Chill Pill Completed

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Preface

This work is limited only to what you can do, not what you should do! We are not getting paid to do this. This is not our responsibility. This work is not made to etch our names as heroes. That is why no creditshave been taken. We are just the Ed team and we are proud to keep itthat way.

The Ed team

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Chill Pill: The formulae

Chill Pill –kya aavishkaar hain!

Different diseases and their onset symptoms

A brief idea of as many companies as we could remember (not all) and how theywent about their process. Maybe they come again. Maybe they follow the same trend.This is the pattern in which my hapless friends got screwed! You are warned!

Prevention is better than cure

A guide to safe study so that you are well prepared for the companies.

Killers – The unedited versionThe bravest, the smartest, the luckiest, and the best --- they came, they saw, they got

placed. Get inspired as to how they won the battle. Nothing has been edited!

GDs

We have tried to put in all the Group Discussion topics posed to our classmates in GDrounds. So what have a look!

General Physicians

General mix of questions asked this year.

The Specialists

The interviews which got the Killers their respect, job and money. (Including the 8lakh interview.)

Chemists and Medicines

Which medicines to take, and wherefrom.

Note: No offences, but if you want a more do this – do that kinda, spoon feedingmaterial, you won’t get it here. Check out the files section of Yahoo group for thesenior’s face to face. Our Chill Pill is meant for (repeat) telling you what you cansurely do not what you must do! Hope you get something out of it!

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Chill Pill – Kya Avishkar Hain.

The reason for which you came here is right in front of you –staring you in the face.Staring into ur eyes like inevitable death. You don’t know what to do. You don’t know

where to start from. Somehow, somewhere in your heart you feared this day you knewthis day was coming, approaching at breakneck speed, yet you went on getting suckedinto the normal routine watching too much tv, catching on good times, chatting with pals,lazing around girl’s hostel, riding your bike, chatting on your cell, and other suchhonorable living pastimes.

Now relax, this is what all of us did! You are not alone. REPEAT – THIS IS WHAT WEDID, CHILL!

The following pages carry a crash course guide for you to sail through the selection process put up by sadistic recruiters. It contains questions, how to do this and that,

selection patterns and of course bloated words of all those lucky ones who made the cut.Ya lucky ones! That’s what we would like to honestly call ourselves, because though atthe time of typing this out 44 of our batch were already placed (Praise be to the Devil) westill believe that these 44 were in no way more smarter than the 31 left behind. We take itas pure luck and ya a bit of smart preparation!

What is smart preparartion? Is it done by smart people? Well yes and no. I had a friendwho came in for all his 3 rd sem exams high. He had love problems all throughout 3 rdsem exams, so he hit the bottle. He swam like a fish, when we all pored over handouts.

Not that he did not study. He did! But only what he could! Only what he thought wouldwork! He used to call up everybody ask what they were studying and then study! When

he used to get down to writing, he used to write completely sanely, no hangovers of thefights over the phone last night, no trace of the tears he had cried, no throbbingheadaches from the whisky he had last night, he was there to answer his paper and that’swhat he did. That performance was his best performance till date. He moved over fromhis territory of 50-60% to enter the respected 75%+ league. This is no exception. He didit again in the midsems of the 4 th sem. If you doubt the authenticity of the story pleasecall 09880100817 and ask him.

The moral of the story is not that you should hit the bottle! (I wish I could have said that)it is that you don’t need to be super duper intell. You don’t have to read 24X7. You don’thave to do this and that and that and also that. It means that you can throw away this

document whenever you feel like. Its you who matter. If you think you know it. Youknow it. You don’t need words of advice from people who themselves luckily made it.Someday when you get over the process, you will understand why I wrote this like this.Till then you can frown and ignore this page.

But if you really wanna discover yourself. Mark my words – you got nothing to learnfrom us. Except this CHILL!

This document as you would notice is markedly different from the last face to face, givento us by our seniors. That --- You can find it in the files section of your yahoo groups. It

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is a more detailed study study kinda document. It tells you too many things to do and toomany things to read and learn.

With all due respect to their wonderful groundbreaking effort, somehow I found it waytoo much. What it gave was a far too large list of to dos and not to dos, to read and not toread. Such large mass intimidates, you try to do all what it preaches and wonder about thesupermen and women who did it. Sometimes you do it all and wonder why you are stillnot placed? It only brings about a feeling of self pity and deep pain. What we wannamake you is CHILL. Don’t wanna KILL.

All the things the earlier document prescribed were way too much to follow-- we did not.At least I did not, and even the people who religiously did so cant be found in the personswho got their jobs in one shot one kill, so the Ed team, decided to keep this as theywanted it to be --- BARE MINIMUM … something that we really did.. Something youcan easily do. Something which you will do for sure. We did the bare minimum but we

believed in ourselves. You can look thru the earlier detailed, comprehensive one and thenyou could look at this. But for anybody who likes to face reality, who knows thatwhatever ppl tell him, he can’t work that hard, for ppl who want a way out instead of

slogging like a mule, who just want a direction to be pointed out not a lift, for anyonewho is a realist and not an idealistic grasshopper, I hope you get what you want in the

pages to come.

The tone of this document is going to be completely colloquial as a b school hand medown should be. The document would be littered with personal comments of the Ed team.If you don’t like them, ignore them. You cant strike them off. Its for you ok but its our work. So bear with it! Instead fall in love with it! We would be full of mistakes and weare proud of them. We have not tried to keep checks on any typos. There are no attemptsto ensure accuracy. Infact no revisions have been made.. There are many gross oversightson the part of the Ed team.

Like the credits for the TCS people do not appear in the Killer Section. No personalgrudges, the questions used have been the first draft thus names were missing.

Also many experiences are missing, not my mistake (that’s my fav line) some had their heads too high in the clouds to come down and type out something for you juniors. Lookslike you guys are not the only mean ones who refuse seniors a formal farewell. Mean

people are everywhere. The guy typing this out is one!

If you have any negative comments to make, we are not ready to take them. Please dokeep them to yourselves and your useless unemployed gossip circles. By the time you

read this I already am on a fat paying job unfazed by whatever a bunch of kids have tocrib about. I am fed up of hearing negative comments. Enough of typing the introduction,so ladies and gentlemen without further a do, I present to you, the Chill Pill!

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Different diseases and their onset symptoms

Tata Consultancy Services

1. Written test.2. Two Rounds of Interview.

• Technical Interview.• Management Interview.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory

1. 2 pictures were passed around in a group of 12 people. They were given 10minutes to think over a story connecting the 2 pictures. Each narrates their ownstory to the entire group in Round 1. Round 2 has the entire group finally come toa consensus on one final story drawn out of individual stories.

2. The short listed move on to the interview.

Whirlpool

1. GDs in groups of 10s in which topics are changed at random. Like, you aresuddenly in midst of a discussion on “Youth Icon: Sushmita Sen or PriyankaGandhi?” when the recruiter interrupts, and throws in another topic – “How is itto fall in love?”

2. Short listed move on to the interview.

AFL

1. Group Discussion.2. Interview.

Genome Biotech


TNT

1. Group Discussion2. Personal Interview3. Thomas Profiling4. Personal Interview for shortlisted candidates5. Personal Interview focused on personal questions only for the final candidate

MaFoi

1) Group Discussion.

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2) Interview.

Reliance Retail1. IQ test of 15 min2. Interview.

ACC Ltd (Holdcem Cements)1. Written Test.2. Group Discussion.3. Interview

GMR 1. Written Test.2. Group Discussion.3. Interview

Jindal Stainless (Campus on Wheels)1. Telephonic Interview at Campus.

2. 3 Rounds of Interview at JSW.

Hindalco (Aditya Birla Group)1. Group Discussion.2. Interview.

Punj Lloyd (OVER SEAS PLACEMENT)1. Group Discussion.

2. Interview.

Visa Steel


Adani Group1. Group Discussion.2. Interview.

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Prevention is better than cure

What to prepare with respect to the CV?

1. Make a sexy CV, nothing short of sexy will do. Please ensure that theformat is the one being circulated in the class. The entire class should haveone format, without that the recruiter gets mightily pissed off. Any fancyideas about making a unique cv shuck it up your hose pipe. If your datasucks, so will your CV, a fat lady is a fat lady whether she wears a jeans or a ghagra-choli.

2. You should be through with each and every word of the CV. Don’t hide to put in your marks. Yes, I repeat put them there to avoid embarrassments of first being short listed and then being thrown out.

3. Your career objective must be good yet sensible don’t overjargonise please.

4. Prepare what you will tell about yourself that is not given in the CV.5. Read, re read, edit and re edit your CV till you get placed.

How to prepare for Placements?

• If you are not studying in July, you are Cool! If you are not studying in August,you are Smart, you don’t need to mug. If you are not studying in September, youare Brave. If you are not studying till October, something is seriously wrong withyou, go for a medical check up. If you are not studying even by November

—“ Course chod do yaar tum! ”

• Economic Times is a must read but rarely can you read all of it, everyday. (I knowI could not). Do this=== buy Business World once a week only Rs 10. Read thefirst 5 pages, called business snippets (if I am not wrong). It contains all the major happenings you should know about. If you feel something important enough to godeep into, proceed from there. Even if you don’t read ET chill. But don’t leavereading the discussions, debates on issues featured in ET. It’s not necessary toread news, not necessary to be aware, it’s necessary to have an educated opinionon it. If you are as dumb as me don’t worry, mug up opinions printed innewspapers on the Editorial pages and impress gals!

