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TEAM
Aditya
Chakradhar
Chief Editor
Soham
Karthik
Leon
Internships offer real-life work experience in a particular field. For us, the
thought of “internship” could be a little intimidating not knowing what work
to expect, what to be careful of, how to manoeuvre our way through
different challenges, how to understand and deliver the expected (or
perhaps more!!). The speculations are quite endless. Are you getting
butterflies in your stomach as March gives way to April?
Like most things in our life, well planned is half done. To help you in your
preparation for your internships, PDC’s Tatva 3 - "SIP special" brings to you
a compendium of experiences across sectors from those who perhaps did
the right things and created the right impressions which helped them in
acing their internships. In the previous two editions of Tatva, we have
already shared a few PPO holders’ experiences. In this edition, we go a
step further and share with you 50+ experiences from across all programs
put together industry wise for your ease of perusal. So, hear it from the
horse’s mouth and learn from their experiences and suggestions to make
the most of your internships! Also included in the PDC Reveries, the BEST
PRACTICES to make the most of your corporate stint.
Happy Reading,
Tatva Editorial Team
TITLE PAGE
PDC Reveries 1
15 Moves to make moments matter at SIP 2
PPO Diaries 6
Vijay Kumar Kantipudi GAP Retail 7
Rubin Deshbhratar MH Alshaya Retail 11
Gurpreet Walia ICICI Bank Finance 15
Ashutosh Saxena Airtel Telecom 18
Ashwin Ramachandran Amazon E-commerce 21
Dasthar Sai Srinath Amazon E-commerce 23
Sanchita Amazon E-commerce 27
Sauvik Pramanik Amazon E-commerce 30
Vineet Kumar Tiwari Amazon E-commerce 33
Harish J.P Amazon E-commerce 37
Akash Nil Chatterjee Dr. Reddy's Pharma 40
Ritu Verma GSK Consumers Pharma 44
Abhimanyu Hande GSK Consumers Pharma 47
A G Ragupathy Sun Pharma Pharma 50
Dinesh Singhaniya Sun Pharma Pharma 52
Rutvik Tidke Sun Pharma Pharma 54
Vipul Khandelwal Leanbox Logistics Manufacturing/Process 57
Anant Sanganeria Philips Lighting Manufacturing/Process 60
Kasarla Chandrakanth Reliance Manufacturing/Process 63
Rathnabalaji S RPG (Ceat) Manufacturing/Process 67
Puneet Jain Schneider Electric Manufacturing/Process 69
Sachin Kumar Mishra Schneider Electric Manufacturing/Process 72
Vishal Audichya Titan Manufacturing/Process 75
Porav Malhotra Amway FMCG 78
Arundhati Sahoo Britannia FMCG 81
Sanchi Sharma HCCB FMCG 84
Pranav Mohanpurkar HUL FMCG 87
Ishu Tyagi ITC FMCG 89
Ashiya Bhuyan Mondelez FMCG 92
Raghav Verma Mondelez FMCG 95
Nirmal Madhusoodanan Nestle FMCG 99
Sayantan Chatterjee Nivea FMCG 102
Ruby Gangwar Pidilite FMCG 106
Toshali Mohanty Pidilite FMCG 109
Salil Inamdar Pidilite FMCG 112
Abhishek Raj Redbull FMCG 115
Aabha Kapoor Deloitte S&O (USI) Consulting 119
Nitin Khandelwal Deloitte S&O (USI) Consulting 121
Parth Shah Deloitte S&O (USI) Consulting 124
Gautam Borchetiya Deloitte Tech (USI) Consulting 127
Konark Patel Deloitte Tech (USI) Consulting 131
Shyam Gokul Deloitte Tech (USI) Consulting 134
Samidha Singh GeP Consulting 138
J Jayakrishnan GeP Consulting 141
Ankur Menon KPMG Consulting 144
Stuti Varshney KPMG Consulting 147
R G Ajaykrishnan Stellium Consulting 150
Adarsh Agarwal Cisco Conglomerate 152
Vivek Shahare Cisco Conglomerate 155
Anubhav Sharma GE India Conglomerate 159
Gaurang Tiwari GE India Conglomerate 161
Latish Poojari GE India Conglomerate 164
Roopam Das GE India Conglomerate 167
Rishabh Agarwal Siemens Conglomerate 170
Durga Prasad Mishra Siemens Conglomerate 173
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PDC
REVERIES
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Source: https://hrtimesblog.com/2013/11/21/re-engaging-your-workforce/
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Source: https://hrtimesblog.com/2013/11/21/re-engaging-your-workforce/
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Show Initiative
Showing enthusiasm and offering to
attend workshops or seminars will
increase your understanding of the
business and will make a favourable
impression on your supervisor.
