Name: Piyush
Singhal
Entrance Exam
Percentile: 95.6
Programme and
Batch: PGDM 2014-16
Work
experience: 33 months
For WAT:
1.
How was your performance in the MBA entrance exam? Also share
your overall WAT experience?
I feel I didn’t do well in
my entrance exam, I had higher expectation with respect to my percentile. I
would consider my WAT experience to be
decent as there was no right or wrong answer.
2.
What
was your topic for WAT and what was your Time limit?
It was related to social media and values.
Time limit was 20min
3.
What
was your approach towards WAT and how would you rate your writing?
To pen down my thoughts in a structured
manner, with proper example wherever possible. I would rate it 2.5/5.
4.
How
did you prepare for WAT, your Time Management strategy?
I did not prepare for WAT in an exclusive
manner.
5.
How
did you Structured your essay writing along with the time constraint?
I divided my essay in terms
of short description, my understanding, views and final comments.
6.
Was the topic tough for you to write? Please share the
difficulty while outlining the structure for the essay and how you tackled the
problem?
It was a very general topic
and was definitely not a difficult one.
7.
Is there any advice for the aspirants who’d be appearing in
the WAT test soon?
Stay calm and structure your
thoughts before you pen them down
For GI-1:
1. How
many members were there in your interview board?
2
2. How
was your interview structured?
A
question was asked and then that question floated in the room among the
different students.
3. Was
there any tough question for you to answer?
No
4. What
were the key factors which you think influenced your selection at PI stage?
Clarity
of thoughts. How crisp is your answer. Most importantly they observe if you are
listening or not.
5. How
did you prepare for your PI?
I
had several mock interview. Since I have changed my career path from IT to ops
it became more important for me to prepare how to ans this.
6. Did
you appear for any other PI exercise at other top B-schools? Please share a few
experiences (where you went wrong).
Bo,
no luck!
7. Any
interesting moment from your PI which you would like to share with MBA
aspirants
The
panel was always looking for an awe factor. That may be in your personal life
or professional life. They were looking beyond our academics.
8. What
is your advice to aspirants for Group Interview?
Don’t wait for an
opportunity to talk about your strong points. Put them ASAP in succinct.
For GI-2:
1.
How
was your GI-2 experience different from GI-1?
My GI-2
involved more detailed discussion. Every point of my form was discussed from my
studies to the sports I played to the football formation that I would play when
I’m aggressive.
2.
What
according to you was different/unique in your interview (ex: over Skype,
Extremely technical, completely non technical etc.
Completely
non-technical
3.
How
was your selection post GI-1 communicated to you?
Through
call
4.
How
did you overcome your nervousness(if any) during the interview?
I talked with
the people around, shared a joke or two, had chocolate and made sure I enjoy
the entire process.
5.
What
role did your background play during the interview process
My background had
few things I could relate to ops which helped me prove my point to panelist
that I’m can do well in this specialization.
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