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S No College/Institute
1. 
Indian Inst. of Foreign Trade, Delhi
2. Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

(2017-18)
3. Indian Institute of Management, Indore (2017-
18)
4. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
(2017 - 18)
5. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
(2017 - 18)
6. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
(2017 - 18)
7. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
(2017 - 18)
8. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
(2017 - 18)
9. New IIMs- Common Admission Process
(CAP) (2017 - 18)
10. International Management Institute, Delhi
(2017 - 18)
11. Institute of Management and Technology
Ghaziabad (2017 -18)
12. K.J. Somaiya Inst. of Mgmt. Studies &
Research (2017 - 18)
13. Loyola Institute of Business Administration,
Chennai (2017 - 18)
14. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
(2017 - 18)
15. Indian Institute of Forest Management,
Bhopal (2017 - 18)
16. Inst. for Financial Mgmt. & Research, Chennai
(2017 – 18)
17. Institute of Rural Management Anand (2017 -
18)
18. National Institute of Industrial Engineering
(2017 - 18)
19. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management
Studies (2017-18)
20. Symbiosis Centre for Management and
Human Resource Development, Pune (2017-
18)
21. SIBM, Bangalore(2017-18)
22. Symbiosis Institute of International Business,
Pune (2017-18)
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23. Symbosis Institute of Operations
Management(2017-18)
24. Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management
(2017-18)
25. S.P. Jain Institute of Management and
Research, Mumbai (2017-18)
26. T. A. Pai Management Institute (2017-18)
27. Tata Inst. of Social Sciences (2017-18)
28. Xavier Inst. of Mgmt., Bhubaneswar (2017-18)
29. Xavier Labour Relations Institute,
Jamshedpur (2017-18)
30. Birla Institute of Management Technology
(2017 - 18)
31. Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi (2017 -
18)
32.
Goa Institute of Management, Goa (2017 - 18)
33. Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Chennai (2017 - 18)
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 Indian Inst. of Foreign Trade, Delhi (2017-18)
Personal Interview:
Average Duration: 5-25 minutes
No. of Panelists: 3
Excerpts from Interview 1
Candidate Profile: Working as a senior analyst in
Capegemini
What's your role in your workplace? What is the
connection between data analytics and foreign trade?
Tell me about descriptive, prescriptive and predictive
analysis. Did you predict anything for Valentine's Day?
Why don't you go into politics? From which other B-
schools have you received calls?
Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech (Mechanical)
So what do you think we are going to ask you? Why didn’t
you opt for a job after your graduation in 2017? Why
should a fresher go for an MBA without any work
experience? Why should we choose you over someone
with work experience who is obviously going to
contribute more in class? What exactly FMCG means?
Name five famous FMCG in India. Are Nestle and
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Cadbury different? How does marketing help an FMCG?
What is the difference between a conductor and semi-
conductor? What is this p and n region you are talking
about? Can you draw their diagrams? Explain semi-
conductor in layman terms. How is data transmitted
exactly? What is the difference between current and
charge? Do you know about total internal reflection? You
didn’t convert IIF call last year. What happened? Did you
get any coaching for CAT? What other calls have you
got?
Candidate Profile: B. Tech (Electronics) with work
experience
Why do you want to pursue MBA? Do you have work
experience? Why are you leaving a good firm? How will
you link your start-up thoughts to your Electronics
stream? Will you do the job after MBA or start your own
start-up? Tell us about some global events that have the
major impact on the business world and International
trade?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (2017-
18)
Personal Interview
Average Duration: 20-25minutes
No. of Panelists: 2
Excerpt from Interview 1

Candidate Profile: B.Com, working as a freelance content
writer
Have you completed your studies? What do you do? Do
you read? Why only little bit? How would you survive
MBA if you can’t read? What if we give you a 60 page
case study? Are you into literature? Do you like History or
Geography? Explain the Padmavat Issue? Who is the
protagonist in the issue? Name the kings related to the
story? Who is Prithvi Raj Chauhan? Is he related to
Padmavat? Where does Godavari River flow? Explain
Malidives issue. What is Supply Chain Management?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Com
So you mentioned Crocheting as your hobby. I am
curious where you learned it from? What is your opinion
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about teaching this thing to young kids? Is India a
peninsula? What is a peninsula? Which is the
southernmost point of India? Where are you from? (The
candidate mentioned Indore) Do you know the history of
Indore? How did Holkars come to power? Are Rajasthanis
the majority population in Indore? What is Indore famous
for? You read too? What genre do you read? What sort?
Noddy or Harry Potter? Which book is your favorite? So
you know about Greek mythology. Who was Zeus? Who
is Zeus's Roman counterpart? What is Mercury's relation
with Zeus? Are they related at all? What is the difference
between Cost Accounting and Management Accounting?
Have you studied ratio analysis? What is Inventory
turnover ratio? What is Interest coverage Ratio?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Tech (CSE)
Tell us something about yourself. Why do you want to
pursue MBA? What are the learnings which you can get
from Dramatics in real life? (The candidate had done a
course in dramatics) Tell me something about any
current affair related to Bhutan? How have you worked
with Artificial Neural Networks? How do you tune the
parameters related to it? Explain the areas where
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Artificial Intelligence can be used. How do you know that
an ANN has trained on the model? What is the meaning
of training a model? What is Normalization? What are
different Normal Forms? What purpose does it serve?
Does normalization help in storage or query retrieval?
Explain Rollback in terms of a Paytm Transaction.
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 Indian Institute of Management, Indore (2017-
18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 3
Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Tech (Aeronautical)
Tell me something you have not mentioned in your CV.
What are your extracurriculars? Tell in detail. What is
current account deficit? What is the current economic
scenario? What is dollar imbalance? How does change in
America’s interest rates affect Indian economy? Where
do you see yourself, five years from now?

Candidate Profile: B.Com, working as a freelance content
writer
Introduce yourself? Why content writing, why are you not
using your commerce degree? (The panelist gave a water
bottle) How would you determine its break-even point?
What is black hat in digital marketing? What is better-
Google AdWords or social media marketing? What is
amortization? How is the period for amortization
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determined? How many times Amrinder Singh has been
the chief minister of Punjab? In which script is Punjabi
written? Tell me the scripts of other Indian Languages.
Extempore: You are given a time of 30 seconds, express
your views on: Is social media a boon or bane?

Candidate Profile: Working in Fidelity investments in
Bangalore
What is special about Bangalore? Why is the Bellandur
Lake frothing and foaming? Which is the key element
because of which foam formation is happening? What is
your role in the organization? What technology do you
use at work? How does a microwave work? What are
your hobbies?

Candidate Profile: Economics graduate
Tell us about yourself. (The candidate mentioned he was
also pursuing actuarial science) You are doing actuarial
science then why MBA?
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Extempore- You are given a time of 30 seconds, speak
about: how Indian economy could collapse in next 5
years?
You said real interest rates, what are they? Private
investment demand is a function of? Why private
investment reacts to the interest rates? If private
investment is increased by 1 billion $ then GDP will rise
by greater than it, lower than or equal to it? And why?
Multiplier is a function of? Do you know about civics or
geography? Who are Parsees, where did they come from?
Name any Parsee personality. Where do Jews live in
India? What is the holy book of Sikhs and how many
gurus were there and who was the last guru? Any
question for us?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: B.Tech (Mechanical) with work
Experience of 8 months in ITC Ltd
So, you are a mechanical engineer and you are working

