Scheduled time: 11:00 Started by 11:30 Experience : 10 yrs in Mfg R&D, PSU Extempore topic is 3 lines long and escense is india should support big firms to enter global marketplace. If Companies within india compet within themselves will lose the global game. Spoke in favour for couple of minutes and tons of counter argument from their end. Asked about my company and what support govt should do in economic wise for my company. Made a point that we are working without any support in the past & are competitive. They made a link to my extempore stand that without support you company is growing. So why govt shlould back big firm. What do I do? What software i use for design? Why not analysis? Why not switch to Private for growth ? Why MBA ? What extra I could do apart from my R&D role in this 10 yr ? After MBA role I seek wont be this interesting as my present role? Total : 25 min approx.

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.

My interview - Engineering Professional 9+ years. Extempore topic - Do you think IIM Ahmedabad should open campuses in USA to study about emerging markets. They asked me to speak about 3 minutes ... Ended in 1 minute. I took an affirmative stand. Then the young professor took the opposite. He gave 2 points. I countered one and interrupted me on the next. The older prof interrupted the whole conversation and asked me about my work. Then tried to phrase a question - what do you think about drinking water and the whole scene). I gave a broken answer and then he immediately corrected himself and said oh you don’t work on that. Final question, why MBA - I tried to brush my profile -they said we are fully aware and tried to explain. Started at 344 pm Ended at 407 pm About 20 minutes industry- water and wastewater Treatment

Hello I just finished my interview- my extempore was - Should India provide free education at all levels as public policy. my interview started with tell us about yourself, work, profile and then close to 20 mins of arguments on extempore and ended with a small chat on extracurriculars total 33 mins interview

This year first a five-minute mock session to test the systems was held. On the day of the interview, the person who conducted the mock waited with me and then ushered me into the interview room where two Profs. were present. After greetings, a Professor asked me to speak on a topic randomly selected by him from a bowl of chits for a few minutes (I do not remember the exact duration) and the preparation time was ninety seconds. I could choose to change the topic, but after choosing to change the topic, I could not revert to the first topic. My topic was "should work from home be made mandatory in cities with high pollution or traffic congestion?". I continued with the topic. I took the stand that mandatory work from home will impede the growth of many organisations and gave examples to support my argument. After I completed a Professor countered with two other examples. I agreed with one and disagreed with the other and relied on examples from my personal experience. Afterwards, the Professors asked me to speak about my professional journey and end it with my post-MBA target. The discussion on this went into three trajectories qualitatively- my work experience, my post-MBA goals and other options that I might consider. The duration of the interview was around 15 minutes.

Medium used: Zoom. Duration: 30 Minutes. Interview Panel: Professors (Males - Two). Questions asked: 1. Started with extempore topic. My topic was "Should India develop its own vaccine for COVID-19 or should it take outside help? Was given 1 min to prepare and then I spoke for about 3 min. There was then a discussion on my points presented for about 5 min. 2. Why MBA? Why don't you come for our Armed Forces Program? - Gave my reasons. 3. What will you bring to the campus? 4. What are your short term goals, what have you done till now in your career to qualify for your goals after MBA? Overall a very satisfying interview experience where I was able to put across my point and had a patient hearing for the same. There were situations when the panel didn't agreed to my point and they had good reasons for that, so I didnt tried to press hard on my point and accepted that their point was equally logical. Very level headed and pleasing personalities. Advice: Be patient, understand what has been asked, and then answer logically. There is no need to put pressure on yourself by being over anxious. Extempore is part of the interview just to see how you think on your feet and if you are logical or not with your reasoning - its an ice breaker actually and you are not accessed on your general knowledge. Having said that it is a good idea to brush up your current awareness so as to have the material to speak and express your opinion when called upon to do so. All the very best."

