CAT Crackers

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V Amaresh Subramaniam

InstituteIIM Indore
Year of Graduation2008
Percentile99.06 (CAT 2005)
Current PositionBranch Manager, Olam International

1. What does it take to crack the CAT?

A bad job helps. Confidence. Good English, knowing easy from tough, knowing limitations.

2. What was my strategy for CAT?

Skip what you don't know. If you're struggling, so is everyone else.

3. Tips for Various Sections:

a. Reading Comprehension

Read a good newspaper (or three) every morning, cover to cover. Don't skip business and politics to reach sports after you've read page 3. Read and write letters.

b. Logical Reasoning

Play minesweeper.

c. Data Interpretation

Learning to skip is important in this section.

4. CAT Course / Books that I followed

Mock CATs from TIME.

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