in ITC? So you promote cigarette sticks which cause
cancer? What value do you provide? So you are saying
that doctors should recommend cigarettes to people
who are suffering from constipation? You have made
your point. You have defended your company. Now tell
me do you think ITC is an ethical company? Are
businesses ethical? So you are saying that the money
which was paid to the Government of India for the
furtherance of the arms deal was ethical? What is legality
and ethics? Can you tell me something which is legal yet
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unethical? (The candidate mentioned about case of a
dam set up on river Narmada) Who made this dam?
Where is this dam situated? Where is the river Narmada?
Please draw it on the map. Is it in Himachal Pradesh?
The candidate drew a large circle around Gujarat and to
its right.) So it is in Rajasthan? Okay you have mentioned
in your SOP that you have also mentioned that
production always prefers a buffer of excess inventory.
What does this statement mean? Why do they prefer long
running jobs? Why do they want to reduce changeovers?
What are the costs involved? What other costs are there?
What about labour cost? Let us talk about other
industries and not the manufacturing industry. Do you
think there are changeover costs associated with other
industries? What about software industry? What if we
finish that program properly and now move onto another
program? But don’t you think that there would be training
costs involved? Tell me difference between operation of
external and internal combustion engine. Tell me about
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the laws of thermodynamics. What do you do during your
free time? (The candidate mentioned about playing
football.) Who is the captain of the Indian Football Team?
India is a country where there is a lot of income
inequality. What can be done to solve that problem?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech (Engineering
Physics)
You are from Jhansi, you studied in Guwahati but I’m

seeing you here in Delhi. Why not Calcutta? So tell me
about all that you’ve done in the past 4 years in IIT
Guwahati? Have you taken any prior coaching or
professional training for this interview? Whenever I talk
to you IIT guys, you all are like, “Sir I didn’t study much”.
Why? What’s the problem? Why, what happened after 2
years? What realization? Did you somehow sleep one
night and woke up next morning metamorphosed to just
score high grades? So what all did you study in Physics?
What does Cosmology mean? I want to know something
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from the subject that would seem intriguing to people if I
tell them. What is it? What is Spacetime? Why are you
considering time as a fourth coordinate? What is the
significance of this coordinate? (Some more specific
questions on the same topic) Do you have any hobbies?
Any extra-curricular you participated in? (The candidate
mentioned writing as his hobby) So do you maintain a
diary? When did you start writing? So this is an outlet in a
way? How has all this helped to transform you as a
person? What’s the difference between empathy and
compassion? (Some more questions on the same topic)
Can you tell me something about river Brahmaputra? Is it
called Brahmaputra in China as well? And what is it
called in Bangladesh? Sounds like Yamuna? Is it
Yamuna? Where does it originate from in China? Give me
the exact name. So any issue on the river you might
know about? What can we do to stop it? What can Assam
government do? And what can the central government
do? What else would you do? How will you divert the
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water? Are you trying to pull off a Narmada canal here?
(Some more specific questions on the same topic) Where
do you see yourself in 10 years? (The candidate
mentioned teaching) Why? So who is nobler, a Teacher or
a Doctor? (The candidate’ mother works in education
department and his father is a doctor)

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Com (Hons.)
Introduce yourself. How has B Com (H) given you a

holistic view? (Some specific questions on marketing)
So, you mentioned that your maternal uncle is a retailer
and faces competition, what kind of a market does he
operate in, in context of economics? Would you like to
change this answer? So, Kirori Mal College didn’t teach
you about monopolistic competition? Then, how did you
attract more customers? Didn’t you offer discounts? Do
you read newspaper? Or are you just interested in the
soft news about marketing and sales offers? Have you
read that the method of calculating national income in
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India has changed recently? Why are you ignorant about
it? Does your marketing not account for the national
income? Is Marketing an Industry? There are 3 sectors in
India? So, where does your marketing fall? How is
national income calculated in India? Explain the product
method. What is GVA? How to go from GVA to National
Income? How is FC calculated in the primary sector? Are
you trying to tell me the budget?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 3

Candidate profile: B. Tech (Mechanical) with work
experience in ITC Ltd.
You have studied in Mechanical engineering and you are

working in ITC selling cancer sticks? So, ultimately you
supply packaging to the cigarette market? Don’t you
think this is wrong or unethical? What choice does a
passive smoker have? So after choice it becomes an
addiction. People become addicted to smoking and then
where is the choice? Do you know about e-cigarettes?
Are they less harmful? Say we stop the cigarette market
altogether, what would happen to the revenue? How do
you find your current job now? You have learnt so much.
Then why do you want to do MBA now? You have worked
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only for 7 months. Why not continue at ITC? Tell me the
current share price of ITC. (The interviewer handed a
paper to the candidate). Please draw here how the share
price varied over the past 1 year. When was GST
implemented? You have shown that the price increased
after that. Why did it increase? How have the share
prices been affected over the past 1 week? Tell us about
VIT. How was life there? (The candidate mentioned about
playing football) So you were a player as well as a
manager? So you mentioned that you have a
multicultural team. How did you manage? Did they know
English? Why 4-1- 2-3? What is the role of the 1 here? So
did you have Chinese people in VIT? How are they? I
mean how are they at academics? But the Chinese claim
that they have premier universities. Why would they
come over to study in India? So there were no Chinese
members in your football team? Oh, but they are
proficient coders. Are they not? Okay, coming back to
ITC. Tell me what you have you learnt there? Tell me one
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instance when you dealt with something and you learnt
and gained a lot from that experience. So it turned out
okay in the end? But don’t you have a boss who
supervises all this? Considering the volumes at stake?
Okay, so the orders you place. Do you have any price
agreements in place? How is the gross contribution?
What goes into the variable cost? How do you deal with
imports?

Candidate profile: B. Tech (ECE) with work experience in
automobile sector
So, you are from Kota? Where is it? Why is Kota in news
nowadays? What else in Kota? Do you know the recent
statement of HRD Minister? Do you read any newspaper?
Do they post all the news links? Why do they post the
links? How they are going to reduce the syllables? What
did you study in 12th Physics? What did you study in
Thermodynamics? What is the first law of
thermodynamics? How will they reduce the syllabus?
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Which language is not important among these? What do
you think is the reason behind student suicides? In every
city of the country, coaching centers are there, but why
do suicides happen in Kota? So you did this Supplier
Improvement project. Tell us about it. What was your
contribution in this? Why do you want to improve these
suppliers? Why did you tolerate these suppliers so long?
When can you move to the new suppliers? Which parts
do they supply? Is headlamp an important part? Is it an
aesthetic part? Tell us about your work, what do you do?
If your company MD comes to you and asks you to
choose any department, which one you will choose? Are
you sure? Tell us about your marketing project. Is it your
regular job? Do you think Tata Nano is a poor product? Is
it a successful product? What are the reasons behind its
failure? Can you tell us about any other marketing
campaign? How did they turn around? How can you use
the IoT to improve the Quality of Parts? Do you know IoT?
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Candidate profile: Fresher, B. Tech (Mechanical)
So you are currently in your final semester. Why didn’t

you go anywhere outside to study? What was your rank
in JEE Mains then? So what were the other options
available? What is the difference between rankings of
these institutions? Then why not go for civil in Nagpur or
Surat? Don’t you think the difference in rankings is
significant? Tell us about your internship at Ford. Have
you got a placement in college? Then why not join the
company? Don’t you feel work experience is required? So,
after undergoing mechanical from NIT, doing internships
at Ford, BHEL and SAIL, having a job offer in hand, why
do you feel the need for pursuing management
education? Which fields of management are you
interested in? Why is that so? Why only finance? You said
that you are interested in calculations. Without using pen
and paper, calculate how many tennis balls can be filled
up in an aero plane? You are free to take assumptions.
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So, why would you fill up an aero plane with tennis balls?
How will you make a kid understand how big an aircraft
is? Don’t you think it would be better to make him or her
imagine the size of aero plane by gestures rather than
telling these calculations? So, you have interest in music
and I can see that you have done diploma in Tabla with a
merit position. Then why not make a career in Tabla?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (2017 -
18)
Personal Interview
Average Duration: 30 minutes
No. of Panelists: 3

