IIM Ahmedabad Interview Transcript 1
GNEF, 99.91%ile, 98/99/86
B Com (H)
Final year student, Fresher
Interview: Panel 4, Afternoon Slot
M1, F1
Duration: 30 minutes
AWT: About a law forbidding employees from having work discussions with employers outside office hours
F1: Hi Riddhi, how do you feel?
R: I'm excited and happy to be here
F1: That's good, so you're in your final year only. Why Mba now?
R: Highlighted how it's a progression from B.Com, practical aspects, more opportunities
F1: What's your favorite subject?
R: Comfortable with all, like accounting and finance
F1: What is capm
R: told
F1: Explain each aspect to me
R: told
F1: How is beta calculated
R: told
F1: How to calculate wacc?
R: told
F1: How to value a business, tell the methods
R: started with faff, fife
F1: write the format
R: wrote
F1: what are ratios for valuation?
R: told
F1: why do start-ups have high p/e?
R: gave an explanation
F1: You mentioned Paytm, what is happening right now?
R: told
M1: You said you like all subjects? Do you know the accounts
R: Yes sir
M1: what is deferred revenue and how is it accounted?
R: told
M1: What is the difference between deferred and accrued revenue?
R: made an educated guess, and was right
M1: You like math?
R: I studied math in 12th and college sir
M1: Did you not learn for cat?
F1: She would have done only important topics (both started laughing)
R: No sir, I can try
M1: Asked a P&C question
R: told
M1: What is correlation and regression? what's the difference
R: told
M1: Give an example of regression
R: gave
M1: What are the independent and dependent variables?
R: told
M1: So for advertising and sales, which variable is of what kind?
R: told sales depend on advertising but there are many other factors affecting sales, mentioned a few
M1: But if sales increase won't you increase advertising?
R: said not necessarily, said other things you can do with cash in hand and more sales
M1: How are such things decided?
R: mentioned budgeting and strategy
M1: What kind of strategy is this?
R: corporate strategy since high level, then for each division it comes to functional
M1: Enough with academics, what are your hobbies?
R: Mentioned acting, said I featured in some ad campaigns as well. Spoke about my work in the Hindu's videos
F1: Wow that's great, why not pursue it more
R: gave reasoning
F1: So if not mba then what?
R: said I want to do mba immediately
F1: Did you get placed?
R: Yes, I have a PPO with Goldman Sachs
F1: Tell me about your work
R: told
F1: What post mba?
R: told
M1: That's great Riddhi, please have a good day and take a toffee.
The panel was relaxed. Most questions revolved around academics since I was a fresher
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IIM Calcutta Interview Transcript 2
Profile - 98.73 percentile.
BA (Hons.) Political Science.
Fresher. 98/97/71
4 March 2024. New Delhi.
3 panelists - P1, P2, P3
WAT: After COVID Bollywood industry is struggling to get people back in theatres. Why is it so? What can be done?
Started with basic questions asking what's my graduation stream, where am I from, etc.
P2: what do you study in political science
P2: any theorist that we as laymen would've heard of
K: told Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke
P2 and P1 started laughing saying all this is alien to us
K: I'll talk about Indian theorists then, told Raja Ram Mohan Roy
They again started laughing saying iska naam bhi nahi suna. Then I said Gandhi is also considered a political theorist
P2: I only know him because his photo is on the note. Why is he a theorist
K: because of his idea of Swaraj
P2: it wasn't the first time this idea was given
K: the first time the idea of Poorna Swaraj was given. Explained it concerning Aristotle and the American War of Independence. They laughed when I said to Aristotle that I was gonna confuse them.
P2: How is the election of USA president different from India's Prime Minister
P1: What if NOTA gets the majority?
K: either the president would call for coalition govt or re-election. Rules not formed yet
P1: will they have elections for just one seat?
K: depends on when and how it happens but elections for one seat are held. Explained Bye poll elections
P2: Do they declare the prime minister in India before the elections?
P2: are China and North Korea democratic?
P2: but they have democracy in their name
P2: how can they claim so?
P2: how can China criticize Indian democracy?
P3: What problems have you faced in college?
P3: How can you resolve them?
P3: What if you don't have enough staff for the same?
P1: Do you have any questions for us?
Got a toffee :)
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IIM Bangalore Interview Transcript 3
Profile - 98.73 percentile.
BA (Hons.) Political Science. Fresher.
2 March 2024
3 panelists - P1, P2(female), P3(alumni)
WAT: Supreme Court did not legalise same-sex marriage and gave this responsibility to parliament and state legislatures. Your views on it.
P1: you have a unique profile, why do you want to go for an MBA
P1: did you do any marketing courses in college
P1: why did you go for internships different from your graduation domain
P1: one marketing campaign that you liked. (1-2 cross questions on it)
P1: Do you know about P's in marketing
(I said there are 7Ps so they were acting surprised then I listed those out, made a blunder here, and said publicity and promotion both. They caught on to this. Forgot the 7th P)
P1: Sell yourself based on these 7Ps so that we give you admission
P3: won't you be at a disadvantage from people who have prior work ex and knowledge about the field
P3: you might fall behind in classes due to having no prior knowledge. How will you cope?
