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avisekhhalder
Joined: 13 Feb 2018
Last visit: 07 May 2021
Posts: 6
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Location: India
Schools: Tepper '23 ISB'22 McCombs '23
GMAT 1: 700 Q49 V35
GPA: 4
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07 May 2021, 07:34
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Hello everyone,
When I started my GMAT prep, it actually went really slow. It took me almost 2 months to understand the exam and get the pace.
But once I got it, I found that it wasn’t very difficult. Of course, I faced challenges when it came to certain GMAT sections. But I also learned how to overcome them.
As a full-time working professional who prepared for the GMAT, I felt that it is important to share my GMAT journey with you all. And that is why I am sharing my story here.
I have been working in the energy industry for 13 years now. Actually, this is my 13th year. I started my career at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in 2008. Due to my background in electronics and instrumentation, I was involved in power plant controls.
In 2012, I moved to Mitsubishi and I have been with the company for close to 9 years now. The major change that happened when I shifted from L&T to Mitsubishi is that the customer base switched from domestic to international.
Since we are in the energy industry, a major chunk of projects are based on clean energy. I have been a part of such initiatives from 2016-17 onwards.
Right now, I am part of a clean energy project. I lead a team of 5 engineers who handle the instrumentation part of the project.
The team primarily handles the engineering part of it. So, engineering management is part of my job role. Beyond that, as a lead, I have the responsibility of project management as well. It is an individual initiative at the moment. I also deal with the project team with regards to the budget control, schedule control of such initiatives.
I wanted to change the course of my career. I wanted to expand the horizon of my job role and career itself.
What has been happening is that I was always at the receiving end of the projects. People used to get projects for me. I used to be good at executing it.
Given that, I think one of the big challenges will be to see how to get a project for the company. This will be the business development part of it. As of now, I have not explored this area of work in my career. When I look at the senior officers in my company or any other company, I see that they all have a well-rounded experience. They have not only managed big projects but also have experience running organizations.
So, I look at MBA as a buffet. And, I get to pick and choose what I want to do. I can take my career forward from there.
I would like to explore more opportunities and accelerate my career as well. That is the whole thought process behind deciding to do an MBA.
When I was researching about the GMAT, I went through the GMAT Club assets as well. That was my first introduction to CrackVerbal. Then, I went through their YouTube videos which gave me a very good understanding.
The best thing is that I got the exact explanations that I was looking for. I had certain requirements. So, when I went through the YouTube videos, I got explanations that actually helped me understand the concepts and applications in detail. That was the deciding factor for me.
It took me 6 months to prepare for and take the GMAT.
Initially, I wasn’t sure how to go about it. But 2 months down the road, I understood more about the exam and what it was about.
Time was a huge factor when it came to GMAT preparation. And in my industry, we weren’t used to the work from home culture. But honestly, the option to work from home is a boon.
But in the beginning, preparing for the GMAT after work was difficult. I couldn’t get myself to sit and study for more than 45 minutes.
Like I said, I understood the GMAT in depth only after 2-3 months. But after that, the prep went well.
I think before I took the course, I started preparing for the GMAT myself. I started with Verbal - Sentence Correction (SC). I found it challenging. I understood the concept but there was some fault in the application.
I realized that if I need to prepare for the GMAT and take the exam in a short span of time, I need to change my strategy. I needed help with smart strategies that I could use.
So, when I joined CrackVerbal, the course material helped me a lot. I could breeze through the basic concepts because of the compactness of the course. I could complete it in 15-20 days of time. Post that, I started practicing questions, including the questions provided on the CrackVerbal portal, and exploring further. I wanted to know where my capability stands. So I practiced difficult questions as well.
I feel like if I had accelerated the GMAT preparation, in the beginning, I could have achieved a higher GMAT score. I could take only one mock test during my prep. Surprisingly, I got the exact same score on the actual GMAT.
I don’t think I should have taken a lot of mock tests. But, if I could have spent some time analyzing and understanding questions, I could have scored better.
On a good day, I might do well even with the hard questions. On the other hand, on a bad day, I might make errors even on simple questions.
The major problem was not about timing but that I approached questions the wrong way confidently. So, there was a gap in understanding the concept.
We cannot approach SC grammatically. The traditional approach does not work on the GMAT. The exam requires you to be much smarter. You need to take a meaning-based approach. It is very important.
The GMAT is not looking for a grammar, theory, application approach.
Once I got to know my GMAT score - 700, I thought I will retake the GMAT. I was not sure whether 700 would be enough. But given that I had years of experience, I felt that I could create a rounded application.
Honestly, it was my parents who convinced me to go ahead and submit my MBA applications with the current GMAT score.
I hope that you found my GMAT journey story helpful.
You should ideally try to get a good start so that you get in the flow easily. But even if you don’t, you can still get on track in a couple of months.
CrackVerbal’s compact course material was of great help. I would also like to thank GMAT Club for all the resources they provide on the platform.
All the best for your GMAT preparation, folks.
Warm Regards,
Avisekh
When I started my GMAT prep, it actually went really slow. It took me almost 2 months to understand the exam and get the pace.
But once I got it, I found that it wasn’t very difficult. Of course, I faced challenges when it came to certain GMAT sections. But I also learned how to overcome them.
As a full-time working professional who prepared for the GMAT, I felt that it is important to share my GMAT journey with you all. And that is why I am sharing my story here.
