ISB Profile Evaluation - Tools for B-School Profile Evaluation

ISB does not focus as much on GMAT as some other top American programmes. With or without ECAs its just beneficial to get a 700+ GMAT score. SO evaluate whether you can pull the GMAT off before 15th Jan, without compromising the quality of your application. If not, then there is always R1 next year

Thanks Arijit for the assessment! Will reach out to you.

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Hi! Few of our candidates who had applied in R1, got interview invite just yesterday (for Delhi location). It is really surprising to get an interview invite so late, since even the R1 results are out.

Am just curious if someone else has received the interview invite as well?

hi

i am an indian female.
Age-29 years
class 10-89%
class 12-83%
graduation- BTech Mechanical - CGPA- 9
work ex- 6 years
gmat score-660
Present company - ashok Leyland
profile-
1. 2011-2012- Graduate executive Trainee
2. 2012- 2015- project manager for a new product-
3. 2015-till date- territory sales manager for 2 states of india.

interests
1. playing badminton, cycling, making pot paintings.
2. loads of prizes i have won district level competitions during schools

active member of a ngo called Tanzania Deveopment trust that works on female genital muilation.

#ISB
#PROFILE
#EVALUATION

Can anyone evaluate my profile and talk about prospects at ISB and provide me with tips to enhance my profile for a likely convert there ( of course a good GMAT score is must )


10th - 75
12th - 76
Grad - 77
Work Ex -3 yrs

1)School -Head boy , Best sportsman for 3 years
2) Placement Coordinator
3)Worked with an NGO at college and Organized events .
4) Started my own NGO after college.
5) German language -A1 level
6) Organized International level events at Honda
7) Google Certified in Adwords and certified in Digital marketing
8. Start up (Initial stage )
9) Will add a couple of Coursera courses too

Kindly evaluate my profile ( apart from a good GMAT SCORE )

Any tips as to how to enhance my profile ?

If leading the NGO is your full time experience, you must elaborate some key achievements whilst working with the NGO. If you have hit some key milestones while serving and leading an NGO, it could enhance your application. Thanks.

Hey,

Your profile looks good. Have heard from my friends that your achievements in your work will also be essential. You will add diversity to the batch and hence stand a good chance.
There will be focus on what you have done and achieved with your NGO. So try to project those things also in the application and your profile will look interesting.

Hi All,<br /><br />Request experts to please review my profile for ISB<br />Indian Male<br /><br />Xth : 74% (State Board)<br />XII : 73% (State Board)<br />Education : Graduate (Btech in Mechanical) 67%<br />GMAT : 680<br /><br />Work Ex : 8+ Yrs in Manufacturing Sector (Sales and Marketing)<br />Roles Handled: Product Manager, Business Development, Key Account Manager<br /><br />Intern : 6 Months Intern from DRDO.<br />Current Role:<br />National Key Account Manager (Tier1-US MNC)<br /><br />Previous Role:<br />Product Manager (India's biggest automobile manufacturer)<br /><br />Extra curricular : <br />1. National level theater actor for the past 12 years ( performed at national level)<br />2. Was part of campaign run by utv in 2009 for increasing election awareness (performance was covered in media both TV and Print)<br />3. District president of Lions Club (youth wing)<br />4. Taught and mentored underprivileged kids

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You seem to be on track in terms of career growth. Why do you want an MBA and what do you wish to do post MBA?
Also, do highlight your past work experience

Its hard to make out much about your profile as you have not mentioned anything about your professional life- where do you work, what do you do, what are your achievements at work, what is your carer progress? Why do you want to do an MBA?

You have omitted all the important information in your query.

Hi thanks for reaching out
Please find below my past work experience.
I have worked as product manager in new product introduction deptt.
Was involved and in product line management, new product launches, program management.
Post MBA I want to join as a product manager or work in marketing consulting.
Please share your feedback and let me know for any further details.

