One of the most tedious and inscrutable sections that you will find across all management entrance tests, Decision Making has been the nemesis of many a XAT aspirant. A lot of factors contribute towards DM possibly being the biggest stumbling block on the XAT. But none is bigger than the fact the amount of time any test-taker would have spent preparing for DM when compared to any other section is minuscule. This coupled with the dislike and unease most aspirants have towards reading, and the extremely subjective nature of questions ensures that DM ends up becoming the deal-breaker as far as the XAT is concerned.
Decision Making is not Reading Comprehension
It is as tedious as RC, it is as boring as RC, it must be RC!
The first thing that every test-taker should remember is to remove his/her Reading Comprehension sunglasses before preparing for or approaching DM.
The ability to crack a puzzle has a lot to do with understanding the kind of thinking that the puzzle is testing and orienting your mind to approach it from that direction.
So you need to approach DM with more than the ammunition you take for RC, the default setting for which is usually — I think I have read this somewhere.
The first challenge in Decision Making – choosing the right set
Before I started writing this post, I decided to take a XAT Decision Making section in its entirety and put myself in exactly the same shoes as test-takers. Well, it was not an enjoyable experience.
The section is titled Decision Making & Analytical Reasoning but only one set can be classified as a pure reasoning set, the rest are all DM.
One cannot choose a DM set based on judgement, the way one chooses a DI or an LR set
- read the set
- classify or map it to a pattern
- estimate the complexity of the information
- and decide whether to attempt or to leave
Firstly, there is really no pattern. There are broadly three types of cases
- number-based decision-making involving a business/revenue situation
- information-based decision-making involving a strategy situation
- information-based decision-making involving an HR situation
- analytical reasoning
Secondly, identifying the pattern though does not translate into any strategic advantage as each set in any category is very different from the rest.
Thirdly, unlike in DI & LR, the information in a DM set can never tell you how difficult or easy the set is going to be. All sets seem to be easy and straightforward.
You can assess the difficulty level only at the last stage, after you have read the question and the 5 options.
Lastly, the difficulty level varies vastly from question to question within a set — you are unlocking a question and not a set!
So, not like RC, not like DI-LR, should you approach it like individual Quant questions? Yes.
The second big challenge on Decision Making — you cannot be on auto-pilot
One has to concentrate harder than one does on any other section one has done so far.
The reason for this is that there are very few situations where you will be executing something you have already done, even at micro-level. For example, you know the contours of the QA concept within which you are operating, you know that this DI set is based on arrangements.
Every question on DM is so unique that you will have to be switched on throughout the process of solving a question — something that will tire you out and take up a lot of a time.
So how do we go about it? The devil is always in the details so let’s dissect a few sets to understand how to approach Decision Making both at a question-level and at a section-level.
For best results, exit this post now, do a Decision Making section of a past XAT paper (preferably 2015, which is discussed here; you can set aside 16,17,18,19 for later practice) and return.
SET 1: ANALYTICAL REASONING
Answer questions on the basis of information given in the following case.
Bright Engineering College (BEC) has listed 20 elective courses for the next term and students have to choose any 7 of them. Simran, a student of BEC, notices that there are three categories of electives: Job-oriented (J), Quantitative-oriented (Q) and Grade-oriented (G). Among these 20 electives, some electives are both Job and Grade-oriented but are not Quantitative-oriented (JG type). QJ type electives are both job and Quantitative-oriented but are not Grade-oriented and QG type electives are both Quantitative and Grade-oriented but are not Job-oriented. Simran also notes that the total number of QJ type electives is 2 less than QG type electives. Similarly, the total number of QG type electives is 2 less than JG type and there is only 1 common elective (JQG) across three categories.
Furthermore, the number of only Quantitative-oriented electives is same as only Job-oriented electives, but less than the number of only Grade-oriented electives. Each elective has at least one registration and there is at least one elective in each category, or combinations of categories.
On her way back Simran met her friend Raj and shared the above information. Raj is preparing for XAT and is only interested in Grade-oriented (G) electives. He wanted to know the number of G-type electives being offered. Simran replied, “You have all the information. Calculate the number of G-type electives yourself. It would help your XAT preparation”. Raj calculates correctly and says that there can be possible answers.
Which of the following options would best fit the blank above?
