Hi Guys

Please evaluate my profile.
Target School :ISB Hyderabad



10th:93.1%
12th:86.2%
Engineering: 72%( International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar)
GMAT:670(Q49,V33)

EDUCATION
Delhi Public School, Bhilai -10th and 12th
International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India May 2017
Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) – Computer Science & Engineering
Secured rank in mid 1500s in Odisha JEE Entrance exam

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dell Technologies, Karnataka, India Jul 2017 – Present

Senior Analyst/Software Developer 2 – Sales Order Pipeline ,Enterprise Business Intelligence
Oct 2019 – Present.
• Took the ownership to learn a new technology and worked in collaboration with support team to fix the orphan ongoing issues including incorrect population of exchange rate affecting the revenue directly
• Handled several enhancements, problem fixes, Data Quality issues across various Big Data Platforms | Educated or clarified multiple business users on the data and process to help them understand the concept of negative revenue in Sales
• Developed knowledge base by creating around 50+ documents from support experience thereby reducing around 200+ production defects and around 500+ recurring failures.
• Enabled automated deployment for the team across multiple environments| Educated the team on the same and currently frequency of deployments has increased from once a month to almost every alternate day | Reducing the 100+ man hours involved every time
• Conceptualized 15+ agile techniques to enhance Quotes process thereby improving the performance and reducing the manual efforts by 50+ man hours during weekends per month and 100+ man hours during quarter end.
• Led a team of 5 to deliver end to end solution which leveraged live Orders data using streaming solutions and latest technology available in the market with 100% clean deployment. The solution is being used by 20+ business analytics teams and around 10000+ users for their reporting purposes. Thereby reducing the gap in reporting. The most appreciated effort was making the audit logging table to process millions of records in near real time from transactional systems | Trained external members and business stakeholders as part of Knowledge Transfer.
• Been a Sales and Orders champion during one of the Database failures | Led and represented the teams and worked along with the platform teams to repair the DB and make the data available to around 9000+ users across multiple workspaces.
• Currently working in devising a solution to parse real time dynamic Jsons (using Scala, Spark and Kafka) from transactional systems which captures an order’s line and populate it in various Big Data platforms to cater 10000+ users with Order’s lifeline Data.
• Worked closely with platform team and business stakeholders to improve various process, remove unwanted objects thereby reducing 50TB space in the database | Provided recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments.
• Currently I am also playing the role of a backup team lead and a backup program manager
• Have Interviewed various candidates for various positions and for various teams across the organization | Led CSR efforts for the team and have participated in various CSR events in my tenure in Dell

Software Developer 1 – Core/Orders Dev Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Nov 2018 – Sep 2019
• Took the stretch assignment of designing a Tableau dashboard for real time monitoring of 54+ transactional systems in a one single view | Produced 10+ reports which bolstered decision making of leadership team.
• Innovated a process to produce automated alerts for all the critical jobs and regular status mails for the leadership team using shell scripting which resulted in quicker and more efficient fixes leading to an improvement in the response time of critical errors by 80%
• In the FY 2019-2020 Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting and
• In the absence of the key SME delivered a project single handedly from end to end with 100% success rate and communicate the business with regular updates. This project helped to resolve the corrupt Dell Customers database and fixed 10+ business reports.
• Developed a Dashboard for VP sales in a day’s time to track the performance of each sales representative sorted by managers. Bolstered decision making for the sales team and plan out ways to groom the lower performing sales rep.
• Worked tirelessly with platform team for multiple database migrations, cleanup activities, functional upgrades to improve the current system as much as possible | Reduced around 40TB + space and increased the throughput of data by 45% through such activities

Analyst – L3 Support Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Jul 2017 – Oct 2018
• Joined the highest level of support in the org as the first fresher and got the opportunity to dig in production defects and problems in the 1st few months itself | Resolved a record number of 15 critical incidents in a week resolving 1000+ daily failures.
• Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting
• Liaised with cross functional teams to expedite data migration of 15+ datasets in 9 months.
• Collaborated with other areas of support (infrastructure, source systems, business support etc.) to resolve high impact events in a timely manner, to provide recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments | Collaborated with outside departments to implement system-wide improvements.
• First point of contact for customer escalations and actively communicate on the progress. Learn the priorities from the customer and business impact related to RUN failures.
• Went beyond regular work and fixed a critical sales opportunity issue where revenue of $84824284.700 and 1017 deals were missing by working and coordinating closely with business stakeholders, managers, sales VPs, Sales & IT support teams.
• Participated and organized a number of CSR event in and off campus where we have helped a number of NGOs, orphans and Old Age homes in and around Bangalore ,India

OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
• Achieved Vice president’s award for outstanding performance in a quarter at Dell.
• Have been awarded with multiple cash and non-cash awards at my tenure in dell amounting to a total around 15+ awards in my entire tenure
• Received Scholar badge and a scholar blazer for exemplary performance at school for 6 consecutive years.
• Won awards for drawing and painting at school, state, and national level.
• Participated and represented Sierra Leone in IIIT -Mun. Around 100+ delegates participated
• Won a number of coding competitions at IIIT Bhubaneswar
• Stood 1st position in National level Essay writing competition.
• Secured 85% marks in Annual all India GK Test in the year 2006
• Won multiple Cricket and Football competitions at School and College.
• Handled the position of hospitality head and sponsorship head in the annual tech cult fest Advaita in my college | Led a team of 20 folks to take care of all the hospitality work during the 4 days of the fest and brought in a sponsorship of around 2.5 lakhs for the fest
• Organized the cultural and Technical fest (Advaita ‘16) in IIIT Bhubaneswar.
• Organized various technical competitions at college
• Achieved certification from H.P on Network Management & Security
• Completed Industrial based training from Bhilai Steel Plant, S.A.I.L
• Organized a Blood donation camp in college where 200 + students donated blood.
• Owns the photography account (shutter_venom) in instagram
• Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Oriya.

Please evaluate my profile.
Target School :ISB Hyderabad



10th:93.1%
12th:86.2%
Engineering: 72%( International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar)
GMAT:670(Q49,V33)

EDUCATION
Delhi Public School, Bhilai -10th and 12th
International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India May 2017
Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) – Computer Science & Engineering
Secured rank in mid 1500s in Odisha JEE Entrance exam

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dell Technologies, Karnataka, India Jul 2017 – Present

Senior Analyst/Software Developer 2 – Sales Order Pipeline ,Enterprise Business Intelligence
Oct 2019 – Present.
• Took the ownership to learn a new technology and worked in collaboration with support team to fix the orphan ongoing issues including incorrect population of exchange rate affecting the revenue directly
• Handled several enhancements, problem fixes, Data Quality issues across various Big Data Platforms | Educated or clarified multiple business users on the data and process to help them understand the concept of negative revenue in Sales
• Developed knowledge base by creating around 50+ documents from support experience thereby reducing around 200+ production defects and around 500+ recurring failures.
• Enabled automated deployment for the team across multiple environments| Educated the team on the same and currently frequency of deployments has increased from once a month to almost every alternate day | Reducing the 100+ man hours involved every time
• Conceptualized 15+ agile techniques to enhance Quotes process thereby improving the performance and reducing the manual efforts by 50+ man hours during weekends per month and 100+ man hours during quarter end.
• Led a team of 5 to deliver end to end solution which leveraged live Orders data using streaming solutions and latest technology available in the market with 100% clean deployment. The solution is being used by 20+ business analytics teams and around 10000+ users for their reporting purposes. Thereby reducing the gap in reporting. The most appreciated effort was making the audit logging table to process millions of records in near real time from transactional systems | Trained external members and business stakeholders as part of Knowledge Transfer.
• Been a Sales and Orders champion during one of the Database failures | Led and represented the teams and worked along with the platform teams to repair the DB and make the data available to around 9000+ users across multiple workspaces.
• Currently working in devising a solution to parse real time dynamic Jsons (using Scala, Spark and Kafka) from transactional systems which captures an order’s line and populate it in various Big Data platforms to cater 10000+ users with Order’s lifeline Data.
• Worked closely with platform team and business stakeholders to improve various process, remove unwanted objects thereby reducing 50TB space in the database | Provided recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments.
• Currently I am also playing the role of a backup team lead and a backup program manager
• Have Interviewed various candidates for various positions and for various teams across the organization | Led CSR efforts for the team and have participated in various CSR events in my tenure in Dell

Software Developer 1 – Core/Orders Dev Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Nov 2018 – Sep 2019
• Took the stretch assignment of designing a Tableau dashboard for real time monitoring of 54+ transactional systems in a one single view | Produced 10+ reports which bolstered decision making of leadership team.
• Innovated a process to produce automated alerts for all the critical jobs and regular status mails for the leadership team using shell scripting which resulted in quicker and more efficient fixes leading to an improvement in the response time of critical errors by 80%
• In the FY 2019-2020 Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting and
• In the absence of the key SME delivered a project single handedly from end to end with 100% success rate and communicate the business with regular updates. This project helped to resolve the corrupt Dell Customers database and fixed 10+ business reports.
• Developed a Dashboard for VP sales in a day’s time to track the performance of each sales representative sorted by managers. Bolstered decision making for the sales team and plan out ways to groom the lower performing sales rep.
• Worked tirelessly with platform team for multiple database migrations, cleanup activities, functional upgrades to improve the current system as much as possible | Reduced around 40TB + space and increased the throughput of data by 45% through such activities

