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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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How to use this book PI workbook is intended to be a ready reference point for all interview preparation. We have gone through hundreds of actual Personal Interviews (across IIMs, XLRI, FMS, and other top B-Schools). We have used the 7-Bucket Method of Personal Interview (PI) preparation (you can watch the PI Masterclass - Episode 4 to know more about the method). Simply put, it means that all possible interview questions can be classified in 7 categories (buckets). You need to prepare for each possible question that can be asked to you given your profile. This method and book will give you the much needed structure to your preparation. Suggested Methodology of using the book Step 1: Watch Episodes 1-6 of PI Masterclass (approx 40 mins). These will cover the foundations of PI. Step 2: Start working with the questions from this PI Masterclass. Take a question, write a rough draft of your response. Yes, writing down the response is recommended. For the most important questions, have the complete answer finalized (after edits and redrafts). Important PI FAQs have videos telling you how exactly do you answer the question (Episode numbers are mentioned against these questions). Alternatively, you can first watch all the videos and then work on the questions contained in the book. Step 3: Appear for Mock interviews. Based on the suggestions provided by the mentor, you can redo some of the questions. Please note that some of the buckets will require introspection or discussions (e.g. Thyself & Career goal buckets) and some will require a lot of reading and research (e.g. academics, hobbies, and work). If done sincerely, this PI workbook (coupled with the PI Videos) will give you a solid foundation to your PI preparation and help you ace every interview. Happy Preparation!!

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Why should we take you? Differences between life abroad and in India - pros and cons. What is a current issue with the judicial system of India? What was the last movie you watched? Positives and Negatives about your Leadership Tell me about yourself ( PI Masterclass Episode 7) If someone says you are a jerk, is it a verifiable statement? You say one of your failures has been work life balance. Explain. Your name is very uncommon. What is the meaning of your name? How did you get that name? Were you dissatisfied with your graduation performance? Reasons of low grad marks? Why didn’t you try for a job in manufacturing/core sector? How did you handle the transition from City 1 in Xth to City 2 in XIIth?What do you feel distinct about Odisha as compared to Karnataka. Who is your role model? ( PI Masterclass Episode 12) What should be India’s stand towards setting goals to combat global warming (COP21)? Why are the people of Jharkhand poor even when there are so many mineral based industries? If you had to convince Qualcomm to come to Jharkhand, that quality would you highlight about Jharkhand. Whom do you admire outside family? Specifically asked to quote a woman. Which are your favourite courses? What according to you sets you apart from others? What would your friends say about you? Good points and bad point. What are your parents doing? Explain the process of textile manufacturing firm your parents own Tell us about a decision you have regretted making. You’ve uploaded a clean shaved passport size photo, but right now you have come up with a much grown beard. Why? Didn’t you get time to shave? How are you? Convince me you’re a smart person. If I met a person who hated you, what reason would he give for hating you? If I met a person who liked you, what reason would he give for liking you? So you got a call last year. Why do you think did you not get selected? Tell us something about education condition in your town. Why we should visit your native place? Impress us in under 3 minutes. Tell us why we should choose you over other applicants? Tell us about a difficult situation in your life. Would you like to ask something? Give three word that describes you and why? State 2 idols in my life and the reason for the same. Are you Myopic or Hypermetropic? What kind of glasses do you wear?

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So, what all questions were you expecting from us in this interview? Do you think everyone should fail once in life? How do you cope with failures? You studied Gandhian thoughts? What is one thing you like most in Gandhiji? By whom was Gandhiji inspired most from? Views on software engineers being called ‘glorified typists’. What’s ethically wrong with you? What’s unethically wrong with you? Which company do you want to work for? Greatest achievement and why do you think it is an achievement. Are ethics important for business? You know only foreign people, inventors etc. Have you applied for foreign Bschools; you are better suited for them? Describe yourself in one minute with something you haven’t mentioned in your form. Please introduce yourself in such a way that we would remember you even after you step out of this room. What is the population of your hometown? So, what do you do apart from studying? Or rather, first I should ask do you study at all? You say you have good communication skills, and that you debate. Do you keep track of the latest news? What is your place of origin? What is it famous for? What is the most exciting thing you have done? In your form you have written English as your weakness and we are seeing it. How are you working on it? Tell us what other calls you have? How will you select an institute if you convert all? You have written “you want to identify the entrepreneur in you”. Have you written it by yourself or borrowed it from somewhere? What will you do if you don’t get through? Who according to you is an great teacher give example? Do you have a girl friend? Someone you share your dreams with? Is team spirit a quality? What is the difference between leader and boss? In the GD were you a leader? You cut some people in the GD, do you think you were a leader? Engineering first then Bank job? Doesn’t match up. Would you say you wasted your engineering degree? Which is the best city to live in India? For any event, is the means more important, or the end result You have been a part of a non profitorganisation. What is it? Tell me why should I select you? You could use your intelligence and people skills to manipulate us and bunk classes? Opinion on education in India State a situation in your life where you have exhibited leadership qualities. What are the three things you would like us to ask you? What makes you happy in life? And what makes you sad? Who are some of the women you admire in the social service domain?

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What are the 3 changes you would like to bring about in my college and my state? What are the two major problems in your part of the country? Tell me some unethical thing that you have done. How would you deal with a hypothetical scenario? Tell me one reason why we shouldn’t select you Tell us about your strengths as a team-player (PI Masterclass Episode 11) What inspires you? What have you done to give back to society? Which brand is your coat? Competitors of that brand?Headquarters of that brand? Why do you want to come here? It is a cut throat environment? What are your failures? Is demonetisation good or bad? How do you think MBA will influence your personal life? Did you opt for bachelors degree on your own? or some one pushed you into this? Suppose we are board of directors and we order you that out of the 3 options do not suggest the best one for client but suggest the one where we(company) will earn something. What shall you do? Which govt is better previous or current? Why? You have been good in academics in your school but why a dip in scores in college? What is the better quality to have? Leadership or being team player? What among these qualities do you have? Support with examples Take on Modi government’s performance and hurdles faced by them. Why would you go or not go for 4G over 3G. Which telecom company you find the best? AK47 (ArvindKejriwal) or NaMo (NarendraModi)? Tell us about your degree college, its founder and establishment year? Any famous alumni? It is said that India will lose IT outsourcing to Philippines or China. Do you agree? What will you do if you are stuck on an island - some stuff? Who is your favourite singer? Don’t you follow old songs or listen to old singers like Rafi, Kishore or Manna Dey? Why do you want to get back in the industry after having become an entrepreneur already? Describe yourself in 3 words Which states do you prefer small or large? Tell me how you look at yourself as a manager? Do you think that it is right to tell a lie? What do you think is most important in friendship? What is your view on working females and their ambitions? Would you act ‘SMART’ to get ahead? The country which reflects your personality. How Indians should be made more disciplined? Your boss tells you to distribute cards of his daughter’s marriage to top business associates related to the company during the work hours. What would you do?

