1. General Questions
2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
3. Questions related to Group Discussion / Group Exercise
4. Interview-related Questions
5. After Joining MBA

Q. How did you prepare for the interview?
A. Prepared a CV, and then dissected it as to what questions could be asked from them. Asked my friends to do the same. Then I prepared sample answers to the same. Also, had some mock interviews at IMS Surat as well as the Achievers Workshop conducted by IMS.

Q. How many interview calls did you get and from which institutes? How many and which ones of these could you actually convert to a Final Call?
A. IIMs - A, B, L, I, K - Converted IIM Indore
NMIMS - Converted
SCMHRD - converted
MDI - did not appear
SIBM, IMT - did not appear
FMS, MBA and MBA( MS) - converted MBA (MS).

Q. Date and location of Interview. Were you given the option to choose? Was the interview date fixed or rescheduled couple of times. Was the interview venue changed or scheduled as per your convenience?
A. Delhi, at FMS. There was no option for changing the place. Although flexibility was provided that the dates could be changed if there is a valid reason cited for the same. I did not need to ask for any changes. Also, students who had calls from both courses were accommodated on the same day to facilitate travel and other arrangements.

Q. Can you tell us about the panel that interviewed you?
A. The panel of 5 was led by Dr. H.V.Verma. They were all very intent on making me feel comfortable and relaxed, allowing me to present myself as best as possible.

Q. How long was your interview?
A. About 25 minutes.

Q. What kind of questions were you asked? Were they specific to any particular area?
A. Questions were mainly originating from the form that they had asked us to fill at an intial stage. They were based on interest areas, work-experience, Surat city (I am from Surat), etc.

Q. What was the first question? The most interesting question? The most difficult question?
A. For me, probably the first, most interesting and the most difficult question were the same. The first question was: What do you think of the interview panel?

Q. While facing the panel, were you confident, did you feel prepared?
A. Yes, I did.

Q. Write a brief about your Interview experience.
A. The Interview was a brilliant experience, especially because the panelists took the efforts to make me feel at ease and tried to bring out the best qualities in me. They asked me questions which I felt I should know, even if I didn't at that time. They probed deep about certain topics to understand my opinions and perspectives. I felt happy because in my opinion, I had been properly evaluated.

Q. Was any feedback given to you? What feedback did you receive from the panel at the end of session?
A. No feedback was given.

Q. How would you rate your performance in the Interview?
A. Probably a 7/10 again.

Q. Areas where you could have performed better in your interview?
A. Nothing specific, there were certain answers that could have been rephrased, and certain points that could be added. But the rating above is just a general perception of how I did, and not based on anything specific.

Q. Give some handy tips regarding interview that would be of great help to MBA aspirants.
A. Know your CV very well. Circulate it around your friends to see what questions pop into their minds, and regardless of how stupid you might think it to be, prepare an answer to that question and write it down. Prepare answers to generic interview questions like Why MBA, Tell me about yourself and write them down as a ready reference.

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