Campus Placement: Hiring through your college placement cell, where companies visit or run online drives for that college’s students.

Example

A company holds a test for all eligible students on campus and shortlists 30 of them for interviews.

Why Campus Placement matters for IT interns

It is a common route to internships and first jobs, with its own rules, timelines and offer policies.

Where you will hear it

You will come across this term while searching for internships, reading offers, and talking to recruiters or your college placement cell. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.

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What is Campus Placement?

Hiring through your college placement cell, where companies visit or run online drives for that college’s students.

What is an example of Campus Placement?

A company holds a test for all eligible students on campus and shortlists 30 of them for interviews.

Why does Campus Placement matter for IT interns?

It is a common route to internships and first jobs, with its own rules, timelines and offer policies.

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Dhaivat Ajwaliya

Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.