MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

2023-03-04 07:00:56 IIT Kharagpur PI Transcript (03/03/23 - Afternoon)
Profile: 98.2/94.5/85.2 | NC-OBC/Engineer/Male | CAT - 84.03% | B.E Civil (2020 Batch) | 2 years work-ex

Panelists both are Male and above 45+ yrs.

P1: Tell me about yourself
P1: Draw a Cantilever Beam
P1: Example for Cantilever Beam
P1: Draw SFD & BMD for the same
P1: Formula for Slope and Deflection
P1: How the deflection curve behaves as the Continuous function or the Differential function
P1: What do you mean by a curve to be a Continuous function or Differential function
P2: If not admitted, will you go and look for a job?
P2: Travelling for the first time to the North and staying and studying for 2 yrs in Kharagpur. Will it not be a concern to your family?
P2: Why is it a family concern for doing MBA now and not later

Chill Interview. No current affairs. Pure Technical and Personal. My interview lasted for 7mins to be exact.

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2023-03-03 07:29:53 IIM CAP PI Transcript

CAT 96.3 (91.2/94/94.5)
General Male, BSc (Hans) Mathematics
Academics: (95/96.2/91.2)
Work Ex: 5 Months

2 March 2023, 1:30 PM

Two Panelists: 1M and 1F

F: So Samarth, tell us about yourself, what you want us to know about yourself.
(Answered)

F: So what does your company do. Tell us in brief.
(Explained about the company. My team. What I do.)

F: Asked me about the inflation in India. (Since it is related to my work)
(Explained everything, went on to add Russia-Ukraine war, a point from Adani-Hindenburg to support my answer)

F: What are the measures you think India is taking for climate control.
(Told them I can’t recall the particular example right now, but mentioned how it is in India’s G20 plans, that the earth in the logo signifies working in harmony with earth, mentioned about the 35k CR India has set aside for clean energy in union budget, *couldn’t recall the word clean energy, so just explained it in terms of towards nature or some gibberish*)

F: So you have a good academic record since the beginning. What qualities do you think are the reason that you perform well.
(Answered)

F: What was your fav subject in undergrad?
(Calculus)

F: Over to you sir.

M: So, you said calculus is your fav subject. What is the difference between continuous and discrete function in probability distribution.
(Answered, at least I think I said it right)

M: Since, you said calculus is your fav subject. How can I determine a convex function.
(Accidentally told them the opposite i.e., the concave function. Always gets confused)

M: You had real analysis, what is a convex polynomial or something else he asked.
(Sorry sir I can’t really it right now)

M: So, you mentioned football as your hobby.
(Yes sir, *though I mentioned cricket as a preference over football*)

M: What is the weight of a football?
(Sorry sir, I can’t remember it right now. *studied it explicitly, remembered the ball diameter, circumference, pressure but not the weight*)

M: Who won the FIFA 2022?
Me: Argentina (In a split second). FIFA world cup 2022, right?

M: Are you sure?
Me: Yes sir

M: Sure?
Me: Yes sir.

M: Who was the runner up?
Me: France, they lost on penalties.

M: So, you are from Delhi-NCR. How will you tackle the pollution in Delhi?
(Answered. Mentioned the odd-even rule, some BS rule, that they work only to an extent so better strategies are needed. Then talked about the industry standards should be maintained, more frequent audits.)

M: What’s the full form of BS?
Me: Bharat Standard (didn’t remember it well so said anything)

M: It’s Bharat Stage. What’s the current standard?
Me: BS 6

M: That’s all from my side.

F: So, Samarth what is 5g? Full form? Who makes these changes? Why Change? Spectrum something?
(Answered only the full form and told the difference between 4G vs 5G, felt like engineering questions but she confused me for an engineer in the beginning so maybe that)

F: That’s all from our side.

Kept smiling throughout the interview. Said everything I knew, just to let them know that I’m aware of current affairs.

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2023-03-03 07:29:53 IIML interview
Date: 02nd March, 2023
Location: ITC Sonar, Kolkata

WAT: Women empowerment, need for affirmative action.

My panel was friendly and cooperative. They noticed I was nervous and told me to relax and take time to answer.

