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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I went through a few templates & took help from some seniors. I prepared a few drafts and then later made improvements. IT might be a good idea to prepare well in advance and get your resumes reviewed from seniors in the companies you are applying. As probably you'll get to hear a lot, focus more on what you have achieved rather than just stating what all you have done. Keep it simple and short. And don't add anything you are not comfortable talking about in an interview. I know many capable people who didn't get short listed for Mck/BCG just because they didn't think resume was a big deal.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The case was simple. The interviewer said that imagine that he and I were flying together, he being an entrepreneur and I being the consultant. He tells me that he has motorcycle manufacturing business. His revenue has been steadily increasing but he is making losses. As he was not an accountant, he did not have any figures with him at the moment. After some discussion he told me that the sales were up and the costs had stayed the same. I figured that he was probably selling a couple of products and the sales of products which he was selling at a loss were increasing faster than those on which he was making a profit. That came out to be true. He was also selling auto parts apart from motorcycles but was making losses at the sale of motorcycles and sales of motorcycles has almost doubled last year while those of auto parts had stayed the same. That was all and we went back to HR questions. Another case was again pretty straight forward. The interviewer told me that his friend owned a multiplex in some suburb of Mumbai. His friend was making huge losses and had left him a frantic voice mail and wanted to meet him over the weekend. So I had to first give few ideas as to how to generate revenue, to make his friend feel better and then how to find the root of the problem. I think I tossed around a lot of ideas but I don't remember most of them. We planned to decrease cost of tickets but increase charges for advertisements and increase canteen rates. We planned to show soccer, cricket and tennis matches whenever it looked profitable and feasible. We also discussed coming under an Adlabs or PVR umbrella which will offer better bargaining power with producers. Then we also decided that it will be a good idea to conduct a survey in the locality and find the right mix of regional, bollywood and hollywood movies.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A lot of HR questions interspersed with small cases like consider a factory on one side of a river and a town on the opposite side. There is only one bridge to cross that river and there is always a traffic jam on the bridge in the mornings and evenings. Give a few ideas to improve the situation. He also gave me a guess estimate to guess the number of white boards in use in India. And then he asked me to give arguments for an average educational institute to shift from black boards to white boards.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This interview had no case. In-fact it wasn't exactly an interview and we just talked about his time at Mckinsey, their work in India, role of BAs etc.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: I went through a few templates & took help from some seniors. I prepared a few drafts and then later made improvements. IT might be a good idea to prepare well in advance and get your resumes reviewed from seniors in the companies you are applying. As probably you'll get to hear a lot, focus more on what you have achieved rather than just stating what all you have done. Keep it simple and short. And don't add anything you are not comfortable talking about in an interview. I know many capable people who didn't get short listed for Mck/BCG just because they didn't think resume was a big deal.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The case was simple. The interviewer said that imagine that he and I were flying together, he being an entrepreneur and I being the consultant. He tells me that he has motorcycle manufacturing business. His revenue has been steadily increasing but he is making losses. As he was not an accountant, he did not have any figures with him at the moment. After some discussion he told me that the sales were up and the costs had stayed the same. I figured that he was probably selling a couple of products and the sales of products which he was selling at a loss were increasing faster than those on which he was making a profit. That came out to be true. He was also selling auto parts apart from motorcycles but was making losses at the sale of motorcycles and sales of motorcycles has almost doubled last year while those of auto parts had stayed the same. That was all and we went back to HR questions. Another case was again pretty straight forward. The interviewer told me that his friend owned a multiplex in some suburb of Mumbai. His friend was making huge losses and had left him a frantic voice mail and wanted to meet him over the weekend. So I had to first give few ideas as to how to generate revenue, to make his friend feel better and then how to find the root of the problem. I think I tossed around a lot of ideas but I don't remember most of them. We planned to decrease cost of tickets but increase charges for advertisements and increase canteen rates. We planned to show soccer, cricket and tennis matches whenever it looked profitable and feasible. We also discussed coming under an Adlabs or PVR umbrella which will offer better bargaining power with producers. Then we also decided that it will be a good idea to conduct a survey in the locality and find the right mix of regional, bollywood and hollywood movies.