Preparations

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Name: Mohak Jhaveri
Graduation College : DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering (Mumbai University)
Course: B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunications
Graduation Aggregate: 73%
Pursuing/Pursued MBA from: Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy)
Corresponding entrance test & score:
Common Admission Test (CAT) – 99.52 percentile


GD/PI calls from:

  • IIM Indore
  • IIM Kozhikode
  • IIM Raipur
  • IIM Rohtak
  • IIM Tiruchirappalli
  • NMIMS
  • SP Jain (SPJIMR)
  • MDI Gurgaon

GD/PI calls converted:

  • IIM Raipur
  • IIM Rohtak
  • IIM Tiruchirappalli
  • MDI Gurgaon
  • NMIMS

Entrance Exams appeared: CAT, CET, FMS, IIFT, JMET, NMAT

Preparation

Honestly, I did not study for CAT. I had joined coaching classes. I used their material and concept books. They provided us with loads of practice material but I did not manage to open any of those books. I was just taking the Mock CAT and analyzing my results i.e. strengths and weaknesses. I used to get anywhere between 90-95 percentile. I was quick at solving DI questions. So I could afford to spend more time on other sections. I used to be overconfident about quant. I actually did not manage to overcome it as I got 92.8 percentile in my quant section.

Advice to juniors

Well, one important thing is to not hype the whole CAT exam. It is a test of your aptitude. Do not over prepare and lose the bigger picture. Practising is useful, but I advise you to give your Mocks properly. You should spend a fair amount of time analyzing your result section-wise, question type-wise, etc. Analyzing helps a lot to know about your areas of strength and weakness. I did not practice at all but I used to analyze my Mock results very minutely.