In this article, Soham Chaudhuri ,a student of IIM Shillong who interned at Deloitte USI in the Consulting domain talks about his summer internship experience. Find out about how he prepared for the summer placements, his onboarding process, his experiences & what his 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.
Deloitte USI happened to be one of the first companies that came onto our campus. After 21 months of experience in the operations domain, I was looking forward to exploring something new with MBA. With a lot of hopes, dreams and aspirations, I had joined IIM Shillong. Just a few months after entering, I won the Mahindra Rise Challenge 2020 and bagged a PPI, I was elated at first, but my hopes came crashing down when I couldn't clear the PPI. Lots of negative thoughts clouded my head, I felt I had just lost the opportunity of a lifetime, that I may not get a better internship than this. Deloitte USI was my first shortlist through the campus SIP process. I worked hard, networked with seniors and alumni on how to prepare, practiced mock cases with a friend. But ultimately the one thing that helped me keep a steady and cool head throughout the grueling three round interview process was the advice of my father - Go in without any expectations and just give it all you got. When I saw the first congratulations message pour in my Whatsapp, I felt numb, I was happy, but at the same time very level headed. I realised that the only thing that helps you in life is to brush aside failures and keep moving forward. The Deloitte internship eventually turned out to be the best thing for me, as I had immense personal growth and converted the coveted PPO
On joining the company as an intern, how has your onboarding experience been like?
The experience was amazing. The company was extremely professional, everyone was very helpful and ready to take out time from their busy schedule to teach as much as they could. We had sessions on every skill that is required by a consultant. Three days jam packed with learning and fun.
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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!