FMS PERSONAL INTERVIEWS:

1.
FMS interview
B.Tech(C.S.E) fresher,
23/4/21,11:20 to 1:20 slot.
6-7 mins.
Two panelists a male(M) and a female(F),

M:(appeared to be having audio issues)

Why mba?
Me: gave the prepared answer.

F:why fms?
Me: student run campus, legacy, 10,000+ alumnus, marketing campus.

M: what are your qualities

Me: Started speaking and was stopped by F before even i spoke a word.

F: let’s end it after the extempore.

M:Your topic is cryptocurrency. (He clearly mentioned that he doesn’t want me to define it)
Me: said about how it was banned in india and different financial institutions have started
investing in cryptocurrencies. Sopke about dogecoin and muskgate.

F: okay we have a minute do a quick swot analysis on your personality.

Me: (already had prepared the answer which i was going to give earlier). Spoke for half a
minute. They said that’s it. The very next minute a message appears (The host has removed
you from the meeting)

2.
FMS interview
Date: 23/04
1M, 1F
Female interviewer didn't ask anything

M: choose an extempore topic of your choice

Me: something around the current covid crisis

M: no, something else

Me: development of cricket in India

M: ok. I'll give something related. Cricket is a waste of time for country like India
Me: tried to put my points but couldn't convince him otherwise.

M: isn't it a form of intoxication?

He went on to compare cricket with drinking

M: why MBA?
Me: answered

M: every engineer wants to build products but there are no products in India like China does.
I tried to answer but got interrupted again.

M: any hobbies?
Me: photography, watching cricket

M: any books you read?

Me: sapiens

M: everyone appearing for an interview says that. Anyways, thank you.

FMS Interview
Date 23/04/21
Slot 4 20 - 6 20 pm
Btech Chemical Engineering NIT Bhopal Fresher
10cgpa/95%/99.29 Percentile
Two Panelists one male (M) one female (F)

M- what should I call you? Sidra or Nasir?

Me- cleared out that my name is Sidra and my father's is Nasir.

M- okay, Sidra tell me about your background

Me- fresher Btech in Chemical engineering from NIT Bhopal (interrupted here)

M- okay, so you are a chemical engineer. Sidra do you follow Indian politics?
Me- Yes sir, somewhat.

M- okay so if we say your extempore topic is "how Indian politics is more of chemistry than mere
mathematics" will you be comfortable?
Me- Yes sir
(Gave me 15 seconds to think)
Me- told about how Indian politics are not just simple mathematics equations of addition and
subtraction. But more of complex structures like Chemistry. Told about different types of bondind
and forces in chemistry and their degree.. ionic bond, covalent bond, Van der wall forces..and
how similarly different parties of India have varying degree of forced between them. (Despite
many national parties, only two are leading). Then told about forces which only work in specified
region and do not work in a much larger range.. similarly there are some parties that are doing
really well in a particular region AAP in Delhi, and how TMC has lead in Bengal but these are
not of much importance at the national scale.. also talked about electrophile and nucleophile
which attracts opposite electron deficient or surplus atoms towards them.. and how parties
attract voters using their setbacks (like people belonging to backward castes). Was interrupted
here.

M- do politicians in India play fair on Ethical ground?

Me- not exactly, many use cast and religion as their tool to draw voters towards them and
explained how "vote banks" work. And how in India it's not "cast your vote" but "vote your cast".

M- okay. So what is a chemical engineer doing at a B school?

Me- told how engineering was my choice but chemical wasn't. And how I'm inclined to
management. (Interrupted)

M- this seems more of a tutored answer. Tell us how you got interested in management.
Me- I was involved in extra curricular (interrupted here and said no activites. Your motivation)
I then talked about how women entrepreneurs fascinates me. Quoted Falguni Nayar (Nykaa's
CEO) talked about manager's role.

M- still not convinced. If I'm interested in something I'll do read about it right? So what did you
read about management?
Me- I've an inclination for marketing. And in 2020 I did an online course offered by Google on
"digital marketing".

