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Body language is everything in PI



Personal Interview or PI is last step before you are declared to be selected in a B school hence; PI is very important stage of MBA admission process. 

Selection panel has already seen your performance in admission test and later in WAT / Essay / Extempore Speech etc. Finally you are being exposed to selection panel who wishes you to respond with your best presentation. 

Selection board is looking forward to the best candidate who dreams for future with most achievable aspirations and has doable ideas. Positive approach with equally fresh ideas and simple body language will be call for the day.

It is suggested to be updated with General awareness topics that will gain you confidence to be successful in Personal Interview



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Essay is not a narration



MBA aspirants will be given Essay to write in a stipulated time. Not only you have to maintain time management but since you are competing hence, you have to be the best. 

Post MBA exams you will be tested in Essay for your creative writing, expression of thoughts and may be handwriting. You need to remember that body copy of Essay must not be narrative, you need to avoid the story but yes you can write anything which is substantiating the thought process on topic. 

If Opening paragraph is vital then middle of Essay is very crucial as reader of your Essay will have to be motivated with your writing to take the thinking process further with same line of thinking and reach to some logical conclusion. 

It is suggested to write Essays in lucid manner as third party with a logical conclusion. 



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Don’t be so polite in GD



If it was said earlier that you need to raise your voice to be heard in Group discussion but then all started complaining and termed it as shouting. 

Over a period of time MBA aspirants have understood the trick and now most of participants in GD speak at their turn and normal logical voice.

It is advisable not to be so polite that others can’t hear you or if you wish to emphasize on some point then it must be put forward emphatically.

Idea is to communicate which others take it and counter so that you take lead and you get golden opportunity to become leader in GD.  

Onus will be on you to take the idea further and develop up to some logical conclusion while cautiously focusing on topic of Group Discussion



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Be ready for Essay in XAT 2013



MBA aspirants who are taking XAT on forthcoming January 6, 2013 should be ready for Essay as you might be given topic of current affairs which you will have to complete in 15-20 minutes of time. 

Possibility is high that you need to write an argumentative essay. You need to be careful for not offering comments. Let us take example that is, if the topic is on corruption so you need not mention comments of social media or the crusade being run by civil societies. You need to be focused on topic only with conclusion on pros & cons of scenario. 

Reading General Awareness topics will keep you updated and you are bound to gain confidence which will be greatly helpful to achieve success at XAT 2013



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Essay is not just writing



MBA aspirants need to be ready for Essay writing test post MBA exams results.  It is advisable to understand the reason for this test. 

In exam you have already been tested for your analytical skills but that is still not enough because a would be manager is expected to have more skills so with Essay writing you will now be tested in areas of communication, creative writing, handwriting, expression of thoughts and top of all how do you conclude so that reader of your Essay must get some take away as message. 

Topic of Essay might be given from current affairs so that your general awareness can also be tested. Speed and writing in a stipulated time is also a test for your time management and domain knowledge. It is said that Essay writing is a reflection of your personality so advisable to be clear whatever is being written as chances are high that you will be asked questions in PI based on your Essay.