Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow Placement Interview Questions
Updated
10 Jan 2025
60 interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Mostly questions on my work experience at Capital One and what I learnt out of it
- Q2. One basic question on marketing strategy of a company
- Q3. Why Accenture? Why consulting?
- Q4. Pure HR interview with all kinds of standard HR questions like leadership examples, strengths, why consulting, hobbies, social work etc
- Q5. Partner Round- Checking the fit. Similar questions as earlier. No case studies or guesstimate
Interview Preparation Tips
General Tips: • Go through the website and their campus ppt well
• Be prepared with “Why Accenture” answer
• Prepare for all the standard HR answers well in advance. It really helps on the final day.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
• Be prepared with “Why Accenture” answer
• Prepare for all the standard HR answers well in advance. It really helps on the final day.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why not finance?
- Q2. Why MBA from Engineering?
- Q3. Case
- Q4. Tell me about yourself
- Q5. Why AMC?
- Q6. Why Consulting?
- Q7. Any question you would like to us?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: CASE
1. Ranbaxy production is falling. Give me the structure and exhaustive list.
2. Ranbaxy profits are falling. Give me the structure of all the parameters under consideration.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: 1. Calculate the cost of the disease ( opportunity cost+ medical expenses+ social +emotional cost )
2. List down all the parameters to be considered while constructing a Toll booth on highway to generate maximum revenue.
General Tips: Read about the company on their website and include that information in your answers.
Practise basic case solving frameworks
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: CASE
1. Ranbaxy production is falling. Give me the structure and exhaustive list.
2. Ranbaxy profits are falling. Give me the structure of all the parameters under consideration.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: 1. Calculate the cost of the disease ( opportunity cost+ medical expenses+ social +emotional cost )
2. List down all the parameters to be considered while constructing a Toll booth on highway to generate maximum revenue.
General Tips: Read about the company on their website and include that information in your answers.
Practise basic case solving frameworks
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why consulting?
- Q3. Why Accenture?
- Q4. Work ex related questions
- Q5. Calculate ROI of your project at Hero Motocorp
- Q6. Which subject did you like the most in first term?Explain economies of scale? Why does the cost increase after certain volume? How can that be avoided?
- Q7. Repeated questioning on why management? and why consulting?
- Q8. How comfortable would you be in applying your work ex. related learnings in a bank?
- Q9. Questions related to my work ex at Hero Motocorp
- Q10. Explain ABC Analysis
- Q11. Questions related to Flipkart’s Big billion Day - What is the motive behind Flipkart’s big billion day?
- Q12. Given the negative publicity that flipkart witnessed, would you as an entrepreneur have such a sale for your company?
- Q13. Estimate the customers that flipkart would have gained due to the Big billion day
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Questions were mostly related to Flipkart’s Big Billion Day
1) Guesstimate the number of customers flipkart would have gained due to the Big Billion Day sale.
- Calculated it for a smaller area taking IIML as sample and suggested about extrapolating these numbers to a city like Lucknow or maybe even India
- Mentioned about the skew in the results if extrapolation was done with IIML as sample.
- Explained about the error corrections that must be considered while extrapolating like Computer literacy, awareness about the sale, internet availability etc.
General Tips: Structured approach to all the answers. Be confident throughout the process and involve the interviewers. Research on the various divisions of Accenture and the kind of projects taken up by those divisions
Know your CV well
Preparation of HR answers is crucial
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: Questions were mostly related to Flipkart’s Big Billion Day
1) Guesstimate the number of customers flipkart would have gained due to the Big Billion Day sale.
- Calculated it for a smaller area taking IIML as sample and suggested about extrapolating these numbers to a city like Lucknow or maybe even India
- Mentioned about the skew in the results if extrapolation was done with IIML as sample.
- Explained about the error corrections that must be considered while extrapolating like Computer literacy, awareness about the sale, internet availability etc.
General Tips: Structured approach to all the answers. Be confident throughout the process and involve the interviewers. Research on the various divisions of Accenture and the kind of projects taken up by those divisions
Know your CV well
Preparation of HR answers is crucial
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. A case study on how to improve profitability by reducing the logistics cost.
