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Hi,
Your startup work experience would definitely resonate with the B-school Adcoms. You also have a extremely good GMAT score. The fact that you have an exposure to different work verticals such as sales, operation etc adds lot of value to your profile.
Your post MBA goal needs a little more direction, its generic right now.
You can start working on your essays. Concentrate on bringing out your leadership capabilities that you have demonstrated in your work and also the value that you will bring into the class.

What potential B-schools are you targeting?
You may also want to look at international B-schools.
You can connect with us at beyondthegmat@gmail.com for a detailed profile evaluation and to discuss on other potential B-Schools for your profile.

Best of luck!

Hello

Thank you for reading.

Background and nationality : Indian, 34 , Male

Undergrad Information : M.Sc. in Media Communications (5 Yrs Program) from Anna University ( CGPA 8.67/10)

GMAT: 650 ( Q46/V34/IR 6/AWA 5)

Work experience and leadership:

Total Experience of 10+ years, majority of which I've spent in UAE. I've worked in B2B sectors and have specialised in global Corporate Communications (Internal, External, Crisis) and Investor Relations, for large scale multinational firms (multicultural workforce exceeding 15,000 people) operating in more than 15 countries. Highest position achieved till date is AGM level.

Post MBA goals: Would like to add Marketing expertise to my existing Communications & IR specialisation, and would like to work for a public listed company in India, heading their Marketing, IR, and Comms functions. In 5 years time, I'd like to start my own business related to my field of specialisation.

Cons that I can think of: Low GMAT score, Age, non-traditional industry and function, non traditional post MBA goals (i.e. non finance, non consulting, non Operations). The low GMAT score, I'm willing to put in more time and effort into retaking, but it's the other aspects of my application that worry me.

Thank you for your opinion.

Hi everyone,

Can anyone please evaluate my profile?

Background and nationality - B.Tech, Metallurgical & materials engineering, Indian

Undergrad Information - IGIT Sarang, Govt college under BPUT, Odisha

GMAT: 690 (Q47 , V-37), spoilt my score with IR - 2, AWA - 4, BIGGEST mistake-didn't prepare, overlooked both sections.

Work experience and leadership - 6 years in steel manufacturing in Jindal Stainless, first job, one promotion, fast track employee, Have been working at steel melt shop. Have worked in various roles in a newly commissioned plant starting from production stabilization to costing & currently manager in process control: Work involves validating, designing & improving practices for production of cost effective quality products for end customers. Have been project lead from my deptt for IoT & industry 4i initiative.

Post MBA goals - would like to be back in manufacturing or consulting

Do i even stand ny chance of getting into ISB or any of the IIMs ??????????

Hello lori

ISB has clarified that they will not be looking at IR scores, so that is not your worry.
690 is lower that the average at ISB/IIM A/B/C but you may have a chance if you can talk in depth around your work ex and career goals.
You can read here on what matters in the written application.
In the info given, not able to identify achievements or career progression and the need for an MBA (if you wish to stay in manufacturing, then why? What roles are you aspiring for? The schools will need more specific answers here)

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Varun Sharma
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GMAT Score Predictor
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Hi guys,

I am a current student at PGPX, IIMA.

Feel free to PM me, reply to the post etc if you want to ask any question/ know any information regarding the PGPX program at IIM Ahmedabad.

I will try to get back to you as soon as possible (most likely within a few hours to a day).

In the meantime, you can watch the following videos by the current students at IIMA PGPX on

1)The diversity of applicants at IIMA PGPX:-
https://youtu.be/5pk1avttRyU

2)Preparation to get into IIMA PGPX, from GMAT/GRE to interview prep:-
Part I:
https://youtu.be/feQZz02xZnE

Part II:-
https://youtu.be/GMCuKKF4dqE

You can follow the official pages of IIMA for more information:

LinkedIn:-
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/pgpxatiima/

Facebook:-
https://lnkd.in/faUKiHX

Twitter:-
https://lnkd.in/f4cRmZm

All the best

Guys,
If you want we can do a live chat and live go through of the PGPX application portal today, sometime in the evening. Let me know.
Regards
Subhankar

Hi .. I have a GMAT score 660
Work exp. of 12 yrs
Working in a leading Maharatna Public Sector Company( Power Sector).
I have been part of multibillion dollar projects with national and cross country significance.
from project feasibility to execution stage.
The technology which i am working on is niche with international exposure.

What are my prospects ???

I would say decent. If you had a 680+ GMAT score, I would say good. You can make it through: Highlight your achievements/ what you did in the projects you talked about, and your learning and apply. Round 1 is better to apply for the GMAT score that you have. If it doesn’t work, retake the GMAT, and reapply in round 2 with a score of 700+.

