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13 Apr 2020, 01:20
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Hi,
I am primarily interested in applying to LBS and would like your invaluable advice as to how I can improve my profile to increase my chances of a convert.
I'll have to wrap my application till August 31st so as to qualify for R1 submissions.
Please help me with evaluations and further feedbacks -
a) On a scale of 1-10(Low-High), rating and chances of Interview call/conversion as a guess.
b) What could be done in the next 4-5 months to boost those chances?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My background is as follows:
Age 25, Indian Male with ~37 months of Exp as a Business Analyst across two $1B+ valuation worth companies.
And almost 4 years of Work-ex aged 26 at the time of Class initiation.
GMAT - 730 (Q50, V39)
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WORK EXPERIENCES: (All offices based in India, but well exposed to global clients/stakeholders and International spheres)
1. Currently employed as Senior Analyst with a leading AdTech company since Jan 2019 (1.5 years before R1), managing and leading the delivery for a Business pod in the whole APAC region that generated $2.5 Mn of Revenue and witnessed consistent growth in QoQ Margins for FY2019.
- High cross-functionality based role, involves skill-sets ranging from Analytics Consulting, Account Management, Product Business Analyst and owning a bit of Strat & Ops(P&L).
- Proven results of scaling up App business models & solving tough KPI problems of the clients from diverse industries, as some of which have also been translated as Case studies, and hence a very solid understanding of Mobile Marketing/Programmatic Trading in AdTech as an industry.
2. Prior to this, I Was employed as a Business Analyst with the owning group of one of the most prominent Print Media brands of the world for almost 17 months soon after my UG.
I was part of the Retail division of the company's offshore Analytics center based out of Bangalore & worked on several projects spanning the Retail Demand Planning, Forecasting, Marketing & Ops Analytics for these popular brands, covering the whole of Supply Chain right from Paper projections allotment till the final Newstands delivery in USA & Canada.
Worked closely with Research and Marketing teams for consulting them with useful insights based on Statistical models.
3. Interned at the TCS and a Research-based Internship under a Professor during College summers.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND CAREER PROGRESSIONS SO FAR AT WORK:
CURRENT ROLE-
Being the only member of my BU to be get promoted in FY2019.
Received an Annual Best Emerging team award.
In interim, filled in for leading the regional Delivery consisting of a team of 4. Introduced projects like Traders dashboard and training programme for the associates.
Rated and trusted as an SME of my Business cum Product line. Working closely with the Leadership in key decision makings, Projections and Strategies.
PREVIOUS ROLE-
Was bestowed with the Spot Award for outstanding contribution in Q1+Q2 for FY2018.
Was the only hire out of 200+ candidates for the Recruitment drive with 0-2 years of Work-ex, despite being a Fresher at that point of time.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDUCATION-
Undergrad:
B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering Co 2017 from a Tier-2 college, though ranked amongst Top 5 in its state.
- Slightly Competitive admission through the State Entrance Exam securing a rank in the Top 3% of the takers.
- 66% GPA, Average position, Gold medalist being at 80%.
+ve is Highest marks awarded for the Final Year B.Tech Project in my Dept out of 60. Also featured in a Hindi national daily and recognized for brilliant innovation by the State Govt.
-ve is repeated an Engg Maths course in 1st year.
No gaps anywhere either during the education or the professional career.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECA:
- Attended a weeklong Pre-MBA Bootcamp at FT's Top-ranked Business school in 2019 July. Cohorted with 70 young professionals represented by 23 nationalities, the Bootcamp gave an overview of how it's like to be part of an MBA class with lectures and cases from globally renowned Profs. Also undertook Industry visits to some dream companies and interacting with the Business Heads.
- National Talent Search Exam State level qualifier (Top 10%), National Olympiads School Gold medals, International Physics and Chemistry Olympiads Nationwide top 10% appreciation certificates.
- Singing: Performed multiple times on stage as Solo/Band with 500+ audience sizes. Participated in a Kids singing reality TV show.
- IIT Roorkee technical fest runners up in Project Presentation and a Quizzing event.
- Led the Sponsorships and Marketing team for the Regional tech-fest, gathering 120% increments in funds.
- Co-founded a Readers' club in College and scaled into a not-for-profit business model.
- Secretary for the oldest and most selective College council. Led a team of 45, responsible for the overall management and designing Literary and personality development event calendars.
- Partnered with a popular National coaching Insitute, and conceptualized a Career Guidance aimed Aptitude test for College students to help them with the right choice of career based on combinations of test inputs.
- Organized an IEEE regional conference and published my project results in the conference proceedings.
