Dear Asish, all the IIMs shortlist candidates for the interview stage based on their own criteria, which may be independent of each other. The process may include Written Ability Test, Group Discussion, and Personal Interviews. Performance in the CAT examination is an important component in the admission process. IIMs may additionally use other factors such as the previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience, gender and academic diversity and other similar inputs in shortlisting and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. The processes, academic cut-offs and the weights allocated to the evaluation parameters may vary across IIMs. But the cut offs might look like this:
IIM QA DLR VARC Overall
Ahmedabad 60 60 60 70
Bangalore 65 65 70 75
Calcutta 60 60 65 70
Indore 55 55 55 60
Lucknow 55 55 55 70
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