Placement Preparation

What To Do If You Don't Get A Company Of Your Choice

While it is true that the best companies come to b-schools for summer and final placements, it is also true that some of the best and motivated students come to these colleges. While ambition and competition is a good thing, it does invariably result in many people missing out on their company or sector of choice. Given that an MBA is one of the few sure shot chances of changing sectors or applying to a few select jobs, a lot is at stake for students. Not to say anything about the very high fees. So how do you deal with an inability to land in your preferred company during summer placements?

Niranjan Jha23 Nov 2018

Why Campus Placements Aren't Always Happily-Ever-After

Life is unfair: if you are part of the 1.3 billion Indians who hustle it out everyday in this highly overcrowded and competitive country, you must have heard these 3 words a million times. You know it’s true. But in the same breath as life-is-unfair, you are sold a bunch of lies about how to succeed at the game of life.

Anonymous Writer22 Nov 2018

How To Read B-School Placement Reports

A personal cabin with the laptop throwing light on to the face, discussing the key company figures with the team and making critical decisions to drive the company towards glory!!

Sikkandar Gary A19 Oct 2018

On Getting A PPO From GE - Shreya Kumar, SCMHRD Pune

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage”, said one of the most revered CEOs of his generation, Jack Welch- former CEO of GE. Getting selected as a summer HRLP intern at one of the world’s most celebrated companies, GE, was an opportunity of a lifetime for me. It was my chance to bring these coveted words of Jack Welch into life. Hence, I eagerly waited for April 9th with umpteen enthusiasm and energy to embark on my internship journey.

SCMHRD Public Relations and Communications16 Oct 2018

Corporate PPTs - Proof That Mediocrity Exists

If you are a B-School student or have been at some point in time, there is one thing which you would remember very clearly – the disappointment and irritation after attending every corporate PPT. A corporate PPT is like an iPhone. You can call it 6/7/8/X - they all are the same with some minor changes. What I am going to talk about are some aspects which every IIM or top B-School student will surely relate to. After sitting through 197024083 company PPTs on campus, this is what I have learnt about them -

Anonymous Writer15 Oct 2018

How To Stick Around At Your B-School And Make The Most Of It?

It is one of those times when most of the first year students in the premier b-schools of our country are perpetually high of sleep deprivation and are trying to find a meaning of what is happening to them. And it won't be an exaggeration if I say that few are contemplating about leaving the b-school and going back to their work life, which, for the most, was far easier than life at a b-school. The quest for being the best or rather getting the best (company) is on a high among the over-achievers, and a few like me, are concerned about somehow ending up with an internship. It's the beginning of a long race from places like Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Kozhikode etc., to places like Seoul, Amsterdam, NYC or Tokyo, and no one wants to be the last. If you ask me about my experience, I feel like I am living Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy' in reverse. The end-term is the 'Paradiso', the few days between the SIPs and end-term would be the 'Purgatorio' and the SIPs would definitely be the 'Inferno'.

Shamik Bandopadhyay10 Sept 2018

The Ultimate Guide To Get A PPO From The Boston Consulting Group

Consulting is one of the coveted domains that an MBA student yearns to get into. And when you think of Consulting, one of the companies that come to your mind is The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). But what makes Consulting and BCG appealing? That's what you'd see in this 7 part video series. The journey of two IIM students from why they chose Consulting as their preferred domain to what they did to get a PPO at BCG, in just under 20 minutes. Here, have a look!

Team InsideIIM28 Aug 2018

3 Things To Keep In Mind While Perfecting Your CV For Placements

While you embark upon your journey into the corporates, you've got to compete with your peers to grab that coveted role. Presenting yourself well is of utmost importance in the field of battle called summer placements. In that too, the most crucial and difficult part is to pour all of what you are onto a piece of paper. So, before you sigh a relief by finally renaming the CV as "the fully finalized ultimate CV version 259", you might want to give your CV one more check in terms of the following points -

Mohit Mantri27 Aug 2018