Dabur Supply Chain Executive Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do your best

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Moderator was really good.He saw the moral aspect of the problem.I was the only person on moral side.
I also initiated and concluded the GD.
Tips: If everyone in the group contributed,to have strong say one should either give a great point ,lead the group,conclude/initiate the topic.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was more a kind of conversation with him.He was impressed by moral values of helping people.
Tips: HUL respects people's value.It likes people who has social character.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I explained my project and intern.They didn't question anything much on that.I spoke a lot for 3-4 mins about my project and intern.
Tips: Speak on terms what you know. Don't get struck with high technical words while speaking then they will drill you on that.

General Tips: Speak confidently.
Show that you have nothing except for that company.
Speak on your moral values.
Skill Tips: Show yourself that your are good in various fields like sports,positions of responsibility etc.
Skills: Technical, Managerial
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: They respect individuals value.
One of the big Fmcg companies in India.
Funny Moments: Mechanical students were asked about mac number and few other concepts.Students outside(including me) were memorizing all the numbers in the world before interview.Suddenly a HR came outside and saw that we are memorizing this and stopped asking questions on numbers:P.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do your best

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume shortlist was on the basis of CGPA. A minimum criterion of 8.0 was observed. Though certain people with CGPA above 8.0 were not selected
Tips: Try to include a good combination of PORs and Previous Interns or Projects

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were given a list of 15 items which we had to arrange on the basis of the importance in the scenario of a plane crash survival. It was a good GD. I ended up starting and moderating the GD
Tips: If you see that no one is taking initiative then try to moderate the GD or else try to add value addition points.
Duration: 25 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It wasn't exactly a technical interview but rather a mix of both HR and Tech. The panel asked me about my project, a few questions of thermodynamics and about my POR. I had asked the HR lady if I could interact with PR people in ITC since I wanted to see how professional PR people work. She was interested in the question.
Tips: Try to remain calm. Ask questions related to your liking. Don't just ask a question for the sake of asking one.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was again a mix of HR and Technical questions. They asked me about my project. They also asked me about fonts. What is 'serif' and 'sans-serif'. I also tried to drive the interview since the panel got bored with my project information. I asked them the same question as I had asked in the previous interview. Then afterwards they asked me if I was into communication. I told them about my new hobby of pen-freindship which they liked a lot.

General Tips: Work harder on the generic HR questions like- Why you? ; Why ITC?; Why FMCG? I wasn't prepared and it was a bit painful.
Try to drive the interview where you want it to go. I was unable to do this too and it messed up with certain aspects of the interview.
Also try to be comfortable with the panel
Skills: Positions Of Responsibility POR, Areas Of Interest, Course Grades, Core Courses Concepts, Speaking Skill
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: In the GD, instead of saying 'we can use a machete to kill animals' I blurted 'we can use a machete to kill people' :')
In the interview the panel asked to distinguish between serif and sans-serif. I wasn't expecting this at all.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I don't know the criteria used by the company for the shortlist. But they didn't have a cg cutoff of any sort.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We had % minutes to go through the topic and prepare. Then had 20 minutes to discuss and 5 minutes to conclude. We compared pros and cons of both the technology and came to a conclusion. We looked at the human factor of the problem where the livelihood of the people are affected vs the profits that company could make. We made the mistake of considering the company to be pretty young even though nothing like that was mentioned.
Tips: Consider and stick to assumptions that can be made from the information given in a logical manner.
Duration: 30 mins minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked me to run him through my resume. Once I mentioned about my internship, he asked me a question regarding the problems faced by pipelines since I had worked at a company that develops pipeline monitoring systems. Then we went on to discuss a refrigerant flowing through the pipelines in a factory. I have to make the flow more laminar to improve the heat removal rate. I told that reynolds number can be used to determine type of flow. Explained how each term in the reynolds number could be changed and finally came to the conclusion that the refrigerant liquid would need to be changed.
Tips: They look at only your professional experiences or projects that you have done. So mention these first and be confident about every detail regarding them. Each person would be asked questions based on this and the subjects they have mentioned in their resume.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: Asked about internship and explained about the mechanism I had designed. He gave me a problem statement and told me to make a design for it immediately without using any electronics or engines. Once I suggested a mechanism, He started reducing the items that I could use. Once I finally came to the design he had in mind with a little guidance from him. He handed me over to another interviewer who had been listening in on the phone. He asked me to tell me about through of my strengths and a weakness of mine as my favourite professor would tell me. And as a final question the main interviewer asked me whether I would choose ITC, HUL or P&G.
Tips: Be confident and try to connect with the interviewer.

Skills: Creative Thinking, Case Solving Ability, Areas Of Interest
Duration: 2 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The internship sounded pretty interesting with all the facilities that they are willing to provide us. The stipend helps too.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD topic was a standard culpability ranking, where they gave us a situation and we had to rank the people involved based on how much blame they have to bear.
Duration: 25 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Much more technical than expected. I had to answer over 15 questions on my courses and one on optimizing an end-to-end supply chain.
Tips: Learn your courses properly. They'll ask you to name your courses, so choose wisely. (This is only for electrical engineering students. Procedures for other departments might vary)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very short and generic. Resume running and the cliched stuff.

Skills: Brainstorming Skills, Ability To Handle Situations, Technical Skill
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras