The difficulty level of CAT examination is quite understandable considering the high stakes and emphasis by top management colleges on choosing the brightest minds. There are several talented students but CAT exam is not just about talent. It’s about smartness and how a candidate performs in particular section at the particular time.

Unarguably, students need to have a well developed all round personality if they wish to join any of the top colleges. Being extremely good in one stage whereas quite average in another just wont work. That’s why they say, CAT is a complete exam that takes into consideration every aspects of the students persona. The selection criteria derive its motivation from tough scenario in business world.

Those who complete their MBA often get to join high profile jobs in big corporate. These high profile jobs are quite stressful and demand instant decision making skills. Practicality is another important aspect. Taking into view all these points, management schools focus on taking students who have all the basic elements and they just need to be polished in certain areas and voila, they are all ready for taking huge responsibilities.

CAT tests performance of students in the 2-3 hour duration of entrance test. These are most critical hours in the life of MBA aspirants. Apart from theoretical aspect, this test also checks, decision making ability, mind application, performance, smart strategy and stress management. Students also need to make smart selection in the exam. Choosing right questions and right section for a fixed period of duration will only come after consistent practice.

Candidates also need to be accurate because of negative marking thing. No short cuts will work. The questions comprise of sections like verbal, quantitative and analytical. The questions will be a mix of analytical reasoning, logical reasoning, antonyms, analogies, multiple choices, sentence completions, reading comprehension passages, data interpretation and general awareness questions.