National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Placement Interview Questions

It started with the basic introduction and the interviewer gave me a mini case.

Uber wants to launch chopper service in Mumbai, should they do it and if yes, what should be the pricing strategy?

(20 minutes)
I confirmed the case by iterating the case back. I asked some preliminary questions such as if they are the first one to launch such a service, what is the range of their service. I listed the potential market barriers and clarified the operating model (Company owned chopper or leased one).

I asked him about the initial pricing to ascertain if this business would be economically viable and he provided me a figure.

Identifying the expenditure from this transport mode helped me in identifying the earnings of such customers. I concluded that consumers in that earning band would rather prefer having their own chopper and might not want to have an uber service.

A firm with retail store chain (with basically 2 set of products) wanted to increase their forecast accuracy.

(30 minutes)
They initially asked me about the causes of poor accuracy and then they provided me a list of 5 different technology providers for accuracy improvement. They had the initial investment, promised forecast accuracy, yearly charge and some more data. I was asked to recommend the best out of them.

I asked them what is the payback period the client is looking for.

I compared the expected increase in revenue due to the improved forecast and the cost of investment to identify the best solution. The process included some number crunching, so I made sure how I arrive to a particular figure by breaking them into smaller pieces and keeping them informed about each calculation.

This round tested me on my analytical, decision making, and communication skills.

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