IIM k interview

[catathon]

well its just the process that counts

right on

and even if one cannot employ googling in PIs,the key remains in giving evidence of ur thinking ability.results be damned



cheers

catathon

[shub001]

Well what i think is that at PI they look more at ur confidence rather than ur answer. So whatever u say u must be confident enough in ur answer.

Well I can be pretty confident when I say I don't know, I have had loads of practice in varied circumstances, of saying that

[da_supertalent]

well googling is an art!

but seriously the question is somethin co.s like mckinsey/bgc/bain etc. would ask..
here's a question along the same lines -

how many ping-pong balls can u fit in a boeing 747??

ne1 gonna take a shot at this?

googling is not allowed!

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by da_supertalent

how many ping-pong balls can u fit in a boeing 747??
ne1 gonna take a shot at this?

i shall have the honour
well the answer is 13,59,785

justification in the next post

[da_supertalent]

dude! still waitin for justification!

u tryin to call frnds at mckinsey to find out?

my ans is 11.3 * 10^6..

justification after u give urs

ps. no1 else takin a shot at it?

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by anil

well the answer is 13,59,785

well u just dint mention which Boeing 747 it was
ur answer is nearly 100 times mine...so mebbe u thot of Boeing 747-400-ERF, i was thinkin of the 747-200F

[da_supertalent]

i gotta funny feeling u've been googling for the past few hours!

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by da_supertalent

i gotta funny feeling u've been googling for the past few hours!

damn i just got up at 11.40..and regarding the models of Boeing, i know quite some of 'em..as i said earlier, we cant take a laptop and a modem..so the qn of 'googling' doesnt arise
tumhare funny feelings tumhe mubarak ho

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by da_supertalent

my ans is 11.3 * 10^6..
justification after u give urs

supertalent ji...we are waiting for ur justification

[da_supertalent]

what's the matter, frnds at mckinsey didn't know?

ok here goes -

im assuming the balls stay in the body of the plane and am excluding the wings

no. of balls = vol. of boeing / vol. of ball

vol. of ball = 4/3 * pi * r(cube) ~ 4.16 cc (rad of ball taken as 1 cm)

vol. of plane = no. of ppl * vol. of 1 person

vol. of 1 person = pi * r (sq) * h (am assuming em to be cylinders)

= 56520 cc (ht of 180 cms and breadth of 20 cms)

seating cap of boeing 747 is ~ 400, actual space about 3 times that = 1200 ppl

so finally, no. of balls = 1200 * 56250 / 4.16

~ 11.3 * 10^6

some calculation are really rough, too lazy to be accurate

now, anil bhai ur turn