MBA PERSONAL INTERVIEWS

2022-02-06 16:57:30 Topic:
What will you do when you find that one of the high performers of your team achieved sales targets using unethical means?

Profile:
CAT: 94.11 Electronics Engineering
1 year Work Experience in Bosch as Software Engineer

PI Experience:
6th Feb 2022 Panel 4
1 Male and 1 Female both around 50+
P1:
Was friendly and asked if I wanted to drink water as soon as joined and then straight away dived into the company I work for.

1. Tell about history of Bosch?
2. What are the different domains they operate in?
3. No of employees, which countries the company operates etc etc.
4. What's your Role in the company?
5. Tell about Airbag it's external and internal functionality. (I work for Airbag product)
6. Bosch being a Automotive Products company, how is it going to get affected from Electrical Vehicles?
What are the opportunities and Threats?
7. You seen like a quiet person
How do you ensure people won't override your decesions?

Second person
1. What is your pastime?
I said Arts, crafts, painting

2. Do you watch movies?
Yes

3. Did you watch Pushpa?
No
I watched Squid Games recently

4. Convince me to watch squid games. I feel it's violent and preaches consumerism

5. Shouldn't arts like this be responsible or just keep things open ended for audience decesion

6. Key learnings from Squid Games

Overall they were very friendly. No questions on acads, current affairs, why MBA etc.

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2022-02-06 16:57:13 IMT interview(6/2/2022-/, Afternoon Slot)
2 panelists, both were male.
M1- tell me about yourself
Me- gave prepared answer(highlighted my project)
M1- where did u do ur engineering since ur project is in the electronic side
Me-gave answer
M1- why MBA since you have good work ex
Me- gave reasons where there are bottlenecks in the operations and supply chain domain and how it can be solved. This is where a rigid course structure of an would help.
M1- give any latest business news
Me- talked about Ashneer grovers issue with bharat pe and the budget - 30% tax digital currency.
M1- how would 30% tax help
Me- I said that earlier the transaction on digital currency was not under any control but since it is now being taxed it comes under govts purview , also inorder for the digital currency to not over take the rupee govt has brought in the national digital using blockchain technology so that the rupee's value is not lost.
M1- good good now ill handover to M2.

M2- where are you from
Me- mentioned
M2- what is history of Tiruchirapalli
Me- mentioned the ancient history and how it is now an education hub with all prominent institutions like IIM, NIT, IIIT. and various industrial hubs like BHEL, ORDINANCE factories etc. Where ancient meets modern tech. Also mentioned the infamous tiruchinapolly cigar which was exported during the british raj
M2- explain about reverse logistics
Me- (i did not know but told something about it and the technology advancement)
M2- difference between petroleum and disel engines
Me- explained the mechanism, and how each engines affects the performance also their use cases.
M2- how hybrid vehicle helps
Me- explained how it reduces the emission, by switching off the engine during low power output thereby using the electrical powere here, hence increased mileage.
M2- (cut me midway), and said good good. Thank you, it was wonderful talking to you and you may logoff.

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2022-02-06 14:44:16 IMT 6th feb experience
CT test
Topic
If one of your highly performing employee used unethical practices to achieve sales target what will you do

P1:
1.why are quiting your job with just 6 months workex
Follow up are you happy with your current job
2.what do you bring to the table in imt campus
3.why do you think i should take you
4.why do you think you will add value to the campus eventually in your job
5. Why is diversity in campus and job important

P2
1. name any 3 techs that is coming up related to ece
2.what is indias commitment in glasgow summit
3.why is the shortage of semiconductor chips
4.what is budget doing to help ev and environment
5.what is budget doing for agriculture
6.why do you think even after 2 yrs semi conductor shortage has not been resolved and asked to explain technically

Overall duration 20 mins
It was a nice interactive interview more like a casual conversation

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2022-02-06 14:44:11 IMT PI experience
CAT- 95.51, CSE Engg, 31 months workex.

