 interviews took a bit long than expected. Then they

asked us to wait for the results. I was waiting outside empty stomach with

tension clearly visible on all of our faces.

Then the result was announced, with me waiting eagerly with my friends

outside the office.

I was relieved as well as shocked as only 1 person was selected from whole of

SBS Marketing and that was me. I was not that much happy as were my friends

were. That reminded me that when you succeed, your well-wishers will always

be with you.

Now what I did to prepare myself for this battle:-


Regular reading of newspapers and journals along with subject (curriculum)

knowledge helped me get good idea of the various industries and material for

potential GD topics. I thank the management & academic director for setting up

such a tough education/teaching system & designing a very good syllabus for

Marketing Management.

I thank the academic director for inviting excellent faculties for the Marketing

which has made me succeed in the process and life.

Suggestion for all those who aspire to get good placements:-

1. Do lots of reading relating to economy, read varied articles in business

newspapers as this will give you points and ideas for essay writing and group

discussion.

2. Be thorough with your project as many questions are asked from the project.

Visit company's website before going for an interview.

3. Have an in-depth knowledge about your subject and field (finance,

marketing).

4. Don't be nervous and if you are then also try to face the interview with a

smile.

5. Present yourself the way you are. Don't try to fake yourself.

6. Always try to show your weakness as strength.

7. Be confident, no matter whatever you say. The interviewer may confuse you

but you don't get confused as they want to check your confidence level.

8. Always make your basics clear and show an attitude that you have a keen

interest in learning new things.

9. If you are a fresher then be clear and confident about what you did in your

internship.

10. Always write those points in CV for which you should be ready to face cross-

questioning.

11. Last but not the least, BE VERY CONFIDENT while speaking.

All the best for your career ahead!

THANK YOU!


Devesh Agarwal

Hi,

I am devesh Agarwal

Registration no. HRD-09-6123

word count:1087

Section C-BIMHRD

From the academic year 09-11, passed out on April 2011.

Specialization Marketing & Finance.

I got placed in XYZcompany as a Management Trainee

The day I entered BIMHRD, all I want to do was, get a good placements. It

seems all so easy, as if I was ready to face all the challenges. But indeed I was

not ready, and it took me just 1 day in the campus to realize that. In few days I

knew that placement is not what MBA is all about and that is surly not what I

want in my life.

That day onwards everyday was a new day with a new learning. Let it be

sitting for hours and hours together in the class or auditorium or wearing suit or

our attempts to bunk classes and carry mobiles to class. The two years of my

PGDM were surely the best days of my life. Celebrating every festival, having

best of parties and amazing competitions those two years did fly by.

Then came the time of placement again everything seems to be changing

sleepless nights , tension of getting placed in good company with good package

and profile. Then came the day when our beloved Bala sir announced in the

auditorium that the first company L.G will be in campus within a day and it was

the time like Oh My God now finally placement time has started but as it was

not my day so I was out from initial round and Due to less then 90%

attendance I was not allowed to sit in the first 50 companies and tension was

mounting like anything as all my friends were getting placed and I was still

unplaced. Then came the news that those who have less then 90% attendance

can sit for placement then got some relief and started to sit in company

process.

7th December was the day when we(less then 90% attendance students) were

allowed to sit for the company process LTD but 25th march was the day when I

got the news that I got placed in XYZcompany as a Management Trainee and it

was like I have got everything in my life whatever I wanted after struggling for

around 4 month and sitting in around 25-30 companies.

The company came in the campus on 12th feb 2011 but the final news about

the selected candidates were declared on 25th march 2011.

Lets start with the selection process:


Major companies uses these process, which includes:

1, Pre placement talks

2.Short listing of CV,S

3. Aptitude test (Depends on Company to Company)

4. Group Discussion

5. Personal Interview.

1)Pre Placement talk: This is a 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 it is my personal opinion to always sit in all the companies

Pre Placement talk.

2)Short Listing of CV's: after PPT company generally go for shortlisting if they

find huge number of CV's and every company have their own selection criteria

so one can never guess that what selection criteria will a particular company

follows.

3)Aptitude test: once the short listing work was done next round was aptitude

test. The test was simple containing around 60 ques and we were given 40

minutes to solve the paper. As the paper was easy I was sure of clearing this

round and the same happened when the result came my name was there and

the next round was GD.

4)GropDiscussin: (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.) my GD topic was

( is girlfriend a source of inspiration or a source of distraction) everyone started

shouting I entered 3 times in the GD gave some valuable points and finally I got

the chance to summarise the GD.

5)Personal interview. Soon after results of GD round interview started I was

highly tensed regarding interview because of my 9-10 past interview I didn't

cleared any of them so I was tensed and wanted to clear this to get rid of this

placement season because along with the pressure I was losing my self-

confidence also as I was not getting placed even after sitting in so many

companies.

The moment I entered interview room there were a panel of two member one

was vice-president of company and other was country head HR and my

interview lasted for around 20-25 minutes. Some of the questions asked during

my interview were:-


Ques1) Tell me something about yourself?

Ques2) what do u know about the company?

Ques3) As we are a new player in the market so what marketing technique can

we use to increase our market share?

Ques4) If you have a family business then why you don't want to join your

family business and want to enter in corporate world?

Ques5) what was your favourite subject during graduation?

Ques6) Any location preference ?

Ques7) do you want to ask something ?

One thing which I notice while giving so many interviews in the college is that if

interviewer asks that do you want to ask something then we should ask at least

1 question because it shows that you have gone through the company and you

have interest in the company so never ever lose this chance it really creates

impression in the mind of interviewer.

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 all faculty members and a dedicated CRT and all

my friends and family for supporting me and making my dream come true to

work with one of the best brands in corporate world.


Dikshit Sharma

Mr. Dikshit Sharma,Registration Number . 09-6213, Division 'C' BIMHRD, Academic year 2009 – 2011 .Specialization - Marketing & Finance.

At the very start of my experience, let me tell you all that this “PLACEMENT SEASON” in every college comes as a phase of tension, excitement, happiness and relaxation. All kind of feelings go hand –in –hand and covering various rounds of GD's & Interviews gives you immense exposure to know different industries and also gives you a feeling of your strengths and weaknesses , but then you come out through this with a great confidence in YOU!!!Anyways won't drag this further and would share with you my overall experience on this. I was eligible from the DAY -1 so had started sitting for various companies, but was very clear that i won't appear for IT or Telecom sector companies. I had a strong inclination for FMCG's / FMCD's / Retail / Media and ya for the location as –Delhi because of family priorities. So when the companies started hovering in the college, I sat for those for which I was clear in the mind and which was offering Delhi. Though these two things were there, but I never wanted to sacrifice on the Profile being offered by the company, that was the Most Important parameter for me.The experience of the major 3 companies for which i gave the best and was till the end, but did not turned for me goes as follows.

The 1st company that i appeared was - day Zero company, which was open to all. I greatly wanted to push in for the same, but then when I was not amongst the shortlisted candidates for the interview, i was too dejected for it, because it was FMCG and a good company. But then i had to move on. But ya in that phase of disappointment also, i did a party for my friends who got through LG after the final round of interview.

After day zero that many companies pushed in for which i did not sit for various reasons. Then 2nd company which came down for which i was confident was RETAIL Co. .There were ample students who sat for it around 600. Till the end I was there and found that the panelists were also impressed by me, so was confident enough that today would be my LAST day , and in my final round of interview, there was my good friend also who was there with me. We both had mix feelings but were confident for each other as well and knew that both of us would crack it, but the situation turned out in his favour as when the final names were announced, his name was there, but not mine. They started with GD , 2 rounds of GD and 2 round of interview Frankly telling that i was too


down that day but then too happy for my friend and we celebrated his success that night to the core.

After , i sat with high spirits for xxx Co. , which was offering decent , but Delhi being a location, I was really bend upon it, but again couldn't cross the GD round and there were other reasons as well , because the company gave a lot stress over the 10th , 12th marks, in which i think i lacked as compared to others.

That day only, there was real estate group which came in. This also turned a NO for me.

The 3rd company which gave me a great disappointment and was not my Cup of Tea was – investment brokerage firm. It has a strong presence in the Finance sector and it was offering Mumbai as the location with 3 yrs of contract with the company. The profile and the compensation was also good.

The process went in till 3:00 am at night and it had 2-3 rounds of interviews after the GD.I was there till the final round till 3:00 a.m in the college waiting for the final say but again another NO from the panelists. And you Know what this day also, my one more friend who got through one of the best paint Co., but we did not celebrated her success that day. This rejection really let me down. I started analyzing that why things are not turning positive for me and why there are rejections happening all way.

Though all this created pessimism in me, but still it was the time to perform and you can't let things go out like that only.

I became really choosy regarding the companies and then i only sat in for xxx MEDIA. An OOH Media CO. It came in the college during our mid-sem in Jan. There was no intimation about it and around 150 candidates turn around for the process. After sitting also i wasn't much sure about it but after a quite research about the company and its clients, i thought that it's not a bad shot. In this company also there was my classmate along with my best friend & roommate.

Both me and my roommate had the mindset for Delhi, because the company mentioned in its brief intro, that they would give training for 6 months in Mumbai and then they would give the permanent location as Delhi. The GD and the interview went on smooth. In the interview, both my roommate and me gave a strong inclination for Delhi, but after coming out of the room , i realized this impression would have went wrong on my part as they can think that i am fussy regarding the work place at the very start of my carrier only, but now nothing could be done. They took 2 rounds of GD and 2 rounds of interview.


The company went back and told that they would announce the final students in few weeks. The result came all of a sudden on 10th Feb, 2011 and this was the last day of our 3rd SEM. I and my classmate were through with it, but unfortunately by roommate was unable to clear the finals.

This was a turnaround this time .I was really too happy and relaxed and was unable to write the exam as well as i had got intimation before exam only.

But then this gave a great feeling of happiness and confidence and so i celebrated the success that night with my friends, but never knew that this was short –term for me, because first there was a delay and confusion in the joining date and then later after a month of joining in Mumbai, we realised after a month, that the company was stuck up in CWG scams and this resulted in the disaster for all of us who were a part of this company. I wanted to go back to college and ask them that – did they never knew about the past of this company The company lost many clients and also they did not paid us for 3 months. In fact my 1st salary came after July. This was a real tough phase and then many of my peers quit the job. I was in a real –fix situation as it's very tough to swap and can't go back to college as well.

But then had no way out apart from searching a new job and this time, I really went on hard for it.

But I was very clear about the sector where I want to pursue my carrier further, MEDIA- the sector where I always want to be, I and my friends started the search for it with the maximum possible contacts and network, It was a real tough time for me, but after quite of long patience of 3-4 months and struggle as well, i was able to crack STAR TV India through my networks & contacts and today I am content with it, working in Delhi as a Media Planner and Ad Sales. This instance even proved me as well that networking is very important if you really want to succeed in your life. To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your best all times. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.

In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews- be frank and authentic.

And learn from all times and don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good takes time and patience.

ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF YOU!!


Dipti Singh

Name: Dipti SinghRegistration No.-HRD09-6310 Dual-PM & HRDAcademic Year-2009-2011

“MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE”

It was probably 9th or 10th company I sat for. Every evening we used to go to the auditorium to hear the announcements for the companies to come. The day I went for XYZ company's announcement and heard they were giving the profile and designation which none other company was giving for an MBA fresher. After hearing the same, I just told my friend sitting next to me in the auditorium that this is the company I want to be with.

And then the day came. I was sure of cracking the GD as I cleared the GD for all the companies I sat till then. XYZ company was giving the pre placement talk and I kept on dreaming about being a part of the company. Then, groups started to be made for GD. Every GD group had 12 students and when my group was announced, got to know all the good speakers were in my group only. Anyways, didn't lose my confidence and we entered the room. I was the one sitting nearest to the panel as my serial number was the last. I always feared current general topics as was not very good at general knowledge. Then the panel of two HR professionals announced the GD topic “Is business knowledge important for HR”. The announcement of the topic added to my confidence as HR topics were my favorite on which I could talk for long. I opened the discussion and got chance to enter the discussion for some 4-5 times. It went for good 12 minutes. I also helped the people who had relevant points but could not speak because of the presence of aggressive people in the group. The discussion ended and I was very confident of being selected in the same. It took another hour or so to complete the GD for all the groups and then the result was announced with my name in the list of people who cleared the GD round. The next round was personal interview and luckily I got the same panel who was there for GD. They had already assessed me to an extent and this was the chance to make their belief stronger in me that I was the one to be a part of the company. The following questions were asked:

1.Tell me something about yourself.2.As you are not from Pune, won't your parents want you to go back to them and work there.3.In case the Business head you are working with asks you to give salary hike to one of the team member, what steps would you take as you have to justify your decision to the HR head as well.


In answer to the first question, I spoke about my educational background, my strengths and my weaknesses in a way that if taken care of can be my strengths in the long run.

In answer to the second question, I justified it to them stating that Pune is a very safe place for women to work and now after spending 2 years at the same place, I have become quite comfortable with the place and also I come from a small place where the opportunities are less in my field. My parents understand the same and support me in every decision of mine.

The third question was HR related and specifically related to the position of a Business engagement lead who co-ordinates between the business and the HR team. My answer to the same was that I would not just blindly support the business head and give the salary hike but would review the performance of the individual over a specific period and once I am confident about the same would discuss the case with the HR head putting across my points based on the data and facts. Then accordingly will take the decision. This answer of mine convinced the interviewer of my decision making capability and she very much agreed and praised me for the same. With this my interview ended which we were assuming to be the last round for selection.

When the results for the interview was announced, it again had my name in the list of selected candidates. However, at the same time, it was announced that there would be another round of interview with the Chief-HR. We kept waiting for the date to be announced for the Final interview which came after a week. We are asked to go to the corporate office of Bajaj Finserv. Seven of my batch mates who could make it for the last round hired a cab and reached the office which was around 25 km from the college. We landed there and we were excited to see the infrastructure of the building. We were asked to sit in a conference room where we were told that there would be 2 rounds of psychometric test(Thomas profiling test) to test whether our profile matches to the one they are offering.

The test took around 15 minutes and I scored the highest in the same. I was getting positive vibes sitting there and every round was adding to my confidence. Then post lunch, the final round of interview started with the HR head. One by one 5 people went to the HR head's cabin coming back to the conference room with different expressions on their face. For every candidate, it took almost an hour. Then came my turn and the Chief HR turned out to be from my native place. He asked me a couple of general questions and a few questions related to the English language for my background being English. He was majorily concerned about my stability in the company as he had in his mind to hire a male candidate. Somehow I convinced him presenting myself as a very


ambitious lady. Also, my score in the Profile analysis test worked for me which was the highest among all. The last question that he was asking everybody was “Who are the two people you would like to recommend for the job other than you”. The day ended and we left at around 7 in the evening for college. Drishti rehearsals were on and I participated in Poorab-Paschim event. Next day we had the final event. Just before my performance, I got to know that the result was announced for one of the 3 people selected which increased my anxiety to know “who are the other two”, “Am I among those two”. I tried to find the results from the PAT team but could not get to know. With this state of mind, I went on the stage to perform and as I stepped down the stage, my friends sitting among the audience told me that I was placed. I called up my parents and I was feeling proud to say that I was placed in one of the best companies that visited our campus giving me my desired profile and designation which I had never dreamt of as a fresher.

It was a great day for me. Things were turning positive for me and finally by the end of the day, BIMHRD won Drishti also. That night I could not sleep out of happiness.

Thus my campus placement journey ended on 19th January.

Name : Divya Dhand Roll no.:HRD09 6359Class: PGDM PM & HRD,BIMHRDBatch-:2009-11Specialization: PM & HRD Passed out on:April 2011Placed in: Company A

Campus Placement is most memorable experience of my life and I would like to share it with all my juniors.

October when they opened the campus placements to March, I had to wait a long time for my placement but I did not mind. Everything I waited to for was worth it.I got placed after facing many ups and downs in this life changing journey.Firstly I would like to thank Bala Sir, Singh Sir,Jacob Sir and the Placement Team for working day & night, burning mid night fuel to stand on hopes of the students & bring in such world renowned companies to the campus for placement.

Divya Dhand


I am feeling nostalgic while recollecting memories of those days of tension, joy, tears, frustration, achievement, nervousness and selection.I remember attending GD rounds for many companies with my classmates,debating on current issues,reading newspapers to update statistics etc. The D day of my life when I got placed in the Company A was on March 15, 2011,it was after a tough and rigorous selection process. Finally hard work and patience paid to me.

During the placement season I got to know too many things about the Corporate world. I got to know about my knowledge, practical approach towards corporate world and now I am implementing all the ethics and learning I gained from the college in my work. The major reason of joining SBS was to fulfill my dream of having a good corporate career.Journey of life is full of challenges & you have to work hard to strive for success. I too followed the same pattern of achieving success by learning & adapting to skills required for a great future.To start with, the skills required for success in campus placement is to develop logical & analytical skills. For this many books are available in our library.Now comes“Group Discussion” round, this is a rejection round, so you need to focus, pitch in points that are relevant to the subject. For this the best thing the college provides is the “Economic Times” paper. This paper would help to know the current market trends, help you to analyze the market situation & would help develop the ability to understand the market happenings and the final is the personal interview, both HR & Technical, & for this I think our college professors has done a commendable job in knowing us the current technologies, in & out and help us to know the basics from the core of each subject, maybe its marketing,finance,HR related issues & what not. I am thankful to Bala sir for providing such esteemed professors at our college premises, so that we could learn a lot from them. When this company came 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.It was not a very big organization in specific. We attended the presentation and were told all about the CTC & profile that was being offered.They were opening new branch office and needed HR specifically for that purpose.The PPT was short and crisp with all the required information. Also, the place of posting was Pune. The PPT was crisp and soon after that the selection process started

Selection Process -Round 1 – Resume ShortlistingRound 2 – InterviewRound:1: I am a B.Com graduate and my commerce background played a big role in my placement.The company in which I got placed shortlisted students on the basis of their finance knowledge as it was into financial consulting,we


waited a long to know the names of shortlisted students,my resume was shortlisted on the basis of commerce degree and marks obtained in finance stream,I was lucky enough and they directly called me for interviewRound:2: It was a panel of 3 members and the interview lasted for about 20 minutes,I was very confident through out the interviewprocess and gave all answers in positive attitude with a smile on my face.There

were questions like:1.Introduce yourself?2.Why you want to join our organization?3.Situation based questions like:.As an HR what you think is the most important aspect for Small and Medium scale financial consultancies?4.Plans after five years?5.Are you ready to travel all over India? 6.What were your role and responsibilities during internship?

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.During interview I was getting appreciation on my answers from the interviewers and in return it was boosting my confidence level.I gave the interview and was very much positive about the results,I went back home late night after attending the whole process it was a tiring day but very satisfactory.The second day company called the shortlisted students for one more round but for our surprise they announced that four of us are already selected.After this announcement the interviewer called us one by one and explained company policies in detail and asked us to collect offer letter from their office on the scheduled date.I was very particular about location and was lucky enough to get POP of my choice.I would again like to thank Bala Sir,PAT team and all my classmates and friends for this beautiful experience.Points I would like to share with my juniors:

Bala Sir always say: “No stone will remain unturned”,comes true in the due course of time at Balaji. 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. But finally I feel proud to be a part of Balaji Society.Dear student managers please keep yourself ready to face challenges,work on your weak points,cherish each and every small success and last but not the leastNever Ever Loose Hope......

Thank you Best Wishes!


Ekta Prasad

Hi,

Name: MsEkta Prasad

Registration No: HRD 09-6125

Batch: 2009-2011

BIMHRD (Dual B)

Marketing Specialization.

Sharing my campus placement on this forum is a pleasure for me. Going

through the placement season was a tough journey for me. I started of with the

very first company in Campus since I did not have any backlogs or attendance

issue but they say that life is not a cake for every one. I started of with a lot of

confidence issues. I use to be very scared during GDs with a lot of questions in

my mind, will I be able to speak on the topics proposed, will I be able to make

valid points, will I be able to make myself heard in a bunch of 10 to 15 students

etc. Initially I did not even use to clear the GDs. Yes, it was very frustrating that

I was not able to clear even the GDs let alone be the interviews. But then that

phase played the most important part in transforming my personality. There is a

saying that unless you fall several times you will not be able to emerge as

winners, that is exactly how I feel today. I appeared for every company that I

was eligible for. Then the phase changed, I started clearing GDs, infact there

was a phase when my fellow friends started praying that I do not appear for

GDs with them in same group (I had overcome my fear and had emerged as a

strong speaker in GDs by that time). Then cam the next phase, appearing for

interviews. this was another challenge because I had cleared GDs in some of

the best companies in Campus, however, i was not able to crack the interview.

Days passed and so did months. I had cleared GDS of nearly 30 to 35

companies by that time but clearing the Personal Interview was a big challenge.

As days passed by there were companies which had a lot of restrictions which

as it is were reducing my opportunities in some of the good companies in

Campus. Hence, my only focus thereafter was to appear for companies which

my mind said was right for me no matter what the package was. The focus for

any fresher to look for in their first job should be what could be their career

path after taking their first job and too what extent they feel they will be able to

learn from that job. This is exactly what I followed and came the next big turn

in my Life.

It was February and by that time most of my close freinds were placed. Then

there were two companies in campus, A and B. I always wanted to get into

media, hence my entire focus was on A (had never even heard about the other

company, B).


The ppt of Company B was scheduled for 7:30 in the morning and of Company

A was scheduled at 12 noon. I thought lets atleastapper for the pptforCompany

A since it was mandatory for us to appear.

After the PPT was over I was sure that I will be appearing for the process. their

was something in the presentation which made me feel if I enter this company I

will have a clear road ahead towards my Goal in life. People were sceptical

about the company as the only customer that it had was one IT giant. Although

it was the only name that they had, the name in itself was huge in IT Industry

and I was convinced that I will appear. The total number of people appearing

for the process was very less, nearly about 40 people because they were not

sure about the company. I had just one thing in mind, this is a good opportunity

for me n I need to crack it.

The process was divided into Group Discussion and Personal Interview (held in

their office)

Group Disscussion: The topic proposed for the discussion was Color of the Cat

help him disguise and strategise in a big way. The topic had a lot that could be

discussed. I supported the topic and implied the topic on humans and made my

presence felt thrice, thats it. I spoke three times in throughout but those three

points made the mark and made my way to the next round.

Personal Interview: The PI was held in their office in Hinjewadi and was taken

by a panel of two people from the management of the Company.

Questions that were asked were as follows:

1. Introduce yourself

2. Discuss about my summer internship. This point was discussed for nearly 30

minutes which included my targets, my strategies to achieve them, my thought

process while I was achieving those targets etc.

3. My aim in life.

4. One important question that was asked to me in all my interviews: Why

marketing after being an English Graduate?

5. What is important for me: money or job satisfaction?

6. Prioritize my aims in life

7. My expectation from my first job

The interview continued for nearly an hour. Trust me till the time I was sitting in

that room I had a lot of feeling and thoughts going through my mind.

Expressing my emotions and feeling which I had at that point of time would be

difficult to pen down.


In order to summarize them, I would say that the entire journey of 5 to 6

months of Campus Placements was a life in itself. I started as a person with a

lot of confidence issues who was scared of speaking in public, but today I have

transformed into a person who can take a strong stance and can speak out her

mind in front of n number of people. Its how you take up the challenge and

face it. Its true that the entire phase is a phase of a lot of ups and down and

only those who use their mind and will power and have a lot of patience to face

the challenge can emerge a s sure winners. I would just like to wish my juniors

all the best and a few friendly advice.

Friend, never loose hope. Always be strong in your mind and you will emerge as

winners in every sphere of life. Campus placement is a small experience which

makes us realize the challenges waiting for us in the world outside. It is a trial

to make sure if we are fit to step out in the world outside or not. We can face

them only when we have complete trust and faith in ourselves.

Remember one thing in life; its all about survival and for that you have to stand

by yourself and overcome every ups and downs of life. Only then will you

achieve the satisfaction that all of us look for in Life. Emerge as winners friends

and make your institute and parents proud of you. ALL THE BEST !!!

I am EktaSachdeva

Registration No.HRD09-6311

from PM & HRD,BIMHRD

Batch :-2009-2011

Writing About the Placement Experience will always fill my heart with a

deep sense of nostalgia The nervousness, the excitement, the deep rush of

emotions and the

ultimate result. The process would always begin on your way to the auditorium

the

evening before ,just to find out which companies would be visiting.The hopeful

look at the CTC and the location, and the walk back home just to apply.The wait

for the shortlisted results and the finally the call that says please |come to the

Auditorium,as the Comapny would be

there by 9, which almost never happened. Getting Placed was the hope with

which all of us entered College,on the way to fulfill this hope we have learnt so

much,made friends ,

learnt to accept rejection ,knowing that the next day would bring forth a better

Company.

Ekta Sachdeva


My Placement experience was rather eventful. On the whole I sat for 9 -10

Companies..

The First Company i sat for was Deloitte and didn't clear And then followed a

series of rejection right from ABG Shipyard, Videocon, HCL, Capegemini, Bajaj

Alliance..

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% but ironically I didn't get the Campus Placement, I tried my

hands on Off-Campus. Finally I got an opportunity. I was very choosy abt job

profile, Brand where I could utilize my competency and management skill

,package offering and the location. And here I got what I was looking for.

But then we all have the Day the day when your faith is sealed and absolutely

nothing goes wrong and everything works out in a rather seamless manner.

The Company had requirements in their Pune office & for the Recruitment

Profile. They were looking for experienced for experienced Candidates. Being a

Fresher, I still try my luck; believing in my potentials & education Capabilities.

My first round of Interview was a Telephonic Interview,went for around 45

minutes & question Related to my Summer internship,& MS Excel were asked .,

and ofcourse questions related to their industry.

I got through the 1st round of the Interview and with me there were 4 more ppl

who got shortlisted.

On Clearing That there was a 2nd round of personal Interview. I appeared in

front of panel comprised of 2 member included vice president WEST , and

Senior Manager, Recruitment

I was asked about how i feel about IT industry, functions of HR , Excel &

company Back-ground, many practical based questions ( for which Summer-

internship & case-study discussed in class helped a lot) where do I see myself 5

years from now, my summer internship experiences.

On the whole it was a very pleasant interview where the feedback I got was

that I have a very Realistic view about my carrier Pattern and I am quite

grounded that I was ok with a carrier in Recruitment.

Lastly, got a call from AVP, Recruitment(currently my manager) for the last

round of interview. It was a simple one & got a compliment that I know a lot

practical things better than other experienced short-listed candidates(Kudos to

my Summer Internship).

I was then Called to the Company's office in Mg road with all the documents.

and the result was announced after 1 wk of the process.. A major sense

ofachievement when I was told that I have been Placed.

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 17 feb 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 3 months appearing for many processes & going

through many GDs & interviews, learning from my peers ,faculty & spending

quality time of two year in BIMHRD. 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. that I was

selected This day came in my life after slogging for almost after 3 months

appearing for many processes & going through many GDs & interviews, learning

from my peers ,faculty & spending quality time of two year in BIMHRD. 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.

A major sense of achievement when I was told that I have been Placed.Getting

the Offer Letter, was a major sense of euphoria. I am sincerely grateful to the

College to Bala Sir, for Giving me this opportunity to prove my caliber in the

Corporate World which without the College would not have been possible

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

EktaSachdeva


Gagandeep Singh,

I am Gagandeep Singh,

Registration Number-HRD-09-6023,

Dual A, BIMHRD,

Academic year-2009/2011,

passed out on 26th April, 2011.


I am finally placed in Company XYZ Systems Ltd

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, 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. I also thought

that I will get a PPO hence no need to sit for Placement, and that I also

achieved but unfortunately I could not join them as according to rules, one

cannot afford to leave studies right in between, and this was very well explained

by our Director. Hence, I knew that now the battlefield is ready as was aptly

described by Bala Sir, Be Selfish, but sir that I can never be.

The preparation for WAR begins.

I always knew that in which industry I want to be in, which is IT. So I was

always collecting information regarding the IT 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 In formation, 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. Be a keen observer and good listener.

2. Good judger as when to enter in a GD and when to leave.

3. Have relevant content.

4. 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 7 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 2

companies, reached till last round where I was told that I am not selected

because I over performed. Also, was told that this profile is not meant for you,

hence I had to rethink my strategy about my preparation for PI's. Now this ERP

solution maker came on campus 1 day prior to “ZERO DAY”, on 7th December.

2011. Only B-Tech Background students were to be allowed for this company.

We attended the PPT of the company. This company came mainly for the Profile

of Business Analyst (System Batch) and few for Business Development

Executive (Marketing Batch). I knew that competition will be fierce as marketing

and system 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.

It was a surprise as we were told that it's going to be a role playing activity. We

were divided in groups of 12 people each with Marketing, System, HR and

Operations student mix.

We received the scenario, where we were told by our company Finance people

that we have been looking into the fall in our product, which is a auto parts

manufacturing unit. Now Finance department has allotted a budget of 100 Cr

INR. Now we have to decide how we have to manage it in making our product a

market leader again.

Now it started just like we anticipated, smoothly as HR spoke first and like a

true HR she gave a solution where she said, HR needs more money as this

problem is as employees are not happy at work, System said, they needed huge

chunk as they are the backbone, then Operations said, that we are discussing

about a manufacturing unit, hence operations will receive the maximum chunk,

and minimum will go to marketing. But as a true Marketer, I entered saying that

my department need no money as of now. Listening this, everyone focussed on

me. Then I explained that “In fact no one needs any money right now. We

already going down on profits and we are talking about spending money, that

too, whole 100 Crs. We have to find out the problem. Now it can be with

marketing, sales, manufacturing, HR, distribution network, after sales team. In

fact without knowing the real pain, we are ready to operate the whole body.” I

offered a solution where there is no need to spend a single extra penny. In that,

our Marketing team will do the research in all channels, with employees,


distributors, etc and will get the main pain area where attention is required.

Then we can spend as much amount as required and this way, we will save our

money as well.

Then everyone followed what I just threw in, and I knew that I have scored

here, and just need to be normal.

Our group received special applause from Judges for the way we handled the

case.

After the GD, we were told the results of GD, and was happy as I was the sole 1

left from BIMHRD in marketing but knew that competition is more fierce as

others were with more and better work experience.

Now as I was slated, my turn was last as for Marketing profile, Marketing Head

West Region came for PI round, so was taking more time than usual. And when

turn came, I was sure that I have to be different in my replies than others, and

I was going to take a risk there, but promised that I will be Honest for sure.

PI:

Ques 1: Tell me about yourself?

Ans: Sir, I presume that you are going through my CV only, hence if there is

anything specific you want to know about, please ask about that, as this will

save our time.

(Don't knew what just happen there)

He laughed and said, that I like this attitude and was not expecting this kind of

reply, heard such replies in my batch at IIM only.

Ques 2: Why so less people for B2B marketing? Is it Company or something

else?

Ans: It's the outcome of GD that few left.

Ques 3: Why you want to be in marketing profile? It's quite hectic; one has to

travel a lot.

Ans: I know that, but I had a quality of interacting with people, make them

believe me, and one more thing, I can make people confuse too. There is a

Golden Rule in marketing “Either you convince, if not done, then confuse to

convince”.

(We shared a laugh on this, as it is also important for you to see where the

mood is swinging and I felt that Interviewer is a tad exhausted with the

process)

Then there were some other questions about future plans, travelling concerns,

cities don't intend to go, etc etc.

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 four of us were selected for the final

job offer with the Company and me being the sole from SBS chosen for

Marketing profile.

So, I got placed on 7th December 2010 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 1200 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 SBS

Gagandeep Singh

BIMHRD 09-11 Batch

HRD 096023


Garima Mishra

Hii.

I am Garima Mishra

Reg no- HRD-09-6215

Batch -2009-11

dUAL - c

BIMHRD

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 BIMHRD, 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.

As far as my placement experience is concerned I was one of those students

who were not worried about the placements since the beginning of the

college,buti used to follow each and every company that visited our campus for

the placement of senior's . So I was well aware of the timings of the companies

visiting the campus .

By keeping the track of my seniors placement gave me a fair bit of idea as to

what companies offer in terms of profile, package place of posting etc .This

gave me some understanding of what can be one's expectation from the

campus placements . Intially before joining i had some unrealistic expectation's

from the college and above that from myself.

As I was a fresher with no work experience , I had to focus no my strength and

find those companies that suit my profile .I am a Bsc BIOTECNOLOGY

graduate but during MBA I realized that I had interest in FINANCE and related

subjects. So i shortlisted sectors that would suit myprofile .Banking , finance ,

Mutual funds or companies that would require good sales and analytical abilties

were the ones that i was looking for.

In our college there are many factors that effects our placements like Backlogs ,

attendance etc . I was one of the many students who had backlog in

Quantitative technique because of which i had to miss around 10 companies .


That was really a very tensed situation that i faced in my two years .

I used to console myself that was not alone and half the college was with me

due to the same reason.

And when I reflect back on that situation again I realise that it was nothing

when compared to what we face in our corporate life now .But i was lucky

enough that I had to only miss on 10 companies none of which were the

companies which I wanted to really work for.

Now coming down to actual placements , The first company which comes to

campus is a dream company for everyone , its an electronic major and a brand

for which every student wants to work.

I was not absolutely sure about this company but it was a great learning

experience and everybody was so excited as it was the first company we

were all going to sit in.,AsBala sir said in the auditorium that even he dont know

what is the criteria of selection the Hr uses to shortlist the students . The

students were divided into the group to 10 for group discussion.

The Topics for discussion were very general and current so that everybody was

able to speak.

our topic was “ Hard work v/s Smart work ".

The discussion was very good , everybody contributed in the group with some

revelent points . But when the results were announced our group was

completely washed out , it was a surprise for everyone as the discussion was

very good , and all the points made were relevent .

but nobody was selected from my group.

Second company in which i applied for was almost after 2 months in the month

of november after clearing my Qtbacklog.

It was 23 of november , Xyz bank was coming to

the campus for recruitment , i was aware of the bank coming for placements as

they had conducted a training programme for the students on banking and

finance .

It was a training for about 15 sessions and it lasted for more than a month.

The training was conducted by the professional's who were working in the bank,

it was a very good experience the sessions gave insights on banking and

finance . I did some preparation for this company.


Read about the profile , financials of the company etc

On the placement day Head Hr of the company along with many other

managers gave presentation on the company , profile , package etc .

There were four stages for selection , every stage was a elimination round

1) Psycometric test

2) Group discussion

3) Interview

4) Telephonic Round

They had divided the students into two groups ,ones who had to appear for the

GD and the other group had to directly go for the interview round, depending

on the results of tepyscometric test.

I was in the second group, i had to directly go to the PI ROUND.

First interview was technical round in which question's related to banking,

finance , accounting and trade etc were asked , i answered all the questions

confidentely thanks to the training given by the company initially and some

good professors of our institute .

The interviewer asked me questions related to cash flow, fund flow,

branding, difference b/w brands, generic branding, then suddenly asked me to

sell a bottle of water on the table.

In the same interview he asked questions realated to my summer internship,

the kind of profile in that, what were the result of it etc..

The interview lasted for more than 30 mins,i was not very sure about this

interview buti knew i had done pretty well.

Second interview was personal interview taken by hr , Question like tell me

something about yourself ,schooling, values ,ethics, family background, why do

you think we should select you for this job.

What are your strengths and weaknesses ? what would be your place of joining

etc were asked .

For all the above questions I had prepared well drafted answers so I was able to

handle answer them Confidentely.

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 allbursted in

happiness.

Finally Pat Members confirmed that I along with 7 other students were placed in

the XYZ bank .

My advise to all the juniors would be to know about their area of interest and

develop knowledge and skills around the same.

Read business news daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs .

As this would help them to crack Group discussions.

If you can speak 3 to 4 good relevent points in a 10 minutes Gd chance of your

cracking the Gd Increases.

A Simple mantra to clear a Gd is to get yourself noticed in a group and for that

you donot requirearticulative language or some heavy vocabulary , You should

use simple language so that it can be easily understood.

Give relevant facts and figures and never

be a part of fish Market.

Build a group of good friends , Prepare for your exams as well as companies

together , this will help everyone as all of us have unique qualities that we can

learn fromeachother .

Finally enjoy the whole process of placements , You are selected in this institute

because you all have some unique abilities and have belief and faith in the

system of our institute and Bala sir.

Getting a Job is not what you should aspire for because as you are selected in

this institue you will definitely get a job , what matters is sustaining the job

that you get , And that can be done only by acquiring knowledge and skills in

the two years of your stay at Sri Balaji Society


Gaurav Katare

I am GauravKatare, Registration Number-HRD-09-6024,Dual A, BIMHRD, Academic year-2009/2011, passed out on 26th April, 2011.My specialization is in MarketingI was placed in a Consulting Organization


'A letter to my JUNIORS'If the list upon which I find my name is any indication, this is not the first –nor will it be last letter you will receive .You have undoubtedly 'heard everything' by now in a way how to crack a GD or present yourself in an interview. I won't try to top any of them nor will I present anything breakthrough.So what can- my experience -do for you?? Simple, the answer is-- you might get a little thing that can work just right for you.Quite frankly, my first job lasted for only 6 months. I resigned and took my relieving letter without even a second option in hand. But it was a well thought decision. I took it as an opportunity, had a month break in September ', 11.Some networking helped me out and since October',11, I am working as a Branding and Marketing Associate in a learning and development organization . It's enough for the background .I should start off “My placement Experience” now.

Well to begin with I was placed in a Consulting firm. With a foggy memory I cannot recall the exact no. of companies I applied for but one thing I am sure they were many.It was only because I learned some skills that helped me crack almost every GD and most of the time I was a lucky chap to meet the HR, not enough, I was also offered 'golden hand shake' but without any gold in hand. In short the sad part of the story is almost 80% of my rejections were in the interview roundGoing ahead there is something called 'Art of cracking GD' – sounds good, also good for you to follow:Reading news paper is a must.(Reading technique - Fold the newspaper so much so ,that you can only see the article you are reading - a small task in hand is easier to do. Write down facts and figures. Read another article) Use facts, figures and number -it is equivalent any no. of sentences you speak.Don't compartmentalize your knowledge. Relate it to wherever possible. Let you imagination and creative juices flow .Specially for abstract topicsDon't jump in the crowd, always look when it gets a bit low and then speak up in a clear crisp tone.


Try to add a relevant quotation from any experienced personality.If you begin the topic be sure you completely now what the topic is all about.If you don't have any clue about the topic. Wait for a few seconds, listen to others and then add up all their point and speak.Listen others or at least pretend.

Few interesting interview questions I always remember

How do your reading from the book 'Who will cry when you die' by Robin Sharma will help you in the corporate world?(specially the topic legacy and legitimacy) since I told them about my reading habits and unluckily dig my own well by uttering those two big words.

What Discipline, Dedication and Determination means to you?

Now a few questions which were like a mystery to me and were also the reason for most of my unclear attempts.

How are you going to use your learning from Marico in this organization? (since I did my interns in Marico)If you get a change to work for Marico an year after, will you leave us? Why not??Why don't you join your father's jewellery Business? You did your graduation in Parma so why don't you try in Pharmaceutical industries?There is actually brain drain going on in pharmaceutical industry .They need managers' .Why don't to try there??

Well I literally planned to discuss all these questions to one of my professor. But deep down inside I was sure if it's my D day I will not have to face those questions

Fortunately the day came where interviewer didn't asked me any of those killer questions

The company conducted a different process all together. There were 3 rounds with 50% elimination in each round. They started with a Simulation. We have had never been to any such Simulation process before. This was something new, exciting.

And it actually proofed a very famous adage. It's all different when it's your time.

We were around 80 participants, divided among 8 groups. Given about half an hour to discuss and analyses the case. I took the initiative to read the simulation for my group as each group was provided with a single copy


General Advise – In a large group the observers generally look at your ability to take initiatives and your leadership skills I tried to show both of them and cleared the first round .Out of 80 only 40 made to the second round. We were now asked to prepare a Business Presentation within 30 minutes on how to sell the organization to the client. By selling I mean organization's services, benefits and how is it different from others. The organization's chief executive himself came for the last round. While everyone was presenting. I noticed that chief executive's body language was not positive. So I took a chance to present in a different way and just spoke the way he was selling his company to us. I just hit the nail and spoke what they wanted to hear, showed some enthusiasm, some energy. And when you speak something with more energy your words carry more meaning, your ideas will be more clear and compelling and your voice will be richer and convincing.

So by now out of 40 participants only 3 made to last round. I was one among them and other two were from IB and MM. The interviewer was a behavioral analyst, certified NLP practitioner so he knows everything about behavioral interviewing. The questions he asked were quite interesting and it was fun.

Ques: Ask me any 10 questions? I have ask him any 10 questions, so I begin withAns; 1)What make you to establish this organization?2) Three things you always wished? 3) Difference between wisdom and knowledge?4) Does satisfaction and happiness go hand in hand?5) How do define happiness?6) If suppose you hire me, what is that one quality you saw in me?7) Money or relations, your priority?Ques; If suppose I left you in forest for 3 days. What 4 things you will carry along with you.Ans; Food, Weapon, torch and girl friendQues: What is branding and how does that matter.Ans: Branding is the process of repeatedly satisfying your customer, uncovering the heart of his satisfaction and consistently delivering both products and messages that frame her expectation of satisfaction.Ques; Why don't you join your father's business?Ans; If were interested in my father's business I wouldn't have invested around 8 lakhs in MBA.

And it went on till he made his choice.

I got the joining from the next day itself, office was at AundhPune , that means I can still enjoy my college life too.


It was something like icing on cake. Some extra sweetener you get when you already have had a lot. But it lost its sweetness within a few days. That's different story apart .The best part was/ is Pune and friends.

Lastly, I just wanted to leave a note. Your fight for the right job will go on for your whole life. So instead of chasing a brand or a profile, develop a skill.

Best Regards,GauravKatare(09-11)

Gunjan khurana

Gunjan khuranaRegistration nos: 6027Institute: BIMHRD Dual AMarketing2009-2011To start with, i was not amongst the lucky ones to had been able to sit for the first 50 companies due to the backlog i had. Finally i was able to clear my backlog and was eligible for the campus placements.To start with my placement experience this was the second company i sat for and probably a chance i can say my destiny was decided.it was 11:30 in the morning and i was passing my time in my room , when suddenly i got a call from my friend asking me if i was sitting for the company coming to the campus that day.The shock came when i realised that it was actually a good company and had something which could interest me.So i made a call right away to the placement cell as i had already missed on the company profile and asked them to put my name in the last group for the Gd.Draping my saree (college uniform), I ran to the college and reached the venue right on time where my group was just announced.ABOUT THE COMPANY: It was a Job Portal which had and still has a top position in the industry. The profile offered was basically dealing with corporate sales and the best was the location: Delhi. A place i wanted to be in as it was close to my family. The company had come to pune and we had a pool campus with almost 4 colleges and students from all these colleges taking part to get through the same company.The process: First round of Gd Second round of Gd Aptitude test Personal interview Final round of interview and negotiations.


First round of Gd: Group Discussion Round1The group discussion started with a group of 13 people in a group and a panel of 2 members.The topic of the discussion was “ impact of models and actress in the advertisements on the buying consumer”. Everyone had their own point of discussion and i had my point where i stood by the fact that the impact is large quoting examples of products endorsed by amitabh or shilpa without even knowing the effect on human life actually. The GD went on for 7 mins and after the GD 4 people got through and i was one amongst them. Second round of Gd: Group Discussion Round2The group discussion (second round) started with the selected lot of students from different colleges. The topic was “ India and the impact of the Nucleur Deal ”. the group discussion started and the the mantra in this round was to let all our college students to speak against the other college students. And thats what we did. All 3 of the college students supported each other and here we were we all got through. Aptitude TestAfter the two rounds of GD, we had an aptitude test . The test consisted of objective type questions from mathematics, english and data application section. We had to do a minimum of 50% of all three sections to qualify the same. I started with the english section as english has been a strength. My test was completed within the time limit which was 1 hr.After the test, all of us were asked to wait in the auditorium. After sometime the panel decided and the names of the students selected was called. I had made through it.

Personal InterviewAfter all the rounds we finally could see where we all had been fighting it out to reach. Then an announcement was made that we had to choose our location that very moment as there were 4 panels and they would conduct interview for different locations. I knew where i wished to go so selected Delhi...My interview was taken by “xyz” now my company's Sales Head (North). The interview started with brief discussion on describing myself . the he asked me whether i ll be able to do Sales and i guess my answer worked and there was it. Lastly he asked to either dance or sing as it was mentioned in my CV so to his shock, i actually danced for about 10 seconds. He was impressed and i felt some positive vibe and i guess i was very much right. Final Interview and NegotiationsAfter the campus experience, we had wait for about 15 days where finally we got a call from the Hr asking us to come to delhi.So, the 27th jan 2011, 8 students from different colleges had come to delhi for the final round and a ray of hope to make it. My name was called and i went inside where a panel of 3 members were waiting to scrutinise our mental abilities. Mr “ abc “ started the discussion, where the first question was to describe myself and relate my interest to the company's profile. I was also asked questions about the company and some details as to the marketing head,


about the company's competition etc. Finally i was asked to sell anything lying on the table.When i came out i realised i had the longest interview of about 28mins in the group and somewhere i was clear i have made it.And that was it, two names out of the group were announced and mine was the first name taken. I was called in the same room and asked to sign the offer letter. And the joining date was announced as april.And that s about it, here i am, still enjoying every bit of work i chose to do with just a month to go to complete an year in the organisation and keeping my fingers crossed for the appraisals to happen.In the end, would like to present my gratitude to Bala sir- our Dean , my director and not to forget Pranjali Ma'am and Azim Sir who have just been there as a guide and friend to look upto for every problems.Juniors keep going !!! Best of luck for the placement season 2010-2012 and sessions to come.Gunjan khurana

Hi,I am Hardeep Singh GulatiRegistration No.HRD-09-6026 Institute: BIMHRDSection: Dual CSpecialization: PGDM(Marketing & Finance)Batch :-2009-2011

It all started in Oct 10 when the first company came to our campus and there was not a single person who did not want to get into it. Gave it my best but may be it wasn't meant to be. I believe in Destiny so just waited as days went by, different companies offered different profile. I sat in many of them and went to the last Interview round but ultimately I happen to be on the spectators side. Learning from my mistakes and getting quickly stuck in wasn't the easiest way of learning, but I soon began to realize it was definitely the best way for me to learn and grow. Slowly and steadily I started getting more confident with the rounds for selection. Practice makes man perfect. 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 and I dint know which and when it would. So all I was doing is preparing for it and waiting patiently. The wait wasn't long; 25th Nov '10 was the day I got placed in a huge brand, a brand people dream of being associated with. People in this company are here for their lifetime.

Hardeep Singh Gulati


The Selection process consisted of the following:1. Pre Placement Talk2. 1st Interview3. 2nd Interview

PPT- There were Representatives from the company who gave the power point presentation which was well structured and self explanatory and asked students to submit their CVs. More than 200 student managers submitted their CVs all over the society and I was one of them. Shot listing of CV: The CV's were sent and critically scrutinized by them. Then was a list of Shot listed CV's for the GD. I was super thrilled as the first step was passed.

Group Discussion:No. of applicants= 250:There were around ten people in each group. The topic which I got was related to “Common Wealth Games”. I participated throughout the session. Points came out like corruption, government working culture, politicians etc. And at the end I was confident of clearing as it was a subject where I was well read and well aware of. Confident yet not being over confident I was sitting with my fingers crossed to hear my name being called out for the PI. There amongst 6 names I hear mine, a sense of satisfaction and nervousness crept in. 80 candidates were shortlisted for 2nd round, it was that time we came to kanw that there will be two rounds of interview.

1st Interview:I had a 20 mins of HR round or in otherworld's a technical round. Even though my interview were taken by HR but he did asked question related to retail. 1. What do you mean by inventory carry cost? ( Here he took me by surprise as I was expecting that he will ask me a Question related to my resume.)2. What are favorites subject? ( i wasn't prepaid for the interview but the answer I had given was honest one & in i really had interested, thanks to professors who has taught those subjects )3. In reply to my answer he asked me where is marketing comes in this? ( used presence of mind )4. Tell me something about yourself?5. Why did you wanted to do MBA? (I suddenly remember Balaji Reddie Sir's statement which he use repeat in class so many times)6. Describe about your summer project ?7. What do you mean buy multimode transporting? (As i said logistic was one of my favorite subject)8. What are considered to decide the sale price of the product?9. Why retail store fails even though the store is at the right place with right product?

After the 1st round of interview only 30 candidates were shortlisted for the final round:


2nd Interview:Stress interview- the 5 panel members called us in batches of 3-4 each and asked rapid fire questions, all on retail.

Some of them were:1. What are the tiers in the distribution of a sim card?2. How much margin does a retailer earn in selling liquor and cigarettes?3. What is shrinkage?4. What do u mean by loss leadership?5. What is private label?6. What are its advantages to retailers?7. What are category killers?

25th of November 2010 was the day when the placement panel of XYZ LTD Company gave me the news that I was eager to hear, the day when my past one and a half year came back to me in split of seconds. 09 -11 the best yrs of my life. When life at SBS began I dint know what to expect how things would be and turn out. There were mixed feelings anxieties, happiness, competition, stress, pressure, learning at every step. The lessons of life today make me a stronger and much more confident person. They say whatever happens, happens for the best and today when I look back I seriously appreciate this statement

I thank Balaji Society and all my respected faculties who have helped me achieve this. Even the GD sessions conducted in the auditorium were helpful. Subject knowledge was very important but even more important was to present ourselves with confidence. Recruiters just see your attitude. They don't want you to know everything they ask they just want to see whether you have that learning instinct or not. They don't want to see you as the strongest candidate but they want to see you as most adaptable and one who can survive any challenge

My Suggestion1. Be aware about the current trend specially about you areas of interests2. Have good knowledge about the domain3. Have good understand about the functionality of the industry you wish to join in (E.g. IT, Retail or Automobile etc).4. Most important be honest in whatever you do and believe in yourself. As there is famous saying 'God help those who help themselves'.My best wishes to all the juniors. Put your best foot forward and go get the world…


Hemant Pisharody

I am HemantPisharody

Roll number: HRD-09-6151

BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch

PGDM Dual-B

Specialization in Marketing

My Placement Experience……

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.

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.

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.

I sat for lot of other companies before the one I am currently in , as usual

success takes its own time before it comes, I did absolutely 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 without 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 .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 , I thought destiny had its own

plans for me

Then other companies in college came like paint, pharmaceutical, FMCG, real

estate's etc. I sat for a no. of companies specially big brands. Then one day a

Consulting company came in our campus.

The process was simple:

1)GD

2)PI


I cleared that GD round. I was very happy to get through that GD round

because from last few days I couldn't crack the GD, and then PI came. They

asked me some basic questions like :-

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?

Result came after 20 days I was not selected. During that period I never sat for

any company process because I was very much sure that I will be selected in

this company. And finally result came, they rejected me for some strange

reasons. I was frustrated a lot because of this rejection, it was in January.

Then I decided to not to sit for any company for some days meanwhile our mid

term exam was going on. I have full concentration on my exams. I don't want

to leave any exam so I stopped to appear for any companies.

Finally the day came when a manufacturing company came who is into Textile

and Soda Ash business and Pioneer in INDIA for its process and material. I go

through the company website and see its business and profile which they

offering to us. There profile was very Lucrative, it was a ASM profile even

though company turnover was less as compared to big brand names but

responsibility and profile attracts a lot. I appeared for that company, there was

again 2 round of process.

First one was Group discussion, around 30 people sat for the process. The topic

was “Role of women in development"

It was a good topic to speak on, I couldn't start since I was nervous but I

portrayed my views and spoke well. I was very happy after my performance and

as expected I cleared GD. Only 10 people cleared GD and was shortlisted for PI.

Mine was 4th to face the interview.

My interview was with VP Marketing of the company. I went in with

nervousness but then with time I got very comfortable in Interview. He told me

lots of things about the company, about the marketing profile in general and his

experience. Then they asked some question from my Summer Intern project

and asked about my family background and my interests. I was very happy as

in he was sharing his experience with me. It was a great interview and I came

out with lots of confidence. The result came on 8th feb 2011 that I got placed.

It was the happiest moment of my life. Only I got placed in that company. 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, Biju Sir, Jacob Sir and Hemendra Sir, my colleagues in PAT and my

friends and family.

That was all about my campus experience, with ups and down, but a very

enjoyable & cherish able one. Just a quick suggestions 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. I wish all my Juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed

in their endeavors.

Thanks & Regards,

HemantPisharody

BIMHRD(Marketing)

Batch2009-2011

Academic year 2009-10 passed out on 2011

Ankit Saxena

I am Ankit SaxenaRegistration Number HRD09-6114PGDM-Marketing from BIMHRD

DATE OF PLACEMENT :12TH Feb 2011

I was one amongst the several people who sat for the company. Unlike other companies this companies people didn't tested our patience and were bang in the college campus on time. During the time of presentation the company told us about the profile being offered (Business Analyst, IT Consultant, Assistant Project Manager) and the compensation which varied from 4.5 to 5.5 lacs. POP was however only in Chennai or Bangalore.

The first process for selection was a case study which the students have to solve where we were given 40 minutes. The case study which I got was on a company which was having problem in launching its new product as well as some time management issue in completing the project in solving the case I used some of the models like Ansoff Matrix, Porter's Value chain etc.The results were announced after 1 hour. To my delight my name was shortlisted.

Next step was three round of interviews.In the first round I was asked to sell a chair, so first of all I asked him about the kind of chair he is looking 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.

Second round of interview was a technical round which was conducted by Mr.Chintan who was a Team head sales in the company:

HR : Hello Ankit do you know anything about Cloud Computing?Me : In simple words its a virtual server , its like Web-based email services like Gmail and Hotmail deliver a cloud computing service: users can access their email "in the cloud" from any computer with a browser and Internet connection, regardless of what kind of hardware is on that particular computer. The emails are hosted on Google's and Microsoft's servers, rather than being stored locally on the client computer.

HR : Good now I will ask you a puzzle there are two village named true village and false village ,the people in true village speaks the truth and the people in the false village always speak false. You have to reach the true village now there's a diversion of road one road goes to true village and another goes to false village and in the middle of the diversion stood a little girl.You can only ask one question to her what will be the question ?

Me: I told him to give me 5 minutes to think which he gave after that I told him that the one question will be “HiiSweety where is your home ,come let me drop you to your home” by this way she won't be able to lie if she will lie about her house then she will not go with me.

HR : Good now one more puzzle there are two rooms ,In one room there are three bulbs and in the other room there are three switches ,you have to identify which switch is for which bulb and you can enter the room only once.Me : Sir I will enter the switch room first and will switch on the first switch for half an hour then will switch off it and switch the second switch and then will go to the bulb room and will check which bulb is hot which will automatically become the first bulb and the bulb which is glowing is the second bulb and accordingly the bulb which is not glowing is the third bulb .HR : What are the IT subject you read during your engineering ?Me :I have read C,C++,data structure and DBMS.


HR : ok then tell me what is polymorphism?

Me : The primary usage of polymorphism in industry (OOP theory) is the ability of objects belonging to different types to respond to method, field, or property calls of the same name, each one according to an appropriate type-specific behavior. Ex: "+" operator which allows similar or polymorphic treatment of numbers (addition), strings (concatenation), and lists (attachment)

HR : Ok Ankit we will let you know about the next interview you can go now.After an anxious 20 minutes my name was called for the HR round.

Third round

HR: Hello Ankit tell me something about yourself??

Me : (I have prepared this question pretty well so I started from my native place and went on till my work exprience till he stopped me)

HR : Ankit what are the four things you had learnt from the last one and half year?

Me : Convincing Attitude,Urge to learn new things , Finishiative attitude and Discipline.

HR : What is the kind of profile you are looking for ?

Me : Sir I am looking for Business Analyst profile.

HR : What was the job profile in your previous company ?

Me : Sir I was a GET there and apart from being a production manager profile I was responsible for implementation of ERP in my company.

HR : Are you ok with the POP's ?Me : Yes Sir i am ok with any of the POP's (Chennai or Bangalore).After half an hour the the HR came out with the final shortlisting and after listening my name in the list I was delighted , I can't express my joy in words .I was offered a package of 5.5lacs with a profile of Business Analyst.

My advice for all the aspirants will be the following points :1.Brush up your fundamentals.2.Read ET daily3.Keep Calmness during interview,think that this is not the last company in the campus and even if I am not selected its not a big deal


Deepak Singh Panwar I am Deepak Singh Panwar,Registration number: HRD-09-6210BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch.Specialisation: Marketing & Finance, Dual- CPlaced in my 9th company

Moments !!!18 November 2011 was the day when I got placed. It was one of the most memorable day of my life. I never ever thought to get placed in Retail Sector but now i am working in India's No. 1 retail company- Future Group.My journey to success had already commenced the day I decided to join Sri Balaji Society. It was the first time I was moving out of Rajasthan. Before that I did all my education at home or Jaipur. I landed on Pune with my elder brother and straightaway moved to my college, had word with BijuPillai sir. The saga began at 9 AM on 8th June 2009 and the rest is history.Some of my experiences at Sri Balaji Society chronologically :- Mahabharata session which made me realize that I can never sit back on a chair and do the job entire day Dilip Bam presentation :I learnt the art of public speaking Discovered Myself through the workshop by P. Mahadevan Various Knowledge session National HR meet.Before I write down my saga I want to convey one message that I have learned at SBS from Bala Sir that “Problems are opportunity” so always THINK POSITIVE. Always take the actions in a constructive sense. Nobody can pretend that life is easy. There is no reason why it should be. Daily ups and downs are perfectly normal.


Just like every Marketing student I also dreamed of getting marketing profile but no one can go against God's will, who has chosen the best for you.I always wanted to crack LG, as it was the 1st company and I liked that industry. But I could not get through and my dream to get placed in the beginning got shattered. I always wanted to get placed in brand, resulted I skipped next 5-6 companies. Thereafter HM came, but again.....no victory I lost my dream sector's company but did not lost my patience due to my friends.My placement into a Retail firm came totally unexpected that too after getting close to almost final round of selection process of my dream sector's company.....no choice.


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)

Pre Placement TalkThe 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, consumption pattern, GDP, the working environment of the company, demographic profile etc.

First Round Group Discussion

The selection process started by Group Discussion consists of 14 candidates. Topic for group discussion was “Commonwealths: Crumbling Game From National pride to National shame” My experiences with the group discussion have been bad and when the panel announced that it was the first round of selection, I was kind of nervous but then I thought let's give it a try and I started discussion and there was a chaos for few minutes, then I heard some points and moulded the discussion from commonwealth to India's GDP thereafter India- China. I felt great when I applied this art of leadership. After about 7 -8 minutes the coordinator asked to stop.Then the results for the first round were declared and 5 of us (this includes me) had cleared the round. Finally results came out 100 people were selected for thefurther process.

Second Round Group Discussion

Topic for second round of group discussion was Abstract Topic, which I am not able to recall right now. Abstract topics test your lateral thinking and creativity. These topics are not given often for discussion, but their possibility cannot be ruled out.I have remembrance that at starting we all were kept quiet because none of us having any idea about topic. Then one girl started discussion and war started, I heard some points and decided to pitch in the 3rd or 4th minute and took the lead by saying that "To make sure that all are heard please speak one by one” try to suggest such power statements in such situations, we should grab the opportunity and take lead. As it was an abstract topic the coordinator expected


the participant to be as creative as he/she could be, so I tried the same and came up with some creative points.Finally results came out. All selected people for second round of group discussion were eligible for first round of interview.

Personal Interview 1 (TechnicaMy first Interview lasted for around 1 hour starting from the Question1. Tell me about yourself?2. Why our company?3. Tell me about your learning during internship at Godrej?4. Your strength and weakness?5. Internet Protocol?6. Various operating system ?7. Cloud Computing8. Steps of New product launching ?9. Branding of existing product ?10.Merchandising Planning ?

The interview was more focused towards understanding your confidence level, ability to learn and your exposure other than studies. Along with the curriculum knowledge, they were trying to determine my mental ability and presence of mind by asking specific business related questions.Out of 100, 25 were shortlisted for the final round.Personal Interview 2 (HR Interview)The final round was very drilling. There was a panel of 6 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?

It was the shortest interview I had witness by now which rapped up in 15 mins. 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 wewere waiting for the results. Nearly after 7-8 people my name was called out by Head HR & the most beautiful feeling I realized - Offer Letter.

My suggestion

One should have sound knowledge about the company and market dynamics. He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into; your internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical knowledge;


A person should have an attitude of learning;

The final suggestion is that “Things do not happen we have to make the things happen”.So don't get worried about you being rejected/ not selected, just try to learn from each interview and mould yourself according to the interviewer questions.

Remember one more thing “Falling in love is critical for success”. Yes, you read it right ! Falling in love is very critical for any kind of success in life. If you want a successful married life, you need to fall in love with your spouse. If you want to have a thriving business, then you have to fall in love with doing all things small and big related to your business.....so on.Best of Luck !!!

Kumar Rama Shankar,

I am Kumar Rama Shankar,

Registration Number- HRD-09-6134,

from Class PGDM,

Division B from BIMHRD,

from the academic year 2009-11,

passed out on April'2011.


I got placed in one of the leading private bank as Relationship Manager

(Business Banking).

It was a pool campus in ASM Group of Institutes, Pune. There was an initial

shortlisting by company on the basis of marks.

I still remember the day when I got placed. It was 23nd January and it was one

of the most exciting days of my life. By the time the company I got selected in I

knew a few ground rules for which I had a pretty clear answers. For e.g.

questions on internship project, your favourite subject, why this company, my

interest and hobbies, what do you know about our company, family background

and why Marketing (I guess a lot of people would agree with that) and there is

never a right or wrong answer to it. Each process that I had gone through

helped me gain more knowledge about different subjects which really helped

me in getting selected in this company.

Company Processes:

A). Aptitude Test: First round was an aptitude test in which around 60

candidates got shortlisted from all present colleges. Level of Aptitude test was

moderate and it was more of speed testing. Aptitude test was like general

competitive examinations. There were 60 multiple choice questions and time

was 45 minutes.


B). GD Topic: Youth in Politics.

As topic was generic in nature, GD was turned into war. I spoke just once but it

was noticed by Selection panel. Throughout GD my body language was

receptive and I was actively listening which helped me in clearing this hurdle. I

spoke about role of youth in Indian politics and inclusive development of

country. Brief of that discussion is- The country desperately needs some young

leaders who personify energy, enthusiasm, morality, and diligence. No doubt we

have progressed a lot in the last 62 years but the development pace would have

been completely different had some young torchbearers led this process of

development. As for the youth of our country, they can contribute in more ways

than just contesting elections. Much can be done in areas like educating people,

raising awareness about various social ills, and many other areas.

C). PI: Final round was PI. There were two senior members in interview panel

including HR & functional expert (MARKETING).

1. Introduce yourself?

Ans: One generic question generally asked in each interview. I kept the answer

simple and short and discussed my academic and personal details including

summer internship.

2. Why MBA after engineering?

Ans: It was bouncer on the 2nd ball of inning only but I was well prepared with

the answer. As an Computer Engineer I have problem solving skills, computer

programming experience, and a mathematical background. As an engineer I

was required to work in teams, building the project and solving problems, quite

similar to a business school and later as in an organization. Having an MBA

gives a confidence to apply these skills to develop the 'strategies for growth' of

their employing companies.