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Now, the boss tells you to tell an employee to do the task given in 3 days. But the employee refuses. The boss is angry and hell bent that you have to fire that employee. Convincing him is not an option. Either you will fire him or you will get fired. Also, if you get fired, even then, that employee will have to be fired. Now what will you do? Societal contribution from your side in future. Mention one incident where you stuck to your principles and showed courage.( PI Masterclass Episode 17) If selected, what is one thing that you will bring to the table. Tell me one value that you will not let go under any circumstance Tell us something about your formative which have made you the person you are. What are the two qualities that you look for in a friend? What is one thing that you would like to see changing in the society/country? How do you draw a line for your ethics? Tell one negative trait in you? What is EQ? Rate yourself on it? Are you a believer in God? Name 3 deities in your order of preference? How good as a person are you? Is Parle-G ethically right in reducing the thickness of biscuits in the face of rising costs. Was Draupadi right in inciting Mahabharata? How comfortable you feel in formal wears (from a girl) vs. Traditional dressing? How do you find the procedure followed by SP Jain? Being humble or aggressive- what is better? What was if you can invite three famous people for dinner, who would you call n why? Suppose, I am the PM of Greece, I hire your team as a company. Revive my economy as efficiently, quickly and robustly as possible. Suppose I am Priyanka Chopra. How would you dress me on the 29th of February. What are your views on Reservation in India? What is the motto of this institute? What is the single most Unique thing about this institute according to you? Whom do you hate the most and why? Where do you see yourself in ten years from now? How was your childhood like? In one sentence, name your biggest achievement till date. Based on what criterion will you choose your life partner? Are you honest? Tell me a situation where you were honest but it did not work in your favour? State your strengths and a weakness.( PI Masterclass Episode 11) So in your essays you wrote about the toughest time in your last 2 years. What was it? In the section of your questionnaire under on which points you disagree with others vehemently, you have written when they give up without trying just because they are afraid of failure.Why?

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Suppose your team is Incompetent, non cooperative, they don’t want to talk to you,what’ll you do? If you fire any employee because he is incompetent. Don’t you think it’ll create social problems?Wouldn’t it be unfair to them? You have joined a bank which was Govt. Owned first but is now privatized,the people are incompetent, what will you do as a leader to solve the deadlock? You are a manager and you have to take a decision where you either pay a bribe or lose the contract causing a loss of livelihood to 400 families. Would you take up a high paying corporate job or work in the social sector, given a chance? You have mentioned in the questionnaire that you don’t like people criticising only. But what about a journalist? His job might be to criticise. How are your parameters for innovation? Which is the most innovative country according to you?Is India innovative? Was demonitisation innovative? Do you like creative things? Where is your checklist? From your answers, you seem to be very meticulous. By whom were you more influenced, by mother or father? Why? Why do you get nervous in interviews? How do we increase the effectiveness of this short interview process? In GD, you spoke heavily against Trump and Brexit. What is so wrong about these aspects? You have written that your parents taught you to be humble and ethical. Can you give an example where you can prove this? Suppose you become a HR, and one of your reportees writes poems in his diary and he/she has shown that to you, and you see that some depressing and pessimistic lines are written there, what will you do? Which was the best moment in your life and why? Are you a supporter of Modi?Tell us 3 shortcomings of Modi. Tell us any 2 instances of your life of past 2 years where you didn’t give your 100%. Tell us about an instance where you didn’t follow your professor’s advice and succeeded. How many girlfriends you’ve had till date? What is your vision in this manner? Suppose I say that 50% people coming for interviews are from RIL and TCS, what can be the reasons for this? How would you rate your this interview vshrm interview? Which was better and why? Tell me an instance when you were ethical? What are the weaknesses that you have? Consider you are an HR manager, you would impose your views ,thenis it wrong for the work place? How do you rate your confidence? Are you overconfident? Tell us the most challenging work you have done till now. How much did you enjoy your life in college? Tell us about an incident where you gave a benefit of doubt to someone

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What has been your biggest failure up till now? What do you feel is essential for success? Defining moment in life. On which ideas/issues do you find yourself routinely disagreeing vehemently with others? So you’re from “(your city name)”. What is it famous for? You won the Rising Star Award at your organization, what were the parameters on which you were evaluated? Mention some negative qualities in you and how are you working on them? Famous personalities having same surname as me. You have a high CAT%ile. What is the key to your success? One positive trait and one negative trait which you would like to change. What did I do in my gap year? Explain the significance of your name. Place you’re from, religious significance of the place Tell us three reasons why we should select you. Demonstrate how friendly you are. What did you do in the last one year after completing graduation? What does your father do? What do you think you are expecting out of an MBA? Given a certain amount of budget, would you utilise for rural development or technological employment generation in your state? Why and how? So you are suggesting that Krishna was the counsellor to people. Is there any Krishna now-a-days? Is it necessary to be street smart now-a-days? Tell me about what you have learned from your coaching classes? List 5 advices that you got from your coach? Give me examples of how you would apply that in your Management career? Whydid you choose such an attire? What matters more-dresses or good answers in an interview? Why people choose financial stability over psychological stability? What is your idea of a smart city is and how can signal system be improved to improve transportation? Let us assume you don’t get in any of the big schools but only in the new IIMs what would you do? Do you think swachh Bharat is successful? Given a chance to do whatever you like for 6 months without any financial pressure what would you do. Religious tolerance in India- What is your take? Abusing India has become a fashion? Religion is like opium. Do you agree? Comments, please. What is your opinion about JNU issue? Do you smoke or drink? Why don’t you continue your dad’s business? (PI Masterclass Episode 14) Why did you act as a moderator in the GD? You speak “sorry” a number of times. Why?

