Tackle the TISSNET with Pooja Wanpal, a 2nd year student at TISS

BaNi KaUr

Hello i am bani

01:52 PM

BaNi KaUr

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02:00 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Hi Bani! Hi Bani!

02:01 PM

BaNi KaUr

Hello pooja how are you?

02:02 PM

BaNi KaUr

Can you brief me about the prepatation process?

02:03 PM

Gowtham Dnr

Hello mam can you please tell about the gk section is it covers more marks?

02:03 PM

BaNi KaUr

Hardly 25 days are left so any last minutes tips and advices?

02:03 PM

Gowtham Dnr

Hello mam can you please tell about the gk section is it covers more marks?

02:03 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Gk ha around the same weightage as the rest.

02:06 PM

BaNi KaUr

Hardly 25 days are left so any last minutes tips and advices?

02:03 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Gk is important because it is not a part of other exams that you might have focused on.

02:06 PM

BaNi KaUr

Thank you mam what about verbal and quant ?

02:07 PM

Khushbu gera

What topics to study for gk? Will current affairs be enough?

02:08 PM

BaNi KaUr

Thank you mam what about verbal and quant ?

02:07 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Verbal and Quant is fairly basic - if you have been preparing for the CAT or other exams you would do well to stick to those topics

02:09 PM

Khushbu gera

What topics to study for gk? Will current affairs be enough?

02:08 PM

Pooja Wanpal

GK is 35% of the paper. There are two parts - static and dynamic gk. Dynamic can be done by reading newspapers, and knowing about current affairs. It is very difficult to come up to speed with static GK simply because there is so much of it. So keep reading the usual material you have referred to for GK and focus on dynamic part - because that is something you can actually tackle in the next 25 days

02:11 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Hi Pooja, I want to know about what is the level of DI and LR questions

02:12 PM

Sristy Kumari

Is call for tiss-hr more inclined to the profile and what are the chances for an engineer with 15 months work ex?

02:13 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Hi Pooja, I want to know about what is the level of DI and LR questions

02:12 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Hi Deepanshi. In terms of level, I assume you mean the difficulty level? They are definitely not as hard as the CAT questions.

02:13 PM

Pooja Wanpal

A general tip - please solve mock TISSNET papers in order to gain better idea of what the paper could be like.

02:14 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Thank you so much and please a bit of advice on interview questions?

02:14 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Some sources for mocks?

02:15 PM

Sristy Kumari

Is call for tiss-hr more inclined to the profile and what are the chances for an engineer with 15 months work ex?

02:13 PM

Pooja Wanpal

There is no yes or no answer to that question :) TISS is not looking for a specific kind of candidate. Even amongst 60 people you will find tremendous amount of diversity. So I would have to say the chances are as good as anyone else's :)

02:15 PM

BaNi KaUr

Where to get tissnet mock?

02:15 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Some sources for mocks?

02:15 PM

Pooja Wanpal

IMS and TIME and other prep institutes would have papers.

02:15 PM

Sristy Kumari

Thankyou @puja :)

02:16 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Thank you so much and please a bit of advice on interview questions?

02:14 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Interview questions could be from your profile, your background, your reason for choosing HR. Tomorrow's chat will be about the next step in the journey to TISS - the interview process.

02:16 PM

BaNi KaUr

Where to get tissnet mock?

02:15 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Generally all prep institutes have them :)

02:17 PM

Sristy Kumari

Thankyou @puja :)

02:16 PM

Pooja Wanpal

No problem :)

02:18 PM

Prt R

Hi Pooja, Level of difficulty in general if not compared with CAT and and how to manage the time b/w the 3 sections.

02:18 PM

Pooja Wanpal

So basically to give you guys an overview of the TISSNET - It will have 3 sections - a) GK (35%) b) LR and Verbal c) Quant. The overall difficulty level is not as high as other exams. There is a cutoff that will be declared, and all the candidates above that cutoff will appear for the further process.

02:20 PM

Prt R

Hi Pooja, Level of difficulty in general if not compared with CAT and and how to manage the time b/w the 3 sections.

02:18 PM

Pooja Wanpal

It is moderate to hard. Each question is for 1 mark with no negative marking. To manage time between sections, I always went for my strongest section first, which was verbal and LR, and then moved on to Quant, and the GK. You have to keep an eye on the clock though! It would be a good idea to give a few mocks and prepare your strategy accordingly!

02:21 PM

BaNi KaUr

Thank you so much for your time :)

02:22 PM

Prt R

Thanks Pooja !! Is it good to mark fluke if not able to solve a particular question ??

02:24 PM

BaNi KaUr

Thank you so much for your time :)

02:22 PM

Pooja Wanpal

No problem :) I will be hosting chats tomorrow and day after about interview process, and Life at TISS. If you are interested, please feel free to join :) Good luck!

02:24 PM

Prt R

Thanks Pooja !! Is it good to mark fluke if not able to solve a particular question ??

02:24 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Absolutely! Since TISSNET has no negative marking you might as well recall deities above/below/ubiquitous and mark an option :D

02:25 PM

Prt R

Thanks Pooja for helping out ! :)

02:26 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Thank you so much :)

02:26 PM

UDAY SAHU

Hi Pooja..What will be the tentative cutoff for ST category?

02:26 PM

UDAY SAHU

Hi Pooja..What will be the tentative cutoff for ST category?

02:27 PM

Prt R

Thanks Pooja for helping out ! :)

02:26 PM

Pooja Wanpal

No problem! I will be hosting chats tomorrow and day after on the interview process and life at TISS, so if you have any questions, do feel free to join in :)

02:29 PM

Deepanshi Sharma

Thank you so much :)

02:26 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Not an issue! Good luck for the exam.

02:30 PM

UDAY SAHU

Hi Pooja..What will be the tentative cutoff for ST category?

02:26 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Hi Uday, the cutoff varies each year, so I will not be able to pin it down :/

02:30 PM

UDAY SAHU

Waiting for your reply Pooja

02:32 PM

UDAY SAHU

Waiting for your reply Pooja

02:32 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Hi Uday, As I said, it varies so it is difficult to pin down one number. :)

02:35 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

hi Pooja can you suggest some source for covering current affairs?

02:48 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

hi Pooja can you suggest some source for covering current affairs?

02:48 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Hi Tejaswini, you can definitely start with the Hindu, and Manorama. They are usually good sources for current affairs.

02:49 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

for TISSNET current affairs should be covered from which month before exam?

02:51 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

for TISSNET current affairs should be covered from which month before exam?

02:51 PM

Pooja Wanpal

It is really difficult to be specific with questions like these. I would advice minimum 4-6 months :)

02:53 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

ok Thank you so much :) Also in current affair dynamic part what is the percentage of person in news , awards and medals type of questions?

02:56 PM

Tejaswini Sharma

ok Thank you so much :) Also in current affair dynamic part what is the percentage of person in news , awards and medals type of questions?

02:56 PM

Pooja Wanpal

That varies from year to year so I really couldn't say

02:57 PM

Priyanka Azad

Hi Pooja..can you suggest which section of static gk should we focus more on..like indian polity..or history..?? What should be our area of focus??

02:59 PM

Priyanka Azad

Hi Pooja..can you suggest which section of static gk should we focus more on..like indian polity..or history..?? What should be our area of focus??

02:59 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Static GK is really hard to predict. My advice would be to focus on dynamic GK and link it back to static.

03:01 PM

Pooja Wanpal

Thanks everyone for joining today's chat. Tomorrow's chat will also be from 7:30 to 8:30 and will focus on the interview process for TISS. Good luck :)

03:02 PM