absolutely my DOJ is in 2013 and i want to prepare for cat 2012 and also i have an interview lined up for the position of an MT in a bank whose doj is expected to come earlier than that of the central govt one. I passed my graduation in 2010 and was in an IT job for 6 months but from 2011 i started preparing for cat and other govt job exams.
Hi,
Then there is no issue. You can tell them that you were preparing for Govt jobs. You worked in an IT company and in probability you had all that would have taken to get a new job. However, it was your wish to get a Government job and so were working eagerly towards achieving the same.
If you score well in CAT next year, then a simple and straightforward convincing answer will sail you through.
You have secured 94%ile. Just try to analyse where did you lack and start working for CAT 2012 without any extra baggage.
Please refrain from any one on one talks which might make either of the involved users feel offended.
@ DarkDark
I understand that it's required to tell the reality of world to people. But there is a proper selection of tone and words for the same and that was pointed out by fellow puys and nothing more. Please take care from next time as what is obvious word selection for you might hurt someone else who is not going through a good phase.
Peace.. let the thread continue without any further one on one posts for the above issue.
I appreciate your suggestion as a moderator. I have always welcomed suggestions and advices unless they are unnecessarily commanding. Sure, I will take care from next time about the tone and words that i choose so that i might not hurt someone else who is not going through a good phase.
Then there is no issue. You can tell them that you were preparing for Govt jobs. You worked in an IT company and in probability you had all that would have taken to get a new job. However, it was your wish to get a Government job and so were working eagerly towards achieving the same.
If you score well in CAT next year, then a simple and straightforward convincing answer will sail you through.
You have secured 94%ile. Just try to analyse where did you lack and start working for CAT 2012 without any extra baggage.
If you get a job in between well and good.
All the best.
Thank you palak ji for this suggestion if there were a thousand thank buttons on this post of your i would have pressed all of them without the slightest doubt in my mind.
Was really tensed but now as you said that i should go ahead with my cat 2012 prep without thinking too much i will be starting my preps with a clear mind. Thank you a zillion times.
Hello puys, its Sumit Btech 2011 passout from dehradun and after a disaster cat result wanna take my revenge in next attempt but wanna utilize this year so want to apply in a good company. I am a fresh software engineer with no experience and want to apply in good brand companies so if anybody lists such companies which requires young talent btech graduates then its very useful for me so hoping the same plz help me in this regard.one more thing its not necesaary that the post is of programmer only rather it can b anything but of gud type.
Hello puys, its Sumit Btech 2011 passout from dehradun and after a disaster cat result wanna take my revenge in next attempt but wanna utilize this year so want to apply in a good company. I am a fresh software engineer with no experience and want to apply in good brand companies so if anybody lists such companies which requires young talent btech graduates then its very useful for me so hoping the same plz help me in this regard.one more thing its not necesaary that the post is of programmer only rather it can b anything but of gud type.
Check this post and if you are eligible then PM me. I will ask for few details.
Thank you palak ji for this suggestion if there were a thousand thank buttons on this post of your i would have pressed all of them without the slightest doubt in my mind.
Was really tensed but now as you said that i should go ahead with my cat 2012 prep without thinking too much i will be starting my preps with a clear mind. Thank you a zillion times.
You are most welcome. Just prepare hard this time. Decide what you want to achieve - both as a CAT score and in your life (personal and professional) and work towards the same.
Please help puys.... I left my job in june with 11 months of work ex... I was fed up of IT and wanted to reinvent myself , including my career.. Was looking for a consultancy.. and landed up in a paradoxical situation... I needed a consultancy job and for that I had to finish my MBA.. And to go abroad I needed more work ex( preferably consulting only) :P.. I found a solution in Indian MBA But with 2 months of prep I landed with 86.88 percentile in cat 2011.. and now I am back to square one..! and I feel I have wasted last 6 months .. end result is the same confusion..
What to do ?I really dont want to get back to an IT job..!!
I can understand that working in IT can be so much disgusting. However, this would be the case with any company in any sector you go. After some time life becomes monotonous and you want to leave the job. I would recommend that you back to IT job. Prepare for CAT along with job. This way you will gain experience also. But you will need to manage your time. Prepare a schedule what you will do till your exam. Try to follow it religiously. Hope you will come out with flying colors.
