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can anyone share the on-spot essays asked so far...

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Dear All,

A number of you who have been shortlisted for interviews over the next couple of weekends have reached out to me to seek inputs regarding the Written Essay topic as part of the Interview.
Below are some of the Written Essay topics we collated from the applicants whom we helped with prepping for ISB Interviews conducted yesterday:

1. Someone is being late and taking time off how would you handle this situation.
2. The manager is giving you high value gifts, some of your coworkers have accepted the gift already what would you do?
3. A teammate writes inefficient code that may delay delivery. How would you handle the situation while maintaining team morale?
4. A supplier consistently delays shipments, causing bottlenecks. How would you address this while maintaining a good relationship?
5. A client offers a big deal in exchange for unethical concessions. How would you handle this?
6. Your marketing campaign is criticized on social media for insensitivity. How would you manage the backlash?

As you can observe, the common theme of the topics is that they are all Situational in nature. The objective behind seeking a response to above questions is to evaluate how you react in a practical setting specially if the situation is outside your comfort zone / contrary of the norm.

Cheers and Wishing everyone all the very best !!

Do note that written essay was last part of the evaluation process in 2013-14 when I had interviewed. It has been reintroduced after a number of years now mostly to gauge whether the essays you submitted were drafted by you / with assistance (LLMs, Language Writers etc.)

Feel free to reach out to me in case you seek help with preparing for the interviews.

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Has anyone received invites for Bangalore after the one interview weekend few weeks ago?

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Has anyone received invites for Bangalore after the one interview weekend few weeks ago?

We have conducted mock interviews for some applicants who had chosen Bangalore as their Interview location BUT received an invite for an Online Interview. They received the invites 5-6 days back and will be giving their interviews tomorrow

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How about Hyd? Any updates please

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Are ISB final invites sent on a rolling basis? I had my interview on 7th nov. Still waiting for the final mail

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anyone attending the info session in chennai today?

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What info session at chennai

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Hope this helps all those confused between ISB PGP and ISB PGP-YL

- https://youtu.be/wDP-wVPaok4

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Hi all. I’ve applied to 6 programs in R1 and got interviewed at each of them.(Ross, Kelly, Kellogg, fuqua, Tuck, ISB. Apart from one school, rest interviews went well. I wanted to now understand if I need to start with R2 applications as backup or can I just wait till R1 results. Any suggestions?

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Are ISB final invites sent on a rolling basis? I had my interview on 7th nov. Still waiting for the final mail

By final mail, I am assuming you mean the intimation on admission.

Generally the mail about the intimation on admission comes on a single day for all the candidates who were interviewed in that round.

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Has anyone received any invites over this weekend yet?

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with gmat of 710 and 5 years of expereince in PSU in power sector, do still i have the chance to get interview invite for R1 application of ISB

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Any reviews on this gmatclub focus pro test series purchase?

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Done with my virtual interview it was good and a time saver

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GMAT FE score?

Did you opt for virtual interview as your preference?

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I opted for delhi center. this is gmat classic score

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GMAT FE score?

Did you opt for virtual interview as your preference?

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I opted for delhi center. this is gmat classic score

Thank you.. Would you mind sharing classic score?

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Q50 V35 GMAT 710

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I opted for delhi center. this is gmat classic score

Thank you.. Would you mind sharing classic score?

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