Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

Candidate
Profile Offered
Work Experience

Mohit Batra
Sales & Marketing (G.C.P.L)
Nil

Pre Process
Application form
(Y/N)
If Yes, questions

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

Y
1. Breaking the ice
The questions in this section were mainly in the form of an
ice breaker. Candidates were asked personal questions like:

Introductory: Name & Nicknames given by friends

Contact information: email id & Phone No.

Internship area that you are interested in applying for :

Languages you speak fluently :

Competitive exam that you took to get admission into

MBA Program :

Performance in the above mentioned exam (Percentile

or score as applicable)

2. What makes you tick?

These set of questions mainly asked the candidates about
their hobbies and likes. The questions were:

I am passionate about :

My favorite books/movies/music :

My favorite communities (websites/blog etc) :

3. On a more personal note
To know the candidate better, this was another set of
informal questions. Candidates were asked to answer any 5
of the following questions in not more than 25 words each:

Everything you should know about me (in 3 words):

My most embarrassing moment :

My weirdest dream :

2 things I would want to change about myself :

The most difficult feedback I have ever received and why

:

A book, picture, movie or something I read that really

inspired me :

My (read: you and not the rest of the world) wish list for
2020 :

What Godrej and I have in common :

4. Bedhadak Bolo
The last set of questions, again informal ones, was
interestingly not supposed to be answered by the
candidate, rather his/her close friend (not someone he/she
has met in the last 2 months):

My friends name is :

We met while :

Contact information about the friend asking his/her

email id & Phone No :

Then started questions to be filled out by the friend in not
more than 25 words each.

I would like my friend to start :

I would like my friend to stop :

I would like my friend to continue :

End of Application Form

In addition to this application form, candidates were also asked

to introduce themselves in an innovative, out of the box kind of
manner for instance in the form of a video clip.
Candidates short listing depended on both, the responses in
application form and the task of introducing yourself in an
innovative way.
Psychometric test
(Y/N)
Written Test (Y/N)
Written test
details
Interview Rounds

Process (GD + PI)

GD Topics

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

There was no GD

Instead of a GD, the shortlisted candidates were asked to perform a

group task

Groups of 8 were formed and they were assigned different verticals

in a firm and asked to recruit among 50 people, whose photographs
were given to them.

It was majorly a task involving application of Game Theory

Profile Sector
Specific questions

Why FMCG?

Other questions on FMCG like competitors of Godrej

What kind of work would a marketer do in GCPL?

N
NA
1

HR Based

These formed the major chunk of questions asked in the interview:

Had mentioned in key interests that he is a big fan of Apple

products. Had a long and detailed discussion with one of the
interviewers on Samsung vs. Apple

Other questions were on clubs he was associated with in MDIllumina, HnM Committee, Webcom & Opsessions (He was joint
secretary of Opsessions at that point of time)

Was asked questions regarding the activities of these clubs and his
role in the respective clubs

What measures have you taken to prevent Dengue spread across

the campus being a member of HnM Committee? (As there was
dengue spread across the campus at the time of his interview)

General Questions

No general questions asked

How did you prepare for the Interview Process? How much according to you was relevant?

Read everything about Godrej and its products

Prepared thoroughly on FMCG sector in India

Brushed up the concepts of Marketing Planning studied in first term
Thorough preparation for every point mentioned in the CV. Had a justification for each
and every thing mentioned in the CV. For instance, was thoroughly prepared about
Apple and its products since had mentioned this as a key interest

Why do you think, you were selected?

Interview was good. Gave convincing answers to the interviewers

Liked his creativity in the way he introduced himself. Had created a photograph of
himself on the lines of Vitruvian Man using photo shop. Wanted to convey his skills
of multi tasking and his various hobbies through this