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
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:
- Better ranking and brand tag
- Higher average placements over others
- 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.
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