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Hi whitemiror, very decent profile overall. You've not mentioned your discipline in B.Tech. Was it CS?

Your goal of Product management also seems very aligned with your current nature of work.

Now, all the care should be taken in the essay that this goal seems a logical next-step of the work-experience you've had so far.

p.s. Retaking GMAT is a strategically good decision. You already have an enviable benchmark of 700 set for yourself. So, you obviously cannot go lower than that in your re-attempt.

Hey,

Please evaluate my profile for ISB:

Age: 29 yrs

GMAT Score: 710 [Quant:50 , Verbal:36, I.R.:8 , AWA:5]

Educational Qualifications:

Graduation: Completed B.E in Chemical from Pune University in 2015 with 72%.
12th: 80% Science Stream.
10th: 89%.

Work Experience:
Working as Oil and Gas Consultant in Honeywell Automation India Limited since 4 Years and 11 Months.

Completed various international and domestic Projects as Engineer also lead a team on the projects.

Extra-Curricular:
Active participation in company CSR activities as Volunteer.
Student Secretary of IIChe Pune Chapter
Treasurer of IIChe Pune Chapter
Best Outgoing student of the chemical engineering department for 2012 to 2015


It would be nice if I get an insight on my profile and the areas for improvement and I am planning to apply for 21-22 batch.

Thanks

Hi folks,

Can you please evaluate my profile.

I am applying this year in Round 1.

24-year-old female Indian applicant

GMAT score: 760

Education
07/2018
Bachelor of Technology: Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Banasthali University - Rajasthan
• Graduated with a 4.0 GPA Top 1%.

03/2014
Senior Secondary Certificate Examination: Indian School Certificate
St. Conrad's Inter College - Agra
With an overall score of 88.25% - Top- 2%

05/2012
Higher Secondary Certificate Examination: The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
St. Conrad's Inter College - Agra
With an overall score of 87.5% - Top 5%

Professional Experience
HSBC Software Development India Pvt. Ltd July 2018 - to date

Associate Business Analyst, Hyderabad Branch (Channels Department) May 2019 - to date
Countries Supported – Canada, USA, UK, Poland, France
• Support staff front end consultancy and resolve all the queries raised by Region Managers of 44 Countries currently using our staff front end system.
• Analyzed and supported the migration of 500+ applications from the old bank system to the new staff frond-end system within 2 years. More than 50+ applications were migrated as “Zero defect” projects.
• Worked closely with Bank managers and businesses in understanding customer requirements and improvement areas. Designed and developed robust solutions to meet customer requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
• Regular interaction with contact center agents to understand the application journeys and find glitches and fix those glitches.
• Transformed old applications from traditional to agile methodologies.
• Nominated as the young talent to participate in EXCo offsite visits. The last EXCo visit was held on Feb 20, where CIOs from 15 countries participated and discussed the “New Ways of Working”. I was the youngest member of the panel and presented LAAC “Learning as a Culture” idea to be implemented in Channels Department.
• Awarded for implementing customer need applications. Because of which HSBC was nominated as HSBC was voted “Bank of the Year for Financial Inclusion” by the industry publication The Banker in November 2019.

Software Engineer – Sales and Distribution Department
Sept 2018 – May 2019
Countries Supported – China, UK
• Mentored and led a team of 3 engineers to develop payment functionality and migrate it to a new cloud system.
• Worked with China IT team to migrate Insurance project to 17 other countries. And later on, took the code from China and became the product owner supporting the application and incidents raised by Region Managers.

Software Engineer Trainee – Sales and Distribution Department July 2018 - Sept 2018
Countries Supported – China
Implemented a confluence page and an online directory with all the resources which are required by new joiners and women returning to the office after maternity leave, to brief them about the ongoing projects, latest technologies, and standards followed in HSBC.
Worked with the China team to implement standard life cover insurance products for the UK branch.

Achievements
• Received the HSBC ‘Star Performer’ Award, ‘Pat on the Back’ Award.
• Accredited by the Bharat Electronics Limited for presenting a paper on "Hand Gesture Recognition with an egocentric viewpoint of Sign Language using Animatronics hand” - a prototype system that helps to recognize hand gesture to communicate effectively with the special people.
• Professionally trained in drawing, painting, and sketching by Lalit Kala Association, India.
• Won 16 awards in intercollege fests. Worked as a core member of the “Corona-Science Club” with the student council for organizing technical events, seminars, and annual fests.
• Have won 54 awards for music, debating, drawing, collage making, and calligraphy in school.
• Represented India in the 8th SAARC Youth festival competition held in Kolkata and won 1st prize in drawing competition.
• 1st Prize winner in Dramatics, Collage Making, -CELESTA, an international fest (including countries like 
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) organized by CMS, Lucknow (1 out of 1500+ students) 2012.
• Runner up in ‘Legal Enigma- Moot Court’ organized by Mayukh (4 out of 78 students) 2017.
• active member of an NGO-‘Sankalp’ working on improving the education system followed in govt schools.
• Member of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell-NAV JYOTI’ at Banasthali University.

short-term goal: To take up a Management Consulting role with a leading management consulting firm.

Long-term goal: To grow with the firm and eventually partner with the consulting firm.

Vision: To add value to a range of firms by providing effective consulting solutions, adding value to the company, stakeholders, and end-users.

Additional Information
• Discipline Captain, St. Conrad’s Inter College, Agra (APRIL 2013 – APRIL 2014)- Spearheaded the 64 volunteers to implement the rules and maintain decorum in the school.
• English Club President, St. Conrad’s Inter College, Agra (APRIL 2013 – APRIL 2014 )- Fulfilled the responsibilities associated with the club’s chief executive officer role. Helped the members to establish a climate of enthusiasm, openness, and concern.
• Amateur basketball player and obsessive Wikipedia reader.
• Working paper on “Hiring differently-abled makes business sense” with Garvishtha Arya, student of - Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada.

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Hi

Kindly evaluate my profile .

GMAT 690 (Q49 , V34)

10th - 9.6/10 CGPA

12th - 97.4%

B.Tech (Mechanical) - 7.32 CGPA NIT Surat

Work Ex - 4 years as on today .
Schneider Electric - Joined as GET and worked for 2.5 years as Quality Assurance Engineer. Been a part of multiple process improvement projects , new product launches, audits etc . Managed a team of 14 operators and 2 Junior Engineers.

Flextronics Technologies - 1.5 years - Switch from Plant to Corporate . Role change from Quality to Supply Chain. Responsible for Global Return Merchandise Authorization and Vendor Return Authorization , Inventory Forecasting and Inventory Control

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt from ISI Delhi
Certified IMS Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2015 ; ISO 14001:2015

Extra-Curricular : Head of Publicity and Informals committees in NIT Surat's Cultural Fest in 2015 & 2016 respectively.
Part of Nirvana (A student chapter of NIT Surat working for the underprivileged children residing within the college campus)

Hi,
I hope everyone is safe and well during these difficult times.

I was hoping to get my profile evaluated to get an idea about my chances at ISB R1 (2021)

Demographic:
Indian Male
23 years old

Academics:
10th - 84.4 (ICSE)
12th - 87 (ISC)
Undergrad - BA Economics from Top 10 college in the country
Undergrad GPA - 6.3/10 First Class (Sounds low, but our college historically scores very strictly. I was in the top 10% in my class)

GRE: 323 (Q163, V160)

Work Ex:
2.5 years (expected at the time of matriculation)
I work for a fast-growing fin-tech startup based in Bangalore, founded by Stanford GSB and Ross alumni. Joined as a trainee just after series A funding and quickly worked my way up to assistant manager. I have had the opportunity to work with multiple verticals, have managed large projects with multiple stakeholders, launched city-wide marketing operations in two cities in India, and was on the core team for the launch of a new business vertical.

Extra Curicculars:
Held positions of responsibility during college, was on the organizing team of many fests. Editorial member of a newsletter, and have contributed to the college magazine. Directed and wrote the winning play at an inter-college dramatics festival.
Was a member of the high-school student cabinet, and a member of the editorial board of the school magazine. Came runners up in the Asian finals of an international space settlement design competition in high school. Organized multiple fests there as well.
I have a blog where I write about business, sports, startups, etc. But that is a little inactive of late.

Recommenders:
Haven't asked anyone yet, but I could probably get C-Suite level recommendations.

Post MBA Goals:
Short Term - Consulting (preferably MBB or elite boutique consulting)
Long Term - Hoping to get back into the startup scene, either directly or in an auxiliary role like venture capital. I would prefer to stay in/return to India in the long term.

Being 23, I know I still have time on my side to go for an MBA later on, I guess this is sort of a shot in the dark. I am planning to apply only to ISB this year. If it doesn't work out probably work some more, and apply to other US/International schools later. Fit wise I think, ISB makes sense because I want to end up in consulting, and I have lived in Hyderabad for a while (was one of the cities I launched, I used to go past the ISB gate every day for months ). Previously I had also been admitted to IE Business school's MiM program but opted not to go due to financial constraints at the time. Any thoughts regarding an early MBA hurting my chances at an MBB role would also be appreciated since I have heard that it is easy to get lost in the sea of 850+ extremely talented people entering the program.

Any advice/suggestions would be of massive help.
Thanks in advance!

Hi all,
It'll be really helpful if you could evaluate my profile for ISB round 1.

Indian, Male, Engineer (Mechanical)
College - VIT Vellore, 8.11 cgpa
GMAT - 720 (expected; planning to give in early August)

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Experience: ~4 years

1. Product Manager | Godrej & Boyce - ~1.5 years (a $1300Mn CPG company, based in Mumbai)
-Responsible for launching new products and expansion of overall business Pan India. Leading $50Mn category business, in varied segments.

2. Marketing Coordinator - Brand Management | SC Johnson products Pvt Ltd. - 2.5 years (FMCG MNC - with $200Mn Business in India)
~Responsible for overall business expansion pan India for 3 segments, Shoe care, Air Care and Home Cleaning. Led the launch of 3 key products and managed 10+ projects globally.

