Adhip Garg converted IIM Bangalore MBA with a 99.84%ile marks in CAT 2021 Examination. He graduated from IIT Kanpur with a 80% and had a work experience of 1.6 years at Sharekhan Ltd. in Data Science. In this Interview, Adhip has shared his IIM Bangalore MBA Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Adhip Garg

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

Adhip: I scored 99.84%ile in my CAT 2021 Examination and being a general class candidate I did not avail any reservation benefits. 

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Collegedunia Team: Describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Adhip: Yes, I had scored 100% in my 10 boards and had a pretty good score in 12 board exams, i.e 95.40%. Also, I had completed my graduation with 80%.

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

Adhip: The WAT was conducted online. Around 3-5 days were given to write the answers and should have 300 words at max.

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Adhip: The topic given was- Globalisation in India.

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

Adhip: I wrote by comparing present and past scenarios in India. Also, mentioned some metrics and how globalisation affects those. 

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

Adhip: IIM Bangalore MBA Admission interview process was online. I was in the panel where there were 3 professors of the Institute. It was quite an easy interview and generally each lasted around 30 minutes. The questions were broadly on the work experiences. 

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

Adhip: The following questions were asked during the interview:

Ques 1. Tell us about yourself?

Ans. My answers included graduation achievements, work ex, hobbies and interests.

Ques 2. Why pursue an MBA?

Ans. My reason for pursuing an MBA was consulting and career shift.

Ques 3. What do you do at work ex?

Ans. I told them about all work projects and explained them in detail as well.

Ques 4. Some questions from UG specialisation?

Ques 5. Some Current affairs questions? (Mainly Ukraine Russia war).

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

Adhip: The major reason was that IIM Bangalore is one of the best institutes for MBA. It also provides programs that match the domain I previously worked for. Also IIMB is famous for consulting which is the field I was focusing on. 

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

Adhip: I couldn’t convert to other applied colleges because I wasn’t well prepared for any questions related to UG specialisations.