M- tell me 4 terms that you have learnt from that course.

Me- Search engine optimization, search engine marketing, audience segmentation, 4P's of
marketing.

M- okay fair enough. Where are you connecting from?

Me- Bhopal

M- ohh soorma Bhopali? (Everybody laughed)

M- Sidra that's it by our end.

It lasted for about 10 minutes.

F just sat and gazed the screen for the entire time.
Interview went well, though I'm not sure about the SOP part, because he was just not getting
convinced.

3.
FMS PI 6 minutes
8.6/76/73 GEM mech.

1. Where are you joining from.. talked abt gajraula, tigri..

2. Take us through your journey to why mba?

3. Topic - disruptive technologies 10 seconds to think & a minute to speak ( accha hua pada hua
tha, lucky me )

4. SWOT analysis of yourself.. ended by saying at times I get panicked like i am r8 now.. she
was laughing..

5. Economics and finance par what is gdp and how it is calculated..

6. So do we include foreign nationals and NRIs.. I said that is included in GNP

4.

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FMS interview
What an experience
1M, 1F, lady didn't ask any questions
Extempore: Rock and roll
Guitar player sooo

M: what do you think about jazz?

Small discussion on jazz, jazz singing and stuff. Asked me about psychedelic music, and asked
why singers do weird stuff on stage

M: guitar player and mechanical engineering, don't seem to go together. Mechanical is dull,
music is creative. Monologue mein chale gaye sir. Fir pucha if there are any examples of
creativity in mechanical. Said sir there's loads of scope for creativity in mech, industrial design is
a subset. One example is the moto razr, which is iconic now.

M: is it a mechanical device? What are the moving parts?

Said its an electro-mechanical device, several mechanical moving parts eg the flip mechanism
itself. Was a game changer at that time. xD

M: what is your vision of India? Positive or negative

Said there's potential, but personally short-term outlook is veering towards negative-
(Cuts in) M: What do you like the most about india?
Talked about how Indians are perennially optimistic, hopeful that things will get better-
M cracks a joke a joke about Indians digging a pit, jumping in, and being hopeful that someone
will get them out of it

M: what other hobbies do you have? Do you read? What book did you read recently?
Said I read India moving by chinmay tumbe

M: arre yaar what kinda books are these, read something that we're familiar with no, like
gurcharan das

M: What other calls do you have?

Said a,b,l,fms

M: so you don't need fms

Me: NO SIR I ABSOLUTELY DO, judging by how the other interviews went, I really need it

M: So the other interviews didn't go well?

Said I wasn't happy with the interviews, but it's tough to know what the interviewers make of the
answers we give I suppose.

M: how do you think this interview is going?

Said it's tough to know what you make of the answers I'm giving

M: Okay, that would be all

5.
FMS Interview
Date:23/04/21
Batch: 2pm-4pm

Chemical engineering graduate

33 month consulting experience @ KPMG
Panel: 1M,1F

Asked about family and thier health

Explained the process

M: Extempore topic: T20 A great uniter in India

F: in your SOP you have highlighted the importance of management skills, why are they so
important?

F: 5 countries and thier Central Banks

M: Recent news that you've read
Me: Tiger global's investment in Coinswitch Kuber

F: what do you know about digital yuan

M: What is cryotocurrency?

F: What do you do in your free time?

Me: Answered about reading and how much time I spend on it

F: Favourite Author
Me: Jeffery Archer

F: what books of his I have read and why is he my favourite author?

F: Who is the publisher for Jeffery Archer

M: Thank you for your time you can leave now.

6.
FMS interview
Date: 23 April
Panel: 1M,1F

First explained the rules.

M: Extempore topic : I love junk food.

Me: Said about it's preffered over healthy food coz it's tasty. Pandemic has affected our
preference to be healthy. Necessary to balance between junk and healthy food.