3. Let us assume that we appoint you in a remote place as branch manager.

How would you move forward as competitors are well established?

Ans: It was an situation based question and they gave me a minute to think

about it. I spoke about team building and relationship management in my

answer and discussed about leading by example.

4. How would you market your Bank if you are the branch manager of Gaya

(Bihar)?

Ans: I mainly discussed three things in my reply-

Prioritizing of service.

Relationship building with customers.

Event management during Bodh Festival.

5. Why should we hire you?

Ans: You should hire me because I sincerely believe in work. I have no more

words to explain my thoughts but I strongly believe in myself. I am fully

confident, optimistic, cooperative and a very sensible person. I believe that I've

got the skills and enthusiasm required to fulfill the role that's available. I think I

would be a valuable asset to the firm and I am sure that I would make a

positive contribution to the company's ambitions.


6. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Ans: My strength lies in my flexibility to handle change, the ability to prioritize,

self-confidence and punctuality. I am a team player and a continuous learner.

My weakness might be that I can be little impatient with people who don't keep

their commitments. I am also not able to express my emotions to anyone a

several number of times. However, I am learning to manage these things and to

get the better results.

7. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

Ans: In 5 years I hope to see myself working in an increasingly responsible

position, one that fully utilize my talents and work closely with my colleagues in

solving important problems. I see myself taking on many new and exciting

challenges that will help me grow professionally.

8. What qualities one should have as a marketing & sales professional to be

successful in corporate world?

Ans: There are several qualities which makes an individual a successful

marketing and sales professional. One should have a positive attitude towards

his work. One should be ambitious, courageous, and ready to take risks. One

should be able to tackle harsh situations and a continuous learner. I think these

qualities one should have to become a successful marketing & sales

professional.

Interview went around 30 minutes and finally I came out exhausted but

satisfied from interview room. Recruitment panel told that they will intimate

their respective CRT in a day or two about final result. Finally after 2 days I got

a call in afternoon from PAT Team about my final selection.

D). Offer letter: Offer letter came after a long wait in month of May. Place of

posting was Pune.

My suggestion:

One should have knowledge about the company and the profile he/she is

sitting for.

He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into.

Also utilising your internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your

practical knowledge.

Should have interest in activities other than studies.

Should have an attitude of learning.

Try to summarise your points in short.

I thank God, my parents and Sri Balaji Society for my success.

KUMAR RAMA SHANKAR


Shweta Kumari

I am ShwetaKumariReg No: HRD09-6341 Class: PM&HRDDivision: D BIMHRDAcademic year: 2009-2011passed out on: April, 2011

An air of anxiety engulfed the chilly auditorium, sweat trickled down furrowed foreheads, pulses raced and a lull fell as a noisy lot of students experienced their first hiccups of the strife involved in getting first job. This was the archetypal scene on the day I decided to sit for campus recruitment of XYZ.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. The Company offered SAP profiles in Sales & Distribution, HR and FICO. This 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 recruiters came with certain eligibility criteria based on which the student managers were shortlisted to sit for the placement process. The criteria were as follows:1. 60% and above in 10th, 12th and B Tech.2. No pending or active backlogs.3. Students with B.Tech. or equivalent degree in any discipline4. Age below 26 years at the time of joiningBased on these criteria around 20 students from PM & HRD batch of BIMM & BIHRD were shortlisted. This was followed by an aptitude test of the shortlisted students. The actual recruitment procedure started with an aptitude test comprising questions testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning, quantitative applications and verbal ability. There were 30 questions in all to be solved within a time frame of 30 minutes. The mental workout that was involved was evident from the gasps and sighs from various corners. Thereafter began the seemingly long, unbearable and intriguing wait for the results. I would like to mention here that apart from the grooming that happened over a span of two years I had put in some extra efforts in order to prepare for the aptitude test. I had targeted XYZ on the day there was an announcement by the CRT team about their visit to our campus for recruitment. In an hour or so the recruiters were ready with the result of the aptitude test in their hand, waves of students started inundating the auditorium once again. Finally the moment of reckoning arrived and the list of students who qualified for the next round was read out. There were sighs of disappointment and screams of joy. I was very confident still I kept my fingers crossed. When they called out my name for clearing the aptitude test it felt like 'rain drops on a


barren land'. Thereafter I was more than confident that its my day and I am going to make it to XYZ. A word of advice here is that confidence really gives you the strength to sail through even in bad weather…… The aptitude test was followed by Group Discussion. The HR group strength was of 8 students. There was a slight deviation from the usual instead of giving us the GD topic the moderator asked the group to come up with GD topics. Out of a plethora of GD topics suggested by the group the moderator selected the topic “Difference in HR practices in an MNC and PSU”. The group was allotted 10 minutes to come to a conclusion out of the two where the HR department is more active and before we began with the discussion we were given 3-4 minutes to collate our thoughts in a presentable form. We stuck to the rule 'no fish market and everyone should get a chance to speak up'. The discussion started and I was very clear in my mind that I will enter the GD 2nd or 3rd. I spoke clearly and fluently. I do not believe in using embellished language and so used very simple words that would be understood by everyone. In all I entered the discussion thrice with three very important points (10-15 seconds each time). The discussion went off smoothly without any hiccups. After half an hour the results were announced with an announcement of addition of one more round 'Extempore' in the selection process. The recruiters were finding it difficult to reject the lot of students only on the basis of GD thus they came up with Extempore to test students on the parameter of Spontaneity. The students were given varied topic such as general topic, abstract topics and were given only 5 seconds to organize thoughts and to deliver a speech for a minute on that topic. I was asked to talk about AbhinavBindra for a minute in front of a crowd of 50 students. The result of Extempore was announced then and there which was followed by Technical Interview and HR Interview. The interview!!! A very interesting part of this preparation is students gear up to look their best. After all a number of people believe in the saying 'First impression is the last impression'. Once the interview gets under way the chill running down spines is palpable. As friends came out of the Interview room, quick counseling was given about the interview panel and the questions being asked. There was last minute flipping through books and discussions. There were some confident and some nervous and shaky exits from the interview room. However at the end of the harrowing day, all were sure that they gave it their best shot. Such was my case as well. The Technical Round was a cakewalk for me as I was academic topper of the batch. The interview panel consisted of two HR professionals from the company. Following questions were asked by the panel:1) Tell us something about yourself.2) Where did you do your internship from?3) On which topic did you do your internship?4) Which are your favorite subjects in HR?5) Explain Maslow's Theory? Draw it on a piece of paper. Why was the theory discarded? Where do you find yourself on the hierarchy of needs?6) Explain theory X and Theory Y?


7) They asked me another theory which I was not aware of………I politely replied “I am sorry Sir. I am unable to recollect at this hour.”This was followed by another round of Interview conducted by HR. The interview panel consisted of two HR professionals from the company. Following questions were asked by the panel:

1) Why did you take up HR as a career?2) Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line?3) How long or how loyal would you stay to the company?4) Why do you want to join XYZ?5) Are you flexible to work at any location offered by the company?6) What are your marriage plans?Finally after a wait of another half an hour the results were announced, ecstasy and mourning were experienced with highest profoundness and personification. Following the formal announcement that I was selected to work for XYZ, the selected set of future employees was welcomed by the company. I consider myself lucky enough or you can say it is the result of my hard work in the two years that I got selected in the first company I sat for. Thus my campus placement experience journey started on 16 Nov and also ended on the same day.

HiI am Isha ThamanRoll No- HRD 09 6349BIMHRD DUAL D Specialization-PM & HRDACADEMIC YEAR: 2009-2011Placed in XYZ a Financial Solutions IT Company

As I sit down and think about what to write, I am conflicted. Do I indulge myself and write a nostalgia driven essay that showcases the highs and lows of my experience or do I write a balanced one that envisions this period as a whole and tactfully states the positives and negatives of the placement process of our college. Sigh! Why does our college have to make everything so hard for us .

Let me start by saying that constantly being ignored by good companies didn't make the experience easy. It felt like victory back then, when a good company paid a visit to our campus. However, along with such days, were many others when there was anger and disappointment all along.

Isha Thaman


This period was full of emotionally charged up moments. From frustration at not getting placed to the joy of watching your best friends getting placed, it had it all.

For me the D Day arrived at the very end of the placement process. By the end of the placement period every company that came for us appeared as a silver lining of the dark grey clouds. We were sent for a process for MT-HR for a Fortune 500 IT co. in Pune. The short listing criteria was 60% throughout. All 24 of us waited in the plush reception of the company for an online aptitude test. The test covered English, basic math and some DI problems. It went well but keeping into account my spell of ill luck I wasn't expecting much. But somehow I and 5 others cleared the Aptitude test. Next, we had an interview with the recruiter. She asked us basic questions like Why HR, why this company etc. It went well. The second round of interview was with the Senior Manager-HR for HRBP profile. She appeared to be a pleasant lady who calmly listened and seemed genuinely interested. It started with the basic questions like a brief introduction about myself, my college experience and learning from my college and how I landed in Pune being a north Indian. Later she asked me all the Theories of Motivation and some other OB concepts, luckily I could answer all correctly as I had brushed up all of them in the waiting period between the interviews. She also asked me in detail about my internship experience, my project and the areas of improvement I observed in My Internship Company. I could answer that very well as I had worked hard on my project and knew it very well.

After that interview, 4 of us got shortlisted and were called by the GM HR in his cabin. He informed us that the final round will be taken by him and he will ask us only about the company as it is important for us to fall in love with the company before working for the same. He gave us one day to prepare. We Googled all the information we could find about the company and prepared our notes. On the day of the Final interview we all reached in time and had our interview with him. Mine lasted about 20 minutes. Honestly, it did not go very well and when I heard the interview experience of the other three I was sure that I will not make it for the only Vacancy that they had.

To my amazement I received a call from them within the next few days. Though the offered package was not much but the idea of working in a brand and finally getting placed was good enough and I accepted their offer. Sadly, it was not the happy ending end as I got the shock of my life when I got to know that as per the company policy I will have to work as an intern with them till my final semester results are declared i.e. initial two months. Seeing nothing better coming my way I decided to go ahead with whatever I had in my hand. I worked really hard and learnt a lot in those two months under the guidance of my mentor/manager and was expecting a confirmation at the end of the two month period but again I was hit by hard luck. I was told that I will have to


complete 6 months internship before getting confirmed as all interns have to do so. That was much more than disappointing and disheartening but I did not give up and worked in the same way and finally at the end of the internship period I got confirmed, that too at a much higher package that was offered initially. Thus, things turned out to be better than expected for me.

As a whole, I can sum up that the placement experience was full of learning and taught me a great deal about life and what to expect in the future. It proved the old adage – that hard work pays off in the end and made me realize that dedication and a never say die attitude will greatly help me in my life if I stick by them and pave the way for a successful and a gratifying career.

I believe that I am now much more capable in dealing with any crisis, better adept at managing difficult situation and conflicts and confident of my strengths and how to use them in the corporate world. As they say, whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger and I can securely say that my placement experience not only stronger but mature, tactful and self assured as well.

Coming to the end of the essay after reliving those bitter-sweet moments again, I feel thankful for all my good friends and well wishers who stood by me during difficult times. Today, whenever I recall the gazillion stories and incidents that happened during that period, both happy and sad, and share them with my friends we laugh wholeheartedly. These stories we shall never forget. These moments we will never forget. We will continue to laugh at these stories forever. And we shall always look behind to these days as conquering our first battlefield.


Name: Ishan Mathur

College: BIMHRD,

Roll No.: HRD09 – 6032

BIMHRD – 2009 – 2011

Dear Friends,

I would like to start my journey with my overall campus experience and then I

will cover 'THE' placement process.

Campus Experience:

As far as I remember it was a sunny Tuesday morning of 9th June, 2009. The

students were dressed in traditional dresses, representing their respective states

and were present near the SiddhivinayakMandir, where we started our day with

Ishan Mathur


the blessings of elders and lord Balaji. I was selected as the best dressed male

and hence my maiden journey begins on a winning note.

My most valuable learning in BALAJI which got started from the very first day

was to have PATIENCE. It would not be correct if I say I liked the long hours of

classes, sitting from 9am to 6:30pm (sometimes even till 8pm) initially. We all

were so impatient that we can't sit for long hours, but 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 not only taught us the

subject knowledge but also shared their valuable industry experience with us,

which helped us a lot to know the actual corporate 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. I thank to Bala sir for all those addresses which he gave us at every

time we needed motivation and for those golden words “Problems are

Opportunities”.

'THE' Placement Process:

On 1st Nov 2010, one of the top four financial consultancy firm arrived in our

campus, with a tag of 'Best company to start your career' (by FORBES).

The panel consists of 6 members out of whom there are 4 Team leads and 2

core HR members.

It was a two day process, which comprises of:

Aptitude Test: 40 questions in 45 mins (based on Quant, Data Interpretation,

Reasoning and English).

Overall 67 students got shortlisted.

To prepare for this round, please refer R.S. Aggrawal's 'Quantitative Aptitude'

book or S.Chand's 'Quant for competitive exams' from the library.

Business writing: Write an EMAIL stating the postponement of project

deadlines due to some problem.

It was an easy test to crack and most of us did fine.

Our library is full of such books which can help you to improve Business

Communication skills; as it is in high demand in corporate world.

Case study: To check areas like Logical thinking, Team work, Patience &

communication skills, Leadership qualities etc.

It was great fun!! The moderators were keenly observing each one of us; the

body language, the attitude, subject knowledge, approach etc.

Regular reading of Newspapers will definitely help you in this phase.

Versant Test: It is quite similar to TOEFL test. It checks you on four criteria:

1. Reading skills

2. Speaking skills

3.Listening skills

4. Sentence making/Writing skills

Most of us gave a great performance in this test and the panel was really


impressed.

We have some TOEFL/Communication improvement CD's in our library which

can help you to get ready for this round.

By the time we realize it was already 11pm and hence the interviews were

scheduled for the next day.

2nd Nov 2010: THE JUDGEMENT DAY:

Each one of the remaining/shortlisted students has to give two rounds of

interview, that to if you clear the first round.

Questions asked to me:

Tell me about yourself?

Why this company?

Strengths and weaknesses?

Tell me the most inspiring moment of your life?

Why should we hire you?

Do you want to ask something from us?

Note: You will find all these answers in a book called '64 toughest interview

questions' in the library.

Good subject knowledge is a must when it comes to technical interview and

when it came to HR round one should know why he wants to join that particular

company and how he think he would add value to their organization.

Basically it's like merging your life and professional growth with the goals and

future plans of the company which they would disclose in the PPT. So make sure

you have a fair amount of knowledge about the company before going to the

interview. Hence always make it a point to have a look at the website of the

company the night before it comes to the campus as it helps to give the inputs

like what is the future plan for the company and one can use it during the

interview stage.

Points to remember:

Be relaxed and calm to give your 100%.

Practice all the tests/rounds in advance to maintain an appropriate confidence

level.

Never under estimate the power of newspapers.

Don't miss any of the GD sessions organized by the college.

Keep on practicing interview answers made originally by you with a little

reference of books and magazines.

If you don't know something; just say so!! Don't try to manipulate answers as

the interviewer is much more smarter than you and hence he is taking your

interview not the other way around.

Have all the necessary documents ready with you.

Read your CV properly before even entering in the interview room and make

sure all the information provided by you in the CV is correct.

Finally believe in yourself, it's just one seat all what you need and you will

definitely get it.


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, faculty members, 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

Ishan Parmar

Registration Number-HRD 09 6126

2009-2011

Being in SBS, I think that I got to face half of the pressure of campus

placement as my other counterparts in other management institution around.

That is the beauty of being in SBS, deep down inside you, you are sure that you

will get placed, maybe a little late, but you will for sure. Still, this remains to be

one of the most exciting experiences of my life. I have had highs and lows but

this one was a rollercoaster ride. It took me to go through four rejections before

I got selected in FFF group. It was a bumpy ride but also a great learning

experience which I am about to share.

Initial Preparations

All of us knew beforehand as around when the placement season will start like

that of our seniors. I had no clue regarding the preparation which I should take

up to be at my 100% when I face the heat, so I did one thing which everybody

at SBS does as a habit but a little more religiously, reading newspaper. The

point of reading newspaper is to keep up with current affairs which it does very

well, however newspaper fails to brush up what you have missed earlier. I

resorted to internet to compensate for this knowledge. This helped me cover a

lot on general knowledge front. Apart from the GD training that was provided by

college every Thursday, our group friends started our own GD session where we

would brainstorm on a wide variety of topics ranging from politics to economics.

This helped us to broaden our horizon of thought and reasoning ability

regarding the general knowledge we gain from different sources.

Example:

Fact: nationalized banks are performing as well as or better than private sector

banks.

Ishan Parmar


Points of argument: should they be privatized? Is their purpose is more social in

nature as compared to private banks? Is it fair to compare the two at all? What

edge private banks have over public or vice-versa?

Another huge help was a set of interview questions (model) provided to all

student managers by their fellow CRT team.

The Start

As always, our placement season started with XYZ company, which is the first

company of all student managers. As a council member, I was a part of

coordination team as well as a candidate for the company. This helped me in a

way as I was so busy that I never felt the pressure of appearing for the first

company on campus. Eventually, my name was called for a GD group. I joined

my group and entered the GD room with a light head (I felt coordination is

tougher than GD). This was the first and best GD I ever had in whole of my

placement experience. Topic of discussion was “advertising is a diplomatic way

to tell a lie”. I was against the topic as current law won't allow you to lie in a

commercial but the group, after a peaceful discussion came to a consensus that

advertising do bend the truth for commercial gains. An easy topic, what I have

observed, invites a fish market situation however we discussed it amicably

giving and taking fair chance to speak. It was competitive as well as mutual. I

cleared the GD and in due time wrote psychometric test along with fellow

selectees.

An interview was scheduled next day based on our test which for me lasted for

only 2 minutes. The question was “tell me something about you”. I was under

tremendous pressure and fumbled while answering and a part of answer was “I

work well under pressure”. Guess that didn't leave much scope for further

questions. XYZ company was a lost opportunity but also a trailer of what waits

ahead. It helped me getting a firsthand experience of placement interview by

getting a feel of the pressure. Following days saw more coordination which was

voluntary as I wanted to get accustomed to the mere rush of it. Think about it

in retrospect and I feel it made me much more confident and easy going when I

appeared for placement myself.

Holidays & Mid-sem

I entered the placement season with clear objectives. I was looking for sales

and marketing profile, that is, I should be a part of action and my PGDM should

help me doing it. This made it pretty easy for me to select a company I wanted

to apply to. It also made me wait for a while (when I appeared for my fifth

company, it was near fifty on campus). We were having our mid-sem along the

way and me, loads of holidays in between.

I was a little lucky when it came to facing rejection in next three companies I

applied for. The conditions became such that I could never blame my ability or

actions for the consequence. These three companies were:

AAA (only recruited girls)

BBB (process left in middle due to placement)


CCC (GD group wash-out, best fish market faced till date)

D-day

1. GD: “ways to make India corruption free”. Good discussion; active

participation of moderator in form of citing example and indicating any

divergence for the topic; individual opinion & conclusion in the end. My active

interest in political news helped me a lot.

2. Interview Round 1:

Q: lucknowke ho?

A: haan sir

Q: yahakaamkaisekaroge?

A: sir mera project yahichinchwadgaonmeitha, language ki koi problem

nahihotihai

Q: marketing ya operations?

A: I am really passionate about marketing but operations bhichalega

Q: now speak all of the conversation just happened in English!

A: whole of it in English language.

It was a surprise that the interviewer started off in Hindi and it may confuse

one. I just followed the interviewer on this.

3. Interview Round 2:

Q: what are KVI in a retail store?

A: I don't know sir

Q: KVI stands for Key Value Items. Prices of these items help customer

determine if all articles in store are appropriately priced. Now if you know that

competitors have kvi's priced lesser then you, what course of action you will

follow?

A: Since KVI has a function which eventually impacts foot-falls in store I will opt

for loss leadership pricing strategy. KVI will be priced lesser then that of

competitor even if we have to suffer loss. This loss will be compensated by

pricing other articles accordingly

Q: Example?

A: (can't think of anything so starts with abc co.)

Q: you think abc co. went down because of loss leadership pricing? (laughs)

A: No sir and explained abc co. case as learnt in retail mgt class

Q: how will you promote your store on facebook?

A: by spamming my friend list

Q: if we are making a movie, what will be all the streams of revenue?

A: apart from conventional, merchandise.

Thank you!

To Summarize

1. When in GD, wait for a pause (any) to grab opportunity.

2. Prepare a mental script of what you are going to speak.

3. Be coherent, make sense, you will lead the group.


4. Be prepared with concepts, company profile and news.

5. Keep smiling

All in all it was a great experience. I was thrilled all along and never realized

when it was from 8 AM to 11 PM. The day ended with signing of offer letters

and shaking hand with the panel.

I am Iti Tandon,

Registration number- HRD09-6217,

From class- Dual 'C

Institute- BIMHRD

Academic year -2009-2011

Specialization - Marketing & Finance.

I am finally placed with Company A.


Life is full of uncertainties and this institute has helped me learn how to deal

with it.Some how their were lot of things that were not as I had imagined them

to be and might have irritated me to the core but when I look at the larger

picture I believe they have helped me grow as a aperson.

To start with the first year of my MBA @ Balaji where the initial days were filled

with the induction where Mahabharat was the point of focus and then started

the Bam presentations with few traning sessions about

life,culture,patienceetc.Then the classes commenced and the real MBA came

into picture long lectures, intense professors who just wanted to imbibe every

bit of management into our DNA..Then came the round of Semesters and with

it came our dear Backlogs but the spirit never diminished as I had learnt to be a

fighter by then..

In the second year we got the luxury of having a day off once a week and then

came the first company to our campus which was like a glimpse of what

placements will actually look like.All the focus was now on just one thing “Be

Placed”…

Placement became the most important thing at the end of MBA when their was

immense pressure to get placed. Initially it was getting placed in a good

company with a good profile and a good package and later as the days passed

by the priorities of getting placed changed and then the company and package

became crucial and at last only getting placed was the prime focus for all of us.

People who got placed in the initial days of placement were enjoying a great

Iti Tandon


time some went to their natives and some were planning trips and the facebook

daily displayed some pictures and some status saying “Today was my day” or

“Finally the D Day” today…I was a spectator to all of this wondering every day

when my chance will come..The day I got eligible it was not as rosy as it

seemed to be..Their were killer GD's and strong PI's, I had sat in companies

where I felt that the entire group will have a mature discussion and everybody

will get a chance to speak but the opposite was witnessed.

Despite of such cut throat competition and an environment where every body

wanted to just get through the process and get placed I was a new bird but it

did not take too long when I learnt the art of being a strong particiant in GD's

and how to perform in the PI.

This was a picture of how the world outside is going to be and then learn the

ways to conduct oneself and make your own paths to glory.

I had sat for companies where in the first few GD's I did not speak as I was too

nervous and later the people wouldn't let me speak. But in the organization i

got placed the GD was a mature discussion and the people were in no hurry to

kill it rather the focus was on killing it logically.

My process in this company was @ Mumbai on the 15th of March.

--The first round was a GD followed by two rounds of personal interview.

--The first round of my Pi was with the National Sales Head where he

interviewed me for 40 minutes to start with I was asked about my strengths

&weaknesses.My basic knowledge on the current affairs .I had mentioned in my

CV that I had done an event with a leading FMCG brand and thus,he started

shooting questions on the same as he knew about that event very well. I was

asked various questions related to print media and that is when I remembered a

recent innovation done by a German automobile co. in an English Daily where

they used a small speaker attached in the newspaper and that is when the

entire interview turned into a conversation. I started asking if my organization

would have tried doing it and have they pitched something of that kind. I

cleared the first round here.

- As every body came out of their interview rounds all of us discussed about

who was asked what and who had the maximum chances of making it this day.

The day was long as I had travelled from Pune to Mumbai for this process and it

was almost late evening and still one more round to go for the entire process to

get over.

-The second round was with our CMO who had asked me that if I were all set to

become a part of the media fraternity ,what were my ambitions ,and my plans

for future.As well informed me that I was about to join one of the most

aggressive media brands in the country.The interview concluded when he said

“Welcome on Borad”.


But I waited till the HR finally announced my name and to my surprise

informed us that all four people who were recruited were expected to join @

Mumbai in next 4 days.Now this is where the challenge begun but somehow I

was prepared enough in the two years of my MBA.Journey back to pune was

filled with lots of emotions and phone calls from the loved ones.

But yes I was not allowed to sit for 75 companies as I had gone for my Final

Year Graduation exams after joining BIMHRD and those were one of the most

painful days where I had witnessed every body getting placed and I was not

even allowed for the process for no fault of mine.

--But at last a Thanks to this institute for giving us whatever it could

knowledgeable faculties, great ambience and good learning to deal with the

uncertainties of life.

HelloI am Jai Kishan SinghRoll No. HRD09 6127 Class: PGDM C, from BIMHRD, Specialization –Marketing and Finance,Academic year: 2009-2011.

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 backlogs, 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.

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.

Jai Kishan Singh


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

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. 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

Interview questions

Tell me something about yourself Why do you want to join XYZ Company Tell me what do we do and all our dimensions? After that few question about logistics? Why should I hire you? Then few more questions from the CV.

Answer to these questions made me eligible for the 2nd round of interview. I was quite comfortable with the questions mentioned above. I just flunked once when the interviewer was going in depth about the company's other divisions. Anyways I said only those things that which I knew.

The 2nd round was to be held with the Zonal manager, a person who joined the company as an assistant with a pay of Rs3200 and today was the Zonal manager. That day we had and exam of 4th semester so the interview was cancelled and was called again next day. The interview was in the office of the company. One by one people were called inside and the interview seemed to be very small (approx 3-4 min), so I thought that maybe he is just checking the attitude and willingness to join. Then my number was up and I went in, interviewer asked me where your CV is then I looked around and saw I was in


the room without my CV. Then my answer was Sir I think after the first round of interview our CV was taken by your HR and it should have been with you. Then he called the HR and asked for the CV. The question he asked was again

Tell me something about yourselfWhat is your father business?A short description about the business,Few specifications about the business?

And done, before reaching back to college, I got to know by some PAT member that I was selected. After joining the company I was posted in Rudrapur, and fortunately The zonal manager was also posted in the same area within a month. I got a chance to meet him there. As a person he was great but professionally he was very helpful. He was in the company for more than 2 decades, so he was like a giant for me. I thank my parents, teachers, my friends and all those people who have given me any kind of input. Whatever I am right now it is all because of your support. Life is all about learning and that is what never ends, only god can tell you whether it will end after death or not. But whatever you learn during your studies is a different thing, but the learning after that will be a very different thing. Real world experience is what will make you real tuff. Frankly speaking I never thought of future, not even when I was in PG. Now I am

signing off and wishing luck to the readers

RegardsJai Kishan Singh

Jayati Biswas

RegNo :– HRD09-6313

PM & HRD ( 2009-11)

BIMHRD


During my campus placement this was the 4th company for which I was

appearing. I was fully charged with energy and enthusiasm. Also since prior to

this I sat through the process of 3 other companies I had gained a fair analysis

of my strengths and weaknesses required for the selection process.

When I went for the Pre-placement talk for this company I was not sure I will

sit for it as it was an HR Consultancy and was very new. However during the

session when they discussed about their company's vision, business strategy

Jayati Biswas


and our job profile, I got interested. I felt at the start of my career getting a

good profile is very important and maybe in new organization opportunities will

be more as we will be the pioneers for all the processes over there. So I

decided to sit for this company.

The processes conducted for selection were –

Group Discussion 1 (group of 6-7 people)

Group discussion 2 (group of 40 people)

Final Interview

In the first GD, the topic given to our group was 'Ethics in Business Are Just a

Passing Fad'.

We were given 2 minutes time to collect our thoughts and then the discussion

began. I spoke at the 3rd number for approximately 2-3 minutes. I expressed

my point in simple direct sentences and provided a live example to illustrate my

point. Then I spoke again at the 7th number for about 2 minutes. Then during

the end of the GD everyone was asked to give a conclusion to the discussion in

a single point, so I summarized the discussion and its conclusion in a short,

simple and clear sentence.

There were overall 13 GDs held i.e. approximately 90-95 students participated

in the process. Out of this 40 students were shortlisted for the next round of

Group Discussion.

The second GD was a challenging one. 40 students were made to sit in a group

and the topic given was 'India is a Country of Jugaad'. The moment we were

given the signal to start, the room became a fish market. Everybody was trying

to make themselves heard and thus it became a chaos. Then one of us took the

initiative to end the fish market and spoke loudly stating that let us speak one

by one and let each one of us give our point regarding the topic. Everyone

agreed to this. So then, during my turn I stood and spoke for about 1 minute

giving my viewpoint on the topic. By the time my turn came I had thought of a

few points which no other person had spoken yet. So when I started speaking

the group listened intently and there was agreeableness in the group as well as

the judges.

Post this GD, 20 students were shortlisted for the final round and I was one of

the shortlisted candidates.

During my interview I was asked the following questions –

Introduce Yourself

What are the various ways of recruitment

Questions from the Payment of Minimum Wages Act.

Questions Relating the Payment of Bonus Act.

Johari Window

Why do you want to join us?

What are your future goals?

Family Background

My interview went well and I was hoping for a positive outcome.


The results were announced that day at 11 p.m. I got a call from PAT team that

I was selected. It was a moment of immense joy and relief. I was placed.

However my placement experience does not end here….

Post my placement the joining date given to us was in the month of April 2011.

However somewhere in March 2011 we were communicated that our joining has

been postponed and it was now in June 2011. We were disappointed but were

positive.

In the month of June, when we finally landed in Mumbai to join, new challenges

were awaiting us. We were about 10 students placed in that company.

After about 10 days of our joining, the director of the company called us for a

meeting. In the meeting he told us that the company is going through a bad

time and they might shut down the company so we should look out for other

jobs.

It was shattering. All of us were shocked and disgusted to the core. We had

taken up accommodations in Mumbai, paid huge rents and deposits and had

education loans to repay. We could not understand why such a thing was

happening to us.

It was the worst time for all of us. But we couldn't give up and we had to win

this situation.

We all started searching for jobs desperately. We came back to college for the

same but it was quite late then and no companies were coming for HR at that

time.I tried to use all means available to me to get some job – contacted

friends, browsed for jobs on the net, newspaper and what not.

During that time I had also posted on my LinkedIn profile that I am looking for

a job. Through LinkedIn one day I got a call from an esteemed organisation for

a round of interview. Before the interview I again brushed up all my HR

Concepts and Labor Law knowledge as this was the only chance for me at that

time to get into a brand name and a great profile.

I had 4 rounds of interview here before selection –

First a basic round of screening with the Area HR.

Second was a round of interview with the Regional Head – HR \

Third was a round of interview with the Regional Head of Operations

Fourth and final round with Chief People Officer – Entire Group

The entire process took almost 15 days and finally after my fourth round I was

given the offer letter. I got a job within a month of the Company X Mishap.

I am grateful and thankful to god that although I faced a hard time but I

emerged successful.

And it's not only me, all the 10 of us emerged out of this situation with flying

colours and are today working with great companies with very good profiles.

Moral of the Story – As our dear Bala Sir has very rightly said “Problems Are

Oppurtunities”, all you need is the right attitude.

Thanks

Best Regards

Jayati


Kanika Gupta

Hello

I am Kanika Gupta

Roll No. HRD09 6218

Class: PGDM C, from BIMHRD,



Every student comes to college with a dream. Like every other student I too

had a dream of doing something by which my parents can feel proud of me.

Being from Bhopal, I had never imagined my destiny will take me to Pune. 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.

Bala Sir made us sit on one chair for 12 hours in the Mahabharata Sessions, but

that helped us not only in learning our epics but also to imbibe the good things

from it. The cultural events held in our college actually helped us in learning

team work & co-coordinating with your team workers. I realized the importance

of these things only after joining my job.

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 “. I am a

positive thinker but SBS made me a true fighter to deal with the various

complexities of life. When placements started, I was not eligible because of QT

backlog. I was little tensed because I was missing out some good companies,

but I still had a hope that God will do something good to me and then a miracle

happened. I got a call from PAT Team that I have cleared my QT Exam. (This

happened without giving the backlog exam). There was a totaling mistake

which got corrected.) I was thanking God, as I was scared of telling my parents

about the backlog exam and also I was not able to sit for placements. God was

there with me at every stage supporting & giving me courage. I started sitting

for companies. I sat for almost 9 companies, out of which I used to clear GD for

almost every company, but somehow I was not able to clear the interview.

When XYZ Company came for placement, I was not very keen about it.

Although the company was one of the big groups in India, still the profile was

not known to us. Also, the company was open for two colleges. I went for the

company's presentation. But I felt that today also the same thing will happen...

I will be shortlisted and then rejected from interview.

The process started at 3'o clock in the day. I felt that today also I will clear the


GD then I have to wait for the interview and when the final results will come,

my name will not appear in the list. But still I went for the GD with a positive

feeling and told my self to be optimistic. The topic for our 1st GD was “the

growth in real estate is a boon or not? The panel was observing the knowledge

& communication of each candidate. Although I made only 3 entries but I was

able to explain my points. Similar thing happened in the 2nd GD. The topic was

GST should be implemented or not?

My interview was very generic. It was not exactly a formal interview. Instead I

had a conversation with my panel members. When I came out from the

interview room, I felt that today I have given the worst interview. I felt as if I

was answering to the questions bluntly, without even giving a though. But, I got

selected...I was happy, was dancing around and celebrating with my friends.

But inside I was quietly thanking God, Bala Sir and his support for the students.

He has always inspired me to be positive in life. Although I have barely

interacted with him. I still go by his words “Problems are Opportunities”. Today

my parents and my family members are happy to see me at this level. And this

is all because of Bala Sir's motivation.

The Experience that you cherish:-

As soon as the interview was over, I went back to eat something as it was late

in the night around 9:30 pm. Then I came back to the building expecting that

may be my name will appear in the list. But after coming back I learnt that the

selected girl has been called inside to talk about something. So, I just picked my

bag & started heading towards my hostel. Suddenly, I was called inside. So I

came back rushing & went inside.

The panel said that we have selected you but don't disclose it outside because

we want to announce it in front of everybody. The blood rushed across my

body. I felt sick to my stomach for no reason... it was just that I was extremely

happy... I still cherish that moment and it brings smile to my face.

Company Processes-

a.) GD Topic:

We had 2 GD rounds:

1. Growth in real estate is a boon?

2. GST should be implemented or not?

b.) Interview Questions & answers:-

1. Why did you do MBA after B.Sc (Biotech)?

I did not want to go in research. Also, I had interest in learning market trends

and what's going on in the market.

2. You have lot of experience in media, so how will you implement it in our

company (if selected)?

Since I have worked with media that too for Business shows, so I observe

things minutely and I am aware of market dynamics. I think this quality is

required in every job assignment.


3. Questions about my family back ground.

c.) The offer letter etc

There was no bond. We had a Probation period of 1 year. This was made clear

in the beginning itself. The company's HR was in regular contact with all 4 of us.

We were given Appointment advice and the Offer letter was given on the date

of joining. The panels still remember their visit to our college and they always

say that the quality of students in Sri Balaji Society is very high. Also, they say

that the hospitality they got in our college is unforgettable.

Regards,

Kanika Gupta

Name: Mr.Kanthi Kiran Dommety Registration number HRD O9-6130 BIMHRD DUAL –B Batch :2009-11 batch

Hope all my juniors in SBS are doing well. I know it's a wonderful place to be .All of you must have come here with some or the other goals, dreams and aspirations. The world out here outside the college is very challenging yet interestingly full of opportunities. I was placed in a freight forwarding and logistics company. It's a German company based at Schindellegi, Switzerland. This was my 12th company.

Now coming to my experiences during campus placements, I have sat for 15 companies on a whole. I was interested in fields of logistics, supply chain and retail (because it had a lot to do with logistics and supply chain management). One of my first companies was a Retail chain. I really wanted to get into this company and did well until the last round of interview. I was rejected as I was not able to give a convincing solution to a real time situation they experienced in their stores. I felt bad not because I was rejected but because I was incapable of giving a solution. Later I sat for companies dealing with real-estate. The 7th company i sat for was a real estate company from Delhi and 9th company was a realestate company from Mumbai.

Kanthi Kiran Dommety


I got through the one from Mumbai but results came so late that I already signed my offer letter with my present company. I did sit for an IT company which was my 10th company, I made it upto to the last round but was rejected there as I was not from engineering background.The GD Topics I faced in my placement endeavor were

1. Leadership vs. collaborative working2. What if the sky was red?3. Should gay marriages be legalized?4. With whom should India maintain good relations China or USA?5. Do you believe in this statement “MBA's are over rated in India”?6. India 20207. Is corruption a necessary evil? 8. Is television an idiot box?9. What is Just in time?

In a GD please remember speaking for a longer is not important, speaking sense is important, people will recognize you so be patient and speak points which are apt to the topic. To lead a GD doesn't mean you talk the most it means you collaboratively enable the group to put their points and enable the group to come to a conclusion. Never lose your patience in a GD and always sit in a confident posture. If the GD is reaching a chaotic state then it is always better to take an initiative and control the group by calming them down.

Most common personal interview questions asked are. .1. Tell me about yourself?Tell them your name, the place where you come from, the college you are from, a brief about your parents is always appreciated, tell them about your hobbies(but make sure you have sound knowledge over them. I told my hobby was cooking so I was asked to elaborate on making chicken curry in a interview).an important point to note is never beat around the bush.

Make sure you highlight your achievements and take at least a minute's time to answer this particular question. 2. What do you know about our company?3. Why should I take you? 4. Why should I reject you?5. I was grilled on geography in the company I finally got selected. It was a logistics company so they needed sound knowledge of geography. 6. I was asked about how a mutual fund company operates when I sat for a mutual fund company.7. I was asked to sell an empty water bottle on the spot to the interviewer.8. Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line in our company?9. Why did you choose this stream in MBA?


An interesting situation I would like to share happened with a company into mutual funds business. I was not really interested but I sat for it in desperation that I am not getting place even in the 60th company that visited the campus. I and my friend Neeta were out in the first round which was an aptitude test.

The test was for 32 marks and we scored 24 each, which was a fair score.

But the panel had to select only few for their interviews so they increased the cut-off and called people matching their unknown criteria for the final round of interviews. We came to know that people with scores less than us were also called for some unknown reason.

My friend really wanted to get into the company as the profile they were offering was good (relationship manager).

I asked her whether she really wanted to get into this company, she said yes. So I took her and walked up to the head HR and explained him why she really wanted to get into this company. So he told we will see her if we don't get enough people at the end of their interviews.

We waited for 2 hrs and then Neeta left in frustration, but after 3 hrs the head HR came up to me and asked me where is that girl? He told me to call her for the interview. Out of 100 people who sat for the company only 2 were selected and Neeta was one of them. So never loose hope

Selecting a right company:

While selecting a company make sure it is in a business model which has scope, a good brand is always advisable and off course the package on your mind.

I finally got placed in a company I really wanted to get into. And my dream of getting into a logistics company came true but with a package (2.16 lacs) less than others but still I am happy with my job.

I am happy because I got what I wished for. Make sure that the company is mentioning the profile very precisely. If you are not clear with the profile make sure you clarify with the company before taking your offer letter. Make sure the profile matches your capabilities and the take the final call.

I know money is important but it is not everything.

I have an education loan of 8 lacs too, but I felt it was a chance I can take for my dream. Be a chooser. . Never let life choose want you want.

After all what you have is a single life. . “.If you think you are small and cannot achieve what you want then I suppose you never slept with a mosquito under your blanket”

I am thankful to Bala sir, PAT and the college for all the efforts they put in, in my placement endeavor. “All the very best to all my juniors


Kaustav Banerjee

I am Mr. Kaustav Banerjee.

Registration Number- HRD-09-6355

Class- PM & HRD

Division Dual D from BIMHRD.

Academic year : 2009-11

Hi &I got placed in XYZ ltd. company which deals in manufacturing of chemical

based products. Just to let all of you know that I had attended almost 15

company processes & finally got placed after that.

It gives me immense pleasure to write my experience about my Campus

placement.

The placement process started from the month of October when the first

company visited our campus . I cleared both the basic criteria of attendance

and no backlogs . It was a tough time, a time to prove myself and achieve what

I have aimed in my life. Though one can start realizing worries and peer

pressures as we 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! Only the keyword is patience and never ending effort . It's a time to

capture the positive feeling and overcome the negative ones. The family ,

friends and colleagues play a very supportive role in ones life . They are the one

who motivates & encourage to move towards the path of success.

Emotions:

It's a feel of mixed emotions. I was standing at a very crucial stage of my life.

The feeling of anxiety , tension ,competitive environment , responsibilities and

the zeal to achieve my goal surrounded me. It was fight for the success. It was

time to prove my potential and capabilities not only to others but also to myself.

So,it was the time to learn from your failures & to use those three

golden(Problems are oppurtunities) words in the practical sense.

Learning moments:

I cherish those moments that taught me to be patient and calm. As without

these two your performance keeps on declining. All I could learn in every failure

was to analyze the problem area, try to rectify it & stand again .One of the most

important things which I learnt was to never compromise with your profile

against monetary value, as you can earn money at any point of time but to earn

it satisfactorily is the real success.


Company process:

This company XYZ ltd. Was an off campus process which was scheduled in the

month of April i.e. the time when maximum of your friends are already placed &

few have joined the corporate world also. But one thing which kept me alive &

confident for the process was the steps I have taken to rectify mistakes that I

had done during the early processes.

The day I got to sit in another company XYZ ltd.. There were 4 of us (as only

male candidates) were to be scrutinized as asked by the company. The final

selection process consisted of 3 rounds.

Video Conference

Aptitude test(Only for shortlisted candidates)

Personal interview with President HR

Video Conference

During video conferencing it was all general questions about family background

& as usual the inevitable question “WHY HR? being an engineer..” One major

question that was asked was “what is your inner quality which drives u crazy

abut HR.?” I simply said it's the immense scope which is there in this field & the

importance of the same in a company. The smile that runs a company is being

driven by a HR deptt. & that's what I want to do in my life. I guess this was a

bit of impactful answer for them. Then came the short listing which was

comprised of two persons excluding me. But after few minutes they added my

name also in the list. After this we need to report to their corporate Office on a

said date for the next two rounds.

Aptitude test

It was more of a management entrance test comprised of basic questions to

check analytical & reasoning abilities.

Personal Interview with President HR

It was a short interview which lasted only for about 10 to 12 minutes. There

was only him sitting for the interview so I was a bit relaxed for the same.

Q1 : What is the boiling temperature of Blast furnace.

Ans: I don't remember exactly but it somewhere between 1000-15000 C.

He asked me even after having a technical background / Electrical engg U don't

remember such things. I Somehow I justified that its more of a HR which

resides within me that's why I couldn't remember about the thing but c my

honesty I told the truth.

Q2 : We have a club here which is of national standard .Tell me an idea as how

to increase the membership in Club?

Ans: I would suggest that we can relate it with reward & recognition scheme.

Wherein we can keep a scheme that every member who can increase the

membership by volunteering as an internal brand person will be getting some

sort of recognition.


Another option can be make people mandatory to come for initial two to three

days & then try to make them understand why it should be more of a need than

a compulsion for them to come to club.

Q3: Explain about your value addition to the company during your internship?

Ans: The greatest contribution was the initiatives I have taken over there to cut

down their recruitment cost. I explained the whole project & somehow related

everything with some sort of value addition for the company.

Other questions were not so important.

What I felt was important for him to know was whether the person have

thinking abilities or not. If a person do have the ability to think then he/she can

atleast try to drive a certain process.

Learnings:





Be thorough with the current affairs. Do lot of reading relating to economy, read

varied articles in business newspapers as this will give you points and ideas for

essay writing and group discussion.

Be thorough with your project as many questions are asked from the project.

And have an in-depth knowledge about your subject and field (finance,

marketing). Last but not the least, BE VERY CONFIDENT while speaking. Please

don't loose hope at any part of your life & don't stop loving your college &

specially BALA sir (The living Legend).

Adding to this I would say your success composition is driven like this : Good

Luck(20 %) + Hard work( 40 %) + Smart Work( 40 %)= SUCCESS

The best ROI I got after all these was a good company , a good profile & me

transformed into a more passionate HR person with a creative mind.

All the best,

Regards,

Kaustav Banerjee

BIMHRD(2009-2011)

HRD-09-6355

THANK YOU BALA SIR,SBS,BIMHRD& all those who helped me knowingly or

unknowingly for transforming me into a corporate citizen.


Kaveri Sinha

Kaveri Sinha


Class- Marketing & IT

Division Dual A from BIMHRD.


Hi All,

I got placed in Company W. The company was into IT solutions and services. It

was late during the placement season and I was still looking for a job. So, my

main focus lied in getting through a company that came through college.

Nevertheless, that day brought a little happiness into my otherwise uneventful

life then. It was late in March when this company W came into the campus. I

was standing at a point where I was confused and frustrated. Everyone

understands how it is to see people walking out of the door with a job offer

letter. I had my share of the time to watch others walk away with victory and

today it was my day. I was worried as well as happy as I was clearing the

various rounds (an extensive explanation of the process is described later). I

was not sure whether I wanted it or not. But it was my fate and I played well

along the lines.

Emotions:

Emotions were inclined on taking a roller-coaster ride every second. I had faith

and I was expecting fair enough deal for me. But my every attempt was already

an outcome of failed enthusiasm. I was not allowed to sit for placements for

first 80 companies. The battle was already half lost for me. But like a fighter I

kept going. Disappointment was everywhere but still deep down I knew

something good was waiting.

Learning moments:

This too shall pass. This was my biggest learning during the whole placement

season. No matter the moment was good or bad every passing moment was a

learning on its own. Several rounds of GD/Interviews/tests of several companies

definitely made me more aware about the world. Each and every minute of the

whole 2 years was a learning phase in all our lives.

Company process:

The process for this company was a campus process. All the four colleges from

Sri Balaji Society participated in this placement process. There were 2

representatives from the company for the process. The company belonged to an

entrepreneur who gave us the whole jest of the company and the process that

was going to be. The whole process was based on elimination rounds which

consisted of the following:

Group Discussion

Telephonic case study


Personal Interview

Group Discussion:

My group consisted of eight people. The topic given to us was

“governmentprivatization?''

Before the GD stared, the recruiters made it clear that they were looking for

people who were aggressive and adamant. This definitely proved as a pointer

for us and I played my cards. At the end I was asked to sum up the entire

Group Discussion. So I took couple of points from everybody's discussion and

managed to sum it up pretty well.

Telephonic case study

Case study:

You are a sales person from any of the mobile service provider and you need to

call in people from other providers and pitch in your plan and convince them to

switch/buy your plan.

we all were given 30 minutes to think about it and prepare ourselves. All that I

could pick up from other people's experience is that the recruiters on the other

end were giving them difficult time over the call. However, when I went ahead,

this is what happened:

ME: good afternoon sir, I am from Airtel. Could you please let me know if it's a

good time to talk to you.

Recruiters: yes, go ahead.

Me: Thank a lot. This is regarding the new plan that Airtel is offering. Please

tell me which service provider are you using?

Recruiter: Airtel.

Me: that sounds good. So the plan that we have to offer is XXXXXX.

Recruiter: well I have the same plan that you are telling me about. Tell me

what would you like to tell me more?

[at this point I was little out of words. However I continued]

Me: well the plan that you are using is the older version of the same plan, and

in the latest one we have few more offerings that has been added. Would you

like me to explain that to you?

Recruiter: sure, why don't you take and appointment and meet me.

[well that is how I cleared my second round]

Personal Interview:

Honestly I do not remember the exact questions that were asked nor do I

remember my answers to it. But the interview went pretty well. The general

questions asked were:

Tell me something about yourself?

Ans: Well this is one question for which everyone has a prepared answer

The flow in which the answer went was:

Personal information (a bit about where I belonged to, family members and

their occupation)

Educational information (starting from primary school to MBA)


Hobbies and likings (be very careful here as you will be questioned on whatever

you answer. Do not say reading novels if you have barely read 10 novels in life.

That really doesn't count as a hobby) My hobby had been blogging for a very

long time and this impressed the recruiters. As the job that I was about to get

included extensive writing skills like web page content making, manual making,

company brochure making, catalogues for customers etc. so they asked me few

question regarding around these lines.

Results:

The result was not declared that day and we had to wait for 3 more days as the

process was on Friday and it was off on Saturdays and Sundays. So the

anticipation was making me undergo several mood swings. One moment I

wanted to be there, and very next moment I wish I was not selected, I could

get a chance to sit for better companies. I can't say those 3 days were bad but

they made me feel like an electron particle, restless and highly unstable.

Monday we were expecting the results but they said they needed more time.

Nothing was worse than that as there was another company process which we

had to attend and that too in Mumbai. I wished the company told me whether

they were taking me or not at that very moment. Monday morning at 4:30am I

had to start another journey and I had no idea what will be the course of the

future for me. If I am selected in the company W, and if I will be right from the

middle of the next process I will get up and go away, smiling that I already have

a job. Or will my journey continue. I was confused and anxious to death. That's

the only way I can explain it.

However, the results were out on Tuesday and I do not need to say how it felt.

Learning:

Speaking the truth is very good but speaking the truth in the words that person

in front of you wants to hear is all the more important. Never forget that. 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. Be Patient there will be

one day that will totally be yours. Learn and read thoroughly about the

company you are applying for. Be thorough with the current affairs. Do lot of

reading relating to economy, read varied articles in business newspapers as this

will give you points and ideas for essay writing and group discussion. Be

thorough with your project as many questions are asked from the project. And

have an in-depth knowledge about your subject and field (finance, marketing).

Do not loose confidence. Please don't lose hope at any part of your life and

always remember “this too shall pass, no matter good or bad”

All the best,

Regards,

Kaverisinha


Kavish Sehgal

HRD-09-6132I am Mr. Kavish SehgalRegistration Number HRD-09-6132,from Dual C, BIMHRD,from the academic year 2009-11passed out on 26th APril 2011.My specialisation is in Marketing and finance.

I am finally placed in COMPANY NO. 7.

MY CAMPUS PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE:

Placement: One of the best things that ever happened to me. Although at first it dint seem so happening, I always wanted to crack no. 1 company, as it offered an exciting package. I thought that getting through the 1st company will make everything easy, as there were no rules & criteria. But it somehow dint happen. I could not get through and my dream to get placed in the beginning got shattered. I could not sit for the next 10-15 companies, coz I had a backlog in QT, and the next 1 month was the TOUGHEST period of my life. The call was from one of my class mate and he said I secured 55 in the backlog exam. I could not understand what he said at first as I was half asleep, and when I did, I was so very happy. Immediately got ready and went to the auditorium, to listen to the announcements for the next companies in the campus. When I entered the audi, it felt like a completely different place from what it seemed like a month back.The company I got through was the 7th company I sat for. There were 2 more companies in the campus that day. I sat for the 1st company and got through the 2 GD rounds. Then we had to wait for the PIs but I was not not able to clear the PI of the company, so I was quite disheartened. So within that gap of two hours, I sat for this company.

The topic we got for the GD was “CORRUPTION IN INDIA”. I gave 3 relevant points and gave the conclusion for the group, saying that Corruption is that kind of disease that is just hampering India's growth and it is stopping India from becoming an world power and this problem needs to be solved as early as possible.The GD was overall whole mess and no body was ready to listen to anyone but I kept my cool and calm and I never got aggressive and I just kept on giving my points in a decent way but overall I was not at all satisfied with my GD performace and I never expected that I will ever clear this round.But with God's grace it happened for me.


After an hour the results for the GD were declared and I was the only one from my group who got through. I then went for the Personal Interview.

I was asked around 5 questions, 2 of them, purely based on marketing skills, 1 from the CV, two questions about Personal Background. The questions were:

1. What is your idea for Branding a REAL ESTATE FIRM? Ans. Branding via channel partners & conducting national and international exhibitions is the best and the fastest way to brand a real estate firm, as word of mouth and visibility are the two most important factors in the real estate industry. 2. How would you satisfy a customer who is not happy with your service? (The question was asked using a situation)Ans. I would 1st understand the issue. Then will confirm from my company the reason for the delay. If I find the reason genuine, I'l explain it to the client. If it has been a mistake on the company's part, I will try to rectify the problem as soon as possible, giving the customer a proper compensation, to retain the impression and the customer.3. If we post you in Amritsar, will you be comfortable working their?Ans. No, as there wont be any exposure in that city.4. What all things are famous in Amritsar.?Ans. I answered this question very easily as I was fully aware of it.5. Which new major hotel project is coming up in Amritsar.?Ans. It was Grand Hyatt.i answered it easily.6. Your father is a business man and then why you don't want to join your father's business.?Ans.I think that there is not much exposure in Amritsar as it is a small city and I want to be independent in my life and excell on my own to move my career to an excellent dirction.And the interview ended.The results were declared after two days.The offer letters were sent to us on the personal mails as well as to the college PAT.It was difficult to realize that I was placed for the next two days that I was PLACED, but when I did, it was the most beautiful feeling I ever had.Here I am now, working with this real estate company, as an EXECUTIVE CORPORATE SALES, posted in Jodhpur, with a fairly good salary.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.

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 Real estate Field.Hence… I would just like to say that PLACEMENTS ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF OUR LIVES, WHICH WE REALIZE ONCE THOSE DAYS ARE GONE. I wish I could relive those days….!!!!Thank YouKavish SehgalBIMHRD, Dual C.2009-11 Batch.

Academic Year :2009-11

Kinnari Sahay

Kinnari SahayHRD-09-6315 PM & HRDBIMHRD

Campus placement experience for me was a real small journey. XYZ was the first company I sat for and the placement fever and feelings were still about to sync in. Got placed in November itself, but still saw a plethora of emotions of joy, pride, happiness, anxiety, nervousness, anger, competition, and winning spirit, let go attitude, yet to get serious attitude, sadness, disappointment and many more when my friends were getting placed.The day XYZ came to our College -Entered the Auditorium quietly, to see that so many people are competing, for the same few positions. Thought I should loose hopes as XYZ is one amongst the Big Four Consulting Firms and they must be looking for only those candidates who have already done internship from them or have an amazing work experience. So, when they shortlisted the CVs for Internship and my CV did not get through, that means they are looking for some other kind of knowledge base or maybe already experienced candidates. But then, at the same time this feeling popped in that, this is just the first one…and there are many more to come! So, let's just take learning's from this one and apply them in the next one. So, I got a little relieved and trust me that really helped me. All the tensions were gone and I was just doing it for fun and learning.The First Round –


The first round I remember was what they called “Versant” which was basically a spoken language test to understand your capability of communicating with US clients and also to comprehend various accents used by them. We were taken in batches of 10 to the staff seating area near the auditorium where individual phones were provided to take the test, as it was a computer generated test. There were various sub rounds and they were all pretty easy where we were supposed to repeat what the speaker is saying in a different accent, to respond to speaker when they ask for a multiple choice question, to give a subjective answer to an open ended question etc.This was one of the elimination rounds but very few of us couldn't get through and the recruiter told us that, this college has one of the best performances in Versant.Vantage-The next round was 'Vantage' which was basically to test the grammar, reading comprehension and command on English language of a candidate. This was a computer based test and was pretty easy again. Almost everyone got through this one.Group Discussion –Group Discussion was the next round. We were divided in groups of 8 to 10 and were made to carry out the GD. The first topic given was Commonwealth Games which did not really go well as it became more of information sharing session rather than a discussion. The Moderator was not quite impressed with the group and she gave another topic to discuss which was 'Which Motivational Theory is the most effective one'. I loved the topic being from Psychology background and specialized in Organizational Behavior. The GD's went on till some 10 pm in the night and we were all super tired waiting for the results. When the results were announced I was pretty sure I would get through, but did not really expect that only two people from our group would be selected. Guess you should expect the unexpected from the placements !!!First Round of Interview –Then the shortlisted people had to go through the first round of interview. Around 18 of us were there from the entire HR Batch and a panel of 2 people was present. I was extremely tired and exhausted as the process was going on since morning and it was 10 in the night. Finally, my turn came and they asked me more about my Academic Background since I did three Masters and they were curious to know why. Then they asked me some subject related questions too. One of them I remembered was on Emotional Intelligence and also which Psychologists inspires me the most and why.The round went okay and announced the results that very day as the Final Interview was about to happen a day after it. I was more than happy to get shortlisted, now it was no more a learning experience and my anxiety levels reach to their pinnacle as I was so close to getting placed.The Final Interview –Finally it was 'The D Day'! We were six of us who finally got shortlisted for the Final interview. Two from BIMM and for of us from BIMHRD. The competition


was tough. Everybody wanted to get through. Two of the candidates who already did internship from XYZ told us that the Talent Head is going to be there for the Final Round and he is very particular about asking all the laws and technical questions. So, we were busy mugging up the years of amendments and limits of various acts, while waiting for our turn. All anxious faces around and tension levels were mounting up.The interview was in Bala sir's Office, which was all the more tension some. Everybody who was shortlisted had some kind of previous Work experience except me, so the only thing coming to my mind at that point of time was that chances are real bleak, but I have to give it my best shot. I was the 2nd one to be interviewed and finally my turn came. I could not get to interact much with the first candidate as there was no time in the transition and I was called immediately. So, I was clueless about what are they going to ask and how should I respond.Finally, I was inside, right in front of a huge panel with some 6 people which included various recruiters, HR Managers and the Talent Head of Deloitte, himself. There was no table kept in between and it seems that the panel is observing each and every action of yours. It is surely very intimidating and I still get shivers when I think about it now. The Talent Head just kept observing me and various other people asked questions. I was asked questions about Leadership theories, My internship experience, Freud's psychoanalytic theory, my score and academic graph and other such things. The interview continued for some 15 long minutes and when I was out I was really sweating but relieved in a sense that it was over. Then there were two candidates who started crying after they came out and I was zapped as to what was asked.

Finally, all interviews got over and we were all called to Bala Sir's room again and Talent Head asked us how the experience was. I told him that it was nice for me but it seems you were really harsh on some people. We just had a good laugh and he announced three names which included mine and told them to step forward. Then he thanked the rest of the three and told us that you guys are selected. I could not really believe that it was true. Can't really explain it in words how I felt at that point of time. It was extreme joy and then they gave us XYZ T- shirts and told us to join them for Dinner that night. The Placement experience for me was super awesome and surely was a learning experience. Hope I am able to translate at least some part of what I felt through my words here and hope this is of some benefit to the coming HR Batches and candidates who aspire to be in XYZ.With this I really want to thank Bala Sir and the entire placement team at Balaji Society for making it a smooth transition for me, from Campus to Corporate World !!!


Kritika Nuwal

I am Kritika Nuwal


Class-Marketing, Division" B" from BIMHRD

From the Academic Year 2009-11

I got placed with XYZ bank ,though I managed to take the placement not from

college but from outside as I was only gunning for companies from Pune, but

then also I would like to share my experience which was very enthusiastic and I

learned a lot from it.

My placement experience: Before joining Balaji college I had a big fear at the

back of my mind coz there is a lot of difference in pursuing MBA and pursuing

graduation, its altogether a different feeling, in graduation I had barely attended

some classes and lectures coz it was such a relax feeling that as it is I have to

do MBA, so why not have all the fun in graduation………………

Then comes my MBA life, before searching for colleges, only one thing hovered

in my mind and which is the college wherin in I would get exposed to the best

experiences of placements ,though I never wanted to pursue job but than too

looking at the enthusiasm of my friends I was up for it,and was searching best

of the colleges of Pune, so one of my friend suggested me Balaji college ,I went

through the entire process and got through BIMHRD,though I was gunning for

BIMM as it being a flagship brand ,but then went for BIMHRD, wherein I was

taught a lot many new things which perhaps I wouldn'nt have if I would have

even joined any other college,rigourous classes and schedule sweated me day

in and nights ,for 1st 6 months it was very tough but gradually with time I

accepeted it with the perspective that this would help me out during my

placement and when I would join corporate world which actually helped a lot.

Then came the most critical time,,placements !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In each and everybod's mind only one word flashed which is placement, and

from the beginning I was only gunning for companies of Pune and that too

FMCG as my project training was also into FMCG and it interested me a lot ,I

was a defaulter as due to attendance shortage I wasn't allowed to sit for first

few good companies, it was pestering me a lot, as I use to feel that after

putting in so many efforts if I would have managed to attend some few more

classes I would have bagged the opportunity to sit in those companies as well,

but I didn't loose hope ,I with all my spirits up waited eagerly to sit in the

companies placement processes ,I knew I had to even do some homework on

my newspaper reading skills which time and again was told to us by our higher


ups,but barely I use to follow it, but I started it during the end moment which

also I regret about as t thought I should have done it long back. I realized that

when I was encountered with unusual topics in G.D which made me feel that I

have not enough knowledge compared to my counterparts, it feels I stood no

where ,then I started taking things seriously which led me to crack G.D of two

three odd companies ,after G.D sometimes I couldn't get through either apti or

interview ,,,did lot of practice by either asking all of

the friends who use to get though that how did they answered in the

interviews, and taking help

I sat for only company's from pune:

So sat In 2-3 companies:

First company wherin I cleared my G.D and P.I was a job portal company, The

processes which I had to go through were:

a)G.D which got through, topic was f.d.i in retail sector a good or a bad layout

in India

b)Aptitude: Also got though (which included very general questions)

c) 2rounds of P.I :got thru one wherein I was asked questions likea) Tell me

something about yourself b)why you want to join our company c)what do you

actually know sales is all about?

Got thru this but got stuck up in another round of p.i .

It really made me upset but did'nt loose hope

2nd company which I sat in was a FMCG firm from Pune. I tried my level best to

get though it, and I managed to get through all the rounds, as I was very

determined that may what come I atleast would get it by hook or by cook ,it

took me though 3 rounds with G.D followed by 2 round of P.I's, I cleared all of

them ,

G.D topic dicussed here was:

Whether advertising and media has impacted the youth culture or not?

I was for the topic and got thru the G.D round

Then was P.I:which included all the questions related to My project as my

project was also into FMCG firm and the company came was also FMCG firm so

they almost asked all questions related to distribution channel , visibility

enhanceMent etc.

2nd round of interview with regional head of pune:it also included all the

questions related to my project .

After that what was pending was results so I just ,crossed my fingers and was

waiting keenly for the results, I had a ray of hope that I would get through this,

but unfortunately I got to know that they took none of the student from Balaji


instead recruited from NarseeMonjee ,was very disappointed and cribbing

alot,…that moment and for few days I was very dejected ,but didn't loose hope

and tried for other company's from pune and then I managed to get placed in

Pune where I wanted to…………

Learnin from the entire placement process:

One need to be very patient in the entire placement proceesss,coz it will happen

only when you are destined to be placed ,its 60% hard work and 40%fate,so

wait for your day to come and don't loose hope till the end ,strive for the best

and you'll get one. This college has given me a platform from where I have

grown as a person in all fields….So good luck to all of you all who'll encounter

the same

I am Leishangthem Debina Chanu.Roll No. HRD09 6135Class: PGDM B, from BIMHRD, Specialization –Marketing & IT,Academic year: 2009-2011, passed out on 29th April 2011 Glad to write my placement experience.

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.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...".

