Greetings, Future PGDBA Achievers!
Embark on your journey towards success with insights from the PGDBA Batch of 2027! To empower you in your interview preparation, we’ve gathered invaluable experiences from the current batch, sharing a wealth of knowledge and tips. Discover the path to success through the eyes of those who’ve walked it.
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Wishing you the very best in your endeavors! A heartfelt thank you to the PGDBA Batch of 2027 for generously contributing their experiences.
Batch 11 Profiles
A curated collection of academic excellence, professional growth, and career aspirations.
Junghare Tejas Ramchandra
PGDBA00225- Introduce yourself
- Describe your normal day during work
- What are some nuances, common terminologies at work?
- Whom do you use to report?
- What are the common problems?
- How did you use to handle problems?
- How much decision powers were with you?and some technical questions related to it
- Given some data points for x and y. I was asked to find how they are related. Like if any function is there between them or is there any correlation or regression. This was asked only to identify my thought process
- Asked if there are 50 students in a room, is it possible that all 50 of them have same height. If yes, what is the probability of it?
- Study GK as well for Interviews:
- What are the Indian Defence Stocks that went up during the war (I was asked this because I told them I have been following India Pakistan War News)
- What are some stocks that went down during this time?
- Why Donald trump imposed high tarrifs on various countries?
- If he imposed them, why did he revoke them?
- Tip:
- Prepare well, even if you don't know the answer, try to explain them your thinking. Interviewers were helpful.
- Don't panic, when interview started, one professor (probably from IIM C) just making rounds around us (me and two other professor) just to check if I am panicking or not.
Muhammed Salman PM
PGDBA01834- * Basics in cellular communication and some other topics related to electronics and Communication
- * basics of AI ML and python
- * probability distributions
- * current affairs
- * type of probability distributions with examples
- * draw graph of a binomial distribution
- * why python is popular
- * oops concepts
- * when do we need AI or what type of tasks cannot be achieved using normal code
- * Be thorough with fundamentals in probability and basic maths
- * know exactly about the tech stack you have worked in your work experience
- * be confident in the concepts of all projects you have done
Srirang Nabar
PGDBA00142- What is Computational Neuroscience?
- Have you used Data Analysis before? How exactly?
- Optimise the area of a triangle keeping perimeter constant
- Set theory questions regarding identities
- Calculate probabilities in certain scenarios
BODDU HARSHA
PGDBA00303- Why PGDBA?
- Why do you want to pursue PGDBA when you already have a successful career?
- Internship Experience
- How was analytics used during your internship at Uber?
- What were the applications and impact of your project during the internship?
- Based on extra curricular activities
- As you read ancient literature, what wisdom you learnt from it?
- Author names of few books such as Artha sastra etc?
- Mathematics: Quadratic & Cubic Equations
- Favourite Topic: Quadratic Equations
- Follow-up Questions:
- Why should quadratic equations have exactly 2 roots? Prove it.
- What is the nature of cubic equations?
- Prove the nature of roots of a cubic equation.
- Under what conditions does a cubic equation have exactly one real root?
- Statistics in Mechanical Engineering
- Question:
- Since you’re from a mechanical engineering background, choose a subject from your domain and explain how statistics is applied in it.
- Response Example (Used in Interview):
- Discussed a heat transfer project and explained the use of statistical tools such as covariance, among others.
- Convergence Sets
- What are convergence sets?
- Covariance
- Asked questions on the nature of covariance using two data sets.
- Techniques Used:
- Asked about the specific techniques used during your internship and current work domain.
- SQL:
- Asked questions based on basic SQL queries and concepts.
- Machine Learning Algorithms:
- Asked which ML algorithms you are familiar with.(Basic Linear regression etc..)
- )Know your resume and projects deeply – Be ready to explain your academic and work experiences with clarity, especially how they connect to data and analytics.
- )Brush up core math and stats – Focus on topics like quadratic/cubic equations, covariance, convergence, and basic SQL/ML concepts. These are often probed in interviews.
SUMIT SAURABH
PGDBA00784- question related to polynomials
- Use of mathematical induction for proof.
- Prepare quant for exam as it contains most questions. Try to use pyq to asses which area one is lacking.
- Interviewer were really helpful as they assist me to get to answer where I was not able to answer properly. So don't worry about interview that much have faith.
- However prepare maths for interview and have personal mathematics topic on which you have confidence.
Pritam Sarkar
PGDBA01546- A) Mechanical Engineering
- ) What is Mechanical Engineering?
- ) Difference between kinetics and Kinematics.
- ) What is mass? Different abstraction of mass in Mechanical engineering? (Point mass, Control Volume, etc)
- ) How do we measure Tensile Strength? Different points/regimes in Stress-Strain curve? Why Cast Iron and Mild Steel has different curves?
- ) Describe the Navier Stokes Equation. What are of boundary conditions have an exact solution?
- ) Why is my performance in some core mechanical subjects poor?
- B) Work Experience and Job profile
- ) Why shift from Manufacturing to Analytics?
