Why Should We Select You?

Module 4: Classic questions, answered · Mastering MBA Interviews by Shweta Arora (IIM Ahmedabad)

Sample answer 1

The three things I surely bring to the table are: my knowledge of the commerce field, my passion for advertisements and my curiosity to learn about startups. The reason I applied for this program is not only because I’m keen on learning from my batch, the professors and our alumni, but also because I believe in my potential to contribute to the batch and the institution given my diverse perspective. If selected, I’ll make use of the repository of marketing researches collated by the library, attend the special marketing workshops conducted in September and take up the Innovation Live course by Prof Apurv so as to utilise the most of what the institute has to offer me, I think that’s the least I can do to justify the opportunity I’ll be given.

Highlighted: Top 3 USPs · Learner forever · Research · Grateful

Sample answer 2 (tricky variant)

Sir, I respect every individual who has been shortlisted for this opportunity and I’m sure many of them will have great achievements and skills, in fact I hope the best of us make it to the institute but I’d like to share the three things that I bring to the table: my knowledge of the commerce field, my passion for advertisements and my curiosity to learn about startups. The reason I applied for this program is not only because I’m keen on learning from my batch, the professors and our alumni, but also because I believe in my potential to contribute to the batch and the institution given my diverse perspective. If selected, I’ll make use of the repository of marketing researches collated by the library, attend the special marketing workshops conducted in September and take up the Innovation Live course by Prof Apurv so as to utilise the most of what the institute has to offer me, I think that’s the least I can do to justify the opportunity I’ll be given.

Highlighted: Humility

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