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07 Nov 2020, 03:35
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Scheduled slot: 14:30
Panel - 7
Interview was advanced by 15 minutes (Informed by call)
Interview went on for 30 minutes
Background: ~5 years of work experience, currently in Investment Banking.
Extempore, again, was the same topic:
Do you think Atma Nirbhar bharat is a political gimmick and chinese imports can't be replaced in near future?
I asked the panel on the exact time period they were referring to with the words "Near future". The profs just asked me to carry on. I pointed out that Atma Nirbhar is not a political gimmick. But, reduced dependency on China might not happen in the next 10 years. They asked me about further steps the government could implement to reduce dependency. (Approximately 5 minutes)
The rest of the interview was a grill on Why an MBA, Why my long term objective, Why not try and achieve my long term objective right away, and one final question on most significant achievement in my latest job.
Hope that helps, guys. Good luck with the process.
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Panel - 7
Interview was advanced by 15 minutes (Informed by call)
Interview went on for 30 minutes
Background: ~5 years of work experience, currently in Investment Banking.
Extempore, again, was the same topic:
Do you think Atma Nirbhar bharat is a political gimmick and chinese imports can't be replaced in near future?
I asked the panel on the exact time period they were referring to with the words "Near future". The profs just asked me to carry on. I pointed out that Atma Nirbhar is not a political gimmick. But, reduced dependency on China might not happen in the next 10 years. They asked me about further steps the government could implement to reduce dependency. (Approximately 5 minutes)
The rest of the interview was a grill on Why an MBA, Why my long term objective, Why not try and achieve my long term objective right away, and one final question on most significant achievement in my latest job.
Hope that helps, guys. Good luck with the process.
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VaibhavNagar
GMAT 2: 740 Q49 V42
Posts: 17
07 Nov 2020, 03:40
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Interviewed by 2 Profs today. Interview was delayed by 1 hour.
Extempore: 10-15 mins (1 minute to gather my thoughts and then had to start)
1. Had to speak for or against: "Business education degree doesn't matter to grow in the corporate ladder". I spoke against it and gave my reasons with caveats.
2. Follow up Qs: Why would an engineer or a coder need business education ever? They can work on an OS or some technical product and grow. Defended it by providing a normal career progression of a tech professional and that I've seem my alumns transitioning eventually. Plus even in one's own tech venture, once the scale of things increases diff aspects related to finance, marketing, coordination with Govt and regulators emerge and one would need knowledge about these aspects and would need to hire people who deal with this stuff and to manage these people and teams, formal education would help.
Rest of the interview: around 15 mins
1. Tell me about yourself: tried to show my personality, my career progression, hobbies, and current role
2. Specific work experience related Qs: what are the factors that you take into consideration to manage and oversee investment of public money, is there a gap between regulators and industry, why insurance penetration/coverage is poor in India - tried to present balanced answers and core reasons along with solutions
3. General Qs: what would you focus on specifically during the studies here - tried linking my goals here
4. Qs for the Profs: Had 2 Qs in mind - what about the International Immersion in COVID times (Profs said its uncertain and asked me to check with PGPX office), and asked about IIM-A's bid to make UP a 1 trillion economy (Profs said they have produced many great managers, and providing consulting is their fundamental right
, and the graduates will also help in this venture, more info cannot be provided he said).
Overall feel: Calm, pleasant conversation, not a stress interview, didn't feel "grilled"
Advice: Be confident in whatever you say, try keeping the answers crisp and simple and stop whenever you realize you've been rambling (I was stopped once), and hope for the best!
*Fin*
Extempore: 10-15 mins (1 minute to gather my thoughts and then had to start)
1. Had to speak for or against: "Business education degree doesn't matter to grow in the corporate ladder". I spoke against it and gave my reasons with caveats.
2. Follow up Qs: Why would an engineer or a coder need business education ever? They can work on an OS or some technical product and grow. Defended it by providing a normal career progression of a tech professional and that I've seem my alumns transitioning eventually. Plus even in one's own tech venture, once the scale of things increases diff aspects related to finance, marketing, coordination with Govt and regulators emerge and one would need knowledge about these aspects and would need to hire people who deal with this stuff and to manage these people and teams, formal education would help.
Rest of the interview: around 15 mins
1. Tell me about yourself: tried to show my personality, my career progression, hobbies, and current role
2. Specific work experience related Qs: what are the factors that you take into consideration to manage and oversee investment of public money, is there a gap between regulators and industry, why insurance penetration/coverage is poor in India - tried to present balanced answers and core reasons along with solutions
3. General Qs: what would you focus on specifically during the studies here - tried linking my goals here
4. Qs for the Profs: Had 2 Qs in mind - what about the International Immersion in COVID times (Profs said its uncertain and asked me to check with PGPX office), and asked about IIM-A's bid to make UP a 1 trillion economy (Profs said they have produced many great managers, and providing consulting is their fundamental right
, and the graduates will also help in this venture, more info cannot be provided he said).Overall feel: Calm, pleasant conversation, not a stress interview, didn't feel "grilled"
Advice: Be confident in whatever you say, try keeping the answers crisp and simple and stop whenever you realize you've been rambling (I was stopped once), and hope for the best!
*Fin*
