Overview
- An Adobe director identified by Mint as Shailesh Misra posted on LinkedIn seeking referrals after his son, a Computer Engineering graduate from Thapar Institute, said a campus placement offer was withdrawn.
- The post was shared on X by content creator Anshika Aggarwal and went viral, drawing large public attention and thousands of comments about graduate job prospects.
- Reports say the offer was revoked as part of a broader campus-offer rollback by a leading technology company, though the employer has not been named in the coverage.
- Coverage linked the incident to hiring changes driven by AI, citing a CNN report and an Anthropic study that found AI can assist with a large share of programming tasks and is prompting recruiters to rethink interview formats.
- The case highlights how central campus placements are for Indian engineering graduates, how referrals and networks still matter for freshers, and that observers will be watching whether firms change recruitment commitments or interview criteria next.