Name: Shefali Gupta

Academic Background: Dual degree at BITS Pilani with Master of Science and Physics And Bachelors of Engineering in Chemical.

GRE Score:  323 with 170 in QUANT and 153 in Verbal.

Are you currently working somewhere?

 As of now, I am not working anywhere, but I have worked as a business analyst for three years. I started working right after I graduated in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, I was working in Dell as a Supply Chain Business Analyst. Then I spent five months each in two different startups. The first one was with a Future Groups firm called Tathastu. It was a Startup under Future Group. I worked there from August 2019 to January 2020. After which, I work with Phonepe from February 2020 to August 2020. And I worked at these places as a business analyst.

In Dell, I was catering to Supply Chain, and in Future Groups, I was in the central analytics team. And in Phonepe, I was supporting the customer support function.

What are the eligibility criteria for MSc in Business Analytics at Esade University?

It would be best if you had a basic bachelor’s qualification. The university prefers people with a QUANT background. That is like a common rule of thumb for analytics programs everywhere. 

How is the average class profile at Esade?

For Esade, the average class profile is slightly on the lesser experience side. The average age of the students is 24-25. People with two years of work experience form the majority chunk. Although I was at the higher end with three years of work-ex, the majority constituted less than two years of work experience.

What about the average class profile at Purdue University?

As opposed to Esade, Purdue prioritizes candidates with more work experience. Hence, people with 2+ years of work ex get a preference. What I gained from my experience with Purdue was that it focuses mainly on the candidate’s GRE-QUANT score. Upon conversation with the admissions team at Purdue, they emphasized my QUANT score, and that’s something that makes my application suitable. 

Scholarships at Purdue?

Purdue offers scholarships up to $7000, whereas the average scholarship is about $2000to $3000. I received a scholarship of $4500. 

What is the criterion to get a scholarship at Purdue?

Purdue offers a merit-based scholarship. I believe I got it based on my application which included everything from my GRE, work experience, etc. Also, I don’t have any facts to support my belief, but I think that the earlier you apply, the higher your chances of getting the scholarship. 

Scholarships at Esade?

Esade also offers good scholarships ranging up to 50% of the fee(30,000Euros), whereas the average scholarship is recorded at 20% to 30% of the fee. 

Could you walk me through the Selection Procedure at Esade?

The admission application for Esade was slightly on the lengthier side. Starting from talking about my personal details, i.e., my biodata, I had to answer four major questions. 

1. How do you fit in into diversity? What are your values around diversity? How well do you gel in with diversity? 
2. What are your long-term and short-term goals? And how will Esade help you in achieving those goals?
3. What do you like about Esade? How does Esade fit in with your overall life goal?
4. Why do you feel you deserve a scholarship?

You needed two Letters of Recommendation, one academic and the other had to be professional.

I received my shortlist the same day I submitted my application, just a few hours later, through a call. 

I got a reasonable amount of time to appear for my interview. I chose a date two months later, in order to prepare for the same. 

How was your interview experience with Esade?

The interview experience with Esade was quite nice. The interview was taken by Donna, the associate academic director for this program. Since she does not belong to a technical background, he asked me questions on the behavioral side. 

1. Why do you want to pursue a master’s at this stage? How is a postgraduate course going to help me? 
2. Based on the mention of healthcare on my application, she asked my questions based on why there was an inclination towards the healthcare industry?
3. A lot of questions on personal values.
4. Since I had never been in any international environment, she asked me how I will gel up and adjust to Spain and Barcelona environment? What do I like about Spain? And what are my plans here?

To this, I replied that I come from a huge alumni network. BITS Pilani has alumni spread across the world, hence adjusting to a new country wouldn’t be much of an issue. I noticed that the interviewer was impressed with my response. 

Upon completion, I received feedback that my answers were quite insightful. And my overall application portrayed a very focused approach towards my career. Based on my application, they concluded that my goals were clear, and I was coming across as a very focused and goal-oriented individual rather than someone who is not sure what to do and how?

The interviewer was concerned that I would be an outlier in terms of work experience since most of the candidates had less than two years of work ex as opposed to my three years. She wanted to inquire if I would be okay with that since I would be more on the helping side than someone on the help receiving side. 

