I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dr. Reddy's
Interview
campus based selections for two month paid internships which may result in pre-placement offers.
the selection process is done on campus for 1 or 2 days. involves shortlisting based on scores and resume. one round of case based group discussions and then the shortlisted students are called for a panel interview. selections of usually 4 out of 40 or 8 out of 60.
the two month internship happens during april-may of the specific year. pre-placement offers are made to the respective campus placement departments by the end of august the same year.
candidates are expected to be at the top of their game in academics and adaptability to corporate atmosphere.
my case: i got the internship, completed it, and the offer of INR 800,000 + 100,000 = INR 900,000 CTC was sent to my college, and since this number was greater than the campus average of INR 850,000 i had compulsorily accept the offer, which i did.
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Question 1
through preparation is expected and usually delivered by most students.
business case based group discussions involve probing and processing the solution for a specific business situation, not a tough task unless the group becomes unruly during the discussion which is very common in india.
the interview will have HR questions about why Dr. Reddy's and the like. Depending on the business function the student requests questions may be from finance (ratios and their meaning, etc), marketing (pharma marketing specifics etc), HR, IT and variants.
nothing a decently confident/nimble and prepared student cannot complete.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dr. Reddy's (Hyderabad) in Mar 2009
Interview
Well, i thought my interview went well. But i wasnt made an offer. In hindsight, i think i gave a very wrong answer to a typical question, which was, " Why do you want to leave your job in a company like Reliance, and come work for us", and i answered, " Two reason, 1. The location. 2. The package". The blunder here, although the words spoken were true, was that they were not looking for this answer. They wanted to hear something along the lines of " How great the work culture at Dr Reddy's is, the intelligent peer group et al". In short, honesty is not always the best policy, especially in a job interview