P3: won't you feel left out in discussions?
Now the real grilling...
P2: companies are promoting LGBTQIA+ what is the need to do so? What people do in their private sphere has no relation to what my company sells. Why do companies need to get involved?
K: tried to be diplomatic saying they want to be inclusive and diverse and make their employees feel at ease but they were not having it
P2: inclusivity is okay but what is the need to bring it to the workplace? Why do companies need to get involved? Your sexuality is your private affair what's the need to shout it to the world (her actual words)
K: talked about customer appeasement. Was cut again
P1: but why do companies need to get involved
K: talked about making employees feel at ease, tried to give certain links to Vishakha guidelines- how there are legal ways for women harassment but nothing for LGBTQIA+ and companies need to step up. They weren't satisfied.
More cross-questioning on this, they were mainly trying to understand why companies get involved and are so vocal about it. Why not make changes in their policy and not tell the world
P2: You have mentioned Mandela's quote in your SOP that ultimate glory lies in rising every time you fail. So we should fail you so that you can rise like a phoenix (again, actual words)
K: tried explaining the context of the quote
P2: but then you would come back again stronger so won't it be better?
P2: Who gave you an idea to write a quote in your SOP
P2: Why did you feel the need to tell us about Mandela in an SOP that was supposed to tell us about you
P1: you didn't have maths in graduation, won't it act as a hindrance in an MBA?
I had also mentioned about cancellation of board examinations and getting a low score through the formula in my SOP
P1: what was the formula?
K: it was complex and began to explain but was cut in between
P1: what formula would you have gone with?
K: 40% 10th boards and 60% 12th prelims
P1: why is 60% 10th boards and 40% 12th prelims not good? Give me an objective answer not subjective
K: tried explaining how streams are chosen in 11th and 12th and prelims are more based on the 12th board pattern that was cut in between
P1: this is very subjective give me an objective solution
P2: let me give you a hint. boards are held every year right, prelims are also held every year. Just one year boards weren't held. Now give me an answer.
K: I don't know
P1: take a minute and think
K: I can't think of a mathematical explanation
P1: no tell me objectively
K: at this point, I was so confused I started again with the earlier explanation but they cut me in between
P1: we should consider board exam results for previous years
K: tried to explain that's what happened and how it was not right
P1: didn't let me complete even one sentence and said that's all you can go now.
P2: do you have any questions for us
(I was too flabbergasted at this point so said no)
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Transcript 4- CAP Round
IIM CAP 2024 Interview
9/9/7
Btech in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Fresher
Two panelists: P1 and P2
P1: TMAY that is not provided in the form
P1: So you did Btech in ECE tell me the difference between Diode and Transistor
(Tells the diode functioning forgets the second one asks again Sir what was the second one?)
P1: Transistor
(listens resistor :( starts telling resistor)
P1: laughs nono transistor
(tells transistor)
P1: tell me semiconductor
Next, tell me ohms Law(I don’t know why I said V= LR started laughing again and I corrected it to V=IR)
P1: Tell ac and dc the current
P1: asks about an industry which I was not aware of
P1: what is Sensitivity?
P1: asks a equation (a+b) and a/b which is more sensitive
P1: what is resistance? can we change it?
Over to P2
P2: You did a lot of leadership roles. How did you motivate them?
P2: gives a situation to motivate the team members when they are getting a low salary
P2: Tell a scenario where you managed an event that was going bad and how did you manage it?
P2: Paytm issue
Done
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IIM Shillong Interview Transcript 5
Bcom(Fresher)- 83/91/77(upto 5th sem)
Extempore- Eat a Humble pie(Talked but highly humbled)
TMAY
What are your favourite subjects?
Asked some equations (Not able to answer)
What is the repo rate? (Answered)
Why do we sell at a lower and buy at a higher price in repo transactions (Answered)
6. What is MPC? (Answered)
What is its value and why between 0 to 1? (Answered)
What is SLR and why does a bank maintain it? (Answered)
How does a bank earn a profit, both commercial and non-commercial? (Answered)
What is the price elasticity of demand? (Answered but confused between proportional and percentage change)
What is the difference between an oligopoly market and a monopolistic market? (Answered and mentioned kinked demand curve)
Why oligopoly has kinked the demand curve? (Answered but was humbled and a bit confused but they corrected me for confusion)
13)How can banks help increase financial inclusion? (Answered but was a bit humbling and I think it was not satisfactory though they did not cross question)
Who is Finance Minister and RBI Governor and how do RBI and the Indian govt interact? (Answered 1st part but not able to answer 2nd)
End
Said all the best for your Final year exams and gave Toffee