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IIM PI Shortlist Dates 2026-28: After the publication of the CAT 2025 results, IIM Personal Interview shortlist dates are getting declared for IIM MBA/PGDM 2026 admissions. IIM Bangalore 2026 PI shortlist is out on January 13, 2026. The IIM Kozhikode PI shortlist is out on January 03, 2026. The IIM Personal Interview shortlist date for IIM Mumbai has been officially released on the college's website. The IIM Mumbai PI shortlist date is February 20, 2026. Additionally, one can expect that the other IIM personal Interview shortlist date will be between January 10 - January 30, 2026. Candidates aiming for MBA admissions 2026 at any IIM must check the IIM personal Interview shortlist dates provided in the article. The Article also contains the IIM CAP 2026 participants, IIM SAP 2026, and IIM JAP 2026 processes for candidates to get an even better idea of the IIM Personal Interview shortlist.
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The IIM 2026 personal interview dates for all IIMs have not been announced yet. Therefore, the IIM 2026 PI shortlist dates mentioned here are as per last year's available information. Candidates can go through the expected IIM 2026 Personal Interview shortlist dates in the following table.
List of IIMs 2026 | IIM 2026 PI Shortlist Dates |
January 08, 2026 | |
IIM Bangalore | January 13, 2026 |
January 08, 2026 | |
IIM Lucknow | January 10, 2026 |
IIM Indore | - |
- | |
IIM Mumbai | February 20, 2026 (official) |
- | |
IIM Rohtak | - |
IIM Trichy (JAP 2026) | - |
IIM Udaipur | January 08, 2026 |
IIM Kashipur (JAP 2026) | - |
IIM Nagpur | January 10, 2026 |
IIM Bodh Gaya (CAP 2026) | - |
IIM Sirmaur (CAP 2026) | - |
IIM Jammu (CAP 2026) | - |
IIM Raipur (JAP 2026) | - |
IIM Sambalpur | January 08, 2026 |
- | |
IIM Amritsar | - |
IIM Ranchi (JAP 2026) | - |
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The IIM Personal Interview shortlist dates for IIM JAP 2026 have not been announced yet. The IIM JAP 2026 registration is open now. JAP 2026 is being coordinated by IIM Raipur this year. IIM JAP 2026 is a portal for the admission process of four IIMs, namely,
IIM Raipur
IIM Trichy
IIM Raipur will be the coordinator for the Joint Admission Process 2026. One common PI/WAT will be organised through JAP portal for the MBA admissions 2026.
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IIM CAP 2026 is expected to start in January 2026. The IIM CAP application window is expected to open on January 14, 2026, and will remain open till January 23, 2026. The IIM CAP Personal interview shortlist date is likely to be January 30, 2026. Below, IIMs will be participating in the CAP 2026 process for admissions 2026.
IIM Jammu
IIM Sirmaur
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The SAP 2026 process is basically a second chance for candidates who missed the shortlisting in CAP 2026, but meet the relaxed criteria for certain IIMs. The IIM SAP 2026 coordinator has not been announced yet. The IIM Personal Interview shortlist dates for SAP will be announced once the SAP 2026 application opens. For the SAP candidates separate PI is conducted. The SAP participants, as per last year, are given below;
IIM Bodh Gaya
IIM Sirmaur
The IIM Personal Interview shortlist 2026 will be released based on certain factors. The key factors or components of the IIM Personal Interview shortlist criteria are
CAT 2025 score
Academic Profile
Work Experience
Gender Diversity
Written Ability Test
While IIM 2026 admission will be based on the CAT 2025 score, there are other components to this, too. Those who match the minimum IIM CAT 2025 Cutoff for the respective IIMs will be selected for the IIM 2026 GD/PI rounds based on the IIM 2026 Composite Scores. IIM Composite scores for the IIM 2026 PI Shortlist will be based on the CAT 2025 scores, Class X, XII, Graduation course, work experience, and the gender diversity weightages. The IIM 2026 Admission weightages for the personal interview rounds have been mentioned below for the IIMs that have published their Admission Criteria.
IIMs | CAT | Class 10 | Class 12 | Graduation | Work Experience | Gender/Acad Diversity |
55 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | |
60 | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5+5 | |
IIM Ahmedabad | 65 | 35 | ||||
IIM Calcutta | 56 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 4 |
55 | 10 | 25 | - | 3 | 7 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
IIM Udaipur | - | -- | - | - | - | - |
IIM Jammu | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
IIM Kozhikode | 50 | 15 | 20 | - | 5 | 10/5 |
40 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5 | |
IIM Amritsar | 50 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
IIM Rohtak | - | - | - | - | - | - |
For the IIM 2026 final selection, a merit list will be made based on multiple factors. The IIM 2026 weightage for the final IIM 2026 Shortlist has been given below.
IIMs | CAT | WAT | PI | Academics | Work Experience | Diversity | Resume |
IIM Bangalore | 25 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 10 | - | - |
IIM Lucknow | 30 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 5 | - |
IIM Ahmedabad | 25 | 10 | 50 | - | - | - | 15 |
30 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
IIM Indore | 40 | - | 45 | 10 | - | 5 | - |
IIM Mumbai | 60 | 20 | 20 | ||||
55 | - | 25 | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | |
IIM Jammu | 42 | - | 30 | 10 | 10 | 8 | - |
IIM Kozhikode | 35 | 20 | 35 | - | - | - | 10 |
IIM Sambalpur | 40 | - | 25 | 10 | 20 | 5 | - |
- | 70 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Pre PI * 60 + Post PI * 40 | ||
IIM Nagpur | 45 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 10 | Academic Diversity- 5% |
60 | - | 20 | 20 % IIM CAT weightage to academic and gender diversity | ||||
IIM Bodhgaya | 50 | - | 25 | 15 | 10 | - | - |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The IIM admissions are about to begin at the end of December or January for some.
No, the CAT 2025 score is required for the personal interview shortlisting at IIMs.
IIM Ahmedabad's personal Interview shortlist will be based on the CAT weightage 65% and 35% for other factors.
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