Yashodhar Jain got admission at IIFT Kolkata with 95.60% in the IIFT Entrance Test. He had no previous work experience after completing his graduation from Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, DU. He shared his IIFT MBA-IB Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Yashodhar Jain

Collegedunia Team: What was your IIFT percentage? Did you avail reservation benefits for IIFT MBA-IB Admission?

Yashodhar: I secured a IIFT percentage of 95.60% in the test. And, I am from General background, so there were no reservation benefits.

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Collegedunia Team: Can you please describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Yashodhar: Yes, I had scored 10 GPA in my 10th board exam, and 95.6% in 12th board exam. Furthermore, I completed my graduation with a total score of 8.69 GPA.

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

Yashodhar: The PI was conducted in an online setting with 3 panellists(faculty members) and 1 person for administering the entire process.

My interview went for about 20-25 minutes and was not a stress interview.

The PI had an extempore round as well, the topic for the same was related to the growth of digitisation in the education sector. I was given 60 seconds to collect my thoughts and then 2-3 mins to speak on the same.

PI was generic with questions about myself, current affairs, my domain of interest and my view on the economic conditions of the country.

My advice would be to stay confident and prepare upon the basics from your field of study or work domain.

Reading about current affairs, budget, economy, trade will give the aspirants an upper hand.

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

Yashodhar: The questions asked during the Interview are:

Ques 1. Introduce yourself?

Ans. I introduced myself as I had prepared.

Ques 2. Extempore?

Ans. I spoke for 2-3 minutes on the given topic

Ques 3. Some basic questions related to marketing (as I mentioned it as my area of interest)?

Ques 4. Your views about the current economic scenario in India?

Ans. I gave some pointers relating to Economy, Budget, Government Schemes, Global Scenarios, Inequalities, etc.

Ques 5. Why MBA and why IIFT?

Ans. I spoke about my interest in management and how my UG days motivated me for an MBA and also added IIFT as the preference. 

Ques 6. There were also some questions relating to my PORs in UG college.

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

Yashodhar: The three main reasons were:-

  1. IIFT is more focussed towards International Business and is the best B school in the domain. This becomes important in times of growing globalisation and internationalisation of businesses.
  2. A rich and diverse alumni base of the Institute and great placements: making it one of the premiere b schools in the country.
  3. Opportunities such as Port Visits and chance to work under professors who have had experiences ranging from corporates to working closely with the Governments and boards across the globe.

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