Placement updates, PPTs et al
As the placement season is reaching its peak, there are lots of interesting developments happening. There are at-least 3-4 PPTs happening everyday. Each company’s representatives are trying their best to convince us that if we don’t apply/ intend to work with them, we will be loosing out on a big opportunity and our lives will be complete waste! Some PPTs are really good while some are so bad that they make you wonder as to why you decided to waste 1 precious hour of your life attending the PPT!! It’s a good reminder of the importance of presentation skills we learnt in the LDP sessions---I can see how easy it is to put the audience to sleep (or even piss them off in come cases) if you are a BAD presenter--
Some shortlists for interviews are out. McDonald and co (name changed to preserve confidentiality--not to be confused with the fast food chain ---i cant think of a different proxy name as of now ), which is considered to be the most prestigious recruiter in the world of consulting, and who was traditionally known to only shortlist ppl with exceptional grades has given a shock to everyone through their shortlist. The shortlist consists of many ppl with exceptional profiles but not so good CGPAs. Infact, only half of the dean’s listers find their names in the list. This is in sharp contrast to the other consulting biggie which has about 85% dean’s listers. I felt bad for dean’s listers who did not get shortlisted for McDonalds as they have been working like mad from term one onwards to get good grades just for this shortlist--- This is not fair ( but so is life ;) )
The good news this year seems to be the fact that many more companies are on campus compared to last year. Given the assumption that all of them would recruit, there are chances of a substantial increase in number of offers this year. Goes well with the fact that we are a bigger batch as well. Some international I-banks who were not visiting till last year have also decided to show up and this is a big boost for finance aspirants. Further, some new consulting firms are also likely to show up.
Some shortlists for interviews are out. McDonald and co (name changed to preserve confidentiality--not to be confused with the fast food chain ---i cant think of a different proxy name as of now ), which is considered to be the most prestigious recruiter in the world of consulting, and who was traditionally known to only shortlist ppl with exceptional grades has given a shock to everyone through their shortlist. The shortlist consists of many ppl with exceptional profiles but not so good CGPAs. Infact, only half of the dean’s listers find their names in the list. This is in sharp contrast to the other consulting biggie which has about 85% dean’s listers. I felt bad for dean’s listers who did not get shortlisted for McDonalds as they have been working like mad from term one onwards to get good grades just for this shortlist--- This is not fair ( but so is life ;) )
The good news this year seems to be the fact that many more companies are on campus compared to last year. Given the assumption that all of them would recruit, there are chances of a substantial increase in number of offers this year. Goes well with the fact that we are a bigger batch as well. Some international I-banks who were not visiting till last year have also decided to show up and this is a big boost for finance aspirants. Further, some new consulting firms are also likely to show up.
posted by Venkat @ 11:28 AM
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