Placement Interviews

Nestlé, Deloitte - What It Takes To Get A PPO From These Industry Giants

What do most business school students aim for at the end of their summer internships? A PPO! For the lucky few who manage to bag one, it is nothing short of a dream come true. What do these students have that separates them from the crowd? What is it that companies see in these students that gives them the confidence to offer them a job even before their course ends? We spoke to two such students of FORE School of Management who got a Pre-Placement Offer at the end of their internships. Nazuk Agarwal bagged a PPO with the leading consultancy, Deloitte, while Pragya Bhandari received a PPO from Nestlé - the world's largest Consumer Goods company.

Career Services Centre17 Dec 2019

How To Crack Guesstimates Questions In An Interview

If you're in a B-School and are appearing for your Summer Placement Interviews or Final Interviews, Guesstimates play an important part in any consulting or analytics interview. It gives the panellist a peek in your problem solving and thinking abilities. The focus is more on the approach than getting the answer right. So, what is Guesstimate? As the name suggests, it's an estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation.

Ashi Jain06 Dec 2019

Final Placement Preparation For Marketing Roles

Are you preparing for your final placement interviews? If you are interested in becoming a marketing manager or a marketeer, you need to have your finger on the pulse of the marketing universe. In this article, we will give you detailed information on roles in marketing, basic concepts that you should know, the research you need to do to stay fully prepared for the interview, etc. Read to know more.

Team InsideIIM02 Dec 2019

Final Placement Preparation For HR Roles

Final placement interviews are almost here. Decisions that you make now are very crucial, as this will have a significant impact on the career choices that you make in the future. If you are currently picturing yourself as an HR manager, then you should start preparing your CV and be interview-ready. In order to rock an HR interview one needs to have conceptual knowledge of the HR world and how it functions. In this article, we will give you detailed information on roles in HR, basic concepts that you should know, the research you need to do to stay fully prepared for the interview and more. Read on...

Team InsideIIM02 Dec 2019

Final Placements Preparation For Finance

You are about to fulfil your MBA dream and start a new journey towards securing a job in your dream company. Because let’s face it, that is probably the road which will lead you to a comfortable life. Your b-school has equipped you with all the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to conquer the corporate world and you’re probably looking out for a finance profile. What do you do then? How do you go about preparing and securing a finance job? In this article, we will tell you about various job roles in finance, basic concepts you should know, prep tips and other reading materials. Read to know more…

Team InsideIIM27 Nov 2019

From No PPO To Google | Jai Prakash Sunkoori’s Journey From IIM Lucknow

When we talk about summer internships, everyone focuses on getting a Pre Placement Offer (PPO). Everyone wants one, but not everyone gets one. What happens when you don’t get a PPO or a PPI? Have you considered what you would do in such a scenario? Imagine working in one of the top companies, only to end your summer internship without any offer or interview. What do you do then? That’s what this article is all about.

Ronit Jadhav06 Nov 2019

How To Get Into Amazon, Uber, Microsoft, BCG And More | Tips From PPO Holders

Finding a good job in this competitive world is not very easy, no matter how your dapper personality or how stellar your credentials. It’s better to you work hard during your summer internship and get it converted into a pre-placement offer. And all of this starts with your summer internship interviews. In this article, we bring you a list of Summer Internship Interviews & PPO stories. Find out how you can get into companies like BCG, Accenture, Nestle, Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, Unilever, etc. It’s time to pull up your socks, take the kid gloves off and get armed to the teeth in order to convert that internship into a PPO!

Team InsideIIM15 Oct 2019

How I Got A PPO From Deloitte

For the Deloitte process, there was an eligibility of more than 24-month work experience. Deloitte visits our campus during the month of September for their Functional Consulting role which requires a good knowledge of finance/accounting basics along with various technical skills.

IFMR Graduate School Of Business, Krea University05 Oct 2019