Debanjan scored 246 out of 356. As a result, he has received Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GD/PIs) calls from six Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) -- IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow and Kozhikode.
MBAUniverse.com spoke to Debanjan to know the success mantras behind this big achievement.
Q: How does it feel getting 100 percentile in CAT '08?
A: Yes. It is a good feeling! It is really a big achievement for me. I made it just because of my hard work.
Q: How did you prepare for CAT '09? What was your preparation strategy?
A: I joined the one year classroom programme – Pinnacle at PT Education. I brushed up all the basics for sections required in CAT. I focused on my strengths and work out on my weak areas. I regularly revise and practice the study material which was given by the coaching tests and took Mock tests regularly.
Q: What do you think about the role of the coaching institutes for MBA test preparations?
A: It depends on your own perception. If your basics are strong, then you only have to revise them and take Mock test series to analyze your weak areas. But yes, if you are not so confident, then MBA prep coaching institute really help to do well in your preparations. They teach you all the relevant things, they have fixed pattern for CAT preparations. The inputs like study material, Mock test series are really helpful which gives you the real CAT feel.
Q: For the aspirants who will take CAT in future, what would be your advice to crack CAT? What is the success key?
I would like to advice them to just focus on your strengths, make your basics strong, improve your weak areas regularly and manage your schedule so that you can give adequate time to all sections. And finally, practice and practice more is the success key to CAT.
