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- Me - just give me a sec mam (was enabling camera)
- F- ok sure manan
- Me - yes mam am I audible and visible?
- F- yes manan How are your feelings
- Me - quite fine mam how are you
- F- I am fine feeling the heat
- Me - yes a bit mam
- F - indeed you should feel a bit, but you asked me how am I so that is on the low side for the heat
- Me- smiled a bit
- F- ok manan so you play guitar
- Me - yes mam indeed
- F- so do you also sing
- Me- mam professionally I am a guitarist but I do sing at times
- F- ok that's nice can you tell me how the guitar will help you in management
- Me- told a few points seemed satisfied
- F - so manan do you read news
- Me - yes mam I do read but there could have been a few things which I might have missed(played safe here)
- F- ok so which news do you read
- F- ok so in economics what
- Me - what new happenings are there how business are working and told about reliance zero carbon fuel told how it's related to both eco and environment
- F- ok manan so you were a topper in class 10th . Why low scores in 12th and grad
- Me - told she was satisified
- F- manan can you give me name of 3 economists and there works
- F- ok manan thank you that was quite nice you can log out now
- Me- thank you mam and logged out
Two-member panel. Both elderly gentlemen.
No, tell me something about yourself or why MBA.
Lots of questions on my hobbies and my career goals.
The interview lasted around 10 min.
Panel 5
- Why left job ? ( Have gap of 11 months )
- Are nationalised banks managed well ? ( I went to NPAs )
- How to reduce NPA problem ?
- Why is the stock market rising so much?
- Tell us something you want us to know about you?
The interview started at 9.30
Went for about 20 minutes
Panel: 1 male prof(M1) and 1 female prof(F1)
Started by sharing greetings
There was slight confusion with my course name. So, clarified it. It's BFIA aka BBA(FIA) aka BBA.
F1 asked about what courses I took in my ug. I told that majorly finance and told the name of the subjects.
After noticing that I have courses in economics too, asked a little bit about economics. He asked the difference between macro and microeconomics. After a few cross-questions, he asked if I'm comfortable with stats and numbers. I said that I'm fairly comfortable with it as I studied stats and econometrics.
Further questions about OLS. A brief discussion on OLS.
F1 asked about FinTech. I mentioned that I'm interested in Fintech in the form. Had a discussion around Fintech and wealth tech.
Then, M1 asked about Investment banking.
Questions: do you think investment banking and commercial banking should be separate.
Talked about it not being that aligned in India. Casually moved on to 2008 financial crisis. Had a discussion around the financial crisis
Panel 2: A male prof. & female Alumni maybe
No tell me about yourself & Why MBA qsns
They asked me basic questions on my profile & basic finance stock market things
Panel 5, Slot: 10:15 AM, Interview started at 11:10, over by 11:20
Started off with casual hi-hello and then they asked me to tell me something about myself.
- P1: So do you like Computer Science?
- Me: Yes
- P1: Why management then?
- Me: Told how I worked in Product Support and wanted to move into Prod Man and how MBA helps me
- P1: Which is your favourite subject?
- Me: Computer Network
- P1: What is the 7 layers of networking?
- Me: Explained completely
- P1: Why was it made?
- Me: (Didn't really know why) It makes it easier to understand and compartmentalizes things
- P1: Okay I'm done, asks P2 if he has any questions
- P2: Tell me about regulating FB, Twitter etc
- Me: Spoke about PDP bill, how they are regulated in EU
- P2: Let's talk about India. Do you think what the govt is asking Twitter to do, is it legal?
- Me: Told a little about that. Said Twitter isn't bound to do whatever the government asks.
Then they were like we're done. Asked me a bit about if I had any technical problems or not with the whole interview process. I said no. They were like okay, thank you.
Panel 5, two elderly gentlemen
Total time ~15 min
- Tech fresher
The interview basically had two sections. The first was on public sector banks (privatization, mergers, etc), RBI policy, global exchange rates. The second part was on my hobby.
No math, no HR, no acads
PANEL 1
2 male professors
Post greetings one person asked me how comfortable I'm with maths
I said I like playing with numbers
Asked me around 5 questions related to arithmetic mean, which went well
A lame equation on cos and sine with 4 terms adding up to 5 ..asked me to solve it but I took 30 odd seconds which were meaningless..but did say no finally and explained
Also asked a question that what if we continously take cube root of a positive number, where will it tend. I was a noob to say that I'm not sure but it might tend to 0 (the answer as I check now is 1)
Also the other guy asked questions about my home town and my birthplace
(A question for Mumbai peeps, why is Fort called Fort?)
Two name related questions too were asked
Asked me to give 2 positives and 2 negatives regarding the budget.. and how do u think we can increase the income of the country
That's it, no academic questions, no hobby related questions.
All the best!
Y'all will rock!
Panel 2 11:35 am | 1 male prof 1 female prof
Q1. What are you doing now? (Since I took time off for civil services)
Ans. Presented my case
Q2. When did you leave your job?
Q3. Why did you go for civil services? So MBA is plan B
How did u do there ?
Q4. GK ones :
-any recent case going on in USA? Couldn't recall
You seem to be out of touch with US news
Anyone u can compare with Trump in India?
Ans. Avoided Modi, went for Kangana Ranaut
Why so?
-Why is the globe tilted? a manufacturing defect?
Q5. What did u do at ZS?
Q6. U say your long term goal is a meaningful and fulfilling life ¦ so u are non-ambitious? Isn't it?