The process for this company was not that grilling. This was the third company i was sitting for after I had cleared the papers and I was lucky to be placed quite early and in one of the biggest brands in the country.I enjoyed the process and took everything as it came.The profile was not related to sales and marketing and they gave much importanec to the communicatins skills of the students. My friends told me that I had a chance in this company and I sat for the GD and plus its a good brand to start building my career so I sat for the GD. The panel consisted of 3 people.

Leishangthem Debina Chanu


There were 2 rounds:1) GROUP DISCUSSION2) FINAL INTERVIEW

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 second last group and My GD topic was an abstract one" RED".

We were 11 people in the group and as the coordinator shot the topic most of the students in the group started speaking and there was a chaos for few minutes, then i heard some points and decided to pitch in the 3 or 4th minute .Everyone was given a chance to put his/her point.After about 7 -8 minutes the coordinator asked to stop.I was quite confident that I will get selected.We waited for almost an hour for the result of the GD.

Then the results for the first round were declared and five of us had cleared the round,totlly four of my classmates had cleared the GD.Then started the PI.

The company had come for the “Trainee CRM(Customer Relation Management)” profile,probation period of 6 months.

The interview started and it was very general with questions likeTell us about yourself.HobbiesMy Strengths and weaknessesWhy do you want to join this company?Growth perspectives,where do I see myself in the next 5 years?Why Telecom Industry?Any work experience.Family.Why should we hire you?

At the end ,I had put some questions answered to the interviewers :Which are the other cities in case I want to shift in the same company.What is the speed and level of promotion possible in 1 year .The increase in salary after the probation period.The increase in salary in case of promotion.

So this in turn portrayed a positive image that I might work in the company for long and would want to grow in time in the company.My interview was very good and I was quite confident that I'll be selected

Throughout the interview the interviewers paid importance on the communication skills,confidence level and communication skills.


Most important things to be kept in mind:ConfidenceCommunication SkillsDo not go for only high packageSelect companies acccording to the brand and profile.This does not mean that one should be very selective and sit for only few companies.Try sitting in as many companies as possisble.It becomes a good experience and you get more confident.

Strive for excellence, work on improving your skills, be kind and be happy.trust on your dream you will no longer in wrong direction. Chase them all day and night , you will never feel any burden.

My wait was over and I was finally selected.A total of 18 of us were selected from all the four colleges. It was a dream come true.15th December was the day and we had to join the company on 20th of December.This was again a positive point that I would start working earlire than others.

My parents were overwhelmed with joy as I called them up. 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 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.The strict schedule in the college and going to college for more than 9 hours daily really helped and one starts realising this after you start working.Life after college is not easy.

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!

According to me, the process for this company was not that grilling. I could sail through the whole thing calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. I wish all my juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their endeavors.

Regards,L.Debina Chanu.


Madhur Gupta

I am Mr. Madhur Gupta,


from Class Finance – 1, from BIMHRD,

from academic year 2009-2011,

passed out on 25th April 2011,

My specialization is in Finance.

I have always heard about my seniors their experience of Interview and of

various tips they shared with us as juniors, and when it comes to me face this

judgement day, I really felt how helpful it is to learn from their experience, as I

share this experience of mine of Campus Placement I am sure you will all agree

with me.

I am one of those fortunate students of BIMHRD who got placement into one of

SAP Consultantcompany, and my sincere thanks to Bala Sir, for giving us that

basic training on SAP apart from college regular classes, it has proven really

helpful for me to clear a very important stage of my Campus Placement.

As the placement season began for our batch I was really uncertain as it was an

instruction from Bala Sir that no SAP student will sit in Non-SAP companies, also

as there were very few SAP companies to come into campus so I was really

uncertain about my future. It was first company to come into our college for

SAP, and it had taken me by complete surprise as I was discussing with one of

my class mate that I should start preparing for placement. But here it is, before

I can gather myself the judgement-day had arrived. The fear of being

unprepared was really bringing down my confidence but thats what Balaji has

taught me “Problems are Opportunities” and this was the best time to prove this

statement true.

As I reached to the college the auditorium was almost filled, They started with a

small pre-placement talk where they brief us about the company, the profile

they have offered and the work-culture over there. After this briefing the

process started. It was made clear that there was going to be a test based on

CAT pattern also containing technical question based on respective module in

written for SAP trained people. At first I got nervous because clearing such type

of test has always been tough because there are always tough cut-off lines to

be cleared. But then I remember what my senior have told me, have confidence

within you that you can do it, most important for you to get a good job, also my

seniors have told me that when its your day then everything falls in place. The

test was pretty standard and we have around 20-25 technical questions based

on the basics of our FI-CO module, thanks to our SAP teacher and Anand Sir

who have taught us SAP. Also there were 20-25 questions made up of mixture

of mathematics, logical,reasoning and English verbal section, similar to CAT

format. It was mandatory to clear all the sections to get through the first round.


This section cut off condition had really made me nervous, clearing such tests

has always been an uphill task for me, and also we had to solve 50 questions

within 45 minutes which made this test challenging. As I cleared the first round

I got utter confidence that now is the chance, today might be my day.

The second round was Group discussion round, we have a group of fifteen all

related to same module FI-CO, we have been provided with the case study on

which we have to discuss, remembering again my seniors advice that always try

to take initiative in GD, I read the case quickly, taking a summary of it, as the

auditor gave us the green signal I initiated the GD, which not only gave me

some extra edge over others but also some confidence. Auditor himself

admitted in the end that taking initiative had really given some points extra.

The last round was HR interview round, up to this point I was full of confidence

and doing well, but no means how many round you have cleared your heart

beat always starts beating faster when you are about to enter your next phase.

As I enter the interview room I calm myself, the interview went well, they asked

me about my family background and were just pressing me to know if I will

leave their organization after getting the experience, I convince them about my

willingness to work for their organization for long.

At last HR asked me a question related to the job profile, as we were aware of

the job profile IT Consultant, he asked me “ What is Consultancy and why is it

difficult?” well at first I got no answer but it was not necessary for me to hurry

at all and I can take my time, what was required of me is to be focus and calm,

I answered the question after thinking a while, after rehearsing the answer in

my mind quickly, “ Consultancy is understanding your Client, your client is not a

machine it's a Human which makes it the most difficult, understanding the other

Human. I don't know how close I was with the answer but as they say when it's

your day everything falls in place but you also need to remember the basics and

should learn from others experience so that you don't make same mistake as

they have made.

As my name appears on the final list of selected, I was filled with feeling of

happiness and completeness as the hard work which I have been doing for last

2 years has helped me achieve my goal.

Friends, learning from others experience make you aware of the road ahead, no

matter how difficult it seems like small learnings from others might help you

reach to the top of your world.

I thank all my faculty Members who had taught me through these 2 years, my

friends, Special thanks to Bala Sir, and above all I thank my family for

supporting me & Inspiring through this and always.

MadhurGutpa.

BIMHRD

Landmarkers( 2009-11)


Mamta Dahiya

NAME: - Mamta Dahiya

Registration Number.: -HRD-09-6180

Division:- C from BIMHRD

Academic year: -2009-11

Passed out on:- April 2011

My specialization : - Marketing and Finance

I was finally placed in the Company X that I appeared for in the month of feb,

2011


It was a well thought and well prepared journey of two years at Sri Balaji

Society, which fruitfully ended on March 16, 2011, which marks the day when I

got place in Company X, the company of my dreams.

1st year of PGDM at Sri Balaji Society was a kind of refresher for basics that we

had done in our Graduation and to make us acquainted to the face of corporate

world.

After we were back from our Summer Internships we are were asked to pull up

our socks and gear in for the Placement Season. We had lectures with some

great faculties who taught us the subject which would help us clear rounds of

companies and also rise up in the corporate ladder. We used to be given Case

studies to get a practical exposure to Strategic thinking and planning and also

got a chance to apply what we learn in our classes.

Reading Business as well as General Newspaper was a part of our routine work

which helped us a lot in keeping our confidence during Group Discussions and

Personal Interviews






GD's and interviews till the end.

Anywas, my story was long and have shared it with you. I was clear about one

thing right from the beginning that I won't go for a company which will offer me

sales profile. No matter how big the company is or how good package them

would offer, I won't go for it. So many companies got rejected.

X company had come during the month of feb. X at that time was amongst the

few who came with a this profile of Research. Frankly speaking, I felt that since


the profile is of Research, so the preference would be students who are good

with numbers or with a background of maths as they are required to make

questionnaires at the end and its Research after all, but the day before the

company was suppose to come in the campus, my name appeared in the list of

shortlisted 25 candidates for it.

The day it was suppose to come, that day HCL Technologies had also come. I

was eager to get through it as it was IT and moreover the profile and package

was also good, but unfortunately I was unable to clear the GD only. That was

pretty dejecting, but then I had to gear up to face X, and after long hours of

wait, it was announced that it because of late process in ISBM, it would come

later. Again a bad day.

Finally the interview was on 21st feb, it was a telephonic interview, all the

selected students were there in the PAT, waiting for the HR to call. Out of the 25

students I was interviewed first. Was really nervous, as I was looking forward to

this profile...and after this company, no other company of research was coming

to the campus. The results of the shortlisted students were out with in a week's

time, and I and Ada of Dual A got shortlisted for the round in Delhi.

So now there was a hurry to get the tickets booked for Delhi.

The process began around 11-11:15 am .The process had 2 phases- Interview

and Aptitude test.

In PI, it started with very obvious question...tell me something about

yourself...followed by two –Why Marketing??? , Why not HR ?? Why Research?

What do you know about qualitative research? How would you judge a

particular advertisement? What according to you is a good or a bad

advertisement? Then few advertisements were shown, and asked how would

you rate this ad? did you like it? How do you think did it impact the consumers?

The personal introduction, and then he gave me two situations one related to

human traits and the other to sales of seasonal products and then it got

finished. Do you think this ad did a good branding of the product? Then there

was a marketing and sales question – about the dealer engagement programme

and the selling traits and after all selling of a product. And then everything went

smooth afterwards.

After the process got over with the interviews of all students, two students

followed by one after the other went in for the aptitude. At that moment, it

gave the feeling that we all are out of the league now and amongst theses 2

only, they will give offer to 1, because the company briefed that they would take

only 1 finally. But none of us left from there as we were told to wait. And during

that time i was conversing with my roommate (who was also in amongst those

40) that – can the company think of taking one girl at least for marketing,

once?? That was a sigh of relief and that happened what I was telling to my

friend.

On 16th March, I got a call from PAT saying that I and Ada have been selected

for company X. I can't tell you how I felt; I called my family and close friends to


inform them. The best part was when friends, classmates were calling and

sending messages to congratulate me. It felt great. A very special and a proud

moment of my life.

So this was the crisp experience that I went through. And today I am content

with the exposure which the company offers, the profile and the work.

I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.




All the best :)

I am Mandeep Kaur

Reg. No.- HRD09-6221

BIMHRD, Dual-C

Academic year 2009-11

Passed out in – April 2011

My specialization is in Marketing and Finance

I was finally placed in the 2nd Company that I appeared for on 2nd Nov, 2010


It was a well thought and well prepared journey of two years at Sri Balaji

Society, which fruitfully ended on Nov 2nd, 2010, which marks the day when I

got place in Company X, the company of my dreams.

I was placed well in the beginning of the placement season wherein I appeared

only for two companies and by Gods' grace, got place in the second attempt.

1st year of PGDM at Sri Balaji Society was a kind of refresher for basics that we

had done in our Graduation and to make us acquainted to the face of corporate

world.

After we were back from our Summer Internships we are were asked to pull up

our socks and gear in for the Placement Season. We had lectures with some

great faculties who taught us the subject which would help us clear rounds of

companies and also rise up in the corporate ladder. We used to be given Case

Mandeep Kaur


studies to get a practical exposure to Strategic thinking and planning and also

got a chance to apply what we learn in our classes.

Reading Business as well as General Newspaper was a part of our routine work

which helped us a lot in keeping our confidence during Group Discussions and

Personal Interviews.

I appeared for the first company on Campus which had all students appearing

for from the campus without any eligibility criteria, but unfortunately I could not

clear its round of Group Discussion and hence, was out of the selection process.

My confidence was still high because I knew that God had something better for

me in store.

Companies started visiting the campus after that, but I was not eligible for their

process because I fell short on the attendance criteria of 90%. I missed two

companies on this account. I felt bad for not having the required attendance,

but now nothing would have changed.

Then one lucky day the attendance criterion was reduced to 85% and I was

eligible for the upcoming companies. Then it was announced that Company X

would be visiting the campus, the next day i.e. Nov 1st, 2010. I wanted to give

this my best shot so I started brushing up my knowledge, went through the

current news, prepared some basic interview questions and left the rest to God.

The Company came with AVP-Knowledge Management, three Thread Leads and two HR Managers. The AVP explained to us what the company had in store for us. The company offered us the following: Profile: - Knowledge Management AnalystPOP: - Hyderabad/Bengaluru Package: - 3.76L (p.a.)

I was satisfied with the Pre-placement Talk with the managers and wanted to

go for it. They asked the interested students to stay back so that they could

begin with the process. 250 students stayed back. The process consisted of:

1. Aptitude Test/Essay

2. Group Task / Presentation

3. Versant

4. Final PI

THE SELECTION PROCESS

Without any further ado, the company began with the process:

Aptitude Test/Essay: around 250 students sat for the Aptitude test. The test was

for 30 minutes. It had simple questions based on English Grammar, Reasoning,

and mathematics. Skills required for this were: -


-Presence of mind

-concentration

-speed and,

-ability to choose the right question.

It was an easy test. After this we had an essay writing test. We were given 4

choices to select one from and write a small passage in 30 minutes.

After some time the result of the first round was announced wherein, 80

people were shortlisted. I was relieved to hear my name in that list.

Group Task/Presentation

The students shortlisted from the first round were divided into group of 8

members each for the group activity. After the groups were formed we were

given the activity. It was not a Group Discussion but it was something different

which kept us involved throughout.

The task given to us was to create a WEB PAGE for the Company's Site. The

topic was COOKING MADE EASY. We were given a chart paper and sketch pens

for the purpose. We chose a representative for our Group. In the beginning we

were very confused with what is to be done. But somehow we managed to

understand the topic and drew a webpage on the Chart. We were 30 minutes to

do this.

After this we were asked to present our thought of the Web Page to the panel

Members. All members of the group spoke about the Webpage.

Skills Tested:-

1. Leadership Skills

2. Group participation

3. Understanding of the Topic

4. Communication Skills

Points to remember- when in a group, you always need to show your presence

with new ideas and your way of communication. Body language also needs to

be taken care of.

Versant Test

After the 2nd round around 30 people were shortlisted for the Versant test.

Versant test is a test of your communication skills that includes speaking,

listening and reading. In this round we were supposed to have a conversation

with computer recorded voice which tested our communication skills.

This test was for 30 Minutes after which 20 students were shortlisted for the

Final interview.

By the end of the Versant test the time was 11pm. All students were exhausted

but all set for the interview, the next day.


Final Interview

I was having a mixed feeling of nervousness as well as confidence before the

interview. My interview was taken by the AVP-KM. it was a great honor to sit in

front of her. The interview was fairly smooth and tension free. Following

questions were asked.

Question 1:- Walk me through your CV.

Suggestion: - Be true in your CV. And be aware of everything in there.

Question 2:- What have you learnt from two years Of MBA?

Answer: - Time Management, Team Work, How to handle work and time

pressure.

Question 3:- Why Company X?

Answer: - I want to start off my corporate career with the BEST in the industry

which will give me huge scope to grow and learn.

Question 4:- how will you rank the following as per your priority – Role,

Designation, Package, Work Culture?

Answer: - Work Culture, Role, Package, Designation.

Question 5:- Do you have any questions for me?

Answer: - I enquired about my day –to –day role in the organization.

The interview lasted for around 20 minutes. I came out satisfied with my

answers but still wanted to wait for the result to be announced.

FINAL RESULT

The final result was announced around 3 pm with my name being called first. A

total of 11 students were selected from SBS.

I was super happy on hearing my name. I thanked God for giving me the best!

Piece of Advice: Be prepared for the worst and then expect the best.

Thank You.


Mandeep Singh Makkar

I am Mandeep Singh Makkar

Registration No. :HRD09-6222

BIMHRD: Dual-C

Academic year :2009-11

out in – :April 2011


It gives me immense pleasure to share my placement experience with you all.

Time flies and 2 years at Balaji Society were perhaps my best days. I still

remember the day when I stepped into the campus with loads of mixed

feelings. The only question that dreaded me was would I get into a good


good profile and package. But dreams at SBS do come true and I was no

exception. It was not an easy nut to crack. Lot of hard work was put into it. Our

College played an immense role in getting us prepared for the D Day. People

from the corporate were invited every now and then to give us light on what

actually happens in the corporate world. Reading newspapers, magazines,

solving case studies etc. were few of the steps taken by us to make the

foundation all the more strong.

During the period of placement, most of us want to get placed on the very first

day, but the worth is to get you the profile what you want regardless of the day

you get placed.

I was placed on 22 Dec. 2010 in FMCG company

The Process was as follows:

1. Presentation by company

2. Group Discussion

3. Aptitude Test


Presentation by company: The presentation was about the company

background, businesses of the company details of all the SBU's and there was

one senior from each of the SBU's explaining about the business carried out by

them, the profile they offered i.e. the growth prospects , work we have to do ,

package details. The compensation details were given at the same moment it

was quiet straight forward nothing was hidden in that. Most of us were

concentrating on the package no question came what work exactly we have to

do? But now I feel that was the most important question supposed to be

asked.Group Discussion: After the presentation, little chaos was there whether

to apply for the company or not because on the same day there were 2 more

companies. So finally 110 people turned up for the company including me.

11 Groups were made each comprising of 10 candidates; the topic given to our

group was “are indian companies better than MNC's?”


I made 3 enteries and tried to be very breif, clear and to the point with my

content.

I gave examples that this statement cannot be genralised and it depends upon

industry to industry.

(like size of Walmart is almost equal to the size of Indian retail industry, walmart

is strongest in supply chain and Indian retail companies like subiksha got closed

due to weakest supply chains etc. but if we talk about indian IT outsourcing

than Indian companies like Infosys, TCS , Wipro are better than MNCs)

After Lunch the results of Group Discussion came out and approximately 27

candidates were shortlisted and we were then asked to assemble in the

computer room for the next round.

Aptitude Test: Finally, when we assembled in the computer room, the test was

online this process was outsourced to the company named SQL, separate login

ID and Password was given, the test was bit difficult in calculations and

calculator was not allowed. Questions include more of quantitative techniques,

reasoning. The result too came from SQL only, and it was announced late in the

evening. It was a bit surprising that I cleared the same. 18 was the total

number who cleared this round.

Personal Interview:

When I entered the room, there was a 4 member panel, ( 3 of them were

present in the room and 4th one was outside the room at that time).

Q.1) Give a brief about yourself.

Q.2) What is the difference between sales and marketing?

(Meanwhile the 4th panel member entered the room and he started STARING at

me) I passed him a smile and continued answering the question asked.

Q.3) why should we believe that you have interest in sales and you can do well

in sales?

(i mentioned about my summer project that i was given a project on customer

relationship managment, but i was not getting a clear insight of CRM. Then i

asked my mentor that i want to start another project for market development &

sales side by side which can further help me in understand the customers and

maintaining good rapport with them. then i started searching for new customers

in the industrial area of Pune and I got good results in the form of new

enquiries of about Rs. 3-5 lacs. In this way my project title turned out to be

CRM & MARKET DEVELOPMENT instead of just CRM. )

Q.4) It wasn't a question but it was asked in a casual and a funny way that will i

be able to do sales at any time, in any weather conditions, through out the day

in the market. ( by that 4th panel member who was staring at me)

i answered him yes!!!

then that 4th panel member smiled at me and said in punjabi "CHAL PHER TU

AISH KAR JAA KE"

this whole conversation happened in just 4-5 minutes and i came out. the PAT


member was also surprised that i came out so early as the PI of other

candidates were for about 30-40 minutes.

I didnt tell anyone what that 4th panel member told me.

Finally all the PI got finished and around 11:30 at in the night they announced

the result and i was one of them. (total 6 were selected and 2 more were put

on the waiting list)

P.S : This was more exciting that 3 people selected from BIMHRD happened to

be classmates , hostel roommates , and then flat mates in the second year. And

now we 3 work for the same comapny ;)

All the best for juniors. Stay blessed and stay "BINDAAS"

Regards

Mandeep Singh Makkar

HRD09-6222

I am Manikant SinghRegistration no. HRD 09 6136 Dual C Marketing&FinanceBIMHRDCompany name- XYZ LtdDear All,

I am penning down the experiences of my campus placement.My placement experience was indeed a very memorable one as I got placed in the company of my preferred sector that I applied to for the placements. I was always focused right from the start of pursuing PGDM that I wanted to get a placement in financial services industry and not in any other industry. BIMHRD helped me achieve my dream. A lot of companies came to college for placement and students were getting placed gradually. I did not have to wait for long and soon I heard the news that a financial services major was coming to college for placements. This was the 1st company that I was applying for and was a little nervous as all my friends by that time had a good exposure to the interview processes by applying in various other companies that visited college for placement. From the very beginning only I had started preparing for a financial services company and hence I made myself equipped with the various financial terms like CRR, SLR, repo rate etc. I think its quite important to have a through knowledge of the terms used in the industry one prefers to join in. Also one should keep oneself aware with the latest happenings of the industry/company in which one wants to join. It is quite important to have an association between the concepts studied in classroom and the industrial circumstances one may face. A regular update of the industry keeps the aspirant determined and focused.

Manikant Singh


It has been one of the most wonderful and learning experiences at XYZ Ltd. which is a subsidiary of ZYX. The selection process consisted of Pre- Placement Talk which was very insightful followed by GD & PI. The profile which was offered was a sales profile. When the profile was explained I asked a couple of doubts as well to further clarify the profile offered. There were approximately 81 students who had applied for the company. There were 2 executives from the company in the panel along with one of the seniors who was working with this firm.

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. It is very important to know about the company profile thoroughly because sometimes the GD topics are related to the industry to which the company belongs and also company specific questions are asked during the interview to test the knowledge of the candidate.

Group Discussion There were around 9 GD groups formed. My topic of GD was"News is no more news, its entertainment"

Mine was the 3rd entry in the GD and I took a positive stance on the topic. I gave various reasons that are responsible for news becoming a means of entertainment. I gave certain statistics in support of my argument as well. I spoke thrice in the GD and my content was very good which helped me clear the first round of the selection process.Also I supported some of the students in my group. The GD went for about 25 minutes. Some of the participants became exhausted while others had no more point to talk. In the meanwhile I took the opportunity to summarize the same.The way I summarized impressed the panel The company had shortlisted 15 students for PI among which I was one of them.

Personal Interview:

Q. Tell me something about yourself/ Introduce Yourself.Ans: The structure of my answer was: Name, Place, Schooling, Graduation,Experience

Q. Tell me something about your family background.Ans: The structure of my answer was: Father's Name & occupation Mother's Name & occupation

Q. What do think is the minimum time for which you would stick to one company or role ?Ans: Minimum it would be 3-4 years since during the first two years you can just get to learn about the company and the profile. Also I explained that in the


meanwhile one should be zealous and aggressive to learn the new roles and accept challenges.

Q.What are your short term and long term goals?Ans: My short term goal is reach to mid management level in 5 years since it is only after 2-3 years that I will be able to make some contribution towards the organization and will be in a position to take decisions. My long term goal is to reach the top management cadre 10 years down the line & the career path you showed during the presentation will help me achieve my goals.

Q.What are the qualities of a good managers ?Ans: The qualities of a good manager are decision making abilities , team player, effective management of resources etc. And the most important quality of a manager is to lead a team. I explained that how the times have changed and in today's scenario one needs to be a leader first.

Q. How can you say you are a team player?Ans: Give examples where you have successfully worked in a team for example I gave examples where I had organised events at graduation level also gave the example of my summer project where we had to work in teams and coordinate with each other. Whatever qualities I talked about I had to substantiate it with examples.

Q. You will have to learn about completely different field, are you comfortable with it and will you be able to learn completely new things?Ans: Yes I am ready to learn anything and learning new things is a part of life. In fact I feel energetic to work on new projects.

Q.How does a e-mail travel from one place to another?Ans: I was not very sure about the answer but in general I tried to explain that the signals travel through the satellite and then through the optic cables. They were looking for a general awareness about technology.

Q. Are you ready to relocate?Ans: Yes sure. I was born and brought up in Orissa. Than I moved to Gwalior for Graduation. After that I came to Pune for MBA. So its almost a 360 degree twist hence I don't have any issue with relocation.

Q. What if we post you in Assam will you be able to stay there and learn Asamese?Ans: Yes I am ready to stay in Assam and after sometime will also learn Asamese.

Q. Are you ready to work 24 by 7?Ans: Yes. The type of strict schedule we follow at Balaji society has made us


equipped with this type of culture. Hence this wont be a new thing to me.We at Balaji Society are used to this kind of schedule.

Q.Would you like to go for global or domestic market?Ans: Global platform would definitely give me excellent opportunities for career growth but I would be happy with the domestic profile as well.

. After the interviews ended, I was eager to know the results. But on the day of interview the results were not announced. It became very difficult for me to wait.After 3 days the results came.I got selected. Total selections were 3.

Suggestion to my juniors:- Be serious during PPT and clear your doubts: this makes you visible in the eyes of the panel. Also make sure that you understand the profile very well. After the interview is over, if the interviewer asks about any doubt you have, than please feel free to ask the same. Be very clear about the industry you want to join. Follow elimination technique to decide the industry you want to join in.

I wish all the very best to my juniors. Wish u get placed in your dream industry/company.

Thanks and RegardsManikant Singh

Hello everyone !NAME: Manisha KumariROLL NO: HRD 09-6040 (BIMHRD) PGDM – IT & Marketing (Systems)My Campus 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”.I got place in one of the few companies came for the recruitment in SAP Consulting.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.To talk about my placement, it was 21th December, 2011. Before this, I must have sat for about 5-6 companies and facing rejection one after another had

Manisha Kumari


really hard for me to test my patience.It all started with the presentation by one of the members of recruitment team from SAP Unit. He gave a brief about the company domain, clients and the roles would be offered to us. It was typical recruitment presentation which depicts the history of the company, its growth and business scenario.The Selection Process consisted of:1. Aptitude Test2. Technical Test on SAP (SD )3. Technical test on SAP (ABAP)4. Group Discussion5. Personal Interview1. Aptitude test: It was based on CAT pattern, a bit tricky but not difficult. As a part of systems batch we were mentally prepared that for clearing 1st round in any IT company we must be very good in aptitudes. So in the very start of 3rd semesters we all were preparing for this with all sorts of concepts & from different books available. In this respect I found our library really rich enough. So we made a group of people who were always ready for aptitude practice. I remember whenever we go to library we used to get one book on aptitude. In this respect feedback of Biju Sir was quite helpful. He kept us inform about the companies requirements with his vast experience. He also kept us inform where and what skills our senior might have had. Sometimes through tough line like 'your seniors were not able to pass the aptitude test itself'. It was all to keep us highly competitive. It helps to fine tune our mind and logic while solving aptitude questions. The questions were based around puzzles, analogies etc.2 Technical test: The technical round was based on both Functional and technical knowledge of SAP (SD and ABAP module). More than one answers would be correct for one question. If you select one there would not be any positive marks for that. So make sure if you are 100 % sure about the answers then only go for that attempt. Try your hands to download ABAP and SD questions from internet and solve that. Don't think that if you answer ABAP questions they will put you in technical rather that will impress them that you are aware of both technical and functional and believe me this is the USP of SYATEMS batch .According to me don't confuse yourself to understand the tough concepts of SD try hard to by -heart the basic sd flow and process.While attending the classes don't lose yourself if you are not able to do in it System just first concentrate on understanding the concept and in system it is simple to replicate.3. GD : For Group Discussion , we were a group of 12 people from Systems Specialization. The topic given was Features of SAP and how it can revamp the industry. Always remember the more factual you are, the more noticeable you are.Do not stop yourself to speak even if you are unaware of topic .Because most of the industry will look for your communication not for your content. And in consulting job communication plays vital role so you have to speak. Yes do care


about your behavior that how you are carrying yourself, the expression etc. The convincing styles of yours speaking would definitely impressed them.Regarding technical conversation they were only looking, how comfortable you are in SAP like fluent in sap with any topic .e.g. in our group someone started with ATP everyone one specks something on that ,then someone came up with pricing then everyone contributed. Be always clear about why you are selecting SAP as a carrier and what is extra in SAP consulting job that not in other IT jobs.4. Personal Interview:It was related to my family background, my passion, my vision and goal.I think, they were looking at the communication skills and presence of mindQuestions like:1. Tell me about yourself2. Do not forget to remember your CV because lots of questions come from there itself.3. How you see yourself 5 years from now?4. Why SAP?5. Are you ready to face the challenges in SAP consulting job?6. Are you ready to travel in short notice?7. Do you have constraint with places to visit?8. Are you interested to change your module apart from SAP SD?9. Why in functional only not technical?10. HR asked questions based on content in CV.12 of us got selected from SBS. 9 were from Systems batch, 3 from Finance batch and only 2 from BIMHRD. It was difficult to express the pleasure once I hear my name in selected list. It was one of the happiest moments of my life because for almost two years in SBS we wait for this moment & this moment had just happened to me.It was one of few companies in SBS who is recruiting only Systems or only Finance, precisely SAP

Truly it was hard to go through with the tedious and challenging phase. Where everyone is equally competent and running for the same thing. But don't dishearten yourself after rejection rather try to work on your weak areas. Please make group of friends for discussion and sharing the things happen during selection process.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.What I learnt from my placement experience is, No matter how much you know, No matter what kind of candidate they are looking for, just be confident in whatever your thoughts are. Ultimately right attitude is what all matters!!!Don't take sap as very tough; even if you missed something don't give up. Make


a group take one topic discuss among yourself and clear single doubt on that topic even if it is foolish doubt. Rest you can ask your seniors anytime.Remember BALA Sir's words “Problems are opportunities”.

This is how it ended with loads of happiness & sense of gratitude towards SBS. I am very thankful to Bala sir for giving me this opening.Cheers !!!

Thanks and RegardsManisha kumariSAP PS Consultant

Hello! Everyone,Name – Manoj RijhwaniRegistration Number – 09-6041Batch – 2009-2011 Specialization – MarketingPlaced in company number 8th Here I go with the journey------------

Placement Experience (ufffff…)………..

Well, the most enjoyable pain I ever went though was at that time. The company that I cracked was my 8TH shot, happy to write that I am still with the same company and soon will be completing a year Believe me getting your first job is the most happiest thing in this world, but to get placed is the most difficult task; becomes more difficult when you compete with 1200 friends of yours. The GD Rooms, the formal attire, your pen; the diary which you carry become the most special things that keep reminding your tasks. For me, getting placed was never easy (don't know the reason why I took so long).The story started with the dream company of all, each and every 600 Marketing students thought – “If I have the guts, this is the time to show”. The entire janta of Balaji Institutes (well that's a lot of janta, I mean) were so charged up, that they didn't wanted to let go their dream company…and a lot happened….but the bottom line is..

I was out in the group discussion only – “the topic was India v/s china” After this day I was not eligible because of the attendance criteria (Very sad period that was) when I used to see every person in my flat being ready for

Manoj Rijhwani


placements and going everyday to sit for the processes. Unfortunately/ fortunately, none of my friends got placed until I came on to the field (I mean I got eligible) and that was a yipeeee moment for me.Well after being eligible I went till the last round of interview in one of my favorite companies. I cleared my group discussion – Guess what the topic was????????????? It was India china again and I launched with all those facts and figures which even Mr. Moderator was not sure about. Well another tragedy happened ---A girl of HRD only while speaking her point mentioned that India's population is about 50 billion…omg I was laughing like crazy on her knowledge of figures….don't be shocked she did not only cleared the GD but also completed the final round successfully.I was left wondering how did she get thru??? But destiny!!!!!Again a lot happened..The interviewer was not interested in taking my interview and being interviewing since 11 in the morning..i was his last flesh..and last bite is never so tasty as the first few…I was thrown out..i dint' sleep the whole night coz the girl according to whom the population of India is around 50 billion was a mystery to me.After that many companies came gone…I sat in few left few…It was a hell lot of pressure when about 700 people of college have got their placements. To shoo my mind off I participated in drishti . I never knew that tha dance would be so so awesome . Well it was a dream come true when I danced on a stage for the first time that too with a girl. OMG that was too awesome (awesome – not the feeling of dancing with a girl but the entire experience). Mr Balaji Reddie complemented me. That Made Few of my days.In between those drishti days, few companies came for which I sat but never cleared the group discussions, most of the GD topics revolved around India china, customer – the King, inflation, politics . Apart from these, there were some absurd topics like – “the pink pajama”, “green goose which were out of this world.In between those days..i used to think always what should I look in for a company for..i narrowed down to the following options: Brand Package ProfileOr what else…??? Thinking what are you looking in for a company was very hectic, so I stopped thinking those things and concentrated on what was at hand.I have always believed that I would get placed on a very normal day. That day came, a normal day, I didn't reached the venue on time..i reached my GD room very late. The topic of the GD was – Reality shows???I spoke spoke spoke spoke spoke…and got thru….the GD. I was invited to the company for an interview.Tell me something about yourself?????? OMG that was the master question every one used to ask..and it was all their in my mind after being there in the final rounds of around 5 companies. I spoke it out. Then the company


mentioned the profile package and showed me the facility at their office. It was all normal till now. The only thing that was not normal was… a Offer letter that was passed on to me by the COO of the company. I was happy..I called up one of my closest of friends..she said go for it. I went for it.Well I dint got the neither got the Brand, package or profile but I got lucky, today after a year the company has established itself, they pay me well and most importantly all people in the team are awesome!!

I love it!!Learning's for the pals:Stay focused thought the MBA program; Keep your cool always; enjoy the success/placements of all your batch mates, never back down; never be overconfident; always believe in yourself. Don't take tensions, if tension comes automatically do things you love. I loved dancing, I danced. Be prepared with all the current topics happening around the country and the world just like at our time it was India and China. Learn to solve problems not create them.

Some people take just 1 company to get thru, some take 100..as I said it's a painfully enjoyable journey you will love to be in.Alas, my friends, destiny prevails and you feel shocked, left wondering after you start working. But yes earning your own money makes you responsible and gets you move ahead in life.Cheers!! Have a happy journey too!!

Name - Mayank Banta

Roll No. - HRD09-6137

Section - PGDM B

Batch - 2009-11

Year of passing - April, 2011

I was finally placed in company "AAA"

When you dream about your college life, Placement seems to be the best

chapter of it. So it was with me. After starting my journey in BIMHRD with

enlightening sessions of Mahabharata, unforgettable sessions of Bam sirs'

presentation and a fun filled creative induction period the only thought that

drove me throughout was the thought of getting placed.

And soon it was September 2010 when the campus recruitments were about to

begin, the amount of energy, knowledge and zeal of achieving the dreams in my

batch mates sometimes pressurized me but always encouraged me to just focus

on my aim and to believe that “Yes I am better than others and yes I can do it”.

Mayank Banta


It was a difficult task to balance my classroom studies, to update my general

knowledge and to prepare for the exams at the same time but somehow when

u have realization of your dreams it is enough to ignite the passion in you to

just look towards the brighter side of everything.

Everything that was happening around me whether cultural activities or studies

it left an impression on my mind and I realized my inner desire of getting into a

creative firm. I was able to relate my studies with my interest and sooner it was

crystal clear for me to just focus on my aim.

I sat for 3 companies. 1st was A , 2nd was B and 3rd was C in which I got

selected. During the process of A being the first company on campus the

amount of zeal and excitement everywhere was at its peak. My GD topic was “Is

computer male or female”. I felt that I performed well and I would be able to

get through the GD but nobody from our group got selected for the PI round. It

was something else that company was looking for. After a month B visited the

campus. The topic of our discussion was “Is MNCs superior to Indian

companies?” My group discussion was a chaos everyone was talking on the

same time and as a result our group got rejected. It was distressing but I learnt

that it is very important to be a god team player rather than showcasing your

personal qualities in group discussion.

It was my luck that the first 4 JD's those were shown to our 2009-11 batch had

one company “ AAA” of my interest. It involved great amount of personal

research, discussion with the professors before sitting for it. I couldn't sleep

properly a day before and i was nervous because I was about to make the most

crucial decision of my life.

The very next day AAA visited our campus. It was a brand consulting firm with

my dream profile and I desperately wanted to get through this company. With

little Anxiety, nervousness and lots of enthusiasm and self confidence I went for

it. The complete process was very exciting and included 7 rounds where they

tested our

communication skills

Conviction and confidence level

writing skills

Visual understanding skills,

Socio-behavior understanding level,

Knowledge about marketing research

Summer project Detail

My 1st GD topic was “Should Husband expect their wives to be virgin or not”.

I initiated the GD and expressed my view. I was very comfortable and

confident as it was an abstract topic and all that was required was to express

your thoughts.

And my 2nd GD topic was “Would a customer buy if Amrutanjan sells Sanitary

napkin”. I again initiated the GD. My marketing concepts and my instinct

together helped me in expressing my self. Company was not interested in


testing our subject knowledge rather they were more interested in

understanding our thought process because of which all the GD topics were

abstract. It was an elimination round and followed by 2 GD's rounds was a PI

where they questioned about my marketing research knowledge, summer

internship, my knowledge of MS office. Everything that was asked to me at that

point of time I can easily correlate it with the work I am doing. After the PI

round they shortlisted 26 students. In 4th and 5th round they evaluated our

presentations and Visual understanding level. For the 6th round they selected

only 6 students. They conducted a written test to judge our Socio-Behavioral

understanding and gave an article to summarize it in our own words. The final

7th round was a PI round again where they grilled us to the core to check our

toughness to face the challenges. It was a tough and challenging experience to

crack their selection procedure. Every round had a clear connection to the

profile I am working on. The vast Curriculum of SBS provided me with

everything that was required during the process.

I want to wish all my juniors all the very best for their campus placement and

future endeavors. I will try to provide my help and assistance in all the possible

ways. I can suggest them to pay attention to 6 most crucial areas which will

definitely help them in achieving their goal.

1. General knowledge

2. Communication skills

3. Subject knowledge

4. Awareness about strengths and weakness

5. Conviction and confidence.

6. Industry knowledge.

As I am into a consulting firm I feel that thorough knowledge and high

efficiency is required in MS office so all my juniors should take these classes

very seriously no matter their marks are included in the final mark sheets or

not.

Lastly , I want to thank Bala sir for making me go through the tough curriculum

of BIMHRD. It helped me a lot during my placement procedure .I was patient

and confident throughout the 7 rounds and as a result I got selected in the

company I wanted and for all those countless memories which included

extracurricular activities which helped me explore my creative side which is still

helping me in my career growth.

Regards

Mayank Banta

Consultant- Research & Projects


Megha Bhatia

I am Megha Bhatia.

Roll Number: HRD 09-6223

BIMHRD 2009-2011

Specialization: PM & HRD

passed out on 24th April 2011

I got placed in a consultancy as a HR Manager.

I need to start from the day I started preparation. 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 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.

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 and are happy and relaxed with the

same. 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.

But two mantras, “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES”, and “LEAVE NO STONES

UNTURNED” kept our spirits high during crucial times.It gives me immense

pleasure to share my friends campus placement experience with my juniors,

who could surely gain some knowledge & belief to learn the things they did in

order to secure a good position in corporate world. and not to forget, your

college itself is a practical class to learn from. Even through the Facebook

forums, debate in classes and events happening you can surely extract

maximum knowledge which would b very beneficial for you once you'll step into

a corporate world and would realise the value of all small events and activities

that are been held in our college.

Life is full of challenges & you have to work hard to strive for success. I too

followed the same pattern of achieving success by learning & adapting to skills

required for a great future. Also I would like to thank the college placement cell

for working day & night, burning mid night fuel to stand on hopes of the

students & bring in almost 300 companies to the campus for placement.

To start with, the skills required for success in campus placement is to develop

logical & analytical skills. This would help to strive for 1st level for selection that

is “Written Aptitude test”. For this many books are available to go for. also the

notes you would have been taken down during your classes by our leccturers

gives your crisp knowledge required for it. For HR students it is important, as

we have variety of options in terms of industry & thus it becomes mandatory to

understand the trend, because any change in the market can change the tide of

the carrier.


I started my preparation from 3rd semester when we came across the plethora

of HR meets. There we could listen direct from the horse's mouth about the

industry demands and current scenario. I used to jot down important sayings

and data from their presentations to add-on to my database.

But before the placement season starts, you need to make up your mind. I

would like to request you to kindly decide what you want from a job; profile,

money, brand name or a work culture. It will help you not to deviate from your

decision while selecting a company you wanted to opt for.

Anyways on my part it was also not a short duration that I passed on regarding

this. I was clear in the mind from the beginning only that I would first try for

Consultancy.I got placed in a consultancy as a HR Manager. I started my

journey as i returned from my internship , could just clear voice round.Then the

chain started with a couple more, where i reached the final round but could not

make it. Then i represented my candidature for this company and got a feeling

that its my day and it actually was and so there was a voting round in the finals

and i got the maximum votes altogether so i can loudly say NETWORKING AND

RAPPORT BUILDING is a key for any individual's success.It is correctly said a

diamond cannot be polished without friction and gold cannot be purified without

fire, similarly success cannot be attained without hard work.

So the first consultancy I sat for was an MNC, till that time very few

consultancies came to our campus with global presence and Brand Name. So

the day before the company came to campus I prepared for the interview and

GD keeping that Company in my mind. I studied about industry, current trends,

major players etc.

With the background of Commerce I was confident about my knowledge about

sector. So the day came, we all were sitting in auditorium where Placement

Consultant came and explained about the profile and criteria. Profile was HR

Manager for recruiting overseas. POP was Mumbai. Half of the students left as

they heard Mumbai but there also I found an opportunity to start my career

with a consultancy and where I can explore more and more opportunities in the

city. Within an hour the introduction was over.

He explained the profile where we have to acquire identify the candidates and

sell them the opportunity abroad.

I decided to proceed for the same. Placement consultant started with the Group

Discussion between 12 people who were asked to share the pons and cons of

the topic followed by a rigrous group discussion. After the conclusion all the

candidates were asked to support one of their batchmates for there views.

Then there were approx 40 candidates shortlisted for the next round.


In the next round we were asked to vote each other and i been shortlisted for

the final round on the basis of maximum number of votes, for which i was also

appreciated in the interview.

AND I got through it and then I was being called for the Interview on the same

day.

Interview Questions were as follows

1- Why do you want do HR?

: I explained about my attributes which can help me in HR and great learning

from HR.

2- Why Consultancy ?

: I explained that it is my area of interest as it is Service sector which engage us

more and more on recruitments.

3- My Strengths and Weakness?

: I told my strengths and weakness which directly or indirectly help me in my

work also

4- How will i manage to stay in Mumbai as i was from a small town?

5-What if not selected here?

: I am an optimistic person.

6-About my winter interns

7-My knowledge on how a consultancy works

8- Tell us about yourself

9-Family background





Interviews- be frank and be yourself.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.Andover all -

NEVER GIVE UP !!

Hence, I would like to stay the journey of success is not completed on the basis

of mere luck, but also with tremendous hard work behind it.

I REALLY THANK our BALA sir, Director, deputy Director, teachers, staff for

making placement experiance to pleasant one and rather then been feeling

neglected and out of the crowd when not placed.

I wish you all the very best for their future.

Thanks & Regards,

Megha Bhatia


Mehul Verma

I am Mehul Verma

Registration number: HRD 09-6043


Specialization: SYSTEMS

My Experience: 23 Feb 2011

My campus experience was a bit different from other individuals. I actually

wanted to pursue my career in SAP consulting and in my 3rd semester itself I

choose the company in which I wanted to start my career with. I came to know

about this company from my seniors and their seniors with a very positive

feedback about the learning one can get in this company. That was the time

when we started our SAP training as a part of curriculum and I found the scope

of SAP very interesting. So my preparation started for the same from 3rd

semester with building up of the theoretical concepts and hands on system

experience to understand SAP.

The campus recruitment started and after 6 months also there was no news of

the company coming to the campus, but still our hopes were alive. By that time

near about 150-200 companies already visited the campus and I was still

waiting for that one company to come. Finally with the efforts made by CRT, I

got the news that the company is coming to the campus. That time I was at my

home town so I didn't actually got time to prepare at that moment but I was all

set from last 6 months with my preparation for the campus process.

Total of 60 candidates appeared for the process but before going into the

number finally got placed, let me brief you about the recruitment process

followed by the company. The process was of 2 days:

Day 1:

A brief company presentation, which includes the company profile, market they

are into 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. 25 out of 60 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 genuineness of your summer internship can be tested. If

your internship is of no value addition to your knowledge of management

science then probably you don't have that edge what companies are looking in

you. This was a nice opportunity to portray your strengths and your fitment for


the company. Here I presented myself as the person having SAP knowhow that

created an edge over other candidates from marketing and finance streams. In

this round, the panel members were looking more in the confidence you can

show on such nervous moments. Keep a cheerful smile throughout the

presentation, by doing this you can dilute your nervousness and can impart a

positive energy to the panel. This round came to an end after a question

answer session in which the panel tested my knowledge with some domain

related questions.

This was the end of first day and 13 out of 25 cleared this round will have an

interview round next day.

Day 2:

This was the moment were I was like almost made it. And you don't feel

anything at that moment; I can't explain the phenomenon but it will happen to

all of you that you will feel everything so easy on that particular day.

Interview started sharp at 9 AM and candidates were called on one by one. Two

Interview panels consisting of 2 members were present to take on the

proceedings. My name was last on the list; everyone seems very satisfied with

their interview as the panel members were very friendly from the starting. NOTE

just keep a smiling face throughout. My turn came finally and with all the

documents I reached in front of the interviewers. I greeted them and sat on the

chair with their permission. My interview started with the most common

question you can expect in any interview that is “Say something about yourself”.

Then they started shooting some serious question. The questions were from

subject knowledge, prior experience, hobbies and market awareness.

Some of the questions that I can remember are:

Introduce yourself.

Tell me something about your family background.

Why you want to join our company?

Are you ready to be work anywhere in India?

Are you ready to work in shift timings, may be in night shifts?

What do you know about the company?

Are you ready to sign the bond?

Interview is all about how you can make the interviewer ask on what you know

best. I was very strong in SAP and I made them ask me my favorite subject, my

work is done on this. They asked me a couple of SAP questions and I was very

comfortable answering them. This boosts your confidence when the ball is in

your court and then you can maneuver the interview in the direction you want.

In the end, some HR formalities about the remuneration and benefits and you

are done. Finally, thank the interviewer for their time and leave the room

without seeing back.

You will never forget the moment your name will be called in the final list,

again thank the interviewers and other members for appreciating your worth.

Out 13 candidates 6 were placed in the final list, two from BIMHRD, two from


BIIB and two from BITM.

Dear juniors, Sooner or Later you will get placed when you are in Sri Balaji

Society. But the most important thing is one should not lose Patience.

Nervousness, Tension, Frustration and Anxiety will be there when you are not

placed in the early placement season. Work on stress management; be calm,

composed and confident while attending any Placement process. Attitude

matters a lot. But then, if you are not selected in a company doesn't mean that

you are weaker than others who got selected. Just think that recruiters did not

want the qualities which you have within you. What was their requirement

based on the job profile, they selected only those students. Just give your best.

One day that 'The Day' will come. Wish you all the very best for the battle

ahead. And don't forget, THIS IS JUST A BEGINNING…

Regards,

MehulVerma

SAP Functional Consultant

I am Micky KumarRegistration No: HRD-09-6224.Class: PGDM 'C', (Marketing & Finance) Batch: 2009-2011I am placed in Company 9.

My campus placement experience:Our placement season started somewhere in the month of September. I was not eligible at that time. Yes the answer is QT. I had a backlog in QT. As the days passed by, every day the amount of pressure and the tension increased. It was 18th Of November. The result for the subject QT was out and this time I had to clear it. Now I was eligible for the campus placements. From the time I was eligible and finally got placed i.e on 18th of Dec, the time period was exactly one month and during this one month's time, I sat for 9 companies in total and finally got placed in my 9th company.The Final day.It was 18th of Dec. This was my 9th company. I reached the auditorium at 8:00 o'clock in the morning with an old white shirt beneath the college uniform. Around 320 candidates appeared for the company. There were 32 GD groups. The GD started just after the Pre Placement Talk from the companies head HR. I guess my GD group number was 10th or 11th. The topic for the 1st GD was “Can India beat China in the coming 10 years or so”. In the 1st GD I was against the topic and argued with almost half the

Micky Kumar


crowd. At the end of the GD, there was no conclusion. The panel members then told us to summarize one by one. The 1st GD was over by around 4:00 pm. Then all of us gathered again in the auditorium and the results were out; out of 320 candidates who applied for the company, 92 were shortlisted for the PI. I was one amongst them. I started preparing for the interview after this. I started interacting with my friends and started talking retail. Just then the panel members told us that there will be 1 more round of GD for the shortlisted candidates. Then for the 2nd GD there were 9 groups. The topic for my 2nd GD was “ZERO”. All the candidates who were in my group started taking vague. Nothing was related. I believe this was an abstract topic, that's the reason everybody started taking vague. I thought from our group not a single guy or girl will be selected. I spoke very little in the 2nd round of my GD.But, to our surprise after all the 9 groups gave the GD, the panel members told us that they will take the PI of all the 92 shortlisted candidates. I was very happy that I got one more chance to prove myself. My first round of interview was taken by a panel of 2 members. Some of the questions which were asked by the panel members in the 1st interview were as follows: 1) IS Micky your real name or pet name?2) Take us through your CV.3) You have Rs. 5 Lakhs with you and you want to start your own Kirana Store. Tell us how you will go about it.4) What did you do in your summer internship? How did you go about visiting the various companies as part of your internship and what was your contribution during the tenure of 2 months.5) Define Marketing.6) Why do you want to join a retail company when you know that you have to work on Saturdays and Sundays and all the public holiday?7) What were your KRA's during your tenure with the previous organization? 8) What are your strengths and weaknesses?9) Are you ready to go to any city in India?After the 2nd GD and the 1St round of interview 22 people were shortlisted and the people who were co-coordinating the process told us that this is the final list. I was one amongst the 22 shortlisted candidates. After this all the 22 candidates started celebrating and starting calling their loved ones that they have been placed. Then the panel members gave us a shock. The panel members told us that this is not the final list. There will be one more interview for the shortlisted candidates. The final round of interview started at around 10:45 pm for all the 22 candidates. My final interview was a 5 minute interview at 11:10 pm which had only 2 questions mentioned below:1) Tell us something about Micky Kumar.2) Do you have a certificate of Honesty with you?The last sentence which I told as part of my introduction was that “I AM VERY


HONEST”. Immediately the next question was “DO YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF HONESTY WITH YOU”. And my answer was NO. And I told that I can prove my honesty anytime anywhere. The entire process was over by around 11: 45 pm. The students who were coordinating told us to wait for the final list. We all were waiting on the 2nd floor, BIMM building. The panel members came to the room and told us that it was a very nice experience with Balaji and they are really very happy with performance of all the candidates but as you all know we have to select some out of the complete bunch. Then the panel members came with the final list. They started announcing the names one by one and told the student to come and sign the offer letter. They started taking the names of the students. Around 7 to 8 names were taken, then my heart told me, “MICKY THIS IS NOT YOUR DAY”. But finally my name was 13th in the list i.e third last. As the HR took my name all my friends started shouting and congratulating me. The HR then said, “The celebration for Micky is over, shall we proceed.” After this I went ahead and signed the offer letter without reading anything what was written. In total on that day 15 of us were selected from our college. Finally, I would like to say that it was a very nice and a remarkable journey which I will remember throughout my life. I would also like to wish ALL THE VERY BEST TO MY DEAR JUNIORS.

Thanks & Regards,Micky Kumar

NAME: - Ms.Mili Mathew

Registration Number.: -HRD 09 6319

Class - 2009-11

Division:- PM& HRD

Academic year: -2009-11

Passed out on:- 26th April 2011

My specialization : - PM& HRD

Iam Thankful to God Almighty and Bala sir for giving all of us a wonderful

opportunity .

I got placed in 345 on May 20th , as a Management trainee now part of the

recruitment team in Bangalore.

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

Mili Mathew


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.

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.

I am Ms. Mrinal Bhattacharya


Class- Marketing Division Dual B from BIMHRD

Academic year 2009-11,

Passed out in 2011 and get hold of my degree on 22nd Jan'2012.

My specialization is in Marketing.

I am finally placed in COMPANY-3 on 15th December 2010, which was a

Telecom multinational as a Customer Relationship Management Trainee.

It gives me immense pleasure and am really please to express my self in this

platform provided by our college.

So here I present the most awaited moment's experience, that is my experience

about my Campus Placement.

Sentiments:

Sentiments are countless when that proud moment touch my life, it seems to be

an incident of yesterday.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems

don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the

best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.

From the very first day in the college, we all were constantly reminded of the

importance of 90% attendance. If you are serious and assertive, you would

listen to what everyone tells you. If you are not, you might end up with

Mrinal Bhattacharya


attendance below the coveted 90.

Now being a guide a piece of advice, its not all just a ruse to get you to attend

college, but many of us find out, at our own risk, that its not so.

In SBS, the rules are very simple. Anything below the required criterion and you

are de-barred from the first 50 companies.

Everyone found that out the hard way, and there were mixed feeling as well as

approaches-reactions, all which became today a memory.

College made us tough fighters, made us real soldiers to defeat the obstacles

and conquers the challenges of life.

Though it have been a rope walk on a knife's edge.Every day looking to your

friends, room-mates get ready to go and attend company briefings,

presentations, sitting for various processes, while I sat back at home, alone with

nothing to do.

I would watch them struggle from company to company. They would tell me

about the companies that came, the different criteria each had, the different

processes of each company, while always assuring me that by the time I get

eligible good companies would still be coming. They were always supportive,

always sharing whatever happened there. But the only thought in my head was

that I was not there.

I never felt agitated or left out, as such. For me, the uncertainty of a) getting

eligible, and b) clearing a GD was something that ate me up every day.

I saw how my friends struggled through every company. This ensured me that I

had no chance what-so-ever of clearing a GD, I had friends who were great

orators, confident and self assured, many brilliant, many street-smart, but I was

completely confident. To watch them not get through the companies they

wanted to, did not make me lose any bit of confidence that I had.

Though PATIENCE is the key word which you need to shook your hands with,

fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.

Indeed everything happened in SBS was an experience in itself, the tears the

joys and the life during the placement was an unforgettable memory.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist, so do not dwell in the past, do

not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment that was

my perspective when I started sitting for campus placements.

Hopes, desires, ambitions, the campus placements look like a magic spell; it

may move its wand to convert your dreams into reality.

December came, and with it came the chance for me to try my fate and decide

my destiny.

In the first 2 weeks of me getting eligible, I sat for 3 companies, and with all

the blessings and wishes, I got placed. The first company that I appeared for

was a Electronics company. I sat through the presentation. I had no interest in

that, the very evening I got to know that a media company is coming with a

profile of content writers which will have a management approach, by the time I


started ignoring companies, as was waiting for this company, but it never

turned up, and I got my realization in the week itself that it is high time to not

loose any more companies.

The next company to come to our campus was a group of hotels, it though not

what I aspired for, still I decided to try to at least appear for the GD just to be

able to get the hang of it.

The topic was “Common wealth games”. Throughout the GD, I spoke only

thrice, the first time when I had the data to back what I was saying, next when

I wanted to give the discussion a political perspective and last when I corrected

someone, again with facts backing what I said.

I was certain that it was a good start for me, though not enough for me to clear

the GD. But there came the jolt, I was unable to clear the GD. It broke my

confidence like anything, I got shattered not because I was keen to get into the

company, but because I lost the confidence, which was indeed a realization that

not just confidence but also the company requirements will decide your fate. No

one need to be blame for the same, it is you who is going to be either benefited

by the thing end of the game.

The very day i decided to be calm, composed and patient, and all the control

really helped me a lot, I brushed up mu concepts, read newspaper and one

morning there comes the news of the company god have decided for me.

I went for the presentation, was in group one for group discussion, everything

seems to be so peaceful and smooth, that i never realized it will be the Final

Day, for which I have been waiting for from the time I started pursuing my

education.

My life had no other motive today then developing myself and getting prepared

for future challenges.

Currently am working with a Telecom Major, am a customer relationship

management executive there, and the 1 year experience is still a learning

phase, this not had been a cake walk with the company, the appreciation, pat

on back and various reward- recognition are after a lot of struggle towards

contributing something extraordinary, and I must say war is still on.

Though I proud to be a part of the most trusted company which had marvelous

and huge customer count in global business, but the basic nutrition source is

my college.

Balaji has groomed us in the manner that now I really believe in words of

William James that life is worth living and one's belief will help create the fact.


Am a part of there technical service assurance team of the global service centre

and we must say that what inputs and values we received as a Balajian is giving

us an edge in both understanding and executing the job in a perfect manner

Company Process:

My company process had the following components

It was a 3 step process:

1. CV Shortlisting.

2. Group Discussion.


Aptitude test followed by GD then a PI by HR followed by final interview with

the head of the company.

1. CV Shortlisting:

It was done on the basis of college placement criteria.

2. Group Discussion:

The topic given by 2 different panel members other than the two whom we

faced during the PI, the topic for group discussion was " Love'".

* It was an abstract topic could be dragged and molded in various manner,

therefore I decided to strategically spoke thrice, and for about a minute, I

initiated and introduced the topic to the group, I tired covering all aspects of

love whether its on ground of relationship or religiously professional, bonds both

platonic and passionate. My intention was to highlight my assertive selection.

* It was a very smooth and polite discussion indeed irrespective of different

points every member proposed there points in a civilized manner and hence 3

of us got short listed among group of 10.

* Directly from the GD we have been sent for PI, the turmoil of nervousness

was an obvious thing to get happened, but I tried to keep myself calm and cool.

3. Personal Interview:

My interview was conducted by Head, GCSC and HR personnel.

Interview Q&A:

1. The first thing which they noticed was my resume and the very first

compliment I received during my PI was that it has many things to be talked

about, they interviewed on my hobbies & interests and they appreciated my

versatility.

2. What is CRM and if you have to describe a layman, how you will make one

understand the way this works?

3. How much important is the role of service management for revenue

generation?

4. How much comfortable you'll be to work on an operation's floor with certain

specific targets?


5. Where you see yourself If you work with our company for more than 5 years?

6. Why you are going for an operation domain when you belong to core

marketing field?

7. What are you perspective about our company as a telecom major?

8. What is the difference between service assurance and service management?

9. What is the one basic difference between Leader and Manager?

Offer Letter:

I received my offer letter within 5 days of placement, it made me feel honored

and stepping into the corporate world was phenomenal.

I understood how important it is to be spontaneous and intense when you

reply; because that 10-15 minutes encounter will fetch you the stairs to climb

you dream cloud.

However individual have their personal identity and If some one 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 wish all the aspirants and my beloved juniors-super juniors a very successful

career ahead and just keep this proverb in mind, "Life is like froth and bubble,

two things stand like stone, kindness in other's trouble, and courage in your

own."

Till date am pursuing my career and it gave me immense pleasure to state that

the lessons learnt in college are still showing their effect.

I always had a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch

where it itches.

Life became more different, multi tasker we became right after joining,

examinations, office and everything else.

Life always have plans for us, but one need to know the execution part of it.

I here by extend my regards, warm wishes and blessings to SBS family for

being most supportive in terms of development, nourishment and of course for

providing me the opportunity of being part of elite group and successful career .

Regards

Mrinal Bhattacharya


Nagaraj R.

I am Nagaraj R.

Registration No: HRD-09-6320.

Specialisation: PGDM Operations,

Batch: 2009-2011

I am placed in Company S.

My campus placement experience:

I belong to the Operations batch of SBS where everyone believes that

placements are just a cake walk. The first company that came to our campus

was an IT company and 3 of my classmates got selected in that process. For me

I was not able to sit for the initial set of companies due to my academic

performance. Due to that I even missed sitting for a couple of companies which

I had dreamt of, but was optimistic that I would get ino share theie views. to a

good company.

The day I was eligible to sit for placements, I was delighted to enter our

auditorium for my first placement process. My classmates were equally

delighted to see me as they had one more person to compete with. That was

the spirit in our batch. The company was Welspun India. We were supposed to

be seated in the auditorium by 8 am, but the company arrived at 10 am. I had a

good time clarifying my doubts related to placement with my experienced

classmates.

The company started off with a pre placement talk which explained about the

company and their process for selection. The process explained was a GD and

an interview where both were elimination rounds. We all were excited for the

process to begin as the company was a young one and had an excellent

opportunity for growth. The process started with a GD which was technical in

nature and our group had 8 members. The topic was “Was centralised purchase

or localized purchase beneficial for a company?” The timing was 15 minutes.

After a healthy round of discussion, we came up with the idea of localized

purchase for some materials as well as centralised purchase for some taking

into account the cost and logistics part.

The moderator was happy with the outcome and gave us one more topic where

everyone had to share their views. He put forward a situation wherein a

company having multi- locational plants receives an order from a new customer.

The current situation did not allow the company to take up the order as it

capacity was full with the existing orders. So what should the company do?

All the 8 members in the group gave their views. I too shared my view of taking

up the order from the new customer while speaking to the existing customers

so that their order can be delayed.

The results were announced with 5 of my classmates including me getting

shortlisted from the GD. But only 2 could convert that opportunity into a job. I


was happy with my performance and thought of waiting for a better

opportunity.

On February 2, 2012, Standard Chartered Bank came to the campus. Most of

my classmates were interested to sit in the process of this MNC bank. In my

case my roommate was more interested in making me sit for the process as he

was a CRT member. The company came up with the requirement of wanting

only Operations people. The company entered the auditorium at 9 am and

explained their process and about their organisation.

The entire crowd of Operations and Finance batches listened to the speaker in

total attention as they all wanted to make it through into the MNC bank.

The process again was a GD and a Personal Interview. Everyone was happy as

the process was short and results would be announced soon. I was in the 7th

group for the GD and was waiting for my turn. My group was called inside at

around two in the noon. We went inside to hear that the GD was only for 5

minutes and there were 8 members. This meant that each member would

hardly get a minute. I was optimistic in making my points clear in the GD.

My GD topic was “Indian education or Western education – Which is superior?”

Given the paper glancing habits I had, I was able to speak couple of points

during the GD. I ensure that my points were heard by the moderator and not

subdued in the noise. I went outside without any specific feeling, but luckily my

name was shortlisted for the interview. I was happy with my inclusion in the list.

I had my lunch and my number for the interview was announced as second. I

went inside the interview room with an open mind to answer whatever question

which comes my way.

The interview panel was a group of 3 members. The panel had just 3 questions

to ask me.

Tell me something about yourself that is not in the CV?

For this question I was totally caught off guard. I tried some stereo typical

answers, but the interviewer wanted something new. I wracked my brain and

told them about some incident which happened during my engineering college

days. Then the interviewer did not ask anything. Guess he was satisfied. What

are your hobbies?

For this question I was extremely clear on my answer. – Writing poetry and

cycling. The interviewer asked me a couple of question on my hobbies and I

could answer the same.


The final question was “Any question which you need to ask us?”

I just asked a question about my POP and they informed me that I could be

posted anywhere in India.

