Now coming to the actual Interview, the panelists consisted of a SJMSOM alumni, an IIT-Bombay alumni and a SJMSOM professor..sounds scary, I know right.So obviously I was a good amount of nervous for my interview. I went in to the interview room when it was my turn and greeted all the panelists first thing. It was a virtual interview so all the gestures and seating formalities that I was taught in my PI lessons were no good for me obviously.And so the interview started with the very basic questions of any MBA interview such as self-introduction, ‘Why MBA?’,’What makes you unique?’,’What are your biggest achievements?’ and so on. I went on to answer these questions to the best of my capabilities and as honestly as possible. They seemed happy with the answers, so that gave my confidence some boost there.Then came questions related to my field of work and my under graduation subjects, most of which I was able to answer without any hiccups. After all the technical and cliched MBA questions I was bombarded with questions in a rapid-fire round about my state, Odisha. And this test, I can proudly say that I passed with flying colours. In conclusion, I was asked about my preference in choosing a BSchool if I were to convert all those that I was interviewed for.
4 months and 6 waitlists later I converted SJMSOM and I couldn't be happier.
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