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There were 2 panelists. One is from Andhra Pradesh. No introduction asked. One of them welcomed me and introduced themselves. 1. Journey of how I have landed up in my company i.e NPCI. 2. My day to day activities and followups 3. My team hirearchy 4. Conflicts with stakeholders. 5. How do I handle choas in a 10 member team and make sure works goes smooth 6. Why UPI is only in India not in America? related to my company 7. Post ISB shor term goals. 8. Related to hobbies. difference b/w restaurants in Andhra. Cultural cuisines in Andhra and Differences. Interview lasted for about 30 to 35 min. It was very casual and I was cracking jokes in between and last 5 min I literally explained one panelist how to make my fav andhra dish with help of another panelist.

My interview debrief WAT Topics 1. In internship, you receive high-value gifts. What do you do? 2. Your teammate's performance seems to be declining, who was once very reliable. How do you tackle without letting the team's performance get affected? Virtual Interview - Two Alums of ISB from Co'25 (Lost about 15 minutes due to the internet issues) 1. TMAT 2. Explain Career Trajectory (the gaps, motivations behind transitions) 3. What's your LTG, STG? How will ISB help? 4. Tell me more about your LTG, why the particular product, what pain points have you identified, what are the solutions, and USP of your product? (My LTG is to start my own dating platform) PS - The panel had access to the application, essays.

I gave interview on the same day and my experience was very different. Non of the interviewers introduced themselves nor they ask me about my intro. All situational based questions I had. Nothing from my resume or from the application.

My Interview Debrief 1. How did I get into my company NPCI 2. My daily work 3. How do I handle my team and what is it’s hierarchy 4. Any situation where I have conflict within my team 5. As I have 10 member team how do I make sure there is no noise and work happens faster 6. post ISB short term goal 7. Why do you think UPI is not present in US till now 8. Something that excites me right now 9. Hobbies outside of work and just chitchatted around some local cusines in Andhra Prasesh

My interview debrief: 1st Mar Hyd campus offline There were 2 interviewers (both alumni) in my panel 35-45 min It was very Conversational and interactive overall Tell me about yourself 1 interviewer introduced himself. About work they were cross questioning. Why MBA ? Why ISB ? Why can’t you progress in your current role and reach the stage u want to go to. What do you want to learn out of ISB ? U work with an ISB alumnus so u can learn from him why invest 40 lakhs ? What if plan A doesn’t work ? What if plan B doesn’t work ? Did you look up exact roles and its job descriptions? Are u sure those kinds of roles exist ? If u come to ISB and another person is in the same company only will you be ahead of him after 1 yr ? Can you afford 40 lakhs ? They asked about the health issue I mentioned in my application. If you are comfortable you can mention. Any questions for us ? I asked 3 questions.

I have consolidated essay/behavioral question. Incase it can be of help to someone: ISB - Behavioral Questions (few could be repetitive) 1) You have a mistake on a simulation you are working on and it can impact your team's performance. Will you inform your instructor about it? If you don't, he may not notice it. 2) You have noticed that some people in your team are feeling not heard and valued. What will you do to improve it and foster an inclusive environment 3) You got to know that your classmate is involved in some moral misconduct - cheated on exam or plagiarized an assignment. This classmate is your close friend. What would you suggest him and how? 4) In a peer review process you have to give review for a sensitive colleague who would take a negative feedback very seriously. How would you proceed the conversation in a positive way? 5) Your friend who has helped you out a lot in the past requires sensitive data from your part time job for a class project. What actions will you take and why? 6) Two friends in your study group are having a conflict which is affecting the entire study group's atmosphere as final exams are approaching. What actions will you take and why? 7) Your friend who has helped you out a lot in the past requires sensitive data from your part time job for a class project. What actions will you take and why? 8) Two friends in your study group are having a conflict which is affecting the entire study group's atmosphere as final exams are approaching. What actions will you take and why? 9) You are at an MBA internship and after the successful delivery of the project, your employer wanted to celebrate and offered to give high value gifts. Some of your peers have already accepted the gift. What actions will you take and how will this affect your relationship with your employer and your peers? 10) Your colleague who is usually a high performer is under a lot of stress and his performance is affecting the team. What actions will you take? 11) During an MBA project, your group members are inflating data to get better results mentioning that it’s a common practice that everyone does. What will you do, how will you respond to them? 12) One of your team member is continuously coming late to office and taking frequent time offs as well. Other members in your team are not mentioning it officially but are visibly frustrated. What steps will you take? 13) A Helpful and respected team member is asking for confidential data from my prior company to complete a project. What will my actions be? 14) ⁠A Key team member made an error in a project which can affect my grade. Prof asks me to replace the team member. What will my actions be? How will ensure project completion?

