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MUMBAI | BANGALORE: Thousands of bright oung !o""#g# and B$s!hoo" stud#nts a!ross India ar#
!urr#nt" in th# thi!% of su&&#r int#rnshi's b#for# h#ading ba!% to !a&'us#s to !o&'"#t# th#ir
'rogra&&#s( In toda)s !o&'#titi*# +ob #n*iron&#nt though, "anding int#rnshi's is +ust th# b#ginning of
th# batt"#( Th# r#a" 'a$off is to b# ab"# to !on*#rt th# o''ortunit into a fu""$ti&# +ob off#r(
Th# good n#-s is !o&'ani#s ar# in!r#asing" r#"ing on th# su&&#r int#rnshi' rout# to hir# !andidat#s(
Bas#d on "ast #ar)s '#rfor&an!# in th#ir su&&#r int#rnshi's, -hi!h at &ost !o&'ani#s ha''#n in A'ri"$
.un#, /SBC off#r#d '"a!#&#nts to 012 of th#ir int#rns in 3450 -hi"# at Citi India, it -as around 032(
O*#r th# "ast !ou'"# of #ars, 6i'ro has b##n off#ring PPOs to about 5 in 7!andidat#s fro& B$s!hoo"s
-hi"# SAP !on*#rt#d around 842 of its su&&#r int#rns to th# ro"#s of fu""$ti&# #&'"o##s( At Boston
Consu"ting Grou', th# !on*#rsion ratio -as as high as 942(
:Su&&#r int#rnshi' is a %# sour!# of #ntr"#*#" ta"#nt 'i'#"in# and an #;!#""#nt o''ortunit for int#rns to
sho-!as# th#ir !a"ibr# and !on*#rt it into a fina" '"a!#&#nt,: sas <i%ra& Tandon, h#ad /R, /SBC India(
E&'"o#rs *i#- th#s# 9$53 -##% int#rnshi's as a -a to si=# u' 'ot#ntia" #&'"o##s in r#a" -or%'"a!#
situations b#for# going ah#ad and &a%ing a fina" off#r( And d#s'it# th# hard -or% th# &a ha*# 'ut in,
not a"" int#rns &a%# th# !ut( So, if ou -ant to go into fina" '"a!#&#nts brandishing a fu""$ti&# +ob off#r in
hand, ou n##d to str#t!h ours#"f and go that #;tra &i"#(
/ard -or%, 'rof#ssiona"is&, #nthusias& and n#t-or%ing !an h#"' ou stand out in a 'oo" of int#rns -ho
ar# a"" aft#r th# sa&# thing( >o &or#: It)s not +ust about !onfining on#s#"f to th# d#fin#d 'ro+#!t bri#f?
#&'"o#rs *a"u# thos# -ho go abo*# and b#ond th#ir int#rnshi' d#s!ri'tion( :Int#rns n##d to
d#&onstrat# initiati*# and thin% out$of$th# bo;,: sas Sarab Pr##t Singh, h#ad of r#!ruit&#nt, "#arning
and d#*#"o'&#nt at Citi India, -hi!h has an inta%# of 1@ su&&#r int#rns fro& 3A !o""#g#s this #ar(
:6# "oo% for so&#on# -ho has d#&onstrat#d th# abi"it to '"an and su!!#ssfu"" #;#!ut# an assign&#nt
-ith &aturit, is ab"# to 'r#s#nt and !o&&uni!at# infor&ation #ff#!ti*#" as -#"" as s'ot o''ortuniti#s and
for&u"at# id#as, th#r#b !r#ating *a"u#,: sas Singh(
At /SBC India, -hi!h has 01 int#rns this #ar, Tandon a"so #;'#!ts int#rns to #;t#nd th#&s#"*#s b#ond
th#ir 'ro+#!t s!o'#, "#arn &or# about th# -a th#ir busin#ss fun!tions and gain !ross$fun!tiona" #;'osur#(
N#t-or%, n#t-or%, n#t-or%: Th# r#"ationshi's ou bui"d ar# !riti!a", so g#t to %no- as &an of th# '#o'"#
ou -or% -ith as 'ossib"#, att#nd !o&'an #*#nts and so!ia"is# -ith th#& aft#r -or% as -#""(
Th# &or# '#o'"# -ho %no- ou and our -or%, th# &or# '#o'"# ou -i"" ha*# in our !orn#r -h#n it
!o&#s to th# !run!h( Asho% Tri'ath, <P, g"oba" strat#gi! hiring, /R at 6i'ro, r#!o&&#nds that int#rns
n#t-or% -ith #&'"o##s, &anag#&#nt and buddi#s(