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Tell me who between Rama and Krishna inspire you more? What is the lesson that you have taken from Gita? One instance where you were able to inspire people? What is your hobby and what do you learn from it? (PI Masterclass Episode 16) Why do you want to leave your job? What was something special about the i-card you are wearing? Union Budget Recent news on state and politics. Tell us one piece of news that you feel is very relevant right now. Why such low scores after performing so well in X and XII? (PI Masterclass Episode 15) What do you presume to be the main cause of child labour in India? How can it be abolished? Name two business newspapers you read? How much do you earn right now? How much will you lose in 2 years of MBA and how long will it take you to recover that? What other calls do you have? If you get selected in all of them, which one will you choose? Tell us a situation where you were the bad guy/girl? What would you do if you were the head of dept in your college to improve the reputation of your college? How do you deal with a situation when you have an argument with your father Tell a situation where you have lied to your father Tell five lies with a straight face Is such an interrogative still effective? Your academic grades seem to be on a downward trajectory. Do you have anything to say about it? How about situations where people don’t agree with you? How do you deal with such situations? Can you give us an example of a situation like that? What did you do after passing out from college? Do you have any plans to set-up NGOs for handicapped ones? Same companies offer same job, one in foreign and other in India. Which would you choose and why? If you would be in my place, would you conduct a stress interview or a chilled interview? What is your reaction when you see poor people? Do you feel angry or sad? What is the fee structure for the program you are applying?How you will finance it?Interest rates on loans in market? You have half a day, full day, full week and full year off from office. What all things would you like to do? 3 qualities a woman should possess? If you are CEO, between PLANET, PEOPLE and PROFIT. What will be your preference and Why? Your view on “Should Reservation be given to Women’s in 21st Century” Lowest point in your life and how did you bounce back

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Have you ever taken a negative feedback in life? How did you cope up with it? Can you take a negative in right spirits? Why are people so intent on making their feelings public these days? Why don’t they write diaries that often? If you could change one thing in life what would it be? Depression amongst students. Tokenism- How I felt about the potrayal of women in the Airtel and Tanishq TVCs Given a pen and pencil.”Which one will represent a man and which one will be a woman?” Why don’t you prefer IRMA if you are inclined towards rural marketing. What is an anti national?Who according to you is anti national? Give Reasons. A leader of Student Union in Assam , Mr. Prafulla was against the nation but still he was supported by the public and made the CM. Why would people want an antinationalist to be the CM? What are your views on anti-nationalist? Like if punished, what punishment should be given? You have mentioned that you think out of the box. Cite some examples. Also, how do you differentiate between creativity and innovation? If you could be a brand which brand would you be and why? So you are an English graduate. What do you think about adaptation of books into movies/plays? About views on religion? Which God do you like the most? Similarities between them and you?

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Where are you from?Did you come today itself? Do you look forward to do any social work later on in life? Why do you think that you require time to prepare for CAT? You look tensed, relax a little. Do you think calm is the opposite of tense? Are they related? How much did you score last year? Tell me from where did you borrow this suit? Which color represents you? Which vegetable represents you? Being a female, will it not be difficult to handle a career in consulting? Is your tie single knot or a double knot? Status quo is best then why do separatists like Afzal Guru and JNU students want freedom? What are the consequences of Kashmiri freedom? Since you are from South India, tell me which company has been in news for extracting more ground water and in which state? How do you rate your communication skills? Parents are from Farmer background- How does the seed for the rice look like? Is it white or black? From where does one get it? Tell me something about yourself in thirty seconds/ninety seconds

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You see yourself joining politics in the future? You have been waiting for a long time aren’t you frustrated? Why did you have a break between end of internship and the interview date Will you take a loan for MBA? Being married, how can you think of going away for two years for MBA? Tell me something special about yourself while I go through your form. Why don’t you start with something that is interesting and not in this form? Which leaders are you inspired by?What do you think about Ratan Tata’s decision in sacking Cyrus Mistry? What do you know about Mother Teresa? So, how do you know four Indian languages? Why you are not wearing specs in the photo? Would you like to wait one more year and join IIM Ahmedabad? What do you think about Mercedes Benz? Who do you think would buy such cars? Is it a status symbol that serves to show that ‘one has arrived’? Would you buy one? Importance of marriage as an institution. Leadership style of MS Dhoni and ViratKohli and which style applies to you? What will you do if gifted $1m? In movie Dangal, was it right for the father to interfere with a National level coach who has been coaching the professionals from a long time? Name 5 movies and pick your favourite character and give reasons as to you? Mention one positive quality of Rahul Gandhi What are your views on Live In relationships in India? How is your relationship with your parents? If you were a principal of a school where some students are mourning for the deaths of Charlie Hebdo shooting while others are refusing to do so what would you do? Should IIM and IIT need govt funding Tell us about yourself, your value systems. Do not sell yourself. You mentioned travelling to the Meghalaya in your video. When did you go there and why did you choose Meghalaya? Why do you get angry at people believing superstitions? Why were you not patient today?Why did you interrupt that Girl today.Don’t you know it’s bad to interrupt people. You have mentioned you vehemently oppose jingoistic view points? Why what is wrong? Do you feel trump was wrong to look into US economy.? What is your stand on DU issue? Which group would be most affected if Love marriage/Arrange marriage would be made compulsory? Do you think that cooking is a female oriented task? Do you have some traits that justify your name? What are your qualities which you feel are underutilized? Name an expensive product you have bought? Tell me what parameters you will look for choosing a college.

