IGIDR Interview

Posted by Amit Goyal on Jun 16, 2012; 3:12pm
URL: http://discussion-forum.276.s1.nabble.com/IGIDR-Interview-tp7577906.html

A friend of mine appeared for the interview and here is what was asked in the interview:

"The IGIDR interview, I felt was a mixture of problem solving and economic intuition as well as a hint of current affairs. Here's how my interview went:
I was asked which is my area of interest. I said micro, I was asked to be a bit more specific, so I said Game Theory. I was asked to find out the Nash equilibrium of a very simple version of Prisoner's dilemma- they wanted to see me solving it on the board. After this, I was asked 2-3 questions from IS-LM, basic ones from Dornbusch initial chapters-how does the equilibrium shift when you change this or that variable. Then they asked me if the Keynesian model was applicable (or a good approximation of the Indian economy). I said a couple of things but in retrospect i think they weren't really looking for an exact answer but testing my economic intuition, how I argue out a case and if I have some idea as far as basic economic current affairs are concerned. Last, I was asked if I wrote other entrances and what was my preference ranking like among the institutions."
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Gave the interview in 2009.