Interview Questions

Name: Atharv Verma

Course: IPM

Didn't ask for my introduction. Started with the extempore round.

Topic "Can Google be replaced?"

Answered, went well, some follow up questions related to what I said in the extempore.

Asked questions related to national security and why India should develop indigenous technology to replace Google?
Answered and connected it to the issue of Google maps

Where are you from?

Delhi
(No follow up question related to my place)

What did you study in +2?

Commerce and Mathematics

Do you know about the recent issue with Byjus?

Answered

Do you know about the recent issue with one of the payments Bank?
Answered

Asked for three main certificates, all related to debate competitions. No follow up questions on it. No hobbies asked.

What's your favourite subject?

Macro-economics.

Why is GDP not an adequate measure?

Answered (talked about how GDP doesn't take population, composition of goods, wealth distribution into account)

He was looking for a specific point so he clarified his question.

Talked about PPP and how GDP doesn't take cost of living into account. He was satisfied and elaborated on my points.

(Panelist 1 was asking questions till now, very polite and was explaining concepts to me as well)

Panelist 2 now started asking questions related to accountancy

Asked about horizontal and vertical analysis (with cross questioning)

Answered

Asked about ratios and ratio analysis (with cross questioning)

Answered

Panelist 1 asked me to name 3 female entrepreneurs. No follow up questions.

No questions related to mathematics. No HR questions.

Complimented me and asked me to leave. Done.

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Name: Vincent Joseph
Course: IPM

• Asked for my introduction and I answered the prepared one

• Gave an extempore on Problems India can face in the future for 2.5 minutes (Answered in 5 points went well)
• Started asking about the digital content internship I did and what my responsibilities were ?
• Asked about 6-7 qs abt accounts because I said it's my favourite subject. Was able to answer 5-6 qs out of the 7
asked with one where they weren't able to lucidly understand what I was trying to explain
• Jumped to economics to ask me about some terms and I answered well
• Gave probability questions and I was able to answer all
• Gave plotting of a graph which I was unable to plot because I went blank That's it.

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Name: Priyansh Agarwal
Course: IPM Rohtak

Questions
• Didn't ask for introduction
• Asked for certificates
• Started with extempore
• Topic - "management in Football"
• Why is jaipur the pink city
• Who will win the elections
• How many phases of elections are there
• Questions from microeconomics
• Theory questions from accountancy

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Name: Kavya Thakkar
Course: IPM

Questions
• Isn’t Kavya generally a girls name? Why did u get this name?
• Extempore: social media boon or bane
• Discussion on the extempore
• Favourite subjects in 12
• Asked a bit about 10th science basic abut magnets and poles
• Then they asked abut how it was growing up in Ahmedabad
• Academic questions only 2 two methods of calculating depreciation
- ⁠FIFO LIFO methods and how and when they are used
• Then they just asked me abut my family
• One person I am closest to in my family
• One quality I admire about them
• They saw my certificates no questions about them
• And done, nothing else no intro no GK nothing

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Name: Shreya Shamsundar
Course: IPM
Questions asked:

First they asked for extracurricular certificates and 12th marksheet.

Tell us about yourself.

How many states and uts did u cross to reach rohtak and name them.

Since I am from Chennai and lived in qatar they asked me who the education minister of Tamil Nadu was as well as
the name of the Emir of Qatar.

They steered clear of any questions related to geopolitics (since I mentioned it was an area of interest and I had
certificates related to Model United Nations).

Then they asked a few subject questions:

1. They gave me a cubic equation and asked me to plot it on a graph.
2. Who is the father of scientific management?
3. Who is the father of general management?
4. What was Henri Fayol's profession?
5. Difference between leader and manager.

Then they asked me for the difference between Ambanis and Tatas. I answered, but that was not the answer they were
expecting so one of the interviewers elaborated on the various ways tata has provided employment and educational
services to Indians.

I asked them if they were highlighting how tata is more socially oriented than reliance, so the conversation moved to
corporate social responsibility. They asked me what it was and why companies do it.

They asked me why I wanted to pursue an IPM course as well as what plans I had after completing 5 years. They wanted
to know if I had any specific field and company names in mind.
There was no extempore.

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Name: Anshul Shah
Course: IPM

Questions
• Asked Introduction
• Asked for Extra curricular certificates
• Extempore on Make in India
• Asked for subjects in class 12
• Asked about some old economist whom I did not know
• Asked who was Adam Smith
• Difference between macro and micro economics
• Asked to draw a graph of y=(x^2)-2
• Who was minister of HRD
• Where was he contesting elections from
• Governor of Gujarat
• Number of all union territories in India
• Naming them
• Naming with capitals the 7 sisters

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Name: Rushil Pratap
Course: IPM Rohtak

Questions:
• Extempore - What is the future of Twitter
• What subjects did you have in 12th?
• Some questions on economics and business studies
• List the 7 sisters?
• How many UTs are there?
• What was your education from Thane?
• Why IPM?
• Difference between leader and manager.

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Name: Shaurya Kavade
Course: IPM (Rohtak)

Questions asked:

Introduction

Why didn't you choose medicine (both my parents are doctors)

Extempore: similarities between management and medicine and what managers can learn from doctors and vice versa

Favourite subject: maths

Gave an equation to find whether it has maximum or minimum value, find the value and at which point

Difference between relation and function

Difference between continuous and discountinuous function

The second panelist drew a triangle and a circle inside a triangle, asked me area, I didn't know

Asked me formula of WACC (weighted average cost of capital), I didn't know, interview ended

One panelist, ma'am, was patient and kind while the other panelist, sir, was disruptive to try and throw me off balance

As the interview started, sir ordered tea and biscuits and ma'am refused them

They did not take my resume

The watch in the room started beeping, which sir picked up and gave it to somebody else and they fixed it instantly (a
disruptive activity to make me nervous I presume)

Absolutely no GK asked

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Name: Vansh Bansal
Course: IPM

Questions:
• Introduce yourself
• Extempore: should censor board be abolished
• What current affairs I know ( Israel Gaza Rafah mentioned)
• What is the ratio of area of Gaza to Israel
• Is Israel landlocked
• What is the importance of suez canal
• Is west Bengal in east or west
• Why is it called west Bengal if in East
• Where do cyclones first hit the country
• Who names cyclones
• Fav subjects (eco acc)
• Entry for bad debts written off
• What account does it come under
• Rule of that account End.
• Both completely expressionless no idea if I'm on right track or no

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Name: Tanaya Patil
Panel no. 7

Two panelists one male, one female.

First saw 10-12th marksheets and other certificates.

Questions:
• Extempore - compare between leader and manager.
• Fav subjects ( told accounts and business studies)
• BSt questions,
• Any 5 principles of management. Explain each in one liner.
• What's the difference between scientific management and general management.
• Explain with example how scientific management was derived by f w Taylor.
• Explain 4ps and 7ps of marketing.
• Explain 4ps keeping in view the water bottle.
• Cross questioning on the same.
• What all states would you cross for going from Maharashtra to arunachal pradesh.
• Cross questioning.
• Total loksabha seats. Loksabha seats in Maharashtra. What does exit pole suggest?
• Give surrounding states of Maharashtra and their CM.
• (I didn't know CMs so gave only the states' names. )
• And that's it!

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Name: Krishna Malviya
Panel No. 2
Two Panelists One Male, One Female
The male one was very lenient and open to discussion but the female one asked about specific questions
Asked about favourite subject
I said economics then there were some questions about economics
Certificates related to trading were in my cv so they asked an extempore on prospects of fintech companies
Extra curricular activities
Some questions about NSE BSE
Most prestigious awards of India their winners
Stock market and why sensex is greater than nifty
And some follow up questions about the current affairs that I know of

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Name: Ansh Khandelwal
Panel No. 6
Course: IPM

Questions:
• Two panelists one male, and one female
• They did not ask for any marksheet
• Asked for introduction
• Extempore - Climate Change
• Favorite Subject - Economics (I told Micro-Economics specifically)
• Questions asked about macro-economics
• What is Inflation, India's Inflation rate, GDP and GNP and which is higher
• Asked to show all certificates and explain them one by one
• Showed certificates of German A2 Goethe, Olympiads (State level ranks), Chess Zonals and Regionals, MUNs, etc
• Asked questions about the certificates (Why German, why not French etc)
• When I showed the certificates of my school (The Bishop's School, Pune) about ranks in academics, ma'am
recognized my school (It is 160 years old) and she said that it's a famous school. Discussion about school etc
• Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line
• Any questions for them

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Name: Nirvan Dongre
Panel no. 16

Two panelists both were sirs

Introduction
Asked why low marks in mathematics

Extempore on perseverance

Asked cube of 0.1

Asked square root of 0.4

Question on route taken by ant to reach diagonally opposite corner of a cube

Accounts-

Name some subsidiary books

In what order accountancy books are prepared(journal,ledger,p and l etc)

Asked what is ledger folio

Asked current ratio,acid test ratio ,Asked why closing stock is excluded from acid test ratio

Asked Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Asked graph of average cost curve and marginal cost curve

(Could not answer)

Asked consumer equilibrium and producer equilibrium curve’s graphs

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Name: Parth Diwaker
IPM ROHTAK
Panel 13