How were the interviews for both the universities conducted?

The interviews were conducted online. Either on Zoom or Skype.

Why did you apply for the Master of Science in Business Analytics and Information Management at Purdue University?

I wasn’t quite sure whether I should apply or not. So I scheduled a 10-minute appointment with the Manager of this program, with the help of this option on their official website. Based on my QUANT score and three years of work experience as a business analyst, he encouraged me to apply for the course. Given these two factors, he assured me that it makes me a good candidate in the pool, so I should definitely apply. This gave me the boost I needed, and I ended up applying for the course. 

What was the selection procedure at Purdue?

• Purdue requires its candidates to fill an SOP. 
• This is followed by a KIRA round. You have to submit your interview within a 48-hour window.
• Personal Interview

What is the KIRA round? 

KIRA round is a recorded interview round. Meaning there is no person at the other end. KIRA is a tool in which we get three questions, and we have to answer them in one minute each. Basically, we are required to submit a one-minute recorded answer for each question. It is a standard interview process adopted by most US-based business schools. You receive a link, which you have to trigger, and you receive the set of questions that you have to answer within the next 48 hours of submitting your application.

What kind of questions are asked during the KIRA round? 

The questions asked are primarily behavioral type. You can easily find what kind of questions are asked if you search for them online. The questions asked can be relevant to your application, but the chance of that happening is pretty rare. 

• Tell us about yourself. 
• How do you spend your Sunday afternoon? 
• What are your hobbies? 
• What are your values? 

Upon a conversation with my counselor, I was advised that my answers should align with my application. Anything contradictory could be a deal-breaker. 

For example, in my application, I have mentioned that I want to be a data scientist, but I reveal that I want to be a business consultant in the interview. This is something which shouldn’t happen. Although KIRA is an automated tool, in case they cross-check it, it may be a problem. 

Was the admission process at Purdue an easy one?

The admission procedure at Purdue University was like a cakewalk for me. Theirs was the most effortless Statement of Purpose(SOP) I had filled. It just focused on my interests, goals, background, and all the essential details that an SOP generally has. Since I had the liberty to guide the course of my SOP, mine was basically focused on my background, qualifications, how has my work experience helped me groom myself as a business analyst, what are my goals, and how does Purdue helps me? I didn’t mention any of the extracurricular activities or any other interests I have. It was focused on business analytics, relevant academic experience, work experience as well as my future goals in analytics. 

Although some SOPs require you to mention your interests and extracurricular activities, I didn’t feel like Purdue needed that information, so I skipped it. Along with that, we had two submit two Letters of Recommendation. 

I was shortlisted based on my SOP and was given 3-4 dates to choose from, two weeks away from the shortlist date, for the interview. But it was rescheduled, giving me another 10-15 days to prepare for the same. 

How did your Personal Interview at Purdue University go?

After submitting my SOP and the KIRA interview, I was shortlisted for an interview with the associate academic director of the course. She was not from a technical background and asked me behavioral questions. She asked me questions like:

1. If I had to build a firm, what would be the core values of the firm?
2. Anything that I hadn’t shared in my application but wanted to share?
3. How will the program help me? What do I bring to the program? 
4. If I got shortlisted in any other colleges? 

She pressed on the last question, so I had to tell her about my Esade straightaway admit. She ended up tricking me into telling her if I was considering joining the other college or not by asking me if I knew Spanish. We were talking about something completely different, and she shot that question at me, catching me off-guard; luckily, I wasn’t preparing for Spanish, and I ended up saying “No” since she didn’t give me enough time to think or to frame an answer. Hence, it had to be an honest answer. I told her that I am waiting for Purdue’s admit and then only I will prepare for Esade, which was the case. This was a good takeaway from the interview. I never realized that something like this could happen. 

I got similar feedback as I did before, that my answers were insightful, the application was very clear in terms of what I want to do and how? I was told that I was slightly on the mature side as an individual. 

What not to do in an interview?

This program is offered by Purdue’s Business School. I was also curious about a statistics program that was offered by Purdue University’s statistics department but is open to all the students across Purdue University. I happened to ask my interviewee about that, and I am afraid to say that it did not go in my favor. She spoke on that topic for about 15 minutes. So technically, the interviewee spoke more in the interview than I did. Regardless of that, I got the admission. 