• Don’t waste time reading too many newspapers, journals, etc. Study, and developyour concepts, try seeing if you only know how to recite the answers or if youreally understand and can defend your answers. I know I am the first one to tellyou to not read too many newspapers, journals etc. This is because there are only24 hours in a day , study hard, play harder , if you don’t relax --- you become afreak who has only answers mugged up, No conceptual understanding which stayswith you 24X7. No confidence since you are confident only when you havemugged up for the last 3 days and 4 nights. It’s important to know your stuff, notmug it up. And live yar! Don’t rot in books!

• For GD practice--- Make groups of 6-8 members. Make sure you guys are friends.So that you don’t rip each other when egos get involved. However one act as achairperson and keep discipline( if you can do this without getting into breaks for

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gossiping, drinks or whatever). You can solidly prepare for GD. If you cant do it!I assure you, you will be mightily screwed in the fish market we have here.

• Practice for the interviews. Conduct mock interviews amongst yourself. Ask your boyfriend/ girlfriend to take your interview instead of coochie cooing over the phone. Telephonic interviews are better than phone sex. Keep doing this till youare as relaxed as possible. Till you can answer questions like introduce yourself,why hr, why XISS, why our company, why should we take you, in your sleep. Iswear to God this works!

• OB, Labour Laws, HRD and HRM are the most important areas for preparation.However pick one as your forte area. Fuck that up!

• You cannot expect a job without mastering OB and Labour Laws. An in-depthunderstanding of at least one is important. Know at least one; choose one area,where no body knows more than you. that’s your forte. No need to study all. Youcan’t … and even if you can … there are only 3.5 % chances it will help. Thecompanies come looking for smart people who can do work without looking into

books for mugging help and reference. They aint looking for bookworms who go back to look back into books as soon as they are assigned a job. They want peopleto manage businesses not libraries.

• How to prepare Labour Laws?

1. Read the Bare Acts2. No matter what READ NABHI!!!!!3. Acts like ID Act, CLRA Act, Factories Act, Standing Orders Act should

be at your finger tips.4. Understand the methods of calculations if any given in each Act e.g.calculation of Bonus.

5. Remember wage ceilings and other upper and lower limits given in theActs.

6. Remember the number specified for applicability of any provisions of theAct e.g. canteens, crèches etc.

7. Understand well that to whom is an Act applicable i.e. to which personsand which establishments.

8. Read Legal News and Views and FLR available in the library to knowabout the latest judgments and amendments.

9. Chill Pill Funda- If you are too lazy, or dumb, just do ID act, StandingOrders, Factories Act and CLRA. But please do this inside out. Or else noone can help you!!! I mean the bare acts.

• How to prepare for OB?

1. Take any one book and read your entire course. Remember read don’tmug.

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2. Lay emphasis on areas like Motivation. Leadership, Personality,Transactional Analysis and Ego states. Any two! Know them as if youwrote the concepts.

3. Understand the organizational implications and the use of each concept inthe organization.

4. Chill Pill Funda- If you are too lazy, or dumb, go to the end of the book…. Flip through the glossary. See if you know all the terms and whatthey mean … what you don’t know … look for the page number alongsideand go and read it. This way you will finish OB in 2 days and always dothis before an interview.

• How to Prepare for HRD?

1. Chill Pill Funda- Read “Readings in HRD” by TV Rao. That’s all!

• How to Prepare for HRM?

1. Read Lata Nair & Ashwathappa or any other book.2. Know the entire syllabus … especially be read to relate in your words

what each process encompasses. Eg. Hr audit, recruitment, discreetselection process etc.

3. Chill Pill Funda- You want some short cut here also? You are uselessyar! This is your specialization, please at least study this one!

• How to Prepare for IR?

1. Read Mamoria2. Read cases on IR related to Long Term Agreements, Collective

Bargaining, etc.3. You have to be thorough with Disciplinary Proceedings and The

Principles of Natural Justice. Example: You should be able to form acharge sheet, you might be asked by the interviewer to frame a chargesheet.

4. Understand the concepts and reasons behind the Grievance HandlingMachinery, Conciliation, Arbitration, Adjudication, etc.

5. Understand the concepts and types of strikes and look for solutions tostrikes in different situations.

6. Situational Questions are the toughest in IR interviews. So, read as manyIR cases as you can.

7. Chill Pill Funda- If you are too lazy … just read whatever you can esp. pts 3, 4 and 5. Ok now get thinking. You can’t read all precedents, think

what to do since most questions are case based. Be ready to defend your answers.

• How to Prepare for Other Subjects?

1. Read Stoner or Robbins for General Management.2. Know some basics of research methodology.3. Know your honors paper at least basics. Eg. You are an accounts honors

and you forgot what debit and credit stands for --- heinous crime buddy !

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• How to Prepare Beyond Academics?

1. Do not lie to the interviewer but if you have decided to lie aboutsomething in the interview then first convince yourself that it is the truthand no more a lie. The best way of doing so is to tell the lie as truth toyour friends so that you become an expert through practice. A lie in theinterview is not a lie until its caught.

2. Keep examples of demonstration of your strengths ready.3. Prepare how did you know about your weakness and what are you doingto overcome it.

4. Always substitute “weakness” by “areas of improvement”.

• Good Communication Skills is very important. Don’t panic if you are not a verygood communicator. You need not be flawless but your speech should be clear and you should be able to pass on the true meaning and the intended meaningacross the table. This reflects Clarity of Thought . Among the first lot to be placed was a pakka Bihari Babu! So much so for fatar fatar English !

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How to prepare for the specific company coming for campus?1. Collect information about the company from wherever possible. Internet is

the best place for the purpose. Use google.com.2. Go through the website of the company. Read and understand its Vision,

Mission, HR Practices, Future plans, future prospects, etc.3. Know about the industry to which the company belongs. Example: If AFL

is on campus you must be able to talk about the logisitics industry after theend of the quota regime.

4. “What will you bring to the company?” is an obvious question. Prepare it beforehand.

5. “Do you have any questions for us?” is an obvious question. Don’t missthis opportunity; prepare what you will ask them. Turn the bamboo aroundand shove it real hard !

6. Going through the companies website is not enough, search for articles onthe company in the archives of Economic Times. It is available on thewebsite www.economictimes.com. This will give you an edge over others.

7. Try to relate your profile with the company’s objectives and its culture.8. Chill Pill Funda- Believe you are made for the company. Just as you

believe your gal/man is made for you, all you have to do now is pass it onto the half bored 50 something jerk sitting in front of you.

Last but not the least; get your numerical ability, reasoning and English in order (MATkind preparation) to crack the IQ or Aptitude tests. And for other pshycometric tests andThomas profiling, relax you can’t help it. Jo man mein aaye likh dena! Kya hoga? RaamJaane!

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Killers- Unedited version

Abhishek Victor ( ACC)

My experience:- During the campus season i found out a very essential fact about placementsand it is that NO MATTER HOW SMART YOU ARE OR ACADEMICALLYSTRONG YOU WILL GET THE PLACEMENT ONLY ON THE DAY YOURPROFILE MATCHES WITH THE REQUIERMENT OF SOME COMPANY.

Its true and is a fact everyone of us experienced. Anybody who is an avragestudent and has below 60% in some examination please do not worry. Be strongand show them what it takes. Guys be very very perfect about labour laws andgals stop mugginbg up labour laws and get into HR remember girls are not likely

to be placed in IR jobs. Be very sure about all the subjects and remember thenames of all the subjects in all the four semester its quite embarassing notknowing the names of you core subjects.

Develop yourselves not only academically but also personality wise. Cool andbold attitude is the best thing to have with you. Please be calm and patient in theG.D. its not very necesary to always lead the G.D. its better to start second or third. Try to be present with mind and body in the G.D. room and show as if youare very attentive to what the others have to say. Carry a cool calm voice andlook direct in the eyes of the oponents and adrress every one in the room. G.D. iseasy if you are uptodate with current business events. Try to read and keep your

ears open for any kind of knowledge coming your way.

In the interview have answers ready and be very sure what you right in the C.V.take up the interview with a cool mind dont be over or under smart. if the Interviewer shares some knowledge do gather it might be handy in future. Tryto be straight forward and answer only what is asked. be very humble and gentleand be agressive were required.

And remember if i can get placed anybody can. LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR ALLMY JOUNIORS DO STAY IN TOUCH AND CONTACT IF ANY HELP ISREQUIRED.

Akancha (Genome Biotech)

During the placement what i lacked most was confidence and it was really scaryto see others whose preparations were far far better than mine. Communicationskill matters a lot so instead of feeling shy about your conversation one must takehelp and its not hard to find a helping hand if you look around. I started to talk inEnglish with my friends. And i believe it actually worked wonders for the G.D.For me the hardest part was the G.D. not because i was bad but because otherswere better and I sat for almost 8 of them before I finally got through. Once you

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cross the G.D. room the interview is just your academics, personality and other virtues. Try not to panic even if you do try to start panicking a little early so thatby the time you are in the interview room you are through panicking. Try to bebold and never compromise with your beliefs and values. You might lie aboutsomething but the person sitting across the table will find out sooner than youexpect. Take pride in who you are and never try to act over smart cause the onein front of you is smarter. As an advice i would tell all my juniors to put your heads together arrange for mock G.D's and interviews for the whole class. You should also get all theknowledge you can gather the internet is a great help. Be free to ask for help andalso be ready to help others cause if one person from the class is placed thatmeans one less competitor of the next company. Stick together that is the bestway to go about any thing. BEST OF LUCK AND STUDY HARD and please stayin touch all of you.

Akancha

James Antony (Punj Lloyd)

Finally I got through and that too on our last working day and may be the last companyon campus.

Experiences of few of the companies---AFL interview was good, I was very much satisfied but I didn’t get the feeling I willmake it--- didn’t happened for me. I took HINDALCO very lightly and didn’t study atall; I was bit arrogant in the interview. So don’t ever take any company lightly, Do your

part properly and leave the rest to the ultimate power. GMR interview was very good, Iwas very much determined that GMR will be mine. But this too didn’t work for me. I wasvery low and all my dreams to get placed from the campus were shattered. I got preparedfor the off – campus, booked my tickets, called up my seniors and alumni’s and was

planning the entire phase of off-campus.

My Company—

But finally PUNJ LLOYD happened. My GD was very good; I was very much confidentthat I’ll be there for the interview, but then my name was not in the list. I thought I shouldspeak to Mr. P.K. Gandhi (President – HR, the person who came).

What happened was….When I started speaking in the G.D. Mr. Gandhi got a phone calland he was busy attending to it, so I believe he didn’t listened to me and G.D. was onlyfor 5 minutes. I expressed the same to Mr. Gandhi, after some time he conveyed themessage through David for my interview.During the interview he said, “Beta, I liked your courage, you came to me and said Sir you didn’t listen to me”. May be that was my turning point. So the moral of the story is“Grab your opportunity”Interview was superb … a bit of situational questions and rest all personal questions. Ifinally made it and that too an overseas location. I made it because it was my day.

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Have a good subjective knowledge and all the latest trends in the business world. Even if you don’t get through few of the first companies don’t ever loose your confidencealways believe something best is waiting for you – I am the best example for you all.

Give proper justifications for the choices you have made in your life. Mind you mannersand your body language. Be polite, humble and assertive and always believe inYourself and Believe in GOD.

God Bless you all,Best wishes;Jammy

RANJIT- GMR Placement time is full of expectation and tensions. Placement is a process of profile matching. Companies come with the thought of picking up someonehaving particular skill set and they look for these in you. Be very attentive duringPPT , try to judge the requirements of company and find the values they givemore weightage to like positive thinking, leadership, team work etc. for those whoare soft spoken , don’t be soft spoken when appearing for interviews of companies looking for IR profile. I was not selected for ACC because of mysoftness. Be assertive and loud and clear when answering questions. Keep asmiling face, show interest and listen to the questions properly. Be very clear what interviewer is asking then only reply. be thorough with your academics as itwill give you a lot of confidence. I was one of the few who cracked all the gds andwritten round. Tips for gd is that reflect good body language, put your points welland give chance to the others, don’t try to dominate all the time. Prepare for written as you did for MAT or XAT. Before going inside the interview room think

that you are smarter than the interviewer and you can defend yourself. This willgive you a lot of confidence. If you don’t know answer to a question say sorry sir Ihave no idea politely. If you are not able to recall say sorry i am not able to recallat the moment and take time to think and answers accordingly. Prepare LL,OB,HRM,IR well. All the best to you all.

ROHIT- ACC It was my second interview after MAFOI. in the first one i had ruined my chances.I was not prepared for most of the questions (Lesson 1: Be well prepared before

appearing for any co.) and was far from being confident (Lesson 2: Be veryconfident, as if you don’t believe in yourself no one else will). In the interview for ACC, I was both well prepared and was full with confidence. When i entered theinterview room the interviewers (one VP (hr) and the other joint president) weregoing through my CV (Lesson 3: Your CV should be best in the batch preferablya colour printout in bond paper). The first question was the usual introductoryone. The next few questions were about difference of opinion between hr manager and line managers and how to respond to it. To most of my replies theywere not agreeable, it appeared to me as if I was been put in a corner but eventhen I stuck to my opinions(Lesson 4: Take your time while replying and once

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you have said something stick to it, having said that don’t appear to be stubborn).I was fortunate enough that not even one question asked to me was academic,i.e. they didn’t asked me what is OB, recruitment, selection, pa,etc. rather most of the situations given required conceptual clarity and holistic approach tomanagement(Lesson 5: Know your subject well but don’t limit yourself just as aHR professional). for most part of the interview, I was smiling showing greatinterest to interact with the interviewer( Lesson 6: keep a smiling face and appear at ease don’t make a face as if your GF/BF has just run away with your bestfriend). To sum it all, interview is a process of buying and selling, don’tloose even one chance to impress upon the interviewers. After all you knowyou’re the best.

Milli Das (Genome Biotech)

My first interview was that of Whirlpool. We had Gds in the first round. The GDwent alright next we faced interview. The interview was mainly behavioral. Thequestions ranged from family background, to happiest moment to highestachievement in life. Some tips: ---1) Stay cool and focused2) Dont lie, speak the truth3) Be fluent in whatever you speak4) Focus on your summer project5) Prepare well esp. be thorough with your summer project6) Face the interview with a Smile i.e. Positive attitude Though i was not able to clear Whirlpool i learned a lot.....some pitfalls: ---1) I was over ambitious2) I was not well prepared esp with OB, HRD and HRM (so prepare well in

advance) Next i faced Mafoi GD and interview. This interview was again behavioral,questions ranging from strength, weakness, likes, dislikes. One importantquestion that you should know thoroughly is

# What you want to do five years from now? i was not selected for Mafoi though i learnt 2 things from this interview----# Fluency in thoughts which is a must# Preparation of important questions about oneself in advance

The fifth company to enter our campus was GENOME BIOTECH....the GD wasEXCELLENT we had the topic “HR is a myth" in which i was asked to speak"FOR" it. Being a HR student it was difficult though i handled it very efficiently.

The interview was good. It was behavioral. Questions asked where simple butsometimes tricky. Recruiters look for candidates who show a positive attitudewith loads of attitude and smartness.Some tips: ----# Be soft spoken

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#Be clear as what you want to do in the future as a HR professional# Dont shout, speak politely#Show your interest in your own perspective#Be fluent and speak the truth. Finally I was selected in Genome Biotech. I was happy as i made to thiscompany.....These are some of the experiences which i wanted to share with youall.....there are three important MANTRAS that should be kept in mind ....theseare :----

# Prepare well esp OB, HRM, LAW, HRD, OD# Be thorough with your summer project# Be fluent, positive and smart. All the Best!!!! Best of Luck!!!!

Milli

Avantika- AFL

My entire placement experience can be summarized into if its your day no bodycan stop u.Its only that u have to wait 4 that day but that doesn’t mean one stopwrkng 4 that day. first hurdle is gd and 4 this one has to be prepared for everysituation even when u don’t have slightest idea of the topic have to make yr markin every situation whether in favour or not.Interview is five minute game. u have to prove yr worth in that 5 min. u need toshow to the interviewer yr individuality and believe me that what wrks.never try tohide your real self do not make up for 4 any thng no matter your failures.if u dontknow admit it openly as it shows yr attitude and adaptability towards organisation

and learning.

Avantika

Rinki Prasad – TNT

Well, this was the fifth company on the campus.I wasn't eligible for the first twocompanies-TCS &DRLas I was not a first divisioner throughout.

TNT was the third company I was appearing for.Icouldn't even clear the GD of

Whirlpool & AFL.And then realized I was not putting in my effort as the drive inme was missing.

So, on the TNT morning I went to college with a positive frame of mind. Iattended the PPT.The way things looked in the PPT I and my friends had a feeler that they are going to take a guy.Neverthless, I was determined to give my 100%whatever be the result.

I cleared the G.D and then was the Interview. I was with them for 50 minutes. Itwas grilling obviously. They tried everything to put me under stress and I must

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say that at one point of time I was about to give up and then realizing it Iimmediately gained control and also my equanimity. I, Prashant and Rahulmade to the final round. I admired them - they knew exactly what kind of peoplethey want-we three friends had the same wavelength.

Then the final interview at Kolkata the next day. The man was the national headHR and was a south Indian. He was speaking too softly and showed noexpressions on his face. It was great effort to hear him, trying to make out what ishe saying and then answer him.Man; this was another kind of stress. Well, theinterview was post mortem of my C.V., little academics and also current affairs. Itseemed to me that he almost asked everything possible on this earth.

Finally, ultimately, at last I made it.

Final words: Be calm, confident, most importantly be humble, and know your stuff.

Moral: Everybody has its own quota of struggle, hard times and failure. You haveto face it, don't let the failure overcome you instead learn from your failuresand move ahead.

Rinki Prasad

Akanksha Gupta ( Jindal Steel)

1st company: TCS cracked written but failed in interview first roundFeedback: Attitude problem!!! (Many will agree).I was sad but thought its ok my

profile was not matching their need.2 nd company: DRL thought its my company because my MSc MBA will be their perfect profile. I cracked GD but not the interview I was depressed.Companies came (Whirlpool, HCL) I couldn’t even clear GD I was frustrated likeany thing confidence was at level zero. Then came AFL thought I wont appear asit is a logistics co. but their presentation impressed me (truth is that I was nothaving any choice was not even sure of cracking it).I cant forget that day Subrotoboosted me a lot, taught the tricks of trade, interview was good and I wasconfident ki is bar to bas ho gaya but sorry i again failed anyway thanksSubroto!!. Next was TNT and I was not in a mood to even go through GD roundresult showed again failure.Mafoi was good experience I cleared GD (at last) but

interview again I failed. Then came Heroin of my story Kripa she forwarded myCV to one of her friends Richa who actually asked her cv but dear Kripaforwarded cvs of all 1st class holder four were short listed and there wastelephonic interview and I along with David and Amit were called for final round(courtesy....). We received five star treatment had 3 round of interview which wasa mixed bag ranging from management to competency mapping. Final round waswith ED it was very good i enjoyed every moment of it but due to earlyexperiences (Doodh ka jala chach bhi fook ke pita hai) I was not at all confidentof selection. Results came in and I was selected and placed at

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Toranagallu:).Thanks to mom and dad their presence helped me finally (you cansee God in MA and PAPA)

Moral of Story : There is light at the end of tunnel and believe me you are goingto enjoy the tunnel journey becoz atleast I have grown a lot as a human beingduring this period. But one caution before traveling please have friends who willbe supporting you day in and out thanks to Archita,Sini, Reema, Roshni,Rinkiand Sonal Thanks yaar thanks for being there.About studies identify your weakest point and make it stong kyun ki questions usi se pooche jayenge and betruthful through out the process please no egos. All the Best!!

