Showing posts with label Extempore speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extempore speech. Show all posts

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How to choose best B school?



Very often MBA aspirants keep on guessing for selection of B schools. Building or location matters least for post graduation programme like MBA which is residential in nature but infrastructure in form of resource,   pedagogy, industrial relation and placement record matters most.

Option of B School will accrue only after your getting high percentile and your further getting success in WAT / Essay writing / Extempore Speech / GD & PI.

Based on your performance on above parameters you might get selection letter and now you would get chance to avail option of B schools from where you would have received such letters. 

Besides considering USPs of B schools, you must also introspect yourself again and then find the final suitability so that you are on the trajectory of great learning of management education! 



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What is judged at PI ?



After having succeeded in WAT / Essay Writing / Extempore Speech / GD, now you will be grilled in Personal Interview and most of the questions will be picked up by the selection panel from your performance of the above.

Personal Interview is always one to one and that reflects that being a last leg of MBA admission procedure, you are being asked comfortable questions to judge your positivity with your responses which you might give either orally or with your body language.

You are being watched while you walk or your sit down or when you express your gestures while giving your answers.

Be careful but confident because your simple answers in straight forward manner will positively get you success at PI.



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Topics at Extempore Speech



As the name stands Extempore that means you are speaking without preparation on some topic which might be assigned by admission selection panel at B-School. 

Since you need to speak Extempore hence, topics are also being given at random.

Nevertheless topics which remain on top of mind can be given from current affairs, current happenings National or Global. 

Topics can vary from sports to economy, politics to corruption, US President election to cyclones. 

You need to understand that selection panel wishes to judge your communication power and synchronization of your thoughts. So once you are able to perform on this parameter you will be through in Extempore Speech test.



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How to be at best at Extempore Speech



MBA aspirants who will be assigned a topic at random to speak without prior preparation for Extempore Speech.

You need to have best of the oral communication and domain knowledge so that you can focus on topic.

You must conclude the topic in such a way that audience should get a take away message from your conclusion. 

You must ensure that you are looking at the audience in a straight manner and have eye to eye contact with each and every person of selection panel. Better would be you treat the panel as a single person.

Ensure that you are being responded equally well from the sign language of audience.



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Why Extempore Speech ?



Over a period of time test prep institutes have almost conditioned MBA aspirants for Group Discussion and on the premise to show leadership qualities, candidates started shouting in GD.

Because of the above reason selection panel at B-Schools got worried on the quality and selection process was getting hampered.

Hence, Extempore Speech have replaced GD in few B-Schools and the aspirants are asked to speak for 5 minutes on any assigned topic.

The moment candidate starts speaking, the audience can judge the communication power, focus, body language and positive attitude which is enough to understand the overall personality of aspirant.