I'm currently pursuing BE with 7GPA across first 6 semesters. I have 95% in 10th & 89.80 in 12th. I gave CAT but my score is going to be low. I have a job offer from EY (one of big 4). What is the optimum work experience I should have from EY to improve my chances of getting a call from top colleges

Palash, this is an amazing academic profile that you put up over the years. With this kind of marks, we seriously doubt you would have a low CAT score. Neverthless, most IIMs atleast look for work experience of 36 months. If you are in your final year now and you have appeared for CAT and you have an offer from EY, you will need to put up atleast 3 years before you plan on getting into an IIM. We have 20 IIMS and each IIM shortlists candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interviews. Performance in the CAT examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs It shouldn't be more than that for IIM Ahmedabad. Here we shall try to help you with the selection process of IIM A,B and C.

IIM Ahmedabad:

10th Rating:

The same rating score is used for 12th Science /Commerce Streams. For Arts/Humanities:

Work Experience in Months as on July 31, 2020                       Rating Score

< 12 months                                                                                              0

> 36 months                                                                                              5


Minimum cut offs for Average percent of marks scores:

From each Academic sectors top 5% from each stream and each Category will be short listed. It might look like:

After shortlisting the Candidates, the selected Candidates will have to go through WAT and PI rounds. Selection at this stage will strictly be based on the shortlisting of the candidates done separately for each Category ) on the basis of their Final Composite Score. . The numbers selected in different reservation categories will be in proportions mandated by law.

Personal Interview Multiplication Factor (PIF) = 0.50

AWT Multiplication Factor (AWTF) = 0.10

CAT Score Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (CATF_FCS) = 0.25

Application Rating Multiplication Factor for Final Composite Score (ARF_FCS) = 0.15


After the AWT & PI round, admission offers are made by IIMA to successful candidates. The final selection is based on a diverse set of attributes which includes performance in CAT, performance in AWT & PI, academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements, work experience, etc.

IIM BANGALORE:

For all the Candidates shortlisted, the 10th and 12th board results are initially adjusted by dividing each such score by 90th percentile score of that board. And then an adjusted score is calculated for the Bachelor's degree for each of the candidates based on the final scores obtained by the candidate are used for the Bachelor's degree and professional degrees. For example,

CAT = 40
10th board = 20
12th board = 10
Bachelors = 20
Gender Diversity = 2
Work Experience = 8
The 40 points for CAT are derived from the performance in each of the three sections as follows:
Verbal & Reading Comprehension - 14 points
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning - 16 points Quantitative Aptitude - 10 points.

IIM CALCUTTA:

And the final selection is based on:

CAT 2019 Score 30

Personal Interview 48

Written Ability Test 10

Academic Diversity 04

Work Experience 08

Total 100