How do I prepare for XLRI BM and HRM interviews?

If you are an experienced person then please be thorough about your work, what your company does, in which other domain has the company its footprints, how you contribute to the company

  • You should be thorough and well prepared with the behavioral as well as HR questions.
  • You should be well aware about the city, state in which you were born/brought up. Be prepared with guestimates type of question.
  • You should be well aware about XLRI. Why XL over any other B-school?
  • If you are a fresher then please be thorough with the graduation subjects (specifically your specialization if you have one) and also about the certifications which you did.
  • If you are an experienced person then please be thorough about your work, what your company does, in which other domain has the company its footprints, how you contribute to the company, any challenge you faced at workplace (if yes, how did you overcome it) etc.
  • You can read the below answer if you want to know how I prepared for my graduation subjects being a work-ex candidate.
  • Whatever points you have mentioned in your CV, you should be well aware of each and every point.
  • You will be required to submit answers to some question or write a short essay sort of (as per last year). You should be able to justify and take the stand which you have taken in the answers written. Make sure you know meaning of each and every word which you have written in the answer/essay.
  • Question related to integrity and ethical dilemma may be asked. Answer these type of questions mindfully and take a pause of 2–4 seconds if you need.
  • For HR interview you need to able to answer why HRM? Be aware of what are new HR technologies (eg. CHATGPT) and policies? How an HR contributes to a company? Which are the best and worst HR policies according to you and why? etc.
  • If you have a call for both BM and HRM. You may be asked why BM or HRM.
  • You can also watch mock PI from YouTube to get a jist of questions asked.