SELECTION PROCESS

The selection process is an essential building block of the complete entrance exam exercise. Even if you miss one
single step of this exercise, you would be screened out from achieving your aim. The selection procedure for CAT
varies from institute to institute. The old IIMs conduct their CAT selection procedure separately. Some of the new
IIMs conduct a Common Admission Process round.

After the declaration of CAT results and cut- offs, shortlisted candidates appear in the selection process
which is held separately by each of the IIMs.
The selection procedure of CAT may consist of a Group Discussion and/or Written Ability Test round and,
Personal Interview.
For shortlisting candidates for GD/PI round, along with CAT Score candidates academic work and relevant
work experience will be taken into account.
In recent years, IIMs have been known to prefer Written Ability Test over Group Discussion.
The final selection is based on performance in CAT and selection procedure rounds. Here is a brief about all
of them:
Written Ability Test comprises of one or more topics on which a candidate is required to write a brief essay.
The time duration assigned to write an essay on the given topic varies from IIM to IIM and can be anywhere
from 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
Group Discussion Round: In this round, a group of 8-10 candidates is given a topic to discuss. Through this
round, a candidates performance and group dynamics are assessed.
Personal Interview round is the final round. In this round, a candidate has to appear before a panel of 4-8
interviewers who test the candidate on their academic background, work experience, hobbies, interests
etc.

List of registered IIMs

IIM Ahmedabad IIM Indore
IIM Calcutta IIM Bangalore
IIM Lucknow IIM Shillong
IIM Rohtak IIM Ranchi
IIM Raipur IIM Trichy
IIM Udaipur IIM Kashipur
IIM Nagpur IIM Visakhapatnam
IIM Bodh Gaya IIM Amritsar
IIM Sambalpur IIM Sirmaur
IIM Kozhikode IIM Jammu
Expected Cut Off
CAT scores are used as a primary screening tool by B-Schools for short listing candidates for the GD/ PI round.

Normally, the cut-offs for old IIMs are higher than those for new IIMs. CAT cut off depends upon various factors
like

Difficulty level of exam

Number of test takers
Number of candidates qualifying in the exam
Number of seats
Institute repute or ranking

As per trends, if the difficulty level of CAT 2017 is high, the CAT cutoff will be low and vice versa. Generally the old
IIMs and top B-schools such as FMS, University of Delhi, MDI Gurgaon etc. have CAT cut off over 99 percentile.
New IIMs and other top B-schools have cutoff ranging from 90 percentile or above. On the other hand, B-schools
belonging to tier two to four can range from 80 to 50 percentile.

CAT Cutoff for Top B-schools

B-School CAT Cutoff (expected)

Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS, DU) 98.20 Percentile

DMS, IIT Delhi 98+ Percentile

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay 99+ Percentile

Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras 95+ Percentile

Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon 95+ Percentile

S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai 85+ Percentile

Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) 90+ Percentile

Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad 90+ Percentile

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai 95+ Percentile

T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal 85+ Percentile

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai 90+ Percentile

 Management programs offered under in IIM

PGPEM (Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management)

PGP-FABM (Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agribusiness Management)
PGPBM (Post Graduate Programme in Business Management)
PGP-ABM (Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management)
PGP (Post Graduate Programme)
PGP-Indore, Mumbai (Post Graduate Programme at Mumbai and Indore)
PGPWE (Post Graduate Programme for Working Executive)
PGPEX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
PGPPM (Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management)
PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
EPGPM (Executive Post Graduate Programme)
PGDHRM (Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management)
PGPSM (Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets)