1. Tell me about yourself. I am hariharasubramaniam. I am software engineer working in TATA consulting services. I am an engineer specialized in Electronics and Communications.

I am born and brought up in Chennai. I like Playing cricket & chess in my free time. I see myself specializing in IT & business analyst in various sectors (is selling about to tell him wrong and right. have to be in only one area) of IT and add value to organizations I work for and thereby creating a recognition for myself. I would like to start a venture of my own in long run but at this point of time my goal is to get recognized individually in this competitive world. What entrepreneur u want to be. I like to start a gym in my area . stats. Though I like to start a gym I know that once I get into this institute my perspective towards mba would be different and I am open to new ideas.

2. Why did you apply for the MBA program? I am software professional. I am very enthusiastic being a Business analyst I know people in TCS who come from good institutes as Business analyst. To be one like them or better than them I would definitely need exposure to business management and equip myself with more business acumen. I am also looking to find a new position that would give me a very good career opportunity and also would open door for more scope. So I would like to pursue an MBA from one of the good institutes. 3. Why didnt you do last year? Last year also I had an idea for doing an MBA but didnt score enough marks to get in to MBA. 4. Why not next year? I like to grow in IT field. So I would like to develop essential skills, knowledge, perspective, and networks. As I think the earlier the better in this competitive world and also I have got an opportunity to do an MBA in one of the reputed institute I like to pursue MBA right now. Yes. I would say my profile may look very ordinary as I got just around 80 % percent in my 12th and around 70 in college and again got a job from one of the mass recruiters TCS . But I would like to tell u some special occasions from which I learnt lot of things that I would like to take it for my entire life .

During my college days, I faced many personal problems like bike accident ,abdominal infection. Abdominal infection is not common in India so it took some six months for diagnosis during which I am completely down with energy and I hardly could concentrate on any of my activities. I struggled with that for one long year. In spite of it I worked hard on my studies and successfully completed my degree. And again though it would look getting place in one such big giants is not a big task . I have got it with a fight I would say. I was placed one among 150 out of 3000 students in off campus as that was the time when IT very slowly started booming. In TCS training I was one among the topper who have got rating 4 out of 5. Along with my working in TCS I did my Microsoft certification in c# .NET . I always not restricted myself to help not only my team but also other team to meet several critical deadlines. I took initiatives beyond my duties and my contribution was highly appreciated by my manager. in my opinon face lot challenges So I would say I have shown my real attitude of working hard and smart with patience and perseverance thorough out my career and I would like to take it through my entire life. And also when it comes to my goal I would like to have my goal not just In my career but also for my health family finance material spiritual so that my life will be totally balanced.

5. What do you know about Business analyst? In the world of information technology, the business analyst will get the customer requirements and then analyze the scenario and then tries to integrate it to business model of the company and then meets those needs/objectives of the customer in an effective manner. 6. Important Skills of Business analyst Experience preparing business requirements, working with use cases, business process modeling or data modeling, or preparing use-case or sequence diagrams. Project management skills and/or certification. Knowledge and experience in a particular industry. Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Technical understanding of system being analyzed and how it affects the various business units. Good at handling and meeting deadlines.

Multi-tasking skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities and keep up with project scope changes. Able to work well with both internal and external clients. Good presentation skills, and ability to communicate with various audiences, including end users, managers, and members of the IT team. Self-starter with leadership skills in order to take charge of or facilitate requirementgathering sessions. Strong attention to detail organizational skills.

I have an entrepreneur spirit .since venture would req lot of business skills I am open to various ideas tat would shape me and fine tune my plans. Thats one of the primary reasons for mba. Mba solves both of the purpose for short term goals and for long term goals. I lack certain functional skills short term I lack for business skills for long term. 7. Strength .good team worker And always willing to walk an extra mile to achieve excellence .

