Hi all ISB aspirants,

Here is some info I collected.

First visit this page and this one also

Now, currently ISB interview process is going on.... Some of the experiences which I gathered from isb-pgp@yahoogroups.com
Interview experience 1 :

kunal to isb-pgp

Hi All.
Gave ISB interview this sunday at oberoi bangalore. They started
with very open question " Tell us about yourself". Overall It was
more like a chit-chat rather than interview.. Their main focus was
why ISB ? What am I looking into ISB ?

I was the last person to get interviewed that day in oberoi. It lasts
around 15-20 minutes only. They basically gave me that time to
market myself. When I am done with answering about myself... the next
question was tell us more about yourself !!

No leg-pulling .. nothing to solve onspot.. Completely professional
Interview !!

Almost everybody else also have same experience. It was kind of
interview where you come out with feeling that you cracked it . and
later realize everybody else having the same experience.. so it is
sort of vague entity now. Only thing left is now is wait and watch !!

-kunal

Interview experience 2 :

Mayank Sethi to isb-pgp


My interview experiece....

Reached the venue....about an hour before time....met
with a few guys who had come for the interview...

Went inside the room for the interview an hour after
scheduled time...and the interview started with a
discussion on smoking...and went on to finding the
perfect life partner to various 'pit stop startegies'
in formula one.

Was then given a chance to ask some questions about
ISB and then inetrview ended with the Panel
apologizing for being rude..which they were not...

Over all a good experience .

Keeping my fingers crossed...

-Mayank

Interview experience 3 :

amit_nm to isb-pgp

Yes, does sound like that.

Mine went on similar lines too.

Panel: 2 associated with Dean's office, one alumn from the first
batch that graduated in 2002
Venue: Hotel Gateway, Bangalore

Tell me about yourself
What do you think is your biggest achievement so far, not
necessarily at work. How did you achieve it?
You have spent time at many different places. Which was the most
memorable one
You are already in a managerial role. Then why an MBA?
What other schools are you considering ? Why not IIM?
Explain contradiction/vast difference between long and short term
goals?
On my long term goal- explain why you think this is a good
opportunity. Name 3 hurdles you see in your way.
What are your weaknesses? (Was asked to name an additional one over
what i had put in my "failure" essay.)
How do you plan to fund your course at ISB?
Any questions on ISB?

Interview experience 4 :

K P Vijaya Kumar to isb-pgp

Finished my interview this afternoon in Taj West, B'lore. The panel
consisted of Mr. Menon (adcom director), a girl (current student) and
an alum. They were very professional and cordial through out. Most of
them were standard questions such as "Tell us about yourself", "why
did you switch over the job 3 months back", "what is the difference
between previous job and this", "long term goal", "Post-ISB immediate
goal", "who is the IT leader whom you admire" and finally "how would
you rate George Bush".I felt I was very relaxed through out the
interview since the panel was very friendly.

I felt the interview went decently well, but feel I could have done it
better. Keeping the fingers crossed....All the best for other
candidates...

Regards,
Vijay.

Interview experience 5 :

shekhar_rev to isb-pgp

Hi Folks ,

Interview Experience -

Scene 1 -
I "thought" that the interview was to held in Taj Residency .. so i
went there .. realised it isnt taj residency .. cursed my self about
my sloppiness ... cursed myself that i became so happy reading the
mail .. that i didnt bother to double-check where the interview is to
be held. .. ran to taj gateway because interviews were being held
there also ( learned from the forum ).. meanwhile i get a call on the
mobile that asks .. where are u .. we are waiting in the taj oberoi.
All this because i am terribly tied up in work , am getting married
next week and running a bad temperatur ( Excuses ). Made it to venue a
good 25 minutes beyond scheduled time. Perfect start to Phase 2.

Scene 2 -
The interview panel had Mr Ajit Rangnekar ( Deputy Dean, ISB ) and a
member from the adcom and an alum. As expected , the first question ,
what punishment should we give you for coming late ?

Scene 3 -
Apart from the first few minutes , i thought i had a rocking time and
was able to answer most of the questions to my satisfaction. But again
.. it is like those interviews .. where you can never make out how you
did .. the more you think about it, you think you could have improved
on some aspects .. at the same time .. you are generally optimistic.

Scene 4 -
Total interview time 45 minutes , current affaris , explain job
hopping ( 4 jobs in 4.5 years ), how would you sell a solution to a
client , since i had something "Different" in the essays .. there was
some amount of "leg-pulling" about the same. Technical challenges ,
managerial challenges , in fact so many areas that i probably dont
recollect.

Summary - You can't prepare beyond a certain point , It has to be
natural , you might come prepared with a lot of answers to stock
questions like "Why MBA" , "Why ISB" .. but there could be other
questions that they ask , whose answers could contradict your "well
prepared" answers. So be your natural self ..

The folks on the panel were awesome .. because they were so
friendly .. i could recover in 1 mintue from the "flustered state "
that i was in. These guys rock ..

Preparation -
last week of bachelorhood .. so have been having major parties and saw
swades the day before the interview and collated data from various
forums and blogs about possible questions and interviews. Very minimal
preparation

Advise -
Make a list of all the Taj brand hotels the route maps. Keep a vehicle
handy , in case you want to roam around the different hotels like
me.

Apologies for the typos and grammatical errors .. have a train to
catch in a few hours. Best of luck to all the folks having interview
calls and to those who are waiting for them. Also all the best to
folks who have finished interviews.

rgds
chandra

Interview experience 6 :

archana reddy to isb-pgp


Just finished my interview today ... thought i would
put the experience up here ....

Reached the venue a full half hour before schedule ...
met three guys already waiting there....<< everybody
is with the isb group >> Kept talking about our
profiles and ISB for a while .... my interview was
scheduled at 11 but i was summoned in at around 12:15
...the panel consisted of the adcom dir Mr.Menon and
two alumni... the interview went on for half an hour
.... it started on a tell me abt urself note ....from
there why isb ? why mba ? abt my work ex, interests ..
since i work for a chinese firm they wanted to know
why only one chinese company is in india ? ...my long
term and short term goals.... since politics happens
to be one of my long term goals ... the interview took
off on that front for a while ... what plagues indian
politics today .... what would u suggest to improve
the political scene ...

i was given a chance to ask them questions abt ISB at
the end. asked them a couple of questions ...

It was very professionally conducted and was very
profile based ... my only advice to those who are yet
to attend the interview ... be urself and let the
panel know all u want to tell them... dont assume its
already in the resume or the essay so i neednt mention
it... good luck

Interview experience 7 :

sudhama vemuri to isb-pgp

Hi all,

Finished my interview just now.. about an hour back...

Met a fellow wiproite (Abhishek) at the venue (The Oberoi). The interview lasted for about 20 mins.. a panel of 3.. . went along expected lines.. I wasnt asked anything that I wasn't prepared for .. luckily.. ;-))..

The usual Q about .. what is unique about u ??.. how do you stand out from the large pool of IT guys.

Fellas.. if you are in the IT industry... be ready with a good answer... I am sure everyone will be able to find something or the other in his/her profile.. project it with confidence..

Apart from that they wanted to know more about my professional experience.. short-term and long-term goals etc etc

In the end.. I asked a couple of questions to wrap it up...

All in all.. it was pretty ok I wud say..

My advice.. just be calm.. and clear in what you say out there and also have a good set of Qs ready for them ...

Best of Luck everyone

Suds.


Hope all this info helps.....and best luck guys n gals.....

FYI: I am NOT a current/past student of ISB or an aspirant of ISB this year.

Ketan