ICFAI Hyderabad

GD: Should managers be effective or ethical

IIM KOZHIKODE

WAT TOPIC:

Democracy is overrated.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:

Two panelists, a lady and a man.

P1: what does your name mean?

P1: Do you know some Shlok? Can you recite it for us?

P1: Explain the meaning of the shlok you recited

P1: is this the meaning or the interpretation?

P1: What’s the difference between a meaning and an interpretation?

P1: now explain the meaning

P2: you are from electronics branch, are you aware of the present scenario?

P2: explain these schemes to us

P2: Give some example for the same

P2: Asked more electronics related questions (I don’t remember now)

P1: why do you want to do MBA?

P1: What others call do you have?

P1: which will you select among Lucknow and Kozhikode?

P1: just select one or will you not select?

P1: what are your career goals?

P1: Give a distinct feature of Kozhikode

P1: leave this, tell some other thing

P1: fine

CAP

WAT TOPIC:

Affirmative action by countries like US and India are uplifting marginalized section. Does it have
implications on economy and society? Write with the appropriate examples.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:

P1: what is the meaning of your name?

P2: tell me something about yourself?

P2: (started rotating his mobile phone in front of my face)

Me: (confused) took a break for 2 sec

P2: can you explain how the screen rotation works?

P2: can you explain the procedure technically?

P2: leave it, what is RAM

P2: what is the difference between RAM and microprocessor?

P2: What is dual core processor?

P2: why so?

P1: tell me about your extra-curricular activities

P2: crossed question on research paper

P1: tell about what you did in paper

P1: continue with your extra curricular

P1: interrupted again at Engineers without borders….. asked to explain it

P2: what other calls do you have?

P1: sir I am done

P2: same here, thank you we’re done

IIM LUCKNOW- ABM COURSE

WAT TOPIC:

Artificial Intelligence is the future. Reality or Buzz?

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:

Two panelists were there. I was the third one in the panel.

P1: (He pronounced my name wrong) is it the correct pronunciation?

P2: Do you know any Shlok? Can you recite it for us?

P1: Good. You have scored 95 in 10th and 12th, is it the highest a person can score?

P1: So if this is the case then why you didn’t improve? Everyone tries to improve in +2 but your
performance is consistent, is it you don’t want to try more?

P2: Can you please help me with a circuit; can you draw the circuit of multivibrator?

P2: then draw the circuit diagram of class A amplifier

P2: let it be. Can you draw any amplifier using BJT?
P2: many questions pointing at various arrows in the diagram…

P2: Can you draw a circuit to generate a sine wave?

P2: Okay then, Can you draw a circuit to convert a square wave to a summing sine wave? Is it
possible?

P2: (to P1) you can ask sir

P1: Why do you want to do MBA, why don’t you continue in Accenture for some more time as it’s
just been 8-9 months…?

P1: you do not have any background in agricultural domain then why do you want to pursue ABM?

P1: Do you know something about China, like something related to growth etc? Is it decreasing,
increasing or constant?

P1: (started laughing and were shocked) How can you say that? Do you know some facts or figures?

P2: (banging on table and laughing)

P1: Then why are we afraid of China?

(P2 was continuously laughing and simultaneously showing disappointment)

P1: Can you tell the figures?

P1: What about US?

P1: Do you know about Food Corporation of India?

P1: do MSP something related to it

P1: From where did FCI buy? From market or from farmers?

P2: that’s fine; we don’t expect you to answer everything

P2 and P1: (after discussing with each other): Thank you, we are done.

Iim K
Two panelists M1 M2
M1 - what's the meaning of your name
M1- why Churchill is famous
M1 difference in business analytics and AI
M1 so you know about Cambridge analytica
M1 you should be aware of that your are an IT engineer
Me - now it clicked
M1- view on election 2019 reand bjps strategy of this type
M2- placement hogya ?
M2- draw the logo of it
M2 what's the meaning of mu sigma
M2- cm of kerala
M2- cm of telangana
M2 HRD minister

CAP
WAT Topic: Romantic Movies often create unrealistic expectations in real life
relationships. How these can affect real-life relationships? Give your views
Allotted Time: 20 Minutes Word Limit: 300 Words
An A4 sheet was provided with 1 ½ page for essay and rest space for writing
credentials.
WAT started at 9:10 and ended at 9:20, and immediately groups were lined up for the
interview. Students were divided into a group of 12 students each and out of that, only 8
members were present.
I was third in my panel. 3 Male members, one in the early 50s, the other two in 40s. Only
two members took the interview, while the third panelist was simply sitting on the sofa.
<Entered Room, Greeted Panellists, Asked for Permission, Gave a general introduction>
P1: Which company are you presently placed in? (P2 asked for salary structure as well).
P1: It’s a fantastic company. The future is in analytics, and the company is a renowned
name, why don’t you go for a job and come back after 2 years, it will be a great
experience for you.
P2: Still you are too young to go for an MBA right now. An MBA after 2 years can do
wonders for you.
P1: What after an MBA?
P1: In which sector or field?
P1: Go for an M Tech. then, it will be better for you to have an idea about technology.
P1: Tell me something, the difference between Steve Jobs and who is the CEO of Apple
(answered Tim Cook), it's only that Tim Cook is taking forward his vision, but it was Jobs
who started Apple and he never went to a B-School.
P2: So you are from I.T. background, tell me what kind of topology would you use for a
hotel of this size (5 Star)?
P2: Advantages and disadvantages of both.
P2: So don’t you think that in case of a failure it would create chaos among customers.
P2: If I ask next time, you might change your answer again.
P1: You are from Bihar, and Nitish Kumar banned liquor in Bihar. It’s a huge revenue
loss for the state. What is your opinion on this?
P1: If you were the CM of Bihar, what decision would you have taken? Banning liquor in
the state. A simple yes or no.
P1: So you think Nitish Kumar’s decision was not correct.
P2: OK Abhishek! That’s all, any question for us?
Me: No sir. Thank You!

IIFT
WAT Topic: How to modernize primary education in rural India?
300 Word limit and 20 minutes time limit.
GD Topic: Do controversies make or break a celebrity image?
GD was conducted in a group of 10 members, and the same group was allotted to a
particular panel for the interview. Marks were given on the basis of content, relevance,
body language, connecting real-life examples with the topic etc.
After 2 minutes to think and note down points, everyone was given a chance to speak
one by one for a minute to speak on the topic and after the GD three members who
could not actively participate in the GD were asked to summarise the topic and
conclude.
3 Panelist, one male in late 50s (M), one female in early 40s (F1) and one female in
early 30s (F2).
F1: Tell me something about yourself
F1: Which book are you presently reading?
F1: Recently a famous author visited India, can you tell me his/her name?
F1: Okay, no problem. (She told me the name). You have not mentioned about your
internship that you told about in the CV form, what was the internship all about?
M: Asked questions based on my CV form.
F2: You are from IT background. Tell me about cryptocurrencies, some
cryptocurrencies, the functioning of cryptocurrencies.
F1: Tell me something about the recent controversial news related to cryptocurrency.

IIM Kozhikode

WAT: 2 topics; 25 mins for the 1st, 15 for the 2nd

Topic 1: Democracy is overrated

Topic 2: The stupidest decision of my life

2 Panel members; both south indians in their 30s or 40s; one cheerful, the 2nd strict

P1: Introduce yourself

Me: Answered; mentioned a business venture as career goal

P2: Don't do an MBA if you want to be an entrepreneur. An MBA will make you a
good manager, not a good entrepreneur

Me: Sir, I believe that industry experience would benefit me

P2: Tell me one famous businessman who also did an MBA

Me: Couldn't answer

P2: See, I told you. You're not experienced. I am. Listen to me

Me: Okay sir.

P2: So, you changed your mind about an MBA?

Me: No sir, I'd like to try on my own.

P1: Name 4 venture capital funds in india
Me: could name only 2

P1: What is a Fourier transform

Me: Answered

P1: Why do we need it?

Me: makes calc. easier, also makes finding stability easier

P1: How?
Me: For example, RH Criteria uses fourier transform to calculate stability

P1: Depict it on this piece of paper

Me: Started depicting RH Criterion. P1 interrupted and asked me to depict fourier
transform instead
Took a function and calculated it's fourier transform

P1: see. You had a function in t. Now you have a function in s. How is it easier?
Me: I'm sorry sir. This is all I know about it.

P2: Why does the map of MP have a beak? Why does it collide into UP
Me: Told how historically states were divided and the land mass in the middle was
designated as MP

P2: Okay, but there's another reason. Why is Bundelkhund in both MP and UP? Why
not give it to one of those?
Me: not aware

P2: Who is the governor of MP

Me: Answered

P2: What was she before this?

To my embarrassment, I couldn't remember

P1: When did you learn french?

Me: Answered

P1: Why?
Me: mentioned benefits in the business world; followed by argument on whether it is
really an advantage or not

P1: The strongest languages in the world?

Me: English, Chinese, I think one of French and German come 3rd

P1: No, it's spanish

Strongest language in India?