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Which company does your father work for and name any one product of that company and its use? What interests you other than studies and job? Summarise the WAT Topic given to you. What do you think are ups and downs of working from offshore? What is the job of RBI? Suppose if I make you the vice president of KPMG and I know that you aren’t good at numbers but the Company pays you a very handsome package but you will deal with similar problem all the day. Convince me how will you do that? Suppose a big company asks you to drop the experience you have and ask you to justify what you did for 2 years that what you did. What will you do in that situation? You won the fashion show in college, don’t you think its girls event? You play both cricket and kabaddi. How can we commercialize kabaddi and make it Olympics sport? What is your interview style? Do you know about Karan Thapar’s interview style? Have you seen his and Ram Jethmalani’s interview? You are a victim of cancer and became handicapped. Can you tell us whathappened? What other languages do you know Who according to you is most ethical and morally correct person? If my father were to look for a boy for me to get married to, what all qualities would I ask him to look for in the boy. Philosophical questions that was intended to test how I thought and whether I could be objective about an issue. For example, I was asked how do you define a terrorist? Followed by how do you define a freedom fighter? Followed by how do you differentiate between the two? The last ad campaign I liked, the last ad campaign I hated and why. The last book I read and why I liked it. Personal arms usage in the U.S etc. and your opinion on that. How do you define a terrorist? Followed by how do you define a freedom fighter? Followed by how do you differentiate between the two? What kind of social work you have done and also asked about Nirbhaya documentary? Tell me about yourself in a line. Tell me something that your parents ask you not to do and still you do it as you think by your belief that it’s correct. What do you like so much about yourself? (from SOP)

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Define Mean, Median and Mode Suppose you have been given 40 seeds, then which variety of seed will you recommend? How will you determine the best traits? Which method? Demand vs supply graph, Which comes first? examples of it. Equation for parabola graph, graph for x^3 How well-versed are you with maths? Why is differentiation done?Why is integration done? What will be the slope of this curve? (Drew a diagram) Maths questions about the lagrangian transformation of sin(x) , and normal distribution curve terms— variance and 3 sigma How will you find the Maxima of a function mathematically? What is statistical analysis? Explain regression analysis? Give a practical example? Which is your favourite subject? Why? Why is a “bug” called a bug? Why is it not called a virus? Have you studied statistics? Use the concepts of statistics in cooking rice. Sum on Normal Distribution Curve Generics v/s Branded drugs What is the difference between median and mean? Are they same? You have 3 circles. How many common tangents can you draw to them? Explain meaning of given CLAUSE e.g. “rest my case”. GDP vs IIP as a measure of growth for industrial production - which is better? Tax benefits about companies indulging in CSR What can you infer from ax^2+ bx +c =0, If I say roots are imaginary. Can you calculate the percentage increase in growth per year given that the time period is 6 years and the revenue is doubled in this period? What is permutation & combination?How are they different don’t use English just say it with example. Integrate e^x * x using by parts. What is the unit to measure pain? How will you explain NPV and IRR to a 10th standard kid without using technical terms? Levy of cess in indirect taxes Explain the normal curve, assuming I’m a layman.For someone to perform well, does someone have to perform badly (pertaining to normal curve) Give equation of hyperbola Gave me two maxima minima questions Can you explain about Laplace transforms and Fourier series?

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What is the purpose of differentiation? What is the idea behind first principles of differentiation? What is Product Management? What is inbound outbound logistics? What is Financial Modelling? How do you get terminal value of a firm? Explain CAPM What is risk free rate? What is disruptive innovation? Depreciation Provision of tax Qualitative and quantitative research What is Acid rain? How does it affect? What are the impacts? What is inflation? Can you explain various ways in which inflation can occur? Is inflation good or bad for the economy? What is linear programming? Is all problems linear in nature? What is P/E ratio? Aren’t P&E same? What is 1 divided by 0? You mentioned cryptology techniques, can you name some What are type 1 and type 2 errors? Fish bone analysis. Suppose a company has 25% price premium in the market. It wants to increase its sales, what would you suggest as a marketing manager? Which is the latest technology in television world? How to minimise difference between user experience and business functionality? Bayes theorem What is probability? What is relation between risk and probability?

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Questions on practical application of management accounting, cost accounting and financial accounting (treatment of closing stock, valuation of inventory, etc.) Universal Basic income Explain Tax case law Explain the format of balance sheet Treatment of goodwill. Stent price capping What are different ways to raise money? Difference between raising moneythrough banks and Share markets. What does early stage hedge fund mean? Have you heard of a firm called Bridge water associates?

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If I give you 12 months sales date for a company and due to seasonality two months have high or low sales, how can I find a decent mean? I don’t want to use median! What is the difference between cyclic and seasonal behaviour? What did you learn in accounts? What did you learn in economics? Can you tell us the difference between margin and profit? Law of diminishing marginal utility What happens when the point of equilibrium shifts in an ISLM curve.Explain. What are inferior goods? Give examples Name any result based matrix Are you interested in economics? Economic indicators. Per capita income of India. What are outstanding shares? What is a perfectly competitive market? What is a Hedge Fund. What is Market Capitalisation? How is Sensex calculated? What is GDP? How are Sensex and GDP related? What is the difference between Purchasing Power parity and Spending Power What is accumulated depreciation? What is service level? What is safety stock? Formula and derivation What is Cost of Equity? How is it calculated? What is an IS Curve? What is LM Curve? Explain analysis What policy change would you recommend to restore the original equilibrium? What are reserves? Reserves in economics Have you studied International Trade Law? Tell us about the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO?Do you know the disputes involving EU at WTO? Intellectual Property Rights Law? Have you done patents? What did you study in Project Management and Structured Finance? Valuation of companies and shares What is repo rate? How it affects interest rates? What is opportunity cost and how its calculated? Related to economics- example of Standard deviation, Game theory, kurtosis etc. What is the difference between need, want and demand? What is the way of pricing used while entering a market? Niche marketing, segmentation v/s targeting, advertising v/s sales promotion. Do you know about the Black-Scholes model? What is Enterprise value? Policy objectives of Demonetisation and whether it was sound policy? What is a boutique investment bank? What is payback period? How to calculate that? What are fixed and variable charges? What is the difference between NPA and write-off? What is real wage? What is inflation?

