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Hi forum,

Request you to kindly evaluate my profile.

Academics:
10th(CBSE): 86%
12th(CBSE): 84%
B.E Mechatronics engg, Thapar University: 7.1/10 CGPA
GMAT: due end of month this month

Work Experience:
Tetra Pak (36 months): Field service Engineer
Recruited under esteemed Technical Future Talent program in Tetra Pak, I got the opportunity to with major FMCG companies such as AMUL, Coca-cola, Dabur, Parle, Hershey's and several other regional Dairy and Juice packaging plants PAN India. The Job involves complete project installations at customer sites, Issue troubleshooting and support customer to restore production, impart customer training( about machine operations and day to day tasks on machine).
In a recent short term assignment i have worked in AMUL, gandhinagar as a part of key account team. This was to observer the customer operations and help improve the customer experience with Tetra Pak.
I have also been a part of Industry 4.0 digitalisation projects like Microsoft HOLOLENS. Torch Bearing its usage in the cluster and market company.

Acievements:
State level basketball player
Pre- National level air rifle shooter
Part of university basketball team

Hey all,

So I had posted this a couple of weeks ago. Just posting it again for reference--just wanted to ask what score should I aim for in GRE for ISB?

Hi,

Hope everyone here is safe and well.

Request you to review my profile.

Total work ex till March, Next year- 3.5 years

Current Role: Brand Strategist

A few highlights:

1. Bachelor's in English Literature & Language-- Jesus & Mary College, Delhi University, 2016 (Passed with distinction; dept. Vice-president; active in the Drama club; was also a part of the National Shakespeare Society For Drama; Worked with Ngos like CRY & TFI)

2. Took a gap year to write my novel; got it published

3. Started with Master's in English in 2017 (full-time) from DU while working as a Content Strategist at a start-up (full-time)

4. My job allowed me to volunteer for Teach For India on certain days of the week. Worked as a TFI volunteer for 6 months along with my job until MA got completed. During MA, also presented various papers on Advertising, Films, and Media at various National and International Conferences

5. Started working at one of the top Media Companies after MA (role, Brand Associate)

6. Switched to a role that was better suited after 6 months at another top media company. Working there as a Brand Strategist currently

7. Have worked with clients like Panasonic, Amazon, HP, Haeir, Daikin, Valvoline etc.

8. Leading my team at my organisation; have been awarded best employee


Thanks so much!

Hi vmkumar,

You have good amount of social initiatives under your belt. However, the Gmat score is a bit low for the work experience you have. Suggest you re-take the Gmat to improve by 30-40 points and then apply. You'd have to be a bit more specific with your post-MBA goal: mention about the sector you're targeting and the kind of firms you'd want to work with. The role of a Tech Strategist spans upto a CIO track, is that your long-term goal?

Regards,
Manan

Hi manikmehta95,

Very impressive profile and exposure to the brands and the FMCG sector. Getting recruited as part of a Future Talent Program itself signals the value you bring to the table. Your achievements in sports add a lot ammunition to your repertoire
What are your short and long-term goals? You are a good candidate for the leadership programs offered by firms such as ABG, Airtel, UBS (one I was a part of), etc.
Try to get a 690+ on the GMAT and create a structured application, you should be set!

All the best!

-
Manan

Hi gargi2706,

With this profile and the diversity you bring to the table (novel, English Literature and a Brand Strategist profile), anything over a 320 should be great!
Be clear with your goals and make sure you package everything well as a number of times great profiles don't get through because they bank more on the facts rather than projecting those facts well.

Cheers,
Manan
Co-founder, S4G; ISB Class of 2013

Thanks for a quick reply, S4G! Means a lot!

Stay safe.

Thanks for the prompt reply S4G! your input has influxed alot of positivity before i attempt my GMAT.

Further,
Short term goals: change my domain to Strategy and marketing and probably return to Tetra Pak.
Long term goals: Pursue Entrepreneurship. Though i have not exactly displayed any history of entrepreneurship in the details above but will the details be essential if i state entrepreneurship as my long term goal?

Stay safe

Thanks manikmehta95
Ultimately, your short-term goals should pave the path for your long-term ones. You can have a plan A and plan B for the short-term goals but it should lead to a northstar. Hence, at least a high level view is required for your entrepreneurial ambition- the type of business, sector, etc. You can read more about the essays here

https://gmatclub.com/forum/isb-class-of ... 27807.html

All the best and stay safe!

Hi everyone.
I would love to get my profile evaluated.

Background:
IT Engineer Male Indian

Education
10th grade : 93%
12th grade: 94.75%
CGPA: 8.6 ( Manipal Institute of Technology)
GMAT: 700

Work Experience:
2 years in Cisco. Worked as a software developer/scrum master for an important Cisco service used in 180 countries and generating an annual revenue of 6 Billion.
3 month Internship in Istanbul: Was stuck there when the military coup took place. Lots of good stories around that.
Founder of a startup in college. Got multiple contracts from various hotels and universities.

