Aditya Jain is a MBA student at IIFT Kolkata. He converted the college with a 94.9% in the IIFT Examination. He graduated from Shivaji College, DU with 79%. marks. Aditya had no work experience before taking admission to IIFT Kolkata. He shared his MBA Admission story with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Aditya Jain

Collegedunia Team: What was your IIFT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for the MBA Admission?

Aditya: I secured 94.9% in the IIFT 2021 Examination. No, I didn’t avail any reservation benefits as I am from the general category.

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

Aditya: In 10 board exams I secured 8.3 GPA. I scored 83% in the 12 board exam. Also I graduated with a decent percentage of 79%.

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Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any).

Aditya: There was no GD or WAT conducted for our process of IIFT since everything was conducted online.

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

Aditya: My panel was 2nd and there were 3 interviewers in my panel. All 3 were the faculty of IIFTs. The entire Interview process was conducted online and lasted around 40 minutes. The duration varied for each individual but the average duration was anywhere from 20-25 minutes.

The overall interview was very calm and comfortable. The interviewers were very patient and friendly. 

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

Aditya: The questions asked during the Interview are:

Ques 1. Tell us about yourself?

Ans. I gave a well prepared answer, including my academics, workex, extra curricular.

Ques 2. Tell us about your internships and what you learned from them?

Ans. I told them about my internship experiences. I had 4 internships in various domains of finance & Business development. I told them about my learnings of handling the department and leading a team.

Ques 3. What did you learn from your experience of working as the president of your college department?

Ans. I told them about the leadership experience that I gained while leading a team of 30+ people and the organising and management skills garnered while organising various events.

Ques 4. Tell us about your extracurricular activities.

Ans. I told them about my experience with guitar, working as a school music captain and leading a team of 10 people. I told them my learnings about coordinating various events as well.

Ques 5. Any recent current affairs you've read?

Ans. I told them about the new budget that was released recently, the 3 key pointers and summarised them at the end.

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

Aditya: The main reasons were:

  1. Better placements than other options I had.
  2. Overall brand image of IIFT in the corporate sector.
  3. Strong Alumni base.
  4. Unique 'International Business' MBA course.

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

Aditya: I missed out on a few calls maybe because I had not prepared my academics well and missed out on some key current affairs.

Pro Tips: Keep a note and prepare your academics and GK.