Moderate to Difficult. Duration: 30 mins. 2 panelists. Extempore prior interview

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IIM Shillong

PGP Student

2026

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Jhinal Badala

Candidate Profile

Background

"I am a graduate in B.Com and cleared CA Intermediate. I have a profile of 9/9/7, currently pursuing MBA from IIM Shillong. I interned with Cummins India Limited as a brand makreting intern and will be joining ICICI bank as a full-time employee. "

Interview Outcome

Selected

Round 1

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Be confident and give a proper explainations to your answers and support them with a fact or something that you read recently. They aren't looking for the right answers in situational questions, they are looking at the train of thought.

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✗There was an extempore round before the interview. So, self-prepare some commonly known topics as well as GK and hot topics.

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Moderate to Difficult. Duration: 30 mins. 2 panelists. Extempore prior interview

Candidate Profile

Background

Interview Outcome

Round 1

Q. Do you know who David Packard is?

Answer

Gave me a statement said by "David Packard" - "Marketing is too important to be left to marketing people ". My take on what it might mean?

Why is it said that cash should not be accounted for until it is realised?

Journal entries for when cash is realised and when cash is not?

Why do you want to do marketing and not finance?

Accounting for marketing costs under profit and loss account?

What is Goodwill, its accounting ?

How is Goodwill valued and does people's perception of the company plays a role in the value of goodwill ?

If a company, let's say Microsoft, is not paying dividend, is that an indicator of its performance?

Why are IT companies not paying dividend, is it a signalling effect?

Why is there a cash flow and a fund flow seperately and not one?

Measures of central tendency and what do they denote exactly?

Do you like to keep a track of current affairs?

When's Modi tenure ending and which tenure is this?

3 things of development that he has done that make you vote for him again?

If you were made tourism minister for North East as you know that tourism is not booming there , what are the first three things that you will do?

What I do in my free time?

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