Analyst – L3 Support Team, Enterprise Business Intelligence
Jul 2017 – Oct 2018
• Joined the highest level of support in the org as the first fresher and got the opportunity to dig in production defects and problems in the 1st few months itself | Resolved a record number of 15 critical incidents in a week resolving 1000+ daily failures.
• Independently achieved 100% resolution of 500 business critical incidents across multiple Big Data Platforms impacting multiple business critical reporting
• Liaised with cross functional teams to expedite data migration of 15+ datasets in 9 months.
• Collaborated with other areas of support (infrastructure, source systems, business support etc.) to resolve high impact events in a timely manner, to provide recommendations on improving the availability of reports and the stability of the production environments | Collaborated with outside departments to implement system-wide improvements.
• First point of contact for customer escalations and actively communicate on the progress. Learn the priorities from the customer and business impact related to RUN failures.
• Went beyond regular work and fixed a critical sales opportunity issue where revenue of $84824284.700 and 1017 deals were missing by working and coordinating closely with business stakeholders, managers, sales VPs, Sales & IT support teams.
• Participated and organized a number of CSR event in and off campus where we have helped a number of NGOs, orphans and Old Age homes in and around Bangalore ,India

OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
• Achieved Vice president’s award for outstanding performance in a quarter at Dell.
• Have been awarded with multiple cash and non-cash awards at my tenure in dell amounting to a total around 15+ awards in my entire tenure
• Received Scholar badge and a scholar blazer for exemplary performance at school for 6 consecutive years.
• Won awards for drawing and painting at school, state, and national level.
• Participated and represented Sierra Leone in IIIT -Mun. Around 100+ delegates participated
• Won a number of coding competitions at IIIT Bhubaneswar
• Stood 1st position in National level Essay writing competition.
• Secured 85% marks in Annual all India GK Test in the year 2006
• Won multiple Cricket and Football competitions at School and College.
• Handled the position of hospitality head and sponsorship head in the annual tech cult fest Advaita in my college | Led a team of 20 folks to take care of all the hospitality work during the 4 days of the fest and brought in a sponsorship of around 2.5 lakhs for the fest
• Organized the cultural and Technical fest (Advaita ‘16) in IIIT Bhubaneswar.
• Organized various technical competitions at college
• Achieved certification from H.P on Network Management & Security
• Completed Industrial based training from Bhilai Steel Plant, S.A.I.L
• Organized a Blood donation camp in college where 200 + students donated blood.
• Owns the photography account (shutter_venom) in instagram
• Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Oriya.

Hey biorevanth,

Your profile helps you stand out and can be a very interesting profile for ISB to consider if you portray it well. More importantly though, what is your goal and how does MBA from ISB fit into it? You will need to be very clear about your motivation for pursuing ISB. A simple statement such a pursuing long-term goals might not work out.
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Hi Sonasur,

You'll have to work on improving the GMAT score to have a chance at ISB. It would also help to highlight some of the unique aspects about your profile/work-experience. It could also be voluntary work/hobbies you're passionate about. That might help you stand out. Otherwise it might be tough for you to get through.
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Hello akkisuper,

Apologies for the delayed response but we hope this finds you in time still..

You haven't shared the details pertaining to your achievements at work and what your career goals are. The GMAT is definitely a tad lower than the average of the ISB class. However, we are not sure if a retake at this point is feasible for you. Therefore, focus on putting forth a set of essays that articulate your strengths and future goals in a compelling manner.

All the best!
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Hello Dementer,

Hope this finds you well.

While your profile has its own strengths, your GMAT needs improvement if you wish to have a good chance in Round 3.

All the best!
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Hello,

Request you all to kindly Evaluate my Profile for ISB'23 Round 3 application and what should be the safe GMAT score for a Likely interview call.(Also advice if I shall apply for the same or go for 1st Cycle of PGP'24)

Academics

10th - 93
12th - 91
UG (BBA-Fin)-80
CFA Level 2
FRM Part 1 Candidate

-WorkEx-25 months in Deloitte as Tax Consultant
Got Performance Linked Award
Initiated a new process at work that reduced the Chargeable hours by 15% for the client.
-Career Goal: Want to work in Corporate Finance/Financial Consulting Domain having done courses for Equity Research, Report Writing and Python for Finance Profesionals.
-Working for A renowned NGO for 2 years and have raised 20k+ through fundraising events
- Written 2 Research Papers concerning Finance domain using advanced statistics tools and methods.

