CAT 2009 Preparation - Group Discussion, Interview (GDPI)

GD Topic :People in religious robes are exploiting the vulnerable masses. Duration:(15 min.)

NO. OF PARTICIPANTS IN GD : Scheduled :10 Attended :10
INTERVIEW: (Duration : 20 min.,No. of members on panel :2)

Q tell me about yourself
A……told about myself and added ..….. I want to be in textile consultancy

Q What kind of consultancy?
A. Basically a consultant's job involves preparing bankable plan for clients; doing industrial research for government an helping them form the policies. Basically involves getting a feel of the client's present situation and his future potential thereby giving required direction to the client.

Q. What kind of skill sets are required for a consultant?
Q. What is meant by Quota?
Q. Why many textile mills are being shut down recently
Q. If u have to create a marketing strategy for Jute how will you go about doing it?
Q. What is the drawback of Indian textile industry?
Q. How important is proximity to raw material source important in deciding a plant location.
Q. What is ongoing discussion about SEZ's?
Q .What is the issue related to BT cotton.
Q. Why you did not go for your M. tech.
Q. What do you mean by nano technology?
Q. How do you think education will help a person to understanfd his environment better? ( I had written an essay on "Education – To make the mind think" )

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Essay: The topic was “Balance between professional and family life”. It was a very general topic .We got 20 min. to express our views. We got a paper from IIFT people for the write up. Couldn’t think much about the topic. Just stressed on the extremeties of both. Gave examples of Narayana Murthy and Ambanis to support my views. In all it was a very general write up for me.

GD: Topic was “RTI Act will hamper the government’s decision making”. There were 10 people in my group with one moderator. It was a peaceful GD, where in the end people came to conclusion as well and were able to suggest some solutions also.

Positives: No fish market. Negatives: Some people straight away got biased towards the topic.

Personal Interview:
Very smooth, no pressure. Seemed to have made up their mind before only. As I entered, I felt was quite nervous. They asked me to take the seat. There were 3 panelists in all.

Started to ask about my native place and any specialty for which it is known. Then they shifted to the company I work for. I knew the answers for everything asked, like sales, revenue, share value, MD / Director, latest deals in and out. So, I didn’t face any problem.

Since I have been an avid sportsman (have played state-level cricket and captained university football team), they asked me questions on sports -- Dravid or Ganguly… Sacking of Pathan, etc.

They also asked me why I wanted to leave my job. I replied that I wish to gain knowledge and come back to contribute in a better manner. In all it was just a general discussion.