- Q2. H asked which area I wanted to specialize in?
- Q3. What would I look at first while looking at income statement of a company so as to determine the health of a company?
- Q4. Tell me about yourself.
- Q5. Why consulting?
- Q6. Why is academic section of your CV so strong?
- Q7. Most remarkable achievement during your work ex.?
- Q8. What are your hobbies?
- Q9. What would you do first after finishing your MBA?
- Q10. The partner had a degree in chemical engineering. So he asked me questions on heat transfer
- Q11. My favourite course at IIM Lucknow.
- Q12. A few questions from microeconomics
- Q13. 15 minute discussion with him on Prisoner’s dilemma in the airline as well as soft drink industry
- Q14. Why Accenture?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I had done a 6 month internship in Logistics department of Skoda. So he asked me the case. Basically he wanted to check how many areas of logistics I touched upon and how could cost be reduced in each.
General Tips: Be calm and composed. Consulting interviews are basically about having a wholesome conversation with the interviewer. The more comfortable you are higher are your chances of selection. Do not mug up frameworks for case prep. Be logical in your approach.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: I had done a 6 month internship in Logistics department of Skoda. So he asked me the case. Basically he wanted to check how many areas of logistics I touched upon and how could cost be reduced in each.
General Tips: Be calm and composed. Consulting interviews are basically about having a wholesome conversation with the interviewer. The more comfortable you are higher are your chances of selection. Do not mug up frameworks for case prep. Be logical in your approach.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Introduction (something not on CV)
- Q2. Discussion about family,my hostel life & other generic stuff
- Q3. Interviewer read the comments of R1 and asked about how confident I am with quant. (I messed up some calculations in first round)
- Q4. How to increase the number of bank accounts of a public sector bank?
- Q5. How to commoditize the perfume being sold at the Jaipur city palace & used by the royal family?
- Q6. Introduction
- Q7. Reason for a career in Consulting
- Q8. Case was on profitability of a tea packaging company
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: He gave a lot of details: targeted segment, existing customers, mean & median age and income of customers, for the first question.
For the second question, He wanted me to think of a marketing plan for 5-10 mins. He wanted a one- on-one debate rather than a structured solution on paper.
General Tips: HR answers: most important, Have a clear answer for ‘Why consulting’
Involve the interviewer during the case as much as possible.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: He gave a lot of details: targeted segment, existing customers, mean & median age and income of customers, for the first question.
For the second question, He wanted me to think of a marketing plan for 5-10 mins. He wanted a one- on-one debate rather than a structured solution on paper.
General Tips: HR answers: most important, Have a clear answer for ‘Why consulting’
Involve the interviewer during the case as much as possible.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. One thing I liked about the Accenture PPT and case workshop, one thing that I did not like
- Q2. Which team would you like to join- CN or India Business?
- Q3. Is it okay if we send you to a small village like xyz on a client project?
- Q4. What will you do if we do not select you? what other shortlists you have?
- Q5. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you w...read more
- Q6. Tell me something about yourself
- Q7. What do you think about the current macro-economic condition of our country from business perspective?
- Q8. What do you think about the current inflation and exchange rate of our economy?
- Q9. After QE tapering and witnessing its effect on Indian exchange rate, what are some of the most impactful steps taken by Govt to control the fluctuation in excha...read more
- Q10. What are some of the things that can be improved to promote business?
- Q11. Asked me to explain a project I did at workplace on reputation risk
- Q12. Tell me something about the firm you worked at and your role?
- Q13. Asked me about 2 other short term projects from work mentioned in CV
- Q14. Very standard ‘Sales Declining’ Case- My client is from auto industry, his sales are declining, analyse why? (asked me to list down all the possible reasons)
- Q15. Tell me about your experience at IIM Lucknow and what would you like to change?
