Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow Placement Interview Questions

Updated 10 Jan 2025

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3 Interview Rounds

1

Case Study Round

Quickly run me through your CV.

Tell me about a time when you were able to step into a group, take charge, get support, and bring about excellent results.

a, What information did you seek out to make those decisions in this project?

b, Did you receive any feedback or provide any feedback to the team members during the project?

Can you think about a time when you thought there could be a better way of doing things and you thought of an improvement to an existing idea or process that made it significantly better?

Give me an example of a time when you changed the direction of a project that resulted in a reduction of time or costs.

Give me an example of a situation where you had to overcome major obstacles to make something important happen.

What were the kind of results you were able to deliver?

Tell me about a time when you were able to develop and maintain productive relationships while working with others even though you may have had different points of view.

You have found a way to improve an important and difficult procedure that has been in place for many years in the organization. You would want to share this change which will improve the procedure but you sense that others will oppose this improvement. How would you deal with this situation?

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Case Study Round

Tell me about a time when you had to suddenly implement a change so as to get better results for the project.

Why did you follow this approach?

Tell me about a time when you had some conflicts in the workplace and how did you go about diffusing the situation?

Did you not have guidelines from HR? Did you follow those?

Give me an example of a time when you had to work on something new an innovative. How did you manage to perform in the situation?

What were the risks involved in your approach?

Tell me about a time when midway through the project, you had to go through a change in project objectives. How did you go about dealing with this change?

Give me an example of a time when during an assignment you had to go through a change in roles and responsibilities.

How will you go about achieving results for 4 separate projects due at different timelines – 1 is due tomorrow, 1 is due next week, 1 is due in 1 month and 1 is due in 1 year?

1. Do you perceive any setbacks in this situation which may deter you at all?

2 .How would you ensure a positive outcome to the situation?

You are working on a deliverable which is due in 1 week but suddenly your manager says that the deliverable needs to be ready by day after tomorrow. How do you go about in this situation.

3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Why does P&G use a behavioral and HR based interview system in its recruiting process?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1.Do not lie or make up situations while answering HR questions. The interviewers have a good sense of when you are telling the truth and when you are making stuff up.

2. Also, across the 3 interview rounds, you will notice questions being repeated - it is completely alright to share the same instance/story across interview rounds. The main motive behind doing this is to judge for consistency.

3.Since P&G mostly focuses on behavioral aspects, you only need to prepare for the HR questions. The HR question bank floats should be good enough.

4. Interactions with seniors.

5.Internet.
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Other Round (1 Question)

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Other Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked mainly from CV. Asked similar questions as round 1. Asked about ad campaigns, favorite brand and campaign, why is it your favorite, competitor brand and c...read more
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HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about my family background, my hobbies, favourite brand and campaign, my role model, qualities of a leader, some questions from CV and some HR questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Know your CV inside out. You should be able to tell at least one paragraph about each CV point. Be well prepared with your HR answers.

2. Don’t sound monotonous. Be confident.

3. Try to answer in form of a story and don’t let your answers sound mugged up.

4. Interactions with seniors, Mock GDs/PIs.
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2 Interview Rounds

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One-on-one Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself.
  • Q2. Any situation where you resolved the conflict?
  • Q3. Give an example of how you have handled a challenge in the workplace before.
  • Q4. Give an example of when you performed well under pressure.
  • Q5. Tell about the most significant achievement of your life?
  • Q6. Describe a time when something didn't work out as you had planned. What did you do and what did you learn from it?
2

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself.
  • Q2. Why do you think you have been selected for the second round?
  • Q3. Share a situation where you use your numbers skill to outperform your colleagues?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - ✓ Prepare for questions based on guesstimates, Mock GDs and PIs.
✓ Perform extensive HR preparation
✓ Prepare for previous year's interview questions and P&G HR questions.
✓ For company info go through - Prismags, MOM and Company website.
✓ Ensure you have all the important examples and instances from your past (college, work-ex, extra-curricular).
✓ CV and HR questions are extremely important. Repeated questions are asked to check for consistency. Ensure you have well-structured and thought out answers.
✓ Be unique and be yourself. Answer with a smile.
✓ Discussion with seniors will help.
✓ You should just know the basic terms.
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One-on-one Round (10 Questions)

  • Q1. What are your 3 key achievements?
  • Q2. Share your work experience.
  • Q3. Give an example of how you have handled a challenge in the workplace before.
  • Q4. How do you manage to finish tasks much ahead of planned deadlines?
  • Q5. How do you go about achieving sales targets?
  • Q6. What was your contribution to your last project, how did you increase sales, and how did you reach this No. (15% increase in sales)?
  • Q7. How would you meet sales target in the last 5 days of a month?
  • Q8. How do you go about appointing new dealers?
  • Q9. Give me an example of a time when you showed initiate, share sample.
  • Q10. How to reach rural markets/ increase penetration in rural markets
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One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

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HR Round (1 Question)

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Group Discussion Round

Tell me something about yourself.

Share an instance when you lead a team and achieved something significant.

Why are you interested in Marketing?

Share an instance when you did something beyond the required task and achieved something significant.

Suppose You have found a way to improve an age-old process in the firm others (peers) are opposed to the idea. What would you do? How would you go about it? Roles - Finance Manager, Sales Head, Operation Incharge, etc.

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HR Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself.
  • Q2. Why are you interested in Marketing?
  • Q3. Share an instance when you faced a conflicting situation in a team and how you resolved it?
  • Q4. Share an instance when you had a very tight deadline. What did you do? How did you go about it?
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Assignment Round

Psychometric Test

2

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe a time when you resolved a conflict among team members?
  • Q2. Share a time when you worked with data.
  • Q3. Describe a situation when you wanted to take a different approach than your manager
  • Q4. Describe a time when you were asked to stop working on the project you have been working on for months and switch on to a new project. How did you go about it?
  • Q5. What will you do if your manager asks you to deliver a project way ahead of its deadline?
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HR Round (2 Questions)

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One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell us something about yourself
  • Q2. Tell us something about your family?
  • Q3. Share an instance where you had to convince your seniors.
  • Q4. Give an instance where you came up with an innovative idea to solve a problem
  • Q5. What do you think has been your most significant achievement?
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One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

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HR Round (2 Questions)

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HR Round (1 Question)

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Panel interview Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Non-verbal communication skills (body language).
  • Q2. How did you do a particular task in general and, share how could you have done better?
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