3 Truths about Dating and Interviews - Alternative Mavericks
Have you ever been rejected in love? Have you ever been rejected by firm after an interview? There is an underlying feeling common to both situations – a feeling of not being good enough or maybe that feeling of anger towards the object of your affections / the firm….After all, nobody likes rejections.
Raheel Shah
Summer Placements : XLRI Jamshedpur - Class of 2013 -15
This is season 3 of Summer Placement reporting on InsideIIM and it can safely be said that this is the best Summer Placement at XLRI Jamshedpur in the last 3 years. (2012 click here, 2011 click here)
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Of Pizzas and Chaas - B School Placements : Alternative Mavericks
It is the common pool where all the first year MBA students sit and wait for their turns. In few institutes, it is referred to by its colloquial nick name – faccha pool. It is the auditorium where first years students all wait, prepare and pray that they will be called to interview with the firms which have come for summer internships. All top tier firms worth their salt, come to hire at the top MBA colleges for summer internships and almost all the recruiters unfailingly complain about one thing – “Everyone is so great and qualified. But we often, have to choose just one candidate and it is difficult to choose between five equally good candidates. How do we differentiate between them given that it is barely three months of them joining the college…? It is tough out there to in the faccha pool and compete…”
Raheel Shah
3 Reasons why you should intern with a Start-up : Quitting the Rat Race
Yes, that’s right, I would love to begin my career with a startup
Shohita Choudhry
Summer Placements : TISS Mumbai - Class of 2013-15
TISS Mumbai's HRM and LR programme (erstwhile PMIR) is arguably among the top two HR programmes in the country.
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Consulting Summer Internship - What is it all about? - PPO Holders speak
India’s best and the brightest certainly see the glamour attached to consulting. This is perhaps why it is by far one of the most aspired career domains in a b-school. The big bucks, exposure of working across various verticals and the push that it gives to one’s career also contribute to its attractiveness. Each year a select few from the top IIMs are shortlisted by consulting Goliaths. After a month of burning the midnight oil cracking cases, a select few get the offer they cannot refuse.
Shohita Choudhry