Batch 2024-26.

59 interview experiences · avg. written score 123.2

Abhijeet Yadav

Chandigarh university · Mechanical Engineering · IT

Written: 111Pre-interview: 46.3Difficulty: 5/5

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Undergraduate college: Chandigarh university
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Mechanical Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · IT
Organizations: DXC Technology
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Jee Main Math's lectures on youtube from multiple channels and PGDBA PYQs
Resources — interview: PGDBA students interview experience, current affairs, 3Blue1Brown linear algebra YT videos
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Converted all the CAP IIMs. Due to low percentile in DILR could not make it to Old IIMs. Cleared Written of ISI MSQMS program. Waitlisted in IIFT (still in progress)

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What are your roles and responsibility in current job? 2. How many bytes in 1 GB and in 1 TB? 3. What are the possible outcomes in binary system and some more basic questions about binary system (However, this binary thing came into discussion out of nowhere).

Maths & statistics questions

1. Prof 1 asked me to go to white board and gave one typical TSD problem and asked to find out the answer to the problem. I answered the question using short trick, but he asked to use the orthodox method to get to the answer and asked me to speak out loud my thoughts while solving. 2. All the three Profs Grilled a lot on Normal distribution curve and questions by modifying the curve a little. 3. What is the area of Normal distribution curve? 4. What are the notations that we use to describe any Normal distribution curve? 5. Made multiple ND curves and asked me to compare the areas of all of them? 6. Some questions about Mean and std deviation related to ND curve.

Coding / ML questions

No coding related questions

GK & current affairs questions

1. Female Prof asked about my home city Varanasi and its specialty. 2. What all places near Varanasi are there that you will suggest me to explore? 3. Is there any art museum in Varanasi? (Answered: Yes) 4. Where is it situated, and have you ever been there?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Do not believe on the advice that just the basics of 11th - 12th math is enough for this exam. Prepare at the level of JEE Main and focus on derivations in calculus and Linnear Algebra it will prepare you for the interviews. You cannot get away with interview with just the superficial knowledge of math and prepare your Work ex questions well if you have experience.

Adwaith Aravind A

NIT Calicut · Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Manufacturing

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Written: 115Pre-interview: 48.5Difficulty: 5/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Calicut
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing
Organizations: MRF Ltd
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: AI Cracks YouTube channel and test series
Resources — interview: AI Cracks website and a course named Data Analytics from NPTEL
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Nope

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What is my work role? 2.What kind of machine did I assemble? (While responding, I also explained how I use data to stabilize machine performance and efficiency) 3.Do I enjoy my core engineering job and why am I considering a career change? 4.What steps did you take to study data analytics? (While responding previous answer I also added my interest in data analytics).

Maths & statistics questions

1. What do you know about data analytics.? 2.What is hypothesis? 3.What is the hypothesis for an ANOVA. 4.Explain ANOVA 5.Why Anova method is called analysis of variance even though its hypothesis is based on mean. (My response was ratio of sum of square and they said decomposition of sum of squares)

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. What is India- Pak water war? 2. Do you know about BLDC and why it is famous nowadays? (Brushless DC, Used in fans) 3.Why it is used in fans and what is its principal? 4.What are gates? what is output of NAND gates?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

1. What is narcissistic number?

Tips for aspirants

1.While attending interview, try to give answers in a clear and structured way as well as try to behave professionally. Don’t overthink and try your best. 2. Before attending interview, I took a course and got a good grasp in data analytics, and luckily, they asked questions from that. Thats the main reason I got admission. (This is not a must) 3.For written exam, emphasize concept clarity and practice.

Amey Jha

Delhi Technological University · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · Analytics

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Written: 120Pre-interview: 47Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Delhi Technological University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: United Airlines, Darwinbox
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: AI Crack, Unacademy, Youtube
Resources — interview: NPTEL, youtube for math and stats youtube, newspaper for GS
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

- tell me about yourself - why do you want to join this course if you’re already working in an analytics role - tell me your weakness

Maths & statistics questions

what technical topics have you prepped. I replied with stats, probability but they wanted to ask on linear algebra what is the rank of a matrik gave a matrix, asked to reduce it to RREF form and calculate rank what’s vector spaces difference between column and row rank what’s the rank of the transposed matrix? why is it the same? ( i said it’s the same as the original matrix)

Coding / ML questions

No coding related questions

GK & current affairs questions

Logical reasoning / puzzles

job related questions, basic grilling on the purpose of a project I had explained

Tips for aspirants

start reading newspaper and catching up with general affairs early on understand the math topics well before the interview they might keep on asking successive questions on any topic

Angad Sawadh

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology · Electrical Engineering, B. Tech · IT

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Written: 130Pre-interview: 51Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Electrical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: Target Corporation
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: NCERT, AI Crack videos on YT
Resources — interview: NPTEL Statistics Course, 3Blue1Brown for matrices, Revised my final year project and my work-related questions
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. How is analytics used in your product?

Maths & statistics questions

1. What is PCA? 2. Why we use PCA?

Coding / ML questions

1. Write a SQL Query for querying inventory of a product when user clicks add to cart. 2. Basic definition of DBMS.

GK & current affairs questions

1. Who won the recent chess championship?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

1. Gave a chess puzzle. What is the number you will put in any chess square so that it is average of all the squares surrounding it? Also asked to give a mathematical proof.

Tips for aspirants

Revised your 11th 12th math concept and thoroughly prepare your final year projects, seminars and work experience related stuff for interview.

Aniket Thakur

University of Delhi · B.Sc hons. · Nil

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Written: 115Pre-interview: 42.7Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: University of Delhi
Background: Physics
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: B.Sc hons.
Post-graduation: University of Hyderabad, Physics, M.Sc.
Work experience: No · Nil
Organizations: Nil
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: YouTube and cat material (little bit)
Resources — interview: AI crack also youtube sources like statquest and specially and most useful would be pgdba.ml
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

For what discovery Einstein got nobel prize. Then further to explain photoelectric effect. Newton's law of motion some examples for that. Laplace equation Second law of thermodynamics. Explain entropy in three ways.

Maths & statistics questions

Auto covariance, auto regression, covariance vs. correlation. Tine series questions from arima. Some advance mathematical equations they gave from heat equations or something like that and told me to solve them.

Coding / ML questions

Nil

GK & current affairs questions

Nil

Logical reasoning / puzzles

Nil

Tips for aspirants

In interview, Be confident. Try to think through the problem. Try to get more and more marks in written exam. Interview process is very important. Go well. Prepared for that. Cover your background knowledge as well as basic statistics.

Anirudh A

PSG College of Technology · Mechanical Engineering, B. E · Supply Chain Analytics

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Written: 117Pre-interview: 48.1Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: PSG College of Technology
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. E
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Supply Chain Analytics
Organizations: o9 Solutions
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: aicrack notes and mock tests
Resources — interview: aicrack Mock Interviews OnlyPGDBA Mock Interviews 3blue1brown on YouTube
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Was asked about what Demand Planning is, since that was my area of work. 2. What is time series forecasting? 3. What is bullwhip effect? How can it be minimized?(Since I worked in supply chain) 4. What were the concepts you had learnt in Supply Chain Management elective in your college?

Maths & statistics questions

1. Define a function. 2. Given two sets, what is the number of functions possible?

Coding / ML questions

1. Was asked if I had prior coding experience, I mentioned that I knew basic C and Python, and have some work experience in R. 2. Write a code in any language to sort an array (I wrote it in C). 3. What's the name of the sorting method you have used?

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Start preparing for the written exam as early as possible to get a head start and start giving mocks by January to identify the concepts you're weak in and improve on them. Aicrack has abundant resources to practice from. For the interview, attend as many mock interviews as possible. This will help prepare you to handle any kind of question that may be asked in the actual interview. I attended mocks from Aicrack and OnlyPGDBA.

Praveen Ankamreddi

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CALICUT · Mechanical Engineering · Automobile R&D

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 57.83Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CALICUT
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Mechanical Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Automobile R&D
Organizations: BAJAJ AUTO LTD
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Test series from AI CRACK
Resources — interview: Ai crack blogs
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1.INTRODUCE YOURSELF 2.why do you want to do PGDBA 3.What is knocking and how do you prevent it 4.what are latest technologies in IC engines

Maths & statistics questions

5.suppose you were testing 20 engines and the test results of the interested parameter came out to be exactly same for all of them even after repeating the experiment for lot of times , what will you infer from the results and what might have happened as every engine is giving same results. 6.what is 6 Sigma , it's graph and physical significance in industry

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Kejriwal liquor case, supreme court judgement on electorol bonds

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Try to score well in written test Practice previous year questions Even though it's time taking try to solve logical reasoning question in the exam by any ways like options substitution or any other thing Prepare why pgdba question well Better try to implement any ML or DL related application in your company project if you are working, it need not be perfect or working but it shows your interest in the field

Annadanam Sree Lalitha

Maturi Venkata Subba Rao Engineering College · Computer Science Engineering, B.E · NA

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Written: 123Pre-interview: 53Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Maturi Venkata Subba Rao Engineering College
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2024
Stream: Computer Science Engineering, B.E
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: NA · NA
Organizations: NA
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: TIME Material
Resources — interview: Previous interview questions
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA from IIM Amritsar, IIM Jammu, IIM Sirmaur MBA in Business Analytics from IIM Amritsar, BITS Pilani

Work-ex / profile questions

Introduction and background

Maths & statistics questions

Conditional probability

Coding / ML questions

How is machine learning different from coding

GK & current affairs questions

Difference between plays and books Who is Indra Nooyi Who is Falguni Nayar

Logical reasoning / puzzles

If a^b=b^a and a is not equal to b what are possible values of a and b

Tips for aspirants

Keep in touch with current affairs and business news Along with aptitude and verbal ability also work on 12th standard mathematics

Anupam Das

Jadavpur University · Mechanical Engineering, B.E · Analytics

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Written: 125Pre-interview: 51.5Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Jadavpur University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B.E
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: PWC(Intern), ZS Associates (FTE)
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: NCERT, Previous year papers
Resources — interview: Previous interview questions
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM Kashipur Analytics

Work-ex / profile questions

Maths & statistics questions

Questions on Hypothesis testing. What is degree of a test? What happens to p value when we get a type - I error?

