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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Group Discussion And Personal Interview Sample Questions.
Submitted by bhuvan4700 on Thu, 12/31/2009

Group Discussion
At one hour, the GD was surprisingly long. There were three panelists for each GD. Given the extended duration, the topics were content heavy and covered contemporary politics and economy. Some of the topics that candidates at the Delhi round received were:
1. Interlinking of rivers: A threat to the economy and ecological balance?
2. Democracy is not right or needed for good governance.
3. Over commercialization of cricket is destroying other sports in India.

Essay
The second component was the essay. Candidates were given 20 minutes to write an essay on any of the given topics. Like the GD, topics for the essay were also drawn from contemporary issues. In fact a few of them were a straight from Gyandhara`s weekly articles. Some of the topics were:
1. Coalition governments and their impact on the country.
2. National rural employment scheme is a step in right direction for rural development.
3. Globalization and the Indian value system.

Personal Interview
Interviews at the Delhi round were surprisingly short, with three to five panelists at any given time. There was relatively less focus on general awareness, which were sufficiently tested in the GD and essay. As expected, the interview did focus on foreign trade and WTO, with special reference to the textile sector. Some questions asked were:
1. Tell us something about yourself.
2. Tell me something about your father’s business in 5 minutes.
3. What’s attitude?
4. What’s perception?
5. What’s the difference between the two?
6. Questions on other technical terms of psychology, as psychology and consumer behavior was one of the subjects in BBA.
7. Why do you want to do an MBA?
8. Why from IIFT?
9. Why should we select you in spite of you being a fresher?
10. What is break-even point?
11. Please mention anything you wish to share.
12. What is the main function of WTO?
13. In five minutes, elaborate on your background, family, academics, interests and hobbies.
14. Some questions on international accounting practices were asked for B.Com graduates.
15. Mention 5 biggest IT companies? Why are they growing?
16. What is international business?
17. What were the major issues in the recent WTO meet held in Hong Kong?
18. Where is India’s stand in the world as a textile exporter?
19. What are the opportunities that India has in the textile sector?
20. What are the basic qualities that a good manager should have?