F: What are your goals(mentioned achieve my goals in SOP)

Me: Told

F: 3 social entrepreneurs.
Me: Said can't recall any right now.

F: 3 emerging technologies.
Me: Mentioned 5G, ML/AI,Quantum computing.

M: Hobbies?
Me: Told (playing football was one of them)

M: Soccer league in India?

Me: Told.

M: How you stay updated?

Me: Newspaper - TOI.

M: Topic of recent editorials.

Me: Told.

M: Which Indian states have you visited?

Me: Told.

Thanks. Bye.

7.
FMS Interview
GEM Fresher
11:20 - 1:20
Started at 1:00 pm
2F panelists (one of them Prof. Sengupta)

Introduce Yourself in 30 sec

(Told but couldn't finish)

Extempore: Innovation vs invention

(Spoke well enough)

Take us through your SOP

(Told Why FMS and Why MBA)

You've written strategic marketing in your SOP (* I was like shit... koi difference/definition naa
pooche *) What is the difference between marketing and strategic marketing (* shittt *
(told marketing is broad - gave definition, lots of hand movements, strategic marketing is much
more focused)

Do you read any books

(I was like no ma'am but... * cuts in between - But you thought interviews k pehle padh leta
hun?? * * laughter laughter . .. hahahah . .. nervous laughter from my end * I said no ma'am
but I plan to - Philip Kotler... * she starts laughing a lot idk why *)

So What do you think a sabjiwala who hasn't read Kotler, does for marketing
(Gave a nice answer - I think she liked my answer too)
(finally said stay safe, follow precautions - i said that to her!! maybe shouldnt have but I was
nervous so blabbered something
and it was nice talking to you)

Panel was Extremely chill.. loved it

8.
FMS Interview
9/9/8
GEF ECE FRESHER
11:20-1:20
2M 1F Panelists

Introduce yourself

Extempore- The best day of my life

Sop discussion

Why Marketing

Why are people attracted towards brands

Are Fortune 500 companies list one time or are regularly updated

Who makes the list

What is a balance sheet

What factors influence value of a currency

7-8 mins
Very chill panel
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FMS
Fresher (2020 Dec passout)
Engineering in ECE

Two panelists
One male(faculty for sure as he was a elder one) and one female.

M start explaining the process

So you are from Hyderabad.
F - extempore topic - importaance of social responsibility

M - which color is your background?

How many switches does the board have ?

What is color of your kerchief in your blazer?

M - your college is guru nanak institute so questions about him

Name 3 gurudwara's

What about gurudwara in Pakistan?

what is the problem over there?

Over to F - what have you done post your graduation

Done
Friendly panel
10 mins

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FMS PI

2 panelist at first.

- Where are you joining from?

😔😔
Extempore - Antilla
Could speak for about 30-40sec only.

-Do you think he (mukesh ambani) is morally right in building one of the most expensive
structure in city having world's largest slum?

😅)
Discussed a little bit on it.
(ps:i was on side of mukesh bhai

-Share of Jio in market? And share of other companies?

Told

-News related to spectrum?

Told about deal between Airtel and Jio. Didn't knew the exact amount of deal.

-Main issue with farmer law?

Told. Discussed on MSP and contract farming.

-Name any poverty alleviation program by government.

Mentioned MNREGA and elaborated.

-What books do you read?

I said I read randomly and no particular genre.

😂
Female panelist pulled my leg, "oh! random what's the random distribution curve" then she said
Just kidding. Meanwhile other panelist was dozing off.

-Asked my favorite book.

The recursive universe by William poundstone. Told about the emergence phenomena
discussed in the book.

-So, basically book says there's no God (it doesn't btw but I went with the flow) do you have any
problem with that?
Nope.

-Male panelist entered out of nowhere in the meeting, sleepy female panelist woke up and all
three said in unison, "Okay, Rishabh that's it you can leave stay safe."