- ) Why do you want to pursue a career in Data Science? Is it just a fad?
- ) What is the difference between Mtech in Data Science and PGDBA?
- ) Explain the account segmentation model for IFRS9.
- ) What is the average stagewise Exposure At Default & Probability of Default I observed for my portfolio?
- ) Questions regarding Cauchy Sequence, and a small proof regarding convergence of a Cauchy Sequence.
- ) Define Riemann Integrability.
- ) What is non-Parametric Statistics? Contrast it with Parametric Statistical methods.
- ) Difference between t-test and z-test?
- Prepare Linear Algebra and Statistics well.
- Prepare answers for Why PGDBA? Think about past, present and future of your career and learning when preparing an answer for PGDBA.
- If you have No work experience, Gap Year, Poor UG Acads or Year Back, prepare answers to justify that.
Anfas Ahammed P P
PGDBA00011- What was your role in Wipro?
- Have you worked on ML in your job
- About satellite launch happened on that day and why it failed?
- What is tariff and my opinion?
- What is monopoly and why is it bad?
- Explain the method to find the square root of a non perfect square number, upto 2 decimal points
- How to measure length of a long pole and angle of deviation using only a measuring tape?
- What are the different types of data analysis?
- Can you explain predictive analysis?
- What is forecasting in data analysis?
- Give an example of how predictive analysis is applied in business.
- What is causation in data analysis?
- Given a dataset with two columns, which algorithms would you use and why?
- What steps would you take if your model has low accuracy?
- What are the steps involved in the data analysis process?
PATIL ROHIT RANJIT
PGDBA00010- Meaning of my name 'Rohit'
- Graph of y=x^2 and y=x^3
- How to calculate minima and maxima of a function. Why double derivative is positive at local minima and negative for local minima.
- Define a function which is continous at every point in R but not differentiable only at x=5.
- One simple question of probability related to tossing of coin.
- For written focus on Mathematics of JEE Mains level you can refer JEE notes and PYQs
- For VARC and DILR practice mocks and PYQs.
- For interview prepare according to your profile and work experience.
- Stay calm and compose during interview.
- All the best.
Sahit gunda
PGDBA00477- Tell me about yourself
- Did you applied for job
- They asked who is the favourite editor
- Which topics are favourite for you
- I said quadratic equation and calculus
- They asked how many roots cubic equation will have and why only 1 or 3 not 4 or 5
- Discrimination of cubic polynomial
- Bubble sort algorithm
- Supervised learning vs unsupervised learning
- What is space complexity
- Which sorting algorithm has less space complexity
- Equation of regression
- Is logistic regression belongs to classification or regression and why?
- Did you know algorithm belongs to ai but not ml
Yadavalli Sandeep
PGDBA01445- Did use any analytics in u r workex
- why u have resigned the company (stressed me more on this 3-4mins)
- difference between 4-stroke and 2 stroke engine
- how do u think u r workex will help u in this course
- F,1M panels
- what is rank of matrix
- Given one 3*3 matrix and told to find out the rank
- Differentiate between mutually exclusive events and independent events with an example. Can two events be both mutually exclusive and independent? Why or why not?
- What is the complement of an event, and how is it used in probability
- what is hypothesis testing
- How business analytics helps in chess ,cricket(both are my hobbies so I prepared
- another-panel asks me tell me in football
- Using too much data while playing takes away creativity from the game. Without data, players use their own thinking, which helps bring out the best and most original talents. I believe such natural and creative players are the real winners we need. What is your opinion on this(they kept lot of stress on chess bcz u won chess champion at collage level )
- why differentiation of e^x is e^x
- What is the maximum number of queens that can be placed on a chessboard that no queens attack each other
- What is the maximum number of bishops you can place on an 8×8 chessboard such that no two bishops attack each other?(my hobby is chess and cricket )
- Analyse previous year question papers carefully — certain areas consistently carry high difficulty levels. Focus more on those areas while preparing. Remember, it’s not during practice but in the exam when those 35 questions from QA and LRDI feel overwhelming due to the pressure and time crunch. That’s when your preparation truly gets tested. So, go beyond standard practice — solve slightly tougher questions, even from JEE Main level, to build that extra edge.
- Also, for interviews, make sure to prepare from the pgdba.ml website — it has a good collection of previous year interview questions. Go through them thoroughly to get a clear idea of what kind of questions are usually asked. This will help you stay one step ahead and reduce the surprise factor during the actual interview.
- Confidence is built not just by accuracy, but by being comfortable under pressure and knowing the terrain well — both in the exam and in the interview And make sure that u put u r effort at the right areas
Prakhar goyal
PGDBA00686- Overview of company's working and cross question on working
- Question related to profile (Lean six sigma)
ANURAG KUMAR
PGDBA00478- I was UPSC aspirant following question was aske
- i) Why India used to have separate budget for Indian Railways?
- ) integrate e^(-x) from limits -infinity to +infinity
- a) from a set of numbers (1,2,3….26) to another set of alphabets (A,B,C…..Z). How many bijective functions are possible? find its probability.
