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I have heard gmat is a good option than cat if I want to work in India. If I have a graduation degree and no work experience?


Jaya Raju 28th Oct, 2016
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None 7th Dec, 2016
@Yashmita: Hi Yashmita-No, you can give GMAT exam without having any prior work experience. As the GMAT scores are valid for 5 years, you can use that score to apply in colleges after gaining some work experience. For abroad it is mandatory to have work e

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None 7th Dec, 2016
@Yashmita: It also depends on which course you are interested in. No it is not mandatory. Dont worry. You can apply.
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Yashmita 7th Dec, 2016
for gmat is work experience must?
Yashmita 7th Dec, 2016
@Priyanka Kaul: so mam it is not important.
None 7th Dec, 2016
@Jaya: It depends. Generally speaking, GMAT is easier than CAT reason being it is taken by a larger number of people and the difficulty level of the paper itself is higher than GMAT. Also, the time given for CAT is not sufficient to fully complete the tes

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