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Joined: 10 May 2018
Posts: 53
Given Kudos: 35
Location: Argentina
Schools: INSEAD Jan '20 (M$)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35 
Re: INSEAD Profile Evaluation - Tools for B-School Profile Evaluation
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27 Nov 2018, 17:34
27 Nov 2018, 17:34
Hi all! Please evaluate my profile for INSEAD 
I am a 27 years old female, born in Brazil. Moved to Argentina when I was 12. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Basic level of French.
Academic:
Bs in economics from top university, GPA 7/10 (which is reasonable since you need a 4/10 to pass In Argentina, that is usually around 65% depending on professor criteria)
GMAT 1: 680 (Q48 V35 IR4 AWA6) I want to retake because I think I can do way better than this. Sat for it yesterday but had a bad day and did awful. Sitting again in January aiming for 710+
Work experience (4.5 years)
I work at an Indian firm, a subsidiary from S&P global, doing backoffice sell-side equity research for a top tier US bank. I started covering Multi-Industrials and Engineering & construction and shifted to oil and gas one year ago.
I joined the company as a junior analyst and in 4 years was promoted three times (to analyst, senior analyst and now manager).
I was promoted to head of the Industrials equity team one year ago (as a manager), and supervise 14 analysts. My daily work shifted more towards general management and team handling rather than individual contribution as an analyst. My responsibilities include making sure my team delivers high-quality of work, training new joiners, coaching and managing relationship with clients. I also contribute with more technical trainings, and different adhoc projects for the company. I interview people and help senior management matching worker profiles with role requirements. During my time in the firm, I earned several awards.
Besides my regular responsibilities, I also like to contribute to the workplace community in other ways: I am part of the fun at work and social responsibility teams. The former is about organizing fun activities such as end of year parties, dinners, and company sponsored happy hours. In the latter, I am in charge of organizing and participating on community service activities such as coordinating donations, organizing activities with intellectually impaired people, and participating on cleaning of public space near a river after a flood. I am actively suggesting new activities in order to help build a better world and also taking part in them.
Extra curricular activities:
I have been practicing taekwondo for 12 years and I am a second degree black belt. I got my instructor license 5 years ago, but since I always knew I wanted to move abroad for an MBA, I never wanted to teach a class knowing I would abandon them. However, I do participate actively by helping to grade belt exams and covering fellow instructors when they are sick or traveling.
I was also a calculus auxiliary teacher in college (~3 years), in charge of 1/3 of the lessons. That helped me to develop good public speaking skills. I had to drop that activity when the professor I was working with retired and the new one changed the whole syllabus and I would had to take the entire course in order to continue teaching, but heavy workflow wouldn't allow that.
Other activities/hobbies include: pilates, rollerskating, running, cooking, painting/drawing and meditating. Since I learned that Fonty was the birthplace of bouldering I decided to learn how to climb
A little bit more on background:
I moved to Argentina with my family when I was 12. I started going to a British school but I didn't speak English nor Spanish. I was able to adapt quickly, learned two languages, and after 3 and a half years we went back to Brazil. I missed Argentina so much that I decided to go back by myself for college, so at the young age of 17 I left my parents' house and started my journey alone in a foreign (but not at all unknown) country. Living in another country was an amazing experience, it opens your mind to new things and cultures and you grow when out of your comfort zone. I decided that I did not want Argentina to be my only international experience and that is one of my motivations to seek an MBA at INSEAD also, I work at an Indian company (where we learn different aspects of culture and celebrate diwali!), with teams in NY first and then Houston and I visited NY 7 times during my time at the firm.
I am motivated by challenges. The harder I need to work on something, the more I want to do it. I don't like to be idle and I keep a detailed timetable to make sure I am able to do everything I want in a day - I feel like the fast paced program is perfect for me!
Regarding goals: I would like to have the necessary tools to make the "career jump". I am still not sure if I would like to change industries, go to IB, stay in finance or do general management. I'm pretty open to possibilities. I do believe the European MBA will be my gateway to Europe, the main thing for me is changing geography!
Can't wait to hear your comments!
thanks!
I am a 27 years old female, born in Brazil. Moved to Argentina when I was 12. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Basic level of French.
Academic:
Bs in economics from top university, GPA 7/10 (which is reasonable since you need a 4/10 to pass In Argentina, that is usually around 65% depending on professor criteria)
GMAT 1: 680 (Q48 V35 IR4 AWA6) I want to retake because I think I can do way better than this. Sat for it yesterday but had a bad day and did awful. Sitting again in January aiming for 710+
Work experience (4.5 years)
I work at an Indian firm, a subsidiary from S&P global, doing backoffice sell-side equity research for a top tier US bank. I started covering Multi-Industrials and Engineering & construction and shifted to oil and gas one year ago.
