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With 2 years of experience being the requirement, do your chances reduce having only 2 years of experience? Especially in a non-leadership role
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Do you have 2 years of experience now or would it be 2 years of experience by March 2027 Ark17?
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7/7/7

10th/12th GSEB

VIT Hellore - Mech B.tech [spl in Automotive engineerin’]

Summer Intership at Volvo India

Got selected on-campus for Industry-Defined Final year Capstone Project at Ford plant, sanand.

Member for SAE-VIT(Society of Automotive Engineers)INDIA -South india division, Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) student chapter for Industrial Designer.

Core committe member for At VIT Vellore, 5th Pillar is a prominent socio-political, anti-corruption non-profit student club, Art and design club, Music club.

Volunteered/participation for many events for Rivera(cultural fest) 15’,16’, Ayuda NGO and Juvenile Care (VIT Chapter), The Hindu Education Plus Club (THEP), The comedy club, English literary Association (ELA), Gujarati Literary Association (GLA), Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Development (CSED), SoS(simle over stress) Club, Culinary Arts Club, Nature Lover’s Club.

Average mock score 655, but targeting 110+ to me’ current score.

Work ex. for 11 months in Industrial generators industry as QC/Ind.Design engineer, then got an offer as QA/design+maintenance engineer in Gems and jewelry industry for 3 yrs and 2 months then got promoted to founders office for Product development & strategy/operations till today its been 2 yrs and 5months.
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7/7/7

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Got selected on-campus for Industry-Defined Final year Capstone Project at Ford plant, sanand.

Member for SAE-VIT(Society of Automotive Engineers)INDIA -South india division, Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) student chapter for Industrial Designer.

Core committe member for At VIT Vellore, 5th Pillar is a prominent socio-political, anti-corruption non-profit student club, Art and design club, Music club.

Volunteered/participation for many events for Rivera(cultural fest) 15’,16’, Ayuda NGO and Juvenile Care (VIT Chapter), The Hindu Education Plus Club (THEP), The comedy club, English literary Association (ELA), Gujarati Literary Association (GLA), Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Development (CSED), SoS(simle over stress) Club, Culinary Arts Club, Nature Lover’s Club.

Average mock score 655, but targeting 110+ to me’ current score.

Work ex. for 11 months in Industrial generators industry as QC/Ind.Design engineer, then got an offer as QA/design+maintenance engineer in Gems and jewelry industry for 3 yrs and 2 months then got promoted to founders office for Product development & strategy/operations till today its been 2 yrs and 5months.
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While the 7/7/7 academics are average,

Your career trajectory from engineering into product development, strategy, and founder's office responsibilities is some what unique and will give you some edge.

And since you have 6+ years workex, your extracurriculars in college is history/stale.

For GMAT target 675+

Also whats your post-MBA positioning?
You haven't mentioned what you want to do after the MBA.

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Do you have 2 years of experience now or would it be 2 years of experience by March 2027 Ark17?
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I have 2 years of work experience now

Looking to apply in R2 applications for ISB, still preparing for gmat
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I have 2 years of work experience now

Looking to apply in R2 applications for ISB, still preparing for gmat
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So, ISB actually calculates your experience by March 27. You would be much better placed in terms of your total experience by March'27.
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So, ISB actually calculates your experience by March 27. You would be much better placed in terms of your total experience by March’27.
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Ok thank you. Would also like to know what gmat score I should target
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Needless to say, apart from the quantity of experience, which in your case is a bit on the lower side, quality of experience matters as well.

So,

- What has been the nature of your work in these past 2 years?

- What are your educational qualification and academic grades?

- Any extra curriculars?
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> I am preparing for gmat, 10th: 95%, 12th: 93%, ug: 8.88 cgpa with almost 4yrs of experience. What should be my target gmat score?
Four years of experience in which domain/company https://gmatclub.com:443/forum/memberli ... amisharmaa?

Undergrad in which specialization? Which college? Any extracurricular?

These things matter, you know:).
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Undergrad in Production Engineering
NIT Agartala,

Work Experience — ~4 Years

* Software Developer with end-to-end ownership of applications, from business requirements and estimation to development, deployment, and production go-live.
* Worked with global clients including Mondelēz, PepsiCo, Franklin Templeton, and lululemon.
* Strong client-facing and cross-functional collaboration, working across business and technical teams to drive delivery.
* Led and guided team members, including mentoring them.
* Take ownership of delivery, stakeholder communication, issue resolution, and production releases.

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* Tech Sessions: Independently ran a weekly knowledge-sharing initiative for a ~2,000-member department for 1.5 years, coordinating senior leaders and architects as speakers.
* Bharatanatyam: Classical dancer.
* Marathon Running: Endurance runner.
* NIT Agartala Literary Club: Technical Writer, Editor & Content Creator for 2+ years; created technical/literary posts and content for the club’s social media platforms.
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Needless to say, apart from the quantity of experience, which in your case is a bit on the lower side, quality of experience matters as well.

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- What has been the nature of your work in these past 2 years?

- What are your educational qualification and academic grades?

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I work in the mutual fund industry. I interact with multiple distributors, particularly private banks and wealth managers, to help increase the market share of my amc.
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BBA from Ibs, Hyderabad. [Cgpa- 9.32]
12th from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School Vidyashram [CBSE- 85.4%]
10th from Sloka the Hyderabad Waldorf School [CBSE- 73.2%]
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I would strongly recommend that you speak with various consultants yourself and make your opinion based on your conversations.

I am one such consultant so we can speak if you like 🙂

You can always search (by name in consultant directory) and check my 5-🌟 *verified* reviews on Poets & Quants as well.

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Male, I am graduate from a NIT(cgpa 7.76) and I have 5 years of work ex in Software Engineering domain. Some amount of extra curriculars. Gre score of 326(165q 161v). Also 10th- 10 cgpa and 12th- 96.4%. I am planning to apply in R1.
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No idea about Lilac buds or CrackAdmission. A junior at workplace used ISBeacon in the past and had kind words for them. Will most probably go with them if I get a decent score.
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Male, I am graduate from a NIT(cgpa 7.76) and I have 5 years of work ex in Software Engineering domain. Some amount of extra curriculars. Gre score of 326(165q 161v). Also 10th- 10 cgpa and 12th- 96.4%. I am planning to apply in R1.
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All you need now is a good narrative and clear post MBA goals. Decent number.

All the best.
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