Coding / ML questions

GK & current affairs questions

What is India doing to promote innovation? Follow up questions regarding Make in India, Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

IIT KGP Prof asked me to derive the equation for the differential of a car system. What will happen to a car without a differential? How do rickshaws turn if they don't have a differential?

Tips for aspirants

Focus on written exam try to maximize your pre-interview score. For interview make sure to go through all the past year transcripts and clear all the concepts. Interviewers are very smart; they can pick out a single word from your answers and start cross questioning you on that. So, make sure whatever you're saying you are able to clarify each and every word of it.

Anushka Nayak

Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata · Electrical Engineering · Start Up/ IT/ Central Govt

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Written: 103Pre-interview: 43.9Difficulty: 5/5

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Undergraduate college: Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Electrical Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Start Up/ IT/ Central Govt
Organizations: Military Engineering Services, Cognizant Technolgy Solutions, RAU Industries
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: PYQs. CAT Materials for QRE. IIT JEE books for Math.
Resources — interview: Onlypgdba platform
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM Ranchi, IIM Raipur for batch 2023-25

Work-ex / profile questions

What is cost-benefit analysis?? So why not an MBA? So, you will leave MES? Do the cost-benefit analysis of you leaving MES and joining PGDBA, for 3 years, your ROI. How will you convince your family to leave MES & join PGDBA? Where did you publish your paper? Explain about your start-up & patent Explain about your Hult Prize journey

Maths & statistics questions

Proof that in a set of 3 number, the difference of 2 will be divisible by 2

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Work hard for the written exam; previous years' questions are crucial. For the interview, present yourself as trustworthy. Candidates with promising personalities always have an edge. Study, read, work hard, invest in learning, and be dedicated. These efforts will help you gain confidence and clarity, which will be evident during the interview. Remember, the interview is not just about answering questions but proving that you deserve the seat.

Arunava Mukherjee

IIEST, Shibpur · Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech · Consulting

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Written: 139Pre-interview: 53.7Difficulty: 5/5

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Undergraduate college: IIEST, Shibpur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Consulting
Organizations: PwC India
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Ai Crack Youtube Channel, Graduation Notes, Ai Crack PGDBA course, Arihant Maths Book of 11th and 12th Standard, Gejo VARC1000, Unacademy (Rodha classes)
Resources — interview: Geeks for Geeks, Graduation Maths Notes, Ai crack mock interviews, StudyIQ Youtube channel
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MDI-Gurgaon (PGDM)

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Full-form of SAP 2. CEO of SAP 3. Founder of SAP 4. ERP market and whether SAP influences it? 5. Full-form of ABAP 6. Job Role and High-level view of solution offered

Maths & statistics questions

1. Can we write AB=BA; where A and B are matrices? 2. When can we write AB=BA? 3. Suppose a Constant Matrix A is matrix multiplied with a vector matrix p, then differentiate the expression Ap 4. 2 die are throw one after the other then what is the probability of the expression X+Y+XY to be even if X denotes the outcome of the first dice and Y denotes the outcome of the second die?

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

1. For the question number 4 asked above what is the logic gate diagram for X+Y+XY expression?

Tips for aspirants

1. written exam: Most of the questions are fundamental in nature and also question types are repeated every year. Capitalise on the common types and practice a few tough ones as well since cutoff will go extremely high due to competition. I would recommend practising mocks as well as completing the whole syllabus for the exam. 2. interview: Anything goes tbh. You cannot predict the 15 mins allocated to you. Be Confident and get your interview fundamentals right. Fundamentals include: Tell Me About Yourself Why PGDBA Work ex (if your work ex is in analytics expect heavy questioning here, your interview most likely will run here if you have a analytics background.) Future Prospects Strengths and Weaknesses After Fundamentals get to puzzle solving from Geeks for Geeks, again here is only a few handfuls of patterns available just understand the fundamental logic. Finally, learn linear regression (in-depth) and revise graduation math. Apart from technical aspects, try to complete all the news videos from StudyIQ from January to the Date of your interview in descending order i.e. first complete the current month's news and slowly if time permits work your way towards the old news.

Balaji M

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli · Instrumentation and Control Engineering, B.Tech · IT

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 52Difficulty: 2/5

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Undergraduate college: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Instrumentation and Control Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: ZS
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Exemplar for Mathematics, CAT VA by Arun Sharma
Resources — interview: Referred to PGDBA Interview Preparation Blog in AICrack
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

-> What are the projects that I had worked in? -> What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare? (Related to my work)

Maths & statistics questions

1. Describe about Box Plot. (Did not ask about box plot directly. They mentioned about characteristics of box plot and asked to identify it. Post identifying it, they asked me to explain it in detail) 2. What is the difference between Descriptive and Inferential Statistics? 3. Questions on graph of different algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions 4. List a function which is continuous but not differentiable and similarly list a function whose first derivative is continuous, and second derivative is not differentiable.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1) Be thorough with your preparation of written exam. This will help in your interview for sure. 2) Maximize the written score as interviews are unpredictable. 3) It’s ok if you are not able to give 2-3 answers in the interview, just let the panel know that you know the things by giving examples of your field. 4) don’t waste the panelist’s time, just say you don’t know the answer and move to the next question. 5) best luck and don’t panic!

Vasu Bansode

Indian institute of space science and technology · Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech · Engineering

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Written: 80Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Indian institute of space science and technology
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 48 to 60 months · Engineering
Organizations: Indian Space Research Organisation
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Books
Resources — interview: None
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What are leaving ISRO? 2. ISRO is planning to send humans to moon in chandrayan-3? Are you aware of that?

Maths & statistics questions

1. Are familiar with regression analysis? 2. Sketch the graph of y = x + cos(x)

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. Who is the prime minister of Pakistan? 2. Which nation is called land of the mid night sun? 3. Which country shares land border with UK? 4. What is indo pacific region? 5. What does world bank do? 6. What does IMF do? 7. How mutual funds work? 8. How to select stock based on fundamental analysis?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Solve as many question problems as possible. Be updated about current affairs

Bhavya Arya

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi · Mechanichal Engineering · Aviation, Mechanical design

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Written: 123Pre-interview: 50.9Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Mechanichal Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Aviation, Mechanical design
Organizations: Tata SIA Airlines Ltd., Bonfarmo Captech Pvt. Ltd.
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Previous year papers
Resources — interview: NPTEL
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

Explanation about my current role Product development cycle related questions

Maths & statistics questions

Stats related questions based on standard deviation

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Work on the basics and keep practicing

Rohith Chandra Chimala

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli · Instrumentation and Control Engineering · Manufacturing - Maintenance

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Written: 105Pre-interview: 44.5Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Instrumentation and Control Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Manufacturing - Maintenance
Organizations: Reliance Projects & Property Management Services Limited
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: NCERT textbooks, Past year question papers and solution tutorials
Resources — interview: GK, CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGZINES, PAST YEAR STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES(https://aspirants.pgdba.ml)
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: PGP FROM IIM UDAIPUR, IIM TRICHY, IIM RAIPUR, IIM RANCHI, IIM VIZAG & M.MGT IN IISC BANGLORE.

Work-ex / profile questions

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF? WHY PGDBA? DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ORGANIZATION? DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP ORGANIZATION? AND WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?

Maths & statistics questions

PROBLEM IN A MEETING OF 20 PEOPLE, FIND NO OF HANDSHAKES BETWEEN THEM (CONSIDERING A & B HANDSHAKE AS ONE)? MIN. & MAX. HANDSHAKES POSSIBLE? WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY FOR MAX. NO OF HANDSHAKES?

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

PROBLEM A PROBLEM ON MIN. NO OF CELL TOWERS (AREA COVERED BY A CELL TOWER IS CIRCLE) REQUIRED TO COVER A CIRCULAR AREA ? WHAT SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE SHAPE OF CELL TOWER COVERAGE AREA FOR THE ABOVE SCENARIO?

