Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
Your seniors at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow helped you with their notes. Now they're helping you with their placement interview questions. 🙏
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
Your seniors at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow helped you with their notes. Now they're helping you with their placement interview questions. 🙏
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ITCI applied via Campus Placement
Rank 15 items as plane crash survivor in a forest.
We managed to rank all 15 without arguing or overshooting the time. Was the last to enter but gave logical reasoning for 4-5 items which made my case stronger. Listen patiently and respond logically instead of just trying to speak.
HR questions previously submitted for the application.
I was asked why did I leave Singapore for India and questions on similar lines.
Do you have any experience in supply chain industry?
I don’t have direct work-related experience in supply chain however my Industrial Engineering specialization was in Logistics and Supply chain hence I have been interested in working in similar field since then but didn’t get a chance to.
What is the difference between efficient and responsive supply chain?
Efficient supply chain is one which focuses on costs minimization while responsive supply chain is more time based on customer needs.
What is the relation between responsive and efficient supply chain?
(I didn’t know this but was given some time to think on it) I think considering how efficient focuses on costs and responsive is supposed to be more expensive I believe they are inversely related.
Can you name something cutting-edge supply chain tech or process being followed?
(wasn’t sure what he was asking here so talked about 1PL to 5PL logistics systems but wasn’t what they wanted to hear)
Do you know what is IoT in supply chain?
How will IoT help India’s supply chain?
(I had talked about my long-term goal of setting my fresh produce supply chain so talked using that example).
So how will IoT help your mango supply chain?
IOT will allow me to monitor goods temperature throughout the cold chain and also enable me to utilize GPS tracking for various shipments, times etc. IOT will also allow me to forecast demand based on direct tracking of sales.
Alright suppose I want to setup a mango juice manufacturing plant in UP vs Maharashtra. What factors would make you choose UP or Maharashtra?
This was like a mini case discussion, where I listed multiple factors like transportation, labor, availability of raw material, etc.
The interviewer assumed of these factors as constant and probed more factors until I reached at ease of doing business, getting land and labor laws basically political climate of doing business.
If you were sent to a remote location would you mind working there?
Sir, I left Singapore to come back to Lucknow, and I’m enjoying every moment of my life back home. Even if I’m sent to Ballia I wouldn’t
mind as long as I get to learn how supply chain works in India.
I applied via Campus Placement
Situation based GD to select a leader consensually.
a, All members were given 1 pager case depicting the situation of a plane crash and the character
sketches of 5 persons out of which we had to
choose one leader.
b, Arriving at Consensus was mandated in the
beginning.
I applied via Campus Placement
The situation was to rank employees of a company in descending order of their priority to receive the company's housing facility. There were 6 characters in the situation, with different living conditions. We had to decide the rank based on various parameters - experience in the company, monetary situation, need for their quick response in the company campus. The moderators were looking for people to lead the GD in a structured fashion, with detailed discussion on each of the characters.
I applied via Campus Placement
1. Case Discussion (8-10 participants, 3 evaluators, 20 minutes for reading and discussion combined, no cap on reading time).
2. The case discusses about a person who dies due to negligence of multiple parties involved.
3.Firstly we had to rank the responsible parties individually and then form a group ranking based on our discussion and (100%) consensus.
I applied via Campus Placement
GD: Your airplane caught fire and you’ve landed in a forest. Rank in order things that are necessary for you and your group from 1 to 15.
I applied via Campus Placement
Choose one out of the six employees, who would be offered a house by the company.
I applied via Campus Placement
Situation based discussion where team members asked to come to a consensus in a situation.