Ramayan and Summer Placements in B-Schools

The day that everybody was busily preparing for had arrived. In the long run, it probably mattered to none. But it was THAT day. Everybody was feeling the butterflies in their stomach. 

Ravana was all very well prepared. Ram was taking final printouts of his resume. Hanuman was thinking of a few more resume points. Nal & Neel were revising their civil-engineering fundaes from undergrad days. Vibhishan and Sughreev were still unsure which companies to apply for. 

Ravana was shortlisted for a number of Day Zero companies. His resume was envied by one and all in campus. He was an expert singer, sportsman, musician, trained dancer. He had straight As in all his subjects. He had received awards from the Director Dr. Shiva himself. He had an excellent work-experience having worked in various capacities for Monsters. Inc. He was given several out of turn promotions as he led them to number 1 position in a several markets. These included territories of Devas, Yakshas, Vanaras, Serpants, Beasts and Humans. He did have minor hiccups or two, but they failed to blemish his resume. His undergrad days were stellar as well. He had Director's Gold Medal given to him by none other than legendary Dr. Brahma. No doubt, he was in the hot list of many companies, including some top consulting and finance companies. 

Hanuman was very sure he wanted a marketing role for himself. He had displayed a knack for executing attention-capturing activities. This included his attempt to capture the sun, with the intention of monetizing it as a toy. He had also acted as PR agent of a company based in central India. This was considered to be a challenging role, since the company had lost market share heavily. His boss, Mr. Sughriv was searching for new territories, when Hanuman entered into an alliance. This alliance was able to capture the market back. He had also done guerrilla marketing, bootstrap marketing and viral marketing for Rama in southern markets. He was the winner of several case study competitions including Searover, LIME (Lanka Ignited by Monkey Envoy), BRAC (Become Rama’s Advisor Challenge), J&J Quest (Jatayu and Jamwant search for Sita), Monkey War-Room among others. He had also single handedly developed battlefield medical solutions and was the only one to do so in Rama’s army of 1,00,000 monkeys. He was still fine-tuning the numbers to quantify his achievements.

Ram was a fresher with no work-ex. He graduated without getting a good placement and had wasted his time at a start-up. He was practicing mock interviews and GD’s with his best friend, Lakshman. Lakshman knew about Ram’s lack of communication skills. He had miscommunicated instructions a number of times, including once when Ravana’s cute sister made advances on them. A floor above them, Sita sat silently in the corner. She was one of the very few female candidates. She was slightly nervous about the swayamwar she would get to do with consulting and the banking companies. 

Meghnad was another hot and favourite day zero candidate. He was keen on investment banks. He was a talented fresher and had defeated finance gods (Yakshas) in numerous finance competitions. Meanwhile, he was worried about the snoring Kumbhakaran. He thought, Kumbha might have to wait for the start-ups on the day 4.