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Hi,

I am an Indian Female 30, 6 years experience in mainly IT within various sectors ( Automotive, Printing, Telekom) in Europe.

Education - Bachelors ->Normal university ( 69%), Masters -> European leading university in software engineering (CGPA - 3.7+), Publication in a top scientific journal.

Experience - Business Analyst- Development, and design of system architecture of a whole new automotive product and a face lift for a previous one.
Software Engineer ( Also conducted pre-sales, development, project management for 3 big customers in Germany),
Data engineering - Telecommunications industry

GMAT yet to take (last attempt 680) : Aiming 720 atleast

Community and others(most recent ones): Campaign face for educating women in IT within Europe ( taught programming for women in various workshops), Acting as accountability partner in a club providing career counselling for mothers, Designed and developed a product prototype to enable digital services for blind customers in printing sector.

Post-MBA goals: Getting into strategy/Innovation to see the other side of product apart from development. Long term - Entrepreneur in the hospitality sector.

Hello berliner18

The 'stats' of your profile are decent, if you attain that target GMAT.
Further success will depend on how well you bring out the 'qualitative' side as well.
Focus on all the admission factors mentioned here and tie it in with a compelling need of an MBA (read here) in your written application.
For HEC, it will help to showcase an international outlook as well (don't confuse it with international experience).

Best
Varun Sharma
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GMAT Score Predictor
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berliner18 wrote:

Hi,

I am an Indian Female 30, 6 years experience in mainly IT within various sectors ( Automotive, Printing, Telekom) in Europe.

Education - Bachelors ->Normal university ( 69%), Masters -> European leading university in software engineering (CGPA - 3.7+), Publication in a top scientific journal.

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Post-MBA goals: Getting into strategy/Innovation to see the other side of product apart from development. Long term - Entrepreneur in the hospitality sector.

A few thoughts on your profile berliner18:

1. The work profile and especially the BA roles sounds good - assuming that means a lot more business than tech alone. The post-MBA plan however needs more granularity. Read here.
2. The higher score will definitely help. So will the ECs - HEC and European programs especially value such efforts.
3. The GMAT will be very useful. You have not mentioned any brands you have been associated with - this will be important to understand and judge the relative importance of your work.

Overall, play your cards right and things should definitely be very interesting for you.

Cheers,

Hello everyone ..
Greetings for the day!!

It would be really helpful if someone can evaluate my profile for MBA programme at HEC Paris !

25 Male, Indian
10th - 87%
12th - 93%
BTech- 9.2 CGPA / 10
(Automobile Engineering, SRM University)

Work Experience - 36months & continuing..
Working in Hyundai Motors India R&D Center

Languages : English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Korean (basics)

Achievements in Hyundai :
3 Patents (applied in US, SouthKorea, India & China)
Best innovation award
Inter company sports badminton winner
Selected for Technical Paper Presentation at Hyundai Motors Korea (I was the only one selected from entire department)
Presented a Paper at FISITA World Automotive Congress

Achievements in University :
Best Paper presentation award
Received merit based scholarship(among top 10 in entire department)
Was part of “National champion” formula student team (also participated in Formula student Germany)
3 months internship on Total productive maintenance.

International Exposure :
I interact and work with Koreans on daily basis.
Presented a Technical Paper and handled two projects for a duration of 3 weeks in South Korea.
Participated in a formula student event in Germany. Duration : 2weeks

Extra curricular :
I play piano and participated in various cultural events at Hyundai
I read lots of business books
I like working on social issues during my free time and presented several papers with innovative solutions.

I will be taking my Gmat on 1st week of November and I am aiming for 710+

Should I apply for Sept’19 intake or wait for little more and apply in the 1st round of Jan’20 intake?

Looking forward for the valuable feedback !
Thank you


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Hello Eeshangeel

The contours of your profile look pretty solid for HEC.
Past acads, expected GMAT, international exposure, all work in your favor. You may want to read here to know what factors to highlight in your written application.
Not sure what your career goals are though- they will play a vital part in your written application and assessing your final fit at HEC. You can read here to add to your research on career goals.
Since you will be taking the GMAT in Nov, you will be applying in the later rounds. Applying for Jan 20 intake might be better as you will be applying to R1 mostly (please check the dates) and applying earlier is always better considering the large pool of applicants you belong to.

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

Thank you very much for taking time and providing me with your valuable feedback.

My experience is just 3years as of now (4 years by the time I join). Will it be a downside while reviewing my application ?
I saw the avg experience at HEC is 6 years !


