Journey To A B-School

IIM A Converts - CAT Strategies Of 2 Non Engineers Ft. Isha, Anushree

Isha Nisar decided right out of school that she wanted to get into IIM A. A Few years down the line, she's all set to join the IIM A Class of 2022. Anushree Naik was studying CA and CA + MBA, the very cliched but highly sought after the path was her dream. But when she did not get an AIR rank during her CA finals, she decided to pay extra attention to cracking the CAT and getting into an IIM. On the verge of joining IIM A with Isha for the class of 2022, Anushree's MBA dreams are also on track. With 98.2%ile in Anushree's case and 99.37%ile in Isha's case, you've probably read their very detailed guides and articles on CAT prep via InsideIIM. In this video, Isha and Anushree come together to share their key CAT tips, strategies, and winning attitudes. If you want to get into some of the best b-schools in India, this video is for you.

Team InsideIIM04 Jun 2020

Get 690+ GMAT Score To Crack ISB Ft. Vyom Gautam,Class Of 2022

With their flagship Post Graduate Program in Management ranked 24th globally according to Financial Times in 2019, ISB is one of the most aspirational b-schools in India. Many students every year diligently write the GMAT/ GRE to get into ISB. So how does one actually achieve this? What are the ins and out of getting into a b-school like ISB? In this article, we bring you Vyom Gautam, from the incoming ISB PGP Class Of 2022. With a B.tech in Mechanical and Automobile Engineering from VIT (Vellore), Vyom worked with SKF India, a leading automobile and aerospace facilitator, for 2+ years before getting into ISB. Everything from Vyom's journey, to GMAT prep, essay prompts at ISB, Interview experience and more has been captured in this article. Read to know more!

Team InsideIIM04 Jun 2020

How To Get Into ISB | Pointers By Abhilaksh Sharma, VIT and ISB Alum

Getting into the prestigious ISB is not just anyone’s cup of tea. According to Abhilaksh Sharma (VIT pass out and ISB Alum), “ISB looks for confident and jugaadu people who can get things done. Just being academically good and raw intelligence will not be enough to cut it.” Before joining ISB, Abhilaksh was working as a public sector consultant at the Project Planning & Implementation Division (Chairman's Office) at the Quality Council of India. This article is trying to capture his GRE prep, essay prompt, interview experience and his overall time in ISB. Want to get into ISB? Want to know if you are cut out for it? Read this interview to find out.

Team InsideIIM01 Jun 2020

I Wrote CAT 6 Times To Get Into IIM A, B, C Ft. Abhishek Goyal, 99.8 Percentiler

Not once or twice, Abhishek Goyal wrote the CAT 6 times. After cracking IIM L, I and K in his very first CAT attempt in 2014, Abhishek decided to redo the CAT. His end goal? To get into IIM A, B or C. Having graduated from IIT Bombay and worked at Citi Group, Abhishek decided to pursue an MBA. But getting a job at Accenture Strategy as a consultant and personal issues came together to take Abhishek's focus off his IIM dream. And yet he persisted. He kept preparing for and writing the CAT till 2019, when he finally scored 99.8 percentile and converted calls from IIM A and B and is currently waitlisted at IIM C. Phew! Check out what strategies Abhishek used to bell the CAT in 2019. Find out some general mistakes CAT aspirants are likely to make that affect overall percentile and hence their chance at getting into an IIM or the top Indian b-schools in this video.

Team InsideIIM28 May 2020

How I Got Into ISB Ft. Abhishek Nair, Product Manager, ISB Alum

Lauded as the 3rd Indian b-school to get an accreditation from AMBA, ISB is one of the most aspirational b-schools in India. So how does one make? What are the ins and out of getting into a b-school like ISB? In this article, we bring you Abhishek Nair, ISB alum and an engineer who studied computer science and chemistry from BITS Pilani Goa. With 92.76% in 10th and 91.33 % in 12th, Abhishek has also co-founded 2 startups. Everything from Abhishek's journey, to GMAT prep, essay prompts at ISB, Interview experience more has been captured in this article. Read to know more!

Team InsideIIM26 May 2020

Why I Chose INSEAD Over IIMs Ft. Antoine P, Consultant, Entrepreneur

Imagine graduating from ParisTech as a mechanical engineer, and deciding to actually explore an engineering career. That's what our guest in today's video, Antoine Poirson, Partner at Antler, Co-Founder at StanPlus, INSEAD alum, Ex Project Manager Areva Solar and M.Sc. from ParisTech did. He traveled across continents and countries in his job as a project manager at Areva Solar, From India and Nigeria to Germany and Finland. This gave him a unique perspective of how businesses work from the ground up. Wanting to fine-tune his business and strategy skills as well as wanting to get into Consulting led Antoine to pursue an MBA from INSEAD. In this video find out why he chose INSEAD and, not an IIM!

Team InsideIIM25 May 2020

PI Prep Made Easy - Commonly Asked Questions - Part 2

WAT-GD-PIs for your dream b-schools are just around the corner. Which means competing with a bunch of aspirants, just like yourself, equally focused on cracking that coveted seat in one of the top b-schools of India. This also means you have your work cut out for you. You need to make sure you’re prepared and ready to answer tough questions, make the right choices and decisions, as well as read the interviewers’ body language in order to perform your best. In this article, we help you figure out how you can answer some of the frequently asked PI questions. Learn just why interviewers ask such questions, and how you should prepare your answers.

Team InsideIIM04 Mar 2020

Commonly Asked PI Questions And How To Answer Them

Do you know what will be the most recurring thing you’ll face during b-school admissions and after? Interviews. PIs. Yup! Be it b-school admission interviews, placement interviews or more job interviews in the future, you’re going to face personal interviews one way or the other all your life. But here’s the catch - your interviewers will be interviewing hundreds if not thousands of people at once. So how do you stand out? How do you make sure that you are noticed, and that for the right reasons? First step - prepare and fine-tune your interview questions with model answers. In order to help you prepare, here’s a compilation of likely interview questions and how you can best answer them. Best of luck!

Team InsideIIM03 Mar 2020