- b) from the same two sets, how many bijective functions are possible, where vowels are matched against vowels? Find its probability.
- ) Mathematics : Purchase book "Test of Mathematics 10+2 level" (from Amazon or flipkart) and finish the objective questions.
- ) For Logican Resoning : Prepare CAT logical reasoning and Data interpretation from Anastasis Academy (Youtbe free content)
- ) English : solve CAT VARC section
- ) most important tip : Get pgdba mock test and do it deligently. This one is indispensable.
- ) cover all 4 aforementioned tips for most comprehensive preparation.
Varsha Das
PGDBA02166- * Why do you want to join PGDBA?
- * Why do you want to switch to this field?
- * Your career growth rate at your last organization was good. Why did you leave your company?
- * This is a field where the ratio of men to women is quite high on the men's side. Do you feel that you will face challenges during your program, how will you cope with them?
- * Integrations of some functions. Significance of integration. Mirror image on graph.
- * Divisibility of products of numbers by different values. Divisibility of product of 3 consecutive numbers by 3 and 4.
Aditya Raj Shukla
PGDBA02096- probability quesion on raining on 3 consecutive day which depends on head of a coin toss
- Explain Function.
- Features used In Decesion Tree model (mentioned in intro)
- Why I have used Raining [Specific Feature] as Root Node ?
- Draw whole decesion Tree..
- Try to prepare Current Affair Because I got some CA questions too :
- In which part of year Monsoon comes ?
- Crops outside the monsoon?
- Trump's unstable policy
- Know about your hobbies very well.
- Give structured answers.
ANUKUL VATS
PGDBA01471- >Introduce Yourself.
- >Example of Application of Data in Automobile decision making that I might have seen or experienced.
- >What is predictive maintenance.
- >What kind of data can Indian defense personal use for better decision making using current scenario of tension between India and Pakistan as a use case.
- >Why PGDBA and not General MBA and what other program I applied for this year.
- >Difference between Standard Deviation and Variance.
- >What is null hypothesis.
- >Define Rank of a Matrix. What is Eigen Value and Eigen Vector.
- >Roots of given cubic equation (x-a)^3 + (x-b)^3 + (x-c)^3. How many minimum and maximum real roots can cubic equation has.
LAVESH NIHALANI
PGDBA01322- Talked about my career break & asked for other admits.
- Process of decision making.
- How do you evaluate choices.
- Why PGDBA over traditional MBA.
- How do you make sense of Data?
- Explain mean, mode median, range
- Explain scenarios where median represents the data better than mean, and vice versa.
- Asked some formulaes, and solved 2 numericals (linear equation, standard deviation) and explained.
- For written exam: Solve previous year questions & know your strengths, weaknesses. Use youtube/google/AI to study for weak topics & just practice from previous year questions.
- For interviews:
- A- Go a level deeper in topics, derivations of formulae, what every term means and represents.
- B- Prepare your work experience, life story or what ever you have been doing recently & some current topics.
- (Use Ai to grill you, add your profile to it, and cover everything)
- Pro tip: Give examples of every topic/ term you talk about, and be prepared for a followup question on them.
Aditya Arvind
PGDBA00529- Explain about your project
- Why do we prefer simulators instead of recording real life data
- What is the significance of your research
- What is BLDC motor
- For a capacitor in the phaser diagram does current lead the voltage. If yes or no explain why
- What are random variables
- Give some examples of probability distributions
- Solve some differential equation
- Basic trignometry question
- Asked about correlation between two random variables in a roundabout manner
- Prepare General Knowledge, I was asked about CPEC, Israel Palestine conflict, IMEC corridor, Gwadhar and chabahar port, indias deep sea port etc
- Study the maths syllabus from PW Jee advanced youtube videos
- Give some mock interviews before the real thing.
- Do not ignore verbal ability and try to maximize your written score.
Vybhav Chaturvedi
PGDBA01758Vinay Daida
PGDBA02258Shashwata Mukherjee
PGDBA00523- Introduction
- Some questions regarding my School
- Why did I shift from core engineering to Consulting? How did I handle it?
- What was my Job role?
- Why PGDBA and not MBA?
Mohit Gupta
PGDBA02355- If a coin is tossed 5 times wat is the probability there are exactly 3 heads.
- A bag contains 5 red balls, 8 green balls and 7 blue balls two balls are drawn at random what is the probability that both are different
- draw the graph of sqrt(x)
Karthik Ashtekar
PGDBA00213- Worked for some time in Family Business(Event Management and Real Estate)- How and why do you think that PGDBA will be helpful to you in your Family Business
- Co-founded a Startup in the field of education- Why didn't I continue, and what happened in that?
- Suppose I want to pick a sample from the Mumbai city population. How would I do that?
- What are the other ways of randomly selecting the sample?
- How will I reduce sampling errors?
- They give me a function with zeros and runs as input as well as output and told me to fit a linear regression curve at first, but the equation was a system of straight lines or a circle and then they changed the points, then it would be an ellipse or another system of linear equations.