Me: Hindi

P1: after that

Me: I think it'd be one of Tamil and Malayalam

P1: Which state is Malayalam spoken in?

Me: Kerala

MDI

WAT immediately followed by 10-12 min GD, both on GST boon or bane for India. 12
candidates were in the group
Seated in 3 orthogonally arranged benches in a predetermined manner. 2 panelists
carried out the entire process (WAT,GD& PI). P1 male professor in his 50s P2
female in her 30s possibly alumnus
1. You're the last candidate, what information did you gather? 2. Time management
is very important for a manager, how did you manage your time while waiting
outside? 3. Question about my academic Background. 4. What is NHAI? 5. What is
PPP ( in civil engineering terms)? 6. What do you read? 7. Question about favorite
subject and a follow-up question on that subject. 8. What is your strength as an
engineer? 9. Puzzle- was given a piece of paper with following equation on it:
"XI+I=X" (solution- to turn it upside down) 10. What was your percentile in CAT? 11.
What other calls do you have? 12. Any question for us?

CAP

Wat topic:do you think while determining the success of an educational institute,
placements and the number of publications faculty members have churn out shall be
the only criteria.

Personal interview:
Two male candidates
M1: tell us something about yourself
While giving job description, he picked the keyword vodafone and started asking
interview about that.
M1: what position vodafone holds in united kingdom
M2: where does it really stand in india. Is it doing that good.
M2: is vodafone idea performing better than jio
M1: we are giving you a topic, you will have to speak for next two minutes
Topic was “india has always been associated with the scam”
M1: currently feud has been going between erricson and anil ambani reliance. What
exactly is that
I told about it but didnt know there today itself the court has given a verdict.
He corrected me that a verdict has been given today itself
M2: why did you leave your job. Everything seems to be perfect.
Gave the prepared justification.
Seemed convinced and done with the interview. Lasted only for 10 minutes

CAP

Wat(20min)-Does the success of educational institutions should depend on factors

like placements and publications that the faculty members churn out.
PI (10minutes)

Panelist 1
1st question - who was barkatullah?
Me- I forget.

2nd question - which concept of comp science will help you in management?
Me- I explained algorithm.

3rd question- what is difference between comp science and computer engineering ?
Me- I answerd( he didnt seem satisfied )

4th- why 2 years gap?

Me- i explained

4th -give me the situation

"Suddenly the power of your house cut off what will you do"
1.Reaction
2.Manage
3.action
Me- i explained one by one

Now
panel 2 - Should MS Dhoni be in wc team?
Me - i explained.

Overall- little more than average

IIM Lucknow

Two panelist one male one female

Wat: farmers suicide in India cannot be tamed
P1: asking about work ex
P2: sewing certificates
P1: why did you left your job
P1: how do you know you are fit for management
P1: tell about Rdz and AIESEC
P1: did you went to any other country
P1: asking about AI and ML
P1: what else did you study
Told subjects and then told iot seminar
P1: tell about iot
P2: which paper do you follow and books you read
P2; why title lean in? Significance?
Said thanks, didn’t offered toffee

IIM Lucknow
WAT : Is artificial intelligence really possible or just a myth. (Something like this)

Profile : Btech NIT-B , Workex - 13 months, Edelweiss Prop trading desk.

PI - Was the first in my panel.
Panel : 2 (P1,P2)

P1 : Tell me something about yourself.

Me : start the usual answer. Meanwhile P1 started to check out my form, P2 was going through my file.

Mere 15 seconds and they cut me.

P1 : Why did you leave Edelweiss.

Me- Explained.

P1: What exactly were the products you were dealing into.
Me- Explained

P1 : What other products did you look after.

Me- Explained.

P1 : What kind of risk did you manager.

Me: Pre trade and post trade. Explained.

P1 : What is expected shortfall.

Me- Didn't know, said that we never used that and rather used VaR. If you want I can explain that.

P1 : Go ahead.
Explained.

P1 : Which confidence levels did you monitor.

Me : 95,99
P1: Which method did you use for computing VaR.
Me : Historical data and random iterations. I said we can not price and evaluate Exotic derivatives using Blac

P1 : Explain N(d1) and N(d2)

Explained.

P1: How is it different for Put options.

Explained.

P2 steps in now.

P2 : So what do you do apart from work.

Me : Tennis, Go-karting and Social service. Said that I've been associated with MAD and how it is really clos
looking to blow some steam, it is tennis else MAD.

Then Corrected myself. No not 'else' , it is 'and'.

Both of them started smiling.

P2 : So, How is diversity important in the class.

Me: Gave some examples and tried to relate it with my event Chimera

P2: Meaning of Chimera.

Me: Explained.

P2 : yeah so diversity.
Me: Ma'am say I have a doctor in my class.

P1 and P2: Look at each other and said "we wish, but highly unlikely, doctor kahan aate hain. Haan dentist a

P2: Ma'am, let's say I've a sportsman in my class. I can really know where can I make money in their field an
to the table and that is very important.
P2: Hmm.

P2: So I guess we are done. Thanks and all the best.

IIM Ahmedabad
P1:
What is the meaning of your name ?
You are a mechanical engineer, how did you end up in finance ?
Are you happy there?
What interests you at your job?
Did you use any model or was it just betting ?
What is Black Scholes Model?
What are the assumptions in BS Model ?

Answered more or less everything.

A1: I would like to talk about mechanical engineering with you, how is the load
distributed in a cycle?
Answered

Is there tension in the spokes or compressive force ?

Confused. Tried but couldn't convince.

Some more questions.

Said politely. Sir anything I say now will be like a web for me, I would rather prefer to
not get stuck (in a humorous tone).

Everyone started laughing.

A1 : What is the ongoing issue in the NE, is it constitutional ?

Explained.

P1: So I guess we are done. Thank you so much. Take a chocolate.

IIFT
Wat - how primary education in rural area can be mordernized
Gd - controversy make or break celebrity image
Pi
Meaning of name
Tell me about yourself
Question on hobbies
I want to know who are you
How your friends see you
Can good human being becomes good manager
If your placed in Nigeria would u join
What is decision making explain with example
Labour unrest in your company what will you do
If you are placed in your dream company and come to know it is unethical what will
you do
Why iift
No gk no acads

IIM Indore

WAT: Generic topic. Could society benefit from letting people express opinions which are different
from followed norms.

P1: Introduce yourself.

P2: If you are from Mumbai why are you here?

P2: VJTI has 150 years of history and you left it for this place which is not even 10 years old?

P1: So you are an electrical engineer tell me why there are three holes in this socket?

P2: if Neutral point is important for safety why do some equipment’s plugs have only 2 points?

P1: Tell us about your project? How well did the prototype do? Tell us about how your algorithm
deals with the problems?

P2: Tell us how electricity is generated in different type of power plants….

P2 : tell me why normal switches need to be pushed down to be switched ON but the switches of AC
(Fuse type) need to be pushed up…

P1: Take this topic. Think for 30 seconds and then talk for 2 mins…can you do that?

P1: In a country like India, it will never be possible…not even in long term 10/15 years to harness
renewable sources of energy for majority electricity needs.

P2: tell me names of power generating companies in country

P2: Have ypu heard about NTPC? What is their full form?

P1: So tell me about your placement….

P2: You are placed in a company lot of MBA grads call their dream company why will you leave that?

P2: It doesn’t make sense.

P1:What if you join here and then don’t get placed at that company…you’ll blame us.

P1: Since you are from Mumbai, tell us why is there buzzing sound near local trains…

IIM Kozikode

P1: What is your field?

P2: You are from IIT Indore?

P1: Is the campus ready?

P1: Are you placed? Where? Package?

P2: You have secured a good placement. You should take some experience and come again…

P1: What I personally suggest everyone is that they should get some idea…because management is
applied education, you will learn much more if you know how organizations work….

P1 (to P2) : he seems interested in management so we have to take interview and let us ask some
questions now…

P1: So tell us about turnover of company you are placed in..

P2: It is much more than that. Tell me how many people work there?

P1: No tell us on a global scale. Tell us where is the HQ?

P1: List all top consultancy firms…

P2: you want to work for which one of them?

P1: What is top bracket? What do you mean by that?

P1: Tell me how much money you want 10 years later?

P2: It is good you don’t want money but this world is a very capital gain oriented place.

P1: Success is reflected in terms of money so tell us a figure.

P1: Tell us how much savings you want?

P2: Do you not want a flat?

P1: You already have a good job. Better than most engineers. Makes no sense not taking it. You have
to

Give us figures. Next thing you say must be a figure. Because we are business people...

P1: Now lets discuss how your net worth will be distributed. Home

P1: Now what about car?

P1: No no. Tell me what Car you want to own? And don’t be modest. Ok tell me your dream car. No
holds.

SPJ
WAT and psychometric
Is climate change real? Give examples and explain.
Round 1-
3 panelists- 2 professors and 1 alumni

Why shifting from civil engineering it has a lot of scope?

