Colleges taking a peek into students mind

By Charu Pandey & Mayashree Paul

Students must assume on their ft for a seat

If scholars assume they are able to sail in the course of the faculty interview at the strength of their marks, they wish to assume again. College admission interview questions are like those on Kaun Banega Crorepati, but without a more than one options, no phone-a-friend and no blindingly attractive prize cash at the finish of it.

Tame questions like ‘tell me about yourself’ and ‘the place do you spot yourself in 5 years’ are old hat. In nowadays’s admission state of affairs, the stakes are extraordinarily high with faculties being inundated with thousands of applications for just 80 seats to a route. And so the questions are geared toward evaluating scholars’ emotional quotient and their view of the sector.

In this face-off, scholars are assessed on positive markers that administrations assume are worthy of a seat.A commerce aspirant at a top college came out of the interview and informed BM, “They asked me in case your favourite famous person had arrived in the city and you realize that he/she shall be at a mall at 2pm, would you attend the category at 2, or bunk to move see the movie star? I mentioned that I used to be conscious about the attendance laws and I'm certain I would no longer bunk.’’

Another query asked of a student used to be, ‘would you favor finding out from house or attending remedial categories.’ A student from a college near Jayanagar mentioned, “There are positive issues a college expects of its scholars. But somewhat than let us know what it is, they pose questions that may give them the solution to how we may act.’’

A large number of questions are targeted around attendance. Shristi Singh, any other humanities aspirant informed BM, “I used to be asked if I would flip up for sophistication if I used to be sick and I had my inner assessment presentation which might fetch me credits at the finish of the semester.”

Interviewers from some esteemed universities also insisted on asking if the scholars would be capable to adapt to early morning timings as some professional control courses like B.Com and BBA get started early in the morning at 6am. “I do know that the schools in the city are strict about attendance and get dressed code. But the quirky questions threw me off,” mentioned Rahul N, a student from Kolkata.