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The date was 2nd of April 2018 when my journey with Deloitte India (Offices of the US) began. It was a ‘dream come true’ moment for me to spend time with the many well-trained consultants across different offices in India as a “Management Intern”. The much-touted W2D (Welcome to Deloitte) session was conducted by the Bengaluru Deloitte Consulting Talent Team. We had our ID Cards punched, received state-of-the-art laptops within the first 30 minutes of arriving. We had Instructor-led sessions on “Deloitte’s Culture”, “Business Chemistry”, “Story Boarding” and were aligned to our respective service lines. Kudos go to the Talent Management team for assigning multiple buddies to make the stay at Deloitte smooth.
I believe Commitment, Attitude and Hard Work is the key to Success.
When I got an admission to an IIM, my only source of information was Chetan Bhagat’s Two States. And I couldn’t be any more disillusioned. While the idea of finding love in a hopeless place sounds exciting, few get the opportunity, or rather, the time to pursue such interests. Here is a glimpse of an average student’s daily itinerary.
It was the afternoon between two exams. Gloomy eyes I saw, it was ten past four, but I decided to sleep for some more time. Only a few moments might have passed and I was neither asleep nor awake, I was just hanging there waiting for some wild thought to sway me to sleep and then I heard some sound, I know it was familiar I have heard it before. I knew this sound. I thought I was thinking in my sleep! And, then it hit me, “it’s my ringtone” and I woke up to my ringing phone! There was no name displayed on the screen, Truecaller was trying to find the name but was only loading. It has been few days and Truecaller was not working properly for me. I half sleep I picked up the call, “Hi, it’s Dhruv calling from AP” I was attentive again, the sleep started to sweep away! I was going to Chennai, they have changed my location to Chennai from Bangalore! I felt different, I don’t know if it was due to sleep or was it my fear to go to a new place which I felt at that moment.
Hello! Class of 2019,
Summer internship undoubtedly is the highlight of the first year of your master's program in management. Starts with the anxiety of getting an offer, followed by a brief period of relief that lasts only until you're about to start work, post which it is the excitement of knowing your location and project and soon after it's the thrill of working on a challenging project that paves the way for massive learning. Towards the end of the internship, it's anxiety again – this time about evaluations and pre-placement offers.
Getting into a top b-school is just the beginning of your MBA journey, but it is what you do in the next two years that will determine your career. More importantly, the summer placements are what will be the most crucial part of this journey in the next two years. InsideIIM conducted a one of its kind workshop called the Konversations Cafe with companies Shell, ABGLP, and HUL at That Comedy Club in Bangalore on 18th May 2018 to give b-school students a chance to prepare better for their life at a b-school, and their dream internship experience!