- They then asked about reducing the errors while fitting the curve
- What do you mean by the term Middle class?
- What, according to you, is this population of Mumbai?
- Any news from current financial markets?
- Why exactly do you want to do PGDBA?
- Make mathematics and problem solving, the love of your life. For the entrance test, take NCERT for concepts and PYQs for practice, plan systematically and give a good number of mocks(5-10) to experiment and devise a plan, and stick to it on the exam day.
- For Interviews, apart from preparing on routine acads, workex, Stats, ML and Current affairs(only god knows how deep they would go), focus most on perfecting your version of answer to why do you want to do this PGDBA course, for me this seemed to be the deal maker.
NUTHI SAI CHANDRA
PGDBA01871- I majored in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Economics, so most profile-based questions were from Economics.
- What is Development Economics, and what does it focus on?
- On what basis are countries classified as developed, developing, or underdeveloped?
- Is India developed or developing country?
- Is Saudi Arabia a developed country? Explain.
- What are the common methods used to measure poverty?
- What is the law of demand?
- Draw supply and demand curve.
- What does the point of intersection of these curves imply?
- What happens to demand curve when income increases?
- What are factors of production?
- What is regression?
- What is linear regression? Write an equation for linear regression model.
- In linear regression, does linearity refer to the parameters or the independent variables?
- What is the significance of the residual term in a regression model?
- Given 3*3 matrix with few unknown variables and was asked to find their values, Hint: Skew Symmetric matrix.
- Given 3×3 matrix containing an unknown variable 'p' at certain positions and was asked to find the value of p. It was based on rank concept of matrix
- What is binomial distribution? Write the general probability formula associated with it.
- What are discrete and continuous variables?
- Is temperature a continuous or a discrete variable?
- Solve previous years’ papers to understand the difficulty level, especially for the Quant section, and then practice JEE-level questions of similar complexity.
- For interviews, have a strong conceptual understanding of mathematical topics, particularly statistics, probability, linear algebra, and calculus.
- Review your undergraduate coursework, especially any mathematics-related subjects you studied.
- Keep track of current affairs.
Sourav Sinha
PGDBA00227- Based on Academic background :
- ▪︎ What is the first law of thermodynamics? Give statement and the mathematical formula as well.
- ▪︎ What is the second law of thermodynamics? Give statement.
- ▪︎ What is entropy? Explain entropy like you would explain to a child.
- ▪︎ Differentiate between a petrol engine and a diesel engine.
- ▪︎ Why do diesel engines don't have a spark plug?
- ▪︎ Why petrol engines are preferred in their usecases?
- Based on workex :
- ▪︎ Why did you choose to work in your family's business instead of opting for college placements, despite having a good college?
- ▪︎ How much do you make monthly?
- ▪︎ What is the average per day sale(per value)
- ▪︎ Explain the end-to-end business processes.
- ▪︎ Explain the unit economics.
- ▪︎ Do you like/prefer this work?
- Written exam :
- ▪︎ For Verbal and LRDI, just follow the CAT coaching materials and you're good to go.
- ▪︎ For Maths, you have to do some grinding. Just go through the boards level maths as far as calculus, coordinate geometry is concerned. For topics like algebra, probability, pnc or matrices and determinants, go a little deeper.
- Interview:
- ▪︎ Be well prepared in all spheres(workex, academics, maths and statistics) as it can get unpredictable.
- ▪︎ Bonus tip : Try to perfectly answer the questions as much as you can in the first few minutes itself. This may impress the professors and the tone of the later part of the interview could slowly shift to be relaxed and smooth. This will transform the interview into a conversation.
Gundala Vineel
PGDBA01001- Why do you want to make a shift into analytics after spending 7 years(5 yrs edu+ 2 yrs work ex) in core Civil engineering field. (10 minutes discuss on only this question)
- What are your responsibilities in your job and how analytics can be implemented in your job ?
- Where does machine learning can be implemented in civil engineering field?
- Asked few questions on my Mtech project as I mentioned it before that it involves analysis of sediment in river, got counter questioned what is the need to use Machine learning while conventional methods are giving good results
- IIT KGP prof asked questions from CPM and PERT analysis, Strength of materials subjects.
- Some GS questions – Seven sisters of India, AI technology that was recently used in operation sindoor,
- If you have work experience in non analytics background, be prepared well to answer the question why PGDBA because they expect you to have strong reason behind your decision to get into analytics.
- AI crack mocks were very useful for practice before exam for Math section, if you have prepared for CAT DILR and Verbal sections would be easily manageable
Jaganatha Pandiyan T S
PGDBA00066- ) Multiple questions on Economics and Business due to my background
- ) Questions on financial ratios like quick ratio, current ratio etc
- ) What financial ratios do you look at when deciding whether to invest in a stock?
