Three months into my MBA, I was in the interview seat, AGAIN! That seat had become a routine spot for me over a season of interviews for MBA admissions. However, this time it was a different prospect altogether. The decision hovering over me was a difficult one. They said the Summer Internship shapes your career like none other! My thoughts wander to my journey till that seat.
Through this article, I attempt to take you through the journey my internship experience and share some of my key takeaways that are persistent to life, but most essentially applicable to Marketing.
The moment you enter Dubai, you are in awe of what the place unravels for you in the form of its architectural marvels, roads that instil in you the urge to drive and of course, the Big Brand Cars. My internship at Xpress Money endowed me with a plethora of such ‘awe’ moments. The multicultural environment I worked in and the ease of interacting with senior management, offered a completely different learning experience about an organisational setup from what we experience in India. My supervisor was a Moroccan and one of my roommates was Kenyan – I hope that justifies the experience of a multicultural environment.
The summer internship is one of the stepping stone for a first-year b-school student into the corporate life after a tryst with the management education for over a year.
Summers of 2017...They were not the usual distraught ones marked by the sun and the heat. They brought along with them not just the scorch of the sun but also the excitement of the beginning of a new phase. Over the course of a year, MBA had given me truckloads of experience and the best of them was yet to be experienced. I had been to Mumbai several times before but this time my visit was purposeful.Came April 2nd and along with it the zeal of being beckoned by the land of dreams, also famously called Mumbai. As I stepped into the precincts of Beverly Park, my abode for the next two months, I realised that I was going to strike off yet another achievement off my list to work with the largest and most prestigious conglomerates of our nation-Reliance.While I knew that this is a golden opportunity for me to exhibit my talent and I would have to work laboriously, the sweet nothings given to us by Reliance, in the form of goodies, motivated me all the more. Already overwhelmed to an extent that knew no bounds, my zest overpowered me as we were accorded a hearty welcome in Asia's largest boardroom.We, a clique of inquisitive interns actively interacted with the prodigious and dapper veterans of the industry.This was followed by a two-month long period of rigorous work and unlimited fun. I was blessed to be a part of a project that gave me the opportunity to have dialogues with individual business leaders of RIL. This helped me gain insights about numerous operations running in one of the most successful conglomerates in the history of Indian economy.The learning at RIL helped edify my appetite for finance as I got a chance to work in the FC&A (Finance, compliance and accounting) Department of RIL. My project required me to improvise various sections of the annual.report and I also got a chance to connect with leaders from the treasury department, which was an ecstatic experience for a finance enthusiast like me. While the on job learnings were wholesome, Reliance augmented the whole experience of summers through its various employee engagement activities. A chance to witness a live cricket match on the birthday of the God of Cricket-Sachin, a joyride in the private aircraft of Reliance, primordial temple visits at the largest refinery of Asia, Jamnagar-they gave us all of it and more. Reliance is truly the quintessential example of an organisation that knows how to build a compelling employer brand, and has successfully done so.And on the night of 2nd June, as we returned to our guest house from the farewell that was organised by RIL for us at Ramada, our hearts clenched with pain cause the summers had come to a close. And as I boarded the flight for home, a plethora of emotions came gushing to my mind. I was sad cause Sip had ended, happy that I was one of the chosen few and hopeful that the climax is yet to arrive! A summer internship in RIL and a finance profile -a match made in heaven.With MBA in an esteemed college, the SIP at RIL was just the perfect icing on the cake that I wanted.
I smiled when I saw the blue bottle. My friend, Kunal and I were in the airport, waiting to board our flight. We’d both been assigned our respective internship projects in Genpact at Bangalore. All the interns had been gifted a “Goodie Box” before the internship, and the bottle came with it. I got a yellow one, and it was travelling with me to my internship in Bellandur. Kunal and I took a selfie to celebrate the beginning of our internship.
It was the sunny afternoon of November 11, 2016. We were getting prepared for the recruitment procedure for Decathlon at our hostel premises. I can tell you now, anyone who has not gone through the sports round of Decathlon recruitment procedure has missed an experience of lifetime! It started with a ‘beep test’, a real test of endurance, followed by two uniquely designed team sports round. As demanding as it gets, the sports round is a true test of character and I don’t know how, but I got through it to be selected for the PI round. And guess what, the Decathlon people were super-awesome to conduct the process in sports attire! You can only imagine to walk into an interview room in your sports tee and shorts and come out of it, bagging a summer internship offer! Well, that’s exactly what happened to me!
