How To Crack XAT - 10 Strategies By 10 Toppers

With CAT 2020 done and dusted, a lot of you will be looking to redeem yourself or increase your probability of making it to a top business school by attempting XAT 2021. Make no mistake - this exam is no breeze. Some consider the XAT exam to be even tougher than CAT, given the highly complex Decision Making section. However, the one key to cracking an exam like XAT is to have a strategy to prepare for and attempt the exam. With just a few weeks left to the exam, here are some tried and tested strategies adopted by XAT toppers, a lot of whom made it to XLRI Jamshedpur!

Team InsideIIM12 Dec 2020

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Last Stretch To 99 Percentile - Exam Prep Tips From Toppers

In 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh aspirants have registered to appear for the CAT 2020 exam, of which (based on historical trends) between 80-90% are actually going to appear for the exam. This means that you'll be competing with just over 2 lakh aspirants for a few thousand coveted seats at the top-IIMs in the country. With your level of preparation and confidence, we're sure you can achieve your target score, but it always pays off to keep options open for yourself.

Team InsideIIM17 Oct 2020

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XAT 2021 Notification Out - Important Dates, Registration Details, FAQs

The official notification for the XAT 2021 examination has been released! Here are the most important details from the XAT 2021 notification, including important dates, and answers to frequently asked questions. Also included are past papers' analysis and XAT preparation tips from XAT toppers and XLRI student and alumni.

Team InsideIIM09 Sept 2020

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How I Made It To XLRI Jamshedpur At A Comparatively Low XAT Percentile | Ft: Rahul Lakhotia

Rahul Lakhotia has worked as a software engineer in Mindteck for a year after which he switched to Urbanclap as a category manager for around 9 months. He is an avid reader, a traveller, an adventurer and a food enthusiast. He scored 97% in XAT in 2020 and made it to XLRI Jamshedpur.

pratibha goenka16 Jul 2020

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Hope Is A Good Thing | Anushka Dhawan's Tryst With XAT And More

We have Anushka Dhawan with us, who will be joining XLRI Jamshedpur's PGDM HRM program this year. A lawyer by degree, Anushka decided to get into an MBA program as a fresher and started preparing for all the management entrance exams. In this article, she shares her story on how she overcame her exam anxiety, was on the verge of looking for other career avenues, and ultimately made it to the best HR program in the country! Read on!

Team InsideIIM07 Jul 2020

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99.73, 99.75 And Everything In Between | Not A Story Of An Overachiever

It was January of 2017. As someone who prepared just enough to clear aptitude rounds of recruiters, and took CAT as any other engineering graduate’s ritual, I wasn’t expecting much. I thought to myself ‘I could only attempt 4 DI sets out of 8. It would be a miracle if I receive calls from the new IIMs. I have a job offer, will probably try again next year’. And that’s where my ignorance gave way to outright delight.

GOURAV AGARWAL30 Jun 2020

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Guide For XAT 2021: 7 Tips To Ace The Exam

XAT can be intimidating for some people. It might seem more difficult than CAT for there are extra sections and after the hectic toll of CAT preparing for it in a month’s time can seem a draconian task. But XAT is a monster that can easily be tamed if you work smartly. Preparation beforehand will go a long way but if you have just a month just keeping these points in mind can go a long way in helping you ace XAT.

Ananya Mathur23 Jun 2020

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How A GEM Converted XLRI-BM At 96.74 Percentile | Vikram Bansal

The interview stage of B-school interviews is considered the most crucial of all. Even a 100 percentile does not guarantee a select if you perform below average. It is that cutthroat. One can check the FMS lists to know that even with a hefty 60% weightage to CAT score one stands a strong chance of getting rejected at 99.9 percentile. And with the diversity brigade at its peak GEMs are being rejected helter-skelter. 

Rishabh Singh 2323 Jun 2020

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How To Crack XAT - 10 Strategies By 10 Toppers

With CAT 2020 done and dusted, a lot of you will be looking to redeem yourself or increase your probability of making it to a top business school by attempting XAT 2021. Make no mistake - this exam is no breeze. Some consider the XAT exam to be even tougher than CAT, given the highly complex Decision Making section. However, the one key to cracking an exam like XAT is to have a strategy to prepare for and attempt the exam. With just a few weeks left to the exam, here are some tried and tested strategies adopted by XAT toppers, a lot of whom made it to XLRI Jamshedpur!

Team InsideIIM12 Dec 2020

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Last Stretch To 99 Percentile - Exam Prep Tips From Toppers

In 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh aspirants have registered to appear for the CAT 2020 exam, of which (based on historical trends) between 80-90% are actually going to appear for the exam. This means that you'll be competing with just over 2 lakh aspirants for a few thousand coveted seats at the top-IIMs in the country. With your level of preparation and confidence, we're sure you can achieve your target score, but it always pays off to keep options open for yourself.

Team InsideIIM17 Oct 2020

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XAT 2021 Notification Out - Important Dates, Registration Details, FAQs

The official notification for the XAT 2021 examination has been released! Here are the most important details from the XAT 2021 notification, including important dates, and answers to frequently asked questions. Also included are past papers' analysis and XAT preparation tips from XAT toppers and XLRI student and alumni.

Team InsideIIM09 Sept 2020

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How I Made It To XLRI Jamshedpur At A Comparatively Low XAT Percentile | Ft: Rahul Lakhotia

Rahul Lakhotia has worked as a software engineer in Mindteck for a year after which he switched to Urbanclap as a category manager for around 9 months. He is an avid reader, a traveller, an adventurer and a food enthusiast. He scored 97% in XAT in 2020 and made it to XLRI Jamshedpur.

pratibha goenka16 Jul 2020

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Hope Is A Good Thing | Anushka Dhawan's Tryst With XAT And More

We have Anushka Dhawan with us, who will be joining XLRI Jamshedpur's PGDM HRM program this year. A lawyer by degree, Anushka decided to get into an MBA program as a fresher and started preparing for all the management entrance exams. In this article, she shares her story on how she overcame her exam anxiety, was on the verge of looking for other career avenues, and ultimately made it to the best HR program in the country! Read on!

Team InsideIIM07 Jul 2020

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99.73, 99.75 And Everything In Between | Not A Story Of An Overachiever

It was January of 2017. As someone who prepared just enough to clear aptitude rounds of recruiters, and took CAT as any other engineering graduate’s ritual, I wasn’t expecting much. I thought to myself ‘I could only attempt 4 DI sets out of 8. It would be a miracle if I receive calls from the new IIMs. I have a job offer, will probably try again next year’. And that’s where my ignorance gave way to outright delight.

GOURAV AGARWAL30 Jun 2020

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Guide For XAT 2021: 7 Tips To Ace The Exam

XAT can be intimidating for some people. It might seem more difficult than CAT for there are extra sections and after the hectic toll of CAT preparing for it in a month’s time can seem a draconian task. But XAT is a monster that can easily be tamed if you work smartly. Preparation beforehand will go a long way but if you have just a month just keeping these points in mind can go a long way in helping you ace XAT.

Ananya Mathur23 Jun 2020

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How A GEM Converted XLRI-BM At 96.74 Percentile | Vikram Bansal

The interview stage of B-school interviews is considered the most crucial of all. Even a 100 percentile does not guarantee a select if you perform below average. It is that cutthroat. One can check the FMS lists to know that even with a hefty 60% weightage to CAT score one stands a strong chance of getting rejected at 99.9 percentile. And with the diversity brigade at its peak GEMs are being rejected helter-skelter. 

Rishabh Singh 2323 Jun 2020

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