128 ISB Interview Questions Co 2013 R1

128 ISB Interview Questions

From Co 2013 R1 Interview Debriefs December 10, 2011

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128 ISB Interview Questions Co 2013 R1

INTRODUCTION We digged into the interview experiences of around 57 Co 2013 R1 candidates and prepared this document of 128 ISB interview questions. All the questions in this document are the original questions asked in the interview. This is perhaps the largest list of ISB questions available. BTW, your interviewer is also reading this document INSIDE THIS GUIDE ISB Co 2013 R1 Interview Snapshot 3 Who are you? 7 What do you do? 8 What do you want? 9 Your ISB Application 10 Your Hobbies & ECA 10 Other Questions 10 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE? Just reading these questions would not make you ready for ISB Interview. Spend atleast 2 days analyzing these questions. Have a notebook to jot down the bullet points for every question. Some of the questions may not be applicable to your profile. Many of the questions are similar and will have same answer. You need to also study of ISB application and essays and list all the possible questions. Here is how I would approach each question from this document. .
Point X

Tell me 3 reasons why should we take you

Point Y Point Z

ALSO READ Also read the ISB Co2013 R1 Debriefs to understand the overall interviewing experience. To all aspirants of ISB. PM me (saads1999) with your feedback. Sorry I cant give you tips as I am also in the same boat as you are.

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ISB CO2013 R1 INTERVIEW SNAPSHOT DATA ANALYTICS by saads1999 We passed the raw data available in PG through a standardized template. This helped us arrive at some trends. We have analyzed data for one-word essays, number of folks in interview panel, average time of an ISB interview, who is taking those interviews, and ofcourse the questions asked in the interview. We have data for 57 candidates. Major takeaways 65% of the interview panel consisted of 2 members with atleast 1 member from alumini The average time of an interview is around 20 minutes (reported by 56% of candidates) 49% of the candidates feel that their interview experience was neither cool nor brutal 85% of the candidates were asked questions on the current job profile. Limitation We do not have enough data for GMAT, Education and Job Profile. Hence we could not arrive at any conclusion for those items. One word Essays (100 words) asked before the interview Anomaly, Apathy, Empathy, Exaggeration, Extraordinary, Goal, Homogenous, Marathon, Money, Pen, Proximity, Role, Sacrosanct, Superficial, Verdict & Wolf How many folks in the interview panels?

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Who were taking interviews?

What is the average time of an ISB interview?

How do candidates rate their interview experience?

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What questions were asked in the ISB interview? We created 20 main buckets for questions. While analyzing the raw data we have put the questions asked to candidates in one of the 20 defined buckets. Questions on Current Job Profile, Goals and Application Essays are all time favorites of ISB interview panel.

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BREAK UP OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ASKED FOR R1 APPLICANTS Questions Votes %

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WHO ARE YOU? Introduce yourself Tell me 3 reasons why should we take you Walk us through your profile Convince us in 5 minutes that you are a fit for ISB Apart from academics in what way will you contribute Who are you? to ISB? 1(Q 1-15) 6. Difference between you and other XYZ professionals 7. How would you add to diversity of ISB? 8. How unique are you? And why should we select you? 9. How would your subordinates describe you? 10. How would your team members or peers describe you? 11. How would your manager describe you? 12. Your strengths 13. Your weakness 14. What makes you a good manager/team leader? 15. Why should we take you (with 2-3 years experience) when folks with more experience are applying to ISB? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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16. How will you manage your finances at home if you are the sole earner? 17. How do you keep yourself updated? 18. Have you found anything difficult to learn? 19. Apart from your technology/domain what have you learnt in the past 3 years? 20. How do you manage time between various activities? 21. How do you feel studying in ISB with people much junior than you (if you have more experience) 22. There is lot of diversity in ISB. How prepared are you to face it? 23. Life in ISB is hectic. How are you prepared for it?

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WHAT DO YOU DO? 1. What is the role & responsibility in your project/work? 2. Explain what you do using a case study 3. Explain what were you doing since you have started working 4. Describe your career so far 5. Explain the career moves/ transition you have done so far 6. You have changed jobs in every X years. Explain 7. What is the difference between current work profile and the previous work profile? 8. Explain the technology/work area you are working on 9. You studied X. How come you are working Z industry? 10. Why dont you continue to grow in your current job profile? 11. Challenges in your job

What do you do? 1(Q 1-11)

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12. Explain what does your organization do? 13. Is your company doing well? Are they planning to acquire any company? 14. What is the kind of clients you work with? 15. What are the challenges/limitations in your industry/domain/technology? 16. How did you contribute to the success of your company? 17. What are the challenges to run your own company? 18. What are the trends in your domain?

