IIFT INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

Average Duration : 10 mins

No. of Panelists : 3

Excerpts From Interview 1: (A 53.9 IIFT test scorer having 10th -86.4%, 12th- 83.6% and B. Tech
CSE- 76.4% and a work experience of 2.5 years with an IT company and interest in
dancing). Tell me about yourself. What are your hobbies? Can you name an upcoming movie on
dancing? Who is the director of dirty dancing? Who is the choreographer of this movie? What
according to you are the qualities required to be a team player? How can a person be made a team
player? Why MBA? Why IIFT?

Excerpts From Interview 2: (A 58.5 IIFT test scorer having 10th -92.2%, 12th- 92.8% and B.Tech
Mechanical- 9.33 CGPA and working in his own family business). How big is your business?
Which export markets are you targeting? How do you segment the market? What profit do you earn?
How big is Ludhiana's garment industry as per you? What are your alternate options if not selected in
IIFT?

Excerpts From Interview 3: (A 51.25 IIFT test scorer having 10th -96.2%, 12th- 91.4% and
Biotech graduate-9.9 CGPA and started an NGO for underprivileged children). Introduce yourself
in 3 lines. Why MBA and not IAS if you want to make a difference in the society? How do farmers and
consumers gain by genetically modified food and what are its problems? Name some biotech
companies? What exactly your NGO does? Who started it? How did you start it and how many
children have you helped so far? How will you expand it? How can you make sure of its working after
you leave your college?

Excerpts From Interview 4: (A 55.83 IIFT test scorer from Dubai having 10th -92.7%, 12th88.8% and B.Tech ECE-9.14 CGPA). How is the day? What does IIFT mean to you? Why IIFT? Do
you read any business newspaper? What is your view on Industrial production going negative? Do
these indices portray the actual picture? Why is Parle brand in news? A very large govt. has sued a
very large country, name them? Are you placed? How is your campus placement? Tell me about
Dubai? Why is Dubai going under hidden debt and how did people come to know of this?

Excerpts From Interview 5: (A 51.83 IIFT test scorer and an M.B.B.S. candidate having 10th 89.4%, 12th- 83% and graduation- 57.9% and a work experience of 18 months with National
Rural Health Mission). Why MBA after MBBS? What was the last book you read? Who

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recommended it to you? What is your take on it? What problems you faced in your job? What did you
do to overcome it? Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line? Do you have any
entrepreneurship plans?