Extra- Curricular Activities:
Cisco Intern Ambassador : Point of contact between 240+ Cisco Interns and the management. Worked with them to improve the internship experience.
Vice-President, Indian Society for Technical Education : Led a team of 200+ to organize events in college
Category Head,Technical Fest : Made improvements to the events to improve participation by 50% to 1200 people. Led a team of 100+.
Worked at an NGO (MAD) for 2+ years as a mentor training volunteers. Responsible for the curriculum planning of 14 teachers and overall study schedule of 60+children.
Various performance awards at work.
State-level Swimmer.
Vice-President of my school.

Post MBA goals

Product Management/ Consulting

Hi,

Kindly evaluate my profile for isb, please.

10th - 87.6% - 2008
12th - 93.2% (top in school, top 10 in city) - 2010
Btech - IIT-Bombay (chemical engg) - 6.97 - Jee rank 815 - 99.99+ percentile

gmat 720


Professional Experience
Oracle - Senior Applications Engg(June '20-Present)
-Transforming existing Monolithic traditional, humongous cloud applications into distributed cloud systems

Applications Engg(Nov18-may20)
and also (July15-Aug18)

A gap of 2 years for UPSC preparation (Sept16-Oct18)
--continued prep till Jan 20 with job(nov18-jan2020). However, now I've decided to let it go.
--cleared prelims stage once

Overall workex - 3 yr 10 m till date

Recognition in academic field:
-Extra mile award for exemplary performance at Oracle - May 2020
-Total ₹13k scholarship for XIIth class and Jee performance by various agencies
-State rank 6 at Mp Vigyan quiz - 2008

Extra currics:
Awarded with Hostel cultural colour and passing out colour
- Music
--State Level winner and runner up for qawwali and gazal
--Visharad (6 yr diploma) course in music with distinction
--Active member of Iitb music and drama club, performed in various concerts, plays. etc..

- Theatre
--Performed in NCPA, Prithvi theatre
--Led hostel to victory in dramatics general championship after 7 yrs
--Launched a club in hometown to garner interest in theatre
--Made a film to raise suicide awareness, garnered 10k+ views - 2012
--1st in College performing arts festival for voice over

Toastmasters:
Chartered member of Oracle corporate club
SAA and Secretary posts held
Won numerous club level awards

International exposure:
-Research intern in Germany for chemical simulations for 3 months
-Current development team as diverse as having 16 people from 4 continents and 7 countries
(Just mentioned these, don't really know if these count as international exposure. kindly guide)

Short term goal
-Become a product manager (preference Google)

Long term goal
-start my own firm, or lead a reputed tech firm or lead the tech division of a reputed firm

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Hi AngadAhuja,

Good profile overall. You have always tried to go beyond the call of duty, whether at school / college or at work. Goes to show the well-rounded focus you have in whatever you do. The internship experience would be a good conversation mechanism in the interview. In the application, do touch upon how your tryst with sports will be valuable for the class at ISB (through ISL, coaching peers, etc.) Try to focus on getting the post-MBA goal sorted- both options are equally good. Happy to have a detailed chat around this.

All the best, march on!

Cheers,
Manan

Hi gmatprans,
Quite an interesting journey. The UPSC phase must've taught you when to let it go (good life experience early-on!). Despite the gap, you've done well. Both your work-ex and initiatives outside of work present a good picture of the potential you have. It's about finding the right direction and going for it. Short-term goal is a good extension of your current experience. However, try to zero-in on the long-term goal between entrepreneurship or a full-time job. Accordingly, your path between the short and long-term goal should be presented in the 2nd essay.

Do cover what you learnt during the 2-year gap and the activities you undertook during while preparing for UPSC.

Package your extra-curricular experience well.

All the best!

-
Manan

Hi anisinghal

Admission Chances: You bring a unique experience of working with CAG which will definitely be a plus point for you as an applicant. Working for CRY and R&D exp adds a lot of diversity in your profile which is highly valued by adcom. However, your GMAT score is average and you may consider giving it another shot and increase your score by 20-30 points, considering you have done great in quant, but there may be scope for improvement in verbal. Also, you need to substantiate your GMAT score with a strong application highlighting key points such as Govt auditing, R&D & NGO experiences.

Career Gap: Work experience gap is generally not considered positively by the admission committee. But since you are from the Govt/PSU sector background, you can pitch in differently. You have cleared competitive exams and got into CAG. In Govt/PSU sector, such career achievement is possible only through national level exams which take a lot of effort and time. We have examples of many such cases of successful candidates with work ex gap who have made it to top B schools. You need to show your application in a very different way to convince the adcom. There are other unique ways to turn this gap into your strength especially from Govt/PSU perspective.

