MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

2023-03-13 07:07:04 Mechanical engineer
14 months workex as Data Engineer (IT)

2 male panelists
P1 40 M
P2 60 M

P1 : TMAY
P1 : How much did you earn in stock market
P1 : When have started doing stock market
P1 : What are the skills which u learnt in btech, you are using now in your work
(No cross questioning here)
P1 : def 2nd law of thermodynamics and give an example of it
P1 : what is adiabatic and isothermal processes
P1 : What is governor and which governor we use in automobiles
P1 : Fly wheel
P1 : Real life application of four bar mechanism
P1 : Carnot cycle and carnot engine
P1 : draw a graph (easy one)
P1 : what is inverse matrix
P1 : How to find unknowns in equations using matrix, explain the step by step process
P1 : vice president of India
P1 : Governor of your state (AP)

P2 : one puzzle ( I don't remember it exactly, I haven't answered it though)
P2 : USP of cloud
(He is not at all agreeing with my answers here)
P2 : Some work related questions and cross questions
P2 : Any question for us

Duration : 15 to 20 mins

Overall ok ok panel. Not grilling much.

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2023-03-13 07:07:03 IIM Shillong Interview
Location: Bengaluru 10/03/23
GNEF
Grad and Post Grad in Microbiology, Work ex in Pharma

Panel 01 - 2M

GD Case Study :
3 mins to read and jot down points, 10 minutes discussion.
11 students in our panel

A software company MetaSoft has done small scale projects and want to become a leader in the market, have gained reputation within 3 years. It gets a large project from DPharma, the deadline is 2 years. MetaSoft only finishes 40% of the work in 2 years and have had multiple changes and issues during this. MetaSoft asks for an extension of 6 months but only gets 3 months, it hasn't been paid either for the work done. What should MetaSoft do? (Something in these lines)

M1:
1. Brief introduction
2. Pharma related questions and discussion on regulatory affairs, USFDA, generic drug market in India
3. Why MBA, why not PhD
4. Animal rescue work I've done

M2:
1. My work experience
2. Career breaks/switches
3. Discussion on Drug discovery and drug trials, Clinical trials, Drug approvals
4. Whichever products I've been a part of

Overall maybe around 15 mins, not more.

Panel was nice, listening to what you said and asking further questions. In case we dunno they were moving in and not fixating on any answer. Conversation-like, discussion mostly.

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2023-03-13 07:07:03 TAPMI (2 PM slot)
9/8.7/8.3 (Bsc. agriculture)

GD : Role of technology in social development of India

PI (25 mins)
HR :
- You did agriculture so why MBA?
- Why HR?
- what's your preference?
- you was in NCC so tell
me HR things which was in NCC.
- Any conflict you have faced.?
- Given a situation about a employee not regular, not doing things properly, how will you manage that.?

Marketing :
- where are you from?
- from where you did graduation.?
- Asked about Amul's marketing.
- Why Marketing?
- Why mba after agriculture
- how will marketing helps the farmers?
- Asked about APMC

Core :
- all the experience based questions like risk taken, Awkward moment, Achievement, etc.
- Your preference between Core, marketing, HR.
- Extempore : Women makes better manager.

I think Panel was not interested and satisfied with my answers, experienced sort of grilling.

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2023-03-13 07:07:03 Profile 6/6/6 XAT 91%ile
10+ year experience
XIMB BM
11/03/2023

TMAY
When u did apprenticeship
About education and timeline
Gap in education
College accreditation and recognition
Companies I worked with,
Why not included all the experience
Why MBA
Why regular and not executive
How u will get together with young ones
Do You want to be like munnabhai (like munnabhai mbbs)
What if students asked u to work on their projects as u have experience
What if u don’t get placed ?
What if u don’t get admission to regular MBA ?
What if u don't get admission for Exe MBA ?
Getting you placed after MBA is very hard, u might not be placed after course, is it OK with you?
Will you wait for 2 more years to be eligible for Ex MBA it will u go for online course ?
Will u be able to stay away from family ? How ?
Why don't u start your own business, instead of MBA.
Are u getting sabbatical or resigning ?

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2023-03-13 07:07:02 IIT KGP

Civil engineer, work ex: content writer 16 months

P1:
Tell me about yourself.
Explain your work profile.
Any recent news.
Basic Probability questions
Turkey Syria earthquake and reasons for the same.
As a civil engineer how you assure safety of the sturcture in earthquake prone areas l?
Any earthquake prone areas in India?
P2:
Explain your mentorship role.
Explain freelancing role.
Draw Bell curve
All work ex related stuffs no acads.