What does your company do? 12 (Q 12-18)

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19. Explain the recent assignment you have completed 20. What sort of problems have you faced at work place or recent assignment? 21. What are the limitations of your profile currently at work place? 22. What are your key achievements at work place? 23. What is your key learning from a recent assignment? 24. Recent work you have done in the past 2 weeks 25. Three things you have learnt from your work experience 26. Give three areas where you added value to your project 27. Give an example of a situation where you managed a conflict 28. Any situation where you displayed out of the box thinking 29. What have you learnt by working abroad? 30. Explain a nightmarish experience at work

Your experience & learning 19 30) (Q 19-30)

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31. How would you rate yourself in team skills? 32. Define a good team with example Team Dynamics 33. How do you manage your team? 31-37) (Q 31-37) 34. How do you motivate your team? 35. What is the exact team structure at your work place? 36. Which one is difficult to handle personality clashes or competency clashes? 37. Lets say you are the manager of XYZ implementation. What strategies will you take to proceed?

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WHAT DO YOU WANT? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What are your future plans? Your Goals What are your short term goals? What are your long term goals? (Q 1-7) Where do you see yourself in 1 year? What you want to do after 5 years? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What is your career goal? What is the though process behind it? Is it connected to your UG and job?

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8. Are you ready to do MBA now? 9. You seem to be in a good position. Why MBA now? 10. You are already doing Project management at you current work. Why MBA? 11. Why ISB, when you can achieve your goals with your current qualification? 12. What are 4 things you (if selected) would get in ISB? 13. How will you achieve your goal if you are not admitted to ISB? Why MBA, ISB? 14. How much time will it take for you to achieve your 23) (Q 8-23) goal without MBA? 15. Why cant you achieve your goals without an MBA? 16. What if you dont get admitted to ISB? 17. Are you emulating someone elses career? 18. There are many people who work in your target sector without MBA. Why do you need it? 19. What are the other schools you have applied this year? 20. Compare ISB PGP with XYZ schools program 21. Why dont you try 1 year executive program instead of PGP? ( for candidates with 8+ years experience) 22. Do you know how electives are allocated at ISB? 23. What if the elective you want is not offered at ISB?

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24. Which company do you want to join after PGP? Why? 25. Do you know what it takes to join XYZ Company after MBA? 26. What if you dont get placed in desired company post PGP? 27. What if your current company makes an offer post ISB? 28. Why do you want to join XYZ industry? 29. What have you done to get into XYZ industry? 30. Do you follow XYZ industry? 31. Name 3 companies in India that work in XYZ sector 32. What if you dont get a placement at all? 33. What will you achieve being an entrepreneur? 34. What aspect of consulting intrigues you? (or any XYZ industry) 35. How can you add value to clients post MBA? 36. Explain the business you want to set up. What is the time frame? 37. What do you think will be the game changers in your target sector?

Post MBA? 24-37) (Q 24-37)

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38. Did you interact with ISB alums? If so what did you learn from them? 39. Any questions for ISB?

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YOUR ISB APPLICATION 1. Explain the achievement you have mentioned in your essay. How did you accomplish that achievement? 2. Explain what has changed since you applied last time (re-app) 3. What went wrong last time you applied to ISB? (re-app) 4. You applied last year. Did you seek feedback on application? 5. Explain an achievement besides what you have written in application 6. Tell us something which is not written in the application 7. Why your current supervisor/previous supervisor have not written the recommendation for you? YOUR HOBBIES/ECA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Tell me the recent book you have read Which is the last movie you saw? Who is your favorite director and why? Explain what you do at the NGO you are supporting Why do you prefer contemporary over classical dance? (hobby as dance) Tell us about the non-profit organization you are running What do you do in pass time?

BOUNCERS Here is a XYZ situation. How will you approach it? Case study on music marketing and event management How many stars are there in the sky? What were the 3 things you were doing while waiting your turn for interview outside? 5. Case Study: Take a start up and analyze it for funding (VC industry) 6. Case Study on infrastructure issues of India 7. Role Reversal: Applicant is client and a MNC approaches to implement a ERP solution. 8. Case Study: A company is planning to start power plant in Orissa. Explain how would you help to raise capital 9. If we meet in 2021, what will be the situation? 10. Think about a word and speak for a minute 11. What latest news caught your attention? 12. Role play: Sell XYZ product to interview panel 13. We think you should reconsider doing an MBA! 14. How many barbers are there in Bangalore? 15. What are the challenges of retail sector in India? 1. 2. 3. 4.

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