Admission Story: A.G. Gokil , IIM Bodh Gaya, 88, CAT

A.G. Gokil is an engineer from the College of Engineering Adoor. Along with an engineering degree with 62 percentile marks, he also holds a 4 year work experience in Oil & Gas Sector. He converted IIM Bodhgaya with 88 percentile CAT score. In this article, he provided an insight on IIM Bodhgaya MBA selection process.

Current institute: IIM Bodhgaya
Graduation College: College of Engineering Adoor
CAT score: 88
10th Percentage / GPA: 80
12th Percentage / GPA: 85
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 62
Work Experience: 4 years. QA/QC Engineer, Oil and Gas Sector

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IIM Bodh Gaya Admission Experience

Did you avail benefit of any reservation ?

A.G. Gokil: Yes, OBC category reservation benefit.

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

A.G. Gokil: It was offline WAT. There were nearly 60 aspirants, their time given was 20 mins. We had a full size A4 paper to write, time to think on the topic was five minutes. Just get key points noted down in the time given to think.

What was the WAT / GD Topic ?

A.G. Gokil: The topic was “Should Surrogate Advertisements be banned.”

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

A.G. Gokil: I answered it should be banned, as it can be misleading and it's not ethical.

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

A.G. Gokil: The interview was offline. There were five to six panels, consisting of Three panelists each. They were a mix of aluminis, industry experts and current faculties. It was not a stress interview, questions were mostly based on my work experience where I could drive the Interview.

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

A.G. Gokil:

Why did I change companies?

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

A.G. Gokil:

I chose IIM Bodh Gaya because of the IIM brand and admission committee.

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

A.G. Gokil: The reason was my poor grad score.