IIM Trichy
I liked the interview. Interviewers were very friendly and jovial. As you’ll see I answered less than half that too many were incorrect. But somehow I feel okay. Any feedback is welcome.
I: Hi how’re you?
M: I’m fine sir.
I: Tell me about yourself.
M: Tells about school, college, achievements (cut in between)
I: You say you’re in the radio club? What did you do?
M: Organised shows, spoke about college issues like mess food, hostels etc and also played songs.
I: So you were like the leader of Protestants in college? *laughs
M: No sir*laughs
I: Gives a time vs distance graph asks to explain (difficult)
M: don’t know sir. I (among themselves): See our education system such good marks doesn’t know this. *laughs
I: define limit and right hand left hand limit. Writes some complex equation. Explain.
M: don’t know sir. I (among themselves): See our education system such good marks doesn’t know this. *laughs
I: why not metallurgy, why MBA?
M: More responsibilities, challenges compared to core jobs. etc etc. Core jobs only in plants not in cities
I: But Ranchi, Udaipur, Kashipur not big cities.
M: Sir it’s better to study 2 years in a small town than to work 30 years in a plant
I: Names 20 people in high posts without MBA. How do you explain this?
M: Sir they are extraordinary exceptions. MBA is irreplaceable. Even now when an investor invests in a company they count the no. of IIM employees.
I; But to your gen MBA is a joke. Explain.
M: Sir I still feel MBA is a very prestigious degree and cannot be done away with.
I: What is integration?
M: Area under curve I: *draws a curve, integrate
M: integration of f(x) dx
I: what is f(x)
M: function of x.
I: what is a function?
M: there are many types of functions. Even addition, multiplication…
I: hahahahahahhahahahahahah ADDITION????!!! Okay leave it
I: Name a country with more than one capital
M: Australia?
I: what?
M: would like to change my answer to South Africa
I: So South Africa is the capital of Australia hahahahhahahahah??
M: No sir the answer to the prev question is South Africa
I: You said you like football. Which team does Martin Luther King Play for?
M: Sir Martin luther King was an American politician led the movement for rights of black people.
I: Do you know Nelson Mandela
M: yes sir he was the president of South Africa
I: what is he known as?
M: south African Gandhi?
I: Name some other people known as “gandhi”
M: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (frontier Gandhi)
I: and?
M; jokingly* Rahul Gandhi
I: ahhahahahahahahhahahahahhhahahah
I: how is he related to Mahatma?
M: don’t know sir
I: What else do you like?
M: I like football and cooking
I: you like cocaine? What? hahahahahhahahahaha
M: sir cooking
I: so do you know a song called cocaine? Who sang it?
M: Eric Clapton
I: So what do you cook?
M: Chinese and Indian. I also make good Hyderabadi Biryani.
I: what is the capital of Cambodia?
M: Laos?
I: so you mean to say the capital of a country is another country? Hahahahahahahha
M; I don’t know sir
I: So do you want to be a leader or a manager?
M: Manager
I: why not leader?
M: Sir I feel leadership is innate.
I: So you don’t have leadership skills? Hahahahhahahahaha
M: Sir I do, but I’ll be a bad leader. But with the right guidance I can be a great manager.
I: what is the full form of B.tech
M; Bachelor in technology
I:is it not bachelor of technology?
M: I don’t know sir
I: so you’re not a bachelor “of” technology? Hahahahahahhahahah
I: checks certis. (Didn’t have a certi had a bronze medal :P)
I: why bronze?
M: because I came third sir.
Everyone laughs
I: what is there in bronze?
M; Copper and zinc?
I: is it not tin? M: im not sure sir.
I: Why bronze and not brass?
M: bronze is more corrosion resistant has better machinability etc etc.
I: what is at no, of Copper?
M; Sir I don’t know mol wt is 63.5
I: Atomic number?
M: I don’t k now sir
I: What is the symbol of tin?
M: Sn
I; Full form?
M: Stannum
I: why tin is stannum?
M: It’s the Latin name
Now the best part-duration 5 mins: P
I: So leaders and terrorists. They’re the same na? So tell me are leaders terrorists or terrorists leaders?
M; sir its very subjective
I: NO no, look at Bin Laden excellent manager he’s a terrorist na? ? So tell me are leaders terrorists or terrorists leaders?
M: sir it’s just one example cannot be generalised
I: no todays company ka managers they send goons and all .. ? So tell me are leaders terrorists or terrorists leaders?
M: Sir there are terrorists, there are leaders in between there’s an intersection
I: draws a venn diagram of leaders and terrorists. What is this called?
M: Venn diagram
I: pointing to intersection of Leaders and Terrorists. You mean to say this?
M: Yes sir
I: what is this?
M: L intersection T
I: okay that’ll be all. You may go. Thank you
M: Thanks each one individually. Leaves.
What do you guys think?