Exited nervously.
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FMS
Slot 4.20-6
1 male and 1 female panelists
Explained the process
Extempore- small is beautiful

1.Elaborate on work ex

2.Which global business leader you follow ( I work for the Director of a PSU)

3. Social entrepreneur you follow

4. 5 problems of IITs ( graduate from IIT Bombay)

5.what do you do in free time

6. Which type of movies you like ( mentioned watching movies earlier)

7.discussed about Bajirao Mastani that do you think someone can actually pull off a stunt like
hitting the feather inside the mud ( jovial mood)

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FMS
Male EWS Engineer
(95/86/80)
CAT: 98.33
12-13 mins
2 panelists, both female

Q1. Introduce yourself

Q2. Extempore - Once bitten twice shy

Q3. Discussion on extempore

Q4. Small guestimates on mobile market increase or decrease in last quarter, reasons behind it,
major players in mobile market

Q5. SOP

Q6. Last book I read

Q7. Name two business magazines and two business news paper

Q8. Other calls

Q9. Preferred specialization

Q10. Dream companies

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FMS Interview (27/04) 5-6 min

1M , 1F ( M L Singla, Sunita Sengupta)

M - Good Afternoon X
X - Good Afternoon Sir. Good Afternoon Ma'am.

M - Explained the process ( Extempore, SOP, PI) Now Ma'am will give you the Extempore Topic.

F - Vande Bharat

X - Told about the Vande Bharat Mission by Government for evacuation of People. Stopped
before they stop me.

M - Okay. That's Good. So, now I will go through your SOP. You have. mentioned about Theater,
Treks, Photography.
So, What are the drama schools apart from NSD.

X - Able to told only one

M - Okay, tell about NSD.

X - Perhaps another Extempore. Told about NSD and its notable Alums.

M - Okay, So What camera do you use for Photography.

X - Told about my camera.

M - What is Camera's Aperture

X - Told

So, Now ma'am will adk some questions

F - What do you think, why India was partitioned?

X - Told

F - If the partition not happened, would India be the largest country?

X - No, Russia

F - Which Country manufacturers highest no of semiconductor

X - WTF ( I am from Civil Engineering) Told don't know. May be US or India

Okay X, thank you for your time. Stay Safe!

No TMAY, WHY MBA, WHY FMS Nothing

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FMS
One male one female

Q : where am I located
A: from Bangalore, but in Chennai

Q: extempore topic is lotus

A: full story on how my life story is like a lotus, I grow from the dirt, rise up through muddy
waters and blossom(included Starbucks story of me working during college to support myself)

Q: education background
A: answered

Q: they stopped me in the middle and asked that I'd mentioned that FMS is the most democratic
b school, can you explain why and where you got this info from?
A: I didn't get this info from anywhere, it's a conclusion I came to on my own, because a lot of
other b schools focus a lot on school acads which you can only focus on if you come from a
privileged background, if you have to focus on your family finances, academics becomes
secondary which makes some of the other schools inaccessible to a certain section of society,
this is why I believe FMS is the most democratic b school.

Q: you've mentioned about Hunger, so how would you solve world hungry especially in sub
Saharan Africa
A: 1) try to grow things that can actually grow in Africa, don't use a one size fits all approach
2) don't drastically change the normal diet of the people, this can lead to a lot of health issues
3) we can easily easily do it by curbing food wastage, a third of all food in the world goes to the
dust bin, if you take the Americas it's 40%

Q: okay so you think we will have food security looking at climate change
A: not if we stay the way we are, we'll need to make a few changes

Q: what are these changes

A: sustainable agriculture, have example of Californian almonds and how they make no sense
2) moving to a more plant based diet can be very helpful

Q: okay Kamal, I wish you the very best for your future endeavours, stay safe :)
A: I hope you have a great day!

Q: you too

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FMS
Interview Experience
2 females, Prof.Soma dey and Prof.Tanuja Agarwal

F1: So Abhishek, from where you are joining?

F1: So your extempore topic is Blue Moon.

