When is IIM Lucknow shortlist expected?
I found some material written by @gajamani and though it may be helpful for those appearing for area specific test and interviews this year. Kindly use discretion as this post is 2 years old and patterns may have changed. Still an exremely good post!
I am reproducing it here w/o any modification. Hopefully @gajamani wont mind :)
Edit: He wrote this specifically for IIMB. So again, kindly use discretion!
"(1) Read your SOP thoroughly. Try and recollect everything you have written there and associate it with some real-life experience you have faced in your academic / professional career thus far. For example if you say, research can help improve productivity, then try and associate with a real life problem you / your company faced etc. This is the foremost line of questioning followed in FPM interviews. (2) If you have done a MBA then identify 2 or 3 specific subjects (related to the area you are applying) as your favorite subjects. Then be ready to answer MBA level questions on those subjects. (3) If you have not done MBA, but you have done Engg. or commerce major, then expect couple of questions on your favourite subjects (you may be asked to name them). For example, POM and QM area students can expect questions on basic probability and statistics. Finance area students on financial accounting, corporate finance, tax laws (if you have Bcom or CA or degree) etc.. (4) Have a clear idea on what your goals are, why FPM, what do you hope to gain out of FPM, what do you think your presence brings to FPM class room etc. They usually ask these questions. (5) Prepare a 3 mins powerful intro pitch about yourselves. Dont repeat too much of what is written in your CV or in your SOP. Some amount of overlap is okay. But cover more of the qualitative bits in this pitch. The focus should be to tell about your strengths and also create some "planted" leads which will become subsequent triggers for questioning you further. So touch upon either your professional experience or academic/research track record, where ever you are more confident on welcoming a deep probe. (6) For People coming to IIMB, the interaction session with seniors is an useful opportunity to ask all kinds of questions to your seniors about the program, interviews, and post-FPM opportunities etc. So plan your time for attending this session and make best use of this session. If you want to talk to a specific senior (as identified from the website) then it may be a better idea to check if he/she is available and fix a time to talk to them. (7) You are not expected to remember everything from your Engg or whatever under-grad. But professors do ask questions to check how much you remember!!!... They also check how you react if you dont recollect the answer. Be honest, if you don't remember the answer, and don't attempt to bluff. Because the professors usually catch it vry quickly and can put you on the defensive for the rest of the interview. But at the same time, avoid saying simply I dont know.. if you know something relevant, or if you "kinda" remember the answer, but not very sure.. then say so, with all those disclaimers attached.... Such a balanced approach works best IMHO !. (8) For people with loads of work-experience the interview is typically not a stress interview, but the questioning is more about learning ability, how you can cope with exams, work load etc. They check whether you have the ability and interest to truly become a student. But they dont put you through a stress interview, because they don't suspect your abilities on that !.. But at the same time, for people with (9) At least in IIMB, for most areas based on the CV and SOP itself, they identify who are the people they want to take !.. The RAT and interview process is to validate their choices and be open to some border line cases turning up as trump cards... So, if you are selected for interview, then you have a very good chance to make it... The number of people who receive offers by a department is an average of 3, however it may vary based on the quality of candidates in your batch, and the number of seniors selected in the previous batches.. The flexibility is usually + or - 1, which they decide based on the quality. They aim to have a certain total FPM students to faculty ratio within each area, and hence an area which has had a lot of people getting in last year, usually takes less in the subsequent years, provided the number of faculty members has not changed. They usually get 10 people for interviews to select 3. "
Any idea about the area specific test for FPM in Economics and Social Sciences @ IIM-B...? Like what kind of questions are asked? MCQ or Essay type? No of questions, duration of test, etc etc.... Seniors, please share....
Dear All,
We want to highlight something really serious. There have been posts circling on pagalguy attacking FPM programs in general and IIMC in particular with regard to stipend. Please note that these are baseless rumours. We are trying to report the abuse and get the posts down. Please dont believe in such romours.
Call from IIM-Ranchi! Any one else? Anybody from bihar appearing for IIM-R?
IIM - K results r out....for strategic management and OB-HR...
http://iimk.ac.in/academics/fpm/shortlisted17.php
Shortlisted for IIM K ob-hrm. Anyone in ?
Just out of curiosity, has anybody got shortlisted for 2 areas at IIMA, B, C or L?
This year there are very few people on this thread. Probably 2016 in the title is misleading. I suppose the thread heading should be changed to 2017 now. Mods, what say?
Please search through pagalguy for interview experiences and related info. There are hidden gems here from across ABC especially fr people first queued up for interviews. These include a lot brief experiences and question difficulty levels etc.
Have anyone received FPM interview calls from IIMA?
Can anyone share how to prepare for the area test of IIMB in the area of Finance and Control.
Has anyone received any communication from IIMA, B, L and Indore regarding interviews?
Is IIM L list out?
Anyone any updates from IIMB?
Any body received shortlisted email from iimk. Shortlisted for Strategy as per website but not received any email!
Any idea about IIM-Lucknow, Shillong, Raipur and Rohtak? Has anybody enquired at respective offices about probable dates for FPM shortlisting? What about IIM-Indore?
Seniors, what is asked in the quant paper of IIMC on the first day evening? Is it a GMAT/CAT type exam (QA/DI etc.), or a proper math exam (Functions, Calculus, Probability, Matrices and Determinants etc.) or a mix of both? If it is a math paper, then what is the level of questions?10+2? IITJEE?? Any leads?
Anybody got call from IIM-C in Operations?
iim a results out...
IIM A results out