Aagam Gupta
Electrical - Power and Automation
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PPO
American Express
Interviewed by:
Devansh Agrawal
Internships
PPOs
20th September 2020
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Why PPO?
Any tips for securing a PPO?
Summary of the specifics
Importance of good relations within the company?
Criteria used while handing out PPOs?
How did you stand out among your colleagues?
Policies regarding PPOs?
Skills developed and fundamental domain knowledge acquired during the years of B.Tech provide a remarkable head start in all profiles. Eg. Competitive Programming experience is pretty helpful for those interested in SDE profiles. For placement-specific preparation, I feel April-May is a good time to start considering the summer is mostly occupied with intern work.
Regarding the steps, it is very important to speak with seniors/supervisors and get an idea/overview of how the placement mechanism works. This helps create a mental roadmap for the upcoming months and I feel it’s a good place to start.
Regarding the steps, it is very important to speak with seniors/supervisors and get an idea/overview of how the placement mechanism works. This helps create a mental roadmap for the upcoming months and I feel it’s a good place to start.
I explored several domains in my first couple of years in college and gradually picked one from those based on enthusiasm; nothing out of the blue, it was a gradual inclination towards coding, algorithm-design, optimization.
Regarding the prospect of backups, it depends on the profile you focus on as your primary target. If you are focussed on SDE or Analyst roles, there is an abundance of opportunities and probably a backup domain isn’t necessary. However, it might be risky to focus on Quant profiles solely and not have a backup, considering the demand and supply.
Regarding the prospect of backups, it depends on the profile you focus on as your primary target. If you are focussed on SDE or Analyst roles, there is an abundance of opportunities and probably a backup domain isn’t necessary. However, it might be risky to focus on Quant profiles solely and not have a backup, considering the demand and supply.
These are tips my seniors gave me so no offense to them. I will repeat that it’s important to get an overview of how the placement process works, what the companies expect in tests (sometimes company-specific ideas), standard preparation procedures,etc as early as possible. Helps in analysing your drawbacks and figuring out how to work on them. There is no point advising people to not panic and stay calm, I guess that doesn’t happen. It helps to be mentally prepared for random OCS quirks now and then (censor this?) and go as it comes.
It definitely helps to have an internship experience for CV shortlists; but companies don’t really care whether you got the intern via OCS. Last year, several internships were revoked due to the pandemic, hence the outlook was different.
I explored several domains in my first couple of years in college and gradually picked one from those based on enthusiasm; nothing out of the blue, it was a gradual inclination towards coding, algorithm-design, optimization.
Regarding the prospect of backups, it depends on the profile you focus on as your primary target. If you are focussed on SDE or Analyst roles, there is an abundance of opportunities and probably a backup domain isn’t necessary. However, it might be risky to focus on Quant profiles solely and not have a backup, considering the demand and supply.
Regarding the prospect of backups, it depends on the profile you focus on as your primary target. If you are focussed on SDE or Analyst roles, there is an abundance of opportunities and probably a backup domain isn’t necessary. However, it might be risky to focus on Quant profiles solely and not have a backup, considering the demand and supply.
As a matter of fact, this entire placement season was unique in multiple ways and I don’t have enough exposure to the standard offline placement mechanism. I faced some minor obstacles like figuring out optimal strategies for tests but I guess they help a lot in future assessments and I don’t really regret much.
No, it’s not like that based on the number of PPO’s they give, they determine the number of on-campus positions because it’s easier to judge someone in 40 weeks than in 40 mins.
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