The B-School Interviews Season Is Upon Us - How Ready Are You To Fight For Your Place?

It is a misconception that CAT, XAT, NMAT, IIFT, SNAP and other management entrance tests are the toughest phase of getting into a business school. In reality, the grueling personal interview, group discussion, and writing ability test round is far more challenging. Logically, it makes sense - you're now competing with the cream of all those applying for a top business school, and the competition for that prestigious seat is bound to increase manifold. So how ready are you to fight for your place for that seat? What will be your game plan? How do you plan to get an edge over your competition?

Team InsideIIM10 Dec 2020

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How To Hit The Pot Of Gold In Investment Banking | Harsh Parikh: Ex-Director @ Merrill Lynch, IIM B

Right from school, our career decisions are influenced by our peers - which streams to choose after 12th, which colleges to apply to, which MBA institute to chase, which companies to get placed at, and so on. Peer-to-peer learning is one of the most natural human tendencies. But most of us miss out on one key aspect while choosing what to do with our careers - hearing from someone who has been in our shoes before and excelled at it!

Team InsideIIM09 Dec 2020

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Admissions, Job Interviews : How to prepare for GD-PIs? | Ft. SDA Bocconi Asia Center

CAT is long gone and by now a majority of you might have a little clarity on how you fared in the examination. What lies ahead of you is something that almost all of you would be worried about? Should you go ahead and take NMAT and prep for other B-school tests? Or you should focus your energies on preparing and acing the GD-PIs? To provide you a bit of clarity and help you find your way, we have two current students of SDA Bocconi Asia Center who have secured campus placements at leading companies this year, Nilesh Baid and Persis Bhot who were at a similar crossroads last year. 

Team InsideIIM09 Dec 2020

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CAT 2020 Answer Key Released, TISSNET Notification Released | MBA News, Ep. 30

The past week has been filled with some interesting updates from the world of MBA and business. The official TISSNET notification has been released, and IIM Calcutta has successfully completed its summer placements process for the batch of 2022. The biggest headline of course was the release of the CAT 2020 answer key and response sheet. Let's dive into the top five headlines from the past week.

Team InsideIIM08 Dec 2020

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How Does A B-school Help In Creating Global Opportunities For Students Of Diverse Backgrounds, Ft. Universal Business School Alumni

What does it mean to have a global MBA degree where students from diverse backgrounds come and join? A B-school that focuses on imparting knowledge through industry insights, involving corporate experience for its students to thrive globally. We got in touch with a few of the UBS alumni who are working in different fields across the globe. What was the kind of career path they experienced after passing out from UBS and how the learning from the institute stayed with them in every step that they took in their respective careers? This and a lot more were discussed in this interview with Ruchie Raj, Dr. Swati Gogawat, and Manik Kataria. Here are the excerpts:

InsideIIM Career Services08 Dec 2020

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CAT 2020 Didn't Go Well? Guess What - All Is Not Lost

The CAT 2020 answer key and response sheet has now been released! We want to congratulate every single aspirant whose hard work came to fruition. CAT 2020 was particularly difficult, and achieving a potentially IIM-call worthy score is a highly commendable achievement. But at this stage, we also want to reach out to those of you who, despite the tremendous hard work, didn't get a score they wanted.

Team InsideIIM08 Dec 2020

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"Never Attempt A New Mock Without Analysing The Previous Ones" - Umang Duggal, IIFT 99.26%iler || UPL’IIFT’ Series #1

The UPL’IIFT’ Series- spearheaded by the Media Committee, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, in collaboration with InsideIIM is an initiative to help aspirants understand and prepare for the IIFT Entrance Exam with strategies exercised by some of the top performers.

Media Committee IIFT08 Dec 2020

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How To Ace The QA Section In SNAP?

          Quant is one of the easiest sections of the exam. The Quantitative Aptitude section includes problems on numbers, algebra, geometry, arithmetic and modern maths. But, for most of the non-engineers out there, this section seems the toughest, mainly due to the following reasons:

Admissions Team08 Dec 2020

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The B-School Interviews Season Is Upon Us - How Ready Are You To Fight For Your Place?

