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3rd July
Bangalore
Panel 1
Pcmb
I entered the room two male panellist
Asked to introduce they cut me in the beginning and asked the significance of kozhikode bcz that's were I come from
7/3/2025 12:33:00 Then they asked if I'm good at maths
I said I'm okay, they asked what's mean median and mode and standard deviation, real life applications of it
Then gave me a matrix question then gave me a limits derivativation I did it but I couldn't explain further
Then they asked if I have interview in kozhikode I said yes then they asked if I had iim indore interview I said yes ,asked how it went I said similar but I
said this was better .
That's it I said have a good day and left

3rd July
Forenoon
Panel 1
Commerce non maths
7/3/2025 12:53:21
I enter last one for panel morning shift
2 males sitting, I greeted them and then they asked me to introduce myself, then as when I said commerce they asked subjects in 12th , then asked
me favourite subject , then principles of management questions answered and then some accounts formulas said and then said you can leave but one
question , they asked me any other calls , I said IIMK and that was it
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Panel 4 - Forenoon
About 15 minutes (11:55~12:00 - 12:10~15)

P1 - Ma’am
1. How are you
2. Which year did you complete your 12th (2024) + What did you do in this one year
3. Favourite subject
4. What is LDMU
5. Draw MU and TU graph
6. What is AD
7. Monopolistic Competition vs Perfect Competition
8. Oligopoly vs Monopolistic Competition + Examples of Oligopoly
9. What is a cartel
10. What is amortization
11. Any international news you follow
12. What are mutually exclusive events and independent events + Examples
13. If Tan = ¾, then Cos = ?
14. HCF of x²-y² and x³-y³
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15. Probability of not winning - 5 tosses

P2 - Sir
1 Tell us more about yourself
2. Hobbies
3. Probability of getting a sum of 7 - dice x2
4. What are mean, median, and mode
5. What is standard deviation
6. Role of RBI in economy
7. Governor of RBI
8. Vice President of India

That is all from us

Thank you
All the best
You may leave

Overall I was able to answer all except for some 3-4 questions, and both of them were nice for most part
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Panel 2, bangalore
Entered, greeted them with a smile
Asked Intro
Was interrupted mid way, asking why I have a beard, I should have shaved it completely, and that is shows insincerity on my end
I smiled
Politely responded
And said I'll note it for future

Asked why management

Answered

Asked where your leadership skill came to use

I answered

Gave a scenario
7/3/2025 19:32:06
60 ppl
U have to divide them into 10grps, how do u do it such that no one laga behind or is left out in a group
I answered and gave my thoughts

They seemed partially satisfied, but we're looking for smething else

They asked if there was another way to measure growth apart from gdp, something that one of our neighbours use
Couldn't answer

Asked abt any companies in the news recently for being profitable
Couldn't answer

Thankyou
Done
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3rd July Blr
afternoon
panel 1
Commerce + applied maths
entered the room
two panelists, Sir 1 was nice, Sir 2 seemed disinterested and was condescending (I guess good cop bad cop they were doing)
asked me to tell them about myself
sir 1 interrupted me after a bit to ask if I was good at accounts
I said yes
then rapid fire accounts but easy questions
Sir 2 was rolling his eyes, rubbing his face and acting very tired of my answers throughout this
what is CFS
then gave me a scenario of selling fixed asset and asked what I would do with regard to cfs
asked me to classify things under the three heads of cfs
gave me a trick question regarding chief revenue generating operations of a business
7/3/2025 19:44:08 asked me about depreciation types
asked which is better straight line method or written down
then asked me what is CRR
asked me difference between fiscal and monetary policy
asked why rbi needs to control credit
then Sir 2 started asking questions
asked difference between applied maths and regular maths
asked about emi (what is it, types)
asked about loan amortization
then asked about probability
asked for formulas of poisson distribution and binomial distribution
then gave me a question to solve on the paper (was not able to solve but I knew it was from poisson distribution so mentioned that)
asked me if I had any other calls
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Bangalore Panel 4 1 PM (Commerce with applied math)
Two panelists, both sirs..
P1:
What is your academic background, where are you from?
What is market equilibirum? Draw the graph.
Cross questioning on my diagram, show consumer and producer surplus from the same graph, and derive it mathematically (integration)
Who was fayol?
How are his principles different from Taylor.
What are PSUs. (One slip up- I said something along the lines, they exist even in non-profit making sectors, so they asked me why that isnt the case
with oil for example. But they were satisfied by my explanation to this)
Difference between central bank and public banks. Name some. (There was a RBI branch in blr which I crossed on the way, thought it was worth
mentioning and they both smiled)
Draw the graph of a parabola. Differentiate it with reference to x, then with y. How is it related. 'a' is left after differentiating it once, what is 'a'? What's
the difference between a fixed constant and an arbitrary constant

