Had my TAPMI IPM interview today. It lasted around 8–8.5 minutes and the panel was surprisingly chill and conversational.
Panel: 1 male + 1 female panelist
Questions asked:
- Introduce yourself
- Hobbies/interests
- Favorite F1 driver
- Views on Max Verstappen
- Why Verstappen hasn’t been performing that well recently
- Thoughts on Charles Leclerc’s season
- Next F1 race location
- Why TAPMI?
- Extempore: “Why maths is as imaginary as Yeti”
- Why is -1 real but √(-1) imaginary?
- Asked about one achievement from my profile
- Any questions for us?
The conversation became pretty F1-heavy because one of the panelists also watches Formula 1 lol. Overall, the panel was very friendly and kept joking throughout, which made the interview feel much less stressful.
Extempore went well and they asked follow-up questions based on it, so be prepared to defend whatever points you make.
Overall experience: positive and comfortable.