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2023-03-13 07:07:02 IIM Shillong
Bangalore
BE ECE
Work ex - 2 years

GD - Case study based on weavers and how a person can convince the weavers to start a cooperation

1)How long does it take from your city to reach Bangalore from your city?
2)How long does it take to reach Chennai from your city?
3)How did you reach Bangalore?
4)Came by flight and it was a small flight So he asked me what a small flight is called?
5)Tell me about your work?
6)Give me industries where ai is used?
7)Tell me three oil refineries and where are they located(my company is a construction and mining machine)
8)Tell me your companies competitors and client
9)Difference between electrical and electronics?
10)What is the voltage used in laptop charger?
11)What is the probability of choosing a poisonous biscuit with replacement and without replacement?
12)Article 370
13)What are the rights of an Indian citizen?
14)How will you tell the revenue of a company without knowing their revenue?
15)How will you tell the salary of a person without asking him the salary?
Answer was expenditure
16)GDP alone is enough to calculate the country economy or gnp and saving is required?
17)Why IIM Shillong?
18)Tell me points we do not know about IIM Shillong and how to convince a candidate not to join IIM Shillong

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2023-03-13 07:07:02 DoMS IIT Roorkee Interview Experience

Q1) Tell me something about yourself. (told)
Q2) Tell something about the foreign policy of India towards China. (told)
Q3) If you've interest in geopolitics then why not go for Indian Foreign Services instead of MBA? (told)
Another follow up question on this.
Q4) Tell me about your B Tech project. (told)
A few follow up questions on B Tech project.
Q5) Any management subject you've studied in your B Tech? (told)
Then 4 questions based on Engineering Economics as I told them that I studied Engineering Economics as one of the management subject in B Tech.
Q6) What is Engineering Economics? (told)
Q7) What are the methods of depreciation? (I was not aware of this answer.)
Q8) What is DPR? (Told)
Q9) What is IRR? (Was not aware of this) (One of the panelists told the answer then)
Q10) What is demand? (told)

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2023-03-13 07:07:02 VGSOM interview - 12.03.2023
Panelists: 2M

BS-MS in Biological Sciences

Why tf did I get asked these questions God knows

1. TMAY
2. Asked about hobbies - mentioned Bharatnatyam so jumped on that
3. Number of classical dances recognised in India
4. Which body gives recognition to these dances?
5. Which Indian award is given for extraordinary achievements in films and acting?

Then started the nightmare.
6. Graph of y = ax2 + bx + c and y = ax + c
7. What constitutes a normal distribution?
8. What is maxima and minima?
9. One probability question: 4M, 2F -> probability of making an arrangement such that the 2F are seated side by side
10. How to find the inverse of a matrix

11. Which newspapers you read?

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2023-03-13 07:07:01 MDI Gurgaon Interview Transcript

Background: BTech Mechanical Engineer. 28 months Work Ex
Date- 8th Feb
Panelists: 1(M) 1(F)
Questions:
Pan 1 -
1.  Introduce yourself.
2.  What did you do after you left your job?
3.  What did you learn from it?
Pan 2 –
4.  Who was the previous RBI governor?
5.  Name 5 regulatory bodies in India.
6.  So, you are from WB, who is the governor of WB? (Couldn’t recall)
7.  Is it Jagdeep Dhankhar? (Trick qsn)
8.  What is the population of WB?
9.  Are you sure? I think you should check once. (I was correct, but still he insisted me to check)
10.  Name the North-Eastern states.
11.  Why didn’t you mention Sikkim?
Pan 1 –
12.  As you are from the same region, what did you know about Begusarai in Sikkim? (Corrected her that it’s in Bihar)
13.  What is the connectivity there? (Didn’t understand what she meant)
14.  Which river flows from Sikkim to Begusarai?
15.  What is the cultural significance of Begusarai?
16.  Speaking about culture, what has been done in NEP 2020 to preserve Indian culture?
17.  Which language is being tried to preserve?

Overall interview time: - 10-15 mins

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2023-03-13 07:07:01 IIM A - 12/3
Mechanical Engg, 35 Months Workex
Panelists - 2 Males (P1 & P2)

P1:
Why did you leave your job?
Explain the student project team that you were a part of in College.
Which is more efficient, two stroke or four stroke engine? Explain their working.
Why do you need a differential? Explain its working.
Why do trucks have a propeller shafts? Why is it coupled with U joints?

P2:
How do you multiply two matrices (gives 2 matrices and asks to multiply).
How do you calculate determinant of a matrix. What is its significance?
How do you compute inverse of a matrix? How do you calculate adjoint of a matrix?
What's is a factorial of a number and its meaning. Why is 0 Factorial equal to 1?

P1:
Name a few Indian Origin members in the American and British Parliament.
What do you do during your free time?
Where do you cycle? What is the farthest that you've ever cycled?

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