Que 1. What have you done during and after graduation? Que 2. What was your role at your organization? (I work in the family business) Que 3. Why do you want to go for ISB? Que 4. How will ISB Help You? Que 5. What is the biggest challenge you faced and what did you do about it? Que 6. What is your biggest achievement so far? Que 7. You already are in business why do you want to spend 1 year at ISB and then a few years in a finance role? ( I had said so in my essay) Que 8. What other things do you do apart from work? The interview lasted 30 min. I think it went well. waiting for results

Two Panelists - Both were ISB Alumni (one who graduated in 2014 and other who graduated in 2019) The interview was for most parts casual. Guys, remember to stay calm throughout the interview. It helps a lot! Questions asked: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why did you choose to join the energy sector after clearing CA? 3. If you like your current job so much, why do you want to do an MBA? 4. Please elaborate on your short term goals. What is your Plan B? 5. Why should we choose you over others? In what ways can you contribute to the ISB community? 6. What kind of personalities do you not like and how do you deal with them? 7. Do you have any questions for us? Tips: Be thorough with your entire application (including essays). Prepare 2-3 questions to ask the interviewers.

My background : 3 years of Pharma Consulting, 1 year of FMCG (manufacturing), NIT alum Round 3 interview I waited for ~30 min in the waiting room. If it happens with you, I understand anxiety will shoot up but be calm and breathe, everything will be fine. There were 3 panelists. 2 of those asked questions with one having ~6 years of work experience (Panelist 1) and the other one was pretty senior with ~13 years of work experience (Panelist 2). P1: Tell me about a typical project in Pharma Consulting Me : Told them about a typical project in a structured manner and in simple language so that they understand P1: Why MBA? Why ISB? Me: told them 3 pointers, essentially to up-skill myself. P1: Your short term goal says you want to do consulting, weren't you already in consulting? Me : Told them that I want to do front-end consulting going forward and that will require certain skill set which I will gain from ISB P2 (P2 is pretty senior and asked me situational questions based on my work experience) P2: You keep telling about this tool you have used in your firm, if you had to build it from scratch, how would you do it ? Me: Told him since I am not a developer I won't be able to build myself but I told him the algorithm and certain metrics to consider to build the same. P2: uses some jargon around sales reps incentivise which I couldn't understand Me: Sir, I didn't get it. Could you please elaborate a bit on the problem statement P2: Simplified the language so I understand the question, it was a case with a mix of both of my previous jobs Me: Answered the question P2: Can you think of any other reasons? Me: Sir, I didn't work in this area so I don't have in depth understanding of the same P2: Makes sense! Could you think of any other reason in general? Me : Just give me a minute to think, then came up with new reasons and elaborated on the same P2: good P1: That's great! You were able to think on your feet P1: tell us more about your NIT experience, how was your college life? Me (since a lot of my interview was based on professional background, took this opportunity to highlight few of my extra curricular activities P1: great to hear that! Thanks They did not ask me if I had any questions for them. Tips: Be calm, be confident, take time if you are not able to think clearly, understand the question correctly, be prepared for general questions like why ISB, why MBA, why now. Be thorough with your essays. You are gonna ace it! All the best!

2 Panelists: CO 2011 and CO 2016; from Financial Services and Strategy Consulting. The interview started on time and went on for 25 mins hardly. (the duration of an interview is NOT proportional to your admit chances) One of the panelists offered me water in the first moment, suggested me to take time and get comfortable, as I was super anxious by then. The interview went from general to core discussions. Following were the questions: 1. Where are you from, have you visited the campus before and do you feel any difference now. 2. Tell me about your Undergrad subjects and College campus. 3. Tell me about your corporate journey, career progressions and Domain changes; your definition of success, do you think you have 'achieved it' or have that 'wow' moment till date. 4. Post MBA goal; Why is it niche specific and how did your current expertise help in choosing this. (Got roasted on this for straight 10 mins) 5. Is there anything that you want to change in your current job and how your targeted organisations would help in achieving this. 6. What's your typical day at office like, tell me about your job in-and-out. 7. Tell me about your Awards, ECs, Scholarships. 8. Tell me about your hobbies, how do you manage with work and other responsibilities aside. Ended this interview by asking me if I had any questions, I asked them one. (please do ask, do not come across like you aren't interested in the program) I was nervous throughout the interview, so I'd suggest you to take a couple of minutes to calm down before getting in the room, to not affect your admit chances.