- ) The role of data analytics in Economics
- ) I mentioned that my recent project at work was related to workforce utilisation. I also mentioned that we look at activity hours data to identify capacity in different teams. We got into an in-depth conversation on how someone can manipulate this metric using a bot. Then they asked me to suggest a few tests to identify if the activity is recorded by a human or a bot
- ) Define continuity of a function. I was given a function and asked to comment on whether it is continuous
- ) Explain dot product
- ) I was asked to create a statistical test to check if the activity hours (mentioned previously) was due to activity hours recorded by a user or a bot. I defined the null and alternate hypothesis. We further discussed the type 1 error in this test
- Start your preparation early. The difficulty of the written exam and interview is unpredictable and therefore it is important to be well-prepared
- For the written exam, focus on mathematics but don't ignore VARC and DILR as these can easily improve your overall score
- For the interview, start preparing immediately after the written exam. Focus on linear algebra, statistics, work experience and graduation related questions
KONDA SPANDANA
PGDBA01031- What is the difference between EE and ECE?
- What did you do in your training?
- What is the process of making cables?
- Did you frequently the manufacturing unit in your training?
- What is the Probability of 53 Sundays in a year?
- How is mode helpful than median and mean with examples?
- Current Affair based questions regarding war.
- Why did Trump negotiate the ceasefire?
- Focus on strong fundamentals in mathematics, verbal reasoning, and data interpretation.
- Revise PYQs and write mock tests
PRANJUL PATEL
PGDBA02841- Forecasting models and tools, value of alpha in triple exponential model?
- What is time series?
- What forecasting model is most suitable?
- How do you calculate forecast accuracy?
- How to calculate profit in stock?
- What is P/E ratio how to calculate it.
- How does dividend influence profit and P/E ratio.
J PREETHAM KUMAR
PGDBA01751Mainak Jana
PGDBA02491CHETTI SAI SRIKAR
PGDBA01063- Pig Iron Carbon Content??
- Blast Furnace Reduction Reaction??
- Ellingham Diagram??
- Any Example of Ceramic Composite Material used in steel industry??
- Given and asked to find Correlation of a data set?
- Real Time Application of MODE??
- What is Z-Test and where it is used?
- . Graph of Normal Distribution?
- Practice Logical Reasoning Puzzles from Elites Grid and don't ignore DI.
- Make sure your fundamentals are good in Calculus, Geometry Conic Section and Linear Algebra .
- Try to read an article from aeon to get a good understanding of VARC Section of PGDBA Exam.
Prateek Ganesh Hegde
PGDBA01376- What is the difference between the fields data science,data analytics, machine learning? Give an example of each
- What is probability? What are pdf,cdf?
- Give example of a distribution and plot it's CDF (I gave std normal distribution)
- What is the difference between std deviation and variance and what are the use cases?
- Why do we use normal distribution in statistics?
ROKITH ARJUNRAJ
PGDBA00418- What's your work about?
- Which Tech stack you are currently working on ?
- Have you studied any Data analytics course before? If so what tools did you learn?
- Have any idea on Pentagon policies proposed by Trump , how it has impacted your domain? (I worked on Government public sector project for US government , so I was asked about this)
- Asked me to pick one sugar pack from bowl placed on table ,
- What is the probability of picking that pack?
- What type of probability is it?
- Is it a random event?
- How will be make it random ?
- Few other questions around randomness and probability.
- In How many ways can 4 letter placed in 4 envelope addressed to four people , such that none of them are placed correctly?
- Was asked few General knowledge/ current affairs questions
- Name the 8 union territories
- Idea on Article 370 ?
- Captain of Indian football tram
- Captain and wk batter of Indian women's cricket team (I told i follow cricket)
- Be yourself, Try to answer all the questions on the things which you are good at.
- Be Confident, prepare 12th Maths and some current affairs for the interview..
- Prepare all the 11 and 12th Mathematics topics conceptually for the written test.
siddharth sharan
PGDBA00566Birajdar Shiwam Sanjaykumar
PGDBA00163- How has AI impacted your field/work
- Industry specific questions (I worked for manufacturing services, so what does the MRO data look like, how do I handle it? What are some Quality Management parameters)
- What's my daily work/task like?
- Explain/Describe a certain task/problem you have solved for the team (questions got specific as I mentioned key terms in my previous answers, so that it gets brought up)
- Central Limit theorem
- Mean/Median/Model/Variance/SD
- physical significance/formula etc.
- Program to pick a random number from a given list and ensuring that it has no duplicates. (essentially a question on pseudo random number generation)
- Work related (Contract digitisation, what tools I used and why specific libraries did I choose to use, had to explain regex, and since I have worked with it, I know what regular expressions are and how to use/build them)
- Not really.
- Please revise math thoroughly, use JEE Mains math textbooks for calculus/Algebra/Probability/Coordinate geometry (like cengage for example)
- it will quite literally carry the written score
- Please aim to score a bit higher in the written test if the Acads are on the lower end / Work experience is less than 1.5 years.
- For the interview. Please don't panic and try to remember/learn/cram everything in the weeks following up to the interview. If you're a fresher, be very thorough with your math skills.
