IIM Interview Questions

And how do you know all of them were legitimate? How do you know people didn’t just tick random options in all questions?

What is this called?

So how did you even get these responses? Did you send out a mail?

How good are you in statistics?

How do you rate yourself in statistics?

What are the different probability distributions.

Explain with real-life examples.

Mathematical expression for Poisson distribution?

Explain mean, mode, median.

He gave me a few numbers and asked me to find the mean, mode, and median of that data set.

You explained the mean, mode, and median mathematically. Tell me a scenario where median and mode make more sense than the mean. You have 15 seconds to think.

What is your favourite subject in psychology and what do you like about it?

Let's shift to maths now. Asked about minima/maxima and how to find them. Gave a function f(x)= x^4 and was asked to find it's minima.

Explain your final year project in detail, Nishant.

You are not coming clear. Use this sheet of paper and explain again.

If you plan to explain things by writing only, then better speak them out.

Okay. What is the difference between a diesel engine and a petrol engine?

So, Nishant. You have taken part in some Mathematics Olympiad. You must be good with puzzles. Are you?

Yes, Traditional Mathematics. Mind if I ask you a question on Geometry?

Prove that every triangle is an isosceles triangle.

I understand this is a difficult thing to prove. Just give some logic.

Okay, leave that. Prove that Zero = one.