Answering B-School Questions. How not to do it.
B-School admissions in India continue to get trickier. They come up with new tactics each year to surprise the candidates. Earlier the process of admission was simple. You write a big high-stakes exam one day and after months of anxiety get your results one day. You were called for the interview and group discussion and if you do well there you get an admission.
The level of complexity every year though is rising. Each B-school has its own break-up of evaluating your performance in 10th, 12th, undergraduate, graduate, work, extra-curricula activities, co-curricular activities, talents, abilities, diversity, integrity, honesty, gender......
Honestly speaking, you cannot randomly decide to do an MBA any more. It depends a lot upon your past over which you have little control.
Added to this, most of the B-school this time had Art of Living sort of questionnaires to be filled up before we were called up for interview. Some of my friends who are trying for B-schools abroad, tell me that most of the questions in these questionnaires are actually inspired by questionnaires from top notch schools abroad. I am using the term inspired very liberally. And the above mentioned discussion happened after a night long feast and ritual in honour of Bacchus. So don't rely on the authenticity of the information.
But If I could really do it, here is how I would answer some of the questions.
1) What has been your greatest accomplishment so far?
Beginning to answer this questionnaire.
2) What do you look forward to in life? Something you have not done before or experienced before?
Looking forward to answer question number 3,4,5,6 and few more questionnaires like this.
3) What gives you support in your journey towards your goal?
The table that supports the paper on which I am answering these questions.
4) What is new and exciting for you?
Question 5
5) What is old, boring and worn out for you?
Question 4
6) Explain a situation where you have brought about any improvement either in yourself, work or society.
Wrote this blog post, so that people get better ideas about answering B-school application questions.
The level of complexity every year though is rising. Each B-school has its own break-up of evaluating your performance in 10th, 12th, undergraduate, graduate, work, extra-curricula activities, co-curricular activities, talents, abilities, diversity, integrity, honesty, gender......
Honestly speaking, you cannot randomly decide to do an MBA any more. It depends a lot upon your past over which you have little control.
Added to this, most of the B-school this time had Art of Living sort of questionnaires to be filled up before we were called up for interview. Some of my friends who are trying for B-schools abroad, tell me that most of the questions in these questionnaires are actually inspired by questionnaires from top notch schools abroad. I am using the term inspired very liberally. And the above mentioned discussion happened after a night long feast and ritual in honour of Bacchus. So don't rely on the authenticity of the information.
But If I could really do it, here is how I would answer some of the questions.
1) What has been your greatest accomplishment so far?
Beginning to answer this questionnaire.
2) What do you look forward to in life? Something you have not done before or experienced before?
Looking forward to answer question number 3,4,5,6 and few more questionnaires like this.
3) What gives you support in your journey towards your goal?
The table that supports the paper on which I am answering these questions.
4) What is new and exciting for you?
Question 5
5) What is old, boring and worn out for you?
Question 4
6) Explain a situation where you have brought about any improvement either in yourself, work or society.
Wrote this blog post, so that people get better ideas about answering B-school application questions.
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