Adaptability to people and work culture, willingness to learn, and openness to new ideas are my greatest strengths. I am assertive, work for perfection, meticulously plan my work and then work my plan, taking positive things from my day to day life and take it as my learning experience Rather than mistake and regretting about it

8. Weakness I started listing my weakness and try to work on it since my engineering. Initially l had problem with my communication. Still I am working on it. Then I was short tempered I started to working on that.now I used to push too hard at the time of deployment and thus creating a tensed situation more tensed though my team member would say like . That s quiet needed for our team. Still I like to keep myself cool at that point.

I used to take much time to take decisions though it is important to take time I would say I take too much time to decide upon. And I think I have overcome it by September when I decided to go for MBA.

9. Target companies I m looking for? Infosys Polaris Tata consultancy services 10. Why do you wish to pursue management education at this school? It is the one of the very good institute where importance is on the quality education, cultural environment, and the values imparted, in the making of a successful individual. Its infrastructure and experienced faculty from top b schools make it the best place to pursue MBA I went thru the video of why sdmimd. That was a very good video and I can understand the quality of the institute and its commitment to the society value and ethics more than just making money
11. Do you know the exact cost of the MBA program at this school? Do you think it is

expensive? Yes of course I know. Its around 9 l. I would not rate it as expensive or cheap rather I would say if I can afford it at least by taking loan I would definitely like to pursue an MBA degree from an reputed institutes . I am not really buying anything from market to say whether it is expensive or cheap but it my one big right next step towards my betterment of my career

12. Engineering then IT etc? Why did you deviate from your core education? Are you a confused person when it comes to your career? No sir. I am quite clear about my career. When I doing my enggineering I started to acquire practical knowledge about various fields. After that I decided to get in to IT. so I started my career in IT and there I really enjoyed my career and I think this is the right time to pursue MBA and so I am working towards it . I would definitely cont my learning attitude n my MBA too. I was really interested in ece even now. Even today I am keen expanding my knowledge in ece not restricting to my work that I m doing now. There is still engg inside me. 13. Tell me about your family. My family has four members. My father is working In PF organization my mother working as in court of small causes. My elder sister is married and she is home maker. I m following my goals of doing mba as ba 14. Tell me about your time at X (under graduation college)...what was it like? Yes I my 12 th standard was really a thriller for me . we were the first batch with all new portions in state board which actually tried to compete with cbsc and we had a bulky voluminous portions and also question paper pattern of my final exams were changed twice(early jan). That year went like a rocket with full of pressure. I think that is my first experience working under pressure. But somehow I finished with giving my best and I am very happy that I could get an unexpected challenge in my 12th and I did it successfully. 15.What have you learnt in 4 years of under graduation? Apart from my studies, I learnt lot of things to my life and all those things I would like to carry to my entire life.. First is having positive attitude towards everything I deal I learnt to set goals not just for my career but also to my other departments such as family health finance mind spiritual and material etc I just like to do lovable things and also dealing everything very sincere{ whatever I do in my life (till I am totally convinced that I did my part perfectly)} I also learnt about some practical things dealing with people. 16. Name 3 of the most powerful professional insights you have had in the course of your education/career?

The 3 most powerful professional insights are thinking global .. Being good (time management, etiquette and value) and to have a grid and continuously learn and evaluate ourselves in the field we are.

17.Tell me about your dream. My dream in near future is to learn major aspects about business and to start a business within my early 30s. I have also a dream to start a fitness centre, education institute. I should like to travel all over the world and to meet many people. 18. How important is money to you? Money is the fuel to life. Any task we do, money comes into play but I would say its not the only factor that we have to look into. We actually enjoy the work we do rather than just working for money. We human have much more things to look upon . As in the case of our personal life more than money its your health being happy peaceful young energetic. Having goals and moving towards it. And also more things than money do exist. So for me money is important but not the only important things in my life. 19. What is your job profile?
I am working for Nielsen client. The main objective of the project is to deliver the required data for various client . Mine is tool based job. My work is to create a metadata for the present data for that particular period. Usually servers have loads and loads of data. If every client tries to hit the server, it will result in bottle neck. In order to avoid that we create data for these data called metadata. So when a client request for a data, the request first reaches the header file. Header file contains the address of that particular data and it redirects to that specific location thus reducing the congestion in the network. My job is to create these metadata or header file for each and every client of Nielsen by a tool called nitro.