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What is Price vs value? What is CAD and fiscal deficit? What is the difference between finance and accounting? What are cash flows? What is the difference between share and equity? What’s the difference between Merger and Acquisition? Give it with examples Give one recent M&A happening. One recent M&A in India failed. Do you know what it is? Difference between Balance sheet and Profit and loss statement. Explain ERP in lay man terms. How do you convince a grocery store to buy an ERP? Which are the ERPs in market? How do you quantify an ERP? What is the cost of an ERP? What is inventory turnover ratio?

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Design an algorithm to detect any particular object in this room. What are the drawbacks of SVM (Support Vector Machine)? Can you draw the schematic diagram of a simple transformer with all the relevant equations and its phasor diagram? So,what is leakage inductance? Can you draw it in the same diagram? What is an Auto-transformer? equations? Difference between handloom and machine-loom Different laws in electric circuits What is Neural Network? Electronics Engineer: about Y connection, 3 phase and 1 phase, electrical sensors, LED bulbs and their working, voltage conditions What is radioactivity? Half life? Give an example? What happens after it is over? Explain with a reaction? How is production engineering different from mechanical engineering? Thermodynamics and functioning of AC What do you know about Industrial Automation 4.0? What is Six Sigma, Process Capability and Process Capability Index. Their mathematical formula and explanation? Chemical engineering? So what is the basic equation of physics that governs Chemical engineering? The water in the glass is not completely parallel to the ground. Why? Difference between intel I3, I5, I7. Differentiate Factorial of x. (X!). Difference in intel processor generations? Explain gyroscope? What is GPS? no of satellites required?

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What are the types of fuel injection systems used in automobiles? Mass V/S weight What is zener, its function, avalanche and breakdown voltage? Data mining, Discrete mathematics and Operating systems. What are the conditions for application of pile foundation? What will happen if there is no strong strata below -transfer the load by friction? What if there is no friction-build a pile cap thick enough to act as a raft? What if the strata is 1 km below? What is the divisibility rule of 11?Give an algorithm for the same. What is a prime no? How do find prime no? How will u find an arbitrary prime no. Give the algorithm for the same. What are the effective methods to transmit power.Why do we step up the power while transmitting it? Working of SF6 circuit breaker What is ABS in automobiles? Difference between power and torque? Why gears are used in automobiles? Explain ductility and malleability. Draw line circuit diagram for circuit switching? Iscircuit switching analog? Suppose speed is 10Mbps. How long would it take to download 1GB movie? Can you explain Refrigeration cycle? Can you explain Carnot Cycle? Draw graph of 1+(tanx)^2 What are data structures? Give two types of data structures What is the meant by destructive and non destructive testing? What is Young’s modulus if elasticity?Is stress a destructive testing or a non destructive one? I’m going to ask you about computer networks. Do you like it?Why do IP addresses start with 192? What’s a subnet mask?What are the types of IP classes? What is Push and Pull? Tell me some government Policy which is PULL Draw Wheatstone bridge What is Gauss Equation? Why JAVA does not have pointers? Application of OCTAL. Can you show me by drawing the diagram of IC engine? Draw the free body diagram of car and explain the forces acting on it? What is the difference between AM and FM? Draw the waveforms, which is better? What is PM? How it is different from Am and FM? Various modulation techniques? PCM? Block diagram of PCM? Tell us the process of converting sound into digital signal. What is a fractionating column? How is it related to calorific value? Standard deviation? What is a modem and a router. Client side architecture? Linear programming? What the EFF?

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What is nano electronics? Recent trends in it? Further questions. What is Salesforce? What are it’s uses? What language do you program in? Name a data structure whose memory isn’t stored in contiguous locations? Name another apart from linked list? What is Machine? About Star-Delta, Stator-rotor, Transmission losses, solar panels. Explain Laplace Transforms to an eight year old kid. What is Gravitational Wave?How can we use Gravitational wave to communicate between two mobile Devices? Tell me Difference between Accuracy and Precision? Convolution, Modulation, how to measure frequency Define Bell Curve What is a microcontroller? What does the ‘large’ in VLSI mean? What is the atomic number of silicon and germanium? Is water a conductor of electricity As an electronics engineer do you know about hospitals using smart toilets? How does a calculator figure out cosine of a number? Units of viscosity. Explain difference between Java and NET technologies Tell some types of dams. What about gravity dam? What is bullwhip effect (Grilled on that with examples and scenarios) What is EOQ and formula? What is control feedback system? Give an example What is HVAC & HVDC? What is a transistor, resistor, transducer, diode, satellite, Micro processors? How are earthquakes detected? Use of Kernel What subject is Product Service and Design and why did you study that? Difference between PERT and CPM.Which one among PERT and CPM is probabilistic? About avalanche Diodes and Antenna. Difference between mobile wireless charging if it is possible and normal electromagnetism What are Active and Passive networks. How are they different? Draw the circuit diagram for car wipers. How does telephone communication take place? About OSI Model and its 7 layers also about TCP/IP model. Explain Polymorphism, Inheritance, Abstraction and Encapsulation Runtime error & compilation error difference What is waterfall model? What is agile model? What are the 4 pillars of object oriented programming?

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What are the important characteristics of a lubricant? Difference between engine oil and gear oil? Why is 110V 60Hz AC supply used in US and not in India? Why power is transmitted in the multiples of 11 like 11KV, 22KV etc, Why 50Hz is used? What is power factor? Why should we improve power factor? How can we improve power factor? What is SDLC? (systems development life cycle) What is COCOMO?( Constructive Cost Model) Write a pseudo code to find if a year is a leap year or not. What is polymorphism? What programming languages do you know. Write a C++ code to find the greatest of 5 numbers. Mechanical engineering questions of management like process charts, six sigma, linear processing, etc Questions on Long-range theorem and asked me the integration and differentiation of some functions and non differentiable function. Basic questions on academics (IT background)-Different types of attacks in network security, Types of Software testing, Difference between alpha testing and beta testing. What is gemba kaizen? What is lean manufacturing? You are a chemical engineer. So tell me, is soap made from oil? So how can oil in soaps remove oil from hands? What is a molecule? What is the minimum number of atoms required to make a molecule? Also give an example. What happens when you break a molecule? Transmission line are in star or delta? Define ‘Information technology’ Tell me how microprocessors are made How can we measure inequality? Why is there a sag in the transmission lines? What is butterfly valve? If I want to pass CO in a line, which valve will you use? What is auto ignition temperature. Explain me in layman terms what would happen when naphtha auto ignites. Is torch light an electronic device? What is difference b/w PNP and NPN? Aerodynamics of a car Difference between mechanics, dynamics and kinetics What is the % area covered by 1 sigma, 2 sigma and 3 sigma? What is RCC? What is a cantilever? What is a propped cantilever? SF diagram for a cantilever? Do you know what Eddy Current is? If you want to provide Solar lanterns in a village area where there is no electricity. What do you suggest? Whether you will go for individual charged lanterns or will

