Admission Story: Piyush Grover, FORE School of Management, 88, CAT

Piyush Grover is a deshbandhu college graduate with 6.8 GPA. He worked for PBS for 1 year as an analyst. After this, he went on for CAt exam and scored 88 percentile. Currently he is pursuing the MBA course at FORE School of Management. Let’s read what Piyush has to say about FORE School of Management selection Process and WAT&PI round.

Piyush Grover Profile

Current institute: FORE School of Management
Graduation College: Deshbandhu College
CAT score: 88
10th Percentage / GPA: 8
12th Percentage / GPA: 86.8
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 6.8
Work Experience: RBS, 1 Year, Analyst

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FORE School of Management Admission Experience

Did you avail the benefit of any reservation?

Piyush Grover :

“ General (No reservation) “

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Piyush Grover :

"There was no GD at FORE. The process involved a Business awareness quiz, Extempore, WAT and PI.

The process took place in an offline mode and around 10-15 minutes were given for the WAT. Around 5 minutes were given to think and 10 minutes to write. At FORE, the topics given were very general and more about writing an opinion. There is nothing right or wrong, one has to give an opinion and then justify it with logic. Being aware of the current happenings is an important factor, so it is better to pick one newspaper and follow it. This will help both in GD and WAT. In fact, the PI also involved questions on current affairs, so it is important to be aware of the current happenings and also build an opinion about everything. There are a number of YouTube channels as well which can be useful in preparation.”

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What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Piyush Grover :

"The WAT topic was ""Is Social Media a Boon or Bane for the society""?"

What were your answers/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively?

Piyush Grover :

“In the WAT, I wrote both the negative and positive points of Social Media but it was more positive. The positive points were backed using examples and the recent happenings like the Me too movement and many more. After putting both the negative and positive points, I concluded with taking a position that Social Media is a Boon for the society.”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Piyush Grover :

"The personal interview also took place in an offline mode and there was only 1 panel with 3 members. The panel had two professors, one of HR and one of Business Analytics and the third member was from the industry. The interview duration was around 15 minutes. After entering the interview room, it started with an extempore where we had to pick a chit which had a topic written to speak on for a minute. To think about the topic we were given 30 seconds and a notepad to write the points. The questions were more on academics, budget and Economic policies and not even a single question on work experience. Being an economics graduate, it revolved around Economic policies and basic concepts. It was kind of a stress interview, as they kept questioning whatever I had done.

One needs to be clear with everything which is on the resume and should be able justify everything he/she speaks. Being calm and confident is the key. "

Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you and your responses to each of them.

Piyush Grover :

"1) Where is Rural India lacking and what the current government is doing about it?

- Talked about the various policies introduced but he was not satisfied

2) What is NITI Aayog?

- Answered and then followed up with question 3

3) Then what is planning commission and five year plan?

4) What is perfect competition?

- Answered

5) What is an Oligopoly and its examples?

- Answered

6) Why do you have a gap between work ex and graduation?

7) Why MBA?"

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted (OR if you did not join this college after converting it, mention 3 reasons for not joining it).

Piyush Grover :

"The following were the reasons for joining FORE over others:-

1) It had a better brand value compared to others options I had

2) Location and Alumni base

3) Decent Placement opportunities

4) Experienced faculty"

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Piyush Grover :

“ I converted all the colleges I applied for. “