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A lot of HR questions interspersed with small cases like consider a factory on one side of a river and a town on the opposite side. There is only one bridge to cross that river and there is always a traffic jam on the bridge in the mornings and evenings. Give a few ideas to improve the situation. He also gave me a guess estimate to guess the number of white boards in use in India. And then he asked me to give arguments for an average educational institute to shift from black boards to white boards.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This interview had no case. In-fact it wasn't exactly an interview and we just talked about his time at Mckinsey, their work in India, role of BAs etc.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I went through a few templates & took help from some seniors. I prepared a few drafts and then later made improvements. IT might be a good idea to prepare well in advance and get your resumes reviewed from seniors in the companies you are applying. As probably you'll get to hear a lot, focus more on what you have achieved rather than just stating what all you have done. Keep it simple and short. And don't add anything you are not comfortable talking about in an interview. I know many capable people who didn't get short listed for Mck/BCG just because they didn't think resume was a big deal. I attended most of the PPTs. They are informative, but don't always help you decide what you want, the best part are the pizzas of course. Talk to seniors in the companies that you are interested in but remember these seniors are now employees of the company and will usually not say a single bad word about the job. Apart from seniors, try talking to people who will give your interests priority over the company (cousins, close friends).
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There was an initial shortlist of about 25 and a waiting list of 20 based on resumes. After the first round of interviews (one interview each), about 10 candidates were short listed. After the second round of interviews (2 interviews each), 3 final offers were made. All interviews were both case study and HR. A few questions based on the resume, the normal HR questions and a couple of them. Interview revolved around the normal HR questions, then he asked me something about which Indian company do I admire the most and why. To be honest I wasn't really prepared for this one. Next was a case of sort. He asked me that if I was the director of IIT Bombay and it was a private institute, what steps I would take to generate funds and make it a profitable institution. I think my answer revolved around generating funds from alumni, getting research grants from big companies, raising fees but providing adequate loans and repayment options, allowing shops inside campus, raising funds through placements.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The interviewer was asking everybody the same case, as he said he wanted to measure everybody on the same platform. I don't recall the case very precisely but since it was the same for everyone, I am sure somebody else must have written it in their interview experience.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The third interview started with questions like why consulting, which other companies did I appear for, how did I fare, what went wrong etc. They also wanted to know if I had appeared for CAT or GRE. Then we moved onto the other HR questions about my aspirations, immediate plans etc. The case that I got was particularly interesting. The case was how to increase the revenue of my dads manufacturing unit (my dad has a hosiery manufacturing unit) by 5 fold in 3 years. This was also easy since I had all the facts that I needed before I even started. I didn't have to ask the interviewer for any clarifications or dig for any facts. So I started with increasing working hours to 2 shifts of 8 hours each. Then I would increase exports by exporting to Europe and US by manufacturing in summers and for African and South American nations in winters. Australia would not be a market as all the raw material mostly comes from Australia and it would be hard to compete with the Australian domestic manufacturers. Then an year or so later, I would look to launch my own brands and work a franchise model as I didn't have much experience with the retail business. Launching my own brand would bring much better margins. I also discussed the possibility of attracting brands like GAP, ZARA, C&A yet not available in India and manufacturing for the domestic market. I also discussed the possibility of entering the other segments of garment market as I had the required contacts & reputation in the market. All I had to do was set up new manufacturing facilities. The case was again followed with a couple of HR questions.
General Tips: Take things more seriously than we tend to in IIT Bombay. Especially for those preparing for tech and i-banks, study hard..
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: I went through a few templates & took help from some seniors. I prepared a few drafts and then later made improvements. IT might be a good idea to prepare well in advance and get your resumes reviewed from seniors in the companies you are applying. As probably you'll get to hear a lot, focus more on what you have achieved rather than just stating what all you have done. Keep it simple and short. And don't add anything you are not comfortable talking about in an interview. I know many capable people who didn't get short listed for Mck/BCG just because they didn't think resume was a big deal. I attended most of the PPTs. They are informative, but don't always help you decide what you want, the best part are the pizzas of course. Talk to seniors in the companies that you are interested in but remember these seniors are now employees of the company and will usually not say a single bad word about the job. Apart from seniors, try talking to people who will give your interests priority over the company (cousins, close friends).
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There was an initial shortlist of about 25 and a waiting list of 20 based on resumes. After the first round of interviews (one interview each), about 10 candidates were short listed. After the second round of interviews (2 interviews each), 3 final offers were made. All interviews were both case study and HR. A few questions based on the resume, the normal HR questions and a couple of them. Interview revolved around the normal HR questions, then he asked me something about which Indian company do I admire the most and why. To be honest I wasn't really prepared for this one. Next was a case of sort. He asked me that if I was the director of IIT Bombay and it was a private institute, what steps I would take to generate funds and make it a profitable institution. I think my answer revolved around generating funds from alumni, getting research grants from big companies, raising fees but providing adequate loans and repayment options, allowing shops inside campus, raising funds through placements.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The interviewer was asking everybody the same case, as he said he wanted to measure everybody on the same platform. I don't recall the case very precisely but since it was the same for everyone, I am sure somebody else must have written it in their interview experience.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The third interview started with questions like why consulting, which other companies did I appear for, how did I fare, what went wrong etc. They also wanted to know if I had appeared for CAT or GRE. Then we moved onto the other HR questions about my aspirations, immediate plans etc. The case that I got was particularly interesting. The case was how to increase the revenue of my dads manufacturing unit (my dad has a hosiery manufacturing unit) by 5 fold in 3 years. This was also easy since I had all the facts that I needed before I even started. I didn't have to ask the interviewer for any clarifications or dig for any facts. So I started with increasing working hours to 2 shifts of 8 hours each. Then I would increase exports by exporting to Europe and US by manufacturing in summers and for African and South American nations in winters. Australia would not be a market as all the raw material mostly comes from Australia and it would be hard to compete with the Australian domestic manufacturers. Then an year or so later, I would look to launch my own brands and work a franchise model as I didn't have much experience with the retail business. Launching my own brand would bring much better margins. I also discussed the possibility of attracting brands like GAP, ZARA, C&A yet not available in India and manufacturing for the domestic market. I also discussed the possibility of entering the other segments of garment market as I had the required contacts & reputation in the market. All I had to do was set up new manufacturing facilities. The case was again followed with a couple of HR questions.
General Tips: Take things more seriously than we tend to in IIT Bombay. Especially for those preparing for tech and i-banks, study hard..
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why is your cpi low?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The answer to the first question should be short (max. two lines) but should bring out the strong talking points of your resume. In my case, I stressed on my organizational and leadership skills. The answer to this question would invariantly lead to the next question related to the topic that you mentioned strongly. Here onwards, in each answer you should bring in a topic which you are comfortable talking about so that the interviewer asks the next question on the very same topic.
While Answering the second question, I brought in the point of my keen interest in varied project works, because my EDP was a strong point of my resume.
Tips: 1.Preparation and practice is a must2.Consistency is very very important.
3.Preparing questions to ask the interviewer at the end of the interview is also a must.
4.Practice in the form of saying out aloud also helps a lot.
General Tips: I wish you luck for whatever you choose to do in future.
Skill Tips: Stress more on the strong point of your resume.
Skills:
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: The answer to the first question should be short (max. two lines) but should bring out the strong talking points of your resume. In my case, I stressed on my organizational and leadership skills. The answer to this question would invariantly lead to the next question related to the topic that you mentioned strongly. Here onwards, in each answer you should bring in a topic which you are comfortable talking about so that the interviewer asks the next question on the very same topic.
While Answering the second question, I brought in the point of my keen interest in varied project works, because my EDP was a strong point of my resume.
Tips: 1.Preparation and practice is a must2.Consistency is very very important.
3.Preparing questions to ask the interviewer at the end of the interview is also a must.
4.Practice in the form of saying out aloud also helps a lot.
General Tips: I wish you luck for whatever you choose to do in future.
Skill Tips: Stress more on the strong point of your resume.
