Tips To Crack The IIM Indore Interview By IIM Indore Students - Part 2
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With the CAT results out and the forms of IIMs shared with the students, it is that time when the preparations for interviews start in full swing. In this article, we have collaborated with the students of the 2019-21 Batch of IIM Indore to share their interview experiences.
While the CAT exam is a tough beast to slay, cracking the exam is only half the battle won. The real test lies ahead of you - cracking the WAT-PI rounds of your dream business schools. Now, you're competing with the creamy layer of India's top talent, and the competition is going to become immensely tough.
MBA admissions season is now on! Now that the results of CAT, XAT, SNAP and other entrance exams are out, GD-PI-WAT rounds are about to start. And this GD-PI-WAT season, one of the many things that the b-schools are searching for in candidates are - a) knowledge on current affairs, and b) their unique views on the matter and the ability to portray it in a clear and concise manner. You can only do that when you are aware and well-informed; specifically, about things happening in India and the world. A global event that has been in the spotlight for the better part of 2019 has been the US-China Trade War. The trade war is a big issue because the US and China are both economic superpowers. Whatever they do has an impact on the global economy (including India). So, what is this trade war all about?
The InsideIIM MBA Rankings - a list of the top MBA colleges in India, has been released for 2020! Find out why ISB continues to slip in our rankings, why SJMSoM IIT Bombay has been ranked better than an old IIM, and why SCMHRD has been the biggest gainer in the 2020 InsideIIM rankings of India's top MBA colleges!
The Start-Up space in India has been thriving for over a decade now, in numerous fields such as media, tech, finance, e-commerce, etc. Often, It is a task for highly skilled B-school aspirants to figure out what area of work is best suited for them or what organizations they could work to build the foundation for their careers. Even campus placements may not always work out in the student's favor. How can you put your skills to use in order to create something compelling in your field of interest? All one needs is a fresh idea that can be built and transformed into something beneficial for individuals or current businesses. Despite individuals having immense technical knowledge in their respective fields, not everyone can combine all their different skills and channel it to set up an organization without the right guidance in the management space. Avinash Thakur had a similar approach in terms of starting his career before he completed his undergraduate degree.
Gap Year- A word that haunts many candidates despite scoring really well in MBA entrance exams like CAT,XAT,IIFT etc. One question that they can be sure of is –“what did they do in the Gap year?” Why should they be selected over the ones who cracked the exam without taking any gap? These questions can become a headache and your whole interview can revolve around how well you justify the gap year. Here, we bring to you journey of the students who had Gap year just like you and aced their interviews to land in their dream b-school.
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.