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Piramal Group Management Trainee Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 11 Mar 2015

Piramal Group Management Trainee Interview Experiences

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Interview Questionnaire 

9 Questions

  • Q1. Describe Porter's model
  • Ans. 

    Porter's model is a framework for analyzing the competitive forces in an industry.

    • Porter's model, also known as Porter's Five Forces, was developed by Michael Porter in 1979.

    • It helps identify the attractiveness and profitability of an industry by analyzing five competitive forces: threat of new entrants, bargaining power of buyers, bargaining power of suppliers, threat of substitute products or services, and intensity ...

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  • Q2. Prove the divisibility rule of 3
  • Ans. 

    The divisibility rule of 3 states that a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

    • To prove the divisibility rule of 3, we need to show that any number that satisfies the rule is indeed divisible by 3.

    • The rule states that if the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3, then the number itself is divisible by 3.

    • For example, let's take the number 123. The sum of its digits is 1 + 2 + 3 = ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How do you calculate the ROI to gauge the success of your training program
  • Ans. 

    ROI can be calculated by dividing the net profit from the training program by the total cost of the program and multiplying by 100.

    • Calculate the net profit by subtracting the total cost of the program from the revenue generated as a result of the training.

    • Divide the net profit by the total cost of the program.

    • Multiply the result by 100 to get the ROI percentage.

    • For example, if the training program cost $10,000 and gene...

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  • Q4. Are you popular in your college? If yes, how will will you prove you popularity?
  • Q5. Apply Porter's model in comparing your B-School wrt to other B-Schools
  • Ans. 

    Porter's model can be applied to compare B-Schools based on factors like competitive rivalry, bargaining power of students, threat of new entrants, etc.

    • Competitive rivalry: Analyze the intensity of competition among B-Schools in terms of rankings, faculty, curriculum, etc.

    • Bargaining power of students: Evaluate the influence students have in terms of fees, scholarships, placement opportunities, etc.

    • Threat of new entrant...

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  • Q6. Who is your best friend? If I send you outside this room and call her inside, what are the three qualities she will tell about you to me?
  • Q7. I found you very adamant. How will you work in a plant?
  • Q8. Convince me for two whole minutes on why should I hire you?
  • Q9. I request you to go out. Your interview is done and I am not happy with you

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Stress Interview
Experience: My stress interview was the last one in the series of 2 interviews I had earlier at Piramal Enterprises Limited. I had applied for the post of HR Trainee. As you can see my Stress interview had questions ranging from every domain and acquired knowledge of any subject till date. The interviewer made me sit in one corner and he was sitting the diagonally opposite corner to me. Throughout the interview he appeared least interested and kept on showing his displeasure on anything I answered. He tried to corner me by emphasizing that I am nervous or at times he called me adamant. I maintained my calm through the entire stretch of 45 minutes interview. In the end, during the time of results he appreciated me for staying calm and maintaining the eye contact with him through out. He was happy with my confidence.
Tips: Be positive.
Do your company research thoroughly.

College Name: KJ SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your strengths & weakness.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Mcqs of coding and ML

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - practice dsa
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a dedicated and detail-oriented analyst with a strong background in data analysis and problem-solving.

    • I have a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and experience in analyzing large datasets

    • I am proficient in using statistical software such as R and Python

    • I have a proven track record of identifying trends and providing actionable insights to drive business decisions

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  • Q2. Explain your daily work
  • Ans. 

    As an Analyst, my daily work involves collecting and analyzing data to provide insights and recommendations for decision-making.

    • Reviewing and organizing data from various sources

    • Conducting statistical analysis to identify trends and patterns

    • Creating reports and presentations to communicate findings

    • Collaborating with team members to interpret results and make recommendations

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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a dedicated and detail-oriented analyst with a strong background in data analysis and problem-solving.

    • I have a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and experience working with large datasets

    • I am proficient in statistical software such as R and Python

    • I have a proven track record of delivering actionable insights to drive business decisions

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why do you want to change
  • Ans. 