Then she asked are you comfortable with it.
I said never heard of it.

F1: Then your topic is Prayag

F1: Work related questions

F2: Asked about farming in my hometown

F2: What you like to read

I said history and mythology

F2: Asked about Battle of plassey and World war 1 and 2

F2: Name some country which use dollar as currency

I said America, Australia, New-zealand, Canada

F2: Tell me some more

I said i can't recall more

F1: Thank you very much and all the best. Stay safe

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FMS
B.Tech( Mech)
1 yr work exp in industrial utilities
8-10 mins
2 female panelists

F1
- what are you doing right now?
Practicing reiki and helping ppl get relieved of their mental distress
- ok ur extempore topic is: Happiness comes from helping others
Used the reference of doctors.. A lawyer helping his client getting justice.. NGOs helping the
needy and some more points

- who do you think are heros in this time

Said i won't mention doctors rather focus on some others.. Security guards of residential
societies.. Ppl working under corporation for cleanliness and sanitisation.. Was going to mention
more but was cut in

- why don't you think politicians are heros?

Gave an example of IAS working with local leaders of Madurai.. Was cut in again I'm asking abt
politicians not IAS..

Used the reference of SG-- if you ask a student he'll say 2+2= 4
If u ask politician he'll say 2+2 = 4 votes
Had a bit of laughter there..

- ok take me through ur sop and why mba

Answered

- ok that's all from my side

F2
- so what do u read in ur free time
Said Economic Times and have been reading 'Thinking fast and slow'

- ok tell me what do u understand by that in one line

Answered

Alright that's it take care n be safe.

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FMS
Background - NIT Passout/Work ex - Tata Motors
1M 1F

M - How is everyone at family ?

M - Read out my Profile as per FMS sheet

M - Extempore topic is MAKE IN INDIA

F - What are Cross Functional teams?

F - You mentioned in your SOP about the pillars of FMS being student faculty and alumni, what
are some things student of FMS are doing differently from other bschools?

F - What is TBEM?

F - Which all companies are TBEM compliant?

F - you missed the major company name, anyways

M - What do you do in your free time?

M - okay Thank you Saurav, you can leave

10-12 mins approx

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FMS PI

2 panelist at first.

- Where are you joining from?

😔😔
Extempore - Antilla
Could speak for about 30-40sec only.

-Do you think he (mukesh ambani) is morally right in building one of the most expensive
structure in city having world's largest slum?

😅)
Discussed a little bit on it.
(ps:i was on side of mukesh bhai

-Share of Jio in market? And share of other companies?

Told

-News related to spectrum?

Told about deal between Airtel and Jio. Didn't knew the exact amount of deal.

-Main issue with farmer law?

Told. Discussed on MSP and contract farming.

-Name any poverty alleviation program by government.

Mentioned MNREGA and elaborated.

-What books do you read?

I said I read randomly and no particular genre.

😂
Female panelist pulled my leg, "oh! random what's the random distribution curve" then she said
Just kidding. Meanwhile other panelist was dozing off.

-Asked my favorite book.

The recursive universe by William poundstone. Told about the emergence phenomena
discussed in the book.

-So, basically book says there's no God (it doesn't btw but I went with the flow) do you have any
problem with that?
Nope.

-Male panelist entered out of nowhere in the meeting, sleepy female panelist woke up and all
three said in unison, "Okay, Rishabh that's it you can leave stay safe."

Exited nervously.

Was tooo random. How much I can get out of 30, any idea? 😅
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FMS
Panel: Sunita Singh, Preetam
Extempore: History repeats itself

1) Brief about educational background

2) Which sector contributes most in Indian GDP

3) What all things come service sector. Examples of different companies

4) 5 sectors TATA is involved in

5) Who owns Taj group of hotels

6) What are your strengths?

7) Difference between strength and skills. Is problem solving skill or strength.

8) Last book you read and its summary

9) What sources you follow for business news

10) Motivation for MBA.

