Gd Topics Actually Asked Set 1

GD TOPICS ACTUALLY ASKED SET 1

IIM-A Case Study & Interviews on 4th March'2001

Case:Case study was similar to the "My Encounters" case study No 7. But only difference is it is a software company and not a engineering company(CHEMCO).

Interview:

Interviewers did not start with "Tell me about yourself" . They straight away asked questions based on what each candidate has written in his/her biodata form.

Every candidate was asked some questions on mathematics like statistics or derivations of well known mathematical formula.

Some candidates were asked on areas totally different from their areas of specialisation. This is to check whether the candidate is able to handle stress.

IIFT GD Topics on 19/02/2001 – (30-35 mins)

1. Can politics be delineated from sports? 2. Can International boundary be dissolved? 3. Bhuj disaster

IIFT GD Topics on 20/2/2001

Time duration : 50-55 mins

Group size : 14-16

Panel size : 2

India makes nuclear bombs, but cannot make quake resistant houses. Role of money in elections Fast changes in Information Technology— excitement or agony?

Groups were given about 5 mins to think, 40 mins for discussion and 10 mins to write their views on the topic and the summary of the discussion

FMS GD Topics

Business Ethics. Infrastructure and India. Effectiveness of economic embargo on Iraq.

FMS Interview (duration 25-30 min.)

General Interview.

Some candidates were asked purely technical and some others purely personal.

FMS process- Summary from FMS ,Delhi

Overall-It's another day for the staff and students at FMS. But for the candidates waiting eagerly outside, it's the moment of truth.Being subjected to a trio of selection process can be intimidating .FMS has a personal interview, a GD and an extempore speech as part of its process.

Surprisingly, for most candidates, the process on hindsight was pleasant and interesting. Most were comfortable with the stress levels and some actually called the panel, friendly.For most students, the flow of events was like this-GD's, followed by extempore, followed by interview.

GD-average duration-11-15 minutes, sometimes asked to summarize in a minute

Panel size-3 or 4

Size of group -between 10 and 12

Topics-Not much in a state like India in the present, but might be in the future

Human rights kills democracyMatch fixing has deprived cricket of its gloryPrivatization needs checks and balancesDemocracy vs. dictatorship

Extempore-average duration-1 minutePanel size 3-4Topics- handlooms and cottage industryLife in PakistanLook before u leapCricket sucksSmall things are beautiful

Interview-average duration between 5 and 10 minutesPanel size 3 to 4

Questions-

Personal questions -detailed cross questioningWorld bank-IRBDRelation of balance sheet and P/L AccountComputers-financial software's worked onConfiguration(With ref to extempore topic-small things are beautiful)What kind of woman do u like-big or small? House? Car?Why MBAWhy not civil servicesEngineering related questions

Where all have you applied

Knowledge about NGO's(candidate from Meghalaya)

Perception of students1. Panel not grilling, except for few students2. More emphasis on personal questions3. Few candidates were asked technical questions4. GK and awareness are important5. Candidate being asked which area is he/she comfortable with

Group Discussion topics and Interview questions asked in IIM-Bangalore

Group Discussion: (15 minutes)

Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women To sustain India's integrity it is necessary to devolve more power to states. Women reservation in parliament is against the tenets of democracy.

The point to note is after the group discussion candidates were asked to write the Summary of the Group Discussion.

Interview: (Around 15-20 minutes)

The candidates were allowed to lead the interview in their areas of strengths. More of personal questions were asked.

Group discussion topic and interview questions asked in IIM-Bangalore on 27/03/2001 & 29/03/2001.

GD Topics (time duration 3 minutes for thinking on the topic + 15 minutes for discussion + 8 minutes for writing summary+ answering questions)

India should not aspire to be a nuclear super power Bureaucracy is root cause of India's social and economic problems. Do B-Schools make business leaders or mere managers.

Note: The Candidates were asked to write the summary of the group discussion and after this candidates were asked to write answers for the following questions.

Describe an incident that has affected you the most. The person who has influenced you the most in life and why? Have you taken any coaching for the interview /GD process? If yes, mention

the coaching institute. If you would like to be associated closely with any person, what personality

attributes would you look for in that person.

IIFT GD Topics on 19-02-2001 (30-35 mins.)

1. Can Politics be delineated from sports ?

2. Can International boundary be dissolved ?

3. Bhuj Disaster

Interviews (20 Mins.)

à General

à Some students were quizzed on WTO.

à Basically Questions were asked from what is written in the form

IIFT GD Topics on 20-02-2001 (30-35 mins.)

IIFT GD Topics on 20/2/2001


Group size : 14-16

Panel size : 2

· India makes nuclear bombs, but cannot make quake

resistant houses.

· Role of money in elections

· Fast changes in Information Technology— excitement or agony?

GD TOPICS ACTUALLY ASKED SET 2

IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi.

1. TV Commercials should be banned2. Politics and economics go together3. Winning is not the important thing, it is the only thing


Group discussions

1. It is all the fault of the politicians2. We need more management schools than primary schools3. The medium of teaching in schools should be English


1. Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand2. Advanced mathematics is of no use in every day life

IIMC Admissions '99. Engineering

IIMC Admissions '99. GD Topics III

1. Welcome back socialism2. To survive in a civilized world one needs to be a hypocrite

Group Discussion topic and Interview Questions asked in IIM-C on 19/03/2001

Group Discussion:Venue: IIFT Duration: 15 mins.Group Size: 14 - 15 persons.Topic: Technical Modernization and job employment do not go hand in hand.

Interview Questions:Duration: 15 mins

Some students were asked questions on Statistics, Numerical Methods, and Binomial Theorem.

General Awareness: Areas covered are Tehelka.com tapes, BIMARU States, Oscar Awards.

Group discussion topic and interview questions asked in IIM-Kozhikode on 28/03/2001.

Group Discussion: (5 + 15 minutes)

In this GD a paper clipping from one of leading newspapers was given and candidates were asked to read for 5 minutes and after that 15 minutes was given for discussion.

Paper clipping on 28/03/2001 was Chinese goods - dumping or marketing Paper clipping on 29/03/2001 was 'A means of political awakening' The interviewer is checking whether the candidate can grasp the idea fast and

discuss in detail on the topic

Interview: (Around 15 minutes) Generally in nature. The questions ranged from why management? Budget,

History, General Awareness and personal questions. Candidates with work experience were asked questions pertinent to the

industry.

Group discussion topic and interview questions that were asked on 20/03/2001

Group Discussion:Topic:Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.


General interview: The interviewers were checking the candidate on all these areas general awareness, hobbies, subject and work experience

Statistics questions like Mean, Median, Mode, Standard deviation, Variance, Linear programming were asked.

Some candidates who have not attested the certificates were questioned on why they had not completed the formality and were given lesser time for interview.

IIML Admissions '99 - Delhi. GD Topics - I

1. Tryst with destiny - Has India redeemed its pledge2. Indo-Pak relations – more rhetoric, less substance3. Money is the sixth sense4. All Education should be exclusively provided by the government5. Indo-Pak relations – point of no return

Group Discussion topics asked in SCMHRD on 12/2/2001

1. IT boom in India. 2. Large Dams are a must for India’s development. 3. Leaders should be followers first. 4. Should the Government ban India from playing cricket match in sharjah?

Justify. 5. Why more girls choose Human Relations Management. 6. Advertising and ethics. 7. IT à What does the future hold? Recommendation? Conscription should be

made compulsory. 8. Why is patriotism lacking in India? 9. What Ails India more – corruption or Overpopulation. 10. What should India do to preserve its IT command over the World.

Group Discussion topics asked in SCMHRD on 11/2/2001

Two group discussion topics and one case study each of 40 mins duration was asked.

1. WTO – Effects on consumer – 40 mins

2. Kumbh Management / IT hype / Budget proposal – 40 mins

3. Honesty as a value is lost – how can it be regained? – 40 mins

4. Suggestions to reduce oil pool deficit – 40 mins

5. India – a nuclear state – pros and cons – 40 mins

Case Study – 1 A case study with a map was given.

A factory (manufacturing unit) is situated close to a Dam. You are In-charge of the plant. The Plant production is already running behind the month’s schedule.

There is a information that some miscreants have planted a bomb inside the Dam’s premises. If the Dam is destroyed it will affect the whole village and the whole village will be submerged.

The destruction of Dam will not affect the factory.

What will you do if you are the In-charge of the plant.

Case Study – 2 You are one of the 10 students going on a bicycle trip to a nearby hill station to enjoy the vacation. While you are on your way, you notice a truck colliding with a train and at that same time close to this accident site, there is a fire accident in a village and the fire is spreading fast. Nearest Police station and fire station is 5 kms away. Decide on your priorities and take action.

Interviews – 5 mins

Checked the candidate on

1. Career Objective 2. Values

GD topics for SCHMRD

1. Ethics in advertising . 2. Suggestions to Informatrion and Broadcasting Ministry to improve

it's services . 3. Divorce is a necessary evil. 4. Beauty contents: Is it justifiable? 5. How to make people listen. 6. Hype regarding boom in IT industry. 7. Corruption is a neccesary evil for success in any sphere of life. 8. Unethical advertising: where should the line should be drawn? 9. Tenets of effective communication

GD Topics on 14/2/2001

1. Ceasefire in Kashmir will bring peace - 15 minutes

2. How can India achieve true democracy - 20 minutes

3. How to change people’s behaviour from being lazy, casual, pretentious. - 10 mins

4. Case study as given on 11/2/2001

Interview questions on 14/2/2001

1. The person who influenced you the most.

2. Long term goals

Group discussion topic and interview questions asked in IIM-Bangalore on 27/03/2001 & 29/03/2001.

