- General Questions
- Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
- Questions related to Group Discussion / Group Exercise
- Interview-related Questions
- After Joining MBA
Q. Date and location of Interview. Were you given the option to choose? Was the interview date fixed or rescheduled couple of times.
A. The interview was scheduled on 7th March 2008. Not given any options and it was not rescheduled, a strict schedule was followed.
Q. Can you tell us about the panel that interviewed you?
A. One of the panel members was the college professor with a lot of experience as a professor nationally and internationally. The other two were industry professionals with around 15+ years of work experience in their respective fields.
Q. How long was your interview?
A. 20 minutes
Q. What was the first question? The most interesting question? The most difficult question?
A.First was about yourself, most interesting one was who would you chose amongst Mahatma Gandhi and Dhiru Bhai Ambani as your idol and most difficult was to give as many as recent possible innovations in field of electronics and telling in brief about them.
Q. How did you prepare for the interview? While facing the panel, were you confident, did you feel prepared?
A. Kept in touch with current affairs and general industry updates of different sectors in industry. Went for mock interview in institutes. Prepared on certain behavioral etiquettes like sitting straight legged and not cross legged, not to offend panelist by aggressive use of hands and keeping in mind the language and clarity and dressing up neatly etc. Yes I felt prepared and confident.
Q. Was any feedback given to you? What feedback did you receive from the panel at the end of session?
A. No.
Q. Did work experience help in getting the choice of your school and also in dealing with the curriculum?
A. NA
Q. Getting into and sailing through a B-school is easier for a Science Graduate than for someone from Humanities background. Your comments please.
A. I think it's a new learning for all and being a science graduate I definitely don't feel an edge over others due to my educational background. Doing an MBA is about learning from people with diverse backgrounds and everybody have their own set of qualities and experiences to share thus no one has an edge over others.
Q. What points did you consider in deciding the right time to go for the program and to start preparing?
A. I guess I was right in the decision as to when to go for the program and preparation but I guess it the viewpoint regarding this varies among different people.
Q. Will an MBA degree add on to your existing career plan or did you decide to switch/start a career in management?
A. As an add on to my existing career plan .
Q. Why did you decide to do MBA from this school?
A. A good institute with rich faculty experience and a diverse background of students and a good placements combined with history of producing highly professional and talented products.
Business today has ranked IMI as the 13th best B School.
Outlook has ranked IMI as 10th best B School.
On September 12, 2008 Wall street journal ranked Mint and C-fore ranked IMI as the 5th in the Top Private Business schools category in India.
On September 29, 2009 Outlook ranked IMI as 6th best B School in the top private Business School in India.
In the same month, Indian Management magazine ranked IMI in the A+ category in Top Business schools category.
On October 19, 2008 Business India Magazine ranked IMI as the 14th best B School.
Q. Were you able to get the school of your choice or did you compromise and opted for the best option that was open/available for you?
A. this was the best option I had at my CAT score. But am happy to be at this level.
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