IIM Calcutta Interview

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Date: 14th Mar- Time: 2:00 pm

Venue: Monarch Hotel (Panel 2)

Case

Some company had a contract to supply some goods within a certain period of time. But Just before a week, they realised that neither the quality nor the quantity is anywhere near the expectation. So, in order to avoid huge penalties they created a disaster / accident (Act of God) they serve bad food in the cafeteria and some workers fell ill and also they blasted some bombs . Now we have to discuss the pros and cons of this strategy

FISH market ... Average performance

PI (Around 20 min)

I was the last one to be interviewed. Long Wait.There were 4 Profs P1, P2 , P3 and P4 and ME ofcourse

P1 - What do you do?

Me - Told about my company and work

P2 - Some questions about company

Me - Answered them

P2 - How many people report to you?

Me - Answered

P2 - Learnings from workex

Me - Told him (Feeling good)

P1 - Why do you want to do MBA?

Me - Told him

P2 - How will MBA help you?

Me - blah blah

P1 - So you want to become a teacher in future (Was going through my form . Mentioned research and teaching as my long term goal)

Me - Yes sir, I want to learn from the industry and give it to the students. But that is my long term plan and not an immediate one.

P2 - So in future you will not be a manager but just teacher.

Me - Told something

P1 and P2 were looking at each other P2 says OK .I thought it was the end of it

P3 - I know you wrote just like that .. You are not serious about teaching

Me - Told her that I teach on weekends even now and would like to contribute to teaching. Also mentioned that intreacting with students would give me fresh ideas and thoughts

P2 - So you want to gain ideas and implement them

P1 - Most of them would have been outdated

P4 - We saw that all through your GD?

P3 - You have been good at borrowing ideas and discuss them with the group

P1 - By the time you told somethings they have been discussed

P4 - It went on like that through out your GD

Yes all at once !!!!!!! Didnt expect some thing like this

Me - For a moment.... Was thinking if my GD was so bad ... and kept smiling like moron

Before I uttered something

P4 - Do you remember anything about Normal distribution curve?

Me - Yes sir

P4 - Solve this mean of heights of students in a class is 5.5 and sigma is 0.2 what is probability that I pick a student and his height is 5.5

Me - Was writing the details on a paper and tried drawing something and thought if there was any way to solve it

P3 and P4 - What happened

Me - I am not sure if this can be solved. It could also happen that none of their heights is 5.5

P4 - Tell me that question is wrong naaa

P1 - (Jumped in) - Is there a possiblity that all hts are 5.5

Me - Told him not possible as there is sigma

P4 - OK tell me now what is prob that the ht of a student picked is less than 5.5

Me- 50%

P1 - Go for FPM and not PGP

Me - Told that I am currently interested in PGP and wanted to work in industry and later accg to my interest pursue research and contribute as a teacher

P3 - Have u taken any coaching

Me - No coaching for exam but have attended a 2 day workshop at TIME Hyderabad for GD PI


P1 - Take up FPM and get into teaching as soon as possible if you are serious

Me - Told him that with current knowledge I cannot do a good job where as after gaining some experience it would make more effective ..... blah blah

P1 - You have good experience and we have good infrastructure . You have forgotten normal distribution and later you will be learning them along with your kids

P4 - Normal curve is continuous and not discrete

P2 - No he wants to learn from the industry first and share the same later

OK you may leave now

Me -Thanks and Have a nice day

Walked out .....with no clue.... Last one to leave .... definitely could have been better.

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