Hi Everyone, I was all nerves when I reached the venue but talking to other people in the lobby calmed me a bit. I was in the first batch for the day and the first to interview with my panel of two. They were alumni from the 2017 batch. They made sure I was comfortable and settled, though they themselves were looking a bit nervous if I'm honest and I'll tell you why. The interview lasted around 20 mins and was decent. Sharing the series of questions below: 1) Tell us about this extra curricular activity you've mentioned (related to sports). Also what are some leadership lessons you've learnt from it. 2) Asked about my designation and my role. 3) My company pivoted recently, so they asked about the impact on the team and how would I analyze the pivot 4) They were interested in the projects I was working on and asked about it in detail 5) They asked about my recommender and asked me to evaluate him. Basically what I'd do differently if I was in his shoes 6) Why MBA was next and from there they probed a bit about my goals and the industry I was seeking. When these questions were done they started getting up and shook my hand. I was a bit flustered. When I said I had some questions they immediately realised they forgot to ask me that and apologized and sat down again. I asked a few questions and they answered it pretty openly. I'd give them the benefit of doubt that it was the first interview of the day, but one of them really seemed nervous and I think it was his first time interviewing. Overall my experience was decent, I answered to the best of my abilities and now I'm hoping for the best 🤞🏼

I applied for ISB in 2017 (pre-covid era). Had an in-person interview in the ISB Hyderabad campus. The panellists were a couple of alums and were very comforting. It wasn't an interview but a conversation to assess my motivations behind applying for the school, post-MBA aspirations, and the work done till date (Internships, Profession, Hobbies). These were the questions I was asked in the ~40 minutes long conversation - 1. Give us a brief overview of your profile 2. Follow up question on a live project I had done on skill development for students in the government schools of Delhi 3. Why ISB? Why MBA? 4. Questions on area of interest - Finance (Where did the Sensex close at yesterday, Ratio Analysis, How do you assess the financial health of a company from its balance sheet) 5. Which clubs would you want to join? 6. What is the value that you will bring to the ISB Classroom? 7. What if ISB doesn't happen? 8. You seem to be a lone wolf, not a team player. How will you survive at ISB? 9. Any questions for us? Hope this helps all ISB aspirants. Have been mentoring ISB aspirants since the last 4.5 years post getting my admit. 80% of the questions remain the same across interviews. It depends on how authentic you are with your answers. All the best! Team Career Edge https://career-edge.in/masterstrokebycareeredge/ We have alums from ISB, INSEAD, HBS, Wharton, LBS, and Stanford to guide you on your MBA applications journey & GMAT 760,770 faculty to coach you on the GMAT Phone: +91-9958588802 | Email: info@career-edge.in (Reach out for free essay review and profile evaluation)

Hi everyone, My interview panel was quite casual. They asked me a lot of questions in detail about my job, and about my career goals. 1. What are the challenges you have faced during your job experience? 2. Tell me a time a client disagreed with you and how did you deal with it? 3. What leadership skills are important in your opinion? 4. Why ISB? 5. What do you bring to the table?

2 panellists. Product and Entrepreneurship. Both with 10 years of experience. Class of 2017 and 2019. It was delayed by an hour or so. Went for about 50 mins. They started by saying we want you to feel comfortable and relaxed so that you perform better. 1. Tell us the cultural differences between the first organisation where you worked and the current one and why did you leave in just 6 months. Cross questions on this. 2. Tell us what did you do in the first company. It was about MBA schools’ advertising so they wanted to know the process in detail. Had questions about this. 3. You want to work in FMCG, have you talked to ISB alumni about this? Who all? Anyone beyond ISB? I talked about a project that I’ve been doing with one from IIMC & FMCG. Questions around that. 4. You’ve been involved in so many ad films during your college graduation. It’s a tough industry to go into. How did you enter and Why didn’t you continue there? You studied Advertising, do you want to work in that? Why not? 5. Why Marketing? If anything personal that you’d like to talk about or skip you can. 6. Questions about my hometown and the socio-economic status of that. One of them was from a nearby state. 6. Tell us about your current projects. Why did you move from CRM communications to Go-To-Market? How many people work with you? 7. Had a long discussion about one of my market research trips to Gujarat and how was the experience. They asked in detail about my process of mining insights through qualitative interviews, etc. Ended with two of my questions during which we had fun. I enjoyed giving this interview, baki ISB ke upar.