Extra curricular:

1. Media and Marketing Head at an NGO (2013-2015)
2. Sponsorship Manager at University's National Tech fest (2015-2016)
3. Won Online Photography contest at IIT Madras (among 7000 participants)
4. Worked as a freelance photography tutor at Bookmyshow.com (2015-2016)

Immediate/Short Term goals: - To work in a CPG giant (eg: HUL, P&G) as a Brand Manager

Long Term Goals: - To grow within the organization to reach at a CXO position (preferably CMO) or Leading the business of a runner Brand at a Global scale, from inside/outside India.

Thanks for your evaluation. Really appreciate.

Regards,
Sahil

Hi AdityaWahi, overall a very decent profile (especially the extra-curricular). However, considering that you seem to have relatively low grades in your undergrad, would suggest that there is no harm in giving GMAT once more, to see if you can improve your current score of 690, by (say) 20-30 points. It's going to be a zero-risk attempt for you, since you obviously cannot go any lower than 690 (if you do score lower than this, you are obviously going to cancel it).

The general advice is that one should ideally apply to an earlier round.

ISB and INSEAD Profile Evaluation

Hi,
Here is my profile for ISB.

Age:
30 years

Academics:
X= 60%
XII = 68%
Bachelors of Engineering = 72%
Award = National Level award in Robotics

Test Score:
GMAT: 730

Professional:
Honeywell (Engineer- Oil and Gas Domain): 7.1 years, operations, commercial estimation, led team of 15 people, 20+ projects
Startup (Founder - Lean Management Consulting) : 2 years, led team of 7 people, 4 clients
Awards: 3 awards at Honeywell

Extra Curricular Activities:
CSR activities: 5 years (led team of 4 people, 6 projects)
Emergency Response Team member - 4 years
World Economic Forum: 4 years (led team of 35 diverse people, 4 projects)

Certifications:
Six Sigma Green Belt
Six Sigma Masters in Program Management
CFA Institute's Investment Foundations Program
PGPM (online) from IMT Ghaziabad

ISB and INSEAD Profile Evaluation

Hi,
Here is my profile for ISB.

Age:
30 years

Academics:
X= 60%
XII = 68%
Bachelors of Engineering = 72%
Award = National Level award in Robotics

Test Score:
GMAT: 730

Professional:
Honeywell (Engineer- Oil and Gas Domain): 7.1 years, operations, commercial estimation, led team of 15 people, 20+ projects
Startup (Founder - Lean Management Consulting) : 2 years, led team of 7 people, 4 clients
Awards: 3 awards at Honeywell

Extra Curricular Activities:
CSR activities: 5 years (led team of 4 people, 6 projects)
Emergency Response Team member - 4 years
World Economic Forum: 4 years (led team of 35 diverse people, 4 projects)

Certifications:
Six Sigma Green Belt
Six Sigma Masters in Program Management
CFA Institute's Investment Foundations Program
PGPM (online) from IMT Ghaziabad

Hi ,

Please review my profile for ISB

8 Years of IT Experience , Currently working as Application Developer also a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect,
Currently working on a Auditing application for one of Big Four accounting organisations.

B-Tech in Electronics and Communication with 69%
10th - 80%
12th - 84%
Served as a Cadet in National Cadet corps during 12th,

Expecting GMAT- 680+

I have worked different profiles during my 8 years tenure including as a customer service executive for a international E- Commerce company, Also as a System operations - Technical Analyst monitoring organization's servers, networks, and computer systems for irregularities and performance issues for a fortune 500 Company

Joined a start Up and learned skills required to be a developer got interested in Cloud Architecture and now I have secured the certification as a Cloud architect.


Thank you.

Hi, request the experts to evaluate my profile. Thanks in advance.

Background
Indian male, 25 years old

GMAT: 690 (Q47 V38)

Education
Cleared all three levels of CFA
Bachelors of Management Studies, Delhi University (79.9%)

Work Experience (4 years)

1st Job: Ernst & Young (1.5 years)
- Joined as an Associate of the Assurance team and worked with International clients based out of EMEA region along with other EY offices based in those regions.
- Promoted to Advanced Associate after the 1st year.
- Awarded Extra Miler award for exceptional performance.

2nd Job: Front end Analyst at boutique Investment Bank (2.5 years)
- Responsible for end to end execution of all mandates.
- Worked directly with the Partner on various venture capital/private equity/M&A transactions ranging from $2Mn-$20Mn.
- Promoted to Associate position after 1.5 years.
- Given responsibility to train new hires. Also helped the Partner in sourcing deals.

Extra Curricular
- Co founder & Secretary of an Academic Society of college
- Core team member of the Annual sports fest of college
- Responsible for team building events for my team at EY
- Do "not" have much volunteering experience post college

Post MBA Goals
Short term: Continue working with an Investment Bank
Long term: Shift into private equity after developing expertise in specific sectors.

Hi, request the experts to evaluate my profile. Thanks in advance.

Background
Indian male, 25 years old

GMAT: 690 (Q47 V38)

Education
Cleared all three levels of CFA
Bachelors of Management Studies, Delhi University (79.9%)

Post MBA Goals
Short term: Continue working with an Investment Bank
Long term: Shift into private equity after developing expertise in specific sectors.