Panel: 2M, 1 40+, 1 50+

It was acads heavy - BS-MS in Biological Sciences

1. Introduce yourself.
2. Place where white tigers are present in India
3. Why are white tigers white in color?
4. Brainwaves generated in brain, Hypothalamus - adrenal - pituitary axis function and what does it secrete?
5. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system - keywords of parasympathetic nervous system and what are its functions
6. No. of calls and what is IIM of choice.
7. Gave me a probability problem related to blood groups to solve.
8. Asked about my MS thesis and research methodology.
9. COVID - do you think virus originated from China or bats to humans only?
10. Is virus living or non-living? Difference between viral genome and normal genome.
11. Why did they ask us to wash our hands with soap during COVID - the reasoning behind it?

So far, one of the most comforting panels lol - they told me many times to relax and I went, "Sir, first interview, but I'm trying my best ". I could answer most even when stressed and sweating (it's March in Kolkata lol so) so let's see what they thought. I kept a smile throughout and even laughed with them at times, even the times when I messed up.

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2023-03-03 07:29:52 CAP interview

P1 : Tmay which is not there in the form
P1 : so you are interested in freelancing and stock marker
P1 : are you a trader or investor
P1 : why have u started working in Accenture when u r earning good enough in freelancing
P1 : why mba
P1 : what did u learn from the startup founders in which u interned
P1 : 3 things u want to improve in that startup
P1 : 3 good and 3 bad things about Accenture
P1 : why data engineer after studying Mechanical
P1 : how data engineering skills helps in mba class
P1 : what is mohr circle
P1 : pictorial representation of the mohr circle
P2 : what skills of yours will be helpful in mba
P2 : what kind of work u used to do being a freelancer
P2 : what type of clients have u dealt in freelancing
P2 : u should be good at professional networking being a freelancer. So who is co founder of LinkedIn
P2 : are u aware of finances
P2 : how much tax have u paid last yr
P2 : what are income tax slabs
P2 : tell me about the recent union budget cover both pros and cons
P2 : corporate tax in India
P2 : can u read balance sheet of a company
P2 : how do you find out that a company is going to file bankruptcy
P2 : what are the signs that a company goes bankruptcy
P2 : how do you take short term investment calls in stock market
P2 : what is solvency ratio
P2 : what is the recent scenario where u have used your problem solving skills
P2 : take 1 stock and tell me about how you analyze it

Duration: 20 mins around

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2023-03-03 07:29:52 Cap interview
2 panelist 1M 1F

1.Greeted, how are you doing today
2. Where are you joining from
3. Introduce yourself
4. Fav subject during graduation.
I said accounts, he started asking of about business ethics.
5. Two theories of ethics.
6. Two people who write on ethics.
7. How many continents are there.
8. India is in which continent
9. Continent with no inhabitants
10. Draw demand graph - law of demand.
11. Are your variables correct on each axis?  Are you sure?
12. Where is english channel
13. How do you keep yourself updated about the world affairs
14. Tell something you read in today's newspaper
15. Difference between north america and south america
16. Your achievements say that you were into creative writing. What did you write there.
17. Do you have other calls?  Which iim would you like to join from the cap iims?
18. G-20
19. How many countries are there

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2023-03-03 07:29:51 IIM Shillong
Hotel Mercure,  Hyderabad.
89.41 CAT 10/9/7 Fresher,
1 mo workex
Btech Mech

GD : Case study on land conflict between farmers and herders.

2 panelists M40 F 50

Last in Panel

M:
Have u heard what we were asking?
Critically analyze our performance of the interview with your data, We want criticism.
Ok we'll ask you what you know 
Are you interested in politics?
Said (Geopolitics)
Ur a Ukraine diplomat and I'm an Indian diplomat, tell 3 pts and convince me to support you .
State those pts that Ukraine did not state till now ?
Is there any emotional reason ?
Can you relate the situation in the past that happened in India?
Which war ? What exactly happened ?
Is Ukraine a diplomatic or independent country?
What is G20 ?
How many countries?
Can you name all the countries?
Moto of G20?
What was it called before?
3 reasons of Pak eco cris?
India also borrows loans, what is the difference?

