Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and Adobe have become the latest among top recruiters to skip final placements at Indian Institutes of Technology this year. They now join a growing list of marquee companies
— the likes of Google, McKinsey and Facebook — that are avoiding the
official channel to recruit from the top engineering colleges.
The formal process entails recruiters visiting a campus and interviewing candidates, usually starting December, when the final placement season begins for most IITs, before making an offer. While that involves looking at the final year students of one institute at a time, companies are now putting candidates across IITs against each other through simultaneous online tests and other means, as they try to cherry-pick the best from a larger pool.
Adobe may adopt this strategy starting this year, screening candidates through online tests followed by interviews, and stop visiting campuses, said people in the know.
HUL seems to have exited final campus placements partially, as it stayed away from IITs for the second year in a row. But the consumer goods company has still been hiring IITians through pre-placement offers — giving permanent job offers to interns who suit its requirements.
Adobe hired over a dozen engineers from at least three IITs last year, including five from IIT Bombay. The software company, as well as Google, Facebook and McKinsey didn’t respond to request for comment.
HUL didn’t confirm its absence from the IITs during campus placements and said it is open to hiring through the formal channel.
India has 23 IITs of which 17 have the class of 2017 getting placed — the rest are new institutes, started in 2015 and 2016.
The institutes aren’t happy about the new strategy of recruiters.
"IITs do not entertain companies that chose to go off-campus. Companies like HUL that are not coming for final placement in December but are coming for picking up interns are still welcome,” said IIT Kharagpur career development centre chairperson Debasis Deb.
Other IITs are also not overly worried about the partial exit by some companies. “As long as companies are coming to the IITs for PPOs (pre-placement offers), there is nothing to worry about,” said Anishya Madan, IIT-Delhi’s training and placement cell, industrial liaison officer.
The formal process entails recruiters visiting a campus and interviewing candidates, usually starting December, when the final placement season begins for most IITs, before making an offer. While that involves looking at the final year students of one institute at a time, companies are now putting candidates across IITs against each other through simultaneous online tests and other means, as they try to cherry-pick the best from a larger pool.
Adobe may adopt this strategy starting this year, screening candidates through online tests followed by interviews, and stop visiting campuses, said people in the know.
HUL seems to have exited final campus placements partially, as it stayed away from IITs for the second year in a row. But the consumer goods company has still been hiring IITians through pre-placement offers — giving permanent job offers to interns who suit its requirements.
Adobe hired over a dozen engineers from at least three IITs last year, including five from IIT Bombay. The software company, as well as Google, Facebook and McKinsey didn’t respond to request for comment.
HUL didn’t confirm its absence from the IITs during campus placements and said it is open to hiring through the formal channel.
India has 23 IITs of which 17 have the class of 2017 getting placed — the rest are new institutes, started in 2015 and 2016.
The institutes aren’t happy about the new strategy of recruiters.
"IITs do not entertain companies that chose to go off-campus. Companies like HUL that are not coming for final placement in December but are coming for picking up interns are still welcome,” said IIT Kharagpur career development centre chairperson Debasis Deb.
Other IITs are also not overly worried about the partial exit by some companies. “As long as companies are coming to the IITs for PPOs (pre-placement offers), there is nothing to worry about,” said Anishya Madan, IIT-Delhi’s training and placement cell, industrial liaison officer.
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