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Question: Please enumerate the difference between CET and other management exams.
Answer: CET is different from management exams like CAT and XAT in terms of the difficulty level. While these exams focus
on intelligence, CET focuses more on speed, accuracy and quick decision-making. Hence, the difficulty level in CET is much lower compared to CAT or XAT. Unlike other exams, CET does not have sections, and hence, there is only one Cut-Off (overall). It does not include a general awareness section which is present in a number of management exams. To a large extent, it gives equal opportunities to students from different fields to achieve good scores.

Question: What is the difficulty level of CET as compared to CAT?
Answer: The difficulty level in CET is quite low as compared to CAT. Having said that, the number of questions is more and accuracy required is higher.

Question: What were the salient features of your CET preparations during the last 30 days to CET?
Answer: In the last thirty days, I relied more on practice. I tried to increase my attempts, and tried to identify areas where accuracy could be improved. I took 3-4 Mock Tests every week in the last 30 days. Though I had a strategy which was working for me, it is advisable to try out different strategies during practice, and figure out which one works the best for you.

Question: What was your strategy for the CET exam day?
Answer: On the exam day, I did not solve a single sum, nor did I go through any material. If you haven't gone through something till the last day, it is anyways not going to fetch you marks in the exam. It may only increase the tension which can be detrimental. I had a good sleep. Got up early, had a healthy breakfast and read the newspaper. I was confident that I will crack the exam. I just had to say to myself that if I tried my best for CET, I will get the best results if I am destined to get into JBIMS. I will give it my best shot. Also an important thing, it is very normal to feel nervous on the day (in fact it is also important to some extent). Just accept it, and don't let it affect your focus.

Question: CET also involves lot of speed. Any special strategies for that aspect?
Answer: If a question takes more than 1.5-2.0 minutes, it is better to guess the answer and move ahead, because even if you get to the answer, the time spent is not worth the marks scored. Identify your weak areas. When I say weak areas, these are questions which take more time to solve. Keep these questions to the end and start solving the paper from start to end. For example, I kept Visual Reasoning, Syllogisms and Series questions to the end in that order. It is not advisable to choose and answer questions. It wastes a lot of time. Going in a sequence is much faster.

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Contributed by -
The Corporate Relations Committee,
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.