When I came out of the room I was not satisfied with my performance as the

interview was too short. It lasted only for 5 minutes. I just called my roommate

over phone to update him as he was forcing me to attend the process. I told

him that I was not fully satisfied with the process. But my roommate boosted by

confidence by saying that I would be selected in that process.

True to the words of my roommate, I was among the lucky 3 to be selected by

the company from SBS. For all this a special thanks goes to my roommate who

pushed me to attend the process, my faculties and class mates who contributed

towards my development in some stage or the other.

Best wishes and regards,

Nagaraj R

Name- Namrata Shah

Registration Number- HRD 09-6321,

Dual & Specialization- PM&HRD

Academic year - 2009-11

Institute Name- Balaji Institute of Management & Human Resource

Development (BIMHRD)


I am Dr. Namrata Shah, Registration Number-HRD 09-6321, from PM&HRD Dual

from BIMHRD, from the academic year 2009 passed out on 2011. My

specialization is in PM&HRD. I am finally placed in Company A* (French MNC) &

I don't remember the exact or the approximate no. count of the Companies I

appeared for the placement.

Although my placement experience was not very good experience to share with

but let me try. I watched all my friends & batch mates getting placed &

updating there Facebook status for there Special “The Day”, I also thought of

doing the same but was not lucky enough to update before the end of last

semester. Every person is a unique entity; with own set of experiences, likes

and dislikes, mind-set, beliefs, style of expression. I have my own. I attended

almost all the process of campus placement, I learned from my mistakes & I

Namrata Shah


kept working to remove my weakness. It is not all about your failure but how

soon you learn from your failure as every failure has a learning behind it.

I didn't got any placement from Balaji Society, I sat in almost all the Companies

which came for HR starting from the Reputed Hospitality company till

(Manufacturing) the last Company , but I didn't got through any one of this. I

don't want to blame anyone for this neither to Bala sir nor to myself ,

Everything has its own time I was not having my time so I didn't got any

placement from college. But there were many learning behind not having My

“The Day” I learned a lot from all of them. Every time in life we may not win,

we may lose sometimes but the fact remains that is NOT THE END. Life is not

bias, we gain somewhere and lose somewhere else... Happens with everyone!

My experience started from the college day one itself, as from the first day itself

I got to know about eligibility criteria for sitting in the placement. 80% +

Attendance & also all clear in all the subjects of previous semester, some how I

managed to cleared both the criteria as all of you must be knowing very well

that Backlogs & attendance issue is a part & parcel of SBS Culture. Most of you

must have come across special treatment given to PAT/CRT or Flagship

Institute, don't waste your time thinking about this, we & our seniors also face

the same scenario. Don't only depend upon only the college placement keep

trying off campus also. If required Join PAT/CRT not for others but for yourself,

it is always better to have something in hand instead of having nothing. That

something will give you moral boost up to achieve everything. As Bala sir always

use to say Problems are opportunity, He not only say this but he follow this, in

his each & every day today problem he goes through, taking example of "My

Placement Experience" only he knows that very well if he would not have

created this as Mandatory very few people would be interested in sharing there

experiences including me. He is a one man army show he only create& break

his rule.

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! Just want to say “If your favorite

heroin is Katrina kaif if you won't be getting her as your Wife it doesn't mean

you are never going to marry anyone. It is just that you will consider your wife

to be Katrina kaif”. Hope you all understand . 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.


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.

Try to keep yourself stress free, enjoy your placement season as you enjoy

Drishti , Cricket Match or any other movie. Because at the end you will not

remember how much handwork you did for your exams or for getting placed

but you will always remember the time you enjoyed with your friends & dear

ones.

Enough of Gyan now Coming on the point I was not only depended upon the

college I kept trying off campus also I applied through naukri.com,

monster.com, linked in.com , company website & last but not the least Campus

Placement. Finally I got through one. well it was not my first choice but at that

moment I was left with no other option then accepting the offer .

The company I got through was a off campus placement they selected me only

through telephonic round of interview & interview was totally based upon my

CV, nothing technical was asked only general questions like

1) Why HR?,

2) Reason behind not continuing Medicine ,

3) Tell me something about yourself etcetc

Want to thanks Bala sir for Sumitra Das mam session during the end of

placement season to keep our motivation level high. It helped most of us.

I wish all the very best for your journey ahead. Give your best & rest leave on

God. Have faith in God! I say it because until I kept doubting his power and my

fate I was doomed and the day I started having faith in him and leaving

everything in his hands, my life is good.


Naveen Agrawal

I am Naveen Agrawal,



Specialisation: Finance

Placed in my 8th company


Just like every finance student I also dreamed of getting placed in investment

banking firm but no one can go against God's will, who has chosen the best for

you.

My placement into an audit firm came totally unexpected that too after getting

close to almost final round of selection process of almost all companies in which

I sat. But never the less my wait and patience was rewarded by getting placed

in well known company and profile which now I feel is the best for me because

of the kind of exposure it provides me.

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)

Case Study (college campus)

Personal Interview 1 (college campus)

Personal Interview 2 (next day at company premises)

Personal Interview 3 (one week later at Mumbai office)

Pre Placement Talk

The Pre Placement Talk included the description of company and the various

areas they operate into. The presentation was good enough to help us

understand. The PPT talked about the working environment of the company, job

timings, demographic profile etc.

Case Study

The selection process started by first case study. My experiences with the case

study has been bad and when the panel announced that it was the first round

of selection, I was kind of nervous but than I thought lets give it a try and see

what would happen, so I gave my best attempt.

The case study was related to specific business situation which aimed in

identification of business risk and providing solution to improve the same. There

were 4 different cases and we were given 30 mins for providing solution. We

were asked to specify the key points under head Observation, Risk &

Recommendation.


The recruitment was for the field of internal audit. Internal audit is a field in

which we have to do a business process review(related to areas like sales

management, procurement and payables, treasury function, fixed asset

management etc.). It relates to getting an understanding of all areas which

comprises of business and determining the inefficiencies in business operation

so as to inform the board of directors what are the risk associated with that

inefficiency and how could you overcome those inefficiencies by giving

recommendations.

I saw my friends write lengthy answers and asking for 3-4 pages to write but I

made sure that I write to the point and in condensed manner. During my

interview by methodology and writing to the point and in condensed manner

was highly appreciated by the interviewer panel.

After approx. 1 hour, results were out and 12 people were selected for further

rounds

Personal Interview 1

It was taken by the two panel members that visited our college. The questions

were like:


2. Why our company?

3. Tell me about your learning during internship?

4. Your strength and weakness?

5. What do you understand by the profile that we are offering.

The interview was more focused towards understanding your confidence level,

ability to learn and your exposure other than studies. Along with the curriculum

knowledge , they were trying to determine my mental ability and presence of

mind by asking specific business related questions.


The short listed candidate from the first PI were asked to go to a company

office in Pune for their interview with the Associate Director

The questions that were asked related to:

1. What do you understand about the profile;

2. Specific questions related to my case study answers;

3. Why not any other company;

4. Why not choosing Corporate Finance/Investment Management as career

options;

5. Are you comfortable in travelling

AD asked me if I have any questions, I utilised the opportunity and clarified my

doubts regarding working environment and the training that I will need for the

field of internal audit.



The result came after 1 week and I was asked to visit for final interview with

the Partner in Mumbai. Initially I thought that this was my final interview, but

never the less I had come up with same interview nervousness while my visit to

Mumbai.

During my interaction with the Partner , the questions were limited to only 4

1. How was your Pune-Mumbai journey;

2. What do you know about the company;

3. What do you know about the profile;

4. Are you willing to relocate/travel.

It was the shortest interview I had witness by now which rapped up in 15 mins.

Due to this I had become more nervous but by now I had done my part and

was waiting for the results

Approximately after 2-3 days the results were out and I was informed the goods

news by placement cell. The very next day, HR of the company called up

directly and informed me regarding my selection.

My suggestion

One should have knowledge about the company and the profile he/she is sitting

for;

He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into;


practical knowledge;

Should have interest in activities other than studies;

Should have an attitude of learning;

Try to summarise your points in short

Don't get disappointed by seeing others getting placed and you still in queue.

Its just the right opportunity that is waiting to be knocked on to your door.

The final suggestion is that placement is all depended on luck. No matter how

good you are and how your competitors are , no matter how good the feedback

has been from the interviewer, the only thing which decided your placement is

your mere LUCK. If you are lucky than even your dumbest answer will get you

through.


from each interview and mould yourself according to the interviewer questions.

Best of luck to all seeking the placement.


Navneet Kaur

I am Navneet Kaur,Registration Number - HRD-09-6225, Marketing & FinanceBIMHRD, Dual CFrom the academic year 09-11, passed out on April 2011.

I got placed in X bank.

Hello, It is correctly said a diamond cannot be polished without friction and gold cannot be purified without fire, similarly success cannot be attained without hard work.I need to start from the day I started preparation. 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 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.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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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.But two mantras, “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES”, and “LEAVE NO STONES UNTURNED” kept our spirits high during crucial times.I started my preparation from 3rd semester when we came across the plethora of HR meets. There we could listen direct from the horse's mouth about the industry demands and current scenario. I used to jot down important sayings and data from their presentations to add-on to my database.But before the placement season starts, you need to make up your mind. I would like to request you to kindly decide what you want from a job; profile, money, brand name or a work culture. It will help you not to deviate from your decision while selecting a company you wanted to opt for.Anyways on my part it was also not a short duration that I passed on regarding this. I was clear in the mind from the beginning only that I would first try for Banking sector. So the first Bank I sat for was an MNC, till that time very few banks came to our campus with global presence and Brand Name. So the day before the company came to campus I prepared for the interview and GD keeping that Bank in my mind. I studied about industry, current trends, major players etc. With the background of Commerce I was confident about my knowledge about


banking sector. So the day came, we all were sitting in auditorium where Placement Consultant came and explained about the profile and criteria. Profile was Assistant Sales Manager in Branch Banking. POP was Mumbai. Half of the students left as they heard Mumbai but there also I found an opportunity to start my career with financial capital and where I can explore more and more opportunities in the city. Within an hour the introduction was over. He explained the profile where we have to acquire new customers for the bank, our target segment was HNI and Ultra HNI. It was a mix of field sales and management of Portfolio..I decided to proceed for the same. Placement consultant started with the psychometric test and then based on results, he shortlisted 30 students (There was no GD Round). I got through it and then I was being called for the Interview on the same day.Interview Questions were as follows1- Why do you want do sales?: I explained about my attributes which can help me in sales and great learning from sales.2- Why Bank ? : I explained that it is my area of interest as it is Service sector which engage us more and more on marketing and sales nitigrities.3- My Strengths and Weakness?: I told my strengths and weakness which directly or indirectly help me in my work also4- Aspirations in Life?: to have a satisfaction in my mind with my work and my contribution to the company and society.5-What if not selected here?: I am an optimistic person.I answered all the questions confidently and after all the interviews placement consultant called all of us and asked us to come Mumbai for another Round of Interview. Next Monday morning I left for Mumbai and reached the bank at the time of interview.My first interview was taken by Sales manager where she asked following Questions:1- About my Summer Interns - It was again in financial sector and I explained my project very confidently.2- My Strengths which can help me in sales- I told 2-3 strengths suitable for the profile3- Current Update about the company.- I studied well about the X bank and explained.Post lunch we proceeded for HR interview. Questions were about my extra Curricular Activities and my role in company being a girl. Overall it was a discussion to check my convincing power and confidence level. The day was over and we were asked to come again on next Monday for final interview. It was to be taken by Western Head- Branch Banking.


On 6 Dec another company was also coming to the campus. I had to decide that whether I want to sit for that company or should I go to Mumbai for another round of Interview. I made my mind and decided to go Mumbai for next round of interview.

I reached Mumbai. I reached the place of interview and then I was called in for final round of interview. Questions were very less in numbers rather that was a discussion about the profile and was again a round to check my confidence level and overall personality.

I reached back college around 2 pm and attended PPT of the company which came to the campus for placement that day. I went ahead with GD for that company where I was shortlisted for PI. Interview started and went well also, as we were waiting for the results of 1st PI and announcement of shortlisted students for 2nd round of interview I got call from the placement consultant and he told me that I have been selected for the bank and shortly he will send me the details.

Soon X Bank intimated College about my selection and other details. Today I have completed one year in the same bank and to be honest I am happy to be a part of the same company as I learnt a lot in that work culture. I was a fresher when I joined X bank and started my career with what I always wanted to do.

So this was the crisp experience that I went through. And today I am content with the exposure which the company offers, the profile and the work. I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your best all times, but as a suggestion- do prioritize the sector you wish to pitch in for. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation. In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews- be frank and be yourself.

Hence, I would like to stay the journey of success is not completed on the basis of mere luck, but also with tremendous hard work behind it.

I would like to thank our beloved Bala sir, faculty members and a dedicated CRT who helped in nurturing of the students into corporate managersAnd don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good

takes time and patience.Best of luck!!!


Neeta Lal

I am Ms Neeta Lal.


Class- Marketing Division Dual B from BIMHRDWord count:1201

Academic year 2009-11,

Passed out on 22ndJan'2012.


I am finally placed in An Asset Management Company as Relationship Manager

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance,

faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice — keep at the helm and

steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take

a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy,

invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the

world.

Noah Porterthat


placement.

Sentiments:

It's a feel of mixed emotions. We stand at a very crucial stage of our life. When

your list takes a U turn towards your aspirations. Responsibilities, hectic

schedule, competition keeps on revolving around your mind. It's equal to a fight

for your life.

Jealousy is a very frequent emotion that comes to your mind during

placements. Jealousy is an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts

and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of

something that the person values, particularly in reference to a human

connection. Jealousy often consists of a combination of presenting emotions

such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness and disgust. It is not to be

confused with envy. Jealousy is often reinforced as a series of particularly strong

emotions and constructed as a universal human experience; it has been a

theme of many artistic works that seek to privilege monogamous discourses.

Psychologists have proposed several models of the processes underlying

jealousy and have identified factors that result in jealousy. Sociologists have

demonstrated that cultural beliefs and values play an important role in

determining what triggers jealousy and what constitutes socially acceptable

expressions of jealousy. Biologists have identified factors that may

unconsciously influence the expression of jealousy. Artists have explored the

theme of jealousy in photographs, paintings, movies, songs, plays, poems, and

books. Theologians have offered religious views of jealousy based on the

scriptures of their respective faiths.

Its a worls of growing opportunities but at the same time a lot of competition.


Competition in biology, ecology and sociology is a contest between organisms,

animals, individuals, groups, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of

resources, for resources and goods, for prestige, recognition and awards, for

mates and group or social status, for leadership; it is the opposite of

cooperation.[1][2] It arises whenever at least two parties strive for a goal which

cannot be shared or which is desired individually but not in sharing and

cooperation. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-

exist in the same environment. For example, animals compete over water

supplies, food, mates, and other biological resources. Humans compete usually

for food and mates, though when these needs are met deep rivalries often arise

over the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and fame. Competition is also a major tenet

inmarket economy and business is often associated with competition as most

companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group

of customers, and also competition inside a company is usually stimulatied for

meeting and reaching higher quality of services or products that the company

produce or develop.

The experience that you cherish.

I cherish those moments taught me to be patient and calm. As without these

two your performance keeps on worsening. The best thing to do is to dominate

the pressure prevailing inside you and to work with deep patience.

Patience (or forbearing) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances,

which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting

on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under

strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level

of endurance one can take before negativity. It is also used to refer to the

character trait of being steadfast. Antonyms include hastiness and

impetuousness.

In evolutionary psychology and in cognitive neuroscience, patience is studied

as a decision-making problem, involving the choice of either a small reward in

the short term, or a more valuable reward in the long term. When given a

choice, all animals, humans included, are inclined to favour short term rewards

over long term rewards. This is despite the often greater benefits associated

with long term rewards.

In a 2005 study involving common marmosets and cottontoptamarins, animals

of both species faced a self-control paradigm in which individuals chose

between taking an immediate small reward and waiting a variable amount of

time for a large reward. Under these conditions, marmosets waited significantly

longer for food than tamarins. This difference cannot be explained by life

history, social behaviour or brain size. It can, however, be explained by feeding

ecology: marmosets rely on gum, a food product acquired by waiting for

exudate to flow from trees, whereas tamarins feed on insects, a food product

requiring impulsive action. Foraging ecology, therefore, may provide a selective

pressure for the evolution of self-contro


Company Process

My company process had the following components

It was a 4 step process

Aptitude test followed by GD then a PI by HR followed by final interview with

the zonal head of the company.

Aptitude test cleared and I appeared for the GD- My GD topic was Corruption.

Using quotes and eg. Gave me a good backing. It requires a lot of reading to be

prepared with all. And how to link them all at the final stage gives you a lead

over others.

My first PI was full of sales and stress on location preference. I was ready to

work even in the remote areas of the world and that helped me to convince the

HR that I am fit for the role.

After 25 days of PI 8 candidates that were shortlisted were called for final PI

with the zonal head. Mine was the first no. It gave me a great confidence

because none other candidate before me have gone for the same. So more or

less I was relaxed and extremely confident.

Interview Q&A

My interview revolved around my summer internship. And as I worked in a B2B

model I could convince him of me being fit for the profile.

My best part was my interaction with the zonal head on the overall industry

after the interview and that gave me an edge where we had a brief discussion

on newspaper articles that were printed recently on the current financial

newspapers.

Offer Letter

Finally after 1month of follow up with the CPT when I came out of the exam

hall after giving the mid term exam of CRM paper I got the nes that I am

selected. It made me feel like heaven. I started making alls o my friends and

family. And gave a chocolate bunch to the hard work of CPT team Thanks a lot

Bala Sir and the entire CPT team to provide me my dream Job which I am still

enjoying as it is giving me great exposure.

A hearty Thanks to SBS.

Regards-

Neeta Lal

Roll no-HRD-09-6146


Neetika Sharma

Hi,

I am Neetika Sharma


BIMHRD (2009-11),

Academic year 09-11

passed out in May -11.

My specialization is in PM& HRD.

I am currently pursuing my career in education sector.

I appreciate this wonderful opportunity of sharing my placement experience

with everyone. I guess Placement season is always full of anxiety, confusion,

drama and excitement irrespective of companies visiting to campus or not

whether students getting placement or not.

The placement season began in November 2011.With companies coming in full

swing. I prepared for some current topics for GD and also the common

expected ones. Old notes and books were reopened and the current ones

revisited at regular interval. As I believe that GD is not a selection process but a

process of rejection, a process to differentiate between people “who think and

then talk” and “people who talk and then think…what they actually meant to

say”. It's a process to minimize the hard work of selection panel as very few

know what behavioral knowledge they seek for particular profile. It's a speedy

process to reduce the large number of participants to just few numbers within 8

– 10 minutes. Well it did not matter whether you spoke in favour or against the

topic. All that mattered was the way you put in your points and with what

energy you put forward your point. After getting rejection in some companies, it

was time to introspect and improve within. I used to think what and how others

are performing so effectively and consistently in GDs and it eventually helped a

lot. I started clearing GDs round and finally started getting entry to interview

room.

Some of the common GDs topics are:

a) Women empowerment

b) HR Vs IR

c) Indo – China economic power

d) Women as managers

e) HR a cost Center

f) CSR

g) L.P.G in Indian context.

h) Corruption root to all problems.

i) HR reporting standards etc

Interview Rounds:

I was always more comfortable in interviews as compared to GDs and aptitude

test. Its after all a conversation at the end of the day. 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, one on one. So present

yourself as better as you can. Always enjoy the process as it comes because if

we start taking stress then it affects the performance.

Some common question asked during HR 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.

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 Human Resource and

there was a perception that now hardly two to three more companies will come

for Human Resource batch and now i had to be very well prepared for the every

company for the Human Resource treating it as the last company.

Placement process teaches you that life is not simple; there will be so many

hurdles out there in way of success. Sometimes luck play important role but

moreover you need to work hard and believe in your self

To get into a company one needs to have functional knowledge and to 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 almighty.

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 also one needs to

project his enthusiasm and passion to get into the company. One should go

through the company's profile before sitting for any company.

Placement experience not only teaches how to get job but it's a first time we

realize what is expected out of us in corporate world. It's a marketing where


you consider yourself a product and try to advertise and brand your self.

Finally as we all say, it doesn't matter how and what we studied during 2 year

of management course, Doesn't matter how sincerely we attended classes?

Doesn't matter How much we scored in exams, but only placement matters. But

life has more twist to this.Above few lines may be true for some initial years but

life still glares at you and challenges you and test you. College first teaches you

and then takes exam but life take exam and then teaches you. At last I would

like to thank PAT team and my friends who supported me throughout these

tough but eventful times. Not sure how my campus placement experience going

to benefit others but it helped me to cherish one of the most memorable days

as I penned down my experience here. Hope my placement experience get

acceptance and I receive my security deposit cheque as soon as possible at my

permanent address.

Hello everyone!I am Neetima Bagri.Registration Number – HRD-09-6045 Batch- 2009-11Dual-A (Marketing & IT)BIMHRD

I am grateful for this opportunity of sharing my placement experience.Most of the companies follow the same process that is Aptitude test followed by GD Round and Interviews. The first company I sat was full of experience but unfortunately I could not get through GD round but it was a good experience as I got a glance of selection process and it aids me to decide what I should do for the next company process. I realized that to keep up with the pace of everyone I had to analyze my skills and update myself best on the recent business and economy issues. I prepared for the GD round but unfortunately I could not get through the GD rounds for some of the companies so could not get a chance to even face the interview for those companies. Then I introspected myself and found that group discussion is the area where I need to concentrate. I discussed with my seniors and received valuable feedback. Group discussion is the place where your leadership skills and co-operative nature will be checked in depth. The main purpose of group discussion is to find out whether you can work with team or not. They will concentrate mainly on: communication skills, leadership qualities, logical thinking, problem solving skills, listening skills, behavior, respecting other views, decision making, time management, team play and so on. Sometimes even after performing outstanding in written test, group

Neetima Bagri


discussion becomes impediment for further process. A group discussion round could actually be challenging and fun if you just relax, remain focused and follow certain steps such as Be Yourself. Take time to organize your thoughts. Seek clarifications. Take care of your body language to reflect your attitude. Don't lose your cool. Show your leadership skills. Remember, opening the discussion is not the only way of gaining attention and recognition. If you do not give valuable insights during the discussion, all your efforts of initiating the discussion will be in vain.Though I had prepared a lot for group discussion, but the company I got placed had no group discussion round.

Personal interviews are the tools that help the interviewers to scrutinize a candidate thoroughly on one-on-one basis. In a personal interview, emphasis is laid on the candidate's suitability for a job. It is important that you present yourself in a pleasing manner. Think it as conversation between the interview panel and yourself, one on one. Always enjoy the process as it comes because if we start taking stress then it affects the performance.The campus placement experience was really a once in a lifetime kind of experience and it gives me immense pleasure to share it with you all.As I got placed in a company, which is a MNC operating in service industry. They came to hire people for their different verticals. The process started with a pre-placement talk by the company executives, which included company profile, market presence, work culture and nitty-gritty of the industry. They talked about the profile that would be given to the students and package. After the PPT around 70-80 students applied for the company and appeared in the different processes which were as follows:

Aptitude Test Personal Interview

Part 1: Aptitude TestThe process started with the Aptitude test. It was divided into two parts, first one having multiple choice questions answers based on Quant, Data interpretation, Reasoning, English and Computer knowledge mainly of MS-Office.The questions were not very tough and could be cracked with simple logic and presence of mind.The second part of Aptitude test was based on the English writing skills. We were given 4 topics and were asked to choose one of them pen down our thoughts within 300 words. The test was good and after 1 hour they declared the result.


Part 2: Interview Process:As there were no group discussion round, we headed to next round. My interview was taken by the Vice president-sales of the company. I prepared myself for interview so it boosted my confidence. Before coming for the process I brushed up my Marketing concepts and information about Company itself which really helped me throughout interview process.My interview lasted for at least half an hour. In the beginning I was asked few general questions such as: Tell me about yourself, What is your family background Hobbies and interest Why this companyI was already prepared for these questions and I did pretty well in answering those question, I find him satisfied with my answers. Interviewer was pretty impressed by the research I did for company. Next he asked about the summer project I had done, and then some technical question related to Sales & Marketing questions and few general questions. Few of the questions I can remember are: What do you understand by business to business sales and Business to customer sales? What is customer relationship management? Basic understanding of customer loyalty and how does it help in customer retention?As I brushed up concepts I did not find any difficulty to answer this question. I replied in simple language what it is. After this I was also asked to demonstrate a sales call.I had a healthy discussion about the industry with the interviewer. I was asked about the location preference, thought I was comfortable with all the locations provided, but I was insisted to choose one. There were some questions only to check the personality traits like confidence, dependency, patience, decision-making skills etc.After a long time I finished my interview. I had good feelings about my process and I waited for the result but after completing all the interviews, he informed the CRT member that the result will be declared after 2-3 days. We all waited and after 3 days we got result from CRT team that five of us were selected by the company. The feeling was overwhelming; I felt I am on the 7th sky.

Let me take this opportunity to thank all my well wishers, my mentors in Balaji society, my family and of course my friends for all their support without whom it would have never been possible.At last I would like to wish All the Best to all my juniors. And would suggest to 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 yourself. I wish all the very best to all my colleges and hope that they achieve a great success in their career.


Neha Gupta

Hi,

I am Neha Gupta


Class-Marketing, Division" B" from BIMHRD

From the Academic Year 2009-11

My campus placement experience has been really an enriching one. Though at

the beginning of the third semester I was really worried about my placements

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

Right from the beginning I knew I don't want sales profile, I always looking for

some “Analyst” kind of profile I was very clear of what I wanted to do coz this

was the only thing going on in my mind since last 1 year. So when the company

has offered me the same profile which I was looking for then I have sit for this

company process

My Experience for ....29th Oct 2010

The Company was basically related to the field of “Next generation Internet

Consulting”.

A day before when 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.

Especially i was a bit worried and concerned about the negative matter. But

somewhere in my mind i also had a thought that These Comments 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. But……..

The Companies' Profile was very good and the package 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

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

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

mood to work hard n sometimes under extreme conditions then this is not the

place for you..

I was one amongst the several people who sat for the company. Unlike other

companies this company's people didn't tested our patience and were bang in

the college campus on time. During the time of ppt the company told us about

the various profile being offered (Business Analyst, IT Consultant, Assistant

Project Manager) and the compensation which varied from 4.5 to 5.5 lacs.POP


was however only in Chennai or Bangalore.

The process included the Steps:

1. CV Scrutiny / CV selection

2. Written Case Study

3.Technical Interview 1

4.Technical/ Functional Interview 2

5. HR interview

The Process started at 10:30 in Mrng.

They gave us the case Study to Solve with 10 different Sets of case studies and

provided with a Standard Format to give the responses especially the format

was IT based.

Format was like this:

Problem Statement

Solutions for the Problem (Relevant reasoning's)

Action items

Assumptions (if any)

The case study which I got was on a company which was having problem in

launching its new product as well as some time management issue in

completing the project in solving the case I used some of the models like Ansoff

Matrix, Porter's Value chain etc.

They Shortlisted the CVs w r t to case studies

The results were announced after 1 hour. To my delight my name was

shortlisted. Around 40 People (approx.) were Shortlisted and they were called

for the interviews.

Next step was three rounds of 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

enough then only he/she was transferred to another interviewer n HR.

Personal interview Sessions:

Interview 1: The Interview was fully real time

1. The Guy asked me, Why Facebook is more successful than Orkut?

2. Tell me the USP of Facebook ?

3. Tell me the laggings of the Competitors of Facebook

4. Draw BCG matrix for the IT industry

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

Common Sense which will lead to a satisfactory answer.

Interview 2: The Interview was fully Technical

1. The guy asked me to do the Critical analysis of a Webpage Designed by one

of the Student.


2. He asked about the Agile and Waterfall methodology

3. He asked me to draw NDTV web page for a Mobile website

4. He asked me on what basis I have given the Priority for the Features

Interview 3: This round is with “HR”

1. He asked the questions related to my CV and Projects.

2. He asked mine Strengths and Weakness

3. He asked me, “Tell me the one point why should I hire you for my company”

4. He asked me what is ur Expectation?

He was satisfied with My Answers…….:)

The Process got over at 11.30 pm.

The HR came out with the final short listing of 15 candidates for Different profile

…….. and after listening my name in the list I was delighted , I can't express my

joy in words……..:

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:

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. 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.

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 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.

Thank you,

Neha Gupta


Neha Sharma

I am Ms. Neha Sharma

Registration No. - HRD09-6323

Class- PGDM (PM & HRD)

BIMHRD- 2009-2011

People consider 13 as an unlucky number but for me it was a number which

turned my dreams into reality.

It was 5th January 2011 when I got placed in My 13th Company. It is well

understood that my journey of Placement was a little longer than few of my

Batchmates who were placed in their 1st or 3rd Company. But it made my belief

in the very popular saying- “Patience Pays “. Yes, it pays and I am still getting

the Pay cheques.

My Placement experience has been a journey from IT Company to “MY” IT

Company. Our Campus Placements started in October end when we were busy

with our Internship. One day, while working in the office, I got a call from the

BIMHRD CRT team. The coordinator told me that there is a Company coming to

the Campus and you have to be in Pune to attend the Process. She did not even

tell me the name of the Company and disconnected the call. It was the day

when I started seeing dreams of a successful Corporate Career. I was very

curious to know about the Company, Package and the Place of Posting, so called

up my friends to get the further details. But to my utter surprise there were only

few of us who were shortlisted and the Company was the No.1 IT Company.

I was extremely excited since I always wanted to start my Career with an IT

company. The Selection process involved- Aptitude Test, Personal Interview and

Final Interview. I cleared the aptitude test but could not clear the first round of

interview. There came the first disappointment but certainly not the last one.

Sometimes I could not clear the GDs and sometimes interviews became the

hurdle. There was a time when my only aim was to crack the Group Discussion

round because Group Discussion was the biggest obstacle in my way to the

Offer Letter. I brushed up all my HR concepts and read recent happenings

around the world.

Then I sat for almost all the big brands of Hotel Industry, HR consultancy and

IT sector. But I was not found suitable for the role being offered at the table.

FINALLY I AM PLACED became the famous Facebook status at that time.

Facebook walls of those “Just Placed” students were flooded with wishes and

congratulations. And here was I, ignoring all the pings and chat requests from

my (Already Placed) friends studying in other B-schools. Slowly, full of


disappointments I stopped discussing about the placements scenario with my

parents. Now the nights were getting darker with every coming day. The

frequency of companies visiting the campus was decreasing.

I was waiting for “MY DAY” to come but the wait was getting longer by each

passing day when my friends were getting placed, some in good Brands and

some at high packages.

In the first week of January, MY IT COMPANY came to the campus. They made

us fill a Statement of Purpose which had 4 Self Assessment Questions like:

1. Describe yourself

2. What matters most to you, and why?

3. Situational Essay: What drives you to succeed? If that drive is snatched from

you how would you manage to succeed.

4. Aspirational Question

We were asked to write the answers in the minimum word limit. It was the time

for some Self Introspection and I wrote what I strongly believe in and it was the

reflection of my inner self.

They shortlisted 26 students out of total 80 applications received. A week later,

the announcement came for the Company's visit to the campus.

PRE PLACEMENT TALK

The HR Location Head, Recruitment Head and few HR team members came to

the campus as Panelists for the Interview. They gave an overview of the work

culture and the career growth of a Fresher in the Company. They also expressed

their expectations from a HR Professional (Fresher). We were told about the

Selection Process which involved- First Round of Personal Interview and a Final

Round of Interview.

FIRST ROUND OF PERSONAL INTERVIEW-

There was one Interviewer (HR Location Head of the Company) in this round.

She asked me few questions:

Describe yourself

What is your strength and weaknesses?

What makes you a Good HR Professional?

Few more questions were asked about my Family Background etc.

Then she asked me about Recruitment and Training and Development. She also

asked me about my key learnings and recommendations during the Internship

period. I was able to attend almost every question asked to me.

Then the results came for the First round and only six of us could make it to the

Second and the Final Round of Personal Interview. It was DO or DIE situation

for all of us.


The coordinator announced the order for the Final Round.

FINAL ROUND OF PERSONAL INTERVIEW-

The panel of 3 Interviewers was chit chatting in the room. They could easily see

the nervousness on my face. They first made me comfortable and asked me

about my hobbies and the things that I have interest in. After that the Interview

went smooth and I almost forgot that I am sitting on the hot seat for more than

45 minutes. This round was more of a personality assessment round. They gave

me few situational questions and asked me how I would deal with it.

All anxious and nervous, we were waiting for the results. I was eagerly waiting

for those three words- YOU ARE SELECTED. The final select list came out and I

was among the lucky four who were selected and the only one to be selected

from BIMHRD. I did not believe my ears till I actually saw my name in the list. It

was a moment of smile for the victory and hopes for a bright future.

For few, it was the end of their Placement journey but for me it was a start of

my dream Corporate Career. It has been nine months now that I have been

working for the 3rd largest IT Company and when I am jotting down my

experience I am living that day once again. That day was truly an Achievement

Day for me.

Though, I believe in making mistakes and then learning from them rather than

learning from other's mistakes but still want to share few of the learnings from

my Placement journey.

1. Never try to fool the interviewers.

2. Be proud of what you are and project the same infront of the Interview

Panel.

3. Brush up your concepts.

4. There is no book where you can find all the answers to the questions asked.

5. It is your Attitude and Confidence in Self that helps you win the battle.

It is not the Destination but the Journey that gives you an experience of the

lifetime. I am proud to be a part of SBS and would always cherish the days

spent being a Corporate Commando


Neha Singla

Hello

I am Neha Singla

Registration Number: HRD-09-6148

BIMHRD: Dual B



Currently Placed in company A, working as advertising officer.

When life at SBS began I didn't 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. Today as 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 fight with this cruel word outside, 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 in the Balaji Society for giving me such courage to stand where I am

today. It was indeed a wonderful experience to be at Balaji for two years. It

gave me the exposure which will surely help me to grow and progress not in my

career but also in personal life. I would like to salute the efforts of Bala sir

whose strong vision and leadership has transformed many lives and would

continue doing it in futures to come.

The Campus Placements Began in September,2010.It all began with my dream

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 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 that

“Problems are opportunities” so always remain positive.

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.

When the D –day came following were the rounds that were to be cleared by

me to get placement in this prestigious organization.


1. CV Shortlisting.

2. Personal Interview.

3. Final Interview

1. CV Shortlisting.

The criteria for CV shortlisting was 60% throughout.

2.Personal Interview

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 stay here in last two years?

I shared my experiences and the ease with which I can handle adverse

situations . She was probbing me to talk about topic such as customer service

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.

We were told that the interview for that day was over and need to wait for the

next round of interview at their office here in Pune.

3. Final Interview

Before the final interview there was some confusion regarding whether it would


be technical or general HR interview. But in the end when it started it was a

comfortable and easy going interview.

They asked me that why would i like to join this organization. Then they asked

about my career plans in next 5 years.They asked about my hobbies.

As the interview went along I was asked to show a mock of the selling process

where I was suppose to convince the person about my products and how these

are going to add value to his business.

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 would you apply that learning in future.

The interview lasted for about 20 minutes.

After that they took my documents for verification and told that they will send

them to Chennai to get the final selection done..

After about a week i got a call from our corporate relations team confirming my

placement and i was posted in Mumbai. It was one of the most happiest days of

my life.


also about learning to deal with successes and failures. To my 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.So don't worry, one day of your life will come in

which everything will go right, even if it doesn't get right everything will fall at

right place. And to make things go right our placement team works harder and

harder day by day. Develop good communication skills. Do not be de-motivated

even if you are the last one left for the campus placement. Believe in the

Almighty because whatever happens has a reason to back it.

Last but not the least believe in Bala sir and his words. He always has

something good for you.

Thanks and Regards

NehaSingla


Neha Thakur

Name : Neha Thakur

Regd no HRD 09-6046

BIMHRD

Specialization PM & HRD

Campus Placement Experience:

Placement is "THE" thing for everyone and hence was the same for me. The

placement kick started while we were still ad midst our interns. The first

company to come for HR was an Indian IT giant which had a shortlist for mostly

engineers hence I never made it through.

And then the internship ended and homecoming was there. Our marketing

fellows were already facing the heat of placements. We could feel the

Goosebumps right from the time we stepped back to the BaLAJI Campus.

Old notes and books were reopened and the current ones revisited at regular

interval. Economic Times became the hot favorite piece of paper. Some friends

were already placed and others eagerly waited for their turn. Fear, anxiety,

excitement, happiness and butterflies, I could feel all the emotions at one time.

What was most striking was those who had faced 4 5 interviews were becoming

restless and those already placed were giving free lessons on "How to crack the

placement code".

So, the final day came I for once also sat for my first company it was an Indian

company mainly into agro products. I went on time for the PPT. With my saree

tied as cleanly as i could, hair done neatly and with polished 2 yrs of MBA

"GYAN" with a great deal of inputs from my learned friends. I sat there saw the

PPT. Then came the GD, and because the way I am as I like to talk and talk,

plus some great points from the ET pages on Micro finance and and the Micro

Finance industry, its effect on Indian economy and common man. So, i

managed the GD and then came the PI.

It was a panel of two and seven of us had qualified for the PI. SO, one by one

we went into the interview room. It went quite smooth in the beginning as I

could handle general HR topics and Microfinance easily. And then the lightning

struck. I was asked questions from NLP of which i had very limited knowledge.

So, I fumbled and that was it I lost the match in the last over and on the last

ball.

But they say life moves on and it did. I got a little dejected but still sat for a

Mumbai based company . Again i went for PPT on time and sat through it. This

time the PPT of the company which I was not sure of made me confident about

myself again and yes it was really a boost afetr the last game loss.

And So I applied. And as the first barrier was 60% throughout it sailed through.

And then came my beloved GDs. And here i would like to mention specially that

opposite to the popular believe of being aggressive and just talking and talking


too much in the GDs I stuck to the relevant points only with acceptable

decibels, rather I shall say the whole group complied to the same unspoken

rule. The topic was "Role of young generation and the need of patriotism in the

same for the development of India". I am always interested in political and such

socio-political topics as I have been reading many books from great authors

Freedom at Midnight being the one i was reading that point of time. So i spoke

and I spoke with my heart, brains and a strong yet soft speech. ANd yes i

cleared that one too. Thankfully.

And then came the PI day , I was not in my full vigor that day for God knows

what reason. The only thing which i had done additional this time was to brush

up my NLP. And thanks to my mentor in Interns in the largest automobile maker

in India and the great mad friends I have, my adrenaline went gushing again.

So this corporate commando was ready to enter the battlefield with full force. I

entered the PI room smiling. The panel was only one man army, but a true

'Parkhi'. This interview was going really smooth starting with some personal

introduction, moving to Why HR and what do I like about HR and then bouncing

back to my hobbies. I discussed books, authors , current events, emotional

intelligence, general HR topics which I actually slay, if I can use the word. Then

came the thunder strike, "NLP", but this time i was ready with my Armour the

arrows came and were handled well. My interview went really well and really

long too for some 1 hr 20 min.

This time something was different from the last time I knew I had done far

better than the last time and at the same time was thinking of getting ready for

the nest process., which was a dream company for sure too.

And then came the news that i have been successful in round 2. And now was

the last step to unfurl my victory flag. It was an SHL online test which was a

psychometric test and i believe it was very comfortable as I only answered what

i felt rather than what should have been the right answer.

ANd the next morning I was placed with a manufacturing firm from Mumbai.

The next morning was a pleasant one which I will cherish for ever. That one call

which I made to my mom and my near and dear is the most treasured

conversation of my life. That smile and the sparkle in my eyes will be like a

Kodak moment of my life. This is my story and wish lots of luck to my college

and the juniors for even better stories.

Thanks for giving me those two years. I am thankful to everyone i ever met in

Balaji from the bottom of my heart as could not give a list as it would not end

soon.

Moral of my story: Learn from your past short falls and be unstoppable.

Best Wishes.

Neha Thakur


Nidhi Agrawal

Hello everyone.

Name: Nidhi Agrawal

Roll no.: HRD 09 6324

Class: PGDM PM&HRD (BIMHRD) 2009-11

Placed on 16th November, 2010,

This is my campus placement experience which I had on 16th Nov, 2010 which

was my D-Day..!!

The luckiest day for me as it was just 16 days i came back from my internship. I

woke up in the morning and as usual was getting ready for college to attend my

Fourth campus placement process . Yes, I was nervous as my resume got

shortlisted for every company i applied in, but in some or the other round i was

facing a failure but was having a gut feeling that i will turn this placement into

success on the day.This was the first time i didnt share a thing with my parents

and friends as to i am going to apply for the company as i had an idea in my

mind that i m going to disclose the company details to me parents once i get

placed:). hence, just remembered God and went out of my flat to attend the

papaer presenattion and job description of the company . This company is a

giant one in the market. I always wanted to be the part of this big group of

companies. So. with all the thoughts I entered the auditorium to attend the PPT.

They had some criteria according to which they wanted to see the students for

the further process: 60% and above throughout Students with B.Tech or

equivalent degree in any discipline.Fortunately, I fulfilled all the above. The

company had the following processes for the selection of the candidates:

Written Aptitude Test Group Discussion Extempore Personal Interview HR

Interview. Every round was an elimination round Psychometric test was there

which was not an elimination round. The process started with an aptitude test,

comprising questions testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning,

quantitative applications and verbal ability. There were 30 questions in all to be

solved within a time frame of 30 minutes. There were no questions testing

General Knowledge of the candidate.After the test, the long wait for the result

started. Finally the result of the first round comprising of the list of students

was declared who have cleared the aptitude. With screams of joy, I was

somehow able to hear my name being called out. But again i was in a dillemma

that actually did they call out my name as well, as it was the first milestone to

the way of success that i managed to cross. A wave of confidence just passed

by me and was ready to face the challenges for the day to come. The second

round was Group Discussion. The strength of each group was as usual 10

students each,while the pattern of the GD was a bit different. Instead of

moderator giving us the GD topic, we were asked to suggest some. This was

the round which actually made my selection 80% sure as all the memebers

were asked to give a topic for discussion but the one i gave, the role of HR in


public sector and private sector was finally the one my group discussed. Since in

my group there were all girls that too all from HR specialization so you can

imagine how difficult it would be for all of us. The discussion began. I made few

but some valid points as everyone else does . Our discussion went on smoothly

for 10 minutes or so and then started the wait for results. The list came, with

my heart sinking as the coordinator read the list,finally another milestone was

also achieved by me . It was a sigh of relief for me. Then the next round was

extempore. I always found myself good at public speaking but I was puzzled

what will be my topic My name was announced. The topic given to me was

“MOBILE”. I spoke about various things; but very general ones , spoke pros and

cons of mobile and as everybody knows the usage and necessity of mobile. My

time was up and now we all were waiting for the results. It happened and I was

finally selected for the Technical interview i.e. one more milestone achieved.

Now we were waiting for the turn to be called for the technical interview. The

profile was all about implementing SAP HCM for business development

processes. The profile was completely related to SAP HR Consultant and not the

Corporate one. therefore I was very nervous as i had no idea about SAP. from

the discussion with few of my friends from systems batch got at the spot idea

which i vomitted out in the interview when was asked " what do you know

about SAP".In Technical round I was asked a lot of questions related to my

project during engineering and the patent question of all the HRs i.e. what

made you go for PGDM in HR after tecnical backround of Computer SCience

engineering.Other general questions asked in the HR interview round were like:

Introduce yourself. What is your family background? What are your future

plans 5 years down the line? Why you want to join the group? Tell me about

your internship project. Were you placed during your BE, where and why didn't

you join there? The interview lasted for about 35 minutes. My interview went

good, I answered well. The thing which made me nervous again was i was

callded back in the interview room after one interview. But luckily it was just to

ask me my location preference or will i be flexible enough to move anywhere in

India. By the time all candidates were done with their technical round it was

11:00 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. After a few names when I was worried like

anything, I heard a name and that was mine “Nidhi Agrawal”. I was overjoyed

with happiness as I got placed in a reputed group of companies . 16th

November, 2010 was my day, I got placed. After some

days I got my offer letter, I got the post of a SAP HR Consultant with a decent

salary package. I would like to convey my thanks to Sri Balaji Society for taking

all efforts to bring hundreds of excellent companies in the campus for

recruitment . Wishing all the best to my juniors.

Have faith in yourself and Hit the doors of your luck even harder - Success will

be yours.

Regards,

Nidhi Agrawal


Nidhi Jha

My Name is Nidhi Jha

BIMHRD 2009-11

Reg: HRD-09-6227

Dual C ( Marketing& Finance)

I was Placed in company 12

Campus Placement Experience.

Before I begin people should know that my selection process was atypical and

so one can say it's not a path one should aim for. But 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”

First a little Background. I was a student of MARKETING and FINANCE,

however as I had almost zero interest in the field. I didn't really pay much

attention to the coursework and had quite terrible grades. Now coming to the

point.“My campus Placement EXPERIENCE”. Here I would make a point very

clear, the whole journey for me was simply unpredictable. It was the month of

December when I became eligible to sit for companies. I sat for almost every

company irrespective of brand weightage, package, profile, location. 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


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 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.

15th March 2011 was the Day when I sat for my XYZ company. That day itself

was different from the normal one. I went to 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. 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 “This is my Day”.

GD topic: Should content on social networking websites be restricted.

I entered into the discussion when almost everybody had already made an

entry. I said ”as all of you have already shared your thoughts, now let me put

some comments”. People stated laughing at me, and frankly speaking I was

talking utter nonsense and people were laughing at me. This is how I cleared

the GD. Totally unpredictable, isnt it??? 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 entered, I dint even wait for those four polite words” please have a

sit”.. 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, welcome aboard” .This was unpredictable.isnt it??

I was not being fake throughout the whole process. This is the only thing which

I can share with you people. Me being real here helps to contribute to my

genuine nature. If I was being fake here, when a person asks me a question

that I don't really want to tell the truth about, I could lie. As a result, people can

detect when I am lying here, and at this point, I would come off as very

insincere.

Well this is it..THE UNPREDICTABLE JOURNEY.

My Name is NidhiJha

BIMHRD 2009-11

Hi Friends,

I am Nikhil Jalan, Nikhil Jalan:2011

Registration Number HRD-09-6048,

from Systems, BIMHRD,

from the academic year 2009-11

passed out on 24th April 2011.

My specialisation is in Systems & Marketing

I Got Placed in DDD Systems Ltd., Hyderabad on 22nd Dec 2010!!!!”

It started off with lot of excitement and zeal to get through the process of the

best company and for the best profile and for the best pay but all this got lost

and faded away as the placement season progressed. Seeing my friends getting

placed one by one made me more and more desperate to crack the process of

some company and to just get placed somehow. But the only thing I was clear

about since the start of the season or rather a lot earlier than that was the

profile I would want to work in. I was firm since the start of my 2nd year that

SAP consulting and nothing else is what I want; this was a decision which I had

taken after weighing lot of things and partially because of the high influence of

Anand Sir who taught us SAP.

Anyways coming back to my placement experience, it was a mixed bag of good

as well as bad feelings, from doing well in the aptitude tests to getting kicked

out in the group discussion. Number of companies that had come for Systems

Nikhil Jalan


batch was very limited and that too with a SAP consulting profile, only a couple

of them. So, I was kind of apprehensive in skipping the processes of companies

for non- SAP profile. And so I did sit in a few of them.

Luckily for me the campus placement experience started with AAA Infotech

which was offering a SAP Consulting profile. The company was on our campus

for the very 1st time, and I being interested in SAP, this is one profile which I

was definitely looking forward to. Everything about this job seemed to be

perfect, the location, the brand name, the salary etc. We had already met the

Vice president ERP of AAA Infotech when he had come to evaluate us, and

everything was so impressive that the whole of systems batch was eagerly

waiting for it to come to our campus.

The process started with the CV short-listing process and written test followed

by a Group Discussion. While we waited for the results of group discussion I

wondered if my name would be among the shortlisted candidates. The room

was filled with anxiety and tension when one of our colleagues walked in with

the result list. Those few moments when the coordinator announced the names,

taught all of us how crucial some moments in our lives can be. And when my

name was not announced it suddenly hit me that I had just lost my first big

opportunity in those few moments.

It was clear that I had to work on my group discussion skills and so with a

determined heart I decided to move on.


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,

lived each day to its fullest.

Now here is a slight twist to the usual campus placement stories we come

across. After a lot of failures there came a company called BBB Systems. To

understand this little better let me share a little background with all of you. I

was a B.Sc. Graduate in Computers. After joining Balaji I opted for Systems

batch considering my interest. Little did I know that companies which look at

students from Systems Batch prefer to take Engineers. Anyway going back to

where I left, BBB was among the lucrative companies that came for Systems

batch but during their pre-placement talk they clearly announced that they will

accept applications only from Engineers. My classmates were aware of the

limited options I had due to my graduate background and hence went out of

their way to request the HR for making an exception and letting me participate

in the selection process. The HR generously agreed and I was determined to


make the most of this opportunity given to me; The written test was cleared

and I was back into a GD room. There was a slight pressure on me to clear this

GD not just to prove to myself that I could but all for the sake of my colleagues

and the HR who had gone out of their way to give me an opportunity. While

waiting for my turn to speak I had a chain of thoughts running through my

head……Will I be able to prove myself as good as an engineer? Will I be able to

adjust in Chennai? Will this experience also end like the AAA Infotech?......and

like any another candidate sitting on that round table I could feel the butterflies

in my stomach. It was finally my turn to speak and I gave in my best.

It was surprising, depressing and confusing when my name was not announced

in the list of shortlisted candidates. It forced me to think what was it about GDs

that I was not being able to decipher. But as they say time and tide stops for

none. The placement season went on and so did my efforts to get placed.

Though the result of BBB company had left me a little less hopeful of cracking a

GD my spirit of getting placed in a good company kept me going. Then one fine

day there came CCC Comnet which not only came for systems but was also

looking at non engineers. It was offering a great package comprising of an

interesting profile, a lucrative pay, a proud brand name and a secure future. But

unfortunately it was not offering a SAP profile. But as my opportunities were

diminishing with fewer companies coming for non-engineers and my failure of

cracking the GD processes, I decided to take this chance. Well the selection

process was pretty much similar to the others I had attended with a written test

followed by a GD followed by a one to one interview. But unlike other

companies this time my name was announced in the list of candidates

shortlisted for interview. I had finally done it. There were times when I felt like

giving up on the whole placement system and doing something else but only

continuous efforts and positive attitude made it possible for me to see this day.

The few shortlisted candidates were waiting eagerly for the Interview process.

Adding to the anxiety was the fact that CCC Comnet was my first interview. The

pressure was strenuous, the hopes were high and the excitement was touching

the sky.

As my name was called out I felt my confidence growing with all the best

wishes flowing towards me. I entered the room and there he was the most

feared person in the corporate world THE INTERVIEWER. The interview can be

summarized into three simple parts:

1)Personal Background – the fun and easy part

2)Knowledge Review – This mainly constituted of a few simple IQ questions and

a few General Knowledge questions

3)Future Goals and Aspirations – Through my experience I would say this is the

part where each one of us either fails or succeeds in impressing the interviewer.

Being clear about 'What We Want” and “Where We Want to Reach” are very

critical in getting through this part of the interview.


CCC Comnet had decided to announce the results next day and so we had

another anxiety filled night in our kitty. It was a difficult night but by now I had

learned to be at peace during the most trying times and so I slept well. But

fortunately I woke up all the more well as I was awakened by a call announcing

my rejection in DDD Comnet. I know that sounds weird but the truth is I was

very confused about working in a non-SAP profile. The interview was good but

the result was not as good. If I look back I would say it was not the knowledge

I failed at as I had worked on building my knowledge, but it was the third

part(Future Goals and Aspirations) I lacked, since my heart truly lied in SAP.

The feeling was exhilarating and beyond words can ever express especially

when I heard that company DDD Systems Ltd. was expected in the campus

after a few days for a SAP profile. I feel blessed because as I write this I am

growing stronger and enjoying every minute of pursuing the career of my

choice at DDD Systems Ltd.

A few days passed and I was looking forward to the arrival of DDD Systems Ltd.

Finally the day came and we warmly received the panel of DDD Systems Ltd.

The process started off with a written test divided into:

Quantitative ability section

SAP Functional Knowledge

Technical Skills

It was then followed by a long waiting period making all of us anxious and

fidgety. During this wait we were suddenly struck by some news which hit all of

us like lightening. We were told that for six months we will only be paid a

stipend and the amount was minimal, and only those of us interested should

stay back. The results were out and the selected few had to wait again for the

Group Discussion. But this wait was a little unusual as there was an added

anxiety added by the crucial decision of whether to go ahead or not. And then I

made one of the most important decisions of my life by staying focused and

deciding in favor of the dreams I had seen for myself. And so I entered the GD

hall. You may call it destiny that the topic for group discussion of DDD Systems

Ltd. was on SAP itself and so I was confident and contributed in the discussion

to the best of my abilities thus cracking my weakest area, Group Discussion.

Now was the time for the final deciding stage of the process, the Personal

Interview. I was pretty confident with the Interview as I had properly brushed

on the subject knowledge, it being my area of interest. The interview was

smooth and now I was only waiting to hear my name in the list of selected

candidates. And so when my name was finally announced, I thought “At the end

everything turns out in your best interest”

I was overwhelmed with excitement and joy and immediately called up my

parents and told them. The season was finally over for me and I was looking

forward to working with DDD Systems Ltd. And today here I am, with a smile

on my face whenever I look back and think of the decision I had taken.

And this friend is the story of “How I Got Placed in DDD Systems Ltd.,

Hyderabad on 22nd Dec 2010!!!!”


What my experience taught me

Use the two years to understand what interests you, in which area you have an

edge over others and what kind of career path would you love to pursue

through life. Be focused on your goals and never give up when faced with

failures. Build on your strengths and remember it is only your subject and

current affairs knowledge that can take you through.

I had a wonderful experience and was quite lucky to get my hand on the career

of my choice. I am very grateful to Bala Sir, Dimple Mam, Biju Sir, my colleagues

in PAT and my friends and family.

Hi,

I am NIKHIL PILLAI

Registration No. HRD 09-6149

BIMHRD Dual "B" MARKETING

Batch 2009-11

I got placed in Compny B


APPROACH

The two most important thing by which I lived throughout the campus

placement season was positive attitude and spirit to learn from lost chance.

These were the two things that did wonders for me; it helped me not to panic

and gave me strength to perform at right moment.

Secondly it is very important to decide what is it that one wants?

I will advise my dear juniors first be crystal clear of which sector you want to go

and what work you want to do. Running in a herd will confuse you more. Be

absolutely specific!!!

For this you need to start doing homework from the start of third semester. You

need to sit and boil down sectors that are there in your domain, companies that

are there in that sector and finally which sector you see yourself progress more.

Once this is done believe me life is easier.

Read a lot especially not only the economic times, read everything. Economics

Times is important but it doesn't give you lot of creative edge. For

abstract/general topics which are 35% of the GD's you need to read lots of

editorials of good newspapers and novels. Daily events happening and editorials

Nikhil Pillai


give you the content to talk. Finding content is the most important part to crack

GD's.

Company Processes

Company A :

I still remember the day when the results were out. Company came into our

campus on 8th November,2010 and the results were announced on 12th

November,2010. The profile was one of the motivating factors for me to sit for

this company. I always wanted this profile so was very serious while sitting for

this company though I was bit confused with the package and the brand name

of the company initially.

I brushed up all the notes of this subject which were given to us while our

classes because I knew while sitting for this company I would be in need of

that.

There were three rounds. Each of them was the challenge for me. They are as

follows.

1. Aptitude test

2. Group discussion

3. Final interview

First was the aptitude test.

There were around 100-110 people who sat for this company. The level of

aptitude was not so high but that itself was the competition among the students

who were writing it. I was still not sure about the company as the package and

the company's brand name was not so motivating so I was not able to give my

100% that was the reason I didn't score good .The cut off for the aptitude was

20 and I managed to just clear that as I scored 15 out of 40. I got rejected.

Compny B:

One thing is very important: The way you present yourself, be it from the way

you keep a glass on table to the colours you use in your presentation if

everything is taken care of then nothing can go wrong.

a.) GD Topic

This can be divided into 3 main categories:

1. Abstract topics

2. Current Topics

3. Social and Economic Topics

As already stated earlier reading is the key to success in GD's and also what you

read. Just don't stick to Economic Times try to read variety it will give you

content.

And one most important thing which defeats every other thing in GD is wear a

Gentle Smile always on your face, be subtle with it and half the battle is won.

b.) Interview Questions & answers

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 did not 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.

You must have heard of the term called “Driving Interviews”. Personally asking

never do it unless you have a sound experience in the field in which the

company functions.

Always be simple, sober and truthful. Answer what you know expect what you

don't know. Nobody expects a soul to know each and everything in life.

Be prepared with the information that is available on company website. Few

things that are very important:

a. Services or fields the company is into

b. Past history and Revenue figures

c. Products and Partners

All the above is available on company's website, be sure on these three topics

you will always find a chance to impress in your interviews.

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 !!!

c.) The offer letter

I have seen people panicking about offer letters. Please don't do that.

If your company is good one and it has promised you a job it will surely give

you the offer letter, just be patient with it. You need to understand that a

person who is taking out time from his corporate schedule doesn't come to do

time-pass 99.99% of the times. Just remain calm enjoy your placement, all will

be good.

Biding Adieu

That was a brief description about my total tenure of two years in SBS. Every

day was a learning experience for me from day one to the last day. Want to

relive every moment again and again and again.

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 BIMHRD PAT team

who toiled really hard for us.


Nimita Roy

Hi,

I am Nimita Roy

BIMHRD

HRD-09-6325

Batch-09-11

Specialization-PM& HRD

I am working with XYZ's infrastructure division. My placement experience like

any other's was full of anxiety, anger and at the end contentment..

The placement journey began with “Assessment Test”. We were told that the

assessment ranking would decide our company for internship and also would

play a role during the placement time. Thank God and my Gurus till date by

whose Virtue I managed to top the assessment test. Meeting Sumitra Das mam

was the best thing that could have happened with me during the assessment.

She was the lady who helped me meet myself after long time. I till date follow

her words when I feel low “I love myself, I trust myself”. Thank you mam. But

for you things would never have been as rosy they are today.

By the virtue of Assessment-Test I did my internship with “XYZ”. Before we left

for internship Dimple mam in a meeting said that she wanted students going for

internship with “XYZ” should come with PPO so that history repeats. But

unfortunately I failed to get PPO. But that did not mean an end and therefore I

began afresh anew.

I knew one thing for sure that I cannot master all subjects but I can at least

focus on my favourites. I had always enjoyed Pimenta sir's class- OB and also

had inclination for “Training and Development”. I therefore made my mind that

OB & T&D shall be two subjects that I shall be focusing on for technical round

of interviews.

Not all companies I sat for were the companies I wanted to get through. One

can say that they were mocks drills for me. For quite a few companies I was not

eligible because of not being an engineer, for few others because the company

wanted to see only few students and as a part of Balaji Society's trend when its

few its PAT /BIMM. There were times when I actually felt unfortunate to have

paid the same fees as my friends in BIMM but yet being deprived of so many

opportunities. There were times when I felt “Why was this whole drama of

assessment test done when it had nothing to do with placement?” I know I am

writing such things on a public forum but good or bath I am just speaking my

feelings that I had at that point of time.


Despite all these odds I always had the confidence that I will make it... When

patanahi, Where-patanahi, At what package patanahi... but I will be placed

before the year ends. I don't remember the dates... very poor with dates. But

my gut was current and I get placed before the New Year commenced.

We were chit chatting at hostel when one of my friends called me at around 12

midnight to inform and congratulate me that I am placed.

The first thing that came in my mind was “Vow finally I will be going home after

two years. I will be seeing my parents after two years.” It was a great feeling.

We celebrated and rejoiced my placement at our hostel Thanx to all my hostel

mates for always being there for me. I miss them all today.

I would now share my placement experience with XYZ:

Group Discussion

Group discussion was THE BEST GD that I have ever been part of. It was not all

those typical GDs where everyone is blabbering at the top of their voice. This

GD was like rapid fire round. Topics were thrown at us one after the other –

T&D, Six Sigma in HR. There were case studies that were to be discussed and

solution was to be found.

I cleared GD and now it was interview.

Personal Interview

PI lasted for about 45 mins to 1 hour. And let me tell you I thoroughly enjoyed

every bit of it. It was more of interaction than interrogation.

It began with “Transactional Analysis”. Questions started:

1) What do you mean by transactional analysis?

2) Why should one understand transactions?

3) How can one make any transaction successful?--- This is where as the

interviewer said “this was what I was waiting for”--- I spoke about ego stages...

and how can one play with ego stages.

4) Questions on ego stages flooded one after the other : Small plays/acts were

done by two interviewers and I was asked to identify what ego stages they

were talking in.

5) Finally 15 – 20 mins role play was done where I was to act as HR executive

and try and solve a problem.

I tried to do as much justice as I could to my role. At the end one of the

interviewers said “Nimita You failed”. I don't know why and how but I answered

“Sorry sir but I might not have succeeded but I did not fail”. I guess they liked

this confidence.

6) Then they began with questions on IR:

a) Ques: How Good are you with IR?

Ans : Not Good but fair with the IR knowledge.


b) Ques : Oh then how can you be placed at plant?

Ans : Sir I guess you don't have to remember ACT's section by section by heart

to solve any IR related issues at plant.

Jab jarurathogiwohbhiseekhlenge...filhaalmai rat nahisaksakti.

c) Ques : You will be placed at Anjar. Are you Ok.

Ans : Location is not a constraint for me.

d) Anjar is a very dry place you know. You will have to give up even with the

thought of Boozing.

Ans: Ha ha ha...You are talking of thought... i don't agree that people at Anjar

might never have boozed.

e) Ques: You won't get DISCs there?

Ans : I have spent two years in Balaji society...no holiday...no Disc..I have

somehow learnt to enjoy with little that I have around.

f) Ques: But you are not an engineer? How would you be able to understand

our requirements...business?

Ans: Why as an HR I have to get into the Nittygritties of engineering to get the

manpower for you. And whatever little is required to understand the

requirement for manpower of any department, I guess one doesn't need an

engineering degree for that.

Again for any IR issues you have at plant you don't call an Engineer to solve

that. And whatever technical understanding one needs to have by the virtue of

their job one learns it over a period of time.

g) Ok thankyou. It was nice talking to you.

Thank you and same here.

I came out and I shared my interview with my friends and also said that I don't

know whether I would be selected or not but I enjoyed every bit of this

discussion.

And my friend said” Terahogayaar...This was the last interview you sat at

campus”. It was true.

YIPPIE I MANAGED TO WRITE 1160 WORDS!!!!!!


Nimmi Prakash

I am Ms. NimmiPrakash,

HRD-09-6326,

from PM&HRD, BIMHRD

from BIMHRD, 2009-11,

passed in April,2011.

I was placed in XYZ firm on 21st Feb. 2011. Sometimes when something

really special happens in your life, you tend to remember the day without

putting a reminder in the calendar for it. This was one of those very special

moments in my life was when I got the key to enter the door of corporate life.

The placements times are tough but then it makes us realize what it that is

lacking in us is. What is still not in us that will make us industry ready. We do go

through lot of tension, moments of anxiety, happiness of friends being placed,

while still going through the pain of being unplaced. But then ultimately we

realized it makes us tough. Later in life when we go through some rough

patches we keep in mind we have crossed rougher ones during placements.

Those moments of rejection are great sources of learning. Each one of them will

make us realize we need to prepare more. For me, I failed in most of them

because of lack of knowledge in Law. I never had a problem in GD or the first

rounds. I was out of almost 9 final interviews and I failed technically each time.

The day I succeeded was when answered almost all answers. It is perhaps your

day, where you remember answers even of the 1st sem. But then luck

accompanies only when you are minimum 80% self prepared.

The day started in the morning with organization coming to campus with a big

panel.

The ppt was more of an interactive session where I ended up answering up

quite a few questions. If one makes an impression among the crowd, you tend

to get noticed.

It was further continued by a written round consisting of apti, quant and English

as well. Around 80 students (B.E Background) from all branches appeared

The quant consisted of questions from topics such as numbers, Train and speed,

Men and time, questions on clock and calendar. Some questions based on

formulas of Area, width, heights of rectangular field and few on trigonometry.

We had two short paragraphs on which questions were asked, also were the

questions on Synonyms and antonyms.

Apt consisted on puzzles and some brain ticklers.

There were 40 questions. Time given was 40 minutes. 1 positive marks for

correct and half negative for wrong answers.

Further to it the shortlisted names were announced and then we had a creative

writing round (non - elimination) where we were given the topic – Around 30

cleared (10 from HR) who went for the next round


India is in the growing path or Growth of 3G in India

I chose for India is in the growth path.

I remember writing it by covering it all fronts.. I covered technology, recent

growth in the medical field, giving current achievements in sports, growth of

Women in India providing few examples..and also growth through politics as

Obama had visited recently that time. Since the company is a mechatronics

company, I wrote growth in the electronics and related fields as well.

As we were in the habit of reading newspaper, I could write well. The regular

habit of reading newspaper had served its purpose during earlier GDs as well.

The students were then called for Technical + HR Interview.

I was asked to introduce myself.

I started with my educational background – schooling, College, branch, MBA.

A liitle about other exposures such as part of teams such as project team,

NHRD Team, College branding team etc.

Followed by my project topic – Company, Brief introduction on the topic.

Achievements and suggestions related to my project.

Brief on Family.

I was further asked about my family.

I answered the questions to the point.

Why I took HR?

I told about my graduation. My decision to do MBA. How I consulted certain

senior industry people and was influenced by the field and vast scope of it.

How much I rate myself in subject knowledge of HR out of 10 and why?

I answered 5.5 as I was well versed subjects taught to us; but HR is much

beyond as Education gives us some knowledge but HR is widening its scope

everyday.

Why did I choose to do HR after B.E?

Why BIMHRD?

I answered in terms of rank. The comments by seniors and articles of Bala Sir in

the newspaper.

About few books on HR.

1001 ways to reward employees

Business –The ultimate resource

The empowered Manager.

About my internship project.

My project was on recruitment and ways to reduce RCT, by use Recruitment

Management System and evaluation of some RMS.

What is that my friends say about me..or what they call me?

I answered as helpful, good advisor etc.

Questions on attrition & how to reduce them.

I answered with definition of attrition and ways such as employee satisfactions

survey, employee engagement, maintaining industry comparables in terms of

practices, salary, good induction, good on – boarding practices, employee


friendly culture etc

A few questions were on HRM, few definitions such as what are the types of

trainings and defining them.

Certain law questions from Maternity Benefict Act, Percentage of PF, Gratuity

and superannuation.

What is DA?

Some benefits provided by organizations nowadays.

Few questions on General HR awareness like Percentage of employee

engagement among organizations.

Questions were there on the organization. What I know about the organization

& products etc.

Few HR Practices which are being followed in the organizations. What should be

the quality present in HR Person.? The results were announced by night 9:30

pm and offer letter was send through mail in a matter of 2 working days.

Acceptance of offer letter was followed by appointment letter within 2 days

again.

At present I am really satisfied and engaged with my current role and

organization. The culture and the working environment is very employee

friendly.

Below are some questions which were asked by other firms for which I had sat

for placements.

1. Which animal you can relate and why?

2. How many acts are there in Labour Law?

3. How can you reduce the mistakes in hiring Eg.Tvs manufactures vehicles with

0% deficiency; how can we do the same with our hiring system?

4. What is SLA and what was the SLA in the company you interned?

5. Why this company?

6. If you had to rank, organization, salary and profile, in which order would you

rank?

7. Which profile you are suited for and why? (eg. Recruitment or Comp & BEN?)

8. What is the positive thing in you which others do not have?

9. Why should we hire you?

10. What is the difference between 5A & 5B under factories act?

11. How many years would you serve in our organization?

12. As a Plant HR what are the challenges that you face?

13. If tomorrow if you will be transferred to a remote location what will be your

reaction?

14. How much do you rate yourself on subject knowledge of HR?

15. What are the types of Training?

16. Formula for PF & gratuity?

17. What is OB and why do we study it?

18. Why do we need diversity in organizations?

19. What is TQM?


20. How do ethics and social responsibility influence human resources?

21. What is employer branding and what are the ways to do it?

22. What are Mintzberg's managerial roles?

23. What are the types of conflicts and are they good?

24. Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

25. ERG Theory?

26. Expectancy theory?

27. What should be the characters present in a team leader?

28. Where do you see yourself 5 yrs down the line?

At the end I would like to advice not to lose patience as frustration shows on

the face.

Be calm & composed and cheerful during interviews.

Be prepared from your side and be yourself.

Maintain a notebook with answers all possible questions.

Start preparation from months before not a day before placement starts.

Practice aptitude

Read newspapers on regular basis.

Rest …. leave it on GOD! He has made a day for everyone.

I am Mr. Nitin Arora Registration no. HRD-09-6228 PGDM –C from BIMHRD My specialization is in Marketing & finance. I am finally placed in 4th company.1st company- ABC (consumer durables)2nd company- DEF( IT)3rd company- Health care4th company- XYZ FMCG (Placed)

Well it is quiet easy to give suggestion to anyone, but when it comes to application the same is not easy. So just I am sharing my PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE with you if it could help anyone.Well I missed chance to sit in first 50 companies due to my QT backlog, which I cleared it in the month of December, but during this course of time I was preparing to build myself quiet strong and knowledgeable so that when I start getting chance to sit in the companies I must get a nice profile and a good company. During the period of placement, most of us want to get placed on the very first

Nitin Arora


day, but the worth is to get you the profile what you want regardless of the day you get placed.I was placed on 22 Dec. 2010 in FMCG companyThe Process was as follows: 1. Presentation by company2. Group Discussion3. Aptitude Test 4. Personal InterviewPresentation by company: The presentation was about the company background, businesses of the company details of all the SBU's and there was one senior from each of the SBU's explaining about the business carried out by them, the profile they offered i.e. the growth prospects , work we have to do , package details. The compensation details were given at the same moment it was quiet straight forward nothing was hidden in that. Most of us were concentrating on the package no question came what work exactly we have to do? But now I feel that was the most important question supposed to be asked. Group Discussion: After the presentation, little chaos was there whether to apply for the company or not because on the same day there were 2 more companies. So finally 110 people turned up for the company including me. 11 Groups were made each comprising of 10 candidates; the topic given to our group was “IS CONSUMER REALLY THE KING IN INDIA?” I was sitting at the 10th position in the group and was hardly visible to the panel, one among us started with the topic, for the first 2 minute was not able to speak single sentence on the topic, and everybody was using the word CUSTOMER there it strike in my mind the difference between CUSTOMER & CONSUMER, and gave the difference that CUSTOMER can be any one throughout the channel but CONSUMER is the one who finally consumes it. This really made the group silent and I spoke for at least a minute or so, it hardly matters for how long you speak in the group discussion what matters is the quality you speak. In the whole GD topic I hardly spoke 3-4 times but the panel notices what you speak and it is always right that first impression is the last impression so jot down the points before you speak in the GD because it is the initial round of your process so it creates some image of yours in the interviewer's mind.

Then, several examples were given of railways, telecom, and other industries where in actual depicted that shows consumer is really the king. After Lunch the results of Group Discussion came out and approximately 30-35 candidates were shortlisted and we were then asked to assemble in the computer room for the next round.

Aptitude Test: Finally, when we assembled in the computer room, the test was online this process was outsourced to the company named SQL, separate login ID and Password was given, the test was bit difficult in calculations and calculator was not allowed. Questions include more of quantitative techniques,


reasoning. The result too came from SQL only, and it was announced late in the evening. It was a bit surprising that I cleared the same. 18 was the total number who cleared this round.Personal Interview: Now this was the time when I gave the thought that whether really I want to go for this company nor not because the final result was awaited of healthcare company also, I thought which one would be better for me, because it was known that FMCG company would declare the result same day and I have to accept the first company, I decided to call my elder brother because Elder's experience is worth it to take in a dicey situation.

And he said take what you are getting today and I moved on further, expected questions were struggling into my mind, bit nervous too.

When I entered the room, there was a 4 member panel, as expected I was asked to give introduction about me, another expected question was shot at me WHY MBA AFTER B.PHARMACY? I was prepared for it. Why SALES? Why FMCG?

Q.: Now they asked, which industry will you choose FMCG or PHARMACY if you have both options in your hand? A.: My answer for the same was lil tricky I said I have some criteria which one I'll choose.

Q.: Please explain?A.: Very first Profile. They said same in both cases, I said Package, and they said same in both cases. I said location, they asked what you want I said hometown and said we'll give you. I said Brand name they said FMCG and ******* (pharmaceutical), I said FMCG . I felt as if some rapid fire was going on.

Q.: what's your brother age and what's his profession?Result: Finally at around 11.30 they announced the results and selected 6, and I was among them, it was a moment like I am on the seventh cloud.

NOTE:- This was more exciting because it was a mere co-incidence that we three i.e. me and my two other classmates , my hostel roommates , my flat mates, got selected in the same company.

ALL THE BEST TO MY ALL JUNIORS….GOD BLESS…..REGARDS,NITIN ARORA


Nitin Singhal

Hi I am Mr. Nitin Singhal Registration Number HRD 09-6185, from SBS Operations Batch, 2009-11 batch, passed out in April 2011. My specialisation is in operations. I am placed in Company A.

1. 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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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.

2. As i was not eligible to sit for placements till 28th Dec because of my attendance less than 85% and lesser companies to sit for core operations job i had decided to sit for every company which comes for operations profile. I successfully cleared Group discussion over case study and aptitude test in the very first company i sat for but failed in the last round i.e personal interview.

After that my self confidence was shattered and didn't even cleared first round for next 3 companies. I almost decided that i won't sit for any more companies and will return back my home and will share hand in handling my paternal business. But due to all boosting sessions we used to have at our flat with all my loving building mates and continuous support from my family i regained my confidence again and started appearing for more companies. But that was not the end of hardship of my life and again i missed 3 more very good opportunities in the final round itself. But this time i didn't lose hope and continued appearing in other companies and finally the 'D' day came when i got selected in a very big and reputated automobile giant of the world . That day itself i understood the worth of a very famous phrase that says All well that ends well.

3. Company process :- On 17th feb 2011 we were called to report at SINHGAD INSTITUTE Irandwane campus at 7.30 am to appear in the selection process of this company.Many other colleges also participated in that process. I was very tensed looking at the crowd over there as they were all from very known MBA colleges but at the same time i was very hopeful too as i also belong to a very special and reputated college of this league i.e BIMHRD. Now the time came when the selection committee entered the campus.


a) Company presentation - I was sitting in the first row when the HR started their ppt. As it was very early in the morning and i my previous night went sleepless due to all anxiety and nervousness i was yawning there and don;t know i slept during that session. In all i hardly listen to anything that gentleman said there and was completely lost. Finally after 45 mins that session ended i regained my conscious that i came to get selected in this company.

b) Aptitude test – Now the 2nd round of aptitude test began which was more of a technical test based on mechanical engineering knowledge rather than general aptitude. There were overall 50 questions and we need to attend as much as we can in 30 minutes only. NO negative marking .I attempted approximately 40 questions. There was no cut off declared as a qualifying criteria . After the result announcement only 50 % among the crowd qualified for the next round.

c) Group Discussion – All the population of candidates over there was divided into 3 groups of 10 – 12 persons each. A little weird thing happened during that process that they declared the GD topic in advance to all and then were sent to respective GD rooms. Topic offered to all of us was FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF PYRAMID – TRUE OR FALSE. GD was continued for approx 30 minutes and the selection panel were rolling in all the three rooms continuously and were observing all keenly. After the end of session results were declared and 12 candidates qualified for the next round. It was a proud for us that all the candidates appeared for GD from Balaji Society were qualified for the next round.

d) Personal Interview – I was the first candidate who was interviewed amongst us. First question shot to me was when did i sleep last night? I was shocked by this question and made out that they have seen me sleeping during the ppt. I somehow managed the situation but again they slammed next question asking me to brief the ppt given by them. I was totally screwed up and accepted my mistake. Then they started with normal HR questions like tell me something about yourself, why did i come for MBA after engineering etc etc. By that time i decided that i won't fake anymore any more in front of them and will be in real self and will answer all the questions honestly. They started confusing me about many jargons and concepts and laws but i remained firm on my words. They were trying to test my patience and were seeing for how long i would serve in the company but i persuaded them completely by my answers that i m not only confident enough but will be consistent also if they offer me to serve for their company.

After getting done with all the candidates they declared the results and then came the happiest moment of my life when they took my name in the list of selected candidates


So this was the crisp experience that i went through. And today I am content with the exposure which the company offers, the profile and the work.

I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your best all times, but as a suggestion- never loose hope even if you fail again and again in life. Give importance to honesty and don't fake in interviews .

In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews- be frank and if you are from business family, then don't let the panel know about it, because they want to see guys who will be joining their company for at least 2 yrs and would not run back to their family business.

This is the case that i have seen with my peers during many company panelists.

And don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good takes time and patience.Best of luck!!!

Hello,

I am Pallab Ghosh

Roll no. HRD09-6049

College: BIMHRD

Specialization: PGDM (Marketing & IT)

Division: Dual A

Batch: 2009-2011

It is my immense pleasure to share my campus placement experience with my

juniors.

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 backlogs, 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

Pallab Ghosh


someone getting rejected, but all these are a part of selection process.









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.

I got placed in one of the leading Travel company of India as a Management

Trainee(Corporate Sales).

My journey of placement started from the month of September when the first

company visited our campus. That time I realized GD was my strength being a

soft verbose person. I was eligible for placement from JAN had 1 backlog. I sat

in the first company on 15th Feb and got placed in that company itself.Thought

post this phase was an tough time watching my friendes getting placed a.I

knew my time will come. It was a tough time for me to prove myself and to

achieve what I have aimed in my life.

I started realizing worries and peer pressure. Seeing all my friends getting

placed every day I was really tensed as to what will happen.

Let me tell you fellas, always have faith in yourself. If you do not get into the

first company then you will definitely get into some! Who knows the last

company might be the best one!

The most awaited day finally arrived on 15th Feb 2011. A day before the

process we came to know that company XYZ was coming for placement with a

good profile and attractive package. Moreover, one of the leading MNC.

I started my preparation. I did a thorough study about the company and the

sector in India. I am from hospitality background which gave me lot of

advantage in understanding the technical terms.


Selection process:

1. Pre- Placement talk

2. Aptitude test

3. Group Discussion


Each round was an elimination round.

1. Pre-Placement talk:

The session starts with a pre-placement talk by the company executives. They

have discussed about the company's background, market presence, growth

component and work culture. This was followed by a brief explanation of the

skill sets required for employment, compensation, place of posting and the

procedure for selection.

2. Aptitude Test:

Recruitment procedure started with an aptitude test. It comprised of questions

testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning, quantitative applications

and verbal ability. The level of test was easy.

3. Group Discussion:

My GD topic was 'Gay Marriages'. I have neither initiated the discussion nor

given the conclusion. But I made 2-3 valid points which gave a direction to the

discussion. This time I was quite satisfied with my performance.

Some suggestions for GD-

Speak clearly.

Make sensible points.

Try to initiate the GD but not necessary.

Make sure to bring the discussion on track.

Listen carefully to others.

Don't make a fish market.

Keep eye contact while speaking.

Finally the moment of reckoning arrived and the list of students qualified for the

next round was read out. There were sighs of disappointment and screams of

joy. When I heard my name have been selected for the next round, I felt so

good and excited for the interview.

4. Personal Interview:

Interview is something in which I am comfortable and confident. I can be

myself and have a good conversation. As soon as the process started and I got

nervous but I controlled myself.

When my name called for the interview I walked in very confidently and wished

the panel members and took my seat. There were two panel members. The

questions during the interview were the following:


Tell me about yourself.

Where did you do your internship?

What was your contribution to the company during internship?

What do you know about our company?

What are your future plans?

What is cross selling?

Give 3 location preference and the reason behind that particular location.

Will you be able to work apart those locations?

Who is your idol and why?

When they announced the result at day end I was elated to know I was

selected. I thanked everyone associated with the process specially the

placement team. I called up my parents and they were happy as the institution

leveled the faith they had restored upon

Some suggestions:

Ask your profile and job description in detail before joining any organization.

Do not always give priority to 'BRAND' and 'COMPENSATION'. Give priority to

happiness

Keep your concepts very clear.

Always believe in yourself .

Have patience and work hard.

Please go through the company's website thoroughly before sitting for the

company. Do not be dependent on the ppt, the questions asked about the

company are beyond the scope of ppt.

Read newspaper every day.

Don't be nervous.

Always learn from your mistakes. But chill.

Never let yourself down at any point of time. Just have faith in GOD.On your

day no one can stop you.

Try be at a place where you are close to things you love always choose LIFE

ahead of MONEY.

I would like to thanks our beloved my friends and family members. I must say

the kind of theoretical exposure from the institution I got was really great and

helpful in our corporate journey. Wish you ALL THE BEST to all my juniors and

may you get success in all your future endeavors.

Regards,

PallabGhosh


Pooja Ramani

I am Ms. Pooja Ramani

Registration Number HRD 09-6053

PGDM, Finance and IT from BIMHRD,

2009-2011

A job with good profile in a multinational company paying great salary was all

what I wished to have. And I got it, but had to compensate a bit with

compensation. I got selected in company A. This was third company. Before

this I sat in the process for company P which was open for all candidates

irrespective of their specialization. Second company was company T. It had an

aptitude test. Out of 400 students only 10 got selected. And I was not one of

them. At that moment I felt bad but as these were not having finance profile so

it didn't bother much.

Company A was supposed to be the first company for finance students. But the

company mainly prefers B.Com graduates. And the criterion is minimum 60% in

all your academic records. Since it was the first 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 higher package then Company A.

Finally, I decided to sit for the process. We had a small pre-placement talk with

company. They gave us detail about the company and its work in U.S. Taxation.

Then the selection process started. We had computerized test, each round was

a knock out round. He had to score at least 60% in all the rounds. But in few

cases cut-offs were decided by examiner after seeing the performance of

students.

It started with English test. It was very simple. It had comprehensions, word

meanings and grammar. It had around 30 questions. We had to answer them in

a specified time. Few comprehensions were lengthy but they were simple and

the word meanings asked were also easy.

Next round was of logical reasoning, which had questions as we have in our

MAT papers. Paper had 30 questions but it was bit difficult to complete those in

specified time limit. Few questions were easy and could be solved without

spending much time on it.

Next was an accounting test. It had questions related to Indian Basic

Accounting and Costing. Mainly questions were on retained earnings,

depreciation and cost accounting terminology. It was not very easy test.

Numbers of students eliminated in this test were more in number.

After that we had test based on excel skills one possess. Questions were based

on shortcuts used in excel. Which function is used when?

After all these rounds there were hardly 20 students left. Then we had a

'versant' round. It was taken to check our command over English language,


accent, and our compatibility of U.S. accent. This was a computerized

telephonic round. It was the last test of the day. We were given a sheet having

ten sentences. The operator on the other side would say the number and we

has to read the sentence written beside that number. Then operator would

speak and we had to repeat that sentence. At the end there were few words

said and we had to speak or give our view on it. This being a last round I was

very conscious and tensed.

After that all of us were waiting for the results. The thought of not getting

selected was disturbing my mind. All of us were under same pressure. Finally, at

9.00pm HR announced the names of students who cleared the last round and

were eligible for an interview round. After a whole tiring day finally, I was got

through it.

Company had two more interviews round to take before giving a placement.

Company came to our campus after 10 days to take the interviews. For our

interview we also had competition from Sadhana students. They were also

giving interview with us. One day before the interview I started reading all my

taxation notes and books which I had gathered since my graduation. I went

through costing books too. I prepared very well for my interview. But there is a

saying 'Always Expect the Unexpected'. During the first 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 spends too much on its

employees on training. All they want 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.

Final interview had both technical as well as HR questions. There were

questions related to accounting. 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

Hyderabad etc. Whole day went in this process. HR took huge time to announce

the result. Every minute seemed to be very long. We were going through

process since 6.00am. At 8.00pm 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 11th November, 2010. Only seven girls from our

college got through it. Most of the students who got selected were from

Sadhana (SCMLD).We got offer letter too late. My CTC is Rs. 376000/- only I

guess it was in the month of March.

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,

PoojaRamani


Pooja Pamnani

Hi,

I am Pooja Pamnani Word count:1213

Registration no.: HRD09 6051

Class: SBS FINANCE 1,BIMHRD

Batch-:2009-11


Passed out on:April 2011

Placed in: Company A

Campus Placement is a great experience of my life and I would like to share it

with all.

Campus placements opened in october& I got placed in march. I had to wait a

long time for my placement but It gave me so many things to learn. Everything

I waited to for was worth it. I got placed after facing many ups and downs in

this life changing journey. Firstly I would like to thank Bala Sir, Singh Sir, Jacob

Sir and the Placement Team for working day & night, burning mid night fuel to

stand on hopes of the students & bring in such world renowned companies to

the campus for placement.

I am feeling nostalgic while recollecting memories of those days of tension, joy,

tears, frustration, achievement, nervousness and selection. GD was the most

irritating round for me because I can't speak in public. I remember attending

GD rounds for many companies with my classmates, debating on current

issues,reading newspapers to update statistics etc. The day when I got placed

in the Company A was on March 15, 2011, it was after a tough and rigorous

selection process. Finally hard work and patience paid to me.

During the placement season I got to know too many things about the

Corporate world. I got to know about my knowledge, practical approach

towards corporate world and now I am implementing all the ethics and learning

I gained from the college in my work. The major reason of joining SBS was to

fulfill my dream of having a Masters degree from a good college and getting a

good career.My Journey of life at SBS was full of challenges & you have to work

hard to strive for success. I too followed the same pattern of achieving success

by learning & adapting to skills required for a great future.To start with, the

skills required for success in campus placement is:

1) To develop logical & analytical skills. For this many books are available in our

library.

2)To develop good english specking fluency

3)Academic Records is also very important as many companies are having

critera of certain percentages.

4)Good basic knowledge of the specialisation which we have opted for. Because

many basic questions are asked in Intervew Round.


“Group Discussion” is the round of rejection, so we need to focus, pitch in

points that are relevant to the subject and speak them with confidence

andfluency.For this the best thing the college provides is the “Economic Times”

paper. This paper would help to know the current market trends, help you to

analyze the market situation & would help develop the ability to understand the

market happenings and the final is the personal interview, both HR & Technical,

& for this I think our college professors has done a commendable job in

knowing us the current technologies, in & out and help us to know the basics

from the core of each subject, maybe its marketing,finance,HR related issues &

what not. I am thankful to Bala sir for providing such esteemed professors at

our college premises, so that we could learn a lot from them. When this

company was about to come I was not in Pune as I went for Company B's

process. I was not prepared for any round but as It was a Financial company I

was not that much worried. After going through the company profile on PPT

and on its site I was convinced that this company has a lot of growth

opportunities. It was not a very big organization but because of that only I was

supposed to do major works of company. We attended the presentation and

were told all about the CTC & profile that was being offered.They were opening

new department of Project Finance for new projects of the company and as I

was having finance as my specialisation and we were having a subject called

Project Finance in which we learned for that profile so It was a great

opportunity for me. The PPT was short and crisp with all the required

information.

Also, the place of posting was Pune. Soon after that the selection process

started.

Selection Process -

Round 1 – Resume Shortlisting

Round 2 – Interview

Round:1: I am a B.Com graduate and my specialization was Finance,my

commerce background played a big role in my placement.The company in which

I got placed shortlisted students on the basis of their finance knowledge as it

was into financial consulting,we waited a long to know the names of shortlisted

students,my resume was shortlisted on the basis of commerce degree and

marks obtained in finance stream,I was lucky enough and they directly called

me for interview

Round:2: It was a panel of 3 members and the interview lasted for about 20

minutes,I was very confident through out the interview

process and gave all answers in positive attitude with a smile on my face.There

were questions like:

1.Introduce yourself?

2.Do you know driving?

3.Are you comfirtable to move at various places for different projects?

4.Technical questions: How will you measure sales growth of various years of a

company? Questions from Financial statements.etc.


5.Plans after five years?

6.What were your role and responsibilities during internship?

We need to be ready for such questions and prepare the answers beforehand.

Or 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, our opinion should be based on facts so that you can quote examples and

justify your beliefs.During interview I was qite nervous but I changed my mind

and answered confidently.

I gave the interview and was very much positive about the results,I went back

home late night after attending the whole process it was a tiring day but very

satisfactory.The second day company called the shortlisted students for one

more round but for our surprise they announced that four of us are already

selected.After this announcement the interviewer called us one by one and

explained company policies in detail and asked us to collect offer letter from

their office on the scheduled date.

I was very particular about profile and was lucky enough to get profile of my

choice. I would again like to thank BalaSir,PAT team and all my classmates and

friends for this beautiful experience.

Points I would like to share with my juniors:

Bala Sir always say: "Problems are opportunities",comes true whenever I

wanted to motivate myself. 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. But finally I feel proud to be

a part of Balaji Society as it provides excellent faculty members and execellent

designed course for our growth and learning.

Dear student managers please keep yourself ready to face challenges,work on

your weak points,cherish on every small success and last but not the least

Never Ever Loose Hope because "PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES".

All the best

Thank you.

PoojaPamnani


Pooja Pandey

I am Pooja PandeyRegistration number: HRD-09-6327 BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch.Specialization: PM & HRD (Dual -D)

I got an off campus placement.I sat for company's which was based in Mumbai…but for some reason I did not get through in 4 company's That was the time when I thought that I should not be dependent only on college as there ware many of us yet to be placed. Than I applied for off campus placement and I got through. Getting placement in a good company with a good salary is everybody's dream. And with the same dream in my eyes, I came to Sri Balaji Society.

Early days were tough and believe me at times I thought of leaving the college. But the mere thought of why I choose Balaji Society over others, helped me in overcoming all the fears and gear up for the more difficult battle. Daily classes and no offs. No holiday even on diwali day. Mental frustrations, hectic schedule, new place, first time away from home, new people, new atmosphere and me. Then it became routine and a part of my life.Days passed by and finally the placement season started. There were three categories of people in the society and all were worried-a)Those who were eligible(because they gonna be sitting for the placement)b)Those who were completely ineligible(no chance of seating)C)Those who were in between(border line case).I was the one who was initially not eligible but right before the process I cleared my OB paper and became eligible for the process.

On campus Experience:GD:The first round was GD. Rather Group discussion it was more of extempore, where they gave chance to every speaker to express his/her view on the topic. Then they divided the whole group into two parts and then they gave us a topic:-Child Marriage . One team in favour and one team in against. We were given 10 mins to discuss. We all participated very enthusiastically and did a added a lot decent points. Then after 10 mins we started discussing on the open forum. Both team leaders put the points they collected during the 10 min discussion and then the cross questioning started one on one. I was the one who opposed almost every single point and put my view strongly and with live examples.

2nd Round of Interview:We were called at the Mumbai office of the company for our technical and final interview. In technical, they questioned the following things


a) why Mr.KapilSibal became Telecom Minister instead of HRD Ministerb) About history of HRD. c) Core HR questions like-what is NeuroSycharitric HR Test,, HR basics etc.d) Different subjects that we read during our coursee)My favorite subject and why??

Final Interview:The final interview was more of HR and marketing interview. I was asked the following questions:-a) Tell me something about yourself.b) Why "HRD Management"c) The interviewer asked me about the role I was interested in.(I quickly said "HR Generalist")d) He asked me if I am interested in sales.e) He asked me about things related to my resume. Like my previous project with a us project with a company..what were my findings,observations,suggestions.

I did well in the initial questions and the interviewer was impressed with my acads, but I got stuck in one question which I think was the turning point. He asked me why I don't want to go for recruitment rather than HR Generalist profile. I told him that it's just that I don't like the profile, since I want to learn almost every role of an HR rather than be specialist in 1 rle and I want to remain in the same profile. But somewhere the guy was not satisfied with my answer and he pushed me for the recruitment and sometimes for location other than Mumbai which was my primary concern and hence that triggered me try something on my own.And hence leading me to march towards off campus placement.

Finally I was not selected in the company and I think this was the core reason.

Off Campus ExperienceThey were offering a role in which I was very much interested in.Following rounds were conducted by the company:

Written:Written contained three parts-English, Puzzle and Quantitative Aptitude. Just 5 questions and half an hour. I purposely did 4. Puzzles were the Shakuntala Devi types and in English they told us to write a business letter.

First Interview:My first interview was with VP and Head-HR. VP was a vey humble guy. He was from IIT. And the HR was cool and calm lady.The questions followed in the following order:-a) Tell me something about yourself.


b) About academics.c) Sports i used to play.d) My college academic experience and Major project.e) My MBA project and the findingsf) What role I'll prefer in the organization and why

I was cool and calm and replied each question nearly perfectly. We even had 15 minutes of discussion on my major project that I completed in MBA.. I asked the basics and was happy to see my knowledge regarding the same.

They also were interested in why I want to go HR Generalist and not in recruitmentss. My answers were simple and straight forward. I was clear in my mind why I wanted to go for this profile and conveyed the same to them. CEO was happy with the clarity of role that I wanted for me. They also discussed on the salary and asked me about my expectations.

Final InterviewAfter waiting for 5 long hours, I got my chance. The whole time I was wondering what they gonna ask me and asking others about the questions. Finally my chance came and the final interview was more cool and easy. The lady was the HEAD HR. She was impressed by my resume. She only asked me about my academic credentials and the projects. Especially I was asked about my MBA internship project in detail. I was asked to explain each and every detail about the project.

I explained the details and my role and also explained my contribution for the company.

Few days later the result were out and was selected in the organisation as HR Executive. Currently I am working in the same organisation.

Somewhere I believe its the destiny which decides your fate. Most importantly it's your hard work that pays. And always remember that-luck favours the brave. So juniors work hard don't worry, work hard and leave the rest on god.

RegardsPoojaPandey


Pooja Singh

I am Ms. Pooja Singh


Class- Marketing

Division- “A” from BIMHRD

From the academic year 2009-11 passed out in 2011 ( 1st January 2011)


I am placed in Company 3

Respected Bala Sir and my dear Juniors,

It gives me great pleasure to write down about my campus placement

experience

We go through a lot of phases in life. This is one such phase where you are

actually standing in the crowd and you've to strive hard to be the best in the

crowd. If you become vulnerable at this point of time, you miss out the

opportunity! And when opportunity knocks the door once, grab it with both the

hands.

All emotions come into play at this time, when you think about your family,

friends, teachers, competitors, etc. The sooner you realize it and work for it, the

easier it would be to hit the bull's eye!

A gazillion questions pounded me over the course of a couple of weeks.

Everything from the obvious career choice and growth dilemmas to

geographical preferences to personal life assessments. From the relevant and

interesting to the irrelevant and the downright stupid and the whole nine yards

in between, my thoughts did a round-trip. But if I was to crystallize the crux of

what was otherwise a messy brainstorm, it was all about 2 questions. Where do

I ideally see myself in a specific point in the future (5, 10, 25 years – you name

it)? What do I need to do now or in the foreseeable future to be able to get

there?

Straight-forward, perfectly plausible questions, right? Questions any sane

person with some semblance of planning and a hope for moulding a desired

future will ask oneself, surely? I did all the thinking that needed to be done, and

was fairly pleased with the answers I found for myself. A hazy, uncertain,

jumbled-up image of the future and a loosely strung zigzag path to potentially

get there. But hey, I patted myself for at least having a plan.

With this haphazard train of thought, I went ahead to give my best shot in the

placement process.

The entire placement process with its rough ride was indeed something to

cherish about. You've to go through tough times before you finally emerge as a

winner.


I sat in 4 companies overall.

In the first company , 90 people were shortlisted from the 4 colleges based on

achieving 70% above in 1st year. After the shortlisting, there was a presentation

given by the Company people, and then the GD took place for the shortlisted

people.

The Gd topic was "Should there be regular classes without a holiday? Reason it

out. “

Heated discussion went on for around 10-15 minutes. I didnt involve myself in

that discussion for about 7-8 minutes just for the fact that it didn't make any

sense to me to speak unnecessarily. Later on I gave my point and sat back, and

in the end,i was shortlisted from my group for the final interview round.

Out of 90 people, only 14 could make it to the interview .

30 minutes per interview , three people took the interview together. Questions

like "your background"," your college experience" . "If you have to sell a pen,

how would you go about it? what marketing strategies would you apply to make

it a success?" "Give one instance of a successful self motivation." "How would

you explain yourself as a person? " (based on the explanation, they shoot

questions at you so make sure that you speak only what you know about.) "Are

you willing to travel to a different city and do sales there?" "Do you have the

qualities of a good sales person, if yes, reason it out!"

And some general questions.

The second company had a lengthy process of selection. It started with the

shortlisting of students who had above 70% throughout their academic career.

After the process of shortlisting got over, we had around 300 students from all

the four colleges sitting for the next process. After the shortlisting, the HR of

the company gave an introduction about their company, the product that they

deal in, their presence in different cities, and what are they looking forward to

from us.

Then started the aptitude test. It was again a flashback of the days when we

were preparing for our MBA entrance exams. I would really like to advise my

juniors to keep practicing these mock papers during your MBA time also, so that

you don't go blank when you see the paper ! After the aptitude test got over,

which had questions from all the sections- logical reasoning, quantitative

aptitude, English, passage, etc, the result came after lunch time. The waiting

was getting difficult as there were so many students eyeing their hope on this

company, and each process just magnified the tension.

After the lunch time, the results were announced. 40% of the students got

shortlisted for the next round . I was one of them. There were many rounds of


Group Discussions that happened. My group was given the topic “ George Bush

vs Barack Obama “ . Again, some 20 minutes discussion went on, and everyone

was given the opportunity to express their views, and the moderator was closely

observing every sentence that was uttered.

Finally, after the Group discussion round got over, there were about 10 students

shortlisted for the interview round that took place the next day, which gave

them the chance to be mentally well prepared. Unfortunately I wasn't

shortlisted after the group discussion round, but I learnt from this experience as

to where did I falter, and not to repeat it in the next company that I would sit

for.

My company 3 had its process in Mumbai . It started with the shortlisting of the

CVs depending upon the marks, 2 rounds of interviews , one with the HR of the

organisation, if selected in it, then the final round with the General Manager .

First was with the HR, where questions were based on your CV

Final round was with the General Manager , questions like "why service sector?"

"give me instances where you have experienced a bad service and a good

service." "Why do you think you should be selected?" "How would be your sales

pitch if you have to sell a property?" "Why CRM is so important?" etc

And finally i was selected.

The entire campus placement session gives you time to groom yourself, to know

where do you stand, to maintain your cool under immense pressure and

competition, to keep your motivation levels high. Always remember, it is not

how hard you work, it is about how smartly you put the hard work into place

when the time is right! Be confident and be well prepared !

Nothing provides you with better firepower to accomplish great things in your

today, if it isn't to fulfil the ambition of reaching a coveted goal in your

tomorrow. But let's not overestimate our faculties as humans to be in complete

control of the tomorrow. Do your best today, and rest will follow.

Best of Luck !

Regards,

Pooja Singh


Poonam Kundu

I am Poonam Kundu

Registration No: HRD09-6187

BIMHRD Dual-B


Passed out in: April 2011

Specialization: Marketing and IT


Before I begin to share my placement experience with you all I would like to tell

you the truth why I am writing it today, this is because I got a call from my

father asking that have I submitted my placement experience ? ( I wonder how

does he know about this , actually he came to know all this when he called up

in the office and asked about the dispatch of caution money cheque as I told

him that cheque will be delivered directly to my postal address ). To be on safe

side I admitted that we got the mail regarding the submission of the same but I

thought it's not compulsory but I will submit it today itself if it is so .

Phase that I went through from the day I sat for companies till the company I

got selected in came to our campus:

I sat for 17 companies in total and got placed in 15th company which

is a software company.

It was the month of march (may be 2nd march 2011 ,not sure ) that company A

came to our campus for second time, earlier it came in November , but at that

time I was not eligible due to short attendance . It was the company for which I

wished a lot at least to appear in the selection process of company A , but I had

lost my hope because it has already been to our campus in Nov 2010. BUT

when I heard that company A is coming back to campus for all those who

haven't appeared earlier I felt like my dream came true. From that day onwards

I started my preparation as I heard that the aptitude test of company A is bit

tough and it was actually tough and I never hoped to get clear in that . Prior to

company A I sat for around 15 companies , in some I was not even able to

crack the GD and in some I had to returned back empty handed even after

reaching up to the last round . As the exams were approaching my tension was

also increasing day by day .In the examination hall when I used to saw people

congratulating others who got placed feel ashamed of myself thinking that

when I will get placed ,when will my time come and I also get the wishes of

others, I really want to feel live that moment .MY both the roommates also got

placed even after being from HR batch. The day it was announced that

company A is coming back to our campus I and one of my friend started going

to our college temple twice a day in morning and evening, in hope that this time

definitely I will get the support of GOD also to crack the company A process.

Experiences during the selection process:


After the first round of online aptitude test I went back to my flat as I was not

feeling well that day and moreover by looking at the level of questions I left

with no hope ,hardly I attempted 19 or 20 questions out of 50. As soon as I

went to bed to take rest my friend called me up and said that I had cleared the

aptitude test , I just shout on him that please stop making fool of me I am not

well will talk later, then he asked a girl standing beside him there to confirm me

that he is not lying and I have really cleared the test, that was the moment

when I felt so happy , because interview is a kind of formality in company A I

heard , (but it was not so ), then went back to college and got to know that

around 50 has cleared the test out of 160 around students( other colleges from

outside were also invited that time)

Within a week or two TCS interview was going to be scheduled, so I booked my

tickets for holi I i.e. of 19th march in advance ( as it was my first holi after

marriage )thinking that in the coming two weeks interview will be over in any

case . But later I had to cancel my flight because interview was scheduled in the

week next to holi ,it was bit sad also as everyone was waiting for me at my in

laws side ,but it was a matter of career and I left with no choice ,I just started

my preparation.

There were three rounds :

I. Technical round:

The interview panel consisted of two technical professionals from the company.

They asked me everything from kotler I think and even little bit from my B.Tech.

project also. At some questions I got confused also but I handled that by asking

them to help me little bit where I got struck but in a mischievous way , where

they also started laughing, and from that point I got more confidence and

answered almost all their questions

Following questions were asked by the panel:

1> Tell us something about yourself.

2> Where did you do your internship from ?

3> Why You want to join company A even being from the marketing

background?( I have done B.tech. so I had convinced them easily with my

reason to join the company AND moreover I said that company A is my dream

company and on this answer of mine they loked towards each other and asked

another next question)

4> What if HCL will come to your campus and pay higher package then us

,what will you do?(my answer was quite obvious)

5> What is BCG matrix explain with eg.?

6> What is ABC analysis,pareto analysis , segmentation, positioning,SWOT

analysis, brand loyalty?

7>What is corporate responsibilities? (they stretched this question a bit by

asking more and more exapmles)

8> What is PLC, Pricing, channels etc ?


II. Management round:

It was nothing but they wanted to know your area of interest you would like to

work in after joining the company .Only one person was there during this

round.

III. HR round :

It was a kind of confirmation from you that if you will be ok with company

policies , location flexibility and all. Two HR girls took this round.

After a week later the final result came and I was through in the TCS process ,

it was really my dream came true that I am going to be the part of the largest

and most renowned IT company of India.

My suggestion

One should have knowledge about the company and the profile he/she is

sitting for;

He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into;


practical knowledge;

Should have interest in activities other than studies;

Should have an attitude of learning;

Try tosummarise your points in short

Don't get disappointed by seeing others getting placed and you still in queue.

Its just the right opportunity that is waiting to be knocked on to your door.

The final suggestion is that placement is all depended on luck. No matter how

good you are and how your competitors are , no matter how good the feedback

has been from the interviewer, the only thing which decided your placement is

your mere LUCK. If you are lucky than even your dumbest answer will get you

through.


from each interview and mould yourself according to the interviewer questions.

Best of luck to all seeking the placement.

Before closing I would like to express my gratitude to Bala Sir, who takes so

much efforts for getting the companies on campus, all the directors and all the

coordinators who work in big and small ways to make placements happen.

PoonamKundu

HRD09-6187

2009-2011 Batch

Assistant System Analyst- Trainee

IT sector


Prachi Madan

Hi I am.. Prachi Madan Reg. No. : HRD09-6054Dual.: PGDM PM & HRD (Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Developement)Academic year: 2009-2011Specialization : PM & HRD

Yes , it indeed it was an experience for a lifetime!!Campus Placement, I'm sure is the most essential reason why majority of us get into MBA in the first place, for me it was more or less a 360 degree change. To live away from home for the first time, to sustain for 2 yrs in an institute that had a totally different culture . After having spent hours and months of intensive training and preparation each one of us expects to move out the campus with flying colors or none the less with a job that we are satisfied with.I was placed in on 11th June, 2011. Before I got placed. I had appeared for the placement procedure of around 15 companies. Apparently I had a set frame of mind that I wanted specific company and particular location (Delhi & Guragon to be precise). It didn't matter to me that what if I was not placed till everyone gets placed. I was rigid, I only wanted Gurgaon as my place of posting(POP). Also I did not want to get into the banking & financial sector, plus a few other criterias here and there. But eventually I found that no company had all these specifications I was looking for. I had a lot of expectations from these companies, and I was not ready to compromise from my side. Hence in the Bargain I lost the opportunity to sit in a lot of companies. Hence I was the only one who lost in this battle. One must remember that we should welcome changes in life. They are an essential part of our being! Each one of us is different in a way which makes us stand apart. So if we are confident enough of ourselves and our desires then we don't have to run after a company. The company best suited for our skill sets will automatically come to us. The best part was that i had always cleared all the GD's and PI's. Being articulate in english was an edge which I possessed , which increased my confidence but somehow in all the other 14 companies i did not make it to the final selected candidates. Among the 15 companies which I sat for, normally there were Three rounds1 . Aptitude test or a presentation2. GD:


In a gd dont be in a hurry to put your point, be a good listener and always put your point 3 to 4 times in a gd, be more clear in saying your point and put lot of factual data to support your points. Make use of voice modulation so that others listen to you, or else anything boring will be cut right in the bud. That's how i always cleared every gd.

Among the 10 companies i want to share 2 experiences which are very memorable for meAs i am a B.Com Economics(hons) student with no experience before MBA. Would Make me sit for only few companies which were suitable for me according to my profile . Being Selective over that made it even more tough. In the month of december a company was called, as usual I cleared the aptitude and Gd. But after the Gd we were told they had no vacancies for Gurgaon office. I lost my interest in that company and hence was a low performer in the PI. Later I learn't that they had openings only for their gurgaon office. I somehow regret my haste decisions.

But there are friends ,teachers and your mentors who are always with you and try to boost your confidence , so the lesson what i learned from it was, that never lose your confidence, believe in yourself share your experiences with your closed ones.

Whenever i was not able to clear the interview, i told the same answers to my friends who were working at that time in some organizations, which helped me to rectify those answers.

The Questions which they generally ask1 . Describe yourself?This question was asked by every company, so every one has to prepare for it, very well which can be influential for the interviewrs.2. Some current affairs related to Law Amendments?As a part of our curriculum reading economic times on a daily basis helped me to give answers to the current affairs asked by interviewers. As a PM & HRD student everyone has to know about different amendments being made by the government 3.Why HR?two years in HR give me lot of reasons to satisfy interviewers about this question.4.Where you see yourself 5 years down the line?5.Why xyz company.?


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.

After facing many group discussions and interviews finally my day had come I got placed in the 15th company on 11th June 2011For this company, there was a presentation to be made on any topic of your choice and had to be presented in front of the Panel which came for the selection. Then there were only direct interviews

The panel consisted of 3 members.Each one of them were talented and equipped enough to find out what good each one of us had to offer and who could be the best one of them.In the pre placement talk the speaker introduced herself and the company to us. The work culture, what they were looking for, the salary structure, job profile, everything was clearly explained to us. Questions were answered and other doubts were also clarified. The placement procedure consisted of the following rounds:-

1.Shortlisting of students.2.Presentation3.final interview 1

Interview with each of the candidates went around for 20 mins which implied sufficient time being taken by the panel members to judge each one of us.the interview was conducted in their office in Pune The questions asked during my P.I were:-

Basic introduction.Strengths and weaknesses.Major setbacks and achievements.Learning from themHobbies 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.How you can make your product different from others.What is the guarantee that u don't leave us after taking experience .


The interview take place on 11th June, and I had joining on the 14th JULY. I was finally selected. It happened all too fast for me to sit back and realize. I was the only one who was selected, but unfortunately it was PUNE and not Gurgaon. But I accepted it because I was not left with any other choice.

The day had come because of the hard work put in by our pat members , every faculty which taught us , by our beloved bala sir, Hemendra sir who always guided us as a mentor and on every step boosted our confidence.I am very lucky that I am passed out from such an esteemed institution.

Certain piece of advice for my colleagues:1. Never try to faff 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. Believe me it makes a difference.5. Never underestimate the panel; even they do their homework before coming.6. Read economic times regularly.

I had a wonderful experience and was quite lucky to get my hands on one of the biggest brands. I am very grateful to Bala Sir,Hemendra 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.SBS WILL HELP YOU LIVE AND FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS.

Thank YouPrachi Madan


Prateek Kapoor

Name :Prateek Kapoor

Specialisation :Finance

Reg no: Hrd 09-6152

College : BIMHRD

Batch :2009-11

I am feeling privileged to share my campus placement experience with my

juniors .It is an amazing feeling to 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 rigrous

process of selection. Firstly I would like to thanks Bala sir and Corporate

relations Team of my college for all their efforts for bringing such reputed

companies to campus. My journey in BIMHRD started on 9 june 2009. The two

years in this college have taught me various things which are helping me in my

professional and personal life. Getting a good job with a decent package is the

dream of every student who enrolls in to MBA programme. Same was the case

with me ,I also wanted to start my corporate career with good band and nice

salary. But for me the campus placement journey was not he bed of roses. It

was one the most tough times I had ever seen in my life . I was eligible for

Placements from the first company and was placed in the last company which

came for finance .For the first two semesters I was not having aggregrate 60%

, was also one of the reason of getting placed in last. I was the last one to get

placed .Due to 60% criteria initially I was not short listed for few companies.

The campus placement journey from October 2011 to july 2012 is one of the

great learning period of my life. Like others I had started Preparing for the

Group discussions and Interviews right from the beginning . After sitting in first

few companies I was able to crack Gd and was able to make final round of

various good companies . I had also attended various off campus placement

processes in Mumbai and Pune.

Days were passing by and till april last I was not placed in any of the companies

.During those times its really very tough to prepare for campus placement

process as well as your semester exams. Any ways you have to keep yourself

balanced during those times and move ahead. As far as GD and PI preparation

is concerned I was getting more focused as the time was passing. But I had

strong believe in myself that some thing good will happen. On 30th April I

got the call from PAT office regarding Company X. The Company was

on campus on 30th may finally .Probably it was the last company and last

chance for me to get placed through campus. Durin this time I was also hunting

for companies off campus but nothing happened.


Process in Company X:

Aptitude Test

Group Discussion

Interview

Aptitude test Was of CAT level where you had to clear all the sectional cutoffs.

The selection for Interview was to be done on the cumulative score of GD and

PI.

During GD round we were 15 people , our topic for gd was India 2020. My GD

went well and was able to make various entries in the discussion with

confidence.

Finally I was shortlisted for the Interview. I had my Final PI round in July.

The questions asked in PI were:

Tell me about your self.

Your Family background and strengths and weakness,

Where and what did you do inyour summer Project.

Basic banking terms like CRR,SLR , Repo and Reverse repo rates.

Why do you want to join our company .

What is your mission in life'

Finacial terms like Capital budgeting , NPV , IRR and Various financial ratios.

About RBI andwhats going on in BFSI sector.

After 15 days when I got the call from PAT office regarding my placement ,was

one of the happiest moments of my life.Finally for me the war ended on 26th

of july the day when I got placed.

Some suggestions:

Always be well versed with your subject knowledge and technical aspects of

your domain area.

Be prepared with some basic and common interview questions like about

yourself, strengths , weakness, why do you want to join company X …etc.

You should very well knowing that what you have done in your summer projects

and develop a way and approach to explain the same in your Interview.

Go through company's website thoroughly before sitting for the company.

Its always good for finance students to go through the Balance sheet of the

company before hand.

Have faith in your self and work hard.

Try to find your weak points in GDs and Interviews faced and work on them

religiously.


Read business newspapers and magazines and always be updated with latest

news and trends in the industry.

GD is all about your awareness level which can be developed only through

reading news papers and books.

To be a good speaker in GD Four things are very Important:

Good Communication Skill

Be a keen observer and good listener.

Good judger as to when to enter in a GD and when to leave.

Have relevant content

Speak with poise.

There is no substitute for Hard work you will have to be focused and work on

your weekness.

Friends its not that important who gets placed first or who gets placed in last ,

the most important thing is to get the right job for yourself. The most important

thing when you get the job is job satisfaction and happiness. Friends I would

also like to share that when I was not placed I had also worked as an Assistant

Professor in SBS. Believe me this is the best thing which our college does to

unplaced students.I am very thankful to Bala sir for his support in

this way during those harden times .Actually it was also a different experience

which provided me a great learning.I feel proud to be a part of an institution

which stands with students when they have nothing in their hand.

At last I would like to say that just believe whatever happens in life always

happens for good. The kind of rigrous training we went through in these two

years is now showing its fruits. The kind of exposure which our college gives,

believe me friends the corporate world is exactly the same.

I am heartly thankful to Balasir , Corporate relations team and entire SBS for

their love and support during those tough times. All the very best to all my

juniors for their future career.

Regards

PrateekKapoor

Hrd-09-6152.

BIMHRD- FINANCE


Pratima Kulkarni

I am Pratima KulkarniRegistration No: HRD09-6107 Batch-2009-11BIMHRD Dual-BSteel Company

To make the Campus Placement Experience interesting so that the juniors can read, let us start with a small story.On my way to office one morning, I saw a stray puppy at our society gate. Generally, puppies at his age stick close to their mothers; but this one was alone and was being harassed by bigger dogs. I paused for a moment to take in the scene. For office-going like me, deviating from our carefully-timed schedules even for a moment creates a domino effect, which usually spells disaster. But the puppy's entreating cries could not be ignored and I halted to help him.

I chased the big dogs away and gave the puppy some biscuits to nibble on. I waited to make sure he was okay and when he hid under an old car, I rushed to office. When I asked the security guard about the puppy's mother, he said that she was dead and the puppy was the only one who survived out of four siblings.

While travelling back home, I couldn't stop thinking about that puppy. I thought of how he would survive in this hostile world without any protection. I was sure that I was not going to adopt him. The busy lives we lead and our small flats do not allow us to own a pet dog.

Yet, I could not get him out of my mind. I remembered Charles Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. The theory argues that species with useful adaptations to the environment are more likely to survive than are those with less useful adaptations. This theory is true for individuals, companies, countries and entire species. Only those companies and individuals that have the ability to evolve in the ever-changing business environment can survive. Based on Darwin's survival theory, I wondered if that puppy would survive or not and if he could adapt to this hostile world. To add some zest to my mundane life, I decided to monitor the puppy and supervise his survival and named him Darvin with a V, not W.

The next morning, I noticed that Darvin had found a home for himself beneath the society's security guard's chair. It was a very smart move because none of the bigger dogs dared come close due to the fear of the security guard's stick. Darvin also used his puppy charm to win the goodwill of the security guards. He wagged his tail when he saw them, licked their boots, rolled all over them and in return, he got protection and sometimes food from them. Given the situation, Darvin had understood that the first rule of survival is to stay close to the strongest for security.


Not all days were the same and Darvin had to fend for himself on days when the security guard was on leave and he had to confront the other hostile dogs alone. Darvin managed those days quite nicely. Whenever a big dog came near him, he cried loudly. His shrill scream attracted the attention of the residents passing by. They trusted the little puppy chased the big dogs away. Some of them used to pet him and offer food. God has given the special skill of crying to babies who have not learnt to express

their feelings in words. Like a child, Darvin used his God-given skill to protect himself. So, the second rule for survival: Understand the power of natural skill and use it efficiently.It is really important in life that we need to learn the lessons of life, and I think in BIMHRD you can really do it. Placement time is the toughest time to survive in a lifetime of any aspiring student, and it is really important that we know how to survive in this difficult situation. What if you are not among them who are selected in the 1st company which visits our campus, will you loose heart and sit at the back, or will you try hard to survive. Here comes the Charles Drawin's Theory of the Fittest. And for that you need the below points to charge yourself again and again:1) Always believe in your strengths: You as an individual know yourself better and hence its you who know your strengths & weaknesses. Your salesmen qualities start right from this time; here you need to sell your strengths to the company, by either not showing your weaknesses at all or at least putting your weaknesses in such a way which will not be an obstacle for the company.2) Decide what you want: It is before the placements when you need to decide what exactly you want, is it the brand name which fascinates you, or it is money which is important, or even the profile which you will be working on?? Depending upon the criteria selected by you select the company in which you want to sit.3) Do not compare: It is human tendency that we start comparing ourselves with others, please avoid doing that, because it unnecessarily starts creating confusion in our minds : “ Am I that bad”, “The other person is not worthy to get that job, but how lucky he is”, all these thoughts are never useful for anyone, and not for you for sure atleast at this stage.4) Be patient: This is really very important, because in hurry you may take such decisions which you may regret in your future. Never do that, as the 1st step, 1st job is really very important for one's career.5) Know the company: You get lot of time as you get to know 1 day prior that which companies are going to visit the campus the very next day, try to go through the company's web site, and at least try to find out which kind of products/services the company deals in, this really helps you to answer many questions asked in the interview.6) Company selection process: Most of the companies have GD (for which you need to read daily newspapers, as you should know about the world & also about what is going on in your area) and PI (for which you need to be very


confident & assertive) as there selection process. For any process go in as if you know everything, try to avoid to confuse the panel (as they are very smart), if you don't know any answer just think for few seconds and straight away say that you don't know.

All the best!!I am sure that whatever I shared will help you people to select the best for yourself. Wishing you all the luck not just for this Placement Season but for your future as well.Have a happy placement seasonPratima KulkarniHRD 09 618109-11 BatchSr. Sales EngineerSteel Company

I am Praveen Chopra,

Registration Number HRD-09-6055,

From (BIMHRD),

Academic year 2009-2011.

My specialization is in FINANCE.

I have no regrets that I have not been placed by the college, the decision was

solely mine. By God's grace today I am an entrepreneur in PALI RAJASTHAN

with my firm name A-ONE AGRO TECH (Regd.) dealing into manufacturing and

processing of food grains, oil seeds and oil. We are also an exporter and an

importer for various kinds of food gains and oil seeds, thereby contributing to

India's growth story.

During the placement, I sat for six companies only because I was very selective

regarding my work profile and the company's reputation in the market and

moreover I wanted the company culture to be good and healthy. Also, I looked

upon the factors such as , my growth in the company as an employee and the

place of work (pop) and the package it offered. I would like to appreciate the

PAT team members & Dimple Mam &Bala Sir & all other who worked day and

night so hard to get in the companies to our college, but, somehow I didn't get

through. Call it my destiny or luck.

XYZ Co.-This was the first company for finance and out of 110 students of

finance only 8 got selected from finance stream .As this was my first experience

Praveen Chopra


I had no idea about the process and how to go about it. I think ATTITUDE and

CONFIDENCE is much needed in the company selection. Along with technical's

being strong, I also worked upon my aptitude and communication skills. In

process, at first CV short listing was done in which 40 CV were shortlisted. After

that we had an aptitude round.every student was given a computer. The test

was based on CAT/MAT models .Thereafter; we had 3 rounds of PI. In 1st

round: They also asked me my areas of weakness .also they asked me to rate

myself from 1 to 10 on 5 parameters: leadership, proactiveness, initiative,

communication and innovativeness.2nd round of PI tested me regarding my

grasping power and analytical power. In this round I was asked to analyze the

other candidate's solution. They asked me my area of interest in finance and

also apart from finance what interests me the most.

I answered- music. Thereafter few questions were based on music (just to test

my fluency and my power to explain).3rd round basically tested my psychology.

They asked questions like:

- What is my long term goal?

- How long I would like to work with the company?

- How nostalgic am I?

- Who would be the happiest person if I get selected?

- What expectations do I have from the company?

- What do you mean by the term “discipline”?

- What would I do with my salary?

- What is my long term goal?

- Till what time span I would work with the company?

- -what growth am I expecting?

After these, finally they asked questions regarding my summer internship

project that was in a bank at pune. So they grilled me with the technical of

banking sector and current news.But unfortunately I didn't get through this

company.

Thereafter many companies came in our campus but due to my selective

Behaviour I didn't made to any company. I didn't want to get placed anyhow in

any company at any profile at any package as many students have. But I was

clear on my long term goal i.e. entrepreneurship and contribute significantly in

the growth of the economy.

Many companies screen CV first that we give to PAT. There by according to the

company needs they select few candidates for PI. I was fortunate to get my CV

selected in few companies. But at the same time I was somewhere unfortunate

that my CV was rejected by few companies such.


My advice on this to the juniors will be that to develop many extracurricular

activities which I think was lacking in my CV. Moreover do our summer

internship from a good company with a good profile. These parameters are

taken into consideration while shortlisting the CV of any candidate by the

company.

I tried my level best to fit into any good company with a profile that suits me

but unfortunately this could not happen. And today after one year I left the

college , I don't regret that I didn't get placed, in fact I am proud when I see

myself the position I am standing at and the amount of learning I did in

entrepreneurship.

But getting placed has its own stand and importance.

Before sitting in any company few things one must do are:

- Know well about the company

- Know exactly what job profile you are getting

- Read your CV thoroughly ( major questions are CV based)

- Know well your areas of strengths and weakness

- Read your internship projects well like what kind of work was done by you

- Read few motivational quotes so that it will keep inspiring you when you feel

down during the placement season.

- Don't follow the herd instinct. Do whatever you want to, do not go on others

saying.

- You must be well aware of all news stuffs(so read Economic times daily)

- Work upon your communication skills because that is very important.

In one line “ADD VALUE TO YOUR SELF EACH DAY”, companies will pick you up

in seconds.

As said, one need to learn from others mistake and try not to repeat. I totally

appreciate and hats off to Sri Balaji Society to take this wonderful initiative of

getting the write-ups of placement experience from everyone, so that our

juniors learn from our ups and down.

I am sure it will help my juniors to take proper decision. All the best juniors!

Regards

Praveen Chopra

A-ONE GROUP

PALI (RAJ.)


Preeti Malvi

Hi..!

Preeti Malvi

Roll No- HRD 09-6153

BIMHRD (Dual-B)

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.It was the month of

September when i got my first campus oppurtunity.After that 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


then the rounds of Interview.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

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 28th April 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 : 28th April.

Process:

Telephonic Interview(HR Round) :

Including me 11 people were shortlisted for the telephonic round after initial

CV's screening of all the Life Science background students.

Questions asked are mostly related to my CV and this telephonic round was for

10 min only.They shortlisted me n one of my class mate Rohit for the face to

face interview at Bangalore.


Interview Date:4th March 2011.

I reached Bangalore on the same day ie 4th of march.First HR gave both of us a

form to fill which took around half an hour and he informed us that we will be

having 4 rounds of interview.

1st round was the interview with Senior Director(Marketing).After initial

introduction he asked me to briefly describe atleast five latest news in

Pharmaceutical industry of which i managed to answer three.Hedidnot seems to

be convinced with it.He made the remarks that i should know atleast 10 of

them.Since this was the start I was a bit nervous due to his remarks.Next he

asked me whether i am fine with the traveling throughout the day as per the

requirement of the job if was given a sales profile. I denied it.Again he made

very disappointing remark that I should be open to traveling as I did my PG in

Marketing.

With this question , I realised that it was a pressure interview so i tried to

remain calm for the next set of the questions.This interview wes of about half

an hour.

2nd round was with Associate Director(Marketing) ; 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..” Then he asked, the most common 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. This was again a lenghty interview

for one and half hour.

All the questions were technical pertaining to Pharma Industry:

Question Asked were;

What is Patent?

What are types of Patent?

What is the meaning of regulated drug market ?

What is Drug & Cosmetic Act ?

Pharma Act 1950?

What are the differences between FMCG marketing & Drug Marketing ?


what is your learning from summer internship?

What is your aspiration in life?

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 I was satisfied.

3rd round was with my present reporting Manager.

This was the longest interview i had ever faced.It went for approx two and half

hours.Interview started with again the most common question "Tell me

somthing about Yourself." and then 1st round of hardcore technical question

started ranging from all the categories of Drugs used for Human System then

he pulled out a strip of medication & asked me about its indication.I was very

confident in my answers and he also seemed very convinced.

Then he started discussion regarding my stand on

1) Existence of 10th Planet. (Discussion went for almost 45 minutes)

2) Dowry system in India. (Discussion took approx. 1 hour)

These two discussions made me very confident that my views really left some

solid impact on him.It was 6 Oclock in the evening and the interview was still

going on.Then the suddenly the HR interupted and informed that i will be

having one more interview with Vice President(Marketing).

I was exausted and then luckly Vice President(Marketing) was busy in some

issue so it was cancelled and they informed me that i will be having the

telephonic interview with him some other time.

I waited for that telephonic intervies call but it never happened.Suddenly after

one and half month approxi got the conformation call that i have been selected.

During this one and half month i was so tensed and i am very thankful to

Rachna(CRT member) who made a constant followup with the concern person.

Finally I joined on 16th May 2011.

Thanks & Regards


Pritom Protuysh Bora

Hello

I am Pritom Protuysh Bora

Roll No. HRD09 6154

Class: Operations, from BIMHRD,

Specialization –Operations and SCM

Academic year: 2009-2011.

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 backlogs, 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.









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. My flat mates did share these

things as They has already gone through this (due to my attendance below 85

% , I could not sit for 1st 75 Companies), 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

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. 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 last on the list .

Interview questions

Tell me something about yourself

Why do you want to join XYZ Company

Tell me what do we do and all our dimensions?

After that few question about logistics?

Why should I hire you?

Then few more questions from the CV.

Answer to these questions made me eligible for the 2nd round of interview. I

was quite comfortable with the questions mentioned above. I just flunked once

when the interviewer was going in depth about the company's other divisions.

Anyways I said only those things that which I knew.

