Personal Interview – Innovative answer, post PI

        The best way to answer the question like “Why should we select you” is - you know you will be asked and the interviewer knows that you have prepared for this answer. Yet you need to be genuine and sound natural.

An innovative way to answer this question is to convert your name into an acronym and use words to describe your quality. For example the acronym for name can be

H - Humble

A - Adjusting

R - Righteous

I - Interesting

T - Team worker

A - All-Rounder

Describe each of the qualities you mention with an example from your life and relate it to management and leadership skills. This can leave a strong impact on the interview panel.

         After you complete the personal interview round take a deep breath and relax. The concerned college(s) release a list of students who qualify after careful assessment of the performance in various rounds. Usually, there are 2 or 3 lists released. In case you do not qualify in the 1st cutoff list, you could very well find a spot in the 2nd or 3rd list as well.

Once your seat is confirmed after your PI Round, you need to move ahead with the various admission formalities.

I belong to humble background

In PI you may be asked for your family background 

During personal Interview sometimes admission panel puts a personal question to know on the family background and if by chance some of us come from humble background even then one should not mention that I belong to humble background rather the sentences should be framed as - I feel proud of my background where I have strengthened my will power to transform myself in the best manner as I am. Have any Questions about Personal Interview?. Get Answer here
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PI is to know you more

Personal Interview always being conducted to know you more as personality. Since you have already cleared quantitative skills test & soft skill tests and now you are being judged for your overall personality and your skill traits. It is to judge your top of mind ideas and how you are going to react to tight situations and nothing beyond that. 

PI is the one to one discussion and PI is the last step either to enter in a college or to exit from this platform. Keeping this in context it is very crucial to adjust yourself with one or two mock interview sessions and also read multiple personal interview topics as that might help you to crack PI successfully and achieve mission admission MBA 2016/ 

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Update your General awareness for IIFT

MBA aspirants who are planning to appear in forthcoming IIFT in November 2013 might note that you will be tested in current General awareness also besides your quantitative skills.

Questions on who is who or dates pertaining to historical facts may not be asked as that is history. Now you are expected to be updated with your surroundings hence, you must be updated with happenings nationally and globally.

Indeed you can raise your awareness with daily newspapers, magazines but current affairs program on radio will also be handy to analyze news.

General awareness topics should be read from all walks life. Be it sports, science, politics, economy, tourism etc. 

Besides clearing exam, GK topics gain you confidence which will be a base for facing GD & PI

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PI is critical for those who can’t give informative answers

The personal interview is a critical step in MBA admission process and should not be taken lightly. PI is aimed at knowing a candidate more intimately - assessing the clarity of thinking process, future goals and the 'fit'   factor with the B-school.

It provides the admission selection committee of a B school to evaluate your interpersonal and soft skills.

The Personal Interview is an important step in getting an admission into the business school of your choice. Hence, it should not be taken lightly.  

One of the mistakes that many candidates make during a Personal Interview is sharing information that is not relevant to the question. In a Personal Interview, you are tested on your communication skills.

If you do not answer to the point or share irrelevant information, it shows that you are not paying attention to the question that the interviewer is asking you. This reflects badly on your interpersonal skills.

Generally, you should answer a question in four to six lines. Also, do not beat around the bush while answering questions. Give direct answers that are informative.

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Hold your nerves in PI

In crunch situations, one is likely to lose balance of thoughts but wise men advice to be calm and be natural and hold your nerves. 

PI is positively a last opportunity for MBA aspirants hence, either you lose or you gain. 

Given the situation of highly competitive nature of PI, aspirants are likely to be scared with negative thoughts creeping in mind. Well, here is attitudinal skills come handy and you can maneuver yourself to positivity of achieving admission. 

Listen attentively to panelists, they will give you ample opportunity to hear you, once you get open chance of telling your story in PI, garb this moment and market yourself till you achieve success. 

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You are supposed to be employable after MBA

Those who think that after having MBA degree they will be placed in a company with the networking facility of placement cell of Institute must forget this ideal scenario. 

Companies are demanding certain employability skills such as perfect communication power, adaptability skills, can do attitude and willing to learn more. 

Above skills have to be improved by yourself only and institute has already created learning environment for you in form of learning resources, case studies, visiting faculty and industry interaction programs.

Besides theory, by and large you are expected to understand industry scenario and with your own SWOT to explain and convince the selection panel that you are the right candidate for company.

Both GD & PI will be different during placement as you will be tested for those skills which you have adapted after MBA and you will be selected only on merits.

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