Name PI-1
Sophia TMAY, CV related questions,
why sales, why ITC,
favourite ITC Brand, apart
from classmates, when did
you hear about ITC, STP/4P
of a small come can
Vrinda The interview started with
the panellists asking me to
run through my CV for them
after which they picked up
various CV points and
questioned me on my
contribution to the POR,
impact generated,
challenges faced. In case of
the projects, they asked me
questions which required
me to cover the tiniest of
details. Following which
were the basic HR questions
as to why ITC, what do I
think of the company from
the perspective of a
marketer, my favourite
brand from ITC and why.
After this, they asked me
some questions to test my
willingness to adapt to
changes and readiness to
move to tier 2/3 cities. At
the end, they asked me any
one thing/dream that I
couldn't achieve and how do
I plan to achieve it now.
Akhiles Tell me about you, FSC
project, HR questions, was
h asked to do STP 4P of Kinley
water bottle kept on the
table, what is STP 4P -
explain a little. A lot of
questions were asked about
my work ex in digital
marketing and ZS associates.
PI-2
Critique the placement
process, explain big data and
small data, how can it help
companies like ITC, form
related questions and
explanations, Redesign the
logo for Sheraton, follow up
questions, how will you go
about doing a market research
for a floor cleaner. Our main
competition is Lysol, Stayed in
Chandigarh all along, how will
you manage sales.
It started with tell us
something interesting about
yourself and then moved to
one of the sales internships I
had done. The questions were
specific to the internship and
there was an in-depth
discussion on same for about
20 minutes. After this they
have a general feedback and
asked me if I wanted to ask
them something.
Tell me about you which is not
on CV. You are a mech guy, you
did BAJA, that means you were
interested in Mech, then you
took 2 jobs, both in Marketing
and now you are sitting in an
interview for sales, please
explain this. Some more HR
questions strength weakness,
Tips
1. Know your CV
2. Marketing concepts should
be clear
3. Have some knowledge about
ITC and its brands
Focus on your why marketing,
why sales, why this company
questions. Sound passionate
and convincing enough.
Prepare the HR questions given
by HRSoc and practice them
well.
The key to crack interviews is
to stay calm, understand the
questions being asked and
answer precisely without
gassing around. If you don't
know anything just apologize
politely and say you don't know
the answer.
From preparation perspective,
you need to know about the
company that you're sitting for.
For example, other people in
the batch were asked about
recent news of ITC, something
about the products, taglines,
brand ambassadors etc.
P.s. Know your CV word to
word and have an in depth
understanding of what you
have done for a particular post,
society, project or job.
Read and understand
marketing primer. Try
attending marksoc sessions.
Read up a little bit of news.
Most importantly, relax and
enjoy life.
Also a lot of questions
related to my FSC were
asked, which were not
exactly in the scope of the
project. I had to come up
with some answers on the
spot. Be prepared for such
questions.
challenges you have faced and
learnings from it all that stuff.
FSC related questions - tougher
questions this time. Why ITC?
Have you applied to HUL?