Tips for aspirants

SOLVE ATLEAST LAST 3-5 YEARS QUESTION PAPERS. BRUSH UP ON HIGHER MATHEMATICS TOPICS.

Likhith Dabbikar

University College of Engineering, Osmania University · Electronics and Communication · IT

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Written: 127Pre-interview: 55Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: University College of Engineering, Osmania University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Electronics and Communication
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · IT
Organizations: First Tech Consulting
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: PGDBA Test Series
Resources — interview: Mock Interviews from PGDBA Alumni's
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM Udaipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Trichy, SCMHRD MBA BA

Work-ex / profile questions

-The Questions were mostly on my Engineering Project which i Received the best Project Award -My Project was based on designing Micro Array Antenna for Mars Rovers -The Questions was started with basics on my project such as What is Antenna, then proceeded with difficult / deeper questions on the topic of Satellite Communication

Maths & statistics questions

None

Coding / ML questions

- As my Work was related to Data Science, I was asked what kind of work that i Do and what is Data Modeling. And How to Improve a Machine Learning Model. -How to build a model for selection process of PGDBA Candidates or How can we improve the model.

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

- The Math Panel asked me my Favorite Topics which was Calculus. - So, then they didn't ask me any math question but a Puzzle. -Which was a bear starts from its home in search of food, goes 5km South, 2km east and it doesn't find any food, so it goes 5km north it reaches its home, What's the color of the bear?

Tips for aspirants

- Have Good Sources for preparation - Have good guidance - Have Practical Roadmap for the preparation - Solve / Attempt Multiple mock tests and especially for interview- Multiple Mock interviews

Prabuddha Vijay Durge

Pune Institute of Computer Technology · Computer Engineering, B.E. · IT

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Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Computer Engineering, B.E.
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: Altimetrik, eGain, TCS
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Youtube
Resources — interview: Youtube, Previous Year transcripts
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MA, MBA

Work-ex / profile questions

None

Maths & statistics questions

1. A 3*3 matrix was given with few variables and was told that rank is 2, what is the value of variables? 2. 2-3 Geometry based numerical questions 3. Asked to define Vector, Vectors spaces, Eigen Vectors, Eigen Values and their representation in co-ordinate systems.

Coding / ML questions

Asked to design circuit for logic gates and questions related to its truth table

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. Prepare well for CAT, 25 confident attempts guarantee you a 70+ score (you get enough time as compared to CAT). After CAT and XAT you can give time for higher math. 2. For Higher Math, if you have prepared well for JEE, it's a head start for you, you just need revision. If you have a non-math background, you may have tough time getting it through. 3. Interview was just viva voce of math concepts and very few questions on academic topics. I wasn't asked anything on extracurricular activities neither on work experience nor on profile.

Ganta Deepak

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur · Electrical Engineering · Analytics

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Written: 127Pre-interview: 53.1Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Electrical Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: Merilytics, L&T
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Higher mathematics books
Resources — interview: PGDBA course resources and YouTube for mathematics
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Yes, CAP colleges, DMS Delhi

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Why PGDBA

Maths & statistics questions

1. Mean value theorems 2. X.sin(1/X) graph check continuity and differentiability 3. Diagonalization matrix

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

1. Who is better batsman Virat Kohli or Sachin

Tips for aspirants

1.Higher mathematics to be studied for Examination

Gaurav Malani

MANIT Bhopal · Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech · Analytics

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 53.2Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: MANIT Bhopal
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: IQVIA
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: AI crack test series
Resources — interview: Youtube and NPTEL courses
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA - XLRI Delhi & IIM Shillong

Work-ex / profile questions

- My work project involves regression, so question around regression were asked - Linear regression equation - What is standard error - What is p value - What is hypothesis testing - What is null hypothesis in case of regression

Maths & statistics questions

- If a + b + c + ab + bc + ca = some number, then a + b + c =? - If we inscribe a circle inside a square then what is the probability of a point being on the square is also on the circle

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Recent delisting of a bank

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Try to score maximum in written test since interviews are always unpredictable.

Harshal Ugalmugle

NIT Durgapur · Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech · Operations

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Written: 135Pre-interview: 49.5Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Durgapur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Operations
Organizations: Hero MotoCorp
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Youtube- Unacademy one shot crash course videos and solved previous year question papers
Resources — interview: • Past year students interview experiences(source-pgdba.ml). • For Current Affairs- Drishti IAS 'monthly consolidations'. • For statistiscs- Business Statistics, IIT Roorkee-NPTEL and StatQuest. • For Linear Algebra -Gate crash course youtube videos.
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Had calls from few baby IIMs

Work-ex / profile questions

• Introduces yourself • Why PGDBA? • Explain complete structure of automobile market in India. (based on Workex) (An IIT KGP prof began by asking about my favorite area of mathematics, but instead of asking any math-related questions, he abruptly switched to random ME questions.) • How to calculate efficiency of Heat Engine? • What is COP? • Cars use a differential to prevent slipping during turns, but trains don't have this feature. What mechanism prevents trains from slipping off the tracks when they turn? • Same question for manual rickshaws.

Maths & statistics questions

None

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

• Do you read newspaper? Tell any recent news? (Arvind kejriwal arrest in Delhi liquor scam and electoral bonds were declared unconstitutional by SC) • Despite having a fiscal deficit in every budget, why does the finance minister still says that the budget is progressing? • Name 3 male and 3 female CEOs (Indian) • Which female CEO was recently in news? why? (Chanda Kochhar)

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

• Listen carefully to the interviewer's questions, take your time, and provide well-thought-out and structured answers. • Avoid beating around the bush; it's okay if you can't answer a few questions. • Don't assume that because this is a PGDBA interview, you'll only be asked about math and statistics. My preparation also focused on these areas, and I even tried to steer the interview towards math through my intro. However, they asked me mechanical engineering questions instead. If you have a basic understanding of your field, you'll be able to handle those questions as well.

Harsh Choudhary

UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh · Electronics and Communication · Sales and Operations Management

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Written: 115Pre-interview: 46.5Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Electronics and Communication
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Sales and Operations Management
Organizations: Cogoport, Novatr
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: RD Sharma, Youtube
Resources — interview: OnlyPGDBAprep online coaching, Youtube
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MDI Gurgaon, IIM Shillong.

Work-ex / profile questions

Why not continuing your startup Competitors of my previous organisation Challenges India will face in semiconductor manufacturing Top semiconductor manufacturing firms

Maths & statistics questions

Probability question using an electrical circuit

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Recent Semiconductor deals (as my background is BE ECE)

Logical reasoning / puzzles

Calculating price of an electronic product

Tips for aspirants

• Do NCERT for Maths (can solve RD Sharma for topics you’re not comfortable enough) • Try to solve each and every question of Verbal and LRDI in exam as there is enough time • For the Interview, be well versed with your profile and work exp. • Taking some mock interviews is highly recommended. • Be confident about yourself :)

Hemraj Chakravarti

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore · Computer Science Engineering, B. Tech · Software Developer

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Written: 97Pre-interview: 39.1Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Computer Science Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Software Developer
Organizations: Amdocs
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: NCERT, Youtube
Resources — interview: YouTube channel( Statquest, 3Blue1Brown), AI crack mock
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why you want to switch your domain?

Maths & statistics questions

1)Statistics -What is the difference between PDF and CDF and how they are interrelated. 2) Mathematics - Bayes Theorem Questions

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1) Who is current External Affair Minister 2) Difference between Upper house and Lower house 3) How many phases has been completed of Lok Sabha election out of 7.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Give mocks for both written and interview and Cover basics of Linear Algebra, Statistics and Probability for Interview.

Ishu Patel

NIT Bhopal · Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, B.Tech · Engineering (Hydrocarbon)

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Written: 113Pre-interview: 42.9Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Bhopal
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Engineering (Hydrocarbon)
Organizations: Larsen and Toubro
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Mathematics - YouTube (JEE Maths one shot revision series by Nishant Vora, Unacademy atoms), PGDBA PYQ VARC & DILR - CAT materials, PGDBA PYQ
Resources — interview: YouTube, pgdba.ml
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM Kashipur

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Why did you leave your previous organization? 2. What were your roles and responsibilities in your previous organization? (Followed by a few related questions.) 3. Do you have any other calls? 4. Why PGDBA over other IIMs? 5. Since PGDBA is a course heavily focused on mathematics and statistics, don't you think you might get bored studying it for two years?

Maths & statistics questions

1. A box contains 20 balls: 10 black and 10 red. What is the probability of drawing two balls: I) Both black ii) The first one black and the second one red 2. Do you know about the probability distribution function? (I responded "yes"). Then, I was asked to draw a normal distribution function on the board. After drawing it, I was asked: - Where the mean, median, and mode would be located in both skewed and Un skewed normal distributions. - What is the area under the normal distribution curve and why? 3. What are the number of ways to distribute 5 identical chocolates to 3 different children? (I gave the answer, and then I was asked to explain how I arrived at that answer.)

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. Unacademy JEE lectures on YouTube and PGDBA PYQs are good resources for the written exam. 2. Be thorough with PnC, Probability and statistics concepts.

