Complete guide for campus interviews: Step by step preparation for Internships and Full-time jobs

Overview

ABOUT THE COURSE:This is a course intended to help students find jobs in industry. We will help students with the basics of understanding the different types of skills, the nature of the labor markets, the issues in recruiting, how to write a good resume, how to network and how to prepare for interviews. We will close by providing the right framework to evaluate careers.The activities will be hands on, where each student is expected to work on their resume, Linkedin profile and interviews along with a bunch of other assessments.We are working on part 2 of this course about domain specific interview preparation, which will be delivered in July 2024 along with industry experts and Professors from IIT Madras and IIT Tirupati.INTENDED AUDIENCE: 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students of undergraduate programs interested in internships and full-time jobs.1st year students of Masters degree programs. Pre- final year students of PhD programs.INDUSTRY SUPPORT: MNC recruiters coming to campus, especially those in Data Analytics, Software, Consulting and Core Engineering.

Syllabus

Week 1:

Introduction to hiring and jobs:

Understanding the hiring process
How to identify the right sector and company
Understanding the economics of labor markets
Understanding the tradeoff between salaries, skills and work life balance
The issues with chasing high compensation

Industry, sector and company differences

Pros and Cons: Startups vs established companies,Core jobs vs software jobs, stable jobs vs high growth,
Why core engineering jobs should be taken more seriously
Choosing startups and entrepreneurship careers

Week 2:Resume preparation:

Skill identification
Customizing resume
Recruiter expectations.
Tips to a perfect resume
Honesty & Integrity in creating resume, why exaggeration and manipulation backfires

Networking:

Importance of networking
Improving Linkedin profile
Connecting with industry prospects and how to pitch yourself
Using employee referrals & how it works
Good and bad practices during networking

Week 3:Pre-Interview preparation:

Skill identification
STAR interview preparation
How to impress HR recruiters

Interview preparation:

Skill identification
STAR interview preparation
Best practices & tips to answer screening questions
Communication skills
Best practices after job offer or rejection by company
How to decline offers gracefully

Week 4:Communication skills and body language:

How to improve communication skills
How to communicate effectively
Body language and presentation skills

Post interviews

Best practices after job offer or rejection by company
How to decline offers gracefully
How to handle failure
Why early success and failure has little correlation with long term career success
The business and people skills that you will need in the future and how to gain them
A better framework to view careers, how to measure career success
How to pass your knowledge and legacy forward

Higher studies: