IIM Ahmedabad - Interview & AWT Question Bank (Compiled)

(Questions from past years, cleaned, grouped, and reformatted for your use.)

Fri Nov 28, 2025

AWT / WAT Topics

1. Work Culture & Productivity

  • Should India move toward a 90-hour or 100-hour work week?
  • Giving tight deadlines breeds creativity - analyse the argument.
  • Turning cameras on should be optional in online meetings - strengthening & weakening points.
  • Delivery apps became popular during the pandemic - now they should not continue. Analyze.
  • Food delivery services are bad for the economy - write against this.
  • Public places (like airports) are being renamed - two travellers disagree. Identify assumptions and counterarguments.
  • The Supreme Court rejected a PIL on cycle tracks; a person disagrees. Identify assumptions, strengthening & weakening points.
  • Kids not playing outside affects immunity - assumptions, strengthening & weakening points.
  • Corridor of uncertainty: discuss assumptions in debate on airport names & priorities.


2. Academic / Technical Questions

Economics & Finance
  • What is Markowitz Portfolio Theory? 
  • Explain Sharpe Ratio & calculate with given values.
  • What is depreciation? Give an example where depreciation happens without usage.
  • What is CAPM, beta, WACC?
  • How do you value a business? Methods and formulas.
  • What is expected shortfall?
  • Write & explain the Black-Scholes equation.
  • Explain correlation vs regression.
  • What is R-squared, adjusted R², slope-correlation relation?
  • What is VaR? Calculate.

Math & Probability
  • Probability of COVID-positive given sensitivity - Bayes theorem problem.
  • What is a random variable?
  • Explain Central Limit Theorem using RV terminology.
  • Probability of 10 consecutive heads.
  • Plot a continuous but non-integrable function.
  • Draw a probability distribution for wickets India might lose.
  • Average of given fractions (34/40, 70/80...).

Physics / Engineering
  • Explain shear stress & pressure with diagrams.
  • What is Nyquist frequency?
  • Explain Fourier Transform and whether it can predict stock prices.
  • Explain heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation.
  • Why 0 Kelvin? Why not –273.15°C?
  • Explain IS–LM model, slope of LM curve.
  • Largest cylinder inside a sphere (geometry).

Computer Science / AI
  • Difference: Supervised vs Unsupervised Learning.
  • How does ChatGPT determine responses? Any optimization?
  • What industries will see jobs due to AI?
  • Explain false positives / false negatives in AI detection.
  • What is Swagger in software development?
  • Explain normalization forms, foreign keys, SQL vs C++.

Mechanical / Civil / Manufacturing

  • Types of bridges.
  • How bottles/pencils/syringes are manufactured.
  • Why do vehicles need a differential?
  • Two-stroke vs four-stroke.
  • What is TAKT time?
  • Explain value stream mapping.


Electronics / Signal Processing
  • Explain PN junction diode in detail.
  • Show how sampling frequency affects audio quality.
  • Explain DSP pipeline for music conversion.

3. General Awareness 

(GK) Current Affairs

  • Why are nations moving towards deglobalization?
  • Effect of Trump’s tariffs.
  • What’s happening in Russia–Ukraine, Israel–Hamas, Syria, Manipur, Tripura?
  • What did Hindenburg accuse Adani of?
  • Who else did similar short-selling (George Soros)?
  • Why are interest rates rising despite low inflation?
Indian GK
  • Name all Union Territories, southern states & languages.
  • What is special about Howrah Bridge and Howrah city?
  • Who is the SEBI chairperson, RBI Governor, IT Minister?
  • Why women’s labour participation rate is falling.
  • Metro projects - necessity or vanity?
  • Ports on India’s west coast (excluding JNPT).
World GK
  • How many states in the USA?
  • What are the latest added US states?
  • Which countries are part of NATO?
  • What is happening on the Myanmar–Mizoram border?

4. Behavioural Questions 

Academics Related

  • Why such a low CGPA in one semester?
  • Why choose BBA (International Business) / Civil / ECE, etc.?
  • Do bad marks reflect lack of interest?
Work Experience
  • What exactly do management consultants do?
  • Explain your projects, revenue model, competitors.
  • Why will clients choose you over others?
  • You changed 3 organizations - why?
  • Why can’t you understand client problems in current role?
Motivation & Career
  • Why MBA? Why not MS Data Science, Public Policy, or Executive MBA?
  • What value will you bring to IIMA?
  • What social problems do you care about?
Personality
  • What is something unique about you not in the form?
  • Analyze your favourite cartoon character (Doraemon, etc.).
  • Why don’t you read books?
  • Is networking really your weakness? Give an example.
5. Work-Ex Related / Industry-Oriented Questions Tech, Consulting, Logistics, Analytics
  • How do you project financials?
  • How to know if capacity expansion will sustain?
  • How do you project volumes in logistics?
  • How do you record interest payments in cash flows?
  • Why do startups have high P/E?
Social Projects / Policy
  • How will you fund social projects post-MBA?
  • Why not pursue a specialized policy degree?

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