How does the CV of students who get selected in IIMs(any), ISB, XLRI, FMS, SPJIMER, JBIMS look like?
Naturally, it’s not possible to talk about CVs of all students who get selected at these B-schools. CVs of around the top 15-20% of students selected at IIMs, XLRI, FMS, or other popular management institutes are exceptional. But CV of an average student at these institutes usually has the following attributes.
Academics and Co-curricular activities:
Every student getting admission at these institutes doesn’t have international level or national level olympiads or other achievements. An average student usually has a few subject scores to boast about, a few competitive examination scores, some co-curricular activities, and a few certifications.
Work experience and Internships:
Most students have one or two job experiences. For this section, proper presentation helps a lot. If you present your job experience properly, your CV will look impressive.
Position of responsibilities:
Every student getting into IIM and other top management institutes doesn’t have exceptional PORs. Most student talks about their role in college fests and the responsibilities attached to it, NGO work, or a captain or vice-captain role in sports teams.
Extracurricular Activities:
Around 70% of students getting admission at these institutes have few social service initiatives, school/college level sports achievements, school/college level cultural achievements.
One of my friends recently graduated from SPJIMR, and his CV was average.
- Academics: 10th - 92.4%, 12th - 82.6%, Graduation - 77.09%
- He had nothing mentionable for Extra Curriculars and Positions of Responsibilities.
The two things that helped him get selected are his CAT score, i.e. 99.38 percentile, and work experience at a Top 20 Fortune 500 Automobile Firm.
This is the case for most students getting admission to these institutes. Only one or two sections of their CV stand out and the rest is fairly average.
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For this, I think my friend’s CV will be the best example as he is an alumnus of IIM Kozhikode.
Academics:
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Standard 10th |
88% |
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Standard 12th |
81% |
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Graduation |
82% |
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M.Com |
72% |
Qualifications:CA; CFA- Cleared in the first attempt; FRM-Cleared in the first attempt.
Work Experience:
- 1.5 years of experience in an investment bank, Sun Capital Advisory, based out of Mumbai. The role was debt syndication executive.
- 26 months experience in Articleship at Khimji Kunverji and Co.
- 10 months industrial training at Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited.
Extra-curricular Activities:
Teaching:
- Career launcher- Maths and DI tuition to over 100 students.
- Exam Bazar and CareerNinja- Published CAT exam strategies on these websites.
Writing:
- Published a total of 15 articles on several websites, including CAclubIndia, InsideIIM, Sportskeeda, Faking news, etc.
- InsideIIM- Member of the student team. Content creation, curation, and distribution are the prime responsibilities.
Others:
- Student at Shiamak Davar for 2 years. Performed at various ICAI events.
- Facebook page and accounts management for a Workaholic person with 15,000 likes.
- Campus finalist in Champion of IIM Kozhikode competition, and being adjudged as the champion.
Basically, you need to have a good background in any two or three of these above-mentioned aspects. Most of the IIM CV will have a good academic record, what sets you apart is your other achievements.
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