1. General Questions
2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
3. Interview-related Questions
4. After Joining MBA

2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation

Q. What was your first step to start preparation for getting into the B-school of your choice?
A. Since one of the main pre-requisites in applying to the 1-year MBA programmes of IIMs is the GMAT Score, working towards a decent GMAT Score was the first step in my preparation.

Q. When did you start your preparation?
A. Overall, I spent about 8-10 months in my preparation towards applying for an MBA. This included 4-5 months for the GMAT preparation.

Q. How many months and how many hours daily did you devote for preparation to entrance procedures?
A. As mentioned earlier, I spent about 4-5 months in my GMAT preparations. My work related responsibilities were keeping me extremely busy and I could spend only about 1.5 hours on week-days. On week-ends, however, I spent around 5-6 hours daily.

Q. Did you take up some coaching institute or you believed in self-study?
A. I relied entirely on self-study.

Q. What are the others books and tests that you used for your MBA preparation, besides the study material provided by your coaching institute?
A. In order to prepare for GMAT, I mainly relied on Kaplan and Manhattan books. I found them extremely value-adding. Besides these books, I also found useful information especially for areas such as sentence correction on the web.

Q. Can you tell us which are your favorite books, books that you used for preparing for entrance, books for self-development and books for pure relaxation?
A. As I indicated, for GMAT I mainly relied on Kaplan and Manhattan books. I was not an avid reader; however, I did try and read books about which I heard good things. For instance, some of the books that I read while preparing included 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People', 'The Toyota Way' and 'Made in India'. For pure relaxation, I generally relied upon news magazines and periodicals.

Q. What were your strongest and weakest areas while preparing for MBA coaching?
A. My strongest area was Quants and the weakest area was Verbal section.

Q. Some tips which you used for mastering Quantitative Aptitude, Reading Comprehension, etc.
A. Practice, practice and practice.

Q. Which all Exams and B-schools you applied to?
A. I applied to the 1-year MBA programmes conducted by IIMs.

Q. Your present B-school and programme. What made you opt for this particular institute and programme?
A. My present B-school and programme: IIM Lucknow, International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX).
Some of the key factors that made me opt for IPMX from IIM Lucknow included the programme's strong global and leadership focus, IIML's brand value as the premier business school in India, the distinct locational advantage of Noida - being the hub of industrial activity, and the programme's one year duration.

Q. What procedures your school has for admission to its MBA program?
A. The selection process for IPMX is based on: -