A Peacock In The World Of Penguins - Nishant Kumar's Internship Experience At JP Morgan And Chase
Company: J P Morgan and Chase
Company: J P Morgan and Chase
I have had a three-year stint in retail banking in a scheduled commercial bank but corporate banking and operations were all new to me and it is with slight trepidation that I entered the towering awe-inducing twelve storeyed building of Royal Bank of Scotland in Chennai. It was a mixed bag of excitement and nervousness on the first day but it helped to have a classmate joining the internship along with me who incidentally happens to be an ex-RBS employee and had great things to say about the organization. The proceedings began with a formal on boarding session through a video conference with all the interns across the offices in India and senior leader’s brief about the RBS way of internship, the work culture etc.
We were in IT hub of India to meet the class of 2020 for a Pre-MBA Social. They had a chat with top leaders in the field and their future recruiters from dream companies like Aditya Birla Group, Hindustan Unilever and Shell. The room was buzzing with nostalgic campus stories, stint and summer internship experiences and an informative Q&A session. The Konversations team brought in more fun with the 'Fachcha' quiz and an interactive guesstimate session. The day was complete with lunch, goodie bags with the YOBO handbook and T-shirts, and of course, ice cream (thanks, HUL). Here's a short video to sum up that power-packed day. Stay tuned for more.
On a fairly clouded day in Mumbai, we hosted an enthusiastic bunch of MBA students for what we call the Pre-MBA Social. They got to meet their future recruiters and leaders in the field from companies like Hindustan Unilever and Aditya Birla Group, and there was also a heart-to-heart session with Faiz Rehman and Prashant Mohanraj. The day was spent sharing summer internship experiences, campus stories, Q&A sessions and a lot of laughter. The Konversations team took the stage as well, for a fun-filled quiz session and a stand-up comedy performance. We signed off the day with some ice-cream, certificates and the YOBO handbook and T-shirt. Here's a short video to sum up that power-packed day. Stay tuned to for more.
Hello, First Year Students! Congratulations on cracking the tough rounds of GDs and PIs and making to your dream colleges. For the ones who did not get the college they wanted, chill! You still will be shot at with umpteen opportunities - one of the most important being the Summer Placements.
Even since we joined XIMB, we were told by seniors to start preparing for Summer Internship Programme (SIP). Having had an accounting & finance background, I always wanted to work in finance realm and HSBC was one of the top recruiters we had. I had heard about its tough selection process. “If you want to crack HSBC’s interview you need to start preparing seriously for it”, advised a senior months before HSBC IB came on campus. From that day onwards my primary target for SIP was HSBC IB. Being determined to crack the tough interviews, I started preparing seriously for it. Because what better could I get than working in HSBC Investment banking division itself. Needless to say that it is one of the best profiles in finance.
One can never know the answer to “Why MBA?” until they have been in a real corporate set-up.
The decision of moving from a cultural hotspot, Delhi to a different cultural hotpot, Bhubaneswar, in order to pursue MBA in Human Resources has been invigorating. Just like any other aspiring MBA student, I had a certain mindset before moving to a new place, which was in contrast to what the place had in store for me.