Interview experience
BOI Noida
entered the room after seeking and getting the permission, panel consisted of 5 members 1F and 4M, {female(the interviewer) had came out while the candidate before me having his interview to collect some yellow envelopes and some documents and she went back inside after 1 min,} she was busy with those envelopes and documents when i entered the room still I wished her first and other panelists afterwards, as they replied to me and asked me to sit(they all seemed to be in hurry as it was already 1700 Hrs & the female interviewer who can out of the room earlier asked the staff outside who were facilitating the interviews 'ke baaki sabka kitna baaki hai' & she came to know ke baaki sab panels mein 3-5 baaki the unke mein 8-9), now
M1(center sitting) : kya kiya hai aapne(looking and trying to find out my highest qualification in my documents)(as expected they didn't asked me introduce yourself)shortage of time
me: Sir, BSC non medical and after that mba marketing
M1: Is it like that Marketing is the relatively the easiest stream in mba, you know random sampling?( I replied yes) if I take 100 random MBA degree holders out of them 85-90 would be MBA marketing? WHY
Me: instead of speaking for all who do marketing mba I choose to answer why I did MBA in marketing and the M1 looked satisfied and happy with it.
M1: your favorite subject in MBA?
Me: with a smile Marketing.
M1: (while tryng to find himself from where I did it 'the place') askd me kahan se
me: kolkata
M1: your native place?
Me: hisar haryana
M1: your parents were with you?
Me: no,
M1 : all the way from hayrana you went to kolkata?
Me: i told them that I got good college there so I decided to go there.
M2: accha ye advertisement marketing ka part hai?
Me: yes sir
M2: you must be knowing the brand colgate, its an old and household name to the extent that toothpastes are generally called 'colgate' yet they advertise for it , why?
Me: explained it with giving to main reasons i) competiton ii) re-enforcement and new available market and to maintain the market share.(he looked satisfied)
M3: he gave the example of bag pipper soda add and said here they are picturing something else and are marketing something else? which type of marketing is it?
Me: sir surrogate marketing (M2 in btwn said yes yes surrogate marketing)
M3: cn you give another example of it?
Me; answered
M3: if it is so is there any law looking after it?
Me: sorry sir I don't know.
M3: Wasn't it there in your curriculum?
Me: as far as i remember it wasnt.
F1 and M5 still busy with their stuff of envelopes n all
M1: If we absorb you in our banking system how can you contribute?
Me: related my strengths and mba learnings with examples of my internship and gave an explanation.(all seemed happy with it)
M2: accha beta jaldi apni hobbies btao
Me: told them gardening and playing cricket?
M2: kitchen gardening or flowers?
Me: kitchen
M2 : Accha ye btao muli kaise ugaate hain?
Me: told him.
M2: cricket khe;te ho ya dekhte ho?
Me: sir prefer PLaying.
M2: (even I used to) if u r a right hander mid-wicket is on which side of urs?
Me: sir on my left side, and Sir u seems to be good at pull shots.
All started laughing.
M2: ok beta thats it.
M1 : thank you for coming & it was pleasure talking to u 😃
Me: (Aila aisa bolte hain kya ye log)thank you sir & same here. said thank you to busy woman and to others too.