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XAT Toppers: Check Toppers Interview, Preparation, Tips

Last Updated on December 18, 2024 by Prof. SK Agarwal

XAT Toppers Interviews: MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions in XLRI Jamshedpur. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection by reading interviews with XAT Toppers. 

Check these XAT Perpetration Tips from XAT Toppers:

  • XAT Topper and XLRI Jamshedpur Student Nipun Garg (XAT 99.95%) told MBAUniverse.com, “For me, the past year papers were the best source for preparation for the exam. I tried to deduce a logically why the given answer was correct. I also relied on few of my friends to discuss the given case studies to gain a different perspective.”
  • XAT Topper Nandagopal V, 99.99%ile in XAT 2023, XLRI Jamshedpur Student told MBAUniverse.com, “Decision Making is the most important section in XAT. It can make or break your entire score. To prepare for DM, my recommendation would be to practice previous year papers, as many times as you want, specifically the DM section.”
  • XAT Topper and XLRI Jamshedpur Student Nipun Garg (XAT 99.95%) told MBAUniverse.com, “Mocks played a very important role in my final preparation. Especially after covering the syllabus once, I mainly relied on mock for strategizing how to attempt the exam and manage the time.” 
  • XAT Topper and XLRI Jamshedpur Student Nipun Garg (XAT 99.95%) said: “My main emphasis during the exam day was getting a proper full night sleep as well as not worrying about the exam a lot. Also, during the last week I avoided studying anything new and tried to revise whatever I had already done.”
  • XAT Topper Amit Chakraborty (XAT 99.55%ile) told MBAUniverse.com, “The mantra for the XAT Day is keeping calm. On the day before the exam, I just spent some time revising the formulas for QA. The rest of the day I spent my time watching TV and listening to music.”

Read compete XAT Toppers Interviews below. 

XLRI Student Nipun Garg Cracks XAT 2023 with 99.95%; Reveals Why he Chose XLRI over IIMs, MDI - MBAUniverse.com Interview

MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions to XLRI and other top B-schools and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Nipun Garg from Panchkula Haryana. He feels that Decision Making section in XAT is fun to solve. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Nipun cracked XAT 2023 with 99.9577 percentile and CAT 2022 with 97.02 percentile. He declined admission offer from MDI Gurgaon, 9 CAP participating IIMs and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.

A B.E. from BITS Pilani, Nipun has a work experience of 35 months (Almost 3 years) as Manager, Nirmaan Builders and Investments, Chandigarh from May 2020 to April 2023. His father is a businessman, mother is home maker and sister is a student. With all the support from his family and friends, Nipun continued his march to pursue his passion of doing MBA/PGDM from one of the top B-schools in India. Chess, Travelling, Geo-politics A keen observer and reader of Geo-Politics, Nipun loves playing Chess and Travelling. Nipun’s CAT and XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in QADI section by practicing as many more questions, previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths.

Here are the Most Common Question answered by the topper itself:

Q: What was your overall preparation strategy for XAT?
A.
My strategy mainly emphasised on focusing on my stronger suits, mainly DM and Verbal Ability. At the same time, I also made sure to very thoroughly cover all the topics and concepts in Quants section. For GK section, I only went through daily newspapers and there was not any specific preparation as such.

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XLRI Student Tanish Jain Cracks XAT 2023 with 99.99%; Reveals Why he Chose XLRI over FMS - MBAUniverse.com Interview

MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions to top B-schools and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Tanish Jain from Dwarka, Delhi. He feels that Quantitative Ability in XAT is easier than in CAT exam. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Tanish cracked XAT 2023 with 99.99 percentile and CAT 2022 with 99.78 percentile. He declined admission offer from the high RoI B-School-FMS Delhi and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.

A B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi, Tanish has a work experience of 12 months as Analysts and Senior Analyst with Bain & Company from June 2022 to June 2023. His parents are Doctors but he preferred to pursue his passion for management education. A reader of fictional novels, Tanish Jain’s XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in DM section by practicing as many more questions, previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths. So, with this introduction, let’s get going with the interview!