Candidate Profile: B. Tech (Mechanical) with work
experience at L&T
Do you work with L&T currently? Why did you leave your
job? What are your goals? (The candidate mentioned
operations analyst/consultant?)What do you mean by
operations analyst/consultant? Can’t you get the same in
your company? What if you don’t get admission? (The
candidate replied he will apply abroad for fall season)
Study outside is costly. Can you afford it? Which courses
are you looking for? So what is the plan here, 5 years
down the line? What are types of gears? Why are they
used? What did you do in seminar presentation? Explain
what you did? What is 3D printing? What are its types
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and ISO? Explain 3D printing and how it works? Does L&T
use 3D printing? Okay, not your division, then the group
as whole, any subsidiary? So, you like movies that teach
something about life, tell me one. Did you follow quora
and pagalguy for interviews? Any question for us?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Com (Hons.)
What’s your rank in college? So, you have studied

accountancy, right? I’ll give you a situation. Let us say,
you’re a dairy farmer and you have 50 cows. One of your
cows gives birth to a calf. How would you account for it
in the books of accounts? How would it appreciate the
value of your fixed assets? Can you give me the journal
entry for the birth of the calf? So, who was Kirori Mal?
(The candidate graduated from the college of the same
name) What is an Indifference Curve? (The interviewer
hands over a paper, which had two ICs drawn,
intersecting each other with 3 points on them, labeled as
A, B and C) Can you rank these points in the order of
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preference for a rational consumer? What is a Giffen
good? How is the shape of its demand curve? Any
example? What is the substitution effect? You’ve done a
module in financial markets, tell me what is SENSEX?
How does it act as a representative? What are
derivatives? What can be the underlying assets? If price
of the commodity doesn’t change, will price of the
derivative change? Why do you think so? What is LIBOR?
What is risk free rate of return? Do you know the rate
prevailing in India, in terms of percentage? So, what has
brought you here, why MBA? Do you read newspaper? As
an accountant, how’d you highlight the problem in the
Nirav Modi case? In 2–3 words? Pin-point what was
missing. What is that? Explain. But, if the work of one
gets checked by another, wouldn’t this go infinitely? Is
there any other body to check this? And what if they also
join hands in committing the fraud? Have you read the
Cadbury Report on Corporate Governance? Have you
read the Birla Report on Corporate Governance? Do you
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know what it is? Do you read? Which was the last book
you read? Tell me one famous line from that book.

experience at BPCL
Where do you work? Describe a typical day at BPCL.

What do you do regularly? Can you give me an instance
when you faced this kind of problem? What kind of
strategies do you follow in maintaining the plant? So you
mentioned a few words here- preventive maintenance,
predictive maintenance and breakdown maintenance?
What are they? If you were to troubleshoot an equipment,
what would you exactly do? So what is this called? Have
you heard of the fishbone diagram? So you've been
working here for about 19 months. Have you faced any
audits? What is the role of maintenance in an audit? But
that is a safety audit- Do you know anything about ISO
accreditations? What ISO accreditations does your
company have? So how long have you worked with the
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technicians whom you work with? What is the
classification of these people- specifically? So how do
you handle such senior people? How do you manage to
make them work? Why would they listen to you? And all
these are Malayalis? So tell me, what works better,
formal leadership or informal leadership? Why do you
want to do an MBA? Let's assume that you want to start
a company. Your fixed cost is 2500000. Your variable
cost per unit is Rs. 5. Tell me how you decide your
pricing. Make any assumptions as necessary. What if it's
a new product? So you've written here that you read a lot.
Have you read any news in the last two to three days?
What do you like to read? Who wrote it? Tell me
something you've read recently. Or anything I can ask
you questions about. What did J.K. Rowling do before
she wrote Harry Potter? Where? Have you read any news
in the last two to three days? (The candidate mentioned
about Nirav Modi scam) So what did you learn about the
scam? What should PNB do now? What corrective action
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should it take? You mentioned shareholders. Who owns
the shares of PNB? You wrote that you're interested in
strategy. What do you understand by strategy? So what
would your strategy be as the CEO of the company? You
said there are people with a B. Tech working with you.
Why would they work at a lesser position? Do you have
any questions for us?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
Average Duration: 20 minutes.
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: B.Tech (ECE) with work experience
What other calls do you have? No calls from FMS? So

why Kozhikode? What do you do in your leisure hours?
(The candidate mentioned about reading books) Tell us
about the last book that you have read. What is your
favorite club? (The candidate had mentioned football
among his interests) Why not Chelsea? How is
Manchester United better than Chelsea? (The interviewer
took a paper and a pen) Write on this paper that you hate
Manchester United and you love Chelsea. Why? If you
write it, I shall keep it with me and will guarantee you a
seat in IIM K. I shall communicate with the relevant
ministry if required and I promise to get you in. Are you
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willing to give up on IIM K for the club you admire? Which
company do you work in? What is your role there? What
are the components found in the circuit board of a
Cellphone? Name two companies that manufacture the
chips of mobile phones. Give me two names for OS of
mobile phones that are not very popular. When Microsoft
bought Nokia, couple of employees from Nokia refused
to join Microsoft and decided to start their own handset-
making company. Name that company. (A couple of
questions were asked on candidate’s family background)
Any questions for us?

Candidate Profile: CA with work experience in PwC Dubai
Have you left your job already? You seem to be doing

well in your job. Why MBA? So tell me, what’s NFRA? Why
is ICAI Opposing it? So what would be ICAI’s
representation in it ? Let’s talk about Forensics audit, as
you have mentioned this in your form. Try to link it to
recent PNB fraud. How is it different from normal audit.
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Who does it? Are non-CAs involved? Can proprietorship
firms get Forensics audit done? Who is the forensic
auditor of Nirav Modi? Explain us about the fraud that
happened with your client? (The candidate explained it
on a paper) Do you know about IAS 115. In Dubai, what
do they follow? Do you know about the 5 steps of
revenue contract? Do you know about the goods return
provision? Other than this, what else do you like doing?
(The candidate mentioned about reading, writing on
Quora, playing Lawn tennis and contributing to NGO) Tell
me what other activities this NGO, Actionaid is into. Are
they international? How did you come to know about it?
You mentioned Lawn tennis. Do you play or watch? Who
do you think is an emerging player worldwide? Why such
marks in B. Com? Is it because of hectic internship? Was
this you first CAT attempt? What other calls do you have?
And what is your preference?
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Candidate Profile: B. Tech (CSE) with work experience in
Samsung
What is this Samsung watermark on your form? Does

that cause any problems with security? What do you
think of upcoming elections in Karnataka? Which
newspaper do you read? Name the most popular English
daily of Karnataka. Name some popular English papers
of West Bengal. Tell us about your work experience. (The
candidate works in Data Science department) What
models do you use? Explain Neural Networks. What is
enterprise 2.0? Explain web 2.0. So, web 2.0 and
enterprise2.0 are same? What do you do in your pastime?
(The candidate mentioned that his favorite author is
Khaled Hosseini) What was Hosseini's last book? Do you
know about current affairs? Tell me about the Hawaii
incident. Who is North Korea's biggest ally? Anything
else you want us to know about you?
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 Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (2017
- 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: B.Com (Hons.) with work experience at
Bain
Introduce yourself. What was your role at Bain? How can

you rate a company? What is the coefficient of
correlation? Is correlation an indicator of causation? Give
an example of a cause when correlation is 0 but
causation is 100%? What are the conditions for profit
maximisation? If a train is moving 130 m long and
crosses the bridge in 30 seconds at 45 km/hr find the
length of the bridge? Tell us more about the work that
you did? What is success according to you? Have you
had breakfast?
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Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Com
What is your favorite subject? Why do you like

