With the Final Placements season upon us now, interview preparations are in full swing. Candidates have either chosen the domains that they want to apply in or have kept an open mind and are taking everything into consideration. I had prepared for firms offering a role in Sales and Marketing and hence, through this article, I would like to shed some light on my views on how to prepare for such interviews.
February is well upon us. The winter chill is receding, the fun and frolic of night-time is moving away from the confines of cosy hostel rooms to terraces and the open spaces outside tuck-shops. Students are finally shedding wolf-skins, furs and other garb better suited to Himalayan expeditions and daring to walk to class without looking like creatures on their way to hibernation.
TAPMI has placed all the 391 students (Batch of 2013-15) this year achieving the much coveted 100% target. The placement process saw open doors from 103 companies across the country. A rigorous selection process that included elementary screening, group discussions and personal interviews was demanding of the students, as they worked relentlessly to prove their mettle. The average take home for the batch went up to Rs. 8.70 lakhs from the last years amount of Rs.8.41 lakhs. The highest domestic offer was made by Microsoft at Rs 14.55 lakhs. The number of pre-placement offers received this year by the students is 18. The placement also included one international company that hired 2 students with a package of Rs.15.00 lakhs.
Indian Institute of Management concluded its placement season for the 6th batch. The highest package offered was Rs. 21 LPA which was in the consulting domain.
Indian Institute of Management, Shillong successfully completed its summer placement season and continued to show a positive trend despite an increase in the batch size.
It’s that time of the year again when most top schools are close to completing their placements and thus soon the season would come to an end with a display of the year’s best piece of creative writing – The Placement Report. While the year has been generally good everywhere and salaries are bound to increase on each campus, there are certain things I believe are fundamentally wrong with b-school placements. These are not specific to any campus but for the process in general.
Sahil has been chosen as one of the top 30 most employable candidates across schools and programmes in India for the Class of 2015. He has one of the best 25 profiles among the 66 final round candidates who participated in the Best50 competition. The final 30 were chosen based on a combination of scores for the write-up below and the candidate’s resume.
IIM Calcutta blazes away with another impressive year when it comes to Summer Placements for the junior batch. We have been covering Summer Placements at IIM C for 4 years now. It is amazing to see the consistency in bagging the top notch roles every year during summer internship hiring. Summer Internship hiring is more important at IIM Calcutta because most of the students in Consulting and many in banking get final offers soon after they return for the 2nd year to campus. This year the PPOs/PPIs have been raining across campuses but things are merrier at campuses like IIM Calcutta! Don't be surprised if almost 1/3rd of the batch gets offers just based on their summer internships. Based on the data below, the class of 2016 at Joka has got a terrific opportunity to give an extra-ordinary start to their career.
With the Final Placements season upon us now, interview preparations are in full swing. Candidates have either chosen the domains that they want to apply in or have kept an open mind and are taking everything into consideration. I had prepared for firms offering a role in Sales and Marketing and hence, through this article, I would like to shed some light on my views on how to prepare for such interviews.
February is well upon us. The winter chill is receding, the fun and frolic of night-time is moving away from the confines of cosy hostel rooms to terraces and the open spaces outside tuck-shops. Students are finally shedding wolf-skins, furs and other garb better suited to Himalayan expeditions and daring to walk to class without looking like creatures on their way to hibernation.
TAPMI has placed all the 391 students (Batch of 2013-15) this year achieving the much coveted 100% target. The placement process saw open doors from 103 companies across the country. A rigorous selection process that included elementary screening, group discussions and personal interviews was demanding of the students, as they worked relentlessly to prove their mettle. The average take home for the batch went up to Rs. 8.70 lakhs from the last years amount of Rs.8.41 lakhs. The highest domestic offer was made by Microsoft at Rs 14.55 lakhs. The number of pre-placement offers received this year by the students is 18. The placement also included one international company that hired 2 students with a package of Rs.15.00 lakhs.
Indian Institute of Management concluded its placement season for the 6th batch. The highest package offered was Rs. 21 LPA which was in the consulting domain.
Indian Institute of Management, Shillong successfully completed its summer placement season and continued to show a positive trend despite an increase in the batch size.
It’s that time of the year again when most top schools are close to completing their placements and thus soon the season would come to an end with a display of the year’s best piece of creative writing – The Placement Report. While the year has been generally good everywhere and salaries are bound to increase on each campus, there are certain things I believe are fundamentally wrong with b-school placements. These are not specific to any campus but for the process in general.
Sahil has been chosen as one of the top 30 most employable candidates across schools and programmes in India for the Class of 2015. He has one of the best 25 profiles among the 66 final round candidates who participated in the Best50 competition. The final 30 were chosen based on a combination of scores for the write-up below and the candidate’s resume.
IIM Calcutta blazes away with another impressive year when it comes to Summer Placements for the junior batch. We have been covering Summer Placements at IIM C for 4 years now. It is amazing to see the consistency in bagging the top notch roles every year during summer internship hiring. Summer Internship hiring is more important at IIM Calcutta because most of the students in Consulting and many in banking get final offers soon after they return for the 2nd year to campus. This year the PPOs/PPIs have been raining across campuses but things are merrier at campuses like IIM Calcutta! Don't be surprised if almost 1/3rd of the batch gets offers just based on their summer internships. Based on the data below, the class of 2016 at Joka has got a terrific opportunity to give an extra-ordinary start to their career.
