Shivani Hans converted to NMIMS Bangalore after scoring a 225 in the NMAT 2021 Examination. She has also graduated from Mount Carmel College with a 79.10%. She had prior work experience of 1 year in FMCG Sales work at OM Associates. In this Interview, Shivanil has shared her NMIMS MBA Admission experience with the Collegedunia Team, read below

Shivani Hans

Collegedunia Team: What was your NMAT percentile? Did you avail reservation benefits for NMIMS Bangalore Admission?

Shivani: I scored 225 in my NMAT 2021 Examination. No, I am from the General Category so I did not avail the reservation benefits. 

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

Shivani: Yes, I had scored 95% in my 10 boards and had a decent score in 12 board exams, i.e 93.67%. Also, I had completed my graduation with a 79.10% marks.

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

Shivani: The GD was online. There were about 10 members in my panel. Everyone got an equal chance to speak/represent himself or herself. There were 2 moderators. Around 7-8 minutes were given to think on the topic. Although it was a soft GD. The mode of WAT was online. The time allotted was 15 minutes, out of which 7-8 minutes were for thinking. A space to accommodate 1000-1500 words was given. Just be confident and write in bullets. 

Collegedunia Team: What was the WAT/GD Topic?

Shivani: My GD topic was social media and influencer marketing and WAT ( Case Based ) was based on gig economy. 

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

Shivani: For GD I gave points about current companies benefiting and using influencer marketing. Most startups are also coming up with this mode of marketing. The mindset of today’s gen Z to have role models out of budding influencers. Pros and cons of such marketing. For WAT I don’t exactly remember but I wrote a gist on gig economy according to the case and related it to the given scenario with examples.

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

Shivani: There were 2 panel members who were the faculties of NMIMS Bangalore. Mode was online. Duration of the interview was 15 mins. Not exactly stress. 1-2 questions were kind of stressful but manageable. Aspirants have to have clear knowledge about their work ex if freshers good knowledge of background.  

Collegedunia Team: Mention at least 5 questions that were asked in NMIMS Bangalore MBA Interview and how you responded to each of them?

Shivani: The questions asked during the Interview are:

Q1. Work Experience related, explain your job role, and contribution?

Ans. I explained my sales job in a minute using the CAR principle, Context, Action, Result.

Q2. Difference between sales and marketing?

Ans. I gave answers with relevant examples from my industry.

Q3. Major competitors in fmcg for P&G? 

Ans. I gave answers which included HUL, Nestle, Marico, Mama Earth.

Q4. Situation based questions of what if my company’s product was not getting sold?

Ans. I answered the question using real life experience of convincing the retailers. 

Q5. General questions about hobbies?

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

Shivani: The three main reasons were:

- NMIMS Bangalore growth curve was shooting upward. 

- Its average and median placements were really good. 

- Its batch size was better than other options in hand (Comparing with KJ Somaya). 

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

Shivani: I believe I wasn’t well prepared for CAT’s Q&A section. It was the D Day anxiety and also my weaker background in mathematics. However NMAT had a Q&A session that was far more doable and easy than CAT. So my mistake according to me was the sole fear of difficult level questions of Q&A. And also lack of practice.