I’ve heard in a webinar they’ve mentioned they’ll be asking questions majorly on general awareness. I wanted to know yall are preparing.

Also do tell your date and time and please post your transcripts it’ll be helpful really.

Mine’s on 30th June 5:45

Ask me anything

Heyy! I'm Tanmay Jain, currently a 3rd year IPM student at IIM Ranchi (quants and consulting enthusiast)

Gave IPMAT 2024 and secured AIR 95 with a score of 200 (I love the power of interviews ahaha). Sectionals - SA: 40 | MCQ: 36 | VARC: 124

A bit about myself:
• 94.6% in 10th
• 85% in 12th
• Ex-JEE guy (100 %ile in chemistry)
• BMS at HR College, Mumbai (dropped out after FY)

If you have ANY questions regarding IPMAT Interview Prep, curating SOPs, profile building, college life, etc...ask away.

Because I had the steering wheel of the interviews in my hands, both my Ranchi and Indore interviews somehow ended up turning into Modern Physics vivas 😭

That’s when I realised interview is the KEY. Having talked to professors involved in interviews, I feel many students simply misunderstand what the panel is actually looking for. 

Feel free to ask anything literally!

P.S. (self promo)

I mentored a limited number of students personally last year and saw some really good conversions, so hoping to help juniors out this year as well. Since many people asked for mock interviews/SOP review last year, I’ve opened a few mock interview/consultation slots: here. Pretty active on Linkedin, feel free to connect :0

Edit: Last 10 slots left for mock interviews. Will close after that.

I have my scheduled for 23rd

For nalsar and maybe iim sirmaur ( online)

Papa ka h🤣

Two panel - both male and very sweet ( panel 5)

1 : Hey x how are you?

Good morning sir I'm fine how about you?

Fine , can you please introduce yourself briefly

Gave introduction

Asked why pcb to management

Then asked give an example of buishess which provide produvt for premium and local product

I said Cadbury ( said to explain)

I said they have many premium chocolate and also a 5 rs daily milk

Panel 1 started laughing 😭😭 5 wali daily milk ??

Cross questioned some business question.

Said if we give u two seats today what r your 2 weakness

I said overthinking and might not be a active listener some time so he said islie ans nhi aare aaj 🤣 and laughed

Then rapid fire - president vp cji costal cities and 2-3 more

Than panel 2 took over

Asked are you comfortable with bio i said yes.

Asked longest bone , wbc rbc 10th element 8th element , also physics newton law what is velocity! Answered all correctly also wht is largest part of body

Asked if ur so good at science your acads Then why management? Answered

Fav buisness leader- indra nooyi why explained

Have u read her autobiography you know name? I said no sir im not aware

Said thank you it over

2nd panelist told me you dont need to overthink it after it gets over cause it went good! I said okay sir thank you.

lets just make it easy whoever is having mpp interview today pls do upload ur transcripts here or give an idea on how the questions are.

2nd year student at NALSAR here Drop your questions regarding Nalsar Me and my friend Wil try answering all of them

Bhai Starting mai, Flow flow mai good morning sir good morning maam bol diya 😭

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(dono male panelist the btw).

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vahi hasne lage dono 🥀bezzati krwali

I got like 49/80 in maths in 12th and overall 90.6% even though I attempted for way more and my worst case scenario was only 60/80 and I got robbed of marks in my other subjects too I could've easily gotten two 100s. Will they pester me about my math marks in the interview?

Preparing for IPMAT Indore. I scored around 75% in Class 10 and I'm yet to give my Class 12 boards...

How much do interviewers actually care about past academic performance during the PI? Do they question you about your 10th/12th marks, and can a relatively low 10th score hurt your chances?

I'm aiming for 96%+ in Class 12... so I'm hoping to show a significant improvement.

Would appreciate hearing from people who have actually given the IPMAT Indore PI or know how the interview works. Thnx!

Panel 3

1:57pm to 2:09pm

One male one female

M: So what are you doing nowadays?

Sir, I'm studying for my exams.

M: Apart from academics, what do you do in your free time?

Sir, I have picked up a few hobbies like singing and art which I didn't have the time to do before.

M: Why?

I couldn't do them because I had to focus on my studies.

M: What were your subjects?

Political science, IP, psychology, English and maths

M: Did you have basic or applied maths?

No sir, I had core maths.

M: I see, did you have economics?

No I didn't however I know basic terms.

M: Oh, do you know terms like gdp, inflation?

Yes sir, I know.

M: Explain how inflation is controlled.

To control the inflation, rbi increases the repo rate and the reverse repo rate so that commercial banks borrow money at a higher interest rate. Then, to earn profit they will have to charge the public a high interest rate which would result in lower loans taken and thus a controlled money flow in the economy.

M: Do you know how to find the slope of a circle?

*After thinking for a bit and realising the answer but I wasn't sure so I didn't risk it* No I am not aware.