GD Topics (time duration 3 minutes for thinking on the topic + 15 minutes for discussion + 8 minutes for writing summary+ answering questions)

India should not aspire to be a nuclear super power Bureaucracy is root cause of India's social and economic problems. Do B-Schools make business leaders or mere managers.

Note: The Candidates were asked to write the summary of the group discussion and after this candidates were asked to write answers for the following questions.

Describe an incident that has affected you the most. The person who has influenced you the most in life and why? Have you taken any coaching for the interview /GD process? If yes, mention

the coaching institute. If you would like to be associated closely with any person, what personality

attributes would you look for in that person.

Interview (15 - 20 minutes)

Mostly personal question like Why management? What do you think management is about?

For most candidates, questions were based on what they had written in the IIM-B form.







IIM - A Case study and Interview on 5/3/2001 and 6/3/2001

Case:The case study was similar to the case study No: 17 and 18 of "My encounters".

Interview:

Mechanical Engineers were asked on Milling, Lathe, CNC machines Some candidates were asked about GDP, GNP and GDP of various countries.

The currencies of various countries The per capita income of various countries were asked Members of ASEAN Overall impression is the panel is trying to see if the candidate can keep

his/her cool when questioned in areas totally different from their field of specialization







S.P. Jain group testing process has a written test followed by group interview.

Written Test : Consists of three parts.

1. Psychometric test: 50 Questions. ,Time Duration: - 30 mins.The Question asked are (The candidate is supposed to write the answer)

o Strengths /weakness. o Role Model o Likes/ Dislikes o If you get into a difficult situation, what would you do?.

2. Self-appraisal test:- 10 Questions, Time Duration:- 10 mins.

o What do elders think about you? o What do your seniors think about you? o What do your colleagues think about you?

3. Personal Details::

o This is your personal information, what you write in the form or CV

1. Are we raising a generation of burnt out children?(IIMB) For: * The reason for pushing the children hard today is to nurture them to face the competitive world tomorrow. * Developing talent is not a sin, it will help the child in his future. * It is a trickle down effect from the kind of competition experienced for entry into engineering colleges, graduation and others. Against: * The basic needs of childhood are, time to play, place to play and explore the world through his eyes. * In the name of competition we are raising fatigues children. * The stress is resulting into children engaging in all kinds of derogative acts.

2. Advertising is all glitter and little truth.(MICA) For: * Advertising is a business and not charity. Companies hire advertisers for their promoting their products and it is not vice versa. * Advertisers have to depict what the customers like, enjoy keeping in mind the clients requirements. * As the products increase and so the ads, glitter is a way to ensure brand recall, a very important factor for the advertising firms. Against: * Advertising firms carry responsibility of providing customers with unbiased information about products. * In order to have a healthy bottom line the ad firms cannot shun their responsibility towards the society. * Ad firms have to develop the ethical content into their processes to ensure fair deals.

3. Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India?(IIMC) For: * As the laws have not changed significantly, bureaucrats still play a major role in the process of a business. * The way to successfully implement the reforms is to reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape involved. Against: * Bureaucracy is a necessity no doubt, to have control over the activities of the private sector. * Rules and regulations that are laid down have to be implemented and the masses have to be looked after which is not possible without the help of bureaucrats. * As a company requires people to run the business, government also requires bureaucrats to run its affairs.

4. Film-makers are indulging in cinematic Fortitution in the name of folk culture. (IIML) For: * Movie released in theaters is a result of what the producer and director along with his crew put together. The producer being the investor and the director the creator it is left to them to decide what they want to create and produce. *The producer and the director take a gamble trying to woo the crowd by showing what they want. * Current trend in movies is towards folk culture, which may fade away soon. Against: * If the movie is on folk culture then it should elucidate the beauty of the culture and there should not be any masala added to lure the audience. * Folk culture is to be preserved in its natural and an inheritance should not be used to make money out of it by depicting the same in movies.

5. Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development. (IIMC) For: * The fundamental principles of democracy preach to ensure balanced regional development. * Uniform representation in the Lower House by MPs from all over the country is to bring out regional problems and demands of people from across the country. Against: * The government tends to be biased towards vote banks while making and implementing policies. * The minorities are usually left out in the power game and all the agitation by various minorities is an example of the lopsided development.

6. Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India.(IIML) For: * The fact that the system provides equality to everyone ,from whatsoever background and competency makes it easier to play around loopholes in the Indian Statute Against: * The risk of Democracy is a systemic risk ; corruption is a personal equation and holds good or bad depending on an individual's and organization's personal value systems. The two should therefore not be construed/ read as a cause- effect relationship.

7. In an over-regulated society corruption is inevitable.(MICA) For: * This is a clear case of the economic phenomenon of regulatory arbitrage; simply put, laws are made to be broken Against: * Regulations , like democracy is a systemic phenomenon ; corruption is a personal equation and holds good or bad depending on an individual's and organization's personal value systems. The two should therefore not be construed/ read as a cause- effect relationship

8. For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy. (IIMC) For: * A controlled economy will result in proper flow of benefits towards the rural masses.

* The state has control over the production and the markets helping the poorer sections to avail benefits which they otherwise would have been deprived of. Against: * The communist countries are a bright example that state controlled economies do not result in uplifting the poor. * As history stands a proof state controlled economies have higher rates of corruption and mismanaged economies. * A liberalized economy with sound regulatory framework will ensure employment and a healthy economy.

9. The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports. (SCMHRD) For: * Getting sponsored to other sports is difficult, and the players could not have the latest equipment (sport gears). * Cannot not compete with other countries Against: * Department of sports or the Sports ministry has a fixed budget and has to allocate the same to productive use. If the demands from cricket are high the dept. has no other option but to fund them. * The number of aspiring cricketers speaks for itself how popular a game it is in the nation. * A lot of funding also comes from sponsors who will fund the game that gives them maximum publicity and in India cricket is no doubt the game.

10. You want to be one of the 6 persons in the ship (out of 7) who are to survive. State your case. (TAPMI) One has to take up a particular profession and argue why and how it is important to the society and states that as the reason for survival.

11. Democracy has hampered India's progress (IIMB) Please refer to similar topics above. The topic requires you to talk on the development that the nation has achieved over the past 50 odd years.

12. The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India's trade. (IIML) For:

* This may be read in light of trading equations with our biggest partners USA, UK and Germany where we had miserably failed to bargain given that most of our trade consumables have import exposures from these nations ; the European Union will further augment this situation. Against: * The EU would mean more exposure to a more stable currency vis-à-vis the presently volatile dollar tranche ; this would mean healthier earnings and repatriation .

13. Indians lack a sense of social responsibility (MDI Gurgaon) This topic does not require any elucidation, all of you know what to speak about this topic.

14. Open book examination system would eliminate all the ills of present system. (Dept. of Fin. Studies, DU) For: * The advantage derived by students copying from various sources will be wiped out. * The teachers will be forced to ask questions that demand more analytical skills and not just test the memory power of students. Against: * It will effect the memory power * New ideas may not be generated

15. Women's empowerment will lead to social development (IIM Kozhikode) For: * When you empower a women, you empower a family. * Major influence on the children and thus the society. Against: * No direct connection. * Will lead to nuclear families and split homes.

16. Computers result in unemployment (FMS Delhi) For: * Computers replace a lot of jobs. * A developing country like India cannot afford to have computerization at the cost of unemployment. Against: * In a Knowledge and service economy computers are a necessity and a must for development. * They create more jobs and types of jobs and also have multiplier effect.

17. With IT replacing middle level management, soft-ware jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain) IT is not replacing middle level management, but it is replacing the in-efficiency in an organization. It also results in transparency and provides information on time as and when required. One can't compare the two stated above, its like comparing apples to oranges.

18. Do you think accent holds you back? Would you prefer everyone speaking uniformly? (XIM Bhubaneswar) For * Communication between people of different languages will be faster and easier.

* No politicization of language base issues. Against * With different languages in India, it is difficult to have same accent. * It is a personal issue, everybody has a right to speak his mother tongue. * Hindi and English are serving as the bridge for the variety of languages we have and there is no need to force a common language.

19. Men resent women power at work place (NMIMS) For: * Hard to shake off the age old male ego * Men find it hard to obey women bosses * Doubt whether women can make good managers Against * It is women who avoid power and responsibility at work

20. Youth in India are becoming greedy by the day (MICA) For: * Want to earn a fast buck * Want to imitate the successful young achievers Against: * Ambition is being misunderstood for greediness.

21. MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country (IIMB) For: * Understandably so in the areas of income and wealth taxes , given their propensity to earn higher through these routes. Against: * Taxation is a policy and policies are decided for the masses at large. In order to avoid any discrepancy and bias rates are fixed on income and not on the basis of profession. * MBAs and other such professional people are taxed "professional tax". So charging them again a higher rate is not required.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ACTUALLY ASKED AT BSCHOOLS

Amit Chaudhary (BE Instrumentation)

1. What is a measurement ? 2. Basic elements of a measurement system ?3. How to measure the level of liquid in a opaque bottle ?4. British rule, socialism 5. Multiparty and single party governments6. Skew symmetric matrix, determinant7. Difference between north and south Indians8. Top mind view of Kerala

Alok Bansal (BE textiles) workex

1. Related to the job, other calls2. What specialization, relate to the job

3. Career goals4. Interests

Vishal (BE Mech)

1. About yourself2. Compare A and B – parameters3. Brand strength4. Differentiate north and south Indians5. Interpolation and extrapolation6. Given function that could be integrated but not differentiated

VVS Nathan (BE Mech) workex

1. Why did you shift from Alstom to maruti2. Management styles of the companies3. Maths – functions, lines, planes4. Compare the cars which are launched 5. Which books do you read6. Why MBA ? Why not carry on with Maruti

Aman Batra (BE Mech)

1. Career goals – which consulting and why2. Inertia effect while getting down the bus3. Which IIM and why4. Describe social work you did5. Compare Orwell and Rushdie6. Leadstory of India Today7. Editorials

Amit Varma (BE Mech)

1. Introduce yourself briefly2. Why management3. Politial situation – your views4. Engineers joining MBA – pros and cons5. What are your expectations from IIMC6. Will engineers join MBA if pay is same7. Qualitites of a world class manufacturer8. Students in public schools of delhi are snobs9. Can they make good managers

Saurabh Gupta (BE Chem)

1. About yourself2. Roorkee rated against IIT, Why lower3. Which IIM is the best. Which one will you join4. Contribution to family business5. What is an irrational number6. Web page designing

7. Why systems after chemical8. Chess

IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi. Engineering IV

1. TV Commercials should be banned2. Politics and economics go together3. Winning is not the important thing, it is the only thing

Rohit Dogra (MICA)

1. Can you talk about Jammu2. Terrorism – reasons, how to eradicate3. River rafting, grading of courses4. Couple of questions on maths 5. Graphs of x! and 1/1-x graphs

Vivek (BE Mech) workex

1. Definitions of work, responsibilities at job2. Why MBA3. Working of a sheek obsorber4. If a worker under you is absent constantly, what will you do ?5. Questions on Mech

IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-engineering - V

Abhishek Aggarwal (BSc Physics)

1. Education – what are your favourite subjects2. Laws of thermodynamics – entropy : give examples3. Super conductivity – applications in IT field4. Haryana – Punjab dispute5. Fission and Fussion – practical examples6. View on Pokhran 7. Reading habits – newspapers, mags, novels8. Indian Physicists9. Why MBA10. How did you prepare for CAT

Sahil Jain (BSc Botony)

1. Career objectives – link to botony2. Oscars – major upsets3. North eastern states – name them, what are the major problems4. SGPC – problems in Punjab5. Maths – coordinate geometry, compound interest

Shantanu Mishra (BA Eco)

1. Why low %age in grad2. How will manage to change your attitude towards acads now

3. Tell us something about your self4. What were your contributions in the job5. Cultural differences between Calcutta and Delhi6. Circle, tangent, differentiation

Amit Prasad (MA Eco)

1. Political situation in the country2. SGPC prolem3. Grilled on economics and mathematics

Milan Bist (BBS)

1. What is BBS2. Accounts – types of accounts, entry when an entrepreneur takes out money3. statistics, economics4. Linear programming5. Factor analysis6. Budget and its impact7. Indian economy and its problems8. History – grilled

Dharmendra (BBS)

1. Why join our institute 2. Reading – who is George Orwell – books, birth, fame3. Why so less scores in grad4. Draw the graphs for x = y, xsinx5. What is the value of root of .9

Ashish Jajoo (BBS)

1. What do you mean by homemaker2. Statistics – mean3. Sell this mineral water bottle4. 10 places to see in delhi – their relevance5. Oligopoly, monopolistic competition – Where is FMCGs

Rohan Nag (BBS)

1. Square root of .9, 1.42. Is 1221 divisible by 11 ? 3 to the power 95 by 5 ? why3. Euro – members, name them4. Tiger economies5. BOP, Export stats6. 5 last olympics venues7. Why MBA8. Why should we take you9. What qualities for an entrepreneur10. How should softdrinks advertise

Madhukar Jha (BBS)

1. Draw a graph for a given function2. Differentiate it3. What is inventory control ? EOQ4. Why is the situation in Bihar so bad – remedies

Venkata (BE and now at IMT) with workex

1. What was your job all about2. Learnings from the experience3. Why leaving IMT4. Marketing – grilled 5. Divisibility of 4 to the power 44 by 446. Plot a graph - function 1/(x+1)

IIMC Admissions '99. Non-engineering III

Bhooma Chutani (MA Eco I)

1. Why your dad (IIMC Alumni) not campaigning for you2. Game theory, Duopoly3. Cournot model4. Cost curve – shape, declining cost curve5. Micro implications of the budget

Himanshu Seth (BA H. Eco)

1. About yourself2. ISLM model3. External trade4. Cube root of 8 – how would you calculate5. Cube root of 9

Karthik Khare (BA H Eco)

1. If eco already why MBA2. GDP and correlation to development of communications network – why, logic explain3. What is a GDP deflator4. Give a model for correlation as an economist5. Lowering of interest rates and effect on GDP6. Other factors that would increase GDP7. Favourite subjects8. What is inflexion point and when does it appear on a graph9. How can you measure inflexion point or locate it10. Which institute would your prefer

Anshu Anand (BA H Eco)

1. Markets fail – why 2. Coase theorem3. Music Industry4. Career goals

Raghu Gulati (BA H Eco)

1. Grilled on cricket statistics2. What are North-eastern states and their capitals3. Kerala – reasons for its growth4. Why management5. How is management of services and industry different6. Interest rates and its effect on investments7. Matrices, continuity, rank of a matrix

Deeksha (BA H. Eco)

1. What do parents do2. Management in family – comment3. Why management4. Why should we select you ?5. Square root of root of .96. Infinite series7. Area under a curve, integration8. Why don’t you become a policy maker9. Favourite subject – microeco10. Do all firms maximize – monopoly and perfect competition11. Revenue maximization and perfect competition12. Why join corporate sector13. Hobbies14. Which of the 4 IIMs would you join

Rohit Rajan (BA H Eco)

1. Reasons for the poor state of the economy2. Statistics, probability geometric progressions3. PC output, elasticity, export multiplier4. Why MBA ? after what ?

Ruchika Rishi (BA H Eco)

1. Describe yourself2. Why do you want to leave DSE3. Which subjects do you like4. Microeco – IC, Slutsky’s theorem, 5. Axioms required for measurement of utility6. General questions

Aseem Kaul (BA H Eco)

1. Why IIM ? How do you think MBA will help you2. Between L and C which one will you choose3. Integration, probability4. Remainder theorem, binomial expansion5. Why is maths so important in management / economics6. What is essence of capitalism7. Have you read Amartya Sen ? why not ?

8. Favourite poets9. Why not go for Phd

Arjun Purkayastha (BA H. Eco)

1. What questions do we ask2. Do you think acads interview is good3. Theater – NSD director, manager etc4. Education system – comment5. Relevance of economics with examples6. Ask yourself 3 questions that would judge your capability7. Choose between matrices and calculus for grilling8. Is x! continuous and why ? 1.5! ?

Amol Maheswari (Bcom) MDI

1. Why do you want to leave MDI2. What subjects are you taught3. What all calls did you have the last time ? why did not convert4. Strategy and Quantitative methods - fundamentals

Rahul Joshi (B.Com)

1. Career goals2. Discussion on dictatorship3. Integration of |x| + C with limits –1 to 14. What is a skew symmetric matrix5. Probability of getting a head in 3 tosses of a coin

Sudipto Kr Roy (MSc Geophysics) workex

1. Interests – last book read2. Favourite author – why3. Give a complex equation that cannot be solve4. Entrepreneur – which field5. Why did you leave geophysics6. Various geophysical applications

IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-Engineering IV

Rohit Mishra (Bcom)

1. Tell us about yourself2. Garment industry – grilled3. What happens after 20054. Why should we take you 5. What will you do if we don’t take you6. Where do you see yourself 5 years hence

Namita Poddar (B.Com)

1. Maxima and Minima2. EMI 3. Family – father, sister4. Reading5. Between ABCL which one would you prefer, why

Varad Pande (BA Eco)

1. Linear programming2. Integration – problem to solve3. Why arts guys are weak in maths4. Can committees ever come to decisions

Amit Gupta (BA Eco)

1. Introduce yourself2. Family background3. Savings – what is the savings rate of India4. Is India a savings society5. Consumerism

Shantanu Mishra (BA Eco)

1. Tell us about yourself2. Why low percentages in graduation3. What did you contribute in the job4. Cultural difference between Cal and Delhi5. Circle, Tangent6. Differentiation7. Graph for y = |x| at x=0

Roopank Chaudhary (BA Eco)

1. Tell us about yourself2. Total your tenth class marks3. Why journalism after eco4. Law on curbing noise pollution – implementation5. Poems and articles published6. Why marketing – give recent examples of product launches

Saurabh Shukla (BA Eco)

1. Multipliers – grilling – derive graphically, mathematically, logically2. Reading habits3. Assam4. How did Bangladesh come into existence

Anshul Mediratta (BA Eco)

1. Summer poject2. Regulation of NBFCs, issues and concerns - grilled

3. Differentiation x f(x) where f(x) = 2 to the power of (x + 1)4. Stability of equilibrium – elasticities

IIML Admissions '99 - Delhi. Engineering - I

Kashit Alam (B.Tech Textile)

1. Tell us about your self2. Hobbies and building characters3. Basketball scenario in India4. Considerations in playing snooker5. Why MBA6. Salary expectations7. How is Indian textile industry doing

Sandeep Arora (B.Tech Textiles)

1. Difference between weaving cotton and synthetic yarns2. Order of comfortability what should one wear in June3. PSF, PFY, Viscose, Cotton and Acrylic – compare4. How is textiles related to management5. Spinning of cotton and synthetic fibres

Rajneesh Punj (BE Prod) workex

1. Hobbies and extracurriculars2. Job responsibilities3. Qualities of a good salesman

Amit Kr Singh (BTech) workex

1. Why engineering and then MBA2. Why nervous in GD3. Photo tubes, ICS usage

A Venkatesh (BE) workex

1. What is the turnover of ABB2. Compare ABB with BHEL3. Why do you want to manage men4. Why not become a politician5. Why do your want to be an artist

Akshay Saxena (B.Tech Chemical)

1. Sugar industry – chemical process2. Music and Movies3. Tell us about yourself4. Operating systems – examples and difference

Manav (BE Mech)

