With so many options to choose from, job-seekers usually get confused while making a choice between a big brand and a small enterprise. There are a few basic criteria on which a candidate can base their decision…
Whether to opt for a big company or a small enterprise is a question that haunts almost every job-changer, especially in this era of numerous startups pitching themselves against established giants in the corporate world.
Here are some of the pros and cons of working with both. This will offer our readers a fair perspective so they can make a suitable career choice:
Big organisations
Advantages
- Organised and professional work culture with stable jobs
- Training and IT systems well in place and higher opportunities to go abroad, especially with MNCs
- Brand equity can be leveraged for next job change
- Job security and timely appraisals along with a bunch of intangible benefits
Disadvantages
- Skill development in specific areas only, as roles are well defined with less opportunity for multiple challenging roles
- Greater competition within the organisation and hence limited opportunity to grow faster
- Salary hike is gradual
Small organisations
Advantages
- Opportunity to develop multiple skills, as one is expected to work take on multiple roles
- Higher growth opportunity and faster learning curve with first-hand experience of working with top management
- One grows with the organization, hence, higher opportunity to earn better remuneration, added perks and profit sharing
- More accommodating towards work flexibility options
- More freedom to think out of the box and ample opportunities to innovate
Disadvantages
- Less organised work culture with the company at an evolution stage, hence, systems and processes not yet refined, leading to confusion and trouble in communication, especially for new joinees who are not yet accustomed to the corporate atmosphere
- Employees are not able to leverage the brand equity if it does not do well in the long run
To conclude, if you are proactive, self-starter, looking to gain experience in various departments in a short span of time and ready to take risks, then small companies can provide you with the right platform. If you believe in following a planned approach for career growth and brand name is crucial for you, then large organisations would be an ideal choice.
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Elitmus is one of the best competitive exam for fresh graduates to get a job in leading worlds MNC’s. It is a CAT level Exam so difficult to score more percentiles. In my last post I explained about Elitmus exam and its test pattern. In this post, I will share some of the best books to prepare for elitmus pH test.
Elitmus pH paper split in to three parts
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Logical Reasoning
- Verbal Ability
Also Read: Elitmus Syllabus and its test Pattern
Quantitative Aptitude
Book Name: Quantitative Aptitude for CAT by Arun Sharma
This book is divided into two sections.
- Arithmetical ability
- Data Interpretation
Arithmetical ability covers Problems on Numbers and Ages, Simplification, Allegations, and Logarithms. Other topics discussed include Surds and Indices, Pipes and Cistern, Chain Rule, Boats and Streams, Simple and Compound Interests, Time and Work, Partnership, Problems on Trains, and Volume and Surface Area. This text also goes into Stocks and Shares, True Discount and Banker's Discount, Games of Skill, Races, Permutations and Combination, Series, Odd Man Out, Clocks, Heights and Distances, and Calendar. The Data Interpretation part covers Tabulation and various kinds of graphs like Bar, Pie and Line Graphs.
Logical Reasoning
Book Name: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT by Arun Sharma
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning is one of the important sections of Elitmus, any candidate with expertise in this section could easily answer all the questions. When Compared to Quantitative Aptitude and Verbal Ability, answering questions from Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning sections is easier.
It covers Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, and Challenges in Data Interpretation
Verbal Ability
Book Name: A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
This book divided into two sections:
- Verbal Reasoning
- Non-Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoningsection is further divided into many chapters.
General Mental Ability, include Verification Of Truth Of The Statement, Assertion And Reason, Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle, Direction Sense Test, Series Completion, Inserting The Missing Character, Logical Sequence Of Words, and Logical Venn Diagrams
Non-Verbal Reasoning Section
Construction Of Squares And Triangles, Classification, Figure Formation & Analysis, Series, Completion Of Incomplete Pattern, Paper Folding, Analogy, Analytical Reasoning, Cubes And Dice, and Spotting Out The Embedded Figures.
Multiplication
E Y E * M A T
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S Y I A
G M T A +
A I R Y + +
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A A S M A A
Follow the steps to solve the above puzzle:
Step 1: Look for '0' or '1' in the Multiplier(M A T), sadly we do not find one.
Step 2: Now, look at the product term of E Y E * - A - = G M T A. If you have gone through the previous post, you will guess that 'E' is either 1 or 6. Since it is not 1, it should be 6. And 'A' should be an even number and hence it should be 2,4,8. Considering 'A' as 2 and rewriting the multiplication we get,
E Y E * M A T
--------------
S Y I A
G M T A +
A I R Y + +
--------------
A A S M A A
Follow the steps to solve the above puzzle:
Step 1: Look for '0' or '1' in the Multiplier(M A T), sadly we do not find one.