B# #nthusiasti!, go a"" out: Enthusias& and -i""ingn#ss to "#arn rat# high on #*#r r#!ruit#r)s "ist( :Th# first
thing a !o&'an #;'#!ts in an int#rn is a r#ad$to$do$anthing attitud#( As th#s# stud#nts ar# sti"" in th#
&idst of th#ir !urri!u"u&, !o&'ani#s don)t #;'#!t th#& to b# at 'ar -ith th# #;isting #&'"o##s( /o-#*#r,
an int#rn is #;'#!t#d to "#arn and d#"i*#r in a short ti&#( N#- id#as ar# -#"!o&#d and th# %# thing a
!o&'an *a"u#s in an int#rn is th#ir 'rof#ssiona" attitud# and th# art of &##ting d#ad"in#s,: sas >inu
Nan+a''a, #ar" ta"#nt "#ad $ SAP Asia Pa!ifi! B .a'an( Th# !o&'an has hir#d around 544 unti" Ma
3450 fro& India)s to' 74 #ngin##ring, &anag#&#nt and d#sign s!hoo"s(
Sharad Goa", h#ad of '#o'"# o'#rations at Goog"# India, sas int#rns th# hir# &a not %no- &u!h but
ar# #;'#!t#d to ha*# an o'#n &ind to "#arn and a!!#'t n#- things( >on)t b# afraid to as% Cu#stions or
r#a!h out for h#"': Sur#sh Subudhi, 'artn#r and dir#!tor at Boston Consu"ting Grou', strong" f##"s that
int#rns shou"d b# o'#n, #ngag# -ith sta%#ho"d#rs, as% Cu#stions and 'roa!ti*#" ta%# h#"' fro& t#a&
&#&b#rs to 'rodu!# Cua"it out'ut(
Goog"# India *a"u#s th# int#rn)s abi"it to ass#ss a situation and a!t a!!ording" and %no-ing -h#n to as%
for h#"'( :6# "oo% at #&#rg#nt "#ad#rshi' Cua"iti#s, -hi!h &#ans %no-ing our "i&its and r#"inCuishing
'o-#r -h#n r#Cuir#d,: sas Goa"(
Ba"an!# a!ad#&i! '#rfor&an!# -ith a -#""round#d '#rsona"it: Dor /UL)s su&&#r int#rnshi' und#r its
Uni"#*#r L#ad#rs Int#rnshi' Progra&&# EULIPF, th# !o&'an -ants int#rns -ho ar# -#""$round#d,
a!hi#*#&#nt$ori#nt#d, %##n "#arn#rs, t#a& '"a#rs, s#"f$dri*#n and 'assionat# to &a%# a r#a" diff#r#n!#(
6i'ro, on its 'art, "oo%s for a good '#rsona"it, good !o&&uni!ation s%i""s, a'titud# for rationa" thin%ing
and r#"#*ant #;'#ri#n!# Eif anF( :6# "oo% at 'rob"#&$so"*ing, inno*ati*# thin%ing, !o&&uni!ation and
'r#s#n!#( That a'art, -# a"so !h#!% an int#rn)s C< to s## if h#Gsh# has b##n asso!iat#d -ith an 'ro+#!t
-hi!h !r#at#d i&'a!t,: sas BCG)s Subudhi(
Und#rstand th# !o&'an *a"u#s: At Infoss, -hi!h has hir#d 99 stud#nts fro& 9A to' uni*#rsiti#sG B$
s!hoo"s fro& a!ross th# g"ob#, 5A stud#nts ar# +oining in Ma and th# r#&aining -i"" +oin in .un# and .u"(
:Ta%ing th# #;tra &i"# to und#rstand th# !u"tura" nuan!#s of th# !ountr and th# !o&'an is a
r#!o&&#nd#d !hara!t#risti!,: sas Ri!hard Lobo, h#ad $#&'"o## r#"ations at Infoss(
Und#rstanding th# don)ts: /R h#ads agr## that dis'"aing un'rof#ssiona" b#ha*iour, sho-ing
insubordination to 'ro+#!t guid#sG s#nior &anag#rs, br#a!hing !"i#nt !onfid#ntia"it or *io"ating th#
!o&'an)s !od# of !ondu!t ar# stri!t nonos( So is b#ing s#!r#ti*#, dishon#st and unfair -hi"# !o&'"aining
about th# -or% or th# !o&'arison of on#)s &anag#r or on#)s -or% -ith anoth#r int#rn)s is a"so
dis!ourag#d( 6hat a"so ti"ts th# s!a"#s against th# !andidat#s is not d#&onstrating #nough #ffort, staing
r#s#r*#d or !onfining th#&s#"*#s to a 'arti!u"ar t#a&(