Asked for identification

Told me to introduce myself

Asked for my subjects in 12th (Commerce with Applied maths)

Mam asked me a question on how trigonometry could be used in real life
(I answered with an example)

Asked for my certificates

Extracurricular activities-:
1) Assistant head boy of school
2) Team leader in a school level startup-based competition (Won award for great vision)
Cross questioning done on the same
Asked me if you have played badminton professionaly (Was included as an interest in introduction)
I answered that i have played at a district level

Extempore on management lessons which you can take from travelling (Took 30 seconds and spoke for 2 mins)
Satisfied with the answer i gave

They came to maths

Asked if you can draw a graph of x^3 + 3
(I drew the graph)
She asked me the exact coordinates
(I answered)
She asked me if you can find the cube root of -3
(I answered in detail)
She asked me if square root of -1 is possible
(I answered that would be i)

Current affairs
Are you aware about any current business knowledge?
1) I told about the adani - hibdenberg
(They were like that was a bit old)
2) Then i told them about how RBI cracked down on Paytm
3) Then i told them in Economics I am aware

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(Regarding our gdp how RBI predicted 7.8% but our economy is actually growing at 8.2%)
So now he asked me by which methods can we use to calculated GDP.
(I answered)

They came to economics

He asked me if what is the concept of GDP
(I answered)
He asked me what is GNP and is it bigger than GDP
(I answered using an example of an Indian citizen living in Japan)
Asked me explain to me consumer surplus using this pen
(I replied with an example)
She asked me where does price fall in this equation?
(I answered by mentioning law of demand)
She said just recheck it once and that's it
Both wished me good luck

During the whole interview i maintained a friendly smile and got reassured as mam was also smiling in between the
interview
Mam was lenient and friendly while sir maintained a constant gaze so as to make me blunder
No question was left unanswered
The whole interview was a bit long lasting 20 mins.

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Name: Srishti
Course: IPM
Commerce
Panel no. : 16

2 interviewers

Question one: Introduce yourself.

-I did and the interviewers were going through my certificates.

Question 2: Do you have any hobbies/interests?

-Answered, with follow up questions. (If you draw ,what kind of drawings? What inspires you to draw?)

Question 3: Extempore on "Blank sheet of paper"

-Answered

Question 4: Are you interested in finance? What is Sensex?

-Answered

Question 5:What is Vix?

-Couldn't answer, Interview hinted that it's another type of index.

Question 6: Why did you choose maths with commerce?

-To keep my options open.

Question 7: Why did you think of pursuing IPM?

-Answered with respect to long term goals.

Question 8: Why not go for any other undergrad course in nift or government colleges?
-Answered that IIM Rohtak and it's students would offer higher intellectual stimulation.

Question 9: Write down the accounting equation. Why is capital +liability= assets?
-Answered

Question 10: why is capital a liability?

-Answered

Question 11: What is gross profit formula?

-Answered (RFO- Cost of RFO)

Question 12: what is Cost of unsold goods formula?

-Answered the same as previous question ie. RFO-GP, Then the interviewer corrected me; [Link]-closing
stock+purchases+direct expenses

Question 13: what is acid test ratio? What are quick assets?
-Answered

Question 14: Do the moods and sentiments of the population determine fluctuations in the stock market?
-Answered with exit polls example

Both interviewers were calm and diplomatic.

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Name: Divyansh
Panelists: 1 Male panel member and 1 Female panel member.

Extempore Topic: Is academic excellence a perfect indicator of one's competence

Transcript:
• Tell me something about yourself

• Asked me to write my name in calligraphy.(One of my hobbies)

• Asked me about a specific drive I did as a member of RHA.

• What is your favourite subject.

• What is economics.

• What is your view on Indian economics and it's growth. (Some cross questioning)

• Asked me to calculate compounding rate based on some data mentioned by me.

• Gave me a hypothetical situation where my favourite actor is promoting a betting app and a tobacco based
product and asked me how these situations will affect his image I hold, in both the situations.

• Then they asked me why IPM? and when I answered they asked me how do I know the things I mentioned, did I
got to know it from coaching, friends or found it online.

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Name: Sairaj
Academics:: Maths:

Questions:
• What is a prime number ?
• What is a rational number?
• What is the difference between AP and GP?
• Draw a graph of : y = 3x^2 - 4
• Definition, formula and application of Baye's theorem
• Economics::
• What do u mean by Law of demand?
• What do u mean by LDMU
• What is utility
• current affair / GK::
• Name five former prime ministers of India
• Name five people who have won gold medal for India in olympics
• Name five business news papers
• Name five states with capitals and chief ministers

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