MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

2023-02-28 08:05:03 CAP interview afternoon (27th Feb )
Bg - Commerce passout 2019 work ex 33 months
No docs verification, No sequence

2 panelists , P1 - male 30s P2 - female 30s

P1
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What do you do at work
3. What is the most challenging thing about this.
4. Follow up question on 3rd
5. Is work from home good one bad
6. Why are layoffs done
7. What's your opinion on the layoffs
I mentioned about prediction

Over to P2 :

1. Since you mentioned forecasting do you know any tool / method to do that ?
No clue
2. Where did you do your graduation
3. Fav subject
4. What is the time value of money.
5. Why money today is better than tomorrow
6. What is on going principle
7. How is retained earnings shown in Financial statements ( FS ).
Answered for balance sheet asked for pl statement
8. Do we create provisions for bad debt or we create reserve
9. How is it shown in financial statements
10. How are prepaid expenses shown in the FS.
11. What is your hobby
Answered: cooking
12. Name some chefs.

Thanks, you can logoff now.

#CAP @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:03 So Sir, as Ma’am said, 1.8 meter equals 6 feet then sir another length of 6 feet or 1.8 meter just above my head will suffice to touch the roof of this room. So, Sir 1.8 X 2 = 3.6 is the height of this room.
(Then, they looked satisfied and again laughed and told me to sit)
M- So, Priyanshu, have you ever been under a rotating fan.
(Answered with a little smile), Yes Sir, a lot.
M- So, Priyanshu, when you ON this fan, in which direction will it rotate?
Sir, if I make a guess (Stopped by panel)
M- Priyanshu, you don’t know this too?
Sorry Sir, but I haven’t noticed yet this thing . So, Sir, I think this fan will rotate clockwise.
M- Go and ON the fan.
Sir, which is the switch? (As, there are multiple switch on the board)
M- Priyanshu, what can be the switch of a Fan. It is obviously the one which is adjacent to regulator. (They both laughed)
(I also known that thing, but the magic of nervousness started to work and this obvious thing just vanished from my mind). When I switched ON the Fan, it rotated the opposite direction of which I said. (First Time, a non-living object annoyed me).
M- Priyanshu, you were provided 2 chances and you failed in both. (Said with simultaneous laughing)
Sorry Sir, I never noticed such thing but this rotation surely will remain with me forever.
M- Is It possible, to rotate it in opposite direction?
Yes Sir, we can do it manually.
M- And by electronically?
Sir, I think at this stage it is not possible. We have to do some work at its motor level to rotate it on opposite direction.
M- So, Priyanshu which other calls do you have?
I mentioned, that apart from ABCKS, I have all calls.
M- So, which one you join if you convert all?
(I tried to bypass it diplomatically) First of all Sir, it will be literally a great moment for me if I convert all and (stopped by panel)
M- Priyanshu, take a stand.
Sir, at this moment, it is very tough decision for me and I will be comfortable at later stage to decide and it literally will be great honour……… (Again stopped)
M- Priyanshu, take a stand.
Sir, I will join IIM-Lucknow.
M- Wow, in Amritsar you would have said, I will join Amritsar. In Rohtak, you would have said, I will join Rohtak. Isn’t it?
No sir, this is not the thing. In my Rohtak PI, this question was not asked. In my Amritsar PI, I told them Lucknow only. (Now, they looked little satisfied)
M- Did you have done your breakfast? (Both were in jolly mood)
Yes Sir, Fruits. (Both laughed)
M- So, Priyanshu, have biscuits and that’s from our side. You may leave now.
(I denied biscuits but now I think may have made a mistake, I should have accepted it). No, Thanks Sir
Then I greeted both panelists and softly exited the room.
{I never seen or read such a unique PI in my Life also not even expected that literally, I will become a witness of such rich and unique experience.} It lasted for approx. 20-25 minutes or maybe little more than this.

#IIML @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:03 IIM-Lucknow Transcript
Background-- Non- Engineer
Grad- Life Sciences
Panel- 1 Male[M] & 1 Female[F] (Both in 50s)

PI was initiated by male
M- So, Priyanshu why do you want to do MBA and specifically from IIM-Lucknow
Gave my answer and it appeared that they were satisfied
M- So, Priyanshu you have done your graduation in life science, tell us about your subjects.
Named all ones.
M- Priyanshu, explain us medical diagnostics subject you mentioned
Explain intricacies about it
M- So, priyanshu what are various types of blood groups and what thing make them different?
Answered
F- Priyanshu, what are total no of leukocytes in human body?
As I don’t know the accurate figure so I asked to make a educated guess.
F- Priyanshu, what about 15000 leukocytes?
No, Ma’am it is much below and actual figure is much above with it. (Looked little satisfied)
M- Priyanshu, why do you left UPSC? Is your attempts got exhausted?
I answered, NO, and stated my purpose for leaving UPSC preparation.
M- What do you want to become after UPSC
Answered
M- Priyanshu, you father was in Delhi Police, what about his current position in department right now?
Answered and explain more or less all aspects about my father profession.
M- Priyanshu, is two different type of roses are possible to be present in one stem?
Answered, that I never seen such thing and when they again told me to take a stand whether it is possible or not. I said, I don’t think so Sir.
M- Priyanshu, it is possible and many gardeners are well equipped with this gardening technique. So, where have you seen wide variety of plants
Answered that during my childhood in Mughal Garden (Now, Amrit Udyaan)
M- So, is potato and tomato can be grown in same plant.
This one I was confident, that it is not possible as one is shoot crop and other one is root.
M- So, Priyanshu, 10 persons were present in this room with you during WAT. How many of them wore spects?
As I don’t know the accurate one, I told them that I will make a guess and told them that may be 4 or 5 were with spects.
M- So, How many of them wearing tie?
Female panelist stopped male panelist after it, and both giggled a little.
M- So, priyanshu, as we have observed that quant is not so significantly present in your background. When you get admitted in MBA, you have to handle a lot of math work. How will you deal with it?
Sir, it is true that math portion was absent during my graduation phase BUT Sir, I studied quant at a good level during my UPSC preparation as there is an exam called CSAT in prelims in which 1/3rd portion is comprised of quant only and clearing this one is mandatory to go for next tier. Second Sir, in CAT exam also I equipped myself in mathematical concepts and problems and if Sir, still there is gap then I will work on it and make myself reach to that adequate level.
M- Ok, So tell me how will you calculate the volume of this room?
Sir, this room is cuboid so volume will come by Length X Breadth X Height.
M- So, what will be the height of this room?
Sir, may be height of this room is 4 to 5 meter.
M- 4-5 Meter! No priyanshu, you are saying too much.
Sorry Sir, but I thought that this range is correct.
M- No, it is not. STAND UP. Now, measure height of this room.
Sir, my height is 6 feet (Stopped by M)
M- So, what will be the height of this room in meter?
(I didn’t know the feet to meter conversion). Sorry Sir, but I don’t know this conversion.
M- Priyanshu, Strange, you don’t know the conversion?
(Then , I suddenly remembered the height of an actor I saw in Wikipedia who was 6 feet and a number 1.2 meter flashed in my mind). Then I said, Sir I think my height is 1.2 meter.
M- You said that you don’t know conversion. Now you telling the figure.
Sir, actually I saw the height of an actor in Wikipedia who was 6 feet or 1.2 meter, his height was written. That’s how I remembered. (They both laughed strongly then Ma’am said that “Priyanshu, your height is 1.8 meter"). Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:02 IIM LUCKNOW - ABM
27th Feb - IIM L (noida campus)
Cat-98.96, 10/9/8.6

WAT- Nationalisation of Water Resources

P1- female panelist in 50's
P2-  male panelist in early 30's

1. Why did you apply only for ABM? Answered that FMCG has always intrigued me and I didn't have the call for PGP

2. Case Study- A company that manufactures potato chips required farmers to grow the same crop throughout the year which has created dissent among farmers. How will you increase the profits?
Answered that farmers can be classified into groups which can alternatively given the order . P1 seemed satisfied.

3. Did you get job offer from ug college? Answered that I didn't take part in the placements

4. What's your family's business about? Gave an overview but P1 was surprised that I knew about it in detail.

5. Why not workex before MBA? Told the prepared answer

6. What will you learn from MBA? Answered

7. What's your max in deadlift, bench press and squat? (Mentioned working out as a hobby) Answered.

8. What will you contribute to the institute? Answered but weren't satisfied, wanted to know my extra skills. Told I can play guitar and flute. P1 joked "he can be useful in the cultural events"

P1- Thankyou, you may leave now. Please have a toffee from the bowl.

