Konversations Curates - Placement Edition #5 - Powered By Aditya Birla Group Leadership Programs
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At Konversations, we always want you to keep learning and improving.
At Konversations, we always want you to keep learning and improving.
There was always a mystique related to sales for me. How do you actually go and get business? And then once you have a client, how do you proactively grow the business and make sure that your existing engagements are being managed well? So many moving parts, different priorities, different internal and external stakeholders to manage. It all seemed a bit overwhelming. When our first rotation started (after our unforgettable trip to Les Fontaines, France of course!), I found out that I would get the opportunity to really get a hands-on experience working with the Global Account Executive for a Large European Bank as well as the Sales team in Bangalore.
At InsideIIM and Konversations, we've created and curated all the guidance you'll need to get ahead of your peers as you compete for the most desired jobs on campus. Because this is what it boils down to for most final year MBA students, isn't it? Some time this month, your first post-MBA job will get sealed. All of you have probably set your sights on a certain dream job. There's only one way to make sure that you actually land that dream job - Prepare Hard, and Prepare Better Than Anyone Else.
HSBC has been a regular recruiter at IFMR for Financial Engineering graduates but unlike the last few years, they offered ‘Risk Analyst’ role to Finance graduates as well. I was fortunate enough to get shortlisted for it and was interviewed for the same.
KPMG offered two roles this year - Financial Risk Management (FRM) and Information Technology Advisory (ITA). I was interested in FRM role and was fortunate enough to get shortlisted and interviewed for the same.
It’s final placement season and the anonymous apps and meme pages have become extremely active. One popular meme/post that does the rounds every year in every college is the “Best PoR on campus” post. To everyone who acclaims the best PoR on campus is a placecommer’s girlfriend/boyfriend, you do not want that PoR even if it got you a 1cr package. Let’s first talk about the advantages, since everyone’s completely convinced there’s only pros and no possible cons.
While writing this article, my mind suddenly went back to the day, when I was applying for the HSBC placement process. I remember that day, especially because HSBC, provides one of the best roles to all FE students in IFMR, the entire batch was looking forward to it. Before starting my interview experience let me share with you the profile which was offered to us. HSBC came up with 2 profiles this year to our campus, Quants Analyst – Global Banking and Markets for students of Financial Engineering specialization and Risk Analyst – Market and Traded Credit Risk for the students majoring in Finance. Being an FE student, I applied for Quants Analyst profile, the dream profile for every FE student in this institution.