Are experienced graduates preferred over fresh graduates for top B-School admissions?

A fresher won't be able to adjust with a job profile easily. Little time is required for them to get on the track. Experience of 1-2 years helps a lot for having high a salary package with a luxury life. Indian companies especially MNCs like L&T, Mc Donald, Tata, Aditya Birla, JK, Apollo all hire ex

Hi, Work experience is always an added advantage when one is trying to learn the management subjects. I repeat it's an added advantage not a must-have. Hence, most of the B-Schools have added weightage to applicants with prior work experience. However, most B-Schools prefer to have a good mix of f

Yes, experienced graduates have a better weightage, some of the colleges make it mandatory to have work experience. But this is not true for all colleges. Although experience counts but your ability and how you performed in the interview and the kind of background you are having in education matters

We can say that. Experienced graduates can contribute better in class discussions, and can experiment with other functional areas during the summer internship which is a risk a fresher can't afford. They are also better at handling people. They tend to have a better idea of what they want and hence

Yes, a majority of the companies look for experienced students rather than a fresher. The major reason is that they can use students with experience in a different way as compared to a fresher. A fresher won't be able to adjust with a job profile easily. Little time is required for them to get on th

Experienced candidates are said to have inherent capabilities and are strongly favored due to their corporate experience and knowhow of various sectors. They demonstrate sense of maturity which sometimes is missing among a fresher. However, a fresher do hold an edge because of his/her fresh perspe

Hi, In most cases, work experience is not mandatory. But, most of the top business institutes give preference to work experience and some of them make it mandatory. However, there are many colleges which invites freshers to join the course. You might want to check the eligibility requirement of each

Yes, of course. Any B-school would want an experienced student having some corporate knowledge apart from the one who doesn't have any. But, it does not mean, that they give high percentage importance to work experience factor. If you apply for a PGDM program of a particular college, they would be h

It depends upon the B-School and its admission criteria, whether they prefer an experienced graduate or not. For example, IIMs generally prefer experienced people because, the structure their course is in such a way. But for most of the B-Schools in India, the course structure is not planned in that

There are lot many things regarding experienced and fresh graduates getting admission in B-schools. From my perspective it varies from person to person, experience, no doubt has an impact on the person sitting in front of you but what if your knowledge and skills are more developed than that of an e