Sample Personal

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Academic questions
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B-School Interviews

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Table of Contents
Personal Questions: ................................................................................................................................ 3
Computer Science Engineering: .............................................................................................................. 5
Electronics & Communication Engineering: ........................................................................................... 7
Mechanical Engineering: ......................................................................................................................... 9
Electrical Engineering:........................................................................................................................... 11
Civil Engineering:................................................................................................................................... 13
Commerce: ............................................................................................................................................ 15
Business Studies: ................................................................................................................................... 18
Economics: ............................................................................................................................................ 20

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Personal Questions:

1. Introduce yourself

2. Why MBA?

3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

4. What are your favourite subjects in graduation?

5. On what basis did you choose your stream in graduation?

6. What is your family background?

7. What are your hobbies and interests?

8. What is in news recently?

9. What are the significant achievements in your life?

10. Tell us about the failures you have experienced in life. What did you learn from

them?

11. Why should you be selected?

12. What are your career goals?

13. What value will you bring to our institute?

14. Why do you have mediocre marks in graduation?

15. Do you read? What have you read recently?

16. What is the meaning of your name?

17. Difference between leader and manager

18. Who is your favourite author? What is your favourite book?

19. Introduce yourself – not including things that you have mentioned in the form.

20. Tell us about the challenges you faced in your job?

21. What do you like most about your job?

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22. Tell us about any social activity in which you are involved? What did you learn

from it?

23. Explain your college project

24. Speak about the work you did during internship

25. Are you a good leader or team player?

26. From which institutes do you have calls?

27. Why do you want to join our institute?

28. What’s your alternate career plan if you do not get through MBA?

29. What is your role in the present job?

30. Can you talk about a situation in which you had to face an adversity and you did

well to come out of it?

31. Tell us about the last 3 national/international news you’ve read

32. What do you want me to ask you on?

33. Why did you leave your job

34. Who is your role model and why?

35. Give reasons why you don’t want to go for a job but join a B-School?

36. What kind of roles are you looking to join after MBA?

37. Speak about your extra-curricular activities

38. Speak about your hometown

39. Where do you see yourself 5/10 years from now?

40. Which specialization of MBA you would choose?

41. What were you asked in other b-school interviews?

42. Why don’t you pursue higher education in your field?

43. Why did you not take up a job after your graduation?

44. What will you derive from MBA?

45. Why MBA without work-ex?

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 46. Why aren’t you involved in extra-curricular activities?

47. Tell us something that you take pride in

48. What have you learnt in your graduation?

49. Why not MBA from outside of India?

50. Do you follow current affairs?

Academic Questions:

Computer Science Engineering:

1. Why did you choose CS over other branches of engineering?

2. What is data mining?

3. How does programming differ from Cloud Computing?

4. Explain C++ in a layman's language.

5. How can C++ help in any business?

6. What is analytics?

7. Name a few Operating Systems.

8. Why MAC doesn't get a virus, but Windows-run computers do?

9. What is artificial intelligence?

10. Tell us about a big global project related to Computer science field

11. What are the challenges that we face today in taking computers to every village?

12. What do you mean by a 64 bit computer?

13. What is Object Oriented Programming?

14. What are open sources?

15. What is distributed computing?

16. What is the difference between IT and Information systems?

17. What is the search algorithm used by Google?

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18. What is the least count of a computer?

19. What is the difference between mobile OS and the one used in personal

computers?

20. What is the role of computers in Rural India?

21. What is internet protocol?

22. What is cloud computing?

23. What is data structure?

24. What limits the storage and speed capacity of hardware?

25. How is the IT industry performing in the wake of the current economic recession?

26. What is Machine Learning?

27. What is the difference between AI and ML?

28. How is big data stored?

29. How is distributed computing different from cloud computing?

30. What are some real life applications of AI?

31. What is the difference between tcp and udp protocol?

32. Why Linux is named so?

33. What is Serverless computing

34. Explain Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

35. Why is big data so important?

36. What’s your favourite programming language and why?

37. Write an algorithm to find the largest of a set of numbers

38. How do algorithms work?

39. What are the emerging technologies in computer science?

40. How do driverless automobiles function?

41. What is Trojan in computer world?

42. Explain digital currency

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 43. Why do we use ‘@’ in email?

