Vedanti Pathak is a PGDM student at MDI Gurgaon. He converted the college with a CAT percentile of 96.9. He graduated from Institute of technology, Nirma University with 8.17 GPA. Vedanti had work experience as a Project Manager at Jay Jagannath Air Equipments and GET at MG Motors India. She shared her MDI Gurgaon PGDM Admission story with the Collegedunia Team, read below 

Vedanti Pathak

Collegedunia Team: What was your CAT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for the PGDM Admission?

Vedanti: I secured a 96.9%ile in the CAT 2021 Examination. No, I didn’t avail any reservation benefits as I am from the general category.

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

Vedanti: In 10 board exams I secured 9 GPA. I scored 9.84 GPA in the 12 board exam. Also I graduated with a decent mark of 8.17 GPA from Institute of technology, Nirma University.

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

Vedanti: The Personal Interview process was online and generally each lasted for around 20 minutes. The panel consisted of 2 of the faculty members. The questions revolved majorly around current affairs, general knowledge and past experience (academic & industry experience).

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

Vedanti: The questions asked during the Interview are: 

Ques 1. What do you know about the semiconductor chip shortage? 

Ans. I told them about how the scarcity of elements is impacting its production. I also talked about additional supply chain issues, mentioned about the Suez Canal.

Ques 2. Explain the carnot cycle.

Ans. I explained the whole working of the carnot cycle with the help of a PV Diagram.

Ques 3. Asked about various mythology characters I know of. 

Ans. I told them about all the characters of Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Ques 4. Asked to explain the family tree of Mahabharata and establish relations between them?

Ans. I gave them an answer that included the whole hierarchical family tree.

Ques 5. Which other calls do I have?

Ans. I told them about IIFT, IIM Shillong, New and Baby IIMs, SIBM PUNE, SCMHRD, these are all the calls I have received. 

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

Vedanti: The reasons for choosing MDI Gurgaon over other converted colleges are:

  1. Better ranking and brand tag
  2. Higher average placements over others
  3. Rich alumni network

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

Vedanti: The reason for not converting was I focused a lot more on the current affairs and did not brush up my academic subjects. 

Pro Tips: The aspirants need to develop themselves in all the areas as the interview may steer in either way.