Job prospects: While working in CAG, you must have handled complex Govt. auditing procedures. This makes your profile suitable for consulting roles in big 4 consulting firms as a major chunk of their business comes from auditing. Also, some of the consulting companies such as PwC have lots of Govt. clients and prefer to hire candidates like you. Being said that you can always explore and try for other job opportunities in different roles/industries.

Feel free to register for a free admission/career consulting session with Ex-UPSC/PSU people who have pursued their MBA from the top B schools.
All the best!

Hi,

I'm planning to apply to ISB in R1/ R2. Please find my profile below.

Background and nationality: Male 24 (25 by matriculation), Indian (From Hyd) - hope there's some home ground advantange lol!

Undergrad Information:
-Graduated in Bachelors of Technology majoring in Electronics and Communications with a 7.91 CGPA(79.1 %), from GITAM University (Not a top tier university in India).
-Published a paper at IJARCEE in 2017
-ExCom member of the cultural committee 2015 & 2016

GMAT: 740

Work experience and leadership:
-Will be completing 4 years by June'21 at ADP (hires quite a few from ISB every year) as a software engineer.
-Worked in the Product Implementation domain, with strong interaction with clients(Fortune 100 and 500 companies) and my on-shore partners from US and Philippines, giving me a good amount of international exposure( specifically how people from different parts of the world perceive a client's request and negotiating with them to develop a common ground for us and deliver it to the client).
-Managed the entire product upgrade lifecycle for 28 clients with seamless deliveries, retaining ~$27M Net Asset Value to ADP
-Led 4 fresh grads with their mentoring and work tasks, decreasing their job readiness time by 40%
-Initiated a forum, EC – Enabling Confidence, to improve public speaking skills of 16 teammates

Part time exp.:
- Helped my family business, in construction and real-estate, by brokering with potential customers. - 2019
- Worked as a Freelance Consultant with Defmax, a cybersecurity startup, to close a deal worth 400000 INR with Rothys, a US-based shoe company – 2018

Community and others:
-Member of EWB(Engineers Without Borders) student chapter, responsible for providing decent sanitary conditions in a rural village by setting up quick-build toilets in the entire village. Digitising a rural school with electronic infrastructure, and training the faculty and students. (2014-16)
- Organised and volunteered Food, groceries & essentials drive from April’20 – June’20 in my community serving to ~500 migrant workers.
- As a member of ISKCON, hyd - a world-renowned spiritual organisation - helped in food drives, book distribution and charity.

Post-MBA goals:
-With my experience in product implementation, I would like to transition into Product management in tech. (Short term)
-Would like to try and test out entrepreneurial ventures in the field of Blockchain(Currently pursuing Blockchain Revolution Specialisation by INSEAD for this) (Entrepreneurship - Long term)

EC:
- Swimming – State level 2010 (Captain of Swimming team)
- Skating – District level 2008
- Debate – Intra college Second place 2015
- Member of National Cadet Corps (NCC), Airforce Battalion – 2009-2010
- Member of Toastmasters, ADP - 2017-Present

I know this is very lengthy, but I would like to get a comprehensive evaluation of my entire profile and suggestions to improve my chances at ISB and to secure a scholarship. Please evaluate.

Thank You!

Would love to know more about your GMAT preparation and experience?

Hi!

Planning to apply for round 1 ISB.

I’m a qualified Chartered Accountant with 2 years and post qualification experience in EY (big 4 CA firm) alongwith a 3 year internship at EY.

Decent academics, Cambridge Board degrees of 10th and 12th with A* in all subjects (roughly 90+ plus on avg). Graduation in BCom from Mumbai university, roughly 85%.
A slightly weaker GMAT score of only 650.

Would it make sense to apply in round 1? Or should I wait and give another GMAT in sept - oct and apply in round 2?

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Hi VarunGampa,

Good profile overall.
- Education: not a big brand but the score is good
- Work-ex: Good mix of technical and non-technical experience. Efforts and results on mentoring add value to the profile. Part-time experience shows another entrepreneurial dimension to your repertoire
- EC/others: The food distribution and experience at ISKCON shows you have the ability to manage large events involving multiple stakeholders and moving parts. Sports complete the whole package!

Post-MBA goals align with your past experience. Do explain the entry of Blockchain to the mix + why can't you start your entrepreneurship journey now.

At this stage, there isn't anything you can initiate to increase your chances. Its all about projecting the profile well and succinctly bring all diverse elements together. For scholarships, strongly suggest you to apply in R1 as you have a shot at all the seats and 100% scholarship opportunities. Also since you've taken the GMAT already, there's no need to wait.

Feel free to reach out for further questions.

Cheers,
Manan