IIM Calcutta Profile: X/XII/UG - 95/95.6/8.76 BTech in CSE, I | MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

IIM Calcutta

Profile:
X/XII/UG - 95/95.6/8.76
BTech in CSE, IIT Palakkad (2022)
CAT - 99.88
Category - Gen
Workex: 7 months as SWE at Arista Networks

WAT:
Cricket is a famous sport in India, at the same time other sports have been ignored. What measures should be taken to increase participation in other sports including indigenous sports.

Three male panellists:
P1: Why should we consider you? (Here, I mentioned about academic consistency among others )
P1: Consistency is not good in my opinion, defend yourself (had some follow-up questions on this)
P1: Show me how consistency looks on a graph, asked three questions which led to three more plots
P1: Looking at the graph, is inconsistency bad?
P2: What is happening at Google and Microsoft and Facebook? (Told about layoffs)
P2: If they were consistently making profits, why are they laying off now?
P3: What is your role at your company?
P3: Is 5G actually as beneficial as it is said to be?
P3: How can 5G help in collecting data, explain with air conditioner and refrigerator as examples
P2: You’ve mentioned you want to do an MBA in product management, so why IIM? I know many successful PM without an MBA.

Interview lasted for 15-20mins

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