The important thing that I learnt from the IRMA interview is that confidence is the key. If you have complete knowledge of yourself and your academic area, you will do well. And I must say, after a lot of hard work, I was well prepared for this round.

Group Task
An interesting component of the IRMA selection round was the group task. Each group of 10 was given a candidate's profile to judge for final selection. This profile listed 10 qualities of the candidate, and as a group we had to rate each quality. We were given another 10 minutes to reach a final decision regarding the candidate’s selection. Thankfully, the group was able to reach a conclusion in this task.

Our answer sheets for the group task were submitted to the interview panel.

Interview
The interview was for 35 minutes. The questions did not focus on a particular area, but were randomly asked. The panelists queried me only on general details and my choice of specialization. It was an interesting interview; the panelists were cracking jokes and smiling.

Some of the questions I was asked in the interview were:

• What can computers do for farmers?
• Why IRMA?
• Should the education system to be privatized?
• Tell us something about yourself.
• What is your objective in life?
• Being a business man's son why do you want to join the rural sector?
• Do you have any prior experience of or have visited a rural area?