P2:
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Tell me about your research paper. (My extracurriculars. I wrote and presented a research paper at SRCC) and MAN they were laughing about it for a
minute straight. I was confused and gave a helpless smile- then P2 said, 'kids these days are miles ahead ..' (so W?)
He was into research himself so he grilled me on rsearch methodologies, what my paper was on, what secondary research, literature review I did. I
answered every question.
I mentioned the word 'hypothesis' while explaining something here, and he smiled and moved on to stats.
What are the types of statistics (I said descriptive and inferential) Differentiate between the two.
Difference between mean median and mode (I gave a holy yap answer for this, they were attentively listening without cutting me off)
What is null hypothesis
What is p value
How is related to alpha
What are your skills (I said leadership and they laughed again JHDFDSJFHDF)
Who is the governor of ktaka (ez) who was it before him (whattttt lmao)
Who is the VP of india (ez) who was it before him (bhai...)
Lastly what is the difference between icse and cbse (i did icse in 10th and cbse in 12)

Overall: Great panel, lovely conversations.

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afternoon
panel4
two males
no intro
where r u from
what course are u doing in college
are you not liking your college thats why you want ti come iim?
7/3/2025 23:40:15
you can come iim after 2 yrs why to waste 1 yr which you already have studied?
are u good in maths
tell me about basketball
universal height of basket
which shoes do you wear to play basketball
which brand
why not jordan basketball shoes
length and breadth of basketball court
3rd July
Forenoon
Panel 4
PCM
No Introduction
When did you start preparing for IPM?
Questions from Chemistry which I haven't heard about.
7/4/2025 0:33:46
What happens of benzene is put in water. I didn't know the answer.
Asked to do integration and they asked if what I did was right. Even I got doubtful.
Then in English literature, they asked something of which I haven't got any idea. Gyanpeeth academy winners. I didn't know.
I felt that the acad questions were sort of out of syllabus so I couldn't remember what they asked about.
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Had my ranchi interview yesterday
Stream ( Humanities with math )

15 min interview

2 panelists ( extremely friendly , they were laughing all along , even if it was to make fun of me 😭 )

Asked me to introduce myself

Initially asked few qns from history
Asked abt budha's Mothers name all of a sudden and I couldn't recall .
7/4/2025 2:21:47
From math
Gave me an eqn and asked me to differentiate it . Asked me few qns from calculus . Also asked me to justify my low marks in math compared to other
subjects .

Went on asking qns from polity and indian independence.

( Qns were purely academic , not jus for me , for everyone . Science ppl got questioned jus on physics and chem )

Good luck ❤️
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04. 07. 2025
Forenoon
Panel 3
Pcm with CS

Introduce urself in brief

What is the composition of stainless steel
What is the composition of steel
What is an alloy
What are aeroplanes made of
Write structure of alcohol
Do you think alcohol is harmful
Then why is it used in medicines
What makes alcohol not harmful
Why do people die when they drink alcohol
What is the legal age for drinking in india
Why does it vary from state to state
7/4/2025 12:33:42
What makes a dance classical
How many classical dances are there in india
Name any 5 of them
Have you heard of Sangeet natak academic
Who is its head
Who won the last award in it

Why pcm and then management?

What is the difference between rhombus and a square
Is rhombus a square
Draw and show me why or why not
Grilled me on this

What is pnc
Difference between them
Use an example

Thankyou:))
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5July
Panel 6 (Forenoon)
PCM
Do you read business magazines?
Name 5 female Indian Ceos
A limit question
7/5/2025 13:19:16 A graph question
Capital of Ukraine
Capital of Isreal
What missiles are being used in recent conflicts?
What is the recent book you have read?
Name any show or movies adapted by movies? Any bollywood movies?
(I was second last so both seemed uninterested and asked me to leave after 5 min)
Panel-3
IIM Ranchi interview, Mumbai

Entered the room, was asked to sit then asked to speak about myself.
Then P1: Why IPM when you're from Science stream
P2: Tell how Science subjects can help in the management studies in IIM Ranchi

P1: Name some of the dams in India

P2: Draw structure of Benzene, then add H2O then write the product. Gave some derivatives to do, then asked difference between integration and
differentiation. Also asked regarding mean, mode and standard deviation
7/5/2025 14:18:47
P1: Name the streets you can find near coastal areas (didn't have a clue about this one)

P2: Any solution to floods that happen in various parts of India?

P1: Tell me why dams can't be build in some of the major rivers and state those rivers

P2: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

P2: Do you have any other aspects you're good at that we missed to ask?

I said no, the panelists then told me I could leave.

Overall they were very sweet, friendly, even smiled at me throughout my interview
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Center: mumbai panel 7

1)they asked to me introduce myself but just when I started they interrupted me in between and asked if I am comfortable with accounts I said yes.

