The Best Way to Crack GDPI

My last two posts focused on General Topics for GDPI and Economic Issues for GDPI. 

In this post, I will dwell on the other important aspects that you should focus on:

(a) Academics

• Study your graduation subjects.
• If you have favourite subject(s), you must be comfortable with almost everything related to this subject.
• Also, throw a glance at your project(s) work and paper presentation(s).

(b) Career 

• Think about long term plans (even if not concrete);
• Get a hang of things in your chosen line of activity; 
• How your mental strengths and current skill set match your choice of career, and 
• Also, think about Plan B, i.e., what if Plan A (of doing an MBA and later career choices) does not work out. 

(c) Personality-related Questions

• Hobbies;
• Mental strengths and weaknesses – think of instances where they came into play; 
• How a particular strength helped you become better;
• What are you doing to overcome/tackle any weakness, and
• Information about home town/state – uniqueness, history, cuisine, comparison between home town and town of employment (if different from home town).

(d) Work-related 

• Current work profile;
• Company profile – financial figures, names of top executives, nature of business, strategy;
• Current state of the industry, and 
• What did you learn from work, etc.

(e) Also, prepare for questions on 

• Why management career;
• Why MBA;
• Alternate career plan; 
• What other calls do you have, and
• Which school will you join (in case of multiple calls). 

Be invested in your future. Be passionate. Work hard. Keep learning!