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  Candidate's Name: Kartik Misra
Academic Background: Engineer
Location of Interview: New Delhi
Date of Interview: March 7 2006
 
 

 

 
 


 
   
  Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode  
     
  Group Discussion
The group was given a short piece to read and discuss. The essence of this piece was that business executives will struggle as politicians since they are result oriented but politics, parties and media require populist characters

My group of 9 people was given 10 minutes to discuss the topic. Overall, the discussion was good and quite peaceful.

 
     
 

Interview
I was the last person in my group to be interviewed. There were two panelists. The gist of my interview is as follows:

Panelist 1: Your institute is Amity. Is the trouble over?
Me: I explained that problem was with Amity University, while my University was Indraprastha, so no problem existed for my institute ever.
Panelist 2 understood and was convinced, explained to P1. Both looked relieved after that.

Panelist 1: You have done a course in Mechanical and Automation Engineering. What does that mean?
Me: I have done a major in Mechanical and have done a basic course in Automation. So I am good at Mechanical and aware of the basics of Automation as applicable to Mechanical Engineering.

Panelist 1: Your marksheet shows so many subjects, is it a potpourri?
Me: No Sir, my course covers all aspects of Mechanical ranging from Production Engineering to Automobile Mechanics. Along with that I have also done courses in Automation. But my Mechanical Engineering aspects and subjects are complete. All else I have done over and above that.

Then Panelist 1 asked about a project I had done on Braking Systems. I answered and I think I answered very very well. Since I had actually done the project, I was able to explain everything in great detail and by the end both panelists looked very impressed.

Panelist 2: Where is Kozhikode?
Me: Sir Calicut, in the wonderful state of Kerela.
Panelist 2: More specifically?
Me: 200 km from Cochin, overnight train to Kanyakumari.
Panelist 2: laughs. Good. South of Kochin or north?
Me: North
Panelist 2: Good. Who was Chairman of the Drafting Commission of the Constitution?
Me: Mr. B.R.Ambedkar
Panelist 2: Mr?
K: Dr.
Panelist 2: (laughs) What do you know of the preamble?
I answered correctly. Then more questions on the constitution and government followed.
What is a republic?
How is the president elected?
Is there a weightage given to the votes of MLAs?
In 1 minute speak on India 2020
How can agriculture do better?

The panelists then moved to more general questions:
Are you a native of Delhi?
Who designed it?
When was Delhi designed?
Where was Lutyens from?

So, I guess it went off very well. I feel the deal was done after the ABS answer I gave. Let’s see how the result comes but I felt very good about the interview. We were getting on very well.
 
     
 
 
 
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