The Art of the Interview
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The Samvad App

Your mentors, in your pocket. Every single day.

All of Samvad Junior, in one hand. Officer-taught courses. A GK capsule every morning. A fitness tracker that actually logs the runs. Mock boards booked in two taps. Handbooks work offline — a hostel signal is not a reason to stop.

Scroll to look inside Free with every Samvad Junior enrolment iOS 15+ · Android 9+ · Works offline
Cadets during a Samvad training session
Capsule · Tuesday
Why RIMC feeds the NDA — 200 words
Resume course
The Viva Board · Lesson 8 of 24
Fitness · Week 14
2.4 km tempo — last run 12:04
Mock board booked
Sunday 10:00 · Cdr Rahul (Retd.)
Offline library
RIMC Handbook · 4 chapters saved
Question bank
Mensuration · 18 of 25 correct
Streak
61 days · longest yet

The home screen

One screen. One clear next action.

Children don't abandon preparation because it's hard. They abandon it because, on a Tuesday evening, nobody can say what to do next. The home screen answers exactly that — today's capsule, the lesson you left, the run you owe, the board you booked.

Everything else sits one tap away. Deliberately out of the way.

Daily plan Offline handbooks Mentor inbox

Inside the app

Nine things it does — and does properly.

Not a video dump with a login screen. Every feature existed in a Dehradun classroom first — and was built to survive a hostel connection.

— i

Recorded video courses

The full Junior syllabus — RIMC, RMS, viva, GK, personality development — in 8–14 minute lessons, taught by the same officers who run the offline sessions. Watch at 1.5×. Rewatch forever.

— ii

Daily GK capsules

Two hundred words every morning — each ending with the follow-up an officer would actually ask. Short enough to read before school. Specific enough to quote in an interview.

— iii

24-week fitness tracker

The full 24-week programme — runs, sets, rest days — logged session by session. The app plots the curve, so a child sees the 2.4 km time falling. Not takes it on faith.

— iv

Mock interview booking

Choose a slot; get the link and a preparation brief. Boards run to the real format — three assessors, your PIQ in front of them, a written assessment by evening.

— v

Handbooks, offline

Every handbook on the device — search, highlights, bookmarks. They open with aeroplane mode on. Which is how boarding school works, in practice.

— vi

Progress reports for parents

A weekly digest in plain English — lessons, capsules, runs, accuracy, mentor remarks. No vanity graphs. And an honest note when the week has been thin.

— vii

Streaks and reminders

A nudge at a time you choose. A streak that rewards showing up, not showing off. A freeze day each month for illness or exams. Preparation is a habit problem long before it is a syllabus problem.

— viii

Doubt-clearing with mentors

Ask by text or a thirty-second voice note; a mentor answers, usually the same day. Threads stay attached to their lesson — revisit the topic, and the answer comes back with it.

— ix

Practice question banks

Thousands of questions modelled on past RIMC and RMS papers, with timed sectionals for the phase where speed decides everything. Wrong answers return until the topic is genuinely closed.

How it works

Four steps to a daily rhythm.

Set up inside twenty minutes. Then the app decides the order of the day — and the child decides how hard to push.

Talk to us before you start
Step 01 · Two minutes

Download and sign in

Install, and sign in with your enrolment number. Everything unlocks immediately. No queues, no separate accounts.

Step 02 · Forty minutes

Take the diagnostic

A baseline in English, Maths and GK, plus a fitness self-test. Deliberately uncomfortable — an accurate starting line beats a flattering one.

Step 03 · Every day

Follow your daily plan

One lesson. One capsule. One question set. One run. Built from your diagnostic and your exam date. Miss a day, and the plan rebalances — instead of piling up guilt.

Step 04 · Every month

Book your mock board

Three assessors. Twenty minutes. A written assessment the same evening. Book the next board before you close the app — improvement between boards is the number that matters.

Built for parents too

You get your own view.
Not your child's password.

A separate parent login — enough to help, not enough to become another argument.

Weekly progress digest

Every Sunday evening: lessons, capsules, accuracy, and where the week fell short. Written for a parent with ninety seconds — not a dashboard analyst.

See a sample report

Attendance and streaks

Streaks, attendance, and runs actually logged — not merely scheduled. Three quiet days? You're told once. Quietly. No red alerts.

How we handle nudges

Mock interview recordings

Every board recorded, with the assessor's remarks beside it. Board one against board four is the clearest evidence of progress a family will see all year.

Ask about mock boards

Direct mentor messaging

Message the mentor directly — about pace, confidence, or an entrance you're reconsidering. Replies come from the officer who teaches the class. Not a script-reading desk.

Meet the mentors

By the numbers

What a year on the app contains.

0wk
Fitness programme
0
GK capsules a year
0×
Mock boards included
0+
Recorded lessons

Questions

Everything families ask before installing.

Is the app free? +
Free to download. The daily capsule, library and diagnostic are open to everyone. Everything else comes with a Samvad Junior enrolment — no subscription, no in-app purchases.
Which devices does it run on? +
iOS 15+ and Android 9+. It runs comfortably on a four-year-old handset — deliberately. A full lesson costs roughly the data of a short reel.
Does it work offline? +
Yes. Download over Wi-Fi, use with no connection at all — built for hostels and hill stations where signal is a rumour. Everything syncs the next time you're online.
Can one account cover two children? +
One parent login, multiple child profiles — each with its own plan, streak and board history. Siblings on different entrances get separate syllabi. Enrolment is per child; management is one place.
How do mock interview bookings work? +
Pick a slot, confirm, get the link and a brief. Boards run 20–25 minutes in the real format; the written assessment lands the same day. Reschedule free up to twelve hours ahead.
How is progress shared with parents? +
Through your own login — never your child's. You see the digest, streaks, accuracy, every board recording, and a direct mentor thread. You do not see individual practice attempts. A child needs somewhere safe to be wrong.

Start today

Install it tonight.
Begin tomorrow morning.

Take the diagnostic. Read your first capsule. Let a mentor see the result before you commit to anything. Twenty minutes with us beats a month of guessing.

Prefer to read first? The free resource library has the handbooks, checklists and timelines.