    Seeking new challenges and growth opportunities

    • Looking for a new challenge to expand my skills and knowledge

    • Interested in exploring different industries or sectors

    • Seeking opportunities for career advancement or higher salary

    • Want to work in a more collaborative or innovative environment

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The criterion for applying to the company was based on the CGPA. They looked at the CGPA and over all profile of the candidates.  After the first shortlist there was a group discussion round.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were two rounds of interview. In that they asked me HR questions and some core field related questions. The HR questions were on the lines of:
Tell us about yourselfQuestions related to long term/short term goals/Where you see yourself after 'n' years?Question about relocation/working on weekends/frequent traveling/working in rural areas etc.Questions about motivations/upbringing/ethics/moral dilemmas.The core branch related question was from thermodynamic cycles.
Finally they asked me which movie had I watched recently. I told them ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. After that there was an exhaustive discussion on the movie and on its cast and acting.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Six sigma analysis
  • Q2. Quality sampling
  • Q3. Introduction
  • Q4. Why ITC ?
  • Ans. 

    ITC is a leading conglomerate with diverse business operations and a strong focus on sustainability.

    • ITC has a strong presence in multiple industries such as FMCG, hospitality, paperboards, and packaging.

    • The company has a reputation for innovation and sustainability, with initiatives such as e-Choupal and the ITC Green Centre.

    • ITC's commitment to social responsibility and community development aligns with my personal val...

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  • Q5. Why not startup ?
  • Ans. 

    I prefer the stability and resources of an established company.

    • I value the security and benefits that come with working for an established company.

    • I enjoy being part of a team and working towards a common goal.

    • I appreciate the opportunity to learn from experienced managers and mentors.

    • I believe that an established company provides more opportunities for career growth and advancement.

    • I am excited about the potential to ...

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC usually does case GDs. The cases are fun and pretty interesting. You would be in a group of 8-10 people and you would be given a case on which your group has to come to a conclusion in 30 mins. In our case the GD centred around a village. Where the village was facing a lot many challenges with industries shutting down, people deserting the village etc. And most of them had the root cause to the lack of power. And so the group had to come to a conclusion as to which source of energy would be the best feasible for the village based on certain things that were mentioned there in the case,
Tips: GD there are three tips: - Either start the discussion if you know the topic well. - Or play the role of a moderator and quip in with some important points- Or succinctly summarise all the points everyone mentioned and conclude them in a beautiful way explaining the direction in which the group inclines if you do not have much information on the topic. It is pretty important that the group reaches to a consensus.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: ITC conducts interviews way early on Dec 1. Typically around 6:30 am the interviews start. So I was pretty exhausted by being on a stretch of 3 night outs with MTP report submission, MTP presentation, and then all tests and GDs for companies. On Nov 30th as well the interviews and Gds started and it was going on till Dec 1 5 am for me. Then ITC interview was at 7 am in the morning. Interviewers were 5-7 years experienced people. Questions were related to my internship and some core courses. I answered internship related questions well. Screwed up once on a technical question. Usually they would start with one concept and then grill you in depth to understand your expertise in that.
Tips: - Brush up your core concepts- You should be thorough with your internship stuff

Round: Interview
Experience: The HR interviewers were 25 years experienced. Pretty chill people. Asked me questions around why ITC and why not a startup ? etc.Pretty usual set of questions.
Tips: Be calm. Read 64 interview questions pdf. Usually available on institute LAN