1. How as a mech engineer would you plan the budget2. Small scale industry in Roorkee3. BE project – battery operated bicycle4. Family background

Vikram Kumar

1. State of sports in India2. Why so bad, how could be improved3. Favourite subject in school4. Why mechanics – force at subatomic level5. Nobel prize in physics for what6. Japenes system of management ? If better why7. Operations research

G Juvjith Reddy (BE Chem)

1. Use of chemical engineering in rural areas2. Difference between organic and inorganic

Sameer Bajaj (BE Com Sci)

1. How would you network your institute2. What is OOPs ? 3. what are the considerations when moving to OO systems4. Implication of computerisation in India5. Hardware required for networking6. Why MBA after Computers

Vijay Sarathi (BE Elec)

1. About yourself2. Books – God of small things – describe the characters3. Richard S Feruman4. Electrical machinery – losses5. Capacitors, compressors – talk about them

Neeeraj Aggarwal (BE commns)

1. What would you know about INDIA-PAK history2. Telecom sector opening up – comment3. Has it achieved its objectives ? why4. Why hasn’t reached the rural sector

IIML Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-engineering - I

Ramya Vishwanathan (BA H. Eco)

1. Features of the Budget2. Income –tax slabs3. What are utility curves, cost curves – explain

Amit Diwan (BA H. Eco)

1. Capital convertibility. Is it advisable for India. (8 min)2. Why are you wearing a tie3. What preference do you have for specialization4. What application does Eco have for management5. Why are so many eco guys coming today6. Why don’t you consider MA

Shweta Aggarwal (BA H. Eco)

1. About the GD2. Indifference curves, utility concepts3. Law of demand, exceptions4. Types of goods – normal, inferior, giffin5. Find an eco situation to prevent the degradation of forests

Shweta Jhajharia (BA H. Eco)

1. HINDALCO related grilling – father’s background2. Indian economy – my views and opinions

Suneet Singh Kochar (B.Com H.) workex

1. Depreciation of machinery vs appreciation of land and buildings2. Economic scenario3. Measures that work only in recession and not in boom

Sachin Jagtap (BBS) workex

1. 4 Ps of marketing2. Working of Career Launcher and my work3. Is CL ethical4. Kellogs case (marketing aspects) – changing the food habits5. Why MBA

Ashima Sharma (BBA)

1. Compare marketing strategy of De Beers and Mercedes2. How would you market liquor3. Will you take up a job with ITC4. Change in HR practices over the years5. Career goals6. Order in which you will go to IIMs and why

Manish Varma (BBS) workex

1. Work experience2. Securities and yield calculation3. Why MBA4. Selling of financial services – grilled

Kapil Manchanda (ACWA) work ex

1. Calculus – differential and integral2. My work experience3. Balance sheet and P&L account – why and what on entries

Nikhil Mohta (B.Com)

1. Marwaris – 3 good and 3 bad features 2. Financial management – IRR, cost of capital etc3. Economic scenario – BOP4. Deficit – fiscal, budgetary, revenue

Nidhi (B.Com) workex

1. Why do you have such a diverse interests2. Do you travel a lot – where all 3. What does your father do4. What do you do in your job5. Are the psychological test reliable

Meenakshi (BS computers)

1. Cauvery Dam issue – talk2. What were the trouble shooting measures used there3. How has NAFTA helped Canada4. Compare and contrast Indian and Canadian cultures5. Why do you want to study in India, why not Canada/Australia

Interview Question on 12/2/2001

à Family Values.

à Biggest achievement / Disappointment.

à Role Model.

à Career objective clarity.

à What does success mean to you?

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. Engineering - III

Sameer shukla (BE mech) workex 3 yrs

1. Management consulting – what is it – they gave gyan2. After MBA you may change your thinking3. Freshers would trample you in the competitive situation – quizzes and tests – how will you cope4. Interpersonal skill – give us some examples5. Attendance and reporting systems – what changes and benefits in workex

6. Roorkee – features about the campus7. Do you have any questions on IIMB – criteria and scores

Sumit sapra (BE Elex and Commn)

1. Introduce yourself2. Students do not attend classes in DCE ? How did you find it ? do you attend3. You are grades oriented ? what do you know about IIMB classes – rigorous – your reaction4. Oh Coaching ? what else did you get to know there5. Why MBA ? Why not workex6. Who is an entrepreneur ? which sector7. What is IT enable industry, give some examples8. Events ? which ones did you organize9. Sports ? which position in basketball10. Favourite player, what is Karl Malone known as11. Which programmes do you watch on TV12. Favourite subject - Digital electronics13. Did anyone outside tell you that we donot know about it14. How does a cellular work, companies providing the services15. How is that signals of various operators donot clash16. How does digital TV work17. Do you want to know anything else about IIMB ?

Manish Kumar Saraswat (BE Mech) workex 3 years

1. Is your workex relevant to mech2. Gas turbines – what is it and how it works3. Combined cycles – working4. Competitors to ABB – Advantages, strengths etc5. Handling projects – equity and debt compositions – various situations given to make choices6. Risks – how many types and how would you go about in each case

Saurabh (BE Elect) workex 2 years S/W

1. Coaching institutes – draw graphs Students Vs Expenditure, Students Vs Revenue2. Shipping industry – number of hours of voyage vs expenditure3. Relevence of electrical in software4. Software projects you are working on – what, howPrashant Sareen (BE Civil)

1. Would you like your interview to be general or specific - general2. What are we looking for3. Advertisements – HMT Vs Titan – various bylines over the years and why – grilled4. Favourite ad and why 5. Major currencies in the world6. Euro –grilled7. Cantiliver – what is it ? Do you see any in this building (IHC) - No8. What about staircase, Balcony – comment

Sudhir Kamat (BE Comp Science)

1. Good marks in XII, why DIT2. Why software to MBA3. What, why about MBA, why not 4 years of experiece4. What are products, how do you go about5. Where is Indian industry heading towards6. Name some products and companies7. Venture capital – what would you look as a s/w company from them8. As a v.capitalist what would look for in a s/w company

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. GD Topics - II

1. MBA in India is highly overrated.2. Religion is a private affair and should be of no concern for the state3. Decreasing defense expenditure and increasing social expenditure is the need of the hour

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. GD Topics - I

1. Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience2. Democracy is hampering India progress

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. Engineering - II

Vibhas Bhawan (Btech Mech) workex

1. What does your job entail2. Extracurriculars and interests3. Thermodynamics – grilled4. Do you have any question to ask

Naresh Chandra Nirma (B.Tech )

1. Tell us something other than what is given in the form2. Give us some topic which we can discuss of coming 10 minutes

Amit Kumar (BE Civil)

1. Water hammer2. Reinforcement3. Cantilever4. Gave songs and asked to identify singers and directors

Amit Nangia (Mech with workex)

1. Advantages of f/w drive, why maruti using f/w drive2. Best shape of fins (spherical ..etc), can you design fins3. Auto cycle, diesel cycle, I/C cycles4. Fly wheel5. Wilhem’s line – I/C engine or Steam engine6. Entropy vs enthalpy7. Diesel / electric locomotives

8. Project in Maruti9. Why left Reliance10. Unleaded and leaded fuels and catalytic converter11. Why not continue in design engineering12. Best designer of all time on IC-Engine

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-Engineering - IV

Sangeeta ( B.A French, Belgium )

1. What is Business ?2. How would you revolutionize business ?3. How is rural marketing - Perfumes ?4. Two things you can do in business – Advertising and R&D5. Questioned on the issues of Medicines in the context of Patents6. Brazilian Economy, Inflation rates………. How and Whys’ .7. Tourist Spots in S. India and India in general…8. What is variance and regression ?9. Can you learn things you are not interested in ?10. IIMB is maths oriented, what will you do ?

Dharmender ( BBA / CBS )

1. Why MBA after BBA / CBS ?2. Why don’t you go for Job experience ?3. What alternate careers- Mktg / HR as part of Job / MBA …?4. Rajat Gupta of McKinsey in the form – quizzed on consultancy5. Why were your marks not good ? Why a falling trend ?6. Where did you do your summer training ? ( In an ad agency and STC )7. What is Branding ?…Further probing on tea exports documentation at STC8. Any questions you would like to ask ? why workex / full residential preferred

Amit Gairela (BBA)

1. Why MBA after BBA2. How can you think you can add value without workex3. Why do you want to do marketing4. What did you study in finance5. Why do you dislike theoretical subjects

Akshay Shah (BA Eco)

1. Why not cambridge / Trinity – why IIMB2. Consumer behaviour – different situations given – comment3. Production theory – marginal, average, average fixed, variable costs – draw graphs4. Integration of MC – what would you get5. Questions on finanical markets

Manasi Narasimhan ( B.A. Eco )

1. Why shifted from Madras to Delhi ?2. Why shifted from Science to Economics ?3. Why Eco to Management ?4. Why MBA ?5. What are forward contracts ?6. What are you planning to specialise in ?7. WTO… India in this context…What was the purpose of our joining WTO ?8. Budget, Capital Markets…A few basic questions.

Shruti Wadhwa ( B.A. Eco )

1. Stock Markets - Sensex, BSE – latest movements2. Taxation – Direct Taxes, Indirect Taxes, Wealth Tax3. What is event management ? …Name a few companies in this area ?4. Where is Manchester – Manchester of India….5. What is Silicon Valley……do we have one in India…

Shaifali Gurnani ( B.A. Eco )

1. Why MBA ? Explain how you are more interested ?2. Questions from the application form…the form you carry 3. Poetry…Narrate…4. Indonesian Situation and south east asian crisis – family settled there5. Acads – Management a/cing Vs Cost a/cing, Price Elasticity.6. Questions on the points raised in the GD

Devender ( MMS, Devi Ahilya Univ )

1. Quantitative Techniques in management….2. Linear Programming…3. Travelling salesman problem…

Anshu Anand ( B.A. Eco )

1. What would you do 10 yrs frm now…( Says Entrepreneurship in entertainment industry )2. Entertainment company… ABCL and its condition ?3. What is small scale… costs ?4. Convertibility – Capital a/c, Current a/c5. Uncle makes 1 m $s in US, where will you account it6. Standard of living/ Costs of living – Compare – US and India7. Economies of scale – steel industry / Automobile…

Ruchika Rishi ( B.A. Eco – MIB, DSE )

1. You are a MD of a Co. – Selling pencils for last 15 yrs – Pens now ? what would you do ?2. Three equations – Cost + Profit = price; Price – cost = profit; Price – profit = cost – used by three different business men – can you comment on their psyche3. Of these who is monopoly, who is a Psu etc4. Banks – costs and expenditures5. You are an MD of a rural bank – what would you do to decrease costs

6. Rural has more gold what would you do7. BOP – pre-1991 and current scenario - comment

Aseem Kaul ( B.A.Eco )

1. Favourite subject2. Capitalism / Socialism …..Application3. Prescription for India ---A Welfare state…4. Delicensing Vs Disinvestment of PSUs, Effect on fiscal deficit5. Creativity – Alyque padamsee – Why to IIM then6. What job profile are you looking at ?7. Why an Indian company – Work Culture..8. Weakness – Getting along with people – any instances9. Any questions about IIMB you want to ask ?

Aparajita ( B.A. Eco )

1. Marginal costs2. Is replacement cost a marginal cost3. Spectacles manufacturing – what are marginal costs4. Labour – regular and contractual – which one is a marginal cost5. A loan processing company – what are salaries - fixed costs6. If workers increase what would happen7. Computer processing application – what is the char of cost function8. What are char of step function9. Break-even point – depict in spectacles business – total revenue10. Who were the last 2 reserve bank governers11. Hill resorts of Tamilnadu12. Which rivers merge at sunderbans river basin13. Eco of scale – steel plant

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-engineering - I

Priyadarshini (BCA)

1. Difference between computer Applications and computer science2. Mac vs IBM PC3. What is inheritence4. OOPs5. Summarize the GD, Views on GD6. Hobbies – latest novel read7. Love story by Erich segal – discussed

Dr. Sunny Sharma (MBBS Ludhiana)

1. How was the GD2. Why MBA after MBBS3. Genetic engineering – cloning

4. Telemedicine, Health management5. Government vs private cardiologists6. ERP7. Why not go for puttparthi for MBA8. Ethics of making money – good / bad ? justify

Udit Taj Singh (BSc Gen)

1. How will you handle a union problem in an organization2. Economics of farming – production, pricing, seasonal sowing etc.3. Laws of thermodynamics, Boyle’s law4. What are your career goals and why MBA5. Trekking, travelling and river rafting – grilled – highest place, routes etc6. Reading – latest book read7. Ethical issues related to hipnotizing

Ashish (BSc Math)

1. About the gap in studies2. What will you do if not selected3. Difference between sequence and series4. Fusion and fission5. Hyperbola and ellipse6. Your opinion about the GD7. How do you improve your English8. Reading – Ayn Rand, Howard Roark, Arundhati Roy9. Draw parabola, hyperbola

Akit Somani (BSc Gen) workex

1. Questions on chemistry and Maths2. Sigma and pi bonds3. What are ‘gold flakes’4. Why bunsen burner called so ? what was used before LPG5. Differential calculus – Langrange’s theorem6. What is your job7. Are you not wasting some ones else’s productive time by calling him8. Is Indian business aping west ?9. What is a debit card10. What is the IT interface used by SCB

Abhishek Aggarwal (BSc Physics)

1. What is Modern Physics2. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle3. Contribution of Einstein to Physics4. Who gave wave theory5. Why management6. Summarise the GD7. Which singer do you like most – present and all time8. Which books do you read

Maneesh Upadhyaya (BSc gen)

1. Heisenberg’s principle2. Use of groups ?3. Standard deviation – uses4. Difference between C and Pascal – grilled5. Why management after science6. Yesterdays match – score cards

Saket Narang (BSc Physics)

1. Idol – peter drucker2. Which books you read – how it helped you understading management3. How did you contribute to your physics society4. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle5. Brief history of time by Steven hawkings – discussion6. Quantum theory and gravity, particles7. What is standard deviation – what if it is 08. Weight of a squash racquet9. Do you watch movies10. Akshay Kumar’s photo shown – talk

Garima Garg (BA Maths)

1. Real Analysis and uses of real analysis2. Calculus – couple of problems to solve3. Why MBA4. What do you think about bureaucracy – option5. Is there overstaffing in father’s dept (Haryana irrigation)6. What do you do in free time TT7. Books – grilled8. Installation of Rabri Devi – Opinion9. Views about the GD10. Other calls – How was MDI interview

Arvind Ramachandran (BA Math)

1. Music – violin2. What is clay violin, ragas, famous violinist dead3. Famous indian violinist who is a doctor4. Spanish guitar, mexican guitar differences5. Probability6. If selected from ABC which one would you go for

IIMB Admissions '99 - Delhi. Non-engineering - II

Yashoda Malvi (MBA, Udaipur)

1. Work experience2. Grilled on marketing

Surendersingh (B.Com H)

1. Principles of accounting2. What does dy/dx mean3. Point of influx4. Emerging issues of finance5. Capital account convertibility

Vijaya Tudu (B.Com H)

1. Background2. Accounting concepts3. Why not banking – why MBA4. Dance – various forms, which form you are student of5. Latest book and what did you learn

Kapil (BA english)

1. Poetry, poets – romance etc2. Drama – shakespere – critics3. Theatres – India and abroad4. Painting – styles : impressionism, cubism , abstract

Sharda Fonea (BA Eco)

1. Who influenced the most2. Which event changed you completely3. Subjects – economics, sports, poems4. If a plane crashes between two countries where will you bury them5. Music – who invented rock, name a few rock musicians of 60-706. D/dt of cube of t

Phuntsok Wangyal (MA Eco)

1. Questions on Differentiation, permutation and combinations2. Theory of production3. Shadow pricing4. Lagrangian multiplier5. Tell us abuot yourself

S K Roy (MSc with workex)

1. Are you really observant ?2. What is lotus notes3. Will your project really help the client ?4. How will it improve the services of MTNL5. Papers and Mags – grilled6. Articles on IIMs recently 7. How do you estimate exact quantity of coal

Anuj Pratap Singh (BSc Gen)

1. How do you feel being the last one2. What do you do in the leisure time3. Organicand Inorganic chemistry – grilled

Vandana Kashyap (BSc maths)

1. About my father 2. Academics3. Differentiation, integration4. CAPM, variance5. Statistics6. Hobbies

Subodh Kumar (BSC Botany)

1. Should the interview be general or specific2. How do you relate botony, law, management and computer3. Name 5 botanists who contributed to the society4. Rabri govt, IPKF5. LAN, WAN6. Botany related questions

Rahul (BSc Gen)

1. Tell us anything other than what is written in the form2. What are your favourite subjects3. Sigma bond and pi bonds4. What is ester and how is it formed5. What are OH, ROH, COOH6. If A/C breaks how will you keep the room cool

Sanjay Kumar (BA) workex

1. The prob of getting a right pair of socks from a box with 10 pairs2. What will you do if not get selected3. A,B,C – how many combinations possible4. What are your job responsibilities

IIFT Interviews (20 mins)

General Some students were quizzed on WTO. Basically questions were asked from what is written in the form.

nterview Questions on 20/2/2001


Panel size : 4

How is India doing in Exports, What are the advantages of exporting? What are economic indicators? Which Indian agencies govern trade? Specific questions on hobbies- for example: difference between a Ghazal and

a Nazm Why IIFT?

IIMA Interview lasted for 20 minutes, Educational Background: B.Sc.(Computer H/W)

1. Answer any three questions discussed outside the interview room. a. Name any female Chief Ministers? b. What is remote sensing used for? 2. What is the difference between B.Sc. hardware and Engineering Computers Science? 3. Ask yourself a question? (from the candidate's subjects) (Questions mentioned by the student: How does a CD-ROM work?) 4. Now answer the question. 5. What is the difference between reflection and refraction? When does reflection take place and when refraction? (This question was asked as a follow-up of the answer given by the candidate to the above question) 6. What is the speed of rotation of a CD-ROM? 7. What are tracks in the CD? 8. What do you think of the Miss World Beauty Pageant? What was the controversy about having it in India? 9. What is VDIS? 10. How much was declared and how much money was made? 11. What are your extra-curricular activities? 12. What is Liberation Theology? 13. Summarize the Movement. Which Indian leader quoted from this? 14. Is it possible to work in a company without giving up on your ethics? 15. Is Reliance a company with ethics?

IIMA Interview lasted for 20-25 minutes, Educational Background : B.Com (Hons.)

1. Why are you not doing C.A.? Don't you consider that as a career alternative? 2. Do you think a B.Com (Hons) Degree will be enough if you do not make it into Management? 3. Let's take up your subjects in Degree What subjects did you have? 4. About International Trade (one of the subjects mentioned by the student) - What do you understand by the comparative a advantage theory? 5. What do you mean by 'consideration'? Give an example. 6. Where is the Loss from Profit & Loss Account put in the company's Balance Sheet and why? 7. As a layman, what would you look for in a company's Balance Sheet? 8. If you were to become an employee, what would you see in the company's Balance

Sheet? 9. What do you mean by Break Even Point? How is it calculated? 10. What are the different types of taxes an individual pays? 11. What are the implications of wealth tax? 12. Is dividend on shares taxable? 13. (One of the interviewers gives the statement Y = a + b x and says) (i) ?y/?x and (ii) dy/dx are to be found out. Is there any difference between the above two? 14. Tell me something about your Company. 15. What do you mean by cloning? 16. What are the ethical implications of cloning? 17. Tell us how you find the interview. 18. What did the other candidates say about the pattern of interviews?