All the best.

Regards

Subhankar

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Hi Shubhankar,

Here is my profile .

Scored 680 in Gmat .

1) 9 years of work exp with Accenture and Cognizant combined .
2) Expertise in niche domain Life Sciences
3) Worker as both Project Manager and Business Consultant.
4) Handling an entire team of 15 members and responsible for entire Delivery from India.
5) Responsibile for large scale automations at our Project .
6) worked on RFPs as Life Sciences and PharmaCoVigilance expert .
7) Delivered training’s for audience including leadership.
8) ITIL certified
9) Prince 2 Certified .


Extra Curricular

1) Run my own photography business.
2) more than 180 clients in 5 years
3) turn over of rupees 1.5 million .
4) rich client base such as GoIbibo’s CTO and an ex IAS officer .

5) collaborated with an independent musical Project And responsible for its cover shoot .
6) the band is also listed as an independent musical group in Apple Music, Sound cloud.com
7) Co founder a talent platform called Vilupt with more than 1000 members in it.

Tx,
Anush


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Hello abgraphy

The 'stats' of your profile are decent, but what are your career goals my friend?

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Varun Sharma
+919137133507
MBAkarma.com
GMAT Score Predictor
info@mbakarma.com

Hi guys,

My name is Arpit Sharma. I am 31 years old and have a work-exp of 7 years now in multiple domains.

Nationality : Indian
Background & Work- exp: Engineering from an average college
Married , no kids

5 years in telecom sector with 6 months international experience (Greece, Romania, Egypt) as an Engineer. Team leading and customer engagement
experience.Then I switched to Central Government audit after being selected through a competitive exam. This is in finance domain ( 15 months experience).
I left the organization to prepare for higher competitive exams like UPSC CSE. Did some freelancing for 1 year.
Then joined an educational startup as Marketing manager for 4.5 months (so have marketing and teaching experience).
Got selected in Comptroller & Auditor General as Assistant Audit Officer (Gazetted) and currently working here. I lead a team here and we audit government
organizations.

So, total work-exp of 7+ years + 1 year of freelancing experience in making educational content and videos (if that counts). Experience in technology side,
financial audit and accounts side as well as in marketing and online teaching.


Academics: Pretty average: B.Tech with 65.7% marks
10th : 74% marks
12th : 79.8% marks

GMAT : Scored 710 . Planning again in next 2 months for 750+


Extra curricular : I have an educational youtube channel with approx 10k subscribers where I teach, guide aspirants of government exams. I do this with the
help of other social media channels like facebook, twitter, quora etc. I am an environmental enthusiast and we plant trees in and around
Bangalore. I like to learn and invest in stocks. I love cycling and reading in free time.

Please suggest if my profile is good for IIM A PGPX / IIM B EPGP / IIM C PGPEX / SPJAIN / IIM Indore EPGP / ISB in this order if I score around 750 in GMAT.
Any suggested areas of improvement ?
I am working as a Gazetted Officer in Indian Government in financial auditing field. Is there any difficulty for Central Government employees ?



Regards//
Arpit

Hello Arpit16

Your profile is good for the listed schools even with a 710. Your work ex and extracurricular are strong and will help your stand out versus other applicants.
A 750 on the GMAT will help further.
The only challenge I see here is around your career goals- with no info on it, tough to give a meaningful feedback.
These schools will look at a specific answer here.
Make sure in your written application, you highlight the admission factors mentioned here and tie your past with specific career goals (reading here might help)

Best
Varun Sharma
+919137133507
MBAkarma.com
GMAT Score Predictor
info@mbakarma.com

Thanks a lot Varun for your reply.

Since you are from IT background, a GMAT of 700+ would have been a plus. However, given your extracurricular, I think you have enough to get the adcom interested. Apply NOW in Round 1 itself. In case you don't get an interview call, reapply in Round 2. I think you should get an interview call as there are some differentiating factors in your profile. Make sure though that you keep your goals realistic during your application and interview. All the best

Regards

Subhankar

APPLY NOW 710 GMAT enough, 750 not required you are a gazetted government office, not many such people apply. In the current batch, only me and one more guy are gazetted officers. The other one resigned while I am on leave. So, your current job makes your profile 'Niche'. Make sure they post MBA goals you mention in your application and interview are realistic. During my interview, I had said that I would like to join back the government and had mentioned how I had seen from their past placement records that governments do recruit from IIMA PGPX. All the best.

