The personal interview is an integral part of the IPM admission process at IIM Indore and IIM Rohtak. You are likely to be questioned on academic-related topics and general knowledge.

Therefore, it is essential to do background research about your field and surroundings while appearing for the IPM interview.

It will help you fetch more marks over others if you know the recent developments in the corporate world and the industry.

Read through the post that will give you a complete insight into the most commonly asked IIM IPM Interview questions with answers, strategies to crack the personal interview round, and more.

Commonly Asked IIM IPM Personal Interview Questions with Answers

As mentioned above, you can expect questions about current affairs in the IIM IPM interview. So, keep yourself updated with the daily current happenings and brush on key management fundamentals.

Here is the list of IIM IPM interview questions and answers asked in the mock interview of the entrance exam.

Go through the given points carefully to understand better how to answer the questions during the interview.

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Q) Tell me something about yourself?

• Create a brief introduction and practice in front of the mirror to overcome your fear.
• You can start by mentioning your name and where you are from.
• Give a brief about your parent's occupation.
• Mention your percentage secured in class 10th and 12th.
• List your recent achievements and also your leadership qualities.
• Let them know about your hobbies as well. 

Q) Elaborate on your participation in International Competition, and what was your stand there? (In case if you have participated in any unique event or competition, interviewers could ask these questions)

• Explain the event or competition clearly. Let them know when and where it was conducted.
• Tell the interviewer if you have secured any prize or which place you received.
• Give a brief on the competition and your learning from there. 

Q) What are your strengths and weaknesses?

• First, explain your strengths.
• Explain about true weakness from the past and what you are doing to overcome it.

Q) What are your plans after completion of the course?

• Mention your career options. 
• List out the development goals that you have in your mind. 
• Travel plans (if any).

Q) What skills do you hope to develop in college?

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• Explain your skill sets
• What are you doing to implement those skills
• Justify the skills with valid examples

Q) Do you plan to participate in academic activities?

• Show your interest in participating in academic activities
• Explain how you coordinate with other classmates to start a new activity
• Mention some activity examples that you participated in past.

Q) Why should I select you?

• List your qualities and how they are going to help them
• Explain how creative you are
• What will you do to bring the best in your colleagues

Q) Why did you choose IPMAT as your career?

• Highlight the positive influences that lead you to choose IPM
• mention about the relevant skills
• Stress your interest in choosing IIM
• Be completely positive while answering this question

Q) Why do you want to join IIM Indore?

• Tell about your interest in management and relate it to good facilities at IIM Indore.
• Benefits of IIM program at the campus
• Campus life and facilities
• Mention about academic facilities

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Q) What are your hobbies?

• Highlight your skills and qualities
• Give some examples to show your skills and qualities
• Answer the question directly
• Discuss possible opportunities to use your extracurricular activity at the campus

Q) What makes you unique?

• Mention your skills
• Provide examples of your prior accomplishments
• Avoid generic answers

Q) Why do you prefer IPM over other courses?

• Answer the question by comparing BBA+MBA with IPM
• Explain what makes you choose IPM
• Give specific examples to explain why IPM is better than other courses

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What Questions Can be Expected in IIM IPM Interview 2023?

Firstly, the questions are centered around your introduction in the IPMAT interview. The second part will consist of questions from your respective stream, such as science, commerce, or arts.

The third part of the interview will have questions from GK and awareness based.

To help you get an idea about the type of questions that can be asked in the IIM IPM interview, we have curated a few sample questions for your reference here.

• Which is your favourite subject and why?
• If you move from Kanyakumari to Srinagar, which states will you pass through? 
• What is leadership according to you?
• Explain the importance of an organization?
• What is the lead of a pencil made of?
• When you sit in a car, what are the forces that are acting?
• Name two women chief ministers of India and their parties?

How to Crack IIM IPM Personal Interview 2023?

To ease out your preparation for a personal interview, we have provided a few tips below. Following these Preparation Tips for IPMAT Interview would definitely help you crack the interview easily.

• Make sure to include points in the introduction that you have really done, or you like.
• Further questions are usually based on these subjects. For instance, if you like reading, then talk about that else don't mention it.
• Even if you are not questioned about "Tell me about yourself", try to bring in the points so that further questions will be based on that.
• If you are a fresher with less than a year of experience, the interviewer will likely question you about your academics. So, be prepared for at least two topics from the UG that you are comfortable with. 
• If you don't know any answer, say politely that you don't know, or you can tell what you learn in brief. Don't stay quiet without answering or pretend you know.
• Be honest while answering.
• Don't let your emotions and biases ruin your interview.
• Attempting mock IIM IPM Interviews can help in enhancing preparation.