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 9
- 11
On the face of it, the set above seems like a straight-forward Venn Diagram involving three sets.
So test-takers are usually tempted to go for it; the known is usually considered safer than the unknown but a closer look will reveal that it is closer to a known devil.
The total number of electives is given as 20. The intersection of the three sets is given as 1. These are the only numbers involved. The rest of the data can be represented in three variables.
Also, if you look at the first question, it will be revealed that there are many possibilities, which means you cannot use equations to crack the set and get a precise answer. there are three more questions in this set along the same lines.
If we use the A, B , C classification then this question set should be classified as a B, definitely not an A. The temptation to do this set will be high since it is a pure AR set but you can always come back to it.
It would have taken about 3-5 minutes to read the set take this decision.
SET 2: Decision Making — HR Set
Answer questions on the basis of information given in the following case.
Mr.Dipangshu Barua, a young IT professional, came early to office to assist his boss in the preparation for an important client presentation. When be switched on his computer, he saw an email from Mr.Patel. The email was as follows:
Dear Mr.Barua,
This email serves as a follow-up of my conversation with you on December 1, 2014. I have already conveyed the need for improvement in your behaviour as desired by your project leader and colleagues. They are yet to notice any visible improvements. I am apprehensive that your failure to act may warrant further action leading to dismissal. I will continue to monitor and assess your performance over the next three months to determine whether improvements meet the expectations. At the same time, I would like to re-affirm that you are very valuable for our organization.
Best Wishes,
Mr.A. Patel
HR Director
Initially, the e-mail distracted Dipangshu but he decided to focus on the job. Which of the following options might best explain his decision to do so?
(1) Mr.Patel would soon be transferred to another department.
(2) Last week, Mr.Dipangshu has been assigned to a new team in the same project.
(3) Three days back, Mr.Dipangshu has been assigned a new project similar to his final year engineering project.
(4) His friend has been hospitalized for the last three months.
(5) Failing to perform in the client meeting might further complicate things.
Well, this set is pure an HR set and one of the easier ones of the lot.
Every Decision-Making question is framed from a particular point of view or maximising the positives for a particular stakeholder.
The stakeholder can be
- the employee
- the organization
- or both at the same time
You need to read the question properly to ensure that you identify the stakeholder properly.
The question above is straightforward. The stakeholder is the employee and it is asking you why he decided to focus on the job at hand. Option (5) is the obvious answer that needs no explanation.
The scheduled presentation went off smoothly. Back in his cabin, Dipangshu read Mr Patel’s e-mail once more and pondered over it. During the last meeting, he tried hard to put forward his explanation but Mr.Patel had not allowed him to speak. Dipangshu was thinking of meeting Mr.Patel once again but was doubtful that would help. Incidentally, he had a job offer from a start-up with a comparable salary. If Dipangshu was to join the new job, he had to accept the offer within the next two weeks. However, he cannot think of a life without a job. Dipangshu was confused!
Which of the following options would be the best move for Dipangshu?
(1) Talk to Mr.Patel and highlight the initiatives he has taken but at the same time start applying for other jobs.
(2) Reject the offer from the start-up. Use the next three months to find a better job, but continue in the present job.
(3) Resign from this organization right now.
(4) Accept the offer, only if the start-up gives a salary hike, else keep prospecting.
(5) Accept the offer with a request to give him a 10% salary hike.
By the time it comes to the second question it gets tougher. What is the best option for the employee?
If you read through the options then it is not easy to make up your mind without pausing and evaluating each option. I am sure there are at least 3 options (1), (4) & (5) in the running.
The best way to tackle decision-making question is to
- define the situation
- identify the criteria
- list and evaluate options
Situation
- Dipangshu’s position is very shaky (team and boss are unhappy and HR has sent a letter threatening termination, do not get fooled by the last sentence — At the same time, I would like to re-affirm that you are very valuable for our organization)
- HR not open to listening
Criteria
- Cannot be out of a job
Option
- Start-up with comparable salary but need to accept within two weeks
If you now evaluate the options, elimination becomes easy.
Remember since these questions are not logical reasoning questions you have to rank order options based on how much they are meeting criteria and choose the one that meets all criteria.
(1) Low-return option – HR refused to listen to him the first time around and sent a letter after that as well
(2) Violates Criteria — Cannot consider since it deprives him of the backup and his current position is very shaky.