Thank you

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Hello notanmfeapplicant

You have a pretty balanced profile (Acads, Work Ex, Extracurriculars) and good part is you have also started early.
GRE or GMAT does not matter as long as you are getting a good score. Your target score mentioned below will put you in a strong position.
Career goals is something I'd recommend you do a bit more research on whether it is a realistic feasible goal (especially IB) from ISB.
To build your profile, you may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com



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Hello akkisuper

Limited information to completely assess your profile.
Past scores are decent, but the GMAT looks on the lower side especially considering the IT background.
Cannot comment on Work experience except that the work ex is on the lower side, no qualitative mention of company, career growth or achievements.
Also, cannot assess the clarity on career goals or whether you can compensate for your IT background through other areas of diversity or extracurricular.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com


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Hello lowkeyanon

ISB will evaluate your profile on Academics, Work Ex, Diversity and Career Goals
Academics need to be supported with a 710+ (above the avg. of the school's score is recommended)
Work ex is on the lower side, the transitions need to be justified with conscious decision making, career progress and achoevemnts need to be highlighted and the move from proprietorship to B-School just 10 months into it needs to be clarified.
Diversity can come from Extracurriculars, which in your case seem dated and impact needs to be seen. Is there anything in the recent past?
Career goals is missing and cannot be evaluated.

You may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com



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Hello gouram

Past scores are decent and try to score in the upper band of your GRE target as it will help you stand out in the large and competitive pool of IT applicants that you belong to.
Very little info to judge work ex, try to focus more on the qualitative aspects in the essays- career progress, accomplishments, business impact more than technical skills.
Extracurricular or any other aspects that can add diversity and help you stand out are missing.
On career goals, not sure how are you planning to make the transition from software to marketing- be prepared to show what existing skills and experience you have to make this switch successful.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com


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Hello KSRiya

Work profile and extracurricular are strong and can even add some brownie points on diversity.
For GMAT, I'd recommend a 700+ that will put you in a strong position.
On career goals, I'll suggest you to be more specific- what role and companies are you targeting post MBA, what are your long term goals, what is your personal motivation behind these goals.
Lastly, I would say apply in R1 as you have enough time for the same.

You may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com



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Hello Dementer

The extracurricular list is interesting, but the GMAT score is low for a software profile, I'll recommend you take it up to 710 or more if possible.
What are your career goals, they will be a major deciding factor in the success of the application.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com


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Hello Ayush057

Profile is quite strong and work ex can even help you in diversity.
In your case, even a 680 can help you get in, but don't let that stop you from scoring higher. A 700+ will have you in a strong position.
Not sure if you have already applied, if not, my recommendation, looking at your work ex is to apply in R1 in 2022.

Best
Varun
MBAkarma.com


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Hello Ayush057,

Thanks for your query.

You definitely have a strong profile as well as clarity in so far as your goals are concerned.

Having said that, you must definitely apply with a score of 710 and above. On a separate note, applying in Round 1, next year, is an option you must absolutely explore. It will allow you more time for everything - building your profile, working on essays, as well as applying with a good GMAT score.

All the best!
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Hi Ayush057 , IMO you should target for nothing less than a 720 on GMAT if you want to remain competitive in R3. As your post MBA goals are Corporate Finance and Consulting, your GMAT score becomes all the more important. While you have decent work experience, you must do a stellar job on your essays to showcase your leadership skills, career progression with additional responsibilities year on year, conscientious decision making and goal setting capabilities.

Best wishes
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Hello Everyone!
Request all to kindly review my profile for the ISB PGP application:
10th - 10/10(CGPA)
12th - 94.6%
Under Graduation - 8.35/10 B.Tech(CSE) from NIT Jalandhar
GRE - 319(Q-167,V-152, AW-3)

Work Ex - Total 5 yrs in a fertilizer manufacturing company, the roles/responsibility as follows:
2 yrs as the programmer
implemented 5+ projects with in 3 of them as programmer/consultant and 2 as product owner
team leader of team size 16
Managerial experience -software manager of one of the departments of organization
Given several training sessions about software.
Experience of agri marketing
Knowledge of govt working related to fertilizers like subsidy, DBT, EWB,E-Invoice,etc
Worked for 6 months in manufacturing plant also.

