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Should I Have Another Crack At CAT?

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Vaibhav Gangwar

Aspiring management student.

Hey, While you prepared for your 3rd attempt, how did you go about your professional life? Did you take up some job related to Business Administration or what? Its kind of a really important question for me at this point of time. Would love it if you could spare a moment and give your take on how important your work experience is as you plan on to join a b-school. TIA

7 Mar 2017, 04.22 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Well your workex is indeed extremely important if you want to clear Bschool interviews hence one must never take a drop in order to prepare for CAT, The interview panel will skin you alive if they see that you left your job in order to prepare for CAT. If you can get a job related to business administration, analytics, marketing etc it would be great otherwise a simple software engineer job can also do the trick if you know your stuff, I was working as a module lead in an IT firm and it worked well for me.

7 Mar 2017, 07.41 AM |

Ravjot Sachdeva

What about my case? I have given CAT three time: 85, 90 and now 96. I was working but I left my job 2 months before CAT as I was part of a project which required extensive working hours. Can I not mention that in my interview?

28 Mar 2017, 10.18 AM |

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

There is no need to explicitly mention that, but if they ask you why you left your job? Just answer that i am confident of converting my calls and I want to dedicate my time gearing up for Bschool Life or something along similar lines.

30 Mar 2017, 06.30 AM |

Ravjot Sachdeva

ohhh. thank you!

30 Mar 2017, 12.15 PM |

Sana Chaudhary

Thanks very motivational, as always :)

7 Mar 2017, 07.48 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks

7 Mar 2017, 02.27 PM |

Shubham Dwivedi

Hi, I work in mining industry,six days a week, far away from the city. I took CAT 16 got 96.1%ile. Is it advisable to quit job after 20 months to prepare for CAT?

14 Mar 2017, 11.14 AM |

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

It is never advisable to quit your job in order to prepare for CAT, If you cannot manage you job alongside CAT preps you wont be able to survive the rigorous curriculum at IIMs. A percentile of 96.1 means you are clear with your basics now just focus more on application and bell the CAT. All the best!!

28 Mar 2017, 07.05 AM |

Praveen reddy

bro,please reply..My profile Btech PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Btech 68%, 10th and Inter:85% 1 yr Gap,2yrs IT experience ..Tell me with this type of profile will i get top any top 25 B schools speciallyIIMS (IIMK,L,S,R) even after getting 97 percentile?

3 May 2017, 10.51 AM

Akankhya Das

Can u please suggest some books for DI and VA

27 Nov 2017, 07.48 PM

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Comments
 

Vaibhav Gangwar

Aspiring management student.

Hey, While you prepared for your 3rd attempt, how did you go about your professional life? Did you take up some job related to Business Administration or what? Its kind of a really important question for me at this point of time. Would love it if you could spare a moment and give your take on how important your work experience is as you plan on to join a b-school. TIA

7 Mar 2017, 04.22 AM

+Read Replies (4)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Well your workex is indeed extremely important if you want to clear Bschool interviews hence one must never take a drop in order to prepare for CAT, The interview panel will skin you alive if they see that you left your job in order to prepare for CAT. If you can get a job related to business administration, analytics, marketing etc it would be great otherwise a simple software engineer job can also do the trick if you know your stuff, I was working as a module lead in an IT firm and it worked well for me.

7 Mar 2017, 07.41 AM |

Ravjot Sachdeva

What about my case? I have given CAT three time: 85, 90 and now 96. I was working but I left my job 2 months before CAT as I was part of a project which required extensive working hours. Can I not mention that in my interview?

28 Mar 2017, 10.18 AM |

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

There is no need to explicitly mention that, but if they ask you why you left your job? Just answer that i am confident of converting my calls and I want to dedicate my time gearing up for Bschool Life or something along similar lines.

30 Mar 2017, 06.30 AM |

Ravjot Sachdeva

ohhh. thank you!

30 Mar 2017, 12.15 PM |

Sana Chaudhary

Thanks very motivational, as always :)

7 Mar 2017, 07.48 AM

+Read Replies (3)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks

7 Mar 2017, 02.27 PM |

Shubham Dwivedi

Hi, I work in mining industry,six days a week, far away from the city. I took CAT 16 got 96.1%ile. Is it advisable to quit job after 20 months to prepare for CAT?

14 Mar 2017, 11.14 AM |

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

It is never advisable to quit your job in order to prepare for CAT, If you cannot manage you job alongside CAT preps you wont be able to survive the rigorous curriculum at IIMs. A percentile of 96.1 means you are clear with your basics now just focus more on application and bell the CAT. All the best!!

28 Mar 2017, 07.05 AM |

Praveen reddy

bro,please reply..My profile Btech PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Btech 68%, 10th and Inter:85% 1 yr Gap,2yrs IT experience ..Tell me with this type of profile will i get top any top 25 B schools speciallyIIMS (IIMK,L,S,R) even after getting 97 percentile?

3 May 2017, 10.51 AM

Akankhya Das

Can u please suggest some books for DI and VA

27 Nov 2017, 07.48 PM