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Name/username: Paras Gupta
Age : 28
Country/Location : India / New Delhi
Under-Graduate School : IP University, Delhi
Under-Graduate GPA: 63.67 %
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 720
Total Work Experience : 6.5 years
Pre-MBA Industry : IT Products
Target industry post-MBA: IT Products (B2B SaaS Industry)
Brief about Work Experience : I am a B2B SaaS sales professional into selling of HR Technology products to mid and large enterprises.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Nothing noteworthy as such. Some bit of content creation on linkedin.
International Experience : None
Scholarship Given? : NA
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : I intend to take a leap and grow from leading only sales to a complete P&L of a SaaS business encompassing sales, marketing, operations and support functions.
Short-Term Goal : Regional Head / AVP for a B2B SaaS business.
Long-Term Goal : Country Head / C-Suite leadership for a B2B SaaS business.
Link to your interview debrief: https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-i-got-an ... 44283.html
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : S4G

Name/username: Ridhi Jain/RJRIDHI12
Age : 29
Country/Location : India/ Gurugram
Under-Graduate School : IP College, Delhi University
Under-Graduate GPA: 75.1% (Distinction)
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 690
Total Work Experience : 5.2 years
Pre-MBA Industry : Research and Information Services
Target industry post-MBA: Sustainability Strategy and Consulting
Brief about Work Experience :
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Both my recommenders were my past managers
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Highlighted Basketball and Yoga State championships in school, Fellowship to the USA, Paper published in an International Journal
International Experience : None (But I have done Masters in Economics from UCL)
Scholarship Given? : No
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : I have worked in the research and data oriented roles so far. I have we gained the technical and analytical abilities from on the job training. I wish to transition to strategy roles, specifically in sustainability teams of consulting firms.
Short-Term Goal : Move into strategy roles in a sustainability consulting team
Long-Term Goal : Work my way up to leadership roles within the same team
Did you Consult any MBA Consultant: No
Link to your interview debrief: https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-i-got-in ... 44375.html

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Name/username: Ridhi Jain/RJRIDHI12
Age : 29
Country/Location : India/ Gurugram
Under-Graduate School : IP College, Delhi University
Under-Graduate GPA: 75.1% (Distinction)
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 690
Total Work Experience : 5.2 years
Pre-MBA Industry : Research and Information Services
Target industry post-MBA: Sustainability Strategy and Consulting
Brief about Work Experience :
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Both my recommenders were my managers
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Highlighted Basketball and Yoga State championships in school, Fellowship to the US, Paper published in a journal
International Experience : None ( But I have done Masters in Economics from UCL)
Scholarship Given? : No
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : I have worked in the research and data oriented roles so far. I have we gained the technical and analytical abilities from on the job training. I wish to transition to strategy roles, specifically in sustainability teams of consulting firms.
Short-Term Goal : Move into strategy roles in a sustainability consulting team
Long-Term Goal : Work my way up to leadership roles within the same team
Link to your interview debrief:

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Name/username:Ajay Soni
Age :31
Country/Location :India
Under-Graduate School :Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Under-Graduate GPA:71%
GMAT/GRE Test scores:710(Though I applied with 670. More details on my interview debrief)
Total Work Experience :8 years
Pre-MBA Industry :Guest Faculty in college and Section officer(Finance & Accounts) in Government of Punjab from past 7.5 years.
Target industry post-MBA:Consulting/Finance
Brief about Work Experience :Accounting, Finance, Budgeting, Inquiry, legal, internal audit, pre-audit.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc):Senior officers(Joint Controller)
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Highlights- Social work done in helpage india & Art of Living foundation volunteer, Teacher in govt. school, All india rank in Maths olympiad at school,Practiced Mixed martial arts for 3 years, Black Belt-Taekwondo.
International Experience :0
Scholarship Given? :N.A.
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? :Want to move into Strategy/Consulting and higher advisory role given that I have been working in domain specific role for 7.5 years.
Short-Term Goal :Transition into Consulting/Finance.
Long-Term Goal :Higher Advisory role in Government.
Link to your interview debrief: https://gmatclub.com/forum/interview-de ... 44947.html
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? :Yes
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?:Be careful what you write in SOPs. Confidence in your own abilities is very crucial. Calmness under pressure is what I feel got me into the school.I was nearly 100% sure that I will be selected in the school post my interview experience. Knowledge of current affairs and your perspectives on those issue is very crucial make or break in interviews.