Akanksha Gupta

RASHID JAFFREY: TCS + Tata Steel (PPO) ( By the time you read this, Iguess both he and mukki may have jumped, Congo guys!)

Try to start your interview on a lighter note. Be witty or even a smile can do.Be prepared in terms of academic questions which will certainly add to your confidence level.

Prepare thoroughly on personal questions (ur strengths, weaknesses, interests,aspirations, achievements etc)My interview at TCS was more oriented towardsbehavioral assessment with little stress on academic questions. They did try toput me under pressure when the interviewers started a threadbareanalysis(around 25 minutes) of my short term career objective(as I hadmentioned in the application blank).I had a hard time defending my short-termcareer objective. So prepare well on your short term(2-5 years) and long termgoals(5 or more years, specially for TCS Be candid with the interviewer and give

honest responsesand yes dont forget to carry ur smile which can workwonders specially during stressful situations.

Rashid Jaffrey

Sini Benedict (Hindalco)

We all know that placement is the time when your ability to withstand pressure istested .I faced these pressures as everybody else in my class .The only

difference was that our ways of facing it was different .I had told myself that eventhough I might not get a job I would not try to portray myself as a different personin the front of interviewers. Because maybe I would get that job but I wouldhave to be somebody else throughout that job which I would not be comfortablein being. My seniors used to tell me that when it is your day then nothing can change it.Even I have felt the same way because I faced questions that I had been wellprepared for during my interview with the HINDALCO interview panel like theyasked me how do you identify yourself with the organisation(I had prepared

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thoroughly for these kind of questions by visiting their website and answeredaccordingly).There have been many things that I have learned during theplacement time but one important thing that I have learnt is that only if you areaware of your positive aspects then only will you be able to make others see it .(Please do Swot Analysis of yourself with some guidance from your parents or anybody who knows you best).So, just try your best and leave everything else toGod.

Sini Benedict

Archita Mishra (TCS)

Getting a job is a lifetime experience whether it's in first go or after many retakes.And one learns the moral of life from these experiences. And its simply that, if itsyour day, you get through. That exactly happened to me in my TCS interview. Itsnot that I performed better or others performed badly,jst they needed me and iwas there. As it was my chance 2 get through, everything happened in a flow. Inmy interview they asked me what exactly i could handle. It happened sosmoothly, that I was almost sure about the results. When the results wereannounced, believe me i was in total shock for 2 days. I couldn't believe that godcan be so nice 2 me so soon. And every person has a day in his/her life whenone is proud 2 say that god was with me 2day.

Archita mishra

Mukesh Agarwal (TCS + TATA STEEL –PPO)

Had a very short experience of the placement fever which is very fortunate on mypart. This is because I did not prepare formally for placement until the last 2 daysof TCS coming to campus. I was complacent for it, expecting a pre placementoffer from TATA STEEL. Anyhow the 2 days of my preparation was atotally nerves testing effort and I tried to cover everything I could. On the final dayI wasn't nervous a bit thanks to my confidence build upon my marks and a hopefrom TATA STEEL. " When you have nothing to lose you put in your best ”,this is what I inferred from my interview in TCS.I had a very short 1st round

interview and the conclusion was , " even if you speak wrong, do it withconfidence ", but it should be generally avoided unless you are very doubtful of the interviewer’s competency. Final round of interview-" don't let stress come onto your face and project your true picture ". All the very best to my juniors. Mukesh Agarwal

MADHULIKA BHAGAT-RELIANCE RETAIL

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The aptitude test consisted of 50 questions to be solved in 12 minutes.Questions were simple and included areas like logical, mathematical, reasoningwith no negative markings. So accuracy was the keyword.In the interview at RELIANCE RETAIL, there were two persons in the panel. The

interview started with personal questions and then progressed to situationalquestions. The interview was not structured and was totally behavioral. Not asingle question was asked from academics. Basically they were checkingattitude.Always be honest in the interview. Good communication skills enhances thechances of success. Be confident and keep abreast yourself with the changingtrends in HR.Do a SWOT analysis of yourself.U will always be asked tosubstantiate your statement. Always have an overview of the company for whichyou are going to take the interview.

Madhulika bhagat

Roshni Gupta-Mafoi Consultants My interview at Mafoi was completely behavioural.It began with personalques., then to situational and then to a stress interview. The panel consisted of two persons, they were supportive. It is generally the GD where the recruitersstart noticing that is why GD must be taken very seriously. Subjects likeLab.Laws, OB, HRM, and HRD must be thorough; this gives a lot of confidence.do your job sincerely because rest the Almighty will do.

Roshni

SUDHIR CHOUDHARY (HINDALCO)

It is a well established fact that people associate happiness with that oneparticular moment which they finally attribute to their positive thought process. SoI would say, work hard to get a taste of that moment. Believe me; I have done itso can you. Hats off to all my batch mates!

SMRITI SINHA (TCS)

Getting placed in the first organisation was an enthralling experience for me. In myopinion what worked for me was a sound knowledge of my summers. Together with itone needs to be relaxed, confident and charming all throughout the process especially in

front of the interview panel. Work hard nonetheless, take a chill pill …. Ciao

Victor Samel Kandulna (AFL)

Well it was my good luck that I had not to face much hurdles in getting placed.AFL was the company on campus. I was interested in TCS but could not sit for it,as I had more than 2 years gap in studies. Second Whirlpool I was one of the 10shortlisted but somehow could not make the cut. For AFL I was pretty sure, asthe GD went quite smoothly and the interview could not have been better, indeed

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it was sexy! What really mattered was my confidence and that saw me sailthrough the process.

SIMI SARA MATHEW (RELIANCE RETAIL)

Confidence matters, presence of mind matters, belief in God matters. A supporting bestfriend matters, loving and caring classmates matter. You matter! Nothing else matters.Prepare well and leave the rest to God!

STEPHEN LESLIE (HINDALCO)

Experiencing interview is itself a great experience. I sat for 2 interviews, the firstone was in AFL and the 2nd one was in HINDALCO.Well the first interview inAFL i screwed myself as I was lacking in confidence and the eye contact with theinterviewer was completely missing. I was not what I was, academically I wasgood and I answered all the question but the personal round i spilled it. I was notsatisfied with the way things went on.Well as per the second interview I had got all the things right, the confidence,

eye contact, academics and personal questions. All i can say is be yourself, andthe answers which one gives should satisfy the interviewer. Interview is nothingbut love at first sight that is what the response i got from the person later on whowas taking my interview. Thanks a lot cheers and best of luck for the future to allthe beloved juniors.

Stephen Leslie

Sonal Supriya-Dr Reddys Laboratories

TCS -This was the first company I appeared for. The tension of "what if i don't getthrough "took its toll on me (i was not selected ).My feedback of theinterview was that i was very casual and lacked focus. So my piece of advice toyou people is as per my experience of the TCS failure :

BE well prepared with all the book concepts and there practical applications asthis gives us the necessary confidence .Moreover the interviewers are also notinterested in the rut bookish talks. Practice your behavioural questions thoroughly10-15any number of times it takes you to be confident while speaking also keepa check on ur expressions. Try the mirror test. look at urself while speaking and

also judge urself as a recruiter whether like urself as ur own potential employee.(this works).

In GD speak little ,speak substance,also let others speak. GD is group discussionand recruiters expect something substantial to come up from the discussion,This brightens the chance not just of an individual but the group to be shortlistedfor the interview.

About DRL i followed everything that I ve mentioned and I was through.

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Mritunjay Verma( ACC)

Work hard and believe in yourself. Get your basics right, you can get placed evenif you have decent communication skills. English and style are not all, substancematters!

Pramod Jha (TCS)

the interview panel were very supportive and encouraging a lot for my reply. Iwill suggest you to be very thorough with the basics because there is nosubstitute for that .for HR professionals soft skill is very important so pleaseanswer Q. softly but be confident , polite , still assertive. for situation based Q. inHR round , do not get nervous if they say u r at wrong foot and plz suggestanother method for this .........because they want to know about ur analyticalpower and ur out of box thinking will bail you out. definitely show that u r desperate to work with that company but do not say it directly. for TCS goodcommand over OB, HRM ,HRD(exerting more on recent happening ),and labour law(payment of gratuity act, payment of bonus act, ID Act, contract labour act ,shops and establishment act,EPF act,...........cover those act which are applicablein TCS) are important.TATA Gr. of company exert a lot of importance on thesound ethical background of the candidate.so defnitely show that ur personalvalue system is aligned to that company..never hurt the ego of interview member and donot tell a lie too because u would be caught easily , which may be asucidal attempt for u. at last one thing .............COMMUNICATION IS THEESSENTIAL FACTOR FOR UR SELECTION BUT MIND IT , IT CAN'T BE THEONLY DECIDING FACTOR OVER UR KNOWLEDGE...............

Piya (Reliance Retail)

6 months and around 15 companies later I’m finally placed! Each rejection was amajor setback for my self - confidence and depression was setting in. Guess Ilearnt the lesson that nothing in life comes easy!In most of the companies there was a GD followed by an interview. GD topicsranged from abstract to HR related topics. Interviews included both academicquestions as well as behavioral ones. My most satisfying interview was GMR, infact in my opinion it was better than Reliance Retail. Reliance Retail interview

was also divided into academics and behavioral questions. There were questionsfrom Labour Laws, OB and HRD. Subir Sinha asked a lot of questions about thekind of books I have read..he even asked me to analyze ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘TheDa Vinci Code’! It was not altogether a very taxing interview though they werechecking whether I baulked under stress through cases at times.It is better to be truthful in the interview. It helps you to be prompt in replying andalso maintain eye contact, which always falters if you are weaving some story(unless you are great at it). To all of you my advice is to never loose confidencein yourself. All the best to all!

