Calling all ISB Applicants - (2016 Intake) Class of 2017

Wondering the same. ashgirl : what your application status states currently?

Hi, Anyone from Delhi got an interview invite yet? I heard dates for Delhi interview are 21-22 Nov.

Quick interview debrief if anybody is interested:

Panel was 2 alumni.
After short introductions we got into the interview. They started with a joke about my extra acads, atmosphere was quite friendly.
I was asked to tell them about myself.
Subsequent questions were all related to my work, my role in the organization etc.
We ended with a typical HR type question "Something that annoys you & Anything you want to ask us".

I was in there for well over 40 mins but overall the experience was very positive.

Interesting. I wonder how they gauge the myriad candidates through different types of interviews; some walk into a stress interview, while others get a regular formal interview while yet others are judged during a casual chat. How do they equalize and judge with such varying modes? Is there some methodology?
Anyone familiar with the system care to throw some light on the subject?

I think mine was similar- started off very well and left me confused towards the end. There was no grilling of any sort, the entire interview was just a friendly conversation. Almost 90% of my interview revolved around why MBA and my post MBA career plans. However things took a turn for the worse at the latter half and the panel thought I was a very technical guy and felt I would be better off doing a Masters or something similar. I definitely did not intend for the interview to take such a turn, but I guess I should expect a 50% chance of a ding now.

I was wondering the same. My interview was quite a stress test - I was asked puzzles and some general knowledge questions. I was also grilled quite a bit about my job roles and responsibilities, extra curriculars and there were absolutely no general questions (tell us about yourself, why mba, why isb, post mba). I wonder how they will evaluate my candidature against say someone with a similar profile but a casual interview. Really quite stressed about it all.

For the people who were grilled- what was your average work experience? In my case I have about 8 years of experience and I'm guessing that had something to do with why they weren't keen on making it a stress test.

Usually the strongest and the weakest candidates face the stress interview. (ISB interviews are more often than not very friendly)
Grilling also happens when post mba plans and career goals are not clear or convincing.

I hope i come in the stronger category! i have good work ex, good acads n gmat, and am quite clear on why mba. And although it started off as a stress test, by the end the panel had loosened up and become much warmer. How did your interview go?

PS: I have 3.3 years of work experience

I posted my interview exp. earlier in this thread.

Read it now. Don't know what to make of it either. Mine was pretty much exactly the opposite. And went on for almost 45 minutes.

Has ISB rolled out interview calls for Delhi?

Interview Debrief
Date : 7 Nov
Time : 10:45 AM
Location : Hyderabad

Reached ISB by 9 :20 after travelling 40 KM's in the city(My home and ISB are exactly at the opposite ends of Hyderabad). After signing the attendance sheet, sat in the allotted waiting space for interviewees . There were 40 interviews scheduled for the day and 10 different panels for taking those 40
Started chatting with fellow interviewees regarding their profiles and other B school apps. Surprised to find out that five guys I spoke to came from non traditional IT background. One was an CA, other from merchant navy, other from family business and two more from heavy engineering background. Not sure though, but I think most of the first batch came from pool 1, as some one has pointed out earlier.

I was called into one of the two rooms allotted for writing the one word essay. Felt happy after looking at the word( I think one of the easiest words to write an essay). I initially wrote few pointers in the rough page and translated them in the main page. Wrote about 70-75 words on the word. You are allowed to use your mobile phones while writing the essay( although I hadn't used it ).

An young guy(probable alumni) came out and called my name. We shook hands as he took me to the interview room.
There were three interviewers, mostly two alums and an Adcom member. We shook hands and sat down( , Couldn't remember even a single name of the interviewers).
An alum asked me start with the routine tell me about yourself answer. Even before I completely finished my answer, follow up questions started and continued till the interview finished. The questions asked are :

1. Gave me a case study(happened somewhere in an industry few years back) and asked me to predict the probable root cause of the situation. Totally stumped by the question. Tried to predict the cause, but failed. After discussing for a while, the Adcom member gave the answer. . Thought about the answer, but didn't mention it to them as it seemed trivial. Tried explaining them that our industry has automated systems to take care of that type of situations.
2.Brief me about your job role- Explained
3. How did you arrive at the savings/ quantitative figures mentioned in the essays- Explained.
4. Few questions about the job routine - explained.
5. Your 3 strengths and 2 weaknesses( topic digressed even before I finished my strengths)
6. Tell me about the achievement that you have mentioned in your essay- Explained( The interviewers, particularly one alum, seemed confused about my answer )
7. Any questions for us- asked a couple of questions. The Adcom member gave a detailed answer for both of my questions.
8. Interrupted by an alum and was asked about my preferred post PGP industry. - Explained( This time she looked even more confused )

The interview lasted for about 35 minutes. Mixed feelings as how the interview went.
No questions about Why MBA or Why ISB. The questions were focused solely on my job role and my achievements in my role.
I could've done better in the case study, but anxiety got better of me. Gave too many guesses before the final answer clicked.

Sorry for the grammatical mistakes. Haven't cross checked much.

Now, the long wait starts.

GL buddy, at least you aren't alone....

Interviewed at Hyderabad at 12:15.

Debrief: Well the one word given to write the essay was pretty straight forward. As a tip to those waiting for calls/ waiting for the PI itself, do not sweat this part. It actually helps because you arent just waiting outside and staring at your watch. This helped talk to others as well.

As for the PI itself:

Panel consisted of 2 alums and as someone mentioned before, I think the panel is decided based on which background you come from so that they are able to grasp what you say easily.

My interview started with an ice breaker(something on which airlines i took to fly in ) .

1. Walk me through your resume (they let me go all the way till the end , with no follow ups in between)
2. I had mentions a couple of companies as dreams in my essays, so they asked why only these 2 mentioned specifically? What about other giants?
3. Whats the product development cycle you have used? Do you think they are of any use or after a while those are just procedures?
4. How did you end up researching on ISB? And something on the lines of campus preference.
5. Questions for us?

Well, TBH, i felt confident after my interview but now that I start thinking of the answers I gave, I keep wondering if they were satisfied or not with my answers.

But its done now and the long wait begins.

Good luck to all!!

Anyone from US who opted for a Skype interview got an invite ?

Guys anyone who opted for Delhi as preferred location and got an interview invite?
I am feeling a bit on the edge now. Haven't heard a word from the adcom!