Nayan Jaiswal got admission at IIM Kashipur with a CAT percentile of 83.4%. Nayan had no previous work experience after completing his graduation from SMMCA, Nagpur. He has shared his IIM Kashipur MBA Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Nayan Jaiswal

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

Nayan: I scored 83.4%ile in my CAT 2021 Examination. Yes, I did avail the reservation benefits as I am from the OBC category. 

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

Nayan: Yes, I had scored 9.2 GPA in my 10 boards and had a good score in 12 board exams, i.e 83.85%. Also, I had completed my graduation from SMMCA, Nagpur with 7.67 GPA.

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

Nayan: The Interview process was conducted in online mode on a zoom call. Each panel consisted of 2 faculty members of the college and lasted for around 20 minutes. It was not a stressful interview. 

And may cover a wide range of topics, including the background, interests, general knowledge. 

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

Nayan: The questions asked during the Interview are: 

Ques 1. Introduce yourself?

Ques 2. Name past 5 Prime Ministers of India?

Ques 3. Name past 5 Indian presidents?

Ques 4. The building you like the most and its architect (My academic background is B.Arch).

Ques 5. Revenue model of Instagram (I'm a freelancer and collaborated with brands through Instagram)?

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

Nayan: The three main reasons were:

The first reason is the brand name or IIM tag. Better than other baby IIMs. And the other reason is the better campus than other IIMs. The Institute also has better faculty and placement statistics compared to other colleges. 

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

Nayan: The major reason would be my less CAT percentile as it was not that good to convert other IIMs like Trichy, Udaipur, Ranchi etc.