Work Experience Question
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07 Dec 2018, 06:02
Hi everyone,
So I haven't been able to find any guidance on my situation so I was hoping to get some insights from here.
I am currently in my starting my 2nd year at a consultancy and hope to apply to Insead in September 2019 for the September 2020 intake. Whilst I was pursuing my undergraduate degree I had the opportunity to go be the Country manager for a global NGO's national office, working full-time managing teams etc. It was a full-time job not an internship as one usually would during their studies.
My university was understanding and let me take it as a year in industry and then I got offered a promotion to be the CFO of the global office of the NGO at their HQ and be on our board of directors. This second year I was working I took as a gap year from my studies before going back and completing my undergraduate degree (my university was very understanding). Altogether during these two roles I obtained 28 months of work experience.
I then pursued a Masters degree before starting work again and currently before I apply I would have obtained another 24 Months of work experience. That would take my work experience at the point of application at 52 months (this is not counting internships and other small jobs). I also understand as I would start the MBA 12 months after my application I would be able to bring my total relevant work experience up to 64 months.
I understand that many schools explicitly say post graduate experience but I was in this unique situation where I got offered a job I couldn't turn down and paused my studies to pursue it. My question is will INSEAD, LBS and Oxbridge accept the work experience I obtained whilst taking a gap from my undergraduate studies as the positions were management roles where I was managing budgets of millions of Euros.
Thank you in advance!