Devesh Tripathi's Interview Experiences At IIM L,K,S

  Devesh Tripathi has completed his bachelor's from St Stephen's College, University of Delhi. He is a fresher and has myriad interests from cricket to politics to theatres to mimicry. He is also the recipient of the Young India Fellowship and is currently pursuing his PGP from IIM-Lucknow. IIM-Lucknow Interview Experience 

Tell me something about yourself
Told my name, my acads, positions of responsibility held, and my interest especially in politics

Back up questions on Indian Politics
Started with the 1st chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to Mandal Commission and the recent CAA
They even asked me to design a reservation system in India.

I went on to answer that a chain reservation system must be applied.
Questions on ethics
Have you given a bribe?
My answer was no, follow up on Didn't you pay a bribe to a policeman while riding a bike
Answer: I don't know to ride a bike, I just do pillion riding. (It was a manufactured answer, but he appreciated creativity)
Follow up questions on the theory of relativity

Question on Vector Space
Question on Indian Economy.
25 mins online interview
No WAT

IIM-Shillong Interview Experience  Just before my interview, the panel took a tea break,I was called after that, the clock read 5:00 pm P1: A male prof in late ’40s, P2: A beautiful female prof in early ’30s P2 opens the door asks me to get in P1 asks for my file…I hand it over to him P2: One good and bad thing about Gorakhpur? Me: Answered P2:This question was perhaps the game-changer. Devesh, who is Mohd Yunus? Me: Smiled and answered P2:seemed impressed, An Indian origin person won a noble for Eco who was he? Me: Answered P2:What news have you studied? Me: Corona Virus, US-Afghan Deal, Indian women’s cricket team in the T-20 world cup P2: Name 4 women cricketers? Me: Answered P2:What is the reason for the difference between male and female cricket in India? Me: Answered

P1: would look straight into the file and would shake his head whenever he would find my answer ok
P2: If Devesh is made a chief minister for a day? What will he do?

Me: Answered P2: What is our national sport? (Another game changer) Me: We don’t have one ma'am P2: what is the national flower? me: answered P2: Changes which you would bring in CAA? me: Answered P1: He was convinced most of the times just asked about my certificates, One of my positive qualities and one negative All together a wholesome experience with almost no grilling :)

IIM-Kozhikode Experience
What review did you get from the previous interviewee?
Ans) I didn't ask them the question sir,I believed in facing it at first go
Bombarded me with first
1)What is a banana republic?
2) Difference between democratic and republic.
3) What is India as per the preamble?
4) Questions on the 42nd amendment act 1976
5)Under which article national emergency invoked, How many times financial emergency has been invoked?
6) Difference between socialism and communism.
7) Draw the graph of function which is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at a point
8)Define Rieman Integral.
9) Define the Bernoulli Theorem.
10) How does aircraft fly?
11) Mimic Prime Minister Modi (Had background in theatre)

Devesh has converted all the IIM- Interview calls he has received and decided to join IIM- Lucknow. Recommended For You:

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