IIM Ahmedabad interview experience
Venue: Monarch Luxur Hotel, 67, Infantry Road, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
Date and Time : 01 Mar 2019, 1:15:00 PM
CAT18 Score : 99.88
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 30 completed months as Software Engineer
My Document Verification was done post interview. We were split in 7 panels (6-7 candidates each) and were sent for AWT at 1:40PM.
AWT Topic :Media pressurizes people coming on news channels and tricks them to speak what media wants. We should monitor media. Something on that note.
AWT was for 20 minutes with 250-300 word limit. A big A4 sized sheet was provided and we could write on back side only. Front side was for filling details only.
AWT timings : 1:47 PM to 2:07 PM.
AWT prep : 3/5
AWT performance : 2/5 (Good presentation, less points.)
I was the third to be interviewed in the panel. Total 6 candidates were to be interviewed by my panel. The interviews were very short for all people before me (12-15 mins).
There were 2 panelists, one male professor who was about 35 years old, another male professor of about 30 years of age.
I was not asked for the documents which I was carrying and kept those on my lap in the beginning.
Q1: Tell us something about yourself not mentioned in this form?
And : Hobbies - Cricket,Cooking and Trekking. While I was answering, they asked me to put my docs on another table. I did and continued with the answer.
Prof : Can we ask some questions from your work experience?
I nodded.
Q2: Since in form you have mentioned your hobby as quizzing, tell us the history of your company.
Ans: Told from bare beginnings in 1984 till today when we acquired plenty of companies to diversify business. (Screwed up the name of the college of my company's founder. They asked me if I was sure about his college, I replied - I'm not. They seemed to move on.)
Q3: What other major tech happening was there in 1984?
Ans: Launch of Apple Mac 1. (Missed another, DOS based OS launches by MSFT.)
Q4. What all were the companies Dell faced challenge from in the beginning??
And : IBM, Apple. (Forgot many others to tell)
Q5: Not HP?
Ans : Only up to a certain extent, but we catered to a different segment in market. Tried explaining HP products but they were not convinces about HP.
Q6 : Explain what do you do?
Ans : Explained the product we develop.
Q7 : Asked what matrices do we use at work?
Ans : Told. And said we are planning to use ML, AI soon.
Q8 : Explain ML with models.
Ans : Could only define ML. He told me 3-4 models, I said I don't know as I never worked in Machine learning.
Prof : Can we ask some academics questions now? We will ask maths and CSE, alright?
I said yes, meekly.
Q9: Explain differentiation and integration.
Ans : Told basic definitions.
Q10 : Do you know about matrices in maths??
Ans : I studies long time back, hence not very confident.
Q11. What is the differentiation under integration?
Ans : Told them they are inverse of each other. They said tell us something else. I said IDK.
Q12: Do you know about sorting algorithms? Walk us through 1 maybe?.
Ans: Oh Okay. I picked 2. Insertion and Bubble. Explained well. They asked complexity, told bubble sort complexity correctly, messed up with insertion sort complexity.
One prof left to talk on phone but was back in under 30 secs.
Prof : Are you confident about stats?
Ans : Somewhat. Not much.
Q13. What's normal distribution?
Ans : Took average Indian male height example and plotted graph. Could not speak the definition. (I wanted to move to GK/Hobbies now)
Q14 : Tell us about standard deviation.
Ans : Told definition, said don't remember formula and told how mean can be found from graph we plotted sometimes back.
Q15 : Plot 2 graphs with same mean and high SD and low SD.
Ans : Plotted graphs correctly but marked them wrong. Messed up here. They said are you confident? I said yes. They laughed and moved on.
Q16 : You want us to ask more maths?
Smiled and said nothing.
Now, they asked me about my stance on AWT topic. I spoke a couple of points. They nodded and moved on.
Prof : Let's move on to Hobbies and GK now.
Q17 : Were you a quizmaster or a participant?
Ans : Both at different levels of college/job. They asked if the quiz was themed or mix in office? I replied and explained various levels.
Q18 : Tell me the treks you have been to?
Ans : Told, with some stats like height etc and where it started.
Q19 : That place has some hot water sources?
Ans : Nope. It has hot water sources on the way, but not at the location. The pond there is like freezing even in summers.