marketing? What are the four pillars of marketing? What
is the difference between traditional markets and e-
market place? Why do you want to go into marketing
when you have studied finance in your graduation? What
all sports have you played till date? Explain your position
of responsibility in college? Why has the economic
survey been printed in pink this time? What are your
views on the future of India? What will be the long term
impact of GST and Demonetization? What has been the
impact of technology on business?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech (Electrical)
What is induction motor? How does it work? What are its

advantages? What is a transformer? How does it work?
Name a famous scientist from Electrical Engineering?
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How is power distributed in India? What are the woes of
the distribution sector in India? What are your hobbies?
Which adventure sport is your favorite? Which author do
you follow? Which novel by this author have you last
read?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech (Mechanical)
You are from Raipur. Where exactly? Is it near Magneto

mall? So is it near the Ramkrishna mission ashram? Tell
us something about yourself. What is Bernoulli’s
theorem? Why do people advice children to stay away
from the edge of platform when a train comes? Is that an
example of Bernoulli’s theorem? So you are a mechanical
engineer. Which subject did you like the most? What is
the difference between Indian cars and European cars,
say German cars? How are security and design
interlinked? I have an acquaintance in Volkswagen who
told me that the central chassis is raised slightly due to
security considerations. Is it so? What does your father
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do? (The candidate mentioned that his father is a part of
State power company) So is he an electrical engineer?
Which school did you study in? The proprietor of the
school is famous, isn’t he? Who is the captain of
Chhattisgarh cricket team? Are you the only child? So
your mother is a doctor. Is she M.S.?

Candidate Profile: B. Tech (CSE) with work experience
What does your father do in Surat? (The interviewer

reads aloud my profile details from Personal data form)
Why MBA when you are earning enough? How do banks
determine loan size? Tell me about Computer Science
point of view. Are u developer or in QA? What do you
know about UI framework and Middleware used in
application? What other calls do you have? Why IIM-A did
not call you? Where will the other interviews be held? You
want to go in ABM too. Do you have any exposure?
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 New IIMs- Common Admission Process (CAP)
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2-7

Candidate Profile: B.Tech (CSE) with work experience
Where is IIM Kashipur? (The candidate belongs to

Uttarakhand) What all technologies have you used for
data analysis? What data analysis formally taught? What
is CDMA? Where is Jim Corbett National Park and when
was it founded? Tell me about your hobbies? Tell us five
things about Sikhism? Which IIM would you want to join?
(Some questions related to work experience were asked)
Extempore (2 minutes) - Do you know about green

marketing and climate change?

Candidate Profile: Fresher, Commerce graduate
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What all subjects have you studied during under
graduation? What are the functions of HR? Tell me about
different types of interviews? How can we check the
efficiency of our recruitment process? Tell me the 4 P's
and 7 P's of marketing? Have you studied Taxation? (The
panel gave a situation based on it and then cross-
questioned) How is the president of India elected? Name
the seven sisters with capital? Have you read about any
major news in past six months? What is it? How will it
impact firms and consumers? (Again gave a situation
and cross-questioned on it).
Extempore (2 minutes) - The panel asked the candidate

to speak on any topic of his choice.

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B.Tech (Chemical)
So, what have you been doing all this time? Are you
placed? Why do you think Indian IT sector is facing a
downturn? What do you know about Indian economic
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slowdown? According to you, what is the main highlight
of Indian budget? How do you think government is going
to generate so much money for this scheme? What is a
venture? What is Cp/Cv ratio? What are your hobbies?
How many places have you been? So, which place do you
want to visit again? Which is the government in
Maharashtra? Name the Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
So, which of the new IIMs is closest to your place? Which
IIM would you prefer to go to? (The candidate talked
about TedX) Which other new IIMs conduct Ted X?
(No extempore)

Tell me something that makes you unique? (Questions

were asked on candidate’s hobby- sketching) What is
special about Mona Lisa? What are different types of
paintings? What do you learn from sketching? Tell me
something about your native place. Name two important
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railway junctions of North India and South India? Tell me
how CSE is relevant in robotics? What is humanoid?
What creative feature will you add in your rover to Mars?
Extempore (2 minutes) - Painting is nothing but a pause.

Tell me about yourself. Does your company support work

or R&D? You have a work experience of 7 months. What
have you learnt in your job? What are the advantages and
disadvantages in a team? You have a work experience of
less than a year. What will you do specially to fit in? Have
you spoken to anyone who has done an MBA in IIM?
What advice did they give you? How is it useful? Have
you checked the website? What will IIMs teach? Does
every IIM have same course? What other calls have you
got? What is the order of your choice? and on what
parameters? Doesn’t fee play a role in your choice? What
is it that you mentioned under national in extracurricular
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activities? Do you have reservation? What is fuzzy logic?
What is the difference between optical fibres and copper
cables? Why are they preferred? Who is the father of
fuzzy logic? You are from a State University. What is the
difference between State and deemed universities? What
is the difference between State and Central universities?
Name some Central Universities. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of State and Central
Universities? What will u choose? and why? Write these
two linear equations in matrix form.
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 International Management Institute, Delhi (2017
- 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech
How are you? Is this your first interview? What other calls
do you have? Tell me about yourself. What do you like
and your family background? So, you are in final year of
B. tech, have you got the placements? Which company?
And what is your domain? How is the company? What is
the number of employees in the company? So, which
specialization are you planning for? (The candidate
mentioned finance) What do you know about it? We want
students to have work experience for MBA, so why do
you want to do MBA now? You should have some
experience, then it would be much beneficial. What is
SEBI and what does it do? What is stock exchange? How
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it is managed? What are IPO and FPO? What are listed
and non-listed companies? Who is governor of RBI?
Name the deputy governors of RBI? Who is the Vice
president of India? Which newspaper do you read? (The
panel asked about the capitals of some states) Your
academics are good enough, what are you interested in
apart from studies? (The candidate mentioned about
playing cricket) Who is the captain of U-19 cricket world
cup and who is the head coach of U-19? So, what do you
think, what is the major factor behind this extraordinary
performance of U-19 in the world cup? Who is your
favorite player? (The candidate mentioned Rahul Dravid.
The panel asked about some stats on Rahul Dravid
career.)
Extempore (2 minutes): Rahul Dravid
Do you want to ask us something?
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Candidate Profile: B. Tech (CSE), working as freelance
content writer
Did you have lunch? Which soda? (The candidate

mentioned Fanta) Who owns? Do you know the history of
Thumps Up? What is the difference between CSE and IT?
Explain bitcoin. Is it under CSE/IT/finance? What is
crypto-currency? What is cryptography? What is Alexa?
Name some other digital assistants. What is artificial
intelligence? How is it used in home automation and
other applications? Is it making people lazy?
Extempore (2 minutes): Negative Obsession with

Artificial Intelligence
Rate the Indian Economy on a scale of 5. Name three

parameters to judge the growth of Indian Economy?
What FDI Amount in India? So, why do you want to do
MBA? Why did you appear for so many entrances? Why
so many dynamic backups? Who is the owner of Byju's?
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Is SRK the right person to advertise it? Is SRK a suitable
actor for intellectual cinema audience? Do you know
about Shyam Benegal?