I interviewed in R2 on 11 Jan in Mumbai. My interviewers were very friendly and mentioned liking my essay. But since I am from a different background of design, their questions revolved more about -What I think good design was. -How I approached my work -What would be the impact of AI on my work. They never even touched why I wanted to do an MBA. And just had one question regarding what I will do at ISB. Did not even ask me Why ISB. I was mostly able to answer all questions except one, about the impact of AI on ecommerce platforms. I clarified that i was well aware of impact of AI on the design industry but not on the whole of e commerce. But i still did answer somewhat, but they weren’t there most satisfied with this answer. But this was the only hiccup. Now i am very confused, since everyone’s experiences revolved around Why MBA & Why ISB. For reference both my interviewers were very chill guys who seemed like they worked in some creative adjacent fields as well.

ISB R2 Mumbai Interview Debrief WAT Questions: 1) You are part of the student committee and need to select a vendor for an upcoming event. One of the vendors is a close friend but there are other capable vendors in the consideration as well. How will resolve this conflict of interest and ensure a fair and transparent process for selection? 2) Your study group is severely burnout due to tight deadlines for assignments and tests. How will you manage this situation and plan for avoiding recurring burnouts? My personal interview lasted about 40-45 mins. I had two panellists and overall it was a very comfortable experience. Keep atleast 2 questions ready to ask your interviewers. Personal Interview Questions: 1) Why brings you here today? 2) What is your short team goal and Why MBA? 3) Deep dive into work experience (Nothing too technical) 4) Learning’s from an experience mentioned in the essay 5) How will spend your time at ISB? 6) What student clubs will you participate in? 7) How will you handle pressure at ISB? 8) How would your recommender describe you? 9) How would your friends describe you? 10) What will be the hardest thing for you to handle at ISB? 11) If not Consulting, what else would you pursue? 12) What is your long term goal? 13) How does your day-to-day look like in your current job? 14) What progress have you made since your last application? 15) Tell us more about your experience as a volunteer at Teach for India. What are the gaps and what have you learnt? 16) How do you spend time outside of work? + Some follow-ups on my hobbies 17) Since your current employer is already a major recruiter at ISB, why not continue with the same organization?

Hi everyone! I just had my interview on 17th. Have digital marketing experience as on which most of the interview was focused, they even asked me to focus more on my digital marketing skills, rest of the interview went fine as well. Only downside i would say is I hadn’t any significant conversation with an isb alumni and when they asked me if I did, I said no. Also, I don’t think my English conversation skills were flawless, just decent at best but I managed to get my point across. I am waitlisted at IIM A and rejected at B and C. When they asked I told them about these results.

The interview was held online, with two interviewers ('04 and '22 graduates). The interview started with introductions and jumped into the discussion which mostly revolved around "Why I want to do MBA?" and "Why ISB?". In the end I was asked my experience in handling conflicts at workplace and about my hobbies. Questions 1. Introduction 2. What do I want to do in life? 3. What do I want to do in the next 5 years? 4. Why MBA? 5. How will ISB enable me to achive my goals? 6. How have I dealt with conflicts at workplace? I asked a couple of questions in the end.

Hi, just sharing a few thoughts and questions from my virtual interview experience. Questions (Indicative List) 1. Take us through your journey, especially the bits not included in your application. 2. I had break post my work experience, so few questions around what I have been doing in this time. I have been working in my fam business so questions on why not continue there. 3. Clarity on MBA and post MBA goals. 4. work ex related questions - kind of role I played, challenges faced, situational questions such as instances where my viewpoints differed with the seniors and how I handled it, when I took ownership over matters out of my own volition, etc. 5. other B-schools I have applied to and why come to ISB. 6. Few current affairs related questions. Not detailed though. I got asked because I am a lawyer and I think they wanted my perspective on few things. 7. Pointed questions on my essays. Thoughts The panelists were not trying to grill at all and the entire interview felt conversational from start to end. Interview lasted around 40-45 mins but didn't feel so. If you are thorough with your application and have clarity on your goals, you should be good to go.

*CrackAdmission writes:* 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.

