Why MBA?

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FT MBA Rankings 2024 : 2 IIMs in the Top 50, A new Entrant in the List

FT MBA Rankings 2024 : 2 IIMs in the Top 50, A new Entrant in the List

The Financial Times MBA rankings haven't been great in the past few years for Indian B-schools. Last year, all of the IIMs slipped out of the top fifty with two of them being in the top 60, including IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore. But that's changed. In the Financial Times MBA rankings of 2024, the IIMs have made up several positions over the last year. 

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Important Finance Concepts that you should know for your Interviews

Important Finance Concepts that you should know for your Interviews

After clearing the GD-WAT round, comes the personal interview round. If you ace that, nothing can stop you from scoring a seat in your dream B-school. And because a Personal Interview is the ultimate ‘make it or break it’ round, you will have to study extra hard, especially if you opt for an MBA with Finance specialisation. How do you prepare yourself for a finance interview? Do you know what finance is? Are there any concepts that you might need to learn? And how do you answer ‘Why finance’ questions? Read this article to get all the answers to approach your MBA finance Interview Preparation.

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Frequently Asked Questions in B-School Interviews

Frequently Asked Questions in B-School Interviews

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 mba interview questions with model answers. To help you prepare, here’s a compilation of likely interview questions and how you can best answer them. Best of luck!

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You can fail your interview if you cannot answer this question!

You can fail your interview if you cannot answer this question!

Your “WHY MBA” answer is super important in a B-School interview. It helps the interviewers understand your goals, how an MBA fits into your career plans, and what skills you want to gain. This article breaks down how a 100 percentiler in CAT who made it to IIM Ahmedabad graduate tackled his why MBA answer. The aim is to give you useful tips to craft a strong "Why MBA" answer for your interview. It's an answer from the author’s lens to help you express why you're excited about an MBA and what you hope to achieve with it. 

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Finding the right career after an MBA ft. Deepika, Coursera, Vedica Scholar

Finding the right career after an MBA ft. Deepika, Coursera, Vedica Scholar

What does it take to figure out what are you good at? Well, it seems a lot. As students, you often doubt your choices to a great extent growing up and it becomes difficult to pinpoint what interests you more than the other career option. And it’s a journey that a lot of individuals take in a country like India.

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Decoding BITSoM Foundation Batch Placements

Decoding BITSoM Foundation Batch Placements

Ever since the announcement of BITSoM, the MBA community has been waiting eagerly to see how the foundation batch performs in the final placement and how the industry reacts to the graduates. Well, to help you get a sense of how the placements have been for the foundation batch, we have a special panel consisting of Uday Virmani, the assistant dean of external engagements, Mandar Desai, Lead Industry Partnerships & Career Services and a pool of graduating students. Aneesha and Kabir have been placed in HUL and Arthur D Little respectively and will talk more about their placement experience, salaries offered by the companies, roles they were roped in and much more.

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