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5 years
India
2026
Male
Score: 635 GMAT Focus
GPA: 9.09
Pre-MBA industry: Technology
Post-MBA industry: Technology
ISB
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 2,
2026
3 months ago
17 Jan 2026 11:01
IIM (All Schools)
IIM Ahmedabad PGPX
IIM Ahmedabad PGPX
DeniedJan 16, 26
3 months ago
17 Jan 2026 11:01
ISB
Full Time MBA
Full Time MBA
Round 2,
2025
AppliedDec 8, 24
DeniedMar 13, 25
9 months ago
15 Jul 2025 04:07
1 year ago
24 Nov 2024 01:11
10th (2015) - 88.20%
12th (2017) - 77.08%
B.E (Computer Engineering 2017-2021) - 9.09 CGPA (top 10% of the class)
GMAT FE - 635
Work-ex: 4.5 years as of Jan 2026:-
Product Manager at Finvu AA, India's second largest Account Aggregator (July 2025 - present)
- Leading growth initiatives by identifying and helping build product differentiators right from ideation to GTM.
- Working directly with the CEO to increase market share from currently 20% to 30%.
- Apart from all of this, the usual PM activities.
Associate Engineer [Senior Analyst, Nov 2022 - Mar 2024; Graduate Analyst, Jul 2021 - Nov 2022] (July 2021 - July 2025):
- 2 promotions in a span of 3 years
- Led a team of 7 engineers to design & implement DB's in-house regulatory reporting product.
- Won multiple awards and accolades for the project I worked on, as well as for leading a global committee's "India Chapter" that gives junior employees within the bank an opportunity to learn and network
Co-founder and Head of Product at Projectivity (Sept 2023 - Feb 2025 [In parallel to Deutsche Bank]):
- Spearheaded the ideation, prototyping, MVP development and launch of a B2B SAAS platform that helps streamline backend operations of the Entertainment and Media Industry, targeting a $2.5Bn market
- Onboarded the initial set of early adopters/users. Eventually, had to shut down due to scalability issues
Extra Curriculars:
- I create podcasts with CXOs discussing their journey.
- Blogs/Posts on Tech, finance, etc.
- I used to teach students in Masoom Foundation who had flunked their 10th board exams previously.
- In college, I was the head of our college's tech committee, TSEC CodeCell.
- I have won numerous awards in both corporate and college.
12th (2017) - 77.08%
B.E (Computer Engineering 2017-2021) - 9.09 CGPA (top 10% of the class)
GMAT FE - 635
Work-ex: 4.5 years as of Jan 2026:-
Product Manager at Finvu AA, India's second largest Account Aggregator (July 2025 - present)
- Leading growth initiatives by identifying and helping build product differentiators right from ideation to GTM.
- Working directly with the CEO to increase market share from currently 20% to 30%.
- Apart from all of this, the usual PM activities.
Associate Engineer [Senior Analyst, Nov 2022 - Mar 2024; Graduate Analyst, Jul 2021 - Nov 2022] (July 2021 - July 2025):
- 2 promotions in a span of 3 years
- Led a team of 7 engineers to design & implement DB's in-house regulatory reporting product.
- Won multiple awards and accolades for the project I worked on, as well as for leading a global committee's "India Chapter" that gives junior employees within the bank an opportunity to learn and network
Co-founder and Head of Product at Projectivity (Sept 2023 - Feb 2025 [In parallel to Deutsche Bank]):
- Spearheaded the ideation, prototyping, MVP development and launch of a B2B SAAS platform that helps streamline backend operations of the Entertainment and Media Industry, targeting a $2.5Bn market
- Onboarded the initial set of early adopters/users. Eventually, had to shut down due to scalability issues
Extra Curriculars:
- I create podcasts with CXOs discussing their journey.
- Blogs/Posts on Tech, finance, etc.
- I used to teach students in Masoom Foundation who had flunked their 10th board exams previously.
- In college, I was the head of our college's tech committee, TSEC CodeCell.
- I have won numerous awards in both corporate and college.
Your strong GPA (9.09) and 3 years of technology experience provide a solid foundation, but the GMAT Focus score of 635 is a significant weakness. Retaking the GMAT with a target of 700+ would be good. To stand out, you shall focus on highlighting leadership skills, measurable impact at work, and unique experiences like cutting-edge projects or cross-functional collaboration. Clearly defined career goals within technology and involvement in extracurriculars can further strengthen the profile.
As we have very little information now, we cannot comment much on your profile. If you’d like, we are happy to discuss your leadership skills, impact created, challenges faced, awards and achievements and extracurriculars to assess your chances to top B-schools and strengthen your application with impactful stories.
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Cheers!
Shantanu Sharma
Founder and Admissions Consultant, MBA and Beyond
Email: [email protected]
P.S. Your GMAT is a big sub-average but I think your professional accomplishments should off-set that esp. if you have good brand on your resume, which sounds like you do based on the bank.
Are you targeting any other schools other than ISB?
In case that doesn't work out then, I will focus on applying next year with a minimum GMAT score of 705 and hopefully raise the seed round for my startup by then.
My target colleges would be T-15, with a minimum upwards of 50% scholarship.