Nearbuy recruits at 7 MBA programmes nationwide. They hire product and project managers from Tier - 1 schools, and sales, marketing, and operations managers from other colleges. They recruit from over twenty business schools in total nationwide despite visiting only seven. But those students apply for the jobs off-campus and may have to interview in the company's offices if they are chosen.
The interviewees were questioned about their values, accomplishments, ambitions, work experience, and hobbies by a panel of two interviewers, one professor, and one alumnus. The majority of the scenario-based questions posed to the experienced candidates concerned their work profile. Every interview lasted between 15 and 35 minutes.
TAPMI’s WAT includes questions that are mostly related to general knowledge and current affairs. WAT is basically how strong you are in written skills. Try reading current affairs topics from there only. It's all about how you tell them. Write clearly point to point and do not use jargon or bug words. They don't fetch any more points. Just make your point clear.
PI mostly has questions derived from your past experiences, academics, and sometimes current happenings around the world. If you’re aware of and following at least one news source for around 4 months before your PI, you are good to go.
Read the form that you filled out. That's the first thing they are going to ask. Be confident and do not try to beat around the bush. If you do not know something it's ok as long as you say it. But that being said, do not go completely blank.
Among Indian B-schools, Tapmi has a solid reputation. Although TAPMI is not IIM A or ISB, I can say that its brand name will give you a competitive edge over other colleges in the same league.
There are a few reasons for this:
TAPMI, KJ Somaiya, Great Lakes Chennai, GIM > Welingkar. Apart from Welingkar, all the colleges are somewhat the same in terms of placements.
Particulars |
TAPMI Manipal |
KJ Somaiya |
Welingkar |
Great Lakes |
GIM |
Highest Package |
INR 22.3 LPA |
INR 23.5 LPA |
INR 24 LPA |
INR 25.8 LPA |
INR 55 LPA |
Average Package |
INR 15.7 LPA |
INR 13 LPA |
INR 12.25 LPA |
INR 12.5 LPA |
INR 14.87 LPA |
Fees |
INR 15.50 LPA |
INR 19 LPA |
INR 13 Lakhs |
INR 20.7 LPA |
INR 19.2 LPA |
One can choose on the basis of RoI, location preference or anything else that they deem important.
With the average package TAPMI, Great Lakes, and FORE have, you will be able to repay the loan that you’ll take for your studies in a passable manner as there are tax benefits that you get if you have an educational loan with that the repo rate is also not that high and banks don’t ask for a collateral amount if you’re in a reputed college.
I think that you should try to get into IIMs first. Getting a loan for IIMs will be worth it. Still, if the return on investment is good, you can get a loan for 20 lakhs and go to one of the b schools between GIM, TAPMI, KJ Somaiya. You can talk to seniors from the above-mentioned schools to find out the usual academic, placement rate, and college life. If you think it's important, you should do it.
It is hard to compare particularly the finance stream but overall comparison is given below in the table;
College |
Fees |
Highest Package |
Average Package |
TAPMI |
INR 16 Lakhs |
INR 22.3 LPA |
INR 15.7 LPA |
KJ Somaiya |
INR 19.18 Lakhs |
INR 22.5 LPA |
INR 12.28 LPA |
Nirma University |
INR 11.34 Lakhs |
INR 26 LPA |
INR 10.50 LPA |
"Profile-based shortlisting" is what TAPMI does for candidates who have worked for more than 24 months. Profiles that are being considered for shortlisting include
Each program's shortlisting process is different from the other programs. Not making the shortlist for one program doesn't mean you'll make it for the other.