FMS Delhi: How to get full marks in Extempore & PI round; Final Result on April 18

One of the key features at forthcoming Personal Interview round at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi for admission to MBA 2016-18 is its aspirant friendly but disciplined process that enables it to announce the final admission result on the last day of PI . Another key aspect is that unlike many B-schools who prefer Group Discussion round which leads to fish market by the time it concludes, FMS has done away with GD and to assess the candidates power of expression, has substituted extempore speech in the PI round.

How to get full marks in Extempore Making good use of the opportunity in Extempore depends upon the speaking style, thought process and content. The extempore is used as a very distinguishing feature of FMS selection process. Weightage to extempore is 5% on a scale of 100 and scoring full 5 is not difficult also.

One of the senior faculty members and panellist in FMS admission process emphasizes the importance of extempore by saying other than the fluency of articulation, choice of words, panelists look for evidence of a creative mind and capacity to think on ones feet. In order to be sure about the quality of the candidate, panel might even give a second extempore topic.

Get full score in PI Panelists hardly ever check any testimonials or documents while going through the PI round. The panel makes assessment of the candidate on the basis of his/her awareness and way of response. On a scale of 100 PI has a weightage of 10 marks which is very important to convert the call. Sharing with MBAUniverse.com on the shape of PI round whether it would be grilling or friendly, Dr M L Singla, Dean FMS Delhi has responded Grilling or friendly is a matter of perception. Generally, FMS is a friendly but disciplined campus.

It is advisable to be aware of your surroundings, subject knowledge and avoid replying with any misleading or superfluous answers which may make any adverse impact on the panellists and may put your chances of admission in jeopardy.

Expert and panellist at FMS consistently associated with PI round share that each candidate is actually carefully assessed by using years of experience in sitting through such interviews. Hence any bluff can be well judged by the panellists.

Dont go for stereo type responses Coached responses do more harm than good at PI round, avoid them. Most of the coached responses or behaviours in PI round are viewed as acting which jeopardize your chance to be at FMS since all charms wear off when an amateur actor appears as a poor caricature of someone else

The panel is essentially looking for quality of thought process and natural leadership behaviour, any artificial or mugged up participation will draw negative attention and fail to impress the assessors who are well experienced.

Keep your cool Avoid getting worried about extempore. Knowing extempore topics given to other candidates do not help much as the Extempore topics are not repeated. Similarly in PI session if you know the answer, respond well and respond in precise manner. If you have forgot something and wish to recall, ask for it else saying that you have forgot or you do not know the answer can be of better help.

But in any case do not get panicky, irritating and never lose your cool. Not knowing the answer may not do any harm but losing your cool can sure do.

Most of the times the PI begins either with the views expressed during the extempore or with a discussion around ones bio-data given in the application form. So focus on them

There could be a few questions on ones academic background to assess the depth and accuracy of knowledge. So be good in them

As a regular reader of newspaper you are supposed to know the answers of questions on General Awareness.

Please remember subsequent questions always follow from your previous responses of the candidate. Avoid long and unwarranted string of answers.

FMS, Delhi while declaring the final result does not reveal the ranks of selected candidates. The top rated B school publishes alphabetical lists created to avoid any preconceived notion about the relative quality of the candidates admitted in a session.

Final Admission Result on April 18 Since FMS Delhi conducts its PI round at one place and goes on finalizing the process of declaring final result along with the daily progress in Personal Interview round, it is the only highly ranked B-school in India that is able to declare its final admission result for MBA full time on the last day of PI round.

This trend has been maintained by FMS Delhi for past many years. Despite announcing its shortlist for PI round much later than IIMs and many other top rated B-schools, FMS Delhi would announce its final result ahead of IIMs. Accordingly candidates can expect the final admission result for MBA 2016-18 in the evening on April 18, 2016, the last day of PI round.