Placement Season Log 2025
This is a retrospective log/account of my placement season (2025) at IITB. 1. Resume Rush : July-August: My 2-page core elec/ semiconductors resume looked good. I scrambled at the last moment to put together a 1 page non-core resume. I am semi-satisfied with the latter, as I made an inadvertent error. However the proof verification process allowed me to upload an updated resume, so all's good. Note: Experience now shows that this is actually an incredibly important time, especially for consult domain job seekers and for other roles which mainly have resume shortlisting. Even in tech and core it often goes down to the wire and your resume can make or break it for you. Thus this becomes a very crucial phase of the process . 2. Incentive Points & PPTs : Post-midsem : This is a warm-up to the placement season. Incentive points are clerical needs of the PT cell that you are expected to satisfy. This time it involved taking domain-wise assesments on a platform called pod.ai. This a...