Wat Pi Guide

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FAQS AND WAT-PI GUIDE

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On the day of your WAT-PI:
1. Make sure you are properly dressed and are looking tidy
Men: Light coloured shirts (with or without blazer), trousers, and clean shaven with
neatly polished shoes
Women: Salwar suits, Sarees or formal shirts & trousers
2. Make sure you carry all documents with you. Check and recheck. There have been
instances where people have been rejected due to their failure to bring a particular
document
3. Make sure you reach well in advance. Plan for contingency. Arrive at least an hour early
4. Have a proper breakfast and good sleep the day before
5. Finally, bring confidence with you
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WAT-PI related FAQs:
1) What would be the pattern of written ability test?
a. You will be given a topic on which you will have to write your opinion. Your ability to build
perspective and the quality of your communication skills are the main factors judged.
2) Can one get his/her interview date rescheduled?
a. Interview date rescheduling will not be entertained under any circumstances as the
dates have already been frozen by IIM Lucknow.
3) Whether WAT-PI is taken together for multiple program calls?
a. The process is common.
4)How can an interview be diverted to ones comfortable area?
a. This can be done by first setting the pace of the interview right at the beginning when
one is asked about himself/herself. It can also be done by highlighting and talking about
your strengths more than your weaknesses.
5) Is it possible to lead the interview?
a. Yes. But its more of a chance. Dont try to be aggressive.
6) How to justify poor academic performance in the past?
a. You need to have concrete answers lined up. The interviewers are looking at your ability to
hold your own under pressure. Besides this, if you have done really well in extracurricular
activities, you can use that to your advantage.
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7) How to go about HR answers? Are they important?
a. HR answers are very important. Its mostly profile dependent. Some questions are being shared
but mostly it will depend on your profile. Be confident, honest and comfortable while answering.
8) How to tackle questions of which IIM one will choose in case of multiple converts?
a. Be honest. Choose the best call you have.
9) What kind of questions to expect in ones interview?
a. It can be HR as well as technical. They may ask questions about some current topic.
So prepare for the worst, expect the best.
10) Case based or current affairs topic or abstract topic for WAT?
a. IIM Lucknow WAT has mostly been abstract topic based and sometimes on current
affairs and general awareness. But they may change it any year. So prepare for all types. If
your slot is after some other people, then you will get an idea. But that will be very late.
So prepare for all types.
11) How to tackle a stress interview?
a. There have been many instances where candidates have been subjected to stress.
The best strategy is just to keep calm and admit what you do not know. Try to
maintain a logical flow of thought at all times.
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SOME IMPORTANT HR QUESTIONS:
I. Personal
A. Background
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What would you like me to know about you that is not on your form?
3. What are the three most important events of your life?
4. What were you doing during this gap of time I see here on your form?
5. Where did you grow up?
6. What are your three major accomplishments?
7. What was an experience in your life that you would want to go back and change?
B. Self-Description
8. How would your friends describe you?
9. Give me three words to describe yourself.
C. Goals
10. What new goals have you established for yourself recently?
11. What are your five to ten year career goals?
12. What are your career and educational goals?
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13. What are the attributes of an ideal job for you? If you could do it all over again,
what would you do differently?
14. What are you looking for?
D. Values
15. What does success mean to you?
16. What does failure mean to you?
17. Which is more important to you: money or the type of job?
18. Who do you admire? Why?
19. What do you get passionate about?
20. Who is your hero, and why?
II. Management / Leadership Style

21. What is your management philosophy?
22. Define leadership.
III. Strengths / Weaknesses and Skills

23. Are you creative? Give me an example. What have you done that you consider
creative?
24. What are your strongest abilities?
25. What is your biggest weakness?
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26. Give me an example of something that you have done that shows initiative.
27. What makes you stand out among your fellow students?
28. What makes you different from the other candidates?
29. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
30. Have you ever had any failures? What did you learn from them?
31. What kinds of tasks and responsibilities motivate you the most?
32. What has been your greatest challenge?
IV. Interpersonal Skills

33. How competitive are you?
34. How do you work under pressure?
35. Give me an example of a time when you successfully worked within a team.
V. Education
36. Why do you want to get an MBA?
37. Why IIM L?
38. Do you hold any leadership positions?
39. What electives have you taken? Which did you enjoy the most?
40. What college classes did you like the least? Why?
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41. Did your grades accurately reflect your ability? Why/Why not?
42. Describe the course that has had the greatest impact on your thinking.
VI. Extracurriculars
43. What extra-curricular school activities are you involved in?
44. What have you learned from your activities?
45. Were your extracurricular activities worth the time you put into them?
46. How did you become involved in your extracurricular activities?
47. What do you enjoy doing outside of work in your free time?
48. What is your favourite book/movie/song/painting-or author/actor/singer/artist?
49. Which magazines/newspapers do you read regularly? Which books have you
read recently?
50. Have you ever done volunteer activities?
VII. Functions
A. Marketing
51. What is marketing? Define the difference between marketing and advertising.
52. What does it take to be successful in marketing?
53. What are the attributes of a successful marketing campaign? How do you
motivate others, particularly those over whom you have no direct authority?
54. How have you developed your interpersonal skills?
55. Give me a specific example of a time you solved a problem creatively?
56. Give me a 30 second commercial about yourself.

