 The GMAT or Graduate Management Admission Test is a standardized admission test that is used by more than 5000 business schools around the world. The purpose of the GMAT  is to help business school admission offices compare students in the admission process.
The GMAT does not test business knowledge but analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal and reading skills. In plain words, it tests your math, logic, and partly English language knowledge.
As the exam is conducted around the year, you can appear for the exam at your convenience.
GMAT Exam Structure
An Assessment of the Skills That Matter Most in Business
The GMATÂ Exam Has Four Sections:
- Analytical Writing Assessmentâmeasures your ability to think critically and to communicate your ideas
- Integrated Reasoningâmeasures your ability to analyze data and evaluate information presented in multiple formats
- Quantitative Reasoningâmeasures your ability to analyze data and draw conclusions using reasoning skills
- Verbal Reasoningâmeasures your ability to read and understand written material, to evaluate arguments and to correct written material to conform to standard written English
In total the test takes just under 3 1/2 hours to complete, including two optional breaks.
Structure of the GMAT Exam
The GMAT Exam has four separately timed sections.
| Test Section | Time Limit / Number of Questions | Question Types | Score Range |
| Analytical Writing Assessment | 30 minutes 1 question | Analysis of an Argument | 0-6 (in 0.5-point increments) |
| Integrated Reasoning | 30 minutes 12 questions | Graphics Interpretation, Table Analysis, Multi-source Reasoning, Two-part Analysis | 1-8 (in 1-point increments) |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 62 minutes 31 questions | Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving | 6-51 (in 1-point increments) |
| Verbal Reasoning | 65 minutes 36 questions | Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction | 6-51 (in 1-point increments) |
What is a range of GMAT results?
The most important result is the one between 200 and 800. Even more relevant than the absolute score is the percentile in which you find your score. Each student is compared to students that took the GMAT in the last years.
Part of GMAT Range of results Interval Analytical writing assessment (Essay) 0-6,0 0,5
Integrated reasoning (Graphs and similar) 1-8 1 Quantitative (Maths) + Verbal (English) 200-800 10
How much time do I need to prepare for GMAT?
From 2 weeks to 4 months. I believe it really depends on your target score and your starting position (knowledge). Generally, you should plan for at least 4 weeks of concentrated preparation with 3-4 hours per day. If you have time (and stamina) to prepare more than 4 hours per day, you can shorten your prep time significantly.
ABOUT READING COMPREHENSION
The verbal Reasoning section uses multiple choice question to measure your ability to read and comprehend written material to reason and evaluate arguments and to correct written material to conform to standard written English. Verbal Reasoning section includes content from a variety of topics. Reading Comprehension questions are intermingled with critical reasoning and sentence correction questions throughout the section.
You will have 65 minutes to complete the verbal reasoning or an average of about 1 ¾ minutes to answer each question. Reading comprehension questions refer to written passage consisting of around 200 words or around 350 words. The passage discuss topics in the social sciences, humanities and physical or biological science such business related fields as marketing, economics, and human resource management. Each passage is accompanied by a short series of questions that will ask you to interpret the text, apply the information you gather from the reading and make inferences based on the reading.
As you move through the comprehension sample sample questions try to determine a process that works best for you. You might begin by reading a passage carefully and thoroughly. Some prefer to skim the passage the first time through or even to read the first question before reading the passage. Read each question and series of answers carefully. Make sure you understand exactly what the question at a time. However the number of questions associated with each passage may vary.
WHAT IS MEASURED
The GMAT reading comprehension questions evaluate your ability to
- Understand complex, sophisticated nontechnical writing
- Understand the purposes and functions of passage components and the logical and rhetorical relationships among concepts and among pieces of information
- Draw inference from facts and statements
- Understand and follow the development of quantitative as they are presented in written material.
SENTENCE CORRECTION
Sentence correction questions present a statement in which words are underlined. The questions ask to select the best expression of the idea or relationship described in the underlined section from the options. These questions require you to be familiar with the stylistic conventions and grammatical rules of standard written English and to demonstrate your ability to improve incorrect or ineffective expressions. Sentence correction questions may include English â Language idioms, which are standard constructions not derived from the most basic rules of grammar and vocabulary.