GMAT prep: a guide for pros
What customers ask, how to win the job, and what to put on your profile.
Offering gmat prep
You prepare business school applicants for the quantitative, verbal and data sections of the GMAT. Your sessions work best when you start with a timed diagnostic and teach the logic behind data sufficiency before any drills.
What customers ask
- Can you guarantee a score?
- How do you teach data sufficiency?
- Do you help with the essays?
- How many practice tests will we do?
- What should I bring?
- How long until the test?
How to win the job
- On the first call, ask the applicant's program, the test date, the target and any past scores, then say what the diagnostic will show
- Run a timed diagnostic in the first session and share the section results with the applicant
- Teach data sufficiency with the logic each question type uses, and show the logic on a real question
- Put the number of sessions, length, practice test count, materials and cancellation terms in the quote
- Set pacing rules for each section in writing, and check them on each practice test
- Send a short note after each session with the section covered and the next practice test date
What to put on your profile
- Your academic and business background, and any test prep training you have
- The sections and levels you prepare applicants for
- Whether you tutor in person, online or both
- Results you can share with permission, without promising future results
- Your background check, shown on your profile, if you work with minors
Follow-up that helps the customer
- A practice test schedule for the next four weeks
- A data sufficiency session before the applicant's next practice test
- A verbal section session for a gap the practice test showed
- A check-in after the real test to review the next steps
Licenses and permits
No license is usually required to tutor for a business school admissions exam privately. Keep your degree or teaching credentials on your profile, and check with your state or local licensing agency for any rules that apply if you offer test prep through a school or program.
Questions
Do I need an MBA to tutor for the GMAT?
No, but applicants expect you to know the exam. Show your credentials and the sections you have taught, so applicants know what you can offer.
How do I handle an applicant who wants a shortcut for data sufficiency?
Show them the logic of one question step by step, then give them a similar question to solve alone. Let them see that the logic works on questions they have not seen.
What happens when a request does not fit my schedule?
On infinibell you can decline a request for free. You pay only for the leads you accept.
Pro reviewers
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Edit history
- Oct 29, 2026: Drafted by infinibell to our content guidelines.
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