Among the IITs, Flipkart is visiting Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Bombay, Guwahati, Roorkee, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Hyderabad for engineering, product and business analytics profiles.
Cheering the first time job seekers, two e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon compete to hire talent from IITs and IIMs across the country. According to a report published in the Economic Times, According to The Economic Times, Amazon and Flipkart will hire students for emerging technologies like artificial intelligence from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs).
It also has been reported that Flipkart, which has been bought by Walmart might surpass Amazon in hiring more talent. Last year, Amazon had taken the lead, both in terms of number of offers made and the salaries offered.
“Big data, machine learning, decision sciences and artificial intelligence will be the key focus areas for this season’s hiring plan — there is increasing need of resources in these emerging technologies,” a Flipkart spokesperson told the publication in an email.
“Amazon operates at the cutting edge of technology and we are keen to hire candidates with passion for technology such as AI, ML, IoT, speech recognition and computer vision, in addition to an aptitude to grow with the organisation,” said Raj Kaza, director, talent acquisition, India, Amazon.
Amazon’s campus hiring is higher for this year than 2017.
Among the IITs, Flipkart is visiting Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Bombay, Guwahati, Roorkee, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Hyderabad for engineering, product and business analytics profiles.
NITs are the first to begin their final placements in August, followed by new IITs such as Mandi and Ropar that start placements in October, the report said.
At IIM Calcutta, both Flipkart and Amazon are visiting for summer placements beginning October. Last year, Flipkart made three offers, all final, at this campus, while Amazon made close to 18 — both final and preplacement offers (PPOs).
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