2 Prof. 1M 1F
P1 – Tell me about yourself
M - Answered
P1 - So yours was off campus or on campus placement
M - Off Campus
P1 - Why did you choose your current org
M - Told
P1 - How could you differentiate between service based and product based company (since the company I am working for is product based)
M - Answered not convinced
P1 - Tell me something about your 12th marks, Because they are low
M - Answered
P1 - So you like writing but your WAT isn’t very outstanding, giving you a chance to convince me that your writing capabilities are good.
M - Did whatever I could
P2 - Who was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Since I am from WBUT)
M - Answered
P2 - books written by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
And his position in the cabinet
M - wasn’t sure so didn’t answer
P2 - Do you play badminton or like the game?
M - Picked it up as a hobby during lock down not very much into the game though
P2 - Mention some indian players
M - Named a few
P2 - tell me about roller blading (Since its my hobby)
M - Answered
P2 - Bhagalpur is famous for? (Since I am from here)
M - told them about good things
P2 - Tell me something notorious it is in news for?
M - Couldn’t( since it wasn’t available on wiki )
P2 - Name 2 authors as well as bollywood star from Bhagalpur
M - could answer one not both
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2022-02-06 14:22:41 IMT PI experience
Panel: 2 male prof.
Duration: 15-20 min

P1: what do you know about pirojsha nagar? Tell me about it ? (since I worked in Godrej )

P1: there was a news about the company. What was it..(Stock price fall due to a deal with other real estate company)

P1 : elaborate more on the deal..

P1 : Godrej had deals with many other companies, why this time companies stock price went down?
(More discussion on same topic)

P1 :current stock price of the company

P1: why mba? Why did you quit your job? Job role?

P1: companies do you want to work with post mba?(told names of some Amazon was one of them)

P1: Amazon is in e-commerce.. what kind of job role are you expecting with supply chain background?

P1: responsibilities of supplier manager, purchasing manager?

P2: asked about the person who wrote my LOR

P2: projects you’ve worked on ..
(Some more discussion regarding the job locations )

P2: what do you know about Amazon prime..( told about all the services they provide)

P2: I’m not interested in all that…tell me how is it related to supply chain..

P2: difference between purchasing and logistic management

P2: why imt?

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2022-02-06 14:22:23 IMT PI Experience
CAT - 95.67, Commerce, No workex

2 Interviewers, both Male
Duration: 15 mins

P1:
- Introduce yourself

- Opted specialization and the reason for the same

- Career Goals

- Why MBA directly after UG? / Why not workex first?

- Meaning and differences between Mean, Median and Mode

- If given a choice, what bird would you like to be?

- If given a choice, what flower would you like to be?

P2:
- Which is more important - Participation or winning (in the context of a competition)

- What would you do if you don't get placed in your dream company post MBA?

- (as a follow up on the previous question) What if the person selected for your dream company instead of you used some underhanded means for the same?

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2022-02-06 14:22:01 IMT PI experience (06-02-22)
Panel : 1 male 1 female prof
Duration: 12-15 min

CAT - 96.66, GEM, 30 months workex

M: Tell me briefly about yourself

M: You are working in Renewable Energy Sector which is the future why do you want to change

M: Why do you think prices of solar have come down

M: Which is better in India Solar or Wind

F: What are the technologies advancement

F: use of renewable in public places

F: use of big data in industry

F: Smart homes concept

F: Specialisation I want to take up

Overall a very smooth interview.
Verdict : Awaited

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2022-02-06 11:40:29 IMT interview - 6th Feb, Panel 4, Venue: Hyderabad
10/96/8.87 B Tech, Mechanical, NIT Rourkela, XAT: 96.74, Workex: 44 months in Auto Industry
Duration: 15 mins

P1 (Female): Since you have graduated long back, how do you think you will be able to get along with younger batchmates in B-School?
Me: Answered how I have a learning attitude and will have no issues in getting back to academics
P1: In college assignments, as a team member you will not have the power advantage which is available in managerial role in the company. How will you manage?
Me: Answered but was interrupted
P1: What contribution will I bring in to the team with my prior experience so far?
Me: Answered
P1: Why IMT?
Me: Answered