(3) Violates Criteria — Cannot consider since he will be without a job, it does not state whether the should take up the start-up job or not.
(4) Medium-return option should consider but is still risky since he is the conveying to the start-up that he will not join unless his demands are met thus not ensuring job security, which is his sole criteria.
(5) High-return option Ensures job security which is his main requirement.
So option (5).
After a couple of weeks, Mr.Patel came to know that Dipangshu’s project leader Mr. John, a very competent senior executive, may have wilfully influenced his team members to file a wrong complaint against Dipangshu. Mr.John may have done it because Dipangshu has refused to tow John’s line. Mr.Patel also came to know that Dipangshu was thinking of quitting this job. He felt regretful about his letter to Dipangshu. He wanted to resolve the complicated situation. He was contemplating the following five actions in his mind.
I. Talk to Mr.John about Dipangshu and convey to him that losing a bright employee would cost the organization dearly.
II. Catch up with Mr.John during coffee-break and convey that Dipangshu has a very good track record.
III. Chat with Dipangshu during coffee-break.
IV. Catch up with Dipangshu during coffee-break and convey that the organization values him.
V. Arrange a meeting among Mr.John, Dipangshu and himself to sort out the difference.
Which of the following is the best sequence of actions for resolving the problem?
(1) I, III, V
(2) II, III, V
(3) I, II, IV
(4) I, IV, V
(5) III, IV, V
Who is the stakeholder here? The HR Director Mr.Patel.
Whenever the question involves a sequence of actions or choosing between statements it is best to proceed by elimination. Do not ever go by selection.
Statement III is ruled out since unlike IV it does not mention what the HR Director should chat about with Dipangshu. This eliminates options (1), (2) and (5)
So we are left with options (3) and (4).
Statement I and IV are there in both so the choice is between II and V.
This is where DM gets really tricky! How do you choose between the two? Never try to choose, instead try to eliminate.
In I & IV, the HR Director is already talking to John and Dipangshu respectively. II calls for a chat with the John again which is already completed in I. Hence it has to be V and hence, option 4.
The three questions will easily take 10 minutes to read and solve. So including the first set, you should have spent 15-20 minutes and gotten 3 marks.
I think we have done enough to kickstart the DM prep.
I will take up the other sets in this paper in part – II of this post.
The CAT Writer 
is there any prep material by ims or will it be available on a dashboard similar to compendium??
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In the T-module you will find DM section tests and XAT full-length tests.
We are also converting the relevant ones from previous XAT papers in full-length tests (they are already available in the past papers section)
I will also do a 2-3 of Masterclasses as well that will be up on myIMS.
All the best!
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Sir. in Test module, upon scrolling down I am only getting DM tests, and no full length XAT tests. I had subscribed for Advance Full test series back earlier. Any help? Are they being uploaded or we should have them as of now? All I have is DM tests.
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We will be releasing full-length tests in a staggered manner, with 2 tests today, 2 tests on the 13th and so on since the XAT is known to announce changes in the pattern in December, they did that last year. Incase there are changes it is best that you get to take as many tests in whatever is the confirmed format.
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When will the previous year papers be available to take in test form ?
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After SNAP
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Hello sir,
Are these master class videos up on the portal?
As of now I am only able to see 2 full length test and 3 DM test, is there any other material available on the portal apart from what I mentioned above?
Thanks
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Hi Rohan,
The Masterclasses will start appearing on the CHANNEL after the SNAP.
The rest of the SimXAT will be released in a phased manner since XAT tends to announce changes in the test structure in between the 15th and 20th of December, we would rather have the right format than release all tests in last year’s format.
The relevant old XAT Papers converted into an online test format will also be available after SNAP.
All the best!
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Hello Sir, what is the T module?
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The Test Module on the IMS student portal myIMS.
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Hello Sir,
When will the past year XAT papers be available in the test form?
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They will be up in a day or two. We are putting up the last three papers which are in the most recent format. The tests from before that will be available in PDF form since we do not want students to take the scores on these older tests as reflective of their capability on the XAT, they should be used only for a bit of practice.
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Thank you Sir 🙂
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compendium on dm
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hello sir,
I am also planning to write GMAT in first week of February.
Can you help me to develop a strategy?
