Personal Interview Questions - Part 4

These are the actual questions asked in interviews, arranged according to the respective institutes and academic stream of interviewees. The list spans interviews over 4 calender years.

IIM-L

Engineering
Kashit Alam (B.Tech, Textile)
1. Tell us about yourself.
2. Hobbies and character-building
3. Basketball scenario in India
4. Considerations in playing snooker
5. Why MBA?
6. Salary expectations
7. How is Indian textile industry doing?

Akshay Saxena (B.Tech, Chemical)
1. Tell us about yourself.
2. Sugar industry — chemic

Akshay Saxena (B.Tech, Chemical)
1. Tell us about yourself.
2. Sugar industry — chemical process
3. Music and movies
4. Operating systems — examples and difference

Commerce
Nidhi (BCom) (HR resource in an organisation)
1. Why do you have such diverse interests?
2. Do you travel a lot — where?
3. What does your father do?
4. What do you do in your job?
5. Are the psychological tests reliable? (”We do a lot of these tests during recruitment/training”)

Kapil Manchanda (ACWA) work experience
1. Calculus — differential and integral
2. My work experience
3. Balance sheet, profit and loss account — why and what on entries?

Science
Meenakshi (BSc, Computer)
1. Cauvery Dam issue
2. What were the trouble-shooting measures used there?
3. How has NAFTA helped Canada? (”I had stayed in Canada for some time”)
4. Compare and contrast the Indian and Canadian cultures.
5. Why do you want to study in India, why not in Canada/Australia?

Management
Ashima Sharma (BBA)
1. Compare marketing strategy of De Beers and Mercedes.
2. How would you market liquor?
3. Will you take up a job with ITC?
4. Change in HR practices over the years
5. Career goals
6. Order in which you will go to IIMs and why?

Economics
Amit Diwan (BA Hons., Economics)
1. Capital convertibility. Is it advisable for India?
2. Why are you wearing a tie?
3. What preference do you have for specialization?
4. What application does economics have for management?
5. Why are so many economics guys coming today?
6. Why don’t you consider MA?

Shweta Aggarwal (BA Hons., Economics)
1. How did your GD go?
2. Indifference curves, utility concepts
3. Law of demand, exceptions
4. Types of goods — normal, inferior, giffin.
5. Find an economical situation to prevent the degradation of forests.

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