FMS Delhi admission 2017-19: 5 qualities in PI round leading to admission in MBA 2017-19; extempore & PI begin today

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) University of Delhi has commenced the Personal interview process for admission to MBA (full time) 2017-19 batch on April 10. The Personal Interview round at FMS will be over on April 17 and in all probability FMS will declare the final result for admission to MBA 2017-19 batch in the evening on the same day as has been the practice at FMS Delhi.

There are 2160 candidates who have been shortlisted for Extempore and PI round for admission to 216 MBA seats at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. So there is a ratio of 1:10 candidates for each seat at FMS Delhi.

The CAT 2016 score cut off despite being high in the 1st stage shortlisting has slightly gone down and more candidates have found place in the shortlist announced by FMS Delhi. Apart from the CAT score cut off, your chances to get into FMS Delhi MBA 2017-19 depend upon your success in Extempore Speech and Personal Interview round at the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

5 key qualities to ace FMS PI round
Dr M L Singla, Dean FMS Delhi shares that Extempore and PI round makes a keen search to select the right candidate for MBA admission at Faculty of Management Studies. He outlines following 5 key qualities expected from a candidate in the PI round for admission to MBA 2017-19 batch at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

-- Good persona – Not skin deep only
-- High potential – overall befitting for a leader grooming
-- Well grounded nature – not a bully
-- Be socially sensitive
-- Be concerned about environment

Sharing about the preferred candidate in Extempore and PI round at FMS, Dr Singla says “Candidates with overall good persona with a high potential and well-grounded nature are preferred. FMS campus is also a socially sensitive campus looking for candidates who are concerned about the environment and society at large.”

Category wise PI schedule at FMS Delhi
The 1st batch attending the Extempore & PI process at faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi need to report at 8.30AM on April 10, 2017 at FMS Delhi. The PI round is divided in 6 sessions on each day.

The reporting time for each batch of candidates will be 8.30AM; 9.30AM; 10.30AM; 12.30PM; 1.30PM and 2.30PM.

The category wise PI schedule is as follows-

 
FMS final admission round: Rigorous but friendly
‘FMS’, according to Dr Singla ‘is a friendly but disciplined campus’ and the Personal Interview process at FMS is relaxed, short and easy going. The members in the interview panel mostly behave in an informal manner.

Right from the beginning of the MBA admission process, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi adopts rigorous criteria that aim to select and groom the candidates who can become worthy of Corporate & industrial expectations in the rising MBA market and can prove their potential to grab higher placement packages and still remain socially concerned.

Emphasizing his point, Dr Singla, Dean FMS Delhi says “The average salary of the Graduates of FMS this year is INR 20 lakh plus. PI process is what it should be selecting such people.”

FMS Admission Criteria changed as per demand of Corporate sector
FMS has changed the criteria to shortlist candidates for PI round to improve academic diversity and to meet the demand of recruiting industry. The changes according to Dr M L Singla, Dean FMS Delhi, are “primarily done to ensure diversity of the Academic Disciplines as is the demand of recruiting industry too. This will help candidates have a balance of intellectual quotient and communication dexterity.”

With the modified shortlisiting process that has awarded different weightage to CAT 2016 sectional scores, there are many 99 percentilers who have not been shortlisted by FMS Delhi while many low percentilers with balanced high sectional percentile have been shortlisted for PI round.

Key components of FMS - PI round
The 2 components of Personal Interview round at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi are – a brief extempore speech of 2-3 minutes which will have a weightage of 5% followed by Personal interview of 15-20 minutes which will have a weightage of 10%.

Confirming the weightage to both the components of PI round, Dr Singla shares, “The decision of the Admission Committee is final in this respect. However, in the previous years, Extempore Speech (5%) and PI (10%) have been the components of overall merit computation of candidates. The CAT Score was given a weightage of 85%.”

The 15% weightage to Extempore & Personal Interview can turn the table in your favour in the final admission round of MBA 2017-19 batch at FMS Delhi, if you are one of the sought after candidates and are seriously preparing to ace the PI process beginning on April 10 at North campus of Delhi University.

All the shortlisted candidates of FMS Delhi will have to appear at the designated date and reporting time for final admission round at the North Campus of University of Delhi from April 10 to 17, 2017.

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