In this article, Soham Shah, a student of XLRI Jamshedpur who interned at RPG Group in the Sales and Marketing 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.
The process had 2 rounds, the first one being a case cum situation-based GD and the second was a general PI. The moment I realized I had gotten the internship, I breathed a sigh of relief, removing my formal clothes and getting into casual ones. Then I knew I had to begin helping my fellow batchmates who were not yet placed and provide support in whatever possible way.
On joining the company as an intern, how has your onboarding experience been like?
The experience was superb. Fun ice-breaking activities coupled with insightful talks from all the senior leaders made it complete.
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?
Interaction has been regular and on point. I will leave the best impression by getting the work done, and showing results despite the odds.
Tell us in brief, about the project you are currently working on and how is this project going to help the company?
The project is based on developing a digital marketing campaign using various tools and techniques.
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Give us an overview of how you prepared for your summer placement season.
Read up on the necessary topics and took a couple of online courses
Based on your internship experience till now, what are some necessary skill sets one must be prepared with before starting an internship?
The skills necessary are Research Skills and PowerPoint making skills. The reason being that for any project you will have to do a lot of research, and hence knowing where all you can get relevant material is very beneficial and time-saving. PPT skills show the leaders and get them interested in what you have done.
What are some new skills that you have developed while working in the company?
Digital Marketing skills - I've learned what all digital marketing entails and how to implement the various campaigns real-time.
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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!