Grilled a lot on not understanding the relationship between engineering and mba that
too in finance.
Then asked everyone questions related to work experience and asked me about ngo
work.
Fiscal deficit, RBI and government tussle, impact on the economy, Urijit Patel exit,
Impact of budget on taxation.
Someone was in a taxation consultant role so asked us about GAAR and exit of
Foreign investment.

Round 2-
2 panelists
Career paths of every candidate and do you have a very clear longterm goal?
Then metoo movement was discussed and has it proven ineffective as no rigid
actions have been taken.
Then livein relationships were discussed and what would you recommend a cousin
wanting to live in a livein relationship. A lot of discussion on it and societal aspects.
Then difference between solitude and loneliness was discussed.
Thank you.

IMT Ghaziabad

M1 so charchil you don't look like Churchill..

M1- describe about looks of Churchill
M1- how you are different from.him
M1- give me your folder
M1 you told that you are a good leader . Have you lead a team with different
language.
M1 interested in which domaim
M1 choose one right now
Me finance
Tell 5 subject of finance
Me i know only one investment banking
M1 tell 5 banks in whose HQ is in Singapore
Tell 5 investment banks
Me named 1-2
M1 tell names of foreign University for mba (apart from common one)
F1 now her turn
F1 tell top 5 IT companies According to rank
Me can name 5 companies but not According to rank
F1 tell about recent IT crisis
Tell all the scams you know
Me answered finally
F1 you are placed
F1 okay so without having much knowledge you got placed

IMT Ghaziabad

Hello, how do you pronounce your name?

So, where do you come from?

What is the population base?

What is the major occupation of people there?

What is the occupation of your father?

What is your role in the organization?

What do you mean by market forces?

How has your analysis of Market Forces helped your company to make a profit?

Why MBA?

IIM CAP

Wat topic: regarding judiciary system and how activists and media have influence
which leads to partial and skewed judgement. Everyone found the topic bit difficult
Interview, two panelist’s one male one female , they were very welcoming and
friendly
P1: calling me outside. Was not able to pronounce my name .
Inside
P1: what’s the meaning of your name
Told them it’s a modern name with no meaning
P2: what is life. Tell your views
Told them . Some cliched statements but turned towards my disability.
Discussion went on that for few minutes. How will I be able to cope up at iim and
what were the challenges I faced at work.
Then they turned to acads
P1: what are distributed systems.
They took a subject from my marksheet. Told them
P1: relate your body to distributed system . Told that heart is the central server and
rest parts are the nodes . I think they were convinced.
P1: how is distributed different from discrete structures.
I thought there was no connection though
Told them about discrete structures, just told them topics which I knew like graph
tree binary tree fuzzy logic. Just names. They were nodding didn’t asked further.
They came to gk. Asked about japan. I was not able to recollect. They asked about
indo japan ties but I was not aware.
P2: which book did I read recently
Told them lean in , the monk who sold his ferrari.
P2: any Indian author?
I said no. I read Chetan Bhagat a long time back but didn’t wanted to tell.
P2: still concerned about how will you be able to manage at iim.
Told them I will be able to manage. Told them how I managed my college life and
work life. It’s not a big deal . Many of my friends with same problem are at iim and
fms.
They wished me luck . I said thanks and moved with a big smile on my face

IIM Shillong

Introduce yourself
Any news from previous week?
(Budget and Mamta Banerjee)
Budget highlights?
Mamta Banerjee row ?
(Mamta Banerjee. She was against CBI or someone else? Where did she stage the
protest? What is the official term used for chit funds? Which scam?)
Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh?
Subjects studying recently?
Subjects of last semester?
Leading company in cloud computing?
Questions on SEPM:
Methods of estimation of process time?
Cyclometric complexity?
Questions on networking:
Bus architectures
How to decide process seq. In bus architecture ?
ALOHA ?

Imt ghaziabaad

Two panelist male(m) female(f)

M-tell me something about yourself.
M-you work with your father,whats the full form of your shop.
M-you are living in bhopal,why not filled nagpur as the interview center.
M-describe nagpur as a city.
M-which city is better according to you Delhi or bhopal.
M-if you are the CM of mp
What will you do to increase opportunities according to you at bhopal and indore.
M- have heard of pitampura( i mentioned mandideep in my previous answer)
F- state the law of demand and exception of law of demand.
F-what is elasticity of demand?
F-what is elasticity of demand of emergency goods and what is its value?
F-Suppose i am an experienced investor and he(M) is a inexperienced
investor would you recommend us to invest in an NFO?
F-Do you use social media, is social media boon or a bane.
M-what is capital budgeting?
What were your favourite subject during graduation?
Some questions on financial management.

SCMHRD

WAT:
1. Blue color is related to coldness and sadness, yet many people have blue as their
favourite. Why would that be?.....it also represent the state of mind sometime. (Join
these two statements with 200 words)
2. Two pictures: One had many sheeps wearing formal clothes with a wolf hiding in
between. 2nd pic has a hand which has thrown a paper rocket toward the sky. Link
the pictures and write it in 200 words. Both WATs needed titles also.

GE:
1. 20 min GD on: Does changing names help provide respect to the history?
2. Video: showing people addicted with smartphones, selfies, technology. One child
crying because no one has time for him. Ends with all the people falling off a cliff with
their mobiles in hand. We had to find the social problem it signified and discuss it
with solutions for 10 min than as soon as 10 min ends, make a presentation on
board with sketch pens and sheets.

PI:
2 males panel members. One in 40s and other in 50s. Both quite jovial.
P1: Tell me 3 challenges you have faced in your life (personal/professional) and how
did you react to them?
Then some questions from the professional challenge I mentioned.
P1: What have you been doing since you left BALCO.
Told him about the startup I am engaged in.
P2: Why MBA?
P2: Why Finance?
P2: What is hedging?
P1: You mentioned hedge funds. Explain.
P2: What’s the current repo rate?
P2: Do you have any professional certification in the field of finance?
Told him no.
P2: In which field of finance would you want to work.
Told him I am open to take up profiles I get in corporate finance, it may be a
investment bank or a firm’s finance deptt.
P2: Asked something about investment bank, I forgot, but I mentioned Liar’s Poker
book somewhere.
P1: Where do you see in 10-15 years from now?
P1: What is your plan if you don’t convert any calls this year?
P1: Do you have any participation in national or international level?
P1: Asked some things about MANIT and Indore, then gave a case study to solve.

Case: You have a bus tour and travel company, you are doing good but a new
competitor has come recently and some of your customer base has shifted to him. 2
charts having 5 columns of data on a survey you conducted. Suggest your next
strategy in 3 minutes.

MDI Gurgaon

WAT: India's population, asset or liability?

15 min, 150 words followed by a 10 min GD on the same topic

PI: 2 panel members; both female; one bengali woman in her 60s, one in her 30s or
40s; both communication faculty (I asked the students outside)

P1: What are your hobbies

Me: Told

P1: What was the last book you read?

Me: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
P1: What does sapiens mean?
Me: It's the biological term used for the human species

P1: But what is the literal meaning

Me: I don't know

P1: That's what it means. I know. Humans know.

*smiled*

P1: Give an analysis of the Modi Government

Me: Mentioned pros: historical schemes due to majority govt
Cons: overcommitment under delivery

P1: Why do you think they underdelivered? ( She mentioned some positives about
the govt)
Me: spoke about demonetisation and raghuram rajan and arvind subramanian's
views on demonetisation

P2: What are your subjects of interest?

Me: In which field, ma'am?

P2: I mean which subjects do you like at your college? Or what do you read about?
Me: (didn't want the interview to go towards academics) I read modern non fiction
ma'am

P2: Have you read Tipping point?

Me: No

P2: (some other economics book, can't remember)

Me: No

P2: Freakonomics?
Me: Yes

*Discussed the book*

I mentioned geo economics has taken the place of geo politics. She picked that and
asked me to elaborate

Me: Mentioned Doklam issue and why a war didn't break out because of economic
dependence

P2: Asked about global fuel trade followed by questions about Iran and Venezuela

Me: Answered all

P2: You mentioned the word populous in your essay (She had encircled it)
Is it populous or populated
Me: I believe both are correct. I may be wrong (Checked later. It was correct)
P2: Okay. Thank you

IIFT
Wat topic: India's neighborhood policies : opportunities and challenges (20 mins
given)
GD topic: Artificial intelligence: challenges and advantages (1 min initially for each
and then floor was left open for around 15 mins . Group was of 12)
PI :1.Questions from CV
2.why u don't want to gain some job experience and then apply ?
3.what is ur cat percentile?

IIM Indore
Wat topic- Should euthanasia be legalised?
Interview- 3 panelists
Asked questions turn by turn like 1st panelist asked about accountancy and
economics meanwhile others were only observing and then other two panelists
asked
P1- What is forecasting? Have u heard the terms interpolation and extrapolation?
Asked some accounting terms- explain conservatism with example, accounting
principles for passing journal entry, what are tge opening and closing entries in the
books of accounts, why do we do provisioning and what is a provision
P2-
Q1- If area of rectangle is 1000 m sq then how can I minimise its perimeter?
Q2- make graph of y=3x-x^2
P3-
What do we celebrate on 26th January? When constitution implemented? Who
framed our constitution Who were chief guests this year on 26th January? Who all
won Bharat Ratna this year? Difference between fiscal and monetary policies? Who
regulates it(both)? What is fiscal deficit? What is the current rate of fiscal deficit and
what changes made in budget?
Then few questions based on profile.
Then What is Nifty?
Extempore- Should India spend more on defense?
Told last question for u- which coaching did u go to?
Overall experience was good, panelists were calm, didn't grill on any topic, allowed
me to answer all questions didn't interrupt.

