CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals

CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals: Tips, Tricks and Strategies for Working professionals preparing for CAT 2017

CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals

CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals: Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, 26 November 2017. Are you struggling to prepare for CAT while managing your job? Here are some simple tips devised for working professionals who are aiming to crack CAT this year. Common Admission Test (CAT) is considered to be one of the toughest management entrance exam, and it takes lots of hard work and dedication crack the same.

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Here are some CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals:

Learn the Basics

Focus your time and energy to learn the basics in the beginning of your preparation. CAT question Paper will include the following Syllabus for CAT Exam which is Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension. Once you are thorough with the syllabus and the basic concepts, continue to more advanced topics. To clear your basics and concepts you should take a break from your office if possible for a week or 2 in the initial months. Another break is a must a week before the exam, so that you can revise all the concepts and spend more time on practicing solving papers.

Practice

Practice is the key to success in this exam. Identify your strong and weak areas and try to practice as much as you can, especially the areas that you are weak in. Cracking the exam is all about practice, practice and more practice.

Mock Test

Try to attempt as many mock tests as possible as they give a practical experience on the exam pattern and questions. The CAT Mock Test will help you in analyzing your strengths and weaknesses and also it will improve your speed and accuracy. Target should be to attempt at least two to three mocks in a week. Also solve CAT Question Paper of last few years to get a better idea about the questions.

Time Management

CAT aspirants should have a specific study time table and schedule based on their their office schedule. Discipline plays a vital role in the case of working professionals. During weekdays devote 8-10 hours in total for the preparations and more hours should be devoted during weekends. You need to dedicate minimum 1-2 hours on a daily basis on the weekdays. The days when you are less tired or feel more energetic after office, those days you can study that 1 or 2 hours extra. Working professionals should remember that you need to go that extra mile to achieve what you have aimed for.

Section Wise CAT Preparation tips for Working Professionals

Find interesting ways of preparing for the exam along with your office assignments and pressure. You can use lunch break to go through a word list or solve puzzles to boost verbal and logical reasoning skills.

• Quant: Be clear with all the topics and learn all the formulas. Practice more and more questions and then check your preparation level by giving sectional tests. Focus more on Geometry, algebra and Number System.

• Verbal Section:  Develop a good reading habit. Use office hours to read articles or blogs online. You can also utilize traveling time for reading. Read newspaper to improve your English and it also helps in general awareness section.

• LR and DI: Best way to practice this section is by solving past year question papers, Mock Test, assignments. Learn the basic concepts of solving these sections.

Self-Study and Study Materials

Going for regular coaching will be tough for a working professional due to lack of time. Go for self-study by getting the right books and study materials or attend online courses and lectures and interact with fellow MBA aspirants to discuss preparation strategies. There are also websites that offer free test series. Here are some books that can help you in preparations.

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• How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT- by Arun Sharma & Meenakshi Upadhyay

• Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for the CAT-by Nishit K Sinha

• Editorial and short articles published in English news papers

• How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT – by Arun Sharma (Published by McGraw Hill)

• Logical Reasoning and data Interpretation for the CAT- by Nishit K Sinha (Published by Pearson)

• How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT – by Arun Sharma (Published by McGraw Hill)

• Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT  – by Nishit K Sinha (Published by Pearson)

• How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT – by Arun Sharma (Published by McGraw Hill)

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