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Hi
I am Ved,

Please evaluate my profile for ISB

Nationality- Indian
Gender- Male
Xth- 83.4%
XIIth - 77.8%
Undergrad- B.Tech. in Computer science Engg, From IMSEC, Ghaziabad - 78%
GRE- 305

Extra- Curricular Activities:-
1) ISB YLP Campus Ambassador.
2) Participated as a Coordinator in sports fest (CHAKRAVYUH 2015 and 2016).
3) Coordinated State level & Zonal level Sports Fest.
4) Campus Commander of OYO rooms.
5) Campus Ambassador of Spring Fest, IIT Kharagpur Cultural Fest.
6) Joined NGO’s (Wings).
7) Head of Cultural fest (Diwali Nights)

Achievement:-
• Qualified Online Digital Marketing Fundamental (By- Google; ISB; FICCI).
• Third prize in National Seminar competition with topic –Digital India (NSFTICE) (2015).
• Got a BUG in Facebook.
• Mozilla Campus Club Leader.
• First Prize in (2015 & Second Prize in (2016), All India Level Fest, Chakravyuh (Cricket).

Hobbies:-
Hacking, Socialising, Playing (Cricket; Table Tennis; Badminton; Volleyball; Chess), Listening Music, Talking to others, Going new places & eat different food items.

Work-Experience:- 2 Years; 6 Months Internship in OYO Rooms (Sales & Marketing)

Hi, please evaluate my profile.

Re-applicant

Male - 28 years old

GMAT - 730 (Q-49, V-40) 2nd attempt (Dec'17)
700 (Q-49, V-36) 1st attempt (Aug'2016)

Work experience :
1.) 4 years in ZS. My role involved starting from handling operational deliverables for the first year, then leading a team that handled them, getting involved in a couple of consulting projects on the side. 10 months ago, I changed my track entirely and moved to a specialized team which works entirely on Analytics heavy work (Marketing Mix, Clustering, Genetic Algorithms, etc. - can expand more on this)
2) 1.5 years in Oracle - where I helped create modules for a suite of products to be used in the Retail sector - I had also interned at Oracle and received a PPO

Recognition at work: Chosen as 1/45 Opex champion (specialists in operations track) - receiving regular trainings which would help me help other teams handle their operations better

Education : B.E. from Manipal Institute of Technology, 7.2/10
Class 12th : 76.33%
Class 10th : 84.33%

Extra curricular :
1. Lead my team as the captain in annual office events
2. Core member of a NGO started at ZS
3. Dramatics in College
4. Western Vocals in college

I've more accomplishments throughout my school (like quizzes, short story writing, etc.)

I plan on applying in R2 for 2018 intake and I want to move to either Top 6 consulting firms or analytics in e-commerce. Please let me know what you think

Hi,

Please evaluate my profile. Would appreciate some advice on what range of Gmat scores will I need for ISB.

Basics:
29 year old male from India
Planning to appear for Gmat around July’18 for the program commencing in 2019

Academics:
92.5% in Tenth Grade (CBSE)
90.0% in Twelfth Grade (CBSE)
First Division in B Com (Honors) from Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi)
Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in November 2012 (multiple attempts)

Work experience:
5 years of experience post qualifying chartered accountancy:

2 years as a Senior analyst with the M&A Investment Banking team at one of the Big4 accounting firms (Front end) – Worked on several pitches and some live deals; drafted pitchbooks and IMs; built financial models; undertook company/industry research
3 years as an associate investment manager with a prominent Real Estate Fund in India (AUM $11 bn+) – Worked end-to-end on 11 deals; analysis and execution; monitoring of assigned portfolio of investments; regularly interfacing with investee management/ consultants/ lawyers/ bankers
I have received good ratings in appraisals throughout and was promoted this year.

Given nature of roles, both positions were with small teams, and thus I do not have any direct leadership experience however I have worked with other functional teams in a supervisory capacity and mentored interns/ trainees.

Prior to all this, I went through the 3.5 years of mandatory training as part of the CA coursework, and worked with the treasury team of a large Indian financing corporation for 9 months before appearing for the CA Final exams.

Extra-curricular:
Competed at CBSE national level in swimming and water polo.
Served as the captain for the aquatics team in senior year of school and throughout college.
Held student council positions in school – prefect, house captain

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Hi,

Please evaluate my profile. What is the range of the GMAT score I should target for?

GMAT:
28 year old male from India
Planning to appear for GMAT in April 2018 for the Admission in 2019.

Academics:
Xth - 80.67% (UP Stateboard - In Top 1%) - Completed in 2004.
XIIth - 86.40% (UP Stateboard - 25th Position out of 2,000,000 Students) - Completed in 2006.
CGPA - 8.23 out of 10 (IIT Dhanbad) - Dual Degree Program (B.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering with M.Tech. in Petroleum Management) - Completed in 2011.

Work experience: (Total 6 Years as of Now) - Mostly all 6 Years of International Experience - Currently holding NRI status in Abu Dhabi since last 3 Years

1. Multinational Company (HAIMO) - 1.5 Years - Worked as a Field Engineer in Oman, UAE, China and India
Responsibility and Highlights: Leading a crew of 4 members for all kind of field operations, Direct Dealing with the Client for all kind of arrangements)

2. Multinational Company (Weatherford - 4th Biggest Service providing company in the world) - 4.5 Years - Worked in multiple positions (Production Optimization Engineer, Petroleum Engineer, Senior Petroleum Engineer) - In Kuwait, UAE, India
Responsibility and Highlights:
a. Petroleum Engineering related Consultation to the Client.
b. Working on the projects which generated a Value of more than 200 Million dollars (Real case studies are already published on these)
c. Short stint as a Team leader for a group of 4 people.
d. Part of the team which completed 4 different projects worth more than 10 Million dollars for the company.
e. Strong evaluation from my manager since last 3 years.
f. Mentoring a group of people from client company.

I have got 10 professional reviews on Linkedin (Mostly from managers and clients). Following is the link:

Extra-curricular:
1. School captain of cricket team (I don't know whether it matters much)
2. Representative of the school at various levels (Physics Olympiad, Quizes)
3. Winner of Certification of top 1% student of Physics Olympiad)
4. Winner of scholarships in school. (Was a candidate also in college but disqualified due to father's income being > 3 Lacks)
5. Part of Cultural Fest Organization team in the college. (Organized "Petroguya" event which had participation increased due to social media advertisement initiative)
6. Was part of an NGO for 3 years in the college (Kartavya - Education imparting organization for slum children)
7. Involved in setting up a formal Alumni Association in Middle East for my college.
8. Soon going to involved in an NGO in UAE.
9. There are some more but not writing them here.

Got an Admit to IIM Bangalore 2 Year PGDM Program in 2015 but had to leave it due to Financial responsibilities I had at that time. Working in UAE since past 3 years has helped me to overcome that challenge. So ready to take next step now.

Team,

Please review my profile
Indian mail 31 years
Total 8+ years of experience
GMAT 680(q49 V 33)
Professional experience
National key account manager ( Tier-1 auto US MNC)
Looking after PAN India business development activity
Added 2 new customers
Responsible for product management and pricing
Previous experience
Product Manager ( India's biggest auto manufacturer)
Was involved in end to end program management and product planning for a particular segment of vehicles
Did project with German and UK companies to introduce a new range of vehicles for the first time in India.
Helped the company to get big order for the products
Introduced various new applications on the same platform
Was part of employee engagement team for the organisation.
Extra curricular
National level theatre actor and director for the past 12 years
Performed at national level( performance was covered in TV and print media)
Has been mentoring children for past 7 years
Was district president of youth wing of lions club international
Coordinator of culture fest of the college
Has been involved in various CSR activities at organisation level
Hostel secretary for my hostel during college

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Vediv,

With ISB's minimum accepted GRE score being 303, your GRE score of 305 is at the lower end of the range. That's not gonna help too much, especially for a younger applicant as yourself.

I'd be more interested in knowing details about your work experience, which you have not mentioned here as such. What are your achievements at work?
You have been involved in several activities at college, but again, your impact is more important. In the MBA applications, quality trumps over quantity.

I'd suggest you to push through your application for Round 2 only if you have a very strong background (and can churn out a great application). Else, waiting a year and improving your standardized tests will be more effective. ISB is open to reapplicants, but I must admit, it is a burden applying as a reapplicant.