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How To Prepare For Entrance Exams | Priyanshi Jain

How To Prepare For Entrance Exams | Priyanshi Jain

Lo and behold the CAT season, slowly but surely creeping up on us yet again. By now I'm sure all aspirants might already be preparing rigorously, much like I was this time last year. I remember organizing numerous study sessions with my friends and fellow aspirants and really giving it our all. We prepared for almost all competitive exams, be it, CAT, SNAP, IIFT, XAT, NMAT, MICAT, and others. The mantra we followed for the more the better. However, keep in mind, not every exam is everyone's forte. For example, the NMAT exam format was more suited to my expertise whereas my friend excelled at CAT. Preparing for such exams is highly subjective to your owns strengths and the exam paper pattern and style. I for one was already strong in the VARC section whereas others were good and Quantitative or LRDI. We each helped the other in our areas of strength and received help in our weak areas. While we all helped each other we had different methods of studying.

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Consulting Is An Extension Of B-School Ft. Raghaw J, IIM A, AT Kearney, Bain

Consulting Is An Extension Of B-School Ft. Raghaw J, IIM A, AT Kearney, Bain

What is the major difference between people who turn their goals into reality and everyone else? What makes them stand apart? Historically, you'll find that people who stand out are the ones who persevere through challenges and monotony to see their vision materialize. Today we speak with one such person.When Raghaw realised that a friend wanted to publish his poetry, he started Pahal, an online publication. When he recognised his own interest in consulting, he not only started a club with his peers to help people understand the world of consulting, but also left no stone unturned to ensure himself a role at one of the best consulting firms. These acts alone make him stand apart. In this article, we interview Raghaw Jhunjhunwala, an IIM A grad who interned at A.T. Kearney and is currently a consultant at Bain & Company. In this 1st part of the interview, Raghaw tells us about his journey to IIM A and touches upon the key skills a consultant needs! Read on & stay tuned for part 2.

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5 Commonly Asked Marketing Analytics Interview Questions, Revealed By An IIM A Grad.

5 Commonly Asked Marketing Analytics Interview Questions, Revealed By An IIM A Grad.

“Somewhere in your data, something incredible is waiting to be known”. The world of Digital Marketing is heavily reliant on data. From Amazon to Google, from big MNCs to small upcoming startups - everyone has their hands deep inside the world of data. The boom of the internet in the early 21st century has made everyone a netizen, and each citizen of the internet provides data in one form or another. Such large volumes of data have within them insights which can help businesses grow and get closer to their customers.

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How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar E-Commerce Brand - AMA with Pragya Batra, Ex-Bain, INSEAD & IITD

How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar E-Commerce Brand - AMA with Pragya Batra, Ex-Bain, INSEAD & IITD

Imagine getting through to one of the top consulting companies and then realizing, you are not quite a fit! For Pragya Batra, it was ‘tiring to not know enough of one thing’. And that prompted her to shift base. After working for almost 5 years at Bain & Company, she shifted to InMobi. But, this is when the big step of her life happened. She co-founded a small venture that deals with handcrafted silver jewellery, which went to become a multi-million dollar e-commerce brand. In today’s Ask Me Anything session, we present to you the Co-Founder of Quirksmith Lifestyle, Pragya Batra.

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How To Crack CAT Setting Right Targets Along The Way

How To Crack CAT Setting Right Targets Along The Way

“Life is more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party” - Jimmy Buffet I write this article to capture the various pieces of learnings I have gained over my journey of CAT, as a part of my scavenger hunt to land up in “The Red Building of Dreams” and to help MBA aspirants and students better their strategy.

NIKHIL SINGH
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From 54% In XII And Education Gap To An IIM | Kunal Mirge, IIM Rohtak

From 54% In XII And Education Gap To An IIM | Kunal Mirge, IIM Rohtak

I am a current 1st year MBA student at IIM Rohtak. I would like to share my journey from scoring very low marks in my 10th, 12th, and graduation to my CAT preparation and getting into an IIM. I belong to a small city in Maharashtra. I did my schooling and graduation in Maharashtra itself. I scored 79% in Xth class and 54% in XIIth class with a science background. I was not interested to continue with the science field after XIIth so I shifted to commerce. I enrolled myself in Chartered Accountancy (CA) course. It took me many attempts to write the CPT exam which is the foundation exam of the CA course but was in vain. I didn't clear the CPT itself. I successfully wasted my 3 years over that. Till then I had not taken admission into B.COM. I took admission into B.COM 3 years after passing the XIIth class. Till then I dropped out of the CA course and started focussing on completing my graduation. after completing 1st year of B.COM, there was a gap year before 2nd year due to personal reasons. So, I finally completed 3 years of B.COM in 4 years. So, it can be seen that I completed my graduation 7 years after passing the XIIth class. During my graduation, I developed an interest in equity investments and trading. I am doing it still now.

Kunal Mirge
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