2) what are cashflows why do we use then what's their significance I tried convincing sir with my sir but I don't know what answers they were expecting

3)cash basis and accrual basis they kept discussing this for 5 min

4) what is operating activity

5) What is operational cycle of production

6) questions related to company law out of no where (I said I have studied company accounting not company law)

7)monetary policy
7/5/2025 16:14:25
8) fiscal policy
9)fiscal deficit
10)which is the highest peak in india
11)what is article 21
12)5 cities which have oil refineries in india
13)gave me a CFS question like a adjustment
14)why ideal ration of current ratio is 2:1
15)why you have not filled Kozhikode
16)if you get into shillong which college would you choose

The questions came out of no where

One panelist was south Indian and the other one was north eastern.
Both were in need of very specific answers. It was academically inclined they didn't opened my folder only of ecas neither they heard the full intro.
Not one of the best interview:(
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5th July, Mumbai
Forenoon Shift
Stream: Science
Panel - 7, Sr. No. 1
Duration: 10-15 mins

- Introduce yourself
- How much would you rate yourself in math?
- Have you gone through IIM Ranchi's IPM curriculum? What are the math-related topics that are taught?
- When did you complete your 12th grade?
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- Explain Mean, Median and Mode with the help of an example.
- Explain Standard Deviation using the same example.
- Where are these used in real life?
- If the mean is 10 and the SD is 2, what does this indicate?
- What is the difference between isotope and allotrope? (+ cross questions)
- If the length of a wire is 10mm, what will be the value of Young's Modulus?
- Which mountain range divides northern and southern India?
- Name a few rivers that flow from the Vindhya ranges.
- Write down a 2×2 matrix and explain how you will solve it.
- What are you good at?
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7 july
1 PM
Panel 1
PCM with Economics

Both male panelists with soft voices, one tried to play bad cop but he was too cute for that 😭, let's interviewer one be P1 and the other one be P2 for
pookie 1 and pookie 2

P1: (no intro) where are you from

(Answers)
P1: how can I find the elements in this bottle (plastic water bottle with water inside)
(Grills for 3-4 mins)
(Asks about pH and then asks what can I put in this to make it explode)
Me: sodium salt sir
(Catalyst required? Gas produced? Chemical equation?)
(All answered)
P1: Can you derive a relation between force and velocity
(I had no idea but I got lucky and used the right equations to derive it and got the correct formula)
P1: what is delta
7/7/2025 15:40:45
(Answered)
P1: hmmm your marks in boards are very good, you have pcm and economics! And good marks in all, master of all trades and jack of none
[I think he just liked me ---> also he said he likes me :) ]
P1: I have 3 tyres which can last 5 km, if I use a scooter what is maximum distance I can cover
(Got it wrong at first but correct the second time)
P1: over to you sir
P2 asked economics questions related to a lot of things from aggregate demand to foreign exchange to every random definition he could think off,
most of it was out of syllabus but I answered what I could)
We talked for about 5-6 mins then he started asking me questions about my MUNs
I thought he was done but P1 started asking questions again
P1: you represented Morocco? Which continent
(I said africa)
P1: you sure?! Not europe?!!!!
(Really tried to convince me it's in Europe)
P1: fine its neighbouring
states
(I said algeria and didn't knew any more and accidentally said egypt 😭, he laughed it off)
Then we talked about basketball and imputed costs because I got shoes from Vietnam as my aunt was travelling there. In the end i accidentally took
P1's pencil and we laughed it off 😭
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2 males
Where do I live
A joke on that by sir
Family background
Said father is accounts teacher and I scored 99 in accounts so all the things
Also saw my sketches (as a commisoned artist)
Then moved to what is price line
I drew that of perfect competition
Moved frwd asking double counting error
Asked transfer payments
Moved to welfare and growth
Why do governments give pensions without any contribution to gdp
Would u include mother's services in NI
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And basic qs on that
Asked what's included in national income but not in personal income (couldn't answer the basic q : taxes)
Then check the graph of price lime and asked which market is this
I said normal market
Then Asked me to recheck as it was of perfect competition
Then I drew all the 3 priceline of
Monopoly monopolistic and perfect competition
Asked about some terms I didn't even heard about
And I fumbled a lotttt
Asked about acoustic guitar
Electric guitar functioning
Where was mouth organ invented
This was all
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PANEL 3 DELHI
both males
tell me smth about yourself that we should know
(mentioned martial arts)
what form of martial arts?
a martial art form?
in olympics what martial art form is played?
martial art champion? no clue
kerala form?
(forgot)
asked 2 full forms?(no clue)
hyperbola equations
fumbled when asked graph.
asked me the meaning of my name
why skills do you think you can gain?
7/7/2025 21:16:25
why skills will iim ranchi help you with?
asked about my army background?
fmcg brands? (mentioned HUL)
asked a lot of questions in this
application of Ai in war?
application of AI in business?
what all places have you been posted to?
asked about bengal?
tiger park?(mentioned sundarbans)
asked what plants? couldnt recall
said thank you when i was leaving asked me did you come from jaipur? said yes
with your parents? mentioned only here with mother father posted in Shillong
said “i think Shillong is also launching its programme”
anyways thank you so muchh all the best
a lot of emphasis on gk, almost no acads question. Some hr but questions asked were either factual or generalised opinion based.
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7/7/25
Forenoon
Panel 2
Commerce with core maths
I had 2 male panelists. (Let's call them P1 and P2)
P1 starts first
What is the meaning of my name? Answered it
Asked for my intro (nobody cut me in between and actually allowed me to complete my intro)
What's your current chess rating? (I mentioned I wanted to become grandmaster in chess)
What should be your rating if you want to become grandmaster (Answered)
Who is your favourite player in chess? (Answered)
What do you make of Israel-Iran war? (I mentioned I loved Geopolitics) (Answered the question)
7/7/2025 23:58:24
Name 5 european countries with their capitals. (Answered)
P1 smiled and nodded at P2 (I could see that they were impressed by my answers to geopolitical questions)
P2 started asking questions
He asked me only Stock market questions. I could answer a bit in the starting but after a couple of minutes, I tried to show to him that I don't know
much about the stock market
He still continued asking me stock market related questions and he grilled me on that for 10 minutes straight. (I don't even remember the questions at
this point) He was literally giving me a "mockery smile" :((
In the end, he said "aapko aata toh nahi h khuch toh aapke 12th m itne acche number kaise aa gye?" (I told him I'm a full dropper + I was really sick for
the past 30-40 days so I couldn't study properly to which he just said "kaam toh chalte rehna chahiye")
P2 was smiling at me the whole time and P1 was just disappointed:(
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Panel 6, delhi (pcm+partial dropper)

P1 and P2,
P1: Introduce yourself
P2: what were ur fav subject in college and school (said maths and eco)
P2: can u draw me the graph of x^2 and x^3(drew)
P2: tell me about this merit cum scholarship of yours(I had my application among top 10 and I told them how I got it what will happen in that)
P2: why iim ranchi if u are in TAPMI
(Said financially iim ranchi is economical and better in terms of quality of education and curriculum)
P2: asked my opinion about operation sindoor and Israel and iran (answered)
7/8/2025 11:36:12 P2: asked me about e-sports (yessss and they were impressed on hearing I earned 2300 dollars along with performing decent in 10th boards, they said
so you play games and perform too, asked me how does gaming affect an individual, answered)
P2: are u playing games now? Said no sir, iam focusing 100% on my academics now
P2: how will ranchi benefit your policy-making (answered)
Then he asks P1 to ask me questions
P1: how many iims, latest iim, which iims provide IPM and ug courses ( answered all)
P1: so you are determined that you will pursue IPM at iim ranchi if u get in (said yess sir with energy)
P2: okay final question for you now Harshdeep, analyse Nehru's tenure and Modi's tenure, answered in terms of approach to sovereignty
In the end they both looked at each other and nodded with a smile
P1 said to me lookout for committees that might interest you, I said yes sir I'm interested in polynomics and paradox, committees that have policy
making workshops along with economics and I see it as a great opportunity, he smiled and seemed very happy
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Ranchi Interview Transcript
7 July 2025
No introduction
1. What did you study in B. St?
2. What is Management
3. What is a Partnership
4. Difference between a Partnership, Joint Venture, and Merger & Acquisition
5. When is TU = MU?
6. National Park in UP
7. Name Dams and their rivers
8. Border city in UP
9. Name the National parks and their states
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10. What is the Chipko Movement?
11. Equation and graph of a Hyperbola
12. How do you convert hyperbolas into parabolas
13. Equation and graph of a line
14. What did you study in FMM (6th subject)
15. What are bonds?
16. Airport in Ghaziabad? Was it always an airport?
17. What are your hobbies?
18. What are good platforms for creative writing?
19. Name some tribal freedom fighters. Which state are they from?
20. How will you, as an introvert, contribute to the organization? Will you be unable to work is a team?
21. What are your core values?
7/7/2025
Panel 1
Commerce with maths
7/10/2025 9:59:07 2 male panelist
Entered asked to sit down.they had my marksheets and looked at my 12th marksheet asked about 100 in statistics.a few questions about statistics.what
A few questions about accountancy what are the types of assets what are fictitious assets,etc.then switched to my marksheets again saw I was from ker
Give examples.that was it
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