Overall chill interview, no grilling, no acads, no gk

#IIML @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:02 XLRI - BM
Xat - 96.xx(GEM)
BTECH and 17 months in TCS

M1: Where are you joining from?
M1: are you working from home now?
M1: Why did you leave TCS? (For preparation)
M1: Isn't it a big risk?
M1: What is the project?
M1: Who are your clients?
M1: In which vertical or horizontal does your project comes in?
M1: Challenges faced?
M1: what are u expecting from MBA?
M1: u worked in tcs and u want to do an mba. Isn't it for a paycheck?
(Told it could be a reason and told leadership skills etc)
M1: these are many crores of people are there. What will we do with these many leaders?
M1: last question.U mentioned your fav subject as professional ethics. +Ves and -ves in tcs in terms of that?
( Was answering and when telling about negatives, he stopped and told not to tell diplomatic/interview answers)

M2: How many months in TCS?
M2: Were u into project immediately or gap?
M2: So total 15 months. I were a developer right?( Told was in the support role as well for few months) M2: In this time, what are the challenges u faced?
M2: TCS means large team size. What was your team size?
M2: Were there disagreements in your team?

M3: u are from Andhra Pradesh. Is three capitals a good idea? ( I told at this point of time it's not good, could've been good at time of division)
M3: I heard that vishapatnam  is the only single capital now?
(Told it's a statement from CM but didn't become official)

20min Total.

#XLRI @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:02 IIM Shillong
Radisson Blu, Dwarka

GD case: automobile model failure, whether to layoff or not and possible solutions

Interview
2 panelists, both female

P2: please give your folder.
P1: so Parnika, what's the meaning of your name?
I said small leaf or plant
P1: Do you like planting?
I said yes, talked about school activity.
P1: you don't plant at your home?
I said there are few plants in my house.
P1: difference b/w natural and organic
P1: what is sustainably growing things?
P1: so who is Parnika?
Gave a brief intro by mentioning some qualifies with egs.
P1: you come from Ghaziabad. Is Ghaziabad an industrial area?
I said it's developing but there are a lot of corporate offices there. Work spaces in malls, etc. And I mentioned Dabur corporate office in Kaushambi.
P1: Are Dabur products natural or organic?
Name few products of Dabur.
Then she took the folder and saw my graduation marksheet.
P1: you studies business mathematics.
I said I did, but it wasn't my favorite subjects.
P1: what do you remember about the subject?
I said mean, median and mode, central tendencies.
P1: assume you get admission at two bschool, one of them having average CTC of 25 lacs and other having median CTC of 26 lacs. Which one will you choose?
I talked about median being a better representation of data.
P1: some follow up questions relating to distribution of data. Type of discreet distribution, etc.
I told that in median or mean it's not evenly distributed. But I don't remember the types of distribution.

Then the other panelist took my file back. And asked questions from different subjects in my grad marksheet.
P2: you studied income tax. What are some of the indirect taxes?
I said GST, import duties, excise duties. Could not remember more.
P2: what are excise duties?
I think I gave a wrong answer here.
P2: if I come from some other country to India and bring some goods. Will I have to pay tax?
I said if it crosses a threshold then tax will be applicable.
P2: what is that threshold?
I said I don't remember it.
P2: then she moved on to financial accounting. So what are these IPOs? How do we value them?
I gave an example of Mamaearth IPOs and how these are assumed to be overvalued.
P2: use some accounting concepts for valuation.
I used accounting ratios. Price to earning ratio, EPS
P2: she took another subject. And asked about capital expenditure.
I mentioned budget and talked about the allocation to capital expenditure. Was starting to talk about multiplier effect but was given another question.
P2: if you're a representative of Japan and you're planning to invest in India's infrastructure. How will you decide?
I continued with multiplier effect here. Saying that the returns will be high for my investment. India is also growing rapidly.
P2: what accounting or financial concepts can you use?
I wasn't clear with this. But said maybe cost of equity, to know returns on my investment.
P2: okay that's it from my side.
P1: yes, I'm done too.
But then P1 took my file again and saw my extra curricular activities certificates.
P1: you have learnt kathak and bharatanatyam, which gharana in kathak?
I said Lucknow gharana.
P1: can you name some famous kathak gurus.
I said pandit birju majaraj and tanushree Roy ma'am.
P1: you've also learnt folk dances. Which state?
I said I joined the dance society in my college where we learnt a new folk dance of Rajasthan. Mentioned some points about Terah taali.
P1: how many years have you completed?
I said six.
P1: are you practising now?
I said no, not right now. But in school and college I participated actively.

