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What is the scope in operational research? What type of questions are asked in interview of operational research? I am going to do M.Sc operational research

Scope in Operational Research:-

The following are just a few of the main areas where OR are employed:-

Goverment Operational Research Service
Defence
Financial Services
Health
Manufacturing Industry Management Consultancies
Oil
Retail
Transport and Travel Marketing
Universities and Research Institutions


Interview Questions for Operational Research:-

1 - Can you describe some of the models you have created and implemented

2 - What methods do you find work best when gathering data and information on a potential problem.

3 - How would you react if management rejected your models or solutions for a potential problem.

4 - What methods do you use to organize large amounts of complex data.

5 - What is the least effective model you have created and how would you improve it.

Operations Research aims to reduce “muddy” business problems into well-defined mathematical constructs, while also defining expected behaviour and goals (well rooted in computer science and analytics).

I am giving you some common interview questions below:-

Can you describe some of the models you have created and implemented?

What methods do you find work best when gathering data and information on a potential problem?

How would you react if management rejected your models or solutions for a potential problem?

Its purpose is to give administration, a basis for predicting quantitatively the most effective results of an operation under given set of variable conditions and thereby to provide a sound basis for “decision-making”. Thus, Operation Research offers alternative plans for a problem to the management for decisions.