My interview was mostly based on my past job experience (its applicability) and basics of operations. The interview was for half an hour approximately.
14 students were finally selected and allotted different departments.
The internship began with first two days were dedicated to the induction of various departments by department heads and visit to Distribution center.
Finally we were sent to our departments. Mine was national expansion. We were thoroughly and very patiently explained our job duties and what needs to be done during the 2 months. It was all together a very different profile for me and hence it was very challenging for me to get into that feel of total desk job as I come from a manufacturing background.
My job required professional excel skills and use of various visual tools for mapping the order locations and help big basket expand nationally in tier 2 cities and saving cost per order.
I was thoroughly helped by all the members in my department. All the data required for my project was given and there was a full freedom to present and discuss our thoughts with anyone and everyone.
Two proper reviews were held and we had to present our work in front of our department. We were given honest reviews by everyone and encouraged to dig deeper in our projects. Overall, it was an experience full of learning. Most importantly, I learnt to make quality, information-rich content structured content. It also strengthened my understanding of core concepts of operations and analytics.
One person that I will always be indebted to is my mentor. The kind of exposure that he gave me during those 2 months still seem impossible. But, he ensured that I look at each and every aspect of how national expansion team works and tried to explain each and every thing very patiently. He encouraged me to discuss my ideas at a micro level to each city head and reach to a conclusion.
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