JEE Advanced 2025 Topper Interview: Saksham Jindal (AIR 2) - Preparation Strategy, Success Story

Saksham Jindal is the AIR 2 in JEE Advanced 2025 exam. He has obtained 332/360 marks in the IIT JEE exam. Saksham started his JEE preparation from class 10th onwards, also obtained 300/300 on the JEE Main 2025 exam. Through this interview, know more about Saksham Jindal’s JEE Advanced exam journey and know the topper tips and strategies to qualify the exam.

Q. How are you feeling on this achievement since you are also a JEE Main topper and now having topped JEE Advanced too? What was your reaction upon knowing your score?

Saksham: I am really happy that two years of my handwork has finally paid off. The goal was always JEE Advanced, JEE Mains was a nice confidence booster.

Q. Saksham you come from Hisar, Haryana, so what made you decide to prepare for IIT JEE in Kota? How did you make that decision?

Saksham: In 10th I took coaching from Allen Hisar, during my preparation for talentX I visited the main branch at Kota and decided it would be a good decision to prepare from Kota itself.

Q. Why do you want to study engineering? When did you decide to study engineering?

Saksham: My family supported my decision of choosing and pursuing a subject of my choice. I was highly interested in maths and I decided to go ahead with science stream.

Q. How would you sum up your two year preparation journey for the JEE exams?

Saksham: When I started initially I had little to no knowledge about admission to IITs but it was my interest in maths that pulled me into this exam. I started enjoying the subjects and solving the questions.

Q. Coming to you preparation strategy, how did you divide your study hours for all three subjects- Physics, Chemistry and Maths?

Saksham: At the beginning of my preparation, I devoted equali time to all three subjects. Maths was my favourite subject but for physics and chemistry i had to figure out how to study it and so gave them more attention. Once I got a strong hold of the concepts in Physics & Chemistry, I shifted my focus on maths. Maths was a subject I gave more time practicing and improving.

Q. What was you daily routine while preparing for the exam?

Saksham: I had classes in the morning so I would try to study from 1 PM to 7:30 PM with a 15-20 minutes break in between. After 7:30 PM i would have my dinner followed by a walk because it is necessary to look after your health. I would then study from 8:30 to midnight after which i slept for a good seven hours.

Q. Saksham tell us more about your revision strategy and your note-making process. How did you ensure you were able to revised everything that you covered?

Saksham: I prepared notes for physical chemistry which I referred to before the exam. For inorganic and organic chemistry, I referred to the coaching material and reference books for the important topics. I kept my resources limited.

Q. Which subject did you attend first while writing the exam?

Saksham: I started with Chemistry since it takes less time then I solved maths because it is my favourite subject and then physics in the end.

Q. Tell us about the exam day. How were you feeling? How the exam like?

Saksham: There was some technical error at my JEE Adavanced exam centre. The paper which was scheduled to start at 9 AM actually started at 10:30 AM. There was not even time to read the instructions. So in that moment it is important to maintain your cool and calm. Things may not work out as you planned but you must trust your preparation and face the situation.

Q. So how did this delay in the first shift affect your second shift of the JEE Advanced exam?

Saksham: Like I said there was a huge delay in the first exam so by the time we finished it and had to report for the next shift we just had 15 mins left. There was not much time to think and recharge I just quickly ate lunch and went for the next exam.

Q. What is the difference level between JEE Mains and Advanced according to you?

Saksham: I would say that the language of the question and the way it is framed is the differen. The same question in JEE Main would be easily solvable for most of the students. But if it comes in JEE Advanced, students may feel it is too tough based on how they are asking the question.

Q. Now that the results are in what is your dream college?

Saksham: Well my dream college is IIT Bombay.