Jahnavi Kalisetty

RVR&JC College Of Engineering · Electronics and Communication Engineering · Analytics

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Written: 127Pre-interview: 53.1Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: RVR&JC College Of Engineering
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2012
Stream: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: Dunnhumby, Momspresso(MamaEarth Group), Vision IAS
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Youtube
Resources — interview: Mock interviews from coaching institutes
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. About different algorithms I have worked on 2. Women in STEM fields, a bit elaborate discussion around this

Maths & statistics questions

1. Calculus 2. Algebra

Coding / ML questions

ML Algos based on the work profile

GK & current affairs questions

1. Women in STEM 2. Steps to improve this one

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Should concentrate on their profile for interview as it is very specific and Jee mains prep is good enough to clear written

Kshitish Raj

National Institute of Technology Patna · Civil Engineering, B.Tech · IT Consulting, Ed-Tech

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Written: 128Pre-interview: 45.4Difficulty: 2/5

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Undergraduate college: National Institute of Technology Patna
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Civil Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT Consulting, Ed-Tech
Organizations: Deloitte USI, Unacademy
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: CAT preparation, AI CRACK Youtube channel for PGDBA, one can also refer to one shot videos of Mathematics of class 11 & 12 by Arvind Kalia
Resources — interview: Past year interview experience of PGDBA students on pgdba.ml website
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Yes, few new IIMs and baby IIMs and IITs for MBA

Work-ex / profile questions

What is Satyagraha Aandolan ? (I belong to Champaran) What is NEET full form? How many doctors are in India ? (I said that my goal was to set up a healthcare consulting start-up)

Maths & statistics questions

If a point is rotated by an angle, what will be new co-ordinates. Proof of sum of natural numbers formula. Number of 5 in 100! Proof perfect square has odd number of factors.

Coding / ML questions

I lied that I was working as Quality Assurance whereas I worked as Software development engineer as I had forgotten all coding skills by the time of interview. So, they wouldn't have asked specific questions from testing domain. They could have asked to explain my work. But they didn't ask it.

GK & current affairs questions

Mainly profile related GK questions as mentioned above.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

Guesstimate questions based on profile - What is the number of doctors in India.

Tips for aspirants

You can prepare 11, 12 Mathematics from Arvind Kalia youtube videos. It is good. I adopted a strategy to solve RC first in 30 minutes as I didn't score in VARC of CAT as I had expected, then, DILR in 65 minutes, then, VA in 5 minutes. In the last 1 hour, I was able to solve 23 questions of QA out of 25 and got 22 right. I got lucky as QA was easy and most of the questions were solvable by options also. So, decide your strategy while writing mocks for PGDBA. BEST WISHES.

Dinesh Kulkarni

VJTI, Mumbai · Information technology, B. Tech · Analytics

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Written: 123Pre-interview: 48.9Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: VJTI, Mumbai
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Information technology, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Analytics
Organizations: EXL, Fractal
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: https://www.onlypgdbaprep.in/ https://www.3dlearning.in/learn/Pgdbacourse
Resources — interview: https://www.onlypgdbaprep.in/
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

Tell me about yourself

Maths & statistics questions

- limit x-> 0 (sinx)/x - composite function question: g(f(x)) - domain and range of a log function - quadratic equation to find conjugate roots

Coding / ML questions

- ecplain a few sorting algorithms with time complexity -OLAP and OLTP - Database and Datalake difference

GK & current affairs questions

- Talk about a recent article on LLM - How is analytics used in football - What should india do to improve fifa ranking

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

For written test - Prepare well in advance and give mocks. For interview - Revise important concepts from undergrad special to your branch. Even if you don't know the question to any answer, make sure your communication with the panelists is good, tell them about your thought process.

Saikiran Ladi

NIT KURUKSHETRA · Civil Engineering, B.Tech · Analytics

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Written: 128Pre-interview: 52Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT KURUKSHETRA
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Civil Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: Axis My India, Exl, Merilytics
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Previous year jee main questions
Resources — interview: YouTube videos
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

What is churn analysis? What is random sampling?

Maths & statistics questions

Correlation vs covariance? Max value of ab(Given an equation with a,b varaibles) What is meant by dy/dx and d^2y/dx^2

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

For exam-solve cat papers and previous year jee mains questions For interview- workex, statistics, calculus

Lenka Hari Srijaa

IIT Dhanbad · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · IT _ Software Engineer

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Written: 114Pre-interview: 54.6Difficulty: 2/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Dhanbad
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2023
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 1 day to 12 months · IT _ Software Engineer
Organizations: Maxxton India Technologies Pvt Ltd
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: AI Crack Website and Youtube
Resources — interview: AI Crack Website and Previous Year Experiences
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What services does your company provide? 2. Can you tell me about some notable startups? 3. What distinguishes each company from the others? 4. Why do companies prefer to hire more employees instead of fewer highly intelligent ones?

Maths & statistics questions

1. Permutations and Combinations: List all possible ways an ant can travel from left top corner in a 5*5 matrix to right bottom corner. we can only move in right or down directions 2. Sub question of above is asked: how many possible ways in the lower triangular matrix of above?

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

1. Based on Time and angle in a Clock

Tips for aspirants

Practice math and try to give mock interviews

Maturi Giridhara Venkata Sai Krishna

BIT Mesra · Mechanical Engineering, BE · Manufacturing

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 52.8Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: BIT Mesra
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, BE
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing
Organizations: Tata Autocomp Systems Ltd.
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: AI crack Test series
Resources — interview: AI Crack Mock Interviews
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: XIM Bhubaneswar - BM program GLIM Chennai - PGPM

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Who are the competitors for the company in which you had worked? 2. What is important for your customers in Auto Components Business? 3. What different from competitors your company can do in terms of improving the quality of your products?

Maths & statistics questions

1. There are 100 random numbers in the range of 1 to 1000 and you are given one number. How many searches you need to find whether the given number is in the set of those 100 numbers or not? 2. Prove that given 5 points inside a square of side length 2, it is always possible to find two of them whose distance apart is at most √2

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. For the PGDBA test preparation, try to practice as many questions as you can in Mathematics. In the Actual test, if you are not able to solve a question by the usual method, try to solve with the help of options or use the substitution. 2. For the interviews, if you are stuck or not able to start the solution for a question, interviewers will help you out with the hints. They are interested in our approach rather than the final answer. So, try to convey your approach for the questions in the interview.

Vasu Mavani

Nirma University · Computer Science & Engineering, B.Tech · IT

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 49.8Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Nirma University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Computer Science & Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: Novelty Data Solutions LLP, Crest Data Systems
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: -> NCERT 11-12 books, YouTube videos - OneShot for chapters by Arvind Kalia sir -> OnlyPGDBAPrep Mock -> AI Crack Interview Plan
Resources — interview: UpGrad (Advanced Data Science course for Machine Learning and data toolkit) GeeksForGeeks (For other computer science subjects) ChatGPT and AI related blogs
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA (IIM Amritsar, Vishakhapatnam, Sirmaur, Jammu)

Work-ex / profile questions

-> You are from software engineering background, tell me what is your main role and where are you applying analytics? -> Based on my answer of using ChatGPT API, there are following questions: - What is ChatGPT? - How ChatGPT works? - How ChatGPT is trained? - What is the meaning or importance of word (Transformer in GPT). How does it transform user's prompt and generate answers? - How can you make ChatGPT works better? - What strategy you should apply in your work to get better answers according to users' persona and intent? - What model are you using in your current workplace? - Why aren't you using latest model 4.0 Turbo over 3.5 turbo?

Maths & statistics questions

e power pi and pi power e, which number is bigger piegon hole principal question 1) Which of these two numbers are bigger? e^pi or pi^e (pi = 3.14 and e = 2.817) -> Follow-up questions: - Chain rule of Log for changing base - First order differentiation to check increase and decreasing function - Is Log increasing function for all values of x (>0) 2) Problem: You have been invited in a party. There are 100 people in the party. Each person knows different number of other persons from 0 to 100 (Total 101 values). Prove that there are at least 2 persons, who knows same number of other persons. -> I started solving using Pigeonhole principle -> I have asked for additional condition of knowing each other mutually (If A knows B, then B also knows A) - they agreed after some arguments

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

-> Start solving PGDBA previous years paper (2016 - 2020) to get idea about exam structure, syllabus, question patterns and difficulty -> Math: - Map syllabus with NCERT 11th and 12th class books, and go through the entire chapter once with solving practice questions - Decide on chapters which you think requires advanced level preparation and prepare it up to JEE level (Solve previous years JEE questions for only those chapters' questions) -> LRDI: - Solve 1 or 2 LR/DI sets regularly for online sources like Insideiim sectional test, Cracku daily targets -> VARC: - Practice for Para jumbles from online platforms (edugorilla, tcyonline) - RC: Daily targets from Cracku + CAT / PGDBA previous years RC + Online resources

Mogali Kowshik

IIEST Shibpur · Mechanical · Consulting (Tech)

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Written: 130Pre-interview: 52Difficulty: 2/5

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Undergraduate college: IIEST Shibpur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Mechanical
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Consulting (Tech)
Organizations: Adobe
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: CAT preparation + additional syllabus for mathematics.
Resources — interview: OnlyPgdba interview course, StatQuest , 3Blue1Brown, Previous interview questions.
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1) Why PGDBA? 2) Tasks performed in work-ex related to analytics/ML

Maths & statistics questions

1) 5 distinct balls and 3 boxes are there. What is the probability that no box is empty. 2) How many zeros are there in 379! Why did you use that method.

