INTERVIEW QUESTIONS IN CAT

LEARN ABOUT INTERVIEW QUESTIONS IN CAT

NORMAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ASKED BY INSTITUTES AFTER CLEARING WRITTEN TEST IN CAT:

QUESTION TYPE 1 :

1. Why are you not doing C.A.?
2. Don't you consider that as a career alternative?
3. Do you think a B.Com (Hons) Degree will be enough if you do not make it into Management?
4. Let's take up your subjects in Degree .Which subjects did you have?
5. About International Trade (one of the subjects mentioned by the student) - what do you understand by the comparative an advantage theory?
6. What do you mean by 'consideration'? Give an example.
7. Where is the Loss from Profit & Loss Account put in the company's Balance Sheet and why?
8. As a layman, what would you look for in a company's Balance Sheet?
9. If you were to become an employee, what would you see in the company's Balance Sheet?
10. What do you mean by Break Even Point? How is it calculated?
11. What are the different types of taxes an individual pays?
12. What are the implications of wealth tax?
13. Is dividend on shares taxable?
14. One of the interviewers gives the statement Y = a + b x and says)

    (i) y/x and (ii) dy/dx are to be found out. Is there any difference between the above two?

15. Tell me something about your Company.
16. What do you mean by cloning?
17. What are the ethical implications of cloning?
18. Tell us how you find the interview.
19. What did the other candidates say about the pattern of interviews?

QUESTION TYPE 2 :

1. What is your mother?
2. What are your subjects in graduation?
3. What is Management Accountancy?
4. What is GDP of India? (Convert it in rupees)?
5. What is mean, median, mode?
6. What are measures of dispersion?
7. Is "Range" a measure of dispersion?
8. Name three people (famous ticket collectors) in sports? (This student was working as a ticket collector in Indian Railways at the time of this interview)
9. Define variable cost in Accounts and Economics.

QUESTION TYPE 3 :

1. What is unique about the Salarjung Museum?
2. Looking at the way names of places are being changed, suggest a name for Hyderabad.
3. What is this 'Management institute in Hyderabad' you've written here? Why did you leave it?
4. Do you consider yourself to be a Hyderabadi? Tell us some general characteristics of Hyderabadis?
5. Tell us about the food, culture, some samples or examples of Hyderabadi language.
6. Tell us about the Golconda. When does it date back to?
7. Tell us about the history of Hyderabad.
8. What did the Nizam (contribute) give to Hyderabad or to the country?
9. Can you name a few prominent Hyderabadis in sports and films?
10. Are you comfortable in your academics?
11. Which subject are you comfortable in?
12. What is consumer behavior?
13. Do you know about a well known book on consumer behavior some 20 years back?
14. How can you classify advertising?
15. Who protects consumers from misleading advertisements?
16. Name any four ads you know. Classify them. In the light of this, do you think the classification you have given is valid?
17. Can advertisers target their competitors directly?
18. Can you give instances of such direct attacks?
19. On what kind of products are the margins that can be charged low?