AWasey wrote:
Target Schools:
HBS, Wharton, Stanford, MIT Sloan, LBS, Chicago Booth, Berkeley Haas, Yale, Duke Fuqua, NYU Stern, Insead
(All applications in round 2 this year)
Nationality: Indian
Age: 29
Education: Bachelor’s in computer science and engineering from a State University (Grade: 63.5/100)
GMAT: 730 (Q 51, V 38, IR 8, AWA 6)
Work Experience: 6 years (7 years by the start of MBA)
Current Role: Senior Manager – Product Management at a HCL Technologies
I am currently working as a Senior Manager - Product Management. I have seen exponential growth in my career and received back-to-back promotions for the past 3 years. The role I am currently working in requires an MBA and an average of 8-10 years of work experience at my company. I was the youngest Deputy Manager, Youngest Manager, and now the Youngest Senior Manager in the organization with 250,000 + employees.
I manage a team of 7 Product Managers and Associate Product Managers who are all MBA for Elite Business Schools in India. I currently manage a suite of Products with an Annual Recurring Revenue of 100 M $+.
My previous roles have been: Product Manager, and Presales Consultant.
International Experience:
The role I was hired for was a UK based role, but to COVID and some medical complications I wasn’t able to move to UK back then and have been working in WFH mode. However, my entire team sits in UK and US and my daily work involves collaboration with both the geographies on a daily basis.
Extracurriculars:
Been in leadership roles since my childhood
Held leadership roles in school (Captain)
Was General Secretary at the university
and Head of Fashion Club at my University
Additionally, I am a State level Cricket and Handball player
I also am a Director at an NGO aimed to help underprivileged children get access to basic education and have helped more than 4000 children till date.
Start-up Experience:
Recently, I have set foundations of a start-up that includes a mobile app and wearables that could help ensure a Safe and Secure society to live in for Everyone (with special focus on the women safety).
Post MBA Goal:
Work in a Consulting role for Big 4 and get well versed in the nuances of Business.
Long term goal will be to focus on creating Social Start-ups, aimed to bring positive changes in the society and providing employment and educational opportunities to underprivileged sections.
Hello
AWasey,
Apologies for the delayed response but we hope this finds you in time still.
While the leadership experience, career growth, and meaningful extra-curricular activities will strengthen your profile, the low GPA and average GMAT score may prove to be a setback (even more so considering you are applying in Round 2).
Our suggestion would be to retake the GMAT and then apply; a score in excess of 750 will give you a good chance at your target schools.
Hope this helps.
All the best!
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09 Nov 2023, 06:57
