First we were sent to an auditorium where we have to register ourselves and then they gave us a ID card we have to wear those ID cards till the end of the process. After that we were sent for WAT.
Technical Ability test:
It was 1 hour test comprising 16 questions. 3–4 question on probability, 2–3 question on pseudo code, 1 question on matrices, surface area and 3–4 questions on statistics i.e correlation coefficient, histogram, scatter plot, variance, std deviation etc.
Written Ability Test:
It was 30 Minutes test, it had two topics.
In the first question we were given a sentence I don’t remember the exact sentence but the gist was – ‘the demand side should be kept going. For this we need to get money in the hands of people who need it, people who will spend money now and in hands of poor people ’ we have to write in favor or against the sentence in 250 words.
In second question we had to interpret two images and write about it by connecting both the images in 200 words and give it a topic. The first image was of a person standing in the podium in front of a crowd and the other image was of a chess pawn and in its shadow we can see the image of king.
then we were taken for GD and GE in groups of 6–7 people.
Group Discussion:
We were given a case study that a fairness cream has an ad campaign in South Africa that the model gets fairer by using the cream but people misinterpreted it as racism. We have discuss the ways the company could have handled the problem and the ad campaign.
Group Exercise:
We were given 7 news headlines we have to select any four headlines, then explain and justify the selected points. we had chart papers, sketch pens, white board etc to make our presentation.
Personal Interview:
There was a lady P1 and a guy P2
P1- Give us a brief introduction about yourself.
me: When I said that I am a python dev they became more curious to know about my work as python is required in analytics.
P1- You have not written anything about your work in snapc form. why?? tell us more about what you do.
Me : Covered it by saying client confidentiality(its true :p ) and then explained my work at high level.
P2: Ok.. So how will you use analytics for employee retention? what are the data points that you will collect for retention.
I explained!
P2: who was the CEO of infy at ur time… I answered
P2: So he made a Work from home policy which retained many employees. tell us that kind of policies.. answered
P1- asked an question related to analytics which i couldn’t ans
P1- Since you know python and tableau then why not data scientist? why mba?
then they gave me a case study and I have to discuss problem statement and its solution .
Overall the panel was very nice and it was like a conversation. The process was very smooth. In the end we submitted our ID cards and went.
GEPIWAT date – 16th Feb 2020
First we were sent to an auditorium where we have to register ourselves and then they gave us a ID card we have to wear those ID cards till the end of the process. After that we were sent for WAT.
Technical Ability test:
It was 1 hour test comprising 16 questions. 3–4 question on probability, 2–3 question on pseudo code, 1 question on matrices, surface area and 3–4 questions on statistics i.e correlation coefficient, histogram, scatter plot, variance, std deviation etc.
Written Ability Test:
It was 30 Minutes test, it had two topics.
In the first question we were given a sentence I don’t remember the exact sentence but the gist was – ‘the demand side should be kept going. For this we need to get money in the hands of people who need it, people who will spend money now and in hands of poor people ’ we have to write in favor or against the sentence in 250 words.
In second question we had to interpret two images and write about it by connecting both the images in 200 words and give it a topic. The first image was of a person standing in the podium in front of a crowd and the other image was of a chess pawn and in its shadow we can see the image of king.
then we were taken for GD and GE in groups of 6–7 people.
Group Discussion:
We were given a case study that a fairness cream has an ad campaign in South Africa that the model gets fairer by using the cream but people misinterpreted it as racism. We have discuss the ways the company could have handled the problem and the ad campaign.
Group Exercise:
We were given 7 news headlines we have to select any four headlines, then explain and justify the selected points. we had chart papers, sketch pens, white board etc to make our presentation.
Personal Interview:
There was a lady P1 and a guy P2
P1- Give us a brief introduction about yourself.
me: When I said that I am a python dev they became more curious to know about my work as python is required in analytics.
P1- You have not written anything about your work in snapc form. why?? tell us more about what you do.
Me : Covered it by saying client confidentiality(its true :p ) and then explained my work at high level.
P2: Ok.. So how will you use analytics for employee retention? what are the data points that you will collect for retention.
I explained!
P2: who was the CEO of infy at ur time… I answered
P2: So he made a Work from home policy which retained many employees. tell us that kind of policies.. answered
P1- asked an question related to analytics which i couldn’t ans
P1- Since you know python and tableau then why not data scientist? why mba?
then they gave me a case study and I have to discuss problem statement and its solution .
Overall the panel was very nice and it was like a conversation. The process was very smooth. In the end we submitted our ID cards and went.
Background- 2.5 years work-ex in Cognizant as a Tester.
Course shortlisted for BA
WAT topic:
First Question-1 picture of a girl dancing 1 emoji 1 small sign of hammer
Write a story by decoding the picture
Second Question-9 word were given
had to construct a story with title including 3 words from the 9 words given
GE(Group Exercise):
A case study was given . A kind of decision making caselet that XAT gives was there. Had to select the 5 options according to their appropriateness and speak regarding that. There were members in the group.1 panelist was there to judge everyone. He said who will conclude.
PI(Personal Interview) 2 male panelists, 1 in 60s another relatively younger in 40s
-Introduce yourself
-Why MBA in Business Analytics
-I mentioned that I did a NPTEL course in Python from IIT Kgp in the form .They asked about that.
-Which fields Python is used?
-Explain your work.
-How do u relate work with MBA in Business Analytics.
-Did u ever face a situation where u gave a suggestion and ur manger did not agree to that. What did u do?
-Did u ever face a situation where u made a grave mistake in ur workplace ?
-Work takes all the time that is available. Give ur views to this statement
-How do u self motivate yourself?
-What is ur greatest failure in ur professional life
-Suppose there are 10 people in ur project and all are giving their own conclusion but u need to come to a common conclusion. What will u do to come to a common conclusion?
-Extempore – Gave nurse and law and later changed it to nurse and sleeve.
-Any other exam other than SNAP?
Remarks: This was my second B-School interview. This was my best call and an amazing experience overall.
Result- Waitlisted 202
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