Here are the Most Common Question answered by the topper itself:

Q: What was your overall preparation strategy for XAT?
A.
I prepared for quants for XAT along with my CAT preparation. I Practiced the verbal and DM sections from the previous 10 years papers and had been reading newspapers for the past 6 months which was enough prep for GK section.

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‘XAT Not More Difficult than CAT’ Nandagopal V Busts the Myth; Scored 99.99%ile in XAT 2023; Declines Top IIMs to join XLRI Jamshedpur - MBAUniverse.com Interview

MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions in XLRI and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Nandagopal V from Kochi. He busts the myth that XAT is a higher difficulty exam. In his view XAT is not more difficult than CAT. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Nandagopal cracked XAT 2023 with 99.99 percentile and CAT 2022 with 99.15 percentile. He declined admission offers from IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.

A B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, Nandagopal has a work experience of 2 years in the Consulting area with ZS Associate, Pune from 2021-2023 where he drove customer engagement by 33%, and sales lift of 40% across the portfolio; Led end-to-end operations in the Digital Customer Engagement space for a Global 500 Client. His parents are Lawyers in the High Court of Kerala and his brother is currently in Class 12. A Quizzer, bits and pieces photographer, an avid cricket fan and a music enjoyer, Nandagopal’s CAT and XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in DM section, and very well used previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths.

Here are the Most Common Question answered by the topper itself:

Q: What was your overall preparation strategy for XAT?
A.
I had prepared for the MBA entrance tests myself, and did not go for any coaching. Like many others, I did not specifically prepare for XAT, except for the DM section. Someone who is preparing for XAT would have prepared for CAT as well, so the QA and Verbal sections can be covered by CAT. The best way to prepare for DM would be to solve only DM sections from past year papers. This section is very subjective, and more often than not, 2-3/5 options might feel correct. They could even be correct, from a different perspective. Unfortunately, XAT does not care about the subjectivity, and that is why it is paramount to practise the previous year papers. This way, the candidate will be able to understand how the examiner is thinking, and will be able to curb their natural thought process to arrive at the correct answer.
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How Amit Chakraborty Cracked CAT 2022 with 99.34%ile & XAT 2023 with 99.55%ile; Why he Chose XLRI over NITIE, SPJIMR, MDI - MBAUniverse.com Interview

MBAUniverse.com in its series of CAT 2022 topper interviews, brings before you a success story of CAT, XAT, IIFT and NMAT exam topper Amit Kumar Chakraborty, who cracked CAT 2022 with 99.34%tile, XAT 2023 with 99.55%ile, IIFT with 98%ile and NMAT with 255 score and was offered admission by XLRI, MDI, NITIE, SPJIMR, but he preferred XLRI to any other top B-school. Coming from a modest Family of Durgapur (West Bengal), Amit Kumar Chakraborty is a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University. After completing his graduation, Amit joined Hindalco as a GET and worked there for 12 months. Then he gained 8 months of work experience at Protiviti as Technology Consultant. Amit scored high percentile in all the MBA entrance exams with his well devised preparation strategy and support from Mindworkzz Coaching Institute. Amit’s father works at Bhilai Steel Plant as ED (MM). Amit loves listening music, reading and travelling.

MBAUniverse.com invited Amit Kumar Chakraborty to share his CAT, XAT preparation and exam day strategy, how he cracked CAT, XAT, IIFT and other exams, why he preferred to join XLRI instead of MDI, NITIE, SPJIMR and other B-schools. Read below his Interview with preparation strategy

Here are the Most Common Question answered by the topper itself:

Q: This is very thoughtful of you to have researched so well before finalising your B-school. Let us now understand what was your overall preparation strategy for CAT?
A. 
I started my preparation from Jan 2022. Exams like CAT and other similar exams hardly require memorising anything. It is just testing one’s aptitude within a limited time frame. Hence, I devoted a major portion of my preparation time in using the methods and concepts learned through taking mocks and doing their subsequent analysis. Since managing the preparation and my job at the same time was challenging, I used to plan my tasks for the week ahead beforehand. During the weekdays, I used to learn the concepts and take mocks during the weekends.
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