Editorial Policy

Editorial standards

Placement decisions affect careers. We hold our content to standards that match that stake. This page documents how we write, who reviews, what we use AI for, and how we correct mistakes.

Who writes

Every published article on placementpilot.ai is attributed to a named human author from our team (see /authors). Anonymous content is not published. Author bios link to verifiable LinkedIn profiles.

Who reviews

Every published article carries a "Last reviewed" line with the reviewer's name and the ISO date the review happened. Reviewers are different from authors. Reviewers verify:

  • Every statistic cited resolves to a primary source listed in our data sources.
  • Every claim about an institution is sourced or labelled as opinion.
  • Every comparison is fair (apples to apples — same year, same scope, same definition).

AI assistance disclosure

We use AI tools (large language models) to:

  • Draft initial outlines from data we've already verified.
  • Suggest section structure and headings.
  • Generate hero images via diffusion models.

We do not use AI to:

  • Fabricate statistics, recruiter lists, or placement outcomes.
  • Generate quotes attributed to real institutions or people.
  • Publish without human review.

Every AI-assisted draft passes through the same review pipeline as a fully human-written piece. Where AI is used substantively (full draft generation), it is disclosed at the bottom of the article.

Conflicts of interest

PlacementPilot AI is a commercial SaaS product. We sell software to colleges. When we write about "the best placement management software," we are not impartial — and we disclose this openly. We do not accept payment to feature institutions on placement pages or rankings. NIRF ranks the colleges; we just present the data.

Corrections

If we publish a number that is wrong, we fix it. Email [email protected]with the page URL and a link to the authoritative source. We respond within 48 business hours and ship corrections within 7 days. The page's dateModified field updates on every correction so readers can see when something changed.

Sources policy

Articles that cite placement statistics must include a Sources section at the end linking to primary sources (NIRF, AICTE, institutional websites, government press releases). We avoid linking to aggregator sites, paywalled reports, and unverifiable surveys.

Image policy

Hero images are generated via diffusion models (Vertex AI Imagen) using prompts that do not depict real people. We do not generate images of named individuals, named institutions' campuses, or any visual content that could be confused for documentary photography.

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