I’ve got a a friend from commerce background, who attended the SIBM Pune interview. Here’s his experience in brief.

Profile:

• Academics: 10th- 8.6 CGPA, 12th- 67%, Undergrad- 72.7%
• No work experience

The process starts with verification later group numbers are allotted and seating arrangements are made accordingly. Then starts the GEWAT process.

Group Exercise - 1: Basically it is a game of Tetris. During the first 5 minutes, you will be asked to solve a puzzle and in the next 5 – 7 minutes you can strict to your own puzzle or try to solve it as a team. In my friend’s case, no one was able to solve the puzzle within the assigned time.

Written ability test: A video is played for which you have to write the summary with an apt title in the allotted time. For my friend, it was a video of a man walking down the street with a briefcase. And suddenly he changes into a fishnet stocking, puts on a wig, and walks away.

Group Exercise 2: This is a case discussion. Prepare for topics like political issues, business strategies, and other common topics.

Personal Interview: You will be assigned a topic outside the interview room and given a minute to think. They will ask questions based on the topic in the interview. Personal questions apart from your academics are asked related to family background, questions regarding your resume, hobbies, etc. Some of the questions that my friend remembers being asked are as follows.

• Why do an MBA rather than pursuing a job?
• What did you do since your graduation?
• What is your family background?
• What are your hobbies?
• What are 3 things that you are unaware of yourself?

Later documents like snap admit cards and mark sheets will be verified.

Well, the answer is, it is completely depended on the branch that the student selects. However, the students' board examination and caste percentage also matter a lot in this regard.

Thereby, the actual thing is that if the student is from the OBC category and has 92% in the previous board examination, then only 160 marks are just enough to get right of entry in any decent branch, including Civil, EEE, Mech etc. but, if the student wants to get admission in CSE or ECE, then he or she has to score 180-190, at the minimum.

In the following previous year, cut-off (2020) is listed so that the student could find it beneficial.

However, a student can easily explore as well as predict what colleges shall be available on the basis of his or her JEE Mains ranks. If a student scores at least 200+ in the JEE Main, then there is a chance to get a good stream in a good institute.

I had a mixed experience on my first day at SVNIT. 

As a fresher, I was allotted a hostel room in GAJJAR BHAVAN. I found a huge crowd of freshers arriving at the hostel entrance. I signed the muster and went inside my hostel room. I had already seen my room during physical reporting, so I was not disappointed at all. I set up my room with the help of my mother, after which, I approached a senior who advised me to get a bicycle because my hostel is quite far from the new CRC building. While I was returning from the bicycle shop, it started raining heavily.

I reached my hostel somehow, and upon finishing all the formalities, me and my parents went to the mess to have our lunch. Upon finishing my lunch, I bid farewell to my parents. This was when I realized that I was on my own. I somehow managed my emotions and consolidated my weeping mother. 

After all that, I met a school friend who had fortunately gotten a room beside mine. We finished our dinner a few hours later, and went into my room. But there was a power cut soon after, and it lasted the next morning. I was a bit disappointed. My first night at the hostel was spent without a fan in the month of July. 

Despite all the difficulties, it was a start to an amazing journey. This is why I’ll never forget my first day at SVNIT. Also, not to forget, the mess food is actually good at our college.