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Hello Eeshangeel

Should not be a deal breaker as such. Be prepared to show more maturity and a career progress that is quicker than that of your peers.

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

Eeshangeel,
Your profile looks rich. You have a chance at much higher ranked schools, especially those wherein your post MBA employment could be better. Any particular reason you want to apply to HEC?

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Eeshangeel,
Your profile looks rich. You have a chance at much higher ranked schools, especially those wherein your post MBA employment could be better. Any particular reason you want to apply to HEC?

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Thanks for your opinion !
Can you please suggest me some schools? (with better post mba employment)

I have chosen HEC because i have read it is a very reputed B school in Europe, has good employment record post mba and i felt for my profile I have possibility of getting scholarship. And also France has 2 years stay back option for Indians.


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Hello, please help to evaluate my profile:
Nationality: Vietnamese
Age: 25 - Female
Major: Economics
GMAT: aiming at 700+
IELTS: 7.5
WE: 11 months in PwC as a Tax Consultant, 10 month in Samsung Electronics and 10 month in Australian company

Social activity: no outstanding activity, only 2 times participated in MUN Malaysia

I am aiming to apply for HEC and ESSEC in September 2019 intake, so I am looking forward to hearing your feedbacks.

Thank you.


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Hi Skyline393,

thank you for your post.

We're going to need a bit more detail in order to assess your profile.

(a) Which positions did you hold at Samsung and that Australian company?

(b) Do you have any international experience? Are you living (or have lived) outside of Vietnam?

(c) What are your career goals?

Thank you very much.

Best regards
Alex

Hello thanks for your response.

1. My position is Senior planning staff (Samsung), Data Analyst at Australian company

2. I just only live in Vietnam

3. My career goal is to work at consulting firm inside Europe (France/ Netherland/ Switzerland/Germany...)

I aim to apply Master of International Finance in HEC and Master of finance in ESSEC

Thank you.


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Hi, please help with profile eval for HEC MBA 2019 intake.

Background and nationality - Indian, Woman, 23 y.o.

Undergrad Information - 3.25/4 CGPA, BBA Finance from NMIMS Mumbai

GMAT: To be taken, aiming 700

Work experience and leadership -
Working with an Indian hospitality firm since 2.5+ years, started as Marketing executive and promoted to Assistant Manager - Marketing & Communications in 2 years. Managing team of 4, and marketing for multiple units across India.
WE at matriculation will be 3 years 2 months.
Multiple internships during undergrad.

Community and others -
Worked with NGO to teach English & Math to underprivileged children.

Post MBA goals -
Brand management & marketing in hospitality/fashion/luxury

Anything else?
Co-founded a fashion/lifestyle blog, worked on content creation and styling for various Indian and global brands.
Completed Management Development Programs in Digital Marketing & Analytics from SPJIMR Mumbai and IIM Bangalore.
DELF A1 and A2 certification (French language)
Coursera - Brand Management from LBS and Fashion & Luxury Management from Bocconi.

Interests -
Reading about consumer behaviour, behavioural psychology, behavioural economics
Solo travelling and writing articles about travel (1st solo travel experience at age 20 to Belgium, and more after that)

Any suggestions/GMAT recommendation/alternate school suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!

Hello Neha3011

Interesting profile from a work ex and extracurricular point of view.
Needless to say, target a high GMAT score.
In your work ex, showcase international motivation (essential for HEC) and career progress, achievements and impact on the business of your organization. All the more so, as you are on the lower end of work ex (in terms of years) for HEC and will be one of the younger ones. Competing with other applicants you should showcase higher levels of maturity and achievements in your application.
The extracurricular and certifications look good, but just as in work ex, focus more on your contribution and impact here rather than a laundry list.
Coming to career goals, though you are looking at moving in a similar space and HEC is a good school for your target sector, you will need to be more specific in terms of what role are you targeting for the short term, what is your long term vision and why is an MBA must to reach that long term goal. Also, 'why now' will be a critical answer for your specifically.
Tie the above well in your essays.
Lastly, not sure of the timelines, when are you planning to take the GMAT and what stage of preparation are you in and what round you are planning to apply in. If it goes too late, you are better off applying to the Jan 2020 intake. It will help you apply in R1, increase your work ex further (quality matters more than years though) and give you more time to prepare for the GMAT (hence target a higher score).

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

Hi! Thanks for the reply.
I have read in most places that it's not advisable to go for the Jan intake over the fall intake due to variations in job opportunities at the end of the course and a few other things. Is that true?
I am planning to take the GMAT end of November and complete applications by December.

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