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The DM questions in XAT are so ambiguous. How do they decide on right answers, especially when some of the options are equally correct based on right information?.
Hi Soham. Going with your gut feeling seems a reasonable choice. However, unless your instincts are honed to pick out the correct answer, you might be misled.
When we use our gut to come up with an answer, we try to put ourselves in that situation, and then go with the option that feels right. But our bias comes into play here. Throughout our life, we have been primed to do some things that may not yield an ideal outcome. E.g. From the popular rhetoric, a person would want to go public as soon as he gets a hint that his company is engaged in unfair practices. The question can introduce an extreme condition, like the company being engaged in child trafficking so that when you put yourself in that position, your emotions get the best of you and you take an extreme measure like obliterating the reputation of your company without a second thought. The accusation could be baseless and the best decision here could have been taking a superior into confidence or finding out more about the situation yourself.
Hence, you can train your gut by getting exposed to decision-making processes. You can find them in XAT DM questions. You need not get them right every time, not even the best always do. What reading the explanations will do is prime your gut and impart a structure to your thinking. You can even go a step further and read business case studies where such difficult decisions were taken and implemented.
Also, while solving, take a deep breath and critically evaluate all the options. You have to pick out the lesser evil among them and mark it as the answer. If all the options yield the same outcome, try to follow established processes. Always do the ethical thing, but think and confirm first. Also remember to read the question properly, and see whether the question asks a good outcome for the individual, the company, or another party.
Practice well, and be confident. Things will turn out just fine on the day. All the best.
Go with your gut feeling, most importantly don't get stuck! Attempt this and ace the next! Godspeed!
all answers may be correct, just pick the most idealistic and read the question twice, find what they really want.
