SIBM-Pune GDPI-1

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune GDPI Experience:

Candidate: Neha Chavan
Work Experience: 2010 Pass out ~ No work-exp
Venue: SIBM Pune
Date: 6th Feb, 2011: Morning slot
Before the process began we were shown an add for Camlin permanent marker .. .. we had to write a short analysis on it .. 

Case Analysis:
Amit is a management trainee .. He is really good at his work (was a star salesman in his first year at the company) but according to some confidential report he doesn't listen to seniors ... Now there's a vacancy for a higher post for which Amit has applied.. But the company isn't sure what to do .. Promote Amit? Promote someone else from the company? Or hire an outsider ?

So what should the company do??

I could have spoken more than I did (that's twice  ) .. Age old problem of finding space to enter a GD ..  

Personal Interview and Extempore:
2 panelists ... A lady (who seemed very interested) and a gentleman (who seemed least interested .. )

Questions were:

1. Tell us something about yourself
2. What motivates you?
3. Any recent popular incident that disturbed you a lot ?
4. Would you like to make any changes to the Camlin ad shown to you?
5. Can u think of some different idea for that add ?
6. So you passed out in 2010.. have you been working any where ? 
7. What if SIBM doesn't take you this year?
8. But wouldn't a 2 year gap also hamper your chances at civil service examination ?? (in ref. to my ans to que...
9. So you said you liked listening to bollywood music ? But don't you think they come up with some really senseless music nowadays ?

I messed up in qns. 5-8 ...  gave pretty decent answers for the others .. Not at all satisfied with my PI performance.

Extempore topic was "Individual freedom and civil society" 2 min to think and 1 min to speak ... Thankfully spoke well here ..  

Group Discussion:
Topic: Homosexuality should be legalized.
This was better than the Case study .. Spoke 3-4 times with good points .. 

So overall it was quite an average performance ..   
Thank God I wasn't asked engg. questions .. Otherwise it would've been a disaster 

Guys think over the ad from all aspects ... Even if u don't pen down all your thoughts in the analysis, be ready for PI questions like:

• what would you want to improve in the add ?
• some other idea for it ?
• was it right/ethical to show whatever was shown ?? .... and the likes ..

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