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    CAT 2025 Topper Interviews: 99+ Percentilers Reveal Strategy, Mistakes & Study Plans

    Malvika ChawlaUpdated on 06 Jan 2026, 04:08 PM IST

    CAT 2025 Toppers Interview: CAT 2025 toppers have once again set new benchmarks of excellence, discipline and strategic preparation. Scoring 99+ percentile in one of India’s toughest management entrance exams is no small achievement. This year, a total of 12 candidates achieved a maximum of 100 percentile. IIM Kozhkode released the CAT 2025 result on December 24, 2025. Find the complete list of CAT 2025 toppers along with their interviews where they have shared their CAT preparation journey, struggles, mistakes, study plans, and section-wise tips for upcoming CAT aspirants.
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    CAT 2025 Topper Interviews: 99+ Percentilers Reveal Strategy, Mistakes & Study Plans
    CAT 2025 Topper Interviews: Strategies, Study Plan, Mistakes and Section-Wise Tips

    CAT 2025 Toppers (100 Percentilers): Key Highlights

    • The total number of candidates who scored 100 percentile in the CAT 2025 are 12.

    • Only 2 female candidates scored 100 percentiles in the CAT 2025 exam.

    • Out of 12, 10 male candidates had scored in the 100 percentile in CAT 2025.

    • This year, 9 candidates with a non-engineering background scored 100 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam.

    • Only 2 candidates with an engineering background scored in the 100 percentile in CAT 2025.

    • The CAT 2025 toppers hail from Delhi (3 candidates), Haryana (2 candidates) and Gujarat (2 candidates).

    CAT 2025 Toppers (99.99 Percentilers): Key Highlights

    • The total number of candidates who scored 99.99 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam was 26.

    • Out of 26 candidates, 4 female candidates have scored 99.99 percentile in CAT 2025.

    • Lastly, 22 male candidates had scored 99.99 percentile in their CAT 2025 exam.

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    CAT 2025 Toppers (99.98 Percentilers): Key Highlights

    • This year, a total of 26 candidates scored 99.98 percentile in the CAT 2025 exam.

    • Out of 26 candidates, 5 female candidates had scored 99.98 percentile.

    • 21 male candidates scored a 99.98 percentile in the CAT exam.

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    CAT 2025 Toppers Interview: Know their Preparation Strategy

    Careers360 conducted several interviews with the CAT 2025 exam toppers, through which they got insights about their preparation strategy, future goals, dream B-schools that they are aiming for and much more. Check out the following table, where we have mentioned the CAT 2025 interviews for your reference.

    CAT 2025 Topper

    CAT 2025 Percentile

    Link to Interview

    Sri Vallabha

    99.94 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    Lakshay Gupta

    99.56 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    Kushagra Barai

    99.33 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    Kunal Bohra

    99.26 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    Mahee Goda

    99.20 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    Aishiki Sen

    99.18 Percentile

    CAT 2025 Topper Interview

    CAT 2025 Toppers: Count, Gender, Discipline & State-wise Distribution

    Check out the following table about CAT 2025 toppers, where we talk about gender diversity, region diversity and academic diversity. After going through this table, you will also get an idea about the CAT 2025 toppers in comparison to last year.

    Overall Percentile

    Total Count

    Gender and Discipline

    State-wise distribution

    100 percentiles

    12

    Female - 2
    Male - 10

    Engg - 3
    Non-Engg - 9

    Uttar Pradesh

    1

    Karnataka

    1

    Maharashtra

    1

    Delhi

    3

    Haryana

    2

    Gujarat

    2

    Jharkhand

    1

    Odisha

    1

    99.99 percentiles

    26

    Female - 4
    Male - 22

    Engg - 12
    Non-Engg - 14

    Tamil Nadu

    2

    Uttar Pradesh

    4

    Maharashtra

    4

    Gujarat

    1

    Delhi

    1

    Haryana

    5

    Madhya Pradesh

    2

    Chhattisgarh

    1

    West Bengal

    2

    Rajasthan

    3

    Andhra Pradesh

    1

    99.98 percentiles

    26

    Female - 5
    Male - 21

    Engg - 8
    Non-Engg - 18

    Gujarat

    2

    West Bengal

    3

    Delhi

    4

    Maharashtra

    2

    Uttar Pradesh

    7

    Rajasthan

    1

    Chandigarh

    1

    Madhya Pradesh

    2

    Karnataka

    1

    Odisha

    1

    Haryana

    2

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    Why You Should Follow CAT 2025 Toppers?

    Following the CAT 2025 toppers is crucial as their strategies reveal how one can achieve high scores through discipline, smart work, strong conceptual clarity, effective mock analysis and a winning attitude.

    Moreover, by going through the CAT 2025 toppers' interviews, one will get blueprints for success for clearing sections like VARC, DILR and Quant. After going through the toppers' interview, one will understand that strong fundamentals and strategy matter more than engineering backgrounds, with many successful candidates coming from non-engineering fields.

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