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57. Pick a good and bad ad campaign and discuss them.
58. Give an example of a well/managed product.
59. Pick a product and position it.
60. Give me an example of a leadership role you have had. Give me another one,
give me, another one, give me another one............
B. Finance
61. Why finance?
62. Some technical questions may be asked based on what your educational
background is and/or your work experience.
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SOME WAT TOPICS: (Abstract)
1. What goes around comes around

2. After two Fs, a student should be asked to leave IIM Lucknow
3. Results are more important than processes
4. To fall in a trap of debt is worse than death
5. Greatest victories are those which are won without any battle
6. Violence of no means should be tolerated
7. The end justifies the means
8. Is a critic a positive or negative force?
9. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
10. An early start ensures a successful ending
11. God must be a woman
12. Success is fluke, failure is inevitable
13. Bharat vs India
14. Walk the talk
15. Guns and Roses
16. Is art a luxury or for the common public as well?
17. The way to success is humanity.
18. Helping hands are better than praying lips.
19. The Means Justify the End
20. The darkest hour is just before the dawn
21. Sometimes wars are required to ensure peace
22. An eye for eye will make the whole world blind
23. World is run by conspiracy. People run by lofty ideas
24. In todays world, business and ethics dont go hand in hand
25. Solution to a problem creates a new problem
26. A ship docked in the harbour cannot face the storm
27. Knowledge is power doesnt stand true in the age of internet
28. Jack of all trades or master of one?
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29. Higher education must be made free or not

30. Collection of data on citizens by the government is unethical
31. Attitude vs Aptitude
32. If you want peace in life, be prepared for war
33. Takers eat well but givers sleep well
34. In an organizational hierarchy, every employee will rise or get promoted to his or
her level of incompetence
Apart from these, be prepared for current affairs and general awareness topics.
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Selection Criteria:
1) What is the weightage given to extra-curricular activities in the personal data form? Is it
good to Have or must have?
a. There is no concrete weight age assigned to extracurricular activities. While it always
good to have them, it is not a very big disadvantage.
2) Is year gap in ones career something to be worried about?
a. There is no need to worry as there are several students at IIM L who have made it even after
having a long break in their career. You will have to be prepared to answer questions like U
"why did you quit your job", "do you think you could not have prepared for CAT while doing
the job", "What have you been doing besides preparing for CAT after leaving your job".
3) How important are academics if one has a lot of work experience?
a. Not really (anything above the mandatory 24 months). Its more what you did in work that
matters. Moreover, you are expected to be clear about future goals. But one should also be
prepared to answer questions based on two to three subjects that you like to be on the safer
side.
4) How important is the CAT percentile in the final conversion policy? What is the criterion for
selection process?
a. Please refer to the admission policy link available on IIML site:
http://www.iiml.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IIML-Admission-Policy-2017-
2019_CAT2016.pdf
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5) What is the basis for determination of quality of work-ex and academic qualifications?
a. Quality of work ex depends on the type of role you performed. Managerial roles are
preferred. The admission committee will be interested in understanding your
role/responsibility/contribution to the organization you worked for irrespective of the
size or stature of the organization. People have made it to IIM L even after working with
start-ups and lesser known firms. They will try and assess your understanding of the
business of the organization/industry you worked for. Academic qualifications are more to
do with consistency and anyway the people who get calls are the ones with good academic
scores.
6) How important is diversity to IIM Lucknow?
a. While IIM Lucknow encourages diversity, it would only take in those candidates who
would do well in the WAT PI stage. So complacency should be avoided at all costs.
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-An IIM Lucknow

FAQS AND WAT-PI GUIDE

On the day of your WAT-PI:

Women: Salwar suits, Sarees or formal shirts & trousers

4. Have a proper breakfast and good sleep the day before

5. Finally, bring confidence with you

WAT-PI related FAQs:

1) What would be the pattern of written ability test?

3) Whether WAT-PI is taken together for multiple program calls?

a. The process is common.

4)How can an interview be diverted to ones comfortable area?

a. Yes. But its more of a chance. Dont try to be aggressive.

6) How to justify poor academic performance in the past?

7) How to go about HR answers? Are they important?

a. Be honest. Choose the best call you have.

9) What kind of questions to expect in ones interview?

SOME IMPORTANT HR QUESTIONS:

3. What are the three most important events of your life?

5. Where did you grow up?

6. What are your three major accomplishments?

9. Give me three words to describe yourself.

11. What are your five to ten year career goals?

12. What are your career and educational goals?

16. What does failure mean to you?

17. Which is more important to you: money or the type of job?

18. Who do you admire? Why?

19. What do you get passionate about?

20. Who is your hero, and why?

II. Management / Leadership Style

22. Define leadership.

III. Strengths / Weaknesses and Skills

25. What is your biggest weakness?

28. What makes you different from the other candidates?

32. What has been your greatest challenge?

IV. Interpersonal Skills

34. How do you work under pressure?

37. Why IIM L?

38. Do you hold any leadership positions?

44. What have you learned from your activities?

46. How did you become involved in your extracurricular activities?

48. What is your favourite book/movie/song/painting-or author/actor/singer/artist?

52. What does it take to be successful in marketing?

54. How have you developed your interpersonal skills?

55. Give me a specific example of a time you solved a problem creatively?

56. Give me a 30 second commercial about yourself.

57. Pick a good and bad ad campaign and discuss them.

58. Give an example of a well/managed product.

59. Pick a product and position it.

SOME WAT TOPICS: (Abstract)

1. What goes around comes around

29. Higher education must be made free or not

2) Is year gap in ones career something to be worried about?

3) How important are academics if one has a lot of work experience?

6) How important is diversity to IIM Lucknow?

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