Step 2: Now, look at the product term of E Y E * - A - = G M T A. If you have gone through the previous post, you will guess that 'E' is either 1 or 6. Since it is not 1, it should be 6. And 'A' should be an even number and hence it should be 2,4,8. Considering 'A' as 2 and rewriting the multiplication we get,
6 Y 6 * M 2 T
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S Y I 2
G M T 2 +
2 I R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 3: Now looking at the sum in the 2nd column form the right i.e. 'I + 2 = 2', we can conclude that 'I' = 0, since there is no carry. Rewriting it would yield us,
6 Y 6 * M 2 T
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S Y 0 2
G M T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 4: Further, looking at the sum in the 2nd column form the left i.e. 'G + 0 = 2', we can conclude that 'G' is either 1 or 0, since we already have 'I' = 0, 'G' has to be 1. Rewriting it we would have,
6 Y 6 * M 2 T
--------------
S Y 0 2
1 M T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 5: Now looking at the product 6 Y 6 * M = 2 0 R Y, we can conclude that 'M' = 3. since (6 * M + carry) = 20, and the only value that seems to satisfy that equation is 3. Rewriting this would yield us,
6 Y 6 * 3 2 T
--------------
S Y 0 2
1 3 T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 6: If we look at the product term 6 Y 6 * 3 = 2 0 R Y, we can easily figure out 'Y' to be 8, so rewriting the puzzle would give us,
6 8 6 * 3 2 T
--------------
S 8 0 2
1 3 T 2 +
2 0 R 8 + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 7: Now, the sum term 8 + T + 8 = 3 helps us to find out the value of 'T', yeah it is 7. How? Well there is no carry and the sum has to be 23, since no number is greater than 9 (You could aslo find out the value of 'T' from the product 686*2 as well.) We will get
6 8 6 * 3 2 7
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S 8 0 2
1 3 7 2 +
2 0 R 8 + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 8: This step is just a formality, since we got to know the values of the Multiplicand and the multiplier, it is a piece of cake to find out the rest of the values. And they happen to be,
6 8 6 * 3 2 7
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4 8 0 2
1 3 7 2 +
2 0 5 8 + +
--------------
2 2 4 3 2 2
This is it. I know these are too many steps, but yeah practice makes man perfect, so do Practice and become a pro in solving such kind of puzzles.
--------------
S Y I 2
G M T 2 +
2 I R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 3: Now looking at the sum in the 2nd column form the right i.e. 'I + 2 = 2', we can conclude that 'I' = 0, since there is no carry. Rewriting it would yield us,
6 Y 6 * M 2 T
--------------
S Y 0 2
G M T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 4: Further, looking at the sum in the 2nd column form the left i.e. 'G + 0 = 2', we can conclude that 'G' is either 1 or 0, since we already have 'I' = 0, 'G' has to be 1. Rewriting it we would have,
6 Y 6 * M 2 T
--------------
S Y 0 2
1 M T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S M 2 2
Step 5: Now looking at the product 6 Y 6 * M = 2 0 R Y, we can conclude that 'M' = 3. since (6 * M + carry) = 20, and the only value that seems to satisfy that equation is 3. Rewriting this would yield us,
6 Y 6 * 3 2 T
--------------
S Y 0 2
1 3 T 2 +
2 0 R Y + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 6: If we look at the product term 6 Y 6 * 3 = 2 0 R Y, we can easily figure out 'Y' to be 8, so rewriting the puzzle would give us,
6 8 6 * 3 2 T
--------------
S 8 0 2
1 3 T 2 +
2 0 R 8 + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 7: Now, the sum term 8 + T + 8 = 3 helps us to find out the value of 'T', yeah it is 7. How? Well there is no carry and the sum has to be 23, since no number is greater than 9 (You could aslo find out the value of 'T' from the product 686*2 as well.) We will get
6 8 6 * 3 2 7
--------------
S 8 0 2
1 3 7 2 +
2 0 R 8 + +
--------------
2 2 S 3 2 2
Step 8: This step is just a formality, since we got to know the values of the Multiplicand and the multiplier, it is a piece of cake to find out the rest of the values. And they happen to be,
6 8 6 * 3 2 7
--------------
4 8 0 2
1 3 7 2 +
2 0 5 8 + +
--------------
2 2 4 3 2 2
This is it. I know these are too many steps, but yeah practice makes man perfect, so do Practice and become a pro in solving such kind of puzzles.
