This is an IIM CAP 2024 Personal Interview (PI) experience of a fresher (9/9/9) conducted on 20/02/2024. The panel asked a mix of undergraduate mechanical engineering academics (fluids, engines), current affairs/business context (Qatar-related news), and HR/personal questions (background, hobbies, family).
TMAY( answered)
Your favourite subjects in undergraduation? (fluids and ic engines)
What is Bernoulli's Theorem?(told)
IMT G (INTERVIEW) Reviews? , was my best chance I guess I fucked it up.
This is an IMT Ghaziabad interview experience describing a stress-style PI with two female panelists (marketing and finance), including a WAT topic and detailed back-and-forth on HR, current affairs, and marketing basics. The candidate was grilled on personal background (college/Vivekananda), gap reason, why MBA, business news/recession, and core marketing/digital concepts, along with campus preference questions (Ghaziabad vs Hyderabad/Nagpur).
Welingkar Interview experience, don't know what to make out of it, HELPP!! 😭
This is a detailed Welingkar Mumbai PI experience of a biotech final-year candidate. The panel focused on HR motivation (why Welingkar/why RBA vs other options), situational decision-making (job offers), and domain-adjacent biotech/ethics questions (DNA profiling/editing, anti-aging creams), along with a brief comment on being aware of current happenings.
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This post shares learnings from a free mock PI conducted for an 8/7/7 IT engineer with 5 months of data engineering workex. It provides practical tips on structuring a concise, narrative-driven introduction, giving specific and evidence-backed answers to “Why MBA,” preparing static GK tied to one’s background, and revising core academics/work-linked concepts (with an example case on building a real-estate price prediction model).
'Played guitar for the panelists' kinda CAP PI (Confused AF)
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What is Kurnol(idk what cycle) Cycle?( i am not aware)
What books did you refer for Fluid Mechanics( R.K. Rajput)
Who is the Foreign Minister of India?
Any business context news you have read in the newspaper?(told about the intern at iim nagpur and how my guide has told to find business context in the recent Qatar release of 8 navy veterans)
What are your hobbies?( Football and Novels)
Which football club do you support?( Fc Barcelona)
Stadium in Barcelona( idk)
Net worth of Barcelona FC?(idk)
Current Players of FC Barcelona( told but not satisfied)
The qatar deal you said that india signed, was that of LNG or LPG?( Lng)
Why you said LPG before?( Sorry sir i might have fumbled)
What is the difference between LNG and LPG?(told)
What is the difference between IC and EC engine( told perfectly)
Is steam engine an IC engine or EC engine?(told)
What will happen if petrol is put in a diesel engine?(Told perfectly)
What will happen if diesel is put in petrol engine?(told perfectly)
So you are currently studying at SVNIT( Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology), speak about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.( Told perfectly, was stopped and told you know it better than yourself)
Why have you done your schooling from Jaipur if you are from Nagpur?( Father's transferrable job
What is your fathers designation?
This is a CAP PI interview experience of a GEM fresher where the panel unexpectedly focused on conversational probing (dry fruits/almonds), regional/social reformers, and basic economics/finance concepts rather than engineering or current affairs. The interview also included an impromptu demonstration of the candidate’s guitar hobby and follow-up HR probing around pursuing music vs MBA.