In a word: Collaboration.
In a word: Keep the learning curve
steep
Suspend Self-Interest
It can be hard to take our self-interest
Change the Lens
out of the equation and instead ask
When people get stuck, often what’s “what’s best for them?” But in the long
needed is a new way of looking at the term, what’s right for our clients and our
situation. By challenging assumptions, people is usually what’s right for us, too.
reframing issues, and revealing new
angles, we bring into focus realities and
possibilities that weren’t clear before.
Source: https://hrtimesblog.com/2013/11/21/re-engaging-your-workforce/
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Source: https://hrtimesblog.com/2013/11/21/re-engaging-your-workforce/
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PPO
DIARIES
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Pre-Internship preparations
Pre-Internship preparation is as important as the internship itself. I could not stress
more on the importance of Excel. Regardless of your company and project, there are
high chances that you need to have decent Excel skills.
As I mentioned above being inquisitive starts even before the internship. Talk to
seniors who did their internship in the same company or similar area. For example, I
talked to a senior who did an internship in process improvement in Sourcing area. He
suggested MS Visio tool for drawing process diagrams. I used the tool during my
internship. It saved me a lot of time as I know which tool to use.
Keep an eye on things going on in your team or office. For example, there was a
vendor summit that happened in my office. Vendors were important stakeholders for
my project. I approached my manager and suggested that I meet them. She agreed,
and I took contacts of some of the vendors and talked to them. My manager mentioned
this during my PPO feedback and said she was really impressed with that.
Understand the organizational hierarchy and different teams and their roles and
responsibilities in your first week. This makes it easy to approach relevant people at
any point in time.
If you can find any, previous years interns who are working in the company currently
will be a great source of inputs. Befriend them.
Usually, towards the end of the internship, you will give a presentation to relevant
stakeholders. This plays a crucial role in deciding your PPO. Practice your
presentation well at least a day ahead and prepare answers to possible questions.
Note: My experience is more from a retail industry point of view. The industry type, work culture and
evaluation criteria of the company have a significant role to play in the final PPO decision.
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• In case, the other person was unresponsive I would seek help from my
manager to find a way to communicate. My 2 cents: You are not there to
make friends; the priority is to help the organization grow by contributing
honestly and highlighting inefficiencies. Be the best at your job – remember
the company has entrusted you with a responsibility and so do apt justice to
it.
• I would also sometimes setup meeting with the different BU heads to
understand their perspective and focus areas. This helped me align my
project objectives with the overall organizational goals.
• Even before joining the internship, get the list of alumni working in your
organization. Check their names using LinkedIn and ask Alumcomm for their
contact details.
• If you get the project before your internship, do the following (Usually
happens in FMCGs):
• Read up on the project
• Talk to the mentor (if assigned) to set the expectations from your
project. Often since a majority of them are real-life projects, even your
mentors may not have a clearly charted problem statement.
Moreover, use this time wisely to define your problem statement
which would help you save some valuable time during your internship
• Find alums who work in similar area. Ask them to refer you to relevant
folks.
• Please attend all the events, games and HR related activities before, during
and after the internship. Remember you are the brand you are selling, and
it would be one of those few occasions where you could really set yourself
apart in the eyes of HR. Remember you will need as many affirmatives as
possible. Don’t risk it.
• Treat your fellow colleagues with utmost respect. Remember you are being
rated all the time and moreover this is a noteworthy trait.
• NEVER TALK ILL ABOUT ANY EMPLOYEE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION
TO ANYONE. It could really come to haunt you if times get rough.
• Apart from that, follow the points from the preceding set of questions.
Pre-Internship preparations
I will highlight some generic points which would work for most of our juniors:
• Have a good knowledge about your organization in terms of financials,
updates, news such as M&As, new policies etc. Remember people will talk
about the company in question, and if you know your facts well you would
really make a mark.
• Same goes for industry and also some business news which may have
impact like GST, demonetization, budget etc.
• Learn a bit of Macros, Data Analytics tools like SPSS or R, PPT skills or take
reference from the senior batch’s templates.
• Know your subject area well, for instance, if you are interning in Supply
Chain read the college book.
• Last but not the least, stay optimistic and more importantly enjoy the
experience.
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Pre-Internship preparations
• Understand your guides expectation from the project.
