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CAT form 2025 last date is September 20, 2025. IIMs give 5-20% weightage to work experience for PI shortlisting and final IIM admission. For seeking CAT work ex points, MBA aspirants applying for CAT 2025 must fill in the work experience details in the CAT registration form 2025. IIM BLACKI are likely to give 0-10% to the work experience in the CAT 2025 selection process, while the newer IIMs like IIM Sirmaur, IIM Amritsar, IIM Bodhgaya and IIM Sambalpur CAT work experience weightage will remain in between 10-20%. CAT from work experience must be calculated till July 31, 2025. CAT 2025 exam will be held on November 30, 2025. Know how to fill CAT application form work experience details here.
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Here are some of the CAT form work experience criteria that must be met while filling up the CAT 2025 application form -
NOTE: While work experience is not mandatory to fill out the CAT registration form, prior work experience helps candidates to get better management colleges along with their CAT score 2025.

To get the CAT 2025 work experience benefit in the IIM selection process, the candidates have to calculate their total CAT work experience till July 31, 2025. Here is the table about the important CAT form work experience date 2025.
CAT Form Work Experience | Date |
CAT 2025 application form last date |
|
CAT form work experience end date | Work experience counted till July 31, 2025 |
November 05, 2025 | |
CAT 2025 Exam Date | November 30, 2025 |
Work experience details in the CAT 2025 application play an important role in personal interview shortlisting in IIMs. So, it is important to fill in work experience details very carefully in the CAT form 2025 to avail the benefit in the IIM selection process.
Here is the step-by-step process to fill in the work experience in the CAT form 2025.
First, visit the iimcat.ac.in to fill out the IIM CAT 2025 application.
After completing the CAT 2025 registration, start filling up the CAT 2025 application.
Once the candidates have filled up the personal details and academics section of the CAT 2025 application, only then can they fill out the work experience section.
Click on the SR No.1.
Put the name of the organisation and the designation you have worked as well as mention the start and end date of the work experience.
It must be noted that the CAT 2025 work experience would only be counted till July 31, 2025.
Apart from this, in the CAT 2025 work experience section, put if there is any break within the jobs.
Once you provide the Start and end dates of the job, the CAT 2025 work experience tab will automatically count the number of days you have worked.
As a CAT 2025 applicant, you can put multiple CAT work experiences in the CAT 2025 work experience section.
Once the applicants are done filling up all the CAT 2025 work experience, the total work experience in terms of months will be counted automatically by the system.
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Here are some of the details that candidates must provide while filling out the CAT 2025 application form work experience 2025.
Industry: While the applicants are filling out the CAT form work experience candidates have to mention the industry and the organisation they have worked in.
Designation: CAT 2025 applicants at the time of completing the CAT application form work experience need to mention their previous designation as well.
Work experience start date: Candidates need to enter the exact date of joining for all of their work experience for the CAT 2025 application.
CAT from Work Experience end date: During the submission of the CAT application form work experience, it is important to remember that the CAT exam work experience will be counted till July 31, 2025.
Break in the work experience: If there is any break in the CAT form work experience, then it must be mentioned in the CAT form work experience 2025.
Calculation of the CAT form work experience: The calculation of the CAT from work ex is done by the form automatically.
IIM BLACKI work experience criteria for CAT is 0-8%. On the other hand, Baby IIMs and New IIMs give 10-20% weightage to the work experience criteria for CAT 2025. The weightage of the CAT form work experience differs across the different IIMs. Here is the complete breakdown of the credit points given to the candidates for their work experience during the IIM Selection 2025.
Top IIMs in India 2025 | IIMs Credit Point on the Work Experience |
8% | |
Less Than 12 months : 0 | |
5% (IIM Bangalore Final Selection) | |
5% | |
IIM Lucknow | 10% |
IIM Indore | 0% |
IIM Raipur | 15% |
0 to ≤ 12 Months = 0 | |
9% | |
IIM Kashipur | 12 |
IIM Shillong | Less than 12 months = 0 12 months to less than 18 months 8 18 months to less than 24 months = 12 42 months to less than 48 months = 2 48 months or more = 0 |
10 | |
IIM Trichy | 10 |
Less than 6 months = 0 | |
IIM Bodhgaya | 16% |
IIM Jammu | x< = 12 = 0 |
15% | |
15% | |
IIM Sirmur | 20% |
IIM Mumbai | Less Than 12 months : 0 |
The Work experience is calculated for CAT in days, from the exact joining date till the CAT from work experience end date, which is July 31, 2025. Candidates can fill out multiple work experience details in a single application, but the CAT exam work experience will only be counted till July 31, 2025. Moreover, the CAT exam work experience needs to be filled in the chronological order, as mentioned earlier, where the latest CAT exam work experience will be the first. The CAT 2025 application form will automatically calculate the CAT for work experience for the CAT 2025 applicants.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The work experience in the CAT form will be entered after filling in the previous two sections. Personal details and the academic section.
Yes. CAT considers work experience.
The work experience is verified through the pertinent documents in CAT
Looking at the trends, anything between 12-24 months of work experience is ideal for CAT.
The CAT work experience end date is July 31, 2025
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