Welcome 2024-2025 IIM Ahmedabad Applicants Welcome, all IIM Ahmedabad class of 2026 hopefuls. Let's use this platform to know each other, exchange ideas, and discuss app strategies? Who all are applying? Let us know by commenting below. Follow the thread and bookmark this post. IIM Ahmedabad Average WE 92 Average GMAT 690 FT News Rank 41 Application Deadlines: 2024-25 Application Deadline Round 1 - Application Portal open Jun 24, 2024 Submit the final application with fee Aug. 30, 2024 Shortlisting announcement Sep. 06, 2024 Essay and Resume Submission Sep. 06-08, 2024 Interview with IIM Faculty member Sep-oct, 2024 Final Selection Oct 11, 2024 Round 2 - Application Portal open Sep 02, 2024 Submit the final application with fee Oct. 14, 2024 Shortlisting announcement Oct 18, 2024 Essay and Resume Submission Oct 18-20, 2024 Interview with IIM Faculty member Nov, 2024 Final Selection Dec 02, 2024 Round 3 - Application Portal open Oct 14, 2024 Submit the final application with fee Dec 03, 2024 Shortlisting announcement Dec 09, 2024 Essay and Resume Submission Dec 09-11, 2024 Interview with IIM Faculty member Dec 2024-Jan 2025 Final Selection Jan 20, 2025 Admission deadlines: https://www.iima.ac.in/academics/MBA-PGPX/admission Class Profile: https://pgpxbrochure.iima.ac.in/

Oh yes, Mumbai peeps, please do share your interview experience and extempore topics please.

Can anyone please share the topic of essays

Essays were around these lines. 500 words each challenges in last 3 years, what makes you good addition to cohort, why mba at this point of life

It was a stress interview. None of the questions like Introduce yourself, Why MBA, why MBA now, why IIM A, what work you do in office, what is a typical workday like, how you handled a situation/ tough boss/ difficult coworker or any other stupid person, were asked. They asked very deep questions about work I do. Lots of cross questioning.

Thanks for the debrief. I hope you get through. In general, I feel that IIMA AdCom is pushing candidates on a path of introspection, more in line with BSchools like Oxford Saiid in the UK and Stanford GSB in the US. Did you have an extempore?

What was your Panel and work experience related to (which sector)?

How many candidates gave interview in Delhi and Bombay

I got a stress Interview. No why iim what why mba kinds of questions. They literally pinpointed stuff from my application and my essays and asked very specific questions on the topics. I felt like one of the professors was of the same background as I was because his questions were very technical and he seemed to know what he was talking about. We were on the same page. The other prof was very dismissive and confrontational. He was trying to derail me from the topics. Starting from the extempore he was trying to prove that whatever I was saying was wrong in very forceful ways. He went on to say that I did not understand the extempore topic then literally went on to explain what I said 1 min back. Then for my job, he was trying to underplay the roles I played and impact I made and kept cutting me off between my points. I would say it was a very fun interview. I am a general management guy in operations role so my life is filled with such confrontations. IDK if the interview was deliberately suited to my profile, if it was, then that was one fine move by iima. Posted from my mobile device