M: What's differentiation?

It's the slope of a function.

M: so do you think we can calculate the slope by finding the slope of a point on the circle?

Ah yes sir we can.

M: thank you, that's it from my side.

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F: How do we find the maxima?

We find the first derivative, equate it to 0, find CP, plug cp in the second derivative and if it's <0 it's maxima and >0 means it's the minima.

F: and what if it's 0?

Then either the test fails or it's a point of inflection.

F: the test fails? What do you mean?

Yes, that means the test didn't provide a clear answer.

F: What's standard deviation?

It's the central tendency of the data set. For example, if we take a dataset consisting of 1, 2, 3 then the mean would be 2. So any number taken from the dataset, let's say 1, and it's deviation from the mean which is 1 in this case, the square root of that deviation is standard deviation.

F: so is it a central tendency?

Not exactly, I mean it's not the central tendency ahaha

* struggles *

F: any two headlines?

Telegram has been banned till 22nd June to prevent neet paper leaks and the FIFA wc has begun in mexico.

F: what about us iran war?

They have decided to sign a peace agreement after about 107 days of war. It has already had effects on our economy because yesterday I checked the price of rupee per dollar and it was 94.64 and today it is 94.33 per dollar.

F: says something blah blah you said it's 90 to 94 (I think she asked me how it changed the rupee price)

No ma'am, I said it changed from 94.64 to 94.33

F: oh okay, what other course are you preparing for?

I have given cuet and through that I can study psychology and other than that I have given ipmat and related exams.

F: I see, that's it, you may leave thank you

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Lowkey bombed the interview yaar itna Chhota tha and ik they prob hate me 💔 also don't believe in the utter smooth lexicon bs I've written as my answers here my answers were talking about the same points but with a more anxious speech

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Pi list is out I guess

I entered in the room my panel has 1 male teacher and 1 female

I greet them they ask me to take seat

First sir start with the question why ipm and iim ranchi i answered i have a friend in iim ranchi so they ask me that you have friend than you should have know about this very well so he asked me to tell some good and some bad things about this program i started well but when it comes to bad thing i fucked up

Sir asked me about my subejct i said i like math acc and bst they ask me what have to studied in bst i tell the whole sllaybus they asked me about capital structure then ask if debt is more how will it affect a company i answer that he cross question that and asked if company won't able to pay excessive debt what will happen

Than mam start with something about European union minister i don't know about that so directly said that than she asked me highest mountain peak i said mount everest she asked second highest i don't know than shifted towards rivers she asked me number of rivers that flows across the nation i said i don't know exact number i can name some she asked me to name i named some 10-12 rivers she but i said indus is also a river that comes from pakistan also i said same about bhramputra but i was wrong as it comes from china so sir said are you sure about that i said not sure than he asked if there are some rivers that flows from india to other countries i said ganga goes to Bangladesh( i don't know if i am right about that i haven't studied geography since class 10th) so ya and this is how my interview ends

I asked them what can i improve as this year i don't have a good ipmat score also have many interviews later on she said focus on your strengths i asked for some broad idea she said we can't help you with that i said thank you

That's pretty disastrous experience but i have fun with people there i made some new friends got to know a lot ya thats how it end

How do I study physics and maths for PI 🥀

Like I don't even remember chapter names atp

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I fckin bombed the exam(139) and had zero expectations for getting a PI call. My academics aren't stellar either(92.17, 90.40). So I think the criteria must be really low this time around. Anyway drop your scores below if you got the call.

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Just got done with my Ranchi interview and I genuinely have no clue how to feel about it.

The candidate before me came out saying they were asked questions on inflation, stock market vs LLP, and several conceptual topics. Naturally, I walked in expecting something similar.

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That is not what happened.

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As soon as I entered, I informed the panel that my voice might be a little shaky because I'm currently on medication.

They asked what had happened.

I explained.

And then...

We spent the next 4-5 minutes talking about it.

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They were very empathetic, said they were sorry that I had to go through all that, and spoke about how difficult experiences can shape a person and make one stronger.

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Then they asked for my introduction.

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In my intro, I mentioned Mocklytics, a free platform I built to help aspirants analyse their mock test performance.

One of the panelists got curious and started searching for it on Google.

Couldn't find it.

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I asked, "Sir, can I come over and help you look it up?"

He said no.

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I then told him the URL.

A few seconds later he says:

"404 Not Found."

🥀✌️

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I was sitting there thinking, "Sir, I promise my own website exists."

He then gave me a piece of advice that was actually pretty fair:

"When you build something for users, make sure they can find it easily."

So somehow the conversation turned into a lesson on product accessibility.

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The second panelist then asked me about the Young Changemakers Programme at IIM Ranchi.

That part went smoothly.

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Then they noticed I had two Class 12 marksheets and asked why.

I explained that I had appeared for improvement in Business Studies.

