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CoolAvenue's Interview with:
Ritesh Khanna
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 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

3. Questions related to Group Discussion / Group Exercise

Q. Was Group Discussion or Group Exercise part of selection process?
A. Yes. Group Discussion.

Q. The duration of Group Discussion, size of the group, number of panelists, etc.
A. Duration was 20 minutes. We were given two topics and the group was asked to choose one in 5 minutes. Group size was 10 people. Panelists were 2.

Q. What was your Group Discussion topic?
A. "Expansion of UN Security Council & India's Gains from it", and
"Corporate Social Responsibility: Whether it should be Pursued as Philanthropy or Business Strategy?

Q. Tell us about your Group Discussion experience.
A. In our Group Discussion, we were told in the beginning that there will be negative marks for trying to dominate the group. Hence, the Group Discussion was relatively less chaotic. The level of intellect in the participants was quite high and the experience was very valuable.

Q. How was the environment during discussion?
A. It was less chaotic than a normal B-school Group Discussion. The participants got absorbed in the discussion and very valuable inputs were made to the discussion.

Q. Describe your impression of the your team members and overall Group Discussion process.
A. Described above.

Q. Some handy tips that would be of great help.
A. In TISS's Group Discussion, the most important virtue would be composure. One must not try to dominate by speaking too much but make valuable inputs at different points of time in the Group Discussion.

Q. Were there any set norms of Group Discussion?
A. Described above.

Contd.   4. Interview-related Questions