CAT PI round i.e. Personal Interview round will be conducted by all the IIMs as a part of the selection process. The weightage of PI rounds varies from institute to institute. In IIM Kozhikode, the weightage of PI is 44 and in IIM Calcutta it is 48. Read More IIM Shortlist and Admission

• IIMs have already scrapped GD i.e. Gripu Discussion round and replaced it with WAT i.e. Written Ability Test. But due to COVID-19 most of IIMs have scrapped WAT also. Read More WAT in IIMs
• After appearing for WAT, candidates will have to appear for PI to make it to the final list of admission. 
• PI round is conducted to judge the personality characteristics. CAT Personal Interview involves the candidate being asked a few questions by a panel of eminent judges. 

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CAT Personal Interview Preparation

• CAT Personal Interview will consist of a panel of judges asking questions to the candidate based on their profile and cross questioning them based on their answers. 
• Improve confidence and improve your presentation skills. Candidates have to make sure that they appear confident in their answers. 
• One way to improve confidence is to know what you are talking about. Candidates will mostly be asked questions about themselves, such as why did they choose their major and so on. So it is a question of how they will present their answers. 
• Most of the candidates are asked to say something about yourself. This is one of the most basic questions and candidates must have an effective answer beforehand. 
• The questions asked in the personal interview stage are largely unpredictable as the panel of judges will be different in every CAT Participating IIM, and they will vary year by year as well. 
• Therefore, it is prudent for the candidate to be well read and aware of a large number of latest occurrences in current affairs, politics, business, economy and so on. 
• Candidates can also potentially be asked questions about politics. Therefore, if you feel you have a very polarising or controversial answer, present it in a palatable way. 
• If candidates have work experience they will be asked about their experience with the previous employer. It is important to not speak of them negatively. 
• Do not be flustered if asked a strange or abstract question. Be mentally prepared to answer strange questions such as “Sing a Song” or “Recruitment for ISIS” and so on. 

IIM Bangalore Personal Interview Questions

The panel asked the candidate the following questions:

• Tell us about the production facilities of Maruti
• What was the issue in the Gujarat plant?
• What is a wiring harness?
• What do you design?
• Which is safer, a heavy car Or lighter car?
• Which is a more stable, short height or low height man?
• Volkswagen diesel scandal - Candidate went too much into detail.
• Opinion on Sharapova drug abuse case
• Discussion about had Serena Williams had done the same thing
• Discussion on Tiger Woods and Shane Warne Affairs

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