The 2nd round was to be held with the Zonal manager, a person who joined the

company as an assistant with a pay of Rs3200 and today was the Zonal

manager. That day we had and exam of 4th semester so the interview was

cancelled and was called again next day. The interview was in the office of the

company. One by one people were called inside and the interview seemed to be

very small (approx 3-4 min), so I thought that maybe he is just checking the

attitude and willingness to join. Then my number was up and I went in,

interviewer asked me to sit down and He asked me Questions like:

- why we should hire you .???

- what is your strength and weakness??

- Why you want to join a logistics company.??

- Where you like to be after 5 years..??

- What value addition you can provide to our company.??

Then he asked me to tell me about myself and my family background , what my

father do etc etc . He also asked me whether I am open to whole location and

He also asked me why you come Pune to do MBA far from Assam . The

Interview lasted about 15-20 mins .

On the same day, I got to know from some PAT member that I was selected.

After that I felt relax that at last I also got placed.

After joining the join XYZ Company I was posted in Hasangarh,Haryna .The

place was quite a remote area and besides there is no holiday. So honestly at

first I was little depressed , but later on my 2yeras stint with Balaji society help

me lot , because in Balji also we have trained to work in a no holiday

environment . So later on things become Normal to me . I am learn lot of things

here and more ever where I am working right now , it is the one of the biggest

warehouse in India by any FMCG company . I here learnt lot about logistics and

logistics industry.


At last , I like to I thanks my parents, teachers, my friends and all those people

who have given me any kind of input. Whatever I am right now it is all because

of your support. Life is all about learning and that is what never ends, only god

can tell you whether it will end after death or not. But whatever you learn

during your studies is a different thing, but the learning after that will be a very

different thing. Real world experience is what will make you real tuff. Frankly

speaking I never thought of future, not even when I was in PG. Now I am

signing off and wishing luck to the readers .

Pritom Protuysh Bora

BIMHRD( operations), HRD 09--6154

Name- Priyanka Saxena

Registration number- 09-6230

Dual- C- BIMHRD

Academic year- 2009-2011


I got finally placed on 22nd oct

I am working as Assistant Manager Sales and Marketing for a leading real estate

firm, which is a part of a very renowned group.

The Company 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).

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 teratho 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.....

Priyanka Saxena


Then as usual we were divided into our respective G.D groups, mine was in the

5th 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 “Common wealth games 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, I

gave many points came. In interviews it doesnt matter what you say,the only

thing that matters is how you say it.

It 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, 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 this , 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 this company?” I think i answered that one decently

mentioning that i was well aware of the kind of work ethics, culture, CSR

activities done by the company across India and world and working with such a

group is not only pleasure but honour too.

I was the 8th one for the interview .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-“Priyanka 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)

What project you handled in your internship,what are the take away's from that.

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? ( I said its not about which sector,its about can I sell

and I am pretty sure I can)


Priyanka, you have excellent grades in Engg. Then why not higher Studies in

the same field?

Are you ok if you are posted anywhere?

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

5:30 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 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”,mine

was the last name” PriyankaSaxena (HRD)”, they had selected 2 girls never

before had they selected girls, they went on to say that they found them

better.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 .

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,

PriyankaSaxena


Rahul Joshi

I am Rahul Joshi, Registration Number-HRD-09-6155,Dual C, BIMHRD, Academic year-2009-2011,passed out on 26th April, 2011.My specialization is in Marketing & FinanceI am finally placed in Company ABC Ltd


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, i.e. to work in that industry with sustainable growth cycle.

I also thought that I will get a PPO hence no need to sit for Placement, and that I also achieved a PPO verbally but I have some different dreams in my mind. Hence, I knew that now the battlefield is ready as was aptly described by Bala Sir, Be Selfish, but sir that I can never be.The preparation for WAR begins.

I always knew that which industry I want to be in, which is LOGISTICS. So I was always collecting information regarding the LOGISTICS 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. Be a keen observer and good listener.2. Good judger as when to enter in a GD and when to leave.3. Have relevant content.4. Speak with poise.One more point I want to share which I used in every GD is that I always try to


Oppose my group, if you go against the group your content will be new and examiner will listen you very carefully.

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 6 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 but also a backlog in FM for 2 times. Even my paper was correct I got backlog in FM second time, I don't know why? So was not able to go for my desired Industry. Finally my backlog cleared. In 1 company, reached till last round, they took 13 out of 15 students and 2 were not selected including me. So I am decided to go for off campus placement because that time college was not able to bring a single GLOBAL LOGISTICS company except KUHNE-NAGEL. So I applied in one JAPANESE GLOBAL MNC of LOGISTICS. There was no GD in the selection process. Only one written test and two P.I.

Written test was full of Logical questions and some mathematics questions.PI:

Ques 1: Tell me about yourself?Ans: Sir, I introduced myself..Ques 2: what is logistics? Explain with diagram.Ans: I explained meaning of logistics with diagram.Ques 3: Why do you want to be in marketing field only? It will be quite hectic; one has to travel a lot.Ans: I know that, but I had a quality of interacting with people. I have strong quality of building relationships with strangers, make them believe me, and one more thing, I can make people confuse too. There is a Golden Rule in marketing “Either you convince, if not done, then confuse to convince”.(We shared a laugh on this)Ques. 4: why do you want to join the logistics industry? Ans: - Sir, I want to expose myself in IB profile and as you know Logistics is perfect industry for this.Then there were some other questions about future plans, travelling concerns, profile etc etc.

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 I went home and after 3 days I received call from the company that I am selected for profile of Business Development Executive. So, I got placed on 28th FEB 2011 and I joined on 1 MAR 2011..

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. Even though I didn't took placement from college, I would love to give a deserving appreciation to my CRT team, i.e. all 4 teams as they work dedicatedly for 1200 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 Students. Thank you SBS

Rahul JoshiBIMHRD 09-11 BatchHRD 09-6155


Rahul Mahindru

I am Mr.Rahul Mahindru

Registration number: HRD-09(6056),

Marketing & Finance (Dual-C)

BIMHRD

Batch 2009-11

Placed in company 9

Hi,

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. It's better to be unemployed than going

for a wrong choice

because if you don't love the work which you do then you cannot grow and

would ultimately leave yourself in the road where you cannot turn back and

have to continue doing the same work which you don't enjoy. Money or

compensation should be the last priority.

I was a student who was average in studies but people had a lot of expectations

from me be it my

friends, family, faculties .But I was not so confident about myself. So I started

my preparations

after I was not able to crack even the G.D for the first company at our

campus.It included

regular reading of newspaper, standing in front of the mirror continuously

rehearsing for the

current topics to increase my self-confidence, self- motivation was the greatest

tool which I used.

Initially I would apply for any company which came to our campus only to

practice for GD. After sitting for as many as 8 companies, I became fully

confident about the GD's. Slowly and slowly I started clearing GD's. Then one

day company 8 came to our campus. I gave the best GD of my life, even my co-

group members said that you were the best .But to my surprise I was not able

to clear the GD also, was frustrated and left the auditorium immediately.

Then came the day, November 25th, 2010. I came to the auditorium

disappointed

from the previous failures especially. Company 9 came on that day. I was not

sure whether I will sit for that company .But after hearing their presentation I

decided to go for


it .Frankly was lured by the compensation and future of that industry. As many

as 350 people

applied for the company. All people were divided into groups of 12.My GD went

very smooth. I

dominated through whole 10 minutes. Finally results came out 100 people were

selected for the

further process.

All the people started reading more about retail industry, subject, technical

terms and all. But I

never believe in last minute preparations and was relaxing and chit chatting

with my friends. Then my turn came for my first interview. It went for 45

minutes .The questions asked were basically drafted from my CV only, my

project, family background, a budget was allotted to me and was asked to use it

for promotions of their company. The interviewer was very polite and cool with

me. After all the interviews were over, they announced the results for the first

round of interviews. Out of 100, 35 were shortlisted for the final round. I and

my best friend was selected for the final round. He was very keen to join that

sector. The final round was very drilling. There was a panel of 6 members with

head HR sitting in the middle and 3 students were sitting in front of them

fighting for the same position. To my bad luck I and my friend were asked to

give the interview in the same group. Among both of us it became pretty

obvious the one would be selected. We decided to give our best and may the

better will get it.

Main Questions Asked: For all 3, there were same set of questions

Give me a product that launched and was a failure?

Answer: Toshiba laptop

Give me a product when launched was a failure but relaunched was success?

Answer: Tata Indica

Give me a product that gained popularity only due to the retail formats?

Answer: Frozen foods

You are a CEO of Telecom Company, seeing the current situation of price wars

and intense

competition, what do you recommend?

Answer: Focus on core competencies, outsourcing the rest to third parties which

would save

their cost and margin could be passed to the customers, value added services

were the key.


All 3 in the group gave different answers to same set of questions. The other

two members answered every question asked but I could not answer one

question and I said pass. I was nervous about the results but I did not show in

the interview room and left the room with

no sign of nervousness on the face.

After all the interviews were over, all the panel members came to our room

where we

were waiting for the results. I and my friend were sitting on the first bench,

very nervous

about the results. Finally the panel started declaring results. Nearly 17 people

were given

the offer letters and I with my best friend had lost the hope. Then suddenly I

hear "Rahul Mahindru, Stop shivering and come forward and collect your offer

letter”.

I was in tears, hugged my best friend and went forward to collect my offer

letter. I was shivering and so nervous at that point of time that I did not even

saw what was written in the offer letter and signed it without even reading it.

There were mixed feelings as I wanted my best friend also to clear the

interview. So, finally I was placed and celebrated my success partying with my

friends and all, thanking family, college faculties and all the authorities and my

critics who

have always pushed me to put in more hard work.

My Suggestions:

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.

“The ride is not smooth if you want to achieve great heights.”


Rahul Rai

Hello,

I am Rahul Rai

Roll No. HRD09 6156

Class: PGDM C, from BIMHRD,



It was mid of February. Somebody knocked my door, it was postman. He

handed over me a letter that was call letter for admission process in ShriBalaji

Society. At that time I was in my final year of graduation in Indore. I called up

my mom in Bhopal and said, “Mama I m leaving for Pune on 9th of March my

admission process is on 11th of March (2009).”

“Just check the date again beta, 11th march is holi.” Mom replied.

“What?????” I was shocked. I thought that it's a printing mistake.

I called up on the phone number given in the letter and told the lady about the

printing mistake regarding date.

“Sir the date is correct, your admission process is on 11th march and we know

its Holi on that day.” Lady replied. That was the day when I got to know how

will be my next 2 years in ShriBalaji Society.

11th march was the last day of admission process in ShriBalaji Society and

probably I was one of the last candidates to be interviewed.

18th march result came and my journey for ShriBalaji Society begun. I got

admission in BIMHRD (marketing & finance).

All started with the MAHABHARATA from 8 in the morning till 8 in the evening.

Initially I was thinking that I got admission in some Hindu university but later on

I realised what a brilliant decision it was from the college to start management

course with MAHABHARATA. That helped me a lot in my course and still I am

getting the benefits out of it.

We got the name of LANDMARKERS. After Mahabharata classes started, we

thought that bad phase is over, but it was a myth. Classes stared from 9 to

6:30. I thought what this college wants from me. I thought my life is over, but

actually it was not. Gradually I started liking this routine. I was so busy with my

life that there was no time for me to feel the boredom.

The time started running. Suddenly there was an announcement regarding the

semester. We were supposed to give exams also.

Exam started, exam ended, results out, backlog, backlog exams, again backlog,

results out, all clear......... Next semester, exam started, exam ended, backlog,

backlog exam, all clear.

All this happened so fast, I just cannot explain it in words.

We all were sitting in our class, suddenly our Dy. Director respected Jacob sir

entered into the class and said get ready in 2 Hours our first company is coming


for campus. “Oh God!! It was supposed to come tomorrow???” every one

shouted. At that time I realised the importance of the quote: - “Uncertainty is

the only certain thing on the planet earth, especially in ShriBalaji Society”.

In a while company started the process for recruitment, results came out by

evening. I wasn't selected for personal interview. I felt so bad, like everyone I

was expecting that I will be the person that company is looking for. The

moment they will see me they will select me. I am so perfect, but this was a

myth. Everyone who got selected was talented and worthy for the job. Then I

realised the importance of the quote, “It's not like you are bad, It is like

somebody was better then you at time”. As I was not eligible because of one

backlog in second semester, I was not allowed to sit for the upcoming

companies, but by the grace of god I cleared my backlog exam in first attempt

and became eligible by October last. In November few good companies came

with good profile and good package, I sat for them and cleared group

discussion stage of all those companies, but I was not able to crack PI of any

one of them. All my colleagues started getting placed and I was going to their

placement parties every day with a thought that one day I will throw a big party

when I will get placed, but God had planned something else for me. That day

was too far. After December I didn't sat for companies till February.

That was the time of self actualisation, I analysed that there is some problem in

representing myself in front of interviewer; I started practising in front of mirror

to maintain calmness on my face. I started working on the pitch of my voice, to

maintain an average level. This was practice regarding physical presence, side

by side I was working on my mental stability. I realised the importance of

reading of business newspaper. Business knowledge is of high importance for

everyone to fight among your colleagues.

Yes, you are supposed to fight with your best buddies to get the job, now I

understood the importance of Mahabharata in the starting of our session.

Golden words of Bala sir enlightened my life “Be selfish” and Charles Darwin's

theory of “Survival of the fittest”.

I was losing my hope of getting placed from the college; I decided it's better to

go home and prepare for some other exams instead of wasting my time in

college. At that time there was a statement which revitalised me, Bala sir said,

“I will fight till last bullet” and I remembered a statement given by my Dad,

“Many of the world failures are the person who gave up when they were close

to success”. I decided not to quit and I was well aware about the potential of

my CRT People.

I built up a confidence in me that in next company I will make it, but the irony

was at that time there was shortage of a good company as per my requirement.

Then came the company I was waiting for with money more then I needed. It

was a big brand in there domain. I decided just to be myself in the selection

process and not to do anything silly, that's it. This was my strategy to clear the

hurdle of interview.


Company XYZ came on the day it was decided to come (23rd May'12); since

there were only 10 students for the process, so the panel members decided to

take direct interviews. When my turn came I went inside & sat comfortably on

the chair. The first question to me was-

“Why do you want to join banking sector”?

My answer “ Since my dad is a government employee so I understand the level

of commitment required in the job and at the same time I have alot of respect

for government employees.

Secondly they asked me to sell a watch. I simply asked the panel members to

tell me the price of the watch. They said what you have to do with the price of

the watch. I answered them by saying that only with the help of pricing i'll be

able to identify my potential customers.

They interviewed me for 5 minutes and said no more questions you may leave

now. I was amazed when they said this. The average time per interview was 25

to 35 min. I thought I lost the company. I was very upset with my fate that all

that time I had spend preparing for the interview has gone wasted & they didn't

asked me any question regarding my knowledge, but no one can change your

fate other than you.

Two days later I got a call from CRT people, “Sir can you come to the office,

there is a good company coming to campus and you are suppose to fill the form

for it.”

I reached CRT office, “Where are the papers?” I said.

They asked me to sit down and wait for other people to come so that we all can

fill the form together. I was waiting for other people to come, suddenly Guneet

mam came and said. “Now you are happy”. I did not understand anything.

She said, “RAHUL YOU ARE PLACED NOW”.

THOSE WERE THE WORDS I WAS DYING TO LISTEN.

There is no language in which I can express my feelings I just hugged one of

the CRT people and thanked them for fighting with me till the last hour.

Today was the day I was waiting to give party to everyone but then I realised

am all alone in Pune with only few of my friends and juniors. We partied that

night, no we partied hard that night.

before the party I called up my mom and said , “ HOLI K DIN DIYA INTERVIEW

AAJ KAAM AA GYA MAA, TERA PAPPU PASS HO GYA” and I started crying and I

was loving it because for this pleasure to cry I was waiting for months.

I packed up my bag for Bhopal; I was finally going home with a placement offer

in my bag.

I will see my mom after one year; I was waiting for my train and suddenly a

thought came into my mind

“IT'S NEVER THE SIZE OF DOG IN THE FIGHT, IT'S ALWAYS THE SIZE OF

FIGHT IN THE DOG”


Rahul Shah

Good Morning All, I am Rahul Shah Registration No.HRD09-6232, BIMHRD Specialization :PGDM(Marketing & Finance)Batch :-2009-2011

Currently working for a MNC headquartered in Bangalore, as a Executive – Business Development, based out of Kolkata. IT was my 6th Company for the placement year 09-11.I came with a experience of 1 year in a Pune based reputed IT Firm. I was a special Case with a backlog and attendance less than 90%. Therefore I had to wait for quite some time to be eligible. One Learning I took from SBS is “PATIENCE” .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 daily routine of the College which seems to be a never ending process has actually made working for long hours very easy.Before Beginning my Experience I would like to quote one line which would be the summary of the Campus experience which is to follow & i.e “ Big Things happen when you are least prepared or when there is minimal expectations.” Our Campus Placements began in middle of September Month 2010, with a leading FMCD brand visited our Company. I was confident of my interpersonal skills, thought I would qualify (at least GD). I had been waiting for this Company from even before I joined this Campus, during my Job at Pune. The first round was GD. I believed I was Logical, Audible, and Confident during the group discussion. The results were announced. I was not shortlisted. It came as a shock as I was very much confident and especially when you are waiting for a Company since two years and you do not even clear the preliminary round. The Message was clear “Expect the Unexpected”. And that is where I gathered myself up and just thought one thing which Bala sir says quite often that “Problems are opportunities”.From there started the waiting game. That two three months of waiting were a bit tough. Thanks to my friends I didn't feel the pressure. It took me approximately 3 months and 4 days to sit in my next Company. It was a Conglomerate. Expectations were high, qualified the written, GD, made it to the final round of Interview. The GD topic was “Is internship a better way to learn during your Academia or is it Class Room study which is more significant”. I supported the Internship study. In my interview they played around my strengths. Whatever you say your strengths are the Interviewer will try to first grill you on that and then find a weak link during the Conversation and then try to exploit that. Therefore just be sure of your strengths and avoid the “Copy Paste” stuff on your Resume. Didn't get through the Company.Then I went to Mumbai for a Company. Didn't get selected. The same round of event went for another company which followed the earlier one within span of 2 days.


Then Finally “D DAY” arrived. It was a Manufacturing MNC, Headquartered US, and HO India in Bangalore, for Electronic Components. I had minimum expectations. Though I was an Engineer I was still doubtful as Technical was supposed to be the key attributes I thought they were looking for. Openings were Pan India .First Round was a written Apti. round. I gave the test but could not complete the Mathematical section. Surprisingly I thought through the 1st round. Probably what helped me was that the other sections which were my strengths were finished by me and contributed to my total score. POINTS TO BE NOTED - In a written always go for your strengths first. Section which you think can consume a lot of time leave it for the last and complete it later.Then there was an essay round which had topics on Current affairs like “Role of China and Japan in coming future” , etc….POINTS TO BE NOTED – your economic times knowledge will come to test on such situations or in GD's when you have a point to make in front of 10 people.Then stared the Interview rounds. It was my first Interview with a panel of three members. Discussions on my CV took place, asked about me, my family, why this Company, what value I can give to this Company etc.POINTS TO BE NOTED –This is where you can cash on the Company Presentation. I actually used some of the points mentioned in the Presentation about Company's Market Share, Company's policies for the Employee's grooming, training, welfare etc. When they asked me why I want to join this Company, I told them a Co. like yours who thinks about the overall development of the employee will be a dream for any fresher to enter. Use their data to impress them and praise them. Remember if you are a “ Marketing” guy you better should know how to ensure that the 2nd Half of any Conversation should be dominated by you and that can happen if in the first half you make the other person happy.I got shortlisted in the first round of Interview. Following it immediately was another interview.This time again it was a panel of three. The questions were similar in nature , though this time words used were different. My First round of interview went for 25 min and the second round was for 35 mins. The Second round was all about my strengths and how can I use it to benefit this co. There was a question in this final round which I thought was one of the reasons which made me stand out.They knew that there were some few Companies which had visited the Campus before them. Their question was “You sat in 3- 4 Co. earlier as well but did not get selected. What do you think are the reasons behind? Are you nervous or is there some other reason………”My answer was – “ when you walk into a stationary shop to buy a pen you have a requirement in Mind , either you are a looking for a pilot pen, a ball point pen , an ink pen or an expensive parker or some branded pen. You cannot buy each and every Pen. I am a Pen made of some different Metal, waiting for the right


Customer to come and pick me up. The day when A Customer may be you today, thinks I fit his bill would go for me and take me. The earlier Customer (Companies) tried me but could not fit me into their requirements. Therefore I am here in front of you today trying to prove my Metal…………….. Word of Caution -

1) Just Stick to your strengths and try to polish them, because trust me Opportunities often come to you when you are unprepared for it. Therefore be equipped always.2) I understand sitting in the Company Presentation is a pain at times, but believe me that during the Presentation there will 4 or 5 Certain Points which help you build your Interview. This worked for me atleast.3) Ensure that you go through your CV (strengths & Interviews) well before personal interview. That boosts your confidence.4) When asked abt yourself in the Interview. Try to finish the Academic and Family Details in 2-3 lines and try to come up your hobbies and Strenghts. One piece of Advice (can be risky at

times), mention something vey different in your hobbies. Everyone reads books, sings songs, dances and plays sports. How different you are from others comes out through your hobbies section. Even if you have to develop a hobby for the Placement Season do so .

5) During the Interview try to route every answer of yours in the direction of the Company's betterment. How you can be effective and a strength to your team and to your Company etc etc.6) Try to be yourself and plzz plzzzz be Calm. I knw its difficult but it has to be done. Try to be still (body parts in control, not to waver) when you talk.7) Expect the Unexpected “Try to enjoy this Placement Season as this time does not Come Back . I have worked ,joined College and then gone back to work again. I and many of your seniors know that when we look back at this time we laugh and only remember the good times spent and not the times we have wasted worrying about it. Every event occurs at its own pace. You can try but cannot alter the pace. So just CHILL AND ENJOY !!Wish you all the Luck in the Placement Season and Many more such seasons to come !!!!

Thanks & Regards

Rahul Shah


Ram Mohan Mishra

I am.

Name : Ram Mohan Mishra

Registration No. : HRD-09-6234,

Marketing & Finance, Dual “C”

BIMHRD, 2009-11

Finally selected in : “ABC” Pvt. Ltd.

My campus placement experience.

Placement experience in any B-school, I suppose is most memorable journey

which encompasses many ups & downs in itself. For some the journey is quite

smooth, exciting and enjoyable, but for few it is long, tiring, full of nervousness,

disappointment, apprehension and tension. Frankly speaking for me it was of a

second category before it came to a fruitful end. And now while selling Solvent

based Lustre and Water based Emulsions in remote part of Maharashtra I realize

that the journey was worth of it.

So like everyone else's my journey of placement also started with the LG, the

first company in our campus, that indeed carried a lot of significance as it

offered the good profile and salary, apart from being the first company in the

campus, that alone was sufficient to instill a thrill inside all of us, as it officially

signaled the start of the placement season. But for much to my disappointment

I was straightly out even in the first round….and with that, much to my chagrin

also began the embargo upon me which restricted me from sitting in next 50

companies, as I was not having 95% of attendance. At that point of time I

would not have realized that this phase of disappointment will not go that

easily.

I do not particularly remember how much company's selection process I must

have attended, after embargo was lifted over from me; simply because the

number is no less than 15 or so, before making it to my present organization.

So in my stint of 15 companies or so, I was selected in 2 companies, but my

previous company cancelled the placement due to change in their business

plans and I had to start it all over again. At that point of time I was in my home

having good time with my family, when I heard this news. The news came as a

bolt from the blue, and I didn't have any clue how to handle the situation. This

was the least expected thing that happened to me but I later realized that event

wasn't that uncommon. Mental agony, depression and dejection through which I

must have gone through is not difficult to imagine especially when you thought

that your part of race was over, and simply cannot be expressed in words. The

only thing at that point of time that I could possibly remind to myself was

“problems are opportunities” the great mantra that I learnt in SBS.


So how all this happened all over again.

The company selection process was conducted in to following stages.

-Pre-placement talk

-Aptitude test

-Group discussion

-HR round of interview

-Final round of Interview with Regional Manager.

The session started with the pre-placement talk delivered by the HR personnel

of the company, which consisted usual stuffs like, brief history of the company,

its presence and market share, the profile which they are selecting for, key skills

required for the profile and most importantly the remuneration and place of

posting part.

The second step was aptitude test. The aptitude test consisted the questions of

reasoning, data interpretation and English language. The aptitude test was

given by close to 120 students from different colleges out of which some 40

were selected for the group discussion. After giving the aptitude test I was sure

that I would make through it, and the same happened when results were

announced.

Now the real challenge ahead was clearing the group discussion, and to be

frank I have always considered GD to be a decisive point. For group discussion

5 groups were made consisting of 8 students in each and I myself was in the

second group. The topic given to us for discussion was “corruption in sports”.

Group took a pause of 1 min and after that I started the discussion and

contributed my points in a regular interval. The discussion stretched up to the

allowed time limit of 20 minutes and each and every candidate was asked to

summarize the discussion. Utilizing this opportunity I summarized the discussion

in one and half minute and had contributed 4 times in the whole discussion. My

GD had gone well and more importantly it wasn't a fish market. I was positive

about my selection

The results of GD were announced on the same day after GD has been done for

the last group. I was eagerly waiting for the results to be announced. I was

among the 4 candidates that were selected from my group and 16 in total from

40 students.

The next stage was HR round of interview, which due to lack of time couldn't

happen the same day for all the candidates, and I was called to Mumbai, in

their head office along with 2 more students from my college to have my HR

round of interview.


The HR interview was a long interview and I was grilled for long 30 minutes.

The interview question went like this…….

-Tell me something about yourself.

-What your strengths and weakness.

-What are your hobbies? Further questions based on my answers.

-What was the last book you read?

What was the most singular striking point in the book?

-Can give any example where such thing have happened in real life.(Reference

to the book I mentioned)

-Why management after Science.

-I was also given three virtual situations of sales and I had to come out with the

solution.

-Why you think you should be selected for this job?

-According to you what is the most important thing in sales?

Some 4 days later through CRT team I came to that I have been selected and is

going to have my final round of interview on 28 th of February in Mumbai.

So Now only one hurdle was remaining to be cleared. In contrast to my HR

round of interview my technical interview only lasted for about 15 minutes. The

interview consisted questions like-

-Where I have done my summer interns and what was the profile ?

-Some sales problems were given to me and I had to suggest probable solutions

for them.

-I was also asked briefly about my hobbies.

-Based on one my of my hobby ( having knowledge about gadgets and gizmos)

I was asked few questions like,

1-do you think Nokia is going to have great success with their recent tie up with

Microsoft.

2. Why the different version of the Google's mobile operating system are named

so?

Some 4-5 days later while I was waiting for results of my GD in another

company, I got a call from the CRT team that I have been selected in “ABC” Pvt.

Ltd, and with that my journey of placement came to a fruitful end.

At the end, I would like to thank our beloved Bala sir, esteemed faculty at SBS

and CRT team in helping me nurture myself from a student to a corporate

citizen.


Raveesh Dwivedi

I'm Raveesh Dwivedi,

Roll No: HRD09-6331,

BIMHRD 2009-11 Batch (Landmarkers),

Specialization: PM&HRD

PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

Two years of hard work on the guidelines of our very own MANTRA 3D

(Discipline, Dedication, and Determination) fetched me an entry ticket to the

Corporate World; to be very frank I was not excited or enthralled at that point

of time.

But getting your Salary after a break of 2 years is one of the most awaited &

most cherish able movement for all & when a message pops up on your mobile

phone stating a/c debited by INR ***** the feeling cannot be expressed in

words.

I RaveeshDwivedi (BIMHRD, Pune) got selected for an IT company as well as

for a Manufacturing Company. I got through these two companies as they came

in one after the other & their selection process went on simultaneously, the

results for both the companies were not declared on the very same day of the

process.

Brief CV of mine,

Name: RaveeshDwivedi

Graduation: BE Telecommunication

Past Experience: 15 Months in a Manufacturing company as an IT Professional

Winter Internship: Symphony Services (IT Company)

Project Title: Change Management

Interview Failure & Lesson Learnt

I sat for only 1 company before I got selected & I still can't forget the

experience that I gained out of that Failure, but as it is said learn from your

failures I did exactly the same.

I was out of the Last round of Personal Interview (PI) with this company & I

believe I was out because of my own mistake of asking a question during the

PPT (Pre Placement Talk) which actually hurt the sentiments of the VP HR Talent

Acquisition.

My Question to him was I would like to be verbatim here,

“Sir it's good to hear that the company is growing in fast track & the employees

are well engaged & happily growing with the company, but is it not true the

attrition rate of the company is way above the average attrition rate of the

Industry, How should we as an HR help in taming the attrition rate”

Although he gave an answer to this question but no one was satisfied including

he himself but then we all moved for the Selection Process,

Selection Process


PPT (Pre Placement Talk)

Versant Test

Vantage Test

GD

Personal Interview (PI-1)

Personal Interview (PI-2)

During my personal Interview the VP asked me many questions which I

fortunately knew the answers for, then they said do u have any questions for us

& their I made another mistake I asked a very complex question about Multi

brand retailing business, Dr. Manmohan Singh promised to open the 51% FDI in

this segment & as the company gets a major chunk of its business from Retail

how prepared is the company for the challenge.

They asked me where did I read this & when I told them I read it on their

website in the case study section, they answered to my question. We

exchanged pleasantries, but when I was about to leave the interview room he

asked his colleague “someone asked us about the attrition rate this morning” &

I hated it but I have to say it was I sir.

Lesson Learnt:

1. Never ever put forward a question that will put the recruiter in the tight spot

as even today the companies are not that open to accept their glitches &

appreciate the critics.

2. Whenever you are asked to shoot a question it is important that you ask

something that is related to your field n something that is not too technical as

the interviewer may not be from the field for which you are going to be

recruited.

Well I mentioned about my failure first as this was the eye opener for me I

introspected & learnt that I am going to be a part of the Business world where

one cannot be blatant & candid, it is important to know what to ask, when to

ask & whom to ask.

Manufacturing Company's Selection Process

I would say there where round about 70-80 students attending the selection

process for the HR Profile, having seen the response the company decided to

shortlist CVs prior to any further selection rounds.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

PPT(Pre Placement Talk)

CV Shortlisting

GD(Group Discussion)



Psychometric Test

My CV got shortlisted based on my prior experience in a particular Domain of a

manufacturing company & thus I was now part of the Selection Process.

Out of 70-80 students who applied round about 50 were through for the next

round i.e. Group Discussion.


GD TOPIC

“Is HR Dept. a cost center or a revenue generating Dept.?”

I initiated the GD & made my point very clear to the panelist “BANG ON”

Although it is not necessary you initiate the GD but it is important that you

make your presence felt in the GD group & this is only possible when you know

about the topic & you have reservoir of knowledge about the subject.

The point that I made was “HR Dept. is definitely a cost center in the eyes of

the Employees as we as HRs have not gained their faith & respect, thus they

feel HRs are known to have complex designations & fancy salaries, but in the

eye of the management HR is definitely a revenue generator as without HR the

center of gravity of the organization is lost.”

I even intervened in the discussion a couple of times after that but I was sure

that I will crack the GD as I knew I made my presence felt.

The short list was announced & approximately 25 of us were shortlisted from 5

Groups. The CV short listing & the GD were the only two rounds that were done

on that particular day & the Head HR of the company gave us the schedule for

the interviews that was a week after.

On the interview day I was last to be called in for Personal Interview & it was

with the Head of HR of the company but by then he started to recognize me by

my name as I along with 3 more students were coordinating for the Company to

ease their selection process in our college campus & thus his first statement

was I am impressed by the way you guys have handled the selection process,

you guys have made my life easier here @ your campus.

Then started the Interview,

His first & the only question for me was why HR?

I said Sir, I like change & challenges, & these are the two things that we need

to inculcate in HR Dept. to earn respect within the organization & any change

that is to be infused into the organization should start with HR & end with HR,

thus all these aspects have enticed my interest into HR.

(There is no right or wrong answer to this question so say, what actually pulled

you into this stream)

Then he said good & asked me to meet the other panel who were sitting in the

next room, this was my second round of interview & to my luck I was the only

student who had two interviews in that companies selection process.

The other set of panelist asked couple of questions to me,

Do you get tired by any chance? I have never seen u sitting & all of u CRT

people have done a wonderful job, what is the secret behind that?

I was about to answer it but by then other panel member asked how come you

manage your tie to be this tidy even in this weather?

I said sir first of all thank you very much for such pleasing complements but I

will be candid in front of you I was not the same during my Engineering days, I

mean even I was frivolous n flippant in nature but later my parents & the

corporate world taught me a lot about antiquates & further honing of the same


happened here in the college as we have a workshop of Col. Mansukani who

give you gyan about the business antiquates & business dressing style.

Getting tired is nowhere in the dictionary of any of the Balajian sir we are

trained to be corporate commandos.

What was your profile with previously employer & what was your package?

I explained them about my profile & then gave them my package details.

How much are you expecting us to pay you?

This was a tricky one as you cannot go exorbitantly high neither can you say

something which is below the market standard (this is where I thought I should

have done some research about the companies pay structure & the industries

pay structure) but then I said some were in between 4.5L – 5L PA.

Will you be ready to work in the plant location if required?

I said yes without even giving a thought & that was one thing one of the

panelists liked.

Last Question: You are the President Student's council BIMHRD, what all do you

do & how empowered is the council here?

I explained him about the duties & responsibilities of the Council & my role in

the Council & CRT & as Drishti was round the corner I gave him the list of

activities that the students would be doing & the budget allocated for this event

is again managed by the students themselves. This made his awestruck & he

was impressed by the College in particular.

We then exchanged pleasantries & he said looking forward to you on board. I

acknowledged the same &came out of the interview room.

A week later we had our psychology test & this was an online test & then came

the final result 4 of us were selected & I was one amongst them.

IT Company's Selection Process

This company was on campus a week after the selection process commenced

for the manufacturing company that I was talking about. Here almost the entire

strength of BIMM & BIMHRD PM&HRD sat for the selection process.

Although the company mentioned that they don't have any specific requirement

for an HR but nevertheless they would like to consider the PM&HRD students in

the selection process.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

PPT (Pre Placement Talk)

GD (Group Discussion)

Technical Interview

HR Interview

Telephonic Round of interview

There were in total 7-8 GD groups & each group had 11 -12 students, my GD

group was first to enter & to my surprise or shock I was the only guy in my GD

group.

GD TOPIC


“How important are the support functions in the IT industry & where do you see

these support functions in GEN NEXT”

I don't feel any shame in saying this “I was really afraid” as I was in a group

were you have 12 girls & I. As expected the there was no cordial GD

conversation for the first couple of minutes I could not say anything as I was

busy understanding what was going on in the GD but later I got a chance to

speak & I made a strong point,

I said “I don't believe all of us are HRs here & we still call our function to be a

support function, I strongly believe that HR is nowhere a support function but a

core function, when in a IT company people are the sole assert then how can a

function who manages this Human assert can be a support function.”

This statement of mine has turned the eyes of the moderator towards me & she

noticed my presence, after that I again gave 2-3 valid points which helped me

crack the GD.

Shortlisting after the GD – We were 13 – 15 students shortlisted for the

Technical round of interview.

Technical Interview

Ms. Radhika was the interviewer for this round & she went through my CV &

then asked me,

Where do you stay in Bangalore?

I said I stay in Sarjapura near to the WIPRO Corporate Office.

Are you ready to relocate?

I said if the business demands it why not.

You done your Engineering & then worked in Technical position why did u shift

to HR? (This is another way of asking why HR)

I like change & challenges, & these are the two things that we need to inculcate

in HR Dept. to earn respect within the organization & any change that is to be

infused into the organization should start with HR & end with HR, thus all these

aspects have enticed my interest into HR.

I knew this company give a lot attention to innovation & change & thus she

liked my answer & she said that is something new that I have heard.

Then she explained me about the innovation & change policy of the company

and how they believe that change can be initiated by any employee & at any

level in their organization.

My CV is full of sports activities so she asked, how do sports help a person to be

a good leader or a great Manager?

Sports make you learn & practice situational leadership & thus it is very

important in any team sports event to know your team & know strength &

weaknesses of each & every member of the team & thus implement the

situational leadership.

Being an HR how would you persuade the Line Manager to ask his/her team to

do overtime as the project completing date is round the corner & the work is

behind schedule


For me as a new folk in the company it would be impossible for me to persuade

a manager to work on weekends or ask his team to work for long hours as I

have not created my image in front of him. It is only possible when I have

created a brand for myself & the HR department & then calling that particular

work group for a meeting & putting forward all the points regarding the project

& thus making a transparent conversation with the Manager & his team.

It is very important for an HR to build a relationship with the line manager &

thus be in compliance with them.

We exchanged Pleasantries & I left the interview room.

Then she gave out the results & only 3 of us were selected for the next HR

round.

Lesson Learnt

I used a Hindi word in between the interview & she pointed it out by saying

never use dual Language in interview. The interview should always be in

Business Language & i.e. English.

HR INTERVIEW

I would say to my luck I had Ms. Neha sitting as a panelist for the HR interview,

she was the one who was the moderator in my GD group

I was the last to enter for the HR interview, the first two shortlisted candidates

had 20-25 minutes of interview but when I was asked to enter the room she

recognized me & didn't ask me any question she told me there will be another

round of interview that will be telephonic & only after that we would be in a

position to give the final result, she added to this I never came here with an HR

requirement I don't know how will I justify this to the management.

She then asked whether I had any question for her & I said all my queries I got

it clarified by Ms. Radhika. (I did ask couple of basic questions to Ms. Radhika

which I don't feel worthy enough to be jotted down)

Results after HR Interview only 2 of us were shortlisted for the final round of

telephonic interview.

TELEPHONIC INTERVIEW

Well this telephonic interview was a conference call & there were 3 panelists in

this conference call. There was one who was from Hyderabad, one from Noida

& one from Chennai.

Tell me something about yourself?

I am RaveeshDwivedi born in Bilaspur M.P. but bought up in Karnataka as my

father is working for a Cement Factory located here in Karnataka, I did my

Engineering in Telecommunication from DSCE Bangalore & then worked for 15

Months In Grasim Industries & later on Joined PGDM PM&HRD here @ BIMHRD,

Pune.

I have avid interest in Badminton & Table Tennis & I have played Nationals in

both of these events.

Currently working for the college as a Corporate Relations Team Member &


holds the Position of President Student's Council of BIMHRD.

Why do you want to join HCL?

I want to join HCL because it is one of the fastest growing IT company in India

& it's the only company which believes in “Employee First, Customer Second”

philosophy. Thus I as an employee would get my space in the organization to

innovate & excel.

You have done your project in “Change Management” can you explain to us why

did you choose this topic for your project?

I firmly believe in the Quote “change is the only constant” & thus for any

company to grow in today's competitive world one has to change constantly. As

it is very well said “change to flourish, or perish”, this subject enticed me a lot &

thus I decided I will go in depth of this subject.

After this question we all had a conversation about changes required in the

company for it to grow further & increase the market share, although I didn't

contribute much on this as the voice of the panelists was not very clear.

I hope you don't mind travelling right?

Not at all sir, in fact I love to travel.

Alright Raveesh give me a definition of ERP?

Enterprise resource Planning is software tool which is used to map the physical

operating system of a company into the virtual system so as to ease the work &

thus maintain it effectively & efficiently.

He replied: although this is not the definition of ERP to be precise but you came

up with a very interesting definition which is very true in layman terms.

Then he said nice talking to you Raveesh other details & interview marking from

the other interviews that you have given is with me & we will let your college

know about the joining details & other formalities soon.

Cheers!

The result was declared & they selected only one of us, fortunately it was me.

This result came in couple of days after my Manufacturing Companies result

was out & I was lucky enough to get through that as well.

Regards,

RaveeshDwivedi.


Ravi Kumar

Hi,

I am Ravi Kumar

Registration Number HRD 09-6158, from BIMHRD,

academic year 09-11 passed out on May -11.

My specialization is in FINANCE.

I am placed in Company C, one of the leading IT companies of INDIA.


of the most exciting days of my life. All this started in the month of October,

when the first company for finance 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 four rounds in the selection process

1. CV short-listing

2. Written test

3. Extempore

4. Technical Interview

Written test

On the first day all the shortlisted candidates were invited to company's

premise. This was an elimination round as large number of students had come

from different colleges of Pune. First of all there was a brief introduction about

the company. As the requirement was for a core finance 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 accounts.

Extempore

After the written test we had a 30 min break. Then we again gathered for the

2nd round. We were asked one by one to speak for one minute on any topic. I

chose the topic “Formula 1 grand prix”. It 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.

Three days hence the names of selected candidates were announced.

Interview

It was 5th January. 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 call option?

After making sure about my future plans, he started with the technical

questions. I explained call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation

to buy the underlying asset at the exercise price at the exercised date.

5. What is interest rate derivative?

The underlying for IRD is the right to pay or receive a notional amount at a

specified rate of interest. Basically these products are used to deal with the

interest rate risk in the market. Also I mentioned some of the IRD products.

6. Which type of inflation is there in Indian market?

It is supply side inflation as the current production capacity is not fulfilling the

demand for goods and services.

7. What are the steps taken by RBI to curb inflation?

RBI has increased the repo and reverse repo rate. RBI is basically trying to

reduce the money supply in the economy which will have a direct impact on the

demand. So less demand will cause a decline in the prices. 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.


8. 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 put/call parity, accounting entries and money

supply. After almost 45 mins of interview I came out of the interview room.

Result 22nd January 9:00 AM. I was still on bed. I got a call on my phone. One

of the members of CR team called me and said “Congrats Rupesh...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 Senior process

executive for one of the top ten investment banks of the world.

I would like to thank Bala Sir for his support and CRT members for all their

efforts for bringing this company to our campus.

Thanks, Ravi Kumar

Hi,

I am Mr. Ravindra Kumar Adhikari


Class- Marketing

Division- A from BIMHRD

From the academic year 2009-10 passed out on 2011.


I have been placed in one of the automobile companies regularly visiting our

campus every year.This company came to campus very early somewhere in

October and the CVs had been asked from the interested students. Considering

it was the first automobile company for the placement and my core desire to

enter into this sector, I had applied for the company. To my surprise, not many

of my friends and other batch mates had opted for this company. I had already

appeared for around 3-4 company's processes before applying for this which

were from sectors like consumer durables, Logistics & Supply Chain, Banking &

Ravindra Kumar Adhikari


Finance & IT means I had still not decided from which sector I wanted to start

my career.

The company had finally come to our campus for placement process

somewhere around 15th November'10. That was the peak of our placement

season and the same day we had 3-4 companied in our campus and I have

applied for one more of them (this company was from banking sector). There

were some 70 students shortlisted for the company process based on our CVs

and it was a mix of engineers and non-engineers.

The first round was GD and 8 groups were made each with the strength of 8-10

students. The groups were also made based on our CVs and the company

representatives had made those groups themselves. The result was that I had

got the last group with 10 batch mates.

I had finished the process of other company which I had applied for that day as

there was only one interview that to for just 5 minutes and it did not get well. I

think one should not opt for more than one placement process in a day as it

divert the focus and if one process does not go well, you feel demoralize for the

second one. I was also feeling a bit nervous then and waiting for my group to

be called.

Finally, the last group for GD had been called and the topic given to us was

“how to reform the Indian Education Sector?” Interestingly, I had read some

article on the same topic few days back. But still, I restricted myself to be the

first to start the GD as I had learned from previous experiences if you the

opener in a GD, you will get the maximum encounters from others in the GD. I

preferred to listen few members of the group, made the points I wanted to

counter with and then as in every GD, there comes a silent point, I picked up

from there. We as a group discussed about the condition of education system

from primary level to higher studies, the drawbacks and loop holes in the

system, how they affect the students at all the level and some very new

concepts coming into picture now a days to elevate the quality of education. All

in all, the GD was good and healthy. Surprisingly, there was no verbal fight of

heated argument in GD which we usually face in any GD. The first round was

over and we were waiting for the results to come.

I was the last person to be selected for the next round i.e. first round of

interview. If you are the last person in an interview round, it may be the best

opportunity to showcase yourself because till your turn comes, you get the

feedback from other mates about the interview questions and interviewer

nature and also the interviewer also expect something new as a last call. It was

my first real interview as before that I qualified only for once during the


placement season and that was a technical interview in an IT company so was

not my cup of tea. The company representatives asked very basic questions like

why you want to join Automobile, what are your future plans, how you got so

less marks in graduation etc. I think if you have the genuine answers of such

question, you can easily get through such interview. No one expect you to be

the master of all the things in the final year of your PG and that's why there are

training programs in every company to train you for getting result the company

wants from you in future.

When the result got out, I was one of 13 batch-mates who were finalized for

the last and final round of interview and again I was the last one. The final

interview was off-campus on around 28th November. The schedule allotted to

me was around 3pm but due to some change in the timings of company's

representatives, the interviews of mine as well as those before me were shifted

early. I reached at the venue at 1pm. If you are the last person, you don't have

to see many nervous faces roaming around in the hall, outside (/inside)

washrooms and it helps you to keep your moral high. I think there should be

some kind of confidence boosting exercise from the college side during the long

placement processes to keep the students rejuvenated. The interview was taken

by two EVPs of the company and unexpectedly, the questions were simple and

straight forward. The interview started with the summer project. They asked

about everything related to the project and I found myself with almost

appropriate answers of most of the questions. The thing to be noticed is that

the interviewer does not ask about what you are going to do? He will ask about

what you have done and how you have done it? As in my case, there was not a

single question from automobile industry and most of the examples I have

given, were from FMCG industry as my summer project was in the same area.

The result came in next two hours when I was on my way back to college and

one friend from placement team gave me one of the happiest news of my

career. I was among the 6 batch mates who were finally selected to join the

company.

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. Do

not pretend that you know everything about the company and the market

because the person sitting in front of is in that field for past 20-30 years in

which you are trying to enter. if you want to sustain in the industry, it's

necessary that your abilities match with the company's requirement.

In short, the best preparation for any placement process in campus is to brush

up what you have done in past, read a bit about the company for which you are

appearing and present yourself as you are to the company in the best manner

you can.


Reni Badhe

Hello, I am Reni Badhe

Registration No.-HRD 09-6159

Class -PGDM Dual B (Marketing)

BIMHRD-2009-2011


I remember that our campus placements started in the month of September

and due to my poor attendance I was unable to participate at that stage. But as

someone has rightly said that whatever happens , happens for good!! So I

made up my mind to get the placement joy lately but at the same time I kept

on updating myself about the recruitment processes going on.

I used to be in touch with all my class mates to discuss in detail about the

selection process which the companies used to follow. On top of all this, we had

Bala sir who emphasized a lot on reading ET newspapers, attending lectures

etc. He asked us to imbibe lessons of discipline, dedication and determination to

ensure our survival and success in the corporate world.

It was very frustrating and annoying when I was denied to sit for the

placements with my fellow class mates. But on the same hand it gave me time

to understand and realise what kind of sector, profile and job I actually wanted.

This phase also gave me time to get in contact with some of our super seniors

already working with some known giants in the corporate world. Remember

networking is very helpful before as well as after the you get placed.

I sat in two companies before I got placed. The first company , to be honest,

was an experience for me. In the second company I was out in the GD round

just because I tried not to be myself. The lesson I learnt here was that the

panel members are far more experienced and smarter than you are . Just be

yourself, do not try to be aggressive if that is not your nature.

With all these lessons and more, I was prepared for the day when #####

company came to the campus. It was January and I was on verge of losing my

nerves on not getting placed. The company was a telecom giant and I was

mentally prepared to face a lot of difficulties in the process.Myself not being

from a telecom or engineering background added to my worries. But what

helped me was my determination to give my best in the process.

So, this is how it all went. The process consisted of

aptitude test,

Group Discussion and

then Personal interview.

The aptitude test is usually similar in most of the company's recruitement

process. The deciding factor in clearing an aptitude test is to maintain good

pace during your test.My test went off well. But to my surprise it exceeded my


expectation, as I was one of the candidates who scored exceptionally high in

the test. And because of this score, I was selected directly for the Personal

Interview. As you can see, because of my aptitude scores,I got an opportunity

to escape the Group Discussion which would have happened with students with

good technical background. And this is how I made my chances to get selected

better.Now was the turn for the personal interview. In my earlier company

processes, I was not able to make to the Personal Interview round, so this was

going to be my first experience.

Although I had gained a good amount of knowledge on how the personal

interviews actually are, but facing it was totally different . The personal

interview now began and I was the third candidate in the sequence. Always

remember that during the personal interview ,the panel starts judging you from

the moment you enter the door. So always be in good form even when you are

stepping into the Interview room. When my turn came, I entered the room by

knocking it and then I stood in front of the panel members till I was asked to

take a seat. Then I greeted the panel members with confidence and without

expressing my nervousness. Do not keep your body too loose while the

interview, keep your body straight and do not lean here and there. Maintain

good eye contact with the panel members while having the conversation. To

begin with the questions now. The first question to me was my name and then

a short discussion on graduation and post graduation. They then asked for

details on the summer internship and then came the open ended questions. The

next round of questions was on my strenghts, my hobbies and three reasons for

why I should be hired. I answered all these questions to my best. While

answering any question during the interview always give realistic answers.Now

one must be very careful in mentioning anything about yourself. Nothing should

be mentioned by you or listed in your CV just for the sake of impression as it

can really sometimes backfire. For example when asked about my hobby, I said

reading. Now there was a barrage of questions on my reading experience like

who is your favorite author, which is the last book you have read, what were the

important learning's from that book and so on. Since I really have a passion for

reading, I was able to successfully answer those questions.Following this, thing

were slowing coming to the more technical part of PI where I was grilled about

my knowledge about the company and its products. Since the company was a

telecom giant , the products were all tough to explain. But to my advantage,

before the personal interview round I had visited the company's web site and

had gained a roughly good knowledge about the services and products of the

company.

Finally when the results were announced, I was one of the two successful

candidates selected to represent the company in Mumbai. It was a thrilling

experience whose memories are fresh till date.Before I conclude just a few


words of advice to all the aspiring juniors. Whatever you say about yourself or

mention in the CV, you must have a complete and comprehensive back-up for

the same. So it is better to mention the truth and not try to create false

impressions. For example if you mention about a certain certificate course in

your CV you must have the complete knowledge as well as the proper

documents to support it. If it's a hobby mentioned in your CV then you must be

completely acquainted in that field. Nothing should be mentioned just for the

sake of attracting or decorating the CV.

So, all the best to all you juniors and just be confident and be yourself.

Hi..

I am RichaRao..Word count:1063

Reg No. HRD09-6060

Batch 2009-11

Dual A


Campus placement has always been a phase of excitement and enthusiasm.

Lots of curiosity in mind and a dream to achieve something in life.

The campus placements started from October 2010 with lot of anxiety and

curiosity in the minds of student managers. Attending various company

presentations, mock gd practices were still on in the campus. Lot of corporate

stalwards coming to the campus and guiding the students.

The experience that I cherish was the rigourous routine of brushing up the

knowledge, general awareness and current affairs apart from the academics.

The experience of going to the auditorium everyday with new hopes and

enthusiasm for each company and the winning spirit to get selected in that very

company.

What I learnt from my experience that mere aptitude is not sufficient enough.

One need to have presence of mind which proved to be very beneficial in my

selection process.

For that the students must not take stress, a relaxed mind works better.

Taking stress makes you forgot what you know, what you have learnt and stops

you from presenting yourself up to the mark.

Would like to share certain points which helped me :

Prepare yourself every day, make it a routine to atleast go through the

headlines of newspapers.

Have a good sleep before facing the placement process.

Present yourself with full confidence.

Be well groomed as it helps you in being confident.

Richa Rao..


Keep yourself alert and try to understand the job role requirements and frame

your answer accordingly.

Try to utilize the given time and present your all the positive points within the

given time span.

One should not look stressed while facing GD or PI.

Try to bring positive energy across the table specially in PI.

3. 3. Company Processes-

Company had Aptitutde test, 1 round of gd and 4 rounds of PI. The first round

was in campus and rest in Mumbai.

The Aptitude test was for 2hrs. It included English, Maths and Reasoning.

The test was conducted online but the results came after two days.

Then the selected students were called for GD round.

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,and finally my name was announced,

a.) GD Topic :

Leaders or Managers :

Before giving the GD topic, the moderator told us about the parameters on

which we will be assessed. The parameters were Communication skills,

Knowledge about the topic and courtesy to let your group members speak.

The GD topic was given with the time duration of 10 mins in a group of 10

people.

Hence one has to speak atleast once during that time period.

I spoke once during that GD and got selected for the next round.

My key learnings :

Its not necessary to make entry many times in a GD.

The point said should be relevant and upto the mark.

One should not fight or cut others points in GD.

Its important to be a good listener.

Try to analyseeveryones points and then say your point at the right time.

Too aggressive candidates did not got selected for the next round hence

aggression should not become your negative point.

Observe the body language of the interviewer.

Q.1) Tell me about yourself.

A.1) The breif description about place of origin, academic background and

achievement with more stress on present achievements relating to my

strengths.

I gave a brief about the grooming process done in the college, the way students

were trained in my college, the strict college schedules to give them a brief that

I was well prepared to enter the corporate world.

Q.2) Why this company ?

A.2) I had searched about the background and other details of the company so,

I started my answer with that so as to give them an idea that I did my


homework well and then relating it to the purpose of choosing this company. I

spoke on each and everything that I have read about the company and I guess

this helped in giving a positive image to show my interest into the job offered

and my willingness to be associated with that company.

Q.3) Being a girl how do you think you will manage sales profile and specially if

you get married?

A.3) While opting for Marketing as specialisation, I was very clear in my mind

about the aspects so I am confident enough to take this role and as far as

marrige is concerned, I have no plans as such atleast for 2-3 years.

Being a student manager we are groomed well to manage not just professional

life but have a proper management, a work life balance.

Q.4) What if we give you a posting in Aurangabad/ Kolapur/ Ahmedabad instead

of Mumbai?

A.4) I am more keen to work from Mumbai rather than these places initially for

this profile.

It is always good to be honest in the interview and try to get a clarity on the job

role, growth opportunites and other basic details relating to the job. It also

shows one's interest in the job.

Then after these rounds, there was one last round which was a telephonic

round where in the basic details and brief background was asked to know about

the candidate and to take a final decision about the selection of the candidate.

I received the offer letter after a month. The result came out on 8th Dec 2011.

While the process was conducted in November. Placement season is full of

anxiety and tensions; I kept my cool and got what I wanted. One tip for my

juniors would be to be clear about the kind of Industry they would want to

enter and also not to be very rigid about the location or the profile. This

placement is only an entry to the corporate world and you will get ample

opportunities in future. Hence Students must not take stress and keep cool and

have a positive attitude. This is just a beginning, a door to enter corporate

world. The students of SBS are fortunate to get such a wonderful companies

coming to their campus, excellent faculty for grooming them and wonderful

mentors to always guide and support them at every step.

Thanks & Regards-

RichaRao

BIMHRD (2009-2011 batch)


Richa Verma

I am RichaVerma.

Roll Number: HRD 09-6082 Word count:1136

BIMHRD 2009-2011

Specialization:marketing

Given an opportunity to share my campus placement experience gives me

immense pleasure.To get a placement in one of our dream companies is what

we aspire for as soon as we enter any B school.Life at Balaji society was an

admixture of joy,fun,emotions and anxiety.Believe me guys time simply fly in

SBS and I still treasure the wonderful moments spend over there.Well since I

joined the college a bit late about a month later after the college started so I

was not that lucky enough to attend mahabaratha and the very special BAM

PRESENTATION.This is indeed a very special moment in everyone's life. . 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 in the long run of our life. I realized

because of our corporate commando training we have been acquinted to hard

work. 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 and are happy and relaxed with the

same.We all should never forget the Balaji mantra that” Problems are

oppurtunities”.It is this I am stating because I have learnt a lot from this quote

itself from my experience.Sharing my placement experience fills me with a

mixture of pain and joy both.It was 21st september,2010 the campus

placements were to start from.We all were very exited to sit for that company.

The best part was that there was no attendance criteria also to sit in that

company.So before this company was to come we also used to practice a bit of

group discussions at our home.We used to make group of 4 to 5 people and

discuss recent topics which was expected to be given as one of the GD

topics.Initially the experience was not smoothing.This is just because just 2

days prior to te date when the placements were about to start i met with a very

serious accident.I was hopitalised for about a week.And to recover completely it

me to around 2 months.I had almost lost hope that time as coming out from

that trauma was very difficult.But finally by God's grace I got completely

recovered by november end .This was the time when I came back to college all

set to sit for the companies.By that time some of my friends were already

placed.But unfortunately because of this accident I also missed my

attendance.As I was not able to fulfill the attandance criteria so was just waiting

for the 85% criteria to get open.I just kept my fingers crossed and had full faith

in God.And finally came the day when I was eligible to sit for the companies.I

was elated.It was 4 companies I sat for before I got placed i xyz


company.The journey of the entire process is still coming in front of my

eyes.The process in general consisted of 1.Group Discussion and 2.Personal

Interview.For the first company in which I sat there was an additional round of

written test.After the written test there was Group discussion round

irirrespective of the one's selected for the group discussion rounds.After this

company there were two other companies for which I sat for.Then came 20th

december.For this particular company we had two rounds 1.Group Discussion

2.Personal interview.In the group discussion the topic was abstract.The topic

was the colour "GREEN". I was not the first one to initiate the discussion.I

entered in the group after 3-4 persons.I spoke many points in different

differentperspective.One aspect which I still remember was the grass is green

and it is good for health to walk on green grasses.Since is it an abstract topic so

we don't require much in depth knowledge about any topic.Butwatever I said it

was with confidence.Soi would like to suggest my juniors to just be confident

what you speak in any GD.As it really matters.And sidewise should also be in

touch with recent topics which can come in GD.Well now it was the time to wait

for the results of the GD.The recruiter started announcing the names.To my

delight,I was one of them.Now came the round of personal interview.It was just

all the basic questions asked.Finally came the final results and I was oneof them

selected.I really would like to thank god for boosting my confidence even

though I had lots of up's and down's in my life.Also I would like to thank all my

friends for constantly supporting me whenever i felt low.AnD most importantly

my parents who always motivated me through the journey. For preparing

interviews I downloaded the common questions being asked in an interview and

wrote down the apt answers for them. It mainly includes knowing all about

yourself, then goals in the future, short term goals, some questions related to

the profile, summer project. Before appearing for the interview I always used to

go through my answers which helped me in giving quick response to the

interviewer with confidence. Almost in every interview I faced I came across

many questions which I had practiced.

Also I used to read articles in the newspaper,preferably Economic Times.And it

is always advisable to note down the points and important thoughts and news

which would be important for us in future.Considering the interview sessions its

always advisable to write in the resume whatever you actually know and you

actually do.This is just because lots of questions can be put forward regarding

what we write in resume.So it would always better to plan an interview

beforehand instead of saying anything in random in front of the interviewer.

The vast Curriculum of SBS provided me with everything that was required

during the process. I want to wish all my juniors all the very best for their

campus placement and future endeavors. I will try to provide my help and

assistance in all the possible ways. I can suggest them to pay attention to 6

most crucial areas which will definitely help them in achieving their goal. 1.

General knowledge 2. Communication skills 3.Subject knowledge 4.Awareness


about strengths and weakness 5.Conviction and confidence. 6. Industry

knowledge.And would also like to suggest them that never to let your moral and

confidence level go down.Because you will ge the company which is destined

for you.

Ritika Bansal

Name: Ritika BansalRegistration Number: HRD 09-6237,Division C BIMHRD 2009-11Passed out on 25th April 2011PGDM: MARKETING & Finance Dual cI was placed in company 5.

The phase of PLACEMENT comes as great experience in every student's life. We all go throughthe same feelings of anxiety, tension, confusion and excitement till the time we are placed and are happy and relaxed with the same. The notification of this company came way back before I applied for the process. The day company visited our campus was THE DAY when I applied for this company and sat for the process.

Sentiments:It's a feel of mixed emotions. We stand at a very crucial stage of our life. When your list takes a U turn towards your aspirations. Responsibilities, hectic schedule, competition keeps on revolving around your mind. It's equal to a fight for your life.Jealousy is a very frequent emotion that comes to your mind during placements.

Jealousy is an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something that the person values, particularly in reference to a human connection. Jealousy often consists of a combination of presenting emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness and disgust. It is not to be confused with envy. Its a world of growing opportunities but at the same time a lot of competition.Competition in biology, ecology and sociology is a contest between organisms, animals, individuals, groups, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources, for resources and goods, for prestige, recognition and awards, for


mates and group or social status, for leadership; it is the opposite of cooperation. It arises whenever at least two parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared or which is desired individually but not in sharing and cooperation. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For example, animals compete over water supplies, food, mates, and other biological resources. Humans compete usually for food and mates, though when these needs are met deep rivalries often arise over the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and fame. Competition is also a major tenet inmarket economy and business is often associated with competition as most companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group of customers, and also competition inside a company is usually stimulatied for meeting and reaching higher quality of services or products that the company produce or develop.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)Aptitude TestGroup Discussion (college campus)Personal Interview 1 (college campus)Personal Interview 2 (after three weeks in Delhi)Final result declaration (same day of interview 2)Pre Placement Talk The session started 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 for employment and the procedure the company will follow for the ensuing recruitment. Aptitude TestThe actual recruitment procedure started with an aptitude test comprising of questions testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning, quantitative applications and verbal ability. During the course of this test of aptitude wrinkled foreheads apply their grey cells to the optimum capacity.Group DiscussionThere were 10 students in each group; mine was the second last group in the GD. First they asked each one to introduce self. Then the topic for the GD was given.GD Topic: “Is the Consumer really the King in India?”GD Time: 30 minutes GD Rules: Think for 5 minutes then present in a way group decides in next 30 minutes.

I pitched in at the 2nd position and just spoke for 2-mins elaborating over 3-4 points. I gave chance to everyone to join in and then again pitched in around 6th -7th minute with 2-3 points and then at the end for a min i guess again. So


overall my contribution was around 4-5 minutes in those 10 minutes of GD time. I favored the topic and was not speaking much or less speaking but had put forward my points as and when required and thus got selected.Personal Interview 1 It was taken by the two panel members that visited our college. The questions were same for all the students like Tell me about yourself? Why Sales? Why our company? Weakness & Strengths? What is your area of Interest? Do you like sales ? Why only Delhi as a location for job?Personal Interview 2The short listed candidate from the first PI were asked to come to Delhi for their final interview which was with theExecutive Vice President HR Executive Vice President MarketingMy interview was the first there also. The questions that were asked were: Tell me about your family? What is marketing? Why sales? Do you know exactly about your profile? How do you analyze customer need? Successful and Failure marketing and branding examples? Where and what you did in summer internship? Why this company?Final result was than disclosed the same day after half an hour. I realized one's worries and peer pressures once u enter into the 2nd year of MBA , cause this is the time for your placement! But let me tell u my junior, there's nothing to be afraid of, if u don get into the first company u will deftly get into some ! Who knows the last company might be the best one to work with!!!My Suggestion to All Juniors: Be real to Interviewers. Be confident about what you are saying.The day was different from the other days. I maintained the calmness. Not only me but my mates helped me a lot. Normally we find a tense faces during this time. But we were just enjoying those moments with a light jokes & humorous talks. In a Interview, there are few points to take care of: Grooming is essential to leave a pleasing impression & landing the job you want. This is the most neglected part when it comes to man. Demeanour is the most influential factor in the hiring decision be responsive, attentive, and remember to smile. Even if you tend to be shy, or are just a bit nervous, do your best to radiate confidence. Sit up straight, don't fidget, and


make eye contact periodically throughout the interview. 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.Few Takeaways: Please update yourself with basic information of Company coming for Placement. MS Excel is must for every field. Give some time to excel & power point. Be strong in your favourite subject.Thank you,Ritika BansalBIMHRD

Rohit Kumar

I am Mr Rohit KumarRegistration number: HRD-09-6161BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch.Specialisation: Marketing , PGDM- B

I am placed in company which is in Healthcare segmentWhile embarking on the path of management education one dreams of having a prospering career; in my two years at BIMHRD 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 BIMHRD has provided me a new perspective in life to deal with any situtation and be thoughtful of how to come out of challenging situations.