11) Any CEO you are most inspired from

12) 5 currencies around the world except dollar, pound

13) Any other calls? Will you join FMS if those converted?

Overall a chill interview.

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FMS interview experience:

Two panelists - 1 male (M1) and 1 female (F1)

M1 - So you have studied from LNM Institute of Information Technology. What does LNM stand
for?
M1 - Where is it?
F1 - Extempore topic : Ways of releasing Yash’s tension.
F1 - You sketch?
F1 - What do you sketch?
F1 - What are the places you have travelled to?
F1 - How many languages are spoken in India? (Made a guess since I know there are 22 official
languages but I do not know the number of languages spoken.)
F1 - Is English one of the 22 official languages in the schedule?
F1 - Do you think it should be an official language? Why?
F1 - Do you keep yourself updated with the Indian Economy? (Yes.)
F1 - Point out some important things about the current condition of the Indian Economy.
F1 - Name some companies who are moving towards cleaner sources of energy.
F1 - Name 5 companies that produce power in India.

M1 - Pointing to a specific section in my SOP, what technologies have you experimented with?
M1 - What platforms or tools did you use while working on web based technologies?
M1 - What do you read?
M1 - Can you explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
M1 - Why is it bad if Ukraine shakes hands with NATO?
M1 - What other calls do you have?
M1 - What is your ambition in life?

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FMS
2:00PM, Board1

1. What are you currently up to?

2. Extempore - Last but not the least
3. Is the last point you mentioned in your extempore relevant to your life?
4. Name any 3 industry Leading companies
5. What businesses are each of them in?
6. What is a conglomerate?
7. Which are the largest indian consultancy companies?
8. Which are the largest MNC consultancy companies?
9. What is the number of villages in India?
10. What is the number of states in India?
11. How are the members of Rajya Sabha selected? Are they elected?
12. What is the number of members in Lok Sabha?
13. What is your goal in life?

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FMS
B7 8:30 AM slot
Interview time - 11:50 AM around
2 female profs

1) TMAY
2) Extempore - Relevance of communication skills
3) Creator of python?
4) From where did python derive its name?
5) CTC? Lol
6) Why MBA?
7) Why Product Management?
some more cross questioning
8) What is industrial revolution 4.0?
9) Any area that interests you? Economics, business etc
10) What about fitness industry?
11) What do you like in music?
12) Who are your favt classical singers?
13) Why them?
14) What all calls?

Lasted around 10 mins I think.

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FMS Delhi - 20/04/2022

Profile: 10th - 97%, 12th - 83.085, B Tech CSE (VJTI Mumbai) - 6.53
Work ex - Wipro Limited - 25months
Reporting time - 2:00pm - document verification
PI - 4:30 around, duration - 8 to 10 mins
Board 6 - 2 panelist (M1, M2)

M1: Tell me about yourself

M1: Extempore topic: Choose between Sambhaji Maharaj or Veermata Jijabai (This is because
of my college name)
M1: Where is your college in Mumbai exactly? - discussion on this
M1: So you stayed in hostel or anywhere else? Why not hostel? So how did you commute and
how much time did it take?
M1: Why haven’t you tried for JBIMS? I told its exam and further process is yet to take place,
M1 was shocked this
M1: How is the seat distribution in JBIMS then?
M1: What was your role in Wipro?

M2: Why have you scored comparatively less in DILR section?

M2: What is syllogism?
M2: What is union of sets, intersection of sets?
M2: What is reaction between union and intersection and individual sets?

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FMS
20/04/22
11.30 PM
Board 1
Interview duration: around 10 mins
Profile: 10/93.8/8.32
B Com- DU
Fresher

Panel: 1 male, 1 Female

Extempore topics : Trees.

P1:
1. favorite subject
2. What are Ethics.
3 Difference between Values and Ethics.
4. Which one can we teach?
5. Which one can we learn from observation?
6. Do we need this in management?
7. Have you heard that it has failed as a subject?