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Use my blog https://thegmatblogger.in/ for developing the right skills.
Start taking Mocks from only from no point wasting a mock without the technique — CAT Prep has nothing to do with GMAT Prep in terms fo technqiue.
From Jan: 2 free Mocks & 4 paid mocks (mba.com) 9 paper-based (download from the net) These 15 Official tests are all you will need. One test every alternate day from 35 days before D-Day.
Practice Till Dec: OG, Verbal Review, Quant Review
Practice between tests, if necessary: 404 Question Pack from mba.com
The rest you will find on the blog in detail in the All About GMAT section.
All the best!
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Hi sir
I wanted to know which top colleges can i get a call from and also have a realistic chance of converting them.
X-95%
XII-89%
GRAD-77% B.Com
Working since 1st June (can extend till January 31st if it’ll help me)
CAT 2019 slot 2-170 (68/50/52)
Have decent extra curriculars. And this is my final attempt.
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Hi,
With a 170 you should have a percentile around between 99 and 99.5.
Given your marks and work-ex, you should get calls from L, I, and K. You have a strong chance with IIM-A as well given your education diversity but it depends on how the rest of the Commerce students have done. If the scaling pushes your percentile above 99.6, then B and C will happen.
Hope this clarifies,
All the best!
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Hello sir,
Sir generally in question we are advised to take a solution that it is both ethically or morally correct and is practical too. But what if we would have to choose between a practical solution and an ethical solution. Can you please help with such scenarios?
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There can rarely be a question, where you are supposed to be ethical, moral and practical!
Also, there will not be a moral issue, because morality is based on personal or religious principles and are not absolute like ethics — insider trading, unfair influence etc.
When the core issue is ethical, you have to prioritise ethics.
For example, there is a very successful employee who is senior and has been very influential in driving sales, against whom there is a sexual misconduct complaint, what should the organization do:
A) Institute a committee to determine the truth and take action after the committee has delivered its verdict
B) Suspend the employee, institute a committee to determine the truth and take action after the committee has delivered its verdict
C) Fire the employee, institute a committee to determine the truth and take the employee back if the committee finds him not guilty
The question will become easy to solve if, as discussed in the post, if you set the criteria first before going to the options.
Try it.
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Stake holders:
employee against whom problem has been raised, the female(s) who have raised the complaint, organization (employee is profitable)
situation: problem against misconduct of valuable employee
criteria: can’t lose employee without proper/full evidence as he is valuable for profit, must take action to retain trust of female employees
option : setting up a team/committee, till then keep the person away.
Sir option c can be eliminated at first go. For option 1 ,the female stake holder(s) who have raised the complaint would be ignored, as no action is taken till the committee announces any decision. Therefore option b, should be right as we satisfy both the stake holders.
Sir is it correct?
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Yes 🙂
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In this case even constituting a committee would mean that female employee’s complaint is taken seriously. So how can I eliminate option 1?
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Good you asked the question. If the senior person is continuing in the office, it can give him a chance to influence the investigation by tampering with evidence using the privileges his position give him. This is the reason why bail is not given as well in some cases.
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It will also serve as a deterrent against further such incidents occurring.
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Hi sir,
I read the answer from other comments but I have a doubt in it.
In this case, I had read a document which stated that it is necessary to keep the respondents identity confidential throughout the process. A suspension will make the identity of the respondent known to all and violate this principle. It is possible that the respondent may be innocent and a wrongful suspension may cause him to quit his job.
Here is the link to that document; https://www.iitk.ac.in/wc/data/Handbook%20on%20Sexual%20Harassment%20of%20Women%20at%20Workplace.pdf
Rights of the respondent are on page 25.
I am confused. How do we deal with this issue sir?
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Hi Shubham,
Firstly, the questions will not require you to have knowledge of specific policies.
Even if that is true, hiding the identity of the respondent may not be compromised by suspension since the person can be asked to go on a leave citing vacation and the inquiry can be conducted. It need not be announced to the organization and the people involved will also maintain secrecy.
All the best!
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Sir, If we go with the second option it means that, Company without having a proper proof or investigation is suspending it’s one of the influential employee. Even if found not guilty this may ruin his career and also why would such a Senior Employee want to even continue in a company who does not even believes him?
Why not to implement the first option, even the female employee is not ignored and also you are not loosing trust and faith from one of your senior employee.
