kamalakarthi wrote:Hi All, I would like to know the ideal work experience for MBA. I have more than 6 years of experience. Will it be of good help. Thanks a lot for all your help.
There is no "ideal" work experience for MBA. While the "average" work experience is around 4-5 years, business schools easily have a lot of students with work experience similar to you. Whether you have 2 years work experience, 4 years or 10 years, it doesn't matter as long as you can convince the adcom why is this the right time for doing an MBA at a particular school.
Business schools encourage the business perspectives that students get into the classroom through their work experience, and hence most of the B schools in the US and Europe requires one. However, while there are lot of 2 year MBA programs in the US compared to more 1 year ones in Europe, more experienced candidates (who are open to the international locations) and hence, who are earning more and have higher opportunity cost, prefer a 1 year over 2 year. Hence, it may not be true that European schools prefer more work experience but it could be just a function of the input!
Bottomline - don't worry on your work experience. It is completely fine as long as you can tell why is this the right time for your MBA and infact, use it as a strength rather than getting worried about it.
Good luck!
