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Hi. Below is a list of questions we collated from different applicants who had interviews for ISB PGP R2 last weekend in Delhi. • Can you walk me through your current role and day-to-day responsibilities? • What parts of your job cannot be replaced or automated by AI? Why? • How has your career progressed so far, and what logic guided your key moves? • Why did you choose ? What other options were you evaluating at the time? • How do Non-Performing Assets in the US banking system compare with those in India? • How do you evaluate the trade-off between stability in an MNC and ambiguity in a startup? • Tell me about a time you had a conflict within your team. How did you handle it? • What has been the most challenging situation you’ve faced professionally? • What would you say is your biggest weakness? • What is your opinion on Donald Trump’s proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10%? • If you were not pursuing an MBA, what would your next career step be? • Why ISB specifically? Why not schools like LBS or INSEAD. Those are more aligned with Finance roles? • Why are you applying now and not in Round 1? • Why do you want to pursue an MBA at this stage of your career? • What sparked your interest in ? • Rate yourself on the following attributes and explain your reasoning: self-control, social intelligence, and curiosity. • Tell me something about yourself that is not captured on your CV. • You mentioned about your podcast experience. Can you talk about specific episodes. • Since you have mentioned about DEI in your essays, imagine in your post MBA role you need to convince your country head to hire transgender employees. How would you make the case? • What are your views on AI? Where do you believe AI should not be used? • What do you want to do professionally after your MBA? • What are your key weaknesses? • What do you think are the five most important qualities of a good product manager? • Why do you want to pursue an MBA? Note the following: - The backgrounds of the applicants were varied - Software Engineer, Economics Graduate, Program Manager etc. - I have deliberately mentioned to ensure that that NO PII is shared. - This is by NO means an exhaustive list and only captures the interview experiences of the applicants whom we had mentored with our Mock Interview Prep Services. Please reach out in case you have any specific questions or seeking help.

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Hi. Below is a list of questions we collated from different applicants who had interviews for ISB PGP R2 last weekend in Delhi.

• Can you walk me through your current role and day-to-day responsibilities?
• What parts of your job cannot be replaced or automated by AI? Why?
• How has your career progressed so far, and what logic guided your key moves?
• Why did you choose <Company X>? What other options were you evaluating at the time?
• How do Non-Performing Assets in the US banking system compare with those in India?
• How do you evaluate the trade-off between stability in an MNC and ambiguity in a startup?
• Tell me about a time you had a conflict within your team. How did you handle it?
• What has been the most challenging situation you’ve faced professionally?
• What would you say is your biggest weakness?
• What is your opinion on Donald Trump’s proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10%?
• If you were not pursuing an MBA, what would your next career step be?
• Why ISB specifically? Why not schools like LBS or INSEAD. Those are more aligned with Finance roles?
• Why are you applying now and not in Round 1?
• Why do you want to pursue an MBA at this stage of your career?
• What sparked your interest in <chosen field of study>?
• Rate yourself on the following attributes and explain your reasoning: self-control, social intelligence, and curiosity.
• Tell me something about yourself that is not captured on your CV.
• You mentioned about your podcast experience. Can you talk about specific episodes.
• Since you have mentioned about DEI in your essays, imagine in your post MBA role you need to convince your country head to hire transgender employees. How would you make the case?
• What are your views on AI? Where do you believe AI should not be used?
• What do you want to do professionally after your MBA?
• What are your key weaknesses?
• What do you think are the five most important qualities of a good product manager?
• Why do you want to pursue an MBA?

Note the following:
- The backgrounds of the applicants were varied - Software Engineer, Economics Graduate, Program Manager etc.
- I have deliberately mentioned <placeholders> to ensure that that NO PII is shared.
- This is by NO means an exhaustive list and only captures the interview experiences of the applicants whom we had mentored with our Mock Interview Prep Services.

Please reach out in case you have any specific questions or seeking help.

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I’m applying for ISB R3 (deadline: Jan 25, 2026) and my application is almost complete. But I’m not able to find the scholarship essay/section that needs to be submitted along with the application.

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