Exams for Graduates

It’s that time of year again: colleges, high schools, junior highs, elementary schools and pre-schools are gearing up for their graduation ceremonies. These ceremonies, though entirely symbolic, are often included in the list of people’s most important life moments. They celebrate the culmination of tireless work, late nights, some failures, more successes, and individual growth. That means that as an organizer or a host of a graduation ceremony, there's a lot riding on your shoulders. Below are certain things you should consider to ensure your graduation ceremony is flawless. 1. Dress Code If there’s a dress code for your event, avoid an embarrassing situation by clearly communicating it to every graduating student . Keep in mind that the weather has a huge affect on attire, so if you’re expecting rain on the day of your outdoor graduation, ensure everyone is well-prepared by using social media or sending an email to communicate the gloomy forecast.  2. Speakers ...

Here are some things that you can do before your graduation date arrives to put you one step ahead. 1.  Get familiar with your school’s career services office. This office helps you to find part-time work, internships and volunteer opportunities while you are a student. They also help you to prepare your resume, cover letter, and portfolio for your first full-time job. 2.  With the help of the career services office at your school , prepare a new resume. Gather together all of your work history, the skills you have obtained whether on a job or through a class, and compile it into a resume. Also you can work on your cover letter. While you should tailor each cover letter to the job you are applying for, you can get a good basic cover letter written. Then you can add and take away from that cover letter based on a specific job. 3.  Gather 3-5 strong references that you can easily give to potential employers when asked. Sometimes having a good reference ...

The  " Combined Defence Services "  ( CDS ) Examination is conducted twice a year by the  Union Public Service Commission  for recruitment into the  Indian Military Academy ,  Officers Training Academy ,  Indian Naval Academy  and  Indian Air Force Academy . The Notification for the examination is usually released in the months of October and June, and the examinations are conducted in February and November respectively. Only unmarried graduates are eligible to sit for the exam. Successful candidates are admitted into the respective Academies after an interview conducted by the  Services Selection Board  (SSB). Eligibility: Indian nationals and Nationals of Bhutan and Nepal are also eligible. For IMA, INA and IAFA only Male candidates are eligible and for OTA Females are also eligible. For IMA and OTA: The aspirants should possess graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university or institute. For INA: The a...

NIFT Entrance Exam Pattern:  In order to secure admissions at NIFT, candidates will have to appear for two different written/online objective type tests which are called General Ability Test (GAT) and Creative Ability Test (CAT). The official website states: “On the basis of result of written test GAT and CAT, BDes candidates will be called for second test called Situation Test. For BFTech, GAT will be the final test for selection. The candidates for MDes will take GAT and CAT. On the basis of result of GAT and CAT, in case of MDes, and GAT in case of MFTech and MFM, candidates will be called for Group Discussion/Personal Interview”. NIFT Entrance Exam Pattern: Creative Ability Test (CAT) “This test is administered to judge the intuition skill, power of observation, innovation in development of a concept and design ability of the candidate. An important aspect of the test is the creative and innovative use of colour and illustration skills”, states the official NIFT website...

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a countrywide competitive exam in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit candidates for different civil services post of the Government of India that includes the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), among others. The examination is conducted in three stages and they are: i. Preliminary examination that consists of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper-I and CSAT Paper-II) ii. Mains examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (descriptive) type iii. Finally, the personality test or interview round The entire process of the civil services examination from the notification of the preliminary examination to the declaration of the final results takes place roughly within a year. The candidates who get selected are recruited and trained for various services by the Central Government and th...

About Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) The Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering, commonly known as GATE, opens doors to infinite opportunities for students from a technical background. GATE is a prominent entrance exam for admission into prestigious IITs and IISc colleges. Since 2009, the importance of GATE has increased as most of the top PSUs have started their recruitments based on the scores of candidates in the entrance exam. Attempted by almost 9 lakh students every year, GATE is the most popular exam in the engineering fraternity. It is conducted online in 23 branches once a year between the last week of January and first week of February. The result is declared in the mid-March. Exam Pattern A GATE paper consists of 100 marks, including 15 marks for aptitude and 85 for technical knowledge. There are 30 questions of 1 mark and 35 questions of 2 marks each making it a 100 marks paper. Advantages of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) M.te...

The Indian Economic Service (IES) is an organized Group ‘A’ Central Service. The IES was constituted in 1961 with the objective of institutionalising a core professional capacity within the Government to undertake economic analysis and render advice for designing and formulating development policies, strengthening delivery systems, and monitoring and evaluating the public programmes. With the initiation of large-scale economic reforms in 1991 and the proliferation of the regulatory role of the government, such analysis and advice within the domain of the service has increased manifold. A distinguishing feature of the service is that its Cadre posts are spread across different Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government, numbering around 55. The service is, therefore, an inter-Ministerial and inter-Departmental service. The posts are primarily located in Ministries/ Departments dealing with economic and social sectors. Even within organizations that account for a large p...

About MAT The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a National Entrance Test conducted by All India Management Aptitude Testing Service (AIMATS), for admission to MBA and equivalent programmes of the various participating institutes. AIMA-MAT is usually conducted 4 times a year: generally on the first Sunday of February, May, September and December. The list of institutes that use the AIMA-MAT results varies from test to test. Eligibility The candidate must be a graduate in any discipline. Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor's degree and are awaiting results can also apply. Exam Format MAT is a paper-based as well as computer-based test. A candidate can take any one of the two testing formats. While the paper-based test is conducted only one day, the computer-based test is conducted in the week following it over a window of approximately a week. Admit Card All provisionally registered candidates both for Paper Based and Computer Based T...

Common Admission Test (CAT) is the MBA entrance exam for admission to Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top MBA colleges in India. CAT is now conducted as  a computer based test.  More than 2 lakh candidates appear in CAT exam every year. CAT exam is considered as the mother of all MBA entrance exams. Common Admission Test (CAT) is the biggest MBA entrance test in India leading to admission to more than 5500 seats in all the 20 IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow. Apart from the 20 IIMs, hundreds of top MBA colleges including FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai, JBIMS Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, IITs, IMT, IMI, XIMB, TAPMI and others also accept CAT score as their key admission criteria. Who Conducts CAT Exam? CAT Exam is conducted every year by one of the top six IIMs. For example IIM Kozhikode conducted CAT in the year 2012; IIM Indore conducted CAT exam in 2013 and 2014; IIM Ahmedabad conducted CAT in 2015; IIM Bangalore conducted C...

After graduation, a student has two types of openings: prepare themselves for campus job interviews or dive into the competitive exams for jobs. In this blog, I will be sharing some information about the second one i.e. competitive exams after graduation for jobs. 1. UPSC Civil Services Examination The  Union Public Service Commission  conducts Civil Service Examination in order to provide jobs as Civil servants. Civil servants are bureaucrats who significantly influence the decision making of the government. The power and status associated with this field are immense. In the list of competitive exams after graduation for jobs, this stands at the top.  2. RBI Grade B Examination The Reserve Bank of India is one of the most prestigious government institutes in India and always the top choice of any banking aspirant. This is one of the best job exams after graduation. 3. SBI PO Examination Much like the IBPS PO exam, the State Bank of India is also a top choic...