How should I prepare for the Written Ability Test (What) conducted by IIMs?

For acing the Written Ability Test that is conducted by the IIMs, following strategies can be followed: Reading the newspaper: What tests your ability to form an opinion and thus it is better to boost your knowledge about the current events of the world and analyze its impact. You can use the SPELT (Social, Political, Economic, Legal, and Technical) framework for this. My suggestion would be to use a national daily like Hindu or Economic Times and start reading at least 8-10 articles on a regular basis. Following Blogs: You can read blogs that are written by professors of IIMs, SPJIMR or any other institute of India from where you are sure that the content would be backed by facts and you would get a lot of insights. Practice Writing: When you have built your knowledge back, start writing and practising on a daily basis. You can follow any framework that is available on the internet or as guided by your coaching institute/mentor.

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Written Ability test is conducted by various IIMs to check your awareness, analytical and reasoning, the structure of thinking and writing skills. The topics can vary from current affairs, abstract to general opinion on a topic. It's important to read editorials from newspapers like The Hindu which gives an idea of how to write on a particular topic. You can also check the website (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.insightsonindia.com/" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://www.insightsonindia.com/</a>) and watch RSTV debates which are used by candidates preparing for IAS. It needs the practice to follow the structure (introduction, body and conclusion), make logical arguments, avoid grammatical mistakes and write the article within the word limit. Also, it is expected in What that you take a side on a topic and justify it. Although, it depends on the topic. Even if the topic is abstract.

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Written Ability Test (WAT) is for admission into IIM-the top premier institute of the country. For this, you need to be more aware of the current affairs, Newspaper, Article, Business newspaper, Blogs, growth rate of the various industry, etc. Also, you must be aware of these as WAT is conducted to check your general aware and your writing skills, that how good your analytical and writing skills are. So to prepare for these, you should regularly read Newspaper like The Hindu, Indian Express, Economic Times, etc. stop reading any Hindi newspaper as only English can help you qualify for GDPI process and also the English newspaper is more open and covers a large aspect of the news. Keeping yourself updated to the latest happenings in the industry like M&A, Growth rate, total CAGR or any sector, etc. Moreover, practice a lot to write more accurate and precise so that your chances are more to impress the examiner. Hope this information helps. All the best!

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What -Written ability test is to check your knowledge of the current happenings in the world plus the opinion making plus your written communication. So to prepare for What you should go through various newspapers like Indian Express, Hindu, ET, etc. to have different opinions about the issues happening in the world. Then you should practice writing your opinions and summary on What topics. This would help you in increasing speed plus improve your coordination between thoughts and writing. Summarizing a very big article in your own words would help you a lot for What. What writing should be logical, factual and should give a concrete view on the topic. This would check your grammar, spellings and punctuation also. Thus the above method could prove quite helpful in preparations for the What.

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You can try by starting to write an article everyday about any topic which is interesting to you. Also since you are preparing for CAT/IIM, I presume that you read newspaper daily. So try summarizing articles which will be helpful not only for what but also in your both professional and personal life.

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Indian Institute of management is one of the dream destinations for majority of the students. Cracking the entry level Common Admission Test is a bit difficult task. Each year, lakhs of students appear for this Common Admission Test. But 90% of them are not getting seats in IIMs. IIMs are meant for students who crack Common Admission Test with percentile above 95. I was also a student who prepared for CAT immediately after my graduation. The important things which you should look into while preparing for this exam are as follows: 1. Select one of the best coaching centers which offer quality education- TIME is one of the famous coaching centers for CAT. 2. Dedication- Be focused on the aim which you need to achieve. 3. Try to read Hindu newspaper editorial. Most of the passages which appear in CAT are from Hindu editorial. 4. Try to maximum number of online mock test. You will definitely clear CAT by doing the above.

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Written Ability Test (What) is as its name suggests to check your written skills and your knowledge and opinion on current issues or abstract topics. This round is taken before the Interview and has weightage in the final score used for selection. So the topics are mostly related to serious issues like protection of women or regarding caste discrimination or any of the current political/social issues going on. So one of the important thing is staying updated about the current affairs. For this daily read newspaper and online editorials. They just want to see if you have a opinion on that particular topic and can you present it is a organized manner. If you are already good at writing skills then it won't be a big deal. If you aren't, then practice. Read news articles and editorials from sources like The Hindu. See how they write and present their views. Try to develop your opinion on news you read and try to present it in form of short essay. Generally, the time limit or what is around 10mins. So practice to write a crisp essay in this time duration. Don't try to use complicated words just for sake of it. Focus on organizing your matter in a presentable form and keeping it simple and effective.

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