Im working full-time and want to give CAT 2025. How to prepare smartly in 4 months?

Question

What are your work timings and how are you finding time to prepare for CAT 2025  while balancing your job. It would be great if you could share your routine and strategy.

B.K Sharma · Accepted Answer

I&rsquo;ve got a 9 to 6 job, and I started CAT prep around mid-June. Honestly, mornings are the only time I can focus properly. I wake up around 6:15 and try to get in 1.5 hours of proper study before work &mdash; usually Quant or DILR, depending on the day.
During office hours, I squeeze in one RC or a few VA questions during lunch, nothing heavy. Post-work is usually too tiring for new topics, so I just revise formulas or go over mock mistakes for 30&ndash;40 minutes.
Weekends are where I try to catch up. Saturday mornings I do topic-wise revision and small sectionals, and Sundays are mostly for full mocks and review. I stop studying after 4 pm on Sundays &mdash; learned that the hard way.
If you&rsquo;re working full-time, don&rsquo;t try to overcommit. Two focused hours a day plus a solid weekend plan is more than enough if you stick to it.

D. Aarav · Answer

I work 10 to 7, and honestly it was a mess at first trying to prep for CAT. I&rsquo;d either be too tired or end up skipping days. What finally worked for me was keeping it super simple.
I study from 7 to 8:30 in the morning. I rotate Quant and DILR through the weekdays, and I don&rsquo;t touch VARC in the morning , just doesn&rsquo;t work for me then. Instead, I do one RC or 3&ndash;4 VA questions during my lunch break at work. It's not a lot, but it keeps me in touch with Verbal. Evenings are just for revision. I don&rsquo;t try to learn new stuff after work anymore. I review mistakes from mocks, revise key topics, and maybe do a quick RC if I feel like it.
Saturdays I do topic practice. Sundays are for a mock and proper analysis. I also keep a notebook for mistakes , I flip through it before every new mock. That one habit alone has helped a lot.

I'm working full-time and want to give CAT 2025. How to prepare smartly in 4 months?