GROUP DISCUSSION AND INTERVIEW For CAT & MAT:
The CAT being a more sophisticated instrument for testing intelligence and critical reasoning, it puts the weightage of 50 to 60 percent on Group Discussion and Interview. In the MAT, on the other hand, the importance attached to these two vis - a - vis the written section is only 30-40 percent. Therefore, the rejection is also very high in the CAT. In 2004 about one lakh students appeared for the 11,000 seats (IIMs and about 20 other institutes), of which only 30,000 received final interview cells. It means, selection rate was one in three. In case of MAT, everybody can hope to receive a call, although, it may not be from an institute of your choice.
A good score in the written test is a prerequisite for a student to be called for the group discussion and a personal interview conducted to assess the students, personality and demeanor, with the final selection made on the student's overall performance in the three rounds.
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