Coding / ML questions

1)If you have text, how will you automate the questions and summary of text using OpenAI. 2)What is sentiment analysis

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Prioritize your work experience, general interview questions along with statistics and mathematics. These areas will empower you to steer the interview in your desired direction.

Mohsin Parmar

Sardar Patel College of Engineering/ Mumbai University · Mechanical · Engineering, Education

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 52.2Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Sardar Patel College of Engineering/ Mumbai University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Mechanical
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Engineering, Education
Organizations: L&T Technology Services IMS Learning Resources
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: PYQs and YouTube Videos
Resources — interview: Pgdba.ml website for past interview questions
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA IIT Madras And some new IIMs

Work-ex / profile questions

Basic Questions related to IC engines and automobiles

Maths & statistics questions

Questions on P-value. Questions on linear regression. An easy question on geometric progression. A Question on polynomial regression. Three people are standing on three vertices of an equilateral triangle. They all walk with the same speed. Anyone can move either clockwise or counter-wise. What is the probability that they will collide.

Coding / ML questions

Some basic questions on neural networks (as I had mentioned that I had done a specialization on the same) Questions on linear regression. Why Data Science is called Data science and not data analysis. Why Deep Learning is called Deep Learning.

GK & current affairs questions

Why the price of gold has increased. Justify

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Just keep your calm. Panels might try to trick you by putting some pressure on you but at the end, they are there to select you and not reject you.

Moneesh B

NIT Trichy · Chemical Engineering · Analytics

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Written: 127Pre-interview: 51.1Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Trichy
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Chemical Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Analytics
Organizations: Dunzo, Tiger Analytics
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Past Papers, NCERT, YouTube
Resources — interview: Past interview experiences, work experience and mock interviews
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA - IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode(F), IIFT Delhi, IIM Trichy, NMIMS

Work-ex / profile questions

- Discussion around the project I worked on, the ML and DL models that I used, features used. - What additional features can you think of? - What is time series data, and its components (trend, seasonality, cyclicity) - Explain decision trees, drawbacks, bagging and boosting? - Few more project related questions. Note: These are followed up questions based on my project.

Maths & statistics questions

- Questions on quadratic, cubic equations and functions. - Example of a cubic equation with no real solution, Derive Quadratic formula, significance of discriminant. - Number of solutions of cubic equations followed by why it always has a real solution. (explained using limit) - Basic question on limits, differentiability and continuity.

Coding / ML questions

Decision trees, bagging and boosting

GK & current affairs questions

EU AI law, challenges to regulate AI in India, deepfake.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

When taking the exam, there is plenty of time to carefully go through each question. You can determine the correct answers by wisely analyzing the options. For the interview, focus on your profile and review linear algebra, high school mathematics, and statistics.

Mrinal Jha

BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus · Chemical Engineering, B.E./ Mathematics,M.Sc. · IT

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Written: 136Pre-interview: 52.8Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Background: Engineering/Mathematics (Dual Degree)
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Chemical Engineering, B.E./ Mathematics,M.Sc.
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: Coffeebeans Consulting
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: AI Crack
Resources — interview: AI crack
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA at IIT Roorkee, Kanpur, Waitlisted at IIM Vizag, Bodhgaya.

Work-ex / profile questions

• TMAY. • Explain your gap year. • How is analytics used in web development? • Tech stack you worked on. • What is Bounce rate? Industry standard. • Why PGDBA? • CAT/OMET exams and scores.

Maths & statistics questions

• Moment generating function • What is first, second, third moment? • What is skewness? • What is variance and standard deviation • Explain Poisson distribution, normal distribution with real life examples. • Uniform vs continuous distribution. • A question from Number theory. • What are eigenvalues and eigenvectors? Geometric signficance of eigenvectors.

Coding / ML questions

• Binary Search and its time complexity.

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Prepare statistics and linear algebra thoroughly. Just be confident. If you don't know something, just tell them clearly instead of trying to say random stuffs. Be honest.

Neeraj Ahire

IIT BOMBAY · Civil Engineering, B.Tech · Analytics

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Written: 120Pre-interview: 40Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT BOMBAY
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Civil Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Analytics
Organizations: Merilytics
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: NCERT
Resources — interview: Blogs
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What projects have you worked on in your current role? 2. Explain their nature, scope and approaches used.

Maths & statistics questions

1. What the probability of occurrence of any number 'x' in standard normal distribution. If it is zero, does that mean it will never occur as an outcome? 2. Best metric to compare variance of different random variables. 3. Difference between standardization and normalization.

Coding / ML questions

1. Explain in detail how the K-Means algorithm works? 2. Different types of clustering algorithms. How to access which would be the best to use?

GK & current affairs questions

1. Recent developments in EVM. What was the Supreme court verdict?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. Referring NCERT and Arun Sharma CAT books should be sufficient. 2. For practice one could rely of CAT mocks and Jee Mains questions. 3. Put more emphasis on the QA section throughout the preparation. It also has a higher weightage. 3. For interviews, Basics Probability and Statistics knowledge is a must. Be thorough with you work experience details and projects worked on. 4. Don't forget to catch up on current affairs. Referring to any standard newspaper would be sufficient post shortlisting.

Niranjan Herwadkar

IIT BOMBAY · Chemical Engineering, B.Tech · Analytics

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Written: 135Pre-interview: 53.5Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT BOMBAY
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Chemical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Analytics
Organizations: PwC DIAC
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: OnlyPGDBA test series, JEE Maths books (Cengage)
Resources — interview: OnlyPGDBA interview preparation program
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1) How do you fit into the PGDBA program? 2) What projects have you done at your firm? 3) Do you know about any company where analytics is being used?

Maths & statistics questions

1) If x^2 and y^2 is divisible by 7 prove that it is divisible by 49 also 2) There are 3 boxes. One has 2 gold coins; another has one gold and one silver and the third has 2 silver coins. You pick up a box randomly and pick a coin randomly from it and it turns out to be gold. What is the probability that another coin is also gold?

Coding / ML questions

1) What is sql? 2) How to do an SQL join? 3) How to treat missing values in a column? If multiple columns have missing values, what will you do? 4) What is linear regression?

GK & current affairs questions

1) Do you read newspapers? What was the headline today? Followed by discussion on 2 topics?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Written examination: 1) CAT VARC and LIDR material can be used to prepare for the test. 2) For the quant section, use CAT Quant material, and in addition to that use JEE Mains Maths books for Calculus and Conic section. 3) Give past year papers to understand the exam pattern. 4) Be confident and believe in your preparation on the exam day. Interview: 1) Keep revising the Maths topics with special emphasis on Algebra, Calculus and Probability. 2) Learn basic probability and statistics theory. You may use Sheldon M Ross's book (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) for that. 3) Revise Linear Algebra basics if you are from Engineering background. 4) Be prepared to answer any profile-based questions 5) Be thoroughly prepared with expected general interview questions like "Why PGDBA, why not something else?"

Harsha Pabbaraju

NIT Trichy · Chemical Engineering, B.Tech · Analytics

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Written: 115Pre-interview: 46Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Trichy
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2018
Stream: Chemical Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: More than 60 months · Analytics
Organizations: Merilytics,Thermax
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: DI, LR and verbal have a similar prep as of CAT. For Maths, I used YouTube videos for different topics
Resources — interview: AICrack website for interview prep
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1) How will you understand if a customer wants a particular product based on data? 2) Is it ethical to use data to influence customer behaviour to drive certain purchases/actions ? 3) If a company wants to push for a different product over their most-selling product, how will you do it? 4) Having non-analytical background in early part of your career, what changes/improvement will you do there with your current analytics experience?

Maths & statistics questions

Tell us about skewness and kurtosis?

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

A person is at left-top corner of chess board (8x8) who needs to reach right-bottom point. They can only move right or down. How many ways is it possible?

Tips for aspirants

1. Maintain a consistent preparation throughout. Difficulty of written exam keeps varying 2. Do not have any preconceived bottoms. Every year, the exam comes with surprises. (Eg: There was no form shared that is to be filled before interview. There was less control and it started random for many) 3. Get updated on latest issues (Inshorts app is a good source) before interview 4. Brush up on all topics especially stats before interview. They will ask you to solve on the board

Piyus Pramanik

Jadavpur University · Electrical Engineering, B.E · Manufacturing.

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Written: 127Pre-interview: 51.1Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Jadavpur University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Electrical Engineering, B.E
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing.
Organizations: Hindalco Industries Limited (Aditya Birla Group), Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Self-study
Resources — interview: YouTube courses,
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What is your current job role? 2. How can you implement data analytics to your present job? 3. Any statistical tool used by you during the course of your job.