Name/username: Gyanendra Sharma / SharmaGyan
Age : 29
Country/Location : India/New Delhi
Under-Graduate School : Power Engineering, NPTI Delhi, 2009-13
Under-Graduate GPA: 84% (Gold Medalist)
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 730 (Q50, V39)
Total Work Experience : 7.9 years
Pre-MBA Industry : IT Software Products (SaaS)
Target industry post-MBA: Technology / Digital
Brief about Work Experience : 4 Years as Bid Manager with General Electric - Grid Software Solutions, 2.5 Years as International Sales Account Manager with Oracle - Converged Infrastructure Solutions, 1.3 Years in techno-commercial roles with a SettleMint, a European Blockchain major.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?: Both my recommenders were my managers.
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Street Photographer, Visiting Faculty
International Experience : Stints in USA, ASEAN and ANZ markets at Oracle (Remote Sales).
Scholarship Given? : No
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : For long term growth. Now, because hitting the ceiling with my current qualifications.
Short-Term Goal : Lead a team.
Long-Term Goal : Lead a company.

Name/username: Saichand/Donchand93
Age : 27
Country/Location : India/Bengaluru
Under-Graduate School : IIT Madras
Under-Graduate GPA: 7.74 ( Integrated )
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 680
Total Work Experience : 63
Pre-MBA Industry : Automotive R&D
Target industry post-MBA: Automotive
Brief about Work Experience : Engine Design & Development Engineer at a major 2W Company
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Reporting Manager & Senior Colleague
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Outdoor Leader at Local Travel Club, Football, NGO work, Mentioned stock market investing too ( Worked out well in my favour during interview )
International Experience : 0
Scholarship Given? : No
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Got a good understanding of product development from technical perspective so far. Want to understand the business perspective to have an overall view. Automotive sector is undergoing a transition with connected mobility and EVs coming into play. Right time to switch verticals and contribute at business end.
Short-Term Goal : Preferably back to Automotive sector in operations/management roles
Long-Term Goal : Entrepreneurial dreams ( Let's see )
Link to your interview debrief:
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : Yes ( For SoP )
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: It is good to be thorough with your Application/SoP/Your current Industry. Apart from typical MBA questions like Why MBA, Why now, Target Industry and all, I was interviewed on Marketing related questions from Automotive sector. It was totally unexpected but I could survive somehow with my faint knowledge on the same. Also, be honest with Extra-curriculars. In a 15 min interview, I was asked 5 mins on Stock market that I mentioned as hobbies. Do have a smile always and as other mentioned - Keep calm and composed with a smile on your face. You will do great. Good luck.

Name/username: Vatsal Kumar Sinha
Age : 28
Country/Location : India/ Chhattisgarh
Under-Graduate School : National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
Under-Graduate GPA: 7.37
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 710 (Online GMAT- would advise against it)
Total Work Experience : 5.4 years
Pre-MBA Industry : Metals and Mining/ Manufacturing
Target industry post-MBA: Consulting/Manufacturing
Brief about Work Experience : Currently working in the country's largest mining major. Also have experience of working in 3 majors steel producers in the country. Roles and responsibilities broadly included Project Management, Operations Planning, Shift Operations In-Charge.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager and one Senior Colleague
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Volunteering for a tourism based startup in Bastar. After work teaching for DAV Students as a part of CSR. State-Level Basketball player and University Captain. Avid quizzer, voracious reader. Also recite poems as a pastime
International Experience : None.
Scholarship Given? : None
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Accelerated growth (both professional and personal) and tougher challenges.
Short-Term Goal : Consultant/ Operations Manager
Long-Term Goal : CXO
Link to your interview debrief: Will post later.
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : None.

