ISB 2008 - Interviews and Admits

[jawaharnr]

Please find the answers inline.

Originally Posted by hormaz

hi,

congratulations to all you guys who made it to ISB this year. a few doubts which i would like any of you to clarify:

1- do i have time till the 27th feb to click on the accept tab on the ISB application url? (i am yet considering the offer; hence what if i accept now and change my mind by the 27th, to not pay the initial amount of 2L?)

- You cannot just click the tab and accept the offer!! You have to pay the amount, fill all the details and then only accept the offer

2- what is the exact payment procedure after i pay up the initial amount. the balance money has to be paid at one shot? by when?

- Once you pay the initial 2L, you will get access to the micro site. All your queries will be answeredd there.

3- any of you guys who have already got an offer for ISB this year (R1/2) and are considering giving it a pass? what could be your reasons? (well the opp cost is too high here, considering its a pricy affair+forgoing one yr salary+the high emi's for the edu loan)

- Why would this influence your decision is beyond me!!

thanking you in advance,

cheers!

[hormaz]

thanks for your response. have you been to the micro website? as in have you paid up? if yes then request you to pass on details to me if possible.
cheers!

[PMKhanchandani]

Hello All,

I am in too.

My profile
760/5/CA-CWA/7 years work ex-Treasury & Risk Management.

Rgds,

[hormaz]

hey. that is great!
you have a whole lot of work ex. where are you currently working and what kind of prospects/placements are you looking at from ISB

my profile:

gmat: 620 (lowest by far, AWA: 5.5
qualif: CA+CWA
work-ex: 5 years, currently working for a consulting firm.

[PMKhanchandani]

My only dilemma was leaving my current high paying job with the a very large corporate house. However after a lot of discussons with senior bankers / mgt consultants (I know quite a few of them because of professional interactions with these people), I am taking a calculated risk, which I hope will pay-off. Post ISB I am looking forward to Corporate Finance / Corporate Banking / Financial Re-engeering / Strategy kind of roles.

By the way here goes my profile:

GMAT 760/5.0

QUALIFICATIONS : M.Com., ACA., CWA.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS :

Ø C.A. Final in first attempt (May 2001).
Ø 28th Rank in All India Merit List in C.A. Inter (Nov 1999).
Ø 2nd Rank in All India Merit List (Silver Medallist) in ICWA Final (June 2002).
Ø 1st Rank in All India Merit List (Gold Medallist) in ICWA Inter (June 2001).
Ø 38th Rank in All India Merit List in C.A. Foundation (May 1998_).
Ø In top 15 in M.Com (Mumbai University) held in May, 2003.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS :

Ø Scholarship from Comstar (Brilliant Tutorials, Chennai) for three years

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS :
Ø Competence In Software (CST)-I Level (Jan 2002) from National Centre For Software Technology, Mumbai with 97 percentile.
Ø NCFM - Mutual Funds Advisory Module with 80% marks.
Ø MBA - Foundation from ICFAI in July, 1997 with 70% marks.

WORK EXPERIENCE : Overall 9 years - 5.0 Corporate + 4.0 Freelancing / Audit.
Presently working with Largest Rural NBFC as Manager –Treasury and Member - Shadow Board.

I have worked in various fields over past 9 years. This includes audit / tax during articleship for 3 years, around 1.5 year as lecturer for professional and university level PG and UG management courses, little less than year in Financial Control in a leading retail bank and around 4.5 years with my current org - an NBFC handling wide variety of profiles ranging from Treasury Ops - Securitisation / Bank borrowings / Bond Market Placement, System Implementation & Operational Risk Management.

See you in CO 2009.

Regards,
PMKhanchandani

[hormaz]

thats great.. a good profile and o/s acads. good for you! i am currently sharing the same dilemma, if you read my posts above. i would def like to speak to you. can you share with me your contacts. my email is hormaz_p@hotmail.com.
thanks.

[najmuddin]

Hi,

Can anyone pls provide the format for the recommendation letters.
I am planning to apply for 2009-10, but as I am gonna leave my current job in about a month, I wanted to take one recommendation from my current employer. ISB site says the format will be available only when the application process starts for 2009-10, and that's in july.

So pls if anyone can provide the format, it'd be of a great help.

[PMKhanchandani]

Dear Hormaz,

I have mailed my number to you

PMK.

[Rishika14]

Originally Posted by najmuddin

Hi,

Can anyone pls provide the format for the recommendation letters.
I am planning to apply for 2009-10, but as I am gonna leave my current job in about a month, I wanted to take one recommendation from my current employer. ISB site says the format will be available only when the application process starts for 2009-10, and that's in july.

So pls if anyone can provide the format, it'd be of a great help.

Dear Najmuddin,
There are 2 ways in which the evaluation letter can be filled. one is the online mode where you provide the official email id of your current/previous employer and ISB sends the document with questions they want to ask the employer to his official email id. in this case you will not be able to see the questions etc
The second way is the offline mode where you download the recommendation letter and email it/give a print to your evaluator and let him fill it and courier it to the school.

The format typically is 5-6 questions which need to be answered by your evaluator in about 250-300 words. These questions are meant to enable the Adcom understand your employer's take on you and your professional progress. It also helps them understand your job profile, strengths,weaknesses, nature, attitude, abilities, maturity and conduct. These are extremely important for the adcom to be able to judge your ripeness for a business education and your fit.

Since the questions are something that might change there is no point, in my opinion, trying to aske your evaluator to fill in the old evaluation letter. Suggest you keep him in the loop and tell him you would be contacting him for a letter of recommendation. I too had one evaluation letter from the current employer and one from the previous. I simply opted for the online process and asked him to do the needful. He received the word doc, filled it in accordingly and submitted it online. By informing him now you are probably doing the best you can at this stage.

One more thing, once the addmission portal opens, you can send the evaluation letter before your application as well incase its completed.

Hope this has helped answer your query.

Regards,
Rishika

[najmuddin]

Originally Posted by Rishika14

Dear Najmuddin,

One more thing, once the addmission portal opens, you can send the evaluation letter before your application as well incase its completed.

Rishika

Hi Rishika,
Thanx for the great explanation. It sure does help

But I have one doubt... you have said that the evaluation letter can be sent before the application portal opens. Does this mean that evaluation letter format will be made available before the opening of the admission process?

And also, I guess the questions asked in the evaluation letter cannot vary much every year, they have to be more or less similar. So wouldn't getting the format now and letting the recommender fill it will be helpful? bcoz, this way i can be in touch with him during the form filling...

Thanx once again
Najmuddin