Round-1 2008-09 Chennai Interview Experience - 2

This is an interview experience of a female candidate whose interview was on 27th Oct., 2007 in Chennai.
Profile:-
Age: 24
GMAT- 710/5.5
Experience: 2.5 yrs in IT Products.

As soon as she reached the venue, she was asked to compose a 100 word essay on"Green Shoes". Waited for few mins before being called inside. The panel consisted of 5 members. She was asked not to get tensed and stay cool.

According to her, the questions were adhoc with the next question being framed from her earlier answers.

1) How big is your team and how different are you from the rest in your team?How differently are you treated at your workplace( work wise) compared to your team members and why is it that way?

2) Why an MBA at this point ? you could wait for 1 more yr and then apply

3) One exp when the proj went wrong what did you learn from it. She talked about her proj exp. they asked her what do you suggest must bed one to prevent these errors. She said modular level testing should be done ( they were talking about modularlevel work)

4) which do you think is bettter? getting applications done thru vendors or building in-house products ( her company builds in-house products)

5) Among Infy, Satyam and Wipro which company would you choose as a vendor. All three companies are vendors of her company. So she said it depends on a case by case basis.

6) From your exp what do you think is the diff between Infy, Satyam andWipro. Here she said she is unsure though she said all three have large resources and that there are cases of wastage of resources.

7) why do you think they have large pool of human resources and why are theyrecruiting in huge numbers

8) What would you do when you want a shift in company and it doesn't happen ask for reasons and if they are justified go and correct myself and ask for a shift again in 6 months.

9)How will you react if they turn you down again1

0) Most embarrassing situation at office

11) Most difficult situation you faced in work

12) On what criteria were you chosen for best software engg award - Had put that in her resume

13) Have you ever goofed up at work. what were the consequences.

14) how will you react if you happened to do all the work and yet your peergets promoted along with you. She said as long as she was promoted, her peer's progress doesn't matter

15) in tht case how will you react if you were left out for a promotion.

16) if you are planning to go back to your org what postion do you think they will offer. Her company is one of the recruiters. so she was asked this question.

17) what position are you seeking immediately after an MBA from ISB.

Any questions ? she asked them few questions.

Her comments: Though there were five ppl on the panel, and the questions seem like a stress interview's, believe me it isn't. These guys are very professional. It was more like a conversation. At no point did i feel pressured. though ifeel i could have answered some questions in a better manner. When i left the place i felt great, but on retrospection feel like i goofedup. From my exp the main criteria they are looking for is maturity. (maybe theydo this for people with lesser exp)hope this helps.