P2:
1. Where is your village?
2. A few things about my SoP
3. What are you good at? (Had a little back and forth on this)
4. What place is called the lungs of Delhi?
5. A bit on Taekwondo

A good interview, chill.

P2 was trying to test me a bit in the 3rd Ques.

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FMS Interview Experience

Profile...9/9/6 Fresher...Aerospace engineer graduated in 2021

Board 3- One Male Panelist and one female panelist (Prof. Kavita Singh)

Extempore : How can we relate aerospace engg to management. What value he can add
( I told on a general perspective but later they told that they expected my answer related to me)
Dream Company (Told TAS)
Where did you learn fundamentals of business? Pick a domain and say something on it
(Mentioned in my SOP and started talking on equity and debt on finance)
From where should company source money. Equity or debt? ( Defended debt with an example
from Twitter's recent incident)
Take on hijabs controversy
Other calls that I have. How did they go

Panelists are extremely chill and they spoke half of the time.

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FMS interview experience:

Board-7 ; Rpt time: 2 pm ; Interview time: 4:30 pm

P1(f) - very pretty, P2(f) - not that pretty

P1: Tmay
P2: Extempore - Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Stopped before concluding my last point)
P1: What business dimensions are you interested in ? (I asked for clarification. She repeated
the question. Answered about interested in prod man being multifaceted having multiple
dimensions of business. Cutoff in between then P1 continues ohh okay you are changing
domains. Didnt give chance to explain. Sad)
P1: Whats your CTC ? (Told; asked Why are you doing MBA then? your salary is higher than
average. Explained her about future prospects and money is not a matter.)
P1: What does your father do ?
P2: Do you read books ? No
P2: Do you listen to music? Yes, but random stuff not any specifics
P2: Do you play ? Yes, I play dota 2 and have a high rank.
P2: No. Tell me what you play where there is movement involved ? lol. I play football ma’am
P2: Tell me about your opinion on data privacy. (Told a few points but asked about a middle
ground solution where data cant be misused by govt. Was thinking of a solution but couldn’t
answer.)
P2: P1 you have anything to ask.
P1: No we are good thanks. (Dont come here. Outright reject).

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FMS interview experience,

Board 7
Slot: 11:30 AM
[BTech. in CSE, Fresher, 99.68]

Two panelists, both female professors in their 40's or 50's. We'll call them P1 and P2.

Me, smiling: Good morning, teachers. [realized a second too late that the correct greeting would
have been 'good afternoon professors' and now I sounded like a school kid]

P1, P2: *indulgent smiles and nods*

P2: Good /afternoon/, Vaswati.
Me: Ah yes, I'm sorry Ma'am.
P2, pleasantly: It's alright :)

P1: So Vaswati, TMAY.

Me: [launches into prepared answer]

P2, smiling: So your extempore topic is, "5 important decisions by Vaswati, the Head Girl." You'll
have 60 seconds to speak, and 10 seconds to think beforehand.

Me: [Gets to speak about only 3 decisions before time runs out.]
Me: Oh, I'm sorry :]
P1: Don't worry, that's not a problem.

P1: So Vaswati, you're a BTech. student, you're majoring in CSE, so where does an MBA figure
in?
Me: [prepared answer, + talks about how it's my dream to be an investment banker in a VC or
PE firm, how it ties into my background of leading the Entrepreneurship Cell in college]
P1: So do you believe an MBA is required to be a good manager?
Me: talks about how it isn't absolutely /required/, how everyone learns in different ways, how
some learn through experience, but how I personally am someone who benefits from a
structured framework of learning, the kind that a degree can provide.
P1, P2 smile.