Unknown
Case Discussion(9 people)
Previously the artists covered incidents like world trade center attack and other
attacks and events. Now they are covering more of political battles. So is this shift at
the artists' part weakening the democracy?

PI
3 panelists (1 female panelist(P1) and 2 male panelists( P2 and P3))

Asking questions in turns - while one was asking, the other 2 were less interested in
the answers and were constantly reading the SOP
P1 - So you belong to Indore, tell me something about Indore
P1(interrupting) - tell me something about your life in indore
P1 - how do you think India is doing?
(Mentioned about increase in gdp post its fall due to demonetization)
P1 - what is gdp?
P1 - how do you contribute to GDP of the nation?
(gave example of purchasing a pen and got interrupted)
P1 - what type of good is it and what is its exclusivity?
P1 - what is snob effect?
P1- define veblen goods?
P1 - let us come back to gdp, is it inclusive of taxes or exclusive?
P1 - so whatever you purchase, the complete amount goes to the government?
P1 - what happens to the amount collected by the government in form of taxes?
P1 - 2 main takeaways from the NGO you've worked with
P1 - do you play sports?
P2 - what does playing a sport do to the personality of an individual?
P2 - what are your skills?
P2 - you think you can manage a team well?
P2 - difference between a leader and a manager
P2 - say you're leading an organization - if your team member is constantly opposing
your decisions and is more capable for the post that you are at, what will you do?
P3 - difference between an entrepreneur and a businessman
P3 - is Mukesh Ambani an entrepreneur or a businessman?
P3 - You have done your engineering in?
P3 to other panelists - Anything else you want to ask
P3 - you may leave now.

IIM CAP
WAT: Views on whether CSR should be made compulsory for all the companies in
India.
Interview:
2 panelists were there.
Asked the meaning of my name. Then asked my capabilities. Told them about
photography. Then they asked about the aspect ratios and 1:3 grid point rule, that
how the subject should be placed and the background should be managed. Told
them about the facts and the placement of subjects. They asked how would I place
my camera if I want to take the panelist's photo with Taj Mahal. I explained above the
zoom and requirement of wide angle with certain noise effects due to the crowd.
Then the panelist asked me about the projectile motion and how a projectile should
be fired to hit a target and some concepts of line of sight and parabolic motion. I
explained the whole physics with some formulas related to the subject. Then the
panelist asked me about the flag size ratio and ashok chakra, the pillar with the 4
lions and number of spokes on the chakra. Answered some of the questions but hot
fumbled on number of spokes and what they represent. The animals on the pillar
were also the point where I was not able to provide satisfactory answer so I said
sorry. Then the other panelist asked me an extempore related to price control on
petrol. 30 secs for thinking and about 2 mins to speak. Told her about the market
volatility and import issue with example of Syria and sanctions against Iran. Also told
her that diesel is still controlled as the fuel is used by logistics for various goods
including the agricultural produce. The time ended but she was quite satisfied with
the answer. The interview ended with the general question on which other IIMs I
have a call from. Told with the supporting statement that all the IIMs are great and it
would be golden opportunity to join any one of the institutes.

SIBM Bangalore

Wat- blue whale game is killing children. Who should take the responsibility-
government or social media company. Two perspective were given so we needed to
use these perspective as well to write 100 words about it.

GE- a case was given to all of us ( 8 person) we needed to read and to solve the
problem that company is facing.
Topic-a pharma company has launched new medicine but because of rumour of
negative impact of this medicine, it started to damage company reputation so what
are the solutions to mitigate this malicious rumour.

PI- two panel were there..one was professor and one was corporate.
It was more discussion or point of view kind of conversation so I am just briefing it
up…
Question were related to work ex, company , why I switched from engineering to
marketing, my role, my long term goal, my political choice, what's happening in mp ,
election results, what's ur points of view In upcoming election and why, my hobbies,
my blog detail, at one point they were like what should we ask and I said anything
you want I will try to ans., Gdp, population (no), why young people are depressed,
some recent developments in company like ICICI ,Vijay Malya conundrum, what's
problem in education system and some situational question….and then they pointed
out my participation in Group exercise and how you manage to get whole group in
sync….

So overall it was really great as It was chilled out discussion rather a interview..they
were trying to grill but I was constantly giving the answer that actually helped me to
avoid any grilling kind of situation.

IIFT GDPI experience

Wat topic -failures stepping stones or stumbling blocks
Gd topic- Are days of US dominance over
Interview: three panalists
-What is the meaning of your name
-synonim of your name
- why engineering
-Do you have a job placement
-why mba
-why IIFT
-Mechanical related technical questions
-tell us about bhopal
-anything extraordinary people dont know about bhopal
-how would you improve tourism in bhopal
-whats your hobby
-give a synopsis of the last book you read
IMT Ghaziabad
I was first in my panel.
2 panelists: both in their 60s. Male and female. Questions were based on my workex
and startup I am involved with. No mugged up HR questions. Mostly chilled out,
some interruptions during answers.
F: How are you?
F: Tell me about the aluminium industry scenario.
F: Vedanta was in controversy recently. Why?
Me: Described the Thoothukudi incident and about the shooting incident.
F: What’s your opinion? Should the plant be started?
Me: I started with the SC judgement, she interrupted by saying that just tell your
opinion.
Me: I think it should be restarted since NGT has clearly said that no permanent
damange was done to the ground water, then employment, then Vedanta is also
doing CSR, major player in Copper and exports are also hit badly etc...
F: Where is aluminium basically used?
Me: In power industry, transmission lines, automobiles and aviation, aerospace,
utensils etc
F: Why would you choose Aluminium over Copper in transmission?
Me: It is much light in weight as compared to Copper, comparable conductivity and
cheaper than it also (I was wrong, Cu is cheaper).
F: Corrected me saying that Cu is cheaper than Al. Then she explained why.
F: Major players in Copper industry?
Me: Mam I know about Sterlite copper only.
F: Okay, come back to Aluminium. Continue
Me: Told her the facts I know about the increase in production, consumption,
players, then opportunities from China US trade war.

Then she asked the Male panelist if he wants to ask anything.

M: Why are industries finding Africa as a major investment destination? (Out of
nowhere)
Me: cheap labour, resources, consumers... tried to make a answer, wasn’t very sure.
M: What resources?
Me: Coffee and tea plantation, woods, gold.
M: asked 3 technical aluminium related terms, which I didn’t know so said sorry.
M: Which is the biggest Aluminium producing company in the world? : couldn’t
answer.
M: Why you left the job? For CAT? Started smiling.
Me: No sir I was facing a serious ethical problem at my workplace. He asked me
what it was, I explained it.
M: Asked more about BALCO and its disinvestment, then about the startup I started
working for after leaving Vedanta.
That’s all. Thank you.

Sibm

The slip that i was offered, “what would you be miserable genius or a happy moron”
Even the panelists started laughing and then asked me to justify my choice. I chose
to be a happy moron.
The female panelist asked “what if your manager thinks you are moron and then will
you be happy with such a situation.”

M1: so you went to london and that too in december. I believe you would not have
enjoyed the real charm of that city in month like december.
M1: so what was your biggest achievement there.
I said i got the privilege to be a part of the war room
They asked me what is war room.
I came up with the prepared definition
F1: have you ever been in any conflict with your teammates.
M1: how have you handled your colleagues who were younger to you
I said after getting promoted i used to give kt sessions
F1: was it not a waste of time to you
M1: what difference did you observe while you worked onshore and offshore
F1: why people crave for onshore opportunites and how did your manager handle
such a situation where everyone was willing to go onshore
M1: what are the recent technologies that have emerged
F1: will ai lead to job killings
M1: tell us a situation where you did something commendable
Done.

Imt interview

One male and one female panelist

M1: seeing my profile, “everyone these days is quitting their job for the mba.”
I have my justification. Started laughing.

M1: but then why did you quit your job. You could have easily continued with your
job and have moved into management.

I again tried to convince but he wasnt in a mood to listen and often tried to interrupt
so i wasnt able to give my justification in a proper manner.

M1: mba has become a trend these days and people are just running behind this. I
said no,the moment i started answering he just interrupted and again started askinng
a different que

Then he came to my work ex. Started asking few things from the application and
then said, this appears to be the simple work, you didnt do something great. Tried
justifying again didnt get convinced.

M1: how automation is affecting the it world. If people arent able to cope up with the
advancement, and technology doesnt become that sufficient, then wouldn’t it be
disastrous for society.

This conversation went on for next 10 minutes with my every point he was arguing
consistently and seemed unconvinced.

