IIM Calcutta PGP Interview Experience
Venue: Monarch Luxur Hotel, 67, Infantry Road, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
Date and Time : 18 Mar 2019, 08:00 AM
CAT18 Score : 99.88 (Sectionals 97.5+)
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 31 completed months as Software Engineer
Document Verification started was in progress when I reached at 07:50 AM.
WAT Topic : Mobile phones are helpful for society? Also, do they have negative impacts? Share your views in 250-300 words.
WAT timings : 8:55 AM - 09:20 AM.
WAT prep : 3/5
WAT performance : 2/5 (It was a very generic topic)
I was third in the panel. My panel had 10 candidates but 3 were absent, hence only 7 people in my panel.
There were 3 panelists, all three were about 35-38 years old male profs.
I was asked for the documents which I was carrying immediately after entering the room.
Q1: Introduce yourself.
And : Generic answer, was very hungry, skipped a line or two.
Q2: What do you work on? Tell us about your work?
Ans: Told about what I do and its impact.
Q3: Tell me more about EMC deal.
Ans: Told.
Q4. Discuss market share of Dell as compared to other competitors?
And : Told them with stats.
Q5: Do you think EMC deal was worth it?
Ans : Fumbled a bit in the beginning. Expressed my personal opinion.
Q6: What's happening in Brexit?
Ans : Told with a 4-5 cross questions, could not answer 1. Shared good stats though.
Q7. What about Scotland then?
Ans : Told , but said was not very confident.
Q8: Why product management??
Ans: Copy pasted IIMB SOP stuff.
Q9. Why do you think an MBA from IIMC would help you become a product manager?
Ans : Told. Some minor cross questions which I handled well.
Q10. Sir, ye to Maths Olympiad wala hai!! Mayur,here, solve this mathematics puzzle... ??
Ans : I'm 200% sure that my solution was wrong. But he said well done. Really nice and smiled. I was confused by now.
Q11. You have mentioned you play cricket, what did you learn from the cricket and how you use it in personal life?
Ans : Narrated a true incident. They were really happy with it.
Q12. Is product management your only choice in MBA?
Ans : First choice. I am open for anything else too.
Q13: How sure are you about IIMC?
Ans : 100%.
Q14: Your score and calls?
Ans: Told.
Q15: Why IIMC over IIMA/B? And please don't sell IIMC to us. We are tired of listening to same stories, right sir(pointing to another guy)??
Ans: Told them my conversations with alumni, what I read from various sources, electives offered. They said, very good.
Q16: Your parameters to choose a college out of ABC?
Ans : Tried to push it by saying I don't have admits yet. And I have not researched a lot about A/B. They said 'batana padega'.
Named 2-3 parameters, told them an answer similar to Q15.
Panelists : Thanks Mayur. That's it. You can leave now and take your documents along.
Mayur : Thanks all.
Duration : 18-21 minutes.
Interview Prep :4/5
Interview performance : 3.5/5 (Thoda GK aur pad lena chahiye.)
Update on 12 April 2019:
Verdict : Straight convert, won't be joining.
Venue: Monarch Luxur Hotel, 67, Infantry Road, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
Date and Time : 18 Mar 2019, 08:00 AM
CAT18 Score : 99.88 (Sectionals 97.5+)
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 31 completed months as Software Engineer
Document Verification started was in progress when I reached at 07:50 AM.
WAT Topic : Mobile phones are helpful for society? Also, do they have negative impacts? Share your views in 250-300 words.
WAT timings : 8:55 AM - 09:20 AM.
WAT prep : 3/5
WAT performance : 2/5 (It was a very generic topic)
I was third in the panel. My panel had 10 candidates but 3 were absent, hence only 7 people in my panel.
There were 3 panelists, all three were about 35-38 years old male profs.
I was asked for the documents which I was carrying immediately after entering the room.
Q1: Introduce yourself.
And : Generic answer, was very hungry, skipped a line or two.
Q2: What do you work on? Tell us about your work?
Ans: Told about what I do and its impact.
Q3: Tell me more about EMC deal.
Ans: Told.
Q4. Discuss market share of Dell as compared to other competitors?
And : Told them with stats.
Q5: Do you think EMC deal was worth it?
Ans : Fumbled a bit in the beginning. Expressed my personal opinion.
Q6: What's happening in Brexit?
Ans : Told with a 4-5 cross questions, could not answer 1. Shared good stats though.
Q7. What about Scotland then?
Ans : Told , but said was not very confident.
Q8: Why product management??
Ans: Copy pasted IIMB SOP stuff.
Q9. Why do you think an MBA from IIMC would help you become a product manager?
Ans : Told. Some minor cross questions which I handled well.
Q10. Sir, ye to Maths Olympiad wala hai!! Mayur,here, solve this mathematics puzzle... ??
Ans : I'm 200% sure that my solution was wrong. But he said well done. Really nice and smiled. I was confused by now.
Q11. You have mentioned you play cricket, what did you learn from the cricket and how you use it in personal life?
Ans : Narrated a true incident. They were really happy with it.
Q12. Is product management your only choice in MBA?
Ans : First choice. I am open for anything else too.
Q13: How sure are you about IIMC?
Ans : 100%.
Q14: Your score and calls?
Ans: Told.
Q15: Why IIMC over IIMA/B? And please don't sell IIMC to us. We are tired of listening to same stories, right sir(pointing to another guy)??
Ans: Told them my conversations with alumni, what I read from various sources, electives offered. They said, very good.
Q16: Your parameters to choose a college out of ABC?
Ans : Tried to push it by saying I don't have admits yet. And I have not researched a lot about A/B. They said 'batana padega'.
Named 2-3 parameters, told them an answer similar to Q15.
Panelists : Thanks Mayur. That's it. You can leave now and take your documents along.
Mayur : Thanks all.
Duration : 18-21 minutes.
Interview Prep :4/5
Interview performance : 3.5/5 (Thoda GK aur pad lena chahiye.)
Update on 12 April 2019:
Verdict : Straight convert, won't be joining.
An interview which tested you on all things. And you seemed to have done pretty well. All the best Mayur, may you make it to Joka��
ReplyDeleteThanks Rahul. I converted it, finally :)
DeleteAll the best to you too!!