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Abhishek David (Hindalco)

9 in a row – failed. But why is there is any reason behind it or just luck? That is what youalways need to look. Always assess what went wrong as per you (Not upon the feedback of interviewer – which leads you no where) in the interview and try to correct it everytime. For GDs all you need to do is study ET regularly. For the rest, relax and beyourself. I went through 9 rejections, while my closest pals got in companies one shot

one kill. I got disappointed but I never gave up. Don’t ever lose hope! You will get whatyou deserve; the going may seem tough and impossible but tell me when did you ever geta good thing without fighting for it? Every good thing is worth fighting for. Get up andfight!

THE WINNER OF THE HIGHEST EVER OFFER

M arita D’santos Whirlpool (8 lakhs p.a.) Don’t study! Ok don’t listen to me I don’tknow a thing ( seriously I don’t not Labour Laws not OB except for maybethe Motivation chapter that also because I did it as my project and that also

because my weirdo bookworm guide made me go through Robbins.

All I did was really do my summers well and that’s what I really knew. I was lucky that Ihad not been asked any academic questions as my interviewer believed thatacademics was not an indicator of how good an individual was, it was the

practical aspects that mattered and maybe I displayed that I could work. Godonly knows!!!! Well he liked the way I answered and I was in. One thing Ido know is that I rank in the last 30 in class, I am not an expert on theacademic aspect and I don’t study. But I was confident that day I told myself that I had nothing to loose as I was a loser already there was nothing more Icould loose. If I lost the first company there was always a next and a nextand a next. That’s all be cool – interviewers are no big shit their just humans

like you and they are not sentencing you to death.

Subroto Baul - DRL

This guy was asked 3 questions relating to PMS models and one about a compensationmanagement model, which he had never heard before, also he had no idea what Zero

based Manpower planning was all about, and also he had never read of a leadershipmodel asked by the panel. Unfortunately he can’t ever recollect the names of thosemodels (how can he, he heard it for the first time). Guess what he is one of the 2 selected

at DRL.Moral of the story:” Safe 7” model for interview success: you can get selected even if

you don’t answer 7 questions per interview. Go ahead enjoy your 7. Don’t panic, keepcounting below the table, you can go till 7 fingers. It’s safe! Logic: they ask you 49 other questions which you answer, so? And what if you touch 7 then? Still- Don’t panic!Maybe your experience can make us redefine “safe 7” as “safe 9”. Whatsay? Godspeedmate!

No matter what happens remember ---

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1) There is nothing a man can’t do, if he wants to. Problems,lack of time are all excuses.2) If you think that you have already hit the rock bottom andthere is nothing you can do but regret and cry. Wake up, things can get worse. Get upand fight!3) CHASE YOUR DREAMS! DON’T RESORT FOR ANYTHING BUT WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT

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GDs

WHIRLPOOLLeaders are born /made.Who would be a role model Ash . Sush or Priyanka gandhi ?Who would be better Kapil dev or Saurav ganguly ?

What makes you fall in love.How it is to fall in love.You are a delegate of the prime minister. Give him one suggestion to increase theGDP of India? Discuss and come to a consensus.Going to the disc is good or bad.India in the next 5 years.Role of young politician.Jharkhand 5 years before and now.Sushmita, Priyanka Gandhi or Aishwarya Rai, who will create a greater impact infuture.Suggest some practical measures to eliminate naxalisms.Munnabhai MBA.

TNTWhat would be the future --service or manufacturing sector?.TU nism in India is declining..Hr a strategic partner to the business.Globalization effect on Indian economy.Is Manufacturing Sector losing its charm to the B School Graduates.HR presence a myth or reality.

ACCImpact of Globalization on society.

The changing role of HR in the globalize world.AFL

Should doctors be tried in consumer courts?Does the fresher add value to the org or the org adds value to a fresher?Shared power can change the fate of Indian Cricket.Should prostitution be legalized n India.Is the growth in the sensex sustainable?Can Sharad Pawar change the fate of cricket?India should look for services / manufacturing sector.

GENOME BIOTECH

Hr is a myth.Mobile phones or landline which is best.Malllika Sherawat truly represents India.Ranchi gals are smarter than Mumbai gals.Small town girls are more smarter than Mumbai Girls.Mobiles are a necessity or a commodity?

MafoiHR adds value to the org .Should ther be flexibility in labour laws.

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Is India taking proper action to have competitive advantage over china?Labour legislation is not supporting the Indian economical growth.Future challenges of HR

HDFCHr mgrs cannot be good CEOs.PA vs Potential.

HR cost centre or a profit centre.HCL“Between.” .As you are the last GD group give us reasons why the previous group did not

perform well assuming that they are all rejected.A glass was on the table they asked to describe what can you do with the is glass.Hr is a myth.Fried ice-cream.What you cannot do with glass.“But”.

GMR Infrastructure industry will see a boom in the next 10 years.A glass was on the table. You are asked to describe what you can do with theglass.Are women good managers?

HINDALCOPoliticians are the best managers.Unionization of IT.Should Trade unions be allowed in IT sector?

BAJAJ ALLIANZWomen can only be good home makers.

Zero.VISA STEEL10 years down the line JHARKHAND will be the best state in India.

Tips for GDsThere is no right or wrong. Anything which you can defend is right.It does not matter if you have never heard of the topic before. Many have not.Shut up for some minutes let others speak and pick it up from there.Look good, dress smart, Speak less/more, softly/loudly get noticed.The Chill Pill Funda - Never fear! Remember the time you tried to keep away the

bicycle from the only drain at the side of a wide road, but no matter what you didyou always found yourself and your cycle in the drain. What you fear you make ithappen yourself! Believe in your dreams! Dream of it happening! They will cometrue, I promise you --enter the room confident. There is nothing more we can saythat common sense does not already tell you.

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General Physician

Personal Questions

Q. Tell us something about your family background.Q. What do you expect from your first job?Q. Tell us about yourself.Q. What is your favorite subject and why?Q. Why HR?Q. One thing you would like to change bout yourself.Q. Introduce yourself.

Q. Why HR not marketing?Q. Your biggest achievement.Q. 5 adjectives by which your friends would most likely describe you.Q. Do you have a girlfriend/ boyfriend?Q. What is your drive in life?Q. Why work for company XYZ?Q. Give an incident of your work life wherein you displayed your leadership skills.Q. What are your career plans?Q. Happiest moment of your life.Q. Biggest Failure of your life.Q. Your role model.

Q. What will you do 5 years from now?Q. What are your Hobbies?Q. Will you work in the Sahara desert if given a substantial compensation?Q. What are your values in life?Q. What have you learnt from your hobbies?Q. Why HR after B.Com?Q. 3 reasons why your friends like you.Q. 3 reasons why your friends dislike you.Q. Justify social work/field work?Q. Give an instance of a stressful situation and how u handled it.Q. What kind of extra – curricular activities do you indulge in?

Q. Are you an introvert or extrovert?Q. If your friends speak about you what positives and negatives will they put up?Q. Which game do you enjoy playing? Do you know what the characteristics of

people involved in such games are?Q. What according to you are the various aspects involved in working, studying and

participating in extra curricular activities at the same time?Q. How mobile are you?Q. What are the places you have visited till date? Which is the place you like the

most and why?Q. What do you expect from the organization?

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Q. Prove that you can adjust in any part of the country.Q. Give an example of your leadership quality.Q. Give an example to show you are empathetic.Q. Which ego state do you belong to?Q. Given an option from where would you like to start the job and justify the same.Q. Why do you think you are suitable for the job?Q. How would your hobbies help in your professional life?Q. Why do you read Economic Times?Q. Why have you got less mark in graduation?Q. Give a short presentation on any topic.Q. Which two CEO’s you like most and why?Q. What two things are most important to start a business in Jharkhand, give your

view as a HR manager?Q. How can you be beneficial for us?Q. Today’s temperature,Q. What do you want to learn in the organization?Q. What are your career objectives?Q. Give us two reasons why would we reject you?

Q. What are your strengths and weaknesses?Q. Do your MBTI?Q. What was the last movie you saw?Q. What was the theme of the movie?Q. How do you take decisions in life?Q. What do you rank yourself in class?Q. What is your rank in class?Q. What was your rank in 1 st semester?Q. To what extent are you loyal?Q. What are your career anchors and what do you derive from them?Q. Be very specific and clear about your short term and long term career objective.

Q. Do you have enough knowledge on your hobbies? Demonstrate.Q. Why should we reject you?Q. One memorable learning experience of your life.Q. Any instances where you have learned from teamwork?Q. Rate your loyalty.Q. What would you like to remember for after your death?Q. How fluent are you with visual basic?Q. Do you think the media is playing a responsible role in this country?Q. Why is your rank in class?Q. Tell me something about yourself that is not mentioned in your CV?Q. Substantiate your strengths and weaknesses by examples.

Q. What are your short term and long term goals?Q. Where have you traveled?Q. Why come all the way from Delhi to Ranchi?Q. What is your opinion about the world economy?Q. Justify the gap of 1 year in your academics.Q. Define your self in one line?Q. Do you think attitude of a person can be changed?Q. Define Your Personality?Q. How far you are good in computers?

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Q. Being a female, what are the things you need to work on, once you join anorganization?

Work Experience Related QuestionsQ. Why did you leave your previous job?Q. What was the job profile?

