In this article, Dr. Arpita Sen , a student of NMIMS Mumbai who interned at Cognizant in the Human Resources domain talks about her summer internship experience. Find out about how she prepared for the summer placements, her onboarding process, her experiences & what her learnings are during this internship.
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Hi, Tell us about how you got selected for this internship? Take us through the moment you realized you had got the internship.
It was a wonderful experience for me. I got selected in Cognizant through Campus Placement. Our college mentors had prepared us rigorously for the entire placement process and hence I was a lot confident in appearing in various rounds. I was sure I am going to land the internship within 5 min of my interview from the flow of the interview.
On joining the company as an intern, how has your onboarding experience been like?
It was the most seamless experience I had seen so far. The team was very cognizant of the fact that most of us have never seen the insides of a corporate before. So they took all the time in explaining each and every aspect of the company and administration.
How has your interaction with the team members and colleagues been like? How will you make sure to leave the best impression on your supervisors by the end of the internship?
I received a really warm introduction on day 1 in the team. My mentor explained to me my project and expectations in a detailed manner. To ensure that there are no gaps in understanding the expectations, I maintained daily calls and talked about my progress regularly. One should be pro-active to take on additional duties when the task given at hand is manageable. It helps to establish a deeper bond with your team.
Tell us in brief, about the project you are currently working on and how is this project going to help the company?
Being an HR, talent acquisition is an integral part of my job. Having a strong talent force is required for the optimum functioning of the company. Through my project, I had an wonderful opportunity to learn the basics of technical recruiting.
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TIMELINE, PROCESS AND RULES
- You don't need to register on InsideIIM.com or on the Kampus App to take part in Summer Saga Season 8. Simply share your experiences in the Digital Diary. To maintain standardisation, every Digital Diary will have a few questions that you'll need to answer.
- Access all the Digital Diaries forms from here: Digital Diary 1 | Digital Diary 2 | Digital Diary 3 | Digital Diary 4 | Digital Diary 5
- Your overall submission will be evaluated on the following parameters:
-Completeness: This depends on the number of Digital Diaries you have filled.
-Value Addition: This depends on how in-depth your answers have been. The score for this parameter will be given by our Judges.
-Reach: This depends on how many unique people have read your internship experience once we publish the article. We maintain fair play, we will publish all the articles on the same day, so that you can also share the same in your network.
- There is also a title called, ‘Campus With The Most Interesting Interns’ that will be awarded to (a) the campus that submits the maximum number of entries and (b) the campus that submits the best quality entries (based on the score given by our judges). The minimum entries from campus to be considered for this title is 10. So, if you want your campus to win the title then make sure your classmates and other students from your b school share their experiences in this year's Summer Saga Competition.
This competition is broadly divided into four categories. Refer to the table below to know more about prizes in each category.
Prize Money
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Category
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Banking and Finance
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Sales, Marketing and General Management
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Operations
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HR, Consulting and Others
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| 1st Prize |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
| Runner Up |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
The 1st Prize winner will also get a one-hour 1-on-1 career guidance session with an industry stalwart, from our panel of mentors in Kounsel.
ABOUT THE JUDGES
Every year, we have Campus Managers from some of the top companies (such as Reliance, HSBC, Flipkart, ABG, HUL, TAS, etc) judging the annual Summer Saga competition. We will release the details of the judges of Summer Saga Season 8 soon!
Check out the previous year's
winners!
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Maybe this will help you reflect and recall these two months as well (which can come in handy when appearing for interviews in the future). InsideIIM is the perfect platform to chronicle your experiences, your highs, your lows and everything in between.
So guys, what are you waiting for? Start writing! You have a voice. You have the experience. Make the best of it!