Profile Eval Request - Indian Chartered Accountant, ER & PE experience
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07 Apr 2015, 23:13
Hi Bhavik,
I came across the great recommendations for Critical Square on the Best Admission Consultants 2015 forum here on Gmatclub and thought I'd test the waters before considering your paid services. I would appreciate if you could provide your thoughts on my profile, detailed below:
Indian, Male, 24
GMAT: 2nd attempt - 710 (Q46, V41); 1st attempt - 620 (Q42, V33)
Education:
Chartered Accountant;
BCom from IGNOU (Correspondence due to CA restrictions)
Work experience:
1. Currently working in a US-based startup as an equity research analyst, covering US and European companies. (9 months and counting)
2. Investment analyst at a regional private equity fund (<$500 mn AUM). Got promoted from Jr Analyst to Sr Analyst after 1 year due to outstanding contribution. (1.5 yrs)
3. Full time internship while doing CA (4 years)
Extra-Curriculars:
1. Senior Volunteer with Child Rights and You (CRY), providing analysis and process-improvement services. Designed and implemented a work allocation, tracking, reporting and feedback mechanism for volunteers. Currently developing a report for providing insights from national surveys undertaken by CRY.
2. Author of a finance blog (now inactive) for breaking into investment banking and private equity in India. The blog was completely anonymous but gained considerable popularity and a good number of people wrote to me for suggestions, which I was able to provide. Got interviewed by Brian DeChesare of M&I for my work in Private Equity in India and the blog.
3. Not sure if this counts, but I'm currently in the process of negotiating a remote working option in my current job. If it kicks in next month, then I plan to travel throughout India over the next few months, while working remotely full time. Planning to record the experiences from this in another blog.
Target Schools:
Top-15 - hoping to get more clarity on which schools would be the most suitable for me.
Post MBA goal:
Asset Management
Please let me know what you think. Thanks for your time!