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One of IIMABC Finance offers:

Investment Banking (IB) — 28
Equity Research — 12
Asset Management / Investment Management — 9
Private Equity / Alternatives — 7
Markets / Trading — 10
Corporate Banking — 7
Treasury — 4
Corporate Finance / FP&A — 12
Project Finance — 3
Risk — 3
Other / General Finance — 5
Total Finance numbers — 100

I’m currently working at a reputed MNC, but I’m employed through a third-party payroll/contracting company.

While filling out the CAT/XAT application, what should I mention as my organisation/employer name — the MNC where I actually work, or the third-party payroll company mentioned on my salary slips/official employment documents?

Would appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

A friend was telling me that both Bain and Kearney have pulled out of summers in L - can anyone confirm?

Edit: have confirmed (see below); since someone asked - am a current student in FMS and was discussing with a friend from Cal on our MBB shortlist chances when this came up

Why do the fees of an Exam form have to be 2700 Rupees, given the condition of centres and the fact that it is conducted by government colleges why are they increasing the cost of the exam fees. Also, it has been noticed that the no. of exam takers have also reduced. What kind of Country is this becoming, always trying to con students?

I gave my first attempt in 2025 where I scored 86.4 percentile along with my graduation. Giving my second attempt this year. What can I expect? Honestly I’m feeling really demotivated after the cgpa to percentage conversion as I’m getting 68.8%.

Hey everyone, had some time to kill so thought of doing AMA. Shoot your questions related to profile, life here or anything out of the blue. Please don’t ask anything related to placements as i wont be able to share atp.

I’m filling out the CAT application form and need some clarification regarding OBC-NCL eligibility.

I belong to an OBC community that is included in the Central OBC list, so I am generally eligible to claim OBC status for national-level examinations.

However, there is one point I’m confused about. My father is a Government employee, and his annual income is above ₹8 lakh. From what I understand, the ₹8 lakh income criterion may not be applied in the same way to the salary of a Government employee

So, I have been told that my father is eligible to obtain an OBC-NCL certificate despite his income being above ₹8 lakh.

So my questions are:

1. If I have a valid OBC-NCL certificate, can I register under the OBC-NCL category in the CAT application?

2. Does CAT/IIM admission consider the validity of the OBC-NCL certificate or independently verify the income/service conditions?

3. Has anyone with a similar situation (parent in a Government job + annual income above ₹8 lakh) successfully applied for CAT under OBC-NCL?

I want to make sure I select the correct category in the CAT form and don't face any issue during document verification later.

Any guidance from someone who has gone through this process or has knowledge of the CAT/IIM OBC-NCL rules would be really helpful.

Not listing every company or giving exact figures, just mentioning major brands in stipend brackets to give an idea to aspirants (last year’s data)

Figures for 2 months.

6 to 7 lakhs
Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered

4 to 5 lakhs
Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Bain, BCG, Godrej, HUL, ITC, L'oreal, Accenture, Citi Bank, Diageo, AB InBev,
Reckitt, Ola

3.5 to 3.9 lakhs
Google, Kearney, Alvarez & Marsal, JP Morgan, Asian Paints, DE Shaw, Airtel, American Express, Marico, TAS

3 to 3.4 lakhs
Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Aditya Birla Group, EY Parthenon, Samsung, EA Sports, Hinduja Group, JioStar, Tata Play, Castrol, Zomato, Michelin, Mercedes Benz

2 to 2.9
Wells Fargo, Shell, Nomura, Puma, PwC, Deloitte, Cipla, BNY Mellon, Tata Steel, Capgemini

About 60-65% of the batch was placed in these companies. The rest were placed between 50k to 1L (for 2 months) in companies such as Bajaj, Maruti Suzuki, TCS, Genpact, NPCI, V Guard, CRISIL etc and then a few random startups

Hey,
I’m selling my Crack u Pragya Batch course for CAT 2026.
• Course: Crack u Pragya Batch, bought in March (full CAT prep course)
• Validity: Till CAT 2026 (check exact end date in your account)
• Reason for selling: I can’t really give time because I joined a firm, so thought of selling at a discounted price so that I don’t face any loss.
The batch includes literally everything

**Serious buyers only**

One of ABC IIMs:

Product Management
Adobe — 3
Microsoft — 3
Google — 2
Salesforce — 2
Newgen — 2
JioStar/Jio Hotstar — 2
Hexaware Technologies — 1
HUL — 1
Total Product Management summers: 16 offers.