• Interact with as many people as possible.
• Understand the business as a whole in whichever organization you are
rather than only sticking to your project, 2nd point will help you in this.
• Keep updating your guide regularly regarding your project progress.
• Start making your project presentation and report during the course of your
project and keep updating it timely.
• Prepare a tentative list of questionnaires with answers that you perceive
could be asked in the final project presentation.
• Have your daily conduct in a very professional manner.
• Document briefly your daily work, it will assist you while making presentation
and report.
• Understand the company, its values and the culture and see if you can work
accordingly. For eg., If micromanagement is seen, make sure to keep your
presentation updated frequently to avoid an embarrassment later, on a sudden
summon.
• Be involved with your team and cross functions and try to attend meetings that
impact the company’s strategies in your function. Also do everything you can to
network as much as possible. Use your lunches wisely!
Pre-Internship preparations
Thanks to my seniors and their advice, I had a firm grip on VBA and Excel dashboards
before joining. My winter project and college cases made me deft at SAS, LINGO and
Any Logic.
Besides these, I had done a couple of courses on edX and Coursera for quantitative
modelling, discrete optimisation, retail analytics, data visualisation, Supply Chain
Management and Operations Management.
I also went through Procurement Chessboard (AT Kearney) and material handling
Warehousing eBook focussing on Materials Management, once I was mailed the
project details, confirming my inclusion into the Materials Management team.
Pre-Internship preparations
• Read about the company
• Get in touch with the mentor/manager assigned
appreciated by my business during the mid-review. Mid reviews should be taken very
seriously and clear all your doubts with the business and ask them for a concrete
feedback. The crucial period starts after the mid review because by then you will know
what is that one/two main deliverable that your business wants out of your project and
you feel that one month is not sufficient for that. But, you should keep going and
increase the pace of your work. I spoke to my mentor, manager, team mates and
alums about the expectations of my final review and prepared accordingly. I went to
my manager and told him the exact date by which I will be ready with my final
documents. He appreciated this gesture and scheduled my final review accordingly.
These things look small but will have a huge impact. My final review went for about
an hour and half where I was grilled with many questions. I answered some of them
and couldn’t for most of them, but my document clearly showed my work. I asked for
my mentors and my managers feedback about my work and carried the handover
proceedings.
Due to this I did not get time in preparing my document. But fortunately, my mentor,
manager and alums helped me a lot in document preparation.
Pre-Internship preparations
Go with an open mind. You have already done a good job in convincing the recruiters
that you are the best fit for the company. So, you just need to go there and perform
with your current skills.
It is also important to get your basics right. As a first-year graduate from a top B-
School, you are expected to know the basics of different functions of management. It
is also important to know about your profile and company. For this, talk to the alums
who worked or interned in that profile, so that you will have some basic idea about the
business you will be working for.
system during the internship. Talk to your mentors and hiring managers and set the
expectations right. Keeping them aligned on the project goals is important to avoid
rework and unrealistic timelines. Setting-up a mid-review with all the decision makers
together, would be helpful to gauge your progress, and often helps to speed-up and
fine-tune deliverables.
Pre-Internship preparations
While we all prepare on the technical skills of excel, macros, narrative writing etc., I
would recommend interacting with your seniors, alums, friends, etc. who have
experience in the company, where you will be interning. This would give you an
understanding of what to expect during your internship and a practical knowledge of
how things work in the environment.
I would simply talk to them about the project and try and get different
perspectives. It helped me come up with new ideas and learn more about
the business.
Pre-Internship preparations
Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is a must. Basic knowledge of SQL queries
might be helpful and save you the time you would otherwise spend in learning it there.
Moreover, be ready to learn and work on some of their internal tools.
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conference call with them. Having effective and regular communication with
your Hiring Manager (HM) is very important. But, it becomes tough if your
HM is based out of a different geography. Managing this issue is very
important.
Pre-Internship preparations
In general, all the academic subjects taught in the first year are used in some way or
the other. So, it's important to go through it. Following academic subjects are of more
importance and should be revised thoroughly before the start of the internship:
• Statistics
• Operations Management
• Operations Research
Following tools should be learned and practiced before the start of the internship
• Advance Excel (Macros & Model building)
• R programming
Pre-Internship preparations
• Brushed-up on fundamentals of MS Excel.
• Contact seniors with similar projects/roles and brush up on relevant topics.
• Complete an online course on Basics of Operations Analytics.
I was able to answer almost all questions from the CFO, CIO as well as the other
stakeholders who looked at the problem from different angles. I received a lot of
accolades after the review from the senior stakeholders of the firm due to this
approach.
Pre-Internship preparations
For analytics and data-oriented roles:
• Brush up your statistics well and learn one of R/SPSS/Minitab/Stata
• MS Excel (math/stat formulas, charts, pivot tables), MS Access DB.
• VBA, SQL and basic programming concepts to create dashboards.
• PowerPoint. Nothing prepares you more for reviews than corporate case
study competitions, participate in large numbers.
For learning you can use Udemy, EDX, Coursera.
Pre-Internship preparations
Excel is a must and any programming language or software should be showcased.
Having those extra skills put you a little ahead from other interns.
Pre-Internship preparations
Keep excel skills updated
Learn additional skills such as Macros and VBA if possible
Pre-Internship preparations
Learnt advanced excel and excel modelling from MOOC.
Pre-Internship preparations
Excel and statistics hands-on
Pre-Internship preparations
Research: Contact your seniors and get an idea about the current events in the
organisation. Try to predict the probable project based on the inputs and then prepare
the required topics for that project
Revise the Academics Subjects: Operation Management, Quality Management,
Operation research, OR modelling and Statistics
Learn software’s: R, Minitab, SPSS, Advanced Excel, Tableau
Pre-Internship preparations
• Have a thorough learning with Excel and PowerPoint
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Pre-Internship preparations
I learnt about the business operations of the company by reading relevant articles and
following constant updates on the company website. More or less everything else was
done during internship only.
Reliance offers General Management role and may place you in any function, hence
I didn’t focus on any particular field per se. As mentioned earlier I worked on brushing
up various skills and knowledge.
Pre-Internship preparations
I underwent a Basic excel course in coursera.
Pre-Internship preparations
• Performed excel trainings via coursera, youtube and other online forums.
• Gained Proficiency in making ppts by participating in multiple case study
competitions
• Know about the latest technologies n trends in the market and their impact
on the industry.
Pre-Internship preparations
Depending upon your profiles, it is must that you are well versed with the basics of
that domain. Get in touch with your mentors (if allocated) or HRs or seniors to get an
idea of what to prepare. A basic knowledge of Statistics, Finance, Marketing, Strategic
frameworks etc. will give you the required edge. Even if you hired for a specific profile,
a basic knowledge of all MBA streams is expected from you and can really come in
handy at times.
Pre-Internship preparations
Participation in Case studies are backbone of career. Although, you may not win every
time but will learn about hidden angles of observing a problem. Expressing your
thoughts clearly requires a good hand over Power point & Excel. Learn programming
languages if required in project
Pre-Internship preparations
There are no hardcore preparations required I feel. Consult seniors as they had faced
the similar situation/project before. Just know the tools as they might be used in your
project (R, Lingo, SPSS etc) and have an overview of that, at least know how the
framework of these software are. But I would say having a good grasp on Excel
(Macros included) is a must since most of your project would be based in that only.
Pre-Internship preparations
If you get your project before joining the company, read about it and the best practices,
try to go through some excel tutorials and practice your learnings on a downloaded
data-set.
Pre-Internship preparations
Advanced Excel & VB macros course from Udemy.
Links –
https://www.udemy.com/excel-for-analysts/learn/v4/overview (advanced excel)
https://www.udemy.com/ultimate-excel-programmer/learn/v4/overview (VB macros)
https://www.udemy.com/microsoft-excel-2013-from-beginner-to-advanced-and-
beyond/learn/v4/overview (if you wish to learn excel from scratch)
Also, one should have proficiency in making PPTs, which we all very well learn while
participating in case studies.
Pre-Internship preparations
There is a plethora of different roles offered during ULIP and hence suggesting a
specific preparation might not be that useful. I would just suggest that be thorough
with excel and brush up your concepts of the first year. You can read up things related
to your project once you get the charter before starting your internship
Pre-Internship preparations
• Excel & VBA
• Lingo or any other solver
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Pre-Internship preparations
A working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint cannot be understated. Additionally,
interacting with the recent alumni will be of a lot of help as they can guide you with
the preliminary do’s and don’ts and also direct you to the right people for your project.
avoid such last-minute hassles. In retrospect this would probably be the one I would
like to have focused on more during my internship tenure.
Pre-Internship preparations
Having a strong grip on Excel and PowerPoint is an absolute must. These two tools
will drive most of the work you do during your internship tenure.
Building an early network with your fellow interns as well as the alumni will also
greatly benefit you at this nascent stage.
While technical knowledge is important, it is important to know certain basics of the
field that you would be interning in, this would help save time during the internship
process and help expedite the work that you undertake.
Apart from my preparation, another major challenge that I faced was to interact and
collect data from the people in the market. I had to visit distribution centres across
Maharashtra and try to figure out the cause of sales return from these centres. Apart
from the physical strain, the main challenge was to collect relevant and necessary
information from the distribution centres. This was difficult primarily because of the
fear among distributors that sharing information might lead to loss of business. But I
had a similar experience in L&T Construction and that made my job easier here.
even at midnight if you have a doubt. But do not take it casually. If you are
prepared before the internship, you will be confident during the internship.
And half of the job is done if you are confident.
• Be punctual, be polite to the people around you. Try to make as many
connections as possible and try to get noticed by people who matter. It
always helps to be in the good books of the people who are going to decide
your future.
• Don’t lose hope, if you are not able to proceed in your project. Also, don’t
shy away from asking for help. Ask your seniors in the company and college
and work harder to get the job done. If working 12 hours is not getting the
job done, then work 18 hours. Be confident and work to your potential.
Pre-Internship preparations
Two major preparations are
• Be very well versed with MS Office skills, especially Excel and ppt. These
two are the major weapons used to get your PPO. Coming from NITIE, it is
expected that you have the general knowledge about Supply Chain. If not,
brush them up before the start of internship
• Make sure that you know about your company inside out and also the kind
of business they are into. Try to find out their competitors and carry out
some general benchmarking if possible. This will reflect your awareness
during the meetings and help you make a good rapport from the beginning
itself.
Pre-Internship preparations
At least learn excel, all basic functions, formulas. It will be helpful, if you know VBA
macros or a new software, but its significance depends on the requirement of the
project. Theoretical concepts may or may not be useful, again, depends if its needed
in your project.
Pre-Internship preparations
It depends from company to company. One can always seek respective senior’s help
who have already interned in the company. They will be knowing the pre-requisites
and can help others.
Pre-Internship preparations
Frankly, you don’t need to prepare a whole lot before the internship. Just read up all
you can about the company you are going to intern for. If you already know your
project topic, you can try to read up on that too. Be thorough with MS-Excel- most of
you will need it.
time and updated it with time. It saved me from the last-minute rush and kept me
ahead of other candidates.
Pre-Internship preparations
• You may go through the basic statistics and supply chain models.
• You should be good with Ms. Excel and Ms. PowerPoint.
• You may also through various case studies based on the industries you
would be entering during your internship.
• Believe in yourself and enjoy everything you do in these two months. These
two months will be the most cherished time you will have during MBA life.
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Pre-Internship preparations
Basic in terms of skill set – Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Tableau
Go with a clean mind. Be prepared to slog hard. There would be tough times during
internship and you would feel like letting it go. But be strong and push your limits.
Getting a PPO is a matter of pride and a feeling of being welcomed back
Network as much as you can! It makes your task little simpler. You would learn tricks
of the trade from people who are senior to you in the organisation. Especially, in
Consulting, NETWORKING is a prerequisite. If you are an introvert, try experimenting
and talking to people.
Reach out to NITIE seniors for guidance.
Pre-Internship preparations
Excel: basic and advanced, Tableau (it’s a tool you can leverage to make an impact,
good PPT skills
The internship program is very much organized, you will always know whom to talk
when you are stuck somewhere. My suggestion to interns of Deloitte S&O would be
to talk to as many people as you can, follow your deadlines diligently and deliver
quality work. Don’t be shy to ask questions to team mates, alumnus, counsellor, buddy
or anyone at the floor.
Pre-Internship preparations
Work on excel basics and power point skills. If you can learn Tableau, it might be
helpful, but it’s not as mandatory as excel, power point. Other than that, the only thing
you need is positive mindset.
You will be given on-track or off-track rating after mid-review. Don’t be overconfident
or get depressed with that. There are always many interns who change their rating
in the end review. Have regular touchpoint with your counsellor and manager.
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The Q&A round after the final presentation is also very critical in the evaluation
process. Questions are either posed directly to a person or to the team as a whole. I
was able to answer some critical questions which helped me a lot.
Pre-Internship preparations
There is no need to study about ERPs. The two-week training is more than enough
for the internship. But it helps if you are thorough with the basics of accounting and
operations management.
Pre-Internship preparations
As such no specific prerequisites for Deloitte but some basics of ERP will be helpful.
A strong command on verbal communication will come in handy during the internship.
