So, you have your college/job and your CAT preparation, your club activities and the upcoming exams. And possibly much more on your mind. Managing time is an uphill task?Here’s one way to look at it in simple, clear terms. In essence, take a close look at the resource you are investing and see how can you...Read More

Sometime ago I wrote to you about the Top-2 Test to assess your priorities. And I hope you have made an effort to re-prioritize things and realign your efforts with your goals. But the more specific question was whether CAT preparation is one of your Top-2 priorities for this year. Assuming that it is, there is...Read More

Some lessons for your CAT Preparation can come from your experiences in other areas – areas that are be far removed from CAT coaching! This happens because generally there is a pattern to how we behave in certain situations, and this pattern can give us useful clues to deal with similar situations in the context...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 – hence, the stickiness 🙂 This is the story of Sahib Kaur – 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 “Tell us something about yourself”, “Why do you want to pursue MBA” and so on are safe, uninteresting and sound similar to each other. This becomes even more...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, Joginder sir for example may have a slightly different view from what Abhishek sir or I may think about a question. This...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. You’ve 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

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 interview was a completely different experience....Read More

A personal Interview is, first and foremost, an interaction. When you meet someone for the 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 your CAT preparation results in some tangible numbers and percentiles as an objective...Read More

One of the major drag-downs on success in any field, including 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 doesn’t help us improve....Read More