TAPMI- GD PI and on Manipal as a whole

by Nikhil

Welcome back!

Manipal is okay as an Edu place , but internet here sux. I mean outside TAPMI. Net cafes hre are still in the dial up age. But u have DVD parlours, couple of them around here.. Yes, mini theater types, where DVDs are played. As expected, the fairer of the sex is smthg that is available in quality and quantity as well. As Murphy said, all the good ones are taken…

TAPMI- started off with a 45 mins or so presentation on what TAPMI stands for,vision etc…

10:30 Case Study- Case was like a guy who is employed had in unable to control people under him, so had to do either leave the job(he was poor) , make the workers alright or ….

If there is sometheing more than a Fish Market GD, it is what I was part of today. Sick it was. 6 of 15 people said Good Morning to all of you at the same time. I was like, oh Gosh!!! Even theough evry one had the same idea and soln for the issue, no one let the others speak. I too added to the chaos. People trying to moderate in between, it would have been fun for the faculties who watched the GD.

Then we were asked to write a review of the GD(not what the consensus)…

Then came an extempore. I was the second person. When the guy before u speak for 3 mins, u can open ur chit and prepare ur speech. Very tuff as u get disturbed by the guy before u(he is spkg when u r preparing).
I had 3 options, Space Travel, Narayana Murthy, and Fav food.
Chose Space travel, spoke some crap.

Then Panel Interview:

The same panel as the GD(Case):

Asked me to intro?
Any breaks in career?
How may supplied(ATKTs)?
Fav part of Elc Engg?
What Control System to a layman, used in common world(i said Control System to the earlier question)
3 strenghts?
Why call center?
Draw a Multi Vibrator ckt?
Draw a square wave?

Rate ur Case Study review(we were asked to review the GD, so now to rate my wrinting)…

All the best… and bye

*******Lunch at some restau near KMC********

1:30, made to write 350 words on why MBA, other career options that were available… etc..

Dir Interview:
Dir + some 4 other guys.. all of them relaxed.
Where are u from?
Where engg…?
Any breaks in career?
How may supplies(ATKTS)- they were like how do people fail in engg… i dint waste my time trying to convince that a supple in no big deal…

Why marks low? Were u a Naxal? (i gave an emphatic no, for the second part, for which he smiled).

Other calls? told the truth as I had to show them that I was decent…

In both the interviews at TAPMI , I told them that in CAT 2002 , I had 97.18 and had a TAPMI GD/PI call which I could not attend(truth is that I dint care to!) I told that I am not gonna take CAT again as m,y percentiles have been falling from then….

Funniest part I noticed, the library had a Notice saying, “No Group Discussions here”, that was the place where the GD was conducted…

Not hopeful, thats the verdict. Am I going back to same old square one that is always there for me????

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8 comments

1 Venky Krishnamoorthy { 02.28.05 at 2:53 am }: Hi Nik, Happened to bump into your post..Remember, one doesnot require a MBA to succeed in the business world.
Good luck!
2 Nikhil Narayanan { 02.28.05 at 4:51 am }: Tnx venky

I feel that a way out from the current messy situation I am in…:-P

Nik
3 Pramod { 03.04.05 at 1:18 pm }: Hi Nikhil,

As Venky says MBA is not essential but it helps. What is more essential is you understanding what is it that you want to do – if you spend some time to figure that out (including exploring what can be done to start with!) it will help you go a long way – with or without an MBA.

Now another short comment – from what I have seen sitting on both sides – as a students not too long back and also from discussions with interviewers at universities – very often than not – groups are selected not individuals from a group. From what I read about your experience – the group as a whole did not perform well – Next time try being a catalyst to lighten up the group before you go into the GD
4 leeladhar { 12.02.06 at 6:10 am }: DEAR nikhil,
I am applying for tapmi this year . I am having 1 year work exp. Can u tell me about TAPMI what are its cutoffs.what are its lowest cutoffs taken. CAn u asist me in this . so that i can prepare accordingly.Does it have any criteria and its process.

Hoping your positive response.

Hope I am not troubling
5 Aasish { 11.20.07 at 4:30 am }: Hi Nikhil,
Read your blog about your trip to manipal..Hope you got into some good college.
I just wanted to know what the usual cut off’s for TAPMI are so I could decide whether to apply there or not..
CAT 07 dint go as well as I had thought..
Looking forward to your reply..

with regards,
Aasish
A fellow mallu..
6 Nikhil Narayanan { 11.20.07 at 7:20 am }: Hi
I did my MBA from SIBM (Symbiosis Insti of Business Management) and passed out in 2007.
I am with HP now.
I have no clue abt the exact cut offs and all..
TAPMI would usually call anyone above 87 percentile.
All the best anyways…do spend some money and apply, thats better than repenting later

Regards
Nikhil
7 meghzzz { 03.06.09 at 3:11 am }: hi Nikhil,

I have got a call from TAPMI..My gd/pi is on 24th march 09.
My 10th 12th and engineering percentage are quite low but out of the fluke CAT percentile was 92..God knows how..I did really bad but still got a call..
I have 21 months of experience too..So is there any chances for me to get into TAPMI…Any tips from ur side…
8 Nikhil { 03.16.09 at 9:21 pm }: @meghzzz
Err…I can’t give you any tips but, wish you good luck.
Crack.
-Nikhil