In this article, Purojit Mitra , a student of SCMHRD Pune who interned at Genpact in the Operations and Supply Chain 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 24th November 2020, when I got a mail for the interview. Till that time, the company might have done the first stage Shortlisting process. Since, we are the batch for whom each and every process was virtual, I was skeptical about how will I perform, yet thinking that I should give my best by hook or by crook. I was asked to wait in the board room where a few others were also present. to my surprise the number of shortlisted candidates for the interview were a very few. I was extremely happy as well as anxious to see that. I was the second person whom they called for the interview. Talking about the interview, it was a very interactive onw, I would say. Since I had a decent work experience before MBA, most questions were asked pertaining to my work ex only and after that some HR questions. The interview was good I would as I could answer most of the questions. I got to know that I had been selected for the internship on 27th November, 2020. Trust me, it was the happiest day of my first year and My father's birthday as well. So it was a quite a joyous moment for me!
On joining the company as an intern, how has your onboarding experience been like?
The onboarding process has been very smooth and hassle free. The HRs have been very friendly and has left no stone untouched to take care of the interns. It has been really a very good experience for me. The brand of the company gets reflected by the overall conduct of the onboarding process!
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?
Right from the starting of onboarding process till date, the interaction with the teammates , project buddy and mentor has been extremely enriching, I would say! I know I ham with the company for mere 2 months but it feels like an employee when it comes to work. The amount of flexibility and ownership I am getting from the project is unparalleled! Its been a very memorable journey till now.
Tell us in brief, about the project you are currently working on and how is this project going to help the company?
I am very lucky that the project allotted to me is very dynamic and appropriate considering the current scenario. I have been asked to make a detailed vaccination drive for a certain business vertical of the company. My strategy should be such that the drive does not hamper the business continuity and yet employees get vaccinated. So , in a nut shell, this project I believe is really good to enhance my skillsets in operations and strategy!
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Give us an overview of how you prepared for your summer placement season.
Summer Placement preparations Starts the very day you enter into a B-School! I kept a very simple strategy! I kept myself updated with the recent happenings around the world and kept a notecopy for it. I used to read quite a lot of newspapers to be aware of the facts and figures(trust me this really works!). Apart from that, I spared a lot of time in making my CV, because for the summer placements, the companies look at what you have done in your past and how different are you from others. My seniors also helped me a lot in giving insights about the virtual placement process and the etiquettes to be followed for it.
Based on your internship experience till now, what are some necessary skill sets one must be prepared with before starting an internship?
As far as my experience till now, one must be very good at communication skills. By communication skills I mean to say, he/she should be able to express his/her views to the mentor and how exactly is the intern thinking about the project. One must be skilled in excel as well because eventually you will have to deal with lots of data. Apart from that regularity and punctuality is what is desired from the interns!
What are some new skills that you have developed while working in the company?
I have been learning a lot of data modelling tools and yes excel as well.
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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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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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