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Admission Process
General Questions
How can
one procure the application form for the various programs
offered by your institute? What are the application
submission deadlines?
Applicants are required to take the Admission Test (XAT)
to be conducted by XLRI, Jamshedpur, on 9th January
2005. For this, applicants have to log on to
http://www.xlri.edu/xat
and apply online for XAT. Last date for applying to
XAT is 7th December 2004. Registering for XAT is a prerequisite
for applying to XIMB.
Applicants have to also apply online for the XIMB programme,
by logging on to
http://www.ximb.ac.in.
The last Date of applying is 15th December 2004.
Please explain the various stages
in admission process for each of the programs offered
by you. (E.g., test, interview, group discussions, etc.)
The Institute will decide the section wise cut-off marks
as well as weights that will be assigned to different
components of the XAT score. The composite score so
derived will be used for short-listing candidates to
be called for Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview
(PI). GD & PI will be held at Bangalore, Bhubaneswar,
Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. The final
selection will be based on the candidate's performance
in the XAT and Group Discussion & Personal Interview
(which factors in the past academic record and relevant
work experience). The selected candidates will be informed
by mail by April 10, 2005. Two third of the number of
seats will be offered to the residents of the state
of Orissa who fulfill the minimum qualifying standard
in the admission tests and interview which will be set
in tune with the standards set by the top-most Management
Institutes in India.
What is the most important stage
/ aspect of the entire process (with maximum weightage)?
Each of the stages has its own importance. The XAT test
is a process of elimination. Thus out of 12000 applicants
approximately less than 4% students are selected for
the GD and Interview. This stage is important but the
final clinch is the Interview. After the first hurdle,
the Interview is the most clinching element in your
selection.
What are the skills/qualities you want to test during
exam, interview and GD?
The written test as mentioned above is an elimination
round so the skills and qualities expected of students
are their analytical, logical reasoning, command of
English and the overall mental makeup of the student
is tested. To overcome this, mental alertness and efficiency
of thinking is required.
During Interview and GD your presentation skills, body
language, confidence level, articulation skills and
conviction is tested.
Academic Background
Are engineers more preferred over
non-engineer?
No disparity is made between engineers and non-engineers.
Both have a level playing field and are evaluated at
the same scale and the same parameters.
How important are grades in the
selection process?
For applying for the program, grades do not matter.
But once you are at the Interview stage, Grades do matter
and kind of impresses the interview panel when they
see a candidate with good grades. But, there are also
numerous cases where the candidates have low grades
but with smart thinking and proper articulation have
won the interview board over.
It's your confidence and positive attitude that wins
the day for you.
How do you take an applicant's undergraduate alma mater
into consideration?
Generally, an applicant's undergraduate alma mater doesn't
cause much of a difference. The Selection Process looks
more at the candidate than having any consideration
for his alma mater.
Work Experience
How important is work experience
for the selection?
Work experience helps at the Interview stage, as every
Business School prefers to have students with certain
work experience.
What kind of work experience is preferred?
The work experience even if at a lower position should
indicate the amount of responsibilities shouldered by
the candidate. The post of the work is not a matter.
What matters is how much the candidate has learnt from
his work environment, what he has learnt and how he
has handled issues and situations in his work life.
How much professional experience
is too much? Is a candidate, say, with 12 years of work
experience going to fit into the program?
As mentioned above, term of service or quantity of service
is not an issue. The fact lies in whether the candidates
have succeeded in carving out a niche for themselves
in whatever they have done. Somebody with 12 years work
experience might not have been able to do his Business
Management course due to various personal and professional
factors. The selection committee appreciates those facts
and understands them.
Interview
What kinds of questions can an interviewee expect to
hear during an interview?
Questions are generally related to academic background
of undergraduate degree, situational interpretations,
concept analysis and discussion on emerging trends and
contemporary issues. We are looking for candidates who
are self-motivated, confident, have the power of articulation
and proper presentation, innovative thinking and independent
judgment capabilities.
Group
Discussions
GD
sessions are generally seen as platforms where the student's
initiative, leadership capabilities, coordinating capabilities,
team player attitude and good articulation, conceptualization
and presentation skills are noted.
Other
Queries
Well,
what characteristics is the B-school looking for?
We are looking for students with excellent skills and
qualities of analytical, logical reasoning, command
of English and the overall mental makeup of the student.
It is also the presentation skills, body language, confidence
level, art of articulation and conceptualization of
issues and conviction that are tested.
The student's initiative, leadership capabilities, coordinating
capabilities, team player attitude and good articulation,
conceptualization and presentation skills are also noted.
Which
aspect of the application should an applicant be most
concerned with to make himself/herself a competitive
player?
The thrust should be on providing accurate and precise
information. Ambiguity in data leads to uncomfortable
questions in the Interview, which subsequently makes
or mars the performance of the candidate
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