EXPECTED QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEWS

Question Attitude Expected next Question

Probed
What is the meaning of your name? Do you feel that your personality is
reflected by your name? Or In what
manner does the meaning reflect
your truest personality? How do
you justify that? Give me an
example to prove your claim?
Where shall you like us to begin your
interview?
Tell me something about yourself?
Tell us something that you have not
mentioned in your Bio-data.
Tell me a story?
Tell me about your family background?
What are your career objectives?
Where do you foresee yourself in next
4-5 years?
What goals have you set for yourself in
life? How do you propose to achieve
the same?
What is Management? What do you mean when you say
that?
Why do you want Work for us?
What attracts you to our company?
Why not some other X company?
What do you know of our company and
its products?
We have a transferable job. Will you
be open to transfers?
In what manner shall your X degree
help you in this job?
What subjects do you think shall be
taught to you in our curriculum?
What subjects were taught to you
during your degree course?
Which of the subjects did you like the
most and which of them did you hate
the most?
Tell me a story?
Tell me about your family background?
I am bored to take interviews. Please
motivate me to take your interview?
Interview me?
Ask yourself 3 questions and answer
them.
What are your strengths? Give us an example to prove that
you have the claimed
strengths/weaknesses?
What are your weaknesses? Give us an example to prove that
you have the claimed
strengths/weaknesses?
What have you done to overcome your
weaknesses?
How do you justify X as your
weakness?
Define Strength? Define X Strength?
Do you read newspapers/magazines? Who is the Publisher? What were
the headlines in today’s
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newspaper/coverpage in the latest
edition of the magazine? Why X
newspaper/magazine and not Y?
What is the price of the
newspaper/magazine that you
read? Who is the editor?
What major issues have been covered Give me your opinion on the
in the newspapers/magazines lately? issues?
You hail from Gujarat? Tell me
something about your state?
What is the most important place in
your state for the tourist to visit?
What things are popular in your state?
What is your opinion on VAT?
What is your opinion on the Gulf War II
Tell me as a common man on the
street how you feel being a Gujarati?
Gujaratis have a tendency to migrate
abroad? What about you? Don’t you
plan?
What subjects did you like the most in What books do you recommend for
your academic career? (Chances of reading in the subject of your
asking questions on the subject of choice to a layman? Why?
your choice are very high)
Which subject did you like the least
and why?
We prefer people from the Engg.
background? Given your non-technical
background why should we prefer you?
What did you like/dislike in your last
college?
Are you happy with your progress till
date?
Why are your marks showing a decline
over the past few years?
Describe a situation that was the most
difficult for you to handle? What did
you learn from the situation?
Describe a situation in which you
failed?
Have you been able to achieve the
best in you?
Describe the best work that you have
done so far?
Define Honesty/Leadership/Co- Give us an example to show that
operation... you are a good leader/honest
person/...
What was your general impression
among your colleagues in your last
college?
Why should I prefer you over other
people?
Sell yourself to us?
Sell this product to us?
What opportunities does your life
present to you?
With what kind of people do you If there is a person who doesn’t
normally make friends? Why? match the profile as stated by you,
what can you do to make him a
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Befriend me?
Describe a situation in which your idea
was criticised?
What sports do you like the most and
why?
Share the most embarrassing moment
of your life with us?
For the profession that you have
chosen for yourself, what personal
characteristics are necessary for your
success?
Do you prefer to work with people or
alone? (Psychological Questions with
inference can also be asked)
What problems do you face in working
with people from a background, which
is not the same as yours?
Why didn’t you opt for a diploma in
Marketing instead of Degree?
Which single happening/event in your
life changed the course of your life?
Suppose you are made the chief
minister of Gujarat/Mayor of Baroda....
etc. what issues shall be on your
topmost agenda to be addressed to?
Anything that you would like to ask us?
Anything that you would like us to ask
you/you would like to tell us that shall
help us to justify your selection?
How shall society at large benefit from
your
If you have to stay in the slums how
shall you cope up with that kind of life?
Who is your role model and why have
you chosen him to be your role model?
friend?
How did you react to the criticism?
All questions related to the sport of
your choice like:
1) Who is the Current World
champion?
2) Who is the Olympic champion?
3) What are the dimensions of the
court/field?
4) What is the weight of the ball?
5) What is the weight of the bat?
6) In how many countries is the
sport played?
7) Where did this sport originate?
8) Which is the most popular event
in this sport? Which title is the most
coveted for the sport?
9) Who won the title last year?
10)What is the world/Asian/Indian
record in your game and who holds
it?
Suppose you have been given a
project? How shall you accomplish
the same?(like organising the
cricket match)
In what way do you think is the
degree be better than diploma?
How do you justify in context of this
job.
Have your predecessors not
addressed the same? In what way
shall your strategy be different
than that of your predecessors?
i) What characteristics
do you find in your role
model?
ii) Do you have those
characteristics?
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iii) Why do you feel that
these characteristics are
important for you?
iv) What efforts have
you taken to inherit these
characteristics?
v) In what way shall
these characteristics be of use
to you in MBA.
vi) We are looking out
for a person having the X
characteristics, but you don’t
seem to have them as you are
in the process of building the
same within you. Why should
we give you a chance in such
a case?
vii) What are your role
model’s weaknesses?
viii) How can you help
him overcoming his
weaknesses?

What challenges do you forsee as a

manager in the future?
What do you think is the philosophy of
our company?