This week, find out how to choose your ideal internship company right before summer placements with the help of our panel featuring an IIM B alum who interned with Flipkart and bagged a PPO, but chose to work in consulting, an IIM A marketing student who got a PPO with Bain and an MDI Gurgaon student who switched from Investment Banking (intern with D.E.Shaw) to PwC!
For this session on Thursday, 8th October, 8 PM, ask our panelists about
- choosing the right company to work with,
- creating your profile,
- crafting an impactful CV,
- cracking internship interviews,
- how to bag that PPO,
- what to do if you do not bag a PPO,
- what to do if you feel you are not interested in your internship domain or industry
You can view this week’s live episode here. You can also jot down your questions for the panel here and the most unique/ interesting questions will be featured in the webinar!
When: Thursday, 8th October, 8 PM.
Who:
Soham Basu, Consultant at McKinsey, IIM B
Soham is a consultant by day and lost soul by night. Prior to joining McKinsey, he graduated from IIM Bangalore where he was heading the Forum for Communication and Leadership and was also a part of the Forum for Industrial Interaction and Dramatics Society. He also co-founded a startup and has won multiple case competitions including Flipkart Wired, Interrobang and Finace. From Trump to truffles, Soham is curious about all things under the sun and considers himself to be the biggest, baddest fan of Metallica.
Rudra Nikam, Bain PPO Holder, IIM A
The Bombay Times Fresh Face of HR college, Rudra has a 10/10 CGPA in 4/6 semesters. Currently, pursuing MBA at IIM Ahmedabad, class of 2019-21, Rudra has been Manager at the FII (the student consulting body of IIM A) and member of the TRBS Corp Comm. She was awarded the Principal Special Award and was the finalist of the EY Scholarship program. She interned twice at Aditya Birla Payments Bank and once at Grazia India. At IIM A, Rudra interned as Summer Associate at Bain & Co. and bagged a PPO.
Aman Khandelwal, PwC, MDI Gurgaon
Aman is a Mechanical engineer of 2014 batch from Ramdeobaba college of engineering and management, Nagpur. He has a 3.5 year work experience at Accenture as SAP business intelligence consultant. He then moved on to pursue his MBA from MDI Gurgaon where he specialized in Strategy & Finance domain. He did his summer internship at D.E Shaw, Hyderabad and then decided to accept his final offer from PWC (Office of US Advisory) as a Management Consultant (Finance) role. He is passionate about social entrepreneurship and has a social initiative of his own for Tier 3 schools education. He also loves to travel, write poetry and discuss politics in the meantime.
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