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CoolAvenues' Interview with:
Jeannette
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

1. General Questions
2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
3. Questions related to Group Discussion / Group Exercise
4. Interview-related Questions
5. After Joining MBA

1. General Questions

Background

Q. Can you tell something about yourself and your pre-MBA qualifications?
A. Studied in Frobel Garden High School, Topped in 10th, went on to do my Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in Electronics. Worked in Satyam Computers for 2 years before joining IIM Kozhikode.

Q. So when did you decide to go for MBA?
A. Like many Indian Engineers, I too gave CAT in my final year of engineering. Despite getting good calls, couldn't convert them, so I ended up working. 15 months into my job, I decided that coding wasn't my cup of tea and decided to try CAT once more. An MBA, I thought, would give me the flexibility to choose a field of my choice and provide avenues for growth.

Q. What was your first step to start preparation for getting into the school of your choice?
A. Decided to take CAT, so started sometime around July and enrolled myself in a weekly Mock Cat program. Preparation centered around clearing the cut-off in each test. After-test preparation included solving the entire paper once again.

Q. Which MBA institutes and programs you identified for your MBA?
A. FMS, IIFT and CAT were the programmes I applied for. FMS because the test did not have sectional cut-offs and I knew I could crack it easily because I was good in verbal ability. IIFT because I was interested in foreign trade, and CAT because everyone gives CAT.

Contd.   2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation