Raghu's blog: IIM Indore

Brief INTRO

14^th March 2011 8 30 am IHM S J Polytechnic college, Bangalore

PLEASE NOTE : photocopies of interview form and top 5 certificates NOT needed (asked)…

Written Ability Test

Total 40 mins

Summarize given essay in 130 words

Essay topic “What are the essential qualities of every Indian” 200 words

PLEASE NOTE : : U could allocate or split up the given time as u wish

Personal Interview

Panelist : One lady(30+) and two sirs(40+, 25+)

Around 15-20 mins

Greetings “take ur seat”

Gimme ur forms and certificates.

Oh u have separate files for marksheets and ur extra curriculars ?? _-_-_-_-_-_ s mam.. ( and I gave)

Where are u form ? _-_-_-_-_-_ Madurai, Tamilnadu

Tell me abt Madurai _-_-_-_-_-_ famous for meenakshi temple, azhagar(alagar) festival, temple of cities..!! ( paused) city of temples.. city of 4 junctions (koodal managaram) City of jasmine..city of culture..(kalachaara nagaram). Alanganallur bull laming sport temple.. thirumalai nayakar mahal many movies taken here..!! bla bla bla..

Do u know that 4 cities.. ( said 3 places)

Tel me about BHEL _-_-_-_-_-_ (answered comfortably)

What do u do as a Engineer trainee _-_-_-_-_-_ ( answered)

Site responsibility _-_-_-_-_-_ (answered)

(saw form and read the “failure” listed and asked abt it.. I replied reg the drunken labourers.. vacuum breaker.. shock.. hospital.. labour strike.. demanded 20 k for treatments.. pressure from NALCO to comp project.. AGM from bhel blore came and negotiated.)

Ur favorite subject _-_-_-_-_-_ digital design. Control system, mu p and mu c.

Are u aware of comparators ?? _-_-_-_-_-_ no sir we studied them in Liner integrated circuits.

Ok ok .. draw me a ripple counter._-_-_-_-_-_ using which flip flop sir.

Use T flip flop. Synchronous _-_-_-_-_-_ (drew the circuit and showd them, diagram not proportionate )

Where is the input _-_-_-_-_-_ (I showed him in the diagram)

(was questioned abt the various flip flops, tables,, next state ,.. race conditions etc...!! JK RS T etc.. I answered quite confidently…)

What is the diff betw sync and async _-_-_-_-_-_ abt common clock signal.. .. in async 1 flip flop triggers other..

Okay have u studied abt registers.._-_-_-_-_-_ (thinking)

Tell me the difference between register and memory elements _-_-_-_-_-_ (confused..!! tried all means .. power supply.. retains the bit stored … NO .. they are used as temp storage locations NO…. way of storing nos.. NO ……….!! Finally said “ I dunno” fumbled a bit )

Difference between 8085 and 8051 _-_-_-_-_-_ ( answered )

Which is better _-_-_-_-_-_ depends on the application it is used for

Can u explain _-_-_-_-_-_ 8085 basic model components can be attached and programmed.. 8051 inbuilt.. bla bla bla…

Do u know wat is happening in japan _-_-_-_-_-_ nuclear holocaust is about to occur..!! very recently… 2 reactor walls bursted.. fukushima.. radiations into atmosphere.. world alerted..

3^rd one also bursted out _-_-_-_-_-_ (nodded)

U are working in power plant .. tell me wat actually wud have happened.. _-_-_-_-_-_ said abt core.. rods.. inserted and raised (was not sure) .. cooling system important to bring temp pressure down.. in japan failure of cooling system.. hance pressure inc.. walls bursted.. rods melted..!!!

How much Experience (seeing the form) _-_-_-_-_-_ 6 months .. ( I had written my annual CTC in the space Monthly remuneration .. I said this and corrected in the form.. )

How do u arrive at 7.2 lakh ctc from in hand 33000.. _-_-_-_-_-_ said abt the other allowances.. medical benefits..

U shd be getting HRA _-_-_-_-_-_ no sir.. we are living in company quarters . so HRA is 0..

( asked me about hobbies.. said abt rubiks cube.. philately and card tricks.. I had a pack of cards and hence showd them a trick.. pretty impressed )

Can I see the cards _-_-_-_-_-_ yeah sir.. original cards.. 52 .. not special..

(he shuffled properly and gave me and again I did the trick : - 0 )

What other calls u have _-_-_-_-_-_ A B C L R3T and FMS

Oh good … u may leave _-_-_-_-_-_ thank u sir X 2 thank u mam

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