My IIMK interview was on the 24th of February....I had eaten well and had a packet of biscuits with me( Didn't want a repeat of the Indore hunger pangs!). It was at the International Management Institute. I reached early and spent an hour reading up the latest economic shit from the net!!(ah..the things you have to go through for the interviews)
The GD/PI process started at 1400...
GD : About the Commerce Ministry's decision to ban Chinese toys..Was it really health concerns or protectionist policy??
The thing about this gd was that all was were seated very closr to one another...our elbows were almost touching!! Was a good discussion...I managed to put across 3-4 good points.
Interview:
Had a very cool panel. Two middle-aged profs. One of my worst fears come true...Was an acads only interview....100% pure acads....
If I go into the details I am sure I will bore the shit out of people...
The first 15 minutes I was asked about the Indian paper Industry. I wa asked to quote every conceivable figure related to it.....eg: production, capacity , demand, amount of pulp imported, Amount of waste paper imported, amount of waste paper colected in india and the list goes...
Some were really weird...Average cost of paper in India ...How is that possible with so many grades so many different sizes..
Luckily I had studied all this and was able to answer 90% of the crap they asked.
They also extracted my opinion of the Indian paper Industry and the future I see it heading towards.
Then came economics...
3 questions......supply demand curves.....answered but in part only...asked to determine the independent/dependent variable...gave the right answer but got confused and in the end Imixed it all up..
Consumer excess.....drew a graph...they laughed loudly on seeing it..."You got an A in this subject??" was one of the questions they asked me...
Inflation.....was almost right ...got confused between price index and inflation rate....was asked whether an increase in inflation rate corresponds to a rise in price......Gave the correct answer in the end...
That was it.... A pretty boring interview....Was glad it was over!!
FUNFACT: I had torn a ligament in my knee the previous week and so was limping...The interviewer pointedly asked me if was a general candidate as I limped out the room!!
P.S.: I have no idea how any of my interviews went....Your evaluations are most welcome.
The GD/PI process started at 1400...
GD : About the Commerce Ministry's decision to ban Chinese toys..Was it really health concerns or protectionist policy??
The thing about this gd was that all was were seated very closr to one another...our elbows were almost touching!! Was a good discussion...I managed to put across 3-4 good points.
Interview:
Had a very cool panel. Two middle-aged profs. One of my worst fears come true...Was an acads only interview....100% pure acads....
If I go into the details I am sure I will bore the shit out of people...
The first 15 minutes I was asked about the Indian paper Industry. I wa asked to quote every conceivable figure related to it.....eg: production, capacity , demand, amount of pulp imported, Amount of waste paper imported, amount of waste paper colected in india and the list goes...
Some were really weird...Average cost of paper in India ...How is that possible with so many grades so many different sizes..
Luckily I had studied all this and was able to answer 90% of the crap they asked.
They also extracted my opinion of the Indian paper Industry and the future I see it heading towards.
Then came economics...
3 questions......supply demand curves.....answered but in part only...asked to determine the independent/dependent variable...gave the right answer but got confused and in the end Imixed it all up..
Consumer excess.....drew a graph...they laughed loudly on seeing it..."You got an A in this subject??" was one of the questions they asked me...
Inflation.....was almost right ...got confused between price index and inflation rate....was asked whether an increase in inflation rate corresponds to a rise in price......Gave the correct answer in the end...
That was it.... A pretty boring interview....Was glad it was over!!
FUNFACT: I had torn a ligament in my knee the previous week and so was limping...The interviewer pointedly asked me if was a general candidate as I limped out the room!!
P.S.: I have no idea how any of my interviews went....Your evaluations are most welcome.
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