Candidate Profile: B. Tech with work experience
You look very happy. Why? Introduce yourself. What did

others tell you about us? What are your job
responsibilities? Why sudden decrease in marks in class
12? What are your hobbies? The candidate mentioned
sketching and cycling) Do you know about world’s
biggest cycle race? It was one by one cyclist but recently
all awards have taken away. Do you know the reason?
Which Indian player had same doping issue? Do you
know about Thakrey? What is Shiv Sena’s agenda? Who
is the CM of Maharashtra and Delhi? Any recent
controversy related to Arvind Kejriwal? Are you from
Maharashtra? So, to which State rasogulla belongs to?
Have you visited Konark? Why it is famous? Who is the
PM of India?
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Extempore (2 minutes): What can Narendra Modi do to
stop engineers going for MBA to support his ‘Make in
India’?
Which other calls do you have? Have you converted

Great Lakes? Why not IMI Bhubaneswar?
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 Institute of Management and Technology
Ghaziabad (2017 -18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: Fresher, engineer
So you're the last person in this panel. Tell us what are

others saying outside? Why do you want to pursue MBA
from IMT? What about your placements? Don't you think
it's too early? At this time you should be with the
company, have some work experience and then pursue
MBA? (The candidate mentioned marketing). Can you tell
me the 4 Ps of marketing? What is price? What is
opportunity cost? What makes you go for marketing?
According to you, what is marketing? Name any three
personalities which you admire as businessmen? Are you
aware of the space launch recently by your favorite Elon
Musk? What is the exact name of the spaceship? What's
it all about?
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Candidate Profile: B. Tech - Electronics
What is the work of NITI Aayog? Tell us something about

GST impact. What is happening in South China sea? Why
does Putin get selected every time in Russia? Tell us
something about Maldives. (Questions based on current
affairs, electronics, HR)

Candidate Profile: Fresher, mechanical engineer
Why MBA? Why should we select you? (Questions on

candidate’s achievements) What are your views on
demonetization? What is your choice of specialization?
Tell us the difference in construction and running
characteristics of petrol and a diesel engine. Do you have
any questions for us?
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Candidate Profile: Fresher
So how does it feel like to be the last candidate? Tell me

one advantage and one disadvantage of being last. You
seem to be coming from a really diverse field. Why MBA
then? You passed out in 2015. Please tell us what you
did since then. What are your short term goals? What will
you do immediately after passing out from IMT? Are you
aware of current affairs? What about budget and Indian
politics? Okay, so tell me. Trump won the elections in
USA even though Hilary Clinton was more popular. Had
there been a male in place of her, he would've defeated
Trump. What are your thoughts on this? And why are
they so? Tell us about Trump's visa policy and how has it
affected Indians? Are you sure that what you're saying is
correct?
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 K.J. Somaiya Inst. of Mgmt. Studies & Research
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: Fresher, B. Tech (CSE)
Tell us about yourself. Which books do you read? What

are your hobbies? Why Marketing? What do you write as
you have mentioned that you freelance as a content
writer? How do you get paid? Is it fair pay? What growth
do you see in the real estate sector? How secure is it as
an investment? Why not invest in gold? Why would I live
in a city like Kolkata and not Bengaluru or Mumbai? Why
MBA? Tell us your views on Jack Reacher, the movie?
Why did you use this quote in your SOP? What do you
see in this person that impresses you? Why did this
quote got stuck in your mind? Why computer science
and then MBA?
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Candidate Profile: Work ex
Tell me about your role in your company. What kind of

purchases did you make? Explain the process. What
does your company manufacture? Tell me about your
most difficult day at your workplace. Can you recite any
poem written by you? What is your goal in life? Name any
three popular personalities whose name carry Sinha.

Introduce yourself. What have you done after passing out

in 2016? So you're interested in marketing? Sell me this
bottle. Who was the guest of honour in the last republic
day? What happened in the World Economic Forum? Who
represented India there and what was PM Modi’s speech
there? So you are interested in automobiles. Who is the
CEO of Maruti Suzuki? Who is the Chief Election
Commissioner of India? Who is the governor of RBI?
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Candidate Profile: Fresher, engineer
What are you doing now? So why do you want to do MBA

now? Work for 2 years and then apply for MBA. You may
face problems post MBA during placement due to lack of
industry exposure. (The candidate mentioned about his
interest in finance- stock markets, equity markets, etc.)
Which stock performed best today? Which bank is going
to issue IPO? Do you know about carbon footprints and
global warming? What is the importance of ozone layer?
What is agrarian distress? What do you think about loan
waivers?
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 Loyola Institute of Business Administration,
Chennai (2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 3
Duration: 5-20 minutes

Candidate Profile: B. Tech, work ex
Why did you study Biotech? And now you want to do

MBA? What is the money market? Why do you want to do
MBA from LIBA? Where else have you applied? What are
your contingency plans? What did you do in your gap
years? What is your job about?

Candidate Profile: Graduate in mass communication
(Questions related to undergraduate subjects) So, why

do you want to get into LIBA? Can you learn math? (The
candidate was a communication major) Can you cope
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up? How many hours do you study? What are your
hobbies?

Candidate Profile: B. Tech in Computer Science
What is your favorite subject in computers? Name the

various software development models used by
companies? Why do you want to do MBA and why not
anything in the field of computers? Why do you want to
get into LIBA? Where else have you applied?
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 Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: Work ex, engineer
You are already into corporate. Why are you here? So,
you did your B.tech in which branch? So, you do stand
up? Can you do a 5 min set for us? What are your
hobbies? What do you write? Which genre in poems? You
read books? – of what genre? What is philosophy? Tell
me about any famous philosopher. Can we ask questions
on current affairs? Have you prepared for it? (No
questions asked on current affairs) Have you ever
thought of going for UPSC? Have you heard of Maruti?
Suppose Suzuki wants to make an entry in your sector
and Suzuki management appoints you as an advisory.
What advice will you give? How do our machines damage
road?
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Candidate Profile: B. tech CSE, work ex
How are you feeling? Why are you excited? Tell me the
names of subjects from first year of your btech? What is
database? What is relational database, primary key and
secondary key? What is the tester’s role in project? What
is the first thing a person thinks on joining Infosys? Why
did you leave Infosys? Who is CEO of Vinsol? (The
candidate had worked in Infosys and Vinsol) What are
the disadvantages of offshore?

Tell me the meaning of your name? You have won a prize

in spell bee. Write down
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. So
which field is this term related to and what does it mean?
Have you heard about encryption, digital signature and
Electronic fund transfer? (One of the interviewer
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writes www.yahoo.com) Tell me why do we use dot as
separator and not slash or comma or other characters?
What steps would you follow to bring about change in
your organization? List them. Ok, so I am from a state
where girls are not allowed to go to school. They think
girls are a liability. How would you solve this problem?
Give me a self sustainable solution to this problem.
What's your percentile? What other calls you have? Why
would you join MDI? Do you have any questions about us
or the institute?
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 Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists: 3
Duration: 20-25 mins

Candidate Profile: B.E. in chemical
Introduce yourself. Why do you want to join IIFM after

doing engineering in chemical? Which are the commonly
found trees in your home town? How many sanctuaries
are there in your home town? Name them. What are your
hobbies? Why do you like reading fiction? What makes
you different from others?

Candidate Profile: B.E. in computer science
Tell something about yourself. Which is your favorite

subject? What is the advantage of DBMS over file
system? Why do you want to MBA? And that too in forest
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management? Which are the popular rivers in your state?
What do you think the state can do to manage the
pollution in water bodies? What are your goals after
completing your MBA?
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 Inst. for Financial Mgmt. & Research, Chennai
(2017 - 18)
Personal Interview
Candidate Profile: B. tech Fresher
Introduce yourself? What was your final year project?

Why don’t you do any post graduation in your concerned
field? Why do you want to do MBA? But you don’t have
any work experience, how will you compete with the rest?
What specialization will you take up? And why is it so?

Candidate Profile: Software Developer in UST global
What work do you do in Data Analytics? How can it help

you at the individual level? Other than data science what
other fields have you explored at work? How do stocks
work or fluctuate? Which are the stock markets in India?
What hobbies do you have? Why do you want to pursue
MBA? Which specialization will you opt for? Why this
choice?
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 Institute of Rural Management Anand (2017 -
18)
Personal Interview
Duration: 20 mins

Candidate Profile: Worked in Aditya Birla Group
Introduce yourself? What are your hobbies? How do you

relate chess and the business world? What is common
between the two? What was your profile and role in the
company? Why did you leave the company? What is your
strength? (Responded saying that I am a fighter) So will
you fight with teachers here? Who is your role model in
life? Why do you want to join IRMA? Why do you want to
go for rural management?