Then the lady came into the picture: what is something that india is still missing when
it comes to growth
Que2: what does india have which can be considered as its superpower.

Scit pune

Essay(2 topics, you have to choose one)

•chinese goods vs Indian goods
•Artificial intelligence, a threat for the society.

Gd
• Automation decreasing job opportunities

PI
Two interviewer
-are you tired?
-Offered biscuits
-What are you doing
-From where you are doing engg
-Why mba after engg
-What is product life cycle
-4 stages of product life cycle
-Any projects done
-What is iot
-Tell me full form
-Why it is called internet
-How iot different from artificial intelligence
-What is sensor
-How it works
-Use of sensor in your project
-Favourite subject
-What is SEPM tell us somthing about it
-What are protocols
Ipv4,ipv6.

*To freshers they are asking more about graduation

Sibm Pune
Ge 1- a puzzle was given. Block puzzle . 3 min to solve ourselves and then 7. Min to
go and help and solve as grp. Nobody was able to solve even after help.
Ge 2- case discussion of dropping sales of restaurant.
Wat- video was shown . It was releted to food and society. Like rich ppl waste it ,
poor parents starve themselves and feed their children. Video was an animated one
Interview- two panelists.
Before entering the room a dilemma question was given - what will you choose? To
never be angry or never be envious
I spoke to never be angry as by being angry we hurt ourselves as well as other
person but in envy we don’t hurt as much. also if envy is taken positively we will work
hard to reach the position of person whom we envy. Panelist we’re trying to counter
me. But I stuck to the point .
Question on why did you leave your job? Why mba?
Tell us about indore? I told about cleanest city and most livable city after Pune. Told
that devas has note printing press so one of the panelist started laughing and said
what we have to do with devas. Now you will talk about Mandu and omkareshwar .
He Started talking to other panelist about Ujjain and how people offer rum. Didn’t let
me talk and asked me do you know old name of Ujjain . I told that it’s kept on ujjaini.
He told its similar to avantika something asked me hard work or smart work. I told
hard work. Discussion went on that. Asked me did you prepare for interviews. I said
yes asked me how -I told read newspapers- asked me about a particular deal about
rafale deal which was in the hindu. I was not aware . I started speaking about deal
but was stopped. Asked about hobbies . Told teaching yoga etc . They asked what
experience do you have in teaching. Told . They started asking about books I read .
(I am not an avid reader neither did I mentioned anywhere , I guess they knew
questions only on reading ) still told them I read lean in , they were like what is this,
told them monk who sold his ferrari. They were like it’s old . Told them dan brown
they made faces . ( why would I read according to them? ) still kept my calm and
composure and smiling face . Ended with questions from your side . I said no sir .

IMT Ghaziabad
2 panel (one male and one female)
Didn't ask for documents folder…
They had my application form and directly started with my work ex..
P1- Tell me about your work ex and what did you do over there.
Me- I told the ans.
P1- why you choosed to work in marketing as you have engineering degree.
Me- I justified my work as I was working in a startup where I got the flexibility to learn
more…and my plan of my own startup in later life and so on.
P1- They asked about what the company is all about.
Answered
P2- Interim budget(Answered)
P2-Stock market question(Answered)
P1- Why did you choose finance as preferred even though you have experience in
marketing?
Me- I gave the answer and said I kept myself open and then I told the area that I
really like in finance that's why I want MBA in finance.
P1- Who would you like to be prime minister and why?
Me- Gave my own view by justifying as the economy is really growing.
P1- Then why people are unhappy if economy is booming?
Me- I gave a analogy here and a example to justify my answer. (They like it)
P2- What do you do in free time.
Me- I told them.
P2- Tell me 5 badminton women player.
Answered
P1- What is the one problem in our education system?
Answered.

Overall it was great experience for me and I learnt from the mistakes that I
committed in mock interview and inculcated that learning in my real interview.

IIM Shillong
Eco Hons, Fresher. From Bhopal, MP.
Asked about Kamalnath's statements about MP people's jobs being stolen by people
from Bihar and UP. What policy he's taken. is it against the spirit of democracy? Has
any other state adopted similar policies?
Asked about bullet train. Stations it's run between, etc.

Asked about aperture, ISO, shutter speed. Had mentioned photography as a hobby.

Philip's curve. Asked about difference between classical and Keynesian models in
detail. Components of AD. Determinants of investment, except for interest rate.
Determinants of export import.

NMIMS
Case study-11 people
It was about a 50 year old,small loan lending company which wanted to expand and
also provide personal financial advice to the customers. This was to be implemented
by, either forming a cadre within the employees of the organisation but they weren’t
competent enough in advisory area, or outsourcing this task to a third agency but a
third agency might not care enough about the customers’ personal gains.
The question in the end was to discuss the merits and demerits of internal cadre
forming.

PI- 3 males professors,1 in his 70s probably(P1) and 2 in their 40s.(P2,P3)

I was the last one to be interviewed.

P2- Last but not the least. Have a seat.

P1- Tell one advantage and disadvantage of being the last one to be interviewed.
P1- What were your favourite subjects in 5th and 6th sem.
P1-Which field you want to pursue your mba in?
Then I answered finance highlighting my project and 5-6 minutes we discussed that
project
P1-what are your long term and short term goals?
P2-what is the new ecommerce law implemented by government?
P1- Name three women entrepreneurs- (Answered Indra Nooyi, but was told that she
is an executive and not an entrepreneur.)
P3 was observing my body language in the entire interview and asked the last
question - Name the richest woman of India?

Overall it was quite interactive and was able to drive the conversation to my project.
Grilled me on a few aspects of it but overall seemed quite satisfied with it.

SIIB

Picture perception ( picture shown for 30 sec )

A lady sitting on river side with earthen pot filling water .

WAT topic :
Make in India can't generate jobs in India.
250 words limit only .

Time given for writting was 25 mins combined for both .

GD (2 mentors )
group :14 members

Topic : social media and human relationships .

Time 20 mins .

Then asked everyone to sum up the topic one by one in 20 sec .

Personal interview :

Explain yourself briefly .

Why did u leave job .
What is the position of construction industry in india ?
They are saying india will be a 10 trillion $ economy ....whays your view on it .yes or
no ..and why ? Site ur reason .
There is huge unsold inventory in real estate what's ur stand on it ?

It went for 15 mins

2 male panelists in 50's age .

Welingkar mumbai

GD (15 min)
Corporate people are able to convert loans into NPAs where as farmers commit
suicide
(something like that)
10 min to write summary of gd

Interview

1)You had to wait for sometime. Sorry for the delay.

2) When did you come to mumbai?
3) How did you come to mumbai?
4) Tell me about yourself
5) Tell me 10th, 12th marks.
6) Why choosing mba when so strong in technical field?
7) You can hire people in your company. Why mba?
8) Why marketing?
9) You have so wonderful ideas( patent application number ). Why dont you go for
Ahmedabad entrepreneurship Development of India?
10) You are too good for this college. You should think of other institutes.
11) You play tabla. Tell me the recent winners of Bharat Ratna in field of music.
12) Arrange Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Bharat Ratna in order of their
honor.
13) You don't know. So sorry to hear that.
14) Tell me about your project.
15) Which sector are you targeting ?( with reference to marketing of the product)
16) You should go for Ahmedabad entrepreneurship Development of India?
17) What is digital marketing?
17) What will happen if space tourism starts?
18) Tell me the tourism websites in India.
19) Which political leader do you admire the most?
20) Why PM of India?
21) At that time he was CM of Gujarat. He is PM of India. What has he done for the
country so far?
22) How will you do marketing of a product?
23) Product is feasible to the bottom section of pyramid. How will you target them?
24) You are too good for this institute. Try for Ahmedabad
entrepreneurship Development of India?
25) What do you mean by Inclusive Business? No you will not be able to answer.
(I am like why did you ask this question at the first place. Only put a smile at that
time)
26) Nice meeting you. That's all.
Handshake

SIOM NASIK
WAT-What should be your salary according to you and explain it according to your
job profile(10 min)

GE-Shravan a supervisor hired a physically challenged boy bobby(on wheel chair)

as data analyst after taking proper interview. But soon he us disappointed by his
performance, and company is getting loss because of bobby.they asked about our
suggestions on this topic what should shravan do?(20 min)

PI-
There were two panelists. It was around 25 minutes

*Tell me about the burning issues of last four years only economic and social

Then we had discussion acussion on sabarimala issue.

They asked "as a manager what is your stand on this issue?"

*then they asked about my sports background, fav player, why you like him, any
speciality in him.

*what is E vehicle, what is the latest model introduced in india, why tesla's e vehicles
are not successful in india.

*then they asked about my favourite subject

*can robot replace human in near future? As my major project is on robotics

IMT Ghaziabad

This time, they took only PIs. No other process.

