Need Guidance on Balancing CAT Preparation with a Full-Time Job
Hello Sir,
First of all, thank you for creating this website. It offers a wide variety of high-quality questions, making it an excellent resource for CAT preparation.
I started my CAT preparation on 1st August. My academic profile is 75/82/75, and I am currently working as a Supply Chain Operations Associate at Amazon. By the end of November, I will have 38 months of work experience.
My goal is to pursue an MBA in Supply Chain and Operations from one of the top B-schools in India.
Since I'm balancing a full-time job with my preparation, I wanted to ask: How should I divide my time among Quant, LRDI, and VARC to ensure I improve consistently in all three sections without neglecting any of them?
Thank you for your guidance.
1 Answer
hello mere bachhe..
thank you for the kind words beta.. I am happy to hear that I am able to do at least some help for you all. Hopefully, this place will become more and more helpful as time grows and we will be able to solve a lot of time-wasting problems students face today.
Now, coming to your question beta - well, it's always great to meet people from operations (I love it myself and was an operations guy for quite some time in my life).
I can understand that your job can be hectic (Amazon is notorious) and there is no easy way to do what you are trying to do. I won't sugarcoat my words or try to show you any rosy picture. Truth spoken, crudely, is that your journey is going to be extra difficult.
There is no one formula to balance a hectic job with studies beta.. it's a very personal plan. So, before I give you an answer - can you tell me how you are at VARC, LRDI and QA. Is there any one these sections, which you feel you are already pretty good at?
Also, tell me -
How have been your reading habits?
Have you played chess or any other strategic game in your life consistently?
And how comfortable are you with numbers?
Also, have you taken any mock yet? If yes, what were your scores in each section?
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