SNAP WAT/PI at SIMS

 I was selected for the WAT/PI of "Energy and Environment"(E&E), SIIB. My SNAP overall percentile was 69.83. For this course SNAP perc. from 27.4 were selected.

In the coming years MBA in E&E will have huge demand in the oil and gas sector. A student doing his master’s in Business Management with Energy and Environment will be able to deal effectively in energy audits, environmental economics and offer solutions in energy conservation which is the need of the hour. They will thus serve as experts who provide the crucial link between the world of technology, business and sustainable development.

My WAT/PI session was around 12pm on 7th feb, 2014 at SIMS, Pune. On reaching the center, document ordering started. I was asked for a copy of 10th, 12th, graduation(consolidated accepted) marksheet,  identity card (pan/license) and 4 copies bio-date(will be provided by them on the site for download). Till 1pm the ordering process took place and in between refreshments were provided(a sandwich of butter and tomato slices, good day biscuits and tea, sadly drinking water was not provided) . After that we were divided into groups for the selection process and sent to a seminar hall. Briefing session took place and then we were sent to classrooms for WAT. The WAT had two section- first one was on the topic "Technology is effecting the younger generation. Comment on it."(word limit: 600), second was on a picture depicting smoke emanating from the Taj Hotel, Mumbai and birds flying around(Word limit: 350). So, in this way they tested both creativity and your imagination.

Crowd was looking highly professional, candidates came with full executive dressing with suit, tie. PI started around 2:30 pm and continued till late 5 pm. Interview time period for each person was around 15 min. Again refreshments were provided, an ice cream and frooti. There were three person in the panel. A large table was there in between with one seat for the candidate. Group of panelist was highly selective, one was from technical department(probably a manger from a top company, mine was from mechanical department), second was from HR dept. and the third from the corporate world. All three didn't know each other. The technical person asked about my academics, few technical question- how does aeroplane take off? how does differential work? HR panelist asked why MBA, why E&E etc... The third was the most difficult one to cope up. He asked "Do you know what is your role as an E&E graduate in the Industry". If you try to give answer like managing, auditing the smoke emission etc... forget about the PI.

Overall interview was ok for my first attempt. No gk was asked by from me. If you have work exp. try to be thorough with your work and its relation with this field. B.Com students were totaling questioned about financial terms.