Are there any tips you would give candidates while preparing for the interview?

Never speak about a department different from the one you are interviewing for. Don’t believe everything you hear because I had always heard that only technical people could apply at Purdue University. Hence, I didn’t apply in the first round. It was after I received an admit from Esade, I gained a little confidence and thought of applying for Purdue. 

The actual interview lasts for about 15-20 minutes, but the conversation can go on for a little longer. The tone of the interview is very polite. This is a key takeaway for Indian candidates since we are not used to academic people being polite to us. 

There is no pressure; they don’t grill us unless you say something which invites the same. The general intent is to know the candidate. 

What are the placement opportunities like at Purdue University and Esade?

Placement opportunities are something that I am still exploring. Purdue is a great university, where placement is not an issue. They have reported 95% of the placements with this program. The US releases its own rankings for analytics programs, and Purdue University stood at the 7th position last year, and this year it was at 9th. So, it’s in the top 10 analytics programs in the US. 

On the other hand, Esade is the best Business School in Spain and a reputed one in Europe. And so is its Analytics program.

The actual difference lies in Spain and the US. Data Science and Analytics are more in demand in the US as compared to Europe. So it makes more sense to go with the analytics program in the US. But again, the US has its drawback. As in, it’s costly in comparison with Spain, which is slightly on the less expensive side. 

Are you satisfied with the curriculum at Esade and Purdue University? Do they include any Dissertation, projects, or internships?

Esade boasts a lot on its consulting project. They allow you to simultaneously work on a consulting project while you are in the program. You work on the project for 6-months simultaneously in the second half of the curriculum. You can do a 1 or 2 months internship as well, but that is not a highlight of the program due to the internship’s short duration.

Purdue University doesn’t have an internship. Purdue has an in-house analytics center where people from the industry come in and pitch in their projects. Students can work on these projects and even earn a stipend. This is completely optional. You have to apply for the project, and you will be selected based on your application. Although it is not a formal internship, you can get a chance to work on industrial projects through this. Their curriculum involves a capstone project, an industrial project, but there is no formal internship. 

What is the student intake at Purdue University?

Generally, it is 70, but this year they are taking in 150 from last year’s deferrals. Due to COVID, they deferred all last year’s admits. 

Have you decided which course you are going to pursue? 

I am going to go with Purdue University’s analytics course. Although I am waiting to hear from two more universities, as far as I can foresee, it is going to be Purdue for me.

What made your zero in on Purdue University as against Esade?

The cost of location was slightly a concern for me. I wanted the cost of education to be somewhat on the lower side since I plan to pursue a Ph.D. or something in research later on and since I will not be taking up a corporate job. Purdue’s fee is slightly on the lower side as compared to other business schools in the US. Comparing Purdue with Esade, the latter is definitely lower since it’s based in Europe, and the cost of education there is slightly lesser. Regardless of that, I chose Purdue because although I’ll be paying 10lakhs extra, if I end up taking a corporate job in the US, I’ll be making much more than what I would earn if I work in Europe. I can recover my fee by working for six months in the US as opposed to working for more than a year in Europe. The second reason would be that I am inclined towards the data scientist role after completing the course. Purdue’s program is slightly more technical as compared to other universities in the US. There are other technical programs in the US, but they have a rigorous selection criterion who wanted people from a highly technical background, which I didn’t have. Also, the US has a lot of opportunities in the data science and analytics field.

Anything else you would like candidates to consider while applying for an analytics course?

Be focused on your GRE score as it plays a significant role. Even if your academic score is average or you have a below-average CGPA, a high GRE score can make a huge difference, as it will compensate for your lower academic score. For Purdue, GRE Quant is given more focus as compared to overall GRE. I was afraid that I would be grilled on the technical part in the interview, which I wasn’t very confident about, but luckily the interviews are not taken by technical people but administrative people. Prepare well; the interviews are very predictable compared to IIM’s interviews, which can catch you off-guard. 

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Name: Yerramsetty L N Siddhard

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?

–

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Two years, eight months(2011-2014). I worked as a design engineer in Analog Devices. My work was on the verification of digital components of VLSI chips.

Ques. Your Panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three interviewers. Member 1 and 3 are male, and Member 2 is female.  

Ques. Please mention details of your PGDBA 2020 interview (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year).

Member 1

He read my details in the bio-data form and asked me if I wanted to tell anything extra. I mentioned to him my hobbies in a way that he didn’t read from the bio-data. I also told him that I was preparing for civil services after resigning from the job. 

Member 2

Asked me why I wanted to join PGDBA, for which I answered. Then, she asked me questions about current affairs. What are the issues related to the implementation of the National digital health mission? What is Mission Karmayogi, and how is it going to be implemented?

Then, Member 1 asked me two maths questions, which I answered. 

Member 3: (He seems to be a faculty in ECE).

He asked me technical questions related to electronics and communications. 

1. What is the Nyquist rate?

2. What are the benefits and issues related to the scaling down of transistor size? 

I didn’t expect technical questions to be asked as a long time has been passed since I last worked in the field. I answered the questions but didn’t give complete answers. The Panel kept in mind that I studied these a long time back. Member 3 was helpful, and he was giving me clues. I recollected the concepts and answered the rest of the points based on the clues. 

Then, Member 1 asked me if I could show them the original certificate of an extracurricular activity(Related to an astronomy exam in 12th). They gave me time to bring the original from the cupboard. I got the original and showed them.

On the whole, Panel was cordial.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

None

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

None

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

1. How many permutations are possible with the word “MISSION”?

2. Say, There are 120 chips. These are numbered from 1 to 120. There are some faulty chips among these. Faulty chips are divisible by 2, or divisible by 5, or divisible by 7. How many numbers of chips are non-faulty? How?

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness question asked in the interview.

1. What are the complications involved in National Health Stack?

2. Do you know about Mission Karmayogi? How is it going to be implemented?

Ques. Please mention the specific HR questions asked in the interview.

You wanted to go for civil services. That is a different field. Why do you want to come for PGDBA?

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your PGDBA 2020 interview but not covered above.

None.

Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch?

None.

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

AI Monks was very helpful for interview preparation. The mock interviews helped me understand the kind of questions that are asked in the PGDBA interview. Their feedback helped me rectify the mistakes before the final interview. 

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Read Sayan’s PGDBA 2020 Interview Experience to better understand what the interviews could be like, and enhance your PGDBA Interview preparations.

Name: Sayan Mondal

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes? 

123

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Work Experience- Fresher

Interned with ANZ – Credit Retail Risk Modelling Analyst Intern

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details)

Three interviewers

Rushed interview, thus it wasn’t possible to figure out anything about them.

Ques. Please mention details of your interview (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year)

My interview felt rushed as it lasted only 15 minutes. Interviewers were polite, and the interview wasn’t stressed at all, but the sheer lack of questions made me feel more anxious, which probably messed it up as well.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

None.

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

None.

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

Q: There are n people in a room. Anyone can shake hands with the other (n-1) people in the room. They might also choose not to shake hands. Thus any one person can have a minimum of zero handshakes and a maximum of n-1 handshakes. Prove that there will be at least two people in the room with an equal number of handshakes. (Pigeon-hole principle)

Q: There are ten red balls, ten white balls, and ten blue balls in one bag. What is the minimum number of balls that have to be picked out of the pocket with replacement to get four balls of the same color?

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness question asked in the interview.

Q: State three major reasons in short why India and China war will not happen soon.

Ques. Please mention the specific HR question asked in the interview.

None.

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

Q: Do you have a rough idea of which sections of the course are taught in IIMC, and can you elaborate on the same?

Ques. Any suggestions for next year’s batch?

My suggestions for upcoming batches would be not to interrupt the continuity in their preparations. We faced setbacks for which I had given up hopes of ever getting to sit for the interview, which I deeply regret now.

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

AI Monks has been a constant guide in preparations, especially for the written test, and I think I would not have progressed this far without them.

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Read Ashwin’s PGDBA 2020 Interview Experience to better understand what the interviews could be like, and enhance your PGDBA Interview preparations.

Name: Ashwin Anil    

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?

123

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Work Experience- Two years 

Field- RPA in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Trivandrum.

Company- Capgemini and FourNxt in Tvm.

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three members from each institute.

Ques. Please mention details of your interview (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year)

Questions on Physics from 1st prof. 

In which direction does friction act when a bicycle is pedaled forwards?

Why do boats capsize more often than ships?

2nd Prof:

• Describe work ex. 

• Describe the supply chain of book manufacturing. 

• Tell me about the last book you read. 

3rd Prof:

• How many subsets when you have numbers 1-10. How many of them have an even number when multiplied.

• Questions on limits and algebra.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

N/A

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

N/A

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

• Lim n-> inf. (1-1/n)^n

• How many solutions to (x-a)^3+(x-b)^3+(x-c)^3 = 0

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview.

N/A

Ques. Please mention the specific HR questions asked in the interview.

Why do you want to do PGDBA?

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

N/A

Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch

N/A

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

Great experience with AI Monks.

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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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Name: Peyush Gautam

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes? 

99/150

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Fresher

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three interviewers – All Male

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-

1. Please tell us something about yourself.
2. Why do you want to join PGDBA?
3. How is analytics helpful nowadays, in the business world?
4. Is playing with data the only skill required in the business analytics domain?
5. How is business analytics useful in the e-Learning domain?
6. What techniques of business analytics are currently used in the e-Learning domain by firms?
7. What is NLP, and how it is used in today’s world? Provide some used examples.
8. What type of role are you looking for after business analytics professional education?
9. Which specific industry domain (finance/ marketing/ healthcare/ education, etc.) are you looking for after PGDBA?
10. Define the Rank of a matrix.
11. Define Linear dependent and independent vectors.
12. Normal Distribution and Central Limit Theorem.
13. From a population, we take two random samples, say S1 and S2. S1=(a+b+c)/3 and S2=(2a-b+c)/3 where a, b and c are selected randomly from the population. Which one out of S1 and S2 estimates the population parameter(population mean) closely.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

1. Normal Distribution and Central Limit Theorem.
2. From a population, we take two random samples, say S1 and S2. S1=(a+b+c)/3 and S2=(2a-b+c)/3 where a, b and c are selected randomly from the population. Which one out of S1 and S2 estimates the population parameter(population mean) closely.

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

1. What is NLP, and how is it used in today’s world? Provide some used examples.

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

1. Define the Rank of a matrix.
2. Define Linear dependent and independent vectors.

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview.

NIL

Ques. Please mention the specific HR questions asked in the interview.

1. Why do you want to join PGDBA?

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

NIL

Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch?

NIL

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation?

AI Monks helped a lot during the preparation, but there are two suggestions from my side.

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Name: Avishkar

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes? 

124

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with) 

Academic Background- Manufacturing Engineering Graduate from BITS Pilani.

Designation- District Lead for Tata Trust.

Work Experience- 15 months experience till the day of the interview.

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three interviewers, probably one each from ISI, IIM Calcutta, and IIT Kharagpur.

Ques. Please mention details of your PGDBA Interview. (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year.)

My interview lasted for about 35-40 minutes.

P1: 

• Introduce yourself
• What are your hobbies?
• What are eigenvalues and eigenvectors?
• Asked me to solve a question in which I was given trace and determinant of a matrix and had to calculate the eigenvalues. I solved it using one approach, for which he asked why the sum of the eigenvalues equal to the trace of the matrix. He wanted me to solve by forming the characteristic equation, which I did when he provided a hint.
• What is the trace of a matrix?
• Is 1/log(mod(x)) continuous? What are the points of discontinuities?
• You must have studied probability and statistics in your undergrad. What is a Poisson distribution?
• If P(X=1) = P(X=2) in a Poisson distribution, what is the mean and expectation of the distribution?

He then asked P2 to continue with the interview. 

P2-

• Recently some public sector banks were merged by RBI, can you please tell me the reasons behind the same? I did not know about this and told him straight away; then, he asked me to make a logical guess based on why firms merge in the market.
• You have mentioned geopolitics and International Relations as a hobby. Please tell me what geopolitics is?
• Tell me about the Korean conflict. Also, tell me why the Korean war happened and why the US, Russia, and China were interested.
• Tell me all about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He then asked P3 to continue with the interview

P3-

• Tell me again which engineering stream you have graduated from?
• Give me some examples where you think analytics can help in your work?
• Give two examples of how analytics can help in manufacturing.

