Ayush Madhepuram is an MBA student. He got Admission to IIFT Kolkata with 95.45% in the entrance exam. He finished his graduation from Christ University with 8.8 GPA. Ayush had work experience at Deloitte before taking admission to the Institute. Ayush Madhepuram shared his IIFT Kolkata Admission Story with Collegedunia Team, read below

Ayush Madhepuram

Collegedunia Team: What was your IIFT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for IIFT Kolkata MBA Admission?

Ayush: I scored 95.45% percentile in the IIFT Examination. No, I didn’t avail any reservation benefits as I am from the general category. 

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

Ayush: Yes, I had scored 9.8 GPA in my 10 boards and had a good score in 12 board exams, i.e 92.6%. Also, I had completed my graduation with 8.8 GPA.

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

Ayush: There was no GD/ WAT. During our interview itself, we were given the Extempore topic and had 2 minutes to think and speak for around 5 mins on the chosen topic.

Pro Tip: Practise a lot of Extempores in front of friends to take their feedback or in front of a mirror.

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Ayush: The topic for the Extempore round was- Diversity in communication culture across the world.

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

Ayush: I told them about how the different cultures of communication exist and vary across the world and other perspectives about how more or less, despite the diversity, there is so much similarity in the communication culture across the world.

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

Ayush: There were 3 panellists and the mode of the Interview was online. The duration of the Interview was around 30 minutes and there was a lot of focus on how I was dealing with the cross questions. The questions mostly revolved around my resume, work ex, and internship.

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

Ayush: The questions asked during the Interview are: 

Ques 1. Tell us about yourself?

Ans. I gave them a prepared answer.

Ques 2. Why IIFT?

Ans. Also gave a prepared answer.

Ques 3. Impact at your workplace?

Ques 4. Asked questions about Finance?

Ques 5. Asked questions on Current International Affairs?

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

Ayush: The three main reasons were:

1) The Institute offers better placements compared to others.

2) It has a better course for finance, which is my choice of specialisation. 

3) Also provides good industry exposure.

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

Ayush: I couldn't convert SPJIMR after appearing for the final interview. And left MDI Core because of having better Finance Placements at IIFT Kolkata.