Medium used: Zoom. Duration: 30 Minutes. Interview Panel: Professors (Males - Two). Questions asked: 1. Started with extempore topic. My topic was "Should India develop its own vaccine for COVID-19 or should it take outside help? Was given 1 min to prepare and then I spoke for about 3 min. There was then a discussion on my points presented for about 5 min. 2. Why MBA? Why don't you come for our Armed Forces Program? - Gave my reasons. 3. What will you bring to the campus? 4. What are your short term goals, what have you done till now in your career to qualify for your goals after MBA? Overall a very satisfying interview experience where I was able to put across my point and had a patient hearing for the same. There were situations when the panel didn't agreed to my point and they had good reasons for that, so I didnt tried to press hard on my point and accepted that their point was equally logical. Very level headed and pleasing personalities. Advice: Be patient, understand what has been asked, and then answer logically. There is no need to put pressure on yourself by being over anxious. Extempore is part of the interview just to see how you think on your feet and if you are logical or not with your reasoning - its an ice breaker actually and you are not accessed on your general knowledge. Having said that it is a good idea to brush up your current awareness so as to have the material to speak and express your opinion when called upon to do so. All the very best.

Medium used: Zoom. Duration: 30 Minutes. Interview Panel: Professors (Two - males) Questions asked: 1. A topic was given and about 1 min to prepare - I spoke for about 3 minutes (Topic - Should India produce a vaccine for Covid on its own or should it take international help) followed by discussions on the issue for about 5 minutes. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why don't you come for the Armed Forces Program? 4. How would you contribute to the class? 5. What are your goals after MBA? Overall a very satisfying interview experience where I was able to put across my point and had a patient hearing for the same. There were few rebuttals but they were very logical. Advice: Be patient, understand what has been asked, and then answer logically. Be clear about why MBA. It's human interaction and the manner in which you handle humans can affect your outcome. Be through with what you have written in your application. Have a general understanding of current affairs as that would help you to frame your response in a better manner during the extempore. All the very best."

Hi Guys, Done with my MBAEx interview today. The Panelist straightforwardly started the interview with my GMAT Score and how does GMAC calculate percentile. Next question was if we add your individual scores in Verbal and Quants ( 36 & 50), they don't add up to 710. So, how has been the final score calculated? How is percentile calculated and then gave me a scenario to calculate percentile of a student. Then the second panelist referred to my application and asked me questions on my attempts at UPSC Civil Services exam. He then asked the difference between Administration and Management, Polity and Politics and how will I be able to use my professional skills through and after MBA. That was all guys. Seems like I have messed it up. But for now, keeping my fingers crossed. Regards

1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why are you quiting your job at this moment? 3. Why the interest in supply chain management? 4. What will you bring with you to the campus. 5. Where are you from? 6. What is the historical significance of the place of your residence. 7. What is the significance of sangam and where does Saraswati river flow to? 8. What do you know about chicken neck? 9. What happened at Dhoklam? 10. What is the present status at Galwan valley? 11. What is DBO? 12. What is the historical significance of the name Daulat Beg Oldie? Thanked the panel

1. Why MBA now? (explained them about my takeaways now with 10 yr work ex compared to 4 years ago. Some cross questioning, explained them with GAP analysis how program will help to bridge gap) 2. Why this program? Why not ISB? (talked about peer learning at IIM’s, elaborated on the lines of discussion with many PGPX and ISB alums which are my undergrad batch mates) 3. About changing jobs and whether the reasons were aligned or random? (explained the rational behind every job change and how this mba fits into the scheme of things) 4. Asked me to calculate the Roi for the MBA 5. Cross questioning on which roles I aim post-MBA, whether those companies to campus 6. About the infrastructure industry and current slowdown. 7. Moved on to general economy, Is current slowdown attributed to rural economy? (explained with some figures form NSO data about falling rural expenditure) How agriculture workforce can be shifted to other sectors to fuel growth? 8. Any questions for us? Remarks: Overall the tone of the interview was very conversational, all 3 panelists were very polite and there were lot of smiles exchanged. The interview lasted for around half an hour.  Result: Accepted

