Google Wordmasters Challenge : Finding India’s Best Writers
September 21st, 2006
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Google Wordmasters Challenge aims to find and reward India’s best writers. The contest is open only to the first 300 participants and the deadline for entries is 25th September 2006. The contest will take place on Saturday 30th September 2006, at 11am.
The contest will be judged by a panel of respected professional writers. The Google Wordmasters Challenge shall be conducted simultaneously at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Cochin, Pune, Indore and Ahmedabad. The winners will be announced around 30 October, 2006. Read the terms. Besides some exciting awards, you might land up with a Google job!
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will it be held online,if online then which site do i need to log on to for participation.(i have already registered).
Where can we find the names of those shortlisted for the contest?
it was a big opportunity unfortunately missed due to acute fever but i’ll wait for same.
i am happy to know that i have been shorlisted in the 300 participant’s of ahemdabad………….i am looking forward to this opportunity…….i know the competition is going to get tough but “without competition winning is like begging” & i never liked to do it that way………..
it doesn’t matter to win or lose what matters is to give in ur best……….& that is what i believe in……
my best of luck to all the participants…….
I will come in from B’lore
i am already enrolled in the program lets see if i am competant enough to win…. do pray if u get spare time on my behalf as well….
every challenge is an opportunity to excell…to push the boundaries of one’s limitations. Win or lose, i want to make the most of it.
I have not received any information on the contest to take place on 30th september. Please advise regarding the venue and the name of the selected candidates.
Thank Google! i will participate on 30th for Google wordmasters challenge in Kolkata.If you are looking for best writer and exceptional individual to join the Google team in India then your search will be end in me.
Sorry about that…
As I was saying, anybody who has any
information regarding how a registered
person is expected to find out whether he
has been short-listed or not, and if he has,
how he could find out the timing and the
venue of the contest is requested to send
an e-mail to ohmkarj@yahoo.com.
Thanks!
Hi All! I received a call and an email to confirm my presence for the test, and ofcourse I confirmed it. I’ll be participating from Ahemadabad. Thank you Google, for this oppurtunity to see how good a writer I really am and this golden chance for a Google Job – in the company we all so admire but hardly know how to join. May the best people win and may Google live forever! Good luck to all. Cheers!
I had registered for the Google Wordmasters 2006 on the last day – 26th September 2006 (Monday) for Delhi. Till now (24 hours before the contest) I have not received any invite, nor any intimation of the venue in Delhi.
Debasish Mukherjee
STILL AWAITING CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION . GOOGLE , KINDLY ADVISE.
THANKS !!
Thank you for accepting my application. Though I have been intimated by SMS, I have not yet received the invitation by e-mail, which needs to be produced at the registration desk tomorrow. Pl advise. What should I do next?
Hi,
Can somebody tell me the time of the contest in Bangalore?
I received a sms saying it is at Baldwins Boys High School but they did not mention time of the contest.
Thanks.
People, if at all you wanted to take part in google wordmasters. You needed to register on http://www.google.co.in/wordmasters. Dates are gone now.
Couldn’t help but just laugh at the comments. What happened to even small amounts of common sense?
Are we so lost?
Cant people read? – Well looks like they can – but understand a wee bit at the very least?
where in pune do i go to appear for the contest
The contest was a well organized, and very interesting too! It sures will bring out the talent google wants. Participation itself was an exposure.Thank u google for the opportunity. U can hire many of us as free lancers.
I’m Hitesh from Pune. I haven’t any feedback yet on my registration. awaiting for ur +ve response!
Registration confirmed on Wednesday,
September 20, 2006:
Thank you for registering to attend the Google Worldmaster challenge. We will be in touch with you shortly.
The Google Team
Still waiting to be touched – I am deeply touched
Gopal Pillai
October 01, 2006.
Google Wordmasters 2006 – an experience
Google Wordmasters was conducted across 10 cities in 10 cities across the country. I was one of the lucky 3000 who participated in the contest.
Here’s the experience from a man who experienced it.
I was a participant at Ahmedabad centre. At first the misconception (not only to me but to a lot of participants) was that only 300 out of the whole country would be there. So I expected around 20-30 from Ahmedabad as this was a city with the least IT savvy people compared to the other cities but to my awe, as soon as I saw around 250 people standing in the registration line, I knew I was wrong.
