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I wanted to have my profile evaluated. I am from IIt Delhi (2013 passout) and work in flipkart in business finance team. I will be applying for ISB next year, when I will have 3 yrs work ex.

10th- 95%
12th- 85%
IIT CGPA- 7.42

Had a startup in college- worked for 2 yrs, entrepreneurship cell of college- director, Played cricket in college and now in corporate tournaments, was coordinator of various different fests in college, best student award in school, institute topper in class 12 board exams.

I will be taking up GMAT exam this year.

Hi Guys,

I wanted to have my profile evaluated. I want to apply to ISB for the 2016-2017 batch.

10th: 88.3%
12th: 85.17%
GPA: 3.4 (out of 4.0) (Mumbai University-1st Class)
GMAT: 710 (QA-49/VA-35)

I have done engineering in Mumbai University in Information Technology

I have a work ex of 2 years (completing in June)
I am currently working in a leading multinational and I am assistant Team Lead in the domain of testing

I have got academic excellence for 7 years in school and have won multiple school competitions

In college, I was part of many college festival organizing committees
I have even been event head multiple times for many college festivals (inter and intra)

I plan to complete 2 technical papers by the time of application and 2 certifications.

Please review my profile and let me know what else may be required

Hi all,

I am planning to apply for ISB ( class of 16-17 ) and I need your help in evaluating my profile. Here are the details:

1. Educational qualifications:
X: 90% ( Andhra Pradesh board )
XII: 96% ( Andhra Pradesh board )
B.E: 90% ( Sathyabama, Chennai )
M.S: 3.5/4 ( ISEP, Paris, France )

2. Professional experience:
1 Year as Paid intern at Orange-France Telecom
5 years as Business analyst at Amadeus, Worlds leading Airline IT provider and GDS

3. Awards received:
Received Gold medal and Dr. Radhakrishnan award for academic excellence during my Bachelor's
Received French Ministry scholarship of 10K euros to complete Masters
Best outgoing student during B.E
Best student project - 2008 during my final year of under graduation
Presented and won awards at multiple events held in Bits Pilani-Goa, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras
Awarded twice Star award at work
Winner of Startup weekend, 2012 held in Nice, France

Best Regards

Hi,

Please find below more detailed information concerning my profile:

Master of science - Telecommunication 2008-2010, I.S.E.P, Paris
Specialization: Value added service design, Project management

Bachelor of Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai (Madras), India, August 2004 - May 2008
Specialization: Electronics, Telecommunication systems

Academic awards and scholarships received:
Orange - Ministre des affaires européennes et étrangères, Orange -France Telecom September 2008 - March 2010
Dr. Radhakrishnan award for academic excellence, Sathyabama University August 2004 - May 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS
Nominated twice for STAR awards in Amadeus, London, 2014
Winner at Start up weekend, Nice - Sophia Antipolis, 2012
Winner at Inter University Student project design competition, Sathyabama University, Chennai- 2008
Winner at Inter University Student project design and business plan competition
IIT Kanpur, BITS - Pilani Goa 2007

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Président, Résident committee Maison de l'Inde and Représentative at CIUP, Paris,
( 2009-2010 )

LANGUAGES
English, French [Read/write/speak - Professional working proficiency], Hindi, Telugu, Tamil (Elementary proficiency)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Amadeus, London - Oct 2013 ( Current position )
Amadeus, Sophia Antipolis - May 2010 - Oct 2013

In a nutshell here is what I do at my job:

-Analyze and validate business requirements from customers/Product management
-Establish functional specification from a written state of requirements
-Work closely with development counterparts in defining product release plan and lead product plan review meetings
-Interface with support, sales, marketing, implementation and strategy teams
-Perform functional acceptance and validate launch of UAT phase with clients
-Provide consultancy mission to key customers
-Support customer in case of incidents on production
-Automate functional testing by scripts and build regression framework

As a business analyst at Amadeus, I have worked with most of our key clients ( i.e.., client facing - mostly airlines such as Korean air, Singapore, Japan airways, TAM, SV,AF-KLM etc..,) in almost all the phases of Software development cycle and also was part of key airline programs

Apart from these, I have mentored two interns and am currently working as innovation co-ordinator for my department.

