Hey there,

Shivam your educational background is pretty amazing and additional degree will be a cherry on the top and never a bummer in any scenario. As you told you have done your graduation in Management Studies and later pursued teaching, well, if you think your teaching has messed up your option to pursue MBA or vice versa, then no that's not the scenario.

If you fulfil the eligibility criteria of appearing for entrance exams for MBA then certainly you can pursue the same. Following are the crucial MBA entrance exams conducted in our country-

• CAT Entrance Exam
  

CAT Full Form: Common Admission Test
Conducting Institute: IIMs
CAT Eligibility: 50% in Graduation for General and 45% for Reserved. Final year students can also apply.
CAT Exam Pattern: CAT is an online exam. It has 3 sections with 3 hours of time resulting in 60 minutes for each section.
This is the Most common MBA entrance exam in INDIA preferred by top b-schools and IIMs

• XAT Entrance Exam

XAT Full Form: Xavier Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: Xavier School Of Management
XAT Eligibility: candidates with any bachelor degree can apply. Final year students can also apply.
XAT Exam Pattern: Now XAT is also an online exam. Exam duration is three and a half hours. The exam is divided into two parts. Duration of part 1 is two hours and twenty minutes.
After CAT, XAT MBA entrance exam is the most preferred exam by the Institutions.

• GMAT Entrance Exam
  

GMAT Full Form: Graduate Management Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: GMAC
GMAT Eligibility: A degree from a reputed university is needed. There is no age limit for this exam.
GMAT Exam Pattern: There are 4 sections in this exam. Two sections have 30 minutes time and for the other 2 sections, it is 75 minutes. Total duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes. This exam pattern is different from other exams. It is a computer adaptive test. The first candidate has to answer a question if he answers it correctly then the difficulty level of the next question will be increased or it will be decreased. Higher difficulty questions have higher marks.

• CMAT Entrance Exam

CMAT Full Form: Common Management Admission Test
Conducting Institute: AICTE
CMAT Eligibility: Candidates with any bachelor degree with 50% can apply. Final year students can also apply. For reserved candidates, 45% is required.

CMAT Exam Pattern: Exam duration is 3 hours. It has 100 Multiple choice questions divided into 4 sections, resulting in 25 questions in each section. For every right answer, 4 marks will be awarded and 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. No negative marks for unanswered.

• MAT Entrance Exam

MAT Full Form: Management Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: All India Management Association (AIMA)
MAT Eligibility: Any Graduate can apply
MAT Exam Pattern: It is conducted both offline and online. Exam duration is 2 and a half hours. It has 5 sections with 40 questions each with a total of 200 questions. Each section has 30 minutes time. ¼ mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

• ATMA Entrance Exam

ATMA Full Form: AIMS TEST FOR MANAGEMENT ADMISSIONS
Conducting Institute: AIMS
ATMA Eligibility: Graduation degree holders are eligible
ATMA Exam Pattern: Exam duration is 3 hours. It has 6 sections. Each section has its own timings. 1 mark will be given for every correct answer and 0.25 marks will be taken for every wrong answer.

• NMAT Entrance Exam
  

NMAT Full Form: NMIMS Management Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
NMAT Eligibility: Minimum 3 years bachelor degree with 50%
NMAT Exam Pattern: NMAT is an online based Exam with a duration of 2 hours. And there is no negative marking for wrong attempts.

• SNAP Entrance Exam
  

SNAP Full Form: Symbiosis National Aptitude Test
Conducting Institute: November 2019
SNAP Eligibility: Graduation with 50%, Also final year students can apply.
SNAP Exam Pattern: Duration of the exam is 2 hours. The exam is divided into 4 sections leaving 30 minutes for each section. The exam is objective type with 4 options for every question. 1 mark will be awarded for every right answer and 25% or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

There are many other entrance tests as well but these are the major and most imporant ones.

Also, you asked if your career will be hampered if you pursue an MBA, well, in that case, believe me, that is not true at all. you are in the end adding on to your knowledge by going for a masters degree and that will only enhance your resume and not hamper neither your career in management or banking nor in teaching, so you can go ahead for your plan of pursuing MBA.

I hope the information provided resolves your query. In case, you still have any doubts or need any further details, feel free to reach out.

Good Luck!

Hi Shivam,

Giving entrance exam like CAT, XAT, SNAP etc definitely gives you a chance to get into India's most prestigious B-school like IIM's, XLRI, IMT, FMS, etc. and as you have 3 years of work ex. so it will give you an edge over others to make it to top B-schools.

Getting into India's top B-schools definitely gives you better career opportunity and more options to go with for your future. Also, the world's top MNC's and Banks also come there for recruitment.

So yes you should give entrance exam if you want to go for MBA for further studies.