College Name: IIT Kharagpur

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The initial shortlist was done on the basis of resume, CGPA and Branch.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was a case study based GD. Three minutes time was given to read the case which was about a plane which had crashed and the whole scenario was explained. There were 7 survivors and one had to choose an appropriate leader among them who would lead them either out of the jungle to nearest occupied area or help them survive to wait for reinforcements.
It is always good to read the case early and look to initiate the discussion. But be careful to let others read as well. I did the same. Next after putting your points try to steer the discussion in the right direction. People were getting very emotional and excited and were looking to speak without bothering that rest of the participants were listening to them. There was a time in the GD when 5 people out of 8 were speaking at once leading to chaos. I opted to keep quiet and tried to listen as much as I could, appreciating good points put up by few of them. Finally, I interrupted to tell them to speak one by one and passed the discussion to one of them, who was making some valid points. At the end, look to conclude while taking into consideration valid points put up by others (this demonstrates you are an active listener) and add your own creative/innovative points. There were two observers both of whom took my final HR interview.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In technical round they were three interviewers one was an electrical engineering alumni of IITR who asked me technical questions and rest were mostly observing. Firstly, I was asked Tell me about yourself? I explained about my life at IIT Roorkee, about my participation in Cognizance, about my hobbies like squash and then about my family. I went on speaking for about 15-20 minutes, I was hoping they would interrupt me at some point. Finally, I was left with nothing to say as I had told them everything. They were like Phew!!  As if I was telling them a story. Next, they asked about my internship. What did I do? How as an electrical engineer I gave my inputs to the internship?
Next, they asked about my B.Tech. project? My guides name? What I was doing in the project? I explained it all on a sheet of paper. I don’t think he was able to understand what I was telling, so he interrupted.
Then he asked about my favorite subject in electrical engineering and my grades in that subject. He also inquired about my department rank.
Next he asked me some technical questions: What is floating point neutral? What is earth résistance and some others. I was able to answer most of them and rest which I didn’t know I told him after some deliberation straight away that I didn’t know the right answer. One important thing that helped me here is that I spoke put my thinking process and the interviewer also helped me to reach the final answer. Finally he asked me to tell something interesting about myself? That ended the interview.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: For the next round, there were two interviewers; they asked me why my SGPA had fallen in last semester? I told them as it was a tough semester in EE nd hence my SGPA had dropped. Next they asked me about how I manage conflicting priorities in life. I answered to them in reference to the previous question that after scoring less SGPA in the last semester I was disappointed and in some part of my mind I was blaming my participation in Cognizance as the reason for it. This semester I had to choose to be the convener of the festival. It was an important decision as it would affect my studies. I told them as studies were my top priority in IITR as it always has been. Rather than giving up on the team which I was to lead, I told them I decided to take this as a challenge and correct my mistakes. And now my aim is to score an SGPA over 9 this semester while conducting the festival successfully. They looked impressed and this ended the interview.
Tips: Study your resume well especially internship. Don’t add any internship (2nd year) where you haven’t done anything.Prepare your technical/core subjects practical/application based. Last but not the least, be yourself.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They have a resume based selection in the first round. After that they have a group based case study. They have a very limited no. of these case studies and you can browse different interview experiences to have a prior knowledge of these case studies.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview you have to dazzle them with your core knowledge. Anyways they took the two guys having highest CGPA. They selected 2 out of 5 and one of my friends interview went very well but to my surprise he was not selected. They asked mostly about quality control tests, slump, compaction factor and some common sense questions related to civil engineering.
Though I didn’t get into ITC, what i feel is that they are looking for people who are good at academics but also have certain amount of extracurricular activities to their credit. They want people who have had experience of working in the field and in a team. For them it is very important that you have very good team ethics and extremely profound leadership qualities.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Since I got a Pre placement offer through Internship so my experiences will be in accordance to Internship
procedure. Placement procedure is almost the same. They look for decent
pointers. In addition to this they would consider if you have some good
technical background. They look for committed people who have an experience of
working in teams.For this they float a from of their own which has some questions answers of which more of less lies in the resume. There are some HR questions too like Long term goal , Short term goal, SOP, mind over matter (the most catchy one). If you get selected for interview round your interview will be around this form .