20. Are you Successful or a failure in your current job?

Yes. I am very successful in my job. I am proud to say that till now I am giving my 100% delivery to the clients at the given time. I have also got appreciation from client. Even In future I would like to continue the same by continues learning process.

21. What is team work?

Teamwork is action performed by a team towards a common goal. They try to do the task more effectively and efficiently.

22. Project life cycle?

Inception: why you want this project, req, initial Technical design phase: trying to implement it technically Construction phase: qa release or beta release Transition phase: final deployment Post project support: 23. Tell me about your company. Tcs is the leader in the global marketplace and among the top 10 technology firms in the world. Building on more than 40 years of experience, it adds real value to global organizations through domain expertise plus solutions with proven success in the field and world-class service. I had seniors who joined TCS. They gave inside information about the work culture and employee friendly environment. It was so good so I joined TCS. 24. If of course u didnt get mba what you will do? I will definitely give a try next year. Mean while I will also try to introspect on how to improve upon myself. And develop the necessary skills. 25. Whether you have applied for any other college. I have applied for sdmimd. I hope I will get a call. 26. What is one big mistake that most B-School aspirants make in their interview? The big mistake the B school aspirants do in interview is that they prepare answers for set of questions and then expect those questions in the interview. To me an interview is a one to one discussion who shares their thoughts. 27. Why are your academics is less in college? X 76 xii 77 college 68 I was not well in my college days, met with an accident in my college days and added to it I had abdomen infection and it was not actually diagnosed for a long time about six months and then I took treatment for it again took another six months. So that brought down my academics score. But still I learnt many valuable things in my life like to choose true friends, to set goals not just for my career but also to my other departments such as family health finance mind spiritual and material etc But now I am perfectly alright. I havent got even a fever for past 18 months.

Sdmimd Who is the next successor of ratan Tata Cyrus P Mistry, the 43-year-old Managing Director of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, will succeed Ratan Tata. A graduate in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London, he also holds a Masters of Science in Management from the London Business School.

Some of the business people you know Non-Executive Board Members Ratan N Tata, Chairman S Ramadorai, Vice Chairman Laura Cha, Director Prof. Clayton M Christensen, Director Aman Mehta, Director Dr. Ron Sommer, Director Venkatraman Thyagarajan, Director Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Director Ishaat Hussain, Director Phiroz A Vandrevala, Director Executive Board Members N Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Mahalingam, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director Tell me about your job profile. My work is a tool based job. I work in a tool called nitro. blah blah

How many hour you work? I work around 9 hrs. Then I would spend time either in early morning or late night for my cat exam.

What is the most important thing you would carry in life? Positive thought. Positive thought is not about just thinking positive but taking only positive things from every aspects and every event of our life. In short I would say its 10 % of what happens to me and 90 % of what I take from it. Do you read news paper? I just used to have a glance while having coffee. I dont read anything in detail.

Thought about!! 1. Tell me about your role model. Why do you look up to him or her? Lance Armstrong. He 15 yrs had cancer and then after treatment Then he won 7 championships in a row. Mahendra singh dhoni Every one we meet during our life has some influence on us so i can say that everybody is a role model at some point of time for a special thing. And of course is difficult to learn from a person who I have hardly seen in my life

2. As the course is very rigorous, do you think you have what it takes to survive in this business school? Why do you think so? I have gone thru even tuff phase in my life . I met with an accident in my college days. So I could not attend class for a month. Even my internals were very low due to my attendance and internal exams. I understood that many things were out of control and also I have tuff task ahead. Then I decided to give my best. I was cool and just tried to stick on to my plan and work on hard for semester exam. My hard work and determination paved me the way. I not only cleared the all the exams but also with the good scores.

