Calling all Erasmus (Rotterdam) MBA Applicants: 2021 Intake!

Did you receive any final interview after kira interview or have you been notified for it?

To keep it short. I was a student in RSM this year but I had to drop MBA quickly and return home country for sever family conditions.

Hello Experts,

I need a desperate suggestion regarding my profile before i consider myself for a candidate for JAN 21 intake.


1> I have taken my GMAT already in Nov 2019. I scored a dismal 650 (Q 49, V 28, IR 5, AWA 5.5).
2>STD 10- 91% (2006), STD 12 - 86%(2008) (state board)- For both these cases, as i was among the top most %ile rank holders, i received scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
--Represented school Soccer team & participated in different debate competitions.
3>B. tech in Electronics and communication Engineering from one of the top engineering college(Institute of Engineering & Management) with a 9.01/10 GPA (scaled GPA 4.0) in the year 2012
--Part of college student council that represented various college activities. Student co-ordinator for College events.
4>Placed in 4 different MNCs after my Undergrad degree.
5> Joined leading Telecomm. service provider in their Global services operations in India as a Engineering trainee on 2012, working for last 7 years.
6>Promoted twice in the meantime, currently working as a Senior Network Engineer.
7> Worked for multiple telecomm operators around the globe, giant names of Africa, US & Europian operators are among them.
8>Internation exposure in Zambia, Africa for couple of months and i was a part of the team who was engaged in commercial launch of a brand new Telecommunication technology there with cross domain interactions with the customer.
9> Also I was in Dusseldorf, Germany in 2018 for sometime as a specialist working for a new project. Leading a team of 10~20 people with constant customer interactions.
10> Part of technical recruitment team of my organization.
11> Part of cultural & brand awarness team in my organization.
12> Multiple key performance award winner for outstanding delivery efforts.
13> Team member for automation & cost-saving programmes in my organization.

I know i represent an over-represented Indian male demographic, but i truely eager to know if i stand any chance for a Erasmus admission.
Your kind suggestions & feedbacks are really appreciated.

Thanks

Look you have outstanding profile in many aspects that I saw in Indians friends in RSM but the GMAT was higher little bit.

Mo2men
Thank you for your kind reply.
So you mean to say, i should try for another GMAT attempt & aim for a increased score.
Yeah, i knew that i have screwed my 1st GMAT attempt
Should i try within a month or 2 & then apply with a enhanced score?
Will that gonna make any difference?
waiting to have a note from your end.

Thanks

Yes, do that and apply. I liked RSM vibe and Rotterdam as city.

I applied for R1 admission.

Scored 670 on the GMAT with a Q47, V35 AWA5 IR8

Felt this was a bit on the weak side as it was my first attempt.

3 years of experience as an analyst at a medium sized company in Australia

Interviewed in mid Feb and received an offer with a scholarship last week.

Good luck to my fellow applicants, I honestly think I got lucky but the interview did go really well so maybe that was a contributing factor. The interviewer was Aki and we had a good chat.

Trying to figure out whether I should take this or a US university as I got an offer for Purdue today and am undecided.

Here you compare two things: duration and country. What is your end goal?

btw,How much scholarship have you got? if no problem to mention.

So Erasmus is 1 year but I understand that the visa is 1.5 years after which you can apply for another visa that gives you an additional 1 year without sponsorship to find a job.

Purdue is a 2 year program but as of yet I do not know of any financial aid/scholarships.

My end goal is to work in consulting or maybe funds management. To be honest I don't know yet but I am interested in a few topics. In terms of where I would rather work, in the past I would have said USA but I'd say Europe now so I am leaning towards RSM.

So can you share what kind of questions and conversations you had with Aki, my interview is scheduled tomorrow. Hope to go through and maybe see you in Rotterdam

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Mostly standard questions. Why RSM? Why study an MBA now? What are your goals after? If I was a hiring manage why should I hire you?

Good luck

Aki interviewed me last year. The interview was conversational. I may add also to the above question that he asked me about team work and how to manege conflicts. Bear in mind that 99% of RSM assignments is team work. Only the some of PLD assignments is individual.

If you want to know more about RSM or logistical issues like housing, papers..etc let me know.

Hey, I just received an admission interview post my kira submission on 21st Feb. Anyone else in the same boat?

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Hey!
I'm in the same boat. I finished my interview with the adcom head Ms. Carrie Fok two days back!

Good luck!

Good luck, can you please share your kira and interview experience here

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That's great man. How was it? What were the questions like?
My interview is with Sharlene. Any sort of help would be appreciated?

Also, just to gauge myself, does everyone get an interview admission or is there some sort of filtering done post the Kira assessment?

Thank you very much!

The interview was quite conversational and informal. I'll mention a few questions which I remember:
1. Why MBA? Why RSM? Why now?
2. Describe your current role
3. Your strengths, weaknesses and what have you learnt from them
4. Conflict management, Failure management: Mechanism and learning
5. What have you learnt from other cultures you interact with

For preparation, I'd suggest you to go through your CV, essays and your strengths and weaknesses

Hope this helps.