Q20 : Let's do GK. You know about relations of India with other countries?
Ans : Sir, I know well about Pak and Bhutan.
Q21 : Tell us about Bhutan. Pak to everyone knows na?
Ans : Explain treaties signed between India and Bhutan and Dabolam issue. Mentioned the wrong year but they were happy.
Q22 : Which Index does Bhutan tops globally?
Ans : Happiness Index
Q23 : Do you know how it is calculated? Tell us some factors.
Ans : Told 2. Both correct.
Q24 : Any news about Abhinandan?
Ans : Pakistan foreign minister told today morning that he will be released today in afternoon. (Could have spoken on protocols and Pak measures. :\)
Q25 : What was his designation in IAF?
Ans : Wing Commander, he was inducted in IAF in 2004.
Q26 : Since you play cricket, tell us in how many ways can a batsman get out.
Ans : 9 or 10?
Q27 : List all those you mentioned in Q24.
Ans : Told 9.
Q28 : Where are you from? How long in Bangalore?
Ans : Told. Any nearby big city? New Delhi.
Some discussion about India being Republic or Democratic? Difference between the 2? I tried explaining but then said, I don't know much but they are slightly different. (Very easy question. :( , 1 mins gone)
Q29 : Diplomatic relations with Pak, you want to tell?
Ans : I was speaking and then I stumbled. All black in front of eyes. Repeated a word 5-6 times. (This happens to me due to overheating of brain!!). Completed the sentence. They asked me to stop the answer right away seeing that I might faint/panic.
Q30 : What's the chief of Army,Navy,Air Force in India called? We don't want their names. Just tell the designation.
Ans : Told all 3, IAF wala slightly incorrect. Could have told about 4/5 star ranks and their difference . But I was very drained by then.
A few minor hiccups, lots of patience from their end and GK were the highlights of the interview.
I got my docs verified post interview, had a cup of tea and came back home.
PI Prep : 5/5
PI Performance : 2.5/5
Verdict : NOT OUT YET.
Update :
Verdict : Straight reject.
Venue: Monarch Luxur Hotel, 67, Infantry Road, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
Date and Time : 01 Mar 2019, 1:15:00 PM
CAT18 Score : 99.88
Class 10 = 91.xx
Class 12 = 86.xx
Engineering : 82.xx
Work Experience : 30 completed months as Software Engineer
My Document Verification was done post interview. We were split in 7 panels (6-7 candidates each) and were sent for AWT at 1:40PM.
AWT Topic :Media pressurizes people coming on news channels and tricks them to speak what media wants. We should monitor media. Something on that note.
AWT was for 20 minutes with 250-300 word limit. A big A4 sized sheet was provided and we could write on back side only. Front side was for filling details only.
AWT timings : 1:47 PM to 2:07 PM.
AWT prep : 3/5
AWT performance : 2/5 (Good presentation, less points.)
I was the third to be interviewed in the panel. Total 6 candidates were to be interviewed by my panel. The interviews were very short for all people before me (12-15 mins).
There were 2 panelists, one male professor who was about 35 years old, another male professor of about 30 years of age.
I was not asked for the documents which I was carrying and kept those on my lap in the beginning.
Q1: Tell us something about yourself not mentioned in this form?
And : Hobbies - Cricket,Cooking and Trekking. While I was answering, they asked me to put my docs on another table. I did and continued with the answer.
Prof : Can we ask some questions from your work experience?
I nodded.
Q2: Since in form you have mentioned your hobby as quizzing, tell us the history of your company.
Ans: Told from bare beginnings in 1984 till today when we acquired plenty of companies to diversify business. (Screwed up the name of the college of my company's founder. They asked me if I was sure about his college, I replied - I'm not. They seemed to move on.)
Q3: What other major tech happening was there in 1984?
Ans: Launch of Apple Mac 1. (Missed another, DOS based OS launches by MSFT.)
Q4. What all were the companies Dell faced challenge from in the beginning??
And : IBM, Apple. (Forgot many others to tell)
Q5: Not HP?
Ans : Only up to a certain extent, but we catered to a different segment in market. Tried explaining HP products but they were not convinces about HP.
Q6 : Explain what do you do?
