Saturday, March 21, 2009

A Summary of the selection process - for the busy bees and the careful personalities

The RAT
The written test is designed to test your analytical writing abilities. You would be provided with a small case and would be expected to analyze it and answer two questions in about 1 hour. This is just to test your ability to put down your thoughts in a structured manner. However the structure of the RAT is pretty organic and hence do not be surprised if you are surprised.

The Interview
Interview would be mostly based on your CV, your work, your research proposal and your future plans. How do you think you would contribute to IIM-L and what do you intend to do after FPM? Just be clear on these points.

Numbers getting selected
There is no restrictions on the selected candidates. The institute’s policy is to choose as many good students as possible. The academic year of 2008-2009 saw 82 students being given call letter of which 15 were finally selected to pursue the program. 

Post FPM plans
 Placements after FPM is both in academics and industry. It depends on what you want to do eventually. Both options are open. CTCs are comparable to MBA grads. And then, what you get is directly proportional to what you do here and how capable you are. Rest assured, there is no dearth of money if you are capable.

Note:The above is just a snap shot account meant for the people who are selected for the written test and interview for FPM. However for details please visit FAQ section.

With inputs from Vishal (FPM - 2008 batch).

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hello,
can u plz tell me, around what kind of a %-ile in CAT can assure a call 4 interview?

Govind said...

Hi
Apart from CAT they are choosing candidate through JRF and RAT,

tell me one thing, what is the academic percentage cut off they have for selection?