The PGDBA 2021 is right around the corner. Worried about the PGDBA Interview? We’d suggest you don’t get stressed out. Read this PGDBA Interview Experience of Karthik Ananthakrishnan, who shared what he witnessed in his PGDBA 2020 Interview.
Let us read further to know how his PGDBA 2020 Interview went.
Name: Karthik Ananthakrishnan
Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?
118/150
Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with):
- Mechanical Engineering Graduate from BITS Pilani, Goa.
- Work Experience– Two years
- Company- A multi-Physics startup
- Designation– Member of technical staff- Sankhyasutra Labs (majorly owned by Jio Platforms)
- Profile- Perform numerical simulations to solve differential equations using C++.
Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details)?
- Three members on the panel, one from each institute.
- All male and middle-aged.
- Each of them took around 10-15 minutes, starting with ISI, followed by IIM Calcutta and then IIT Kharagpur.
Ques. Please mention details of your PGDBA Interview Experience. (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year.)
The questions were-
- Self-Introduction.
- About Regional Maths Olympiad.
- Few Maths questions.
- Determinants using row operations, inverse finding.
- Bayes’ Theorem, Conditional Probability. Sample vs. Population. Sampling Techniques.
- Extracurricular.
– ISI over –
- GK- Moratorium period, LAC China.
- Applications and relevance of my work ex.
- Model Space vehicle reentry using my work ex .
- Technical aspects that should be taken into consideration while doing it?
- Why PGDBA?
– IIMC over –
- Different Numerical methods that I use in the company.
- What’s new about the methods than traditional ones?
- Order of algorithms.
- Condition on time stepping used in the code.
- Why numerical methods?
- What can physical phenomena be solved using numerical methods?
My feeling: Intense, especially IIT Kharagpur part. Answered all questions. Except sampling techniques and Order of Algorithms.
Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.
- Bayes’ Theorem, Conditional Probability
- Sample vs. Population
- Sampling Techniques.
Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview
None.
Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview-
- Determinants using row operations, inverse finding.
Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview-
- Moratorium period, LAC issues with china.
Ques. Please mention the specific HR question asked in the interview-
- Self-Introduction and WHY PGDBA.
Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.
- Asked about national level extracurricular achievements.
Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch?
- Be very confident during the interview. Attitude matters a lot .
- Do Probability, Linear Algebra, statistics, calculus for interview.
- Work ex questions are pivotal.
Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks?
- The mock interview session was beneficial. It covered all aspects of Maths, Applications of Data Science, Personal Questions.
- Gave a very good essence of how the interview is going to be.
- Thorough conceptual clarity through web series.
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