Maths & statistics questions

1.What is Probability Distributions Function, Cumulative Distribution Function, Probability Mass Function, describe with example. 2. Different cases in the given example and the behavior of the PDF,CDF,PMF for the same. 3. Question from combination. 4. Significance of C in nCr.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

MTech, from the following 1. Instrumentation & Integrated Electronics in IIT Kgp 2. RF and Photonics, IIT Madras 3. System Control Automation, IIT Bombay 4. Microelectronics and VLSI, IIT Roorkee 5. Electronics and Communication, IIT Roorkee

Prabhanjan Peranje

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · Architecture, B.Arch · Analytics

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Written: 129Pre-interview: 50.7Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Background: Architecture
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Architecture, B.Arch
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Analytics
Organizations: EXL Service
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: PGDBA previous years papers, Prob stats - Khan Academy, JEE Main math formula sheet
Resources — interview: • Interview Experiences - pgdba.ml • Linear Algebra - 3Blue1Brown • Probability - Khan Academy • General Awareness - Newspaper • Jee Mains Crash Course - YouTube
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: MBA - IIM Udaipur, Raipur and Kashipur

Work-ex / profile questions

• Job description • Difference between Bar chart and Histogram (my work involved visualization). Asked to explain on whiteboard

Maths & statistics questions

• Favorite topic in Mathematics? (Told Quadratic Equations) • Write Equation for AM >= GM for n terms • Asked to prove the equation. Proved it for 2 terms. • Formula for sum of first n natural numbers? Asked to derive the formula. (Everything was done on a whiteboard)

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

• Solve previous years papers to get a proper understanding of the test • Refer to pgdba.ml to understand interview experiences. • Be calm during the test and the interview

Pranjal Chakraborty

Jadavpur University · Metallurgical and Material Engineering, B.E · Software/Analytics/Consulting

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Written: 131Pre-interview: 52.3Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Jadavpur University
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Metallurgical and Material Engineering, B.E
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Software/Analytics/Consulting
Organizations: Oliver Wyman, Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Self-study
Resources — interview: Online interview course
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No, last year - IIM Trichy, Ranchi, Raipur

Work-ex / profile questions

1) Instances where you have managed conflicts in your workplace and how?

Maths & statistics questions

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Have good clarity on the basics of mathematics and statistics.

Prashant Bisht

NIT Jamshedpur · Metallurgical and Materials Engineering · Manufacturing Industry (Digital Transformations)

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Written: 135Pre-interview: 54.5Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Jamshedpur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing Industry (Digital Transformations)
Organizations: Tata Steel Metaliks Division
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Youtube and Test Series (Onlypgdbaprep)
Resources — interview: Youtube + Interview course (Onlypgdbaprep)
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Have you taken 5 years to complete your Btech? 2. Your details show that you passed your graduation in 2021 and passed your class 12th in 2016. That means 5 years? 3. Did you get placed through campus recruitment at TATA steel? 4. What are your job Roles? 5. Counter Question. Can you draw the Automation pyramid? 6. What is DCS? 7. What is CNC? 8. Are you also the coding person in MES? 9. Who is your third-party vendor? 10. Counter Question: Who are the other companies that provide MES Solutions? 11. Counter Question: Why have you hired TATA Technologies and not these companies?

Maths & statistics questions

1. If we have 2 matrices A and B such that, AB=BA. Comment on this statement. 2. If AX=B where A is a matrix and X, and B are 2 vectors then, how can you find X? 3. You have a data set. You have the mean, median, and mode of that data set. If a single observation (which is 1000 times the existing values) is added to the dataset then what is the order of change in the value of mean, median, and mode? 4. Why is median affected more than mode? 5. What is mode?

Coding / ML questions

Are you also the coding person in MES? (Already mentioned in profile section) Answered: No (So no more questions in this)

GK & current affairs questions

1. What news do you follow? 2. What other news? 3. What news did you read today? 4. What else? 5. Finally he asked What about the election? 6. What’s your opinion on such a low turnout of voters? 7. When are the elections in Lucknow, UP? Since I was from Lucknow.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Try to score maximum possible marks in written exam. A high written score will give you confidence in interview. And prepare for interview with dedication. Prepare Current affairs during the interview time period.

Prince Himadri Mayank

IIT Delhi · Engineering Physics, B.Tech. · IT

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 43.8Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Delhi
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Engineering Physics, B.Tech.
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 1 day to 12 months · IT
Organizations: Neowise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: PYQ
Resources — interview: AI Crack Interview Course
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Introduce yourself. 2. Why PGDBA?

Maths & statistics questions

1. What is your favourite topic in mathematics? 2. x+1/x = square root(2). What is the solution of this? 3. Product of two quadratic equations with unknown coefficients, how to find their values if the two roots of the equation is (-1-i) and (1+root3)? 4. (e^-x)(x^100). Is this an increasing or a decreasing function? 5. Solution of two linear equations with 3 variables.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. What is your area of interest in UPSC preparation? 2. Speak for a minute nonstop on world geopolitics. 3. Indo-Pacific geopolitics, G7, QUAD, G20, India-China relations, India-US relations. 4. What are we doing to counter China? What is the west doing? 5. USA is going to choose its oldest President. Should there be a bar on the age for political contest? Why or why not? Mention 3 points. 6. Any question from your side?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. Be thorough around the PYQ topics. 2. DON’T solve books from cover to cover. Questions are asked around the PYQ only. 3. Try to find and comprehend the reasons for each of your past professional decisions for the HR questions in the interview. 4. Brush up the basics of Statistics, Probability, Calculus and Linear Algebra. Tough questions can be skipped in the interview, but you can’t afford to mess up the easy ones.

Rahul Verma

Nit raipur · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · Production (Engineering)

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Written: 115Pre-interview: 46.5Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: Nit raipur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Production (Engineering)
Organizations: Jsw steel, dolvi
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: NA
Resources — interview: NA
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

Little bit about my work ex, mostly question asked on mathematics topics like p&c, function, integration, statistics etc.

Maths & statistics questions

None

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Just work hard.

Reeshav Samanta

National Institute of Technology, Durgapur · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · Manufacturing

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Written: 139Pre-interview: 54.7Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing
Organizations: Aditya Birla Group
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Mock Tests/Study Material by AiCrack, JEE Mains Mathematics Paper
Resources — interview: AiMonks, AiCrack Mock Interviews, Supervised ML Course by Andrew Ng, YourPedia videos for Maths interviews.
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

No Introduction & No Why PGDBA 1. Give two concepts of Mechanical Engg. being applied in your day-to-day work. Talked about Unloading of Argon Gas (flow of gas from high pressure to low pressure & Cooling Tower Fills) 2. What is R in PV = nRT? What will happen to the temperature inside a tank when its pressure increases? What is the name of this law? 3. Does temperature increase or decrease during evaporation? Increase in surface area cause more cooling. Name this principle. Didn't know the exact answer so explained evaporative cooling.

Maths & statistics questions

1. Asked to draw dots on a graph like Linear Regression and then draw a line through it. What is the best fit of the line? Classic case of Linear Regression. What is Mean of Squared errors? How is MSE optimized in case of Linear Regression? Talked about Gradient Descent & Partial Differentiations. 2. What is the distribution of (y-y') w.r.t. x, (y-y') w.r.t. y & (y-y') ^2 w.r.t. y. Here (y-y') is the residual. I didn't know much about this, and we discussed few things about Heteroskedasticity & assumptions behind Linear Regressions.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. What is the stock price trend of Hindalco? Write a mathematical model in terms of f(x1,x2,x3..) to determine stock price of Hindalco in June? I couldn't answer this well. 2. In which sector is Hindalco Industries Ltd. operating? Give one recent news of Metals and Mining business? Discussed about Adani coming in the business of Copper & Aluminium. 3. What are some of the new rules that have come up in Table Tennis? Some discussion on types of TT Rubbers & TT services.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. PGDBA written exam: Taking CAT & XAT can help one with DILR & English. JEE Mains Maths PYQs are enough to prepare one for the Maths Part. 2. Interview Preparation needs to be on point as it is the make or break for PGDBA irrespective of anything. 3. Prepare 2 subjects from B.Tech stream & subjects common to Work Experience. 4. Have a basic know how of ML/AI & uses of AI/ML in your work domain. If you know any such project, then prepare some content. 5. Expect the unexpected. I have appeared in the PGDBA interviews for 4 consecutive years and every year was a different experience. 6. Never prepare topics in which you are not much confident yourself.

Sachin Goyal

NIT Silchar · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · System engineer

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 50.8Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Silchar
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · System engineer
Organizations: L&T Defence
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: YouTube & some jee mains lectures
Resources — interview: Only prep
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

My role in the team, Why do I want to opt for pgdba.

