It is important for a student to take a decision regarding the Engineering Branch to pursue after they decide to do engineering which is in synchronicity with their work life interests and their abilities. Every student, ideally, would like to choose a Branch that will enable them to have a career that leaves them fulfilled giving mental piece and satisfaction.

When Abilities and Interest is combined it tells the potential of the person to perform the task given. If the student knows his or her potential it will be easy to take decisions related to his career easily. It must be remembered that while interest and ability are separate from each other and can exist as separate entities yet, both interest and ability are necessary conditions for successful performance in a given work situation - but neither is sufficient on its own

It is a work sample exercise. It has the following benefits:

• It helps in fast branch selection.
• It gauges hidden interest and abilities in a subtle manner.
• It asks people to make fast decision based on practical judgments and situations.
• It reflects work related situations and checks how well people would perform on such situations.
• Provides evidence about an individual's performance against a range of work place competencies which are considered key to a role.
• It minimizes subjectivity, bias and irrelevance in the branch selection process

Need of Engineering Branch Selector:

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• The key factors one should keep in mind while preferring a branch are interest in the subject, scope for job and PG studies in India or abroad, Branch or college, and which branch is the best? The dilemma for an engineering aspirant seldom gets answered satisfactorily. Free suggestions from the near and dear ones, who gather information from unqualified people, further add to the confusion. Finally, what the information-hungry student gets is distorted information emanating from two or three different layers of non-professional counselors. So it becomes all the more important for some solid advice on the courses students wish to pursue and the

• Work life after graduation is also a practical matter. It is critical to understand what kind of professional work is expected out of you once you take up a job. For instance, Civil Engineering means a lot of field-work and if you are not suited for that, you better not choose Civil Engineering in the first place.