With the IIFT results out, many of you would be wondering what exactly happens in the personality assessment round of this prestigious college.
Essay: What topics, Word limit?
GDs: 1 hour GDs?
Interview: How much international trade do I need to know?
Find out the answers straight from the horse’s mouth, or in other words, from people who have been there and done that. We’ve reached inside the IIFT campus and bring to you the interviews about the IIFT interview/GDs from the people who cracked this process recently.
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There were 11 questions in Logical Reasoning section, which carried an uncanny resemblance to 6 reasoning questions from CAT 2002 and another 5 reasoning questions from CAT 2003 (November). It seems that someone just changed the name and little data, and replicated those questions in IIFT 2008 paper. In few cases, the options were also exactly matching,which is very surprising again.
For questions in the Verbal Ability section, a few GMAT and GRE websites obviously provided a lot of inspiration.
The IIFT Entrance Test 2008 was very similar in essence to IIFT 2007, but there was a slight change in the pattern of the test. Unlike last year, when there was 4 sections with three of them having sub-sections as in Part (i) and Part (ii), this time there was 6 distinct sections. Like last year, each question had only one correct answer. Students accustomed to the 150 minutes format of CAT which comprised of much lesser number of questions, found the IIFT paper to be extremely lengthy. Another notable departure from last year was the absence of Decision Making questions from Logical Reasoning section.
Salient features:
1. Number of sections: 6
2. Number of options for each question: 4
3. All questions had only one correct answer, out of the given options
4. Each incorrect answer carried 1/4 negative marks
5. Variation in weightage, as compared to the previous year
6. No specific mention of sectional cut-offs
7. Like last year, aspirants were allowed to retain the booklet
8. The expected cut-off for the Delhi campus will be between (27-28)
To read the complete analysis of IIFT 2008, click here.
The IIFT Entrance Test 2007 was very similar in essence to IIFT 2006. The one main deviation from last year was that each question had only one correct answer, unlike multiple correct answers in last year’s exam. Students accustomed to the brief 75-question, 150 minutes CAT kind of test found the IIFT paper to be extremely lengthy.
Salient features:
Number of sections: 4 (2 subsections in all sections, except GK)
Number of options for each question: 4
Increase in no. of questions (From 106 in 2006 to 150 this year)
All questions had only one correct answer, out of the given options
Each incorrect answer carried 1/3 negative marks
Variation in weightage, as compared to the previous year
No specific mention of sectional cut-offs
Like last year, aspirants were allowed to retain the booklet
The expected cut-off for the Delhi campus will be between 24-26
Here is an overview of how you should have attempted this paper.
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