Skills:
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Abhishek Loiwal
posted on 2 Sep 2015
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Mathematics Courses, Statistics Courses and related projects. Also interest in finance is a plus point. Coding skills and computational software such as MATLAB is another plus point.
Round: Test
Experience: Very challenging, almost impossible to get to answers of every question. They just check your approach. All questions were either based on statistics (regression for example) or algorithmic puzzles.
Duration: 1 hour minute
Total Questions: 7
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A combination of Technical as well as HR interview. Was asked to go through every technical point in my resume, and was asked a few question here and there
Tips: Be sure to know each thing in your resume well.
General Tips: 1: Be Confident.
2: Keep Smiling.
3: Do not be Panic.
4: Remember they are here to hire you but not reject you.
5: Do not loose hope.
6: Believe at yourself.
7: Start preparing early.
8: Do demo interviews with your friend.
Skill Tips: Also an interest in finance
Skills: Statistics, Mathematics, Coding , Computational software
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Every body joins a comapny for making a software or earning money. But I was always motivated to MAKE MONEY. I have taken this job because they have very extensive work in Share Market and they have lots of MBA from IIM's, Lots of CAs, CS. Thats why i have choosen Edelweiss. I have rejected epic System USA for this profile.
Experience: Mathematics Courses, Statistics Courses and related projects. Also interest in finance is a plus point. Coding skills and computational software such as MATLAB is another plus point.
Round: Test
Experience: Very challenging, almost impossible to get to answers of every question. They just check your approach. All questions were either based on statistics (regression for example) or algorithmic puzzles.
Duration: 1 hour minute
Total Questions: 7
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A combination of Technical as well as HR interview. Was asked to go through every technical point in my resume, and was asked a few question here and there
Tips: Be sure to know each thing in your resume well.
General Tips: 1: Be Confident.
2: Keep Smiling.
3: Do not be Panic.
4: Remember they are here to hire you but not reject you.
5: Do not loose hope.
6: Believe at yourself.
7: Start preparing early.
8: Do demo interviews with your friend.
Skill Tips: Also an interest in finance
Skills: Statistics, Mathematics, Coding , Computational software
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Every body joins a comapny for making a software or earning money. But I was always motivated to MAKE MONEY. I have taken this job because they have very extensive work in Share Market and they have lots of MBA from IIM's, Lots of CAs, CS. Thats why i have choosen Edelweiss. I have rejected epic System USA for this profile.
Sanchita Dhas
posted on 24 Feb 2015
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Describe Internship work in detail and what impact did you bring in
- Q2. Tell work done under position of responsibilities
- Q3. Motivation to join head role
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Usual HR interview with focus on 'impact brought' while doing internships
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Usual HR interview with focus on 'impact brought' while doing internships
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Work done in Internships in detail
- Q2. Technical questions about projects done
- Q3. Motivation to join
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Asked questions mostly on resume.If you know your resume in detail, there is no reason to worry.
Tips: Stay calm
General Tips: Stay calm and focused
Skills: Communication skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Asked questions mostly on resume.If you know your resume in detail, there is no reason to worry.
Tips: Stay calm
General Tips: Stay calm and focused
Skills: Communication skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Sanchita Dhas
posted on 24 Feb 2015
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Gave some questions about sales channel with some conditions and some figures
- Q2. General questions about interns and projects
- Q3. How will you increase footfall ? (innovative ideas only!)
- Q4. Told to pitch a plan for selling 2rs pen to a person using 500 rs pen.Also to sell a half used bisleri bottle to anyone
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case study was not so difficult.It just involved understanding sales channel and used some arithmetic.
Tips: It is very easy to crack if you understand given sales channel. Most information given is not of any use.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Hr round was not difficult. Interviewers wanted out of the box ideas for sales.
Tips: Try to think different and out of the box!
Skills: Excellent communication skills, Problem solving skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Case study was not so difficult.It just involved understanding sales channel and used some arithmetic.
Tips: It is very easy to crack if you understand given sales channel. Most information given is not of any use.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Hr round was not difficult. Interviewers wanted out of the box ideas for sales.