And the interview ended. They asked to take a toffee. And I left.

(Overall it was a very acads and its application related interview. The questions were asked from any subject but they were not grilling on anything.)

#IIMS @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:05:01 IIM Lucknow
Venue: IIM Lucknow, Noida campus 
Date: 27 Feb, 2023
Panellists: Two profs (1 male and 1 female)

M1F1: Tell us a bit about yourself
M1: What was your start-up about? (3 questions about challenges faced)
M1: Pick your favourite equation from Mathematics (class 12 or above)
M1: Logistic regression and things around it (up to L3)

M1: Asked me to pick another topic of my interest that I have worked on (Biomedical Engineering Design)
F1: 4 questions or 5 min grilling on it

M1 asked for my salary slips (there was some correction on work ex days count) and was going through it
F1: What's my work ex, role and products I manage? (Product manager here)
F1: What is the Competitive moat for your company
F1: Weakness and threats (SWOT basically)
F1: What other calls do I have?

#IIML @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:04:32 CAP interview Forenoon (27 Feb)
Acads: 85/96/73
Btech mechanical 2020 passed out
13 months work ex

Two panelists male M1 and female F1

NO TMAY
M1 started
1.From where am I joining
2.Which company are u working
3.why should we take you into MBA what special in you compared to others
4.What is an NGO and CSR
5. what type of NGO you are a part of
6.Role model in business
Why is he the role model more follow on questions
7. What do u do in TCS
8.Vice president of India
9.Governer of Andhrapradesh
10. Cm of Andhrapradesh
11.GDP of Visakhapatnam

F1 started to ask now
1. Hobbies
2.recently watched movies
3. What is SMAE ( related to my extra curricular)
4.What is go kart manufacturing challenge
5.Any other significant achievements in Sports
6.ICC chairperson
7.Why ola rapido and Uber are in news recently
8.Speaker of Rajya sabha
9.Why you left the previous job and joined TCS

Said all the best and ended

Felt more like HR interview and some bit of current affairs
Didn't answer about CSR ( Fumbled many times) answered rest all good

#CAP @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:04:31 IIM Kozhikode, Novotel Convention, Hyderabad
Profile: 9/9/7
Work ex 1.5yr

WAT: Government should leave higher education to private sector

1.TMAY
1: Why is that AP and TS board students have high marks
1. Why Low CGPA in Btech
1. Will the same mistake repeat in MBA
1. What are your favorite subjects
1. What is difference between Enthalpy and Heat
1. Tell me Hot working, Cold working, Annealing and Quenching in layman language
1. Will discuss few more acads after questions from P2
2. Tell us about your company, what it does
2. Is it an Indian company and where is its base location
2. Let us talk about Russia-Ukraine war/crisis, how is India affected by this
2. Tell me about Union Budget
2. How does tax reduction help economy
2. Should government reduce subsidies
2. Have you heard about Rural employment scheme (MNREGA)
2. How do you rate Telangana Government and why
2. Why are investments coming to Telangana
1.That's it we are done
1. What all calls you have
1. Which all interviews are completed
1. All the best

Overall chill panel, focused more on current affairs

#IIMK @CATGDPI Open / Comment

2023-02-28 08:04:31 IIm indore
Profile: IT Fresher

Q1) Introduce yourself
Q2) So you completed your graduation this year?
Q3) Which all subjects did u study in Civil services pre
Q4) What is polity
Q5) Elaborate the polity of India
Q6) Tell me about the different articles
Q7) What is 9th schedule, 10th schedule
Q8 What is article 142, 143
Q9) What is judicial review
Q10) Did you study differences in your engineering
Q11) Draw a graph of the equation
Q12) solve a simultaneous equation
Q13) What is kernel
Q14) What is inheritance, code for multi level inheritance
Q15) What are digital bread crumbs
Q16) speak on - how IT can help the underprivileged (lower section of the pyramid)
Q17) What is normalisation in DBMs
Q18) Different types of it

#IIMI @CATGDPI Open / Comment