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Questions like:
Why MBA? Why in finance? Why after 2 years of work ex? Why not after 2 years of work ex? Favorite Subject? Why Economics? What are your strengths? Give Example from your professional life. Why should we take you? Your academic record is just average - and we are looking for toppers. Or the only thing good about you is your academic record - we feel you are just bookish...
These questions will haunt you only till the time you are painfully unaware about yourself.

Most of us are ambiguous, me too and if I had to choose between Ambiguity and Clarity I would choose Ambiguity everyday of the week and twice on Sundays. At this stage in our lives, Ambiguity is good. Ambiguity allows freedom. Freedom to explore, freedom to experiment, freedom to look around and open more doors of what might be possible.

Identifying oneself is not always easy as it is not always easy to be brave. We are not the same that we were before class 10+2 or before graduation or before our first job. We change. Thus, it is important to contemplate regularly about the most important person under the high heavens. YOU.

You should be ready with your SWOT at any point of time (in your life). Do your SWOT honestly, thoroughly and sincerely (and tell me if you are not surprised) relate the results with your aim both long-term and short term, and if you don't have any set aim, well, then write your own obituary. Trust me when I tell you this, writing your own obituary works beautifully well as a definition of your goals. Taking a SWOT test and not working on your weaknesses is the same as not taking it at all, so make sure that you also have a plan to ameliorate in the weak areas. Also see if you can add one new strength to your resume every six months (if you are able to do it, tell me how).

Your biggest challenge isn't finding a path - it's picking one. Think long-term.

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* Contributed by -
Pramod Sood is employed with the Retail Loans Division of a private sector bank for the past three years & is aspiring for CAT this year.