44. Who is known as father of indian supercomputing

45. What is the letter A in binary?

46. What is Google page rank?

47. What is kernel in an Operating System?

48. Why do we need Data Warehousing?

49. How is an Operating System built to be secure?

50. What is DBMS and what is RDBMS?

51. What is search engine optimization?

52. Draw 3 layers of Neural Networks.

53. What is the difference between CS & IT?

Electronics & Communication Engineering:

1. What Is The Difference Between Photodiode And Solar Cell?

2. What is an Integrated Circuit

3. What is a semi-conductor?

4. What is op-amp?

5. What are the different types of diodes?

6. What Is a Capacitor?

7. What is the difference between an avalanche breakdown and a Zener

breakdown?

8. What is the difference between MCCB & ACB & VCB?

9. Why is silicon preferred over germanium in preparing diode?

10. What is Carson's bandwidth rule?

11. Can electricity flow through perfect vacuum? Over a long distance?

12. What is the functionality of a comparator IC?

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13. What is a 555 timer? Why is it called a 555 timer?

14. Difference between LED and LCD

15. How does touch screen work?

16. What are transducers, transponders?

17. Difference between voltage and EMF

18. What are switching protocols?

19. What is the difference between 4G and 3G?

20. Fleming's left hand rule, right hand rule

21. How are satellite signals transmitted?

22. Kirchoff's law

23. How does a satellite get power?

24. What happens when a thunder lightening hits a plane?

25. What are some recent developments in the field of electronics

26. Difference between GSM and CDMA

27. Explain the communication mechanism between 2 cell phones

28. What are microprocessors

29. Explain P-N junciton construction, forward/reverse bias

30. Explain the functioning of LED

31. Different types of communications?

32. What is demodulation?

33. What is Power Rating?

34. Explain Radio frequency

35. What is modulation? where it is utilized?

36. What is a base station?

37. How many satellites are required to cover the earth?

38. Explain GPS

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 39. Explain Bluetooth

40. What is Instrumentation Amplifier

41. Where do we use AM and FM?

42. Why is signal strength stronger at higher floors as compared to lower floors?

43. Where are resistors used in everyday life?

44. What is message switching and packet switching?

45. How does a voltage multiplier work?

46. What is the function of timing and control unit in microprocessor?

47. What are the features of 8085 microprocessor?

48. Why it is called 8085 microprocessor?

49. How does a wireless connection work?

50. What is pass band?

Mechanical Engineering:

1. Explain the basic principle of refrigeration.

2. Explain the working of petrol and diesel engines.

3. Give one practical application of thermodynamics.

4. What is bending moment?

5. Difference between 4 and 2 stroke

6. If we open a refrigerator's door, will the temperature of the room drop?

7. Which type of transmission is better in terms of fuel efficiency: Manual or

Automatic?

8. What are the forces acting on a cricket ball when it is in the air?

9. What are the Bharat IV norms?

10. State the laws of thermodynamics

11. What are IC engines?

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12. Tell us about some new technologies in passenger car industry.

13. What is the difference between precision & calibration?

14. What is the difference between carburetor and fuel injector?

15. What is the difference between adiabatic and isothermic reactions?

16. What will happen if diesel is used in a petrol engine?

17. Why 2-stroke is more harmful to the atmosphere than the 4 stroke?

18. Explain the effect on the basis of which the cricket ball swings.

19. Explain bending moment.

20. Explain the importance of Thermodynamics in the field of Mechanical

Engineering?

