GMAT Club Interviews GMAC on May 8, 2020 - Post Your questions Here!

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GMAT Club Will Interview GMAC on Friday May 8th

Wanted to ask your questions to the GMAC directly? This is your chance!

GMAT Club will be conducting a YouTube Live Interview with GMAT Club's Souvik and GMAC's Vineet Chhabra, Senior Director of Product Management. You can learn more about Vineet from  this artice . The interview will take place at: 
 9 AM Los Angeles | 12 PM Yew York | 5 PM London | 9:30 PM New Delhi | 12 AM Shanghai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o89tSBIWEI

JOIN US for a Text Chat After YouTube Live Q&A to discuss the answers and new information together!  
  https://gmatclub.com/chat

Questions from GMAT Club:  
   Can you please clarify about the use of touchscreens, wireless mice, styles, mouse pens. Are any of these allowed and for what? 
  What about the break - what is allowed during the break? (e.g. leaving the room, use of personal devices, etc)? 
  Can you confirm that the GMAT online scores will not be included on the traditional score reports for tests taken before April 2020 or after June?  
  Have you done testing and scoring analysis to understand the impact of lack of scratch paper before introducing the whiteboard? 
  Geographic difference in scheduling/availability of test appointments - why would that be? 
   Your Questions - please post them in this discussion; you can also ask them in the live Q&A on YouTube

mehro023 · Answer

5. In one of the derbiefs of one of the students who gave the online exam, they said that the proctor was asking the student to not even mumble/objecting to the student moving their lips for the question they were reading, what is wrong in that ? For someone like me, i mumble even when i type let alone read and so mumbling the question is a natural reaction for me. Have there been any clear guidelines for proctors defined as to what is allowed and what is not allowed ? Objecting to moving of lips seems to be a little too much IMHO.

bb · Answer

Great question. Thanks for sending it in. I think it is worth perhaps asking about the overall behavior and proctor rules. Will add. Thanks!

BooRadley · Answer

Thanks GMAT Club team for organizing this interaction.

To add some more detail on Q5:

Since GMAT Online was supposed to provide flexibility with 24*7 availability of testing slots, why is there a lag time of atleast 10-15 days on appointment availability for GMAT Online? Is it because of lack of proctors? Is anything being done to resolve the same?

bb · Answer

Thanks so much! Will definitely add this question in the next batch of questions we send over and include them in the interview.
Thanks,
BB.

dcummins · Answer

Does he even lift, brah?

I'm kidding. In all seriousness, it would be good to understand what GMAC intends to do as percentile rankings become even more competitive. 
For example, a Q47 is 60th percentile. If that ranking deteriorates, then presumably the GMAT score is lower, so what does GMAC intend to do?

Maybe it has something to do with supply-demand of b-school applicants... (thinking out loud).

bb · Answer

I will also add a question about Gaming mice and any concerns about those.

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sourav2020 · Answer

Hi
We all came to know about this new method of GMAT online around 8 weeks before 15th June.
Will this date be extended?
Extension of date will do the following:
1. Help in preparation
2. Better practice of using whiteboard for which no decision has been taken to discard the same and use pen-paper.
3. The lockdown is extended throughout the world and its risky to give exam in test center even if lockdown ends in June end.

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Kimchili72 · Answer

In the case that Shelter in Place gets extended past June in many metropolitan areas, will GMAC reconsider the 1x limit for the GMAT Online? I would hate for there to be only one option to take the test for those applying this year.

anshu170494 · Answer

Can we use pen and paper during GMAT online. The instructions don't allow for it but for Maths section solving questions without pen and paper isn't feasible. So clarity on this would be highly appreciated.

esm8193 · Answer

Has there been communication with testing centers on opening with reduced capacity (maybe 1/2 or even 1/3) so social distancing can be maintained? My city in the Northeast USA has begun to open businesses, yet there are no test slots available until mid-July. It doesn't seem to me like safe testing arrangements would be too complex to arrange.

I attempted the GMAT online and didn't even have the opportunity to answer 1 question before it crashed. I lack confidence that it will go any smoother during my next attempt. Additionally, it's been 6 days and I have yet to hear anything about even scheduling my next attempt.

bb · Answer

I have not heard about any openings but my understanding is that tests and openings will be handled in a very localized manner. Some test centers in some countries have never closed, Brazil for example and some have open this week in Dubai for example. Your location may open sooner than the California location for example or vice versa...

Still, it is a Good question. The interview is about to begin in less than 30 minutes. Do you mind posting this during the interview in the YouTube chat comments? I can also post it as well during the discussion.

Thx
BB

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bb · Answer

You cannot use pen or paper on the GMAT online test. You can only use an online whiteboard. More info can be found here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-whitebo ... 21999.html Posted from my mobile device

sourav2020 · Answer

Hi
Can you pl ask/put my question too which I sent day before yesterday.

Hi
We all came to know about this new method of GMAT online around 8 weeks before 15th June.
Will this date be extended?
Extension of date will do the following:
1. Help in preparation
2. Better practice of using whiteboard for which no decision has been taken to discard the same and use pen-paper.
3. The lockdown is extended throughout the world and its risky to give exam in test center even if lockdown ends in June end.

Posted from my mobile device

schwob0809 · Answer

Is GMAC planning to increase the availability of GMAT online (e.g. taking it more than one time)?

Thanks

sumeeedha · Answer

What are the chances of GMAC extending this interim test beyond June 15 ? I really wish to go give it in the standard way

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