Do not lose heart and be ready for another fight!!
it was a planned risk.. i believe i first wanted to be an engineer when i was in the 8th standard... in those times computers had just started to make big in the indian market... everyone was fascinated by one...so was i. i got into consultation with my computer teacher, how he managed to be a computer person..(he was like really good in computers...atleast going by my imagination in 8th standard) he advised a few routes and i decided one day engineering is the best way for me.. my dad was a doc and i had seen him getting hammered in those rural work schedule days...moreover my elder brother tried to get through the medical entrance tests twice but he couldn't quite make it.. later i realized he was not interested at all.. i think it broke my parents heart when i said i dont want to pursue medicine in my after years of senior school education but they were very supportive.. my mom thought a doctors son needed to be a doctor and so also a few of my other family member but my dad let me decide for myself (may be he realized this while trying to get my bro get thru those hallowing grounds called medical exams..) it was decided then and there that i would grow up an engineer...i did really good in my 10th boards and all were so happy... got into the centenary old Cotton College (Assam's most premiere institute of education) where my Dad studied during his days... but soon city life took over and i kind of lost my way.. made some good friends and we were enjoying the new freedom by bunking classes going for movies and dates.. 😉 did pathetic in JEE and AIEEE but managed to get an ok ok rank n the state JET and i would have been offered a branch in electrical from a good state engg college.. sometimes i think i should have stuck to that..life would have been so much better staying in your homeland..
But NO.... i was already mesmerized by this so called IT institute that managed to advertise a CTC of 48lpa for its engineering students.. applied for it,,, got through the second list... then and there in the fields of Assam Engineering College i decided i wanted more exposure in life and staying away from home may prove beneficial in learning lot about life..managing my own life was an idea that began to hunt me in my Cotton days when i thought an MBA wud be good after engineering..it ws just an idea back then.. moreover the institute had good ROI (48 lpa ???? ) So i joined this institute with all new dreams and desires of making a cut in life.. An IT Engineer i was going to be...........
Three weeks into the engineering life i came in talking terms with reality.. not only the college didnt have a 48 lpa there were people whom we call passed out seniors who didnt even have a job after graduation.. most of them were wandering here and there going places for an interview.. the college that year couldn't manage a single company visit.. i just realized i was stuck with the worst decision of my life for four more years... leaving the college behind was never an option for me.. my mom n dad had just managed to get me into this college and and i didnt want them to know the ground realities i was facing.... but time went by easily for i made some lifelong friends,,,who were there with me all battling there own hallowing grounds..!!! when time went by i started enjoying college (hostel :P) life..with my pals.. we werent worried what we were going to do after passing out... everyone had ideas but none could justify what he wanted..
i went on thinking i was good at the management prospect of handling projects and assignments during my engg days and some subjects about project management really made me consider management education as my next step.. my friends supported the idea and said i should go ahead with it and that i was apt for it.. in some weeks i heard my brother who did his MS in Env Sc got through the MBA test & took admission in the same central university... so i called him..told my plans and he said he would help me..and so did my parents ... i was lucky from one side as i was always allowed to decide what to do with life.. my family supported my decision and i was happy.. so i started my research..
The final year came and we were so busy with our final year projects that when the first company visited a nearby reputed college and our college decide to send in the top 15% of our batch.. i was among them..i was among the few 25 students who wanted to get a job right after graduation and i decided i wanted one too... before deciding on the job front i gave FMS and SNAP the month before and fared badly in SNAP... i made a dumb*** of myself as i wasnt aware of sectional req in FMS.. coming out of the exam hall i did think with good amount of preparation i could nail it... so a job was mandatory for me then... i could build a profile and study along with it for the OMETs.. needles to say i didnt get one that day... thus started the worst year of my life..came back started preparing aptitude and reasoning.. got rejected in a GD and a PI next month.. i was this close to frustration alongwith my friends as all of 'em were offcampus interviews and my college had no company confirming visit as well.. As usual the TPO thought it would be better for him to resign and leave..i thought of concentrating on studies and finishing my project... my intuition let me think i was going to do well in my project and final sem modules as well.. i was wrong.. i got hammered in both..