21. Which of these have a higher efficiency: Diesel engines or Petrol engines?

22. State the laws of conservation of energy.

23. What is a gear box and what are its applications?

24. Which of the two is harder: cast iron or mild steel?

25. What is annealing?

26. Explain entropy

27. What are the different types of forces?

28. How do ships float on water?

29. What is your favourite automobile firm and why?

30. What is the purpose of governor in automobile?

31. Explain the phenomenon of knocking

32. What is octane number

33. What is degree of freedom in theory of machine?

34. What is material shaping?

35. Which engine is better air cooled or oil cooled?

36. What is rich and lean mixture?

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 37. Why are tractor rear wheels bigger?

38. What is moment of interia?

39. What is the difference between mass and weight?

40. Explain specific gravity

41. What are lift and drag in aerodynamics?

42. What are flash and fuel points?

43. What is the function of a gas turbine?

44. What is a polytropic process?

45. What is compression ratio?

46. What is an isentropic process?

47. What is the function of a valve?

48. What do you mean by non-metals?

49. What is malleability?

50. What is the difference between kinematics and kinetics?

51. What is Six Sigma?

52. Example of 6-sigma in India? Example of 6-sigma outside India?

Electrical Engineering:

1. What are Capacitance and Inductance

2. What is the difference between generator and alternator

3. Explain how you decide what size of electrical wire do you need?

4. Explain RLC circuit?

5. Mention the types of semi-conductors?

6. What is the role of transistor in Circuit

7. How do NPN and PNP transistors work?

8. What is a Zener diode?

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9. Explain the difference between Analogue and Digital circuit

10. What is the difference between fuse and breaker?

11. Why do we use AC and not DC system in India?

12. Are battery banks connected in series or in parallel and why?

13. What is rated speed?

14. What is load factor?

15. What is winding resistance? How do you increase the winding resistance of a

coil?

16. What is an exciter and how does it work?

17. What is the principle of motor?

18. What is meant by armature reaction?

19. Why do human bodies feel Electric shock? In an Electric train during running, we

don't feel any shock. Why?

20. What is slip in an induction motor?

21. What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous generator?

22. What is automatic voltage regulator?

23. Explain the working principal of the circuit breaker.

24. What is the difference between MCB and MCCB? Where are they used?

25. How does a transformer work?

26. In what direction do a ceiling fan and a table fan rotate? And why this difference

in the directions?

27. What is electric traction?

28. What is meant by derating factor?

29. What is a vacuum circuit breaker?

30. State Norton's theorem

31. What is speed control of dc motor?

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 32. What is the working principle of synchronous motor?

33. How will you judge whether the supply is A.C. or D.C. in premises?

34. Which materials are used as insulators?

35. What is dielectric strength?

36. How is AC converted to DC?

37. What is Ohm's law in simple terms?

38. How do you find the speed of a motor?

39. What is pole in motor?

40. What is difference between torque and speed?

41. Does more torque make a car faster?

42. How do electrons flow in electricity

43. How does an electric coil work?

44. What’s the principle on which transformer works?

45. Why are transformers rated in KVA?

46. Explain the working principle of servomotor?

47. What are transformer losses?

48. What are KVL and KCL?

49. What is Watt's law?

50. What is the difference between a rotor and an armature?

Civil Engineering:

1. What is the meaning of M.S.L?

2. Why did you choose civil engineering?

3. How can you make a building earthquake resistant?

4. How do you design a beam?

5. What kind of steel is used in rails? What qualities does it need to possess?

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6. Tell us something about IRC road specifications.

7. What is a power grid?

8. What are the features of earthquake resistant buildings?

9. What is a Theodolite?

10. What is a turbine?

11. What is bending moment?

12. What is cantilever? What are its support conditions?

13. What is fatigue? Name the most fatigue resistant and the least fatigue resistant

material.