Ans : Explained the product we develop.
Q7 : Asked what matrices do we use at work?
Ans : Told. And said we are planning to use ML, AI soon.
Q8 : Explain ML with models.
Ans : Could only define ML. He told me 3-4 models, I said I don't know as I never worked in Machine learning.
Prof : Can we ask some academics questions now? We will ask maths and CSE, alright?
I said yes, meekly.
Q9: Explain differentiation and integration.
Ans : Told basic definitions.
Q10 : Do you know about matrices in maths??
Ans : I studies long time back, hence not very confident.
Q11. What is the differentiation under integration?
Ans : Told them they are inverse of each other. They said tell us something else. I said IDK.
Q12: Do you know about sorting algorithms? Walk us through 1 maybe?.
Ans: Oh Okay. I picked 2. Insertion and Bubble. Explained well. They asked complexity, told bubble sort complexity correctly, messed up with insertion sort complexity.
One prof left to talk on phone but was back in under 30 secs.
Prof : Are you confident about stats?
Ans : Somewhat. Not much.
Q13. What's normal distribution?
Ans : Took average Indian male height example and plotted graph. Could not speak the definition. (I wanted to move to GK/Hobbies now)
Q14 : Tell us about standard deviation.
Ans : Told definition, said don't remember formula and told how mean can be found from graph we plotted sometimes back.
Q15 : Plot 2 graphs with same mean and high SD and low SD.
Ans : Plotted graphs correctly but marked them wrong. Messed up here. They said are you confident? I said yes. They laughed and moved on.
Q16 : You want us to ask more maths?
Smiled and said nothing.
Now, they asked me about my stance on AWT topic. I spoke a couple of points. They nodded and moved on.
Prof : Let's move on to Hobbies and GK now.
Q17 : Were you a quizmaster or a participant?
Ans : Both at different levels of college/job. They asked if the quiz was themed or mix in office? I replied and explained various levels.
Q18 : Tell me the treks you have been to?
Ans : Told, with some stats like height etc and where it started.
Q19 : That place has some hot water sources?
Ans : Nope. It has hot water sources on the way, but not at the location. The pond there is like freezing even in summers.
Q20 : Let's do GK. You know about relations of India with other countries?
Ans : Sir, I know well about Pak and Bhutan.
Q21 : Tell us about Bhutan. Pak to everyone knows na?
Ans : Explain treaties signed between India and Bhutan and Dabolam issue. Mentioned the wrong year but they were happy.
Q22 : Which Index does Bhutan tops globally?
Ans : Happiness Index
Q23 : Do you know how it is calculated? Tell us some factors.
Ans : Told 2. Both correct.
Q24 : Any news about Abhinandan?
Ans : Pakistan foreign minister told today morning that he will be released today in afternoon. (Could have spoken on protocols and Pak measures. :\)
Q25 : What was his designation in IAF?
Ans : Wing Commander, he was inducted in IAF in 2004.
Q26 : Since you play cricket, tell us in how many ways can a batsman get out.
Ans : 9 or 10?
Q27 : List all those you mentioned in Q24.
Ans : Told 9.
Q28 : Where are you from? How long in Bangalore?
Ans : Told. Any nearby big city? New Delhi.
Some discussion about India being Republic or Democratic? Difference between the 2? I tried explaining but then said, I don't know much but they are slightly different. (Very easy question. :( , 1 mins gone)
Q29 : Diplomatic relations with Pak, you want to tell?
Ans : I was speaking and then I stumbled. All black in front of eyes. Repeated a word 5-6 times. (This happens to me due to overheating of brain!!). Completed the sentence. They asked me to stop the answer right away seeing that I might faint/panic.
Q30 : What's the chief of Army,Navy,Air Force in India called? We don't want their names. Just tell the designation.
Ans : Told all 3, IAF wala slightly incorrect. Could have told about 4/5 star ranks and their difference . But I was very drained by then.
A few minor hiccups, lots of patience from their end and GK were the highlights of the interview.
I got my docs verified post interview, had a cup of tea and came back home.
PI Prep : 5/5
PI Performance : 2.5/5
Verdict : NOT OUT YET.
Update :
Verdict : Straight reject.
I hope you convert man. :)
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