Shantanu’s NMIMS Interview Experience 2022

Shantanu Bhowmick is a past iQuanta student who scored 95.45%ile in CAT and 242 marks in the NMAT exam. He converted 11 out of the 18 calls, some of which include IIM Kashipur, NMIMS Mumbai, IIM Rohtak, IIM Ranchi, IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Jammu, IIM bodhgaya, IIM Sambalpur, XIMB & IMT Ghaziabad. He went for IIM Kashipur.

So let’s dive into his NMIMS interview experience.

Detailed Profile

Shantanu is a general, non-engineer, male. He scored 95.45%ile in CAT & 242 marks in NMAT. His past records include 9.6/10 in X, 78.4% in XII and 9.55/10 in his under-graduation (B.Sc Applied Statistics and Analytics).

The NMIMS Interview Transcript of Shantanu Bhowmick is as follows:

Both the panellists were in their early 40s and I will be referring to them as P1 and P2.

I was admitted into the interview panel after waiting for 2 long hours so was a bit nervous at first but eventually the panellists increased the stress level with their stress questions (LOL).

Me: (On joining) Good morning, sir!!

Both the panellists nodded.

P1: Hi Shantanu, what have you done prior to giving CAT?

I was expecting this question as I had completed my under-graduation from NMIMS Mumbai itself.

Me: I explained my learnings from my under-graduation subjects and that’s when the second panellist pitched in.

P2: Okay Shantanu let’s talk about distributions.

Me: Sure sir.

P2: Can you describe a beta distribution?

Me: Answered but he was not satisfied.

P2: Don’t beat around the bush. Okay can you tell me about normal distribution?

Me: Told and he looked satisfied.

P2: Okay give some examples of normal distribution.

Me: Started explaining but P1 interrupted in between saying that it was not appropriate.

P1: Okay let’s get to the real deal now. Why MBA?

Me: Gave a well-prepared answer.

P1: But why MBA from NMIMS?

Me: Told that the college being located in the financial capital shall provide me with a great level of exposure and since I am already acquainted with the campus life, clubs, committees, etc. So, I would blend into the rigour of the course easily.

P1: Wont that be too easy for you? Why don’t you try for IIMs?

Me:  Gave an impromptu answer but they looked dissatisfied.

P2: Okay Shantanu we are done for the day. Do you have any questions?

Me: No Sir, Thank you.

P2: You can leave the meet then.

Me: Thank you sir.

I felt this was more of a pressure handling interview and the interviewers were constantly checking my ability to handle stress and that’s why there were only a few traditional interview questions and a lot of questions to test the problem solving skills.

It wasn’t a very good interview as far as my immediate opinion was concerned but I later realised that it was more of a stress test rather than a knowledge test.

Verdict: Ended up converting NMIMS HR and NMIMS DT in the first list.

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