Congrats Kasby, Rotlu, Nartaki, Tamatar, Lizzie, Satprem, Chandu, Deb and Shini. Phew!!! Finally the list is over.
Welcome to the world of summer placements @ a B school. If you thought that clearing the CAT would be the end of all your troubles, then think again and may be, for heavens sake, use something that exists between your two ears (if you can't figure this out then probably you have just empty space there).
The Parrot Idea: This Eureka moment occurred at the end of dayZ (day 0) when we returned to our rooms dead tired. The idea is very simple. Buy a parrot and place it in a cage ( sorry IIMB, pun unintended). Arrange for cards that have company names on it and another set of cards which have the names of the students on it. Prod the parrot to pick a company card. Ask the company representatives how many students they want to hire as summer interns and then again ask the parrot to pick the required number of students. Job successfully completed. No scheduling issues (ask people who were at the receiving end of it during dayZ), no biases (unless someone knows how to negotiate with a parrot) and of course no need for commando type walkie talkies which fail to function everytime you need them.
My only concern is, "Will I be able to pay the dues of placecom from my internship money?"
Just for the heck of it, I have included some excerpts from conversations which have happened during the placement week:
"The newspapers only publish what we do not tell them". Laughing at this intended joke is mandatory. Otherwise you might be risking your summer placements. Now you can all guess who said that.
"If i am unlucky and I get selected by Morgan Stanley, then what will I do?" Shitty situation, right?
"50 percent of the reason why everyone is here is summers and the rest 50 percent of the reason is the finals"
"All this is a lucky draw. At the end of this madness you will find the right company. This is just a part of the process and it has little significance in the long run. Do not worry if you are not selected". This was mentioned by the HR of firm "X" just before a candidate was going to be interviewed by the VP of that firm. A few deductions from the above quote:
1: The HR derives sadist pleasure by freaking out the already freaked out candidates (if that was possible).
2: The VP of the company has nothing to do but interview those candidates who have potentially been rejected by the HR (it is anybody's guess as what the HR was looking for).
3: The longer the run, the lesser the impact. (Be ready to live for a thousand years if you do not want to be overtly disappointed at being rejected for a job).
To be continued further......
Please note: This is the personal view of the author and the author is not liable for any decision that you make based on the above narration. Incidents narrated above are part of a bad dream and any relation to someone living, dead or yet to be born is purely coincidental. Author assumes that the readers have enough gray matter to distinguish between fiction and reality. Standard disclaimers apply.
Welcome to the world of summer placements @ a B school. If you thought that clearing the CAT would be the end of all your troubles, then think again and may be, for heavens sake, use something that exists between your two ears (if you can't figure this out then probably you have just empty space there).
The Parrot Idea: This Eureka moment occurred at the end of dayZ (day 0) when we returned to our rooms dead tired. The idea is very simple. Buy a parrot and place it in a cage ( sorry IIMB, pun unintended). Arrange for cards that have company names on it and another set of cards which have the names of the students on it. Prod the parrot to pick a company card. Ask the company representatives how many students they want to hire as summer interns and then again ask the parrot to pick the required number of students. Job successfully completed. No scheduling issues (ask people who were at the receiving end of it during dayZ), no biases (unless someone knows how to negotiate with a parrot) and of course no need for commando type walkie talkies which fail to function everytime you need them.
My only concern is, "Will I be able to pay the dues of placecom from my internship money?"
Just for the heck of it, I have included some excerpts from conversations which have happened during the placement week:
"The newspapers only publish what we do not tell them". Laughing at this intended joke is mandatory. Otherwise you might be risking your summer placements. Now you can all guess who said that.
"If i am unlucky and I get selected by Morgan Stanley, then what will I do?" Shitty situation, right?
"50 percent of the reason why everyone is here is summers and the rest 50 percent of the reason is the finals"
"All this is a lucky draw. At the end of this madness you will find the right company. This is just a part of the process and it has little significance in the long run. Do not worry if you are not selected". This was mentioned by the HR of firm "X" just before a candidate was going to be interviewed by the VP of that firm. A few deductions from the above quote:
1: The HR derives sadist pleasure by freaking out the already freaked out candidates (if that was possible).
2: The VP of the company has nothing to do but interview those candidates who have potentially been rejected by the HR (it is anybody's guess as what the HR was looking for).
3: The longer the run, the lesser the impact. (Be ready to live for a thousand years if you do not want to be overtly disappointed at being rejected for a job).
To be continued further......
Please note: This is the personal view of the author and the author is not liable for any decision that you make based on the above narration. Incidents narrated above are part of a bad dream and any relation to someone living, dead or yet to be born is purely coincidental. Author assumes that the readers have enough gray matter to distinguish between fiction and reality. Standard disclaimers apply.
Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteand nice becuase the post come right in the middle of placements.
All the best!!
Awesome blog... but the ps note should not have been there...
ReplyDelete"50 percent of the reason why everyone is here is summers and the rest 50 percent of the reason is the finals"
ReplyDeleteelucidating further on the identity of the author of this one.. :)
"mini truck"...hope that resolves your query Tamsin :P
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