Handling CAT Verbal Section and Reading Comprehension
Posted by as cat, cat 2008, gyaan, verbal
For a lot of engineers trying to crack CAT, one of the biggest weak link is tackling the verbal section. Please note the word.. I am using tackling.. And not cracking.. Well, a lot of people struggle to clear cutoff, let alone maximizing the score in verbal.. And I was one such guy.. I struggled […]
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A Crorepati who lives in a HUT!
Posted by as Inspirational, cat, iima, mba
His story is an inspiration for millions. A self-made entrepreneur, his mission is to help the poor through job creation. E Sarathbabu hit the headlines after he rejected several high profile job offers from various MNCs after he passed out of IIM, Ahmedabad two years ago.
He instead started a catering business of his own, inspired by his mother who once sold idlis on the pavements of Chennai,
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‘NO to IIM Bangalore’ - Manas Garg!
Posted by as cat, cat 2008, coffee with experts, gyaan, manas garg, mba
Hi All,
A lots of us want to get into IIM Bangalore.. There is so much about getting to A B or C.. Its a dream!! People slog for it for years… But today, I have a very special guest, Manas Garg! Manas, is also one among 250,000 people who took CAT 2007 with a dream […]
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My IIM Lucknow Experience!
Posted by as FPM, Finance, My life, cat, mba
I had gone to IIM Lucknow for my FPM interview and written test on April 14th - 18th 2008. Here is a detailed description on the various things that happened during the trip, things that went through my mind and details on the FPM selection process.
April 14th, 2008
I ironed my clothes, ran in search of a tie, scrambled all my (hard earned) certificates and was ready by 7.00PM… I had a train to
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Research Aptitude Test (RAT)
Posted by as FPM, Finance, My life, cat, mba
RAT is one of the two selection processes for FPM admission at IIMs. Here are the details of the RAT exam i had at IIM Lucknow.
We were given a caselet. It was about an Engineer who started his own company. This guy started the company in one corner of his house in New Delhi. The company was into manufacturing of ‘premium gift items’. In the initial days, all the products were produced under
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My IIM Lucknow FPM Interview Experience
Posted by as FPM, Finance, My life, cat, mba
I had applied for Finance (My Love!) and Human Resource Management (For the Heck of it… 2 options… so clicked on HR too while applying.). I had both the calls. The finance interview was right after RAT as I mentioned earlier. HR interview was also there on the same day but time was not told to me.Around 30min after my RAT, I found myself sitting in the Finance Interview. There were 4 people in the interview board… let’s call them R, FR, FL and L… one on my right (R), one on my left (L) and two in the front (RF and LF). The interview went for around 30-40min. Me: Good Morning, Sirs.LF: Good Morning, take the seat…Me: Thank you sir…LF: So, you have done 10th in 2000 with XX.XX%… 12th in 2002 with XX.XX%… B. Tech from NIT Trichy in 2006 with X.XX CGPA… Joined Mahindra… as GET… so what are u now? Oh ok… Asst. Manager.I was not asked for my INTRO… they themselves were making it out from my application formL: How much are you getting from Mahindra? X.XX LPA…Oh you are making so much!! Then why are you interested in doing this course? The IIM professors won’t be making this much!!Me: Sir, it is not about money! There is something more than that. I want to do something of my own in my life.R: (Looking at my Transcript) Seems like you had a course on Finance during your B.Tech… So what have you learned in that? Let us know few of the chapters you had in it…Me: Sir, it was offered as an elective and was a very basic course. It explained various financial terms. I took it out of my interest in Finance. (All this while I was thinking about the name of the chapters in the Finance Management course I had in the 7th Semester).Me: We learned about Company Balance Sheets, how to read it, something on Stock Markets, valuation of stocks etc… (I really couldn’t remember what was in there… But I knew something or the other to tell in these topics. So I blurted out the above three…)From here… interview was purely on finance … From here, I will put the questions only. Prof. Google will help you find out the answers for the same.LF: So, what is P/E ratio?R: What are undervalued and overvalued stocks?LF: What do you mean by Market Cap? LF: Do you invest in Stocks?LF: What kind of investor are you?LF: Do you follow Warren Buffet?LF: What are his investment principles?L: Why did the market crash?LF: What is subprime crisis?R: Wall Street? What is its Indian counterpart?L: Why is it called subprime? What actually happened?LR: You havn’t answered the question from L completely. Answer it completely. (This professor was quite all throughout the interview and was not asking any questions but observing me!).LF: So you have an interest on ForEx Markets. So what do you mean by ForEx market?LF: What kind of experience you have with the ForEx Markets?R: So, you like yourself to get billed in USD or in INR? And why?Me: I told reasons like rupee appreciation and depreciation. If Indian Economy is doing well and Indian Rupee is appreciating, I prefer getting billed in INR and if not in USD. (This was a cooked up, instantaneous answer.)LF: How do you hedge the risk between different currencies? (I couldn’t answer this!)R: So, INR appreciates only when the Indian Economy is doing well? How do you know whether the Indian Economy is doing well or not?LF: So you are telling me that GDP of India is growing at around 9% per annum and that is the reason why INR is appreciating? (I forgot the impact ForEx flow can make on the exchange rates here…)L: Then why didn’t INR appreciate for the past few years but only now? Do you know that Indian Economy was growing at an average of 7-8% per annum on GDP while US was growing at only at 2-3%…? So isn’t your logic wrong?Me: I tried telling that US economy is 13times that of Indian economy and so 2-3% growth of US economy means 26-39% when compared to India and etc etc… (Cooked up… couldn’t get away with it. So finally, I accepted my mistake.)LF: (In between, somewhere I had blurted out the word inflation. So they caught on to it.) So what is inflation? Is it good or bad for Economy? Will it affect the GDP growth rate?LF: So are u speaking about nominal GDP or notional GDP?