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5 Ways To Rock Stress Interviews Like A Pro

Stress and interview go together like peanut butter and jelly when it comes to the Personal Interview Rounds of an MBA School’s selection process. This is because (1) MBA is not a joke. It gets very hectic and stressful. You will have multiple exams on the same day, midnight surprise quizzes, long lectures that you would have to prepare for beforehand etc. (2) MBA graduates when letting out in the wild encounter very stressful conditions under which they might have to take crucial decisions. Most of the panellists are professors of that college and they do not want to stress you out and enjoy that but rather test if you will be able to cope up with all that stress. So here is what you can do to prove to the panel that you will be able to squish stress as easily as a pulp!

Swathika Selvam20 Dec 2017

4 Reasons Why The Himalayan Outbound Programme (HOP) At IIM Indore Is Relevant To Its Curriculum

The Himalayan Outbound Programme is a “4 credit course” offered in the 5th Trimester, but I would prefer to call it an educational excursion. So, we pack our backpacks and go trekking for a week in the Himalayas. How many of us would actually go backpacking in the Himalayas after we enter the “corporate world”?! Often, many claim that HOP is just an additional attribute that would attract one towards joining Planet-I. But I beg to differ and here is why…

Swathika Selvam20 Dec 2017

The Pain Of Not Converting A Call Is More Than The Pain Of Not Getting One

You are an aspirant who recently got done with CAT and some other entrance exams. You still have to appear for some. You are making sure all your bases are covered. You have ensured that you haven't put all your eggs in one basket. Appearing for multiple entrance exams will ensure that you get a call from at least one b-school. Fast forward to the result day... And all the months that you prepared day and night have finally paid off. You are getting calls from a lot of b-schools. Or probably from just the one you wanted.

Team InsideIIM19 Dec 2017

10 Things That Make FORE School Of Management Special

Since its inception in 1981, FORE School of Management, New Delhi has grown from strength to strength. Today FORE is considered among the top b-schools in the country. Set up with the aim to advance management education, FORE has consistently pursued that objective with its focus on holistic learning. Here’s how the institute towers over other b-schools in India.

Career Services Centre19 Dec 2017

What Is It Like To Be An Average Student At A Top IIM?

With two terms done and dusted, one thing I’ve realised is that I have been average in every sense. Grades being just below the median, not a part of any of the famed clubs, past performance is average when benchmarked against peers and even summer placements indicate the same!

Anonymous Writer18 Dec 2017

Supriya's Flashback To Her Life-Changing HSBC Interview Experience - IFMR

HSBC has been a regular recruiter at IFMR for Financial Engineering graduates but unlike the last few years, they offered ‘Risk Analyst’ role to Finance graduates as well. I was fortunate enough to get shortlisted for it and was interviewed for the same.

IFMR Graduate School Of Business, Krea University18 Dec 2017

Importance Of Work Experience Before An MBA - Sanidh Patil, IIM Udaipur

I am a Computer Engineering Graduate from a respectable institute in India. Like most engineering students, I was placed in an IT firm through the college placement process. On completing two good years with the company, I decided to switch my domain and pursue MBA. Surprised that almost all MBA colleges give extra credit to work experience, I was under the impression that work experience plays an important role in the MBA program. This trend is mostly because people feel that a prior industry exposure would act as a catalyst during the MBA course.

Sanidh Patil18 Dec 2017

How To Utilise Your Time Before CAT Results?

Now that the CAT is over, a lot must be going through each person’s mind – what would he/she have scored, whether the score will fetch the desired percentile which will land one on the hallowed grounds of IIM or not. While it is normal to be anxious about the results , there is little one can do now except contemplate.

IIM Raipur Media & PR Cell18 Dec 2017