Mentari — interview preparation guides https://mentari.in/blog Guides for candidates and placement cells from Mentari, the AI mock-interview platform. en-IN Is ChatGPT a Good Mock Interviewer? What It Does Well, and Where It Fails https://mentari.in/blog/chatgpt-mock-interview https://mentari.in/blog/chatgpt-mock-interview Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ChatGPT is free, patient and knows every interview question. It is also agreeable, follows your lead and cannot tell you what you actually said. How to use it well, and when you need a real mock interview. “Tell Me About Yourself” for Freshers — and the Three Follow-ups That Come Next https://mentari.in/blog/tell-me-about-yourself-freshers https://mentari.in/blog/tell-me-about-yourself-freshers Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 90-second structure for “tell me about yourself” in campus placements, a worked example for a fresher, and the three follow-up questions your introduction will trigger — with how to be ready for them. STAR Method Answers That Survive a Follow-up Question https://mentari.in/blog/star-method-follow-up-questions https://mentari.in/blog/star-method-follow-up-questions Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The STAR method gets you through the first behavioural question. Here is how to build STAR answers that also hold up when the interviewer asks “what exactly did you do?”, “how do you know?” and “what would you change?”. How Placement Cells Can Measure Interview Readiness Before Recruiters Arrive https://mentari.in/blog/measure-interview-readiness-placement-cell https://mentari.in/blog/measure-interview-readiness-placement-cell Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most placement cells learn who was not interview-ready from the rejection list. A practical way for TPOs to measure readiness across a whole batch in advance: what to measure, how to run it, and what to do with the data. “Why Should We Hire You?” — a Fresher’s Answer That Holds Up Under Questioning https://mentari.in/blog/why-should-we-hire-you-freshers https://mentari.in/blog/why-should-we-hire-you-freshers Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How freshers should answer “why should we hire you?” in campus placements: a three-part structure, two worked examples, the phrases to avoid, and the follow-up questions the answer will trigger. Guesstimate Questions: a Four-Step Method, a Worked Example, and How Interviewers Score Them https://mentari.in/blog/guesstimate-questions-framework https://mentari.in/blog/guesstimate-questions-framework Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to solve guesstimate and market-sizing questions in consulting, product and MBA placement interviews: a four-step method, a fully worked example with the arithmetic, and the follow-ups interviewers use to test your assumptions. MBA Summer Placement Interviews: What Panels Test in Marketing, Finance, Consulting and Operations https://mentari.in/blog/mba-summer-placement-interview-preparation https://mentari.in/blog/mba-summer-placement-interview-preparation Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A preparation guide for MBA and PGDM summer placement interviews in India: what panels test by domain, how to defend every line of your CV, a four-week plan, and the follow-up questions that decide shortlists.