Daughter's college is selling a paid 'placement readiness' course for the summer. Worth it?

breezy_wave_780521 Apr 2026

Molu finishes her second year next month. Her college has sent a circular about a six-week placement readiness programme in May and June: aptitude tests, mock interviews, communication sessions, training on one software tool. Optional, extra fee, certificate at the end. She's half interested, mostly because her friends are signing up. I run a factory, not an HR department, so I can't tell whether companies look at these certificates or whether it's someone making summer money off the college name. Anyone whose son or daughter did one, did it help when placements came?

6 comments

ivory_balcony_853521 Apr 2026
Who runs it, the college's own placement cell or an outside training company?
- breezy_wave_780521 Apr 2026
  Outside company, going by the circular. A name I've never heard of, with the college logo on top. That's half of why I'm suspicious 😊
fern_piano_381421 Apr 2026
Not college level, but our school brings in outside 'skills' vendors too and the quality is all over the place. Some are good, some are a PDF and a certificate. Ask her seniors who did it last year, they'll tell her straight. Kids are brutal reviewers, no?
peach_lantern_176421 Apr 2026
six weeks of may and june is also her one long break before final year. would she rather spend it on an internship, or even just resting
mellow_balcony_205322 Apr 2026
son just finished inter so we're behind you. but his cousin did one of these during her b.com. she says the aptitude practice helped with the online tests, the rest was timepass
rose_notebook_187922 Apr 2026
We hire for our family business. Nobody has ever brought one of these certificates to an interview, and I wouldn't know what to make of it if they did. Whether a person can talk sensibly across the table, that I notice. If the mock interviews are real practice with feedback, that part has value.
saffron_diary_774022 Apr 2026
My son is in SSC, so I don't know about college placements. But same thing is going on at our level. Every coaching centre is asking money for POLYCET crash course, inter foundation course, everybody gives a certificate. I am asking parents whose children already finished, not the people selling. Same for your daughter, her seniors will tell the truth.