How to prepare for CAT 2022?

CAT 2022: Indian Institute of Management (IIM Bangalore) has released the official notification for Common Admission Test (CAT 2022), the management entrance exam will be held on 27th November. Candidates preparing for CAT 2022 should keep in mind that only three months are left for the management entrance exam.

As CAT 2022 is one of the toughest entrance exams, experts have shared tips with Careers360 for candidates to score well in the management entrance exam. According to Dr. Vartika Chaturvedi, Associate Professor, HR & Communications, Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad, “Cracking the CAT is not easy. It is a challenging task that requires a combination of persistence, patience and proper guidance.”

CAT 2022: Important Preparation Tips for Good Scores

Read, repeat and read: This is a widely known and most commonly heard tip. Whether it is your colleagues, teachers or adults who are experts in these fields, everyone will tell you to read well and keep learning. Well, what they say is absolutely true as regular reading will give you a threefold advantage. This will help you build your vocabulary, acquire relevant knowledge and most importantly increase your reading speed which acts as a net advantage in the exam

Practice and revise: Whether it is Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) or Quantitative Aptitude (QA), you should practice all three sections of the CAT exam as many times as you can. Choose the sample documents, modules and worksheets and work your way through them. Make sure no question is left untouched.

While solving these sample papers, practice strict time management. This will prepare you to stay focused and answer questions on time during exam day.

Be thorough with vocabulary: The exam may not directly test your vocabulary, but a good command of words will be a great asset. Each passage you solve tests your vocabulary in one way or another.

Group discussions and personal interviews: As much as it is very important to clear the exam, it is equally important to clear the group discussions and personal interviews. Don’t miss these PI sessions. Check out YouTube to watch mock interviews. Remember that this preparation is crucial to cross the threshold of these IIM gates.

Relax: Remember CAT is not the end of the world. Even if you fail to clear the exam, you should not be disheartened because there are few peas in a pod. There are several other top business schools that can give you the care to meet IIM standards. Remember that in the end it all boils down to individual development and our perspective on seeing the world. Because when life closes one door, it opens another for us.