I have been working in the energy industry for 13 years now. Actually, this is my 13th year. I started my career at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in 2008. Due to my background in electronics and instrumentation, I was involved in power plant controls.
In 2012, I moved to Mitsubishi and I have been with the company for close to 9 years now. The major change that happened when I shifted from L&T to Mitsubishi is that the customer base switched from domestic to international.
Since we are in the energy industry, a major chunk of projects are based on clean energy. I have been a part of such initiatives from 2016-17 onwards.
My Current Job Role at Mitsubishi
Right now, I am part of a clean energy project. I lead a team of 5 engineers who handle the instrumentation part of the project.
The team primarily handles the engineering part of it. So, engineering management is part of my job role. Beyond that, as a lead, I have the responsibility of project management as well. It is an individual initiative at the moment. I also deal with the project team with regards to the budget control, schedule control of such initiatives.
Why MBA?
I wanted to change the course of my career. I wanted to expand the horizon of my job role and career itself.
What has been happening is that I was always at the receiving end of the projects. People used to get projects for me. I used to be good at executing it.
Given that, I think one of the big challenges will be to see how to get a project for the company. This will be the business development part of it. As of now, I have not explored this area of work in my career. When I look at the senior officers in my company or any other company, I see that they all have a well-rounded experience. They have not only managed big projects but also have experience running organizations.
So, I look at MBA as a buffet. And, I get to pick and choose what I want to do. I can take my career forward from there.
I would like to explore more opportunities and accelerate my career as well. That is the whole thought process behind deciding to do an MBA.
Working and GMAT Prep
When I was researching about the GMAT, I went through the GMAT Club assets as well. That was my first introduction to CrackVerbal. Then, I went through their YouTube videos which gave me a very good understanding.
The best thing is that I got the exact explanations that I was looking for. I had certain requirements. So, when I went through the YouTube videos, I got explanations that actually helped me understand the concepts and applications in detail. That was the deciding factor for me.
It took me 6 months to prepare for and take the GMAT.
Initially, I wasn’t sure how to go about it. But 2 months down the road, I understood more about the exam and what it was about.
Time was a huge factor when it came to GMAT preparation. And in my industry, we weren’t used to the work from home culture. But honestly, the option to work from home is a boon.
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But in the beginning, preparing for the GMAT after work was difficult. I couldn’t get myself to sit and study for more than 45 minutes.
Like I said, I understood the GMAT in depth only after 2-3 months. But after that, the prep went well.
I think before I took the course, I started preparing for the GMAT myself. I started with Verbal - Sentence Correction (SC). I found it challenging. I understood the concept but there was some fault in the application.
I realized that if I need to prepare for the GMAT and take the exam in a short span of time, I need to change my strategy. I needed help with smart strategies that I could use.
So, when I joined CrackVerbal, the course material helped me a lot. I could breeze through the basic concepts because of the compactness of the course. I could complete it in 15-20 days of time. Post that, I started practicing questions, including the questions provided on the CrackVerbal portal, and exploring further. I wanted to know where my capability stands. So I practiced difficult questions as well.
I feel like if I had accelerated the GMAT preparation, in the beginning, I could have achieved a higher GMAT score. I could take only one mock test during my prep. Surprisingly, I got the exact same score on the actual GMAT.
I don’t think I should have taken a lot of mock tests. But, if I could have spent some time analyzing and understanding questions, I could have scored better.
Sentence Correction was a challenge for me
On a good day, I might do well even with the hard questions. On the other hand, on a bad day, I might make errors even on simple questions.
The major problem was not about timing but that I approached questions the wrong way confidently. So, there was a gap in understanding the concept.
We cannot approach SC grammatically. The traditional approach does not work on the GMAT. The exam requires you to be much smarter. You need to take a meaning-based approach. It is very important.
The GMAT is not looking for a grammar, theory, application approach.
My GMAT exam day
Once I got to know my GMAT score - 700, I thought I will retake the GMAT. I was not sure whether 700 would be enough. But given that I had years of experience, I felt that I could create a rounded application.
Honestly, it was my parents who convinced me to go ahead and submit my MBA applications with the current GMAT score.
Learnings that I would like to share
- 1. Preparing for the GMAT every day has to become a habit. You will definitely find it difficult at the beginning. But once you start investing a little bit of time every day and when you have understood GMAT’s depth, you will gradually start putting aside the prep time.
2. The concept-theory-application approach does not work on the GMAT. You need to know smart strategies to approach each section on the GMAT. That is how you can solve the questions easily.
I hope that you found my GMAT journey story helpful.
You should ideally try to get a good start so that you get in the flow easily. But even if you don’t, you can still get on track in a couple of months.
CrackVerbal’s compact course material was of great help. I would also like to thank GMAT Club for all the resources they provide on the platform.
All the best for your GMAT preparation, folks.
Warm Regards,
Avisekh
07 May 2021, 22:30
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avisekhhalder
Yes, that's a great insight. Though we need to have grammar knowledge to master SC, SC is not a test of knowledge of rules.
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Yes! In fact, once preparing becomes habitual, it's almost more natural to prepare some each day than not to.
Nice job, Avisekh!
HoneyLemon
07 May 2021, 23:35
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avisekhhalder
Congrats mate.. Very insightful and inspiring. Wishing you luck for future !!.
