2020 was a tough year for all of us. All our plans went haywire come March 2020 and this pandemic. But this painful, difficult and altogether crazy year also had some highlights. We had some brilliant work done, collaborated with some exceptional people and overall had a lot to be thankful. So here's showing our gratitude with a series of articles for the year that was. We bring you a list of your Top 10s. Most loved videos, most commented and read stories, etc. Whether you're an MBA aspirant, a student or someone who has contributed to InsideIIM, you'll find something interesting here for all. Today we look at the top 10 Most Watched Videos Released on InsideIIM's YouTube Channel. Before we look at our hit videos of 2020, a big thank you for watching, liking, sharing and commenting on these videos! And now, let's dive in!
The Top 10 Most Watched Videos On InsideIIM In 2020:
When Ananta Chhajer attempted CAT 2017, he scored 99.21 %ile. He realised that his dream of getting into IIM A, B, or C would remain just that - a dream. This is why Ananta decided to write CAT a second time in 2018. He finally scored 99.91%ile and converted a call from IIM A as well as IIM C. In this video, find out how Ananta changed his CAT strategy and managed to reach his goal of cracking the IIM Ahmedabad selection.
“Every 2 years in consulting is equal to 6 years outside,” says Anirudh Tara, Director & Partner, BCG India, IIM Calcutta Alum. In Konversations Cafe Season 4, Anirudh Tara talks about being a consultant, and how a consulting career evolves. In this insightful video, Anirudh touches upon the big questions - why MBA and why consulting. If you want to know what it takes to stay at a firm like BCG and make it to the Managing Director and Partner, then you should watch this!
GMAT is typically taken by students in an attempt to study abroad. However, many Indian b schools have begun accepting GMAT scores in recent years. In this video, we spoke to Dhruv Chopra, a PGDM Student of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, who talks of how he scored 740 in GMAT in his second attempt. Coming from an engineering background, he found Quant to be fairly easy, but struggled with tackling Verbal. Juggling between his job and GMAT prep, he improved his score, from 670 in his first attempt to 740 in his second. Find out how he did that in this video.
Is consulting your dream career? Are you figuring out hacks to get into one of the big 4 consulting firms in the country? Are you dreaming of a life of travel, and helping the C-suite make decisions? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, check out this video featuring Anirudh Tara, Director & Partner at BCG India, also IIM C and Delhi College of Engineering Alum. From the skills recruiters value to managing work-life balance, Anirudh talks about it all.
Meet Jhalak Mittal, a Delhi University student, majoring in Economics. Jhalak decided to pursue an MBA straight after graduation, as a fresher, after consulting seniors and MBA students. She wanted to back her economics know how with the business acumen that an #MBA degree provides. Jhalak started preparing for CAT while still in college and managed to score 98.78 percentile, thus converting a call to IIM Bangalore. In this video, she talks about her strategy for each section and how she prepared for mocks.
Meet Chetna Vasishth, Owner and Host at ChetChat, a YouTube channel that assists students with their study abroad dreams, has had a long journey. In this video, Chetna takes us through her journey at XLRI Jamshedpur. Studying personnel management and industrial relations (now dubbed HRM), Chetna stepped into a banking career after graduation. Interestingly, she never aspired to be a banker when she started her MBA. She talks about studying an MBA in a time when the economy was unstable and how it changed the needs of the industry then. In this video find out what it takes to grow meaningfully and ensure that your career does not stagnate.
Situated in the “Scotland of the East”, IIM Shillong has one of the most beautiful campuses around the country. With top companies like Deloitte, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Bain and Co., and many others coming here for placements, offering a median salary package of 16.5 lacs p.a., IIM Shillong attracts the best of the best. So what makes this campus so unique? What kind of courses are offered here? Covered in winter clothes, Purnangshu Paul speaks with Second Year student Pranishaa R Prakash about IIM Shillong in today’s episode of KYC.
A question that possibly comes to every B-school student’s mind is ‘How much money would I make once I complete an MBA from a B-school’? And with that comes the feeling of how much your peers are making. A rat race that never ceases to end! Ankit Doshi, the creator of InsideIIM, thus decided to decode this MBA conundrum that the students go through. How to become a top earner in India! A single line answer to this would be, ‘the fact that you have done your MBA from a B-school in India and are placed in some or the other company, you have already made it to the league of top earners in the country’. But Ankit shares his thoughts, ideas and philosophies to answer just this question in this video.
Ankit Gupta, gave the CAT Exam four times, and finally converted IIM Lucknow. Being a BITS Pilani graduate, CAT didn’t seem to be a difficult exam for him. He even scored 96.5%ile in his first attempt without any preparation. However, during his first 3 attempts, he realised he lacked a very important part that can fetch you a good percentile in CAT: mental preparedness. It was in his 3rd attempt when things went haywire. He had to deal with his father's alcoholism, a hectic work schedule, and CAT prep. Hence, he was not able to score a seat at the IIMs even in his 3rd attempt. That is when he decided to leave everything behind and start traveling. He gained a little perspective in life and decided to sit for CAT 2018, finally converting IIM Lucknow. Check out how he managed to crack CAT finally in this video.
IIM interviews are an experience of a lifetime - regardless of whether you make it to the final merit list, your IIM interview is a story worth reminiscing even years later. This held true for Rishabh Singh who, after scoring a 99.25th percentile score in CAT 2018, was shortlisted for the WAT-PI round by his dream MBA institute - IIM Kozhikode. After a series of minor shocks before the interview, Rishabh finally made it to the nerve wracking interview room. In this video re-enactment, we take you inside the IIM Kozhikode interview room and give you a glimpse of how candidates deal with stressful situations, take risks, and finally impress the panel enough to convert their interviews! Take a look!