The online CAT launches on Saturday for a ten -day window. Candidates, test prep companies, and Prometric, the company which will manage the fisrt computer-based test, are on high alert.
I had a water-cooler discussion with a management executive of Mint, and he told me flatly that giving the CAT on paper was easier and better for candidates. Simply because the pen-and-paper allowed candidates to move up and down sections, pick-and-choose which questions they will tackle first, save time from the easy ones and spend more time on the difficult ones.
“I would rush through English, save time there, and spend those extra minutes cracking a quant question, then go back to English”, my colleague said. Read more…
Posted by Aparna Kalra on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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By more open, I mean, of course, more open to giving out information. To the media. To those out there who wonder what goes on at these green, leafy Xanadu-like places from where 22-year-olds emerge to get Rs 1 crore salary offers.
Take the summer placements that just got over. This is the time companies descend on IIMs and other business school campuses to hire interns who will do projects for them next summer. Read more…
Posted by Aparna Kalra on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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IIM-A began its summer placement, where the Class of 2011 tried to ensure it gets to spend a productive time in summer jobs next April, on a positive note. Recruiters are back, and they are hiring, indicating they might be back to hire for full-time positions four months from now.
The mood at campuses is optimistic. A note of caution, though, comes from an unlikely source – the Nov 9 issue of Newsweek magazine, out on news-stands, warns that we might be in the next financial bubble. Read more…
FMS just concluded its summer placement season. JBIMS, Narsee Monjee, the IIMs are next in line. Though recruiters are back, expect sanity to prevail all around. No sky high salaries, no mouth-watering profiles and no recruiters and campuses playing games with each other. Read more…
A management student from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode has started a twitter page, tweeting CAT questions every hour following it up with answers.
Gaurav Garg aims this essentionally at working professionals who can prep for the management test during a break. Garg’s company, One-Learn also provides prep tests on the more traditional online and CD platforms.
