From company onboarding to tests and interviews in December, check IIT placement process

Following this, the Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) begins in September’s first week. Any recruiter interested in delivering a Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) may send the request to the placement-in-charge along with the relevant details. In some IITs, such as IIT Kanpur, attending a Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) given by a company is mandatory for students who have applied for a job opening in that particular company.

While companies visit IIT campuses for PPTs, mid-September is usually the deadline for the release of Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs). The tests also begin in the last week of September, which are followed by the final stage — interviews — from December 1.

Check IIT campus placement process

Stage 1: The placement office appoints a point of contact for companies and sends an invitation to the organisation.

Stage 2: Recruiters interested in hiring can create their online account on the IIT portal.

Stage 3: To complete the registration, companies have to make a payment as per the registration amount.

Stage 4: After this, recruiters can create jobs/internships containing the details of opportunity as required by the placement office.

Stage 5: The details of the job (remuneration details and any other ambiguous information) is verified by the executive officer.

Stage 6: After successful verification the job is made available online to the students, as per dates decided by the placement office.

Stage 7: Interested students show their willingness to appear for the recruitment process of a company by applying for its Job.

Stage 8: Companies can view resumes of interested students and shortlist students using their online accounts.

Stage 9: Companies can proceed with their tests/screening process after finalising the schedule in coordinance with Placement office.

Stage 10: Companies shortlist the selected students for final interview process.

Stage 11: Placement office allots dates to organisations for campus interviews based on various details given by companies.

Stage 12: The organisation confirms the dates with the Placement Office.

Stage 13: Organisations provide the list of students, they are extending offers to at the end of their interview slot.

Stage 14: Placement Office notifies an organisation with the acceptance of selected students.

Stage 15: Offer letter is delivered to the shortlisted candidate along with the job information by the organisation.

(This is a part of 5-part series on IIT placements by indianexpress.com. The first part explained why pre-placement offers (PPO) are gaining popularity, and the second part explained the IIT placement process. Third part talks about the forecast of the 2024-25 placement process. The fourth part is from the students’ perspective on how to prepare for placements, and the last part is about start-ups making their way back to IITs. You can find all IIT Placement related stories here)