I joined the company as a junior analyst and in 4 years was promoted three times (to analyst, senior analyst and now manager).
I was promoted to head of the Industrials equity team one year ago (as a manager), and supervise 14 analysts. My daily work shifted more towards general management and team handling rather than individual contribution as an analyst. My responsibilities include making sure my team delivers high-quality of work, training new joiners, coaching and managing relationship with clients. I also contribute with more technical trainings, and different adhoc projects for the company. I interview people and help senior management matching worker profiles with role requirements. During my time in the firm, I earned several awards.
Besides my regular responsibilities, I also like to contribute to the workplace community in other ways: I am part of the fun at work and social responsibility teams. The former is about organizing fun activities such as end of year parties, dinners, and company sponsored happy hours. In the latter, I am in charge of organizing and participating on community service activities such as coordinating donations, organizing activities with intellectually impaired people, and participating on cleaning of public space near a river after a flood. I am actively suggesting new activities in order to help build a better world and also taking part in them.
Extra curricular activities:
I have been practicing taekwondo for 12 years and I am a second degree black belt. I got my instructor license 5 years ago, but since I always knew I wanted to move abroad for an MBA, I never wanted to teach a class knowing I would abandon them. However, I do participate actively by helping to grade belt exams and covering fellow instructors when they are sick or traveling.
I was also a calculus auxiliary teacher in college (~3 years), in charge of 1/3 of the lessons. That helped me to develop good public speaking skills. I had to drop that activity when the professor I was working with retired and the new one changed the whole syllabus and I would had to take the entire course in order to continue teaching, but heavy workflow wouldn't allow that.
Other activities/hobbies include: pilates, rollerskating, running, cooking, painting/drawing and meditating. Since I learned that Fonty was the birthplace of bouldering I decided to learn how to climb
A little bit more on background:
I moved to Argentina with my family when I was 12. I started going to a British school but I didn't speak English nor Spanish. I was able to adapt quickly, learned two languages, and after 3 and a half years we went back to Brazil. I missed Argentina so much that I decided to go back by myself for college, so at the young age of 17 I left my parents' house and started my journey alone in a foreign (but not at all unknown) country. Living in another country was an amazing experience, it opens your mind to new things and cultures and you grow when out of your comfort zone. I decided that I did not want Argentina to be my only international experience and that is one of my motivations to seek an MBA at INSEAD
also, I work at an Indian company (where we learn different aspects of culture and celebrate diwali!), with teams in NY first and then Houston and I visited NY 7 times during my time at the firm. I am motivated by challenges. The harder I need to work on something, the more I want to do it. I don't like to be idle and I keep a detailed timetable to make sure I am able to do everything I want in a day - I feel like the fast paced program is perfect for me!
Regarding goals: I would like to have the necessary tools to make the "career jump". I am still not sure if I would like to change industries, go to IB, stay in finance or do general management. I'm pretty open to possibilities. I do believe the European MBA will be my gateway to Europe, the main thing for me is changing geography!
Can't wait to hear your comments!
thanks!
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Re: INSEAD Profile Evaluation - Tools for B-School Profile Evaluation
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27 Nov 2018, 17:46
27 Nov 2018, 17:46
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tsuxinhah wrote:
Hi all! Please evaluate my profile for INSEAD
I am a 27 years old female, born in Brazil. Moved to Argentina when I was 12. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Basic level of French.
Academic:
Bs in economics from top university, GPA 7/10 (which is reasonable since you need a 4/10 to pass In Argentina, that is usually around 65% depending on professor criteria)
GMAT 1: 680 (Q48 V35 IR4 AWA6) I want to retake because I think I can do way better than this. Sat for it yesterday but had a bad day and did awful. Sitting again in January aiming for 710+
Work experience (4.5 years)
I work at an Indian firm, a subsidiary from S&P global, doing backoffice sell-side equity research for a top tier US bank. I started covering Multi-Industrials and Engineering & construction and shifted to oil and gas one year ago.
I joined the company as a junior analyst and in 4 years was promoted three times (to analyst, senior analyst and now manager).
I was promoted to head of the Industrials equity team one year ago (as a manager), and supervise 14 analysts. My daily work shifted more towards general management and team handling rather than individual contribution as an analyst. My responsibilities include making sure my team delivers high-quality of work, training new joiners, coaching and managing relationship with clients. I also contribute with more technical trainings, and different adhoc projects for the company. I interview people and help senior management matching worker profiles with role requirements. During my time in the firm, I earned several awards.