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It was a hypothetical situation that I put up without giving any additional information. If I change the situation two or three women have made the same charge against this person, then what would be the ideal response.
Also, if the word suspension is changed to leave with pay and co-operating to provide information for the investigation then would it be agreeable.
Having an influential person present with full peers can easily lead to him influencing the investigation, tampering with evidence etc., so to ensure the investigation is done properly and the person is given leave without pay there should not be an issue.
And do not make the cardinal mistake in DM of putting yourself in the character’s shoes, you will unknowingly bring in your biases. Watch the first part of the DM Masterclass that will be up on myIMS today.
All the best.
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I Agree.. Thanks Sir..
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Slot 2.
Overall 136
59/36/41
10th-93
12th-84
grad-73
No work ex. GEM
Sir , can i possibly get at a crack at some new IIms and MDI, NITIE. And realistic chances of converting the same with this profile.
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Hi Shikhar,
If after scaling, the percentile is above 97, you have a chance to get a call from NITIE and MDI.
You should be able to get a call from the old IIMs.
Conversion hinges a lot on the performance in the interview.
Hope this clarifies,
All the best!
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I would suggest some ADMAT workshops on DM.Another must is a timed solving of past year papers and a few mocks by top faculties at IMS.An analysis like SIMCATs of the past year XAT papers will be another suggestion.I hope u find it worthy to do some of these if not all.
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Have already planned most of these Siddharth.
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Also can we expect some mentoring onTISS-NET as well from you?Would be a good starter in TISS prep.
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Someone else was also asking me about TISS, and I had said that if I do everything then what will others do 🙂 I limit myself to CAT, XAT, GMAT, and GRE, or rather these are the tests that I feel like engaging with. We will definitely do something on TISS prep.
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Hello Sir
My profile:
General Female
10th – 95
12th – 95.4 (Commerce)
Grad – 83.44 (Bachelor in Management Studies)
I graduated in June 2019.
CAT slot 1
57/45/54/156
Sir what are my chances of getting calls from IIM A/B/C?
Thankyou!
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Hi Ashi,
With a 156 you should be close to a 99 percentile.
Since you will pick up points for both gender and education diversity. The catch is that each of the colleges gives weightage only to one of them at the first call stage.
IIM-A selects people from within their education pool, you will thus be competing with the non-engineers, but this is a fairly competitive group and hence it might not be easy to pull off a call with a just about 99 percentile since about 65 percent of the weightage is for a CAT score.
IIM-B gives a small weightage for gender diversity but has weightage for work-ex so both of them might end up cancelling each other in your case.
IIM-C gives four percent weightage for gender diversity, but the low thresholds for X, XII, and Grad — highest slabs are 80,80,60 — mean that your 90/90/80 won’t give you any significant advantage over others. The 56% per cent weight for CAT Score will end up being the deciding factor and I am not sure if the requirement for a male applicant of 99.6 and above will come down to 99 given the 4 percent for gender diversity that women will get.
All in all, it is very borderline, so at this point forget about A,B,C and focus on XAT.
All the best!
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Hi Sir
My profile:
Female General
10th- 95
12th- 95.4 (Commerce)
Grad-83.44 (Bachelor in Management Studies)
Graduated in June 2019. No work-ex
CAT slot 1
57/45/54/156
What are my chances of getting a call from IIM A/B/C?
Thank you sir!
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Hello sir,
Today, I have took my first GMAT mock and scored 540 (QA-40, Va-23). Considering the fact that I have never practiced Data Sufficiency, Critical reasoning and Sentence Correction questions. Verbal is my weak area.
I am not working and have 2 months to prepare. I want to know how should I start, should I opt for classroom coaching or online coaching.
I am also giving XAT.
I aiming for 750.
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Hi Mohit,
Most classroom programs will take more than 8 weeks and hence I do not think a classroom program is viable at this stage.
You can look at an online if there are any good ones for Verbal, I have heard Wizako is good, the brand is run by someone I know to be a solid professional, you can check them out.
I had replied to your earlier query with a plan and some resources. Hope you have gone through that. Please do not take any more tests till you have finished the basics and the OG and the reviews.
All the best!
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Sir
How Can I prepare for XAT Quant section?
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Take a look at the previous post, How to prepare for XAT. The only thing extra is the focus on Modern Math.
