And it goes on and on and on...

Ok, after a long lull, here is an update...

the latest placement numbers:

47 companies have interviewed until now. 15 of them have gone back are discussing/negotiating with students they are interested in and are yet to make offers. Remaining 32 have made 148 offers! (Thats nearly 5 offers per company). More than half the class has offers, 123 to be precise. We still have around 70-80 companies to go, which makes it seem that everyone will get placed easily.

Mua, interviewed with Microsoft and lost out in the final round, interviewed with CTS and could not fit in my prior experience into their plans, interviewed with Wipro to find that they had no requirement for the position I was gunning for, rejected Infy coz I cudnt like the role they offered me, though I must say thats because of my preferences. I am negotiating with a couple of other ones, both of which will make me an offer after we finalize the terms. So, effectively I have two in the hand.

But this wasnt easy I must say. While CAS (Career and Alumni Service) has done a stupendous job of getting companies on campus, keeping them happy, sometimes co-ordinating upto 9 interviews on a single day there has been a lot of tension and anxeity about people who are yet to get offers. In fact, it was the case with me until through to my first offer. All this inspite of the fact that you know there are a number of companies yet to come, some really good ones at that. There are any good ones in that list. Though CAS has tried to invite companies in an order that suits our preferences, sometimes companies have their own constraints. BCG interviewed only in the third week, Goldman Sachs, London and HSBC London only yesterday and there are still a few international postings for which offers are yet to come.

At the end of the day though, we all realize that getting an offer is not the be all and end all. In fact, everyone I have spoken to had a plan B before this season and invariably, it was to do with their contacts and the confidence they had in being able to use them to get a good offer outside the campus, if the situation arises. Guess thats a good side effect of having worked for a few years before coming to bschool.

All the wonderful courses and great profs in this term have been making this term very interesting academically. We also have a couple if exchange students from Kellogg, Partick and Ian. Its been wonderful knowing them. Rajat Gupta will be in the campus today. Looking forward to his class on Leadership and Transformation. Got to go and read up the case now.