Has anyone already applied for XLRI PGDM GM? Kindly inform us when the first-round shortlist will be done and interviews will be conducted.

I had my interview on 5th Dec. Lasted 20 minutes and was interviewed by 3 Professors. Began with asking me about my work ex. Transitioned into asking whether I had clear career goals and expectations from the program given I had 8 years work ex across Executive Search, Events & Entertainment Project Management and more recently in Product Marketing at a Fintech. There were also questions around whether I was up to contribute and perform in the rigorous course and whether I had the technical expertise to succeed as a Product Manager (My goal post GMP). I was also asked about domestic and global current events affecting the stock market, which security would I suggest them to invest in now and why? Overall I have mixed feelings about my performance in the interview but remain positive and hopeful for an Admit XLRI's core values and beliefs are something I closely resonate with.

I had my interview yesterday. I come with 3.5 years of workex. They started out with asking me about my college and degree. Moved on to ask what my specialisation was about and some company names in that domain. Then he asked me to define my work profile and explain what I do followed by why I want to do an Mba. Then the other prof asked more about my work. He asked my to talk about one instance where the client took my direct suggestion since I was talking about my team in general. There was some more cross questioning about that. They asked me about the learning I took from the Instance i narrated and where else I have applied those learning. It ended with them asking what my expectations from this program are. It lasted only 15 min when the slot was for 20 min. I answered most questions but I was left wondering if they were satisfied with my answers.

Had my interview on Dec 6th: Questions asked: As I've only worked in startups, what did I like about such places, and would I ever switch to a large company and why if so. Who was my favourite actor, and if I had to invest their corpus of 50-100 crores in a few companies, what factors would I look for in evaluating these companies. What do I think about the startup ecosystem in India, is it in a good place and what is its future? What are the challenges that i've seen in my experience by startups that want to scale Felt like the conversation ended a bit abruptly, as soon as we reached the 20 min time slot they cutoff the conversation and said I can leave.

Interviewed on 9th December: Started 5-10 minutes after the scheduled time. Had 3 panelists. P1 asked about my current role, what you have learnt in your career and why MBA / what do you expect from this program. Some follow up questions about my organization - revenue distribution in one of its business verticals, its competitors and whether this information would be useful to a manager. P2 followed up on previous answers and asked to distinguish between different clients and key takeaways/value addition from that information. P3 asked about additional interests and activities - with a couple of follow up questions about each. Also, based on the additional activity, couple of follow up GK questions about it. Overall, 20-25 mins conversational interview. Had a jovial end to the session. P3 was a little rushed due to time crunch so had to keep answers short at the end. Had to reframe and redirect a couple of answers as they pertained to a different business vertical of my organization while my work is in another one entirely. All panelists had excellent poker faces though. I too was left wondering whether they were satisfied with my answers.