Hence, the conclusion was there were gonna be 2999 competiors for me !!
As I reached there, I was given a registration number at the desk and then we were led to an air conditioned auditorium. The venue was nice but still a lot of doubts here and there.
We could see a couple of youths in Google Tshirts making people envious bout them. They were working actively on the event. The head of Google from Hyderabad, Sonia Flynn, was there. She gave amazing guidelines to the restless participants who wanted to clear each and every doubt in mind (of course, which was needed guys!!)
Sonia gave a small but nice presentation on GOOGLE and also about Wordmasters 06’.
But the funny thing, was the funny questions coming from the crowd like “Can I use smileys?” “What’s the least amount of words we can write a passage on?” “Can I use French words?” etc.
Sonia was amused by the questions but managed to answer.
They gave a printed paper on which there were 2 sets of words each of a set of 20. Parcipants had to choose one of the sets and write a passage. Conditions were no one can write a passage of more than 200 words, all 20 words have to appear once in the passage and time was 1 hour inclusive of 45 min of writing, 10 min of verifying and 5 min for final check.
I had studied what the competition was before many days and so was prepared but I was not sure of getting success owing to the poor English levels of Gujarat compared to the other cities, but the competition was not much dependant on the language. It was on smart use of the time to finish a creative passage with given constraints.
The words were simple, except a few. But for me it was stressful as I wrote the passage the first time in rough in very bad handwriting to get the theme, then a second time to get it more clear, then a 3rd time to see if its all correct grammatically and also if it contains all 20 words and finally the 4th time on the actual answer sheet they had given. I found that I had written 205 words. So cut off some unnecessary words here and there. Finally I ended up at 193 words.
We submitted it and that’s it.
They gave goody bags to all, containing a big notepad, a pen, a keychain all with Google logos.
Everyone’s waiting for a call from The Google HR team. But they would call only 10 and out of 10, 3 would be winners. They would get cash prizes, a distance learning course from some top foreign university and a tour to Hyderabad Google office.
Well, I had gone because I love that brand. I admire the way it’s come up and I admire the revolutionary products they come up with. Great going GOOGLE!!
Everyone’s waiting for 30th October 2006 !!!
contest was great!! It was an awesome experience… Carried the goody bag of google back home!
The experience was gr8,let’s keep our figures crossed!!:)
I was @ Kolkata. My GOOGLE goodie bag did not contain the key chain. Lets hear from other participants at the venue (I wasn’t too curious to look inside theirs )
It was great FUN, especially the doubts raised by the participants ! I felt I was back in my school English class, having regressed (or grown) to Harry’s age.
About the Essay, I was so focussed on my piece, that I managed to do it in a CRISP, concise 110 words. Then, later I tried to expand it to at least 150 by APPENDING some sentences. Before I coul finish the latter task, the warning bell had rung, and I started jotting down hurriedly on the fair sheet, whatever I had scribbled on the draft.
The ultimate result would be for the GOOGLERS to judge; but who dares stops me from dreaming that I won… by a wide margin….
Thats it folks, do share your experiences…..t
i got registered for the google wordmasters challenge. and that too on 23rd september.but no calls, no emails and no sms for the event. was quite disheartened. great for all of you who were selected. all the best for results. i’ ll catch u all up next time insome other contest.
I have written wordmasters challenge by google
and MY Experience are Given In:
http://wordmasterchallenge.fortunecity.com/
well…..thanks to google for carrying an event like wordmasters competition.
would like to know the date of the results and how do the winners get to know?
i have participated in the competition and is curious to know the results.
thank you!
hey guys
so the d day is here but i m not sure if the results are already out on the net
if anyone gets to know the result let me know
hi all aspirants!
I too am a participant of the Google Wordmasters Challenge and waiting expectantly for the results.I am not sure if they r still out.if anybody come across it plz let me know .I managed to portrait my essay with all 20 key words flashing within its net 196 word limit.
But till my eyes see the merit list i cant stop myself dreaming from being a part of the GOOGLE TEAM in my nearest future.Hope my destiny shines in the hands of the GOOGLERS…and i wish my name to step in the GOOGLE campus soon.
i second you ravindresh. have had butterflies i my stomach since yesterday…. no relief in sight though