"I was interviewed by 2 alumni in Delhi. 16th October INTERVIEW DURATION: 25 mins QUESTIONS ASKED: 1. Tell us a little about yourself something not mentioned already and one highlight of your career. 2. Why did you leave your job that paid so well? (I had left after gaining a promotion and was well paid.) 3. How did you start your business and find your first few clients? 4. Why did you leave your business? What was the conversation like? 5. Why do you want to do an MBA when you're working in a startup already with experienced founders? 6. Why MBA not any incubator program? 7. If you want to run your own business, you could still do it what would you do differently now? 8. What do you plan to do after ISB? 9. Question around my startup and a situation? 11. Any questions for us? OVERALL EXPERIENCE: It wasn't a very conversational interview, they had questions and I answered all of them then we moved to the next question straight. WHY MBA? went on for a bit. Do cover that and make sure it matches your answers.

It was a conversational interview. I was a bit surprised that the interviewer (2 alums) had thoroughly read my resume, so instead of doing an intro/walk me through your resume, we just dove right into it. Questions Asked: 1. Tell us about your family business. (presently working for my family business) 2. What challenges have you faced in Business? 3. What is your major accomplishment? 4. Why now MBA? 5. Why ISB? 6. Short/long-term goals? 7. How do you contribute to your study group? 8. How do you contribute to ISB? 9. Why not MFAB? 10. Any specific areas of study (electives) you plan to focus on? 11. Any questions for us? Interview Prep: I scheduled multiple mock interviews with ISB alums via Preppie. Mr. Revanth Dodla, an ISB alum from the Preppie panel, needs a special mention; he took an interest in knowing more about me and provided valuable input. All the mocks were very similar to the actual interview experience, both in the tone of conversation & questions asked. Mr. Ayush (Preppie) deserves special recognition for the rigorous effort of coordinating and setting up appointments with numerous alumni. It was an excellent experience.

I was interviewed by 2 alumni, on the ISB Hyderabad campus. INTERVIEW DURATION: 20 mins QUESTIONS ASKED: 1. Tell us a little about yourself. 2. Why & how did you make that industry pivot? (I had pivoted from architecture to marketing 2 years ago.) 3. How did you start your business and find your first few clients? 4. How do you run your business today? What kind of projects do you work on? 5. So why do you want to do an MBA now? 6. Why ISB? 7. What other MBA colleges are you applying to? 8. What do you plan to do after ISB and why? (company, roles, etc.) 9. How do you plan to make the most of your time at ISB? 10. Any specific areas of study (electives) you plan to focus on? 11. Any questions for us? OVERALL EXPERIENCE: It was a very easygoing & friendly conversation. And having prepared thoroughly beforehand, none of the questions took me by surprise. INTERVIEW PREP STRAEGY: I first scripted an outline of my answers for all the general questions (Why you, why MBA, why ISB, situational Q's, etc.). After practicing these answers & getting comfortable, I scheduled 3 mock interviews with ISB alums via Preppie. All the mocks were very similar to the actual interview experience, both in the tone of conversation & questions asked. After every Preppie mock interview, the alums gave me tips on - how I can tighten and improve my answers - pointed out loopholes in my story + suggestions on how to address them - tips on improving my communication + responding to stress questions - brought up some profile-specific questions that I should prep answers for* *(This was super helpful since a lot of actual interview Q's came from these extra Q's that the alums suggested.) After the 3 mocks + lots of tips from interviewing alums, I was able to refine my answers, build confidence & prepare for almost all interview eventualities.