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suggest an entrepreneur model where there will be a charging station and people will be going to that place to charge their Solar Lanterns? You majored in computer science. What is the difference between computer science and computer technology? What is a chip? Why do we call it a chip? Differentiate 2 stroke vs 4 stroke Tell me the difference between an analog and a digital signal. Tell me some principles of communication. Describe the function of rotor in motor and generator. Tell me in a layman’s term, what can we do to reduce power theft? You have a B.E not a B.Tech. Explain the difference What is Industrial Production Engineering? What is a Bit? Give the full form of Bit. What is cloud computing? What are the hurdles in the implementation of cloud computing? Web programming and Operating systems How do two mobiles communicate? Do they follow any protocol? Have you heard about OSI model? How do Windows OS or Microsoft Word communicate? What is the difference between DFT and FFT? Why is the noise inference less in SATCOM? What is ultrasound frequency? What is high grade energy and low grade energy. What is PMM2? Explain the working of a microwave oven.

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Reading: Favorite books, Favorite authors Cooking: Favorite dish, recipe, where did you learn from? Why is volunteering (for any cause)considered cool today? In our days we were ridiculed but you are appreciated. Are people really driven or its just a peer pressure or a cool thing to do? About Kathak-What gharana are you from?, How many gharanas are there?, Name one exponent of each Freelance writing- What do you write?, Is it online? Can we read it? How much are you paid? You mentioned you are interested in Carnatic music. Name one famous Carnatic singer from your state. Do you listen only to him? Name the dark art teachers from Harry Potter? You have participated in drama. Tell us how dramatics brings in unity? Watching Cricket: What’s your take on Kohli’s aggressive attitude? Is it good for the team? Recite a poetry in hindi Which paper you read and why? Top Table Tennis players, equipment manufacturing companies. Kathak: Difference and similarity between Tukda and Tihayi Why did you pick up music, dance as your extra-curricular activities? Motivation? Do you feel formal training is required? Why do you feel everyone should travel more? Benefits of it Why I learnt guitar and not, say, Tabla? You invest in stock market. How do you select stocks? Do you know about settlement period? You like watching movies? Tell us about the most recent movie you have seen. What are your hobbies? What is your favourite book by Frederick Forsyth? Tell me something about it. What articles and short stories did you write in your magazines? What do you like to play then? (Candidate answered TT). Tell me the dimensions of a TT Board. If you have to conduct IPL in TT, how will you do that? Do you cook? What do you cook? Tell me how to cook rice? My favorite songs and their ragas. what is importance of learning classical music from teacher and not from internet Name of all the states you have travelled Why do I read Quora? How to calculate angular momentum of moving football? You love reading Non-Fictions. Explain me how a Non-Fiction actually did some benefit for you? Name 5 of your favourite poets

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Your interest is following Indian cricket, good, who is the current captain for the women’s cricket team of India? Tell us about the layers in painting. Tell me the name of any person who sings classical songs in Bollywood. You have mentioned about your interest in psychology. Elaborate. You love participating in debates? Where do you participate and how often do you participate in them? When was your last debate?What was the topic given? Did you win the debate? Summary of The Da Vinci Code? Tell me why is Messi the best? Why hasn’t he won World Cup? About the places visited by you (if you love travelling) About the meaning of Sudoku and a few books that you have read) Do you know how to bowl a carom ball? (Hobby - Cricket) You won medals in chess, carom, table tennis and badminton. Do you play them for fun or do you learn anything from these sports? Tell us about Indian wines? What wines have you tasted so far? (Hobby - Wine tasting) Name a song written by JavedAkhtar and sung by Shankar Mahadevan. You had photography as one of your subjects, and it is one of your hobbies too. What should be your camera settings if you are in a train that’s moving at a speed of 200 kmph and you want to click a deer that’s moving in the opposite direction? What did you learn from your hobbies? Tell us about your feat of climbing 13000 feet in Uttarkashi. Did it help in acquiring any managerial skills? Why not a career in cricket? What do the top athletes do differently from everyone else? Recite a poem Playing kabaddi. What is your opinion about pro kabaddi league? How kabaddi is different from other sports? Who is the current World Chess champion? (Hobby - Chess) What is a megapixel? What is its effect? (Hobby - Photography) What is the study of body language called? (Hobby - Study of body language) Recently there were some changes in the rules of table tennis. What are those? Name a hobby that’s not mentioned in your form. What have you learnt from your hobbies? So you are interested in politics. A few days back, VirenderSehwag was in the news, but not for his batting. Do you know anything about it?If you are so much interested in politics, why do you want to do an MBA? Tell me how the MRP of a book is decided. What are the important factors?So how do you explain the prices today, do you think self publishing is better than traditional? Tell me a three things that you’d tell a new writer who wants to get published.

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Look me in the eye and tell me one thing, don’t you think if you manage to get one bestseller in the coming years, you’d leave everything and take up writing? Am I wrong? Tennis: What is top spin? What have you learned from table tennis? Which instruments do you play? How did you learn? How many days does it take to learn? What is the science of studying handwriting? Tell me some problems you faced in dramatics and your job and relate the two in management terms. Dancer: Asked to perform an act on a situation that they gave me on the spot. Youngest and oldest player to play test cricket. Which fiction book do you consider to be good? Explain why? How reading books will help while doing an MBA and in long term? What is the difference between a normal Biryani and Dum Biryani? How would I relate my passion for teaching if I get placed in Mahindra in Tractor Dept How do you relate swimming to management? Do you think that CSR is merely a image building exercise rather than truly being a responsible act ? Have you heard about Steven Spielberg? Name some of his movies. You write poetry! What is a sonnet and a ballad? What is the difference between the two? Why have you mentioned Green belt in Tae-Kwon-Do? Its a very basic belt What do you like to do in your spare time? (Unusual past time activities / hobbies) You conducted an anti-ragging seminar in college. How does the anti-ragging mechanism work in your college? What is softball game all about? Tell us about any one social activity which you do. What kind of parser did you use when you made a white paper? (a government report giving information or proposals on an issue.) Your favourite TV show. How has ISL benefited Indian Football?

