Abhishek Singhal converted IIM Shillong MBA program with a CAT percentile of 99.65%. He passed out from Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune with 7.3 GPA and had no work prior experience. In this interview, Abhishek Singhal shared his IIM Shillong MBA Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team.

Abhishek Singhal

Collegedunia Team: What was your CAT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for IIM Shillong MBA Admission?

Abhishek: I converted IIM Shillong with a CAT percentile of 99.65% in the exam conducted in 2021. No, I am from the General category, so did not avail any reservation benefits. 

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Collegedunia Team: Can you please describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Abhishek: Sure, I scored 8.6 GPA in 10 boards and scored 87.6% in 12 boards. Furthermore, I had completed my graduation from Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune. 

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Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Abhishek: IIM Shillong MBA Admission interview process was online. I was in the panel where there were 2 professors of the Institute. 

It was quite a standard interview and generally each lasted around 15-20 minutes. The questions at the Interview were around areas of interests, class 12 subjects, general knowledge, etc. 

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Collegedunia Team: Mention at least 5 questions that were asked in IIM Shillong Interview and how you responded to each of them?

Abhishek: The series of questions that were asked during the Interview are:-

Ques 1. Tell us something about yourself

Ans. I started with a basic introduction which included my schooling, graduation, achievements, reason for pursuing MBA, aspirations, etc.

Ques 2. Your opinions on the Russia-Ukraine crisis?

Ans. In my answer I opted to support the stance of Ukraine and told how the conduct of the country was unprecedented.

Ques 3. Why do you want to do an MBA?

Ans. I told them about my aspiration of becoming an entrepreneur and enabling people to live healthier lives and how doing an MBA would help me in achieving my dreams. 

Ques 4. Your views on the sea crisis in the Indo-pacific ocean?

Ans. I told them about China's aggression in the ocean and how Japan along with Australia were joining hands to ward off Chinese dominance.

Ques 5. My views on the Sri Lanka crisis?

Ans. I answered them about how the Sri Lankan Treasury is mismanaged by the current administration and how the geo-political landscape is encouraging that.

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Collegedunia Team: Mention any three reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Abhishek: My reasons for choosing this college over others are:

  1. The IIM tag and brand name, unlike other converted colleges like NMIMS Mumbai and MDI Gurgaon.
  2. The academic rigour of IIM Shillong compared to other Institutes is great which I already knew.
  3. The location of the campus - Shillong, Meghalaya which really appealed to me

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Collegedunia Team: What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Abhishek: The other converted colleges were ISB, XLRI, FMS, IIM Kozhikode. But I couldn’t qualify for any of these as I had bad interview appearing skills which I learnt from the admission process. And it was useful while appearing for the IIM Shillong Interview process.