Snapdeal would engage extensively with campuses prior placement season next year

Snapdeal plans to have an extensive engagement programme with campuses before they go for final placements as they plan to hire more candidates next year, but is looking beyond B-school products. Snapdeal hired about 250 MBA graduates across business schools this year.

"We identify the needs of all our business units through an extensive workforce planning exercise and come up with a percentage that needs to be hired through campus to decide our overall campus hiring number. However, the focus in not on adding more colleges but hiring the right candidates and we will ensure a large campus pool to get the best talent and right candidates for the roles," said Saurabh Nigam, VP at Snapdeal, told ET.

Nigam said that while the company looks at MBA-qualified talent to fill non-technical positions in the fields of sales and marketing, business strategy, category management, supply chain and product management to make strategic business decisions, the roles offered will not necessarily depend on the pedigree of the institutes as the company is looking at a talent pool with dynamic skill sets, people who are self-driven and have risk-taking abilities.

"Besides, there is a sea of talent in our country and we are not restricted to just premier MBA institutes to fuel our growth as an organisation," he added.

Snapdeal, which has over 5000 employees and hired a total of 250 MBA graduates this year, had a structured hiring plan for business schools for the first time this year. Nigam stated the company is now four times the size it was a year ago.

"This year we recruited interns to review the candidate pool at campuses. We were amongst the first few to visit in the laterals hiring (rolling) process across all IIMs and other premier campuses like MDI, FMS and SP Jain. Furthermore, we were able to get very competitive slots across all top-tier campuses like ISB," said Nigam.

This year, the company plans to have an extensive engagement plan to engage with campuses before they go in for final placements to ensure that they have clearly identified the campuses to visit during the placement season. Snapdeal recruited from campuses like IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, and MDI Gurgaon this year.


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