CAT

No. Work experience is not necessary either for appearing for CAT nor for admission. However IIMA encourages you to have work experience before joining. FOr the same they offer deferred admission, which means if you are accepted in 2017 then you can go work for two years and join back without taking CAT again.
In short: you can take CAT when you graduate.

I don't think you will get interview call from any college with this score. 36 percentile means that of the 2 lakh students that appeared for CAT, your rank was around 1.28 lakh. I would suggest that you prepare for CAT once again and appear for it. And this time try to get better score. Also please keep in mind that if you want other institutes(apart from IIMs) to accept CAT score, you will need to apply for those colleges as well.

The college is accepting applications only for few more days. My suggestion would be to apply asap (before the Institute stops accepting applications). All the best!

Hi. First of all congratulations on your CAT score!
The cut off for this year isnt announced yet. If your sectionals are also as good as your overall, you will definitely get a call. :)

There are institutional level seats for which you would have to contact the college directly

The chances are slim.but you might expect a call.as the Institute also provides opportunity to showcase your skills in GD-WAT-PI.

Yes.you should expect a call.
the cut off stands at around 55-60% ile

Yes.
you are sure to get a call.
but i would suggest you try for some other institutions as well.

Shyam,
Last years' cut off for GIM - Cat 90%ile and Xat 80%ile.
Current scores qualify for the shortlists as the cut offs for this year is expected to be around the last years'.
For now I wish you all the best.

Shyam,
Last years' cut off for GIM - Cat 90%ile and Xat 80%ile.
Current scores qualify for the shortlists as the cut offs for this year is expected to be around the last years'.
For now I wish you all the best.