Admission Story: Mahesh Kumar Verma, IIM Bodhgaya, 88, CAT

Mahesh Kumar Verma is a Fresher and ex Hindu College, Delhi University student. With his CAT percentile of 88 and overall score, he converted IIM Bodhgaya. During GD/WAT, he chose to be neutral based on the topics in a structured manner. He points out the necessity of being calm and thoughtful during an MBA interview.

Mahesh Kumar Gupta Profile

Current institute: IIM Bodh Gaya
Graduation College: Hindu College, DU
CAT score: 88
10th Percentage / GPA: 9.6
12th Percentage / GPA: 93
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 8.5
Contact Details: mahesh19283746@gmail.com

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IIM Bodh Gaya Admission Experience

Did you avail benefit of any reservation ?

Mahesh Kumar Verma: Yes, I applied to the OBC category.

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

Mahesh Kumar Verma: There was no GD, only WAT & Interview was there. My interview location was JNU LIBRARY, NEW DELHI. I was in Delhi at that time, so I had filled that location. I reached the Location by Metro. I don't remember the exact time, but around 11am , one instructor came and gave the instructions about WAT. Instructions was- It will be a 20min written test, Answer should be in passage/paragraph form. It should be in point/bullet points. After WAT, Document verification started.

What was the WAT / GD Topic ?

Mahesh Kumar Verma: Topic-Should govt focus on bullet train or to uplift poverty?

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

Mahesh Kumar Verma: My answer was neutral. In the First paragraph, I can explain why the government should focus on bullet trains with reason.

In the 2nd paragraph, I explained poverty with reason.

In the end, I conclude with a neutral explanation.

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Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Mahesh Kumar Verma: After document verification, the Total students were divided into 4 groups. Each group was allocated to a different interview panel. There were 4 different interview panelists in different rooms. My interview panelists were 4.I was the 2nd candidate of my group. In my panel- there were 3 panelists, all-male. Two members were faculty and one was an expert. The interview duration was 20min. It was a completely chilled interview. All the panelists were of some happy and cool person.

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

Mahesh Kumar Verma:

My background was chemistry.

1) Tell me about yourself.

2)Why MBA.

3)They ask for the scientific name of the water bottle and it's Full form.

-PET(polythene tetrathionate)

4) They give the option of three world leaders-Trump, Justin Trudeau, Putin. They asked which you would choose as your idol and why??

- I answered that , I can't say because I don't know much about them . I know only about their political thoughts. I don't know about their social behavior. So without knowing anyone completely. I can't choose them as idols.

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

Mahesh Kumar Verma: Foremost reason is lowest fees. Among all IIM, IIMBG had the lowest fees. The 2nd reason is placement. If you think about RoI, then it is better than others.

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What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Mahesh Kumar Verma: Nervous & overthinking was one of the factors, because of which I was not able to convert IIMV.