3. Walk me through the gaps in your skill set and tell me how the management program at this school can help you fill them.

4. Where do you see yourself 5 / 10 / 15 years from now? a. In five years I would see myself as a business analyst b. In ten years I would have started my new venture c. In fifteen years I would think on developing my business in a larger scale

5. What can you tell me about corporate governance? Do you think it is important?

6. Please comment on the recent spate on scandals emerging in Indian polity linking business and government.

7. Tell me about 1 passion in life. Why does it excite you?

8. Tell me about 1 negative characteristic about your college. I dont think any negative characteristics in my college. I was very comfortable and I had a wonderful learning experience.

9. Tell me about 1 negative characteristic about your last company and your boss. I am working for TCS and I dont see anything as negative characteristics. But sometimes when my manager demands more work from me I would at times feel pressurized but I can empathically understand his position and I would happily do for him.

10. Tell me about your dream company. Why do you want to work for it? Tapmi : cts wipro Infosys Ifmr : Accenture ITC Group hcl hdfc Loyola : delloite bank of india cts infy

11. How do you intend to contribute to this school as an alumnus? Already school reputer .. once I finfi I will 12. Any final words to convince us that we should grant you a seat?

Change is the only things that is not change in this world. If you r nt satisfied with my performance please do giving me a changce by changing ur deci I wil definitely prove by ungalukkum collegkkum pruma sepeen 13. Anything you would like to ask me? 14. What is the most important contribution that this company expects from its employees?

Q. How

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This is an opportunity to showcase your strengths but remember it is essential that your strengths should be supported by related achievements. Your background and circumstances can also be your strengths and can be used as equally important points in supporting your answer. Remember, an achievement doesn't necessarily mean a prize. It can also be your successfully coming out of a crisis situation or you managing to run a small project with your friends. Q. What do you consider your biggest failure?

CAUTION: This is not an opportunity to pour out your darkest secrets. This is a question that is best played down. For example, if you are overweight, you may mention -- "I have been trying to shed weight for the last few years but couldn't do it still." The answer should be framed so that it does not reflect badly on your career thus far, or your future career. Another way of answering would be a smart statement: "I have never allowed failure to drag me down. I just got up, took my lesson and picked my way forward." Here it would help to have a certain experience picked out.

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Many experts would tell you that you should know the in and out of the books and everything about the author and his writing style. If you know these facts, it can't hurt, but if you are not the kind of a person who would research the background and other facts about books, but read for fun, it is okay to mention it. The only thing is that your answer should be natural, convincing and rational. Group discussions: Myths demystified

For example, if the interviewer asks you for more detail about the author you may just reply. "I'm sorry but I haven't read much about the author. But I liked this book because..."

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This is a question that directly relates to your strengths and aspiration. Take this as an opportunity to showcase the various qualities that you possess which may benefit the college, academically, culturally or in any other way. Q. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

This is not when you start throwing in fancy designations. Instead, concentrate on the kind of roles people in those designations are expected to play. If the question specifically asks for your professional goals then stick to it, otherwise it is a good idea to balance it with your personal goals. Q. Who is your role model?

Your role model can be anyone a public figure or even someone from your family. It is a good idea to know a lot about the person you would make your role model. It is important to focus on the qualities that inspire you and how you try to inculcate those qualities in yourself. It is always important to tell why s/he is different from her/his peers. Q. Do you have any questions for me?

"No" would be a bad answer. It is good to have a few questions that relate to the academic and cultural environment of the institution. This will show your enthusiasm. In a nutshell, interview just analyses how balanced and rational you are. So, just be yourself! Preparing yourself for the questions listed above will give you the confidence to handle even unexpected questions. You should ideally write down your answer to these questions (but please don't try to mug up answers you think would be 'ideal') and practice giving interviews along these lines with a friend.

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