- Interview for the higher work ex folks 1.5+
- Please be honest with your work and whatever you mention about it. There's absolutely no need to use popular AIML jargon unless you were actually an AIML developer. Speak frankly and clearly about your roles and responsibilities, however redundant you may seem to think that they were.
- Mention the things that you brought to the table, and what set you apart from the team. Most importantly, be passionate about your work and the way you present it to the panel. (But do not boast or be dishonest)
- Be very clear of your goals ( what you expect from the course et al) and how it's going to help you in the long run. Your job is to convince them that your aim and intent is clear.
- (I have noticed that aspirants fumble hard during the interview because they are not clear as to why they're doing this, money, is obviously a thing, but that cannot be the only driving factor)
- (I had made it very clear to the panel that I don't want to be siloed as a purely operations resource and explained how this course would help me be more resourceful and help a diverse set of domains. This was in relations to my work ex)
HRITAJIT PAL
PGDBA00871- Why are you leaving PwC? Are you not satisfied with your current role? Why do you want to pursue PGDBA?
- Can you explain your role and responsibilities at PwC in detail?
- Given a 3×3 matrix, determine its rank.
- The matrix values were then modified such that the determinant became zero. Find the rank in this case.
- Determine the rank without using the reduced row echelon form.
- Write the characteristic equation and find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
- How can you determine the number of roots of a cubic (degree 3) equation?
- Prove that if a number is a perfect square, then the cardinality of the set of its factors is always odd.
- What are the demerits of war?
- What are the negative consequences of allocating the entire national budget to defense?
- Does war impact employment? If so, how?
- Written Exam:
- Practice mathematics rigorously to build strong conceptual clarity.
- Take mock tests frequently—aim for 3–4 per week as the exam approaches.
- Prepare a formula sheet to aid in quick revision during the last 4 weeks.
- Interview:
- Be confident in what you say—clarity and honesty matter.
- Revise key topics such as statistics and linear algebra thoroughly.
- If you have a coding background, review the basics of machine learning.
- If you don't know something, avoid making wild guesses—it's better to directly admit it.
Srishti Jayaswal
PGDBA012533- * what is the reason for the rise in the indian stock market ?
- * proceeded to answer about Trump's tarrif deals and the degradation of the US credit rating by moody's . So the followup question was what were the rating system for moody's?
- * what is machine learning ?
- * what is computer human interaction ?
- * profile /work based – paint industry questions – Upcoming birla opus vs asian paints . what is paint ? difference between varnishes and laquers , protective function of paint , how is the rusting prevented ?what are the industrywise classification of paints ?
- * When is a function continuous and differentiable ?
- * defined the function , and was asked where the function was continuous and differentiable , the inflection points .
Souryayan Banerjee
PGDBA00574- Introduction
- Is job related to analytics?
- During job did you feel analytics can be applied
- Job project related questions – predictive model and propensity model used in job. Diff b/w them.
- What is a function?
- What is a continuous func and what is differentiable func. Example of continuos func but not differentiable.
- Prove that the example is continuous but not differentiable. Example of a function continuous but not differentiable at 2 points.
- Give any place other than your workplace where you think analytics can be applied.
- Why analytics?
- (I stay in Hyderabad) What is the govt of Telengana doing related to analytics for the pharmaceutical hub (Hyderabad)?
- Is the recent budget good news or bad news for analysts?
- For written exam, do many types of problems. In Quants, If foundation is strong and you have a little idea on how to approach a problem it becomes easier.
- For DI/LR again do varied type of sets so you can approach a problem faster.
- For verbal, solve sets, not as hard as quants.
- For interview, go through basics and intermediate topics for maths and stats. Give atleast 3-4 mock interviews and work on the problem areas after the mock interviews. Get your job or core subject of graduation clear. Learn a few things about analytics and how it can be applied to your field.
Pranav Taneja
PGDBA00838- The interviewer asked me where I am from, then asked the population of my state and total population of India, then asked me total states and UT's in India. Then the statistics questions started.
- Is Haryana's population a good indicator to guesstimate India's population.
- What's is the formula of mean
- What is standard deviation
- Standard deviation formula
- Is standard deviation linear polynomial in 'x'
- For written test – check out PYQ and read topics in enough depth to solve the hard questions of each subject.
- For interview – be clear on your resume, current affairs ( finincial related, general economy of india), read statistics (important)
Tapish kumar
PGDBA01508- > where do i work?
- >What does the company do?
- >Explain resolution
- >Stream required question
- > questions around normal distribution
- > matrices
Sumedh Kothawade
PGDBA02286- Draw and Explain Iron- Iron Carbide Diagram
- How hardness is measured and which methods are used ?
- ) Find Mean, Median, Mode of given numbers. Which one of them will be influenced by outlier?
- ) Normal Distribution Curve
- ) Inverse of a Matrix
- None
- Questions on Current Affairs were asked.
- Written Exam:
- Prepare well, focusing on quantitative aptitude and analytical reasoning. CAT preparation materials can be very helpful. Give special attention to topics like Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability, and Statistics.
