Admission Story: Saurabh Joshi, IIM Nagpur, 91.3, CAT

Saurabh Joshi an MBA student of IIM Nagpur scored 91.3 percentile in CAT Examination. He has work experience of 18 months. He is a graduate of Subharti University with 66%. He has shared his personal experience about the interview. The other details are shared by him in this article, stay tuned for more updates.

Saurabh Joshi Profile

Current institute: IIM Nagpur
Graduation College: Subharti University
CAT score: 91.3
10th Percentage / GPA: 86
12th Percentage / GPA: 77
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 66
Work Experience: 18 Months

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Admission Experience

Did you avail the benefit of any reservation?

Saurabh Joshi: “General (No reservation)”

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

Saurabh Joshi: “Due to COVID-19, these stages were scrapped for us, the 2020-2022 batch.

But in general, over the years the IIMs have dumped the G.D. process for various reasons and now focus solely on Written Ability Test and Personal Interview.

Talking about the WAT component, it is generally conducted over a period of 10-15 minutes with topics ranging from business, ethics, general awareness etc. A single sheet is provided, which is submitted right after the deadline of the test complete is met.

What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Saurabh Joshi: "As mentioned earlier for us the process was scrapped, as we weren't able to present ourselves in person”

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

Saurabh Joshi: “As mentioned earlier for us the process was scrapped, as we weren't able to present ourselves in person”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Saurabh Joshi: “It happened virtually. There were two Interviewers, 1 Female, 1 male. The camera was off of the male interviewer. Both were the faculties of the institute. The interview lasted for 15-20 minutes. Questions asked were mostly generic, ranging from my work experience to general awareness.”

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

Saurabh Joshi: “1. How are you? What were we doing prior to the interview?

2. Tell me about Yourself.

3. Explain your work experience.

4. Which other calls received and what would be my preference?

5. General awareness - What is String of Pearls strategy”

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Saurabh Joshi: “1. Location Advantage - Mihan SEZ region, which would be very beneficial in future for industry exposure.

2. I got its flagship course i.e., PGP in management

3. Growth of the institute in such a small duration.”

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