Background: Engineer (Computer Science graduate from IIIT Jabalpur)
Profile: 9/9/8
Date: 07 March 2021
Slot: Morning (8 am – 1 pm)
Interview Mode: Online(Gather Platform)
Work ex: 2 yrs experience in an IT startup
Hometown: Panipat(Haryana)
The interview process began with the document verification done by an SJMSOM student. It went for some 10 min and then my interview started.
There were 3 interviewers in my panel(a total of 15 panels were there.)
Exchanged pleasantry!
Q: Tell me something about yourself? (This is the most common question in every MBA interview. By this question, the interviewer wants to know you as a person. I gave a well-prepared answer, told them about my work experience, achievements, and interests)
Q: Why you want to pursue MBA? (Told about how I am inclined towards business)
Q: What is Panipat famous for? (Told them about the 3 battles of Panipat and the textile industries)
Then they asked some questions about the 3 battles. (Answered)
Q: why these battles were fought in Panipat?
Q: when was the third battle fought?
Q: Who was the Maratha leader in 3rd battle?
Q: What was the significance of the third battle?
Q: What are Micro, Medium, and Small Enterprises(MSMEs), and how MSME manufacturing is different from MSME service? (Explained them about MSMEs but fumbled a bit on the difference)
Q: What support is provided to them by the government during this pandemic? (Answered)
Q: As you are from Panipat, you might be knowing about the ongoing farmer's protest. (This was my constant question in every interview, gave a well-prepared answer)
Q: What are your views on this protest? (Answered)
Q: Can you brief a bit on the Myanmar protest? (Answered)
Q: What are south china's sea trade policies? (Didn't know this answer)
Q: Who is the new US president? (Answered)
Q: Why people preferred Biden over Trump? (Answered)
Q: What is a smart city? (Answered)
Q: Name some Unicorn startups? (Named them 2 startups)
Q: Asked me about the projects I did at the workplace (Explained briefly)
Then they asked some questions about my projects. (Answered)
Q: What is elasticsearch?
Q: Can you elaborate more on your ICMR project?
Q: What difficulties did you face while leading your R&D projects?
some questions related to graduation. (Answered all)
Q: What are the 7 layers of the ISO model?
Q: Difference between ISO model and TCP/IP model?
Q: How is image processing used in machine learning?
Q: Difference between IP and Mac address?
Q: What is IoT?
Q: Asked some SQL queries
Q: What all other calls do you have? (Told them about IIM B, L, K, I and other new IIMs)
That it’s!
The panelists were chilled and were interactive. The interview went for around 40 mins.
Verdict – Converted!
