Admission Story: Shatabdi Shrivastava, SBM, NMIMS Mumbai, 256, NMAT

Shatabdi Shrivastava is a PGDM student at SBM, NMIMS and she completed her graduation from SATI, Vidisha. For admission to the PGDM program of NMIMS, she appeared for NMAT Exam and scored 256 Marks. She has 3 years

of work experience at Capgemini India as a Quality Assurance Engineer (IT).

Shatabdi Shrivastava Profile

Current institute: NMIMS
Graduation College: SATI, Vidisha
NMAT score: 256
10th Percentage / GPA: 9.6
12th Percentage / GPA: 79.6
Graduation Percentage/GPA: 7.81
Work Experience: Capgemini India, served for 3 years as a Quality Assurance Engineer (IT)

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Admission Experience

Did you avail of the benefit of any reservation?

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “General (No reservation)”

Describe the general setting of WAT / GD (if any)?

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “Online WAT”

What was the WAT / GD Topic?

Shatabdi Shrivastava: "Case-based on the impact of digitalization on the privacy of users”

What were your answer/points put forward for the WAT or GD respectively?

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “I had mentioned the problem statement, the constraints and the corresponding solutions and other alternatives”

Describe the general setting of your personal Interview.

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “3P - M1, M2, M3 - all faculties. online PI. Questions were based on work ex”

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Mention at least 5 interview questions that were asked to you and your responses to each of them.

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “1. Tell me about yourself

2. Difference between Quality assurance and Quality control

3. Some question related to HR processes

4. product Model of my project and what is alpha and Beta testing

5. Who would choose - an industry veteran reluctant to learn new skills or 10 new enthusiastic freshers.”

Mention 3 reasons why you chose this college over other colleges which you converted.

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “1. I have an inclination towards finance and NM is known for its finance course

2. SBM is better than most new and baby IIMs.

3. Talked to seniors and got to know that the placements have not been impacted due to Covid. Hence a safe bet.”

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What was the reason for you not converting to other colleges?

Shatabdi Shrivastava: “I was not able to devote much time due to long working hours. I wish I had resigned and studied dedicatedly. It would have been a much better scenario.

Also, do not carry the baggage of one exam failure to another, specifically CAT results to XAT exam hall.”