Summer Project Related QuestionsQ. Where did you do your summers?Q. Explain your Summer Project in detail.Q. Why did you do your summers in company XYZ?Q. What suggestions did you give to the organization in your summers?Q. What did you learn during the summers?Q. How many of your suggestions have been implemented in the organization?Q. What is the topic of your summer project? Executive summery?Q. How did you proceed with your summer project?Q. How did you gather the data?Q. What are the problems you faced in your project?Q. What are the various sampling methods? Don’t you think a stratified sampling

technique would be better for you?Q. What was the process involved in your summer project?Q. Do the SWOT of the company?Q. What leadership style they follow?

Labour LawQ. What should be the distance from the urinal to the place of drinking water?Q. What is sec 9 of ID Act?Q. What should be the distance of a liquor shop from a workshop?Q. What is the minimum number of women workers required for a crèche?Q. What changes should be introduced in lab laws?Q. Do service providers need to take a contractor’s license?

Q. Can we employ contract labour in courier business?Q. State 5 provisions for women under the factories act.Q. What acts are applicable to the software industry?Q. What is lay off and retrenchment?Q. Is Contract Labour Act applicable to software industry and if yes how?Q. Which acts are applicable to ITES?Q. What section under Factories Act cannot be amended?Q. Who is a protected workman?Q. What is a strike and lockout?Q. What is the procedure laid down for closing down an establishment?Q. Why is the CLRA act so called?

Q. Are Apprentices eligible under ESI Act?Q. What is the objective of the Shops and Establishments Act?Q. Can teachers of XISS form a trade union?Q. State some of the components of Standing Orders.Q. Which act mentions the changes that can be made in working conditions and

name a few changes that can be made?Q. Who are the people who have to be informed about the changes in the working

conditions?

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Q. How do you calculate the gratuity? What is gratuity? Do you think that theemployees benefit by writing 26 days for calculation of gratuity instead of 30days?

Q. What is the minimum number of years of continuous service for granting of gratuity? Does a person get gratuity if he dies in the first year itself?

Q. State some of the welfare provision.Q. What are the duties of a welfare officer?Q. What Is Sec (9)A of ID Act?Q. What is Schedule 4 of ID Act?Q. What is Sec 33 of ID Act?Q. Is petrol pump a factory?Q. What is sec 11 of ID act?Q. Are lab laws losing its importance?Q. Difference between employee and workman.Q. Difference between salary and wages.Q. What is the contribution of the employer to ESI?Q. What is subsistence allowance?Q. What is Section V a of ID Act?

Q. Definition of industry proposed in ID Act.Q. What are two methods of signing an agreement with TU in ID Act? State the

relevant sections and which one would you prefer? Why?Q. Definition of workman.Q. Latest and proposed amendments.Q. Need of factories act.Q. Can the maternity benefit be given to any female after the 1 st day of joining?Q. Max and Min bonus limits.Q. What is set-on and set-off?Q. Difference between contract labour and worker of contractor.Q. Difference between workman and worker.

Q. Difference between factory and industry in one line.Q. What is the salary limit of workman in the ID Act?Q. What is allocable surplus?Q. Is the HR manager of a factory a worker or not?Q. An employee overstaying the leave granted due to falling sick will he be

considered absent or not?Q. What is FT? What is its latest judgement and where?Q. Enumerate important sections of ID act, 1947?Q. What is the procedure for closure?Q. Contribution of employee in PF?Q. How many Acts are applicable to the IT industry?

Q. Where is CLRA applicable?Q. What is Court of Enquiry?Q. When was the factories act implemented?Q. Who is a worker?Q. Which year was the ID Act passed?Q. Which year was the Factories Act passed?Q. So why did ID Act come before Factories Act?Q. Define Child.Q. What are the provisions for child workers in Factories Act?Q. For how many workers should a canteen be provided?

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Q. For closure of an organization, how many days notice has to be given?Q. What is the definition of factory?Q. What is the minimum gratuity payable?Q. What is Sec 22 of ID Act?Q. What are the recent amendments in ID Act and Factories Act?Q. Objective of the ID Act and the Factories Act..Q. Difference between Minimum Wages Act and Payment of Wages Act.Q. What is the period of layoff?Q. What is illegal strike?Q. How will you calculate gratuity?Q. What is the difference between HR and IR?Q. What is Sec 22 of ID Act?Q. What is Standing Order?Q. Is CLRA act applicable in TCS?Q. What is maximum wages for the applicability of ESI act?Q. What is the scope of EPF act 1952?Q. What is the provision for the closure of the sick industry has already under the

consideration of BIFR?

Q. Give a presentation on Hazardous Process? Which were the sections includedafter Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

Q. What do you mean by Legal Compliance?

HRMQ. What is the Balance Scorecard?Q. What is TQM?Q. What is PMS?Q. What is the role of KRA in Balance Score Card?Q. What is TAT in recruitment?Q. How would you link compensation to PMS?Q. What is a Performance Appraisal System?Q. What is Central Tendency and Recency effect?Q. What is change management?Q. What is a paradigm?Q. How is change brought about in the organization?Q. What is the process of change under Lewin’s model?Q. What is 360 degrees feedback?Q. How can you bring changes successfully in the organization?Q. What are Psychometric tests?Q. Who is Warren Bennis?Q. What is Johari Window?Q. What is MBO?Q. What are Competencies?Q. If given a choice which area would you prefer Competency Mapping,

Performance Appraisal, 360 degree manpower , Manpower Planning,Recruitment and why ?

Q. What is HRD? What is its importance?Q. Do you think that annual increment is required or necessary?Q. What is In-Basket exercise?Q. What are the external sources of recruitment?Q. What is cheaper internal or external sources of recruitment?

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Q. Explain the process of training.Q. Defects of Performance Appraisal.Q. What are the latest HR practices?Q. Who started Buddy Method in India and who uses it in IT?Q. How can you develop the balance score card it in any organization?Q. What is absenteeism?Q. What is the difference between absenteeism and leave?Q. What is the latest ERP PACKAGE?Q. How can you make macro in the excel sheet?Q. Choice between two organizations.Q. Who has developed the latest ERP package and from which country?Q. What is Six Sigma?Q. Why HR after engineering?Q. What is 180 degree appraisal?Q. What is BARS?Q. What are the steps in recruitment process? From Manpower Planning.Q. What is performance appraisal?Q. Differentiate between the first and last step of performance appraisal and PMS?

Q. In performance appraisal from Where does the goal come from?Q. What is CSR?Q. What are the five functions of HRM?Q. What is MBO?Q. What is HR audit?Q. What is Strategic HRM?Q. What are the various sampling methods?Q. What is Strategic Human Resource Management? Why the “Strategic”?Q. What is selection? Discreet, ComprehensiveQ. What is PCMM? Steps of PCMM.Q. What is Group Think?

Q. How have you experienced Team Work?Q. Who is am mentor?Q. What is HRM? 5 functions of management?Q. What is the relation between Theory X and Y and Herzberg’s Two Factor

Theory?Q. How will you contribute to the field of HR?Q. How is counseling carried out?Q. Is pilot a worker?Q. What is the difference between HR & IR?Q. What is competency?Q. How can you reduce the attrition rate of a company?

Q. What are the qualities of a leader?Q. Do you think listening skill is essential for a leader?Q. 3 ways in which you will reduce HR costs.Q. Give any radical method of recruitment ( not the text book stuff)Q. What is Groupthink?Q. What is Group shift?Q. IT Industry is booming. Elaborate.Q. What have you learnt at XISS?Q. What do you understand by KRAs?Q. If we put you in IR would you be comfortable working in a factory?

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Q. Suppose we tell you to implement PA in our organization, what will yousuggest?

Q. Which is the most important function in HR and why?Q. What is perceptual selectivity?Q. How have you learnt team management from doing the projects which involved

a partner?Q. What are your short terms and long term plans?Q. Do you think that HR professionals should have knowledge about marketing?Q. How would you market HR strategies/policies?Q. What is Kirkpatric Model in training? And its organizational implementation.Q. Give some suggestions to improve current training system?Q. Step wise difference between Performance Management System and

Performance Appraisal.Q. What are the Rating Errors in PA? Name any five of them with description and

examples?Q. Difference between KPA and KRA?Q. Difference between competence and competency?Q. What is BEI? Difference between BEI and BDI.

Q. What is Critical Incident Technique?Q. How assessment center helps in Competency Mapping?Q. How e-learning mode helps the Training Process?Q. How you relate the Competency Mapping with Performance Appraisal?Q. Difference between In-Basket and Role Playing exercise?

OBQ. What is OB?Q. What is motivation? Tell us some theories.Q. What are values?Q. What will you do if you have to convince someone regarding something which

goes against your values?Q. How can you apply OB in practical life?Q. Is it possible to assess an individual’s personality by interaction?Q. Define Attitude.Q. What is leadership?Q. Which is your favorite area in OB?Q. Why is OB required in HR? What is OB? Tell me, I know nothing about it.Q. Elaborate on theory X and theory Y.Q. What is Hertzberg’s theory of motivation? What would you as an employee be

interested in having as motivation and hygiene factors?Q. What are the Leadership theories?Q. What is TA?Q. Which ego state do you belong to?Q. What are the various ego states?Q. What are the various transactions in TA?Q. What do you understand by A type and B type personalities?Q. State some Motivation theories & basic differences between them.Q. Do you know some of the personality tests and how they are used?Q. What is need and desire?Q. Differentiate between primary motive and secondary motive.Q. Explain Johari Window.

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Q. How do reduce the Hidden area in your Johari window?Q. What are the two tools in your view possessed by HR managers by which HR

can bring about a revolution in the organization and why?Q. What are the negotiation skills that managers should have? Prioritize themQ. Case study –150 employees in an organization. They are all highly

demotivated, the attrition rate is very high and employees are using theorganization as a stepping stone. How do you deal with such a situation?

