IIT Kharagpur - MBA Interview Experiences

Gaining admission into a top business school entails acing the popular entrance test, CAT, as the initial step. Once you are through the test, you are expected to be ready to climb the next step of the selection. So, if you are looking forward to appear in the final screening rounds of the Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur, bolster up! You are gonna face applicants with strong backgrounds and skills, and you must prove your mettle to bag an admission seat to the MBA programme.

The rationale behind the admissions process of a B-school is to identify if the applicant's academic and professional credentials are reliable enough for the demands of the MBA course curriculum. The selection panel reviews candidates based on their knowledge, disposition, proficiency, and other requisite traits.

Since its founding in 1993, the Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, symbolises the pioneering effort to build a business school within an IIT. The institute follows the academic excellence and cutting-edge research of its parent institution. VGSoM offers regular MBA, Executive MBA, PhD, and various management development programmes (MDP). It also provides PGDBA (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics), in conjunction with IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and ISI.

For MBA admissions, VGSoM firstly shortlists applicants based on their CAT scores, previous academic records, gender diversity, and overall application rating. Engineering students are given additional weightage. In the second stage, the candidates are required to attend a personal interview round. Before the covid-19 scenario, a written ability test (WAT) was also conducted.

Finally, the admission list is compiled after considering the candidates’ profile, CAT scores, and PI performance.

There is a three-person panel at IIT-Kh that conducts the MBA interviews. It is composed of faculty and staff members of VGSoM. The interviewers inquire about the applicants' academics, internships, employment history, and interests. Professionals are asked in-depth questions about their roles, responsibilities, and industries. Almost 15-25 minutes are spent for each interviewee. Here are some VGSoM interview questions shared by candidates in the past few years: