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Woke up this morning to check the notification from college placement cell regarding the candidates who made it through the CV selection round in a Tier 1 firm's internship recruitment drive. My name wasn't there, despite having all the pre requisites and academical cut off. Got a taste of competitive reality check that made me realise ki "bhai itne se to nai hoga, more hours to be put in". Its 7:30 in the morning and I'm trying to let go of this emotional baggage of expectations that I had from myself, perhaps due to the fact that this is my first rejection while applying for a tier 1 firm despite coming so close.
Folks I plan to join Gen Corp teams of Tier 1 firm, though exhausting as many worthy contributors have already mentioned here before, I wish to have first hand experience in the pressure cooker myself. The domain of corporate and commercial laws interest me. How shall I go ahead about it? shall I productively utilise my connections to land a one month internship in such firms and convert it into a call back/long term? how often does that happen when you don't join as a long term intern at a place?
Or, for the starters, I should join a Tier 2-3 firm in the same domain and learn the work. Maybe in a boutique firm where chances of acceptance is more. Can you folks suggest me places to start and apply in Delhi-NCR (Gurgaon) in the same domain?
any advice, suggestions or blunt two cents would be appreciated. Thanks for patiently reading till the end.