[durgesh28]

another good practice for interview could be ... try to answer recommendation questions yourself .....

ISB Recommendation 2. Please rate the applicant's achievements when compared to those of his or her peers and mention the reference group with which you are making these comparisons. (100 words maximum)
ISB Recommendation 3. Please describe, in brief, situations where the applicant displayed signs of leadership abilities and team skills. (200 words maximum)
ISB Recommendation 4. Please mention two consistent strengths of the applicant and if possible provide instances where she/he demonstrated these strengths. (200 words maximum)
ISB Recommendation 5. Please indicate two areas where the applicant has shown learning and improvement which would add value to his application to the ISB. (100 words maximum)
ISB Recommendation 6. Please provide any other comments that you consider are relevant to the applicant's admission to the ISB, especially regarding the applicant's career in business/management. (200 words maximum)

[king_jk]

Hi all,

With the forecasts of slow down in economy etc, whats your call on placements-2010? (If one joins in 2009). And it seems, ISB is also planning to increase its intake to 560 students in 2009.

Will it be a scenario of too many students and too few offers??

Your thoughts pls..

[sid981]

Hi All,

Any idea if ISB publishes an official list of "shortlisted" folks on their site? Or does everyone just wait for the email to come?

sigh.. it's going to be atleast another 2 - 3 weeks before we even start hearing about interview calls / dings...

By the way, anyone know why they're called "dings" ? Saw many folks say "got dinged" etc...

My take on the economy - it'll bounce back by 2010.. if not, it'll be upto the folks passing out of ISB in 2010 to get it back in order!

Sid.

[durgesh28]

Originally Posted by king_jk

Hi all,

With the forecasts of slow down in economy etc, whats your call on placements-2010? (If one joins in 2009). And it seems, ISB is also planning to increase its intake to 560 students in 2009.

Will it be a scenario of too many students and too few offers??

Your thoughts pls..

aha ... someone has raised the topic i was waiting for ....
Lets see how's it going to affect ....

1. number of applicants going down as some of them will delay their application for another becuase of the fear of lower placements
2. Number of applicants going up as more and more out of job "bankers" will go back to achools this year.
3. ISB is a one year MBA, so i think there WILL be some impact on 2010 placements... one year seems too less to have a full recovery..
4. i dont think we have to worry on increase in total number of students, but it'll change the mix. It'll be tough for people aiming for IB and they'll fall in other categories ... now since IBs are mostly high paying jobs.... it may bring down the average salary....
5. "Sir, how do you think "THIS" is going to affect the placement scenario ?" I feel, It is going to be a very popular question to ISB interview panel....

[durgesh28]

this is what went wrong ... very funny

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[achyu]

Originally Posted by durgesh28

this is what went wrong ... very funny

subprime works - Google Docs

LOL...kewl explanation

[anshuljain_iitd]

Hi everybody,

I am sure I am very late on this thread. Infact it didn't strike me earlier that there would be a thread for ISB too...anyways can get cues from this thread if selected for interview......

my profile goes like this -

Xth 86.4 % (CBSE)
XIIth 79% (CBSE, DPS RK PURAM)

B Tech in Chemical Engineering, IIT-DELHI 2006 batch passout (cgpa: 8.71, 2nd ranker in batch of 70)

GMAT Score: 710/6.0

Workex: 2 years 9 months in april '09. with top licensor of technologies to refineries (UOP India Pvt Ltd)....13 months in usa, 4 months in philippines, rest in gurgaon

Job profile: previously worked as a consultant to refineries and petrochemical units and started and commissioned a refinery unit.....currently working as project design engineer and project manager for designing refinery units..............

winner of many academic merit awards in school and college...won technical presentation competition on national scale.......

winner of bravo award in the company for stupendous performance in projects......first employee of the company to get six sigma certified.....currently coach and help other employees in getting six sigma certification..........highest increment getter last year amongst peers.........etc. etc. a lot to write about leading teams etc......recos will surely be jhakkas.......my 2 supervisors one in usa and one in gurgaon are too happy with my work...........

The only spoiler is GMAT score of only 710........can any puy or isb alumni comment on me getting an interview call with this gmat score??

i have applied in R1....

[muvvalakalyan08]

hai guns n flowers,
iam kalyan.m,male,28 india,hyderabad,iam preparing for gmat, ought to take it on oct,29th,having 5 years exp in pharma marketing,worked for leading mnc's like gsk,sanofi aventis,rpg,torrent pharma,etc;
completed mba through IGNOU-HR/OS/MARKETING too;triple specialisation.
now left the job,planning for good b-schools admission,either india or abroad.
my aim is to get good career growth n global placement .
please suggest and encourage me.
waiting for ur replies n feedbacks.:bigear:
my email id:muvvalakalyan2003@gmail.com.
:argue:

free to call me:9849671091

[muvvalakalyan08]

:happy:
hai mr.siva,
thanks for planning this thread which iam planning to go thru ,
iam interested for isb as my first primary choice forwarding my gmat score,
preapring for gmat,ought to take on 29th oct, already some major portion of application is completed like recomm.n's n essays only left over is gmat score,
iam a BCA GRADUATE ,2002;WITH MBA IN IGNOU-TRIPLE SPL,2007.
HAVING 5 YEARS EXP IN PHARMA MARKETING,
how much is GMAT SCORE required to be aimed to get to isb?:idea:
waiting for ur replyn suggesions.:bigear:
with regards,
kalyan.m

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