Maths & statistics questions

Was asked about differential equations and Integration definition how it is used in my work as a designer. Regarding stats no question was asked.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Some political questions were asked like what the current relationship between France and India or Malaysia and India. What is going on between Maldives and Lakshadweep. who is USA vice president. How is vice president elected in India

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

I would say be confident and calm no matter what. The panelists will definitely ask you tough questions to observe how you are going to act in that situation, so don't fret even if you don't understand the question, be calm and act patiently. (In my case, I was asked politics questions even though when I told them I am not that good with that and let me tell you I couldn't answer even one properly but now after selection when I look back, I understand what their motive must have been.) Just cover the basics of statistics and don't exaggerate in the resume or interview. Only say what you know and what you think. Best of luck to all the aspirants.

Sandeep Tyagi

SVITS, Indore · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · JEE Maths Faculty

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Written: 142Pre-interview: 51.6Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: SVITS, Indore
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2017
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 48 to 60 months · JEE Maths Faculty
Organizations: Allen Career institute
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: PGDBA 5 years PYQs
Resources — interview: Only PGDBA Interview prep course
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1.Introduce yourself 2.Why do you want to do PGDBA, being maths faculty MSc or PHD in Maths should be your choice. 3. Tell reasons and Solutions for Suicide by Students particularly in KOTA. 4. Coaching institute don't Teach Maths, you guys just train for the exam, what's your view.

Maths & statistics questions

1. Easy PnC question 2. Given a 3*3 matrix with eigen values 0,1,2. Find Rank. I didn't know direct way to tell rank if Eigen values were given. They told me to Explain Eigen values and eigen vectors (explained), Told to explain What is Rank of matrix, Rank nulity theorem (explained both) then got back to same Rank question. And I gave the answer because Nulity is one hence Rank will be 2. Professors will helpful they gave some hints on the way. 3 No stats questions.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Have you read today's newspaper. Asked for any business-related news.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. For entrance exam. Go through PYQs as Level is not very difficult. 2. For interview be thorough with your work experience. Be confident and humble.

Sankalp Davi

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya · Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering, B.E. · IT

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Written: 116Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2022
Stream: Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering, B.E.
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · IT
Organizations: Cognizant
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: NCERT books along with CAT material for VARC, DILR & QA.
Resources — interview: Referred YouTube videos from channels like StatQuest, 3blue1brown to strengthen the core concepts of statistics, linear algebra etc., Current Affairs & Other basic stuff related to my profile.
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM Rohtak, VGSOM - IIT KGP & SIBM Pune.

Work-ex / profile questions

1.) Introduce Yourself 2.) Questions on Finance as had stock market experience along with some projects in the same field 3.) Questions on Data Cleaning & Data Management as worked on them in Work Ex. 4.) Lot of questions based on my engineering branch

Maths & statistics questions

1.) Gave multiple equations to draw and then calculate area. 2.) Questions on Poisson Distribution 3.) Other questions on statistics which I used in finance projects

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1.) Prepare properly for written exam. It gives you an edge. 2.) You can't predict the interview so prepare everything related to your CV i.e. Education, Work Ex., Projects, etc. along with this have a good grasp on the current affairs.

Sarthak Sablania

IIT Delhi · Electrical Engineering, B. Tech · Data Analytics

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Written: 124Pre-interview: 49.2Difficulty: 2/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Delhi
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Electrical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Data Analytics
Organizations: Accountant General (A&E) Himachal Pradesh (CAG GOI), Blinkit
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: PYQs, NCERT, 3B1B
Resources — interview: 3B1B, Sheldon Ross Probability & Stats, Naked Statistics
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No, as I never applied

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Some questions about National Pension System, Old Pension System based on my current job 2. My opinion on the acquisition of Blinkit by Zomato

Maths & statistics questions

1. Basics of Gaussian Distribution 2. A simple business analytics problem: What is the most relevant metric here? The answer to which was Correlation coefficient 3. Range of Correlation coefficient and graphs of two variables with CCs of different signs

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

A Chessboard puzzle, which I was not able to solve 100%

Tips for aspirants

Step One: PYQs

Sayali Malshikare

College of Engineering Pune (COEP) · Electronics and Telecommunication · Oil and Gas industry

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Written: 102Pre-interview: 40.6Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: College of Engineering Pune (COEP)
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2018
Stream: Electronics and Telecommunication
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 48 to 60 months · Oil and Gas industry
Organizations: Repos Energy, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited HPCL
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Aimonks Recorded classes
Resources — interview: AiCrack YT video on linear algebra, Khan Academy - statistics and probability videos, news for current affairs, pgdba.ml site for past year interview experiences
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

Introduction, why do you want to join PGDBA, Few questions in connection to my answer of Why PGDBA

Maths & statistics questions

1) Difference between percentage and percentile 2) Few probs related to percentiles 3) They asked which topics in Mathematics have you prepared, I had told linear algebra and probability 4) Asked to create a matrix with only one 1s in each row and column on N*M matrix, few basic questions of matrices 5) Few questions on system of linear equations, Homogeneous equation, types of solutions and it's conditions

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1) Any current happenings in the world that may have effects on our monetory policies (Iran - Iraq war and its impact on crude oil prices) - because I come from Oil and Gas background 2) What is impact on the monetory policy if crude oil prices rise 3) Few questions on Repo rate, inflation 4) What elections are currently going on in the country (Lok Sabha elections) 5) How many numbers of seats are there in Lok Sabha 6) Any major party alliance currently formed

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Prepare well from the Ncert for the Written exam, the score gives a good boost to your overall score, for interviews be thorough with few basics of Linear Algebra, Statistics and Probability, Go through the recent current affairs especially related to industry you are currently working, your state of residence.

Siddhant B

IIT Madras · Naval architecture and ocean engineering, B.Tech · Engineering

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Written: 84Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Madras
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2020
Stream: Naval architecture and ocean engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 36 to 48 months · Engineering
Organizations: Indian register of shipping
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Mostly CAT preparation
Resources — interview: Self-preparation
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What is your company about ? 2. Describe your work. 3. Explain how you spend your day at your workplace.

Maths & statistics questions

1. Explain normal distribution 2. What is AP, GP and HP

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1.Exam is fairly easy, just focus on basics of 11th, 12th standard mathematics mostly calculus and probability. 2.For interviews, for most of the math-based questions, preparation from exam will suffice. But having a little knowledge of machine learning and coding will help.

Soham Mittal

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore · Computer Science, B.Tech · NA

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Written: 139Pre-interview: 48.7Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Computer Science, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: NA · NA
Organizations: NA
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: YouTube - AI crack, Unacademy cat, Byju cat
Resources — interview: probabilitycourse.com, Gilbert Strang linear algebra playlist
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIM C - MBA

Work-ex / profile questions

• Why PGDBA instead of MBA? • Why finance and what kind of roles are you looking for? • Explain how HFT's make money and give an example strategy.

Maths & statistics questions

1. Number of undirected graphs with n vertices 2. Limit of a definite integral 3. Draw a distribution with positive skewness and whether median is smaller/bigger than mean/mode in this distribution

Coding / ML questions

1. How will you count number of undirected graphs with no cycles. Conversation eventually leads to bipartite graphs.

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Prepare for everything - maths, work experience, academics, current affairs, HR questions etc. Grilling does not necessarily mean that your interview went bad.

Sushant Shekhar

National Institute of Technology Silchar · Civil Engineering, B.Tech · Construction

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 52.7Difficulty: 5/5

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Undergraduate college: National Institute of Technology Silchar
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Civil Engineering, B.Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Construction
Organizations: Larsen and Toubro
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Unacademy one shot series chapter wise, RS Agarwal and previous year question paper.
Resources — interview: 3 brown 1 blue youtube channel lectures, NPTEL lectures related to statistics, linear algebra and probability
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: IIT MADRAS (MBA), VGSOM, IIM KASHIPUR IIM BODH GAYA, IIM JAMMU, IMT GHAZIABAD

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Why PGDBA?

Maths & statistics questions

1. What is the value of Pi, is it rational or irrational and how to determine the value of Pi? 2. Define Calculus. 3. Prove limit x tends to 0 sinx / x = 1 4. What is the probability of randomly selecting an even number in set of integer? 5. What is correlation, formula of correlation, range of the value of correlation coefficient?

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. Recent business news. 2. Some questions regarding election.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

1. Focus on solving as many questions related to class 11, 12 mathematics. 2. Prepare statistics, probability and linear algebra topics for the interview in detail.