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Multiplication
G A S
F B I
---------------
F T B I
S S T B -
S A S F - -
-------------------
S R I S T I
Follow the steps to solve the above puzzle:
Step 1: Look for '0' or '1' in the Multiplier(F B I), sadly we do not find one.
Step 2: Now look at the last terms in each of the individual products of this puzzle, F T B I, S S T B and S A SF, it is clear that 'S=1' (Because, any other odd number will not give the same value when multiplied to it.) Now our cryptarithmetic problem will look something like this(I've bolded the I's just to differentiate from the 1's),
G A 1 * F B I
---------------
F T B I
1 1 T B +
1 A 1 F + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 3: This step is the most important step in this problem, if you recognize this, you have done a great job. In the product term, G A 1 * F - -, F*1=F and there will be no carry which is a well known fact. Now, ifyou look at the product (- A -) * F = 1 A 1 F, you will guess that, F * A leads to a product of 21(because there is 1 in the second term of the resulting product of the considered section of the puzzle, and of course no carry from the previous product term.). Now, it is not a Rocket Science to guess that F, A should be 3, 7 or 7, 3. Let us assume that F=3 and A=7, and proceed,
G 7 1 * 3 B I
---------------
3 T B I
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 4: Now, looking at the term (G 7 1) * 3 = 1 7 1 3, we can easily make out that G=5. Hence our puzzle will look like,
5 7 1 * 3 B I
---------------
3 T B I
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 5: Notice that R=8, which is pretty straightforward, since there is no carry coming through. I, will either be 5 or 6, depending on whether a carry is coming through or not. Since, A is already 5, I is 6. Hence the puzzle will look like,
5 7 1 * 3 B 6
---------------
3 T B 6
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 8 6 1 T 6
Step 6: Looking at the product term (5 7 1) * - - 6 = 3 T B 6, we find that 5 7 1 * 6 = 3 4 2 6, we can easily say that, T=4 and B=2. And hence, we have completed solving this cryptarithmetic problem.
5 7 1 * 3 2 6
---------------
3 4 2 6
1 1 4 2 +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 8 6 1 4 6
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G A S
F B I
---------------
F T B I
S S T B -
S A S F - -
-------------------
S R I S T I
Follow the steps to solve the above puzzle:
Step 1: Look for '0' or '1' in the Multiplier(F B I), sadly we do not find one.
Step 2: Now look at the last terms in each of the individual products of this puzzle, F T B I, S S T B and S A SF, it is clear that 'S=1' (Because, any other odd number will not give the same value when multiplied to it.) Now our cryptarithmetic problem will look something like this(I've bolded the I's just to differentiate from the 1's),
G A 1 * F B I
---------------
F T B I
1 1 T B +
1 A 1 F + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 3: This step is the most important step in this problem, if you recognize this, you have done a great job. In the product term, G A 1 * F - -, F*1=F and there will be no carry which is a well known fact. Now, ifyou look at the product (- A -) * F = 1 A 1 F, you will guess that, F * A leads to a product of 21(because there is 1 in the second term of the resulting product of the considered section of the puzzle, and of course no carry from the previous product term.). Now, it is not a Rocket Science to guess that F, A should be 3, 7 or 7, 3. Let us assume that F=3 and A=7, and proceed,
G 7 1 * 3 B I
---------------
3 T B I
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 4: Now, looking at the term (G 7 1) * 3 = 1 7 1 3, we can easily make out that G=5. Hence our puzzle will look like,
5 7 1 * 3 B I
---------------
3 T B I
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 R I 1 T I
Step 5: Notice that R=8, which is pretty straightforward, since there is no carry coming through. I, will either be 5 or 6, depending on whether a carry is coming through or not. Since, A is already 5, I is 6. Hence the puzzle will look like,
5 7 1 * 3 B 6
---------------
3 T B 6
1 1 T B +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 8 6 1 T 6
Step 6: Looking at the product term (5 7 1) * - - 6 = 3 T B 6, we find that 5 7 1 * 6 = 3 4 2 6, we can easily say that, T=4 and B=2. And hence, we have completed solving this cryptarithmetic problem.
5 7 1 * 3 2 6
---------------
3 4 2 6
1 1 4 2 +
1 7 1 3 + +
---------------
1 8 6 1 4 6
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