Name/username: Anurag Ranjan/yossarian22
Age : 31
Country/Location : India/Bengaluru
Under-Graduate School : IIIT Allahabad
Under-Graduate GPA: 7.32
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 700
Total Work Experience : 78 months
Pre-MBA Industry : Consumer Internet/E-commerce
Target industry post-MBA: Consumer Internet/E-commerce
Brief about Work Experience :

1. 2 years as Consultant in Deloitte - 2013-2015
2. 4.5 years in Senior Leadership roles in General Management (Growth & expansion, Sales, Ops, Strategy, etc.) in fast growing funded start-ups)

What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Ex-senior colleague and ex-Reporting manager
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Writing, Reading, Trivia, Music, Movies, Sports, Volunteering for teaching under-privileged kids, Placecom Head during B.Tech, Literary Club Secretary during B.Tech.
International Experience : 0
Scholarship Given? : No
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : The work experience I have had so far has been mostly in high-paced and risk oriented environments. It has helped me understand and work towards achieving stiff targets/tasks with tight deadlines. Also, there has been good learning in terms of team handling and leadership. However, now I want to scale myself with structured academic learning and peer learning. Apart from that, the alumni and peer networking is going to be very helpful in realizing my goals.
Short-Term Goal : Senior leadership roles in bigger organizations.
Long-Term Goal : Own venture in Consumer Internet space.
Link to your interview debrief:
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : No.

Name/username: Puneet Dudeja
Country/Location : India/Hyderabad
Under-Graduate School : Hindu college of Pharmacy
Under-Graduate GPA: 63%
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 680
Total Work Experience : 11 yrs ( 10 years Sales, 1 year Internal audit and ERM )
Pre-MBA Industry : Pharmaceutical
Target industry post-MBA: Pharma, strategy& Analysis
Brief about Work Experience : 10 years sales ( 5 year managerial, Team size 23 ,worked in Cardio,Diabetology and Dermatology Segments), Got selected for one of our organization initiative to develop future leaders so spent last one year in Internal Audit, ERM and Info sec function.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): 1. Current L+1 2. Previous L+1
Volunteering/Extra-curricular: Created Big forums and organised events successfully.
International Experience : none
Scholarship Given? :no
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Most of senior positions in my organization occupied by IIM alums.why now because I got the time and need to upgrade my skills.
Short-Term Goal : Country head sales
Long-Term Goal : Global head Sales or strategy
Link to your interview debrief:
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : for Mock Interview.
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Believe in your journey, do not try to fake it, be calm and try to start interview on a good note.

Name/username: Dr. Pooja Chouhan
Age : 29
Country/Location : India

Under-Graduate School : Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Maharashtra
Under-Graduate GPA: 65%
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 660

Total Work Experience : 7 years
Pre-MBA Industry : Healthcare (Dentist)
Target industry post-MBA: Healthcare marketing
Brief about Work Experience : Been a hardcore clinician with focus on restorative and prosthetic dentistry. Managing the Sales and Marketing front of a Dental Products start up, MIK Dental for the last 3 years besides clinical practice. Faculty at Prosthotrain academy and routinely conduct Basic Prosthetic and Restorative Dentistry lectures and workshops at various platforms.

