IMT Ghaziabad Interview Experience
Location: CII Suresh Neotia Center for Excellence Kolkata.
Only PI. No GD or WAT.
CAT 2018 Percentile— 95.38; XAT 2019 Percentile—-91.xx
8.30am — 01.45pm. Arrived before time. Registration took about 40 minutes starting from 8.30 am.
Student interaction session with AdCom Reps for about an hour and a half.
Second last to enter the interview panel room. Panel 3.
(I was 7th in a series of 8 candidates)
It was apparent that the two gentleman in the Panel were bored and kind of burnt out. The older one kept coughing and the younger one quizzed a lot on Computer Science. No questions from any other part of profile data form. No extra curricular. No GK. No business news.
Questions:
Tell us something about yourself.
[General background info and three hobbies {Running, Reading and playing Badminton}; quizzed upon none of the three]
You seem like a consistent performer in studies.
(Answered that I was average in grad studies) (trying to be humble)
Asked about favorite subject
(answered Computer Organization)
Asked to speak for 20 seconds on that. I did.
Asked me about my placement after engineering.
I answered that I was placed but chose not to join because their work hours did not coincide with time I had already decided to allot for preparation.
[ Later, I thought of framing it in a better way as:
1. The joining date was for the beginning of my final sem at college. Due to MBA entrance interview schedule, I could not honor that offer.
2. I did not sit for TCS as I spent that weekend with my family. Moreover, TCS is a great company but simply not suited to me as an individual at that point of time. I feel I have more to learn before I can don a formal attire and enter the office workspace…. ]
IO asked me about GDP.
I defined it.
Then he persisted on whether GDP is value of all services and goods as in my definition or value added. I had no clear answer. So I accepted as much.
I wonder if wording indeed makes a difference there.
Difference between expense and expenditure. (Vague answer)
Marketing strategy of NIKE. Spoke a while on this.
Role Model Manager. Xiaomi India guy (Manu Kr. Jain) Justified with some thing about market share and quick rise to fame.
Do you know these people? (Some corporate guys SONY JAPANESE GUY CEO something something….. said No)
Asked about the culture of Bihar.
Can you name a folk dance of Bihar? (Jat Jatin)
Anything else you can tell us about the culture and heritage of Bihar.
Mentioned a lot of things
Nalanda Bodhgaya Vikramshila Buddhist circuit
GI tag given to Madhubani Paintings
Cultural exchange between Bihar and neighboring Nepal.
Know flip flop? No (Had forgotten)
TAPMI Interview Experience
PGDM 2018–2020 (Called for both BKFS & PGDM)
CAT percentile: 91.88; XAT percentile: 85
Interview location: Kolkata (Hotel Monotel, Sector V)
Reported at 9:50 am.
PGDM Interview:
2 male faculty. Middle aged. Chilled out interview.
Greeted me. Asked to have a seat.
It was written in the instructions mailed that behavioral questions would be asked.
Tell us an incident where you refused to help a friend.
You are the only fresher scheduled for today. DOES that make you feel intimidated? How do you cope with it? Are you afraid? What benefit does that give you if any?
Tell us an incident where you found yourself in a conflict with a senior/junior.
How could you have done better in your under grad?
Why do you think you are suitable for PGDM? What qualities would you want us to focus in order to decide your suitability?
Tell us about your family.
Placement offers and some idle chit chat.
Thanked for showing interest and wished me the best of luck.
PGDM BKFS: Big Fail
Why BKFS?
Why finance?
What do you know about the economy of India?
Some interesting chit chat that led to them acknowledging that freshers are not desirable as far as BKFS is concerned and that they are instead focusing on specialized backgrounds. (Made me a bit disappointed and angry, Did not show it of course)
Thanked for showing interest and wished me the best of luck.
Hoping for the best.
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BIM Trichy Interview Experience
GD- Are we happier than our forefathers?
2 mins to think, 20 mins to fight, 2/3 mins to write summary
PI-
1. Meaning of your name
2. Introduce yourself
3. Where’s your hometown
4. Where was your college
5. We’re you placed?
6. Why not?
7. Name some companies that hire electrical engineers.
8. Name a foreign company that hires electricals. (Couldn’t)
9. Your hobbies?
10. How many computers have you built? Do you charge for your labor?
11. Take us through the steps to building one.
Done. Hardly 5-7 mins
FORE school of Management Interview Experience
Held Feb 2018 at a posh Hotel In Kolkata, CAT 2017- 91.88
Business Quiz: Easy enough to score about 5-6/10 without much prep.
But do study for it. It can gain you some easy points.
Panel: 2 Ladies.
Questions asked:
Why MBA after Comp Science Engineering?
What is front end ?
What is open source software?
What is crowdsourcing?
What is green marketing?
What is remarketing?
What is inbound marketing?
What are flip flops?
What is a semaphore?
What is L1 and L2 cache?
Simple, short and not too bad.
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IIFT Interview Experience
Date: 20th February, 2018. Place: IIFT Kolkata Campus.
Time: Afternoon slot. 10th/12th/B. Tech: 95/93/67.7
IIFT 2017 Score: 99.74 percentile
The process started with WAT. There were 12 people in my group. We were made to sit around a rectangle table with the moderating professors at the head of the table on a dias. The topic for WAT was “The merger of Flipkart and Snapdeal”. 20 minutes to think and write. Two sides of an A4 sheet. Limit was 300 words.
After WAT, a small break of five minutes, then again the same seating arrangement and GD Process began. The topic for GD was “Instagram is changing the way we portray ourselves online and is a tool for image management” Everyone was given a minute or two for their opening statements and then the discussion began. The whole process lasted for about 30 minutes. (Including opening statements)
Thereafter, Interviews began. I was 7th in my panel.
There were 3 panelists. Aged professors.
Questions from computer science
What is semphore?
What is L1 L2 cache?
What is auxiliary memory?
Some basic questions related to JAVA.
What is your choice of specialization?
Can you sell me this bottle?
(Proceeded to sell the bottle based on it being ionized and made from natural sources. Sourced with great difficulty. Essential tapped from natural pure transparent aqueous ravines in the hills. Not processed just purified. Taste is not manipulated and blah blah)
Why MBA after computer science?
Why not pursue M.Tech?
What qualities makes you suitable for an MBA?
Verdict: Waitlisted. Did not convert by 2 places.
