Prashant Kumar Singh converted VGSoM IIT Kgp MBA with a 97%ile marks in CAT 2021 Examination. He graduated from Jadavpur University with 9.4 GPA. He had work experience at Vedanta Aluminium Ltd for 2.5 years in the Online Project Work. In this Interview, Prashant has shared his VGSoM IIT Kgp MBA Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Prashant Kumar Singh

Collegedunia Team: What was your CAT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for VGSoM IIT Kgp MBA Admission?

Prashant: I scored 97%ile in my CAT 2021 Examination. No, I am from the General Category so I had not availed any of the reservation benefits. 

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Collegedunia Team: Describe your Pre MBA Academic Performance for Collegedunia readers?

Prashant: Yes, I had scored 9.4 GPA in my 10 boards and had 94% in the 12 board exams. Also, I had completed my graduation from Jadavpur University with 9.4 GPA.

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Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any).

Prashant: All the interview processes that I had gone through were online. VGSoM IIT kgp doesn't have any GD round as such.

But for some other interviews, I had an extempore round in college like for IIM Rohtak, the topic was LinkedIn vs Facebook, and we had 1 minute to think and 2 minutes to speak on it.

Pro Tips: Just be confident and read the newspapers everyday.

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Prashant: There was no WAT/ GD for the Institute. But the WAT round for SPJain had a topic- How the use of Social Media is killing creativity?

Collegedunia Team: What was your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively? 

Prashant: My stance was Creativity is actually a natural process that people develop naturally with their ambience and with society. Society plays a very important role in the Creativity but with the accessibility of the internet and freely available social studies students are spending much more time on the phone than books and this actually narrows down their thinking abilities. Whenever they are stuck in any problems they use google for getting the answers. So, in some sense it is actually decreasing their Creativity but for some people it is actually helping them monetarily. They can earn money by posting their videos in social media like Instagram and Facebook or youtube. So for some people with lower income, if they are creative they can use social media for their extra earning.

Collegedunia Team: Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Prashant: My interview experience at VGSoM IIT Kgp was a stressful one. The PI was protracted in online mode and was for a duration of 40 minutes. There were a total of 3 panels. There were 2 panellists who were the faculties and alumni of the Institute. 

Pro Tips: Be calm and composed. Read the newspaper daily and be ready with your introduction that will be a game changer. Try to mould your interview where you want them to ask instead of them asking their questions. Always be confident. Sometimes they only check your stress bearing capabilities and it is also okay to say no if you do not know the answers. Lastly, don't bluff.

Collegedunia Team: Mention at least 5 questions that were asked in VGSoM IIT Kgp Interview and how you responded to each of them?

Prashant: The questions asked during the Interview are: 

Ques 1. Tell us about yourself? 

Ques 2. Why VGSoM?

Ques 3. You are already doing so well and have industry experience. Why leave a good job for an MBA?

Ques 4. Tell us about your company and campus last quarter financial reports?

Ques 5. Some questions related to my Engineering stream?

Collegedunia Team: Mention any three reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Prashant: The main reasons were:

  1. The Institute provides great opportunities for operation and supply chain management, which is my goal.
  2. Better ROI. 
  3. Better campus and facilities and faculty. 
  4. Very good placement scenario.

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Collegedunia Team: What was the reason for you not converting other colleges?

Prashant: The reason will vary. Firstly, I would have scored a good percentile but couldn't make it due to the VARC section. In the beginning I was not able to give my best in the interview due to lack of confidence and lack of mock interviews. I got the call from SPjain but couldn't make it to the final list. I converted MDI gurgaon HRM and IB but didn't join and I had converted all new and baby IIMs, I missed NITIE Mumbai PGDIM because of my VARC cutoff and I should have scored good percentile if I had not lost in VARC sections and I was not calm while giving quant paper. Also at the end of the exam I was very anxious so I marked 3 questions wrong just with silly mistakes. 

My suggestion would be to be calm while giving the exams. And rest everything will be okay.