XAT is a different ball game altogether: Several of my batchmates at XLRI had a messed up CAT and had lost all hopes but aced the XAT. With less than a week before the XAT, go through the following strategies and adopt them during the exam to make it through:
How prepared are you for the Decision Making section of XAT? Is your GK at par with what may be asked in the exam? One of the most important things that you as a XAT test-taker can do is to practice as many questions as possible to master what are considered to be tricky sections in XAT - the DM and GK sections. To help you prepare, we will send you the InsideIIM DM & GK Practice Test series on every Tuesday and Friday of the week - a 20 minute test to help you master these two dreaded sections of the exam. Take test three in the series now!
Planning to write XAT 2020? Have already written CAT 2019? Here’s some interesting news for you.
XAT is taken by all serious MBA aspirants. Right after CAT, all these serious aspirants start preparing for XAT which makes scoring a high percentile all the more difficult as everyone will play his/her A-game (Unlike CAT where around 40-50% aspirants take the test as a trial). Also, less no. of institutes coming under the ambit of the exam, as compared to CAT, make the completion all the tougher and the stakes higher. Hence, one needs to put in much more effort with less time in hand to ace the race to get into one of the most prestigious institutes of India-XLRI Jamshedpur (BM and HR) and elite institutes like SPJIMR, Mumbai. For all those who could not give their best in CAT, XAT is a chance for redemption and fulfilling their dream of doing MBA from elite b-schools in India.
How prepared are you for the Decision Making section of XAT? Is your GK at par with what may be asked in the exam? One of the most important things that you as a XAT test-taker can do is to practice as many questions as possible to master what are considered to be tricky sections in XAT - the DM and GK sections. To help you prepare, we will send you the InsideIIM DM & GK Practice Test series on every Tuesday and Friday of the week - a 20 minute test to help you master these two dreaded sections of the exam. Take your first practice test now!
I hope you are prepping well for the next big exam – XAT, to be held on 5th January, 2020. Here are a few tips and tricks that will make your journey towards the test a bit more sorted.
You are just three or four months away from finishing your undergrads and you have already made business school as a part of your mission 2020. You are at an advantage when it comes to entrance exams because you are still very much rooted in the academic structure and have a habit of taking tests/exams at regular intervals. The real problem starts in the next two rounds. Because you are a student of engineering, medical, commerce or background with no work experience, passing GD/PI can become extra hard for you. But don’t worry! Even though cracking GD/PI for top b-schools with your limited field knowledge might seem hard, it is not impossible. Here is an exhaustive list of reading material that can make your GD/PI prep easy. Read it and use it well.
After attempting the mother of all MBA entrance tests - CAT, what next? That would be XAT. Various b-schools accept XAT. But first, you have to prepare for XAT and make sure that you score right. There are various sections in XAT that offer equal levels of difficulty similar to CAT. But there’s one major difference between the 2 exams. While CAT has a dedicated LRDI section, XAT doesn’t. Instead, XAT has a section on decision making. In fact, unlike CAT, XAT is not a paper you need to solve section wise. You can even do it as per your comfort, during the 165 minutes of the exam. So how do make sure that you are employing the right strategies during XAT? And what are the right strategies? Is your XAT Prep en pointe? Are you ready to crack the XAT? In today’s newsletter, we help you on your mission to crack XAT.
XAT is a different ball game altogether: Several of my batchmates at XLRI had a messed up CAT and had lost all hopes but aced the XAT. With less than a week before the XAT, go through the following strategies and adopt them during the exam to make it through:
How prepared are you for the Decision Making section of XAT? Is your GK at par with what may be asked in the exam? One of the most important things that you as a XAT test-taker can do is to practice as many questions as possible to master what are considered to be tricky sections in XAT - the DM and GK sections. To help you prepare, we will send you the InsideIIM DM & GK Practice Test series on every Tuesday and Friday of the week - a 20 minute test to help you master these two dreaded sections of the exam. Take test three in the series now!
Planning to write XAT 2020? Have already written CAT 2019? Here’s some interesting news for you.
XAT is taken by all serious MBA aspirants. Right after CAT, all these serious aspirants start preparing for XAT which makes scoring a high percentile all the more difficult as everyone will play his/her A-game (Unlike CAT where around 40-50% aspirants take the test as a trial). Also, less no. of institutes coming under the ambit of the exam, as compared to CAT, make the completion all the tougher and the stakes higher. Hence, one needs to put in much more effort with less time in hand to ace the race to get into one of the most prestigious institutes of India-XLRI Jamshedpur (BM and HR) and elite institutes like SPJIMR, Mumbai. For all those who could not give their best in CAT, XAT is a chance for redemption and fulfilling their dream of doing MBA from elite b-schools in India.
How prepared are you for the Decision Making section of XAT? Is your GK at par with what may be asked in the exam? One of the most important things that you as a XAT test-taker can do is to practice as many questions as possible to master what are considered to be tricky sections in XAT - the DM and GK sections. To help you prepare, we will send you the InsideIIM DM & GK Practice Test series on every Tuesday and Friday of the week - a 20 minute test to help you master these two dreaded sections of the exam. Take your first practice test now!
I hope you are prepping well for the next big exam – XAT, to be held on 5th January, 2020. Here are a few tips and tricks that will make your journey towards the test a bit more sorted.
You are just three or four months away from finishing your undergrads and you have already made business school as a part of your mission 2020. You are at an advantage when it comes to entrance exams because you are still very much rooted in the academic structure and have a habit of taking tests/exams at regular intervals. The real problem starts in the next two rounds. Because you are a student of engineering, medical, commerce or background with no work experience, passing GD/PI can become extra hard for you. But don’t worry! Even though cracking GD/PI for top b-schools with your limited field knowledge might seem hard, it is not impossible. Here is an exhaustive list of reading material that can make your GD/PI prep easy. Read it and use it well.
After attempting the mother of all MBA entrance tests - CAT, what next? That would be XAT. Various b-schools accept XAT. But first, you have to prepare for XAT and make sure that you score right. There are various sections in XAT that offer equal levels of difficulty similar to CAT. But there’s one major difference between the 2 exams. While CAT has a dedicated LRDI section, XAT doesn’t. Instead, XAT has a section on decision making. In fact, unlike CAT, XAT is not a paper you need to solve section wise. You can even do it as per your comfort, during the 165 minutes of the exam. So how do make sure that you are employing the right strategies during XAT? And what are the right strategies? Is your XAT Prep en pointe? Are you ready to crack the XAT? In today’s newsletter, we help you on your mission to crack XAT.
