Complete guide for campus interviews: Step by step preparation for Internships and Full-time jobs
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4 WeeksQuick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Palakkad |
The Syllabus
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
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
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
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
- Higher education from a skill perspective
- Pros and Cons of MS, PhD, MBA programs
- Life in academia
- How you can optimize careers uniquely