Harsh Gupta
Xaviers Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur.
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General
Questions
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Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
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Interview-related Questions
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After
Joining MBA
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Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
Q. How many months and
how many hours daily did you devote for preparation to entrance procedures?
A. I used to devote 2 hours daily for my MBA prepation. Apart from that,
I used to devote 4 hours each day on weekends (i.e., on Saturdays and Sundays)
for my pre-MBA exam preparation.
Q. Did you take up some
coaching institute or you believed in self-study?
A. I took up TIME coaching for my MBA preparation.
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. One book that I referred was, "Think Without Ink" - by K. Venkat.
Q. When did you start
for preparation?
A. I had started my preparation during April 2004.
Q. Did you go for any
coaching?
A. I attended TIME during my first year of MBA preparation and Career
Launcher during my second year.
Q. What was your
experience with coaching? Some feedback about faculty, coaching material and
your overall experience with particular center?
A. My experience at TIME, Mysore Centre was pretty decent. The faculty
there were pretty good and they helped me a lot in improving my basic concepts
(specially English).
Q. What are the others
books and tests which you used for your MBA preparation?
A. I referred the following books for my MBA preparation: -
Think Without Ink - for Quant;
English Grammar & Comprehension - by Wren & Martin.
Q. What was your
strongest and weakest area while preparing for MBA coaching?
A. My strongest area while preparing for MBA was VA/RC and my weakest
area was DI.
Q. Some tips which you
used for mastering Quant, RC, etc.
A. I simply followed one rule for QA - do all the questions in the mind,
rather than solving them on paper. This helped me a lot in increasing my speed.
Q. How much time did
you put for MBA preparation everyday ? How did you manage this while working
full time?
A. I spent around 2 hours everyday for my MBA preparation during weekdays
and 4 hours each day on weekends (i.e., on Saturdays and Sundays). I usually
woke up at 5:30 in the morning, studied from 6:00-8:00 am. Then, got up, took
bath, breakfast, etc. Reached office by 9:30-10:00 am. Thereafter, I would work
till 12:30 pm and read newspapers for 1 hour during my lunch time. Then, I would
reach at my work place by 2 pm and work till around 9:00-10:00 pm. Used to reach
home, take my dinner by 10:30 pm and then go back to sleep by 11:30 pm. This was
my style of managing time for my study.
Q. Which all Exams and
B-schools you applied to?
A. I appeared for the following exams - CAT, XAT and FMS.
Q. Your present
B-school and course.
A. XLRI Jamshedpur.
Q. What procedures your
school has for admission to its MBA program?
A. Elimination after the written test, essay immediately after the
written test and a second round of interview.
Q. What is the range of
score for students who are admitted?
A. Range of score for XAT - usually between 97.5-99.99 percentile. There
are two people in my batch with exceptional profile, who got in at 95.xx
percentile also.
Q. What was your score
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A. My percentile was 99.53 in XAT and 98.52 in CAT.