ISB R2 Delhi interview debrief: Walk us through your journey so far. Post-MBA goals. Why these post-MBA goals, given that they are very niche? How do you stay updated on SaaS trends(my current industry)? How do you stay informed about the broader business world? Discussion around an article from the periodicals mentioned in my essays. Positions of responsibility held during college. Challenges faced while growing up. Hobbies, including favorite books, authors, and current reads. How education in India can be influenced or improved; followed by a discussion on what China did differently (linked to my post-MBA goals). Most challenging project at work. A project at work that is personally meaningful to you. Why not pursue core chemical engineering and instead move toward B2B tech? A situation where you faced a conflict of interest. Why an MBA? How many people have you led in a project? Why an MBA now, and why not continue on your current career path? Industry-specific questions related to my background. Overall, the interview was conversational, in-depth, and closely aligned with my profile. It lasted approximately 40–45 minutes.

Tell us about your journey till now. Most challenging project / job. Situation where you faced conflict. Why ISB. How many people you have lead in a project. Views on recent us-venezuela (only because it is linked to my industry). Why MBA, Why not continue with what you have. What dealings you have with finance in your role. Some industry related questions. Everything was in line with my profile. If not able to answer some questions, they give time, wait for your response, even help you to reach the answer. Conversational and deep interview. Interview went around 40-45 mins.

Hello everyone, I am R1 admit. Just sharing my interview. experience. Hope it can be of some help. Essay 1. Your manager during your Mba internship gives you and your peers gifts on successful completion of project. What would you do? Evaluate the impact of your actions on your peers and employer. 2. One of your teammates is frequently late to office and takes leaves. Your other teammates are showing disapproval in this. What would you do? What outcome do you expect. What all the applicants in R1 experienced is that most of the on spot essays are from the same pool that were asked earlier. So go through all the pervious topics available on internet about Isb on spot essays. Interview Experience- 3 panelists- one from management consulting, one from aerospace and one from constructions. 1. They introduce themselves then asked my introduction 2. How your day looks like. 3. What intellectual learnings you got from your ngo experience 4. Questions around my 2nd essay 5. How would you handle the situation if you are given a chance to solve the same problem now( question from 2nd essay) 6. Questions on a custom gpt I created for my ngo 7. Why you want to transition to operations consulting 8. Detailed question on my 3rd essay ( I have mentioned about my training and placement exp) 9. One professional situation in which you have to hold your integrity. 10. Why should ISB select you. 11. What kind of research you did for your career goals 12. One guessestimate question( not expected as I have not mentioned it in my career goals) 13. Any questions for us. Unexpectedly no questions on my reapplicant essay. Overall the interview went for 50-55 mins. Panelists were extremely helpful and cooperative.

The interview was conversational and spanned themes such as: - My work experience and background - Why I wanted to do an MBA/PGP - Why I wanted to do it at ISB - My goals, career plans, and back-up - Specifics about my work experience: What I thought my best contributions were, difficult projects I worked, and difficult situations / conflicts

They were panel of 3 alumni with 2 male and 1 female. Interviewers were very friendly and calm. Questions received - 1. Walk me through your profile 2. related to both short term and long term goals to understand them better 3. Situational questions on leadership and when you failed. 4. How do you cope with evolving technologies apart from tech you work in your company. 5. Why MBA and Why ISB? 6. What will you bring to ISB?

My interview experience: 2 panel members- one was from Finance (M)and other was a Doctor (F, 2005 cohort) Very Conversational interview Started on my post mba goals in conjunction with my research for that goal and how will ISB help How will ISB move the needle for your goal? Some questions on personal life and setback and how my initial interest in finance was generated What resources you use to keep yourself updated on various industries and consulting Questions on hobbies focusing on movies One question which was unique, not a curveball was Tell me about instances where you were completely dazzled or think how did this happen? Hope this helps. Thank you to everyone to shared their experiences earlier. Helped me a lot.

This was my interview experience today: Duration: Around 45mins a) Interviewers first explained how the interview will be b) Started with give some brief highlights about your profile c) What is your work currently? d) Challenges to your work, how do you manage stakeholders e) so why MBA? f) Strategy execution vs Strategy Formulation, where do you see yourself better? g) Goals Clarity? h) Where do you see yourself 20 years down the line?

Sharing my ISB virtual interview experience today: -tell us about yourself, keep it short but can go into details if you want -you mentioned about your work in demand planning, now with AI that work should be replaceable by AI? (Had a discussion on this with 3-4 follow up questions) -tell us your most impactful contribution at work -what are the things that most teams fight about or cant agree on in your company -then started discussion on personal challenges/experiences I had mentioned in my essays (in depth discussion on this, how i navigate and will navigate situations at ISB. They were respectful and asked very good questions, had to pause and reflect to answer better) -some more discussions around things already discussed in the interview before -if you could choose one superpower to bring as ISB what would it be -asked if I had any questions for them.