Q. What are shortcuts to decision making?Q. How talent and competency different from each other?Q. What are ethical dilemmas?Q. Do you think ethics and profit go hand in hand?Q. What is an inverted Maslow?Q. What are the needs under Maslows Need hierarchy?Q. Explain Black and Moutons Managerial Grid?Q. Explain Johari window?Q. Explain McGregor’s Theory?Q. What is the relationship between Hertzberg and McGregor’s theories?Q. Why OB?

Q. Where do you fit in Maslows need hierarchy?Q. Give the theories of learning?Q. What is MBTI?Q. How will you motivate people?Q. What is the difference between self-sufficiency and self-efficacy?Q. What is Emotional Intelligence?Q. When did you cry last? Why?

TIPS FOR INTERVIEWSDress smart; smell good not only to impress the interviewer but to feelgood about yourself.Watch your mannerisms, be polite, but in no way subservient.Speak not more than asked but please explain your answers completely,often what you say and what people understand are 2 different things.Maintain eye contact, keep smiling like an idiot! It always works!

Never bluff, but if you do believe in the bluff!Body language while you enter the room and leave the room say a lot.Let your handshake recommend you.Once you enter the room, forget anything else. Be like the lion waiting,carefully, very silently till the entire question has been narrated and thenget ready to pounce with the answer.

Be polilte, be courteous but be firm even when you have to disagree withthe interviewer.Chill Pill Funda – Interviewer is not a God, he is a bored jerk whomnobody at his organisation likes. That is the reason he has been sent to ahell hole called Ranchi. He is a bigger loser than you are. And you myfriend have nothing to lose. Bus, Train, Chokri aur Naukri – EK GAYITO DOOSRI JAROOR AATI HAIN!

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THE SPECIALISTS

TCS

Extremely sorry for not putting up the credits. The guys are :Archita, Mukesh, Moumita, Rashid, Pramod, and Smriti, these 6 made the cuts. Therest are a compendium of questions as asked to some other who appeared for TCS.

Interview 1:

1) Introduce/Describe yourself.2) Why HR?3) What is Recruitment?4) What is Selection? What is Discreet and Comprehensive Selection?5) How is selection carried out?6) Difference between recruitment and selection.7) Give us a brief idea of your summer project.8) “IT is booming”. Discuss relevant HR issues.9) What are your values in life?10) How do you control your value system?11) To what extent would you rate yourself as loyal?12) Explain the PCMM model and steps therein.13) How do you spend your time? Give us an idea of your hobbies and why are you

into them?14) Give us an idea of your extra curricular escapades and what interests you therein?15) Why are the Hygiene factors called so?16) What is your area of interest in HR and why?17) Differentiate between Group/Team.18) How have you experienced Team Work?19) Shoot the Blake & Mouton Leadership Model.20) ? What is your Go on about the Johari Window.

Interview 2

1) Describe yourself.2) Why HR?3) Define OB?4) How is OB relevant to OUR industry?5) What are the different theories of Learning?6) What is OD?7) What are the various types of OD interventions?8) What is SHRM? Why “strategic”?

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9) What is your rank in class?10) What was your rank in the Ist semesterrank in the class?11) What was your summer project? Where?12) What method of sampling did you use?13) What are the various types of sampling methods used? Don’t you think a stratified

random sampling method is almost always the best method to be used?14) Differentiate between various sampling methods.15) Which year was the ID Act passed?16) Which year was the Factories Act passed?17) So ID came even before Factories! Why do you think so?18) Define child as per Factories Act.19) What are the provisions related to child workers in the Factories Act?20) What are the provisions related to women workers in the Factories Act?21) For how many workers should a canteen be provided?

Interview 3

1) What specific area in HR do you want to work in the most?2) What is competency mapping? How will you do it?3) What is PMS? What is PA? Differentiate.4) Choose your need hierarchy as per Maslow’s Theory.5) What are your career anchors? (In English this one means what

drives you or lets put it this way your career goals,places where you wanna drop your anchor i.e. take a breakafter crossing a significant part of the voyage, you knowkinda milestones . Asked from the guy’s CV career objective.)

Interview 4

1) Introduce yourself.2) Why venture into OUR industry?3) Why the shift in your field of academic pursuit i.e. from whatever to HR?4) State the different types of personality.5) Differentiate between competency and competence.6) Types of Transactions that could take place between 2 persons.7) Differentiate between ID and Factories Act.8) State the provisions for women workers as per the Factories Act.9) Is a person employed in OUR industry a worker/workman?10) Is our industry a factory/industry?

11) State the provisions for child as stated in the Factories Act.12) Figures for Payment of Bonus Act. Eligibility figures, Maximum, Minimum andall other related figures.

13) What is Motivation? Perception? Learning? Attitude?14) Draw a diagram showing Maslow, Herzberg and ERG.15) Examples of inverted Maslow.16) Define manufacturing process?17) What are assessment centers?18) How can HR help manage a company?19) How strategy is related to HR?

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20) What is PMS? What is BARS?

21) What are the challenges faced by modern day HR?22) What are the different known errors of interview?23) How do you tackle conflict?24) Define OD?

Interview 5

1) Introduce yourself.2) How do you see yourself/your role as an HR manager?3) What do you think is the difference as in a manufacturing outfit and our

Industry?4) What is Selection? Recruitment? Differentiate.5) What is an Establishment?6) Lets have the contributions under ESI Act.7) What is the maximum amount of Gratuity allowed?8) What is Performance Appraisal?

9) What is Balance Score Card? Why Balance?10) Shoot your questions now . (We are fed up and are lacking

imagination )

Interview 6

1) Mention something about yourself other than the things already mentioned in theCV.

2) What will you bring to my company?3) Why should we select you and not someone else waiting outside?4) What makes you different from others?

5) Where is CLRA applicable?6) How many Acts are applicable to our industry?7) What business do we run?8) Upper limit of Gratuity please.9) Is our outfit covered by the ID act?10) State something about the Maslow and Herzberg theories.11) Give us a brief overview of ESI, EPF & Shops & Establishments Act.12) What is the objective of the ID Act?13) What is arbitration? What is a Court of Inquiry?14) What is an HR audit? Why is it carried out?15) Why study OB?

16) What do you think about Ethics in the workplace?

Interview 7

1) What is KRA?2) What is CSR?3) Tell us something about yourself.4) What are your hobbies?5) What is the Balance Score Card?

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Interview 8

1) Sell yourself.2) Why should we take you?3) How loyal are you?4) What are your hobbies? Why so?5) What are the areas where you don’t want to be questioned? (I want to screw

you and I am lacking innovative ideas to do so, how about youtelling me how to go about it)

6) State your value system.7) What are your physiological needs?8) How will you stem the problem of attrition in my industry?9) What is attrition?10) How is counseling done?11) Differentiate between recruitment and selection.12) How is selection done?13) What is TA? What are its components?14) Is a pilot a worker?

15) What are your weaknesses and what are you doing to overcome them ?(Whatever you are doing is not enough, that’s why I am rejectingyou, get out and send the next one in)

Interview 9

1) Tell us something about yourself.2) How can you contribute to the field of HR?3) What is HRM?4) What are the functions of Management?5) What is theory X and Y? Relate it to the Herzberg’s two-factor theory.

6) Is CLRA applicable to our outfit?7) What was your summer training all about?8) What are the motivating factors and what are the hygiene factors? Why are they

differentiated?9) Define a factory.10) What is the minimum gratutuity payable?

Interview 10

1) Intro yourself.2) What are your weaknesses?3) Why should we reject you?4) Any instances where you have learned from teamwork?5) Lets have your knowledge on your hobbies.6) Tell us about your summers . (Not in goa, but on the project)

7) What are your short term/long term career objectives?

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Sonal Supriya (DRL)

Introduce yourself starting from your school daysWhat department would you like to work in>What is your favourite car and which one do you have right now?Will your leave our organization if you get an offer of 7 lakhs?If there are 2 workers of whom one produces more than the other, how do you propose toreward him?When do you plan to marry?What IR laws have you studied?What does Factories Act do?

ADANI (DEBO)

Diff between OD and OB.

What is a strike + lockout?Illegal strike and illegal lockout.Conditions for lockout.If there are 5 TUs how will you distribute protected workmen among these.What are the provisions for registration and recognition under TU ACT?What is set on and set off?What are the criteria for eligibility to Bonus?What is ceiling in bonus act?What is the infancy rule made by the Govt. under the Payment of Bonus Act?What is OD?Diff between extrovert and introvert.

Diff between ‘type a’ and ‘type B’ personality?What is PM?What is HRD?

ACC AV Notional extension of premises ?What is sec 10 a of ID ACT?If a man travesl 60 kms to come to work by train m eets with an accident is he entitled tocompensation?If a man is stranded for more than 4 hrs due to rain then on his way back falls into a

manhole is he entitled to compensation?Your views bout prevalent lab laws ?What is a works committee?Domestic enquiry ?

Genom Biotech MIlli

Family backgroundHobbiesCan you stay alone in Nasik

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Salary Negotiations

Sudhir Choudhary -- HINDALCO

what is ethics why is there an ethics department in Tata Steeldefinition of continous servicediff between sham and genuine contract

principles of natural justicedo you have any locational preferenceWhat is a Trade Union – your own definition

STEPHEN LESLIE HEMBROM HINDALCO What motivates you ?Tell me about your brothersDiff between training and developmentWhat is competency

Can competency be measuredWhat scale would you use to measure competencyHow can we know that the recruitment was in a proper manner. Give 3 tools or ways bywhich we can measure an effective recruitmentDiff between conciliation and adjudicationIf a new company does not have standing orders will it doFor how long the model standing orders applicableWhat would you prefer hardwork or smartwork What would you choose organizational politics or organizational power.What is political scienceHow is personnel management . ob related to political science

Where do you put yourself in the motivation theory and why give examplesSince you have worked in IT sector then why would you like to join a mfd sector likeHindalcoWhat does competency consists of ?