14. What is heavy water?

15. What happens to Load at yield point

16. What will be the effect of over-reinforcement?

17. Why do we provide steel in Concrete in building structures?

18. What is specific gravity?

19. What is Packing Factor?

20. Which are the Steel tests?

21. What is Modulus of elasticity?

22. What is Moment Of Inertia

23. What is the difference between shear and tensile strength?

24. What is truss used for?

25. Name some types of truss

26. What's the Difference between Cast Iron and Wrought Iron

27. How would you describe the soundness of cement?

28. Explain Fatigue. Can you point out some of the structures that may be subjected

to fatigue?

29. Explain the concept of built area and super built-up area

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 30. Can you describe what a projection line is?

31. What are the ingredients of cement?

32. How do you test rate of wear of stones?

33. How do you test hardness of stones?

34. Chandigarh is a planned city. How will you convert Mumbai into a planned city?

35. What is the tallest man made structure in the world?

36. What are the main reasons of building collapse?

37. Name various authorities or workers on a construction site?

38. What is green building?

39. What are the different tests on soil?

40. What are the different types of foundation?

41. Why is Mohr's circle used in civil engineering?

42. Why do longitudinal cracks develop on concrete pavements?

43. What is finite element analysis

44. What are the different types of beams?

45. What are different types of loads?

46. What are point loads?

47. What is RC beam?

48. What are UDL and UVL?

49. What is bending equation?

50. What is bending stress in beam?

Commerce:

1. What is the fundamental accounting equation?

2. What is personal income tax rate?

3. What are Quick Assets?

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4. What is Current Ratio?

5. What is Working Capital?

6. What is the difference between mercantile system and cash system of

accounting?

7. What is owner’s equity? How will you calculate it?

8. What is Capital and Revenue Expenditure?

9. When can revenue expenditure be capitalised?

10. What is debit note and credit note? What is the difference between them?

11. What is Fiscal Deficit?

12. What is Budget Deficit?

13. What is time draft?

14. Where does goodwill appear in a balancesheet?

15. What is sight draft?

16. What is capital account convertibility?

17. What is Marginal Rate of Taxation?

18. What’s ABC costing method? What are other methods?

19. What’s capital budgeting?

20. What is a Balance Sheet? Why is it prepared?

21. Compare Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting.

22. Compare Cost Accounting and Management Accounting

23. What is the principal of Double Entry system of accounting?

24. What is depreciation? What are the causes of depreciation?

25. What does capital market mean? How does the company raise funds in

capital market?

26. Explain Business Entity Concept

27. Explain Going Concern Concept

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28. What is a deferred tax asset?

29. What is an intangible asset?

30. What is goodwill?

31. What is the primary goal of financial management?

32. How is market value of shares decided?

33. What is capital budgeting?

34. What is CAPM?

35. What are current assets?

36. What are contingent liabilities?

37. What is debt equity ratio?

38. What is auditing? what are the main purposes of auditing?

39. What is financial leverage

40. What is net present value?

41. What is EBITDA?

42. What is amortization of assets?

43. What are the different types of depreciation methods?

44. What is contra account

45. What is the use of journal entries?

46. What is debit and credit in simple words?

47. What is double entry system?

48. What is Ind AS?

49. Who is the commerce minister of India?

50. Who is the father of commerce?

51. How would a bank balance sheet appear?

52. Why didn’t you go for CA or other professional degree? Why MBA?

53. How does a government decide a Taxation Policy?

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 54. What is the difference between IND AS and AS in terms of impact on balance

sheet

55. How are investments shown in balance sheet?

56. What is the relation between P/L and Balance Sheet, which is prepared first?

57. What are the components of current account?

Business Studies:

1. What is the difference between administration and management?

2. What are the roles played by a business administrator?

3. How does business contribute to economic development?

4. What do you mean by business administration?

5. What are short term and long term planning?

6. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative decisions.