Panel: 2 males, one in 50s one in 60s.
Very calm and sweet
It was a long conference room and they asked me to sit right in front of them. When I
sat down, the younger male went outside so half the interview was taken only by the
older panelist.
1. You are from indore? Nice. Tell me about your school (he had heard of my
school)
2. He knew my college too and discussed the admission process for my college.
Asked me why i selected it.
3. Then went on to my work-ex, which he commented was interesting amd a very
good field. Asked about my company, what is my job role, etc.
4. Asked me about import-export and what documents are required for export. I
mentioned that my work profile is inclined to sales and client relations, but told me
what all I knew. He probed for more but then went to next que.
The other panel member entered then.
5. Both asked me together that would i go for a completely different field unrelated to
mba if opportunity comes.
6. Other sir asked me why my second preference was IMT hyderabad. Why not imt
nagpur? What criteria for selection?
(Did not answer this that well)
7. Governor of MP, CM of MP
Tried to confuse me too.
Said thank you, nice to have you here.

NMIMS

CD: 1 old male, 2 mid-age female moderators. Did not interrupt even once as they
had clarified in the beginning itself.
Topic: Comparison of agriculture sector in India and Usa, with Telangana as
example (how they have provided 24×7 free electricity to farmers). Unorganised
sector, advanced machinery, less yield per hectare figures given.
It was a chaotic GD with 12 people. One person kept saying that we should allot 2
min to everone to speak, throughout. Some were repeating same points again.
Remaining were the one with good points. I spoke about contract farming,
horticulture, rythu bandhu scheme, itc e-chaupals so made 5 entries throughout and
also contibuted in summarizing.

PI: 3 panelists- 1 male, 2 females- all middle-aged

They had actually kept a timer of 10 minutes, took turns to ask individually and
began asking questions as soon as they asked me to sit.
1. Since work ex in sales & marketing, you must be interested in marketing in MBA
also? Why?What is the difference between the two
Gave my reason and while giving the difference was cross-questioned, saying that I
was not giving the key difference. (I tried adding more points and 2 of them nodded
but the 3rd female did not seem convinced)
2. Talk about latest marketing trends.
Did not understand what exactly she wanted, but spoke about digital marketing and
also mentioned that my job is more towards sales and client relations. Again, she did
not seem convinced.
3. Biggest competitors in the chemical trading sector for my company, turnover and
number of employees, how much market have we captured.
Explained this quite well.
4. What 3 things can you bring to our class that would make you a good MBA
student?
Gave 3 points, explaining briefly. Tried to link it to work ex so they ask me more but
they didn't yet.
5. I want to clean all windows of mumbai. How much would you charge for the job?
I was quiet for a few seconds because did not expect this at all. Tried to show some
reasoning by asking questions about time limit, worker restrictions, etc but they just
asked me to give a figure. (Did not give a good answer at all)
6. Challenge faced by you in workplace (as i had mentioned a customer case earlier)
7. Name 3 firms based out of india whose marketing impress you (or 3 marketing
agencies)
By based out, i understood that he meant foriegn firms and started with amazon but
he made indian firms so asked me if i understood the question. I started talked about
paytm then, after a pause, and he cross questioned on that asking what else they
give other than cashbacks.
8. Governor of MP
Time was up

IIM Koz
2 WAT sessions (1st-25 minutes, 2nd- 15 minutes (personal experience based))
1st topic: Is India participating in Indian Ocean region quad group of democratic
countries is a step towards alienation of neighbors like China.
2nd- Asked about any team experience where the members did not like one another,
what was your role and how you handled the situation.

PI was stressful
Asked me about the meaning of my name and then pointed out that the meaning is
not reflected in the acads. I justified a bit and then they changed the question before
I completed my answer. Asked about my political affiliation, whether I am centre
leftist or rightist person. Told that I am centre leftist, then they said that leftist
idealogy is a failure, USSR got divided on that basis, then I justified that it was more
due to the policies of stalin and lenin and not the leftist mentality. Then asked me
whether Pakistan is centre or leftist or rightist party right now, could not counter that
so I said it would not be so simple to say that because all the policies of Pakistan is
not entirely in the hands of government but in the hands of army. Then they grilled
me about the right of army in our country then how you can say that army has no say
in policy making, then I said that they don't have say in day to day policy making and
direct control over foreign and trade policy also. The other member who remained
quite till now asked me about some 1st year acads which I was not able to answer
and he questioned me whether I did mechanical or not. Then I said that the
questions were more into first year subjects of chemistry then mechanical, so then
they asked me Otto cycle and why it not practical. Told them the cycle contains
reversible isentropic processes which can't be realised in true sense. Then they said
ok we are done.
In all the answers I was not given time to answer completely.
At last they asked me other places I have a call from. Told all the IIMs I have call
from. They said then Kozhikode is the best isn't it. I said as aspirant it will not be wise
for me to categorise the IIMs. All the institutions are great and it would be an honour
to join any one them.

SCMHRD
Interview experience: scmhrd
Wat - one picture of a boot and other of an old man crossing sea courage written on
ship we had to connect both the picture and give title
Wat 2- regarding idioms being cliched but bring smile we had to connect these two
lines
Gd - should universal basic income made mandatory in india
Ge- a video shown of girl doing stitching job . We had to come up with a
presentation
Interview two panelist-
P1- quickly tell something about yourself in short
P2- you got an award from nasscom. What is it
P1- why did you leave your job ?
P1- talking about my disability
P1- what challenge did you face in life bcoz of it
P1- what assistance do you need from us
P2- challenges in job
Finally gave a case to solve . Case was on sanitation. Only 2 mins to think .

NMIMS
CASE DISCUSSION-
● Groups of 12 students.
● 3 panelists
● Case : In a govt. Hospital, the doctor performed cataract surgery of 30 patients
with the
help of torchlight, as the generator was out of diesel. As a result of this, the doctor
was
suspended and the CMO was transferred. Was the doctor resourceful, and what he
did
was right? Discuss
● Duration : 20 mins (5 mins to read the case and jot down your points, 15 mins to
discuss)
Personal Interview -
● 3 panelists - 2 middle aged women, 1 very senior male faculty
● Mine was majorly work ex driven, but a few questions have been as below.
○ Tell us about yourself
○ Indore's Smart City plans
○ Tell us about your company
○ Quickly describe your role
○ Why MBA?
○ Interim Budget
○ FDI
○ Regulatory bodies and their function
○ Insurance( My functional Area )
○ Preference between MBA core and MBA HR, and justify it thoroughly.

Sitm Gd pi experience
Wat- Is increasing population in india an asset or a liability?

Gd- 12 members 2 topic given..by majority topic chosen

"Is brexit and us china trade war increasing protectionsim"

Pi-
2 male members both old age.
Firstly started with grilling on why telecom for 5 minutes.
Few questions on work ex,client,technology.
Then questions on everything mentioned in form, dance ,cricket.
Political ques-elections,west bengal issue.

IIM Koz
*IIM K WAT, PI*
*8th Feb, Afternoon slot, New Delhi*

WAT - This obsession with growth will lead to our extinction. (25 minutes)
Resume - 1) One scenario where you adapted to new situations at work (only for
people with work experience)
2) A situation where your leadership was challenged. What did you do? What
happened to the task eventually? (For fresher + work ex)
(15 minutes)

Interview Panel consisted of two males. One elder south indian man(OG) one
younger man(YG). I = Interviewers

Do you know about Keynes?

do you know the philosophical side of Keynes?
Explain what is Keynesian theory.
IDraw a demand supply curve.
Draw AD and AS as well.
Explain components of AD
explained
What is fiscal deficit?
Is fiscal deficit good? Keynes felt fiscal deficit was good. Why could that be?
Fiscal deficit formula, revenue and capital expenditure difference. Multiplier.
Your favourite subject?
Asked IC, Budget line, price effect, inferior goods.

Duration - 12-15 minutes

Only acads, work ex was being asked. Wasn't even asked a single soft skills
question.

SIIB
Interview-SIIB
Date-8 Feb 2019

Picture test-A Man seeing himself in the mirror and seems happy.
30 sec for seeing the picture and 5 mins for Writing.

WAT-Facebook:Socializing or Degrading the Society

Time:20 mins

(Had a lot of points in mind but the catch was that they gave a sheet which had only
approx. 12-14 lines)

(Candidates are given a collective time of 25 mins,so one can easily switch from
Picture perception to Wat)

Gd:Cashless economy:Is India ready?

(A group of 13 students;2 moderators;2 mins for jotting down your points and 20 for
discussion)

Since the topic was so common so everybody was struggling to have a space in the
discussion.Witnessed some typical GD gate crashers who digressed from Cashless
to Demonetization success or failure and DBT.I along with few others tried to give a
direction but eventually it all went into chaos which made one Moderator to intervene
and give a warning to whole group of being eliminated.

In the end we decided to separately speak for 20 secs each.

All in all individual perfomance of the participant were good but the discussion of the
group was pathetic.

PI:2 Panelists
(12-15 mins)

Why IB
About Their course structure
About campus placements.Why MBA.
Which section(genre) in paper you love reading most.
Some questions on Govt. Economic policies(since my answer was Economics from
previous question)
Few questions about Agricultural sector and what govt is doing in that sector(since
one panelist was from ABM)
How corporates can play a role in Agri sector(told them about e chaupal,so some
follow up questions on that).
Views on doubling of Farmer's income.
Will it really work?