Meanwhile, P3 came to know that I know a bit about ML, and he was surprised.

• Tell me how analytics with ML is different from analytics without ML?
• Supervised vs. unsupervised ML.
• When can we find the inverse of a matrix? What is the value of AA^-1?
• Asked me to solve a probability question on paper and gave me one minute for it. If a dice was thrown six times, find the probability that all outcomes will be unique.

Then P1 asked me to confirm if the audio was clear enough, and the interview ended.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

Mentioned above.

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

Mentioned above.

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

Mentioned above.

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview.

Mentioned above.

Ques. Please mention the specific HR questions asked in the interview.

Mentioned above.

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

None.

Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch?

My suggestion would be to cover the following properly:

1. Read about your profile and work experience in detail and how analytics is applicable there.
2. Read the following maths topics properly – Statistics and probability, Linear Algebra, Calculus. If possible, go through the basics of Operations Research, Fourier Transformation, Laplace Transformation, Mclaurin, and Taylor series.
3. Read about some of the applications of Analytics in the industry and by the Indian government. Cover significant sectors like education, healthcare, agriculture, policy-making, etc.
4. Read the basics of your major undergrad subjects, especially if you have less work experience.
5. Cover major recent general awareness topics.
6. You can read about the theoretical basics of ML if you are not from an analytics background already. Most of these things are very easy to understand, like supervised vs. unsupervised, some basic ML algorithms like regression, decision trees, random forest, etc.

Also, make short notes if possible as you can forget content a few days after you cover it, and having quick notes will be a faster way to revise.

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

I had taken the PGDBA Interview prep package of AI Monks, and it was beneficial. There were some direct questions from my last mock interview, and the valuable feedback provided helped me shape my preparation strategy. One free counseling session was also included, and the inputs received were valuable. I also purchased the mock test for the written exam, and I found it excellent. The interface and questions were good and truly up to the level.

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Name: Atrey Dad

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?

121/150

Ques. Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Designation: Software Engineer

Company: Cisco Ltd.

Work-Experience: 17 Months (till January 2020)

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

There were three interviewers, one from each institute.

P1 – From IIT-Kgp

P2 – From IIM-Calcutta

P3 – From ISI, Kolkata

Please mention details of your interview (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year)

Mine was quite a grilling experience. It started at 4:30 pm sharp and ran for around 30-35 minutes.

P1 – Good Afternoon (P2 took over)

P2 – 

• P1 just greeted you good afternoon and not a good evening. Was he right?
• How it is decided whether to greet a good afternoon/evening. (according to him, between 12:00 to 4:30 pm is afternoon, and from 4:31 pm we start calling it evening)
• Why PGDBA?

     Then some counter-questions on this after I explained my reasoning for the above question

• So working with market leaders(Cisco) has no significance to you?
• Why do you think you would be a better analyst than a software engineer?
• Why do you think it is the right time to switch career paths?

P3 – 

Asked one question on definite integration(added in the Mathematics section), then P1 took over.

P1 – 

• They asked what product I am working on in Cisco.
• What technology is it using?
• What is my role or what I am responsible for in the product?

Over to P2 again…

P2 – Apart from job, any extracurricular activities are you involved in or like to follow?

        Told them that I am learning the basics of stock markets and also follow and play badminton daily.

P2 –

• Compare the playing style of Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu.
• Has PV Sindhu ever played against Lin Dan?
• Who was the Spanish player which Sindhu lost to in the Olympic finals (told them, Carolina Marin)
• Apart from the Olympic final, Sindhu has lost to her in 1 or 2 more finals; why do you think Sindhu keeps faltering against her?

Overall, P2 grilled me a lot while P1 and P3 were chill.

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

The panel did not ask me any statistical questions.

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

The panel did not ask me any Machine Learning question.

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

Yes, one question on definite integration was asked.

Calculate the value of ∫ |1−x2| dx with limits -3 to 2

Ques. Please mention the specific General Awareness question asked in the interview.

