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CoolAvenue's Interview with:
Himanshu Purushottam Deshpande
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

1. General Questions
2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
3. Questions related to Group Discussion / Group Exercise
4. Interview-related Questions
5. After Joining MBA

1. General Questions

Background

Q. Can you tell something about yourself and your pre-MBA qualifications?
A. "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it." This line describes me very well. Always driven by challenges and motivated by failures, the maverick inside me keeps me active on all fronts, be it academics, sports, extra-curricular participation or even leisure pursuits. I have been able to do very well academically, balancing heavy participation in quiz, debates and elocution contests. I love poetry and sketching pencil portraits and follow Formula One car racing with great intensity. Trekking is my favourite leisure time activity and dramatics is another hobby I pursue.
Before taking up MMS at JBIMS-Mumbai, I graduated from Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, in Computer Engineering. I did my H.Sc. from V. G. Vaze College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mulund.

Q. So when did you decide to go for MBA?
A. My father is an MBA and he has been very successful in his career. Hence, I always had an eye on a management degree; and as I grew up, I realized that what the world and industry needs is not just business managers, but business creators. This is what I realized when I stepped into engineering, and I am glad I took the decision of pursuing a management degree, because JBIMS is proving to be the right kind of platform that I needed to realize my dream. I am sure that after I graduate, I will be not just a good manager, but also a good human being, something I believe is innately essential in life.

Q. What was your first step to start preparation for getting into the school of your choice?
A. A successful manager is a good and clear orator who is able to voice his thoughts lucidly, think analytically and be a solution provider. Hence, since my engineering days, I have been participating in various inter-collegiate competitions to develop my personality. Being friends with everyone is my forte and I strive to remain up-to-date with current happenings in the industry. Thus, I had been trying, at some level or the other, to strengthen my candidature for admission in premium institutes of India.

Q. Which MBA institutes and programs you identified for your MBA?
A. I had identified three IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore & Calcutta), XLRI-Jamshedpur, FMS-Delhi and JBIMS-Mumbai as my only options. I had queried the then present and past students in these institutes and decided that they are the best in the country and I am glad I realized my goal by getting into JBIMS.

Contd.   2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation