A placement-cell dashboard for students’ communication readiness
TalkDrill gives a placement cell one web console that shows every student’s readiness across seven skill families, rolled up by batch, section or department, next to when they last practised. Add a company drive to the placement calendar and the eligible students switch to a seven-day drive sprint; afterwards, record each outcome next to the student’s readiness band.
What the console shows
A web console you log into. We show the real one on a call rather than a designed mock-up.
Readiness by student and by batch
One readiness picture per student across seven skill families, with coverage shown: a skill not yet assessed says so and is never scored zero. Next to it, when they last practised and how their scores have moved — rolled up per batch, section or department.
Placement calendar and drive sprints
Add a company drive with its date and the eligible batches, and those students’ plans switch to a seven-day drive sprint with a countdown on Home. Afterwards, record each student’s outcome and see it next to their readiness band.
Leaderboards
Ranked by practice minutes, XP, interview score or, if you switch it on, readiness — scoped to a batch or the whole institution. Students see the top ten and their own rank; staff see the full list.
Seniors as interviewers
Flag placed seniors and they can run their company’s mock round for juniors. The AI scores the junior and the senior’s listening, and the questions seniors recall go into a question bank only your college sees, once staff approve them.
Batch reports, a weekly email and CSV
Per batch: who joined, started and finished, baseline against latest, weakest skills and drop-off, plus a pilot evaluation across the rollout. A weekly email covers readiness movement, who is at risk and classes coming up, and every table exports to CSV.
Ask the console
Ask a question about your own students in plain English and get an answer, with a chart where it helps, that names the report behind every number. It only sees what your role is allowed to see.
Around a placement drive
1
Add the drive
The company, the date and the eligible batches go on the placement calendar.
2
Students sprint
Eligible students’ plans switch to a seven-day drive sprint with a countdown on their Home.
3
Seniors run mocks
Placed seniors you have flagged can run their company’s mock round for juniors, scored by the AI.
4
Record outcomes
After the drive, record each student’s outcome and see it next to their readiness band.
How readiness is kept honest
Readiness is measured across seven skill families: speak clearly, language accuracy, interview craft, explain your work, group discussion, professional writing and presence. A skill that has not been assessed yet says so and is never scored zero, so a quiet student is not mistaken for a weak one.
Readiness moves on checkpoints, not on practice minutes. Practice minutes, XP and interview scores sit beside it, and the leaderboard can be ranked by any of them.
What staff can and cannot see
Private practice stays with the student who did it.
Staff can see
When someone last practised, how many sessions and how long
Their scores and progress: readiness across seven skills, interview, speaking, grammar and course chapters
How their placement test was taken, next to their own explanation
Where they stand against your own rules — checkpoints done, classes attended — shown apart from their skill scores
Attendance and participation scores from classes and practice slots
Their rank on their batch’s leaderboard
Staff cannot see
What anyone said in their private practice: no transcript and no replay
Their chats with the AI, their notes, or anything outside TalkDrill
Members are shown exactly this before they join, and they can leave from their own settings at any time. Thirty days after someone leaves, their individual detail is removed from the console; your batch and team totals are unaffected.
Questions placement cells ask
Is there a separate login for the placement cell?
Can the console connect to our ERP or LMS?
Does it track placement outcomes?
Can staff read what a student said in practice?
Is there a screenshot of the console?
More for placement cells
Start with one class, free for 30 days
Up to 40 students and 15 staff, with nothing to sign. Tell us your numbers in a two-minute form and we reply within two working days with a walkthrough of the real console.