F:
U r a mechanical engineer.
What are the operations used to change the shape of metal ?
Can we perform the same on all the operations?
Malleability ?
How is it measure?
Process to make a metal malleable?
What is torque?
What was the issue with 2 stroke engines?
Difference in 2 and 4 stroke?
Name the cycles of 4 stroke?
Difference in diesel and petrol engine?
Use of spark plug ?
What are the forces acting on a car while traveling? Explain all .
State all Laws of thermodynamics?
Which law is used in cooler(not AC) ?
Have u seen the blades?
Why different blades for different turbines ?

We are done, you can leave. 
Grab a candie.

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2023-03-03 07:29:51 CAP
Profile 8/8/8
22 months work ex
Background - BTech Computer science
GEM

2 FEMALE PANELIST

P1

1. Tell me about yourself

2. So you have done Computer science engineering, tell me few programming language?

3. Difference b/w them ?

4. What is decision tree?

5. What is logistic regression?

6. Explain your project where you used it !


P2

7. What is raipur and chhattisgarh famous for ?

8. Cleanest city of chhattisgarh?

9. Which organisation you worked for ?

10. Who are it's competitor ?

11. Where's the headquarter?

12. What you do in free time ?

13. Longest bike ride you did?

14. What do you cook ?

15. Types of pasta ?

16. Which chef do you follow?

17. Do you read newspaper?

18. Today's headline?

19. What is FTA (FREE TRADE AGREEMENT )?

20. Another news from today ?

21. Adani - Hindenburg controversy

22. Do you invest in stock market?

Overall Very chill panel! No grilling!

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2023-03-03 07:29:51 CAP
Profile 9/9/7
12 months work ex
Education - CMA(ICWA)

2 male panelists

P1

1. What are you aiming to learn from MBA

2. Tell me about your work ex

3. Strengths

4. Current affairs - election results

P2

1. RBI governor

2.  RBI policy changes

3. Challenges you've faced and how you've overcome in your work

4. How do you deal with ambiguity in work

5. Current happenings in world and India

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2023-03-03 07:29:51 SJMSOM
Profile 9/9/7(MME)
1.5yr work ex

1 Hii how are you
1 TMAY
1 What have you done in your job
1 Tell me about P/E ratio
1 What does that say about company
1 How do you evaluate if the share price is going to increase
1 Which sector you have worked on
1 Tell me about NPA's
1 How are they announced as NPA's
1 What is Indian Government/Banks doing to decrease them
1 How does Asset restructuring companies work
1 Your final year project was about Al alloy welding what was special about it
1 What all observations you have
1 Why MBA

2 So why this specific process for welding Aluminium
2 Does Aluminium corrode

Thats it we are done
All the best

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2023-03-03 07:29:50 IIM-CAP PI
OBC | MALE | B Sc.
Fresher
2 Male panelists

P1:
Greetings exchanged
Tell me about yourself in 1 min.
So you completed your 4 year grad. – (Told that it was of 3 years and completed grad in 2022)
Do you have work experience? (nn)
Then what was are you doing now – Told about upskilling myself at time and looking forward to join institute. (No cross questions )
What were the subjects in your grad – Told PCM- classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, wave nature, named different phenomenon which can not be defined by classical mechanics)
What is the difference between classical and quantum mechanics- (Told about wave and particle nature which is taken in account in these – was satisfied with it)
What is probability distribution – ( Told about wave function hand its magnitude value related with it.)
How will you represent time in dimensions – (was not able to answer)
Who performed photoelectric effect at first time (Einstein bol dia)
Handed over to other panelist…

Hope you are able to see me (as P1 turned off his video in 10 sec of beginning we both laughed ) – Greeted him
Is there any relation between judo, Science and Management. (as I uploaded certificates of karate- I was ready for this)
Do you Read current affairs ( Told that I follow articles on ET and Indian express)
Can you tell me 3 states that recently announced about elections –(Couldn’t answer )
These are Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland .(Ok sir- Khud hi bta diya)
Asked about the capitals and CMs of these. (Told I did’t read much articles about election and politics but will surely look for it afterwards)
So name the states will which you will encounter if you travel from your place to Tamil Nadu (Told Maharashtra and Telangana)
That’s all from our side
Gave greetings for my future – Have a good day sir

Khtm.
It was a Chill interview
Ache panelists ,No cross questions.

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