PRATIK VIJAY GMR

What is competency mappingDetailed procedure of incorporating competency mapping in an organizationWhat are the errors in Performance Appraisal

What are the provisions relating to overtime in Factories ActWhat are the diff types of feedback in PAWhat is failure report in ID actMain provisions of Bonus ActWhat is the objective of contract labour actWho is a licensing officer in CLRA actWho is a conciliation officer in IDActWhat is section 12(3) aboutWhat kind of job are you most comfortableHow is IT sector different from manufacturing sector

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KAMLESH PRASAD (VISA STEEL)

Did you choose your summer project or the organization assigned you the projecetWhat were the findingsCan you Generalise your findingWhat were your suggestionConceptual question on the summer project – levels of evaluation of training and training

processHobbiesStrengths and weaknessesWhat are you doing to overcome your weaknessFamily background

Need hierarchy theoryProvision of strikes and lockouts

RANJIT KR. SINGH (GMR GROUPS)

Which stations are near to your native place?What is favourite subject?Why you were not selected in the previous interviewWhy and how did you become the leader of the Durgapur and Bangalore Trip?What do you mean by coordinationWhat did you do in the social work sessions?What is community development?What is PMS, PA and potential appraisal?What is compensation management?

How will you deal with cronic habitual absentees?What are the acts and sections applicable to absenteeism?How will you initiate a domestic enquiry against a worker absenting from work? What if he does not come for the domestic enquiry?Suggest an innovative idea for stopping absenteeismWhat is section 11 (3) and 33(3) of IDACTWhat is collective bargainingHow will you recruit a receptionist. Explain in detail from drafting the vacancies toappointing along with competencies required for a receptionist.Wht are the sources of recruitment and are there any laws applicable for itHow will you motivate a worker who is not even ready to talk to and is very short

tempered and violentAny two leadership theoriesWhich leadership style do you follow and whyHow will you lead a team to give some presentation in collegeWhat is sic sigma. How to apply it? What is its modelTQM and TPMDifferent type of sampling techniquesFish bone analysis and its techniquesTraining and its useStart your career from the plant or the office

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Why should we take you/not take youAre you mobile

Vrinda Shah Deo (Mafoi Management Consultants)

What are the 3 main achievements in your life?Do you set targets? DescribeWhy do you wish to join our company?Who are our competitors in the industry?Do you have any reservations regarding location?What are the general procedures of recruitment and selection?How would you select the VP HR of a company?What are the different personality tests? Describe.Given the resources, how would you set up an establishment overseas?

Shruti Garima ( Genome Biotech)

Inroduce yourself.Are you comfortable with the pay package?Your parents will be comfortable with the location or not?Have you asked your parents that they are comfortable with the pay package or not?Define Motivation.You are the only child so would you be ready to leave your home and are youcomfortable staying away from home?

Rimjhim ( Hindalco)

Tell me about yourself.Who is your idol?How do you motivate your family?What motivates you?What do you stand for?What is Habeus Corpus?What is training effectiveness?What is MPS?A Model of training. Describe.What are the four factors of rating training?

Kripaneeta Mukherjee (AFL)

You have stated writing as your hobby. What do you write?Are you more of a reporter or a writer?Do you think the media is playing a responsible role in this country? Why?You have a fair amount of IT knowledge as seen from your resume. How would yourelate to IT with HR? How can IT enable HR?How would you use IT for say a HR function like recruitment?What is your favorite subject?

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What are the areas in HR you are most comfortable with?What is the difference between training and development?How would you measure effectiveness of training? Be specific.What also you understand by skills? How is skill different from competence?What is motive?Is the affiliation motive a primary or secondary motive?What is the difference between motivation and motive?

UMESH (Genome Biotech)

How will you measure the effectiveness of recruitment?Are you comfortable with an IR problem?Are you willing to work with us on the compensation we are ready to offer you?When can you join us? Don’t you want to enjoy some more time on the campus?Tell me something about yourself.Why did you not start/join family business?What do you know about us?

Roshni Gupta ( Mafoi Consultants)

Tell us something about your family.What are your short term and long term goals?If we don’t fulfill your expectations regarding the job, what will you do?Describe your summer project.What were your learning from the summers that you can contribute to our organization?If we place you in a different country and ask you to set up a business. How are yougoing to proceed about it?

If we ask you to recruit a VP-HR, what would be your policy?What are your major achievements in life?What are you plans about Marriage?

Subhash Kisku (ADANI)

How do you measure traits?Do you know any instruments in OB?What is 16 PF?What is Thomas Profiling?

What is FIRO-F and FIRO –B ?Suppose somebody scores very high in FIRO-F, will you take him?Job Analysis, Job Description and Job Characteristics – Differentiate.Difference between Charge Sheet and Show Cause.Charter of Demands – Do you know anything about this term?What is KRA and KPA?How will you pass on the organizational goals from the top management to a personworking on a lathe machine?

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Tell us about yourself and your family.What are the places you have visited till date and which place do you like the most andwhy?Which metro would you like to work in and why?What is your favourite subject?What is Section 10 a of ID Act?What are the provisions of Annual Leave with wages in Factories Act?What is Real Wage?Will a muslim worker be covered under the Maternity Benefits of ESI Act on the birth of the 2 nd child of 3 rd wife? What difference will be there if the worker was a Hindu?Would you like to ask us any questions?

Rohit Gupta (ACC)

Why did you opt for PGDPM after BBA?What is the role of a HR manager --- business environment?Are you aware of the rift between HR managers and line managers?

What will you do to bridge the gap between the HR managers and the line managers?What were your observations during your summer training?How will you persuade the line managers to participate in a particular training

programme?What is the reason that HR professionals are not very popular in their companies?What is your favorite area HR or IR?

Sini (HINDALCO)

How would you contribute to the organization?Meaning of ‘Worker’Why is the word ‘trade’ there in the Trade Union Act, 1926?Why do you want to join this organization?

Rinki Prasad (TNT)

Phase I ( XISS)What mad you a success in the GD?Tell us something about yourself?

What did you do in your summer project? How did you go about it? What were your achievements?Why did you choose to do your project on PMS?What were your findings and suggestions?Family backgroundWhat is the best performance appraisal method and which can measure your performancein concrete terms?SITUATION BASED QUESTIONS:

• There is a staff function whose work is only to monitor things. Give 5 measure of performance in quantifiable terms to be included in their performance appraisals

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• There is an executive function what will be the measure of performance in their performance appraisal in quantifiable terms.

How will your performance be measured as manager HR? GVE 5 MEASURESWhy do you want to join TNT?Do you have any question s from us?

Victor Samuel Kandulna

Explain process of HRD?Feedback of training program, various ways?360 feedback process is practically implication possible?Personal questions about family?

Abhishek David (HINDALCO)

Why from Computers to Personnel Management?Explain Your Winter Project (Compensation Survey)?What is Cafeteria Approach in Compensation?What is the provision for the notice of change?What are the provisions for closure of an industry under ID act?Why you want to join a Manufacturing sector, coz you profile is suitable for ServiceIndustry?Your Strengths and weaknesses with live examples?

Whirlpool – Marita D’santos ( The 8 lakh interview)

What is the significance of your name?Where are you from?What are you looking fwd to in life?Do you like Ranchi compared to the place where you come from?What is your biggest achievement?How did you go about your summer projects?What were your recommendations were they accepted and used by the company?What was the methodology of your project give and example of a question used in your questionnaire?Give me an instance where you created something conceptual.5 adj by which your friends would describe you.Instance where you portrayed your leadership skills.Do you think you can manage in a small and remote area?

How would you spend your time?Have you ever faced failure in your life?How do you think you have performed in the interview avg good v good

DRL ---Subroto Baul

1) Introduce yourself. (Basically your education, upbringing, values, goal in life)2) Relate your education, parental background and social upbringing to your career

aspirations.

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3) Your strengths (be ready to demonstrate them or cite examples of the same)4) What/who drives you?5) Who is your role model and why?6) What did you want to do in life? Why HR?7) What are the areas in HR, which out and out fascinate you?8) What is Manpower Planning?9) What do you know about Compensation Management?10) What are your views on Zero base Manpower Planning? Do you know about any

companies, which have it in practice?11) What is Leadership to you? Give us an overview of Ohio, Michigan studies also

Contingency Theories. Do you agree with the traits theory?12) Explain Paul & Kenneth H Blanchard’s theory?13) What is PMS? What is PA? Differentiate.14) What are the four textbook metrics of PA?15) What are KRAs? KPAs? Differentiate.16) Who are the rank holders /good students in your class?17) What was your summer all about? Were you interested in it? Why?18) Differentiate between a mentor and a coach?

19) Which is your dream company and why?20) So why our company?21) What will you do if someone else offers you 7p.a. after I pick you up?22) How many days do you see yourself with us? Why?

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Chemists & Medications

Journals to Refer (Illustrative List)

Human Capital.

Factories and Labour Reports.Business World

Newspapers to Read (Illustrative List)

Economic Times.The Times of India.

Books to Refer (Illustrative List)

Robbins and Decenzo. (OB & MGT)Robbins. (OB)James. F.Stoner. (Mgt)P.L.Mallick (Labour Law)

Nabhi (Labour Law)Mamoria (IR)S.Kandula (HRD, OB)K.Ashwathappa. (HRM)T.V. Rao. (HRD)

Other management books like:o Fish Philosophy.o Straight from the Gut.o Made in Japan.o Seven Habits of highly effective leaders.o Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman.o Who moved my Cheese?o Fountainhead.o The Alchemist

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Chill Pill Completed

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