IIMA Interview lasted for approximately 25 min.

1. What is your mother? 2. What are your subjects in graduation? 3. What is Management Accountancy? 4. What is GDP of India? (Convert it in rupees)? 5. What is mean, median, mode? 6. What are measures of dispersion? 7. Is "Range" a measure of dispersion? 8. Name three people (famous ticket collectors) in sports? (This student was working as a ticket collector in Indian Railways at the time of this interview) 9. Define variable cost in Accounts and Economics.

IIMA

1. Which Mughal attacked Hyderabad? 2. What is unique about the Salarjung Museum? 3. Looking at the way names of places are being changed, suggest a name for Hyderabad. 4. You are planning to leave your course half way through and join IIMA, what is the guarantee that you would not leave I IIMA? (the student was already doing MBA from Osmania University at the time of the interview) 5. What is this 'Management institute in Hyderabad' you've written here? Why did you leave it? 6. Did you get any calls in CAT '94 or CAT '95? 7. Do you consider yourself to be a Hyderabadi? Tell us some general characteristics of Hyderabadis? 8. Tell us about the food, culture, some samples or examples of Hyderabadi language. 9. Tell us about the Golconda. When does it date back to? 10. Tell us about the history of Hyderabad. 11. What did the Nizam (contribute) give to Hyderabad or to the country? 12. Can you name a few prominent Hyderabadis in sports and films. 13. Are you comfortable in your academics. 14. Which subject are you comfortable in? 15. What is consumer behavior ? 16. Do you know about a well known book on consumer behavior some 20 years back? 17. How can you classify advertising?

18. Who protects consumers from misleading advertisements? 19. Name any four ads you know. Classify them. In the light of this, do you think the classification you have given is valid? 20. Can advertisers target their competitors directly? 21. Can you give instances of such direct attacks? 22. On what kind of products are the margins that can be charged low?

IIMC-PGDCM

1. Why PGDCM? 2. If you are so interested in computers, tell us a few areas in which computers are used in Mechanical Engineering? 3. Specific examples? 4. Explain the procedure of designing a heat exchanger using CAD/CAM. What are the Input parameters and output p Parameters? 5. In welding, give specific example where computers are used? 6. In FORTRAN, how are nested DO loops work? 7. Which area in mathematics do you like? OR? 8. Write an LP problem? Produce a graphical solution. Why is it called an LP? 9. Write down Baye's theorem. Difference between conditional and joint probability? 10. You have not mentioned hobbies/extracurricular activities in your application form. What do you do in your free time? 11. Give two strengths and two weaknesses.

IIMC-PGDCM

1. You don't have work experience. Do you? 2. How will this course help you - Such a change from BioMedical Engineering to PGDCM? 3. Name a few successful entrepreneurs. 4. MBA is detrimental to being an entrepreneur - Comment. 5. Give an example of an entrepreneur who had MBA background. 6. What is the political scene in A.P.? 7. How is the congress placed? 8. Aren't the naxalites a political force? 9. Recently there was a vote in Canada. The result was 51 : 49. What was it about.

IIML

1. In Computer architecture, how does data flow? 2. What are your job responsibilities at CMC? 3. Can you name some of the rivals of Pentium? 4. Pentium, Motorola 68030, Alpha , PowerPC - which performs better? How would you compare 5. What difference does advertising make? Microsoft Vs Apple. 6. What is CIM? 7. What is JIT? 8. What is TQM? 9. Is CMC going in for TQM?

XLRI-BMD

1. Tell me about yourself. What traits do you have which will help in your career in management? 2. How is L&T different from family business? (The student's family has L&T dealership) 3. What do you want to specialise in? Why? In any set up, is not marketing very important? 4. If you don't get XLRI, would you be very disappointed? After XLRI, will you work? How long? 5. What is the aim of your business? If it is not "only money", what else? How big id it? 6. Is there a forum for redressal labour disputes in your business? 7. Businessmen are not ethical. What do you think. How would you deal with it? 8. Government scheme of giving bonds for declaring black money. Do you think it works? 9. If you were the Finance Minister, what would you do? Tax laws? 10. What do you want in life?

XLRI-BMD

1. How do you pronounce your name? 2. What does your name mean? 3. Tell us something about yourself. 4. Do you think you can work under somebody as a subordinate? 5. As a girl how will you be able to manage things? 6. What would you like to specialise in? 7. What are the electives that we offer? 8. Name the courses offered in Finance. 9. Have you gone through the XLRI prospectus? 10. What are the activities which XLRI students indulge in (Extra curricular)? 11. What are the scholarships we offer? 12. What are your hobbies? 13. Name any cartoonist and any painter. (this was a follow-up of the previous question) 14. What is a secular state? 15. Give an example for a theocratic state. 16. Do you read any economic newspapers? 17. What was the activity that was dominated in news? (Answer given: Budget; Davos summit) 18. Was Davis summit an economic or political event? Why? 19. Tell us something about Kolar. (Note that the student's surname was Kolar and hence this question) 20. What does your father do? 21 What does DRDL stands for? 22. What are agricultural research centres in Hyderabad? 23. What does ICRISAT stand for? 24. What is semi arid? 25. Is Hyderabad a semi arid region? 26. Tell us about prohibition in A.P.

XLRI-PMIR (Interview lasted for approx. 15-20 min.)

1. Why did you not confirm your participation (for the interview)? 2. What are you subjects?

3. What changes havew been there in the recent Budget with relation to personal Income tax? 4. What do you know about Union Budget? 5. What is fiscal deficit? 6. Compare Budgets of Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh. 7. What are your views on privatisation of Railways? 8. Tell us about corruption in Railways? 9. Give a brief valedicatory speech. 10. Why do you want to do Personnel Management? 11. Your views on VRS? 12. Why do you want to leave Railways?

Engineer (Industrial & Production Engineering) at IIM-Ahmedabad interview.

1. What do you think of the GD? How did the group perform?2. How was your performance? How do you rate yourself? Please do a fair analysis.3. What is your final year project? Describe it.4. How did Industrial and Production Engineering help you in this project?5. What is ferrite?6. What are the other structures of Iron?7. What is tempering of steel?8. What are various other heat treatment processes?9. What are various layouts used in production? What is the difference between them?10. Explain layouts used in B.S.P. (candidate had done a training at Bhilai Steel Plant).11. Is production of wine a batch production or mass production system?12. Do you drink wine?13. What is Kinesis?14. What is Congo? Why is it called Congo?15. What does an Entrepreneur need to start a venture?16. What are DFIs?17. What is Venture Capital?18. What is difference between an entrepreneur and a manager?19. What is equity?20. Name major stock exchanges in India?21. How do you measure the performance of stock exchange?22. What is OECD? Name its members?23. What does S.G.S.I.T.S. stand for?24. Why Industrial and Production Engineering? What options were available to you?25. What is I. M. F. and World Bank?26. What is approximate value of Sensex at present? When was it at its highest? When was it lowest?27. Analyse us on the basis of body language.28. What is the index of BSE? What is the index of NSE?

A quick analysis : Since the candidate was a fresher from the final year of his B.E. course, a lot of stress was laid on his academics and on questions that would help the interviewer judge the candidate’s inherent potential for management and desire to join a rigorous course. Since the candidate was a fresher from the final year of his B.E. course, a lot of stress was laid on his academics and on questions that would help the interviewer judge the candidate’s inherent potential for management and desire to join a rigorous course.

Here is a list of questions asked SCMHRD, Pune interview.

1. Do you consider yourself a Bihari or a Bengali?2. Comment on the state of Bihar, in particular, politics.3. Do you think Mitsubishi Lancer is a right car with a wrong company? (The candidate works with Hindustan Motors)4. Do you think leaders are born and not made?5. Do you think H R Management can be taught in a classroom? etc.

A quick analysis : Since the candidate was a working executive, the flavour of the interview was entirely different. Maturity level was being judged and the candidate’s understanding of his role in company too was being examined. The interviewers were trying to assess whether the candidate has actually broadened his horizons or still a mental fresher! Since the candidate was a working executive, the flavour of the interview was entirely different. Maturity level was being judged and the candidate’s understanding of his role in company too was being examined. The interviewers were trying to assess whether the candidate has actually broadened his horizons or still a mental fresher!

Here is a list of questions asked to another lady interviewee (pursuing MMS) at SCMHRD, Pune interview.

1. Explain the meaning of your name.2. Describe yourself.3. Describe your hobbies and general interests.4. Describe your values. What do you understand by values?5. Do you consider that your mistakes are your responsibilities?6. In which subject would you like to specialize in MBA?7. What is an organisation? What are its objectives? 8. What is the basis of power? 9. What is grapevine?10. You are already so clear as to what is taught in II year at Symbiosis, so you need not join Symbiosis at all. Comment.11. Why do you have an interest in Human Behaviour?12. Do you like to listen to people?13. You have got such a good command over language, where did you learn it?14. What have you read in non-fiction?15. Which book have you read recently?16. You have got such serious tastes in reading, this should imply that you are a very serious person. 17. What is the difference between ethos and ethics?

A quick analysis : Most of these questions were based on what was mentioned by the candidate in her bio-data. Since the candidate was from management studies background, the interview was bent towards that. Confidence, value for values, approach in life, general reading, clarity of objectives, real life analysis etc. were checked in this interview.

