AMERICAN EXPRESS

Candidate
Profile Offered
Work Experience

Aakash Gulati
Marketing
NIL

Pre Process
Application form
(Y/N)
If Yes, questions
Psychometric test
(Y/N)
Written Test (Y/N)
Written test
details
Interview Rounds

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

No

Process (GD + PI)

GD Topics

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

No
No
1

Can sports be made a career option in India?

Profile Sector
Specific questions

-- NA --

HR Based

Why do you want a marketing profile?

What are the benefits if you get into marketing according to
you?

School friends or college friends? Which of them makes better

friends and why?

General Questions

How did you prepare for the Interview Process? How much according to you was relevant?
As a part of my preparation, I had done the following:

Read newspapers like economic times relevant

Studied my marketing project in detail highly relevant

I was thorough with my CV relevant

Read about the company and its products relevant

Read about credit card industry. Also difference between charge card and credit card less
relevant

Read some chapters of Kotler -- relevant

Talked to a lot of seniors who did internship in AMEX highly relevant

Solved a lot of guesstimates with seniors as a part of strategist club -- relevant

Why do you think, you were selected?

I believe I was selected because my academics and overall profile was good. Also, having good
communication skills and a good GD helped me to crack the interview process.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Everyone was asked to be aggressive in the GD, which is a rarity in the GD process.