After an interview of around 20 minutes, Whirlpool found me suitable to work with them as a summer intern and offered me a role in operations domain. I was extremely delighted to be a part of this organisation
Three months into my MBA, I was in the interview seat, AGAIN! That seat had become a routine spot for me over a season of interviews for MBA admissions. However, this time it was a different prospect altogether. The decision hovering over me was a difficult one. They said the Summer Internship shapes your career like none other! My thoughts wander to my journey till that seat.
Through this article, I attempt to take you through the journey my internship experience and share some of my key takeaways that are persistent to life, but most essentially applicable to Marketing.
The moment you enter Dubai, you are in awe of what the place unravels for you in the form of its architectural marvels, roads that instil in you the urge to drive and of course, the Big Brand Cars. My internship at Xpress Money endowed me with a plethora of such ‘awe’ moments. The multicultural environment I worked in and the ease of interacting with senior management, offered a completely different learning experience about an organisational setup from what we experience in India. My supervisor was a Moroccan and one of my roommates was Kenyan – I hope that justifies the experience of a multicultural environment.
The summer internship is one of the stepping stone for a first-year b-school student into the corporate life after a tryst with the management education for over a year.
Summers of 2017...They were not the usual distraught ones marked by the sun and the heat. They brought along with them not just the scorch of the sun but also the excitement of the beginning of a new phase. Over the course of a year, MBA had given me truckloads of experience and the best of them was yet to be experienced. I had been to Mumbai several times before but this time my visit was purposeful.Came April 2nd and along with it the zeal of being beckoned by the land of dreams, also famously called Mumbai. As I stepped into the precincts of Beverly Park, my abode for the next two months, I realised that I was going to strike off yet another achievement off my list to work with the largest and most prestigious conglomerates of our nation-Reliance.While I knew that this is a golden opportunity for me to exhibit my talent and I would have to work laboriously, the sweet nothings given to us by Reliance, in the form of goodies, motivated me all the more. Already overwhelmed to an extent that knew no bounds, my zest overpowered me as we were accorded a hearty welcome in Asia's largest boardroom.We, a clique of inquisitive interns actively interacted with the prodigious and dapper veterans of the industry.This was followed by a two-month long period of rigorous work and unlimited fun. I was blessed to be a part of a project that gave me the opportunity to have dialogues with individual business leaders of RIL. This helped me gain insights about numerous operations running in one of the most successful conglomerates in the history of Indian economy.The learning at RIL helped edify my appetite for finance as I got a chance to work in the FC&A (Finance, compliance and accounting) Department of RIL. My project required me to improvise various sections of the annual.report and I also got a chance to connect with leaders from the treasury department, which was an ecstatic experience for a finance enthusiast like me. While the on job learnings were wholesome, Reliance augmented the whole experience of summers through its various employee engagement activities. A chance to witness a live cricket match on the birthday of the God of Cricket-Sachin, a joyride in the private aircraft of Reliance, primordial temple visits at the largest refinery of Asia, Jamnagar-they gave us all of it and more. Reliance is truly the quintessential example of an organisation that knows how to build a compelling employer brand, and has successfully done so.And on the night of 2nd June, as we returned to our guest house from the farewell that was organised by RIL for us at Ramada, our hearts clenched with pain cause the summers had come to a close. And as I boarded the flight for home, a plethora of emotions came gushing to my mind. I was sad cause Sip had ended, happy that I was one of the chosen few and hopeful that the climax is yet to arrive! A summer internship in RIL and a finance profile -a match made in heaven.With MBA in an esteemed college, the SIP at RIL was just the perfect icing on the cake that I wanted.
I smiled when I saw the blue bottle. My friend, Kunal and I were in the airport, waiting to board our flight. We’d both been assigned our respective internship projects in Genpact at Bangalore. All the interns had been gifted a “Goodie Box” before the internship, and the bottle came with it. I got a yellow one, and it was travelling with me to my internship in Bellandur. Kunal and I took a selfie to celebrate the beginning of our internship.
It was the sunny afternoon of November 11, 2016. We were getting prepared for the recruitment procedure for Decathlon at our hostel premises. I can tell you now, anyone who has not gone through the sports round of Decathlon recruitment procedure has missed an experience of lifetime! It started with a ‘beep test’, a real test of endurance, followed by two uniquely designed team sports round. As demanding as it gets, the sports round is a true test of character and I don’t know how, but I got through it to be selected for the PI round. And guess what, the Decathlon people were super-awesome to conduct the process in sports attire! You can only imagine to walk into an interview room in your sports tee and shorts and come out of it, bagging a summer internship offer! Well, that’s exactly what happened to me!
After an interview of around 20 minutes, Whirlpool found me suitable to work with them as a summer intern and offered me a role in operations domain. I was extremely delighted to be a part of this organisation