Besides my regular responsibilities, I also like to contribute to the workplace community in other ways: I am part of the fun at work and social responsibility teams. The former is about organizing fun activities such as end of year parties, dinners, and company sponsored happy hours. In the latter, I am in charge of organizing and participating on community service activities such as coordinating donations, organizing activities with intellectually impaired people, and participating on cleaning of public space near a river after a flood. I am actively suggesting new activities in order to help build a better world and also taking part in them.
Extra curricular activities:
I have been practicing taekwondo for 12 years and I am a second degree black belt. I got my instructor license 5 years ago, but since I always knew I wanted to move abroad for an MBA, I never wanted to teach a class knowing I would abandon them. However, I do participate actively by helping to grade belt exams and covering fellow instructors when they are sick or traveling.
I was also a calculus auxiliary teacher in college (~3 years), in charge of 1/3 of the lessons. That helped me to develop good public speaking skills. I had to drop that activity when the professor I was working with retired and the new one changed the whole syllabus and I would had to take the entire course in order to continue teaching, but heavy workflow wouldn't allow that.
Other activities/hobbies include: pilates, rollerskating, running, cooking, painting/drawing and meditating. Since I learned that Fonty was the birthplace of bouldering I decided to learn how to climb
A little bit more on background:
I moved to Argentina with my family when I was 12. I started going to a British school but I didn't speak English nor Spanish. I was able to adapt quickly, learned two languages, and after 3 and a half years we went back to Brazil. I missed Argentina so much that I decided to go back by myself for college, so at the young age of 17 I left my parents' house and started my journey alone in a foreign (but not at all unknown) country. Living in another country was an amazing experience, it opens your mind to new things and cultures and you grow when out of your comfort zone. I decided that I did not want Argentina to be my only international experience and that is one of my motivations to seek an MBA at INSEAD also, I work at an Indian company (where we learn different aspects of culture and celebrate diwali!), with teams in NY first and then Houston and I visited NY 7 times during my time at the firm.
I am motivated by challenges. The harder I need to work on something, the more I want to do it. I don't like to be idle and I keep a detailed timetable to make sure I am able to do everything I want in a day - I feel like the fast paced program is perfect for me!
Regarding goals: I would like to have the necessary tools to make the "career jump". I am still not sure if I would like to change industries, go to IB, stay in finance or do general management. I'm pretty open to possibilities. I do believe the European MBA will be my gateway to Europe, the main thing for me is changing geography!
Can't wait to hear your comments!
thanks!
I am a 27 years old female, born in Brazil. Moved to Argentina when I was 12. Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Basic level of French.
Academic:
Bs in economics from top university, GPA 7/10 (which is reasonable since you need a 4/10 to pass In Argentina, that is usually around 65% depending on professor criteria)
GMAT 1: 680 (Q48 V35 IR4 AWA6) I want to retake because I think I can do way better than this. Sat for it yesterday but had a bad day and did awful. Sitting again in January aiming for 710+
Work experience (4.5 years)
I work at an Indian firm, a subsidiary from S&P global, doing backoffice sell-side equity research for a top tier US bank. I started covering Multi-Industrials and Engineering & construction and shifted to oil and gas one year ago.
I joined the company as a junior analyst and in 4 years was promoted three times (to analyst, senior analyst and now manager).
I was promoted to head of the Industrials equity team one year ago (as a manager), and supervise 14 analysts. My daily work shifted more towards general management and team handling rather than individual contribution as an analyst. My responsibilities include making sure my team delivers high-quality of work, training new joiners, coaching and managing relationship with clients. I also contribute with more technical trainings, and different adhoc projects for the company. I interview people and help senior management matching worker profiles with role requirements. During my time in the firm, I earned several awards.
Besides my regular responsibilities, I also like to contribute to the workplace community in other ways: I am part of the fun at work and social responsibility teams. The former is about organizing fun activities such as end of year parties, dinners, and company sponsored happy hours. In the latter, I am in charge of organizing and participating on community service activities such as coordinating donations, organizing activities with intellectually impaired people, and participating on cleaning of public space near a river after a flood. I am actively suggesting new activities in order to help build a better world and also taking part in them.
Extra curricular activities:
I have been practicing taekwondo for 12 years and I am a second degree black belt. I got my instructor license 5 years ago, but since I always knew I wanted to move abroad for an MBA, I never wanted to teach a class knowing I would abandon them. However, I do participate actively by helping to grade belt exams and covering fellow instructors when they are sick or traveling.
I was also a calculus auxiliary teacher in college (~3 years), in charge of 1/3 of the lessons. That helped me to develop good public speaking skills. I had to drop that activity when the professor I was working with retired and the new one changed the whole syllabus and I would had to take the entire course in order to continue teaching, but heavy workflow wouldn't allow that.
Other activities/hobbies include: pilates, rollerskating, running, cooking, painting/drawing and meditating. Since I learned that Fonty was the birthplace of bouldering I decided to learn how to climb
A little bit more on background:
I moved to Argentina with my family when I was 12. I started going to a British school but I didn't speak English nor Spanish. I was able to adapt quickly, learned two languages, and after 3 and a half years we went back to Brazil. I missed Argentina so much that I decided to go back by myself for college, so at the young age of 17 I left my parents' house and started my journey alone in a foreign (but not at all unknown) country. Living in another country was an amazing experience, it opens your mind to new things and cultures and you grow when out of your comfort zone. I decided that I did not want Argentina to be my only international experience and that is one of my motivations to seek an MBA at INSEAD
also, I work at an Indian company (where we learn different aspects of culture and celebrate diwali!), with teams in NY first and then Houston and I visited NY 7 times during my time at the firm. I am motivated by challenges. The harder I need to work on something, the more I want to do it. I don't like to be idle and I keep a detailed timetable to make sure I am able to do everything I want in a day - I feel like the fast paced program is perfect for me!
Regarding goals: I would like to have the necessary tools to make the "career jump". I am still not sure if I would like to change industries, go to IB, stay in finance or do general management. I'm pretty open to possibilities. I do believe the European MBA will be my gateway to Europe, the main thing for me is changing geography!
Can't wait to hear your comments!
thanks!
I'm very enthusiastic about your profile, I like that you have many different dimensions to you and interests outside of work. I think that you would really excel in the areas of leadership contribution and international orientation, the INSEAD criteria... and the only area of concern for me would be the academic.
I'm not sure how to interpret your grades, what what do you mean by reasonable? Have you taken a look at what WES puts this on a 4.0 scale?
Your GMAT score is not disqualifying for your profile group but I would hope that you could achieve the 75% tile per section that Insead likes to see for the GMAT.
I also would like to make sure that you get your career jump figure it out completely before putting pen to paper because for a one-year program you need you to have a pretty certain idea of what you're trying to get done in your MBA experience, that you know the companies you hope to get into.
I really like all the energy I sense from your profile and I think they will pick up on that as well.
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Manager
Joined: 10 May 2018
Posts: 53
Given Kudos: 35
Location: Argentina
Schools: INSEAD Jan '20 (M$)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
Re: INSEAD Profile Evaluation - Tools for B-School Profile Evaluation
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27 Nov 2018, 18:04
27 Nov 2018, 18:04
Thank you so much, Farrell!
Regarding the goals, yes, it is something I need to figure out myself before applying. I am thinking of either going with the switch to Investment banking (I would need an MBA and an internship to land on an IB job) or focusing on a mid-level general management position that could lead to something more senior going forward. When I was fresh out of college I wanted to do finance, and I enjoyed it but the life took me to the management side of business and I enjoyed that as well, very much. I like working with numbers and I like working with people haha that's all I know so far.
Regarding the GPA, it is good/average.I need to check where WES puts it edit: according to WES, it's 3.15 but I believe that score is lower percentile in the US than a 7 in Argentina. An 8 for example would be magna cum laude. I was thinking of addressing that in the additional essay, I really didn't have my priorities straight when I started (I wanted to finish as fast as possible instead of getting higher grades because I lost half a year legalizing all of my Brazilian high school papers), but I was able to get higher scores towards the end of the course. That is one of the reasons that I want a higher GMAT score as well, 710 would be my lower acceptable score, I am aiming higher
Regarding the goals, yes, it is something I need to figure out myself before applying. I am thinking of either going with the switch to Investment banking (I would need an MBA and an internship to land on an IB job) or focusing on a mid-level general management position that could lead to something more senior going forward. When I was fresh out of college I wanted to do finance, and I enjoyed it but the life took me to the management side of business and I enjoyed that as well, very much. I like working with numbers and I like working with people haha that's all I know so far.
Regarding the GPA, it is good/average.
I believe to have a trully immersive international experience, where I experienced so much of the foreign culture that I adopted it as my own. Do you think that could be enough? Of course I can stress the multiculturalism in the company and my many business trips to NY (I see several profiles here who have visited many countries for work, but work travelling isn't as common in my age in Argentina. In the firm, I actually hold the record of "more business trips to the same place". It's unfortunate I wasn't sent to other places such as Chennai 