Candidate Profile: B.com, Fresher
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Introduce yourself? What do you know about finance
accounting? Explain the demand and supply cycle? What
do you understand by money supply? What are your
strengths and weaknesses? Do you know the specialty of
Anand? Why do you want to do MBA? Which
specialization will you opt for?
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 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (2017
- 18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists: 4

Candidate Profile: B. Tech(ECE), work ex- automobile
Sector
Introduce yourself. Are you alone in these initiatives or

you have a team? And how do you manage? (The
candidate mentioned about his marketing project) How
did you come across this? What were the survey
questions? Who were the people? Where did you do the
survey? And what was your final year project? What did
you do in this project? Tell me about your work profile. So
you work in Quality Department. What are your
responsibilities? What approaches do you follow for the
Defect resolution? Did you resolve any defect? Who else
is involved in this? Don’t you think operators must be
involved in the process? What is the Inspection Process
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at your company? How do you decide which parts to
check?

Candidate Profile: B. Tech Planning (Urban and
Regional), work ex in Real Estate sector
Introduce yourself. You have done Urban Planning from

CoEP (College of Engineering, Pune). Tell us more about
it, the placement and its relation with the Smart City
Mission. Are there any placement issues your branch is
facing? Where are you currently working? What is your
job role? What are the various domains in a business- like
HR, Finance, etc.? Give an example of how SCM (Supply
Chain Management) in Real Estate? What was your final
year project? What did you do in your internship after
third year? What do you know about PGDISEM program?
Anything else you would like to tell apart from what’s
mentioned in the form?
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Candidate Profile: Working in Automobile sector
Briefly & quickly introduce yourself? What are the pros n

cons of using hydrogen in automobiles? Explain in brief
the working of ICE? What safety aspects do you find
missing at the place you work? What was your major
project? Why was it called mini tractor& of what weight?
What was the engine HP? Why do you have an inclination
towards environment? Then why industrial safety?
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 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
(17-18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists: 3

Candidate Profile: Owns a startup
Tell me about yourself. What are your hobbies? Tell us

about your start-up. What are your long-term goals? What
is your CAT percentile? Why did you travel by flight and
not by train? Are you biased towards trains? Tell me five
reasons for not selecting you? You have got calls from
many B-schools. What is the priority of NMIMS? Do you
think you will get selected? Tell me something funny that
happened with you recently.

Candidate Profile: Engineer, work ex
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Why engineers are opting for MBA? (The candidate is
working in Deloitte) Deloitte is paying you handsomely.
Why don't you want to go for a job change? What did you
do in Deloitte that you are really proud of? What did you
prepare for the interview? Tell us what have you prepared
best and what should we ask you? (The candidate
mentioned his love for food) Mention some food outlets
in Bangalore. There are a lot of lakes with foam. Do you
know the reason? What should be done? Why Bangalore
is called the city of gardens? Which specialization would
you choose? (The candidate mentioned about his extra-
curricular activities in graduation) What did you learn
from your extra-curricular activities?

Candidate Profile : Work ex
(The candidate worked in Infosys) Who heads Infosys?

What is the revenue of Infosys? Do you know about
Sikka-Murthy feud? What were your job responsibilities?
In which stream do you want to specialise in? Why
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NMIMS? (The candidate mentioned about his inclination
towards operations and social work) How can SCM be
used for a social issue?

Candidate Profile : Fresher
How do you feel about being the last candidate? Tell me

the story of your life in a minute. Why do you choose HR
when you have decent tech background? Why not start
your own startup? Give 3 qualities of HR personnel. Give
3 reasons why you are suitable for an HR course
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 Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human
Resource Development, Pune (2017-18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists: 2

A case based problem given to solve. The case - "You are
the head of a potato chip manufacturing company, you
offer a free toy with each pack, with a message clearly
mentioning that the toy is meant for kids of over 1 year
of age. A 6-month old child chokes on such a toy and
dies. Will you issue a public apology or stay quiet?"

Candidate Profile : Fresher
Given a problem scenario: “Your company plans to

venture into a new technology. And there's a vendor who
is supplying you the product but with the old technology
since a decade. He is saying that he'll make them using
the new technology but you are not really sure about it.
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There is a new vendor using the new technology. And
you don't know anything about it. Whom will you choose?
Justify.”
Why do you want to pursue MBA? You are a fresher. Why

didn't you take up a job? Any failure that you faced and
how did you overcome it?

Candidate Profile: B. Tech (CSE), work ex
Tell us something about yourself. (The candidate

mentioned playing table tennis and watching TED talks
as her hobby) When did you start playing table tennis?
And why do you like this game so much? What was the
last TED talk you watched and how has it impacted you?
So, how do great leaders inspire action? And what
according to you differentiates them from the rest? So
how will you inspire us? When you leave this room, how
would you like us to remember you?
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(The panel handed a piece of paper to the candidate) So
this is a case. You have to read it and suggest your
course of action.)
The case: It was about an employee. He finds out that his

boss is doing something wrong. You have tried talking to
him but he didn't listen to you. So, what will be your
course of action?
So you suggested that you will take the entire team and
approach a person. Won't your boss get very angry about
that? How will you feel if some 10 people approach you
and tell you that you are wrong? Have you heard the
phrase "Boss is always right"? So, according to you, the
customer is always right? You have Sanskrit scholarship
for two consecutive years. Can you recite a Sanskrit
shloka for us? When you walk out of this room, tell us
why should we feel, this is the candidate who has to be
selected?
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 SIBM, Bangalore (2017-18)
Personal Interview

Candidate Profile : (B.com- Fresher)
Introduce yourself? Which city did you travel from?

Which flight did you take? What is the name of the airport
in Amritsar? What is your take on this year’s budget?
Why is there no tax on agricultural income? Why do you
want to do MBA? Which specialization would you opt
for? What is the difference between CA and MBA? What
do you know about investment banking? Name five
investment banking companies. Who was the chief guest
on Republic Day? Who is the chairman of Rajya Sabha?
What are your hobbies?

Candidate Profile : Working in Pristine ideas (17 months)
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Introduce yourself? Name 5 business persons originated
from India. You don’t know any women entrepreneur?
Name any 3 women entrepreneurs. What are your
hobbies? What form of martial arts do you practice?
What is the difference between Taekwondo and martial
arts? Why is compound interest used in banking? Why do
you want to do MBA? To implement your business plan
all you need is money, which you can get even without
doing MBA, then why you need a degree?

Candidate Profile : Working in an IT company
Introduce yourself? What do you know about marketing

research? What are the parameters of marketing
research? How many states and UTs are there in India?
How many rivers flow through your state? What all have
you done in social work? With which organization were
you associated with? Why do you want to do MBA?
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 Symbiosis Institute of International Business,
Pune (2017-18)
Personal Interview
Average Duration : 10-15 mins
No. of Panelists : 3
Candidate Profile: Fresher, Graduate in agricultural
engineering
Introduce yourself. What have you done in your

graduation? How can technology be implemented in
Agriculture? Do you own farms? What kind of crops do
you grow in your farms? (Agriculture-based questions
from academic subjects) Why do you want to go for MBA
in agriculture? Why don’t you want to go for any other
specialization?

Candidate Profile: Working as Software Developer in USD
Global
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Introduce yourself. Who is the CM of your state? What is
your profile and role in your company? Which project are
you currently working on? What affect will automation
have on the IT sector? Companies like Nokia and Kodak
were on the top of the market a decade ago, then what
happened now? What is the reason for this downfall? As
a business head, how will you handle such a situation?
Why do you want to do MBA?

