IIM Indore Mumbai campus 24 June transcript

218 in IPMAT Indore 26, 96.33 in 10th, 92.33 in 12th.

Okay, Panel 2, Mumbai, 24 June, 10:40.

So I went in, greeted them. They asked me to introduce myself, I introduced myself.

They asked me about game theory and what I had studied in game theory.

I answered that I came to know about game theory during YCP in IIM Ranchi 2 years ago. A senior suggested I study it.

Many topics: Nash, Pareto, credible threats, etc.

Started cross-questioning on what Nash is and its use case in microeconomics.

I mentioned that Nash is basically a stability point and demand and supply stability is one use case.

He said that wasn’t his question. Then he asked again. I said one another concept is Pareto efficiency of Nash equilibrium, which I think I said off topic.

They asked what Pareto is.

Asked who John Nash is. I said founder of Nash equilibrium and started going off topic with John von Neumann and he broke me off and asked what John Nash’s profession was. I said I am unaware.

Asked why he got the Nobel Prize. I said unaware.

Asked if I know about his movie. I said unaware.

Then shifted to economics, asked what DMU is.

Explained with the example of a samosa. They said you’re a fitness freak, why samosa, so unhealthy. You said that gives more utility because it’s unhealthy.

Asked me to draw its graph.

Asked if it can be negative.

Asked a math question, gave an equation and asked to plot it.

Plotted.

Told to differentiate and double differentiate.

Start of grilling. I was able to answer derivatives correctly but not answer the logic for double derivative at first.

So they started questioning on double derivative and I said a stupid thing, that it’s rate of change of the rate of change, it shows how change is changing lol.

Then he was like what? Didn’t say that but expression, said something that went over my head, but then he asked me to explain. I said can I take a minute.

Then I said I cannot explain mathematically but I can give an example.

Say I am in a car, then the first derivative gives rate of change of speed, i.e. acceleration, and the second derivative gives jerk.

In our case, second derivative is constant 2, that means it’s smooth and no jerks.

Took me to gravity, then is d square by dx square for gravity, blah blah blah, went over my head and I bluffed with yes sir 😭😭 and reiterated my example.

He then again asked gravity because he didn’t get my answer.

I said, sir, I am unaware.

Then I said, sir, it’s also relative to what variable you take first. Like if you take speed as the first variable, then first derivative is acceleration and second is jerk.

However, if your first variable is acceleration, then first derivative gives jerk and second I am unaware, but so on.

Then asked me to give an extempore on why youth of India is blah blah change of India (because of YCP IIM Ranchi in my profile).

Somewhere in the middle of the interview, Kunal Shah they asked.

I told about CRED, WhatsApp, and now he is CEO, numbers 900 million, etc.

They asked what merger and acquisition is.

I explained.

Used the term parent company.

They asked parent company of Google.

I said I am unable to recall.

And CEO of Google.

Unable to recall.

(I knewwwww but bc yaad kyu nahi aaya yaaar itna basic)

And they said okay, best of luck, you can leave.