Suggested Questions for

Placements ( Part 1)

These are the questions asked in the last 3-4 years

An effort by
Sandeep Puri
 Suggestion
Kindly make a register with 2 page each for answer of any
question.
Show it to your seniors and mentors
 Questions
Tell something about yourself
Tell something about you that is not there in CV
What is your most significant accomplishment?
Why should we hire you?
Brief me about your summer internship
If any research undertaken during internship/ project, elaborate
on the methodology and analysis technique
What are your career goals? Where do you see yourself 5 years
from now?
What are your strengths? Give Examples
What are your areas of improvement? Give Examples
Areas of Interest
You are already 25 ( to a girl student), when are you planning to
marry
 Questions
What do you think, will adoption of 4G over 3G will be faster
than 3G over 2G? (Questions can be asked about Reliance Jio)
Why do you think you are a right fit to the organization?
How long do you plan to stay in our company if we hire you?
3 things about you that can guarantee you this job
Difference between Marketing and Branding
4 Reasons why we should not hire you?
Reasons for joining this sector
4 wearable devices
How to Market commodity?
Favourite product? Why? Improvements you can suggest for
the product.
Where should Google invest next?
 Questions
Why do you want to work here?
Sales vs Marketing
Barter
Rifle shot approach
Carpet Bombing
Difference between Customer & Consumer
Credit term practices ( Local and out stations)
Application aspects of BCG, Porters 5 forces, SWOT etc
Different terms used in Exports/International Marketing
Predictive Analytics, Customer Analytics
Customer Equity
Internet of things
 General Questions
Describe the social environment at your College. How satisfying was it for you?
What difficulties did you experience? Did you have any specific problems with
the faculty or administration? With which groups did you interact most
comfortably? Why?

How do you spend your spare time?

Describe a delicate situation in which your personal sensitivity made a

difference.

Have you ever had an idea or a goal to achieve something that required action
by other individuals? How did you get the idea or come to set the goal? How did
you find or mobilize the requisite resources to make the idea or goal become
real? How did you deal with any unforeseen events along the way?
 General Questions

Describe a situation in which you recognized a problem or opportunity and

organized people or actions in response. Did you choose to pursue this
situation on your own or did someone else ask or suggest that you pursue it?
What obstacles did you face? How did you overcome them?

What leadership roles have you played in College, at work, in your community?

When have you felt most fully challenged and stimulated in your academic or
work experiences? Most frustrated? What did you do about your frustration?

Your resume indicates that you _______. What prompted you to do this? What
obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them? What satisfied you
most about the experience? Least? Did you have to make any sacrifices along
the way? What lessons have you learned? Knowing what you do now, would you
do it again?
 General Questions
What experiences have you had working in teams? Using a specific example,
what role did you play on the team? How did you select that role? What were
the most/least satisfying aspects of working on that team? What is the most
difficult thing for you in working with a team?

Describe your relationships with colleagues, professors, bosses, and others in a

significant academic/work experience. In what ways were you most effective
with people? What conflicts or difficulties did you experience? What kinds of
people did you find most challenging? What would your colleagues say about
you?

Where might you look for information on traffic patterns near a shopping mall?

What aspirations do you have for yourself over the next 5 or so years
professionally and personally?

Describe a situation you handled creatively.

 General Questions

Describe a situation in which you had to convince others that your view,
approach, or ideas were right or appropriate.

Describe a tough decision and how you reached it.

Describe a situation in which you were aspiring to reach a goal. What

obstacles confronted you along the way? What did you do to overcome
them?

Describe a situation that demanded sustained, unusually hard work, where

others might have thought you couldn't succeed. Was the experience
stressful? If so, how did you handle the stress?
 GD Topics
Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those
learnt from experience
Morals & Values among Indians are Degenerating
Women Empowerment - A Cause for Increasing Divorce Rate in
India
Is India moving towards people management?
Education in India # burden or opportunity?
Is rural India strength for India?
Study or extracurricular activity is the driving force to success?
A fool or a competitive jerk?
Team worker or a Leader?
Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped countries
like India.
 GD Topics
Is India a Soft Nation?
Is management an art or a science?
The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
The objective of Management is to maximise profits
Do professional managers have a chance in our family run
businesses?
Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for
professional growth.
A ship docked in harbour cannot face the storms
Developing countries need trade, not aid.
Voters, not, political parties are responsible for the
criminalisation of politics.
In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards
the thinking rather than doing.
 GD Topics
Internet of things
Every cloud has a silver lining
Can the economy achieve an 8 percent growth rate?
Is the consumer really the king in India?
Commercialisation of health care: Good or Bad?
For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see
what is in it for them.
Should businessmen run the finance ministry?
Should important services like transport be left to market
forces?
Is there any point in having a business strategy when the world
changes from month to month?
Business ethics are no longer a luxury for corporates but a
necessity?