(I said nominal and then he asked me what it is… I didn’t know and so accepted defeat there too…)Here comes the best part.LF: Seeing your academic performance, your age and Work Experience, you will be able to crack CAT easily if you try again. Also if I offer you a PGP admission here in IIML will you take it? I am going to offer it now…L: Did you apply for PGP programs too in IIMs? Or you applied just for FPM?R: What other calls are you having? Do you have other MBA admits?Me: (I decided to be as frank as I can…) I have applied for both MBA and FPM in IIMs. But no IIM call. Sir, I have a couple of other MBA admits. Sir regarding the IIML PGP seat, I offered, I will definitely take it up. But then, that is only if you are not giving me the FPM admission this time.Me: I know I am not good at Finance and Financial terms as I don’t have any kind of background in Finance. My short term goal is to get well versed with the Finance and Financial terms… (I got cut here…)LF: An MBA in Finance will be enough for that…Me: Yes sir… I know… So if I am not given the FPM seat, which I felt was out of reach till now and is still feeling, I will be taking up MBA finance somewhere… But then, I am sure, down the line, I have to do my research… I have to take my doctorate… I want to have something of my own… So I was thinking… If this seat is offered to me… why should I wait for few more years to complete my MBA and then work in an MNC…? After all, I am going to end up taking FPM here in IIML or in any of the other IIMs…LF: Hmm… Ok… So thanks Leo.R: What is this second preference given here? Are you also interested in HR? You were telling me the whole time that you want to be a finance guy and that is the only thing u want be become… Then what is this?Me: (Again a frank reply…) Sir, we were given two options while applying. So, thought why to keep the second option blank. This is the ONLY reason why HR is shown as my second preference and I am not at all keen in being an HR guy.R: You had a course on Operations Management too as elective in your 7th Sem. So you remember any chapters from it?Me: (I wanted to get out of the place… Too much time already…) No Sir.R: Ok.. Thanks LeoLR: All the best.L: Thanks. Please tell the next candidate to come in after 5min.Me: Yes sir… Thank you sir…My take:- I was able to do the best I can… And the best part is, I was never tensed… not even a bit… I could also show them what I am… It was like… I am like this… I know this much… You take me if you want… If not, I will look elsewhere… this is not my final frontier… I was happy and had a feeling of comfort within myself. The only worry now was whether to attend the HR interview or not… Do let me know your comments… NoeL..:N:o:e:L:..
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Interview Experiences
Posted by NoeL as FPM, My life, cat, mba
Hi Friends,My IIM Lucknow, FPM interview experience will be posted shortly.Other interview experiences, viz. Great Lakes, SPJIMR and SCMHRD are also in the making.Do get back for more…NoeL..:N:o:e:L:..
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Welcome to My Life!
Posted by NoeL as FPM, Mahindra Life, My life, cat, mba
Hi friends…Today, 3rd May 2008, I am stepping on to the shoes of a writer! Blogger!!For a long time, i was thinking of starting a BloG of my own. Also i always wanted to write about something.. Write about the things that come to my mind every now and then… Finally, i belive i am going to do that…You will find posts here on following stuff!!My Life! (The Past, The Present and The Future)My Thoughts! (The things that will be going on through my mind… every now and then!!)My Interests! (Weblinks, articles i stumble upon etc…!)My Daily Activities..! (The ones i would like to share with you all…!)Hmm… That is quite a lot… All these will appear here only if i post regularly!! For that i need inspiration… and it has to come from you all!! So keep posting comments!! :)NoeL..:N:o:e:L:..
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Neharika Vohra’s (IIMA Prof) views on Reservations
Posted by sundarrajan.g.s as cat, coffee with experts, iima, neharika vohra, reservations
Hi All,
Reservations is one of the hot topics on Lunch table these days. It has created immense anxiety in IIM aspirants.
CWS took the initiative to listen to what people in the other side of the table think about it! Here is the transcript of Neharika Vohra’s (An IIM Ahemadabad Faculty) exclusive interview to Coffee […]
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IIM Bangalore Interview Experience
Posted by sundarrajan.g.s as Uncategorized, cat, cat 2008, gyaan
One and half months after IIM Indore interview, I was all set to take my favourite IIMB interview. I learnt a lot during these past 1.5 months. I had a much better clarity about what I want to do in life. And ofcourse, Coffee With Sundar has grown from a random crappy blog to a […]
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