Los grupos de la radio

Interviewer Harpreet Arora (Associate Director) Round Type :

Case

Based/Personal

Case based

What worked for me: Despite entering the GD late (after 3 minutes) I made sure that I spoke 4-5 times and got the maximum air time. I was also seated centrally and made full use of my location to capture the attention of the entire group.

Round 2 Details: HR( Non Eliminative)

10 minutes

I was asked about my work experience and why I wanted to do consulting. The interviewer then asked basic questions about my family background, previous salary and other factual information. The interviewer was continuously noting everything down in a form. This round was more of a checklist than anything else.

Result: Moved to case round

Round 3 Case/Technical ( Eliminative)

et Arora (Associate Director) Case based

Page 138 What worked for me: Despite entering the GD late (after 3-4

s and got the maximum air time. I was also seated centrally and made full use of my location to capture the attention of the entire group.

I was asked about my work experience and why I wanted to do consulting. The interviewer then asked basic questions about revious salary and other factual information. The interviewer was continuously noting everything down in a form. This round was more of a checklist

2014 SPJIMR Consulting Casebook Interview/GD Duration of the Process 50 minutes Narration of the Interview as descriptively as possible

I had the second last interview of the day and it was

10pm by the time I entered the room. The interviewer asked if she could have her dinner during the interview. I told her I had no problem with that and added that she must be starving being so late. She smiled and asked me to settle down.

Personal

· Why do you want to do consulting?

I spoke candidly about how my interest in consulting was formed during my first year and SPJIMR after which I joined the consulting cohort. There were some cross questions which I handled well.

(Tip: Have a good and genuine reason for you interest in consulting)

· You have a work experience of 46 months in the power industry. Don’t you think it would be difficult for you to shift?

Here I gave a few instances from my work experience about how I had

KPMG. I a

years of experience in power at PWC consulting and moved here and is doing well

The interviewer smiled and commented that LinkedIn has exposed interviewers as well.

Case 1: There is a company which operat 50 minutes

I had the second last interview of the day and it was

10pm by the time I entered the room. The interviewer asked if she could have her dinner during the interview. I told her I had no problem with that and added that she must be starving being so late. She smiled and asked me to settle down.

Personal Interview questions:

Why do you want to do consulting?

I spoke candidly about how my interest in consulting was formed during my first year and SPJIMR after which I joined the consulting cohort. There were some cross questions which I handled well.

p: Have a good and genuine reason for you interest in consulting)

You have a work experience of 46 months in the power industry. Don’t you think it would be difficult for you to shift?

Here I gave a few instances from my work experience about how I had handled clients and how that would be useful for KPMG. I also mentioned that the interviewer herself had 3 years of experience in power at PWC consulting and moved here and is doing well 

The interviewer smiled and commented that LinkedIn has exposed interviewers as well.

Case 1: There is a company which operates on the BOT (Build Page 139 I had the second last interview of the day and it was nearly 10pm by the time I entered the room. The interviewer asked if she could have her dinner during the interview. I told her I had no problem with that and added that she must be starving being so late. She smiled and asked me to settle down.

I spoke candidly about how my interest in consulting was formed during my first year and SPJIMR after which I joined the consulting cohort. There were some cross questions which I p: Have a good and genuine reason for you interest in You have a work experience of 46 months in the power industry. Don’t you think it would be difficult for you to

Here I gave a few instances from my work experience about handled clients and how that would be useful for lso mentioned that the interviewer herself had 3 years of experience in power at PWC consulting and moved The interviewer smiled and commented that LinkedIn has es on the BOT (Build

2014 SPJIMR Consulting Casebook

operate transfer) model and is building a state highway. How should it manage its finances? She also added that she does not want me to calculate anything but just run me through my approach.

I divided the problem into two parts.  Sources of revenue (Toll money)  Building and operating costs

o material, machine, labor, power etc. costs for building the road

o Interest paid to the banks for finances, Insurance etc.

o Running costs of the toll (employee, technology, security, power)

I also brought in the concept of time value of money as the BOT contracts are usually 10

the effect that the expected change in the payment structure of the BOT companies to the NHAI would have on the project. (This was a news item from the same day) I said I could calculate the payback period for her if she wanted but she was satisfied with the analysis.

Case 2: Suppose you are company which builds the toll booths for L&T which is the BOT contractor. Give me 2 top recommendations to increase your revenue. You have 30 secs.

· Increase the client base beyond L&T

· Increase your portfolio beyond the toll booths to build other similar structures

After this she asked me if I had some questions with her. I asked her about he

changed by CERC. Since both of us had similar backgrounds we operate transfer) model and is building a state highway. How should it manage its finances? She also added that she does not want me to calculate anything but just run me through my approach.

I divided the problem into two parts. ources of revenue (Toll money)  Building and operating costs

o material, machine, labor, power etc. costs for building the o Interest paid to the banks for finances, Insurance etc.

o Running costs of the toll (employee, technology, security,

I also brought in the concept of time value of money as the BOT contracts are usually 10-20 years long. I also brought in the effect that the expected change in the payment structure of the BOT companies to the NHAI would have on the project. s a news item from the same day) I said I could calculate the payback period for her if she wanted but she was satisfied with the analysis.

Case 2: Suppose you are company which builds the toll booths for L&T which is the BOT contractor. Give me 2 top ommendations to increase your revenue. You have 30 secs.

Increase the client base beyond L&T

Increase your portfolio beyond the toll booths to build other similar structures

After this she asked me if I had some questions with her. I asked her about her views of the latest electricity norms changed by CERC. Since both of us had similar backgrounds we

Page 140 operate transfer) model and is building a state highway. How should it manage its finances? She also added that she does not want me to calculate anything but just run me through my

o material, machine, labor, power etc. costs for building the o Interest paid to the banks for finances, Insurance etc.

o Running costs of the toll (employee, technology, security,

I also brought in the concept of time value of money as the 20 years long. I also brought in the effect that the expected change in the payment structure of the BOT companies to the NHAI would have on the project. s a news item from the same day) I said I could calculate the payback period for her if she wanted but she was Case 2: Suppose you are company which builds the toll booths for L&T which is the BOT contractor. Give me 2 top ommendations to increase your revenue. You have 30 secs.

Increase your portfolio beyond the toll booths to build

After this she asked me if I had some questions with her. I r views of the latest electricity norms changed by CERC. Since both of us had similar backgrounds we

2014 SPJIMR Consulting Casebook

had a good discussion on the topic. It also gave me a chance to showcase that I was well read in my domain.

Result: Moved to Director round What worked for

me

I hit it off with the interviewer even before we started the cases. She was impressed that I had done research on her. Also I could bring in the latest happenings in my case solving which helped me. Lastly, I was lucky that we were from the same domain and could have a healthy discussion.

Round 4 : Director Round ( Eliminative)