What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client, etc.): 1. Proprietor of the startup I work for (reported directly to him) 2. Graduate college Teacher
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Lots of Oral Health awareness activities and Medical Student welfare work.
International Experience : None
Scholarship Given? : None
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Working for the Dental product company made me realize that being one of the end users myself puts me in a unique place to sell/market a products. My perspective of looking at a commodity will be a lot different in terms of understanding the real problems in field and this approach did give me a lot of initial success but it was the lack management perspective and structured knowledge that plateaued my growth. And hence I decided to pursue management studies to bridge the gap between having clinical knowledge and managerial skills.
Short-Term Goal : Sales/Marketing/maybe strategy role in a Medical devices company.
Long-Term Goal : Since I have worked for a company that sells innovative products designed and patented by Doctors themselves and understand the reasons these startups don't really expand or see profits. They lack of structured management and hence I'd like to work as a start-up Consultant, in the long run, helping brilliant innovators ideate effective business models that will get their ideas rolling with optimal returns in the Healthcare domain.
Link to your interview debrief: DM for details
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : Yes
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Just have very very strong reasons and clear goals that resonate with your journey even if you are making a drastic change like I did. Believing in your own story is the most imp thing; the belief and clarity of thoughts during the interview is the key to convincing the adcoms, even if you have a below avg score (like I do). I have friends with a 720-730 GMAT, 2 masters degrees and what not, got rejected at interview stages because they didn't have clarity as to why do they need an MBA.

Name/username: Himanshu Chauhan/honey1294
Age : 26
Country/Location : India/Delhi
Under-Graduate School : GGSIPU, Delhi
Under-Graduate GPA: 72% (B.Tech)
GMAT/GRE Test scores: 710
Total Work Experience : 5 years ( Analytics, Consulting)
Pre-MBA Industry : Government Consulting

Target industry post-MBA: Startegy Consulting

Brief about Work Experience : Started my journey with Mu Sigma, worked with Fortune 500 clients and helped them with data driven decision making, joined a startup then at Mumbai in Credit Risk industry, worked with Banks and NBFCs, helped them with analytics and machine learning models , created fraud detection models.Went to Abu Dhabi for more than a year and helped one of the largest bank in UAE by creating corporate banking ML models and carving out their startegy.
Joined PwC Government and Public Sector, here I worked with Central and State Governments, helping then with data driven decisions and startegy and impacting life of common citizens through it.

What is your relation to the Recommenders?
(Manager. client etc): Director of my current company and CEO of the previous one
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: Have represented Delhi at State Level Dance Competitions( Gold Medal), Co-founded a NGO, Viaansh Foundation and raised 10 Lakh and fed 1500+ families around Delhi NCR

International Experience : 14 months
Scholarship Given? : No

The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? :
MBA will help expand my business purview and help me grow as a business leader, I believe it is the right time to do MBA as market will be bouncing back post pandemic as we venture out to new world in 2022

Short-Term Goal : Strategy Conuslting
Long-Term Goal : Entrepreneurship

Link to your interview debrief:
Interview was mostly around my short term goal and how IIMC is the best fit for me.Discussion was around my projects at PwC and my NGO work.

Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : Yes
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Sit, think and write a great essay. Don’t let admission consultants to write it for you. This process of writting your own essay will help you know yourself in a different way and present a coherent essay to the adcoms.
Use Consultants to get your essay reviewed and add their perspective.
Also a better GMAT score never hurts but that is not the only parameter that adcom see.
All the best !
Keep Hustling.

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Name/username: Shankar
Age : 30
Country/Location : Switzerland Bern
Under-Graduate School : SIT Tumkur
Under-Graduate GPA: 8.75
Total Work Experience :9.3 years
Pre-MBA Industry :IT Consulting / Services
Target industry post-MBA: Consulting / Product owner
Brief about Work Experience : Working in TCS after my college since 2011. My domain is financial services and i am involved in Core Banking Transformation programs.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager and past team lead
International Experience : 3.5 years in Switzerland
Scholarship Given? :NA
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Seen all phases of transformation of retails banking want to hone business skills to be complete in all aspects
Link to your interview debrief:
Interview was on 27th Nov 2020. Interview experience was very positive and lasted for 30 minutes. Panel had 2 professors and they were very well prepared with my application and questions were pretty much from my application , revolved around my experience , my biggest challenge , why mba now , experience in swiss etc

Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : IIMC Alumni helped me with interview prep and application review. Trust me alumni are very helpful , i just approached person through linkedin and he was ready to help straight away for iimc process. He took time after his work and we had mock interview pst mid night and i did not feel any tiredness in his tone or him trying to finish it soon. It went for 1.5 hours and i had my feedback by morning . Cheers to him.


Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Honesty that’s the key .. I feel if you are called for interview then college wants to listen your story and understand why you want to spend 1 year , do you really have goal and aware why you are doing MBA. I would suggest try to tell yourself why you want to do mba now and if you can convince yourself with your story then you are halfway through..

Cheers and best of luck to all those who are travelling on this path , trust yourself and you will win.

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Name/username: Sujeet Kumar Gupta
Age : 29
Country/Location : India/ Mumbai
Under-Graduate School : University College of engineering, Kota
Under-Graduate GPA: 69%
GMAT/GRE Test scores: GMAT=650
Total Work Experience : 6.5
Pre-MBA Industry : Automobile
Target industry post-MBA: Automobile/ Consulting
Brief about Work Experience : Sales and Marketing
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager in current and past company
Volunteering/Extra-curriculars: State level Volleyball
International Experience : ZERO
Scholarship Given? : NO
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Excel to higher management roles
Short-Term Goal : mid level management roles
Long-Term Goal : CXO
Link to your interview debrief:
(You can add your interview experience HERE and paste the link above )
- Tell me about yourself in German language (I mentioned in my application that I am level B1 certified in German language)
- Why MBA at this stage. Cross questioning.
- Post MBA goal?
- Any target industry in mind?
- Why that industry?
- EV sector future in India. Next 5 years, Next 25 years
- PLI scheme
- EV viability in HCV section
- Differential equation question. Follow up question on approach to solve.
- Why you chose marketing after 2 years technical work ex.
- What statistical analysis tools you used in Bosch. (Mentioned in SOP about this)

Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : No
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Don't get stuck on scoring higher GMAT only. It is just a part of whole application in which many other components play as important role as the score. Before answering in interview, make it very clear in your mind "WHY MBA?"

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Name/username: Akshat Pande
Age : 29
Under-Graduate School : Indian Maritime University, Kolkata
Under-Graduate Percentage: 76.1
GRE/GMAT: GMAT 660
Total Work Experience :6.8 years
Pre-MBA Industry : Shipping
Target industry post-MBA: E-commerce
Brief about Work Experience : I work as an Operations Engineer at a Singapore based shipping company. I manage shipboard operations and logistics onboard VLGC( Very Large Gas Carriers) engaged in global LPG trade.
What is your relation to the Recommenders?(Manager. client etc): Manager
International Experience : 6.8 years
Scholarship Given? :NA
The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? : Gained relevant work experience in supply chain/ operations and would now like to transition to operations management roles in E- commerce.
Link to your interview debrief:
Interview was pretty conversational. I was asked questions related to my profession, short term and long term goals, my motivation behind pursuing an MBA, extracurricular activities along with plenty quant questions( which I managed well).
Did you use the help of an MBA Consultant? : NO
Any comments, feelings, advice to share?: Be very clear about your goals and back them strongly(and politely), while being open to the interviewer's opinion. You make be put in uncomfortable situations but that is just to test your performance under unforeseen circumstances.

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Hello everyone

Can i get some help with my profile evaluation and suggest if I can aim for any of the old IIMs- (A,B,C, L, I, S)

Background and nationality:
Indian. Native of Tripura, but based in Mumbai.

Academic Information:
10th- 78.28(State board) 2008
12th- 77.80 (CBSE) 2010
Graduation- B.Sc (Physics)- 65.25 (2013)


Work experience and leadership: Working as Assistant Manager in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since past 6 years.

MBA goals: In Finance

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Anirban

Hi Anirban,

With the limited information available, I don't see any reason why you cannot aim for the Top IIMs. Your GMAT score should be competitive and you should focus on building a strong application.

Regards,
Tridisha

Anirban, why don't you try our WAMC (What are My Chances) tool and see what predictions it makes about your chances of getting into IIMs? Here is the link https://gmatclub.com/forum/what-are-my- ... 09854.html