Believe it or not, kuch life ke biggest lessons CAT prep ke liye bhi kaafi kaam aa sakte hain Ā ā even if theyāre not from any āCAT coachingā classroom or prep app. Sometimes online CAT coaching can get tougher than online gaming! We humans are lowkey predictable ā the way we react to a tough...Read More
Some stories stay fresh in our minds long after they take place. And this is a turnaround story as remarkable as any can be ā hence, the stickinessĀ š This is the story of Sahib Kaur ā a DU girl, who was a superb communicator and also someone who was very anxious about her CAT prep....Read More
Any Top B-School/IIM personal interview panel normally interviews 10-12 Candidates in a single day, one after the other. Most answers from most aspirants to usual questions like āTell us something about yourselfā, āWhy do you want to pursue MBAā and so on are safe, uninteresting and sound similar to each other. This becomes even more...Read More
One of the major drag-downs on success in any field, includingĀ CAT preparation, is the tendency to take a lot of pressure. For most of us ordinary mortals, pressure has a negative impact on performance. It takes away a lot of energy, it can cause a brain-freeze at crucial times, and it doesnāt help us improve....Read More
Preparation for a Top B-School/IIM Personal Interview is a little different from the prep for CAT. At times you might find yourself getting slightly different inputs from different mentors about the same question. So, Shiv sir or Abhishek sir for example may have a slightly different view from what Rajat sir or I may think...Read More
I tend to relate a lot of cricketing stuff with CAT Prep. Tendulkar was really good when he was just 14 years of age. He was smashing school records and dominating the best bowlers in the Mumbai circuit. He wasn’t a noviceĀ when he played against a formidable Pakistan pace bowling attack as a 16-year old...Read More
My IIM Bangalore personal interview was a breeze. It was as if I had scripted it. A friendly panel, questions from my comfort areas, a very positive and pleasant interaction. I wasn’t surprised when IIM B made me the final selection offer a few weeks later. My IIM Calcutta personal interview was a completely different...Read More
Imagine this: You are a B.Com. graduate from DU(SOL) aiming to undertake the arduous CAT prep journey. You then did your fashion designing from Pearl Academy. Youāve been working for a while and are out of touch with academics. You do not have exceptional academics. Your initial SWOT shows QA as a major weakness. What...Read More
A personal Interview is, first and foremost, an interaction. When you meetĀ someone for theĀ first time, your first takeaway is an impression from that interaction. The impression is usually qualitative – good, bad or umm.. unremarkable. Unlike the first stage of the selection process, wherein yourĀ CAT preparationĀ results in some tangible numbers and percentiles as an objective...Read More
It was March 2001, if my memory serves me right. It was the day of my IIM Cal PI. The IIM Placement reports had just come in and a couple of days old Times of India front page carried the headlines of an IIM Cal student getting a 1 crore per annum package! Yes, this...Read More
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