Hi guys, I had my interview scheduled in Mumbai. Interview was at 1030AM and I reached at 10AM. There were three panels i.e. three interview rooms. I was in Panel 1 that had Prof Arindam. The candidates who came out from Panel 1 had bad experiences as everyone said that it is a stress interview. The profs will counter question you on each point I patiently waited and I was called for the interview at approx 12PM P1 : - Introduce Your self Me : - Gave an answer that I already practiced P1 and P2 : - Some cross questioning regarding my profile, role, industry and company P1 : - Pick up a chit form the bowl, think over it for 2 mins and take a stand wither for or against it Me: - (Picked up a chit, opened it and read it out loud) The topic is "AI will displace more jobs than it will create" P1 : - Are you happy with the topic? Me : - Yes P1 : - Take 2 mins and explain your view Me : - Sure Me : - I explained my answer that I disagree and that it will create more jobs. The Number of jobs will remain the same but the nature of jobs will change. Eg: - When internet was coming up, we had a similar fear but now you have more jobs. . AI is going to remove and replace the human oriented / repetive actions P2: - The considerable number of IT sector guys are fearing of losing their jobs. They don't know what will happen, hence if you see the topic.. It is going to displace more jobs than create. Give me an example of creating more jobs Me: - The backend jobs have increased with the advent of AI. There was an article which said that the number of backend jobs have increased and number of call centers are going down P1 & P2 : - Both of them countered my argument and grilled me more. i said put with my argument P1: - What are your hobbies? Me : - Play football etc P2: - Manchester united are doing bad, why? Me : - Gave them the reply. They were convinced P1: - Any good places to roam in Mumbai? Me : - Yes and suggested them some good places P2 :: - We are done with the interview. Thank you Me : - Thank you Overall, i felt they took my case and interview got done in 20 mins. Seems like they were not interested and ended the interview abruptly

Hi guys, Had my IIM A interview on 21st Sep,2019,at Delhi. Reporting time was 2:30 pm,and I reached there at around 2:15 pm.5 more participants were also present there.After signing on the attendance sheet,we were taken to a different hall.After just 5 min of wait,we were led to different cabins for interview with different panels. As soon as I entered the cabin,I found there were two members in the panel.After exchanging greetings,I was offered a seat and then asked to pick out a chit from a glass bowl.That was the topic of my extempore.I was asked to take my time, jot down my ideas on a paper,and start when I feel I am ready. After about 3 minutes,I started speaking and spoke for about 4-5 minutes.Then came the interview part.The first couple of questions were straight away from what I spoke in my extempore.Questions to grill me,and to make me Rethink as to what I said was right or may be I could have deviated to some extent. Then,one of the panelist asked me about my career so far,and why do I want to pursue an MBA when I am already doing good in my life.I told them about my aspirations and how an MBA would help me in that. As I am a banker,there were obvious questions on bank mergers and other alternatives to mergers. The last set of questions revolved around my hobbies,and how do I use them in my life.There was one last question on whether gambling should be legalized or not in india (probably because I told them that I came back last night from Goa,after having fun in casinos). That was all guys.Keeping my fingers crossed for the results. All the best to all of you who will be facing the interviews in days to come.

I had my IIMA interview on campus. The official reporting time was 8:45 am and I reached around 8:30. Initially I thought that all the candidates are called at the same time but when I reached there I realized these slots have limited candidates so do reach on time, if called for an interview. Had interaction with current students and that helped in calming down the nerves. I already had an admit from other B school so in hindsight, the pressure was comparetively less. At 9:10 I was called into the interview room. There were two profs (PGPX chairman and one another). I was asked to pick the topic for extempore and the topic was "Should politics be left to politicians". The extempore topics are actually selected for its controversial nature and there is no right or wrong side to these. I spoke for couple of minutes and then there were barrage of questions from the panels. I had to justify my stand with example, counter their point and help them understand my thought process. Then we moved to the normal question answers. PGPX chairman comes from an analytics background and I come from a data background, so we had a lot in common. While this commanlity sounds great on hearing, this also meant I had to be very clear about "Why MBA?". PGPX chairman has some close to three decade in analytics and our discussion was more like a teacher-student discussion, where the teacher disagreed with the student on everything. :) In the middle of the interview, PGPX chairman decided to cut the interview short and told me that he had nothing more to ask. Perplexed, I answered all the questions the other professor asked. I was able to make solid points on certain things. I think the one thing that helped me secure my admit was the point I made about their electives. This left both the professors defending the program and they eventually agreed my point was valid. The suggestion I made about elective now actually reflects in the current curriculum, hence I believe I made a solid point. To future applicant, be original in your answers and do some research about the program. Professors do like people who knows the program beforehand. It will also help you understand if this is the right program for you and save the confusion when you have the confusion on multiple admits.