IIM I PGP interview experience 14th March, Morning Slot Welcom | MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

IIM I PGP interview experience
14th March, Morning Slot
Welcomhotel by ITC, Dwarka
Panel 2
Maths honours
8 months work ex as a data analyst

Duration: Around 20-25 minutes

P2. TMAY
[Gave prepared answer]
P1. What is data science?
P2. Let me rephrase the question, why do we need data science since we already have statistics and linear regression?
[Some discussion on this]
P1. What is the root of a quadratic equation? What does it signify?
P1. Draw the graph of sin x
P1. Why do we need logs?
[Explained by talking about how I used log for significance testing in my job]
P1. What are type 1 and type 2 errors wrt significance testing?
P2. What data science algorithms do you use in your job?
[Mentioned 2 algorithms]
P2. What is the underlying theory of these algorithms? Are they supervised or unsupervised? For what do you use KNN?
[Some more discussion on this]
P2. Do you follow any news?
[Mentioned ChatGPT]
P2. Which rival has Google brought?
P2. What do you think about the view that ChatGPT will destroy Google?
P2. Elon Musk has been involved with various companies recently. Can you name some?
[Mentioned Twitter, Tesla, Space X, OpenAI (Musk was co-founder, later left)]
P2. There was specifically a fintech company, can you tell which?
[Couldn't recall]
P2. Do you follow global and Indian politics?
P1. UK Prime Minister before Rishi Sunak and after Boris Johnson
[Couldn't recall]
P1/P2. Which party does Rishi Sunak belong to?
P1/P2. Where in Delhi do you live?
P1/P2. Education minister of Delhi
P1/P2. Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
P1/P2. Who is the president of India

Extempore: Should MBA education be provided to engineering graduates?

P2. Any questions for us?
[Thank You]
[Chill, conversational interview]

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