A panel of 2 ISB Alums Interview duration: 35 - 40 mins It was an extremely comfortable interview, conversational, and at no point did the alums try to roast me, all their questions were directed towards better understanding me. The questions started Resume based, since I had 3 significant projects listed they asked me which I would want to discuss. They went on to discuss the planning and other details of the project. Then the discussion moved to my goals and how ISB fits into them. Interview Prep: I used Preppie services for Interview preparation. I utilised their interview preparation and mock interview sessions. The team was so helpful and went out of the way to customise the sessions for me, since my goals were aligned towards a development background they arranged for an alum with a similar background to conduct these sessions. Both sessions were extremely well structured and helped refine my answers to convey my ideas better. The first session which was the preparation session helped me refine my answers to fit the timeframe of an interview, this task is nearly impossible to do on your own since it comes with experience. Preppie provided that experienced guidance and support to prepare for unexpected questions, frame and present my perspective as well as additional tips which could only come from an experienced professional. In a short time, with the support of preppie, I was able to prepare holistically for the interview and was able to tackle almost all questions posed by the panel!

I am a reapplicant and was interviewed by two alumni - panel 9 - in Mumbai. Straight away, the interviewer and I connected over being from Bangalore. This helped immensely to set the rest of the tone of the interview. It was extremely conversational, friendly, and we even joked at certain points. Interview questions: 1. They gave me the floor to tell them anything about myself that I want them to know and discuss during the interview 2. Describe your organization (I work for a boutique IB firm, this is probably why the question came up), it's journey, and your role along with daily responsibilities - A complete deep dive into a few companies I've worked with that were mentioned in my application - Expect questions based on even the minutest of details of your job. For eg. I am working on the acquisition of a hospital chain & I was asked questions about the many important hospital metrics 3. Why ISB and why now 4. Tell me about your long-term goals - I mentioned I want to start a venture - we spent a good part of the interview breaking down the idea mentioned in my essay with a lot of cross questioning and stress testing 5. Why have you jumped so many jobs? If you, like me, have jumped jobs, expect this question and have very solid reasons why 6. Give me three reasons why we shouldn't select you 7. Tell me more about you being a pianist - I am classically trained so we spent a few minutes talking about my journey and passion for it 8. Do you have any questions for us? - Be very careful with the kinds of questions you ask. The interviewer specifically told me before I asked a question that if it's a 'canned question' then I shouldn't bother asking it at all Overall, the tone of the interview was light and relaxed.

Don’t remember the panel. Sharing my experience: (Ca with 6 years of work exp) 1) tell me about yourself 2) why mba now 3) one stock idea you recommend 4) do you need mba with this much of experience 5) what will be your key differentiator for your wealth proposition 6)what is the client segment 7) what is the role post mba 8) tell me bout jazz music( hobby) 9) questions

EEO Applicant Panelist - 3 ( Co'13, Co'15 & Co'16) Interview Time - 30 Mins The interview started 15 mins late. The entire conversation was smooth & friendly. Questions which were asked - 1) Tell us something about you, which is not mentioned in the application 2) Introduce yourself 3) What does daily work look like? 4) You mention supply chain issues - elaborate on it - few more qs on it for 5-7 mins 5) Any project that you showed VP or CEO 6) Asked specifics on marketing activations done on the brands. 6) Why ISB 7) What are your goals after ISB 8) General knowledge qs - govt thinks amazon/flipkart are destroying brick & mortar stores sector in India - what are your views? 9) Qs on the Non profit work mentioned in my application - kind of work - what is my motivation? 10) What do the senior managers at my organization do 11) Any qs for us Overall it was a great experience. I was confident & smiling throughout. They were very friendly & no grilling questions were asked. Just be prepared for the basic questions related to your work & goals. I took 4 mock interviews with ISB alumni before my interview, which really helped me. All the best! Do reach out for further clarification.