Regards

Subhankar

Hello,

My profile details are as follows:-

10th: 90% ICSE
12th: 83% ISC
NIT-Allahabad : B.Tech [ Computer Science and Engg. ] CGPA 8.18
(Got selected in IIT-JEE but did not take it as I was not getting a good branch & course [Does this help ?] )

Internship: One97 [3 months , May-July 2010 ]
Role: Was among the first 5-6 members to conceptualize and code the back-end of paytm.

Work Ex: 6 years ( as on 1st Aug 2018 )
Job Title: Senior Research Engineer in Govt R&D [ Telecom ]
Responsibility: Worked in several projects of national importance. Lead one of the project with a team of 5.
[But being a Flat R&D govt organization official designation remains the same.]


Extra Curriculars:
College:
- Participated and won in several cultural events.
- Participated in Technical events and won a few of them.
- Marketing and Publicity head of the College festivals.
- Member of college Web team, work included maintaining college website etc and also streamlining various offline work through online portals.
- Participated in several environmental drives etc.

Office:
- Executive Member of Office Club.
- Managed office annual town hall events for three/four years.
- Mentoring of new recruits [Adjudged best group last year]
- Stream lining internal office/team work through new online portals.

I am planning to give GMAT in a couple of weeks and I am targeting IIM A B C L.

Please evaluate my profile and also suggest my GMAT score targets.

Thanks.

Profile looks good. Bring out the best snapshot in your application. ICSE/ ISC grades do not matter, Work experience does. Your work ex being on the lower side (5 years) and you being an Indian IT male, I would recommend a 720-760 GMAT range. Should be doable for you. All the best.

Regards

Subhankar

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Hello anse

Past academics scores are good and show a potential to go high on the GMAT. So aim for a 720+ so stand out from other IT applicants.
Coming to work ex, focus more on your achievements and business impact rather than role/responsibility.
Same goes with extracurricular activities- showcase your contribution here more than a laundry list. School/college activities may not carry much weight unless you have achieved something spectacular. You can read here to know all the factors important in written application.
Lastly, a vital piece of info is missing- what are your career goals and why do they need an MBA. Without this your application and profile remains incomplete. You may want to read here to add to your research.

Best
Varun Sharma
+919137133507
MBAkarma.com
GMAT Score Predictor
info@mbakarma.com

Hi, kindly review my profile and share your feedback.

Background: 12 ½ years’ of extensive experience in Retail Store Operations. Worked with retail giants in India like ITC- Wills Lifestyle, Reliance- Trends, Future group- Central & Landmark group- Lifestyle.

Work Experience: Started my retail career in 2005 as a campus recruit from Institute of Hotel Management, Hyderabad to ITC Lifestyle Retail Fashion Division. Grown from a management trainee profile to a store/business/operations manager with Brand like Wills Lifestyle, Nike, United Colors of Benetton to larger Departmental stores like Reliance Trends, Central & Lifestyle.
Have gained immense knowledge and expertise across various Retail aspects in Apparel industry during my journey so far pertaining to mall operations- tenant, facility management, new store opening, complete store operations- SOPs, merchandise management- buying, planning & allocation, marketing- ATL and BTL, visual merchandising, customer behavior and buying patterns, people management, training and development, inventory management- audits and stock checks, vendor management. Varied retail math involved in business performance and understanding like- key performance indicators, sell thru analysis of products, P & L along with store operating cost, margins, & EBITDA, Area vs Sale ratio of Departments/ Brands, etc.

Current Work: Business Manager with Lifestyle (Departmental store of Landmark group for Apparel & Fashion) since 3 years in Bangalore heading a store comprising an area of 50,000 sqft with a yearly turnover of 80 crores and leading a team of 350 team members.

Undergrad Information: Xth : 81%, XIIth : 77%, Graduation (BSc in Hotel Management from IHM Hyderabad): 60%, EPRM (Executive Program in Retail Management) from IIM- Calcutta- Online MBA with a “Good” rating.

GMAT: Preparing since 3 months & targeting beginning of Nov’18.
Targeted B-Schools: IIM-A PGPX, IIM-B EPGP.

Why MBA? post MBA goals: With a 12+ years’ of experience under my belt in Brick & Motor retail, I want to explore E-commerce and get into online business models like Amazon, Flipkart etc / join a Retail major of India in a substantial strategic role after graduating from my B- school.
Few years of exposure to pure online retail post MBA with a backup of physical retail experience in the past will definitely boost my profile to grow in the industry in the near future. Also the market share of organized retail in general and online retail in particular is growing year after year with many giants of World Retail already in India. Many major brick & motor retailers are getting into online business models as well resulting in new form of hybrid retail coming into existence. Hence I see an immense scope in this field for the next 5 to 8 years.