IIM Bangalore - Indian Institute of Management

Over the years, IIMB has found that students who perform well in the academic programme are typically those who have a consistently good academic record at the school, high school and graduation level, and who exhibit a sufficiently high aptitude as measured by CAT (Common Admission Test of the IIMs)/GMAT. Therefore, IIMB uses these parameters to judge the suitability of candidates for the PGP programme. The admission process also includes a personal interview, conducted through remote video-conferencing for international students, and an assessment of writing ability. Relevant work experience, if any, is also given weightage.The CAT/GMAT score is also used to establish the minimum level of proficiency expected from a candidate in respective faculties as indicated by the section-wise minimum scores in the CAT/GMAT. Multiple criteria are used to arrive at a composite score for every candidate, which is used to select candidates at a subsequent stage.The cut-off for the CAT/GMAT score, one of the most important parameters, varies from year to year.

Hi. Congratulations on having finished engineering. I am not an IIM Bangalore grad so I will not be able to tell what exactly is needed for IIM Bangalore, but to get into an IIM, you have to ace CAT, which means you have to get a score of at least 99.70 percentile (in each section to be sure) to have a good chance of getting an interview call. Interview calls are subjective because a candidate's profile is screened which includes your 10th, 12th and graduation marks and work experience if any. If you make their cut for all these parameters, you will be called for an interview process (which may have a few more steps like WAT or GD or GE). All the best.