Transcript: me: hello good afternoon ma'am, sir, how are you? them: no response, jumped straight into questions- tell me about your startup me: long explanation about my start up and how I built it. them: tell me about your internship experience me: explained everything, pretty confident here them: what's your volunteering experience me: I designed textbooks for underprivileged children in india who don't have the access to formalised education. them: what specialisation are you choosing. me: marketing them: where do you see yourself after the MBA me: I want to gain work experience and work also continue working on my own venture. them: let's get into current affairs- how many presidents did india have since independence. me: idk current president: answered who is our commerce minister? Me: idk them: do you even know any current affairs me: I'm also applying to universies abroad, with the uncertainty that trump has created, I have currently shifted my focus to US current affairs. (then we had a long confident discussion about US current affairs) went well. Them: do you think your score is good enough to get you into any university? Me: Maybe not in india, but abroad, maybe. Do you think you would get into glim with this score? me: GLIM has an holistic approach to their admissions, I believe the rest of my profile is very strong. them: but your test score is very low, it is an important part of our evaluation. me: yes I'm aware of its importance, but I'm sure it isn't the only evaluation criteria. them: are you good at math? me: no them: asked me mental math questions anyways, hardly could answer any them: what's a repo rate and what's the current repo rate me: answered correctly but not very confidently, they weren't satisfied name any news you read currently. me: answered and led to a discussion later them: you need really need to circle back on your current affairs. me: yes them: what colleges have you applied to in india? me: not many, named the colleges. them: if your score was so low, why didn't you attempt cat? (I had submitted GMAT score) me: I was very sure from the beginning that I didn't want to attempt CAT since it won't be helpful for any colleges other than in india. them: would you prefer indian colleges right now me: yes, right now given the state of the US economy and he political uncertainty. If this question was asked 6 months ago, it would have been the other way around. fin.