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Pragati Verma is a student at IIM Ranchi. Pragati got admission into IIM Ranchi with a CAT score of 85.5. She graduated from BHU with 80.5 marks. Here are her admission details which she shared.

Pragati Verma Profile

Current institute: IIM Ranchi
Graduation College: Banaras Hindu University
CAT score: 85.5
10th Percentage / GPA: 87.5
12th Percentage / GPA: 93.2
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 80.5
Work Experience: NA

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Pragati Verma Admission Experience

Did you avail of the benefit of any reservation?

Pragati Verma: “OBC”

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Pragati Verma: “For WAT we were provided one A4 sheet in order to put in our responses. The topics for WAT were mostly based on Current affairs. The time to write an answer was around 25-30 minutes. GD was offline with around 6-7 members in a group and everyone got a chance to speak. Around 3 moderators were present, 3-4 minutes was given to think on the topic and overall the GD was a soft one.”

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Pragati Verma: “Current affairs and General topics.”

What were your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively?

Pragati Verma: “For any current affair-related topic it is better to have data facts in point and in case of any general topic it is better to co-relate it with any real-life example and data facts.”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Pragati Verma: “There were 4 panels and each panel had around 3-4 members and they were Faculty members. The mode of the interview was offline. The duration was around 30 minutes. It wasn't a stress interview. One must be confident in an interview and should have a structured thought process while answering.”

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Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you and your responses to each of them.

Pragati Verma: “Ques 1) Why do you want to pursue MBA?

Ans) During my graduation days, I interned with a Start-up firm as a brand management trainee and also my association with NGOs and youth Parliament as an organizer helped me in realizing my managerial capabilities and it was then I decided to pursue MBA post my graduation

Ques 2) Why this particular college?

Ans) Used to give my response on the basis of college, the differentiating factor that it had and all other advantages that college had.

Ques 3) What all changes have happened in Varanasi after it became constituency of PM Narendra Modi?

Ans) Mentioned all the recent changes that had happened in Varanasi at that point in time with respect to infrastructure and other such development
Ques 4) Why a post-graduate diploma in HR?

Ans) Mentioned about how this was a one-year part-time diploma that I did along with my CAT preparation

Ques 5) Technical question with respect to my graduation subjects.

Ans) The responses varied depending on the type of question asked. For instance: Does a preference shareholder in a company holds a voting right? The answer is no the preference shareholder has the voting right only in matters with respect to preference shares.”

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Pragati Verma: “IIM Ranchi had many opportunities to offer. The institute has attained the NIRF rank 20 and is growing at an adorable pace and although it does not have its own campus this never has been the hurdle in the growth of the institution. The institute has the best faculties, diversity, peer-group learning, and great exposure for its students.”

What was the reason for you not converting other colleges? (if any)

Pragati Verma: “The reason was either the group discussion or the interview did not go well.”

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