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The weights given to the various assessment components on the NIFT 2025 entrance exam vary depending on the program. The evaluation process for applicants to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) program consists of three main components: the Situation Test, which has a 20% weight and evaluates practical skills in handling materials to create a three-dimensional model based on a given situation; the General Ability Test (GAT), which has a 30% weight and focusses on quantitative, analytical, and general knowledge; and the Creative Ability Test (CAT), which has a 50% weight and evaluates design skills and creativity. On the other hand, the GAT accounts for 100% of the weight when evaluating applicants for the Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BFTech) program.

There will be several stages to the NIFT 2024 exam. For example, in order to be admitted to the B. Des programme, an applicant must first pass the written GAT and CAT tests. If they are selected for further consideration, they must then take a Situation Test. Candidates for M.Des who make the short list must attend a personal interview rather than the situation test. Be aware that each test component will be assigned a weight when preparing the NIFT 2024 final result. For the B. Des programme, the final score will be determined by allocating 50% of the weight to the CAT, 30% to the GAT, and 20% to the Situation Test. The CAT is worth 40% of the total weight for the M.Des programme, while the GAT and personal interview are worth 30% each.

CAT Personal Interview PreparationCAT Personal Interview will consist of a panel of judges asking questions to the candidate based on their profile and cross questioning them based on their answers. Improve confidence and improve your presentation skills. Candidates have to make sure that they appear confident in their answers. One way to improve confidence is to know what you are talking about. Candidates will mostly be asked questions about themselves, such as why did they choose their major and so on. So it is a question of how they will present their answers. Most of the candidates are asked to say something about yourself. This is one of the most basic questions and candidates must have an effective answer beforehand. The questions asked in the personal interview stage are largely unpredictable as the panel of judges will be different in every CAT Participating IIM, and they will vary year by year as well. Therefore, it is prudent for the candidate to be well read and aware of a large number of the latest occurrences in current affairs, politics, business, economy and so on. Candidates can also potentially be asked questions about politics. Therefore, if you feel you have a very polarising or controversial answer, present it in a palatable way. If candidates have work experience they will be asked about their experience with the previous employer. It is important to not speak of them negatively. Do not be flustered if asked a strange or abstract question.  

See, CAT is different to any other competitive exam out there. To succeed, you need to work smartly, and choosing the right coaching institute is the first step. When you talk about coaching institutes in Ghaziabad, there is one that is head and shoulders above the rest. That is TIME Vaishali and Ill tell you why.
1) Faculty - When you talk about best faculty in Ghaziabad or even NCR for that matter, the name of Mr. Ritesh Jain emerges instantly. Ritesh Jain is a leading career counselor frequently conducting Live Career Helpline on various National TV channels like Aaj Tak, Doordarshan, IBN7 and others. He also is an active part of MENSA, scoring more than 98 percentile globally in the IQ test conducted by MENSA. But, apart from being a genius, he is the most hardworking and dedicated professional that one might come across. He gives personalised doubt classes to students and also shares his email and Facebook ID with his students, so that they could reach out to him after coaching hours as well.
2) Personal Attention and Batch size - At TIME Vaishali, batch sizes are quite small as compared to other big coaching institutes. Hence, its easy for the faculty to focus on each student. Students can ask for doubt classes, extra classes, revision classes as many time as they like. The clarity of concepts is paramount for the faculty.
3) Study material - TIME is the biggest coaching institute in the country. It has a dedicated team of IIT and IIM alumni who rigorously go through previous year papers and modify the study material year in year out, so that the students do not need to look for any other source for practice.
4) Mocks and Sectional Tests - Being a TIME student automatically enrolls you into the biggest and the best Mock CAT series, AIMCAT. Every time student gets 25 AIMCATs that are conducted both in proctored and unproctored mode to build the student's temperament for the D-day. Every AIMCAT solution is posted in the Student's home page along with their all India percentile. This gives the student, an idea of his preparation. Apart from AIMCATs, more than 100 sectional tests are available on the student's home page, which can be accessed at any time. Sectional test are the best way to test and revise your concepts.