After completing engineering i ran back home.. decided to enjoy some good time with family.. but then the MBA bug was already biting me... with discussion and suggestion from my bro (who completed his MBA and is now working with a reputed FMCG brand) i decided to go back to delhi and joined TIME... Job hunting was left out as i thought i should be giving maximum time to my studies and preparation.. two months into it...i was struck by paralysis.. :-(:-( a scene known as facial or bells' palsy...! never heard of it before..,but i couldnt move my face muscles at all...cudnt eat anything...cudnt speak properly...water came out through the right side of my mouth if i tried to drink it... i couldn't shut my right eye for a fortnight or so...i had to keep an eye patch on it to prevent it from getting dired up and losing it sight... i had right sided facial paralysis... came back home... underwent treatment and some physiotherapy.. endured electric galvanic stimulation on my cheek and nerves.. that went on for two months.. CAT was near.. i was terrified of my preparation as it had not started smoothly.. and my mock season was a disaster.. still i sat down for a month or so.. and prepared everything i could...worked out strategies.. discussed with friends and puys (who helped me a lot)..!! made some good pals in PG had to change center as i was to take the exam from home.. gave CAT on 9th Nov and was pretty much positive after coming out from the center... discussed a few answers with a puy who had the same slot and date towards dec...and was reassured ki i would score something worthwhile.. applied to the 80-90 bracket colleges and appeared for SNAP and NMAT... NMAT was ok ok ..SNAP was a disaster..!! reappeared for NMAT and took XAT and TISS as well..
On 11th of Jan 2012, i was travelling from Delhi to Assam on a train.. my school friends were with me and two of us had appeared for CAT..!! The site was overloaded at 12 midnight and i decided to check in the morning with a fresh mind.. I should not have done that..!!! My first reaction after seeing my results was that it was not mine... i closed the tab re-opened and re-logged in..!! it was the same.. i scored 44%ile.. !!
The first thing that came to my mind was my coaching classes...my form fill-ups and the expectations from my family esp my brother who wanted me to get into a prestigious B school.. and then my own expectations.. my friend saw my expression and he knew something had gone wrong.. he refused to check his own results after that.. !! my school friends tried counselling me but i was not to be counselled.. i didnt want to go through another disappointment.. all my life i had learnt the hard way.. it was never a one time done thing for me.. i had great expectation from my life and people from me.. and i wanted to settle in for some good in life.. but it was not to be..
I scored 81.75 in SNAP.. dnt know how... but i applied to scmhrd only bcoz it was to be done before the snap was officialy conducted...i didn't think i wud make it to sibm-p and after exam i didn't think i wud make it to any others as well.. so although had registered to siib and sibm-b, i didnt pay !! now sibm-p has a cutoff of 91.75 and in most probability siib and sibm-b may come down to the 80s,..nd here i am with no calls.. and no hopes... XAT is a 12 day window away.. NMAT Mumbai campus is a no possibility.. TISS is i dnt knw what to expect.. With no job at present, i am sitting at home waiting for a miracle to happen..!! Sometimes it seems like we all need a miracle to start believing in life again..!!
P.S Sorry for the long post. P.P.S Need an intervention from anyone who can suggest the way forward from here if i don't make a call.. P.P.P.S Groans invited 😃
Thanks for the prompt reply.. but I really cant go back to IT anymore.. i really cant take it.. I had a horrible manager in the previous job and i was doing "good".. that means more responsibility and accountability ... resulting in 14-15 hours of work which I hated ( I was in testing..) .. It was a nightmare back then as well.. I just cant imagine going back to an IT job.. I really want to reinvent my career.. please suggest something else that i can take up...
If u r sumwat interested in teaching ppl, u might join sum coaching institute (which u can easily get, for ur xperience). there u will also have relaively lesser work pressure, plus u will have enuf tym to prepare. Nd most importantly, it will b more fun than the job u last had.
it was a planned risk......... Sometimes it seems like we all need a miracle to start believing in life again..!!
i might sound preachy when i say dis bro, but sumtyms in lyf u have to show that u got it in u. When giving up is not an option nymore. I think u are there. This season is past, nd its no use crying over spilled milk. (U might still try for MH-CET or CMAT though). IMHO, this is the time that will define u as a person. U are jobless, have been screwed by d METs and practically dont have much options left. As much as i get of ur background, money should not be much of a concern to u. So in my opinion, u can spend this next year volunteering for some NGOs or organizations that work for the society. While this will help u immensely in honing ur managing skills, it will also give u a decent profile wen u have to appear for GD/PI next year.
