How good are the placements at IIIT, Hyderabad for lateral entry students?

Firstly, your mode and time of admission do not affect your placement opportunities at all. That being said, IIIT Hyderabad has an excellent placement scenario that is increasing every year. 

• IIIT Hyderabad placements 2022 recorded placement of 392 out of 400 students.
• The highest salary witnessed an increase of 32% when compared to the previous year and was recorded at INR 74 LPA
•  B.Tech CSE average salary stood at INR 32 LPA. 
• Students were placed in a number of sectors including Core Engineering industries, Software / IT Industries, Banks, Consultancy Firms, SaaS, R&D laboratories, and Academic Institutes.
• Top recruiters included Bloomberg, Code Nation, Deloitte, Facebook, Google, HSBC, Indeed, Intuit, Jio, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Swiggy, TCS, Uber, Walmart, Unacademy, Persistent, etc.

On an ending note, I would like to comment that placements shouldn't be the sole criteria for evaluating an institute as it is just one out of many aspects. Try considering other major parameters too like culture, research, other career options, further study, alumni, faculty, students, extra-curricular, etc