Hi,
Today was the end of Slot Zero of Final Placements '04 here. And boy, was it a sizzling day!!!!
When the results were announced, we were literally blown away
McKinsey and Co, the holy grail of consults had just lapped up seven of our very best. That was the trend for the rest as well. The I-banks were on a hiring spree too. Lemme just sum up the day in figures:
McKinsey and Co. - 6
Boston Consulting Group - 1 (4 offers)
AT Kearney - 5
Deutsche Bank - 3
HSBC - 3 (from 3 offers and 3 in waitlist)
Capital One - 1 (2 offers)
That's a total of 19 people placed , from 23 offers. Add to this 4 I-bank PPOs , from Lehman, ABN AMRO and HSBC. (And about 25 domestic PPOs and over 50 lateral offers)Thatz pretty good, I would say.
The number of offers per company made it abundantly clear that the companies were absolutely impressed with the quality of out students. In fact, a senior recruiter was heard saying that our topper had the "best CV that he had seen across IIMs in many a year". Oh, and this same guy had offers, formal and informal, across the companies. In fact, many companies had to revise their offer lists to make sure they got their share of the best. If that's taken into account , the actual number of offers is much higher. Interesting sight to see heavyweight companies chasing candidates.
Companies like McKinsey and HSBC recruited more students at IIM C than at the other two campuses. Capital One, a steady partner of IIM C, returned after 2 years as did AT Kearney. After the post 2001 slump, Slot Zero placements finally are regaining their usual heights. IIM C had 82 foreign offers just before the slump, unmatched across campuses..and we are returning to that.
Will keep u guys posted on how things turn out here.Stay tuned. Tk care and have fun. C u later.
Regards,
Ajay
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