Covered in an interview experience part

Ques. Please mention the specific HR question asked in the interview.

The panel did not ask me any HR question.

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

None.

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

The study material of AI Monks is quite good. Helped me to cover basics (especially about statistics).

After my mock interview, feedback helped me prepare general questions asked (like Introduce yourself, Why PGDBA, etc.) in a better and fairer way.

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Given below is the PGDBA Interview Experience of Jyothi G, who shares what he witnessed during his interview.

Name: Jyothi Krishna G

What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?

132 (Score still not released).

Your Professional Experience (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with) 

Work Experience– 11 months

Designation- Graduate Engineer Trainee

Company- Varroc Engineering Limited

Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three male panelists.

Please mention the details of your PGDBA 2020 interview. (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year).

First, the professor of math asked to prove that 12 is a factor of (a+b)(a+c)(b+c)(a-b)(b-c)(a-c). I didn’t see a pattern, so I asked them to move further as I would just waste time. He insisted on trying, but I said the same. Then he said that he was done and forwarded to the next panel (my biggest mistake).

The next interviewer asked about probability distributions.

After the third interviewer had asked a few questions about my work experience, the first interviewer took over and said that the interview was over and that I should leave the call.

Overall, they wrapped up the interview in 10-15 mins.

Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

None.

Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

None.

Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

The questions were –

1. What is a Bernoulli variable and ?

2. What is a negative binomial distribution?

3. What is the memoryless property?

4. What is a geometric distribution?

They gave me an example – basic flipping a coin and asked what that distribution was.

They asked what did I know about hypothesis testing, and I was clear on that.

Please mention specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview.

The next one asked about my job and the automotive industry. I answered.

Please mention specific HR questions asked in the interview.

None.

Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

None. 

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Name: S Hemanth Kumar

Ques. What was your interview score as per the key released by the institutes?

115.

Ques. Your Professional Experience. (Please mention total years of work experience, your designation, company, profile – Please mention all the companies you have worked with)

Work experience– Four years

Designation– Technical Analyst

Company– CitiGroup

B.Tech ECE ‘16 in NIT Trichy.

Ques. Your panel (number of interviewers/their background/other details):

Three members (P1 – ISI, P2 – IIMC, P3 – IITK). It was a 15 to 20 mins interview.

Ques. Please mention details of your PGDBA 2020 Interview. (Please elaborate as much as possible. This will help future aspirants in the same way past years’ interview experiences helped you this year)

P1 (ISI Professor)

• Asked me to introduce myself, Follow-up on my extra-curricular activities.
• Asked to choose any mathematics subject (I chose probability).
• Also asked the probability of getting a prime number when two dice are rolled.
• Further, asked the probability of drawing two white balls without replacement out of 8 Black and 6 White balls.
• What is conditional probability? What will it be in case events are independent?
• How does Gaussian random generator work?

P2 (IIMC Prof)

• Asked about my work and role?
• How my company is doing and more about work-related. About the CEO?

P3 (IIT Prof)

• Work-related. What kind of technologies do we use?
• Difference between website and web application? 
• Draw the graph of tan x, Normal distribution.
• Furthermore question on normal distribution, it’s characteristics, area under Mu + sigma?
• What is Hypothesis testing, P-value, type1, type 2 errors
• Why did Kodak run out of business?

Ques. Please mention specific Statistics questions asked in the interview.

What is Hypothesis testing, P-value, type1, and type 2 errors? Normal distribution.

Ques. Please mention specific Machine Learning questions asked in the interview.

None.

Ques. Please mention specific Mathematics questions asked in the interview.

Basic probability questions, as mentioned above by ISI Prof.

Ques. Please mention specific General Awareness questions asked in the interview.

Why did Kodak run out of business?

Ques. Please mention specific HR questions asked in the interview.

Introduce yourself. Other than that, details about extra-curricular activities and hobbies.

Ques. Please mention anything else that formed part of your interview but not covered above.

None.

Ques. Any suggestions for the next year batch?

Be strong in mathematics basics. Have a set of subjects prepared for the interview. 

Ques. How did AI Monks help you in your overall preparation? Also, any suggestions/feedback for AI Monks.

Preparation material was good and mock interviews did help in my preparation. 

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