IIMA Selection Process 1999, Delhi. Questions for students in Economics

Malavika Pillai Eco

1. Relation ship between average curves and marginal curves2. Asked for topics in stats / MME3. Alternative career plan4. Rural India – Dairy production, NDDB etc.5. Awards in the country – Padmabhushan, Padmashri, ….international – Magsasay….6. Mathematics and applications in Eco – differentiation….7. Give some ways of improving life in Delhi

Amit Diwan Eco

1. What are your subsidary subjects2. Questions on differentiation3. Problems in Delhi and possible solutions4. Education system – should you have final exams

Tarun Sharma Eco

1. Cost curves2. Tobin tax3. Laffers curve4. Name a few macroeconomists and their contributions5. Vishnu Bhagwat’s dismissal6. Questions on Football

Amit Dhingra Eco

1. Cost curves, constant returns to scale2. Admission at Cambridge, why coming here3. Economic history4. What was the feedback from others – who were happy and who were not5. Books written on economics6. Economies of scale

Sainath Ramanathan Eco

1. Questioned on the tie worn – criteria for giving gifts2. Showed press clippings on market capitalization of 7 companies – talk for 3 minutes3. How is share price determined4. Operation flood, NDDB, Amul5. Micro Vs Macro economics6. If you were Bal Thackeray, what 5 things would you do7. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India – Phone rates and roll back

Ramya Viswanathan Eco

1. Draw IC curves, Budget line2. Input, Output model

3. Rank of a Matrix4. Debating – talk on women’s bill; are in favour or against – talk for 3 min against

Akshay Shah Eco

1. Quantitative theory of Money2. Measures of money supply 3. About trinity college, cambridge – name famous alumni4. Questions on tennis and Davis cup5. Career in academics – grilled6. Mathematics – convex curves, differentiation, integration7. CRR, why CRR is a ratio, what is in the numerator and the denominator8. Show us your transcripts, why doesn’t the subject names exist

Shweta Aggarwal Eco

1. India’s per capita GDP2. Purchasing power parity3. Definition of money supply4. Phillips curve5. Giffin goods6. Substitute products7. CRR – Objective of having it8. Quantitative theory of Money9. Reading interests – latest novel read

Kartik Khare Eco

1. Total revenue, total cost, total fixed cost – Difference ? Profitability ? Breakeven point2. How did Urdu evolve3. Questions on NIIT – Sybase, Access4. Dramatics – Famous Indian personality who won international award recently5. What feedback you got outside – questions on feedback

Himanshu Seth Eco

1. Welfare economics2. Difference between state and Union territory3. Convince us Tendulkar is not the best bastman in the world

Rohit Gulati Eco

1. Budget – what is in for software industry2. Compare – Yashwant Sinha and Manmohan Singh3. Constitution of India – Where, When and how was formed4. Why Independence and Republic day celebrated on 15/8 and 26/1 respectively5. Amartya Sen’s view on Capitalism

IIMA selection process 1999 - Delhi. Questions for students of Economics - II

Bhavna Bindra, (BA H. Eco)

1. Difference between Variable costs and Fixed costs2. Break even point – 2 problems 3. Classical dance – management is a very demanding career4. UP as state ranked in the Indian economy – criteria5. National income calculation 6. How do you take care of ‘chai wala’, smugglers incomes in the calculation7. How many people you know from CL

Varad Pande (BA H. Eco)

1. What did you think of the Case discussion2. Linear programming – Minimization problem with some constraints3. How did CL help you4. Who did the reorganization of India ? What was the criteria5. Career goals ? while answering – Have you prepared the answer ?6. Please read the news paper on the day of the interview7. Women’s residence in the college8. Is a girls college better

Pallavi C Tiwari (BA H. Eco) with workex

1. Work experience - What is supply chain2. International business3. Input-Output matrix4. Liberalistion Vs Globalization5. Pay commission6. Finance commission

Nikhil Madhok (BA H. Eco)

1. Indifference curves2. How to become citizen of India / US3. Abstract – How famous personalities would look at the window in the room and say4. Solutions to the case study5. What does your name mean6. Questions on football

Apoorva Sharma (BA H. Eco)

1. Geometric man2. ASEAN crisis3. Correlation4. Economics of scale and scope5. Increasing returns to scale6. Oliogopoly, 7. Monopolistic competition - Soft drinks, MBA institutes

IIMA Selectio Process - 1999, Delhi. Questions for Engineering students - I

Sunil Yadav (IITD, with workex)

1. Fundamental Rights2. ERP system – talk about3. Mathematical problems to solve4. About the Job – function and your contribution

Ashwini Bharadwaj (B.Tech – Chem, IITD)

1. Basics of heat transfer, and fluid dynamics2. Chemical principles in the room / your blazer, explain the concepts3. Important women personalities in India / Abroad you know – talk about them4. Scouts and Guides – Origin and purpose5. How to start a new business6. Rank in the department

Tushar Subhra Das (BE – Mech, DCE)

1. Refrigeration and air conditioning – fundamentals2. Manufacturing machines3. George Soros – Brazilian and S.E.Asian Crisis4. Poverty line – define5. GDP, Percapita income, 3 rich and 3 poor states of the country6. Talk about Gujarat7. Report Writing – How will you go about for a project8. G-7 / G – 15 / G – 77

Sameer Bajaj ( BE-Comp, DCE)

1. ISO-OSI model2. Base 3 representation of integer and decimal3. Anti-incumbancy factor4. FDI in film making5. Who is Kidwai – old and new6. Final year project – Details

Aman Batra (BE-Mech)

1. Differential Equations2. Kramer Rule3. Basic Mechanics4. Reservation – for handicapped, SC/ST – why

Munish Khurana (B.Tech – Mech, REC Kurukshetra) with workex

1. Job related – piping layout2. Why did you leave SAIL3. Grilled on Budget4. Showed a photo of Mahatma Gandhi, asked which 5 questions would he ask if he were to be on the panel. Selected one of the question – on education policy and grilled. Ahimsa.5. Derivatives

Rohit Gulati (IITD)

1. Talk on Euro2. Ways to improve Delhi3. Budget and features4. Questions of department

Sunil Gopalan (BE Elect & Commn., DCE)

1. Any three question we should ask you2. Iridium – long discussion3. Beauty contests and Aishwarya Ray – hobby4. Optical fibres – how they work5. Data and Voice transmission – difference6. Budget – GDP, Fiscal Deficit; Excise, Sales and Octroi taxes7. Mobile Vs Land phones (PSTN)8. State of Internet in India, what should be done to improve9. Penetration of computers in India

Sumit Sapra (BE Elect & Commn., DCE)

1. What all subjects do you have2. Microwave oven – working3. Noise in international calls is lesser why ?4. Showed a photograph and asked what the guy in the photo would ask as part of the panel ?5. Who benefits from MTV culture and who loses6. Name southern states, Goa a state ?7. Hight court vs supreme court8. Summarize the interview in 2 sentences.

IIMA Selection Process - 1999, Delhi. Questions for students of Engineering - II

Sangeet Batra (BE. Civil, DCE)

1. Why do you have a feminine name ?2. What is the roof above your head made of ?3. How do you solve Delhi's water problem ? 4. How would you build a canal under surface - Yamuna to parts of Delhi ?5. Statistics of Indo-Pak Cricket matches - what conclusion can GOI draw ?6. Why did you take job in IT industry ?

Abhishek Sud (BE. Computers, DCE)

1. Compute log 1/x thru just additions and subtraction2. Talk on Windows NT and Mac Operating systems3. Apple - Operating systems and processor speeds4. Questions of govt and politics

5. Economy - derugulation, liberalization, globalisation6. Hobbies and Extra-curriculars

Vivek Madan (BE. Mech, DCE)

1. Prove | x | + |y| >= |x + y|2. Questions on pay commision and finance commission3. Simply supported Beam-elongation4. About DCE

Brijen Puri (BE Electonics, DCE)

1. What do you know about ERP (mentioned in GD)2. Historical monuments of Delhi ?3. Manufacture of Microprocessors4. Difference between desktop, server, printer etc.5. Parallel and serial architecture6. HLL versus Colgate Palmolive7. Problems facing Delhi

Nitin A. Gupta (B.Tech Civil, IITD)

1. Difference between beam and buss2. Amartya sen's theory - talk3. Shape of earth4. What is civil engineering5. Capital of America6. What is there in California and New York

Sanjay Chawla (B.Tech Mech, IITK)

1. Difference between - Options and Futures, Bond and Debentures, Money and Capital markets2. What is Monetary policy3. Thermodynamics

Anurag Gupta (B.Tech Chem. IITD)

1. Summer training and placements2. Bernaulli's theorem3. Skin friction - bent on trying to prove me wrong4. Number of cities in India, states and union territories

Mohit Kumar (B.Tech Computers, IITD)

1. B.Tech project2. Binary search3. Swap alogorithm - 3 different approaches4. Why should Hindi be a national language5. Talk for and against, one minute each on - "Mahatma Gandhi's policy is irrelevant today"

Naveen Kukreja (BE electrical, DCE)

1. What is your favourite subject - power systems2. Questions on generation, transmission and distribution3. Sensitivity to environment - Prove4. Restructuring of SEBs - effects5. Which states have restructured their SEBs6. Why Cricket is popular only in 8 countries

Sumit Sarangi (B.Tech Mech, IITD)

1. What did you contribute in case study2. Questions on physics - some circuits to be drawn3. Total quality management4. Two minute speech on Mahatma Gandhi

Amit Jain (B.Tech, Lucknow)

1. Difference between Central and State Universaties2. Mobile communication3. Why sales4. Reforms in the education system

Sameer Majumdar (B.Tech, IITD)

1. General Awareness - NAFTA, Euro, ASEAN (Currencies and Crisis), Indian politics2. B.Tech project3. Normal distribution4. Budget5. Tax reforms and schemes

Nishant Mittal (B.Tech Textile, IITD)

