Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Telangana

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Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad Placement Interview Questions

Updated 22 Sep 2024

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posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Case Study Round

How to reduce number of SLA breaches (essentially mismatch between promised delivery time and actual delivery time) in Flipkart’s supply chain?

Assume Virat Kohli comes to you and tell you that his batting average and strike rate have been dropping in the last 3 months and asks you to find a solution. How would you solve his problem?

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Product Management Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Past work experience. What product you worked on? What were its applications?
  • Q2. Product/System architecture of the product you worked on.
  • Q3. How you handle conflicts between development team and customer regarding timelines etc?
  • Q4. What are the things you would do differently in your past company if you were the PM?
3

Product Management Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Design an elevator system for a building?
  • Q2. Most challenging thing in past work ex?
  • Q3. Describe a situation where you faced failure in your work?
  • Q4. If you could change something in your past work ex what would it be?
4

Product Management Round (1 Question)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Round 1: The duration of the interview was 45 mins

Round 2: The duration of the interview was 30 mins.

Interview was taken by an engineering manager. Aim was to figure out if the engineering team(developers) can get clear requirements and communication from me.

Round 3- The duration was 30 mins.

Was asked 1 case and some behavioral questions.

Round 4- The duration was 45 mins.
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user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Product Management Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This was a product design round where I was asked to design a product which will help to bring together all interested outdoor game players in a gated community...read more
2

Product Management Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. This was a very long round ~1 hr 45 minutes and most crucial after which rest 2 rounds seemed more like a discussion, probably because I am not from Tech. backg...read more
  • Q2. It started with a question on my hobbies (car, bike, motorsports, tuning scene) etc., followed by a talk about car/bike tuners in India, followed by my interest...read more
3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. As I am not from tech. background, the questions were designed to find out my understanding of the tech. ecosystem, the team dynamics, how will I handle or prio...read more
4

Product Management Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Convince a big electronics firm to choose Flipkart and e-retail and not go to offline shops.
  • Q2. How will I predict the weekly demand of air conditioners at SKU level for every Pin code of the country.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Round 4 - Business round: 2 questions primarily with each being discussed for half an hour.
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posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Case Study Round

Facebook’s DAU(Daily Active Users) has been decreasing w-o-w for last 3 weeks. As a growth manager for Facebook, how will you identify and resolve the problem.

2

Product Management Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe 1 project from your past experience that you like and implemented from end-to-end.
  • Q2. Design a movie-booking app for elder people (someone who is not very tech-savvy and just started using smartphones).
3

Product Management Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. There is a Product Category on Flipkart which has seasonal demand such as ACs. What stress does this unpredictable seasonal demand have on Flipkart’s supply cha...read more
4

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain the technology architecture from your previous company on product.
  • Q2. What was the technology stack used in this product?
  • Q3. Explain in detail how a particular project from the CV was executed.
  • Q4. What parameters will you use to decide the priorities in a feature backlog.
  • Q5. What are the major challenges you think you’ll face when working with different stakeholders such as technology, marketing etc. when working as a product manage...read more
  • Q6. If I asked your best friend, what will he say are your 2 biggest strengths and 2 biggest weaknesses?
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posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Product Management Round (3 Questions)

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Product Management Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. How will launch the Air conditioner category on Flipkart?
  • Q2. Customers are not convinced about buying ACs online. How will you change the online experience so that it is at par/better with offline?
  • Q3. Customers are going to take time to get habituated to buying ACs online, uou are considering Offline Stores. How will decided the go/no go?
3

Product Management Round (3 Questions)

4

Product Management Round (4 Questions)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Round 3 - Technical interview with engineering manager
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user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Case Study Round

How's ISB going on so far?

You are thinking of creating a startup, you’ve observed Housing Societies have free badminton courts available and there are kids who are looking to play badminton but do not have access to courts. Can you find a way to create value here?

Have you had any problems dealing with people?

2

Case Study Round

You are a PM at Facebook, you notice that the revenue is falling over a period of 2 weeks. What actions would you take next?

How do go about dealing with a situation when you have to convince your superior or say your product manager about a disagreement that you’ve been having regarding [work project] ?

3

Case Study Round

How would you go about launching Gold as a category on Flipkart? What all factors would you keep in mind while launching it?

4

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Describe the architecture for a product that you’ve worked on? What type of replication were you using (MySQL DB)?
  • Q2. What is your biggest fear? Is it that your feature will not be prioritized?
  • Q3. How would you deal with Tech-Debt as a PM?
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posted on 21 Oct 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

1

Product Management Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. One arithmetic problem, one product design problem based on my hobby, gave me some numbers for the metrics of the product and was asked to analyze.
2

Product Management Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Price & Cost Structure if Flipkart rents heavy home appliances instead of selling. Where can it save money?
3

Product Management Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design a smart dialer app ( No voice/NLP).
  • Q2. Tell me a situation when you had to convince the founder of the startup about a decision opposing his view.
4

Product Management Round (3 Questions)

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