- Interview:
- Brush up on Statistics, Linear Algebra, and your undergraduate subjects. Be thorough with your work experience and how it aligns with analytics. Stay updated with current affairs. Clear, confident communication and structured thinking go a long way.
S SRINIKETHAN
PGDBA00186- ) Tell us about yourself followed by what does my company do, what does my team do and what do I specifically do? And why PGDBA over MBA.
- ) Since I worked in a payment processing company, I was asked about UPI on (how) do we view them as a threat and how does the payment processing differ from that of mine. Advantages and disadvantages.
- ) What tech stack do I use?
- Much of discussion went on they understanding what I do and ethical considerations of my company.
- ) Types of probability distributions. Draw the graph of exponential distribution , write the equation for it and give a real life example of such probability distribution.
- ) Draw the graph of cos^2 x and discuss the maxima and minima.
- ) Given a 3X3 matrix with a single variable ‘p’ in it and its rank, find the value of p. (Didn’t solve completely.i was stuck in a cubic eqn. They were okay with it)
- ) Discussion on Mean, median and mode with its practical significance and applications.
- ) What are the features of Java?
- ) What do you mean by Cloud Computing? Types of rendering (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS).
- ) What is digital currency?
- GK & CA:
- ) The Indian Parliament has a bicameral legislature. Explain.
- ) Heads and functions of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- ) What’s the headlines about the President and CJI of the country at that time?
- ) What do you know about delimitation?
- Try to get as much marks in the exam as it lifts off the pressure for the interview.
- For the interview show a strong and positive intent throughout. They don’t look for accuracy but just the way you approach a question. Think out loud while answer the math questions.
- For GK and CA, read newspapers regularly from a month before the interview.
Vinamra Choudhary
PGDBA00835- )Introduce yourself.
- )Asked few questions related to my extra Circular activity of photography.
- )Asked questions about my hobby of travelling and exploring new places.
- )Since my interview was in Delhi they asked me about 3 things I liked about Delhi and follow up questions.
- )No of Metro lines in Delhi and asked me to name them.
- )Why PGDBA and how I got to know about this program.
- Asked me about my favorite topic in maths and I said quadratic equations so the questions asked were –
- ) write the quadratic equation
- )significance of each coefficient (a,b,c)
- )will the equation always have a root ?
- )what about the roots of the cubic equation and explain me why there is always 1 real root in cubic equation
- ) they asked me to proof why the curve is opened upward when a>0 and downward when a<0 and certain follow up questions
- For CBT focus mainly on quants and try to do questions of JEE Main level atleast.
- For interview –
- ) Work on your communication skills and your confidence (don't be over confident)
- ) Study basics about Statistics and Probability and study linear equations and quadratic equations with a little depth and be ready to expect why's and derivations of equations and formulas which we used to just mug up or take it as a universal truth
Sai Ganesh S
PGDBA01583Jishu Dohare
PGDBA00728ANMOL GULATI
PGDBA00211- What were the major forecasting projects that you took up ?
- What factors affect safety stock in a company ?
- Did you face any ethical issues working in Dubai ? How do you think working in multi-cultural teams helps ?
- How do you compare India with Dubai ? Give 5 learnings that we can take and those which they can take from us.
- Plot Normal Curve
- Given a problem statement where lead time of a company was given, and capacity of a company was given, and was asked to tell the forecasted quantity. (Based on Normal Distribution)
- How would you rate yourself with python ?
- Which forecasting models have you worked with ?
- Write the mathematical expression for ARIMA.
- Be very thorough with your work ex (In case it is relevant)
- HR questions shall be asked by IIMC profs, do not undermine them.
Pradhyumna Lavania
PGDBA01045- ) Why is Ozempic Drug Creating so much hype.
- ) How many kinds of patents are there and what kind of patents does dr Reddys deal in
- )What is Gemba in Six sigma terminology
- ) what do you know about cause to effect and effect to cause triubleshooting
- ) if Eigen Value of matrix A is x then what will be eigen value of A^2 . They also asked me to prove this.
- ) We have heard that a system of eqn has either unique , infinite and no solution . Can it have a fixed set of solution . Which are not infinite but not single.
NEMANI SIVA SANKAR
PGDBA01963- Use of AI in your work
- Will AI replace you in your work
- Rank of the matrix
- If the detriment of the matrix is zero. What are it's eigen values?
- Condition for solutions of system of linear equations
- If a coin tossed 7 times – what is the probability for 7 tails?Probability for at least 1 head
- Sum of 5 consecutive integers is 2023.out of which one number is wrongly noted. The sum of digits of wrongly noted number is 6. Find the number
- What is the maximum/minimum value of the equation ((a^2+3a+1)(b^2+3b+1)(c^2+3c+1))/abc
- Try to score as much as possible in written exam
- For interview go through past interview experiences and prepare expected questions related to your profile and prepare them thoroughly
Gudaru Pragathi
PGDBA02169- Introduce yourself
- Why PGDBA, what is the ROI (Return of Investment) I had in mind for wanting to take this course as I was already working in a good role.
