Interviews Fore

Venue : FORE

Batch : 1.30

entered exactly at 1.30....and then the usual...welcomin and verification...gd started at arnd 2.10...went for abt 20 mins....case study...introduction of walmart etc is going to b curse for an ordinary grocer...etc etc....most of the ppl chipped in wid pts...healthy gd....satisfied wid my performance....

serial num 8.....i heard dat they were nt grilling ppl on academics....once again...i m a ba pass ( corres..) student....56 and 52 % resp in both the years...i expect a different kind of grilling all d time...but i m game...

btw b4 going to the interview part....v were waiting outside...and man 1 thing whch is excellent abt FORE is the chic quantity....gosh...name it a CHIC FACTORY...guyz were hard to find....if they call me....trust me guyz...i m goin there...anyway....lets talk business now....

3 ppl in panel...a prof (p), a numb lady (nl), chief (c).. n me (m)luckily wen i went in the chief got a call ...he left the room...sigh of relief....

m: can i sit..??

nl : yes,...( pause)...tell me smthin abt urself....

m: 10 th ..12 th bla h blah

nl : ( interrupted )...i dont want numbers...tell me smthin u havnt mentioned...

m : i love to sing...i play guitar and i m an absolute gamer

p : so u sing

m : yes sir...

nl : sing smthinm : sang

nl and p : kudos..u sing pretty well

m : humble

nl : tell me name of 5 rivers of india

m : told

nl : 5 mountain peaks

m: k2, nanga parbat, kanchenjunga...ehhhh...dats it...

nl : hmmm...ok tell me wat is ur opinon of urself....

m : ( i m the best...no1 can beat me..u want me in the ring...?? )..ehh every1 holds a gud opinion abt himself or herself...

nl : wat wud ur parents tell me abt u..?

m : gyan

nl : ur academics isnt gud..

m : ...87.6 in 10th and 79 in 12 th isnt gud....??...ohhk i ll say it was fair...fair enuf...??

nl: hmmm

p: grad score is low...

m : smiling....well wen i c d result on internet...200 ppl above me in d list and 200 ppl below me....just fail...considering dat...55 and 51 is ahem ahem....

p : hmmmm( now they started to fire questions )

nl : railway minister?

m : laloo

nl : speaker...?

m : some chatterjee....remember his face but cant recall his name

nl : tell me smthin abt today's budget

m: i left home at 11.30...dont knw anything...

p : railways budget...?

m : yep...blah blah...common mans budget...green toilet..

p : ( interrupted )..wat is a green toilet...

m : green toilet

p : ( interrupted again...pitega ye mujhse..) do they add carbonates to the toilet...laughing...

m : smiling...good 1 sir..but no....

p : u mean neat n clean...

m : precisely

p : undergrad subj..?

m : told

p : read fore brochure

m : no

p : know subjects for mba?

m : read 1 day..but forgot

p : u knw d subj u ve studied so far and d subj u r goin to study in mba r goin to b diff...wud u b able to manage...??

m : u selct 80% engg and wat they study for 4 yrs...is absltly dif frm mba curriculum...do u ask them the same question...??

p : dumbstruck...but wudnt it b difficult..?

m : i m determined enuf to do it

p : its tuf

m : nothing is easy

p : hmmm..wat did the ppl hu came after the intvw tell u abt the panel and stuff...

m : ( abe yaar..ab tareef karun ya sach bata dun.?? )...they said dat u r nt grilling ppl on academics...chilled out...giving enuf time

p : nothing negative...

m : depends on ur attitude...i dnt c negative in anything..( zyada ho gaya)..

p : hmmmnow

c : comes in....whch is d best b skul in d wrld acc to u?

m : ( ab agar harvard stanford bola...to poochenge kyun...fir uspe 10 sawaal...)...well....considering wat i want to join or general..

c : general...

m : ehh...its pretty tuf

nl : y dont u come on d point...y do u have to beat arnd d bush all d time

m : ok...i ll come to the point...i think i m no1 to rate b schools...

p : but u must ve read surveys...based on diff assumptions

m : hw do i trust smthin based on assumptions...

c : whch is d best b school in india...

m : isb

nl : aha...now u can rate them

m : ( bhai saab kya mara hai...muh ke bal gira...but came back swiftly..)...mam it is in india...haerd abt it frm reliable sources and not surveys..whch assume things

c : 2nd best acc to u

m : close call bw iim-a and iim-b

c: ok dats it...

m : shall i go...

c :yes...