Students’ Speak: Highest package offered & top recruiters for TSM Madurai 2019-20 final placements

Abdullah Salman shares some key stats and insights from TSM Madurai 2019-20 placements in his interview with the Shiksha team. He also mentions some strategies to answer a few commonly posed questions during the interview rounds. Abdullah stresses the importance of staying composed and contemplating the questions before responding. Here are some details on TSM Madurai placements and other excerpts from the interview.

Q: Which were the top recruiting sectors in this placement season?

A: Marketing was the most dominant sector in terms of students’ placement. The breakup of the sector-wise placements:

Q: How many got placements out of the total number of students in the batch?

A: The total batch strength and percentage of students placed in this placement season:

Note: 97 percent of the students were placed who opted for placements.

Q: Mention some of the top companies that visited the campus for placements.

A: The top-notch companies visiting campus include Nestle, Marico, Colgate, ITC for sales officer role with a package of 6.6 LPA CTC approximately (Fixed+Variable) and Financial companies such as Federal Bank with 7.5-10 LPA CTC for the role of Assistant Manager Cadre.

Some notable companies that visited the campus include Colgate, Coca-Cola, Cavinkare, Federal bank, CUB Bank, Ernst & Young, Asian Paints, Berger paints, Marico, ITC, Wrigley Mars, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Jio, Reckitt Benckiser, Zoho, TCS, GSK, etc. These companies recruit candidates for various posts such as Sales officer, TSI (Territory sales officer), Financial Analyst, Assistant Bank Manager, Operations Analyst, Digital Marketing Specialist, Content Specialist, HR Assistant, etc.

The minimum and maximum CTCs offered during the placement season are:

Q: How should one respond to some of the commonly posed questions and scenarios during interviews?

A: The interview panel will usually ask questions around your profile, background, internship and previous work experience if any. Remain composed and contemplate on the question before replying. Here are a few common instances:-

1. Tell me about yourself
   Explain about the educations and achievements in chronological order, SWOT analysis of yours and summer Internship project and if any achievements. Don't share much about your family background.
2. About your Summer Internship project
   Mention detailed information about the learning, research done by you and how it helped the organisation, especially in numbers.
3. About the company
   Go through their website, the latest news about them in media and their share price if it is a listed company.
4. The interviewer may throw some random stress-based scenario questions
   Take a few seconds to think and answer them patiently with confidence but do not bluff. Be true and confident.

Challenges could be that the recruiter may put you in some random stress situation or the interview could be a long day tiring process, so be prepared for it. If you fail, no problem, work on your strengths and weaknesses by analysing the areas where you committed mistakes, be a fighter and don’t get depressed. Many opportunities are yet to come by your way.

About the Author:

Abdullah Salman M. is currently pursuing an MBA in General Management from TSM, Madurai. He has 15 months of work experience as a Network Engineer. He hails from Vellore, Tamil Nadu and has previously completed BE (ECE), from Anna University, Chennai.