99% CAT Aspirants Mess Up GDPI – This Free GDPI Preparation Toolkit Fixes It !

GDPI Preparation: Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Written Ability Test all are an indispensable components during the interview stage of IIMs or top B-schools in the country. Talking about the weightage, GDPI-WAT carries 35-50% weightage apart from the CAT exam scores and judge candidates based on their communication, leadership skills and personality traits. 99% of CAT aspirants mess up GDPI preparation due to unstructured flow and lack of knowledge about what types of questions being asked by the interview panel. Although, it is also true that nothing got fixed about the questions or topics being asked in GDPI-WAT rounds of top IIMs. But getting guidance from the top mentors will definitely help you to understand the root cause and the way to provide perfect answers to the interview panel. This blog is a comprehensive guide about the importance of GDPI preparation, what all MBA colleges accepting GD, PI & WAT, resources you will find inside the GDPI preparation toolkit for free and what are the ways to start preparation for GDPI-WAT effectively? Let’s deep dive in the conversation to understand and align the terms in-depth.

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Why GDPI Preparation After CAT Exam?

Top IIMs in India are not highly dependent only on the CAT exam scores to create a final selection criteria list of candidates instead various stages should be included apart from the CAT scores. GDPI-WAT is one of the main stages that candidates should face after getting the CAT result. Top MBA colleges in India are highly referring various parameters to calculate the final composite scores include CAT 2025 scores, WAT & PI scores, 10th board exam scores, 12th board exam scores, bachelor’s degree scores and somewhere work experience points are also added which is highly dependent upon the IIM admission criteria / IIM admission process.

GDPI + WAT is an indispensable round for the CAT aspirants in the final selection criteria because overall it carries 35-50% weightage (again depends on the MBA college). Strong GDPI preparation leads to increase the selection in the MBA program of top institutes in the country whereas poor GDPI preparation becomes a great factor for not getting selected in the MBA program.

Know More About MBA Colleges Accepting GD, PI & WAT

These table covers the complete information about the top MBA colleges in India whether they are accepting GD, PI & WAT.

Top MBA Colleges in India	PI	GD	WAT	Extempore
IIM Ahmedabad	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Bangalore	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Calcutta	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Kozhikode	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Lucknow	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Mumbai	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Indore	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Shillong	Yes	No	No	Yes
IIM Rohtak	Yes	No	No	Yes
IIM Raipur	Yes	Yes	No	No
IIM Ranchi	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Udaipur	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Kashipur	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Visakhapatnam	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Tiruchirappalli	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Nagpur	Yes	No	Yes	No
IIM Bodh Gaya	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Jammu	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Amritsar	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Sambalpur	Yes	No	No	No
IIM Sirmaur	Yes	No	No	No

What’s Inside Free GDPI Preparation Toolkit?

Free GDPI Preparation Toolkit by iQuanta is the perfect solution for the candidates to start preparation for the admission process of top IIMs or B-Schools. This toolkit covers multiple things that will be a great advantage to your defined preparation strategy towards Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Written Ability Test.

1. Importance of GDPI for admission to a top MBA college.
2. Top 20 MBA college list accepting PI, WAT, GD & Extempore
3. Top 50 MBA colleges final selection criteria weightage.
4. What do GD, PI, WAT and Extempore mean?
5. Important GDPI/WAT/Extempore topics for which you should start your GDPI preparation.
6. Types of Personal Interview questions and relevant sample questions.

How To Start GDPI Preparation Effectively?

GDPI preparation is really important for the candidates after class 12th because it coves 30-35% weightage during admission process. A strong GDPI preparation increases the chances for getting selected in top business schools. iQuanta has designed a streamline GDPI + WAT preparation course for the candidates so that they will easily clear tough GDPI rounds of top business schools with the help of guidance by expert mentors of top B-schools in the country. The detailed features of the GDPI + WAT (2025-26) course by iQuanta are mentioned below.

1. 5+ one-on-one mock mock interviews by top mentors
2. Multiple SOP reviews for different MBA Colleges
3. 6+ Group Discussion sessions
4. Multiple WAT practice sessions
5. Daily GK sessions, Classes, and Notes PDFs
6. Hybrid GDPI Preparation