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was my first GD. There were around 120 people selected for the GD. We were
divided in the groups of 10. As expected my group was very tough as there were
better speakers. We were given a paper containing the situation and options. We
were given a total of 20 minutes which included the time for reading and
understanding the situation. Someone started speaking after around 5-6 minutes
followed by an another guy. Next , I had to dive in as if I would have delayed
I would have ran out of ideas which would have been taken by the others. I
started confidently and as time passed by I was successfully able to convince
the people towards my option or I must say there were no arguments towards my
option. Out of expectation, I cleared this round. Next round was the interview round.
Tips: - GD is all about convincing the junta towards your option.- Never speak when some one else is speaking.- Don't be negative , always give positive statements- Never take name of any person sitting in the room in the GD even if you know him/her- Never point fingers- Sometime GD can become a fish market. Stay out of it and wait
for the right time to speak.

- Don't shout

- Don't be an orator if you are not a good speaker

- Read the paper carefully and jot down the pros and cons of
every option so that you have many points to speak to

- It does not really matter how much did you speak but what you
speak matters, don't panic if you have spoken less during GD. Sometimes giving
1-2 logical statements gets you through.
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Around 35 people were selected for this round. We were told there will be 2 rounds of interviews. I got a call for my Technical interview soon. It was a large room with only 3 of us - myself and the 2 interviewers. They started by greeting themselves and asked me to tell something about me. I started confidently and told them about myself, my birth place, interests, college life, IIT B Racing etc. Then the interview shifted to specific questions. I covered every important point in the resume and explained it in a line or two as the questions went. They seemed impressed as I had Cummins on my resume as I was the only one in my batch who did intern over there. Also, having IIT B Racing played a major role in getting me through. They asked some questions around that and I was able to answer them successfully. I could not answer initial questions completely but was confident in whatever I said. This confidence helped me to answer later questions in a better way and they were quite impressed. Frankly , I did not have any hopes till now that I will get into ITC, so I felt stress free during the interview though it was my first interview. After answering every answer confidently they asked me some questions regarding my hobbies - Cricket mostly. Since I have been a die hard fan of cricket and love to play it, my energy level went to a higher level during this discussion. Finally , they asked do you have any questions for us ? I asked what will be my work profile if I get in. They explained me the profile and I liked it. I requested them to work on some project which will create impact on the company rather than doing some research or paper reading work. They smiled and assured me of that. So, finally this interview ended after around 25 -30 minutes. I was expecting the call for second interview. (People who cleared 1st round only got a chance for second HR interview) but not that soon. It was hardly a minute after my interview got over , a person from behind calls out my name and says "You have a second interview in a minute. Are you Ready for it ?" . I was happy but exhausted. I had no other option and said politely "Yes"
Tips: - Be confident
- Don't give arbit answers if you don't know. They are very knowledgeable people and will easily catch you if you are giving vague answers.
- Don't panic if you are unable to answer some questions. Its perfectly fine . Just say politely you don't know/remember.
- Maintain a positive body language
- Show them that you are willing to work for them for a long period of time. Don't give the slightest intention of leaving the company for any reason.
- You should be able to justify every point in your resume or whatever you write.
- Revise the form before interview , the one ITC asked you to fill in the initial process of selection
- Wear good formals. During my time some people gave interview in Jeans. This does not give a professional look. Also carry a pen.

College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 1.Case study is based on multiple problem- multiple solution. First decide what will be order of problems to be solved based on there severity since solving one problem might counter affect other problem increasing other problem.  And than give there corresponding solutions. Try to convince whole group about the order of problems. 
2. survival problem based case study is also asked. Try to remember that order of importance of things is based on Water-food-shelter-safety-signal device-any thing promoting movement of survivals (last).
Tips: 1. Try to give logical reasons behind any conclusion. 
2. Try to take group together.
Duration: 25 minutes

Skill Tips: " If from electrical branch make machine a strong point."
Skills: Technical Knowledge
College Name: IIT Roorkee
Motivation: It provides non coding work. it gives you a techno managerial work.
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How to prepare for Piramal Group Management Trainee interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Piramal Group. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Piramal Group expect are Chartered Accountant, Secretarial Activities, Communication Skills, Company Secretarial and Consolidation.
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