At France Telecom - Orange ( 2009-10), I was an intern development engineer responsible for development of Quality of service website and an automatic bot to spread content.

Other info:
Amateur footballer- Played for an entire season ( 2012-13 ) in Inter company football competition
and I still keep playing on and off.
Won quite a few awards during my school time for elocution, philately etc..,
Avid book reader

Thanks again for your time.

P.S: I haven't yet written my GMAT. Will be taking it on 29JUN.

Best Regards,

rk85 wrote:Hi,

Can you please evaluate my chances for ISB and the score I should target (if possible)

Age: 31 yrs
Work ex - 8 yrs

Currently working as Assistant manager in front end M&A division of a Big 4 consulting firm
Worked on several deals performing Deal origination, Pitching to clients, Deal valuation and Closure
Spent initial 3 years in KPO's, received early promotions and Spot rewards in those roles

Education:

CFA charter holder

Xth - 62%
XIIth - 57%
Grad. - 61% (B.Sc Mathematics; Mumbai University)

Other info -

Involved with 2 start-ups, 1 failed while the other was successful
Captained Inter collegiate chess team

Thanks,

Hi Rk85,

Your profile definitely looks interesting. MnA, Deals, valuation, pricing etc. makes the profile very diverse. Successful as well as failed startup experience will also help you build a strong case. Target a 700+ on GMAT.

If you can present a case on why you need an MBA now and what kind of profile are you targeting post MBA you will get an interview call.

So, just focus on getting a good GMAT score.

Let us know if you have any queries.

goISB Team

philipemil wrote:Hi,

Kindly evaluate my profile and resume.

Brief Summary:-

Profile: Male, Indian, 3+ years of work experience

Academics
Std X- 86% (CBSE)
Std XII - 88% (CBSE)

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Technology from National Institute of Technology, Calicut
GPA: 7.26/10.
Graduated with First Class.
Years of graduation:2007-2011


GMAT Scores
GMAT in the order taken:-
GMAT: 690 (87%) QA: 48 (74%) VA: 36 (81%) AWA: 5.5 (81%) IR:4 (37%)
GMAT: 700 (89%) QA: 50 (88%) VA: 34 (71%) AWA: 5 (60%) IR:7 (81%)
GMAT: 740 (97%) QA: 49 (79%) VA: 41 (94%) AWA: 5 (60%) IR:3 (25%)

TOEFL 112/120

Please find detailed profile in my resume.

Post-MBA goals
Given my prior experience in the technology field and working closely with clients, I want to take up a career in Technology Consulting.

Thank you in advance!!

Hi,

Your profile is well balanced from ISB perspective. GMAT score is good ( IR went down in your last attempt but shouldnt be an issue). Reconsider your post MBA goals as there are limited options in India for tech consulting. Consider writing Product management or Business development. You will be able to defend that well.

What to you have on extra currics front? Not sure if you can add something new now but evaluate what you have done in the past and try to build on them.

goISB Team

AmeenGupta wrote:Hi Team

I wanted to have my profile evaluated. I am from IIt Delhi (2013 passout) and work in flipkart in business finance team. I will be applying for ISB next year, when I will have 3 yrs work ex.

10th- 95%
12th- 85%
IIT CGPA- 7.42

Had a startup in college- worked for 2 yrs, entrepreneurship cell of college- director, Played cricket in college and now in corporate tournaments, was coordinator of various different fests in college, best student award in school, institute topper in class 12 board exams.

I will be taking up GMAT exam this year.

Hi Ameen,

You are on right track and have the basic ingredients to present a good candidature. IIT and Flipkart brands will help. Applying in 2016 makes sense as by 2017 you will have almost 4 years of experience. Try to diversify your profile within flipkart so that your 4 years dont end up in same profile. May be you can consider moving to a little different role if that is possible.

Target a 720+ on GMAT .

Feel free to contact us for any queries.

goISB Team

ptecks wrote:Hi Guys,

I wanted to have my profile evaluated. I want to apply to ISB for the 2016-2017 batch.