Today it gives me immense pleasure to write my experience about my Campus Placement Experience

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 sat for 23 companies before being selected for this company, so I was under tremendous pressure but I was confident that I was doing well & somehow was not crossing the final line.

Finally the day came for me & it was 2nd April when India crunched its second world cup & I also got the news of my selection in the company .


According to me, the process for this company was not that grilling. I could sail through the whole thing calmly without becoming a bundle of nerves. I enjoyed the process and took everything as it came.

Glad to write my placement experience, can't forget that day when again with all the hopes went in the auditorium, all emotions come into play this time.I was a little optimistic about my selection as the company priority was person from healthcare background .The panel consisted of 3 people.

There were 3 rounds:1) GD2) PI3) Video Conference Round with the Business Head In Head OfficeThe 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 second last group and My GD topic was an abstract one" Prevention is better than cure”".

We were 11 people in the group and as the coordinator shot the topic most of the students in the group started speaking and there was a chaos for few minutes, then i heard some points and decided to pitch in the 3 or 4th minute and took the lead by saying that "To make sure that all are heard please speak one by one” try to suggest such power statements in such situations, we should grab the opportunity and take lead. As it was an abstract topic the coordinator expected the participant to be as creative as he/she could be, so I tried the same and came up with some creative points. After about 7 -8 minutes the coordinator asked to stop.

Then the results for the first round were declared and 5 of us had cleared the round, as soon as I heard the result my mind popped up with questions like "What will they ask me in interview"?"What is that they looking for "?

Then started the PI.As the company had come for the “Area Business Manager Profile” & Job description said that person has to generate leads & convert them into sales ,so communication were the key points which they were looking

Interview started and it was very cool as the questions asked were very general like:1) Tell us about yourself?2) Why do u want to join the company?One of the questions which I found a little tricky was


3) Why have you applied for this profile ?I had to give an answer which should convince the panel that despite being a non tech person i have the capability to learn and grasp fast and would try to put 100% so that i learn the work and perform, i answered in the same way and the panel appreciated it.4) My Hobbies and Weaknesses?5) Feedback about the process? The panel members were asking simple questions but were watching the body language and the confidence, the command over English etc, very minor points. At 12:30am they come out with the list of 6 names for the final video conference round & I was one of themVideo Conference Round at Company Head OfficeIn this round I interacted with the person who has 30 years of experience in various sectors retail ,pharma he asked very basic but logical questions which are to check the presence of mind of the person that how intelligently a person can talk to retailers in all aspects in which analytical is the most important part, he asked about my family background, he asked about my summer internship Piece of advice:

My suggestionOne should have sound knowledge about the company and market dynamics.He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into;your internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical knowledge;A person should have an attitude of learning;The final suggestion is that “Things do not happen we have to make the things happen”.

So don't get worried about you being rejected/ not selected, just try to learn from each interview and mould yourself according to the interviewer questions.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.RegardsRohit Kumar


Rupesh Agrawal

Hi,

I am Rupesh Agrawal

Registration Number HRD 09-6064

BIMHRD


Specialization: FINANCE.

I am placed in Company C, one of the leading IT companies of INDIA.


of the most exciting days of my life. All this started in the month of October,

when the first company for finance came to our campus. I sat for few

companies but couldn't get through. I was so depressed with all these

rejections. 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 four rounds in the selection process

1. CV short-listing

2.Written test

3.Extempore

4. Technical Interview

Written test

On the first day all the shortlisted candidates were invited to company's

premise. This was an elimination round as large number of students had come

from different colleges of Pune. First of all there was a brief introduction about

the company. As the requirement was for a core finance 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 accounts.

Extempore

After the written test we had a 30 min break. Then we again gathered for the

2nd round. We were asked one by one to speak for one minute on any topic. I

chose the topic “Managers are born or made”. It 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.

Three days hence the names of selected candidates were announced.

Interview

It was 5th January. 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 call option?

After making sure about my future plans, he started with the technical

questions. I explained call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation

to buy the underlying asset at the exercise price at the exercised date.

5. What is interest rate derivative?

The underlying for IRD is the right to pay or receive a notional amount at a

specified rate of interest. Basically these products are used to deal with the

interest rate risk in the market. Also I mentioned some of the IRD products.

6. Which type of inflation is there in Indian market?

It is supply side inflation as the current production capacity is not fulfilling the

demand for goods and services.

7. What are the steps taken by RBI to curb inflation?

RBI has increased the repo and reverse repo rate. RBI is basically trying to

reduce the money supply in the economy which will have a direct impact on the

demand. So less demand will cause a decline in the prices. 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.

8. 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 put/call parity, accounting entries and money

supply. After almost 45 mins of interview I came out of the interview room.

Result

22nd January 9:00 AM. I was still on bed. I got a call on my phone. One of the

members of CR team called me and said “Congrats Rupesh...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 Senior process executive for

one of the top ten investment banks of the world.

I would like to thank Bala Sir for his support and CRT members for all their

efforts for bringing this company to our campus.

Thanks,

Rupesh

I am Samreen Fatma Rizvi,Roll Number: HRD 09-6334 BIMHRD 2009-2011Specialization: PM & HRD

I got placed in a media company as a generalist HR, I did not appeared in any of the campus placement drive.. as mine was a personal placement. but still i can share what i noticed and observed my close friends have gone through during their placement experiances, few of them got placed pretty early amongist the first companies visited our campus and few towards the end of our session,even on the day of farewell. It gives me immense pleasure to share my friends campus placement experience with my juniors, who could surely gain some knowledge & belief to learn the things they did in order to secure a good position in corporate world. and not to forget, your college itself is a practical class to learn from. Even through the Facebook forums, debate in classes and events happening you can surely extract maximum knowledge which would b very beneficial for you once you'll step into a corporate world and would realise the value of all small events and activities that are been held in our college. Life is full of challenges & you have to work hard to strive for success. I too followed the same pattern of achieving success by learning & adapting to skills required for a great future. Also I would like to thank the college placement cell for working day & night, burning mid night fuel to stand on hopes of the students & bring in almost 300 companies to the campus for placement.To start with, the skills required for success in campus placement is to develop logical & analytical skills. This would help to strive for 1st level for selection that

Samreen Fatma Rizvi


is “Written Aptitude test”. For this many books are available to go for. also the notes you would have been taken down during your classes by our leccturers gives your crisp knowledge required for it.Next step is the “Group Discussion” round, this is a rejection round, so you need to focus, pitch in points that are relevant to the subject. For this the best thing the college provides is the “Economic Times” paper. This paper would help you to understand the current market trends, help you to analyze the market situation & would help develop the ability to understand the market happenings. I used to regularly read the paper, maybe not the complete content, but the basic headlines, so as to know what is happening in the market. And for HR students it is important, as we have variety of options in terms of industry & thus it becomes mandatory to understand the trend, because any change in the market can change the tide of the carrier.The next round is personal interview, both HR & Technical, & for this I think our college professors have done a commendable job in educating us the current technologies, in & out, know the future technologies, & help us to know the basics from the core of each subject, in all the fields. I am thankful to Bala sir for providing such esteemed professors at our disposal, so that we could learn a lot from them.

I have divided the campus placement experience of my friends as i observed and noticed into the following four activities:-

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 15 to 16 students in each group. they were been asked to select a topic for themselves ”Students were judged on the following parameters:-o Ability to lead the groupo Communication skillso Your understanding of the topic Group discussion are generally for 25-30 mins and the discussion went in a flow as introduction to topic, examples and pros and cons of the topic were discussed. Group discussion was elimination round and 2-3 students per group were selected.

PI : 1 (HR cum Technical Round)

(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 interview areconducted Immediately after GDmostly interviews starts even when GD of other groups are still going on.. The interview started with the questions like: o Introduce yourselfo Tell me something about your family backgroundo Why you want to join our company?o previous experienceo what is the difference between PM and HRD?o understanding on Labor Laws & their relevance..o Questions based on HRD, OD, HRM etc.o Are you ready to relocate IN THE cities been mentioned? o Tell me about your strengths & weaknesses o Do your SWOT analysiso Questions related to my Winter Project.o Tell me something about services (particularly IT) sector in India? o What do you know about the company? o Are you ready to sign the bond?

The interview wary from a10 min to an hour. students are asked asked about their expectations from the company & the roles they would be interested in.and als owhy did they not got selected for previous companies in which they sat.

PI:2

basically for final PI,student need to go to the work place, where the office is situated. so that they can even get the feel of the office and will an able to decide if they can actually work their or not. again interviews are conducted but its more of intrinsic in nature.Some questions that were asked are:o Questions related to their previous experience.o Questions related to Winter Project.o understanding about the industry in which they are appearing.o Employee Engagement activity & employee motivational activity.if the panel is convinced and satisfied.. many students are been declared the result on the same day.. so others have to wait fora day or two.

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 REALLY THANK our BALA sir, Director, deputy Director, teachers, staff for


making placement experiance to pleasant one and rather then been feeling neglected and out of the crowd when not placed. the mental support, stress relievers(brian adams rock concert), really do wonders to students who are still seeking for placement. just remember the spider's story which we read in our moral science classes during 2-3 standard. do apply it. NEVER GIVE UP.!!! HARD WORK ALWAYS PAYS.I wish you all the very best for their future.Thanks & Regards,Samreen Fatma RizviHRD 09-6334PM&HRD (Dual D)

Sangeeta Kumari

HRD 09-6065

PM&HRD

2009-2011

sentiments:

Like every other student of this campus, I entered this college with a dream in

my eyes to get into one of the best companies coming to the campus. Campus

placement has always been a phase of excitement, enthusiasm and

nervousness too.Lots of curiosity in mind and dream to achieve something big

and make one's parents feel proud. Mine sentiments were more of nervousness

as though being a lawyer I decided to do MBA against the wishes of my parents

so I had to achieve something really big in order to prove myself.

experience:

My very first experience of the campus placement was little disheartening as I

was not eligible for sit in the process of first 50 companies due to shortage of

attendance, so i sat idlely at my place for whole one and half month watching

others going for processes. I was in HR and only few companies were coming

for HR, hence those one and half month proved to be very crucial for me.

everydayiI used to hear that such and such company came today in the campus

and such number of students were selected. November and December proved

to be very lucky for HR stream as many big companies with good packages and

good number of seat came in campus and selected good number students as

well. I got excited and hoped that after i will be eligible good companies will

come . In mid of decemberi became eligible for sitting in the processes.In first

few days some good companies for HR arrived in campus but either I was not

meeting their eligibility criteria or was not selected.Later on frequency of

companies for HR became low. The companies which were now coming to

Sangeeta Kumari


campus were either not very renowned or were not offering satisfactory

package or suitable POP, so I became selective in giving confirmation for the

companies , in this way I lost the opportunity of sitting in the process of many

companies and the few companies for which i sat didnt found me suitable and

rejected me. At last in April i lost all my hopes for being placed through campus

and started looking for job offers outside the campus. The offers which I got

through various job portals were not worthy enough and kept on struggling for

some good offer outside the campus till july. Finally in July I gave interview in

a company inMumbai through the refference of my friend and got selected as

Assistant Manager- legal compliances and HR services in company A

located in Mumbai. This came as big relief to me as though the company was

not very big and famous but the profile which I got siuted me and i enjoyed my

work. I got profile of HR generalist as well as handling of legal compliances of

the company.

My experience of the companies:

Though I not got placed through campus still I would like to share my

experience of the few companies i sat for Grail research - the process took place

in Delhi.The process comprised of total 8 rounds in which there were 3 rounds

of aptitude test and 5 rounds of PI.

The level of aptitude test was bit high .i cleared all rounds of aptitude test and

went for PI round 1. The PI was completely based on case studies and few

questions on person's qualifications and all. unfortunately whole of the society

was washed out in the first round of PI.

Google: The eligibility criteria for this company was 60% through out in

academics.

The first round of process included test of english language. out of five options

we were required to write essay on two of the given topics and there was test

of grammar. I cleared this round . After that there were many rounds of PI. In

the first round of PI they asked various analytical questions as well as personal

questions regarding future aspirations, why HR etc. one question which I was

frequently asked was why MBA after Law. I qualified for the first round of PI. In

the second round of PI they asked many questions related to marketing and

advertising as it was basically marketing profile of which I didnt knew the

answers very well.

However I tried to answer them to the best of my knowledge but was not able

to succeed.

My overall experience and key learnings:

I learnt a lot from the campus placement experience would definitely like to

share here.


Our college puts lots of efforts in bringing good companies in the campus. the

students here are very fortunate that they get opportunities to sit in best of the

companies. It is only in the hands of the students that they take good

advantage of the situation. The college provides ample opportunities for

grooming the students through various seminars ,meets and various

competition as well as makes them better managers through the strict college

schedule and other things.Every student should take maximum advantage from

these opportunities.

Few other things which should be taken care of during your studies as well as

during placement season , such as, one shouls take better care of their health

so as not to miss the classes and attendance .During placement season one

should brush up their knowledge on not only their subjects but also on whats

going around the world and other current affair topics.

During GD, its not necessary that if you are aggressive you will get selected or if

you have made enteries many nuber of times then it will be beneficial for you.

Many companies take agression as negative point. one should keep their cool

and should keep valid relevant points.

The most essential thing is your confidence. Confidence is required at each and

every step, not only during campus placement but also after that. So one should

always keep faith in oneself and never lose self confidence.

One should be clear about the kind of industry they want to enter but should

not became adamant for it. one should be flexible regarding POP and

Package.once you have entered the corporate world they will not matter much.

one should always strive for good companies but if you get good profile in small

company also you must go for it. As far as i have experienced the kind of work

or rather work satisfaction and good working environment affects you more

than salary and POP.

Summing up i would like to say that campus placement is the only means of

entry to the corporate world , after that you will get immense opportunities in

future. So one should not get very tense and lose their cool over it rather should

face with full confidence.

SangeetaKumari

HRD 09-6065


Sanghamitra Goswami,

I am Sanghamitra Goswami,

Roll Number: HRD 09-6335

BIMHRD 2009-2011

Specialization: PM & HRD

I got placed in an IT Services Company in Bangalore as a HR-Recruitment

Officer.

Although I was not placed through the college campus placement and was a

personal selection, I still wish to share what I have noticed and observed when

my friends went through the process of placement events. Once we were back

from our winter projects, we were nervous as the placement season was about

to begin and we shared the same worries and pressures after our 3rd semester

exams. Some were lucky when a few of them were placed in the early

placement season itself but for a few others got through during our farewell

days. The 'D –Day' was set for all and the belief kept them moving.

It gives me immense pleasure and a great opportunity to share the experiences

of my peers' campus placement experience with my juniors. I am sure they

would gain some knowledge to learn and unlearn things my peers experienced,

in order to mark their presence in the corporate world. Our alma mater is the

best practical environment to learn from. With the experiences of the social

networking forums, the debates in classes, the curricular and co-curricular

events, I am confident that the junior batches will gain maximum knowledge

and experience which will be very useful for them when they will eventually

step into the corporate reality and this realization of the value of all small events

and activities will reform and shape their outlook for a new beginning.

Life is truly a challenge and one has to work the extra mile to achieve the peak

of success. It is a path of continuous learning, where I learnt every moment,

adapted new methodologies and with great determination went on to achieving

my goals and more. I would like to thank the CRT team for working endlessly

and putting immense effort to bring in almost 300 companies to the campus for

placement for the betterment of the students which was a truly great effort on

their part.

To begin with, the skills required for achieving success in campus placement is

to develop logical and analytical skills. This brings in what is called the “Written

Aptitude test”. Many aptitude books are available in the market apart from that

college notes which are always helpful. To clear this round, a lot of practice is

necessary so that the flow goes on and the knowledge gained with continuous

experience of practice is never lost.

The next step is the “Group Discussion” round. This is an elimination round

where most students fail to get through. It is therefore very important to focus,

pitch in points that are relevant and strictly stick to the subject matter. The


“Economic Times” paper that is provided by the college is very efficient and

helps a great deal for students through the process of this round in the

placements. In the beginning, we might not be keenly interested in reading it

but it has its own importance. This paper would help students understand the

current market trends, help them analyze the market situation and would help

to develop the ability to understand the market scenario and for specifically for

HR students, it is important to understand the market situation, to be familiar

with terms and synonyms, so that they are able to understand any fluctuations

in the market.

It is important to understand the fundamental points in the group discussion.

The basic focus of this round is to understand how good of a team player a

candidate is and how well you communicate with others in a team. Candidates

are judged on the basic criteria's of how well they can lead a group and their

understanding of the topic of discussion in the group. Groups vary from 12 to

17 per group and usually last for around 25 to 30 minutes. The kind of

discussion that follows in this round usually flows through the topic, various

examples, the pros and cons of the topic, etc. Elimination occurs at the end and

a few candidates are selected for appearing in the next round.

The next round is the personal interview round which includes both HR &

Technical rounds. To get through these rounds, it is important to remember to

be thankful to our professors who have helped to educate us on the current

technologies, in & out, to know the future technologies and help us learn the

basics from the core of each subject in all the fields. This round is important to

assess a candidate's confidence, knowledge, communication and most

importantly the attitude. A positive attitude and confident approach is highly

entertained and encouraged. Interviews include queries about the candidate,

their background, their reasons to want to join the company, their previous

experiences, if any. Apart from these general questions, there are queries based

on PM and HRD, the understanding on Labour laws and their relevance,

questions on winter projects, a SWOT analysis, location preferences, general

knowledge about the IT sector of India, the candidate's knowledge of the

company and their commitment bond towards the company, etc. Interviews

may vary from 15 mins to an hour's duration and focus is placed on the

expectations and roles the candidate would be interested in.

A final interview round is optionally conducted in the workplace setting where

the company and office is located, usually for familiarity with the workplace

environment and a more intrinsic interview including queries on employment

engagement activities and employment motivational activity.

I am especially grateful and thankful to Bala sir for making me a part of his

esteemed institution and I feel proud to have the opportunity to meet some


extraordinary professors, who being the embodiment of learning has helped us

learn so much and improve our outlook towards corporate life .and life in

general.

A simple piece of advice:

Life is not the same for everyone and I believe that one should believe in

oneself and should try to turn every threat and look at it as an opportunity.

Be a positive thinker, never lose hope and try to be updated on current affairs

regularly, then you will see that, Success can never stop from coming to your

doorstep!

I Am Extremely Grateful And Thankful to our BALA sir, Director, to our Deputy

Director, the teachers and the entire staff, for making the placement

experiences a pleasant one and more importantly for their efforts for making me

more disciplined for my future endeavors and bestowing the confidence in me

to look beyond rather than bringing in a realization of feeling out of the league.

I wish all the junior batches all the very best for their future achievements.

Thank You

With Best Regards,

SanghamitraGoswami

HRD 09-6335

PM&HRD (Dual D)

I am Sapna Pandey Roll Number: HRD 09-6336 BIMHRD 2009-2011Specialization: PM & HRD

I am working with a leading IT Infrastructure company as Assistant Manager HR, Corporate Office. It gives me an immense pleasure to share my campus placement experience with my juniors, who could surely gain some knowledge & belief to learn the things I did in order to secure a good position in corporate world.Life is full of challenges & you have to work hard to strive for success. I too followed the same pattern of achieving success by learning & adapting to skills required for a great future. Also I would like to thank the college placement cell for working day & night, burning mid night fuel to stand on hopes of the students & bring in almost 300 companies to the campus for placement.

Sapna Pandey


My Placement Experience -------To start with, the skills required for success in campus placement is to develop logical & analytical skills. This would help to strive for 1st level for selection that is “Written Aptitude test”. For this many books are available to go for.Next step is the “Group Discussion” round, this is a rejection round, so you need to focus, pitch in points that are relevant to the subject. For this the best thing the college provides is the “Economic Times” paper. This paper would help you to understand the current market trends, help you to analyze the market situation & would help develop the ability to understand the market happenings. I used to regularly read the paper, maybe not the complete content, but the basic headlines, so as to know what is happening in the market. And for HR students it is important, as we have variety of options in terms of industry & thus it becomes mandatory to understand the trend, because any change in the market can change the tide of the carrier.The next round was a personal interview, both HR & Technical, & for this I think our college professors have done a commendable job in educating us the current technologies, in & out, know the future technologies, & help us to know the basics from the core of each subject, in all the fields. I am thankful to Bala sir for providing such esteemed professors at our disposal, so that we could learn a lot from them.

I have divided my campus placement experience into the following four activities:-

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.)

16 groups were formed for conducting group discussions with around 15 to 16 students in each group. We were asked to select a topic for ourselves but after a minutes time we were given a topic “HRM”Students were judged on the following parameters:-o Ability to lead the groupo Communication skillso Your understanding of the topic Group discussion was for 25-30 mins and the discussion went in a flow as introduction to topic, examples and pros and cons of the topic were discussed. Group discussion was elimination round and 2-3 students per group were selected.

PI : 1 (HR cum Technical Round)

(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 interview was conducted around 2 PM. Immediately after my GD, I was called for the interview even though other groups were waiting for their turns for Group Discussion. The interview started with the questions like: o Introduce yourselfo Tell me something about your family backgroundo Why you want to join our company?o My previous experienceo How does your previous experience help you in being HR Asst. Manager in IT Infrastructure Company?o My understanding on Labor Laws & their relevance in IT industry.o Questions based on HRD, OD, HRM etc.o Are you ready to relocate to Mumbai? o Tell me about your strengths & weaknesses o Do your SWOT analysiso Questions related to my Winter Project.o Tell me something about services (particularly IT) sector in India? o What do you know about the company? o Are you ready to sign the bond?

The interview went well for almost 1 hour. I was called again & the Director HR of the company asked me about my expectations from the company & the roles I would be interested in. I was asked about the companies I had sat for earlier & the reason I wasn't selected.

PI:2

I was called to Mumbai for the final round of interview. In Mumbai, I met the MD of the company & other Directors. I was shown the company Infrastructure & was introduced to the senior members in the organization. Some questions that were asked are:o Questions related to my previous experience.o Questions related to my Winter Project.o My understanding about the IT Infrastructure industry.o Employee Engagement activity & employee motivational activity.The interview was carried on for about 60 minutes. The Panel seemed quite convinced & positive. The results were announced post 2 days & I was selected for the position.

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 thank Bala sir for making me share such a wonderful experience for placement that would surely help my juniors & will motivate them.

I wish you all the very best for their future.Thanks & Regards,Sapna PandeyHRD 09-6336PM&HRD (Dual D)

Saryu Pathania

Rgs NO: 6162-HRD- 09-11

Dual B

Marketing

BIMHRD

The entire experience of campus placement was a learning experience.Ittought

me to remain positive and not to under estimate myself.

The first company to come in campus was LG and the whole campus was

allowed to sit for it , despite their backlogs and attendance criteria ( of which i

had both).

So obviously the whole campus sat for it. We were called for GD, topic was

common wealth games.

A hot topic during those days. It was discussed so much in our mock GDs that ,

one could actually write thesis on it and get a PHD . So basically everyone was

prepared to rip off the GD and outshine in front of LG group.

The debate lasted 10 min and i knew i had nailed it untill the very last moment

when i was asked to sum-up the GD and i startled. I knew it then that the LG

bird has flown forever. i could feel the disappointment in the eyes of the LG

group. That was my LG GD- I could actually feel the LG letter slipping through

my hands. But what done was done.. So i left it there, and moved on.

After LG due to attendance criteria, and backlogs could not take part in many

good companies. Shining Consultancy being one of them. They were the right

people but at wrong time. The dream profile for anyone who wanted to be in

core IMC.

During that time I discovered that everyone was allowed to sit in anyone

company despite their attendance criteria or backlog, and the company doesn't

have to be LG. God the pain of this discovery was unbearable, the whole day

Saryu Pathania


went in brooding and sulking and verbally bashing people around.

But then still a lot more companies were there where I could try my luck. Or I

was hoping that , to be honest.

Jouney began!

I started appearing for GDs/Interviews in several companies.

Despite possessing good communication skill,conviction was missing, this led to

my rejections in first few companies, but idont regret it very much. ( at least i

would wanna believe it) because i knew ididn wish to work in those profile

anyways ( since they weren't hiring me anyways)

. I knew i was ment for a craetive field ( a place where people would be as

wacky as me, so that i don't feel like an outcast). An organisation which will

provide me with an opportunity to excell in the fied of my interested. None of

the companies had offered me that yet ( grapes are sour).

Finally,the day came when I saw a company which matched with my principles

and value sets ( frustration at peak - need a job anyhow). This was the fifth

company,withwhomei was interviewing.I got placed with a Financial

companycompany. Ironic as it may seem ( yes at that peak). Finance was the

one sector in which I never wished to enter. And that is the sector which offerd

me my first job. Well universe does work in misterious way.

The organisation came for recruitment for it's Sales division ( and I sat for it-

that peak). They conducted a brief PPT session , wherein they disclosed all the

required details about company, its value set and principles, job profile , the

apraisal system etc.It was the first time i had seen a company being so clear on

the what they wanted? They had the whole year plan for management trainees

in detail.

This highly impressed me, also their beliefs and value set we so similar to mine(

at that point would have even believed if they told me that they sell unicorns-

that peak).

After the PPT & prospective candidates' queries were over,all the interested

candidates remain seated ( i was one of the fourteen who remained seated).

Rest left the hall.CVs were then handed over to the coordinators.

There were very few of us who appeared for the process.Buttheir was another

process the very same day.

The selection procedure consisted of two rounds of –Group Discussio and PI.

Since there were very few people, we were divided into groups of two. I was in

the second group. Topic of our dicussion was 'principles over profit'.

After hearing the topic i knew i am clearing the GD. The discussion started and

went on for about ten minutes.Then we were asked to wait out side for the

results

After 20 min Wait names of shorlisted student were announced.Five students

were shortlisted, i was one of them.

The next round was PI. For me GD was never a problem but i was always afraid

of PIs. I was called in the interview room , infrom of me were sittin HOD client


acquisition, Marketing Dept head and HR head .They scanned my CV & asked

related questions about my backround to education to hobbies.Then they asked

what where I saw Myself five year from now. I knew icouldnt lie to such senior

people so soi decided to tell them the truth. I told them that my key intrest has

always been IMC, and thats where i see myself.

Since i mentioned IMC, the next obvious question was "why i am appearing for

a financial firm?" Again i chose to tell them the truth, and told them that irealy

believed in their value set and principles (desperate) and i always wanted to

work with an organisation which doesnt use words like honesty and fair service

to customer as mere adjectives.

The next question they asked was what departmennti would want to work in

the company after the rotation is over. I told them, since i wish to be in IMC in

future

marketing department suits me the best.Then they explained me that their

marketing department was only doing BTL activities and their was very little and

no scope of ATL. And if i was ok with that?

I answered i was fine with that profile.They asked few more questions,and I

was asked to wait outside.

Afrer everyone's interview was over, names of the selected students were

announced. My name was in the list too.

We all were very excited and congratulating each other when another twist

came in the story.We were told to appear for an apptitude test and only after

that we will get an conformation ( are you kidding me).

we were told that the result will be announced next morning and we were sent

to appear for the apptitude test.

I appeared for the apptitude test and went for the second company's GD. By

the time the process of first company got over it was night and we were the last

slot to go for GD.

The second company was from hospitality sector and whole balaji society must

have applied for the same. There were so many candidates that the company

had decided to keep two rounds of GD to shortlist people.

We entered the room and the topic given to us was Importance of Censorship in

Media. I knew it was my lucky day, my GD went great and i was shortlisted for

the second round. The second round was to be held next day. So we went back

to our respective places.

Next morning we had to report to the college for the second round of GD at

9:30. When i reached college my roommates called me and told me to come

down. I thought it was some emergency.

But they were actually there to congratulate me for I had Got placed in that

Financial company. And six month later my joining i was handling all the BLT

activities of that company PAN India.. As i said universe does work in misterious

ways. :)


Satya Prakash Mishra

HRD-09-6066

Dr. Satya Prakash Mishra

Roll No.HRD-09-6066

Marketing ,Dual -A

BIMHRD,

Batch 2009-11)

Hi,






GD's and interviews till the end. During this whole “Campus Placement Season”

students undergo numerous emotions coping from the blues of rejection to the

overwhelming feeling of updating your Facebook status as Placed. I too went

through the same phase of anxiousness, lull moments, stress, dejection and

ultimately happiness and pride.

I was clear in the mind from the beginning only that i would first try in for

healthcare and then IT companies and FMCG as the last.

I sit in around 7-8 companies ,some i wish to join , in some i sit just because of

better package, and some because of brand name. But none of this was my

dream company, except LG .for LG i prepared a whole lot . I read book on LG ,

read all its strategy for Indian market ,brand building etc. But i was the last

person in the last group for GD. None of the executive are interested what we

are talking about. So bit disappointed.....

Again i start focusing on daily news prepared a new diary for all latest

happening , this gave me my best friend for life called ET, since then till today i

try to read ET daily. Thanks for Balaji society for this. This List is end less for

which i want to thank my alma meter .

From very first day of my MBA college life i had a dream to create some thing of

my own.

After analysing what i can get from college and what i want in my life..i start

thinking differently. i understand because of my back ground in dentistry. I have

to create a opportunity for my self rather then waiting for right company to

come and pick me.because this what i learn from our own BALA SIR.“That

problem are opportunity”


Then on one day while talking on phone my friend DrShikha from Satna (MP)

told me that in THANE there is a dental conference of all Maharashtra dental

association on 3-4 march. So i thought now i got what i want an“

OPPORTUNITY.”i grab this opportunity with both hand.Went to thane paid 700

Rs as registration fees to attend this conference. When i look back today this

700 Rs was the best investment i so far did today.

I enter the conference hall there was lecture on “Dental implant by

DrSwarnaLele”. After that there i decide i should know more about dental

implant. Then i visit all stalls on dental implants .collect their leaflet and other

information source ( C D, Journal, etc) for email id and phone no.

I finish lunch and come back Pune on same day.Then reaching home i start

studying more about dental implants . Then i create a mail in which i wrote

what i want in my life and how i can contribute to an organisation based on my

educational background (BDS and MBA- Marketing).

Then i send mail to all company directly ,on next day i got one long reply from

one firm from Pune. Managing directory him self call me for meeting.

In meeting he ask me about why i did MBA?, why i left clinical world ?, what

value can i deliver to his organisation ? I answer each of this question very

convincingly and confidently.

On the table it self he gave me offer to join him , instantly

I agree and then ask “KAM KABSE SHURU KARNA HAI” He said “kal se Aajao”.i

said “Thanks you“, i was waiting for this day from last 4 month.Soi was not

placed from college campus , but my college campus help me in getting what I

want.

Two years of hard work on the guidelines of our very own MANTRA 3D

(Discipline, Dedication, and Determination.

But getting your Salary after a break of 2 years is one of the most awaited &

most cherish able movement for all & when a message pops up on your mobile

phone stating a/c debited by INR ***** the feeling cannot be expressed in

words.

So moral of story is don't leave your dream ,be passionate about them . when

you want some thing very strongly , whole universe conspire to give you

that.This is NO more “SECRETE” , its “LAW OF ATTRACTION”.

The Secret describes the law of attraction as a natural law that determines the

complete order of the universe and of our personal lives through the process of


"like attracts like." That is, as we think and feel, a corresponding frequency is

sent out into the universe that attracts back to us events and circumstances on

that same frequency.

For example, if you think angry thoughts and feel angry, you will attract back

events and circumstances that cause you to feel more anger. Conversely, if you

think and feel positively, you will attract back positive events and circumstances.

The Secret states that desirable outcomes such as health, wealth, and

happiness can be attracted simply by changing one's thoughts and feelings. For

example, if a person wanted a new car, by thinking about the new car, having

positive and thankful feelings about the car as if it were already attained and

opening one's life in tangible ways for a new car to be acquired (for example,

test driving the new car, or making sure no one parks in the space where the

new car would arrive) and the law of attraction would rearrange events to make

it possible for the car to manifest in the person's life.

Today I am no longer working for other but for my self , not a single day I feel

pressure about my work, every day bring new learning experience and

opportunity for me. So trust on your dream you will no longer in wrong

direction.

Chase them all day and night , you will never feel any burden.

I am thankful to Bala sir, PAT and the college for all the efforts they put in, in

making .e a better person and capable human being.

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.

“All the very best to all my juniors”

Thanks

DrSatyaPrakash Mishra


Saujanya Dev

I am Saujanya DevRoll number: HRD09-6067 BIMHRD 2009-2011 batch (Landmarkers)PGDM-ASpecialization - Marketing & IT

My Placement Experience……

It always feels great to share or talk about our own achievements and happy times. Getting placed that too in a reputed firm is one of them. So here goes my placement experience.

I was never nervous or doubtful about my placement. I knew if I am worthy and have done my part of homework, I will definitely be placed. Because there will be lot of opportunities for me sit in the campus process of various good companies when I am in SBS. Being part of the placement team of BIMHRD, I closely saw that how much effort our college and Bala sir take and they can go to any lengths to get ample of good companies to our campus and get all the students placed. He is sure that he has groomed all of us well to deserve good placements and that is why he always called all of us “STARS”.

On day zero I was not lucky enough to get through one of the companies that came that day but that did not dishearten me. In fact it geared me to put more efforts for the subsequent placement processes.

Around 10-12 more companies visited the campus after that in the coming two weeks. I could not clear the process of a couple of them and rest did not match my desired profile.

On 1st November 2010 came a very big financial consulting company, the brand name was as big as it could be. All eligible students had to attend the PPT. I was pretty sure after all the discussions I 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. So I decided to sit for the selection process. Luckily I got placed with the firm and as per my experience the process was not so tough to crack. In fact I enjoyed the process.

The process goes as follows:

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 70 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, the short listed students were divided in groups of eight for the next round which was a case study round and my group's 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, 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 round.

5th round was of personal Interview. Those who cleared the fourth were eligible for the 5th round. I happened to be one of the lucky ones.

Before I went for my interview I did a massive research on the company and their culture. Some of the questions asked were like: Tell me about yourself, Mention your strengths and weaknesses, Areas of academic interest, Why our company, Why should we hire you, Why did you choose MBA after Electronics & Communication engineering, why not M.Tech and many more.

I only tried to be frank and honest. No manipulation what so ever as the panel is in the business for quite some time and for starters like us, it's almost impossible to manipulate them. If you prepare well, it shows in your interaction and the panel is accomplished enough to sense that.

Be confident and positive in whatever you speak and always show yourself hungry to learn more and ready for new challenges not an all knowing rigid person.


When the final results were declared 11 students were selected from the marketing stream. I was one of them. I can't forget that day.

It was a victorious feeling. Just like a dream come true. I was overwhelmed with it and so were my parents to know that I successfully set my first step towards my career.

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 thank Balaji Society and all my respected faculties who have helped me achieve this. Even the GD sessions conducted in the auditorium were helpful.

Subject knowledge was very important but even more important was to present ourselves with confidence.

Recruiters just see your attitude.

They don't want you to know everything they ask they just want to see whether you have that learning instinct or not.

They don't want to see you as the strongest candidate but they want to see you as most adaptable and one who can survive any challenge.

Balaji Society really trains its student managers to enter the corporate arena with confidence and makes up their mind to adjust any situation irrespective of what may come.

During my job, many a time I used to relate some incidence to my college days.

When I was at Balaji I used to think life is so hectic here, no time for personal interests. But it was just a trailer to the real film.

Even if you get weekends, the pressure of performing never leaves you and to keep calm and focus under that stress is being taught at Balaji.

I never cribbed about SBS's rules and regulations and now I feel that most of it was done in good interest of the students.

I wish all my Juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their endeavors.

Thanks & Regards,Saujanya Dev


Saurabh Pateriya

Hello,I am Saurabh PateriyaRegistration No.HRD-09-6068 Class:- PGDM-C, From BIMHRD,Academic year: 2009-2011, passed out on 29th April 2011.My specialization is in Marketing & Finance-.

I can memorize the campus days which were very tenseful but very teachful and for me. It is said that initially when the campus placements starts everyone got their selves filled with excitement and eagerness, but as the days passes by it turns into complex situation and when months pass by it becomes a giant over the head.

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.

Firstly when I entered in the college, I found the campus like a biggest plex of the country, Then after, I started to make my self prepare for the Big Companies. After having the taste of GD-PI from so many companies, I have gained confidence in a very pioneer way. 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...". Everyone in the world, always have a dream of its own. But, there are different ways accepted by the people to fulfill their dream in different way. And I chosen my way by starting my career with one of the biggest group of our Nation, which is one of the fasterst growing Non Banking Finance Company. The Company started with a main objective of funding Loans for commercial Vehicles, construction Equipments etc. company is basically in Retail finance business.My selection process was very simple. It consisted of the following stages:-1. Pre Placement Talk2. Aptitude Test.3. Group Discussion4. HR and Technical interviewPre 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, 40 candidates were short listed and I was one of those lucky ones.

Group Discussion: The day when I found myself so nervous, but I had prepared myself for the GD , I was in 3rd group, out of this 15 candidate were selected for final interview.

As I had gratefully prepared my self for being a good speaker, but when I got myself around other candidates, for a once I lost my confidence. Then after a very interesting point of conversation, I got myself on the driving seat.

I discussed lots of point after that, which impacts a great impression of myself over the interviewer.

Personal Interview: When I entered in the PI Room, the interviewer scanned very nervous. Then he asked me to get relax and be confident. The words of the interviewer put some confident in myself and I got relaxed a little bit.

My interview was for just 15 minutes and in that, he asked me so many questions regarding different things and situations.

Some question which he asked are:1. Introduce yourself2. About your family and native place3. About My Academics4. About My internship Project5. Questions relating to logical reasoning etc.

After having the taste of these questions, he directly asked to me that how many cases you can close in a month. Then in reply of that, I said, that I can do 10-15 cases in a month.

Then after that he quickly asked me my preferred location. Then I also quickly replied for that, and told my preferred location to him.

With there last question I have finished my Personal Interview round.Result: After giving the interview, I was eagerly waiting for the results but I had got my feedback after a long wait.

We were informed about our selection from the PAT office verbally. But the written confirmation was received after 1 month.


My journey of Placement in AA company was like a dream come true. The credit for fulfilling my dream goes to one of the best B-School in India- BIMHRD and to my President Col. Mr. A. Bala Sir.

He taught us very complex things of the world in a very easy and flexfull way.

He taught how to handle the critical situations and how to overcome from them. I was head strong that I have to achieve my goals 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.

Luckily we were 2 person who got 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 from last 10 months and I have faced a lots of stuff of the working experience in this little time. Things which must be kept in mind:

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 guys should keep one thing in mind that their main goal is got selected in the company for which they have prepared there selves.

Thanks & RegardsSaurabh Pateriya


Shagufta Shabnam

I am Shagufta Shabnam.Registration Number : HRD 09 6240 BIMHRD: Division C Academic Year :2009-11Specialisation : MarketingI got place in X CompanyHi Friends,CAMPUS PLACEMENT-These two words had a great deal of significance for me right from the day I entered this college.I would always look at it as the ultimate goal to be achieved.Seeing our own seniors preparing for their placements would make me think of my own D day. Amidst all the mixed feelings I always had the confidence of getting through.However the big question was which sector and which company? To find an answer to this question,I had to do a great deal of research and also had to take views from our own seniors and experienced people.At the end of everything I was almost sure I have to go in B2B sector in service industry.What came next was gearing up for it.My summer internship in Institutional sales had given me a fair idea of B2B sales and marketing.I was quite familiar with the backbone of B2B sales and skill sets required for it.I had always focused on my strengths and wanted to enter into a profile where I could make an effecient use of it.In addition to this,college also played a very important role in showcasing the corporate world and helping us at every step in our preparations.GD sessions in auditorium were the best medium to ovecome all our inhibitions and expressing our views.Time flies and within no time First company visited our campus.Looking at so many aspiring candidates and only a few luring positions in the company gave me jitters.However what kept me going was my self-confidence and I knew I have to give it my best shot.I couldn't convert the company but had a good experience of GD.Same thing happened in 3-4 other companies.But I was never demotivated for even a single moment.I always analysed where others were better than me and tried to overcome my weaknesses.I even discussed with my already placed friends and always took their opinions too.This phase had given me a rich experience of facing the crowd and striving.I was very optimistic.It was November.I was busy with the ongoing placements when I got to know that X Company has Corporate sales profile and their process is to be held in their own campus.I was very interested in the company because of the profile.Next day some students headed to our destination for the process.Reaching there we were seated in one of their meeting rooms.The process included :-1.Pre Placement Talk2.First round of interview3.Second round of interview1.Pre Placement Talk: This was a very important phase as it provides useul


information about the company like its parent group,its vision, mission,sector,competitors,customers znd many more.Apart from that it also throws light on what kind of skill sets would they be looking for.It provides an excellent opportunity for company-student interaction.When I attended the pre placement talk of the company,it all sounded very promising to me.2.First Round Of Interview: This is the next important phase as it screens the students.It is very essential to keep one's calm self and try to make a good impression on interviewers.According to me first round was also a deciding step whether the candidate is interested in the company or not. The process began.I was in the last lot of students to be interviewed for first round.And at last it was my turn.I knew the key to cracking an interview was to be confident and BE MYSELF.After a small warm up greeting ,my interview began.The best part was that the whole session did not look like an interview.With that i was even more relaxed.The interviewer touched upon many points about myself,my educational background,my strenghths and weaknesses,my ambitions and also why should they hire me.It was a nice 45 minutes session and I answered each and every question with clearity and confidence.Along with it I also took care that my answers should be apt and precise.Also I should neither overrate nor underrate myself.With this first round ended and we were all eagerly waiting for results.In a short span of time our results were out and we got to know that 20 students have been shortlisted.I was very elated that I was one of them.3.Second Round Of Interview:This phase was crucial in the sense that one has to showcase oneself different and most importantly better from others.I was waiting for my turn.When it came I just relaxed myself.After a short greeting the first question which was popped to me was why this sector?I had gained sufficient knowledge on growth in that sector and that helped me in answeing this question.In addition to it I focused on my skill sets and how it would help me grow in this industry.We almost had a discussion on it for about 15 minutes.Next came what is success to me.I defined it in the best possible way.Next 2-3 questions were cases in which my attitude towards working in X industy was tested.Some of the questions were also based on the academics.The answers which I didn't know, I declined to answer them humbly.The session almost lasted for an hour and I was satisfied that I did my best.After coming out we were told to wait for sometime for results.But only after 5 minutes we got the news that results would be sent to our respective colleges after 2 days.After 2 days I got the news that I am placed in the company.This was my placement experience and at the end of it I can really say that apart from focused studies and general knowledge what helped me throughout was my Optimism and Determination.At last I would like to thank At last I want to thank Bala Sir all faculty members and a dedicated CRT and all my friends and family for supporting me and always keeping my spirits high!!!


Shikha Sharma

I am MsShikha Sharma,

Registration Number HRD-09-6337, from Class HRD,

Division PM&HRD from BIMHRD,

from the academic year 2009-11,

passed out on June-11.

My specialization is in PM&HRD.

I did not got placement through campus and I returned home jobless. There

were times when I thought that “today I will be placed” but my dreams only

turned into nightmares. Of all the companies that I appeared for, most of them

did not declare the result at all and in some of them I was not able to crack

through. I tried harder and harder each and every time but it all went in vain. I

only used to cheer myself that next time will be your time and tried not to fall

prey of depression and dejection. But a time came when I couldn't hold no

more and I returned.

I still am searching for the job and keep looking for apt companies but

somewhere I think that my batch-mates have outpaced me now and I stand

nowhere in comparison to them. And if now I will apply for any job I will be

selected for the post of management trainee which will not justify my earlier

work experience.

Anyways the first company (Company 'A') for which I appeared had two rounds-

group discussion and personal interview. The topic of the GD was “To be a

successful HR Professional one should be a good politician”. As this was my first

GD so was not able to crack it, but yea I got a good look that how a GD is

initiated, how it progresses and how it is ended. GD means fair share to

everyone to give their viewpoint on the mentioned topic. But most of the times

it is not so and the GD rooms is like a fish market. You are not given any chance

but you have to grab for one.

Company B also had the same schedule i.e. GD and PI and the group divided

was general which means you don't have slightest of idea that how a person is

in oratory. In my group there were marketing as well as operations people along

with HR, so it was obvious that GD topic would be general- “Is the business of

business only business?” this time I cracked the GD and went for interview

round. Since my specialization is HR, so technical round went away as smooth

as silk and in personal round I gave each n every answer true to my knowledge,

but can't make out that what went wrong.

Company C had two rounds of GD and two rounds of Interview because

availability was less and candidates were more. Again a random group was

formed and topic given was “Barack Obama's visit to India”. The group was very

dynamic and lots of marketing candidates were there. None of the HR was

selected from that group as the others did not let them to.


Company D was purely for HR so the group formation was quite good and the

topic given was also related to HR. As they had come for both HR and IR posts

so the topic was “HR v/s IR”. I made a long list of the differences and got

chance to speak more than twice. I thought and felt good that today is my day

and this belief got strong when my name was shortlisted for the interview

round. I was feeling confidant and enthusiastic for PI. The few time that I got

between GD and PI, was consumed in quick references in the book and

discussions with friends. My turn came and I went for the interview. It went well

but later they disclosed that they did not want experience people, but only

fresher, so I returned with a great disappointment in my heart and got a

disadvantage of being experienced.

For Company E we had to report on their campus, there were eight of us, four

from BIMM and four from BIMHRD, we left our place early so that we can reach

before time. There we were issued visitors card and we had to submit our

belongings, even our mobile phone. We reached there at 10 but the process

started at 12 noon. There was one round of GD and two rounds of interview.

The GD topic was “Employee Engagement”. Since it was HR topic so I cracked it

well. Six of us were shortlisted along with other students from different

colleges. The first round of interview was technical and very basic questions

were asked and I went through it very well. The next round was with the head

of the department, I was a bit nervous, but confident too. I sailed through it

even more smoothly. The process was over and we were told that after two

days the results will be declared but to my disappointment that two day never

came. The same thing happened with Company F. After two rounds of GD and

PI, they did not disclose the result.

I was sleeping when I got the message on my mobile that Company G is on

campus and it is open for HR, reach within 15 minutes. My heart pumped as it

was a very good company and did not have much time. I wrapped up my saree

and went for the process. There one round of GD, one round of apti and one

round of PI. Every round went very well, infact above expectation. After the

process was over, they called the college that they want to conduct one more

round of interview as they are not able to decide whom to take and whom to

leave, but the point was that we have to go to the Mumbai Campus for the

interview. We all took bus and reached the said place at time. The interview

was conducted one by one. Each interview was for about 45 minutes. We were

told to leave as the process was over and said that the result will be conveyed

to college. And to my dismay, again, they did not declare the results till date.

After so many rejections, there was no point to stay and even my parents were

forcing me to come back home. So I decided to come back to Varanasi to write

another sad chapter of my life.


Shobhit Gupta

I am Shobhit Gupta,

Reg. No.- HRD-09-6241

BIMHRD 2009-11,

Dual c (Marketing & Finance)

I was placed in company 7.

“FIRST JOB”, they say it's all about luck. And believe me it's true. I had never

thought, 8 June 2010, Foundation Day of our BIMHRD, would become a

memorable day in my life. In three companies I sat before this company, I went

up to the last round of interview & and due to some reason or another, I came

outside without the offer letter. Anyways those offers were not meant for me, as

I was destined to be a part of XYZ.

350 students, A Finance company, a tiring selection process of 20 hrs & many

more troubles. I being a marketing student had meager hope of being selected

in XYZ. But that was to be happened. So let me tell you how everything went in

my favor on that day, The Day when foundation of BIMHRD was laid.

It all started at 0800 Hrs in the morning when I was sleeping in my bed. I was

sick & tired because last day I had to stay in the college till 12 o'clock for a

selection process, and nothing happened. I was suffering from the stomach

ache for the whole day. Anyways, my friend called me up in the morning 8th

December 2010 and told me about Bala Sir's warning to debar the students who

were not present for XYZ's process. My all tiredness went away in a fraction of

second & I left the house within a span of 10 minutes. Somehow I made it to

the auditorium. By chance one of friend had that extra form which we were

expected to fill for the process. So I decided to sit for the GD.

GD topic was.

Private Bank vs Public Sector bank.

While almost everybody was talking about private sector banks, there

technology, services etc. I was in favor of public sector bank. I entered in

discussion for 2 times. Firstly I talked about the reach of PSU banks into the

population. Then the whole group started discussing about it. And It solved my

moto.

Second time when I entered, I gave a point of reliability & Trust of public with

these banks. The loyal customers & the first mover advantage and let the whole

group discussing about it.

I got through the GD.

So they selected 21 students out of 350 for the final interview, which started at

around 1700 Hrs. I was the 13th candidate & was expecting my turn to come

around 11 PM, but due some or other reason, It got postponed to the next date

(2 AM, 9th December 2010) since I slide to 21st number. By the time the 20th

got over, it was already 2.30 AM.


So I got into the room finally.

Q1. Who is the CM of Maharashtra?

Ans. Mr. Prithviraj chawan, I answered.

Q2. What was his earlier designation?

Ans. I said, I am not sure, but I said, I think he was the state home minister of

Maharashtra. (He was in the PMO)

Q3. How many seats, did Nitish Kumar win?

I said ,”208”. (Very good, they said)

Q4. What do u possess more? Analytical skills or Sales skills?

I answered Analytical skills & somehow managed to defend it.

Q5. Why Biotech and MBA?

Q6. Which is the orange city of India? What is being done there as an important

project?

I had somewhere read about a logistic hub coming there. I just told them. Bang

on.

Q7. What is disinvestment?

I answered it very well.

Q8. What is equity research?

I didn't know about it. I told them that I had no idea.

Q9. What is budget deficit? Is it good or bad?

Q10. What is the height of Mt. Everest?

Q11. Head of apple, Virgin Atlantic, Berkshire Hathway etc?

Q12. Asked me about inflation, monsoon.

They asked me various questions & I don't know how I answered almost all

questions that day and I was able to manage the situational questions as well.

Q13. One question was really very stressful when they asked me “Which is the

worst performing sector in stock market according to me?”

My answer was Steel.

Then they gave me the situation where I had to convince the person (CEO) to

invest in steel sector. The question was stressful but I somehow managed to

convince not only him but also everybody of them.

Now the very important thing “The Form”, we were asked to fill during the

process. It really had something to do with, which I understand was the final

selection criteria. Let me tell you how it was important….!!!

There were many question asked in that form. Like, where do you want to see

yourself in next 3 years?

Many must have written, Area Manager, regional Manager, AVP etc. I wrote

something else. I wrote a simple thing that I wanted to be in a position where

my point of view would be taken in decision making. Now it was there turn to

decide at what level.

They asked to do SWOT of ours and fortunately I had done my SWOT during

the classes. They asked many other things like financial integrity, Social integrity

etc.


Anyways, at around 3 AM, I came out of the interview room and behind me the

interviewers. They selected 8 students out of 21. I went to the flat with the

anger because, after a process of more than 20 hrs, they were not able to

announce the final results & The Time was 3 AM. I wrote my diary after

reaching home & slept (perhaps not).

SUGGESTION:-

In GDs it doesn't matter, which stance you are taking. The things which matter

are how well you are listen (That will only happen when you enter into the

discussion at right time* with a different point of view) & how crisply you put

your point (As soon as it get stretched, you find everybody fighting & screaming

& you are no longer being listen).

*The Right Time: There is always a time when almost everybody in the group

gets silent. It's a fraction of second & mind it, you just need to grab that

moment.

In interview there is no right answer of such questions (Excluding Factual

questions). Every answer is right if you can defend it & it is accepted by the

panelists.

2 days later, I got a call.

“YOU ARE PLACED”

Hii ,

I am Shweta Ashra

Registration Number -HRD 096242

Marketing &Finance Dual C

BIMHRD

Academic Year :09-11

Placed in Media Planning Company

I find myself in a state of confusion ,should I start with the beautiful picture or

should I be Blunt & Honest .I will choose the latter .

It is said that Failures are stepping stones to success but How many stepping

stones are needed after putting in 1.5 years of Hard work.

I passed many GD rounds to enter interview rounds of around 9 companies

(Retail,Hospitality ,Consultancy & Many More )

I never thought that I was destined to be a Media Planner.

I just went & sat there among all others for formality (I had faced a major

rejection ,just a day before ,4

students were shortlisted for a very famous Hotel ,2 got selected & 2 rejected ,I

was among the latter )

Shweta Ashra


The day was very normal ,it began with an aptitude test .

It was an easy test ,but I did not get short listed ,but I was not shocked .

It was yet another rejection .

I went back blank ,suddenly my phone rang ,I did not feel like receiving it (my

friend was calling )

I did not receive it ,around 5 of my friends were shouting my name from the

corridor "Shweta ",come

back your name is there ,placement coordinator forgot to read your name".

I was little surprised .

GD Round was the next round ,out of some 250 students ,120 student got

shortlisted .

I was one of them.

Gd topic was: Pros & Cons of Social Networking & its role in today's Media .

It was a group of 9

I spoke just thrice with different facts every time(about the Facebook

subscription ,some viral

communications over the net ,some examples )

2 people were sitting in the room ,1 HR & 1 from Marketing .

I maintained my eye contact, made everyone participate .

I was convinced I will get through .

I did .Some 15 students were shortlisted out of some 120 students .

Interview took place at 11 pm (my 2 friends were there with me for me ).

The interview started :

Q)Tell me about yourself?

Q)Tell me some thing about your Summer internship ?

QDefine your products(What is so special about your products)

Q)What was your learning from the same ?

Q)Sell this mineral water bottle for me .

Q)What do you understand by Media Planning ?

Q)Do you know about 4 P of marketing ?Elaborate .

Q)What is 5 M model in Media ?

Q)What are the 7 Ps of Servicing ?

Q)If you have to prioritization of 5 p (5th being Packaging ) ,how will you do it

,for a product like Refrigerator?

How much importance do you give to the theory that you study in college ?

Can you do media planning for your college ?

Which medium you think is most important in a category like this ?

What are the advantages of advertising?

Many of us believe that advertising is wastage of money ?

What is your take on that ?

When was the last time you read newspaper ?

What is IIP ?

Why our Company ?


Tell me something about our Company .

What is the full form of WPP ?

Who is the current CEO of Group M ?

Do you have a problem with the location ?

Any location preferences ?

Do you have problem working late hours ?

How organized are you ?

What part do Communication skills play in our day to day life ?

The interview was good.

I went home and went to sleep .

The result was announced on 30th Jan, Pat gave me a surprise and I was

jumping with joy .

The day I got placed I had all my friends waiting for me at my flat with

Chocolates ,

Till today I remember the happiness and excitement in my mother's voice .

The happiness could be felt in all the eyes of my friend.

I am grateful to God to give me friends like ………..it is not necessary to mention

their names here ,they are the best thing that happened to me in SBS.

I would suggest the following things :

Being true to yourself in interviews always works in your favor.

Have the knowledge of basic of your graduation.(in my case it was B.SC)

Have knowledge of the industry and your field of study.

Have knowledge of the company.

Have decent awareness of the current trend of the industry ,how does it works

?

What is the current rate at which it is growing ?

Stay Positive ,take all the challenges with a smile .

Determination is the key to success .

The first thing was to thank God .

The best part is not the package or the Company that is secondary but when

you see so many people getting happy for you ,for me that was the best feeling

.

The Mock GD training provided by the institute helped us a lot .

It should take place more often .

Also ,Too much overdose of anything is dangerous ,therefore two hours daily is

good ,3-4 topics discussion is healthy after that it begins to be a waste.

As far as any favoritism is concerned as students no other student was favored

in any of the process ,but in particular incident (in case of one particular

company ,only students from one particular college were selected for Interview

,it is very difficult to accept till today that no one from the other three colleges

could make it to the shortlisted list ),whether it was favoritism or not ,I am

confused till today .

I 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.

All the processes help you in making stronger .

MBA helps you learn how to manage time ?

Punctuality is something at which no MNC will compromise in today's world .

You might end up losing your salary if you reach late at office .

I also take this opportunity to thank the placement team and Bala Sir for his

support .

He once told a story to all the unplaced students,

I think it is very relevant and whenever I get rejected I think of it .

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 am 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 .

Have Faith in God .


Shweta Jaiswal

I am Ms Shweta Jaiswal, HRD09-6340from PM&HRD, BIMHRD, 2009-2011 Batch. My specialization is in PM&HRD & Labour Laws.

My Campus placement journey started with a Consulting Firm, where in I cleared the GD and 1st round of Interview. I took the charge of GD and gave it a direction. I was grilled like a sandwich in the final round. This interview experience was unprecedented and astonishing. When I stepped out of the room I realized it was a stress interview. They bombarded me with questions without giving me time to answer. The questions were neither from academics nor Current Affairs. One that I recall was, do you only dance, you have mentioned that you participated in XYZ things, I wanted to answer by saying that along with those extra curricular things I stood 2nd in my class, presented business plan and secured 2nd position etc but I was not given time to explain all this, they just went on and on with their questions and I started panicking.. Probably I didn't know how to handle it.

Finally the result came as expected I was not selected

Success: I was able to clear the JD because I was not the part of the group who were speaking/shouting. I took the charge, gave - GD a direction and everybody an opportunity to speak.Suggestion: Don't shout and fight amongst yourself, the entire group might be washed out. Speak and give others also an opportunity to speak.

Failure:Reason: I didn't know how to handle stress interview. I was not mentally prepared. Emotional Quotient was low.Suggestion: Expect the unexpected. Be prepared for these unheard/unseen/not thought of experiences. This interview was no less than IAS exams.

Then came the 2nd opportunity with XYZ, .I appeared and cleared GD (again took charge of the group as everybody was shouting and no one was listening, old strategy of putting forth ideas one by one worked in this case also ;-).After I cleared the GD I was in a fix and was unable to decide if I really want it. I was giving all the answers in interview which ranged from Labour laws,PMS to NLP.Everything went well and suddenly in the interview room I felt probably this is not what I want and I said one statement which ruined(worked for me) the entire interview. I said I don't like the work culture of Indian org and I like the work culture of MNC's, BPO's,KPO's,they probed me and tried to tell me that not all Indian Co are like that ,still they could make out that I was not convinced. I said that statement intentionally.


HR's came out and even gave feedback to most of us and I was told that “we wanted to hire you but probably you would not have been able to adjust in our culture as you mentioned”. (I was still in a fix, did I do the right thing)

Learning : Make informed decisions. Don't take the first step if you don't want it. We might be affecting the possibility and probability of others getting through.

Then came the 3rd great opportunity, a New consulting Firm 123 which brought a smile on everybody face.It started with a GD and the topic was “Manmohan Singh is a puppet whose strings are in the hands of Sonia Gandhi” When I heard of this topic, I raised my hand and was about to say please change the topic but before I could speak, others started discussing. I pitched in the last few minutes, but unlike others I didn't beat around the bush, I spoke of few instances from the news paper and succinctly summed up the Discussion. After the GD was over we were asked to write name of one person from the GD group with whom we would like to work.

Results were declared, I was through. Then the 2nd GD round was conducted it was one huge group of 36-40 people in one room and the topic was “India is a country of Jugaad, and that is how business should be done”. Most of them spoke in favour of the topic and I was against it. As always everyone was speaking, shouting trying to gain attention. I chose to keep quite and smile. I was smiling throughout , I spoke only once when we were given chance to speak individually. Again we had to write names of people on a chit with whom we would like to work. To my surprise people who spoke the most were not selected and I got through.

Then I was called for the interview, the questions were on my work style, what kind of culture I like/hate.Do I like things which are systematic or I challenge status quo all the time.

One interesting question which I recall was “Tell me the name of one person who should not be selected amongst the short listed ones?" I responded by saying I am not aware of the competencies you are looking for in a candidate so I can't decide who are the best fits and who are not.

Interviewer replied by saying, I want a name and not a diplomatic answer to this question; let's say your selection/rejection depends on this question.

I took a deep breath and said Sir I am sorry , I would not like to answer this question .I don't want my perception and experiences with someone ,be a deciding factor for his career. It will be unfair. Interviewer then smiled and moved on


Several other questions were asked post which I came back home.

My friend called up and congratulated me ,that is when I got to know I was selected. I was happy but as always unsure if I did the right thing as the location was Mumbai, it was a new org though the profile was interesting and challenging.

We were given offer letters stating joining date is in April, which was postponed to May and then June and when we joined in June within few days the company got involved in some legal issues and financial crisis. Though the organization did nothing illegal still things became complicated and they had to ramp down in terms of headcounts and it started with us.

We came back to campus in late June/July. There was no new Company coming for HR's in campus at that time and few which came, were only for BIMM. As any normal human being I was depressed and disappointed. But I am a firm believer of “whatever happens, happens for the best”

My journey started again, after months of wait, struggle, irritation and persistence I got through Aon Hewitt. God finally blessed me with best of the people, best technologies, best work culture and sigh of relief.

Mantras for Life: “whatever happens, happens for the best” and The Universal “Problems are opportunities” and all of us will agree that we have too many opportunities in our life. ALL THE BEST READERS

HelloI am Shweta Nawal Registration No. HRD 09-6165 From Dual B, BIMHRD,From the academic year 2009-11Passed out on MAY 2011My specialization is Marketing.

My Placement Experience:As the mail of Experience write-up pinged in the mail the memories of all those 4 to 5 months just flashed and made all those moments fresh again. The schedule was fixed for those days – Wake up early, Get ready , rush to Auditorium to attend the PPT of the company, listen to company representatives discussing about the kind of skills they are looking in us, profiles, approx package they offering, process through which we will be grilled and then the

Shweta Nawal


time for which we need to wait for our results. OH GOD !!! the time when even friends become our competitors. I used to be in touch with all my class mates to discuss in detail about the selection process which the companies used to follow. On top of all this, we had Bala sir who emphasized a lot on reading ET newspapers, attending lectures etc. He asked us to imbibe lessons of discipline, dedication and determination to ensure our survival and success in the corporate world.

It was very frustrating and annoying when I was denied to sit for the placements with my fellow class mates. But on the same hand it gave me time to understand and realise what kind of sector, profile and job I actually wanted. This phase also gave me time to get in contact with some of our super seniors already working with some known giants in the corporate world. Remember networking is very helpful before as well as after the you get placed.The hard word of hours is tested in those few minutes which decides the entire path ahead. The dreams of becoming the stars in the corporate world is finally on the verge of becoming reality. And just like in the movie “Chak De” one dialogue goes “ Ye 17 Min aapke jindgai ke wo min hai jahan hum apni pehchan bana sakte hai”same applies to us.Any ways finally my day comes.

