55% of Delhi NCR College Students Feel This One Thing Is Holding Their Career Back

You're sitting in a placement prep seminar, half-listening, and suddenly it hits you — that one classmate already has two internships, a GitHub full of projects, and somehow also a social life. And you're still figuring out what your "skills" even are. That feeling? Apparently very, very common.

 

We put this on Boomm and asked college students one straight-up question: What's your biggest insecurity right now — Placement chances 📉 or Lack of skills 🛠️? Two options, no filter, just honesty.

The Results Hit Different

55% voted for Lack of skills — beating out placement anxiety, which pulled in 45%. So more students are sitting with the feeling that they're not equipped enough, even before they get to the placement round. It's not the outcome they're scared of first — it's whether they even deserve to show up.

What the comments said was more interesting, though.

"imposter syndrome got hands fr"

"everyone seems more qualified somehow 😭"

And then there was the one that quietly summed up the whole vibe: "career panic hits randomly" — like it's not a constant hum, it just ambushes you between classes or at 2am before a submission.

So What's Actually Going On?

Ngl, this split makes sense for the Delhi NCR college scene. Between Greater Noida campuses, South Delhi coaching circles, and Faridabad students commuting 2 hours for an unpaid internship — everyone's running a silent comparison game. The pressure isn't just about getting placed anymore. It's about feeling worthy of being in the room. That's a different kind of weight.

And lowkey, recognising that feeling is step one. But no cap — you're probably more prepared than you think. The question is, do you believe that yet?

So tell us — which side are you on: placement pressure or the skills gap spiral?