- I was asked to describe my work. A few questions about my project in specific (I was working on a project where we built a RAG model, few questions on it).
- How else can analytics be used in my job role?
- How would you describe a Smart City? Describe the features it should/could have?
- How can analytics be used in the cement/manufacturing industry?
- Asked if I knew anything about Big Data
- Prepare well for the written test, it takes up the most weightage. Practice a lot of mocks.
- For the interview, be honest and prepare well to be able to answer any question about your whole profile.
- Come up with observations of where and how analytics can be applied to different use cases/industries.
- Follow the latest news and be comfortable enough to speak about a topic and have an opinion. All the very best!:)
Kamisetty Sai Sudharsan
PGDBA02305- Why do you want to pursue PGDBA after having decent amount of experience in manufacturing industry?…Why don't you opt PGPEX-VLM course provides by IIM C?
- List out the qualities of business analyst….How many have you gained in your past experience?
- Take a scenario from your workplace and explain how analytics is used for improvement
- What is Six Sigma methodology?…Where did you use it in your workplace?… Explain.(I have mentioned about my Six Sigma certification in application form)
- What is Standard deviation?… Can you give any alternate definition?
- What is Variance?
- How are they both different?
- What does central Limit theorem states?
- Have a genuine answer for why PGDBA
- If you have any experience then try doing some analytics related work in your area, it would be very benificial during your interview.
- There is ample amount of time in written exam, but still sometimes there is a chance of getting stuck at some LR/Math questions do not hang on them. Keep them for solving at the end.
PANKAJ KUMAR
PGDBA01515- Projects based on work experience
- Team Management questions
- Be Confident
- Have a strong motivation for AI-ML and analytics
- Be clear with your past projects
- Prepare basic stats and data science
- Have a clear vision for joining PGDBA
Sanket Suresh Wathore
PGDBA00445- Questions on Segmentation and Clustering as my paper was related to segmentation
- Questions on hobbies
- Why PGDBA
Harshita Gaikwad
PGDBA00045- tell me about yourself
- What were your favourite subjects in undergrad?
- Asked questions on econometrics (since I mentioned econometrics as one of my favourite subject) like what does error term represent in a regression, error term represents which variance, asked to write a linear regression equation on paper, then asked what is alpha, beta, assumptions of linear regression, what happens if independent variables are correlated, interaction term etc
- why is inflation considered bad? Since gdp is measured in prices, then if there is inflation ie high prices hence gdp increases so what is the problem?
- tell me few people who have won nobel prize in economics?
- Who was amartya sen?
- what is standard normal distribution and why do we use it? What is on the y axis and x axis in a continuous distribution, give some examples of continuous and discrete distributions, what is difference between probability mass function and probability density function etc
- asked to draw a table with 2 column x and y with values 1,1; 1,0; 0,1 respectively and asked to calculate covariance
- For interview:
- Revise graduation courses well if you are a fresher,
- whatever you are speaking back it with a logic, avoid guess work
Harshini Reddy P
PGDBA02528- Engineering – Tests related conceptual questions, RCC, CPM,
- Work Ex- Basic Idea, how did you incorporate theory in your work,
- General – Basic entrepreneurship foundation questions, how do you plan to use Business analytics in the future
Sneha Yadav
PGDBA01169- ) introduce yourself
- ) how analytics is being used in your work ex
- ) which tools I had worked on
- ) how analytics could be used in Electronics and communication
- ) which is better to find an outlier mean, median, mode
- ) how to identify an outlier
- ) follow up questions on box plot
- ) prove why AM > GM for positive numbers
- ) questions on normal distribution functions, been asked to draw graph of few distributions
- ) given a two variable equation to solve
- ) how to identify if a point is inside, on or outside a circle
- ) asked to plot an equation
- ) asked if I have any coding experience
- ) what are the different python packages could be used for data analysis
- ) some questions on random module of Python
- ) what is the probability that it will rain today
- ) why the probability is not 1/2
- ) since I’m from Ujjain, I have been asked apart from religious significance is there anything Ujjain is known for
Hrishav Majumder
PGDBA00180Kingshuk Barua
PGDBA00389- Explain continuity and differentiability.
- Draw the graph of y = |x| and y = e^|x|. Determine whether they are continuous and differentiable or not.
- Define function.
- How will you design a Hand-Written Digit Recognition system using Machine Learning?
- What is CNN? Explain its working.
- CAT preparation should be sufficient for the VARC and LRDI sections. For Quant, practice as much as you can from previous year questions and NCERT.
- In Quant, please check the topic-wise weightage from the link and give more importance to those topics – https://www.aicrack.in/s/pages/pgdba-cutoff-applicants-topicwise-weightage.
- For interview, complete the basic statistics upto hypothesis testing properly along with Linear Algebra, Matrices and Calculus.
M V Karthikeya
PGDBA01724- questions on engines in mechanical field.


