GD/PI!Part 7-FMS Delhi.....

The end of the interview process came two days back with the FMS interview on the 19th.......I had applied for 2 programs and was lucky to get called for both the MS and the FT interviews.....the time for the MS interview was 9.30 AM and for the FT was 1.30 PM...........i was in delhi 2 days prior to the interview(still am btw) and am staying with my relatives.......

On interview day i reached the spot at 8.45 in the morning........the venue was ofcourse the north campus itself of the Delhi univ............the first part of the process was document verification after which we were called in for the MS GD........there were 10 of us and the GD was scheduled to last 10 minutes.........one of us was asked to come and pick a GD topic and the topic we got was-WTO is not the best thing to have happened for the developing economies.........now i have been a part of a few GDs but this was something different..........people were just too desperate to make their points and were constantly cutting off others........fortunately here none of us had a great idea about the topic and so it was a little more restrained.........I think i made about 3 entries and i wud rate my performance a 3 on 5.......

Then the panel started with the interviews and i was appalled at the length of the ones before me.......they were just lasting close to 5 minutes each......my turn came after 4 people..........for the uninformed FMS has a extempore process in the interview too..........my topic was-'Morning is the best time of the day'.........i dont think i spoke as well as i could have coz i basically did not practice much for this round.....anyway the interview panel had 5 members........i am mentioning just the questions........
1)What do you think your percentage would rise to after the 8th sem?
2)Whats your dads post in the army and which corps does he belong to?
3)Where all have you lived and what have you gained by living at so many different places?
4)Name some of the recent progresses in the field of comp science?
5)How have the RAMs grown from the time they were first used to now?
6)If i were an indian entrepreneur and wanted to attract foreign investments what points of india as a country would i portray?
7)CAT score and other calls.......
Thats it.........the interview lasted for all of 5 minutes.....all in all i dont think i did well and with there being only 31 seats am not very hopeful..........

The second part was the MBA process.........we started with the GD again and we were the same panel again.......and boy if i mentioned that the first GD was bad this was the worst i have ever taken part in.........finally i got to know what a 'Fish market' is............special mention for the girl who spoilt it for most of us........anyway the interview process started again and still the interviews lasted just 5 minutes on average.......when i went in the extempore topic given to me was-'Face is the index of the mind'...........i think i spoke decently for a minute.......again for the interview just mentioning the questions..........
1)What is your percentage now?
2)What electives would you opt for?
3)Difference between multiprogramming and multiprocessing.
4)Where are you placed?
5)Which subjects based on management did you have in engineering?
6)CAT scores and calls.......

That was it again.........it lasted for around 5 minutes again...........dont know what to make of any of them..........i dont get on what base theyll be judging.............

Anyway so the one and a half month interview porcess finally comes to a halt............I got the message that the IIM results will come out on the 10th of april.........FMS and XLRI will come out before.........please guys once again i request you to pray for me........i hope these posts will help guys who will be taking part in interviews in 2010......hopefully i make it to a good place and meet some of you there in 2010.......:)...