PS: miracles dont happen automatically, dey have to be executed by us.
and i thaught my life is hard...sitting in a psu job..drawing good salary...just becoz i didnt manage those 2%ile that i didn't deserve ...may begot (97%)...made me cringging for past couple of days....sure miracle would happen for you....i seriously pray for u...
i might sound preachy when i say dis bro, but sumtyms in lyf u have to show that u got it in u. When giving up is not an option nymore. I think u are there. This season is past, nd its no use crying over spilled milk. (U might still try for MH-CET or CMAT though). IMHO, this is the time that will define u as a person. U are jobless, have been screwed by d METs and practically dont have much options left. As much as i get of ur background, money should not be much of a concern to u. So in my opinion, u can spend this next year volunteering for some NGOs or organizations that work for the society. While this will help u immensely in honing ur managing skills, it will also give u a decent profile wen u have to appear for GD/PI next year.
PS: miracles dont happen automatically, dey have to be executed by us.
All the best bro, Dhiresh.
gaurav357162 Says
and i thaught my life is hard...sitting in a psu job..drawing good salary...just becoz i didnt manage those 2%ile that i didn't deserve ...may begot (97%)...made me cringging for past couple of days....sure miracle would happen for you....i seriously pray for u...
thank you for your wise words and support brothers..!!! as for what dhiresh is saying...i think you have a point..i am as of now looking for jobs as well...have applied for a few and will be applying to others.. but just as i devoted time to preps am a bit rusty now from the technical point of view...being an IT engineer it has been long since i even opened my .Net Framework environment.. so i guess i will look into the options (not much but still some..).. i like your idea of being associated with a NGO... any specific domains you would like to recommend..???
If u r sumwat interested in teaching ppl, u might join sum coaching institute (which u can easily get, for ur xperience). there u will also have relaively lesser work pressure, plus u will have enuf tym to prepare. Nd most importantly, it will b more fun than the job u last had.
Thanks for the suggestion.. I thought about that also.. Isnt it possible to look for a consulting job in a startup , may be.. ? how to go about it ? Or may be an NGO ?
Thanks for the suggestion.. I thought about that also.. Isnt it possible to look for a consulting job in a startup , may be.. ? how to go about it ? Or may be an NGO ?
if you wanna go into ngo then you can think about applying into teach for india.... i have just came to know about it....and i think it will help....
I have got 90.95%ile overall in CAT 2011 Sec1-88%ile and Sec2-90.75%ile. I have filled forms like IMT-G,XIMB,IIT-M,R,Kgp,Kanpur,KJ Somaiya,MIB&MHROD;,DSM-DTU,BIM Trichy,MICA,TAPMI,Welingkar,IMI Delhi.
I want to know what are the chances of calls from these colleges and what to start doing during this period till the shortlist is out for these colleges. Kindly help.
Hi friends... I hav been sitting idle for the past 6 months... I did B.E in mech n got a decent %age... During campus placement, dint sit for it cos...they suck... had sat for GATE n got 97.something percentile... Was sure of gettin M.Tech in NIT c or K... So dint focus on placement...:-( Then i got seat n reporting time was 2 days... Faild to get course comp certif in time, so NIT dint giv me an extension...M.Tech dream gone down drain...When i appeard for spot admission, the seats were shifted to reservd cat...again dissap...
Then appeard for some psu...gt interview call for 1...awaitin res... Plz fellow puys, pray that i gt the job... i dunno wat else to do, where to go... Every other job asks for exp...:-(
I have got 90.95%ile overall in CAT 2011 Sec1-88%ile and Sec2-90.75%ile. I have filled forms like IMT-G,XIMB,IIT-M,R,Kgp,Kanpur,KJ Somaiya,MIB&MHROD;,DSM-DTU,BIM Trichy,MICA,TAPMI,Welingkar,IMI Delhi.
I want to know what are the chances of calls from these colleges and what to start doing during this period till the shortlist is out for these colleges. Kindly help.
This is the wrong thread to post this query.. Anyway.. with your percentile.. u should get KJ somaiya, welingkar TAPMI... This yr the scenario is different.. i am assuming last yr cut off.. u might get other calls ...
MICA is considering CAT + MICAT scores.. U gotta ace MICAT for that...
completed B.tech in 2011 and joined tcs in july and at present basking on bench Acads- 10th (2005)- 89 % 12th (2007)- 86.2 % B.tech ( electro & comm ) (2011) - 8.76 cgpa
i was already mesmerized by this so called IT institute that managed to advertise a CTC of 48lpa for its engineering students.. applied for it,,, got through the second list... then and there in the fields of Assam Engineering College i decided i wanted more exposure in life and staying away from home may prove beneficial in learning lot about life..managing my own life was an idea that began to hunt me in my Cotton days when i thought an MBA wud be good after engineering..it ws just an idea back then.. moreover the institute had good ROI (48 lpa ???? 
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