IIM-A final placements over, 'dream job' applications dip from last year

A dip in 'dream job' applications could also mean that students are bagging their desired offers in the first go itself

At the conclusion of the final placement process at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), for the 2019 batch of the flagship postgraduate programme in management, 'dream job' applications stood at 143, down from 176 last year.   
 

Under the 'dream job' category, students are provided with the flexibility of applying to firms of their choice in a subsequent cluster even if they have an offer in hand. 

IIM-A, which follows a cluster-based system for its final placement process, where a group of sectors or cohorts are placed together, wrapped up the process across three clusters. The consulting sector