Candidate Profile: 3 years of work experience at ICICI
Bank in Trade Finance
You seem to be doing well in your job, why MBA now?
Tell me a situation when you had a conflict with the
values/practices of your organization. How often are you
able to meet customers’ expectations? Why is the pricing
of trade finance products different for different
customers? Isn’t it unethical? What have you done to
improve your team’s performance? Why do you want to
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return to Banking after your MBA? What are your views
about recent Salman Rushdie row?
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 Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management
(2017-18)
Personal Interview
Candidate Profile : Fresher, B. Tech
Introduce yourself. Why do you want to do MBA? Why are

you choosing Operations? Why did you leave your job?
Why do you prefer SIOM? What other options do you
have? Have you ever worked on SAP? What hobbies do
you have? What are the dimensions of a table tennis
table? What is the difference between efficiency and
effectiveness?
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 Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management
(2017-18)
Personal Interview
No. of Panelists : 2 panelists
Candidate Profile : B. Tech (ECE) with Work ex
Tell me something about yourself. Why MBA and why

SITM? Which topic did you write the essay on in WAT?
Briefly describe. Draw a simple circuit of op-amp. Explain
any topic that you remember from engineering. What
strengths do you think you have? Can you recall any
latest news from the past two days? What if you don’t
get in this year? What are your hobbies and interests?
How are you going to pursue them in the college?
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 S.P. Jain Institute of Management and
Research, Mumbai (2017-18)
Group Interview (2 rounds)
Duration : 30-40 minutes

Candidate Profile : Work ex
Tell me about yourself and why do you opt for this

specialization? What is marketing? (Given a situation and
asked to handle it) Why do you want to change your job
and do an MBA? In one line explain- what will you give to
this institute? Why should we select you- give a reason?
If you are not selected, then who else should be? What
do you know about PNB scam? Tell me one thing you
like, and dislike about your parents

Candidate Profile : Graduation in Agricultural
Engineering, Work ex
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So what do you know about union budget? What is twin
balance sheet problem? Do you know about NPA
problem in Public sector banks in India? What is FRDI
bill? What is the impact of demonetization? What are the
pros and cons of Minimum Support Price for the
agriculture sector? What is priority sector lending? What
quantum of loans are turning NPA corporate loans or
small priority sector loans and why? What are your
hobbies? (The candidate mentioned nail art and painting
as her hobby) How would you conduct a market research
to understand the customers who would want to pursue
nail art or what would be your market segmentation for
nail art?

Candidate Profile : Operations Management, Work ex
Introduce yourself using something that is not written in

the form. What are your views on Tesla’s manufacturing
set up in China? And why India was not chosen? What
are your views on App based news to Print based? So
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why do you want to do MBA? Tell us one thing which you
want to include and one which you want to eliminate
from your personality. Describe a situation when you
were trapped in an ethical dilemma. Would you have an
employee who aligns with the company’s values but is
lesser in competency or an employee who is highly
competent but does not align with company’s values?
Which company you admire and why?

Candidate Profile : Fresher, B. Tech (ECE)
Tell me about yourself and your family. What does your

name mean? What are the ingredients of Panchforon(
Bengali dish)? What is the difference between hen and
duck? Which eggs do you prefer to develop your body
hen or duck and why? (A mini GD on the PNB scam) Why
finance? What do you apart from your corporate job?
What is a derivative? What is P/E valuation and its use?
What will you not put in an almond cake? Was there any
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ethical dilemma that you faced? Was there any news that
shook you recently? Do you have any questions for us?
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 T. A. Pai Management Institute (2017-18)
Personal Interview

Candidate Profile : B. Tech (CSE), Fresher
Tell us an incident where you refused to help a friend.

You are the only fresher scheduled for today. Does that
make you feel intimidated? How do you cope with it? Are
you afraid? What benefit does that give you if any? Tell
us an incident where you found yourself in a conflict with
a senior/junior. How could you have done better in your
under graduation? Why do you think you are suitable for
PGDM? What qualities would you want us to focus in
order to decide your suitability? Tell us about your family.
What placement offers have you got?

Candidate Profile : B. Tech (CSE), Fresher
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Tell us about yourself. (Many questions asked on
candidate’s life experiences) What major challenges
have you faced till now? So, how did you cope up with
these situations? Why should we select you? Why
banking course? What interests you in banking? Why did
you apply for this college with regards to BKFS?

Candidate Profile : B. Tech (ECE), Work ex
Why did you apply for all three courses? Why HR? Tell me
one such policy of your company that you would like to
change? Have you mentored anyone? Tell us one terrible
experience that you had at your workplace. What did you
learn from it? What should be the role of an ideal HR?
What do you think is the most important role of an HR?
What would be your preferred ranking if you get selected
for all three?

Candidate Profile : B. Tech (ECE), Work ex
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Introduce yourself. Why PGDM? Do you have any regrets
in life? Have you motivated anyone in life? What is the
most important lesson that you have learnt in your
professional world? What are your hobbies? How was
your HR interview? How did your GD go?

Candidate Profile : B. Tech (ECE), work ex
Which interview went better? HR or PGDM? (The
candidate selected all three courses) So, why did you opt
for banking? What is rupee depreciation? Which
companies get affected? Does your company gain or
lose? How would you rate this interview? Should we
select you? And why is that so?
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 Tata Inst. of Social Sciences (2017-18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists : 3

Candidate Profile : Electrical Engineer (Fresher)
Interview Experience : What is the crisis going in

Maldives? What is your opinion on it? What help can
India provide in this situation? What is resistance? What
is the difference between AC and DC? Explain the
working of electrical instruments in the room (bulb, fan
etc.)?
A case study was given : Nestle has recruited you as an

HR. As you know Patanjali is giving a tough time to the
food industry players, what strategy will you make to
counter the competition?
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Candidate Profile : Engineer, work ex
Introduce yourself. And why HR? Keep it brief. Did you

read our syllabus? Which subject would you want to
specialise in? So, what do you do at work? How exactly
do you impact the project? Did you interact with your HR
executives? You’re in a PSU. What do you think of the HR
policies in your company? What could be the areas of
improvement? And how can that happen? But don’t HR
professionals already attend business meetings? What
are the areas where you think the HR department of your
company can be proactive? Who is your GM, HR? and
AGM? So, why was there an agitation when the PRP
(Performance Related Pay) system was introduced in the
PSUs? But what do you think could be the reason behind
the agitation? How would you rate the HR department of
your company out of 5? You mentioned about the bell
curve system and its disadvantages. What are its
advantages?
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Suppose you are a HR manager of your present
company, and you are at an IIM for recruitment. How will
you differentiate your company from the other
shipyards?
Consider a retail company. Its customers have given

negative feedback on its social media page. Mr. X is
looking forward to apply for a job at this company. He
discovers these negative comments about customer
service. Will this affect his willingness to join the
company?
How do you evaluate yourself at work? What drives you

professionally? Fame or money? When would you
consider yourself professionally successful? How much
work-ex do you have? Do you know the political
affiliations of the labour unions in your company?
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 Xavier Inst. of Mgmt., Bhubaneswar (2017-18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists : 3-4

Candidate Profile : B. Tech, work ex, (shortlisted for both
BM and HRM)
Your 10th and graduation marks are good but why was
there a drop in 12th? Which subject did you like in 12th?
(The candidate mentioned chemistry) Where is isopropyl
alcohol found? Where is acetone found? Define ‘mean’.
What separates Asia from Europe? (another question
from geography), What is the revenue of Infosys? (The
candidate works in Infosys) Who are the founders of
Infosys? What does a Voltmeter do? What does an
Ammeter do? What is the difference between congruency
and similarity? What is geometric progression? So, what
are your job responsibilities?
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Candidate Profile : Fresher, B.E (ECE) (shortlisted for BM)
So you're from which place? How did you reach here?