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What are you wearing? Where was it manufactured? Can you tell me if the shirt I’m wearing is in trend with today’s fashion?Who according to you are well-dressed leaders in today’s world? What are your suggestions for improving the life of the poor? Why do people flock to Kedarnath or KumbhMela even at the cost of their life? Can you verify the existence of God? Concept of God? Why do people care so much about what other people say? Why school going children are also talking about environment, peace etc. Why did terrorism come to fore only in the 90s? Islam ideologies have remained the same throughout? Tell us what are SSDs and so commonly used now. What’s a hashtag? Discussion on power of twitter Tell something about zika virus What do you consider as a world record. For a world record to be made there, what should be its criteria? Why Apple is the brand that it is and can Samsung get there? The JNU issue and the anti national allegations, whether they are right in their actions if one ignores the anti-national slogans Afzal Guru was given a fair trial and why. Whether sci-fi can be successful in predicting the future? George Orwell’s 1984 NASA’s recent findings about 7 earth like planets What is SHG bank linkage model? (self- help group) What are agricultural extension services? How can I improve them as an engineer? What is the controversy regarding GM crops? Write a press release during the interview itself, declaring the recall of our product which came up during the GD. Which are the rivers running through Andhra Pradesh Which is safer- a heavy car or lighter car? Which is more stable- short height or low height man? Opinion on Sharapova drug abuse case Discussion on Tiger Woods and Shane Warne Affairs A candidate who was last and waited so long, was given an opportunity to ask any three questions by himself and answer them If you travel from Hyderabad in a straight line towards west, what is the port city that you would encounter first? And from there if you travel through the coast to Kolkata, what all languages do you encounter. Business related-Global oil prices. What should RBI do to handle inflation, What is RBI, Who is the governor, What did he(Governor) do before being appointed as a Governor of India? When is US presidential elections due?

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You had people who were reporting to you for certain period of time? How was that experience? What did you feel when you visited Haryana or north for first time, how were the people over there? Difference between ligo and lego? Role of women in an industry Tell us any 2 features of Pune that we don’t know! Gave one abstract drawing drawn by the interviewer and asked to talk for 30 seconds about it! Solve one mathematical puzzle Today’s newspaper’s headlines Roleplay as an interviewer interviewing a same candidate like you and what all questions you shall ask him and soon after that made to answer all those Did Bob Dylan deserve the nobel prize in literature? What is a better technique than ABC analysis? Why is FSN better? Imagine yourself as CEO of Indian Railways. What innovative plans would you come up with to increase its revenue? Which one will be more viable: A luxury short distance train passenger service (Costly) or a bare minimum long distance train passenger service (economical). Justify? Tell us how you will get a girlfriend in 7 days, tell us the approach. Can you name a heroine who is campaigning against fairness creams? You don’t want to enter entrepreneurship? Everybody seems to be interested in it? What do you mean by the term empathy? How is it different from sympathy? Why efficiency of LED bulb is high compared to normal bulb. Suppose there is a big building and there are 10000 servers in that building, and each server consumes 100 watts per hour. And you have data of this building. How would you analyze this data? What’s a metro? How do you define it? If Tata wants to enter F1 how would your business plan be regarding making Tata reach the front of the grid? What do you think? During the last 500-600 years, how did musicians run their business? From where did they earn money? What is equality as per you? Differentiate between form and substance of woman equality. As you are from Hyderabad, what is your stand on the Telangana issue? Have you heard about online shopping? How will it affect your father’s business? What is MTS? Why do electric vehicles not work? Tell us some safety features. From where have you completed engineering? What is the exact location of your college? What is cold war? Definition of Budget. Difference between Economic survey and Budget? What is a 5 year plan? Who makes the budget? Women managers have a glass ceiling, what’s your take on that?

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Suppose you get an assignment abroad and that time you have a child to take care of, what will you do? Difference between fulfilment and success. How long is your tie? How long is a regular tie? How long is an extra-long tie? What type of knot is it? If you were Modi,how would you strengthen ur relationship with Trump. Difference between communication and Tele-communication Marketing v/s Selling Tell us how a car runs? How do you make oil from coal? How do you make oil from coal? What is Golden Quadrilateral? Is marks the only measure of a student? What is the difference between you and the computer? I think there is a difference between teaching and learning. Your views. How would you rate your GD performance? Difference between the marketing of a pharmaceuticals company and electronics company What is your favorite sweet dish? Which restaurant would you recommend for us? Have you seen India’s map. If I put a scale from north to south on the map, how many rivers would it cut? You have done a mock drill on disaster management. Tell me - is disaster management just a waste of money? What is the rationale behind releasing victims of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? Explain the difference between a manager and a leader. How is bad news overpowering good news? Why is management required in the primary sector? What are your thoughts about the partition? Ethics vs Morality What according to you was the purpose of this interview? Tell us any incidence where you were given a feedback which was not acceptable to you, and you completely disagreed with it. If you want to choose a person for a managerial post then will you choose a person with good technical skills and ok kind of managerial skills or a person with good managerial skills and ok technical skills. Justify. You are sincere and hardworking and have good technical skills but your manager is replacing you with someone else. So, what extra qualities will he have? If you are a manger and you find that your subordinate is not adhering to office hours but is completing his work. What will be your reaction? What will you do if 70% of the project revenue depends on him? Tell us who is the bad guy among us? Do you know Cartesian philosophy? Types of Karma What is the difference between religion and culture?

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What do you do after watching a movie? Do you go to the eateries? Whose portraits do you find in the main entrance? What will you do if you become the Health minister of India? Why some faculties are highly paid while some average paid? What do you feel is the major conflict between stakeholders and employees? What is the difference between a group and a team? What is the difference between data and information? What is the difference between confidence and overconfidence? HR scenario concerning the recruitment of trans gender So, what are your views on ethics? What is difference between interest and hobby? In your free time you would prefer to do your hobby or activities of interest? So we are on the first floor right? What is the name of this room ? About inventory management. If there was a target of 100 stocks and a team kept 80 stocks, is it good or bad? Recently who got the Banking Licenses? How does Reliance give home loans, if at all it does? Your recommendations to ArunJaitely for the tax slabs What is PPP model? Why do we need it? Your views about NitinGadkari (since he came up with PPP in highways)? Do you think MBA is required for a street smart person? What do you know about Goddess Lakshmi? What is the ‘vahan’ of Goddess Lakshmi? If you were an ant and had to go from one corner to the roof of the other corner, what would the shortest distance be? What is the difference between private and public companies? Tell me one dream company in India that you would like to work for. What is your opinion about globalization? Can you tell me the difference between information and knowledge? How will you explain the entire history of India to a small kid? If you like a girl and want to know her, how would you go by? Okay, suppose you travel in a rocket to the moon. What all things will you see on the way? Okay, if you are being paid 7 lakhs per month, how would you spend it all? But mind you, you have to spend it but not invest it. Puzzle: If all 10 batsmen get out on the first ten balls, who will be Not Out? Explain how ‘Distance to Empty’ is calculated. What is cultural invasion? What if I appoint you in a government panel to make Hindi compulsory? What would you do? Were you bullied by anyone recently or by someone at work? Why are you here? Sit on the chair in the middle of the room without disturbing the bowl kept on the same. Rebrand a couple of biscuits kept on the table and sell it to them.

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Suggestions to improve productivity in a workplace? About the quality practices at the workplace and my contribution to its improvement. Explain how an organisation works with the parallel explanation of a chemical reaction. Basically compare the two. What learning did you take from your work experience? How would you justify the reason for leaving your last job? What is your role in your organization? What are the challenges faced by you at work? Can you say you are a good salesman? Where do you fit in GAIL? Why leaving job? Would you like to return to your company? Why there is so much noise about lack of trust in IT sector? Situations where you took first hand decisions. Something that made you proud while working at your company. What should be the ideal savings rate for a person of the middle income range. Tell me about your portfolio of investments. You forecast the prices of commodities? Give examples Give us stock tips. Can I call you every night asking for some? Where should I invest now? What is efficient market hypothesis? So you are business analyst, what you do, analysis or analytics? What do you do in your job? Explain your work profile.(PI Masterclass Episode 8) What is your work? Explain in laymen terms. What is BTS? What is the role of your team leader in your present company? Devise a statistical tool to give a clearer picture of the placements. Can you tell me some competitors of the technology you’re working on. Tell me about the corruption in your job industry Tell me about the measures which your company has taken to protect the environment. Where have you been placed?What profile? Aren’t you wasting your engineering degree? Mention three things that you learned from your work. Did you get severance package, a golden handshake? Do you know what is it? How government is different from corporate? Who are your competitors? Why is an IPO always undervalued? Tell me two negative points about your company. You were working in a big manufacturing company. Why did you quit the company and start working for a start up? Why not work for two years and then pursue MBA? How many employees are in your company? What is the revenue of your company? What do you do in office? How are clients billed....do managers get billed or not?

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What do you do at work? Have you been promoted any time? What were you evaluated on? What is the most interesting part of your job? Why? Do you think audit is an effective tool? What is the impact of demonetization on your industry? If you attend or conduct a meeting in a company what all will you consider? If your boss doesn’t give you due credit what will you do? By what parameters can one measure progress/status of a company? How do you measure if your marketing campaign has worked or not? Whom do you consider most important person in a company finance person or operation person.Why? Is it better to do ops research in a field or lab. Why? Is passion for work justified? You are a technology expert tell us three things that are causing problems in today’s technology world. What’s your dream company and role? What do you understand by digitization and how has it impacted your field of work? What has been your growth at the company and how has the company grown? Why do some brands become successful when they diversify and why some don’t? How do you do vendor selection? How do you negotiate? Is market research important before product launch? How did Steve Jobs succeed without any market research? Justify the 7 month gap after Engineering Why should you be selected over experienced people? What does your deliverable contain? Explain me in detail Why three companies? So many jumps? What did you focus more on in your job - knowledge or skill? What do you know about the market shares of your company? What is top line and bottom line of an organization? What’s your take on the IT sector? What exactly is the requirement of R&D in IT? Is business the only business of corporates What is the biggest problem that India is facing? After an MBA, how would you contribute to your current organization? What was your company’s social message at the time it was established? Tell me how a space agency would do business. Value engineering? Have you screwed up anything at your workplace? Tell us one recent news about your company? How is your typical day at work? Tell us your best professional achievement. Do you feel your experience would be wasted or what would you carry forward from that? What is the difference between research finding and insight?

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Why are you not joining the family business? Why MBA? Why an MBA ? (PI Masterclass Episode 9) Why MBA and not MS? Do you think MBA is necessary for entrepreneurship? Does your CEO have an MBA? You’re in a good job and you’re pay is high at this experience. Why do you want to risk the job and take a loan of 20L? Where do you see yourself ten years down the line? What were you doing during the career break? Which companies do you want to work for in future? What do you want to immediately after MBA? What are your long term plans? Your long term career goal - being in a position of responsibility, having ownership in an organization and influencing the decision making process - we hear it so many times from everyone! Say something from the heart! Have you heard of an elevator pitch? Give me an elevator pitch as to why you’ll do well in your MBA. (30 seconds to think and 30 seconds to answer)How did you think you did?You can try again if you want to. Prepare a revenue model for it(Sports management and dream to start a firm of my own) Over A and L which one will you choose? Where would you like to work after passing out? What are your goals five years down the line? (PI Masterclass Episode 10) Do you know anyone who has done their MBA, and what is the difference in that person before and after an MBA? Backup plan in case MBA fails. Which field/specialization in MBA? Why MBA? How will it contribute to your work? Is MBA really necessary in today’s world?

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