The selection process of MY company was though bit less complex ( as it would be wrong to say SIMPLE!-as it can never be ) , It included :Aptitude test and Personal Interview.

The aptitude test is usually similar in most of the company's recruitement process. The deciding factor in clearing an aptitude test is to maintain good pace during your test.My test went off well. But to my surprise it exceeded my expectation, as I was one of the candidates who scored exceptionally high in the test. And because of this score, I was selected directly for the Personal Interview. As you can see, because of my aptitude scores,I got an opportunity to escape the Group Discussion which would have happened with students with good technical background. And this is how I made my chances to get selected better

The aptitude got cleared easily. And then comes the PI In the PI questions asked were like :1.1. What do we know about our company ?1.2. Products and services which the company offers?1.3. Few questions on our sales tricks and techniques.1.4. Our flexibility for locations. 5. What if I am not able to sell the technical products due to my non technical background?


The next round of questions was on my strenghts, my hobbies and three reasons for why I should be hired. I answered all these questions to my best. While answering any question during the interview always give realistic answers.Now one must be very careful in mentioning anything about yourself. Nothing should be mentioned by you or listed in your CV just for the sake of impression as it can really sometimes backfire. For example when asked about my hobby, I said reading. Now there was a barrage of questions on my reading experience like who is your favorite author, which is the last book you have read, what were the important learning's from that book and so on. Since I really have a passion for reading, I was able to successfully answer those questions.Following this, thing were slowing coming to the more technical part of PI where I was grilled about my knowledge about the company and its products. Since the company was a telecom giant , the products were all tough to explain. But to my advantage, before the personal interview round I had visited the company's web site and had gained a roughly good knowledge about the services and products of the company.

Sometimes it feels as if we have landed in some other planet and the language of the interviewers seems to be greek....But by god's grace it went easy too. And finally the results comes after 5 days i.e. On 18th January 2012 and I get through. The experience of holding the offer letter is amazing..Trust me on that. It is completely a different feeling which makes you feel on cloud 9. I wish all my juniors a very best of luck! For their placements . Hope you get the best profile which makes you touch the heights of success in you professional career. Choose the best profile which is matched up with your personal characteristics and also are in your areas of interest. Dont be scared about the questions which come firing at you and feel them like rain which eiether can be enjoyed or which can make you ill. So it all depends on you juniors. Just trust your knowledge and drive the interview by your way and don't get drive away dear. All that interview panel checks is your command over the subject and your confidence on the same.

Just remember 1 thing that all that it takes is your efforts and dedication. And last but not the least I express my gratitude towards efforts of BALA SIR. Its his hard work that gave us the opportunity to sit in so many companies and get our life time experience. I also thank all the placement co-ordinators for their efforts and all the faculties for imparting us such a good knowledge.

Thanks and RegardsShweta Nawal


Shweta Sen

I am Shweta Sen Registration Number.HRD09-6342Class PM and HRD, Division PM and HRD from BIMHRD From the academic year 2009, passed out on 2011Specialization is in PM and HRDI am finally placed in Company A

The day I entered BIMHRD, all I want to do was, get a good placement. It seem all so easy, as if I was ready to face all the challenges. But indeed I was not ready, and it took me just 1 day in the campus to realize that. In few days I knew that placement is not what MBA is all about and that is surly not what I want in my life.

That day onwards everyday was a new day with a new learning. Let it be sitting for hours and hours together in the class or auditorium or wearing sari or our attempts to bunk classes and carry mobiles to class. The two years of my PGDM (PM and HRD) were surely the best days of my life. Celebrating every festival, having best of parties and amazing competitions those two years did fly by. As far the contribution from the college end was very satisfactory as they took quite an effort to prepare us for the placements. They arranged various assessments centers for us where we could judge our strengths, weakness and also we were counseled for the placements and the kind of companies we can sit for according to our choice and caliber. Also we were asked to read two to three business newspapers daily so that we are updated on current affairs and the mock GD practices for all students which gave us the do's and don't to follow while attending a group discussion. Though GD was not a part of my final placement, knowledge of theory related to HR and Labour law is very important along with GK which puts us in a more confident position during placement process.

Then came the most awaited phase of every student's life- the placements season finally arrived. It seems that everything changed again, sleepless nights, sinking feeling and lots of never ending questions. Like everyone even I was waiting for MY DAY. I just sat for five companies and got through GD of all these but when the final results came I never used to find my name in the final list. This made me under a lot of pressure as even though I was good in GD's and interview the idea of not being selected bothered me. Then came 14th March 2011, Company A had come to our campus. I was looking forward to be a part of this process as I though that it was high time I should have been placed by now. I regained my focus, kept my cool and diverted myself to concentrate on my strengths and the fact that it was March and I'm still unplaced should not put an effect on this company's process. My company selection procedure was simple and didn't involve many steps.


The company had a two step simple process-1. CV screening2. Interviews

The shortlist was announced by the company with selected candidates for personal interviews based on the CV screening. There was no Group Discussion in the process so I was a bit relaxed. My interview was taken by the Director of Company A which was a learning experience in itself. The process of selecting candidates based on CV is still unknown to me yet the interview process was much focused. I was asked questions starting from describing myself – to which I answered by telling about myself, my family background, education tree, hobbies, achievements, strengths and weakness and my internship. I was also asked about some more questions related to HR and labour law, why did I chose HR as a specialization, why did I do my MBA from this college and more focused questions on my internship- like where did I do my internship, what were the learning that I had drawn from there, what all projects I covered, my interest under HR i.e. recruiting, consulting etc. At the end of the day when everyone's PI was done, we were asked to leave and they said that the results will be informed within a day or two.

On 15th March 2011 came another list with name of four students in it. I was one of them. This was the list of finally selected candidates and we were asked to meet the Director Company A again in order to receive our offer letter. That one day seemed to be life changing day for me. And my happiness had no bound and it was the day when my long struggle, hard-work, knowledge of HR theories and Gk had paid off.

Initially there were a lot of ups and downs in my professional life as a lot of information about the company was not exactly same as give to us. But then I decided to take this as a challenge and go ahead with this company. This journey taught me how to be a better person and make everyday a new day, a new learning and to learn from everyday experience made me a better HR today.

Nothing seems difficult anymore. I still get stressed, I still feel lost and tired, but now I know that I can handle it all and for sure I know that it's not going to be as bad as I have already seen.

A word of advice for juniors- do not lose patience as it don't help only decreases your chance of being selected, be calm and composed, confident and sharpen your communication skills along with good grasp of theory and GK, always do a research on the company you are sitting for and finally never appear over confident and come across as a person who is always willing to learn.


Rest leave it on God as everyone will have their lucky day.In the end I would like to thank Sri Balaji Society as nothing was possible without your efforts and also for giving me an opportunity to know myself better, making me a person that I am today and carve myself into new responsibilities confidently and emerging successfully.

I can never forget my learning and experiences.Best WishesShweta SenHRD09-6342PM and HRD.

Simran SinghI am Ms Simran Singh, Registration Number. HRD 09-6360,from Class PM & HRD, Division D from BIMHRD,from the academic year 2009-2011,passed out on April 2011.My specialization is in PM & HRD.I am finally placed in Company A.I start with my sincere thanks to all faculty members at BIMHRD especially to dear Bala Sir for shaping us and grooming us to be the best corporate citizens. The saying “problems are opportunities “has been a constant source of strength during the two year journey at BIMHRD. This saying still brings back strength during difficult times of my professional phase as well.I always look back and remember when placements used to be the only discussions are it during lunch, dinner, and evening snacks or sometimes in between lectures. It was a tough time to figure out what I really wanted and what is in store for me for the months to come...A good brand, proud to be associated with or a handsome package or a king of roles and responsibilities. Sadly due to some reasons I was short of attendance and was eligible for the placements only in the month of December 2011. This gave me more preparation time for the campus placements.I can recollect the days when we used to assemble in the auditorium for registration for the company/is on campus. We all were always worried about the short listing of our CV's and waited for our names to be called out while the GD groups were being formed after which we were to assemble outside the said GD rooms. It's truly nerve racking to enter a GD room that has senior management heads of the best brands seated to have a hear us out on the most debatable topics.The first company that I was eligible for was a renowned MNC...and we would have never expected this company to visit our campus...fortunately i was shortlisted. The process began early morning –first round was written aptitude test; which was quite a tough one. This was an elimination round. Though my


academic records were good –it was beyond my understanding what went wrong and how the missed is the short listing. I realized that i slightly miss as I had secured B grade for the assessment however only those who secure A and A+ were shortlisted. It was really sad and i was little upset as I felt that i may not be a part of other such good companies as well. I started my preparation by going through new journals, being in knowledge of current affairs on magazine; practicing aptitude tests, GD and PI was on target till I secure a job. One thing that really helped me on the D- Day was maintaining the register where I kept writing small important notes regarding HR Concepts being discussed through the GD's I had attended; this made me more confident and i felt i have all info at my hand. My preparation for the other 2 pipelined companies continued.The 9th February 2011 the day of my life and company A, one of the reputed, well known Insurance major was scheduled to visit the campus early morning. I was so excited to be a part of this process.The day began with filling of interview forms and the all set and done the interview panel arrived the campus. It was a panel of 2 members...the first thing on agenda was the Pre Placement talk. The panel introduced themselves and the company followed by instructions for us for the day and sequence of events. Within 15 minutes of end of pre placement talk... the CV's were collected by the BIMHRD PAT members and we awaited our GD groups to be announced, as the GD's were being conducted our friends shared the experience of their GD and those whose GD's were still awaited kept on brushing all the HR basic concepts, strategic HR management concepts, HR hygiene models etc. It was now time for my GD group to go into the assigned room for our GP process; we were the last group to go in. Thus had a frame of mind that the maximum must be already shortlisted. Nevertheless we entered and greeted our panel who then told us to take 2 mins as a group and decide on a topic of our choice.Finalization of the topic so happened and we were on to our discussion. Must say we were a group that wanted everyone to be heard and went about our discussions very smoothly and with justice of listening and responding. Just after we finished our GD, the PAT members came out to announce the names of the student managers shortlisted for the interview.I must mention these few minutes of my life will always remain fresh in my life forever. My name was so called out and i was told to wait for the interview with the panel. So while i was waiting for my turn for the interview i had already revised the technical concepts and was feeling pretty confident. My time at the interview with the panel was hardly 10 minutes and I was confident that I was able to answer all the questions put forth to me. It is a must to be confident when you know what you are talking about and stay composed when you are unaware of the answer to the question posed to you. Thereafter from the 45 student managers who were there for the GD, 15 were shortlisted for the interview, 5 were shortlisted for the Final round of interview the next day at the company branch office in Pune that was to take place with the Vice President - Talent Acquisition India.


On the 10th February 2011, 5 of us were at the company premises for our final round. We were surprised to see students shortlisted from other colleges al well present there for their final placement round.

I was the last among the 8 students present there to go in for my interview. It had been a long day by then and was already drained out with the waiting time and the tension I was going through when each candidate would come out and say that they've had the best interview.

And with my final interview done I was back home waiting to retire for the night when I got a message on my phone from the VP-Talent Acquisition that I was finalized and congratulated me on being a part of the said company A. The rest being history of a grand celebration through the night and the weeks to come. From that moment on i am thankful to BIMHRD and all aligned with this placement for grooming me to this level and helping me achieve my dream.

Ms.Sonu Bansal

NAME: - Ms.Sonu BansalRegistration Number.: - HRD-09-6070 Class - 2009-11Division:- A fromBIMHRDAcademic year: -2009-11Passed out on:- 26th April 2011My specialization : - Marketing And IT

I got placed in XYZ company(Consultancy). 17th May 2011 was the day when I got Placed.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 and are happy and relaxed with the same. 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.

Glad to write my placement experience, can't forget that day when again with all the hopes went in the auditorium, all emotions come into play this time.Before this company I had sat for many companies. But didn't get through. The compny where I got placed visited us in may 2011. Total strength of students were 30 .There were no GD. The process include:-1.Cv screening2.HR interview


3.Technical Interview4.Final interview

1.CV Screening:- My cv was shortlisted by company. Only 10 people were shortlisted .

2.HR Interview:- Next round was the HR interview. In HR interview The panel member asked me some general question.

-Tell Me about yourself?-Tell me about your family background?-Why you choosed Markeking ?- Why do u want to join the company?-Are you comfortable for field job?-Tell us about your summer internship?

After 1week of this round they called me for second round and second round was technical interview…

3-Technical interview:- technical interview had taken by the senior manager of that company . He asked me all the question related to marketing.questions were:-

1- What is Marketing?2 - What is difference between marketing and sales?3 - How many subjects you read in your MBA?4- What is Supply chain managrment?5- What is segmentation? There types?6 -4 P's of marketing?7- What is service marketing?8- What is need,want &demand?9- Types of Pricing?10- What is Ansoff's matrix and BCG matrix.?11- Are you comfortable for any loacation?12- My strength and weekness?

4-Final Interview:- Final round was with the Director. It was Videoconferencing. He asked me some questions like : --“what are your expectation(salary)”?-“your Family background”?-“why do you think you should be selected?-Are you comfortable with field job?

After all the round next day they called me for offer letter.finally I got placed on 17th may 2011.My profile was Business development manager (For education services


) and offered CTC was 3lac+incentive. I was very happy because after so much struggle I got placed .One thing I want to confess that I was in the last 15 students of our batch. Who were unplaced till may.

My joining date was 25th may. But I didn't join that company because of some personal issues..i spent six months at home. I feel so bad because my all friends are working and me being a MBA still jobless .That time My friends supported me a load. they motivated me that you can get a good job once again. And then with new enthusiasm I again started my journey .. .I had given many interviews .after so many hurdles and hard work finally I again got a new job in a real estate sector.Now I am working with a real - estate company in Gurgaon. My CTC is 3.5lac+incentive.

Lesson:-1- Truly said :-.“Where there”s a will there is a way” I realized that it is true. 2- Placement will happen when it is your day. You just need to be patient for that day to come.3- Never under-estimate your potential. Never compromise when it comes to selecting companies.4- Patience Is The Key To Success: have patience success will come to you. Even in your job you need to have patience. If you don't have patience you can't sell your product to your client and can't even work or survive in corporate word.

It was a nice experience. The entire campus placement session gives you time to groom yourself,to know where do you stand,to keep your motivation levels high.I am grateful to the 3Ds of SBS. I.e discipline ,dedication and determination.

I am thankful to Bala Sir, PAT and the college for all their efforts through this.To all the juniors, I would WISH U ALL D BEST!! Just be yourself and give your best all times, but as a So this was the crisp experience that i went through. And today I am content with the exposure suggestion- do prioritize the sector you wish to pitch in for. Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation.

In GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews- be frank and if you are from business family, then don't let the panel know about it, because they want to see guys who will be joining their company for at least 2 yrs and would not run back to their family business. So please be prepared and have patience.Regarding Interview My suggestion are One should have sound knowledge about the company and market dynamics. He/she should have knowledge of area he/she has specialised into; your


internship and gaining the most of it in order to boost your practical knowledge; and A person should have an attitude of learning. I feel that the interviewers were really interested to know the following:1. The project that one takes up for the internship, 2. The right attitude of working in a team, 3. Proper communications skill, and,4. The “PROBLEMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES” kind of attitude.And don't be afraid if you all still not placed till March because anything good is waiting for you .takes time and have patience.5. to read newspapers and keep awareness on all topics 6. to be ready for hypothetical situations in GD and interview 7.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 8. also, try to be calm and compose and maintain a pleasant personality throughout the interview.Best of luck!!! & God bless……….Thank you….Sonu BansalHRD-09-6070BIMHRD.

I am Mr. Soumavo Chatterjee


Class- PM & HRD

Division Dual D from BIMHRD.


Hi All,

I got placed in Company 1. The company is one of the market leaders in FMCG

Sector. It was my first company and also the first company for Human

Resources in our campus. So, the excitement and the adrenaline rush was at its

extreme. I got placed in the last week of October,2010 and at that time I was

doing my internship. So when I got the call from Placement Department that

this particular company is coming I was in a dilemma whether to apply or not.

That's because it was actually too early and the internship was going in full

swing. But at the end I made up my mind and decided to sit for the process.

Honestly speaking, I didn't prepare much for the process. The only thing I did

was mugging up The Factories Act which actually turned out to be quite helpful

in the process. But let me tell you my juniors, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Just be calm, relaxed and be confident. Confidence is the key in placement. The

recruiter wants to see the confidence in your eyes. So guys, just go for it

without having any fear in your mind.

Soumavo Chatterjee


Emotions:

It all started with an anxious feeling and ended up with joy and celebrations. As

this was my 1st company so the excitement level was extreme and to be honest

I was a bit tensed too. But I tried to keep myself cool as much as possible. I

was also quite pepped up as it was a pool campusing and there were four

colleges participating in the process. Bala Sir's words were the key that

day.”Problems are opportunities”. So the emotions were actually mixed that day.

There was anxiousness, a bit of tension, excitement and off course lots of

enthusiasm.

Learning moments:

I truly cherish those moments which actually taught me to walk in the path of

success. The day placement day was the test of what all I learnt in those two

golden years in Sri Balaji Society. I was representing my college to the company

where there was already four other colleges present. So it was a matter of pride

and honor as well. Discipline, dedication and determination were the three

mantras which we were taught by our beloved Bala Sir time and again in these

two years. And trust me friends, if you sincerely follow these three things there

cannot be any barrier between you and success.

Company process:

The process for this company was an off campus process. Four other college

also participated in this placement process. It was a one day process and the

results were supposed to be declared that day itself. So the intensity was

extreme.5 people came from the company for the process. Two HR Executives,

Two Factory HR Manager and Factory Manager. The whole process was based

on elimination rounds which consisted of the following:

Group Discussion



Group Discussion:

My group consisted of six people. The topic given to us was “ Are Multinationals

bane or boon?''

I don't remember what others said but I said twice and these were my points:

First let us define multinational companies. They are merely large companies

which operates in a large number of countries. There could be some Indian

multinationals also. But the point is that whether they are having a good or bad

impact in the host country. We have to discuss their business practices and find

out whether they are desirable or not.

The fact is every poor country needs foreign country investment

At the end I was asked to sum up the entire Group Discussion. So I took couple

of points from everybody's discussion and managed to sum it up nicely.

Personal Interview with Manager HR

It was a short interview of around 20 min with the Factory Manager,Human

Resources. Here is a brief outline of the 1st interview:


Q1: Tell me something about yourself.

Ans: As you know I am Soumavo doing my final year ,PGDM from

BIMHRD,Pune. I am a fun loving guy with a zeal to work hard and contribute

towards any kind of value addition. Cricket, Music and Trekking are my

passions. I like travelling a lot. I am emotional by nature and I think that is one

of my flaws. My parents are settled in Kolkata. My father is a serviceman and

mom is a housewife.

Q2: Do you think people take advantage of your emotional nature?

Ans: At times I do think “yes'. They do take but at the end of the day I can't

help it. I mean that's how I am.But I know I have to mould myself accordingly

otherwise it will be difficult for me to survive in the corporate world. So I have

already started working on it.

Q3: Why do want to join our company?

Ans: The company is from FMCG sector and I always wanted to join the FMCG

sector because it is booming and dynamic as well. So I potrayed the reason

accordingly.

Q4: Now I was asked to make a training calendar for the workers for a time

frame of 3 months and I was given only 10 mins for that. As I was doing my

internship in Training & Development it was easy for me. I just did what I

exactly learned some weeks back.

Q5: Lastly I was asked about the following things:

Factories Act

Shops & Establishment Act

My thoughts on OD ionterventions

My take on People soft.

Personal Interview with Factory Manager

This was the last round in my process. Only 6 people were shortlisted for this

final interview with Factory Mmanager( West Cluster). So as you all can imagine

the excitement and the tension also reached its peak. Here is a brief outline of

the interview:

1) Firstly I was asked to explain my learnings from my internship. So I just

summed up my learnings in 10 points and explained to him. These points

included both the positive and negative points as well which is usually seen in

large organization.

2) Next he asked me some questions about designing a training program and

also the entire steps of Training. I explained to him right from Designing a

training program to Measuring the training effectiveness. After this he asked me

how I can implement a training program in the shopfloor level which is actually

a big challenge. I said that before designing a traniong program for the


shopfloor workers we have to 1st identify the training needs of the

workers,after that we have do some sort of survey preferably informal to know

what they want to learn or exactly what are they lacking. After doing these

steps only we will be able to design and implement a training program for

shopfloor workers.

3) Next I was asked to explain the impact of Employee engagement. While

answering this question I stuck to 3 points as a major impact of employee

engagement:

Increase in harmony amongst employees

Increase in productivity. Better place to work.

4) At the end I was asked to question the interview panel. My only question was

what are their expectation from a management trainee. What skills are they

looking for. So their answer was “ we are searching for 3 qualitiies: Intelligient,

Hardworker and Smart decision maker.

Learnings:





Be thorough with the current affairs. Do lot of reading relating to economy, read

varied articles in business newspapers as this will give you points and ideas for

essay writing and group discussion. Be thorough with your project as many

questions are asked from the project.

And have an in-depth knowledge about your subject and field (finance,

marketing). Last but not the least, BE VERY CONFIDENT while speaking. Please

don't loose hope at any part of your life & don't stop loving your college &

specially BALA sir (The living Legend).

All the best,

Regards,

SoumavoChatterjee

BIMHRD(2009-2011)

HRD-09-6344

THANK YOU BALA SIR,SBS,BIMHRD& all those who helped me knowingly or

unknowingly for transforming me into a corporate citizen.


Soumya Saxena

Hello

I am Ms.SOUMYA SAXENA

Registration Number: HRD-09-6243

Specialization -Marketing & Finance, PGDM C BIMHRD

Academic year: 2009-2011 batch

I am placed in company which is in Telecom sector.

Placement Experience

Respected Bala Sir,

To start sharing my experience I would start right from the first day in this

campus. On the first day itself after hearing all the important advice you gave

us I decided to read the newspapers daily which eventually became a part of

my daily routine. I was glad that I was sincere towards achieving my goal. I also

started collecting knowledge from different sources like from websites:

newsonair.com , latest news.com etc my friends really helped me and also I

started watching debates on different TV shows like “we the people” , “left right

and centre”. These were really interesting and insightful. The important thing

here is to keep yourself updated with the rapidly changing business world, in

whatever way you like. All this along with lot of reading relating to economy,

articles in business newspapers etc gives points and ideas for essay writing and

group discussion. BIMHRD was a journey of a lifetime from learning

management, managing constraints to making lifetime friends to a dream job.

While embarking on the path of management education one dreams of having a

prospering career; in my two years at BIMHRD I learnt how to take a step

towards achieving this goal. This learning came in various forms of

management seminars, presentations, and cultural activities.

GROUP DISCUSSION

To practice for GD we formed a small group of 5 people and we used to discuss

every kind of topic be it abstract or a current scam or any general topic.

Practicing in a group with different group members each time is important as

then you come across different point of views on the same topic and you

develop the ability to think about the topic from different aspects and angles.

This is not possible when you practice with the same group members. The

interesting thing which happened in this was I was given the topic “red” in my

placed company's GD, which I had already practiced with my friends. So this

was a big push for me to get shortlisted. I would say the key word here is

practice, the more you practice the better you perform. Also the GD sessions we

used to have in college enabled us to perform better as we used to have the


group discussion in front of 1000 students and such eminent personalities from

the corporate world. It drives out all the stage fear and also boost in lot of self-

confidence. I feel in GDs it is not about starting first or speaking the most but it

is about presenting yourself as a confident personality. It reflects in the way you

communicate (pitch, volume, pronunciation, fluency) , your body language and

also the content you speak. So again I would say improving communication

skills should be a focus point while practicing Gd topics.

The topics given to me in various group discussions were as follows:

Should education in India be pursued as business

Economic Reforms in India

Study of consumer behaviour is a must for companies

What should Indian IT companies do to take themselves on the next level in the

global world

Social networking is breaking the physical interactivity

Wikileaks should be ban

Red.

The GD topic in the company I got placed in was “RED”. The panel consisted of

3 judges and the GD lasted 20-25 minutes. I neither initiated the group

discussion nor did I conclude it but I entered the discussion 5-6 times and gave

my points as and when I felt appropriate. As it was an abstract topic I could not

present facts and figures to it but I tried to give different dimensions to it.

According to me what they were looking at was good communication skill and

how confidently you spoke. I said that the word RED has both positive as well

as negative connotations I believe. On one hand Red is used to denote danger,

highlight wrongs or Do nots on the other hand it represents Love, Luck as in

Indian weddings etc. The colour of blood is also Red which is the first media of

communication between a mother and her child.

Personal Interview

For preparing interviews I downloaded the common questions being asked in an

interview and wrote down the apt answers for them. It mainly includes knowing

all about yourself, then goals in the future, short term goals, some questions

related to the profile, summer project. Before appearing for the interview I

always used to go through my answers which helped me in giving quick

response to the interviewer with confidence. Almost in every interview I faced I

came across many questions which I had practiced. I tried to be as honest as I

could and match my skillsets to the profile. I have written 'as honest' because

sometimes situations demand you to be manipulative and as a future manager

you should be well verse with this art.

Sample question: Short term goal.

I said that I would like to see myself successful be it materially, emotionally or


spiritually and growing by using my skillsets to the best of my capabilities and

contributing to the organization. In strengths I said those qualities which can

really match up with the profile.

As Bala sir always say that marketing is evergreen so I never had a slightest

doubt regarding getting placed. Hence I never got desperate and sat for only

those companies in which I had interest. I sat for about 7 companies and finally

got placed in one of it. There is no need to lose peace if one is not getting

placed because failure is a building block to success which helps you to grow

more and learn more. Being Balajian how can we forget the three golden words

of Bala sir that 'problems are opportunities'. :)

My Suggestion to Future Managers

Be thorough with your project as many questions are asked from the project.

Visit company's website before going for an interview. And have an in-depth

knowledge about your subject and field. BE VERY CONFIDENT while speaking.

Finally I would like to share the most important thing that I learnt during this

whole placement thing that we should enjoy it as a game and try and learn as

much as we can because it's not just about getting placed once but when you

finally get into job you got to prove yourself everyday.

REGARDS,

SoumyaSaxena

Hello All,I am Sourabh Sahu Registration No.HRD09-6166, BIMHRD, Specialization :PGDM(Operations)Batch :-2009-2011

Currently placed in company at Hyderabad, working as an SCM Functional Consultant.IT was my 11th company in placement process.

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

Sourabh Sahu

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for giving me courage to stand where I am today. It was indeed a wonderful experience to be at BIMHRD 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 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 backlog I was not allowed to sit for few 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 IT company. 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 February before completion of final.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 Hyderabad office. They had already shortlisted students before coming to the campus for interview. In all there were 6 students who were shortlisted and I was the 1st to go for the telephonic interview.

I received a call from a panel comprised of 2 members, 1) SCM head and 2) HR head. The interview went for around 45 minutes & questions related to my internship, Supply Chain were asked and of course questions on their industry.

I felt that the decisive question thrown at me was, “Why would someone choose to choose service through our company when they have a cheaper and a more popular medium XYZ ltd.?” I replied that though the popularity of XYZ comp. is huge and the relative cost per slot is low, the client still come to this


comp. because of its talent and quality which provides visibility for a whole supply chain process. If interested the consumer can get more detailed information through our MIS reports which is not possible through any SAP or ERP. 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 Hyderabad. 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 Hyderabad 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 February 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!!

RegardsSourabh Sahu


Subir Kanti Roy

HelloI am Mr. Subir Kanti Roy Registration No. HRD 09-6167From Dual B, BIMHRD, From the academic year 2009-11Passed out on MAY 2011My specialization is Marketing.

My Placement Experience:Campus Placement, I'm sure becomes the most cardinal reason for a majority of us, to sustain for 2 yrs in an institute. After having spent hours and months of intensive training and preparation each one of us expects to move out the campus with flying colours.

As there is product life cycle in marketing, there is life cycle for every human being. This is one such phase where you are actually standing in the crowd and you've to strive hard to be the best in the crowd. If you become vulnerable at this point of time, you miss out the opportunity! And when opportunity knocks the door once, grab it with both the hands. All emotions come into play at this time, when you think about your family, friends, and most important your future etc.

The entire experience of campus placement was a profusion of learning for me. I would like to share change state of students at the time of placement session, all were a bit excited and nervous, and everyone was preparing for their own good. Almost similar situation I was also facing, campus environment was all shake up.

The Company in which I got placed is one of the leading companies of the world and the division in which I am working right now is the world number one in its market segment. Its an OEM dealing with passive electronics needed for voice and data communication. The company has offices in more than 50 countries and have direct and indirect presence in more than 150 countries.

The placement procedure included 4 stages: 1. Aptitude Test2. Creative writing3. Personal Interview 1(HR)4. Personal Interview 2(Technical + HR round again)

After the aptitude and creative writing test round about 30 students were qualified.


Topic of the creative writing was CHALLENGES BEFORE INDIA. According to the instruction we had to write it in a very short and crisp way. Here are some of my points that remember which I wrote on this topic.1) Improve governance2) Raise educational achievement 3) Increase quality and quantity of universities4) Control inflation5) Increase trade with neighbours6) Increase agricultural productivity

Next was the PI round. 1st round of HR Interview was based on all the functional knowledge. I entered the room then HR bombarded the question that he has taken two interviews what did they said you about the interview, I gave them the honest reply that 1st person told me that it is going to be a long interview and the other one said that they are going to remove your clothes from top to bottom. In the HR interview, the following questions I can remember which were asked to me:-a) Introduce Yourselfb) Questions related to my internship experience.c) My Strength :- 1) My Politeness2) My Persuasiveness3) I take my personal responsibility what I do.d) Weakness: - My friend told me that my message typing speed is slow.e) Are you comfortable to work outside India?Yes, that will be a great opportunity for me to roam around the world.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. The PI went along very smoothly. They finally thanked me with a smile and told me that they are done. After the interview the filtered out around 12 students.

The 2nd round of interview was with the panel of 3 with all the top guns sitting in front. They cross checked me by asking me to tell the points which I have written in the creative writing test. Since I had honestly written that exam so was able to answer them very confidently. Then they 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 I was asked to sell a bottle of water to them and convince them that they should buy it at a higher price than other brands available in the market. Then


they asked me some questions related to my family members. Then they asked me about my summer internship.Where you have done your Internship and what knowledge you gained from that?Share some relevance here. How would you apply that learning in future?After this they asked me about some marketing concepts.They asked me about benefits and criticisms of marketing .To this question I had replied with the following points.Benefits a) Improved Satisfaction of Target Market b) Improved efficiency in activities Criticism a) Marketing wastes money b) Marketing activity is intrusive c) Marketing is manipulativeThe interview went on for another 40 minutes.

After the process was over the final result was announced at around 9 pm. 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.

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 your stance in situations and never back off from it.8. Be honest about yourself.Trust in your abilities. There is some reason why you got selected in this institute and why you are there sitting for these placements.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.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 it's easier said than done still this is what I experienced and I hope it will help in motivating you guys. I wish all my juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they succeed in their endeavours.

Thanks and RegardsSubir Kanti Roy

I am Sudiksha Arora

Registration no: HRD09-6346

From Dual B BIMHRD

Academic Year- 2009-11

Passed out on 26-April'2011

My Specialization- Marketing & IT

Placed in ABC company.

Hi ,

From the day I joined SBS, I had a lot of people around me talking about

placements and placements only. That was one common topic among everyone

in two years. Everybody used to be tensed, worried thinking about the

placements.

The phase of PLACEMENT comes as a great experience in every student's life.

We all go through the same feelings of tension, confusion and excitement till

the time we are placed and after getting placed we are happy and relaxed . But

all this comes as a great learning for us. This makes you tough enough to

handle all situations .

LG was my first company, & it was a dream company for all the students but I

got out of the process just after the GD.

Now I am sharing my personal experience of Campus placement process.

On 8th December at around 5pm , the students who have the background with

BCA ,BSc IT, B.Tech IT were shortlisted and were asked to come for the

Presentation . Like always, I went for the presentation with mixed thoughts,

that should I sit for the company or not as I was not clear about the profile,

Compensation, and all those mixed thoughts that goes on in the mind before

going for any of the company presentation. But as it is a north based company I

was pretty sure that the POP will have the option for north also . So that was

also one reason that I sat for this company.

Sudiksha Arora


After attending the presentation, I got clear about the company profile.

Although it was a sales profile but the chances for B2B was more so I finally

decided to sit for it.

At around 8 p.m. the process started.

The process consisted of four rounds :

1) Group Discussion

2) Aptitude

3) story Writing

4)Personal Interview

Before the process started we all were asked to go for dinner and there also

some were saying that compensation was not very good but I thought that

profile is ok , for Pop chances are for north, it has a very good brand name and

also compensation was ok .

So with complete mind I sat for that company.

The Process started.

I was there in the 6th group of GD , and the topic was “Employee first or

customer first”. The group started and I pitched in 2nd position and jus spoke

for 2 min. and rest I gave chance to other members of the group. Again in the

min I pitched in with jus 1 or 2 points with examples but people stated fighting

during the discussion and Hr stopped it in the mid and then he said now I don't

want such a discussion and I will so who can be the patient listener also. During

2nd time I stated the discussion and after that I was listening very patiently and

gave chance to others and after 10 min the discussion was over. I gave my best

and after all the groups were over with their GD's the results were announced

and my name was there and then the selected students have to appear for the

net round.

Then came the time for aptitude, I gave the answers as per my knowledge and

what all I had studied and read during my MBA time. But fortunately I got

through the aptitude also . I was very happy till that time.

Then the third round of story writing started where we were shown a picture for

30 seconds and after that we were supposed to make a story on that. They

showed 4 pictures one after the other to us and we all wrote 4 stories. Then the

time came for the results.

The HR asked whether to declare the results that time or tomorrow morning. As

it was around 1 in the night so some said right away some said next morning

then they said that go back we will declare it tomorrow so be here at 8 am. So

we all came and I got thru that round also

Then came the time for PI.


When I entered the room I was asked to sit down & the first question they

asked me, was:

To introduce myself. I started with full confidence and then suddenly asked

second question that you have done sales project during your internship so sell

this projector. I started but as I am not from an engineering background I was

not aware about the specifications of that but after saying they first confirmed

that from my CV and then said Ok..

Then they asked me to sell Pepsi as my internship was in Pepsi, so again very

lightly I said it sells on itson and also the advertising affects the sales I can't

force anybody to drink Pepsi even if they don't like it.

Then they asked me to give the complete product portfolio of Pepsi and also

comparison with portfolio of coke .

Then they asked me what juice Pepsi manufacture, I said Tropicana.

Then they asked me my choice for POP them I said north else pune.

After listening to my answers they said that's all wait for the result to come.

After my interview there were many student who were waiting for there turn to

come. That time was very difficult to pass as they took the interview of all the

students for around 20 -25 min but mine was just for 5- 10 min .so I thought I

will not get selected.

After all the interviews were over they compiled the result and they announced

it. I was very tensed but suddenly they announced my name and said

“congratulations….you are selected”

and those were the most beautiful I could listen.…Campus Placements…

Wowwww…


best all times, Give importance to Profile, then brand and then compensation. In

GD- speak apt and real points and give chance to everyone. During Interviews-

be frank

Wishing them lots of best wishes & a great future ahead.


Sumeet Kumar Bhuwania

I am Sumeet Kumar BhuwaniaRegistration No: HRD-09-6168.Class: SBS Finance, from BIMHRD 2009-11. Specialization is in Finance.I am placed in company H.

My campus placement experienceI don't know how many of you will agree on this but according to me, “The ultimate measure of a person is not when he stands in the moments of comfort & convenience but when he stands at the time of challenges.”As the placements season begun & everyone in the society was under huge tension & pressure. The first question that comes in the mind is that when will the moment come & I can say that I am placed. Being a Balajian I can say you for sure this moment will come in your life if you have really put in your effort. Just remember one thing “The only thing that comes to us without effort is OLD Age.” So friends I think you can easily make out what I meant by this saying.I am really not sure how much my placement experience will help you out, but one thing I can really say that “Believe in yourself.”

I just like every finance student dreamt of getting into a financial institution but I was destined to something else which I never thought off.

I still remember the day; it was 24th of November, when company H visited our campus, as this was one of the most awaited companies for finance students, so everyone was waiting for this company to hit the campus.

It was my fourth company, I sat in. Before this I sat in Company A which was my first company & I appeared for the aptitude test just for experience & when the results were declared I was happy when my name was not selected as I did not wanted to be shortlisted. Next came company B, I attended the pre placement talk & again sat for the aptitude test & I willingly came out of it as again I did not like the offer as well as profile.

Now, came the third company, company C, it was having a good brand name but it was an IT company. As I was not planning to choose an IT company to kick start off my career but this time I really wanted to clear the aptitude & wanted to see what actually happens in next round, as the number of students who sat for company C were more, I thought this will help me analyze myself compare to others that where do I stand. I wrote the aptitude test & when the paper was over my friends asked me how my paper was, I said it was good & I thought I have solved all the questions correctly whichever I have attempted.


I was waiting for the results to be declared & the moderator said 75-80 students have been shortlisted. I was patiently listening to all the names that when my name will be announced but to my surprise my name was not announced & the moderator said this are the final list of shortlisted students. To be very honest I was completely shocked & surprised how my name was not announced. While I was going home so many things suddenly started running all over my head that I am so bad that I am not shortlisted among 75-80 students & I also started even analyzing & thinking that whether in the previous two companies also I was not shortlisted or I myself came out of the process. As my friends used to say that I have good command over aptitude & as I was not able to clear it out I started doubting myself & said this to one of my friend & he said me “Don't think too much, just relax.” That day I was really disturbed to be very honest but at the end I realized one thing “Either you run the day or the day runs you out,” So I left it behind & stopped thinking about it.

Company H came to campus on 24th Nov & I clearly remember on 23rd Nov I went to watch a movie, at night I had very good dinner & went for a long drive. I was not very passionate to enter in this company as rest of my friends & classmates were as again this was an IT company offering a role of Business Analyst which was not that fascinating for me, so I was very relaxed.

The process started with a pre placement talk. The only thing I liked about the pre placement talk was that the package offered by the company was a descent one for a fresher i.e. 4.75 lacs& for this reason I sat in the process.The entire process can be summed up as: GD Technical interview HR roundAlmost all the finance eligible students sat for the process. We were divided into 4 to 5 different groups of 12 each. This was my first GD & the topic given to our group was something related to “Financial Markets” (I exactly don't remember the topic). Time allocated for the discussion was 20 mins. As I always had interest & kept myself updated what is happening in the financial world it helped me a lot. One piece of advice for all the juniors keep urself updated on what is happening around the world & please read newspaper this will really help you in cracking your GD.People in my group started discussing & I was just listening & thinking, as most of them were just shouting & saying anything without any fact & figures. I was almost the 5th or 6th person to speak in the group of 12 but my advantage was that I put in some strong points & provided some data which I was aware of & spoke for 2-3 minutes, then again people interrupted & started discussing, I backed off & again after listening to them I spoke for 3-4 times with some very relevant points & then I thought I have contributed enough & was listening to all the shouting which some of the members in the group were actually doing, which was making no sense to me. GD was over. We all waited for the results to be declared.


Dimple ma'am declared the GD results for finance in auditorium & my name was announced along with some of my friends & we were asked to rush for technical round for which I had no clue as I haven't prepared anything for the interview.I was the first one to go for technical interview & I had no clue what will the interviewer ask me. I was excited as well as nervous as this was my first interview. The interviewer asked me which all subjects have you studied, I replied him with the entire subject names & he started bombarding me with lots of questions. In 30 minutes of rigorous technical interview, he asked me questions which were related to all my subjects, bonds, capital markets, portfolio management, corporate finance, & also current happening in the financial industry. Out of the 10 questions he asked me, I replied to all the questions except one for which I had no clue & clearly said him 'Sir for this question I really don't know the reply so I won't try to bluff you by replying something,' he smiled at me & I also smiled back at him. He then took my CV & he asked about my internship which I did in Merrill Lynch. I explained him all what I did in Merrill Lynch & he asked me to leave my CV & go.

I came out of the room and was very relaxed and tension free as I thought I have done well. But to my mind after some time one big doubt started arising, what if I clear the interview, am I willing to take up this job or not. I was really confused & thought let the interview results come then I will decide.

Interview results came 8 of them were shortlisted including me. The big question which was running all over my head whether I should take up the job or not as I never wanted to enter in an IT industry, that time just one thing came in my mind that I have reached this far I should not let it go from my hand, (may be that was one of the biggest mistake I did)

HR round was just a casual round, HR just asked do you have any location preference, I said I am ready to work in any part of the country or world, even though I was not but I said so.

Results were announced at around 8:30 & my name was selected, I was having a very mixed feeling because I was selected but one of my good friend who was with me till last round was not selected, so I was not feeling good for him.

The whole day was of great experience for me & as the day got over I was finally placed with one of the best IT company of India which offered one of the best profiles for finance as my friends say but to be honest after 10 months of work experience I can say this was not what I actually wanted to do in my career. My advice to all my juniors is be extra careful in selecting the company & profile, even if you are not getting good pay but if you are getting the profile you want, sit for that company & try to convert it. I did one mistake which I think you should not do while you select the company & profile.


And at the end all I can say is that always keep on updating yourself & have a strong command over the basic concepts & keep reading financial newspaper, it will really help every one of you.

Wish you all the best & all the luck in your life. I hope everyone have a great start to their career.

Please do write to me or get in touch if you really need any kind of help, will be more than happy to help you all.At last but not the least I would like to thank you Bala Sir and whole of Sri Balaji Society for giving me two of the most memorable years in my life.Best Wishes & Regards, SumeetBhuwania

Surya Kumari

Hi,

I am Ms . Surya Kumari

Registration No. HRD 09 – 6169

Class – Marketing Division

Dual B from BIMHRD

Academic Year 2009 – 2011

Passed out on 22nd Jan 2012


I was placed in the first Pharmaceutical company which visited our campus on

20th Dec 2010 as the Area Business Manager .


placement.

The placement process started from the month of September when the first

company visited our campus . I cleared both the basic criteria of attendance

and no backlogs . It was a tough time, a time to prove myself and achieve what

I have aimed in my life. Though one can start realizing worries and peer

pressures as we 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! Only the keyword is patience and never ending effort . It's a time to

capture the positive feeling and overcome the negative ones. The family ,

friends and colleagues play a very supportive role in ones life . They are the one

who motivates & encourage to move towards the path of success.

Emotions:


It's a feel of mixed emotions. I was standing at a very crucial stage of my life.

The feeling of anxiety , tension ,competitive environment , responsibilities and

the zeal to achieve my goal surrounded me. It was fight for the success. It was

time to prove my potential and capabilities not only to others but also to myself.

Learning moments:

I cherish those moments that taught me to be patient and calm. As without

these two your performance keeps on declining. The best thing to do is to

dominate the pressure prevailing inside you and put your 100% effort towards

the path of success.

Company process:

The company visited the campus in the month of December .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)

Personal Interview 1 (college campus)

Personal Interview 2 (one week later at Mumbai head office)

Pre Placement Talk

The Pre Placement Talk covered the description of the company and the areas

they operate into. The PPT gave an overview of the working environment of the

company, job timings, demographic profile etc. The company was looking for

the Trainee Area Business Manager for their Lab instruments. Students from

Pharma and B.Sc background were preferred by the company . As I am Zoology

graduate I was shortlisted for the first round of the interview which was

conducted in the college campus .


It was taken by the HR and the RM of Maharashtra in our college campus . It

was a general HR round . The questions were like:


2. Why our company?

3. Tell me about your learning during internship?

4. Your strength and weakness?

5. What do you understand by the profile that we are offering.

6.They asked me about my location preference and why I want to go there .

The company gave 3 location option as: Bangalore, Vijaywada and Surat . As I

did my internship in a pharma company it helped me a lot during the interview .

Most of the questions were related to it which I answered very well.

The interview was more focused towards understanding my confidence level,

ability to learn and my exposure other than studies. Along with the curriculum

knowledge, they were trying to determine my mental ability and presence of

mind by asking specific business related questions. As the nature of the job was

almost B2C , the HR main focus was will I am able to work under targets , in a

new region which involved field work.



The result came after 1 week and 4 students were shortlisted for the final round

of the interview . We were asked to report to the Mumbai headquarter for final

interview with the NSM .

During my interaction with the NSM , the questions were limited to:

1. How was your Pune-Mumbai journey;

2. What do you know about the company;

3. What do you know about the profile;

4. Are you willing to relocate/travel.

The interview went well and with a positive hope I came back to Pune.

After 2 days the results was declared and the placement team informed me

about the good news.

Offer Letter:

Within a week from the day of result declaration the offer letters were

dispatched to the placement office. It was the time to thanks the CPT team for

their hard and effortless work . Thanks a lot Bala Sir and the entire CPT team .

Areas to work on:


area

never get drained out

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.

Few important things to remember-

It is up to you how you present yourself and how you communicate. Act

professionally, and don't be very sophisticated but be modest at the same time !

Remember always to have direct eye contact. Usually they will face you while

talking but as for me my interviewer was busy looking at my resume but still

talk to him and answers, remember do not start or stop until you are asked to.

Remember that before coming for the interview you must sit and think about

yourself and prepare well for this question to avoid any pause or overhead

thinking! And remember he asked about you, so must be in track to talk only

about you. You can also mention your strengths and weakness but see that you

tell your weakness optimistically. The HR round is to see your

communication skills, doesn't matter how your accent is or pronunciations as far

u wear a smile and be presentable.


biggest brands. Once again 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 life

A hearty Thanks to SBS.

Regards-

Surya Kumari


Swati Garg

Swati Garg

Roll number: hrd09-6244



I was placed in company 2

I would like to share my campus placement experience with all. I was placed in

Company 2 in Hyderabad. I am working there as a Tax consultant in US

taxation.

Our placement season started somewhere in the month of September. As the

days passed by, every day the amount of pressure and the tension increased to

get placed. This was the first company , I applied for, since I was not eligible to

sit for the First one due to having backlog in corporate finance but I was lucky

enough that backlog results were announced earlier than expected and we

became eligible to sit for campus placements.

On 31st of October in the night around 8o'clock we got the news that the

company is coming to campus tomorrow. Hearing this news I was a bit excited

and nervous. I immediately started to make preparations. As this company was

the first company for the finance batch, everyone wanted to give their best

shot.

Pre-Placement Talk:

The company told in detail about the profile they had to offer. Also they did not

had any number in mind for the students to be recruited as they were open to

any number of students who can meet the requirements which they were

looking for. I had to compete with around 20-30 Students who had the same

goal as of mine. Soon different groups were made for the PI Round.

About the Process:

We had to clear the six rounds. On the first day we had 4, they were all

elimination rounds and related to testing your basic knowledge in accounts and

english. I enjoyed the process, and tried to give my best shot in every round. I

really enjoyed the last round which was called “Versant”. It was conducted to

evaluate language and literacy skills. This test had various competency levels on

which we were tested. The levels on which we were tested was understanding

American accent and speaking fluent English. The panel was quite impressed

with the performance of the candidates.

I cleared all the rounds and was called for the final 2 rounds.For the other two


rounds the company came to the campus only after a week . 4 HR managers

came for interview.

On this day we had two interview rounds. One for HR and the other one was PI.

I was really nervous to face the interview process but trust me once you enter

the interview room and in case it's not a stress interview then your anxiety will

vanish within few minutes of the interview process.The interview started with

quite normal questions. Some of the questions asked were, “describe yourself”,

“mention your strengths and weaknesses”. Then, they started with the

questions on my CV. They took a look at it and then started asking me

questions about it. They started with my internship. Some of the questions

were, “what did you learn in internship”, “what made you to take finance”, “why

should we hire you”, “have you ever been a team leader”, ”which is your favorite

subject”. After answering all these questions in the first panel, the result came

and I was sent to the other panel for the other round of interview. In this round

also I was asked about my internship. They tried to match my internship with

their current profile. They also asked me about my flexibility to work in shifts

and being from North-India, won't it be a problem for you to work in the south.

They actually were trying to test me whether I am fit and capable of working in

the company. They also asked me to tell something about the company and if I

have any knowledge of the profile and the work they are offering.

After waiting for whole day the results were announced at 7pm. The time when

they called all of us inside the room for results was really a tough one. Then

they started announcing the names of students that were placed. One by one

names were being announced, my heart started beating like anything. And then

finally my name was announced. I was thrilled at that moment. I didn't know

how to react to that moment. I congratulated all my colleagues who were

selected. Then I told my parents about my placement. It was such a nice and

fortunate moment that I won't be experiencing in whole of my life.

My Suggetions:

Don't be tensed and don't prepare yourself for subject knowledge on the day

just before your interview because this will only make you more nervous. Just

read a little bit about the company and profile and then be calm.Anxiety will

vanish as soon as you start facing the things.Your introduction should be good

so that it should give all the basic information about you. Your internship.-It

may play a vital role in impressing the panel. If you are writing something on

your CV, you should be prepared to answer the cross-questioning on it.If you do

not know the answer to any question, just smile and say I don't know or I am

not aware of it.


Do not worry much about what's going to happen next? Just go out there and

give your best…If you found you are lacking somewhere just work on it and

come out and give your best.

My piece of advice as a corporate:

Just apply for those companies where you think you can perform well . Always

give priority to the profile, the type of work they will offer and not much to the

brand or package at this point of time. Make sure that you have the required

competency and the interest in the work which you will have to do and it will

provide you a good amount of scope for learning and growth. You will get

ample of opportunities to learn many things practically in the corporate.

I wish all my colleagues ALL THE VERY BEST for all their endeavors.

Regards:

Swati Garg

I am Swati Goyal.

Registration No. – HRD-09-6025

Class- SBS Finance

I am from academic year 2009-11.

I was placed in my second company.

It was November, placement season had just commenced but we being from

Finance, were waiting for Finance Companies to come.

Finally first company hits our Campus. As per rule, this is first company for

Finance so everybody is allowed for this company. But the company had a

criteria that only commerce graduates were eligible for the profile being a

commerce student I got the opportunity to appear in the process.

The process started with a online test based on verbal ability. It lasted for half

an hour and was a elimination round. The selected students were made to

undergo various online test based on quantitative ability and basic accounting.

The selected students then had a detailed talk with the HR regarding the profile

offered. The final interview was to be held after a week.

While waiting for the above company a IT company came to our campus. In the

evening I went for company briefing. I came to know that I am shortlisted for it

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.

Swati Goyal


After completing all the formalities, I reached campus at 8 AM. It was Aptitude,

though began little late everybody was 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

it was a difficult and I became nervous.. Finally I took a deep Breath,

remembered the Golden Words of Bala Sir “Problems are opportunities..” and

started the paper. I attempted around 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 from company 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 name from Finance, 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 should have a detailed knowledge of the company

profile and its operations. So large part of my preparation was about the

company.

Now on the interview date, I was quite worried because this is my 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?

- 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 the balance sheet and its items and comparison

of bank's balance sheet and IT company's balance sheet.

- Really drilling questions on derivatives as my summer project was on

derivatives.


- Questions on Corporate Finance.

- Last but not the least, as expected, interviewer asked me about my

understanding of company operations and profile . He appreciated my

knowledge about the company and he was quite happy with my answers.

My interview went on for around 25 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 to go for HR round. The HR interview was very good and

the HR there was very experienced and he told his experience in the company

so far and guided me more on the profile and the expectations from us. Some

general questions were asked on my hobbies and interest.

Finally my process was completed and they told result would be announced

shortly. 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 the company and I was

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.

Since i was placed in second company i was not allowed to sit for the final

interview of the earlier comapny.

.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.

- 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,

Swati Goyal


Swayam Prakash Pati

SwayamPrakashPati

Roll No. HRD09 6072

Class: PGDM A, from BIMHRD,

Specialization -Marketing,

Academic year: 2009-2011,

passed out on 29th April 2011.

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 which

looms around oneself.

To start with, when Company 1 visited our campus honestly it was more of a

“Give it a try” scenario for me. After that only I realized that one has to be

prepared and be thorough then only one can crack an interview. So then started

my journey of sitting for various companies but then as luck would have it, I

was left out in one round or the other. But I remained optimistic throughout and

waited for the right time to come.

Then on Feb 3rd a got a call from the placement team that I was required to go

to Mumbai to attend an interview as my CV has been shortlisted by the

company. After that i started my research on the Company which was one of

the largest Indian multinational company in the agriculture sector. I

collected all the materials for the interview and brushed up my knowledge on

my graduation subjectsi.e Agriculture. Then on 5th of Feb when I went for the

interview, I was surprised to find six students from a reputed Management

Institute and four from Agriculture university and all of them had done

Agribusiness management as post Graduation course compared to me doing

only Marketing. I was pretty tensed but I was confident that if I held my nerves

I can get through. After few minutes the interview round started which was

done by the Marketing head and the Head HR of the company. I was the the

second candidate to be interviewed by them. At first I was asked very general

questions like

1.Tell me something about yourself?

2. Why MBA after agriculture?

3. Where do you see yourself after five years?

All these I had already made answers in my mind but I replied them in a calm

composed manner so as to give a feeling of spontaneity to the answers.

Then they started to ask questions about technical part about the subject like

1. Different plant protection measures adapted?

2. How to induce more flowers in a plant by means of hormones?

3. Difference between Hybrid and genetically modified crops?

4. Current Food crisis and how to handle it?


All these were very satisfactorily answered by me as I had brushed up my

graduation subjects and had updated my knowledge on the current topics as food

crisis around the globe and all the required information. The interview went on for

half an hour after which the Marketing head and the Head Hr were visibly

pleased.

After the interview the head Hr came and called me first to the discussion room

and told that they are only selecting me from all the candidates for this interview

as my subject knowledge was best among all. They told that they are going to

some other agricultural colleges for recruitment and the final selection will be

done by the CEO which was to be intimidated to me later on by the Hr dept.

Then on 7th feb I was called for interview with the CEO of the company, I was

very nervous for the interview considering that the second most important person

of the company is going to evaluate me. I reached the company HO before the

mentioned time. All the time I was framing all sort of possible questions which

could be asked. Then finally I was called in for the interview in the CEO's cabin.

When I entered inside he asked me politely to have a seat. Then as a formal

interview he started as tell me something about yourself, after that he started

asking about some management aspects such as How does a Brand gets its

image, How to sustain it. Then he asked me to explain about a CRM model which

they have implemented about 5 years ago and what was my opinion about it. I

had thoroughly gone through the entire model on the company website and done

a sort of SWOT analysis of it, so I gave a very pinpoint and complete insight of

the entire model. Then he gave me a situation and asked me how would I handle

it, I answered it quite satisfactorily. But the interview was far from over, then he

asked that I was comfortable in working at any location, to which I replied Yes,

then he asked which places have I visited in India and how do I perceive the

living condition, after that he started to take me under pressure and told me that

the job was very difficult and required immense strong will and character, and

repeatedly asked me whether I am confident of doing it or not, but I was

adamant and stubborn and kept on saying that Yes iam confident. The entire

interview went on for 55 minutes after which he me to wait in the conference

room. After the interview I was bit reclusive and skeptic about my selection

particularly the way I was grilled in the last 10 minutes of the interview. I had to

wait for half an hour after which the Head HR came and called me inside the

discussion room where she explained that the CEO wanted to know that how

serious I was for the job and whether I could handle the difficulties and pressure

that would come in the way. She said that the company has decided to finalize me

and then she spelt the magic words "You are selected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hence I could say at this moment that “THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS ITS ALL

DESTINY” all you have to do is “BELIEVE”. My bit of advice to all my juniors is that

never lose your patience and do Believe in yourself. All the best for the future!!!

Regards

Swayamprakashpati


Tina Rajpurohit

Hi Everyone,

Name: Tina Rajpurohit Word count:1064

Registration No. HRD 09-6073

Division: A from BIMHRD

Batch 2009-2011

Specialization: Marketing & IT,

My placement journey is the most memorable one for me, a journey full of great

experiences, learnings, ups and downs, joy and sorrow. And a bit long as I got

placed on 12th February 2011 my d-day.

This journey made me realise my negatives and indeed I realised my positives.

The placement experience is one of those learnings of my life which I still

cherish and will remember forever.

I sat for various companies some due to their brand name, some due to the

package, some because of the profile but the things did turned out to be a bit

tough.

The first day of the placement , the first company on the campus , everyone

was excited for the first company so was I and was lucky enough for being able

to appear for the company on attendance as well as percentage criteria, but

that day I coudnt clear the Gd , before appearing for the company I used to

think that I would be able to clear the Gd easily as I used to during the time of

admission of various colleges but I was wrong and that day I realised the

importance of being fully prepared for the Gd which earlier I thought was not so

important as I was good at my communication skills , but the mistake I did was

that I did not practiced for it and unfortunately I couldn't clear the Gd.

That day I was very sad , but it was more important to learn from the mistake

rather than just sitting and thinking about the mistakes, hence I started

preparing for the Gds , I kept myself updated with the current topics as well I

prepared myself for the abstract topics too. Not only communication skills were

important but the body language also, hence I worked on them.

After that there was no looking back, I use to clear all the Gd's, sometimes

there were companies which had 2 Gd rounds and I cleared all but was unable

to crack the interviews, still there was a long way to go.

12th February was my day, the day I got placed after a long wait after

appearing for 11 final interview, I got through the 12th one and that day is a

memorable one. The second company that I sat for had four rounds, an

aptitude followed by a Gd and two rounds of personal interview, I was not

confident for this company as I was quite weak at aptitude but I was able to

clear and reached the gd round which seemed to be an interesting one and I

cleared the Gd and the first round of interview too but was unable to clear the

final interview round.


Then I decided to work on my interview also, I started preparing for the

company thoroughly about the products, the services , the strategies for the

company. But somehow still the things were not working in my favour and I

faced rejections in the final rounds of the companies.

Truely said failures lead you towards success, I started analysing all my

interviews and learnt from the mistakes I used to do. Each company I appeared

for was in itself a learning for me and different learning from each of the

interview I appeared for.

Some interviews were knowledge based, questions related to the company, its

products, strategies, some on the marketing technologies and some with quite

interesting questions, like in one of the interviews I was asked the difference

between the two songs “Munni” and “Sheila”.

Though I was preparing hard but there was a long way to go, the time was

running and so I was losing my patience but I decided to stick to my decision of

appearing for the brands and good profiles , first 15 to 20 days of January I

hardly sat for any company as I was looking for the right profile and the brand .

Then came the day 12th February and this was the my day, that day I was fully

geared up for the company as this was the right profile, good brand that I was

looking for, in addition to that this was the time when there were less number of

companies and less opportunity to get into a brand and profile of your choice,

hence this was the chance which I did not wanted to miss and i had to get

through.

The day begun with the presentation by the company , but it was not so easy

as there were 2 other colleges for the same company in our campus , but that

day I was geared up for the rounds.

Soon the selection procedure started and we were divided into the groups for

group discussion, the topic for discussion was 'Productivity v/s Service' and I

cleared the GD, but the interview round was still to be cleared, the area where I

was failing every time but this time when I entered the interview room I was

fully prepared for it.

The interview panel comprised of three members, and all the three were asking

me questions from different fields and areas the questions that were asked;

introduce yourself, about the organisation, the major focus of the organisation.

The interview got over and then was the most 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 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.

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 learnings I would like to cherish my entire life.

Hi Everyone

Name :Md.Towfique Hassan

Reg. No. : HRD09-6356

Div. :PM&HRD(BIMHRD)


Specialization :Pm&Hr

i got a decent offer from a IT company,

As time passed by it seemed to me that my world which was full of hope and

dreams was becoming smaller and was about to scatter.Yes it was mid of

february and yet i was not placed.Not many companies were coming and the

hope was drawing away slowly.I was not allowed in some companies which was

due to my negligence of attendance shortage and backlogs.After that when i

was eligible not many companies came and the one which came icouldnt make

it to either GD or INTERVIEW.Time was very hard for me.Selfbeleive was

dissapearingaway.I was demotivated highly.There was only down no ups also.

Parents, friends,teachers, seniors all were there to support me and all could

say"Dont worry you will be placed"This would bring me a hope, a relief but that

was temporary.Yes without this support you will loose out completely failing on

each front.For me this few words from each and above kept me going on like

anything.

It was april and last sem exam was over and yet i was not placed.Onlyi knew

what i was going through.I cannot explain it and nobody can understand until

Towfique Hassan


and unless one goes through this phase.In this situation never ever loose hope

on God and most importantly on yourself.At this time i could only see my friends

getting place and would say"HEY BUDDY CONGRATS"I was eagerly waiting fr

this words..that someday i could also hear this..........but i was unfortunate

enough for this.Maybe god has other plans for me.

PAT Team was trying their best for leftover students to get placed.One day Bala

sir called us(those who were not palced)to ask about our situation.He started on

light mood with little jokes and then he went on guiding us on how to cope up

with this situation.He gave us his own example froM days of starting of

symbiosis to establishment of BIMM(IIMM).He sighted all that situation which

he went through and he told us never ever loose hope on almighty GOD.For he

is the only one who looks for our sacrifice and patience on him.This was quiet

motivating for me and was enough for me to start once again from

rubble.Meanwhile I got chance to sit for few companies.In such the process

consist of:

1.Aptitude Test

2.GD

3.Interview.

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

for employment and the procedure the company will follow for the ensuing

recruitment. The actual recruitment procedure starts with an aptitude test

comprising of questions testing the candidate's knowledge on logical reasoning,

quantitative applications and verbal ability. During the course of this test of

aptitude wrinkled foreheads apply their grey cells to the optimum capacity.

As the time is about to run out, frantic attempts to finish the maximum

problems and make a few last minute guesses are made. The mental workout

that was involved is evident from the gasps and sighs from various corners.

Then begins the seemingly long (but actually only a few hours), unbearable and

intriguing wait for the results. This interlude is spent by the “may-be-hired”

student populace in a multitude ways. A number of students discuss answers

and try 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.

In some I cleared aptitude test in such my GD topics were:

India next Superpower

Hr role in Health care Industry

FMCG sector and their role in Indian economy

Hr and CSR Activities

In which I clear the GD round Interview questions were:


1)Tell me something about urself.

2) Why did you take up HR as a career?

3)What do you know about the company?

4)What are the prime functions of Hr?

5)Are you flexible with shifts?

6)Where do you see yourself in 5 years down the line?

7)what are the 3 things you learnt in last 3 months?

8)What according to you is the Best achievement in your life till date?

9)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 declared and the tension was increasing

as no one could say that the interview went well or bad as the questions were

general.But I couldn't make it.

It was July iwasnt placed but i have started looking for jobs off-campus.Yes it

was quiet tough to bag a good job but as they say you dont have a second

option for trying.This time it was a challenge for me to get placed and to prove

my worth.At this time i had one thing in my mind never ever loose hope and

confidence and self beleive.I will try and try until that moment where i get died

but till then i will try.Hopeless interview mindless questions was part of my life

at this phase.Buti never loose hope neither on GOD nor on myself.

At last after many many and many interviews i got a decent offer from a IT

company.It was good enough to give me a start.

This was my experience.

I wish all my Juniors and super juniors ALL THE VERY BEST and hope they

succeed in their endeavors.

Thank You

Towfique Hassan

BIMHRD(2009-2011)

hrd 09-6356