CAT vs IBPS PO || which one is better?

 

CAT vs IBPS PO Let's Do a Comparison between These Two

After graduation every student used to have this question in mind that what to do next? After graduation many students get confused between IBPS PO and CAT. They couldn’t figure out which one is better or good for them.

So in this article we will talk about this thing. But before that let us know that what is CAT and what is IBPS PO.

Common Aptitude Test (CAT):

CAT is an exam which is conducted by  the IIMs for admission in MBA programs in IIMs. The test consists of 64-66 questions and the questions will be divided in three sections Quant, verbal and DILR. For each correct question 3 marks is awarded and for wrong answer 1 marks is deducted.

IBPS PO:

It is an exam conducted by the Institute of banking personal selection (IBPS) for recruitment in the post of probationary officer. The job is given in various public sector banks in India. In IBPS PO there are 100 questions in total and for each correct answer 1 marks is awarded and for each wrong answer 0.5 marks is deducted.

Now let us talk about which one is better IBPS PO or CAT

CAT:

CAT is an exam for admission in MBA program in IIMs and the person who qualifies it have to do a two years MBA course and after that he will get a job. Also the job is in various reputed private companies, so there is no job security, The salary offered after MBA from IIMS are huge they ranges from 5 lakh per annum to even 1-2 crore per annum, so from salary perspective cat beats IBPS PO. The difficulty level of CAT is very high as compared to the difficulty level of IBPS PO.

IBPS PO:

In case of IBPS PO once you  crack the exam you will get a job and no need to do any further studies. The job is also secure and the salary offered is somewhere around 6-7 lakhs per annum. The difficulty level of IBPS PO is comparatively lower than CAT.

CAT	IBPS PO
you will have to do a two years MBA to get a job after giving the exam.	You will get direct job after giving the exam.
Job security is not there.	Job security is there
Job is usually high paying	Job is average paying
Work pressure is huge	Work pressure is normal
Difficulty level is high	Difficulty level is average

 

So, both IBPS PO and CAT has advantages and disadvantages, now you need to decide which one would you prefer.