- Q16. Have you explored Lucknow, outside your college campus? If so, one thing you’d like to change or dislike?Have you explored Lucknow, outside your college campus?...read more
- Q17. Tell me one thing that is not there on your CV
- Q18. Why Accenture?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The following questions were written on the case sheet:
Q1- How would you price the garbage to make a profit? (what would be your strategy)
Q2- What information would you need to proceed in the case, prioritize your questions.
Q3- Apart from obtaining money from the above 5 vendors, what are other revenue streams?
Q4- What are some of the other factors you would consider when you price the society?
General Tips: Prepare to answer questions based on CV.
You should be able to structure the case on paper/ verbally.
Interview should be conversational.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: The following questions were written on the case sheet:
Q1- How would you price the garbage to make a profit? (what would be your strategy)
Q2- What information would you need to proceed in the case, prioritize your questions.
Q3- Apart from obtaining money from the above 5 vendors, what are other revenue streams?
Q4- What are some of the other factors you would consider when you price the society?
General Tips: Prepare to answer questions based on CV.
You should be able to structure the case on paper/ verbally.
Interview should be conversational.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why consulting?
- Q3. Questions on my CV - Long discussion on projects that I did at Flipkart
- Q4. A marketing strategy case. Client is a perfume seller in Jaipur. The perfumes he sells are not to be found anywhere else in the world. The product has not been ...read more
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Some discussion on the “Digital” focus area of Accenture. I asked the interviewer about his experience at operations projects at the company. (Operations was his area of specialisation)
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The case was very interactive. The interviewer expected me to frame a structure and ask the right questions. There was a lengthy discussion at the end about pricing and the right marketing campaign to be chosen.
Tips: I was able to hold onto my point albeit minor modifications in light of continuous questions and interruptions by the interviewer. The interviewer, I believe he was trying to test my composure and I think I did well by sharing with him the logic of my answers.
I was unsure about some of my points after being mocked by the interviewer. My lack of knowledge of perfumes was a bit of a problem.
General Tips: Be cool and logical in your thinking. The interviewer looks for gaps in your thought process. So, list out any assumptions that you take inadvertently in your mind.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: Some discussion on the “Digital” focus area of Accenture. I asked the interviewer about his experience at operations projects at the company. (Operations was his area of specialisation)
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The case was very interactive. The interviewer expected me to frame a structure and ask the right questions. There was a lengthy discussion at the end about pricing and the right marketing campaign to be chosen.
Tips: I was able to hold onto my point albeit minor modifications in light of continuous questions and interruptions by the interviewer. The interviewer, I believe he was trying to test my composure and I think I did well by sharing with him the logic of my answers.
I was unsure about some of my points after being mocked by the interviewer. My lack of knowledge of perfumes was a bit of a problem.
General Tips: Be cool and logical in your thinking. The interviewer looks for gaps in your thought process. So, list out any assumptions that you take inadvertently in your mind.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why Consulting?
- Q3. What have you done in IIM Lucknow all this while?
- Q4. Favourite subjects- Questions covering accounts, ratios, interpretation of financial statements
- Q5. Questions on Capital Asset Pricing model
- Q6. Other models to measure risk ( Harry Markovitz model)
- Q7. Which one is better?
- Q8. NPV vs IRR
- Q9. My stand on US- Syria war, Hong Kong protests
- Q10. Why consulting
- Q11. How has the journey been so far in IIM Lucknow?
- Q12. Questions about companies preferring lower profit or higher profit ( Shareholder confidence vs tax evasion)
- Q13. Questions on Income tax provisions, indirect tax provisions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The second round was with Asia Pacific head and it started with him asking me which horizontal or Vertical I see myself in. On mentioning Finance, the whole interview revolved around Financial
Management and Investment concepts besides basic FRA.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The partner wanted to testify the claims made by the second round interviewer about my inclination towards Finance. He gave me situations and asked me what impact each event or
transaction will have on Profit and loss statement, Balance sheet and Cash flow statement.
General Tips: Have clarity of thought in talking about your area of interest. Have structure, and coherence in HR Answers. Know your CV really well. And maintain your calm, it shows.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: The second round was with Asia Pacific head and it started with him asking me which horizontal or Vertical I see myself in. On mentioning Finance, the whole interview revolved around Financial
Management and Investment concepts besides basic FRA.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The partner wanted to testify the claims made by the second round interviewer about my inclination towards Finance. He gave me situations and asked me what impact each event or
transaction will have on Profit and loss statement, Balance sheet and Cash flow statement.
General Tips: Have clarity of thought in talking about your area of interest. Have structure, and coherence in HR Answers. Know your CV really well. And maintain your calm, it shows.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Problem was about the falling market share of an FMCG company. Interviewer was looking for a structure to the problem and the various factors that I can come up...read more
- Q2. Tell me about yourself?
- Q3. What work you did at KPMG and why you left it?
- Q4. My biggest learning out of my job?
- Q5. The case was about a magician who was controlling the supply of food that was eventually going in the well. I had to determine the speed of conveyor belt, that ...read more
- Q6. How was my last interview? What could I have done better?
- Q7. Why Consulting? Why not go into my field of engineering?
- Q8. Why did I leave KPMG?
- Q9. What can I do to motivate a team?
- Q10. Who has a greater influence in my life- school or parents. Why?
- Q11. Why Accenture?
- Q12. Any questions you would like to ask?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Interview started with ‘Tell me about yourself’. It went straightway to a case from the FMCG sector. A little tricky but doable. The company’s profit margin had to be compared to the industry average and some knowledge of various ratios of this industry, helped me give valuable insights.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The interview started with general HR questions, and then he moved on the case. He had made a confusing diagram. I didn’t not get into the mathematics, and asked basic questions about the motive of the magician. Why is the food going inside the well etc. I also listed down the questions related to mathematics on a piece of paper.
Skill Tips: stress more on what is the problem and what exactly is happening. Prepare your HR answers well in advance, which help you on the final day.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: Interview started with ‘Tell me about yourself’. It went straightway to a case from the FMCG sector. A little tricky but doable. The company’s profit margin had to be compared to the industry average and some knowledge of various ratios of this industry, helped me give valuable insights.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The interview started with general HR questions, and then he moved on the case. He had made a confusing diagram. I didn’t not get into the mathematics, and asked basic questions about the motive of the magician. Why is the food going inside the well etc. I also listed down the questions related to mathematics on a piece of paper.
Skill Tips: stress more on what is the problem and what exactly is happening. Prepare your HR answers well in advance, which help you on the final day.
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. How was my last interview? What could I have done better?
- Q3. Tell me about yourself?
- Q4. Problem was about the falling market share of an FMCG company. He gave some numbers, which had to be traced backwards to get the company’s profits.
- Q5. Why Consulting? Why not go into my field of engineering?
- Q6. Why did I leave KPMG?
- Q7. What can I do to motivate a team?
- Q8. Who has a greater influence in my life- school or parents. Why?
- Q9. Why Accenture?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview started with HR, and went straightway to a case from the FMCG sector. It was a little tricky but doable. The company’s profit margin had to be compared to the industry average and some knowledge of various ratios of this industry, helped give valuable insights.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was taken by the company HR.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: For the case, He had made a confusing diagram. I didn’t not get into the mathematics, and asked basic questions about the motive of the magician. Why is the food going inside the well etc. I also listed down the questions related to mathematics on a piece of paper.
General Tips: Prepare HR answers well in advance. Prepare “Do you have any question for me?”
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
Experience: Interview started with HR, and went straightway to a case from the FMCG sector. It was a little tricky but doable. The company’s profit margin had to be compared to the industry average and some knowledge of various ratios of this industry, helped give valuable insights.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was taken by the company HR.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: For the case, He had made a confusing diagram. I didn’t not get into the mathematics, and asked basic questions about the motive of the magician. Why is the food going inside the well etc. I also listed down the questions related to mathematics on a piece of paper.
General Tips: Prepare HR answers well in advance. Prepare “Do you have any question for me?”
Skills:
College Name: IIM Lucknow
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