What is the meaning of your train’s name? So why did
you come to Bhubaneshwar? Have you visited the
campus? Tell us something about Lingaraj Temple? Have
you visited the pond out there? Is your college a
government-aided one? And is that the best college in
your state? Tell me something about VLSI, ULSI and LSI.
You must have studied embedded systems as a subject.
Tell me something about it. So your college is named
after Rajiv Gandhi. Tell me about him. Do you know he's
introduced a man related to your subject in Engineering?
Tell us about your extracurricular activities.

Candidate Profile : Work-ex
Tell us about yourself. Explanation on school name i.e.
who was St. Antony, why his name? (Since candidate
studied from St. Antony's college)Do you remember the
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name of your school principal? When you joined your
organization, what was the first program you attended?
What is the difference between the two? Explain your
domain and work you do in your organization. You seem
pretty good in your work then why do you want to do
MBA in HR? Who is Arundhati Bhattacharya? Name any
other female at such a high position. Mention some
extracurricular achievements of yours. Where else have
you applied for HR course? If you get selected in NMIMS
and XIMB then what will u prefer. Why? Just because we
are sitting in front of you.
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 Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur
(2017-18)
Personal Interview
No. of panelists : 3

Candidate Profile : NIT Trichy, Fresher
Why aren’t you working? Why do you want to opt for

MBA? Give two strong reasons. What are isotones? How
are organic compounds different from inorganic
compounds? What did you do in your internship in
Germany? How are German work ethics different from
Indian work ethics? What are your hobbies?

Candidate Profile : Computer Engineer, Work ex: 10
months as Data Engineer
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Tell us something about your job? What is your role?
How is a bubble chart better than a bar chart? You have
data of infant mortality, average life expectancy and
literacy rate. They’ve no correlation between them so
how would you visualize it in one chart. Draw the same.
Tell me two things that you don’t like about your
company. Tell us about your clients. You don’t need to
name them just industry/domain. What do you do in your
free time? Which books have you read? Tell me about the
last trip you had. What did you learn from the trip?

Candidate Profile : B. Com, Chartered Accountant
So you're working in Deloitte. Tell us about that. You're
aware of the scams happening around like PNB etc.
What do you think is the reason? Is it not being audited
properly? So, the audit is not being done properly? So, is
this illegal? Tell me about the PNB scam. How did they
escape audit? So, not auditing properly is illegal? Which
was your favorite subject during college? (The candidate
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mentioned financial management) So, what all did you
study there? What is capital budgeting? What are
financial ratios? Can you give us an example when
someone has been angry at you? Are you a single child?
Tell us about an incident where you saw something
wrong being done and you were powerless to stop it,
something from your work. What does your father do?
Tell me why MBA? What kind of role are you looking for
post MBA? Did you give cat? Which other calls do you
have?

Candidate Profile : Engineer, Fresher
So you have studied in South Point High School. Where

is it located? Which board is the school affiliated to? Why
do you think that the good schools in Kolkata are
converting to CBSE from West Bengal board? Tell us
what have you prepared for this interview? So tell us
about some generic B-school interview questions. Will
you hire someone who had done money laundering in
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your company to save his family? Can you think of some
other cases of the same situation? Tell us about your
hobbies. Who's your favorite Bengali author? How do you
think Satyajit Ray and Swaradindu Bandyopadhyay's
detective novels are different? Tell us some strengths
and weaknesses that you have.
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 Birla Institute of Management Technology (2017
- 18)
Personal Interview

Candidate Profile-Fresher, BBA
Tell us about yourself. Why this college? Which is the
biggest FMCG in India, and the world? Where do you
want to see yourself in five years from now? Have you
ever demonstrated leadership in college or school? Give
example. What are your hobbies? What do you prefer in
reading?

Candidate Profile- Fresher, B. Tech in IT
Introduce yourself. What did you do in your major
project? What is the scope of about artificial intelligence
in India? What are your hobbies/ what kind of music do
you listen to? Name 3 popular bands in India. Which
specialization will you like to opt? Why so?
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 Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi (2017 -
18)
Personal Interview
Average Duration: 15 minutes
Candidate Profile: B. tech in ECE, Working in Automobile

Sector from 32 months
Introduce yourself. Extempore-Think for 10-15 seconds

and speak for one minute on “IPR”. In which Quality are
you working? What Quality Standards you follow?
Specify the number of TS Standard you follow? What is
its equivalent to ISO? What is Ford’s Quality Standard?
Ford ingenuously developed a Quality Standard. What is
it? Name any three Social Entrepreneurs.
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Candidate Profile: B. Tech Planning (Urban and

Regional), Work exp.: 9 months
Introduce yourself to the panel. What is this degree of

yours- B. Tech Planning? Why do you want to do MBA?
Name any 3 international real estate firms in India.
Extempore-Think for 10-15 seconds and speak for one
minute on “Rural India”. You have said about the
haphazard development in urban areas- How will getting
an MBA help you achieve it? Which ministry looks after
urban development? And which one is responsible for
connectivity between two cities? Who are the Cabinet
Ministers? So your degree is B. Tech Planning, do you
have any subjects related to Mechanical, Civil?

Candidate Profile: Petroleum engineering in PDPU
Gandhinagar and working as plant engineer at GSFC
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So you are born in Ahmedabad, did your petroleum
engineering in PDPU Gandhinagar and presently work as
plant engineer at GSFC,right? What is GsFC? Is it a state
PSU? Extempore-Think for 10-15 seconds and speak for
one minute on “Subsidy in Fertilizer sector". So what is
status of food security in India? So as a policy maker
what steps would you take? You mentioned leakages
right so what steps would you take to curtail them? What
do you do in your free time? Which games? You
mentioned reading Books, which books?
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 Goa Institute of Management, Goa (2017 - 18)
Personal Interview

experience
Round 1:
No. of Panelists: 2
Introduce yourself. Tell me about your work experience.

(Specific questions related to work experience were
asked) Why MBA? What are the things you will do, if you
become the Marketing Manager of GIM? What are the
strategies that can be developed for promoting an MBA
college? Why should we give you an admission? What
are your hobbies? (Specific questions on hobbies were
asked) What is Brand management and market
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intelligence? What is the difference between sales and
marketing?
Round 2:
Duration: 30 minutes
What was your role in your previous organisation?

(Specific questions on job role were asked) What are
heat transfer and Mass transfer? Explain the working of
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. (Application related
questions on heat and mass transfer in refrigeration)
What is PERT and CPM? How is product management
different from brand management? What different will
you do if you are selected for a brand management role
given you already have the product management
experience? What do you know of the Mandovi River
dispute? What do you think is the solution? What are the
latest technologies where the brand is not as famous as
the technology itself? What are the environmental issues
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plaguing Bangalore? What are the solutions? (The
candidate belonged to Bangalore)

Candidate Profile: Working in UST global as a software
developer
Round 1:
No. of Panelists: 2
Introduce yourself. Tell me about your work experience.

(Specific questions related to work experience were
asked) Why do you want to do a MBA in Big Data? How is
Big Data useful for government organizations? Why don’t
you go for any other specialization? What have you done
apart from your curriculum? What work did you do in
NSS?
Round 2:
No. of Panelists: 3
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Explain the project you are currently working on? How

did you get interested in Big Data? Why has Big Data
suddenly become so important? What is sampling in
probability? When you flip two coins what is the
probability of getting either heads or tails on both the
coins? Solve these 5 aptitude/reasoning questions.
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 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
(2017 - 18)

Candidate Profile: B. tech, Work ex
Introduce yourself. What is the difference between dollar

and rupee? Then why is dollar strong? What will you do
to make rupee strong? If dollar price goes down, would it
be beneficial for us? If rupee price goes up in the market,
how would that impact you? Name any two media
houses in India. What are your hobbies? Why MBA?
Would you take a sabbatical or resign? Which other calls
do you have? Why Great lakes?
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Did you have lunch? Which soda? (The candidate

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