IIM Calcutta PGPEX interview experience
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19 Dec 2018, 01:26
Hi all,
Here is my Interview experience for IIM Calcutta PGPEX. Only suggestion for future aspirants from my side is to be positive, believe in yourself and whatever you are saying back it up with data points and never go back from your standpoint under pressure.
My interview location was the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta campus at Joka. I had the morning 8 AM slot on Day-1 of interviews and was the third person to be interviewed.
Profile:
Work Experience: 10 Years in IT industry
Function: Senior Consultant (Team Lead) at Capgemini
Education: B.Tech, Computer science
GMAT: 700, (Verbal: 39, Quants: 46)
Interview Experience:
Duration: 25 minutes
P1: Professor-male
P2: Professor-female
I was asked to go into the room by a co-ordinator. I entered a long room and noticed a chair and walked towards it. On one side the panellists were sitting and I greeted ‘Good Morning’ to each of them. They also greeted me and asked me to sit. Here are the questions asked by them.
How you reached the venue?
After knowing that I came by Uber cab next question was why Uber? Why not Ola?
Compare between Uber and Ola from customer perspective.
If you are hired as consultant for a third app cab company who are starting their operations in India, what will be your strategy to beat them?
Going by your strategy by what time you can expect to break even?
I said 2 years. Then they said that Ola and Uber could not achieve that even in 5 years and you are expecting to achieve that in 2 years. I said with proper planning and execution it is achievable.
Why don't you like Capgemini?
I said no I do like working in Capgemini.
Then why are you here for interview?
I explained then that even after completing my course I am ready to go back to my current employer if there is an offer.
Then few standard questions as given below.
Why MBA?
Why IIM C?
Tell us about your weakness?
Tell us about one scenario where you have provided innovative solution?
What are your short term and long term goals?
Final Result: Converted.
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