Q7. Any recent books that u read(mentioned this in the hobby)
Ans. mentioned Imagining India and Burning forests of Bastar(Nandini Sundar)
Follow-up Q - has Nandini Sundar been awarded recently? Couldn't recall any - turns out won The Malcolm and Elizabeth prize in 2017
Q8. Did u face any technical issues during this interview?
Panel 1
two male Gave a 5-degree equation and asked abt roots.
Asked question on the mean.
On probability.
Abt my place.
Question from my profile form
Panel 1
Two male professors
Linear programming problem
Differentiation of x^x
Temples present in my hometown
About my mother's profession
Why farmers from Punjab and Haryana only protesting?
Here's the transcript of my interview with Panel 5. Might help some CSE grads
Panel 1
two male Gave a 5-degree equation and asked abt roots.
Asked question on the mean.
On probability.
Abt my place.
Question from my profile form
Panel 1
Two male professors
Linear programming problem
Differentiation of x^x
Temples present in my hometown
About my mother's profession
Why farmers from Punjab and Haryana only protesting?
Here's the transcript of my interview with Panel 5. Might help some CSE grads
- P1 : How are you doing? Were you asking other applicants about questions being asked?
- Me: I did read a couple of transcripts earlier today, but I was listening to music while I was in the waiting room.
- P1: So you are interested in music? What kind of music do you listen to?
- Me: I listen to many genres of music depending on mood, but I love lyrical rap the most. I like artists like NF and Eminem. You must have heard of him.
- P1: I have no idea about music. Which country is Eminem from?
- Me: USA
- P1: Can you name Indian musicians?
- Me: Lata Mangeshkar, Anu Malik
- P1: Those are singers. Name an Indian band
- Me: The Local Train
- P1: What is the kind of work u do in oyo.
- Me: I have been working on the backed of oyolife since 5 months.
- P1: Companies like Oyo, Uber can be called a part of the ˜gig economy'. What does it mean?
- Me: I have heard the term, but I've no idea what it means.
- P1: Besides music, do you follow the news much?
- Me: I follow news related to technology, especially consumer tech, and also cricket.
- P1: What is aatmanirbhar bharat? Name some Indian mobile companies which can contribute to it.
- Me: It's the idea of using indigenous products to help the economy. Micromax and Lava are two companies which can do it. But it will take a long time to beat the competitors.
- P1: So which industry do you think can be instrumental in aatmanirbhar bharat now.
- Me: (Guessed) FMCG
- P1: Signals P2 to continue
- P2: What is your favorite subject?
- Me: DSA
- P2: What is an NP-Hard problem
- Me:
- P2: What is hashing? Can any function be called a hash function?
- Me: . Yes, any function can be called a hash function, though there may be collisions.
- P2: How can you resolve it?
- Me: Probing
- P2: How does Google Maps work?
- Me: Satellites track our position using the sensor in the phone. We need a minimum of 3 satellites to track latitude, longitude, and altitude.
- P2: Where are these satellites?
- Me: these are geostationary satellites (I realised it was wrong as soon as I said it).
- P2: No
- Me: Yes, you're right. They're closer.
- P2:What is the height of a geostationary satellite?
- Me: 36k km
- P2: What about the GPS satellite?
- Me: It's lower but I don't know the height.
- P2: Does Google own these satellites?
- Me: No. These are owned by the US government.
- P2: Very good. You may now leave.
Tell me about yourself
I am in Imtiyay .I was born in a village near Raj Mahal which is in Jharkhand. My name itself means distinction . I was a good student in school. I have got 9.6 CGPA in matric and as I was interesting story and fiction ,so I took literature as my graduation subject. I love music and I also sing quite well . I have also written a few stories. I think I am a creative person and I am a research oriented person. I like to motivate my friends and give them practical and realistic advices. that's it.
any specific achievement
as of now I haven't achieved what I desire for but I have got 86 percentile in CAT that is quite an achievement for me, because last few years have been tough for me I was, academically I Got low scores ,so it is quite an achievement for me and I was a good student in my school ,getting 9.6 CGPA is also an achievement for me.
why MBA after literature
because my long-term goal is to work in a senior executive position in an MNC . if I go for PG in English, then my goal will be delayed so it's better for me to go for an MBA right now.
you will have to learn maths finance accounting marketing how will you cope up with that
I think I have enough motivation and I am open to learning. I am introspectibe in nature .I know my weaknesses .I will try to face any challenge that will be given to me.
your favourite subject of literature
actually there were Honours papers like poetry prose etc
tell me the difference between Hycho and sonnet
I don't know about Hicko and sonnet , it consists of 14 lines and there are four lines and there are ,I tried to explain but I fumbled for half a minute and couldn't explain properly .mam said it's ok
hobbies
I love music and I am a good singer as well
what form of music do you like
these days I am listening more like ghazals and I use to listen to old songs , semi classical, ghazals, these types of songs
any special achievement
right from my childhood I was an introvert kind of guy, so I haven't participated as such in so many competitions
maam said, sir, I think we are done, but sir started asking me you are from Jharkhand right, who is the finance minister of Jharkhand
I took some moments ad then I said I can't recollect now
then he asked when was Jharkhand created
so I told them it was created in 2001 I think
so Imtiaz we are done with your interview
P1
About College?
Projects and academics?
(Mostly asked about the project, technology, and how u will bring technology into the business)
How will u contribute yourself in MBA college?
P2
Why grades are low?
Extempore (how social media affecting the youth )
About Covax vaccine ?
What is your dream company ?
Duration above 15 min
