My profile:

CAT: 98.67%ile

10th/12th : 93.1%age/84.6%age

UG : BE in Metallurgy from JU | 74.43%age

Work Ex. : 8 months (till interview date)

Got shortlisted for GI (Round - 1), on basis of CAT score cum Profile

Panel : 1M and 1F panelists

I was in second last. I had waited for about 1.30 hrs.

Document verification: Aadhaar Card only

The interview goes like :

M : Tell me about yourself

M : So, you're from Jindal. Is JSPL the largest steel producer?

M : Then, which company is leading chart right now?

M : How many companies are there in Jindal group?

M : What is your role in Quality control?

M : If you get any variation in the parameter, how would you handle it?

M : What is efficiency?

M : What is efficiency of your plant?

F : So, you're in steel-producing plant. What do you guys produce?

F : What about rest of the material, if they are not efficient? Not meeting the quality parameter?

F : Why Not MS? Why MBA? (This is the point where I knew I messed up)

F : What is the capacity of your plant?

F : What are you expecting after MBA? Which type of company would you like to join?

F : Why Energy sector? (Told about upstream and downstream of the steel sector)

F : Tell me something about Deoria, as we don't know about this place. Why is it famous? (PS: Deoria is my hometown)

M : You have done freelancing in Physics, right? Your views on Physics Wallah and their approach? Your views on the Kota Industry?

Finished…No more questions

I had lacked in few questions. I knew it at that point. I had waited for 30 min. in the lobby for the result.

They declare the GI result on the spot.

Verdict : Not Cleared

WAT (20 MINS) : technology is making people alone. What are your thoughts on that?

Panelists: 2 female professors (in their 40s I guess)

They were very warm and welcoming

1. Why do you think we are conducting this second round of interview?
2. Okay here’s a situation: in my previous organisation one high potential manager, who was in direct contact with the director . And this manager started inflating the bills he would put for reimbursement. The director left the company after a while and later HR got to know that this person was doing this . When confronted he said the director told him that he can do it.what will you do in this case if you were the Hr

3. Adding to that if you get to know that he is the sole bread winner in his house , and if you terminate him he won’t get job anywhere else . What will you do in that case

4. If then you know from the ex director that he never told the manager that he can inflate the bills . He said he never checked the bills and just used to approve them for everyone . And he can give it in writing that he never did this . With this added context what will you do ?

5. If another company Hr calls you to ask about his character , will you hide about this incident

6 . They asked one guy about his interest in eSports

7. They asked me about digital marketing ( because of my work ex ) . Don’t you think it is unethical to collect data like that and show ads . I feel uncomfortable if I know that someone had my data. Then everyone was asked to put their opinion .

8. They asked another girl what will she do if her team isn’t satisfied with the project they are getting and demand for another project. Mereko ye kaam nahi woh kaam do . Aisa bolenge toh kya karoge?

9 . They asked another guy. You say you want to retire by 40. What do you want to do after that. And why do you want to retire.

10. They asked me about why I think there is no concept of hell and heaven . What do I think about karma . ( I wrote in my form that there is no hell and heaven according to me , but I appreciate the idea)

The interview went on 45-50 mins

It was more like a discussion.

Pre-Interview Process
Reached 20 minutes early for verification, which was just a simple face check—only a photo ID was needed. After that, we were given 20 minutes to read a case study.
The case was about an entrepreneur's take on financial freedom, arguing that chasing it in your 20s is a bad idea.
Instead, he suggested either living with parents to save money or managing expenses independently, highlighting the pros and cons of both approaches.

Group Interview 1 (Gl-1)

My panel had five people and was led by two professors: one from HR (female) and the other from Finance (male). The HR professor spoke the most.
It started with introductions, and they kept interrupting to dig deeper into specific points.
Since I'm a fresher in my final year of engineering, with no formal finance background but shortlisted for PGDM Finance and PGDM BM, I was asked:
• Difference between shares and bonds
• What are preference shares, and how do they work?
• Which finance courses have I taken, and what was my favorite?
• What was taught in that course?
The finance professor asked technical questions, while the HR professor gave a consulting scenario:
"You're a CFO and your company has made a good profit. Would you distribute it as dividends or reinvest in R&D?"
Since most others had work experience, they were asked about career transitions and why an MBA.
A finance candidate was asked:
"How would you assess a company's financial health without financial statements?"
He couldn't answer, so it was passed to me.

Throughout, the HR professor kept calling me by other names, possibly to test my attentiveness. Also, they kept asking for opinions on others' answers.
Final question:
"Despite high salaries, employees are quitting jobs more than ever. If you had to ask a CEO two questions about this, what would they be?"
At the end of GI-1, three out of five from my panel moved to GI-2. Overall, 50-60% of candidates got eliminated in this round

Group Interview 2 (GI-2)
We were rearranged into new groups, and my panel now had four people.
First task: Introduce yourself without mentioning your resume—so a different intro was needed.
Three main questions:
1. Ethical dilemma - You have a business idea to connect kidney donors with recipients. Is this ethical? Would you pursue it? If yes, how?
2. Case study stance - Where do you stand on the financial freedom case study?
3. Leadership challenge - You lead a team of six. One person is brilliant and innovative but lazy, unpunctual, and lacks discipline. What do you do?
Unlike GI-1, cross-discussion was allowed, but it was better to be strategic rather than interrupt unnecessarily.

This round was much more chill, mainly to see how well we justified our viewpoints and how confidently we stood by our decisions.

Hey, I gave my SP Jain interview this year beginning, sharing my transcript, hope it helps:)

GI1: 

• Tell something about yourself, except your achievements all one by one, then started asking questions individually
• What was your work experience like?
• What was your job role, and explain like we are from a completely different industry?
• There is a netflix show coming out. How will you promote it?
• Why MBA?
• Why SPJIMR?
• There is a healthy snack company that is coming to you like a client: then how will you promote it? Think about it for 2 mins- till then we will ask others
• Always have to listen to what everyone is saying, as anyone's answer, they can cross-question you

Good snacks:)

Called in groups of 5: very quietly announced in a very sensitive manner, announced results for candidates shortlisted for GI2

GI2: 

• A lot of discussion based on a certain incident from the Maha Kumbh kind of became a group discussion
• Imagine you are introducing yourself to your future spouse- tell 3 green and red flags about yourself
• Difference between success and happiness, according to you?
• What was the happiest and saddest day of your life?
• A case study was given after GI1 they asked about it in the end, around 1 min