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Last but not certainly the least ensure good bonding between the members of your
team. Make sure the team has a fine functional relationship and that the team is
always on track professionally
Deloitte has a wonderful work atmosphere. So, enjoy yourselves and the work as well.
Your temperament and interaction with others in the office can do wonders to your
chances of securing a PPO at the firm.
Pre-Internship preparations
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Work on your basic skills like excel, mail etiquettes etc. Do some homework on your
service line (as mentioned in the call letter). Deloitte is a firm where you will be given
the adequate training on the tools to be used there. So just work on your soft skills
and interpersonal skills. Go in with a positive mindset and you should do fine.
Pre-Internship preparations
My pre-internship preparations involved brushing up my excel skills & going through
a bit of procurement related reading material which I had received from my seniors.
Apart from that I believe no amount of preparations can actually make you completely
prepared for what is to come in those two months.
Pre-Internship preparations
I had good understanding of excel which was very important and useful. Also brushed
up my PowerPoint skills which is another crucial factor in consulting internships. A
presentation not communicating the right message can undo all the good work behind
the contents. It is important to learn how to communicate the message in simple
PowerPoint documents for consulting internships.
As GEP was into procurement consulting, I did my home work in brushing up that as
well. Lastly, interacting with seniors who had interned with the company and with the
buddy assigned to me also helped me.
For every meeting with my mentor, I would prepare a presentation for the discussion.
This would help to deliver my progress effectively.
Pre-Internship preparations
Being handy with Excel and PowerPoint is a must.
Be thorough with the industry of your work experience area at least. Sound knowledge
about the latest industry and business news will always help you while interacting with
people at senior level; or even with colleagues.
Pre-Internship preparations
Basics of various subjects like statistics, accounting, depending on the field of your
internship, and Excel/PowerPoint. Also, try contacting the alums who are in the
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company as they are the best people who will help you before and during the
internship.
Things to keep in mind during your internship
Keep in mind that you are being watched every time. So, make sure that you are
communicating in the right way. Understand what your mentor’s style of working is,
and then mould yourself accordingly.
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Pre-Internship preparations
Strong understanding of MS Office, VBA in Excel and Basic Supply Chain Concepts.
Another thing which I improved upon was my presentation skills. Since all the
presentations had to be made to the US colleagues, my mentor guided me in
delivering it in the most effective way.
Pre-Internship preparations
• Reach out to the alums.
• Thorough knowledge of Excel, Macros, Power point presentations would be
handy.
• Also, if one is into Analytics or Data Scientist kind of role, R and Python
would be essential.
• I interacted with a lot of people in the company, even though I did not need
their help immediately. But later, these people helped me in making the right
connections. This helped me in having meetings with the senior leaders,
even though they were preoccupied with lot of responsibilities. It’s an
essential part of our job to develop cordial relationships with the people
around. I also helped my seniors in doing some simple jobs like making ppt
or finishing their Excel sheets. I guess all these gestures were remembered
when the PPO was decided.
Pre-Internship preparations
Two major preparations are
• Be very well versed with MS Office skills, especially Excel and ppt. These
two are the major weapons used to get your PPO. Coming from NITIE, it is
expected that you have the general knowledge about Supply Chain. If not,
brush them up before the start of internship
• Make sure that you know about your company inside out and also the kind
of business they are into. Try to find out their competitors and carry out some
general benchmarking if possible. This will reflect your awareness during the
meetings and help you make a good rapport from the beginning itself.
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Pre-Internship preparations
• Excel (Pivot, Macros, VBA)
• Hands on: one of the BI tool, Tableau worked for me
Pre-Internship preparations
I did no prior preparation, but things turned out fine for me. I would still suggest it is
always better to be more prepared because you don’t know what’s coming up next. It
is okay to be unprepared, also again because you don’t know what’s coming up next
(this option is fluky, I don’t take any charge for this suggestion…)
Pre-Internship preparations
The preparations are very much role specific, being in a digital leadership program
my preparation was related to what is happening in the world of technology, what is
going on in my company. Learn to setup call and meeting in outlook and brush up you
excel, PPT and mail drafting skills as they take major of your time.
Pre-Internship preparations
Try to connect with your buddy and get internal information about who’s who of the
organisation and what will be your type of work. Prepare topics which involve digital
services made using latest cutting-edge technologies, IIOT, Artificial Intelligence etc.
Apart from this some knowledge about Web applications and how they are
developed might be useful.
Pre-Internship preparations
Excel Advance & VBA