IMT
I entered the room and P1 straightaway asked me where do I belong to,
I told them I am from Bhopal and currently persuing my BE from Indore.
She asked me another name for bhopal, u told them Bhojpal, she asked like Jaipur is
pink city what is Bhopal?
I told it's city of lakes

P1- How many lakes are there in Bhopal?

Me- 20+
P1- Exact?
Me- don't know(28 may be)
P1- which is the oldest?
Me- upper lake
P1- what is it's depth?
What is it's diameter and also area

Me- roughly estimated

P1- where were you born?

Telling all questions now coz there were many,

When did bansal class start?
How many cities does it have centers?
Name all cities

P2- tell me something not in this interview form!

I told them about being a linkedIn campus editor and blogger for RVCJ,

Question- why should we write on LinkedIn?

Why is linkedIn better?

Tell me best points of budget 2019.

Why are your grad scores low!

P1- director of IMT

(Went to washroom)

P2- gave me an integrations question of x3

Asked me some more questions from content writing Field.
P1- returned

P2- I am done asking with him?

Any more questions ma'am?
P1- no, it I am done as well (in a good tone)

Overall it went really well, it was sort of a conversation, could not give exact figure
answers and by experience of other people it was basically about geographically
knowing your place

Some other questions by same panel were

Number of lakes in udaipur(for udaipur guy)
IIM ahemdabad (new and old building length) for ahemdabad guy
And question to your city of living or birth majorly.

Scmhrd interview

Wat: it was an incomplete passage and introduction and end was given. We had to
complete it and duration was half an hour. Topic was “the trend of “follow your
passion” is just another mysterious effect where the person believes following this
path, all his problems can be solved but hr ends up becoming something different.

Topic was quite tricky and i didnt get the complete essence in the first place

Second wat was picture representation

Group exercise: again consisted of two rounds. First was 10 minutes gd on “are US
Gun laws justified” and in second group exercise, we were shown a video where an
young child is completely obsessed with facebook and is quite unhappy with his
personal life and often neglects the real things. Topic was interesting and easy and
there were only 6 people so everyone was able to put forward their points.

Personal interview: P1: are you currently working or left the job.
P2: describe the nature of your work
P1: what valuable role your project plays in accenture.
P2: what were your achievements during your professional life
P1: was there any situation where you were criticised for your work.
P2: asked questions related to onsite opportunity
P2: what was the difference in the working environment which you observed while
you were onshore.
P1: did you visit any places in london
P2: then started reviewing my profile so some basic questions on gwalior and
indore.
P1: what was your favourite topic during engineering and which one was the kost
challenging for you ( they didnt ask any question related to those topics)
P2: so you love trekking ( i mentioned it as my hobby), where did you go for your
recent trek
Then they gave a small case study where i was working for an NGO and have a
team of 65 members. a natural calamity has occured in five different places and
each place requires a different number of volunteers who can work at only one place
at a time. The probability of success was also different for all the places. Being the
team leader i had to select three out of those five places. I believe They were just
checking the decision making and seemed to be convinced with my answer.

SIIB
1. Picture based :- Will be given 30 sec and then write about what u saw in the
picture.. main characters.. gender.. how many people ... Feeling and mood of the
picture...(We can use both the sides of A-4 sheet)
2. Essay (20 mins) :- Data security and cashless economy...(Can write only in 1 side
of A-4 page).
3. GD topic : Work life balance: a myth or reality...we were given around 30 sec for
collect our thoughts...and it went for around 10 minutes...after that each person had
to conclude in 3 to 4 lines(30 sec).
4. PI : Related to the biodata filled by you at tha beginning. So it is different for each
candidate.

IMT interview experience

Overall experience was grilling. Felt like a stress interview. Questions were as follow

Walk us through your profile

What was the startup you were working for all about?

What was the condition of the startup when you left and why you left?

What better you could have done to make it a success?

Tell me about the subjects you studied in graduation?

What is financial market?

Types of financial market?

Home loan comes under which financial market?

What are the current market trends according to you how is the market performing?

How would you decide whether to invest in a stock or not on the basis of fiscal deficit?

Suppose if fiscal deficit is gonna go up so as a investor what should you do invest in stock or depos

What are your short and long term goals?

What is the one dream question that you would like us to ask you??

What are your views on what the US is doing with north Korea?

What is the colour of money??

Nmims mumbai :

Group disscusion on farmers condition in india and in US and how to improve it

Time allotted 15 mins .

Personal interview :
Why did u leave job for mba ?
Where are u from ??
Why mba ?
Asked about what work you did ?
What diff u feel in yourself before job ....and after job ??
What all hobbies do you have ?? ..I said reading books ....so they asked
further ...what u learnt and how can u apply it further ??
What you want to do after mba ?
What can you bring to class ?
Are you a creative person ? Site with an example...
In which companies would you like to work ?

Picture perception test

IIM Shillong
Case study:
You are a GM of a software company. IT department took all the systems to provide
required services and worked for the whole weekend. At the morning, they were not
able to replace all the systems and no note was left by the team for the finance
people who also had to disperse salaries to the people which would be delayed due
to this situation. So you have to provide your future action plan.
Interview: Asked me any famous personalities by my name. Asked me from where I
am. Asked about my home town (Bhopal). Asked me why the government lost the
elections. Asked me is FDI is good or not. Then asked me what you do in free time. I
told about photography and my club activities, then asked some stuff related to
aperture settings and engineering behind it. Asked me about torque and power
ratings of car. Asked me why we need to shift down gear while going uphill.

IIM Shillong

Two panel members. One in his 40s (P1), the other in his 70 (P2)

P1: Tell me something that's not in this form ( Application form)

Me: mentioned part time work experience

P1: asked for details

Me: Gave

P1: Bhopal is the cleanest city of India, right?

Me: No sir. It's no. 2. No. 1 is Indore. Both are in Madhya Pradesh

P1: What has Bhopal done to become the 2nd cleanest?

Me: mentioned smart city program, garbage vehicles coming to our house to pick up
the garbage, awareness schemes and 2 dustbins in public places
P1: If the government was doing this much, why did they lose?
Me: mentioned farmer distress, Prevention of atrocities against SC/ST act, Shivraj
Singh Chouhan's comments against upper castes and high number of NOTA votes

P2: Tell me the subjects that you're studying in this semester.

Me: Could mention only 2
I am sorry sir. I have been busy with my preparations for MBA. I couldn't give
adequate attention to that.

P2: You'll say the same in the 2nd year of you MBA
Me: No sir.... (interrupted)

P2: You've done Antenna and Wave Propagation?

Me: Yes sir

P2: Tell me the difference between End Fire and Broadside Array
Me: (Thought about it for 10 seconds)
Sir, I'm not very sure, I think one of them directs the antenna rays perpendicularly
while the other directs them axially.

P2: axially to what?

Me: To the axis of the array sir

P2: Draw it
Me: Tried but failed
P2: Let it be, you're wasting our time here

P2: You've done DSP too. Tell me Nyquist Theorem.

Me: Started answering
P2: That's Nyquist Criterion. Ok. Let it be. Tell me about that.
Me: Answered

P2: That's the procedure. Tell me the meaning

Me: Sir, it's used to find if a system is stable or not. It tells us if a system is
convergent

P2: Okay. Thank you. All the best

Me: Thank you sir. Good day

NMIMS Mumbai CD/PI

Case discussion on the agriculture of India and US. Suggest the improvements in
Indian agriculture.
PI- three members on the panel. One male and two female.
1. What are you doing right now and why MBA.
2. Job description and role.
3. Why not mtech.
4. Budget key takeaways.
5. Interests.
NMIMS
3 panelists
2 old males and 1 young female.
For CD-
Keep a pen with you
A case discussion for future strategies for Facebook. (No one was quite sure what
exactly the problem is but kept discussing different issues from Cambridge analytica
to reduction in users)
PI-
Completely SOP(submitted at the time of application) driven. I was not even asked
for resume despite carrying one with me.
PI was more or less on similar lines with TIME mock interview which I had with
Anupama mam.

Started with a discussion on my surname (as quite different and interesting).

Then went down to Meaning of my name.(as that too is different).
Then asked about in which year you completed graduation and branch (as not
mentioned specifically in my SOP).
Then went on discussing workex of 1 month which I had and the reasons for leaving
the job.
What all things to did in last one year.
Told about my NGO work and stuff then lady asked me to know about my
experience as a campus ambassador (as mentioned in SOP).Then asked me to
share what creative things you have done ( as mentioned in SOP).
Then discussed short term career goal and why an MNC not any other company as
mentioned in SOP. Then asked me famous alumni of NM. said Aruna jayanti and
Paresh Rawal. But the panelist said that Paresh Rawal is not from NMIMS.
Then asked me to share Name of a faculty member at NMIMS (as stated world class
faculty members in SOP).
Overall it was good was able to drive the discussion and was successful enough to
convey most of my achievements in the verbal dialogue.
Panelists were quite interactive and were
interested in me.

