If you talk about percentile, let me tell you hard facts – I have friends with 99 up percentile sitting at home, cursing their life and some with a percentile as low as 95 living in an IIM, cursing their life. So you see, anything can happen.
Getting into an IIM is a lot more about luck than people would like to accept. Having said that, there is still a lot one can do in terms of preparation. Following are the key points in a nutshell.
- Know all your subjects well – don’t just mug up theory, understand it
- . Current Affairs – Have economic times for breakfast, India Today for lunch, Business Standard for dinner and reader’s digest for dessert if you have time and have digested the first three!
- If you’re making up a hobby, know it well!
- Make a list of everything interesting about you
You can tone down point 1, to a few key topics if you are hard pressed for time and execute point 2 just a few days before the final interview as well. (But you may ignore me since I didn’t do one of the above. But I still made it, so the choice is yours)
The most important of all points, which I didn’t wish to include in the above because of its gravity, is Confidence. If you don’t believe in yourself, you can’t do anything. You have to be calm, confident and charming during your interview. And if you succeed with these three Cs, you’ll need nothing else!
Here Inside IIM, having spoken to my own interviewers, sat across them in classes and heard them crack jokes, I see them for the personalities they are and not the person with the final say on my candidature. So I know you won’t understand when I say they’re just human because you haven’t crossed that line, but trust me if you make yourself realise that you’ll have already crossed it.
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About the Author-
Kirti Jhunjhunwala is a First year PGP student from IIM Lucknow.
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