1. Tell us about your childhood2. Courses in this semester3. Laplace transformations 4. Where all have you got calls from5. Sensex6. Do you have job, how long you plan to work there ?7. What are Gabardine, Oxford wear, Plain wear8. G-7 countries - name them9. Nuclear powers - who are they, define what is a nuclear power10. Ringitt - which country11. SE asian crisis12. Textile industry - problems13. About Rajat Sood - My batchmate14. Family15. US - power in world, Rank in population

Vineet Gupta (B.Tech Textile, IITD)

1. NABARD2. ASEAN - countries and crises3. Haryana - talk4. Which all countries have rupee as their currency5. Mohan guruswami - questions6. Family business

Sumit Kumar (B.Tech Chem, IITD)

1. Problem to solve in heat transfer2. General awareness 3. BJP - which states being ruled4. Campus placements

Saurabh Tayal (BE Electrical, Roorkee)

1. Political and economic situation of the nation2. Technical - electrical3. Hobbies - Billiards

Ankit Jain (BE Electrical, Roorkee)

1. What does your name mean2. Estimate performance of a company on the basis of medals received3. Reading habits4. Working of - Tubelight, Fan, induction motors, synchronous motors

IIMA Selection Process - 1999, Delhi. Questions for students of Economics - II

Bhavna Bindra, (BA H. Eco)

1. Difference between Variable costs and Fixed costs2. Break even point - 2 problems 3. Classical dance - management is a very demanding career4. UP as state ranked in the Indian economy - criteria5. National income calculation 6. How do you take care of 'chai wala', smugglers incomes in the calculation7. How many people you know from CL

Varad Pande (BA H. Eco)

1. What did you think of the Case discussion2. Linear programming - Minimization problem with some constraints3. How did CL help you4. Who did the reorganization of India ? What was the criteria5. Career goals ? while answering - Have you prepared the answer ?

6. Please read the news paper on the day of the interview7. Women's residence in the college8. Is a girls college better

Pallavi C Tiwari (BA H. Eco) with workex

1. Work experience - What is supply chain2. International business3. Input-Output matrix4. Liberalistion Vs Globalization5. Pay commission6. Finance commission

Nikhil Madhok (BA H. Eco)

1. Indifference curves2. How to become citizen of India / US3. Abstract - How famous personalities would look at the window in the room and say4. Solutions to the case study5. What does your name mean6. Questions on football

Apoorva Sharma (BA H. Eco)

1. Geometric man2. ASEAN crisis3. Correlation4. Economics of scale and scope5. Increasing returns to scale6. Oliogopoly, 7. Monopolistic competition - Soft drinks, MBA institutes

IIMA Selection Process - 1999, Delhi. Questions for BSc, BCom and BBA students - I

Maneesh Upadhyaya (BSc, St Stephens)

1. Why science to management2. Difference between preference and normal shares3. ICICI – talk4. Which game requires more energy ( hobby)5. Difference between a manager and entrepreneur6. Budget – Features7. Cricket and Baddy related questions8. Five fastest sports

Abhishek aggarwal (BSc, Kurukshetra)

1. Subjects in graduation2. Electromagnetic theory – examples

3. Cramer’s Rule (apply on paper), optimization, derivaties4. Inertia related questions (on paper)

Saket Narang (BSc Physics)

1. Normal distribution vs Poisson distribution – Grilled on Stats2. Applications of physics – take examples from the room, from the body3. Lightest and heaviest elements in the periodic table4. Sensex5. G-7 nations and their currencies6. Bharat Ratna recipients7. Boyle’s law8. Maxima and Minima of a funtion

Dheeraj

1. Maxima and Minima of a Parabola2. Probability of a biased coin

Ashima Sharma (BBA, Lucknow)

1. Why BBA from Lucknow2. Dairy and associated concepts, TQM, any other certification3. Per-capita income, distribution curve4. Indian culture, questions about sanskrit script5. Father’s business

Rahul Joshi (B.Com)

1. How was the GD2. Khalsa, Sikhism; Badal Vs Tohra3. Conversions4. Matrix additon and Multiplication5. BJP’s economic policies

IIMA Selection Process - 1999, Delhi. Questions for students of Commerce and Science - II

Pramod Marar (B.Com H.)

1. Regression and Correlation (graphs and equation)2. Diamond-water thrift3. What does my name and surname mean4. Relation between P&L account, Balance sheet5. Sources and uses of funds6. Names of some management gurus

7. Deep interest bonds8. Sec 80l, 88 of taxation9. Double / triple taxation bond

Namita Poddar (B.Com H.)

1. Latin American earth quake2. Indifference curve3. Relationship between economics and financial management etc.4. Differentiation5. Cooking

Banking Mitra (B.Com H.)

1. Name all subjects in graduation2. Difference between diminishing and decreasing returns3. Should doctors be governed by an ethical code of conduct4. Latest developments in Kosoro in the last 24 hours5. Preparation of fund flow statement6. Relationship between P&L account, Balance sheet and fund flow statement

Amol Maheswari (B.Com H.. Studying in MDI, Gurgaon)

1. Why do you want to move to IIMA from MDI2. About MDI3. About capital / money markets4. Hobbies and extra-curriculars5. Corporate social responsibility and my perspective

Shahana Roy (BSc H. Physics)

1. Three women who are pain in the neck for A B Vajpayee2. Indian English literature - Authors, current scenario3. Probability related questions4. Describe Sita, Draupadi and Mother Teresa

Saurabh Upadhyay (BSc H. Physics)

1. What were you doing for the last three hours waiting outside 2. What are your impressions about the panel3. What questions do you expect from us4. You are from Asansol, why are you studying in Delhi5. Boyle's laws6. Kepler's laws and problems to solve7. Ellipse - Importance in physics8. Difference between an ellipse, hyperbola and parabola9. General awareness - TRAI, Lahore bus trip of the PM

IIM-A Case Study and Interview Questions asked on 2/03/2001

IIM-A Case Study (Duration 5 + 15 minutes)

Panel size : 3 membersNumber of Participants = 9 - 10

Mr. Ashok is the Technical Manager of a firm. He has given an order for a forging press to a contractor. The Contractor calls up Mr. Ashok and tells him that Forging Press is ready and can bring the cheque and collect the Forging Press.Mr. Ashok's boss, the Senior Manager directs Mr. Ashok to cancel the order immediately. What is Mr. Ashok to do?

Interview Questions

Duration 20 - 25 minutes Panel size : 3

1) Subject Knowledge2) How could you describe your stream to a layman?3) Questions based on that day's Newspaper4) Why some students did not ask for financial assistance5) Budget

IIM-A Case Study and Interview Questions asked on 2/03/2001

IIM-A Case Study (Duration 5 + 15 minutes)

Panel size : 3 membersNumber of Participants = 9 - 10

Mr. Ashok is the Technical Manager of a firm. He has given an order for a forging press to a contractor. The Contractor calls up Mr. Ashok and tells him that Forging Press is ready and can bring the cheque and collect the Forging Press.Mr. Ashok's boss, the Senior Manager directs Mr. Ashok to cancel the order immediately. What is Mr. Ashok to do?

Interview Questions

Duration 20 - 25 minutes Panel size : 3

1) Subject Knowledge2) How could you describe your stream to a layman?3) Questions based on that day's Newspaper4) Why some students did not ask for financial assistance5) Budget

IIM-A Case Study & Interviews on 4th March'2001

Case:Case study was similar to the "My Encounters" case study No 7. But only difference is it is a software company and not a engineering company(CHEMCO).

Interview:

Interviewers did not start with "Tell me about yourself" . They straight away asked questions based on what each candidate has written in his/her biodata form.

Every candidate was asked some questions on mathematics like statistics or derivations of well known mathematical formula.

Some candidates were asked on areas totally different from their areas of specialisation. This is to check whether the candidate is able to handle stress.

IIM - A Case study and Interview on 5/3/2001 and 6/3/2001

Case:The case study was similar to the case study No: 17 and 18 of "My encounters".

Interview:

Mechanical Engineers were asked on Milling, Lathe, CNC machines Some candidates were asked about GDP, GNP and GDP of various countries.

The currencies of various countries The per capita income of various countries were asked Members of ASEAN Overall impression is the panel is trying to see if the candidate can keep

his/her cool when questioned in areas totally different from their field of specialization

IIM-A Case Study & Interviews on 3rd March'2001

Venue : IIFT, Delhi

Case Study : Duration : 20 min.

Group Size : 8

Panel Size : 3

The case study involved discussion on the relief work carried out after the earthquake at Gujarat. A person in-charge of carrying life-saving drugs is stopped by another who claims to be related to the local MP and he takes the drugs away.

What is the person in-charge supposed to do now ??

Note: The time given for reading & thinking was 5 mins.

Interview Questions.

Duration : 25 - 35 mins.Panel Size : 3

Final Comments : The personal interviews have been manageable for students who have been laying a lot of stress on self analysis, SWOT analysis, revising their fundamentals, and developing a desire to own responsibility for their actions. In fact, most of what is taught by trainers came in very handy for students as having had the mock interview practice earlier, the chances of repetitive errors were minimised. If you are an MBA aspirant, keep watching this space for more real life feedback from the campuses. The personal interviews have been manageable for students who have been laying a lot of stress on self analysis, SWOT analysis, revising their fundamentals, and developing a desire to own responsibility for their actions. In fact, most of what is taught by trainers came in very handy for students as having had the mock interview practice earlier, the chances of repetitive errors were minimised. If you are an MBA aspirant, keep watching this space for more real life feedback from the campuses. The personal interviews have been manageable for students who have been laying a lot of stress on self analysis, SWOT analysis, revising their fundamentals, and developing a desire to own responsibility for their actions. In fact, most of what is taught by trainers came in very handy for students as having had the mock interview practice earlier, the chances of repetitive errors were minimised. If you are an MBA aspirant, keep watching this space for more real life feedback from the campuses.

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