Sushrut Joshi

Visvesvaraya national institute of technology (VNIT- Nagpur) · Electrical and electronics engineering · Data scientist

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Written: 132Pre-interview: 51.6Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: Visvesvaraya national institute of technology (VNIT- Nagpur)
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Electrical and electronics engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Data scientist
Organizations: O9 solutions
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: AI crack, personal notes, YouTube etc
Resources — interview: Ai crack by Akash Gangwar sir
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

Since I am from analytics domain, so the uses of maths and stats were asked. 1) What is the use of standard deviation in your field? 2) what kind of distribution do you use for service levels? ( generally normal distribution ). 3) properties and formula of normal distribution and standard normal distribution. 4) what is coefficient of variance? It’s formula and what would happen if mean becomes zero? (this was asked because I mentioned covariance in my first answer)

Maths & statistics questions

1) give formula of standard deviation of population and sample. Why is there a correction factor in sample? 2) what is central limit theorem? It’s mathematical representation? 3) Graphical representation of conditions where pair of straight lines have infinite roots, no roots and one root. 4) graph of sine1/x, its continuity and differentiability at x=0. 5) draw a bell curve and write one equation for it which doesn’t have any exponential term. (I fumbled on this one)

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

After formal introduction, they asked me the meaning of my name and history related to it. Apart from that they asked why not MBA and why PGDBA?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Suyash Aakash

IIT Dhanbad · B. Tech, Petroleum Engineering · Oil and Gas

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 53.2Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Dhanbad
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: B. Tech, Petroleum Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Oil and Gas
Organizations: Vedanta Cairn oil and gas
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: IIT Jee PYQ, Cat DILR book, Unacademy
Resources — interview: NPTEL statistics course from IIT Roorkee professor, Engineering mathematics from B.S. Grewal, IITJEE PYQ maths book, machine learning from Krish Naik Youtube channel, current affairs of last 6 months from any newspaper
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Not applied to other programs

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Introduction yourself. 2. Name your 3 strengths qualities in your work profile and 1 weakness quality. And tell 1 situation related to work experience where you have incorporated/ faced all these qualities. 3. Why you want to join PGDBA course 4. What CSR activities you have done in your company.

Maths & statistics questions

1. Integration of exp(-x^2) dx 0 to π/2. 2. Integration of 1/(1+exp(-x)) dx 0 to π/2 3. What is rank of matrix? 4. 1 question on finding the rank of 2x2 matrix. 5. Condition for infinity solution, unique solution and no solution for 2x2 matrix. And 1 question on it. 6. 1 question on maxima and minima. And finding the critical points and minimum value of equation. 7. Increasing and decreasing function question: - x- ( logx)^2024 8. Increasing and decreasing function: - 1/ (1+ exp(2024x).

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

Why G20 presidency was important for India economic point of view.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Give more focus on mathematics from 11 and 12th syllabus of IITJEE.

Thakare Vedant Sharadrao

IISER Pune · Physics, BS · NA

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Written: 126Pre-interview: 44.8Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: IISER Pune
Background: Physics
Graduation year: 2023
Stream: Physics, BS
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: No · NA
Organizations: NA
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: Unacademy JEE Math lectures
Resources — interview: onlypgdbaprep.in, Khan academy videos, Newspapers
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: None

Work-ex / profile questions

1. Briefly introduce yourself. 2. Why PGDBA? 3. Why should we select you? 4. Tell us about your grades during graduation(My CGPA was 7.6)? Are they above average? What was the highest CGPA in your batch? 5. (A Physics question) When we ride a bicycle, we don’t fall. What is the reason behind that?

Maths & statistics questions

1. I was given a set of values of x and y and was asked to find the relationship between them. 2. What is the remainder of 1^33 + 2^33 + 3^33 + 4^33 when divided by 7? 3. Is the equation z = max{z1, z2} linear? If not, how will you linearize it?

Coding / ML questions

1. What is the difference between data analysis and data analytics?

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

For written exam: 1. Try to score as much as you can. 2. Solve previous year papers and mock tests. For interview: 1. Prepare the 'why PGDBA?' answer really well and be confident about it. 2. Wear a smile throughout the interview and be energetic. 3. PGDBA interviews can be very unpredictable. It all depends on which panel you get. So prepare everything. 4. Give mock interviews.

Urja Kumari

IISER Bhopal · Major in Electrical and computer science and a minor in Data Science · NA

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Written: 134Pre-interview: 47.2Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: IISER Bhopal
Background: Engineering Science
Graduation year: 2023
Stream: Major in Electrical and computer science and a minor in Data Science
Post-graduation: IISER Bhopal, Engineering Science
Work experience: NA · NA
Organizations: NA
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Unacademy JEE lectures from Youtube, AI Crack Test series
Resources — interview: Only PGDBA Coaching materials
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: Yes

Work-ex / profile questions

* Explain in detail about different sorting algorithms like merge sort, heap sort etc. (Question from the data structure and algorithm) and explain why their time complexity and the way you can determine that time complexity on board.

Maths & statistics questions

* Given the equation, x^2 + 2|x| +1 =0 Find roots, draw its graph, find minima, maxima. Determine its continuity and differentiability. * Find the ratio of heights at x=0 for two normally distributed events with different mean and standard deviations (mean=0, std=1), (mean= 0, std=4) and also draw the distributions on board.

Coding / ML questions

Sorting algorithms like merge sort, heap sort etc. and their time complexity.

GK & current affairs questions

None

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

* For students from the computer science/ data science background they must be well versed with the basics of data structure and algorithm and also read in detail about different data science algorithms like regression, clustering etc. * Practice math questions from all chapters especially graphs and calculus. * Must know basics of statistics (graphs and equations of important distributions) even if you do not come from a stats background. * Read Newspaper * Know about your city and state (MP, Population, Government measures taken etc.)

Utkarsh Attela

IIT Madras · Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, B. Tech · Manufacturing Industry

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Written: 116Pre-interview: 49.7Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Madras
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · Manufacturing Industry
Organizations: Vedanta Limited
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: R D Sharma for Maths, VARC by Arun Sharma, Logical reasoning by Arun Sharma
Resources — interview: Interview experience of previous batch students
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No, I didn't apply

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What is your Current Profile and What do you do? 2. Have you used any digital tools in your profile? 3. Local and Global Competitors of your current company? 4. I was asked to explain the electrolysis process in brief.

Maths & statistics questions

1. If you have a point on a 2-d plane and a regular polygon, how can you tell if the point is inside or outside the polygon? 2. If you choose four distinct random numbers, what is the probability that x1 > x2 > x3 <> x4? 3. What is the probability of x1 < x2 < x3 <> x4?

Coding / ML questions

1. What is Random Forest and why did you use Random Forest in your algorithm? (I created a prediction model using Random Forest) 2. Explain the working of Random Forest? 3. If I have only one feature, will a Random Forest model give the same output as a decision tree will? If yes or no, then why?

GK & current affairs questions

1. What is the current Share price of Vedanta? 2. Are you aware about the demerger of Vedanta. Can you talk more about it? 3. How many Lok Sabha Seats are there in Maharashtra?

Logical reasoning / puzzles

None

Tips for aspirants

Mock tests and practice questions

Vikash Kumar Gupta

IIT Dhanbad · Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech · Manufacturing Industry

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Written: 138Pre-interview: 53.4Difficulty: 4/5

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Undergraduate college: IIT Dhanbad
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2019
Stream: Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 12 to 24 months · Manufacturing Industry
Organizations: Vedanta Limited
Prior coding experience: No
Resources — written exam: 1.AI Crack youtube videos 2.JEE PYQs 3.NCERT & JEE Notes
Resources — interview: 1. pgdba.ml 2. AI Crack Interview Kit 3. 3Blue1Brown
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: No, I didn't apply

Work-ex / profile questions

1. What was your role as an Assistant Manager in your previous company? 2. What prompted you to start preparing for UPSC thereafter? 3. You have a good academic background, why don't you join the corporate sector directly?

Maths & statistics questions

1. Probability questions: - Sample space for an unbiased coin tossed 100 times and probability of 50 continuous heads in it. Then sample space for a biased coin with P(H)= a and probability of 50 continuous heads in it. The interviewer asked me to write everything on the board and he wanted me to be rigorous mathematically. 2. Statistics questions: - The second panelist asked me to draw a normal distribution curve and describe its properties. Then he asked me about the probability density function. He also asked me to give a practical example where a normal distribution curve can be used.

Coding / ML questions

None

GK & current affairs questions

1. Why this year's Union Budget is an interim budget? 2. Various components of the Budget like revenue receipts and capital receipts. 3. Functions of the RBI 4. Pros and Cons of disinvestment of PSUs.

Logical reasoning / puzzles

I was asked whether I play something. I answered that I do Bowling in Cricket. He asked me about reverse swing and why it happens with an old ball?

Tips for aspirants

1. Keep a smiling face and be honest in the interview. 2. Prepare your profile well and also mathematics as there is going to be questions from mathematics in the interview.

Yoogesh Kumar M

NIT Tiruchirappalli · Electrical and Electronic Engineering · IT

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Written: 112Difficulty: 3/5

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Undergraduate college: NIT Tiruchirappalli
Background: Engineering
Graduation year: 2021
Stream: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Post-graduation: NA, NA
Work experience: 24 to 36 months · IT
Organizations: LTI Mindtree
Prior coding experience: Yes
Resources — written exam: Previous year paper
Resources — interview: Pervious year interview experience. NCERT book
Alternate programs: No
Offers received: NA

Work-ex / profile questions

What is BJT. Where they used. What is Moffet. What is used to convert AC to DC. Draw the circuit diagram of half bridge rectifier. Draw the output wave form. How will you convert to pure DC.

Maths & statistics questions

An equation was given, and minima was asked to be found

Coding / ML questions

What is polymorphism. What is super class

GK & current affairs questions

Governor of Tamil Nadu. Issue between Tamil Nadu State assembly and it's Governor. Name of statue present in kanyakumari. Say One Thiru Kural