It is a misconception that CAT, XAT, NMAT, IIFT, SNAP and other management entrance tests are the toughest phase of getting into a business school. In reality, the grueling personal interview, group discussion, and writing ability test round is far more challenging. Logically, it makes sense - you're now competing with the cream of all those applying for a top business school, and the competition for that prestigious seat is bound to increase manifold. So how ready are you to fight for your place for that seat? What will be your game plan? How do you plan to get an edge over your competition?

Team InsideIIM10 Dec 2020

Read More

How To Hit The Pot Of Gold In Investment Banking | Harsh Parikh: Ex-Director @ Merrill Lynch, IIM B

Right from school, our career decisions are influenced by our peers - which streams to choose after 12th, which colleges to apply to, which MBA institute to chase, which companies to get placed at, and so on. Peer-to-peer learning is one of the most natural human tendencies. But most of us miss out on one key aspect while choosing what to do with our careers - hearing from someone who has been in our shoes before and excelled at it!

Team InsideIIM09 Dec 2020

Read More

Admissions, Job Interviews : How to prepare for GD-PIs? | Ft. SDA Bocconi Asia Center

CAT is long gone and by now a majority of you might have a little clarity on how you fared in the examination. What lies ahead of you is something that almost all of you would be worried about? Should you go ahead and take NMAT and prep for other B-school tests? Or you should focus your energies on preparing and acing the GD-PIs? To provide you a bit of clarity and help you find your way, we have two current students of SDA Bocconi Asia Center who have secured campus placements at leading companies this year, Nilesh Baid and Persis Bhot who were at a similar crossroads last year. 

Team InsideIIM09 Dec 2020

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CAT 2020 Answer Key Released, TISSNET Notification Released | MBA News, Ep. 30

The past week has been filled with some interesting updates from the world of MBA and business. The official TISSNET notification has been released, and IIM Calcutta has successfully completed its summer placements process for the batch of 2022. The biggest headline of course was the release of the CAT 2020 answer key and response sheet. Let's dive into the top five headlines from the past week.

Team InsideIIM08 Dec 2020

Read More

How Does A B-school Help In Creating Global Opportunities For Students Of Diverse Backgrounds, Ft. Universal Business School Alumni

What does it mean to have a global MBA degree where students from diverse backgrounds come and join? A B-school that focuses on imparting knowledge through industry insights, involving corporate experience for its students to thrive globally. We got in touch with a few of the UBS alumni who are working in different fields across the globe. What was the kind of career path they experienced after passing out from UBS and how the learning from the institute stayed with them in every step that they took in their respective careers? This and a lot more were discussed in this interview with Ruchie Raj, Dr. Swati Gogawat, and Manik Kataria. Here are the excerpts:

InsideIIM Career Services08 Dec 2020

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CAT 2020 Didn't Go Well? Guess What - All Is Not Lost

The CAT 2020 answer key and response sheet has now been released! We want to congratulate every single aspirant whose hard work came to fruition. CAT 2020 was particularly difficult, and achieving a potentially IIM-call worthy score is a highly commendable achievement. But at this stage, we also want to reach out to those of you who, despite the tremendous hard work, didn't get a score they wanted.

Team InsideIIM08 Dec 2020

Read More

"Never Attempt A New Mock Without Analysing The Previous Ones" - Umang Duggal, IIFT 99.26%iler || UPL’IIFT’ Series #1

The UPL’IIFT’ Series- spearheaded by the Media Committee, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, in collaboration with InsideIIM is an initiative to help aspirants understand and prepare for the IIFT Entrance Exam with strategies exercised by some of the top performers.

Media Committee IIFT08 Dec 2020

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How To Ace The QA Section In SNAP?

          Quant is one of the easiest sections of the exam. The Quantitative Aptitude section includes problems on numbers, algebra, geometry, arithmetic and modern maths. But, for most of the non-engineers out there, this section seems the toughest, mainly due to the following reasons:

Admissions Team08 Dec 2020

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