IN PIPELINE:
- Basics in Spanish
- BCG Strategy Virtual Internship
- Six Sigma training certificate
VOLUNTEERING:
- No Substantial Volunteering certificate from any recognized NGOs or Campaigns.
- Pro-Bono consulting and mentoring people on Career post 12th/Engg. Not well recorded!
LORs:
- Alums from ISB, INSEAD, IIM, IIT.
- Direct reporting managers, Heads, Directors, VP, some of with portfolios ranging from an Annual revenue scale of $5 Mn - $35 Mn and industry experiences >10 years minimum.
- Moderate to Strong Recos.
- College Dept HOD (if reqd) very strong.
Why and What At LBS?
- More electives on Marketing, Operations, and Analytics in LBS MBA. Less inclined towards Finance as coursework.
- Want to experience the academic rigor of a B-school, brilliant case method of learning, interactions with best of the best business minds. Finishing in the Dean's list is a scholarly target with at least one publication based on my past practical experiences coupled with theoretical funda.
Post-MBA?
- Long term: Want to startup after 5 more years of Work Ex necessarily needing an exposure of more near to Leadership roles.
- Short term: //IN ORDER//
1) Strategy, Leadership Associates or GM roles in conglomerates.
2) Sales/Product Marketing in Product based fast-paced Tech companies.
3) E-Commerce: Product or Program Manager roles.
I am primarily interested in applying to LBS and would like your invaluable advice as to how I can improve my profile to increase my chances of a convert.
I'll have to wrap my application till August 31st so as to qualify for R1 submissions.
Please help me with evaluations and further feedbacks -
a) On a scale of 1-10(Low-High), rating and chances of Interview call/conversion as a guess.
b) What could be done in the next 4-5 months to boost those chances?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My background is as follows:
Age 25, Indian Male with ~37 months of Exp as a Business Analyst across two $1B+ valuation worth companies.
And almost 4 years of Work-ex aged 26 at the time of Class initiation.
GMAT - 730 (Q50, V39)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WORK EXPERIENCES: (All offices based in India, but well exposed to global clients/stakeholders and International spheres)
1. Currently employed as Senior Analyst with a leading AdTech company since Jan 2019 (1.5 years before R1), managing and leading the delivery for a Business pod in the whole APAC region that generated $2.5 Mn of Revenue and witnessed consistent growth in QoQ Margins for FY2019.
- High cross-functionality based role, involves skill-sets ranging from Analytics Consulting, Account Management, Product Business Analyst and owning a bit of Strat & Ops(P&L).
- Proven results of scaling up App business models & solving tough KPI problems of the clients from diverse industries, as some of which have also been translated as Case studies, and hence a very solid understanding of Mobile Marketing/Programmatic Trading in AdTech as an industry.
2. Prior to this, I Was employed as a Business Analyst with the owning group of one of the most prominent Print Media brands of the world for almost 17 months soon after my UG.
I was part of the Retail division of the company's offshore Analytics center based out of Bangalore & worked on several projects spanning the Retail Demand Planning, Forecasting, Marketing & Ops Analytics for these popular brands, covering the whole of Supply Chain right from Paper projections allotment till the final Newstands delivery in USA & Canada.
Worked closely with Research and Marketing teams for consulting them with useful insights based on Statistical models.
3. Interned at the TCS and a Research-based Internship under a Professor during College summers.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND CAREER PROGRESSIONS SO FAR AT WORK:
CURRENT ROLE-
Being the only member of my BU to be get promoted in FY2019.
Received an Annual Best Emerging team award.
In interim, filled in for leading the regional Delivery consisting of a team of 4. Introduced projects like Traders dashboard and training programme for the associates.
Rated and trusted as an SME of my Business cum Product line. Working closely with the Leadership in key decision makings, Projections and Strategies.
PREVIOUS ROLE-
Was bestowed with the Spot Award for outstanding contribution in Q1+Q2 for FY2018.
Was the only hire out of 200+ candidates for the Recruitment drive with 0-2 years of Work-ex, despite being a Fresher at that point of time.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDUCATION-
Undergrad:
B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering Co 2017 from a Tier-2 college, though ranked amongst Top 5 in its state.
- Slightly Competitive admission through the State Entrance Exam securing a rank in the Top 3% of the takers.
- 66% GPA, Average position, Gold medalist being at 80%.
+ve is Highest marks awarded for the Final Year B.Tech Project in my Dept out of 60. Also featured in a Hindi national daily and recognized for brilliant innovation by the State Govt.
-ve is repeated an Engg Maths course in 1st year.
