Folks,   I graduated from a tier 1 commerce college in 2022.  Tried taking CAT 2022 and 2023 but couldn't get a good percentile (below 95 both times)   I have 2 years of work ex now  Shall I take C...

Folks, 

I graduated from a tier 1 commerce college in 2022.

Tried taking CAT 2022 and 2023 but couldn't get a good percentile (below 95 both times) 

I have 2 years of work ex now

Shall I take CAT again or go for GMAT from abroad?

Shall I go for CAT again or try GMAT only this time?

Shall I go for CAT again or try GMAT only this time?- Grapevine

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Need you people guidance I am currently preparing for my GMAT your response would really be appreciated.

I have 76% and 81% in my 10th and 12th will this score impact my dream of getting into top B-schools?

Analyst

Hello all,

Actually,I am a little bit confused whether I should go for an MBA or Job Switch. 

10th - 8.6 cgpa
12- 73%
UG- 8.2 cgpa
Work experience - 2+
Category - General

Can anyone please help me out?
Please 🙏

CAT (MBA) or Job switch?

Software Developer

It’s quite expensive to pursue one, but I’m worried not doing it will stagnate my career long term. Any views on whether I should apply (4yrs work experience currently, have worked in a boutique consulting firm previously). 

Any help will be sincerely appreciated!!

Is an MBA worth it? 📕

Hello grapevine folks,

I am a 2024 batch btech Cse , general male candidate from IIIT( 10 year old).

Class 12th - 97% (ISC)
Class 10th - 96.4% (ICSE)
Btech Cgpa - 9.415 (till 6th sem)

I am thinking of giving CAT next year but in dilemma that should I go for work experience or not . As iims do prefer people having work experience. 

And what percentile should I aim for getting admission in old IIMs.

Thanks in advance.

MBA Guidance

Need some guidance for preparing for GMAT and CAT together in coming months. I have this understanding that pattern is different but underlying syllabus is same. 
Need nuances to some questions
1. Is this practically possible?
2. What materials to use for preparation 
3. How much time is needed for GMAT and will there be sufficient time for CAT
4. Which test series to follow in CAT and GMAT

Some context: Giving CAT and GMAT first time. No issues regarding mindset needed for competitive exams as have given them before. Also have mostly weekends for preparation due to job profile.

Masters entrance tests

Management Consultant

Are there any grapeviners out there who have gotten admissions into tier 1 MBA institutes? 

Can you help me out with some advice - i’m looking to attempt the CAT and GMAT later this year and am from a marketing and creative background. 

What was your study / coaching situation like? Did you go to coaching classes and which ones are good? Are online coaching classes good, did any of you take that?

Non Engineers clearing CAT and GMAT

Software Engineer

Sorry Guys for the rant just wanted to vent out something 
I don't know what to do in the future. Feels like I am stuck. I am not from a tech background. I did my B tech in Mechanical Engineering and secured a job at Vedanta( In their shitty Steel Unit). It has been 3.5 years and I am stuck in the never ending toxic cycle. I work like a donkey but I never got.any recognition for my work.
Thought of going for an MBA from a top college only. Tried CAT 3 times but couldn't secure a tier 1 college( Last time was getting some Baby IIMs but thought of giving one more try and now I am fucked). 
Neither any career growth nor any learning growth is happening. Tried for a switch but not able to grab any opportunity. 
Even my CTC is too low ( Approx 65k per month) and being a 26 year old guy, when I see people making multiple lakhs I feel sad and dejected. Should have gone for CS during undergrad

If anyone has any suggestions, or some guidance please share. I can't even share this with my parents, they just brush it off. Again sorry for this rant.

Clueless about Career

Assistant Manager

Currently Software Engineer working in SAP domain and PLSQL with 2.5 yrs of exp having 6 LPA .

Gave 2 attempts for CAT and gave IIM CAP interview as well , waiting for the results .
I tried for IIM BLACKIS ,But no luck couldnt get calls due to past sins( academics) and also I could not score 99 in CAT. I tried my best.
Am General Engineer Male .

But as of now I converted TAPMI Manipal , So I need suggestions on this .

How is TAPMI Manipal for MBA ?Is it worth it to join there ?

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Talked to the son of my Dad's friend recently. Brilliant kid has a good GPA from IIIT-H + 2 research internships and 1 summer internship at good companies. He still can't find a "good" company to get into. 
(Side Note: "good" implies a high paying job relative to last couple of years)

Apparently, most of his friends in other colleges are in the same boat. Massive pay correction has happened.

The undergoing rationale is that companies hired Class of 2022 with no restraint because the demand was really strong during their placement season in 2021. This appears to be directly correlated with quantitative easing in the US and a low interest rate environment that was conducive to fundraising for several Series A+ startups.

By the time Class of 2022 entered the market, everything changed and they felt some short term change. However, Class of 2023 is having a much tougher time. They are shoved into the job market in a time where demand is low and they are competing with kids who graduated last year. 

Ongoing consensus appears to be that a huge chunk of their batchmates are going to get their Masters abroad. Their hope is that by the time they graduate out of grad school, the economy will pick up and demand will be strong while they're poised to take advantage of that with bump up credentials.

Unfortunately, this also implies that many of them will end up in the CPT-OPT-H1B-Green Card hell.

This is really a tough spot to be in.

🚨 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟛 might be the unluckiest graduating class 𝔹𝕀𝔾 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼!!

Product Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hi, 24M working in one of the WITCH having 1.3 years of experience total. I've graduated from Tier-3 engineering college in 2021. Last year joined through off campus. I have worked on two short term projects, one is Migration and done basic scripting as development experience there, In second one done manual testing work. In March this year, my second project got completed and I got release from project. I was on bench for few days after that I got a support project which initially i thought I can do some enhancement work here, but utter disappointment this project is, 97% tickets here are Access requests and maximum work of 2 hrs daily. I don nothing apart from mailing clients n shiet and sometimes call with clients. I got frustrated because of this.

Now, If I ask for release from this project now, will they accept it? Or will it impact my year end rating, I'm getting afraid now. Please help me what should I do.

Shall I go for CAT again or try GMAT only this time?

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