7. What is the difference between centralization and decentralization?

8. What is the main difference between Vertical and Horizontal Organizations?

9. What do you understand by the concept of departmentalization?

10. How do you differentiate between a manager and a leader?

11. How can a manager motivate his/her employees to perform better?

12. What do you understand by SWOT analysis?

13. Who are the stakeholders in an organisation?

14. Is management a science or an art?

15. How do business policies help in business management?

16. What is meant by price elasticity of demand?

17. What is the basic accounting equation?

18. Draw price demand curve

19. Explain marketing?

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20. How is marketing different from sales?

21. Is digital marketing more effective than traditional marketing?

22. Which mediums can be used to market products or services online?

23. What are ATL and BTL?

24. What courses did you study in BBA?

25. What is the difference between efficiency and effectiveness?

26. How do you measure efficiency of a business process?

27. What is meant by business metrics?

28. What do you understand by the term business analytics?

29. What is equity?

30. What do you mean by the term ‘brand’?

31. What makes a brand trustworthy?

32. How does price elasticity affect demand?

33. What is the importance of business studies?

34. What is the difference between a public and private firm?

35. What is meant by liability, limited liability and unlimited liability of a firm?

36. What are the various types of ownership?

37. Who is a sleeping or dormant partner?

38. What is a cooperative society?

39. What is meant by inventory?

40. What is the importance of business ethics?

41. What is business outsourcing?

42. What is franchising?

43. What is Joint venture?

44. What is a free market economy?

45. What is the difference between trade and business?

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 46. What is delegation?

47. Explain Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs

48. What is competitor analysis?

49. What are the types of capital in business?

50. What is the difference between profit and revenue?

Economics:

1. What is the classical theory of economics?

2. Explain price elasticity of demand.

3. What are the important features of a capitalist economy?

4. Is Apple a monopoly or oligopoly?

5. Why is there no supply curve under monopoly?

6. Explain the short run equilibrium under monopolistic competition.

7. What is price leadership?

8. Discuss IC analysis of labour supply curve.

9. How would you say trade unions influence wages and employment when the

labour market is monopolistic in nature?

10. What is your understanding of the prisoner's dilemma?

11. What is the economic rent concept?

12. Could you explain price rigidity with the help of kinked demand curve model?

13. Can you explain ‘deadweight loss’

14. What is Production Possibilities Curve?

15. How would you differentiate between nominal and real interest rate?

16. Explain the concept of diminishing marginal utility of money.

17. What is behavioural economics?

18. Would you say private market will fail to provide public goods efficiently?

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19. What do you understand by market signalling?

20. What is contestable market theory?

21. Why do you think the price rigidity rises in oligopolistic market?

22. What do you mean by risk and how do you think individuals reduce risk?

23. What is a market failure and what causes it?

24. What is third degree price discrimination?

25. What is your understanding of cartels?

26. What do you think would a consumer consider while deciding between buying vs

leasing a car?

27. Can you show the three phases of adjustment as money grows in the Fisher

effect?

28. What are the determinants of natural rate of unemployment?

29. What is Keynesian economics in simple terms?

30. What is frictional unemployment and its causes?

31. What is a liquidity trap?

32. Could you explain financial market equilibrium in the classical model?

33. What is stagflation?

34. What is the Fisher equation?

35. Please discuss the relationship between inflation and output in the short run and

long

36. What is the sacrifice ratio?

37. What is the difference between direct and indirect tax?

38. What is cartel economics?

39. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Net Present Value Method

40. What is surge pricing? How does Uber surge pricing work?

41. How is Keynesian economics different from classical economics?

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42. What is a SEZ?

43. What are CRR, Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate and Bank Rate, how are they

used by RBI?

44. What is difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?

45. What are the requirements for a market to be perfectly competitive?

46. State the characteristics of a competitive market

47. What is the relationship between marginal cost and supply curve?

48. What is meant by welfare economics?

49. What is meant by balance of payments?

50. What is quantity theory of money?

51. How does a government decide a Taxation Policy?

52. How is inflation calculated?

53. What is the meaning of rationality of consumer in economics?

54. Draw an Indifference Curve.

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