Extra curricular-
Avid reader, read about 72 books till now.
Organised several office events like monthly review meetings, retirement parties, etc.
Member of college reading club and of office reading club too.
Football fan, attended workshop on Football Analytics and have done some analysis on football too.
Attended a MDP session on Supply Chain Analytics organised by IIM Lucknow.


Awards/Achievements
District Topper in 12th.
2nd in District Level Quiz Competition
3rd in office organized event related to create something out of waste

Hi all,
Please evaluate my profile:

Demographics: 28, Male, Indian
GMAT Score- 690 (V40 Q44)

Academics :
10th- 92.2%
12th- 90.8 %
Graduation - 8.64/10 ( B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from one of the top NITs.)

Work Experience: 7 years (by May'22) in Maharatna oil & gas PSU

1) Assistant Manager, Operations (2018-present)
Job responsibilities require a mix of technical and managerial skills and include:
- Managing a shift of around 15 people responsible for production.
- Coordinating with 10 odd service teams for day to day activities as well as critical activities involving startup and shutdown of specific sub units or unit as a whole.

Worked with planning and project teams and licensor to commission a new Process Unit for Gasoline (petrol) treatment which enabled refinery to produce 100 % BS VI petrol to meet the timeline of April 2020 mandated by the Government.

2) Process Engineer, Operations (2015-2019)
Job responsibilities included:
- Overseeing all daily operations of the plant to ensure continuous production with adherence to policies, standard procedures and work permits.
- Optimizing plant parameters through process control (DCS) for better yields, enhanced product qualities and minimum loss.

3) Lieutenant, Indian Army (2019- present) (Not full time)
- Joined Territorial Army in Refinery & Pipelines regiment, which is for professionals working in Oil & Gas sectors. It involves annual training camps and embodiment during national emergencies/crises.
- Embodied on 3 occasions to provide assistance to refinery for maintaining production during times of manpower crises caused due to strikes of workmen unions.
- Adjudged “Best Performer” in Recruitment Training Camp of for showing excellence in Battle Proficiency Test (BPT), Physical Proficiency Test (PPT), shooting skills and overall conduct during the camp.


Extra Curricular :

Positions of responsibility:
• As Co-head of social club, led a three-tier committee taking care of all the events and activities and acted as intermediary between students and various NGOs for collaboration.
• Worked as Ambassador for Meds For More to provide unused COVID-19 medicine to the less privileged, and have organized medicine collection drives at various residential and office premises.
• Worked as coordinator in college sports fest and was responsible for Increase in social media visibility & sponsorship.

Volunteer:
• Actively engaged with Robin Hood Army last 6+ years. My role involved tying up with food banks, restaurants and other channels of food collection to ensure less wastage of food and to serve the primary purpose of feeding the underprivileged.
• Active participant in Company’s CSR activities and have volunteered for health drives, tree plantation campaigns etc. I have been recognized at workplace for my continuous contribution in CSR activities.
• Represented my organization in Football tournament organized by Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and got the privilege of playing alongside professional players as well as retired Indian football team players.
• Participated in Inter NIT football and various regional football tournaments as part of college football team.

Other interests:
- Avid runner and have participated in several half and full marathons.
- A trekking enthusiast and have done 20+ small treks around Mumbai/Pune and 2 Himalayan Treks
- Adventure sports (10+ already done), fitness, lawn tennis, bike rides

Post MBA goals:
Short Term: Taking up a Supply Chain Management role
Long Term: Getting into supply chain consulting

Queries:
Is my GMAT score good enough?
Whether I stand any realistic chance of getting through in R3?

Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

Hello risharora

The GRE is quite low considering your software background as it will be tough to stand out.
Work experience can be a strength if you focus more on measurable business impact, career growth and achievements.
Some of the extracurricular look dated or might not add much weight unless you have some great accomplishments to talk about.
Lastly, career goals are missing and will be the most important piece of the admissions puzzle.

You may want to read here on what factors work in a profile and here to add to your research on career goals.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com



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Hello him1105

While the GMAT score is below avg, I see many elements in your profile that can potentially compensate for it.
Work ex and industry helps you stand out. Career goals are organic and realisting.
But the stand out feature of your profile are your activities outside work (running, territorial army and other extracurricular are interesting and will make for some good potential story telling). These will help you stand out in the crowd.
If you have done a decent job on your essays, I'm confident you should get an interview invite.

Best
Varun Sharma
+918452954888 (https://gmatclub.com/chat)
MBAkarma.com
info@mbakarma.com



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