Placement Papers - Snapdeal
Snapdeal Interview Experience - NITIE (Mumbai), 30th September 2015
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Interview Process at NITIE.
"I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about. The summer internship process of Snapdeal was one of a kind. Being an E-commerce firm where the working environment is extremely vibrant they want to know what and how their employees think differently.
Company presentation:
The process started with company presentation by one of the HR (Lokesh Sikka) providing fruitful knowledge about his career advancement in e-commerce and the e-commerce industry as a whole. He also highlighted the work culture of the organization, how Snapdeal started, what made it different from other giant firms like banks, and why we should not join the company. The talk persuaded me to work for such an awesome place where I would get immense opportunities and a challenging job to prove my mettle. This enthusiasm stayed with me throughout the process.
Round 1: Aptitude Test.
This was an elimination round as there were many candidates shortlisted by the company. It included an online aptitude test and psychometric test.
Round 2: Group Activity.
On a fine morning next day, we were called for second round which included group activity. We were asked to introduce ourselves and then given a logical problem in the form of clues distributed to each member of the group. We had to logically arrange the data points and come up with the solution as a whole group. So it was necessary for us to listen to each and every point and work as a group to find the solution. The comments of the HR at the end of the discussion was that he found it well strategized. I found this process makes more sense than GD as the purpose of a group activity is finding out how the group dynamics work and how participants contribute to achieving common goal.
Round 3: Personal Interview.
The process of interview for me was again different as I was called upon with another interviewee for a face off interview. The HR had already taken many interviews and so he decide to throw some unconventional questions starting from why should we not hire you. I linked it with the presentation and told him all the points why we should not join the company supporting my arguments with suitable examples from my past experiences. Next he asked my fellow interviewee why they should hire him (10 bold points), and I was asked the same giving additional points. Then we were asked about our passions and grilled down on how much we know about the things we love. At the end we were asked to give a 60 second elevator speech and HR was kind enough to provide us 2 minutes to process our thoughts and even write them. After the elevator speech we were asked individually why they shouldn't hire the other person. The Results were announced by the HR tagging us at their #summersault2015 page on Twitter.
Useful tips:
Snapdeal looks for people with a creative bend of mind who can innovate as the structure of e-commerce is highly competitive and they want to leverage on first movers advantage in engaging with customers and suppliers. Be honest to yourself, know about your strengths and try to know about the company you want to work for because at the end, one should be satisfied with the job. Gain maximum knowledge about the work domain from Google, Youtube and recent news.
HR are friendly, ask relevant questions and they will be happy to answer your queries. Make the interview more of a conversation and engage with the interviewer in discussing your thoughts and ideas.
Profiles offered:
Supply chain.
Project Manager (technology) - Operations/SCM.
Account Management.
Business Development.
"I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about. The summer internship process of Snapdeal was one of a kind. Being an E-commerce firm where the working environment is extremely vibrant they want to know what and how their employees think differently.
Company presentation:
The process started with company presentation by one of the HR (Lokesh Sikka) providing fruitful knowledge about his career advancement in e-commerce and the e-commerce industry as a whole. He also highlighted the work culture of the organization, how Snapdeal started, what made it different from other giant firms like banks, and why we should not join the company. The talk persuaded me to work for such an awesome place where I would get immense opportunities and a challenging job to prove my mettle. This enthusiasm stayed with me throughout the process.
Round 1: Aptitude Test.
This was an elimination round as there were many candidates shortlisted by the company. It included an online aptitude test and psychometric test.
Round 2: Group Activity.
On a fine morning next day, we were called for second round which included group activity. We were asked to introduce ourselves and then given a logical problem in the form of clues distributed to each member of the group. We had to logically arrange the data points and come up with the solution as a whole group. So it was necessary for us to listen to each and every point and work as a group to find the solution. The comments of the HR at the end of the discussion was that he found it well strategized. I found this process makes more sense than GD as the purpose of a group activity is finding out how the group dynamics work and how participants contribute to achieving common goal.
Round 3: Personal Interview.
The process of interview for me was again different as I was called upon with another interviewee for a face off interview. The HR had already taken many interviews and so he decide to throw some unconventional questions starting from why should we not hire you. I linked it with the presentation and told him all the points why we should not join the company supporting my arguments with suitable examples from my past experiences. Next he asked my fellow interviewee why they should hire him (10 bold points), and I was asked the same giving additional points. Then we were asked about our passions and grilled down on how much we know about the things we love. At the end we were asked to give a 60 second elevator speech and HR was kind enough to provide us 2 minutes to process our thoughts and even write them. After the elevator speech we were asked individually why they shouldn't hire the other person. The Results were announced by the HR tagging us at their #summersault2015 page on Twitter.
Useful tips:
Snapdeal looks for people with a creative bend of mind who can innovate as the structure of e-commerce is highly competitive and they want to leverage on first movers advantage in engaging with customers and suppliers. Be honest to yourself, know about your strengths and try to know about the company you want to work for because at the end, one should be satisfied with the job. Gain maximum knowledge about the work domain from Google, Youtube and recent news.
HR are friendly, ask relevant questions and they will be happy to answer your queries. Make the interview more of a conversation and engage with the interviewer in discussing your thoughts and ideas.
Profiles offered:
Supply chain.
Project Manager (technology) - Operations/SCM.
Account Management.
Business Development.
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