Hi,
I had applied to Iowa Tippie and had my interview yesterday.. Thought of sharing the experience with u all. Hope it helps others who have aplied there.
Well, my interview overall was okies type. Herez the story:
Had my call scheduled at 8pm yest. i thought of taking the interview from office conf room as there wont b any disturbances there. so, the call started at 8pm sharp
after the initial introductions and plesentaries, my interview started.. first question-- why mba n why tippie
now, i was ready for this question and had noted down few imp points in a notebook lookin at which i started answering the question. halfway thru my answer, the interviewer says that he is not able to here me clearly and my voice is breaking..
me in ful tension now as to what shud i do. came out of the conf room and started runnin towards the exit. spent two three min in sorting this prob during which v even discussed the possibility of postponing the interview. but just as we were about to come to a conclusion on postponing the interview, suddenly the voice and the connection got fine and the interviewer was able to hear me clearly.. n at this point, i was standin on the staircase between 2nd and 3rd floor. so, i had to give my interview standing thr n with no pen, paper, notes, or comp to take some help from.
so, i again started replyin to the first question.. but becoz of all these incidents, i was in a bit of tenision n messed up my reply. i was not able to reply her to my satisfaction... n i felt tht this interview is goin to b screwed.. btw, this was my lifes first interview as i had gotten into Infosys on the basis of written test n without ny intervew.. so, u can understand my nervousness standin in middle of staircases n givin lifes first interview with the first question being screwed up...
anyways, after screwing my first answer, i tireid to calm myself and tried to giv my best shot at remaining questions.. so, the questions kept on coming for half n hr n i kept on answering..
i had prepared for quiet a few questions which normally r asked in interviews. but i was asked only few of these questions.. all the other questions were new to me and i had not prepared for them.. nor did i have any pen n paper to note down the questions correctly n plan my answer.. so, the answers i replied were formed on tht moment itself..
following is the list of questions i can remember being asked:
1> Why MBA n why Tippie
2> Tell me of an instance where u displayed ur leadership skills. and why do you think that u were able to display ur leadership skills? how did u convince others in ur team to follow u?
3> Tell me of an instance when there was a conflict in your team. what did u do to resolve the conflict
4> Assume u r the CEO of a company and want to improve the performance of the company. Tell me two measures you will take, how will u implement them and how will you measure there success
5> Assume you are the head of an organization where all perform well. but one particular individual always underperforms. how will you handle this situation
6> Did u ever face any situation where u had to choose between two paths which were both crucial for u but u were faced with ethical dilemma
7> How will u contribute to the various clubs and organizations v have at Tippie and how will u maintain balance between studies n xtra curriculars
8> How do u think u will be able to handle the peer pressure who are all competetive and possess excellent leading abilities
9> This question i was not able to understand clearly even though i asked the lady to repeat it twice. it was somethin like the MBA in US is expensive and on return after mba, it may not b that worth spending this much amount onur education.. what wil u do then?
10> where do u plan to work after mba? do u wish to go bac n serve ur country? or u want to become one of the many intl students who come here to study n end up working for US?
11> what xperience do u have of leading a team and of organizing or participatin in xtra curricular activities
this was her side of questions.. then i got my chance to take revenge..
so, i asked her all about the financial aid system and chances of gettin aid. I even asked her about what are my chances of being selected...
.. she tried replyin to this question quiet diplomatically...
nyways, that was my lifes first interview xperience.. hav 2nd intervief of Kelley tonight.. hope this one goes much better...
chalo then.. wil end my story here.. u people can also share ur xperience...
wish u all a very gud luck with ur interviews.. n u wish me gud luck for my remainin interviews
got a mail from them yest night statin tht my application was not accepted by the admission committee. 
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