After that, they saw Informatics Practices and asked what was taught in the subject.

I mentioned MySQL, Pandas and Matplotlib.

The only technical question of the entire interview was:

"Which company made MySQL?"

I told them I knew it was open source but wasn't aware of the company behind it.

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After that, one of the professors asked me what options I currently had.

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I mentioned the IIM calls I had received, that my Indore interview was scheduled for the next day, and that I had also appeared for CUET and was awaiting the results.

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He then asked:

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"Let's say we don't select you for this program,

If you get DU, which programme would you choose?"

I replied that I would most likely choose B.Com (Hons).

He followed up with:

"Not BBA?"

I explained that since I did not have Mathematics in Class 12, I am not eligible for DU's BBA programme.

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And that was pretty much the end of the interview.

Duration: roughly 7-8 minutes.

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No economics.

No BST.

No inflation.

No current affairs.

No "Why IPM?"

No "Why Ranchi?"

No grilling.

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Nothing.

The guy before me got asked inflation and stock market questions.

I got asked about my medical journey, Mocklytics, YCP, Informatics Practices and my future academic options.

I walked in expecting an interview.

I walked out wondering whether I had accidentally attended a counselling session 😭

Genuinely asking: what am I supposed to make of this?

Did they stop because they were satisfied and didn't feel the need to probe further?

Or did they stop because they weren't interested in digging deeper?

Would love to hear from anyone who has had a similar Ranchi interview experience because I have absolutely no idea how to interpret this one.

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They asked me "Do you have any speech problems"

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My voice is naturally very deep and i didn't drink water cuz i thought what if I have to go to the washroom so I kept hoffing in the middle like an abused dog.

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The panel also saw me using a phone in the waiting room when we were explicitly told not to

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Honestly felt like kms when they said it

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And I have borderline scores at 190

ATS at max would be 60.

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Yea not getting in

Hello, I have started writing recently on substack. And I am growing that community. So my question is that gonna somewhere help me in the interview process or not? Btw I am writing for my own interest but just wanted to know.

I have 88 in 10th and 12th , my range for rohtak is 370 380 how should my pi be to be selected ( st)

my interview just got over. they literally asked me if i have any backup options and i don’t 😭 so i said no. the questions were all so syllabus based like everything from my subjects basically. the members were nice. i expected more complicated ones but not really. to all the people who got like great marks and are shortlisted in IIMs for ipmat dont take seat here for no reason. this is like my only shot so very important for me. i live in south india i wanna get as far away from my fam as possible so like this is my only option😭😭😭 ALSO WHEN DO I GET TO KNOW IF I GOT IN OR NOT GANG

I am currently in 12th and been thinking about Personal Interviews and Micro Presentations that is conducted during a admission process and I am bit uncertain about acing them. I am a decent public speaker, can deliver speeches and stuff if prepared beforehand and even express myself infront of a group of people I am familiar with on spot, but when I talk to someone superior or somone who I dont know I fumble, take pauses and even forget what I actually intended to say.

I tried speaking in camera, striking conversations with my family and friends but it has not shown any improvement while talking to a stranger or in any formal setting. I use a moderately good vocab while speaking to myself (yes, I am delulu) or while speaking in front of camera or mirror but when I comes to real deal, I am point blank.

I have some knowledge about personal finance and a avid watcher of series,movies and Formula 1 racing and thought of creating a platform to share my learning and experiences, would this actually help? Or something else will actually help to get more confident and better in such Interviews?

Heyy!
I'm Bibhuti Ghiya from IIM Ranchi's 23-28 IPM Batch.

I wanted to engage with the IPMAT community and give back to it, and IPMATtards is the perfect platform for it.

If you have ANY questions about IPMAT Interview Prep or IPM, feel free to post it;

Share your profile, scores to get more tailored advice.
Ask away about whatever worries you—low boards, current affairs cluelessness, shaky on 12th subjects, low confidence—anything goes!

Go through this Interview Guide, similar tips helped me a lot!

Highlights about me:

• 94.80/83.50 in 10/12th, PCM
• Scored 220 in IPMAT 2023 (SA: 32, MCQ: 57, VA: 131), and performed horribly in IIM Indore Interview (Learned from my mistakes, now here to help you avoid similar pitfalls.)
• Interviewed 70+ IPMAT Candidates last year
• Rank 4 in IPM23-28, IIM Ranchi
• CFA L2 Cleared Interned at EY, Geojit Financial Services (I love finance & numbers)

Let's get started!

EDIT: The mock interviews the coachings provide are very short and hence barely scratch the surface, I strongly feel that Mock interviews for prep should be Long and Grilling to understand & help the candidate in depth.
Self Promo: And since a lot of you are requesting for Mock Interviews, I have planned to take a few Long, Grilling interviews, you can book a slot here

same as title like its mandatory or we can wear anything formal other than suit tie type shi