1. SAY
 I went blank during my non technical interview .
 People told me that doing a Job was stressful and there is a heavy workload.
 My college has a placement cell which invites companies to campuses but nothing more.
 Even the best colleges have conducted an odd seminar or so in preparation for the company
recruitment.
 The written tests in job interview were from course curriculum.so how is it different from a
graduate aptitude test?
 People at office took me along to show me their work.
 I do not feel fearful in the workplace.
 Colleges can conduct mock interviews and prepare us for the actual interviews.
 If I had know a senior, he would have apprised me about the Job interviews.
 In the company, it was for the first time that I saw how the principles of mechanical engineering
could be applied.
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2. THINK
 College- industry interaction is absent in many colleges.
 Placement cells alone without job orientation training in colleges are ineffective.
 Some students who know a network of seniors are aware of the job interviewing process while
 the others suffer from lack of it.
 The recent recession had unnerved students who seemed to be bracing themselves for a full year
of unemployment
 Companies that come to college campuses do so looking at the college reputation.
 Students were not prepared to face Human resource (HR)interviews while being
 relatively good with technical questions.
 All the companies that conducted campus interviews followed an established process of
recruiting.
 The questions asked by the interviewers were text book based and often seemed pointless and
were not job oriented.
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3. FEEL
 The stakeholder had a very pleasant first day at work. The staff were friendly and welcoming.
 Everyone at work were eager to show how work was done.
 Well known companies seem to know the needs of new recruits and handle it effectively.
 The culture of subordination in the modern workplace is breaking down.
 The stakeholder was not apprised of the role he would play or the tasks he would perform in the
company for which he was being trained.
 College provides broad based theoretical learning (example -
thermodynamics)but very few concepts could be used in doing practical projects
(example - integrated circuits)
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4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Stakeholder
An academically strong, cheerful, forward
looking mechanical engineer who is
confident about his career
Needs a way to prepare graduates like him to
be better equipped for facing interviews and
be industry-ready
because the current system (colleges, companies) is
inadequate to provide them with skills required to
enter the Job market
with confidence.
Need
Insight
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