IIM K interview transcript Delhi
Two panelists, both male, around early 40 late 30's
P1 : Please have a seat, how are you feeling
H: I feel good sir, just a bit nervous but I'm happy to have this opportunity
P1: Why are you nervous
H: It's my first interview and it's been a long journey from preparing for CAT and obtaining this interview
Panel gave me something to eat and asked me to relax
P1: Where did you come from ?
H : I came from my sister's place in paschim vihar
P1: By metro?
H : No sir, my sister insisted on dropping me off and it was nice to have a family member there
P1: Why not coming here from Gurgaon?
H : Couple of reasons sir, first there was an issue with jams on the border and second was that the day starts early at my sister's place much earlier than my flat
P1 : Smiles and tells P2 'you know the saying, culture eats strategy for breakfast'
P2 : Tell me about yourself
H: chronological answer from school to job
P2 : so, why MBA?
H : sir, in my job I have observed that there is a hierarchy in terms of decision making and impact one can have on a organisation, I do have ideas of myself that I want to execute and I also had exposure in terms of a prototype project, to have this impact day in day out, I would like to an MBA to bridge the gap and make me capable for that, where BITS moulded my personality, IIM could help refine it
P1 : That's a very good answer and offers me food to go
P2: Have you heard of Kiran majumder shaw?
H : Yes sir, she's the CEO of Bharat biotech
P2 : What's her significance?
H : She researched and developed an in house vaccine covaxin - a viral vector vaccine, which is a big deal as we as a country are more centred towards manufacturing and as for her, she paved the way for women CEO's
P2 : Could you name more women CEO's?
H : sir, on top of my head, its Indra Nuri for PepsiCo, vineeta Singh of Sugar and Radhika Gupta from Edweiss
P1: Would you consider Sugar a big organization?
H : Yes sir, they would be filing for an ipo soon and they have a large market share in the makeup market
P2: what are your interests?
H : I would say sports, I try to play twice a week and I'm a chelsea fan myself
P2 : oh Chelsea fan, do you know where Roman Abrahmovich is?
H : Not as of now sir, pre 2016 he used to visit the ground for matches but after a killing of a Russian national on english soil he was exiled
P2: How did the killing happen ?( While smiling)
H : Not sure sir, i remember reading that it was under mysterious circumstances, the Russians usually don't leave a mark in such cases
P2 : oh, so the exile wasn't because of the war?
H : No sir, after the exile Roman had delegated the responsibilities to his number 2 Marina and post the war the English govt forced a sale to the Todd boehly consortium
P2 : How much was chelsea sold for?
H : 2.75 + 1 billion
P1: Which is the richest football club according to you?
H : In terms of revenue it's Man City
P1 : Would richest be just revenue?
H : If we're talking about valuation then it would be real madrid
P2 : Who would be richest between the 2 clubs?
H : I think real madrid as they have a more sustainable infrastructure and a birthright to have the best players in the world whereas man City is reliant on their brilliant manager
P1 : Oh, I was expecting another answer but it's okay
P2 : Would you know the top 5 biggest companies in the world?
H : yes sir, it would be Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Saudi Aramco
P1 : Have you heard of Neom in terms of Saudi
( kinda thought they were talking about the self sustaining township but wasn't sure)
H : No sir, I'm not sure about it
P2 : Tell me about IQVIA, is it an acronym and what do they do?
H : Sir, I stands for ims health - an analytics firm and Q for quintile - consulting firm, when these 2 merged in 2016, the company became IQVIA and they are one of the biggest CRO in the world with market cap of 30 billion plus and they handle the data and analytics from end to end for clinical trials primarily
P1 : Your profile says that you anonymize data, tell me about your day to day, is it the same every day?
H : i usually handle 4 projects a month, the start of the month starts off comparatively slowly and the last 2 weeks tend to get very hectic in terms of client work, at the start of the month I would also handle the documentation and efficiency work and by the end of the month we line up the deadline for deliverables
P1 : Do you deliver projects on time?
H : yes sir, every single project has been completed under deadline
P2 : explain anonymization to us?
H : Gave a detailed answer for the same, also explaining HIPAA and classification of Personal identifiable information along with our methodologies and softwares
P1 : Okay, so that would be it, thanks for your time, we hope to give you good news on your candidature and enjoy your interview journey