{"id":1327,"date":"2011-04-29T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/interview-cat-2010-topper-vidit-scored-100-percentile-1327\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:23:40","slug":"interview-cat-2010-topper-vidit-scored-100-percentile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/interview-cat-2010-topper-vidit-scored-100-percentile\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: CAT 2010 topper Vidit scored 100 percentile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name<\/strong>: Vidit Aggarwal
\nRank<\/strong>: Topper (100 percentile)
\nYear<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n

For Vidit, a civil engineer from BIT Mesra, it was his third try for CAT, an entrance exam for qualifying to IIMs and other top B-Schools. Two self-study atcareers360_cmsts had not yielded the desired result, so the 24-year old took no chances for the final. He joined a coaching centre in a bid to get professional guidance, while keeping his full-time work. <\/em><\/p>\n

A planned study strategy also helped. Vidit scored 100 percentile. However, the Agra-based boy isn\u2019t overwhelmed with the first phase of achievement. \u201cI should fare equally well in Group Discussion and Personal Interview,\u201d he says prudently, while aiming for IIM-Bangalore.<\/p>\n

<\/em>In a chat with Urmila Rao<\/strong>, he shares his first leg of journey.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Q<\/strong>: <\/span>Congratulations on your success. How did friends and family react?<\/strong>
\nA<\/strong>:<\/span> Many thanks! I didn\u2019t inform my parents intentionally. They are in Agra and found out about my accomplishment through newspapers, as I wanted them to. They were surprised and are very happy. As for friends, they are still wondering.<\/p>\n

Q<\/strong>:<\/span> Of the three sections in CAT, which one came across as most challenging to you?<\/strong>
\nA<\/strong>:<\/span>  It was English. I selectively focused on it. The other two, Quantitative Aptitude (Maths) and Data Interpretation were relatively easy. My faculty at Career Launcher, Soumya, helped me a lot in English test preparation. She told me about simple rules and guided me on practicing. That reduced the burden of the vast syllabus to one, which I could manage.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong><\/span> How did coaching helped? <\/strong>
\nA: <\/strong><\/span>It helped me be regular. It trained me on how to approach and tackle questions. Regular coaching also means interacting with your class batch mates and getting their feedback; which is important. A lot of assumptions and self-notions get dismantled, which is good to keep you grounded and help you measure your preparation levels vis-\u00e0-vis others.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong><\/span> How many test series you took?<\/strong>
\nA:<\/strong><\/span> I took two; one from my coaching centre, Career Launcher and the other from, T.I.M.E.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong><\/span> Are two tests good enough?<\/strong>
\nA:<\/strong><\/span> In my opinion, one is good too, but personally, I needed to gauge my preparation. I got to know from friends that T.I.M.E test series is better. So, I took that too. The result helped me to understand my weak areas.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong><\/span> What other books did  you refer to apart from the coaching centre’s learning resources?<\/strong>
\nA: <\/strong><\/span>I mainly referred to the centre’s course material. It covers almost everything. It may not offer new concepts but just the regular practice of those helps gain speed; time is a , crucial factor in CAT.<\/p>\n

Q: <\/strong><\/span>How did you approach the test?<\/strong>
\nA: <\/strong><\/span>From each section, I first atcareers360_cmsted all easy questions. That meant two things: a sure shot score and more significantly, a confidence warm-up. As confidence built up, I moved on to questions which I which I felt, could be sorted out immediately. The others, I atcareers360_cmsted last. English takes least time; either you know the answer or you don\u2019t.  I took 45 minutes for Data Interpretation section. The total paper is of 2 hours and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong><\/span> Did you face any hassles moving from pen and paper to a computer-based test?<\/strong>
\nA:<\/strong><\/span> No. These days all youngsters are computer savvy. It wasn\u2019t an issue at all. Besides, the test series familiarises you with the whole software and dynamics beforehand.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Vidit Aggarwal Rank: Topper (100 percentile) Year: 2010 For Vidit, a civil engineer from BIT Mesra, it was his third try for CAT, an entrance exam for qualifying to IIMs and other top B-Schools. Two self-study atcareers360_cmsts had not yielded the desired result, so the 24-year old took no chances for the final. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-career-management"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45031,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/45031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monster.com.vn\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}