P2(Male): So which NIT have you graduated from?
Me: Answered
P2: We see the number of automobiles increasing day by day and there seems to no end to it and the environmental challenges are also worrysome. What's your take on this?
Me: Answered by backing up with the growing trend of EV and it's contribution in controlling emissions
P2: Do you think that adoption of EV in a way controls pollution locally but indirectly contributes to greenhouse emissions through thermal power plants?
Me: Agreed on his statement and cited the possibilities being explored on alternative power generation techniques.
P2: Can you highlight what measures are taken in recent budget for EV industry?
Me: Answered

Thank you you may log off.
Overall it was a very friendly and supportive panel. Experience was good.

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2022-02-06 11:40:09 IMT Experience (06/02/2022 - Slot 1 )
Mechanical Engineer
Cat - 90.62, 28 month work ex
Acads - 10/99.09/8.83


CT - Team leader rewarding all the team members equally even when 2 members didn't performed well.
2 member panel
P1 - How are you? Is it your 1 st interview?
P1 - Where do you see yourself post mba?
P1 - Brief about your job role.
P1 - Mechanical Engineering to finance is a big leap? Reasons.
P1 - Interested in stock market? Are you an investor or a trader?
P1 - What's your strategy in stock market?
P1 - How much time you spend in stock market and how you manage your works?
P1 - Do you know about Harshat Mehta?
P1 - Can you explain about the scam?
P1 - Year of scam?


So since we were talking about stock market we could continue with that itself.
P2 - What are options?
P2 - What is in the money, at the money and out of money options.
P2 - What is strike price?
P2 - Are you confident that option selling is better than buying? Why you prefer selling? reasons?
P2 - If you are selling option on expiry, who are you selling to?
P2- What is fundamental and technical analysis.
P2 - Your risk reward ratio and monthly yearly targets?
P2 - What is India VIX? How will you measure it?
P2 - How stock market reacted to budget 2022.
P2 - How do you perform fundamental analysis?
P2 - Means that you use to follow stock market related stuffs.

Overall a good interview.

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2022-02-06 11:39:22 IMT PI experience
CAT - 94.5, Engg, No workex.

2 M Profs. P1 in 40s, other P2 in 50s

P1 – It was mostly case based
P1 - Tell me what ur future aspirations are and how Engg and PGDM fit into it
M - Answered (He was not completely convinced with my answer)
He reiterated the question. He wanted to know what type of roles I am interested in.
M – Told
P1 – Asked to name industries where marketing would be applied.
M – answered FMCG
P1 – asked to name companies.
M – Told HUL, PnG
P1- Asked what is insights (it was a word I said in 1 of my answers that he latched onto)
M – gave examples in gaming industry
P1 – was not convinced as I mostly talked about market cap and all that, he stressed on the word insights.
M – answered what it means in data terms like consumer base, demography etc. and how it would be used. (Convinced)

Handed over to P2 – This is an interesting part
P2 – Do u believe in aliens
M – I said yes as the universe is vast and it is still expanding in size so there is possibility that aliens do exist
P2 – But have u experienced anything alien like someone touched u at night or anything that sort of even at day times
M – I said no.
P2 – Then how can u say they exist
M – I mentioned again my points and stressed that there is possibility.
P2- Do u think the current generation is very different from the one that of last century.
M – I said yes and explained why I think so. Mentioned technological innovations and exponential growth.
P2 – Do u believe that u r the alien yourself. There is a possibility that u can be an alien. (Then he mentioned that an infant of 3-4 years old can try to handle a gadget without any prior experience) Don’t u think that aliens might have come and programmed this generation that way.
M – I was flustered and said that no I don’t think so.
P2 – So u believe something which u haven’t seen and don’t believe something which u are already seeing.
M – At this point, we both laughed. I couldn’t say more. I just said that there has been an exponential growth so the generational gap is huge.
He then stopped stressing more on alien part. Then said he was happy that I was smiling and cheerful during the whole interview. :) It was a nice conversation.
Logged off.

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