Common Admission Test 2025 ( CAT )
MBA admissions in India is divided in multiple stages starting with an entrance test. Usually, candidates are shortlisted for GD and PI based on their entrance exam scores. Check common Personal Interview questions to prepare for the PI round.
Personal Interview Questions: Most of the MBA colleges offer admissions after conducting selection rounds, like Group Discussion, Personal Interview, and more. Preparing for GD/PI is tougher compared to preparing for the entrance exam as there is no syllabus in a Personal Interview round. Candidates may be asked questions on any topic in a PI round. Candidates need confidence as well as presence of mind to clear PI rounds. While preparing for MBA admission, candidates often wonder what the top questions to prepare for clearing the PI round are.
Questions in PI round of MBA colleges are mostly connected to the candidate's academics or job/internship which they mention in their resume. Chances of facing questions based on hobbies, past jobs, projects and areas of interest are very high in the personal interview round for MBA admission. However, it is not easy to guess what questions will be asked in a PI round of a B-School. Candidates preparing for MBA admission must prepare for common PI questions well.
A personal interview round for MBA admission is a personality assessment test in which the admission panel has a good opportunity to know a candidate and the candidate has a good opportunity to present their best aspects. It is more of an interpersonal interaction which includes professional as well as personal questions. Here are the most commonly asked questions in MBA personal interview round for admission:
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IIM |
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| Abhishek Roy |
IIM Lucknow |
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| Vedant Chandewar |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Harshil Satasiya |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Nishanth Pandey |
IIM Lucknow |
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| Shreshth Khare |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Satya Gopal |
IIM Kozhikode |
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| Akash |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Akansha Ghosh |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Rupesh Gupta |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Akshay Mehendiratta |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Anchal Taatya |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Ananya Mishra |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Pratham Mani |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Omkar Mukherjee |
IIM Calcutta |
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| Vaibhav Jatin Shah |
IIM Shillong |
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| Parth Agarwal |
IIM Kozhikode |
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| Anshul Aggarwal |
IIM Kozhikode |
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| Ankur Parmar |
IIM Kozhikode |
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| Satya Gopal |
IIM Kozhikode |
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| Priyanjit Biswas |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Sai Prabhu |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Ruchika Bhartiya |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Abhinav Paigwar |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Mayank |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Shreshth Khare |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Parth Agarwal |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Ankit Anand |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Pratham Mani |
IIM Calcutta |
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| Aditi Agarwal |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Gursimran Ahuja |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Biswanath Chakraborty |
IIM Indore |
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| Nishant Shah |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Biswanath Chakraborty |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Achintya Bhattacharya |
IIM Bangalore |
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| Biswanath Chakraborty |
IIM Lucknow |
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| Shubham Varshney |
IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Shubham Ranka |
IIM Calcutta |
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| Dhiraj Bedi |
IIM Calcutta |
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| Wasim Khan Pathan |
IIM Calcutta |
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CAT question papers are released within a week of the exam in the form of a PDF as a response sheet and answer key. Candidates who have appeared for the test are able to access the CAT question paper and answer key. The question paper of every slot is released on the same day along with candidate response sheet and official answer to all question. If any candidate needs previous year CAT question papers for preparation purpose, then they can download them from Shiksha website. We have hosted last five years' CAT question papers for aspirants to download and practice. These official CAT question papers are available for download free. You can download the CAT question paper PDFs at this link: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam-question-papers Candidates must check and practice the latest CAT question paper to know the latest exam pattern and difficulty level.
The CAT VARC section is dominated by RC questions. Out of 24 questions about 14-16 are based on Reading Comprehension passages and the rest of them are based on parajumbles, para completion, etc.
CAT has about 12-16 RC question. Since, it is not mandatory to solve all the questions, candidates can maximize their scores by leaving out the questions related to the passage they find the toughest. There is negative marking in CAT so candidates must ensure that they mark only the correct options or do not mark any option at all.
The key change in CAT question paper 2024 was increase in number of questions in DLIR section. Till 2023, the DILR section used to have 20 questions. In 2024, it had 22 questions. The time limit for it was the same and no other section had less questions. Which means, in CAT 2024, candidates had to attempt 68 questions instead of 66 to solve in the same time (120 minutes). DILR sectional time limit was 40 minutes as in previous years. There was no other change in CAT 2024, the difficulty level was same as previous years.
No, it is not mandatory to attempt all the questions in CAT. Candidates can choose to attempt questions as per their preparation. It is not possible also to attempt all the questions due to time limitation and difficulty level. Reading dense RC passages often take up a lot of time. In DILR and QA too, some questions are time taking and calculation intensive due to which not much time is left in hand to attempt all questions. The aim of every test taker should be to attempt about 2/3rd of the total questions in all the sections of CAT.
There are no straight forward vocabulary questions in CAT. Out of the total of 24 questions in VARC section, 12-14 questions are Reading Comprehension based and rest of them comprise parajumbles, para completion and odd sentence. CAT is the only MBA entrance exam, which does not have direct vocabulary and grammar questions. However, one needs to have strong vocabulary and grammar to be able to solve RC, parajumble, para completion and odd sentence questions.
Abhishek is a content writer and editor with 7+ years of experience in education journalism. He completed his graduation from University of Delhi with a BA Degree. At Shiksha.com, he handles content for MBA, BBA, an
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