P1: So Vaswati, you want to be an investment banker. Can you tell me some of the key aspects
of finance?
Me: Talks about raising capital through equity and debt, generating new revenue streams for a
company while making sure you can achieve scale with profit, pursuing M&A.
P1, P2 smile.
P2: Can you tell me some prospective revenue streams for FMS?
Me, mildly panicking on the inside but smiling on the outside: [talks about how students can run
a mutual fund for profit, with oversight from professors, knowing fully well FMS has some sort of
MF already though probably not for profit]
P2, smiling: So do you think we need some registration with a regulator to run this sort of MF?
Me: Yes, I think so, since you'll be making financial gain by investing other people's money in
potentially volatile securities markets... If I were a reglator, I would probably want to know.
P2: Yes, yes, I agree.

P1: Tell me Vaswati, there's all these multi-billion dollar corporations that are not generating any
profit at all. How are they not going bankrupt? Why do people invest in them?
Me: Talks about liquidity and cash flow, how as long as there's a prospective positive free cash
flow in 10, 20 years, that's often enough for many investors.
P1: How can they be sure the cash flow will be positive in so many years?
Me: Talks about valuation of companies
P1: How is valuation computed?
Me: Talks about DCF in detail, mentions formula for WACC which as far as I know is often used
as the discount rate.
P1, P2 smile, seem satisfied.

P2: Who is one business leader that you admire?

Me: fangirls about Leena Nair, what sets her apart, her journey and achievements, etc.
P2: Do you know which business school she's an alumnus of?
Me: XLRI Jamshedpur.

P2, smiling: Thank you Vaswati, it was really nice talking to you.
Me: Thank you Ma'am, it was a great experience interviewing at FMS.
P1: Take care and enjoy your stay in Delhi!

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FMS interview
22/04/22, rt=11:30, it=2:45
Btech ECE fresher 95/95/81

Board 7, both female prof

P1:
TMAYS
Asked about internship i mentioned above, campus placement. Ctc(why they're obsessed with
it)
Okay, so let's start (I was like in 2min ke marks nhi hn kya)

Extempore: digital economy

(stopped myself after about a minute)

P2:
Tell me the most iconic product of Apple (told iPhone)
Lots of cross questioning, even P1 jumped in.

Any dimension apple needs to work on (basically about scope of improvement or potential
business decisions)
Again cross questioning

P1 again:
Reasons for paytm share crash..
(I was telling about profit lacking business model, but she interrupted that was same before ipo,
what happened after it)

Done.
10ish min.
Not-so-great interview I'd say.

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FMS
Reporting time: 2:00pm
Board: 3 (M - 50s, F - 40s)
Interview Duration: 8 mins
Profile: 95/93.8/86.7 - Electrical/30 months workex in Consulting

P1: Which city are you from?

P2: What you do currently? Role?
Extempore topic - Mirror Image
P1: Discussion around extempore, asked about introspection, ways to introspect
P1: Told some psychology concepts and explained how the people saw the world after
introspection
P2: Asked some ques from psychology but then asked to ignore since I dont have a similar
background
P1: How was your city named?
P1: famous poet from the state?
P2: How would you rate your organisation?
P2: Has the organisation's popularity declined? Ranking amongst the Big 4?
P2: Any FMS passout you know in your company?
P2: Other calls?

Wished me good luck.

Extremely chill and friendly.

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FMS Interview Experience

FMS Building

Slot - 11.30 AM, Board - 5

Interview started at 3.25 PM

2 Panelists, 1M 1F

M: TMAY
M: Explain the work that you do and some follow ups
M: Are you flirting with management or do you wanna marry management?

Extempore Topic : "I wish to marry Management"

M: Tell me something more romantic
F: How will you differentiate between love and attraction?
F: Why FMS?
M: Surprise me with some Management Jargons
F: Percentile and calls
M: Tell me some companies that recruit at FMS
F: Name some companies other than IT Companies
M: Name a few brands of the items before you (Watch, Biscuit, Drinks etc)
M: How much work ex you have?

10-11 Min Interview

Very helpful panel
They were smiling and nodding at all answers

P.S. Approach an interview like a conversation where 2-3 strangers are trying to know you
better.

All the best for your interviews :)