10th: 88.3%
12th: 85.17%
GPA: 3.4 (out of 4.0) (Mumbai University-1st Class)
GMAT: 710 (QA-49/VA-35)

I have done engineering in Mumbai University in Information Technology

I have a work ex of 2 years (completing in June)
I am currently working in a leading multinational and I am assistant Team Lead in the domain of testing

I have got academic excellence for 7 years in school and have won multiple school competitions

In college, I was part of many college festival organizing committees
I have even been event head multiple times for many college festivals (inter and intra)

I plan to complete 2 technical papers by the time of application and 2 certifications.

Please review my profile and let me know what else may be required

Hi,

We would recommend that you applying in 2016 for session starting in 2017. If you apply for class entering in 2016, you will have less than 3 years of experience which will make it challenging.

Also, you will have to work hard on your profile. QA experience in tech companies will put you on back foot. So, try to move to more of team lead role where you can highlight your team management, project tracking kind of skills.

Also, if possible retake GMAT and improve your score as otherwise you will fall average on most fronts.

Feel free to contact us if you have any queries.

goISB Team

Hi,

I wanted to have my profile evaluated. I want to apply to ISB for the 2016-2017 batch.

10th: 76.67 5
12th: 54.50 %
Graduation-1st class (BMS)
GMAT: 680

During FYBMS and SYBMS i worked with MCdonald's for 2yrs(Full time) as a floor mgr with a team of 5.I was just 20 yrs then.
After completing my graduation I worked with Serco Pvt Ltd for 1 yr as a Sr.Cse.
I also Did PG in banking and ops from IFBI institute.I worked for ICICI Bank for 2yrs and also took a promotion.
Currently m working for an NGO.

I have won many competitions during my school days right from Debates,Elocution,Dancing.Will this be of any value? I also won the Brittania's All rounder student award in my school days.
I'm also a certified Zumba dance trainer(I have certificate in it as well)
I have a certificate in Yoga as well.
I have also done the online courses from Edx.I have 2 certificates in that as well.
I have cleared the first level in French Language ( Alliance Francais)Got certificate for that as well)
I play Table-tennis quite well.

How is my profile? What Can I do to make it strong for ISB selection?My HSC marks I goofed up

Regards,

Dipti V

Hi,
I will be applying for the b schools in 2016 , i am currently working as marine engineer in maritime/ midstream energy industry. i have been involved with various types of ships ranging from the very normal bulk carriers to the specialised gas carriers and oil tankers.
I will be very happy for the profile evaluation.
Nationality: Indian
Education: BS, BITS- Pilani (CGPA 7.2/10)
12th 89% 10th 80%
Work Experience:
I have been involved in the midstream energy industry / maritime industry for 6 yrs and in that span of my career i had served on different kind of vessels ranging from bulk carriers to the gas and oil tankers.
My career carried me across 29 different nations round the globe and had worked with 10 different nationalities.
Achievements:
i was involved in successful takeover of 30 m USD chemical tanker on which i was incharge of the power plant of 2 MW, fuel purification plant, compressed air plant , and the nitrogen inerting plant.
made careful assesment of the contingency measures to be taken in every fuel bunkering involved and on one occassion saved 100 m USD for the ship and the company involved in averting the danger of pollution by oil.
Made strict compliance and liaised with the international authorities and port state controls and various international classification societies.
Made rapid start of the main propulsion plant in the High Risk Piracy Area of Gulf of Aden saving the grace of the lives onboard and the cargo involved worth 20 m USD
I was promoted thrice in 4 yrs an industrial benchmarking.
Fixed the cargo oil pumping plant in very short span of time in canada which could have lead to ship being off hired costing around 5 m USD , hence saved .
Extra Curriculars:
Had presented three papers in inter college competitions.
Had taken part in various quizzes and debates at school level.
Involved with NGos as voulunteer especially with Greenpeace.
Finally, GMAT score is 710 (Q- 50, V-37) .
My primary target B School is ISB, apart from that other options are the b schools in the US.
Will be very happy for the profile evaluation.
Many thanks in advance.

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Interestingly, ISB has also moved the deadlines. ISB R1 deadline is 15 Oct 2015 and R2 deadline is 5 Jan 2016.

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