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Admission
Process
How
can one procure the application form for the various
programs offered by your institute? What are the application
submission deadlines?
Apply online at www.isb.edu/pgp or hard copy
through mail against a payment of INR 1,000.
First deadline - November 30, 2005
Second deadline - January 15, 2006
Please explain the various
stages in admission process for each of the programs
offered by you (e.g., test, interview, group discussions,
etc.)
The various stages are as under:
1) The Application - where there is special focus on
the GMAT, Essays and Recommendations. The Application
is then reviewed by at least 2-3 members of the Admissions
Committee comprising the Director of Admissions, Assistant
Dean, PGP, Faculty members, current students and Alumni.
2) Interviews for shortlisted candidates, conducted
by a panel comprising the above members.
3) Offers of Admissions.
Interviews are held in December, January, February in
all metros.
What is the most important
stage/aspect of the entire process (with maximum weightage)?
Both the Application and Interviews are equally important.
What
are the skills/qualities you want to test during exam,
interview and GD?
Written Test: N.A.
Interview: Academic and Work pedigree; Leadership potential
and qualities; Diversity in terms of work and educational
backgrounds; extra and co-curricular activities; articulation
and presentation skills.
GD: N.A.
Others: In the Application, the Essays, Case-study,
and Recommendations.
How
do you ensure the diversity of the class?
By recruiting more people from non-traditional backgrounds
like doctors, members of the armed forces, people from
the Humanities and Arts discipline, so long as they
meet the other requirements.
Academic Background
Are
engineers more preferred over non-engineer?
No.
Is there
a separate cut-off for engineers and non-engineers?
Do you evaluate the two types of candidates differently?
No.
How
important are grades in the selection process?
Quite important as the course can be demanding, being
so intensive.
Do you
take an applicant's undergraduate alma mater into consideration?
Yes, to some extent.
Work Experience
How
important is work experience for the selection?
We look for profiles with at least two years of post-qualification
work experience.
What kind of work experience
is preferred?
Any experience that has been full-time with no bar on
any industry/sector.
What is the school's ideal
amount of work experience?
4-5 years.
Are applicants with one year
of work experience evaluated differently than candidates
with five years under their belts?
Yes, we look at the quality of their undergraduate education
even more closely, especially with regard to the quality
of their projects, and any other special assignments
they have undertaken. We also look at their extra and
co-curricular activities to be able to judge whether
they suit our selection criteria.
How much professional experience
is too much? Is a candidate, say, with 12 years of work
experience, going to fit into the program?
In our opinion, no experience is too much. A person
with 12 years of tenure in the work place should be
able to adapt to the programme as well as a person with
4-5 years of work experience, but his reasons for doing
the programme so late will be probed.
Interview
What
kind of questions can an interviewee expect to hear
during an interview?
About his/her achievements during school and college.
His/Her achievements in his job and career, and also
his/her extra and co-curricular activities.
What attributes are you looking
for when you interview candidates?
Leadership and diversity in all aspects of his/ her
academic, work, and social life.
How long do your interviews
last?
20-30 minutes.
Is a long interview better
than a short interview?
There is no thumb-rule of such kind that we follow.
Group Discussions
N.A.
Wait-list
How
many applicants are placed on wait list?
About 60-70.
And how many eventually make
it off?
The top 10%.
Ultimately, what is it that
separates accepted applicants from the wait listed and
denied folks?
The wait-listed candidates' applications and minutes
of their Interviews are looked at once again by the
Admissions Committee, in case of any vacancy after the
final offers are made.
The denials are rejects either at the Application stage
itself, or after the Interview.
General
How
can applicants show you and your staff that they're
a good match for the program?
By being focused, exhibiting clear-cut thinking on why
they wish to do our PGP, are well researched, apart
from meeting the other criteria in terms of education,
work experience, etc.
What's the worst thing an applicant
can do during the selection process?
Not being focused and not knowing what they will gain
out of the one-year PGP at the ISB.
Fill in the blanks:
Applicants should apply to your program if they're interested
in... in getting really good education in the field
of Management studies and are enhancing their knowledge
and skills to keep up with the constant changes in the
world of business.
And on the other side of the
coin?
MBA candidates should not apply to your program if they're
interested... only in acquiring the initials MBA
after their names, as a stepping stone to better jobs.
Well, what characteristics
is the B-school looking for?
Sound academics, good work pedigree, leadership potential
and qualities, very good team skills, innovation, creativity,
adaptability and the willingness to change, diversity
in any aspect of their lives.
What does the school want
to learn through the admission process? Are there things
that people do that are more appreciated by the admissions
committee?
The School wishes to learn about the candidate's ability
to think laterally and creatively, and his/her ability
to be able to take initiative and ownership for what
needs to be done. Whether he/she is innovative in whatever
it is that one does, be it the workplace, socially,
or life in general. Whether he/she has the capacity
to be able to transform creative thinking into positive
and effective action. A leader for us is a person who
can work with people and influence them, is a good team
player, thereby bringing in positive synergy and dynamism
into the situations he is in. It also would translate
into being able to change things for the better, both
qualitatively and quantitatively. We also look for diversity
in the profiles of our applicants.
Which
aspect of the application should an applicant be most
concerned with to make himself/herself a competitive
player?
The Essays and the Recommendations.
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