Tips: Try to think different and out of the box!
Skills: Excellent communication skills, Problem solving skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions on why social field as a career ?
- Q2. Why not take up core job instead ?
- Q3. Explain in detail about work done till now in social field
- Q4. Small case study on how will you identify right field to work on for Csr projects
- Q5. Had to analyse which sector(education,livelihood etc.) and which section of society will I choose if a company csr approaches with fixed budget
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Focuses mainly on how much inclined are you to create positive change at grassroots. They want to know if you are planning to continue in this field.
Tips: Stay calm.It is a typical HR interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Had to explain the entire case in 10 minutes.The interviewer was open to all options in case study.
Tips: Just make sure that you complete your case study with proper answer in given time.
General Tips: You should have a very strong reason for applying in this company.The company didn't hire anyone out of the 10 students shortlisted.
Skills: Problem solving skills, Creativity, , written communication skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: I want to exploit my engineering skills for betterment of society.
Experience: Focuses mainly on how much inclined are you to create positive change at grassroots. They want to know if you are planning to continue in this field.
Tips: Stay calm.It is a typical HR interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Had to explain the entire case in 10 minutes.The interviewer was open to all options in case study.
Tips: Just make sure that you complete your case study with proper answer in given time.
General Tips: You should have a very strong reason for applying in this company.The company didn't hire anyone out of the 10 students shortlisted.
Skills: Problem solving skills, Creativity, , written communication skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: I want to exploit my engineering skills for betterment of society.
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. CASE: Making recomendations to a telecommunication firm based on the efficiency of it's distribution network
- Q2. CASE: The case was about a cement company setting off to buy another firm
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The trick here was to recognize that even though the firm had several hundred clients in each city, it was a few big clients that contributed to most of it's revenue and a distribution network targeting these few clients was the expected recommendation.
Some standard HR questions were asked, about what I would consider my most significant achievement, why consultancy etc.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The task was to explore possibility of synergy in this acquisition. The case was based entirely on common sense and elementary mathematics. The interviewer wanted me to write an equation showing how costs would reduce if two companies merge.
HR questions were about my strengths, weaknesses etc.
General Tips: 1.Work on your communication skills.
2.Consultancies look for "spikes" in your career. spikes are the areas in your resume where you have shown outstanding performance.
3.Practice the case studies in groups. Avoid technical jargon and frameworks.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: The trick here was to recognize that even though the firm had several hundred clients in each city, it was a few big clients that contributed to most of it's revenue and a distribution network targeting these few clients was the expected recommendation.
Some standard HR questions were asked, about what I would consider my most significant achievement, why consultancy etc.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The task was to explore possibility of synergy in this acquisition. The case was based entirely on common sense and elementary mathematics. The interviewer wanted me to write an equation showing how costs would reduce if two companies merge.
HR questions were about my strengths, weaknesses etc.
General Tips: 1.Work on your communication skills.
2.Consultancies look for "spikes" in your career. spikes are the areas in your resume where you have shown outstanding performance.
3.Practice the case studies in groups. Avoid technical jargon and frameworks.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Mayank Sharma
posted on 6 Feb 2015
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself
- Q2. Tell us about an experience when you worked in stressful environment away from home
- Q3. What is your USP
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: These are not the exact questions but will give you a rough idea
Tips: See you will get a job today or tomorrow doesn't matter. I'm not saying don't feel the pressure, it is important for you to get pushed to do stuff you otherwise wouldn't have thought of.
General Tips: I've mentioned it before use the stress to sharpen your skills. Its ok to take a day or two off
Skills: Honesty, devotion, Way to approach a problem, How you behave and carry yourself
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: I wanted a core job
Experience: These are not the exact questions but will give you a rough idea
Tips: See you will get a job today or tomorrow doesn't matter. I'm not saying don't feel the pressure, it is important for you to get pushed to do stuff you otherwise wouldn't have thought of.
General Tips: I've mentioned it before use the stress to sharpen your skills. Its ok to take a day or two off
Skills: Honesty, devotion, Way to approach a problem, How you behave and carry yourself
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: I wanted a core job
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