Profile evaluation for UVA Darden, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, IIM, INSEAD, UNC Kenan-Flagler, McCombs, UNC Kenan-Flagler, GRE 317, Accounting background, from India

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2 years ago

Hi,

wondering what the motivation behind career goals in impact consulting/ non profit entrepreneurship is? With your work as a corporate tax consultant and a side gig in a family business, it will be impossible to justify the impact/ non-profit aspiration as you seem to have no prior experience in this field. With no credible experience, both the b-school and the recruiters are not going to buy that story. However, if you do have some relevant experience which is not mentioned here, then do clarify.
Other than this, your work profile looks nice. I would need to know more details about your experiences and achievements to comment further.
For an Indian applicant, your GRE is going to be woefully low at all your target programs. You should retake before R2 deadlines.

Namita Garg,
mbadecoder.com

You have a number of pluses on your profile, a strong brand on your résumé and hopefully some promotion in the latest job switch.

It would be helpful if you have some leadership experience it would be nice if you could bump up your GRE score to like 325…

One question would be, could you switch to the consulting side at Deloitte or why do you think you wouldn’t you be able to without an MBA? What’s missing?

Jain808

@bb The leadership experience i have is leading a team of 10 and 2 on 2 different clients at Deloitte and directly reporting to a Sr. Manager. Apart from it, for the $1 million dollar deal, I was directly working with the partner, and acting as an intermediary between client and Deloitte. Btw, this deal wasn't in my domain, but I reached out to the partner via networking.

I tried switching but here in India, they only want people from Tier1 colleges or a CA, else they won't conduct an interview also. And this is same across the consulting industry in India.

Thank you for taking time and helping out.

MBADecoder - Thank you Namita for helping out. I do not have any other relevant experience in the Social sector apart from the volunteership, I've mentioned above.
About the motivation for Non-profit : Well, money is a great motivator no doubt about it, but then I feel the need to do something for society. What I'm doing currently such as distributing groceries to the needy or donating food for people in hospitals apart from ones listed above, isn't creating an impact I want to make. I want to do just a little more and understand how you can make the most out of a NPO, and that's one of the reasons for an MBA. I wouldn't mind showing Strategy/Consulting as my short/mid-term term goal if that sounds better and realistic.

About work experience - My work involves preparing and reviewing US Trust and Corporations Tax returns, talking to IRS or State tax authorities for Tax issues of the client, working on automation to ease out the processes, and directly communicating with clients to understand the requirements. I had led a team of 2 and 10 at Deloitte, where I was handling Tax consultants and reporting to a Sr. Manager.

My position timelines were as under - Tax consultant May 16 - June 18, Sr. Tax Consultant June 18 - May 20, and Tax senior May 20 - September 22 at Deloitte. I had to change teams at Deloitte for a year in 2019 as the Client left due to which I wasn't promoted in 2019, but then with new clients coming I was taken back in my old team, and promoted after 2 months of my work there.
I'm due for a promotion at my new company, and since this is a startup, the title wasn't decided properly by them. when I joined, and hence had to join as a Tax senior.

The achievements listed above are the only achievements I have, the only addition/modification to that list is that the quotation of the deal was worth $1-1.1 million USD.

About GRE - agreed, just trying to figure out how to make my way through verbal.

thank you so much again for taking the time to help.

Jain808, appreciate your detailed reply.
Going back to your goals- you don't need an MBA or a consulting jo to work in an NPO- you can do it even now- either as an extra curricular activity (can be very fulfilling depending upon your level of involvement) or as a full time job. Over the years, we have worked with several applicants who quit their jobs, took a pay cut and joined a social impact organization to fulfill a similar interest as yours. When these people apply for an MBA with a social impact consulting career goal, they are more convincing because they have been there, done that, and they have showed commitment. So my earlier suggestion about the goals is keeping this group of people in mind. Think about it and feel free to reach out at contact@mbadecoder.com if you wish to discuss further on this.
For now, your task is cut out- a better GRE Score. All the best for the prep and look forward to an update on this

Namita Garg
www.mbadecoder.com
https://mbadecoder.com/services/free-pr ... valuation/

TheIvyLeagueEdge

1. Good brand name as employer.
2. Would like to see your career trajectory, and duration before each promotion.
3. Low CGPA, and low GRE. For even a consideration in T15-25, better to push up the score substantially
4. CA (incl grp 2) would have helped offset some of the above, but clearly you don't have time for that
5. ECs are just about average

Overall, for an Indian Male, you are in a very competitive pool. Happy to assess your candidature 1 to 1 on a call. Please submit your detailed profile on https://theivyleagueedge.com/ContactUs

@MBADecoder - Thank you Namita for helping out. I do not have any other relevant experience in the Social sector apart from the volunteership, I've mentioned above.
About the motivation for Non-profit : Well, money is a great motivator no doubt about it, but then I feel the need to do something for society. What I'm doing currently such as distributing groceries to the needy or donating food for people in hospitals apart from ones listed above, isn't creating an impact I want to make. I want to do just a little more and understand how you can make the most out of a NPO, and that's one of the reasons for an MBA. I wouldn't mind showing Strategy/Consulting as my short/mid-term term goal if that sounds better and realistic.

About work experience - My work involves preparing and reviewing US Trust and Corporations Tax returns, talking to IRS or State tax authorities for Tax issues of the client, working on automation to ease out the processes, and directly communicating with clients to understand the requirements. I had led a team of 2 and 10 at Deloitte, where I was handling Tax consultants and reporting to a Sr. Manager.

My position timelines were as under - Tax consultant May 16 - June 18, Sr. Tax Consultant June 18 - May 20, and Tax senior May 20 - September 22 at Deloitte. I had to change teams at Deloitte for a year in 2019 as the Client left due to which I wasn't promoted in 2019, but then with new clients coming I was taken back in my old team, and promoted after 2 months of my work there.
I'm due for a promotion at my new company, and since this is a startup, the title wasn't decided properly by them. when I joined, and hence had to join as a Tax senior.

The achievements listed above are the only achievements I have, the only addition/modification to that list is that the quotation of the deal was worth $1-1.1 million USD.

About GRE - agreed, just trying to figure out how to make my way through verbal.

thank you so much again for taking the time to help.

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@Theivyleagueedge Sorry for that. I guess my reply button isn't working properly.

My position timelines were as under -
Article assistant at a CA firm : 2013-2016. Meanwhile I was working for my father's Firm.

Deloitte :
Tax consultant May 16 - June 18,
Sr. Tax Consultant June 18 - May 20, and Tax senior May 20 - September 22 at Deloitte. I had to change teams at Deloitte for a year in 2019 as the Client left due to which I wasn't promoted in 2019, but then with new clients coming I was taken back in my old team, and promoted after 2 months of my work there.
I'm due for a promotion at my new company, and since this is a startup, the title wasn't decided properly by them. when I joined, and hence had to join as a Tax senior.

And the only addition/modification to the achievement list is that the quotation of the deal was worth $1-1.1 million USD, where I was acting as a link between Deloitte and the client.

Thank you so much for taking out your time.

@Jain808:
There were some server issues all of us faced yesterday for sometime. So, my replies also got posted thrice.

As for a profile assessment, there are multiple factors, and there is only so much that can be communicated over anonymous messages, more so when you have options to discuss the same 1 to 1.

For example, that you joined a small start-up at the SAME position, after leaving Deloitte, is a FACT, and your explanations can do with context that helps convince the reader.

Most importantly, you have LITTLE time, if you are serious about applying in R2.
Good luck....