Admission Story: Divya Mangla, IIM Indore, 96, CAT

Divya Mangla is at present a student of PGP at IIM Indore. She graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University and then went on to score 96 percentile in her CAT examination. She shared her selection experience with collegedunia .com and here is what she has to say about her IIM Indore Selection Process.

Divya Mangla Profile

Current institute: IIM Indore
Graduation College: Hansraj College
CAT score: 96
10th Percentage / GPA: 10
12th Percentage / GPA: 96.2
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 88.3

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IIM Indore Admission Experience

Did you avail the benefit of any reservation?

Divya Mangla :

“General (No reservation)”

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

Divya Mangla :

“ The GD was not there, WAT was offline, individual. 2 moderators were present to look over a class of 25 students, 30 minutes were provided in total to think and write about the topic. A full A4 size sheet was provided. The idea would be to brush up current affairs and form an opinion about major topics which should be balanced. Try to include facts and figures while writing”

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What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Divya Mangla :

“The topic was based on the economic situation of the country.“

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

Divya Mangla :

“The topic was related to the economy where I had mentioned some areas where India is progressing and included some figures like GDP growth of India, some plans initiated by the government and how successful they have all been supporting with some data. I then presented the points where India is currently lagging in that is the unemployment aspects and what can be done to solve these teething issues. “

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Divya Mangla :

“There were 3 members in panel all of them were faculty of the college, the interview was offline for a duration of 20 minutes. It was a soft interview where my thinking ability, current affairs, prior knowledge of my graduation subject was checked. One must revise the basic topics or background of the previous course an individual has studied especially if you are a fresher. The current affairs must be followed well and try to form an opinion of major important topics and give a balanced perspective. Try to provide solutions if there is some problem in the situation being discussed.“

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

Divya Mangla :

"Q1 extempore round which was based on the policies of the new government that would be elected in 2019.

The response was similar to the WAT round highlighting on which measures India is currently lacking and what can be done to improve it.

Q2 why Mba?

Since I was from a chemistry background I always wanted to be a part of the industry that is the pharmaceutical companies and did not have interest in research work. Hence I aspired to join the industry as a MBA graduate and work towards providing affordable medicines to people in need.

Q3 The question was on nuclear chemistry and which elements are used in nuclear fission apart from Uranium.

Q4 which states come under the acronym BIMARU?

Bihar Madhya Pradesh rajasthan Uttar pradesh

Q5 where do you see yourself in 5 years after mba.

Heading regional marketing strategy division at CIPLA"

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).

Divya Mangla :

"1) the college was near my house with a flight of just 1.5 hrs away.

2) it was known for finance faculty and placement hence being a science student I wanted to learn from the best

3) indore as a city is very safe and pretty "

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Divya Mangla :

"1) I didn’t have sufficient knowledge of economics as a subject hence couldn’t answer many questions

2) It was a stress interview and I didn’t handle it well and with calm composure

3) I didn’t possess work ex which was given a lot of weightage in final ranking lists "