In this article, Pralhad Das, a student of IIM Raipur who interned at Tiger Analytics in the Consulting, talks about his summer internship experience. Find out about how he prepared for the summer placements, his onboarding process, experiences & what his learnings are during this internship.
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The interview started with the usual 'Tell me about yourself question, wherein I mentioned my educational background, my previous work experience, and the training that I have undergone during the course of my MBA journey (mostly training related to the specific job role). I am basically a non-engineer and have worked with Asian Paints Ltd. as a Quality and Production Officer prior to my MBA. The interviewer asked me to analyze the supply chain of Asian Paints, which I answered in detail and the interviewer seemed to be impressed.
Prior to our interview, we had undergone a shortlisting process, where we were given a case and we had to make a presentation and provide some solutions to the same.
The later part of the interview was mostly concentrated on the presentation that I had prepared and the solutions provided on the case. There were a few tough questions that were thrown at me which I tried to answer to the best of my knowledge. There were phases when I felt that the interviewer was not very happy with a few of my answers and cross-questioned me from different perspectives. I maintained my composure all throughout and tried to answer all his queries with utmost honesty and to the best of my knowledge.
The last part of the interview was the HR round, where I was asked about my ability to work in teams and my experience with my previous organization. In the end, I asked a few questions regarding their organization which the interviewer answered briefly.
Overall, my interview experience was quite fulfilling and also came with a lot of learning.
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🔔Take Part In Summer Saga S09 - The rounds are now live! 🔔
🏆Check The Rounds, Timeline, Process and Prize Money Below!🏆
⏲ Timeline⏲
| Round Zero - Start Date |
12.03.2022 |
| Round One |
30.04.2022 |
| Round Two |
25.05.2022 |
| End Date |
30.06.2022 |
| Results |
15.07.2022 |
Please note that there's no End Date for any particular round. The overall competition will get over on 15th June, 2021.
💰Prize Money💰
The total cash prize pool has been increased to ₹ 1,80,000 this season!
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Category |
| Prize Money |
Banking and Finance |
Sales and Marketing |
General Management |
Product And Program Management |
Consulting and Strategy |
Operations |
Human Resource Management |
Others |
| Winner |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
₹ 15,000 |
| Runner Up |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
₹ 7,500 |
Note: In case the 1st prize is shared there will be no second prize winner and the prize will be shared by the winners – ₹ 7,500 each.
Apart from the cash prize, All the winners and the ones with interesting entries will get a chance to get featured on InsideIIM's YouTube channel (270K+ subscribers) and share their story with the world!
✨Process✨
- The responses will be collated and published as an article on a real-time basis, starting from April. All the articles will be shared with our community (Monthly 1.5 mn+ views)
- Once you complete the rounds, your entries will be evaluated by our judges. Campus Managers from Reckitt, Unilever and TAS had evaluated the entries for Season 8. We will inform you regarding the judges by mid-May, 2022.
- You will be evaluated based on the value-addition and reach of your article. Make sure that you share your article with as many people as possible.
🎉Wait, that's not all!🎉
There is also a title called, ‘Campus With The Most Interesting Interns’ that will be awarded to the campus that submits the maximum number of interesting entries, based on the score given by the judges. (Minimum entries from campus to be considered for this title is 25). 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!