MAT 2018 Topper Interview: Know the Winning Strategy of Shubham Kanwar Rajawat

Management Aptitude Test 2024 ( MAT )

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Updated on Nov 15, 2019 18:33 IST

Scoring 99.92 percentile in MAT exam was not easy for Shubham Kanwar Rajawat with just two months preparation. She adopted focus and certain winning strategies to crack MAT. We unfold it in this interview piece. Read More!

Cracking MAT exam opens up enormous opportunity to make a thriving career in management. With this in mind, every year a large number of students appear for MAT exam. However, only a select few manage to clear the exam with glaring percentile. Shubham Kanwar Rajawat- a SAP consultant by profession managed to be among the toppers list by clearing MAT exam with 99.92 percentile. With MAT 2019 December exam round the corner, Shiksha interviewed Shubham to know more on her preparation strategies that helped her score MAT exam successfully.

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Below is the transcript of the interview with Shubham, read on.

Q: Are you satisfied with your MAT result? How much score were you expecting?

 

 

A. Yes, I am satisfied. I was expecting above 95 percentile.

Q: Was this your first MAT attempt?                          

A. Yes it was my first attempt to clear MAT.

Q: When did you start preparing for MAT exam? What was your overall prep strategy?

A. I started preparing around two months before the exam. My strategy was to practice more and more for concept clarification and maximizing attempts with accuracy.

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Q: Please, share with us your section-wise strategy?

A For Quantitative Analysis, Critical Reasoning and Data Analysis & Sufficiency I, it was more or less the same, “Practice”. For English and GK, it was to read the newspaper.

Also Read: MAT 2019 Pattern

Q: Which books did you refer to for MAT preparation? 

A Yes I have referred to coaching material and online mock test series.

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Q: Did you join any coaching institute? How does coaching institute help in exam preparation? 

A No, I haven’t joined any classroom coaching, but I was having coaching material. The benefit of coaching material is that we can get all the required information at one place, we need not refer to multiple sources.

Q: How important is practicing MAT mock test series?

A. By practicing Mock Test series, one can strategize to maximize one’s attempt depending upon strong and weak areas.

Also Read: MAT 2019 Question Paper

Q: What was your exam day strategy?

A. It was simple, to remain calm.

Q: Which other MBA entrance exams did you take or are planning to take?

A. I am planning to take CAT, IIFT, SNAP and NMAT.

Q: How did you deal with your strengths and weaknesses while preparing for the exam?

A. For weakness, my approach was to first clear basics and then increase the speed with accuracy so That I maximize the number of correct attempts. For strengths, maximizing number of correct attempts.

Q: Any tips for future MAT aspirants?

A. For me practice is the key, so practice as much as you can.

Q: Which Institutes did you join/aim to join?

A. I have not joined any institute for now and aim to join one of the top MBA colleges in India.

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