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This time, these elite colleges are engaging students who found work through campus placements as well as their alumni networks to support their less fortunate brethren. “Imagine having someone to turn to who understands the pressure and can offer insightful guidance, strategies for navigating interviews, and a listening ear when stress mounts,” stated an email from the student council of IIT Delhi in December. “The journey to placements can be both thrilling and challenging. To support you through this period, we are launching the Call a Friend programme, a peer-to-peer initiative that connects final-year students appearing for placements with those ... Read more

Zomato is scouting for algorithm engineers at IIT campuses. High frequency trading companies are looking for statistical process control experts with high scores in quant. Consulting companies want associate product managers. And conglomerates are seeking chemical engineers for their ESG operations. Recruiters prowling the premier engineering schools at this year’s hiring season are shunning students with the regular academic profiles, instead picking to-be-engineers who have worked in complex projects. Blame AI. “If we wanted regular coders, engineers, or get impressed with presentations, we would have relied on ChatGPT,” said a partner at a leading consulting company that has hired more ... Read more