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    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure: GE-PI Process, Important Dates, Cutoff & Admission Criteria

    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure: GE-PI Process, Important Dates, Cutoff & Admission Criteria

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    Team Careers360Updated on 11 Jun 2026, 11:58 AM IST

    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure : Symbiosis International (Deemed) University is conducting the SNAP 2025 in three phases. The SNAP 2025 selection procedure for SIU university includes several stages - like SNAP 2025 exam and the SNAP 2025 Interview and GD round by the individual SNAP colleges. SNAP 2025 selection for the 17 SIU colleges will be based on the SNAP 2025 score (50%), Personal Interview (40%) and the group discussion (10%). The SNAP result 2025 will be announced by SIU on January 09, 2026. Those who qualified in the SNAP exam, can participate in the SNAP selection process 2025 for which the schedule is released on the official website, snaptest.org.

    This Story also Contains

    1. SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure 2025
    2. SNAP 2025 Selection Process Dates
    3. SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure
    4. SNAP 2025 Merit List
    5. SNAP 2025 Participating Institutes
    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure: GE-PI Process, Important Dates, Cutoff & Admission Criteria
    SNAP Selection Process

    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure 2025

    Check out the important points regarding the SNAP 2026 admission process:

    • Candidates will be shortlisted for the further stages of the SNAP selection process based on their performance in the SNAP 2025
    • The SNAP selection procedure will consist of Group Exercise, and Personal Interaction (GE-PI).
    • It will be mandatory for candidates to attend all the components/tests of GE-PI to be eligible for taking admission in any PG programme.
    • The selection process of SNAP 2025 will be carried out in the offline mode. Candidates who have appeared for the SNAP 2025 exam and have matched the SNAP 2025 Cutoff for the respective SIU colleges.
    • SNAP selection procedure includes GE-PI rounds which may vary across all SNAP participating institutes.
    • Candidates can appear in the three of SNAP 2025 exam. If a candidate appears for the all the SNAP 2025 exam then the exam in which he/she scores higher will be taken into consideration for the purpose of final percentile calculation.

    SNAP 2025 Selection Process Dates

    Symbiosis International (Deemed) University participating institutes offer different specializations in postgraduate courses to candidates. SNAP is conducted every year to provide admission to candidates in MBA programmes in the participating institutes of SNAP. Below mentioned are the dates of SNAP are updated as per SIU.

    SNAP 2025 Important Dates:

    SNAP 2025 Event

    SNAP 2025 Dates

    SNAP 2025 Exam Dates

    • SNAP 2025 Test 1 Exam date is December 06, 2025.
    • SNAP 2025 Test 2 Exam date is December 14, 2025.
    • SNAP 2025 Test 1 Exam date is December 20, 2025.

    SNAP 2025 Result Date

    January 9, 2026

    SNAP 2025 Selection Procedure

    The first step itself is giving the computer-based exam. On qualifying for SNAP 2025, eligible candidates will be called for step 2 which is GE-PI i.e. Group Exercise, and Personal Interaction. Candidates willing to take admission in post-graduate courses from participating colleges of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University are required to follow the SIBM Selection Process.

    Symbiosis Selection Process Steps:

    Step 1

    SNAP 2025 Exam

    Step 2

    GE-PI

    As the result of SNAP 2025 will be declared, candidates will have to register themselves for further selection rounds of SNAP 2025. Candidates will have to register for further processes with the participating institutes separately. It is to be noted that merely qualifying for the SNAP 2025 entrance exam alone will not open the gates of SIU’s participating colleges.

    Clearing Stage 2 is furthermore important for getting admission. Participating institutes conduct the admission process separately for every program offered by them. Step 2 of the SNAP 2025 selection procedure is further divided into the following parts.

    • Registration (Rs 1000 + tax)
    • Group Exercise (GE)
    • Personal Interaction(PI)
    • SNAP Cutoff 2025
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    To get a call for step 2, all candidates are required to clear the SNAP 2025 cutoff as per the participating institutes of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University. SNAP 2025 cutoff is the minimum mark that a candidate needs to secure to get shortlisted for the further rounds of the selection process which includes GE-PI.

    Individual SNAP 2025 cutoff lists will be issued by the SNAP participating institutes on the basis of certain factors like reservation criteria, availability of seats, the difficulty level of SNAP entrance test, etc.

    Basic details related to the three steps of stage 2 are provided below:

    Step 1 of Round 2: Group Exercise (GE)

    • Candidates qualifying for SNAP 2025 will get on the SNAP 2025 cutoff list and will be called for the GE round.
    • Group exercises will be conducted to judge a candidate’s skill and potential. This round is very similar to group discussion in which candidates will be allotted a topic and will be judged on their communication, problem-solving as well as focusing abilities.
    • 7-8 candidates will be divided into a group and will discuss the given topic for about 15-20 minutes.

    Step 2 of Round 2: Personal Interaction (PI)

    • The next stage for the SNAP 2025 selection is the
    • Selected candidates of the GE round, will be further called for personal interaction round.
    • Mainly conducted to judge the interpersonal skills along with the confidence of the candidate.

    SNAP 2025 Merit List

    In the GE-PI step, candidates are required to attend all the components to be eligible for taking admission in postgraduate programmes of SNAP 2025 participating colleges. Those candidates who will appear for all components of the GE-PI will be considered and will be either on the wait or merit or reject list.

    Absenteeism in any of the one component/tests will lead to the cancellation of candidature. Based on the admissions of previous years, the parameters of the SNAP 2025 merit list are expected to be alike without any changes.

    Also Read: SNAP Preparation Guide

    SNAP 2025 Admission Weightage

    SNAP 2025 Selection

    SIBM Pune Selection Weightage

    SNAP 2025 Score (out of 60, scaled down to 50 marks)

    50

    Group Exercise (GE)

    10

    Personal Interaction (PI)

    40

    Total

    100

    Note: Cutoff Merit List and Waitlist will be displayed Category-wise on the official website of the participating institutes.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: How can I get selected in SIBM Pune?
    A:

    In order to get selected at SIBM Pune, candidates will have to write SNAP entrance test and they will have to appear for the further selection rounds.

    Q: What is the selection process for SNAP?
    A:

    The selection process of SIBM consists:-

    • Group Exercise (GE)
    • Personal Interaction(PI)
    Q: Is SNAP a hard exam?
    A:

    As per trends, the overall SNAP exam difficulty level ranges from easy to moderate.

    Q: How many rounds are there in SNAP selection procedure?
    A:

    Mainly two rounds form the selection procedure of SNAP 2024. Round 1 consists of the SNAP 2024 entrance exam. After which round 2 i.e. GE-PI commences.

    Q: When will the GE-PI round of SNAP 2024 commence?
    A:

    The SNAP exam's GE-PI will tentatively commence from the third week of February 2025.

    Q: Who will release the SNAP 2024 merit list?
    A:

    Symbiosis International (Deemed) University will release SNAP merit list 2024 on the basis of the weightage criteria of both steps i.e. SNAP 2024 and GE-PI.

    Q: Will the participating institutes’ issue individual cutoff lists or a combined cutoff for SNAP selection procedure will be issued by SIU?
    A:

    All the 15 participating institutes will issue a separate cutoff list for the selection procedure of SNAP 2024.

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