Admission Story: Tanisha Gupta, XLRI Delhi, 98.34, XAT

Tanisha Gupta is studying the BM course at XLRI, Delhi. She graduated from H.R College of Commerce & Economics with an 80% aggregate. Tanisha has 2 years of working experience as a Wealth Manager at Phillip Capital and one year of experience as a Risk Analyst at Ernst & Young. She scored 98.34 in the XAT exam to get admission to XLRI.

Tanisha Gupta Profile

Current institute: XLRI Delhi
Graduation College: H.R College of Commerce & Economics
XAT score: 98.34
10th Percentage / GPA: 95.3
12th Percentage / GPA: 85.3
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 80
Work Experience: "Phillip Capital: 2 years as Wealth Manager and Ernst & Young: 1 year as Risk Analyst"

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Tanisha Gupta Admission Experience

Did you avail of the benefit of any reservation?

Tanisha Gupta: “General (No reservation).”

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

Tanisha Gupta: “Offline GD! 7-8 members in each group. Everybody got enough time to speak as the GD was for 20 minutes. The topic was very generic: People who like working in teams are generally bad at their jobs. 3 moderators who did not say anything. Throughout. Post this a five-minute WAt on the topic.”

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Tanisha Gupta: “People who like working in teams are generally bad at their jobs.”

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

Tanisha Gupta: “Made 4 entries in total. Gave examples of real life. Quoted movie dialogues and concluded the GD.”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Tanisha Gupta: “3 people in the panel. They were faculty, alumni, and industry expert. Offline interview. The interview went on for about 20-30 minutes. They started with behavioral questions, then asked questions based on academics in college and then questioned from a form they had made us fill as part of the process.”

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

Tanisha Gupta: “1)Tell me something about yourself: a basic intro about my background, education, work experience, and my likes.

2)They then asked me situational questions about leadership: Here I answered using the STAR framework. This helps in keeping the answer crisp

3)Then asked me to draw some graphs on demand and supply. Then I was asked to draw the BCG matrix. Here I knew some and didn’t know some. I answered whatever I knew and owned up to whatever I didn’t know

4) Then I was questioned from my form based on personal situations. Here I tried to keep the answer the same from what I had written earlier, no matter how much they questioned."

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

Tanisha Gupta: “Choose this college as it is one of the best in the country. It has continuously been ranked amongst the top 5. It is heavily known for its culture and alumni base. This college has no reservations, so the crowd is better overall.”

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

Tanisha Gupta: “I didn’t clear CAT coz of quants. I didn’t convert to other college.”

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