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MY PROFILE
10TH- 93.1
12TH- 94 COMMERCE
GRAD-69 (BA ECONOMICS)
CAT SCORE- 157-(45,41,71)
FORM WHICH COLLEGES CAN I EXPECT CALLS, ALSO A GOOD CHANCE OF CONVERT?
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FROM*
GENERAL FRESHER MALE
SLOT 2
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Hi Shubham,
With a 157 you will be pushing the 99th percentile, you might get 2-3 calls from the old IIMs from among L,I,K; A could have been faintly possible because of the education diversity but the grad marks will negate that.
Conversion purely depends on how well you do in the interview, the interviewers tend to give marks at either end of the spectrum, say 5 or 45 out of 50, so that the final conversion does not become a matter of mathematics (Xth marks, XII marks etc)
Hope this clarifies,
All the best!
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THANK YOU SIR
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Hello sir,
Please refer to my profile as well-
CAT slot 2- 144 (60/39/45)
10th- 95%
12th- 94.4%
Grad- 79.9% (Bachelor of Management Studies)
General, Fresher, Male
What calls can I expect?
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Hello Tony Sir,
I have a small doubt in the second question of the set discussed in this article.
I understand that he getting an offer from a startup means his job is not very secure but I dont understand the part where getting a salary hike will ensure his job security? Can you please elaborate on this a bit?
Thanks in advance. Great post.
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Hi Vedant,
A job shift entails some increase in salary, usually around 20% at the least.
So while the start-up will give him job security the salary hike is just to ensure that he is not making a below-par move in general in terms of moving at the same salary.
Hope this clarifies,
All the best!
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Hello Sir,
Thankyou for the perfect post as usual! 🙂
Can you please let us know by when can we expect the past papers of XAT to be available in test format?
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Hi Sir,
Thanks for such a detailed explanation on how to prep.
I have decided to take your advice for GK and bought the Manorama Yearbook 2020. But the book’s content seems too large to finish even half of it by Jan. Any tips on how should i use it best for XAT?
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Honestly, that is the way GK is, I am afraid apart from looking at past papers and looking at areas (in the hope that they ask from the same areas) it is tough to narrow down GK that way.
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Hello sir
Cat 2019 slot 1 Overall 171
All sectional above 90%ile
10th/12th/grad – 81/78/61
0 work ex
BBA (Non engineering ) student.
What percentile should I expect?
And which all calls from old IIMs should I expect?
Thank you!
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Hello sir, i am plannig to give cmat exam so can you help me with the preration guide on that and release videos on admat workshop.
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Hi Nikhil,
I only deal with CAT, XAT, GMAT, and GRE. Someone in the IMS team, who unlike me knows CMAT inside out, will do the videos.
All the best!
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Hi Sir,
Could you let me know which top colleges do i actually have a chance of getting a call from?
My profile is as follows-
Xth- 89.57
XIIth- 90.33
B.com- 86
CA- 60.25 (First Attempt all levels)
Work Experience as on 31st July, 2019 – 4 months in EY
CAT score- 53/30/40 Overall- 123
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Hi Nathan,
At a 123 you will score between a 90 and 95 percentile, so you can get calls from IIT-M and may be few of the baby IIMs.
All the best!
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Hello sir,
Please refer to my profile as well-
CAT slot 1- 119
VARC-20
DILR-47
Quant-52
10th- 83.33%
12th- 87.87%
Grad- 85% (B.E., currently in my final year)
General, Fresher, Female
Can I get any new IIM call. My overall percentile is 94(predicted) and I screwed up varc section and scored too low marks in that section so can I hope for calls from some decent colleges?
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Hi Nandini,
You have to look at the sectional cut-offs demanded by specific new IIMs, last year the sectional minimum was 80 if I am not wrong. So if you clear 80 percentile on the VA-RC section you can get calls from the new and baby IIMs. All other factors, diversity etc, apply only after the category-wise sectional and overall cut-offs are cleared.
All the best!
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Hello Sir
Can you share some insights about PGDHRM at IIM Ranchi? What maybe the percentile required for a GEF to get a call.
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Hi Srimonti,
From whatever little information there is about about the PGDHRM course at IIM Ranchi, the percentile required will be at least 90 and might go up to 93.
All the best!
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