All the budding IIMites..please prepare for the following questions as they seem likely to be asked in an interview....

(looks like a broken record but still...) 1. Why MBA? (the factors that influenced your career decision) 2. Your contributions and how you bring diversity to the student community @IIM 3. One or two significant accomplishments and what makes them important 4. A situation that put your leadership skills to test (please don't mention thi ngs like you led a team of 2 or 3 people for a routine job..think of a situation that could have turned into a crisis..:P 5. Hobbies and Extracurrics (Why do you like a particular thing so much that its your hobby....what do you enjoy outside work...what soothes your nerves....what you can do for hours without tiring yourself...anything except looking at a par ticular girl at your workplace..:D) 6. Mention a significant failure that you faced, what you gained out of it and h ow it affected you 7. Some questions testing your foresight...where do you want to see 5/10/15 year s from now ( don't faff about being an entrepreneur if you are not convinced abo ut it...just because everybody is saying the same thing doesn't mean that you sh ould fall in line too....take your own stand)

MBA Interview Questions

MUST PREPARE!

* Describe yourself as a person. * What type of assignments/tasks keep you hooked and charged and what are th ose that you find unexciting? * 3 words to describe you. * How do you define Success/Failure and Leadership * What gives you happiness, what makes you sad? * What matters most to you, and why? We would like to un...derstand from you what made you the person you are. Do share with us the values, experiences, and lessons that have shaped your perspectives. * What are the three most important values that guide your thoughts and acti ons and why? * Successful leaders have a great sense of purpose. What is yours? (Statemen t of Purpose) * What are your (3) strengths? * What are your (3) areas of improvement? * Mention "one" personal improvement area that you have worked upon in the l ast one year. Why do you feel the above area was an improvement area for you? * How did you identify the improvement area? What did you do to improve your self in this area? * Do you think you have achieved your objective? What makes you think so? * What are your personal goals in life? Please elaborate in three separate c ategories: Short-term (2-3 years), Medium-term (5-6 years) and Long-term (ultima te objective). * Where do you see yourself x years from now? * How does an MBA at this stage fit into your scheme of things? Why now? * Why should we take you? * What personal qualities or life experiences distinguish you from other app licants? How do these qualities or experiences equip you to contribute to ABC? * Why Marketing/ Finance/ Human Resources/ IT / Consulting/ Operations? * Why ABC? * If you could be the leader of an organization, would you chose ABC, and wh y? * What changes would you make to enhance the organization and what current s trategies would you retain? * Why would you like to do a project with ABC and how do you think you can a

dd value to ABC and to yourself? * How would getting into ABC help you in your journey towards your Personal Goals? * Describe any event / situation in your life which has impacted / influence d you significantly. * Describe an incident that has had a deep impact on you and brought about a significant change? * What are your two most substantial accomplishments / achievement so far? * Why do you consider them to be your largest achievements? * Describe a time when you delivered significant results. Please include det ails of the context, the actions you took, and the results that were achieved. * Describe a challenging project or a seemingly impossible task which you ha ve undertaken. What was the outcome? * Please share details of one of these projects, which you think, was the be st major learnings from the project, recommendations made, recommendations accep ted and implemented as well as those not implemented. * Briefly describe real situations from your life where you did any of the f ollowing: Achieved results against odds; Pursued an idea or business goal to con clusion; Inspired people to achieve a goal * Describe a situation when you faced a difficult problem and you were able to solve it. Please include details of the context, the action you took and the results that were achieved. * Describe a task/situation that you faced during your summer internship / p ast work experience which you consider as a complex problem. Please elaborate on the relevance of the problem to your role and the organisation. * How did you approach the problem? What options did you generate to solve t he problem? * What were your key learnings from the situation? What would you do in case you were to handle a similar problem in future? * Provide an example when you approached your work with a mindset of having limited resources or time. Please include details of the context, the action you took and the results that were achieved. * Have you ever adopted a non-traditional approach to manage a project / sit uation or to solve a problem? Briefly describe the project / situation of the pr oblem, the approach and the outcome. * Describe situations when you had to accomplish an objective in an ambiguou s situation. * What did you do to handle the situation ? What was the outcome? * What were your learnings? Please specify 1 - 2 key learnings from the situ ation. * At times, many of us are caught in a situation of moral conflict, where we have to choose between two seemingly right alternatives. Give us one situation when you faced this conflict. How did you resolve it? * Sometimes, we may find a group of people disagreeing with our beliefs/poin t of view. Give us an instance where you had to convince a group of people on yo ur point of view. * Tell us about a time when you had difficulty with a co-worker/team-mate an d how you handled the situation. * Give two examples of how you have demonstrated leadership and inspired peo ple towards achievement of certain goals. * Tell me something about you which are not in your resume. * You have just completed your 300 page autobiography. Please submit page 22 1. * Have you been a member of any social/cultural organization? (Yes/No). If y es, please detail your position and accomplishments in the organization. What wa s the key purpose behind your decision to be associated with this entity? What a re your future plans in this regard?

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