1. What do you do on a daily basis at work, follow ups on metrics, asked me to describe the product, a few more follow ups on the product - in trying to understand the target customers and the evolution of online sales 2. LT Career goals: why Edtech and ISB has about 60% engineers, how do I plan to compete with them for recruiting. What do I bring to the table 3. Why product management? What in my view does a product manager do 4. If I were to build an Ed-tech product? What would it be? How would you pitch it. 5. Follow up on the product that I pitched 6. Why product management? Why not a business owner or a category owner I had three interviewers, I knew their names, but they did not introduce themselves. Jumped right into the discussion. The entire interview overshot by 5 minutes post the scheduled 45min. They did not ask me if I had any questions for them (I had questions, but didn't ask since I wasn't given the opportunity). Towards the end, one interviewer mentioned that it was a very productive discussion. I'm still ambivalent of the interview because they didn't ask me to introduce myself, nor did they provide introductions, and they completely refrained from typical b-school interview questions such as Why ISB and QnA.

My interview experience was very good. It was as smooth as people say. Most of the discussions revolved around my work ex, goals and my back up plan if ISB doesn't happens. No extra curricular or stress interview. Interview used to be my weakest point, thankfully i got to know about Preppie (An ISB Alumi initiative - where ISB alums take your mock interviews). Those people scheduled 2 mocks within a span of 4 days on my request since I was short on time. They boosted my confidence and pointed out areas of improvement where ever necessary or told me how I could have answered them in a better way.

"Panel Members- 2(Co-13 and Co-17) Early Entry Option Candidate Interview Duration- 35 mins Overview- It was very conversational, and they were very interested in my Entrepreneurial Ventures Q- Please tell us about all your Entrepreneurship Ventures and their timeline Q- Entrepreneurship is challenging, and results aren't visible in a short duration; while your friends might be earning more during this phase of your career, How does that make you feel? Q- Explain to us what made you start so many Entrepreneurship ventures and be a Serial Entrepreneur; how did your family take it? Q- Describe what will you do if there were no constraints in scaling up your Business? Q- How do you find your clients? Q- How do you handle conflict at Work Q- How will your employees describe you? Q- Tell us about an Interesting campaign which you did? Q- What do you plan to do for the remainder of this year before you join ISB(EEO Candidate), and what will you do at ISB? Q- Is It common for Students to now Intern at International Institutes like Georgia tech? Q- Tell us your learnings and Experience at Georgia Tech? Q- How will your friends describe you? Q- Tell us more about your fragrance collection hobby? Q- Questions for the Alum I had a lovely chat with them, they did not grill me on any part of my profile; super friendly.

The interview was pretty smooth and straightforward. I was interviewed by a panel of 3 members, all of whom were extremely senior alums. Questions asked: 1) Introduction 2) What is your biggest achievement 3) Challenge you faced during that 4) Why MBA? 5) Why not FMBA? (coming from a Corporate + FMB Background) 6) If you don't get an MBA, you can still scale up your business. So why MBA? 7) What will you do if you don't get an admit? 8) Will you reapply? 9) Questions regarding Hobby 1 and Hobby 2 10) Discussion around leadership quality mentioned in the essay and how i have showcased it. 11) QnA The interviewers listened to all the answers patiently. They had a straight face throughout. No expressions or Cross Questioning at all. Just be confident and give complete answers. Try connecting the dots! It should work well.

Panel Members- 2(Co-08 and Co-16) Interview Duration- 45 mins Overview- It was very conversational and revolved mostly around my work-ex and hobbies. 1. Why an MBA right now and why from ISB? 2. Tell us something about your job and day to day responsibilities? 3. Tell us reasons with example why you moved up the ladder faster than your peers in your job?(I had back to back promotions) 4. How has your job evolved since you joined the firm initially and what challenges have you faced due to it? 5. If you have to write a template for a new hire to follow, so that he can have a similar trajectory to yours, What will you mention in it? 6. How will ISB help you achieve your goals? Shifted to Hobbies (Football) 7. Why should one support Manchester United over Real Madrid and Barcelona? 8. Why do you think are they struggling recently? 9. Assume that you are the CEO of Manchester United, First state reasons why you should not sign Ronaldo, then state reasons why you should sign him and why did you eventually sign him? 10. Try being the devil in the room, Tell us reasons why you should not join ISB. 11. Any Plan B if ISB does not work out? 12. If you had a chance, What is that one thing you would change in your past? 13. Any questions for Alums?