Not so Well (ingkar)
Had my GD/PI/PT for Welingkar scheduled for today. Had been home for the past 2 days planning for my Interview; rehearsing my answers and looking out for scope for new questions. I had totally given up on GD because I knew that I cannot pretend to do something which I am not really confident about.
Couldn’t sleep well last night. Was contemplating on the probable answers I might have to give during tomorrows interview.
Had given a psychometric test online. I wondered how it might have been helpful. Nevertheless, I had an offer from GIM at hand……. I had nothing to lose.
The day started on a bad note. Had to queue for about half an hour for buying a railway ticket…… Got into an overcrowded train ad went standing to Matunga.
Entered Welingkar and saw a bunch of confident looking and well dressed guyz and gals all set to ROCK THE WORLD…… That intimidated me a bit. I am sure I must have intimidated them as well.
The procedure started with an intro from the Welingkar team and an address from Mr U. Salunkhe himself. The confidence of the people shook me up a bit… because I still couldn’t picture myself making such presentations a year from now. To make the scenario worse, some of my colleagues asked a few intelligent questions…. I was at awe at their ability to showoff so much.
A batch was us was then taken for GD. Outside the GD room, a couple of smart looking people made up an agreement for not turning the GD into a fish market. I was happy that the ICE WAS BROKEN… all of us were at ease now. But I was sure I am going to screw up the whole scene.
As the GD started, the assessor said….”The topic fro discussion is currently a very hot topic…….. [Should FDIs be allowed in Retail sector]”. There went my wicket.. I couldn’t get what FDI meant…. I got mixed up with FDI and FDA…..why did the Food and Drug Administration not enter Retail segment till now.. must be some Govt policy……..And what possibly could it do by enetering…. And why is that a currently hot topic…..
Getting lost in those points, I started jotting down what I could think of. To my relief someone started the discussion and gave an example of Wal-Mart. Another guy picked up that point and talked about the scope for job improvement in this sector. Aaaah.. it was Foreign Direct Investment…. How could I forget….. and that meant killing of smaller businesses and low level entrepreneurship. That was my point. No one had mentioned this before. I put that point across but did not defend it for a long time. I guess I must have scored the least marks in GD.
Others were chewing the same points over and over again. Their marks should be deducted for useless blabbering
I was the firs to be interviewed and it was pretty OK. I could answer all the questions confidently. I told them about my achievements. Fortunately they did not grill me on my acads or strength/weakness-type questions.
Went through a round of psychometric test. It was the most senseless looking questionnaire. But I am sure they had a way to create LIFE out of that CHAOS.
Met Anand before I left. He was in his usual “I am OK but u don’t seem to be so OK” attitude. I was really at awe as to how he want to be a winner all the time.
Had to get into another overcrowded train on my way home. Was all drenched because of the sweat. What a life it must be to travel daily in these conditions.
Through this process, I realized that even I can make strong points in a GD if I have even little knowledge of the subject.
Finally, its over.
Couldn’t sleep well last night. Was contemplating on the probable answers I might have to give during tomorrows interview.
Had given a psychometric test online. I wondered how it might have been helpful. Nevertheless, I had an offer from GIM at hand……. I had nothing to lose.
The day started on a bad note. Had to queue for about half an hour for buying a railway ticket…… Got into an overcrowded train ad went standing to Matunga.
Entered Welingkar and saw a bunch of confident looking and well dressed guyz and gals all set to ROCK THE WORLD…… That intimidated me a bit. I am sure I must have intimidated them as well.
The procedure started with an intro from the Welingkar team and an address from Mr U. Salunkhe himself. The confidence of the people shook me up a bit… because I still couldn’t picture myself making such presentations a year from now. To make the scenario worse, some of my colleagues asked a few intelligent questions…. I was at awe at their ability to showoff so much.
A batch was us was then taken for GD. Outside the GD room, a couple of smart looking people made up an agreement for not turning the GD into a fish market. I was happy that the ICE WAS BROKEN… all of us were at ease now. But I was sure I am going to screw up the whole scene.
As the GD started, the assessor said….”The topic fro discussion is currently a very hot topic…….. [Should FDIs be allowed in Retail sector]”. There went my wicket.. I couldn’t get what FDI meant…. I got mixed up with FDI and FDA…..why did the Food and Drug Administration not enter Retail segment till now.. must be some Govt policy……..And what possibly could it do by enetering…. And why is that a currently hot topic…..
Getting lost in those points, I started jotting down what I could think of. To my relief someone started the discussion and gave an example of Wal-Mart. Another guy picked up that point and talked about the scope for job improvement in this sector. Aaaah.. it was Foreign Direct Investment…. How could I forget….. and that meant killing of smaller businesses and low level entrepreneurship. That was my point. No one had mentioned this before. I put that point across but did not defend it for a long time. I guess I must have scored the least marks in GD.
Others were chewing the same points over and over again. Their marks should be deducted for useless blabbering
I was the firs to be interviewed and it was pretty OK. I could answer all the questions confidently. I told them about my achievements. Fortunately they did not grill me on my acads or strength/weakness-type questions.
Went through a round of psychometric test. It was the most senseless looking questionnaire. But I am sure they had a way to create LIFE out of that CHAOS.
Met Anand before I left. He was in his usual “I am OK but u don’t seem to be so OK” attitude. I was really at awe as to how he want to be a winner all the time.
Had to get into another overcrowded train on my way home. Was all drenched because of the sweat. What a life it must be to travel daily in these conditions.
Through this process, I realized that even I can make strong points in a GD if I have even little knowledge of the subject.
Finally, its over.