Kirloskar institute Harihar

GD: is terrorism the price we have to pay for democracy

8 members: everyone given chance to conclude

WAT: where do you see yourself in 10 years

Interview:
2 members
Q: tell us something about yourself?

Q: what's your family business and what did you do there? (I mentioned my family
business)

Q: tell us the process involved in manufacturing pipes? (Mentioned working with

bhandari tubes)
Q: how do u get raw material
A: China
Q: why?
A: it's cheaper
Q: do go visit China for that or it works on mail
A: works both ways but that was not handled by my department

Q: how do you think your experience help you while doing MBA

Q: Let's do rapid fire for some GA.

-3 female cm
-Cm of Kerala
-cm of Bengal
- foreign minister
- president of USA
Q: how do you think your experience help you after your graduation.?
Q: Imagine you are walking down the street and you see a sick dog. Would you take
it to a doctor?

SIIB

Picture perception-
Total time- 5 min
Picture showed for - 30 sec
Writing time - 4 min 30 sec
Word limit - 40~50 lines.
Pictures are attached.

Wat
Topic:- Net neutrality: essential for development of digital India
Time- 20 min
Word limit - 20~25 lines

Wat started just after picture perception.

Gd-
It was a group of 12
Topic- doubling the farmer income : myth or reality
Time : 20 min
After it each one have to summarize in 3 lines

Pi:
The panel was different from GD one.
Pi questions-
1. Tell me something about yourself.
2. Tell me something about your home town.
3. Why MBA after engineering.
4. Why MBA IB.
Describe your long term goal.
5. How MBA is gonna to help in it.
6. which type of current affairs you like to follow ( politics, economics etc)
I answered politics
7. Question based on mp election.
8. Karnataka political dilemma ?
9.Do you want to ask anything?

SIOM

Wat topic - SIOM, as a college challenges their students and and enables them to be
risk takers. How would you,as a student, capitalise on this and what risks would you
take? (Time - 10min)

GE topic - Case study. You're an HR team and you have to give ideas to promote
and increase senior junior interaction. How will you do that ( Time - 20min)

PI- General. Not too challenging. Questions were asked on my work experience and
mechanical engineering background. Then some questions on how would you be a
good fit as an operations manager. Then questions asked on hobbies. After
answering about my favourite author ( Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and a few questions
about Sherlock Holmes, the parting question was asked by a separate faculty who
was sitting separate from the others about how is Sherlock Holmes like an
operations manager. (The interview was supposed to go on for 15 min only but mine
took around 20-25)

SIIB
GD : Metoo movement
( 8 members, all boys, few of them excellent speakers )
Time Duration 10 min

Interview questions

1) Where are you from?

2) Did you apply for patent ?
3) When will you get it(patent)?
4) Please explain about leadership quality you have mentioned in the application
form.
4) What are your goals in life?
5) Why there is a gap after completion of graduation ?
6) Sell me the product you just mentioned. I am your client( doctor)
(Product was for the doctors)
5) Why MBA? and why Intenrnational Business?
6) What specialization in IB?
7) Why marketing ?
8) Tell me the 4 P's of marketing
9) If you are given a position in strategic planning of top company and there is a job
of marketing which one will you choose? and why ?
10) Tell me about your hobbies. I said (playing Tabla )
11) Why did you not continued further?

SIIB
Interview Question:-
1. Describe yourself
2. Why did you opt for Electronics and communication
3. What do you know about half adder and full adder
4. applications of half adder
5. open and closed loop system with examples
6. Do you read novels
7. Why you want to do MBA in international business
8. Your role as engineer after completing your MBA
9. Which specialization will you opt for
10. Do you have other calls
11. Siib or Sibm bangalore which one will you chose
12. Budget on 1 February

SIIB
GD: Industry 4.0 and its impact on economy
Essay: RERA should win trust of home buyers

IIM Ahmedabad
Morning slot

Wat topic: an argument was given and we had to strengthen or weaken it. It was that
different minded people don’t work well with each other ..this lead to sad emotions.
So different minded people should not work together and should not make any
decision.

Interview: first in panel ..two interviewers

P1: tell about your views on the topic

Me: told how I don’t support it and how different minded people can learn from each
other and decisions can be made after considering every perspective.
P1: so you are saying different minded should work together. But doesn’t it lead to
unsolved problems.
Me: told them it leads to better decision making considering every stakeholder in
mind. Gave example of parliament . Even in iims they take diversity.
P2: satisfies with answer
P2: indore. Tell us about indore.
Me: told few facts. (Forgot to tell about swacch bharat should have told ) told it is
financial capital. It hub.
P2: why not Bhopal .
Me: told them it’s political capital. Some points were fumbled by me told them how
tcs and Infosys have come to indore ..
P2: satisfied
P1: give intro
Gave . Didn’t stop . Gave full intro
P1: why mba after be
Me: started giving . Stopped.
P1: why you don’t like coding .
Me: screwed up this answer .
P1: grilling started on difference between it and Cs
Me: was able to tell but they were grilling so I got confused in between .
P1: let’s move on to hobbies. So your hobby is yoga.
Me: yes . (Thinking they would ask) but they didn’t ask
P1: okay so teaching also
Me: yes . Told them how I take private Tution as well as teach at ngo.
P1: what drives you to teach.
Me: told them about how I am satisfied if I am able to impact 2 children also.
P1: problems in edu system .
Me: told
Both seeing each other . Told me thanks you want to ask anything. I said no . And
my reaction was like why so soon.
As I was leaving they saw folder. Asked me why you brought . Told them to show my
certificates and art work . Asked me to show. While showing told them I have good
asthmatic sense. They asked me how do you like the campus. I told didn’t got to visit
but I liked how logo is carved on entrance. Asked why there are circle cutout
everywhere. Told it’s different and attractive. I think they wanted something scientific
but I didn’t wanted to make wild guess. One thing I thought was about something
releted to area but didn’t wanted to make a guess. Then they asked came
ahemdabad for first time . I said yes. Asked something. Told them how I saw shaking
towers near railway station. Asked what is the problem. Didn’t knew again didn’t
want to make guess. They were discussing architectural mistakes. Told them leaning
tower of pisa. And how taj hotel in Mumbai was to be made on different side
Offered chocolate.
ITM Navi Mumbai
It was good and a positive interview
Questions related to my strength with examples were asked
Questions related to the subjective knowledge were
Why mba nd why the specialization in the particular was asked
Any position of responsibility taken in college and what you gained from it or what
positive growth u felt while taking up the responsibility was asked
I want to give a sincere thanks to all the faculty members who helped us during the
gdpi sessions with the guidance
I specially want to thank the faculty members who taught us the interview etiquettes
because today all the students who were from time where appraised for the dressing
sense and the etiquettes which we all followed

SIIB
Wat- rising population in India can be used as an asset
Gd- EQ vs iq required for a successful life
Interview- describe yourself?
Work ex and graduation related questions.
What is centrifugal force?
What responsibilities did you handle?
Why did you leave?
General awareness.
Weather conditions in Chicago?
Chief minister of Maharashtra?
Finance minister?
Overall experience was good.
Time allotted for picture perception was 30 sec and then we had to describe in 5min
which I found was less.
We had 9 candidates in gd which was good.

NMIMS

CD Topic - Analysts peg groceries / Staple food items to value around 450 billion
dollars or two thirds of Indian retail market. With presence of players like Bigbasket
and Grofers, Flipkart and Amazon are also seeming to indulge in grocery market. What
do you think are the reasons, Amazon want to expand in this domain?
12 people sat in the CD.
PI - 2aged males and an aged female. Very friendly and not grilling. Asked me to briefly
tell about myself. The history of Indore. Why did I have a gap year? My favorite subject
in undergraduation and many questions on that. And lastly why Nmims and how will it
help me to achieve my goals.
Interview experience
1)Tell me about yours name meaning
2)Why mba after engineering
3) details of internship
4) difference between cookie and cache
5) everyone is describing about events what's different you have done in events
6) if events were not there would you have done other things in life(not mba)
7) ethical dilemma
8) some stuff related to privacy
9)any novels you read
10) what things identified that you have leadership skills

NMIMS
Case discussion was on Amazon
Means it is trying to come in grocery market ..
Then reasons that why Amazon is keen to enter in that market..
Some stats where given like it has 80% share and Flipkart has 65%

SIIB

*WAT*
1. Picture based (5 mins) : a boy thinking, in distress. Sitting on his study table and a
woman's picture in the background.
2. Essay (20 mins) : E-commerce: excessive discounts being too dangerous
(something like that)
*GD*: Discussion on the #MeToo movement and it's impact.
*PI*: Quite different for everyone in the group. Started with the general tell me about
yourself question. And then 3 news that you can recall and questions related to that.
Then some questions related to your academics for freshers and on work ex for
experienced people.
But later, they changed it and were asking questions on whatever you're saying. So a
basic tell me about yourself and then you're the one guiding the entire thing which
probably turned out to be a good thing for the people who went in later.