{"id":21,"date":"2017-04-30T05:16:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T05:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.iquanta.in\/?p=21"},"modified":"2022-02-21T18:12:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:42:48","slug":"preparation-strategy-of-iim-l-convert-prateek-ranjan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/preparation-strategy-of-iim-l-convert-prateek-ranjan\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation strategy of IIM L convert Pratik Ranjan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Prateek. Congratulations on converting IIM Lucknow.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Thank you!<\/p>\r\n

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Let\u2019s start by talking about your past academic profile.. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Yea sure! So my academics are as follows:<\/p>\r\n

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10th \u2013 97.4 %
12th \u2013 95.75 %
Graduation \u2013<\/strong> 8.9 CGPA in Mechanical Engg. from NIT, Bhopal \u2013 4th<\/sup> topper of my batch.<\/p>\r\n

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I have also been involved in a lot of extracurricular, in school as well as in college, which helped me get a profile based call from SPJain, Mumbai.<\/p>\r\n

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What has your work experience and job profile been like? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

After college I started working with Larsen and Turbo and currently I hold a work experience of 11 months. The work hours at L&T are rigorous, that is almost 12-13 hours everyday, which that didn\u2019t allow me a lot of time to prepare for CAT, but I think I was really dedicated and determined to crack it and that made me put in extra hours towards the preparation on a regular basis irrespective of my exhausting working hours!<\/p>\r\n

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So how did you decide to pursue MBA? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Coming from a small town of Jamshedpur, and being a good student in school it was assumed that I should be taking up science in my Secondary education. So in small towns people think in a very linear manner, wherein engineering is considered as the best career option available to anyone, for which you must take up science in 11th<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup>, and if you end up taking commerce or arts then you are not good at academics. So charged up with that emotion I ended up taking engineering and got an admit in NIT, Bhopal.<\/p>\r\n

But just into my second year I realized that my interests lie elsewhere. Being a part of the college societies and having had corporate interactions through sponsorship callings, I finally began to enjoy the management work, which gave me a glimpse of the field of management and that was precisely when I decided to pursue management as a course of my study.<\/p>\r\n

So now when you recall, how do you see your entire journey of preparing for MBA? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Thrilling! My journey has been literally thrilling. I have seen a lot of ups and downs and thoughout my preparation I hated quant because I wasn\u2019t scoring well and verbal was a complete nightmare initially.<\/p>\r\n

Do you have any past attempts and what are your percentiles (sectionals as well as overall) this year? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Yes, I gave CAT or the first time in 2015, wherein I scored somewhere around 95.7. I did get a few calls from the new IIMs and was waitlisted at SPJain, so I couldn\u2019t join last year.<\/p>\r\n

This year I studied a lot. Even after working everyday I would make it a point to put in atleast 2-3 hours of preparation on weekdays and 8-9 hours on a weekend. I kept myself updated through the Facebook groups and other online platforms and that also helped me a lot.<\/p>\r\n

Finally I managed to get a 98.35 overall percentile, which was a major relief. In VA and DILR I managed to get around 99 and 96, respectively, but in quant I got just 92, which was the lowest I got even if I consider the mocks.<\/p>\r\n

With that percentile I suppose you must have received a lot of profile based calls? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Yes. Having a good profile really saved me this year. I got calls from IIM L, K, S, I and the new IIMs and I think that\u2019s primarily due to the good profile. Other than IIMs I got calls from XLRI, MDI, SPJain (Operations), IIT Bombay and NITIE Mumbai.<\/p>\r\n

And which all colleges have you converted till now? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Apart from XLRI, I have converted all the colleges that I appeared for like IIM L, K, S, I, MDI, SPJain. For the rests, I am awaiting the results.<\/p>\r\n

So having talked about all the calls and converts, is there anything special about any interview that you would like to share with us? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Yea definitely! So first would be L. A very special thing that I felt about the interview experience at IIM L was that it wasn\u2019t at all like an interview, it was just like a normal discussion.<\/p>\r\n

But at IIM I, it was pretty much like a stress interview. From the very beginning of the interview, like from the moment I entered the room the panelists were trying to pull me down and intimidate me. I\u2019ll give a small example. So when I entered the room I went and wished the panelists, but for about 15-20 seconds I wasn\u2019t asked to sit down, so I was kept standing. Eventually the other panelist, who wasn\u2019t asking questions at that time asked me to sit. So a couple of incidents like this happened where they tried to confuse me and put me under pressure.<\/p>\r\n

Would you like to share with us how iQuanta helped you in your preparation? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Basically I had done 1 year classroom program in Bhopal, during my college years so I didn\u2019t really feel the need to join a full course as such, but towards the end, I felt that I can probably take up a crash course and what better place than iQuanta. So I joined the crash course provided by iQuanta which helped me with a quick revision of everything and it helped me to a great extent.<\/p>\r\n

Do you have any suggestions or feedback for iQuanta, so that they can improve further? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

I don\u2019t really have any suggestions in particular. I think Indrajeet sir is doing a great job with the amazing tips and shortcuts.<\/p>\r\n

Any specific method you would like share that you used while preparing for VARC, DILR or Quant? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

More tests= more mistakes=more analysis<\/em><\/p>\r\n