Harsh Gupta
Xaviers Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur.
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General
Questions
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Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
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Interview-related Questions
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After
Joining MBA
3. Interview-related Questions
Q. Date and location of
Interview? Were you given the option to choose? Was the interview date fixed or
rescheduled couple of times.
A. 8th March 2006, 4:20 PM, LIBA Chennai. No rescheduling of interview
date/time.
Q. Can you tell us
about the panel that interviewed you?
A. Dr. Ashish K. Pani, Fr. Augustine and Dr. S. K. De. Dr. Pani is a
professor in Information Systems area, Fr. Augustine is a professor in Marketing
/ Ethics area and Dr. De is a professor in Operations area.
Q. How long was your
interview?
A. My interview was for 25 minutes duration.
Q. What was the first
question? The most interesting question? The most difficult question?
A. The first question was 'Tell me something about yourself'. The most
interesting question was whether all the employees of my company were also
'Headstrong', as is evident from the company name, or not? The most difficult
questions were about my domain of work, at Headstrong.
Q. How did you prepare
for the interview? While facing the panel, were you confident, did you feel
prepared?
A. I prepared for a month, for my interview at XLRI, by going through all
the latest business magazines like Business Today, Economic Times, etc. I was
quite confident and prepared while facing my interview.
Q. Was any feedback
given to you? What feedback did you receive from the panel at the end of
session?
A. No..
Q. Did work experience
help in getting the choice of your school and also in dealing with the
curriculum?
A. Yes, definitely it helped me a lot in getting the B-school of my
choice and in dealing with the curriculum here at XLRI.
Q. Getting into and
sailing through a B-school is easier for a Science Graduate than for someone
from Humanities background. Your comments please.
A. I agree with the fact, because science graduates usually have already
studied a lot of MBA courses during their undergrad curriculum, whereas that is
not the case with Humanities background people.
Q. Will an MBA degree
add on to your existing career plan or did you decide to switch/start a career
in management?
A. MBA degree would be an add-on over my existing career plan of being a
Business Analyst / Strategy Consultant.
Q. Why did you decide
to do MBA from this school?
A. The brand value, the awesome alumni network, the time spent and the
quality of education of the next 2 years of my study at XLRI.
Q. Were you able to get
the school of your choice or did you compromise and opted for the best option
that was open/available for you?
A. I got into a school of my choice - XLRI, which was the only written
call that I had converted, out of the consideration set of my B-schools.