No gaps anywhere either during the education or the professional career.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECA:
- Attended a weeklong Pre-MBA Bootcamp at FT's Top-ranked Business school in 2019 July. Cohorted with 70 young professionals represented by 23 nationalities, the Bootcamp gave an overview of how it's like to be part of an MBA class with lectures and cases from globally renowned Profs. Also undertook Industry visits to some dream companies and interacting with the Business Heads.
- National Talent Search Exam State level qualifier (Top 10%), National Olympiads School Gold medals, International Physics and Chemistry Olympiads Nationwide top 10% appreciation certificates.
- Singing: Performed multiple times on stage as Solo/Band with 500+ audience sizes. Participated in a Kids singing reality TV show.
- IIT Roorkee technical fest runners up in Project Presentation and a Quizzing event.
- Led the Sponsorships and Marketing team for the Regional tech-fest, gathering 120% increments in funds.
- Co-founded a Readers' club in College and scaled into a not-for-profit business model.
- Secretary for the oldest and most selective College council. Led a team of 45, responsible for the overall management and designing Literary and personality development event calendars.
- Partnered with a popular National coaching Insitute, and conceptualized a Career Guidance aimed Aptitude test for College students to help them with the right choice of career based on combinations of test inputs.
- Organized an IEEE regional conference and published my project results in the conference proceedings.
IN PIPELINE:
- Basics in Spanish
- BCG Strategy Virtual Internship
- Six Sigma training certificate
VOLUNTEERING:
- No Substantial Volunteering certificate from any recognized NGOs or Campaigns.
- Pro-Bono consulting and mentoring people on Career post 12th/Engg. Not well recorded!
LORs:
- Alums from ISB, INSEAD, IIM, IIT.
- Direct reporting managers, Heads, Directors, VP, some of with portfolios ranging from an Annual revenue scale of $5 Mn - $35 Mn and industry experiences >10 years minimum.
- Moderate to Strong Recos.
- College Dept HOD (if reqd) very strong.
Why and What At LBS?
- More electives on Marketing, Operations, and Analytics in LBS MBA. Less inclined towards Finance as coursework.
- Want to experience the academic rigor of a B-school, brilliant case method of learning, interactions with best of the best business minds. Finishing in the Dean's list is a scholarly target with at least one publication based on my past practical experiences coupled with theoretical funda.
Post-MBA?
- Long term: Want to startup after 5 more years of Work Ex necessarily needing an exposure of more near to Leadership roles.
- Short term: //IN ORDER//
1) Strategy, Leadership Associates or GM roles in conglomerates.
2) Sales/Product Marketing in Product based fast-paced Tech companies.
3) E-Commerce: Product or Program Manager roles.
13 Apr 2020, 03:12
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ARINGO
Studies, internships, and your own entrepreneurial business all at 22? WOW! very very impressive!
Thank you very much for your response.
I think there is a misunderstanding. The fashion brand company is not mine. This is one of the biggest fashion brands in Georgia.
I simply worked part-time there. Because I had good ideas, I continued to be a freelancer and even got offered a full-time job as a director. As I had a clear plan on how to grow the business, I was allowed to organize a showroom (which is basically a temporary shop) in Paris and invite potential buyers.
Would you change your statement now that I made this correction? Should I still apply to those programs?
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13 Apr 2020, 03:22
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san95mba
Hi,
I am primarily interested in applying to LBS and would like your invaluable advice
I am primarily interested in applying to LBS and would like your invaluable advice
Hi san95mba and thanks for sharing such a detailed message.
My name is Shimri Winters, I head the strategy team at ARINGO for the last 6 years. When I graduated from the London Business School, I was asked by the school to help with the interviewing of LBS applicants for 8 years, so I am pretty experienced and have seen 100s of applicants
.Your profile seems very strong:
- Very good professional experience and career development
- Strong academics and great GMAT score
- Nice extracurriculars
In terms of your "Why MBA / Why LBS" your aspirations seem to be aligned with what the school is looking for and it is nice you have both career and academic (Dean's list) aspirations.
Your career goals are also achievable and I suggest picking one path and exploiting that route vs. mentioning several options.
What do I suggest doing in terms of your LBS application?
The key thing here is to explain to LBS why they are your number one choice. Case study method, and strong finance or operations courses are nice, but generic and fit any top business school.
Another aspect is connecting the dots between your academic, past work experience, the LBS MBA and your future career goals.
What can you do now? Stay employed, find the best recommenders, continue to do school research and write the best possible applications.
LBS is super competitive and there is no room for mistakes (yes, always good to think of 1-2 backup options as well as your number 1 choice). Work with the best on your applications (hint hint, see our stats on: https://www.aringo.com/aringo-mba-admission-statistics/)
GOOD LUCK!
